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So I finished Persona 5 Tactica, and I thought it was pretty good, but…I’m sorry, but why are they hat people?!

#persona 5 #persona 5 tactica #no spoilers I think #hat people #I live in a state of perpetual confusion

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This. This analysis right here. This wins.

I've never seen a piece of media grasp the absolute grief of having an unhealthy relationship with a brother like trigun has. I've never related nor cried so much over a pair of brothers who love each other but in such fundamentally different and incompatible ways. Vash loves Nai as a person, as his family, as a friend he wants to have a good relationship with but because of who Nai is and his actions Vash can't love him like that. Nai loves Vash as his brother, as the position Vash held in his life, as an extension of himself but not as who Vash is as an individual, in fact he vehemently hates who Vash is as a person and refuses to believe that Vash is like that of his own volition. Nai does not view Vash as his own person outside of his relationship with Nai or someone who is capable of having thoughts and opinions that differ from Nai's. He still sees Vash as his little twin brother who sat beside him on that bench and completed his piano song. Something that completes him but is ultimately lesser than him, something he can control, a tool, a balm to his loneliness, but never a person, never just Vash. And Vash wants his big brother so badly, in a way that drags at his heart and burdens his shoulders but Nai will never be his big brother again, not in a way that doesn't do irreparable damage to Vash and everyone he loves. They each yearn for something they cannot have and no longer exists. That scene where they're fighting over the cube and Vash looks at Nai with eyes full of tears because goddammit he loves his big brother so fucking much but Nai isn't a person he can afford to love without losing everything else and Nai looks at him with anger and frustration that he can't have what he believes belongs to him is just the epitome of their relationship. The heartbreak of loving a brother who does nothing but actively harm you is so difficult to capture but trigun does it so flawlessly. Idk maybe it's just that it most accurately reflects the relationship I have with my brother and Im massively projecting but goddammit I want to shake the writer's hands.

#trigun stampede #vash trigun #vash the stampede #millions knives #trigun #trigun spoilers #writing

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I love how this man chooses violence almost every time.

The Outbursts of Everett True was a comic strip that ran in papers from 1905 to 1927, wherein the aforementioned Everett True regularly beat the everliving shit out of rude people as a warning to anyone else who might consider being rude. Men have not only been taking up too much room on public transport for about as long as public transport has existed, but the people around them have been irritated about it for at least a hundred years. The next time someone tries to claim that manspreading is a false phenomenon, please direct them to this strip so that Everett True can correct their misconceptions with an umbrella upside the head.

#the outbursts of everett true #everett true #everett true was a very good comic until the first world war #he also beat the hell out of men ogling women in the street or smoking cigars in restaurants #the only one who could best him was his wife #who'd kick his ass for being an ingrate

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Vax can’t grow facial hair for an entirely different reason. 😞

Half elves can’t grow facial hair, Mustache Vax isn’t real he can’t hurt you!

Mustache Vax:

#vax’ildan #the legend of vox machina spoilers #tlovm s2 #the legend of vox machina

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Man, I have seriously missed Vax’s smiles!

#vax’ildan #the legend of vox machina

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Reblogging for reference.

WEBSITES FOR WRITERS {masterpost}

E.A. Deverell - FREE worksheets (characters, world building, narrator, etc.) and paid courses;

Hiveword - Helps to research any topic to write about (has other resources, too);

BetaBooks - Share your draft with your beta reader (can be more than one), and see where they stopped reading, their comments, etc.;

Charlotte Dillon - Research links;

Writing realistic injuries - The title is pretty self-explanatory: while writing about an injury, take a look at this useful website;

One Stop for Writers - You guys... this website has literally everything we need: a) Description thesaurus collection, b) Character builder, c) Story maps, d) Scene maps & timelines, e) World building surveys, f) Worksheets, f) Tutorials, and much more! Although it has a paid plan ($90/year | $50/6 months | $9/month), you can still get a 2-week FREE trial;

One Stop for Writers Roadmap - It has many tips for you, divided into three different topics: a) How to plan a story, b) How to write a story, c) How to revise a story. The best thing about this? It's FREE!

Story Structure Database - The Story Structure Database is an archive of books and movies, recording all their major plot points;

National Centre for Writing - FREE worksheets and writing courses. Has also paid courses;

Penguin Random House - Has some writing contests and great opportunities;

Crime Reads - Get inspired before writing a crime scene;

The Creative Academy for Writers - "Writers helping writers along every step of the path to publication." It's FREE and has ZOOM writing rooms;

Reedsy - "A trusted place to learn how to successfully publish your book" It has many tips, and tools (generators), contests, prompts lists, etc. FREE;

QueryTracker - Find agents for your books (personally, I've never used this before, but I thought I should feature it here);

Pacemaker - Track your goals (example: Write 50K words - then, everytime you write, you track the number of the words, and it will make a graphic for you with your progress). It's FREE but has a paid plan;

Save the Cat! - The blog of the most known storytelling method. You can find posts, sheets, a software (student discount - 70%), and other things;

I hope this is helpful for you!

