#and starts targeting the person hes with

[rohirric-hunter]

It’s interesting that after the PC leaves Dinodas at the base of the stairs, the scary story visions stop, and instead are replaced with these:

Which of course have the primary purpose of communicating that something’s not right here, but! I think it indicates that it’s Dinodas, and not the PC, who’s thinking about those scary stories, which makes sense. Dinodas, after all, has never been outside of the Shire, so scary stories like that are likely his primary window into horrifying things. But Dinodas isn’t with you now. These images are pulled from the PC’s mind... and the PC has very much been outside the Shire.

The first one doesn’t mean much to me. It’s unsettling, but if it’s referencing something specific in the game it’s not something I can think of. The second one, though, is Minas Tirith -- and not just any shot of Minas Tirith. It’s Minas Tirith under a cloudy sky, immediately calling to mind Minas Tirith before the battle of the Pelennor Fields. Given what happened to the PC in Minas Tirith immediately before that battle (not to mention the battle itself), I think it’s pretty safe to say that the Skulking Ire is definitely tapping into traumatizing memories for the people it’s targeting.

#lotro #also i looked up dates #this quest was added to the game in october 2018 #the main quest was well into black book at that point #in fact pelennor wrapped up around mid 2016 #so its not like they were just calling out current game events #anyway i do think the most interesting thing is that visions dinodas wouldnt be able to make sense of dont turn up until hes not with the pc #or maybe once dinodas decides to start laughing at the visions the skulking ire realizes hes getting nowhere with him #and starts targeting the person hes with #anyway thats all folks im going to bed

[canisalbus]

To me, Machete kind of has the energy of a secondary villain/coldhearted side character in someone else's story that a lot of fans latch onto, moreso than the protagonist. Question is, would he be the villain in anyone's story?

Why, thank you! I'm actually glad to hear he gives off that vibe. I don't think he set out to become a villain but a lot of people certainly view him as one.

#in the 16th century canon he starts out as an introverted but sincerely well meaning guy that never quite manages to find his social niche #he was a sensitive kid and when subjected to enough pressure #his insecurity fearfulness and powerlessness mutate into distrust resentment aggression suffocating repression and self-restraint #I don't think he's a bad person in fact he consistently tries very hard to do the right thing #do his job properly avoid letting people down and get through life with a sense of dignity #but he is supposed to come across kind of cold impersonable and difficult to be around if you don't know him personally (and very few do) #people can sense there's something wrong with him and are put off by it #Vatican is a nest of vipers and as the stakes rise he retreats deeper into his coldblooded untouchable work persona #he has no choice but to start lying scheming blackmailing and eliminating his enemies #in order to maintain his position keep Vasco safe their relationship under wraps and his own head above water #essentially playing by the same rules everyone else in the holy see has been playing with for centuries #eventually he loses his spot as the secretary of state and is manipulated/forced to take on a role in the roman inquisition #and if people were sort of iffy about him before being the authority overseeing trials torture excommunications and executions doesn't help #and since he has so few allies and such an infamous reputation he's an easy target for scapegoating whenever necessary #towards the end it dawns on him that he's become the kind of twisted cruel corrupt person he used to fear and despise #and the guilt moral injury and abject self-loathing had largely sapped him of his will to live by the time the final assassin gets him #answered #anonymous #Machete #Vaschete lore #he thought his dream of priesthood would make him a better person more worthy of admiration safety and love but he climbed too high #and got roped up in the dangerous games that take place under god's nose and slowly got strangled to death

[jtl-fics]

Fluent Freshman - Part 23

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There were a few reasons that Andrew and Neil could not get past reception to go see FF or get updates on his current condition.

The first reason was that visiting hours were long over by the time they had arrived a little after midnight.

The second reason was that hospitals, in general, don’t just give out information on their patients to any random person that walks in and asks for an update on their condition. They are ESPECIALLY hesitant to give out updates on patients when the people who are asking can’t give you anything other than a first name, general description, and the reason that the patient is in the hospital.

Somehow “Completely average looking guy with the last name Smith who was stabbed in the stomach” is not enough for the receptionist to go off of.

“There are multiple people here that fit that description. I would need at least a first and last name before I could even begin to start seeing if you were someone who we even could give updates to. No, I will not continue to play your fun little game of guess the first name.” She says when Andrew opens his mouth to start listing off names alphabetically again.

So now Andrew and Neil found themselves under the watchful eye of a security guard as they sat in the back corner of the front reception area.

“I can’t believe we still don’t know what Smith’s first name is.” Neil says his face is buried in his hands as he and Andrew sit in the uncomfortable chairs trying to figure out where to go from here.

“I think she knows exactly who we want to see.” Andrew scowls towards the receptionist who, long used to the ire of the public, pays him no mind. Andrew just refused to believe that there were that many brown haired, brown eyed, average height and weight guys who had suffered a stab wound to the stomach that would have been admitted in the last two hours.

