#and get virtually nothing out of it

[itzsassha]

Mr.Reed.... dont look at me like that 🙈💓 ...

#cyberpunk 2077 #solomon reed #cp2077 #cp2077 photomode #cyberpunk screenshots #virtual photography #thirsty thursday #phantom liberty #pl spoilers #yall have u heard the beats Idris made for PL... hot damn.. those are absolute bangers !! #i know people see me aggressively simping for this man #But hear me out .. ok...The thing is .. Placide will always be my number one .. nothing and no other character will ever change that #still #ive made a little.. but not so little tho.. space in my heart for Mr. Solomon as well.. #and he also gets a free passage to live in my head rent free #i shouldn't feel guilty about that.. and in fact i do not #😌❤❤❤ #itzsassha vp

[pinkyjulien]

Valentin Da Silva | 177/??

#Cyberpunk 2077 #Valentin Da Silva #Aldecaldos #Masc V #Nomad #Screenshot #Virtual Photography #AHGHF He looks cute in that even tho it's not something he'd wear normally GFHHGF #also cackling cause-- I wasn't planning on popping an april fool mod at all #I never did in the past and was just going to chill this year too #but remember that ask I got about Valentin's wilding outfit #Thinking back on it it's obvious people were getting bored again cause that whole ask was lowkey ridiculous #and I jokingly thought about how people would allow him to only wear stereotypical french stuff since he's half French (other half spasnish #that's how it came to be LMAO #Ngl I was waiting for one cringe fandom person to come into dm with a -oh that mod is racist actually- cause y'know #NOTHING WOULD SURPRISE ME LMAOOO #I say that but I already know there's some people out there who genuinely think that #wish they download Lokiina's grass mod To Touch Some #ANYWAY Bon poisson d'avril comme on dit ici <3

[rockpaperimpala]

Virginia and Wolf, The 10th Kingdom (2000)

#once again out here producing incredibly niche content that appeals to like three people #stuff by mariel #fan art #the 10th kingdom #virginia x wolf #get you a man who tries to eat your grandmother and then goes to therapy about it #get yourself a gal who'll act as your defense attorney when your accused of murder #despite no one else believing you and knowing virtually nothing about this sheep based society's legal system

[raayllum]

For the good of the world

But to Runaan and those like your parents, love is rooted in all families, all creatures... Souls like that feel called to protect everyone as fiercely as those they hold dear. Each time Runaan leaves, it is with the weight of knowing that he may not come back. That to fulfil his duty, he may need to sacrifice everything, himself, and all that we have here. 

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#tdp rayla #rayla #really is the embodiment of doing anything for a stranger when she shouldn't and doing nothing when she should #while she leaves her friends out to dry lmao #rayla: i will front politically #callum every time: but i want the personal goddammit!! #arc 1 #arc 2 #through the moon #multi #parallels #characterization #like she's by far the most globally minded which given the emphasis the silvergrove puts on communal action #makes perfect sense #tag ramble #ez & cal are both more individual centred (which is what the magma titan sorely needed holy shit) #but for ez that grows to encompass his kingdom #meanwhile callum 'inner circle' is like 'yeah im crown prince. And?' #which gets funnier & funnier the longer u think about it #with callum himself (as always) virtually always being her exception #if it is to keep him safe bc like they're Mutually Equally Insane about each other and i Love it #now im thinking about rayla refusing to sacrifice callum's life as an act of self love in a way and mm. Yeah

[blueskittlesart]

In defense of the original, while I do agree the episodic vibes were a bit much at times, and it was something I kinda had to work my way through slowly rather than binging all in one...

I do kinda prefer the more gradual approach to laying out the information; getting to know both the setting and who Vash is as a person and the different facets of both, before getting the context that lets it all click into place. Plus the main quartet having ample time to grow together so that later developments have stronger emotional weight.