(Also, check my gumroad store if you want to!)

#writing resources #writing #writer tips

[shielddrake]

I just adore the way the twins look at their little sister!

Velora Vessar, owlbear enthusiast and general cinnamon roll, too good for this world, too pure. 

#the legend of vox machina #tlovm spoilers #the legend of vox machina spoilers #critical role #velora vessar #vex and vax

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At the end of campaign one, one of the last things Vax’ildan does is “walk away” from the rest of the group.

This is going to be animated. Or I’m pretty sure it will be. And I am not okay.

#the legend of vox machina spoilers #the legend of vox machina #vax’ildan #and he walks away

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“But where I’m going, I don’t think you can follow.”

Ow. I just took a critical hit to my heart. Rolling death saves now.

#the legend of vox machina #the legend of vox machina spoilers #vax'ildan #Percival #Percy #yup I’m dead

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Oh Syldor, still under the misguided impression that the twins need to prove their worth to you, when the opposite is true. YOU need to prove yourself to THEM.

#the legend of vox machina spoilers #the legend of vox machina #vax'ildan #vex’ahlia #syldor vessar #Syldor is the worst(TM)

[shielddrake]

Yeah, that moment…ow. It physically hurts. I’m dead. I’m dead like Vex was. I will not stop saying this. Ow.

the first time we see the strings of fate outside the into is vax and vex being connected and then the raven queen severs the connection-

#tlovm spoilers #the legend of vox machina #vex and vax #vex’ahlia #vax’ildan

[shielddrake]

That moment where the thread of fate snapped and Vax’s hand on his chest after…okay, I’m dead. I’m dead like Vex was.

Just thinking about how the Raven Queen severed Vex and Vax's thread that tied them together, and then later when Vax tells Vex everything had changed.

#the legend of vox machina spoilers #the legend of vox machina #tlovm spoilers #tlovm #vax'ildan #vex’ahlia

[shielddrake]

The snap of that golden thread of fate and Vax’s reaction to it hurt more than anything else.

Endless TLOVM

#vaxildan #vexahlia #the matron of ravens #tlovm #tlovm spoilers #critical role

[shielddrake]

Not if if this has been brought up by anyone else, but has anyone noticed the Raven Queen’s motions? She’s holding out her hand to someone. Someone that Vax (and the audience) cannot see. Since she’s the goddess of death, I bet she’s reaching out to a soul of someone who has just died. Especially since Vax has seen her in places with death, thus far.

I think it’s a cool opposition to what we normally consider when we think of someone like the grim reaper. They are usually there to steal your soul away after you die, usually rather violently. But here, the Raven Queen is holding out a gentle hand to guide you into the next stage, whatever that ends up being. It’s kind of gentle, as opposed to fearsome.

I can’t wait to see how they develop her character in future episodes!

Vax and the Raven Queen

#tlovm spoilers #legend of vox machina spoilers #tlovm #vox machina #critical role #crspoilers #critical role gif

[shielddrake]

Got to say, I’m not sure I can handle the coming year if this is how it’s starting. Might just go into cryostasis for a few years instead.

January 2023 started interestingly

#tumblr news update #dungeons and dragons #archive of our own #sherlock holmes #wednesday #life has gotten terribly insane and I’m not sure how to cope sometimes

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Gods, this art is gorgeous!

I am both looking forward and dreading this moment in the show. My only consolation is that the Raven Queen doesn’t take Vax until the end of the campaign, not during the Chroma Conclave.

So that scene that absolutely broke me in the actual stream won’t be shown in The Legend of Vox Machina…unless they do continue to make the Vecna arc in another season, but with all the craziness with WotC/Hasbro, I’m not sure if that will happen.

do not go far from me.

#the legend of vox machina spoilers #the legend of vox machina #tlovm #tlovm spoilers #vaxildan #vexahlia #vex and vax #anyone else can't wait until this scene destroys them? #critical role fanart #critical role

[shielddrake]

I’ve seen it be called “Gravestone” but I don’t know if that’s widely accepted or not.

So does anyone else ship Ashton x Laudna? I can’t find any content! The “we can find new things about ourselves together.” 😍

What would their ship name be: GothPunk? DeadPunk? Ashna? Lauton?

#ashton greymoore #laudna #ashton x laudna #critical role #bells hells #critical role campaign 3