I will agree that Knives definitely suffered in focus, and I am interested in how Stampede handles him, but admittedly he wasn't really what I watched Trigun for in the first place. ^^;

yeah my gripe is less with the way the setting and characters were handled and more with the way the. actual plot was handled. it honest to god felt to me like they realized about halfway through their run that they didnt have enough episodes left to get the backstory in in a cohesive way so they just shoved it all into one episode and pretended that that explanation didn't create more questions than it answered. you spend 20 episodes teasing your audience like "ooooh what is vash?? clearly hes not human!! clearly there's something going on!!! don't you want to know whats going on?? keep watching and you'll totally understand whats going on!!" and then your big reveal is that. He Is Not Human. which is something that any idiot who has watched the last 20 episodes has already figured out. the question the audience ACTUALLY has at that point in the runtime is what, EXACTLY, is vash, and what the context is behind the conflict he and knives are in. the backstory episode explains that Knives Is Here, and it gives context to the setting and everything, but it pissed me off that it STILL didn't answer the actual mysteries i cared about, i.e. vash's real identity and the thing with the gun and his fucking arm and knives's motivations and everything. maybe that gets answered in the last episode that i neglected to watch but personally I prefer a story where i UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON by the time the final confrontation hits. with trigun it got to a point where vash was going out for the final battle with knives and i STILL didn't know who vash was, who knives was, where they came from, or what the hell their motivations were. that just made that final confrontation seem so wholly uninteresting to me that i didn't even feel like watching it. it was like "hey look vash is fighting a cardboard cutout that he is Afraid Of. Why? lmao idk man. probably has something to do with that weird spaceship that shows up in one whole episode before this point. not going to tell you how tho." I think some writers have this tendency to think that mystery = good writing and that not revealing anything to your audience will consistently draw them in for more, but that only works for so long. after 20 episodes of virtually net 0 information it got to feel like I was being strung along and like my questions were never going to be answered, so I gave up on the show in the final hour. Again, i'm not saying it was BAD necessarily and i understand the context in terms of writing and production that led to the show being produced that way but i think it really noticeably suffers due to the fact that it refuses to give the audience ANYTHING but crumbs of information for about 80% of it's runtime. that being said. i did genuinely like a lot of it. it has its moments. im not trying to discourage anyone from watching it or anything lol i just think stampede is a little more successful in keeping the viewer engaged in the story throughout by constantly feeding you bits of information and actually answering your questions as they become plot-relevant.

#asks #wow hi. trigun essay intermission sorry everyone #this same thing applies to virtually every villain in the show. nick. zazzie. the guy with the blue hair whose name i dont even remember. #you get like. the barest snippets of information about them. you know theyre working for knives somehow #you know that they've been somehow modified? and that their titles identify them as relating to knives #in nick's case you know that his whole thing has something to do with the orphanage and the priesthood #but beyond that you get... nothing. and you're expected to just speculate?? figure it out somehow??? #nick especially pissed me off bc it got to a point where he was DEAD and i still didn't understand what the fuck his deal was #despite him being a supporting character for almost the entirety of the show. he still got only like half an episode dedicated to explainin #his backstory and motivations and EVERYTHING. and then he DIED #and like. to be fair. i think the lack of explanation worked in some places. it worked decently with vash #but it worked with vash BECAUSE vash is pretty much an open book as a character. you can easily tell what he's thinking and feeling #and it's not hard to extrapolate things about him from what you see. his pacifism. the fact that he's not human. his past trauma etc etc #you can get a good portion of that just by watching him throughout the show #but i think that only works BECAUSE he shows so much of himself. for a character like nick who is deliberately closed off #and NEVER shows his true self expecting the audience to be able to understand & empathize with him based solely on what he projects #just doesn't work. because it's made clear to the audience from the getgo that nick is not the person he claims he is #and that he takes steps to never show too much of himself. so when his backstory shows up randomly in one episode #and then he immediately dies. it leaves you kinda like. okay. what the hell was that. who was that guy anyway #you know??? #ok rant over fr

[scorpiusmalfoylovesoscarwilde]

what do you mean my disabilities disable me 😟😟😟😟😟😟 what do you mean they aren't just funny little things that make me quirky and I can joke about 😟😟😟😟😟😟 what do you mean they're actually delibitating and prevent me from doing things 😟😟😟😟😟😟😟

#and at the most inconvinient times like please 🧎‍♂️🧎‍♂️ please stop i have so much to do #this is about my autism cfs and depression all ganging up on me at the same time #im struggling to get out of bed and stay awake let alone go outside #what do you mean time keeps going when im like this????? #wdym i cant pause time so i can rest for like a week and go at my own pace and there will be no consequences wdym thats not possible #im also recovering from covid #i cannot stay awake for more than a few hours and my entire body aches #i feel like ive gone for a marathon yesterdsy except i have done nothing but sit up sometimes #this is bullying my own body is bullying me #and my joints are fucking killing me i feel like im 50 #specifically my wrists and my neck #i wanna snap my head and hands off i feel like that would help actually #and i have absolutely no mental energy at all the thought of going outside is horrifying #and trying to do anything but idk watch tv is virtually impossible #BUT I HAVE SO MUCH TO FUCKING DO 😭😭 #autism #cfs (chronic fatigue syndrome) #depression #disabilities #wooo i love having a non functioning everything #doesnt effect me badly at alllllllll

[vimceite]

*barely hanging on because of thr throbbing headache i have due to stress*

How's it goinf today, lads 👍

#vimcei.text. #the text roughly translates to “i have become mentally ill in the virtual world i entered to improve my psychology” btw #(theres a typo in the original text and its bugging me out but imma act like i saw nothing. fpr my sake.) #im so stressed. #i hateit i hate it i hate it get out of my head

[swarnpert]

watching analysis videos about the newer 3d pokemon games (main series) and getting really depressed because like all games series nowadays it's about quantity over quality now and i know everyone is saying the same thing it's just very sad to see coming from probably my all time favorite game series

#like b/w was around the time where i started to grow out of it a little bit #not like how gens 3 and 4 had a chokehold on my life #it wasn't as memorable to me but i still really enjoyed it and i've played through it numerous times #once xy came out i only managed to play through it once or maybe twice #and even then it was kind of a slog to get through #i was super excited for oras because hoenn is my fav region but even then i played it once and never again #i didn't even make it halfway through pkmn moon i really couldn't #it's just SO handholdy and linear i felt like i was just perpetually going through the tutorial #i realized that in the older games there's SO much more to discover and explore you just have to seek it out #now it's just going from one city to the next with nothing interesting in between #i couldn't tell you a single notable thing from pokemon moon i felt like there was nothing to do #besides go to the next gym challenge or whatever they were #ANYWAY rant over basically i am disappointed in the state of the real and virtual world !

[my-current-obsession]

Pros of dating Margaret in RF4 - she's very cute and sweet and all around lovely. She's also the only girl to get a skill exclusive to romancing her, and it is BUSTED. Her healing rainbow wave is the best support move in the game, IMO.

Cons of dating Margaret in RF4 - Unless you get obscenely lucky or choose to save scum a lot, you will NEVER be able to marry her.

#rune factory #rf4 #rf4 margaret #to be clear this is a SLIGHT exaggeration. eventually you'll get her FOUR required events. but... #expect it to take so long that there is virtually NOTHING left to do in the game #you can EASILY beat rune prana AND do all the eliza requests before being able to marry margaret #and at that point what is left? trying to gold crown all shipment stuff? that's SO tedious and NOT fun #at that point i can't find the motivation to keep playing and just want to start over #fun fact on my FIRST playthrough of the game - before i knew how everything worked - i dated margaret #i fell in love with her almost instantly and get her 'thoughts lost in the lake' event very early on #we were like 3-4 FP level so it felt like the natural and organic point to switch to calling her Meg #and THEN i got her mini-event right before confessing (successfully! on the first try!) at 7 #so not only was i REALLY digging her but the game had given me these lovely coincidences to make it feel RIGHT #it just felt so natural and real to date her and i was so excited to eventually marry her #but then. BUT THEN. literal YEARS passed in game. so many dates. affection WELL PAST 10 hearts. #but her other 3 events eluded me. i got ONE eventually. but my patience ran out. #i didn't necessarily want to be a cheater but i knew the game allowed me to date multiple people with no repercussions #so i started confessing to the other girls. at first just clorica since she was my second fave at the time... #but then xiao pai as well since clorica was NOT biting and i could only take so many platonic just friendsly 'i love you too's #i ended up dating xiao pai 2nd and she was the first person i married. and she's probably my favorite girl now #but i kept a save file where i rejected her because i still held out hope for margaret #in the meantime i decided to go for as much content as possible and aimed to date/marry ALL the girls #and let me tell you - i SUCCEEDED. in ONE file where i initially JUST wanted to marry margaret... #i ended up dating and marrying EVERY OTHER GIRL first. and i STILL never got all the events i needed before finally giving up #i like margaret a lot but marrying her is SUCH a pain. on my recent NEW file i got lucky and got 3 of her events in a single year #so my hopes are up and i chose to date her again. but in my mind and heart i know - i FEAR - her final event will just never proc #anyway take it from me - she's a trap. unless you have the patience of a SAINT you should pursue literally anyone else #thank god none of the dudes cause me similar issues

[whump-me-all-night-long]

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#rant tw #vent tw #idk i went away for a week to be a counselor at a camp #that had virtually no signal #and i come back to... idk what to even call this #drama? manipulation? pathological lies? #this was a person that i genuinely liked and trusted #their writing was some of the first to get me into whump #and i felt like we had really great conversations about everything from writing to real life #and for all of this to now be coming out #my brain is not really letting me believe all this at once #i'm confused and hurt and just deeply sad #while i was never in a place to financially help them #i did try to signal boost them frequently #and now i'm feeling immensely guilty because of that #because i could be the reason that some people donated #their money (hard earned money) to nothing more than a scam #my heart is just hurting now #:(

[batemanofficial]

#speak friend and enter #he gave me a c on a group project despite the fact that we had to present the day after spring break #so we had virtually zero time to work on it and he gave us absolutely nothing in the way of guidelines #and i was sick on the day of a pop quiz so i emailed him to see if i could retake it and he just. never responded #so i emailed him AGAIN and guess what he also didn't respond to #i'll get like a b in the class but still. play stupid games win stupid prizes #i would fill out a course evaluation but they closed early this year >:(

[rexscanonwife]

Uh oh boyssss thinking about crosshair againnnnn

#jane journals #self insert talk #🎯 baby shot me down 🎯 #ok listen... #im so so fuckin tired rn today was insane at work #im also having kinda bad brain sad hours #and my cross au is FULL of angst #so i guess it makes sense #but also reminds me that i have told yall virtually NOTHING about it #im still not drawing much but maybe when i get out of this funk i can put together a few things #i dunno #i had a couple fic wips in the works too i can maybe refine

[unproduciblesmackdown]

akd as lucifer (the mysteries)

#as per virtually always coming from that nothingunrealistic research (finding these pics in their ig backlogs) #had seen that top pic via the Visible docuseries but naturally had no idea it was from the mysteries rehearsals...loved it already though #such a great portrait lol the quality of the Light (spotlight even. all the more pertinent when you're Lucifer though) #and then the way sure the figure is mostly in darkness but the Illumination is such as to provide defining features.... #it's also what we're working with with most shots of ''pretty sure that's akd lucifer'' lmao like #if one didn't Know that was them up top i wouldn't be at all sure; such as the ''maybe?? probably?? possibly??'' status of other shots #and Another hairstyle lol longer but seeming less styled than any other rehearsal pics...hell yeah though #and then the much more identifiable straight on fully lit in costume / makeup / apparent final hairstyling having a snack break... #asia kate dillon #lucifer the mysteries #speaking of gender and literally theatrical performance looks. i wanna be the lucifer in the secular the mysteries performance.... #inherently nonbinarily as hell even if that's not quite definitively known / out there yet.... #there's only one problem (there's many problems) i know Nothing abt acting lol. i mean i know some things but i don't know how. boo #in that to hell with vibing through shit i need to learn Technical Things & Techniques....ppl aren't just vibing out here #but it was always fun to also just try to make up [how to act] while like 9 & who cares yknow #got taught the crucial technique of ''there's no mics so if you don't talk really loud nobody can hear you anyways'' first & foremost lol #literally so true...got a real kick out of our one half semester middle school theatre class but you know #a) didn't get much feedback but ''i mean that was also incoherent lmao what was going on'' having fun & being theatrical mainly #b) wasn't abt to join an extracurricular for several reasons or get into theatre stuff when older sibling was already on it lol #c) didn't have Experience to start trying it out in the next stage of things anyways but still had a tiny bit more opportunities to f around #always had like Tangential theatrical experiences & then just Being theatrical lol like oh yeah that annoying kid stuff was also shticks... #and now here we are today. but wherein now i Know who wouldn't wanna be a worm lucifer nonbinary secular the mysteries hellooo. iconique #but more than that? would be [so long as we're just making shit up] I Wanna See Akd Lucifer The Mysteries lmao like no kidding #or malcolm in the brewery performance. or malcolm in the broadway performance. or just whatever like. we're Looking; Listening; Absorbing

[napo-con-fritas]

Would you rather only be able to drink pineapple juice for the rest of your life, or only be able to drink plain milk for the rest of your life.

pineapple!! I quite love it

(if I had to pick something to drink forever it'd be apple juice or earl grey tea tho, problem is I'm a weird human who puts milk on earl grey tea so that would be an issue)

#thanks for the ask! #so i googled this bc i thought what if i get cancelled morally bc i put milk on earl grey #then it turned out that apparently a lot of people do that too #so cheers to st google i guess #i am sorry this question had virtually nothing to do with tea but i had no breakfast and my mind wandered #ask game

[skywitchmaja]

sighhhhhhhhhhghhhhh :-(((((((((((((((((

#i was supposed to get my assessment results yesterday but they postponed it two days bc the psychiatrist was out sick #and i’m like ‘well that fucking annoying bc i’m paying SO MUCH money for this but fine it’s two days i can wait two days’ #BUT NOW they tell me it’s fucking COVID so it’ll be two more WEEKS before they give me sensitive information about my own fffucking brain!! #and they won’t send me the report without meeting and they won’t meet virtually and i’m paying out the fucking nose for this and #and now i feel like the whole thing was a mistake and self indulgent and a waste of time and money #bc it’s not like it’s going to make me into a person i could like and maybe nothing ever will and i just feel so #betrayed like i’m sorrryyyyyyyyy they’re sick but stop withholding my medical information 😭😭😭😭😭😭 #ugh. >:( #this is probably more information than i should reveal online but i’m upset

[boypussydilf]

im fine im totally fine and also normal (i am going to spend the next week comparing the details of the original hound of the baskervilles to what we know about the professor case in dgs to try and build up some specifics in my head about what happened during that time in dgs. WHETHER I LIKE IT OR NOT)

#ok but like its really funny ok #i specifically remember mikotoba has some dialogue saying that iris figured out a lot of details of the case #even though she only had a few notes to go on. so this means her manuscript included a lot of things accurate to what really happened #and we should generally assume in dgs that iris’s stories are largely the same as the acd originals. thats largely the implication #and its the simplest thing to work with #but hound of the baskervilles & the professor case are WILDLY WILDLY DIFFERENT EVEN FROM THE BASIC PREMISE #they have almost NOTHING in common #therefore implying that it’s all the somewhat smaller details of the story - #stuff that wouldnt have been mentioned at all in DGS; stuff too irrelevant to ever get brought up - #that went Virtually The Same in DGS. #this is really interesting TO ME ok. #wake up babes monty melteveryone is building a new pepe silvia board #against zir will. #basilposting