“I just hope they actually are looking after him and that no one went and forgot about him in an hallway somewhere.” Neil says hands sliding up into his hair to grip.

“That wouldn’t happen.” Andrew dismisses despite knowing that Wymack had ABSOLUTELY forgotten FF at a stadium once during the period where FF had been low presence to keep his family from bothering him.

The U-turn he had pulled had definitely been illegal when FF called and asked where the bus was when they had been on the road for five minutes. Wymack had felt terrible about it but FF had just seemed relieved that the bus had come back for him.

Wymack.

Andrew pulls out his phone and dials a familiar number. Wymack, reliable as always, picks up on the fourth ring with the sound of cursing as he got the phone up to his ear. “What.” He asks and Andrew can hear the sounds of driving and Kevin’s infamously train-like snoring in the background.

“What’s Smith first name. You know it.” Andrew demands.

“Classified.” Wymack clips back immediately.

“I need to know it so that we can get updates.” Andrew hisses.

“He isn’t interested in people knowing it and you wouldn’t be able to get updates anyways.” Wymack dismisses.

“We want to be able to head back to see him.” Neil tries.

“Visiting hours are long over Josten. You know that I’m not settling that bet that you little fuckers have floating around about this.” Wymack responds back.

Andrew grits his teeth and then forces himself to relax his jaw, “It’s not about the bet.” Andrew shuts his eyes in irritation.

That stupid bet.

The betting culture within the Palmetto State Foxes Exy team that Reynold’s had cultivated held strong even after her graduation with the remaining Foxes. The Bet had started when one of the other freshmen had mentioned that it was funny that FF went around like Cher or Madonna. The realization that none of them knew FF’s first name was one that had them placing bets on a multitude of things. Things like: “Do you wanna bet it’s a super normal boring name?”, “Do you wanna bet that it’s a weird foreign name?”, and “Is FF intentionally not giving it out to people or since he goes by his last name normally he has no idea that anything is amiss?” Had lower pools since you were betting on a spectrum. The bet with the highest pool is: “What is FF’s first name”.

Wymack had categorically refused to answer it and all other attempts to discover FF’s first name had been met with frustration. There was a solemn agreement that no one could just go and outright ask him since that would ruin all of the fun. Andrew had agreed to not ask when the team had collectively filled his freezer with ice cream cake and he was a man of his word.

The general belief (after the revelation of his major and the number of languages FF spoke) was that FF’s name was just not easy to pronounce for English speakers.

Andrew hadn’t participated but he know that the Foxes do have a running list of names they know it’s not. (Greg, Will, Smith (again), Matt, Kevin, Neil, Andrew, Aaron, Nathaniel, Jack, Beyonce (Sheena’s drunken guess), Nicholas, John, Fred, Garfield, Frank, Alfred, Augustus, Adam, etc. (Andrew had been trying to guess with the receptionist for a while))

“You’re coming here aren’t you? We can get updates when you get them.” Neil says.

“He’s in emergency surgery right now and will remain there for the next few hours most likely. There’s not going to be any updates hopefully.” Wymack says with a sigh loud enough that they can hear it over Kevin’s snoring.

“Surgery? He needs surgery?” Neil asks sounding surprised s if FF hadn’t been stabbed to the hilt into his stomach with one of Andrew’s knives. He’s about to give Neil some shit for the question before remembering that if there was any person who would think that a stab wound to the stomach wouldn’t necessitate surgery it would be Neil “I’m Fine” Josten.

“Yes Josten, he needs surgery. They have to stitch up his stomach and the surgeons are also going to be dealing with some of the ulcers that were ruptured by the knife.” Wymack explains likely coming to the same conclusion that Andrew had on Neil’s stupid question. “They were a bit worried about him bleeding out but he stabilized before the surgery.” Wymack sighs.

“I’m going the hospital since I’m Smith’s medical proxy. If anything goes wrong with the surgery I want to be there so I can make an informed decision on his care.” Wymack says and… Andrew figured there’d be surgery but to hear it and the possibility that something could go wrong, that the last thing FF had said to him had been something non-sensical about “Gracie Hart wouldn’t have gotten stabbed. I’m Cheryl at best.”as he’d started succumbing to all the blood loss. “If you could stick around long enough for me to drop Kevin off with you I would appreciate it.” Wymack says.

“What if he needs a blood transfusion?” Andrew says.

“Smith is AB-, it’s the second easiest blood type to transfuse into. Go home Andrew.” Wymack repeats.

Andrew works his jaw irritated that there didn’t seem to be a path to getting his way.

“We’ll stay here until you get here.” Andrew agrees, “But you’ll get an update before we leave.” He adds.

Wymack sighs, “Fair enough.” He says before hanging up.

It’s 45 minutes of waiting and tossing a few more name possibilities at the receptionist who seems more amused than anything at their continued attempts to guess their friend’s first name (Neil goes through the entire list of names that he’s gone by and none of them get the thumbs up).

Wymack comes through the doors with a half awake Kevin Day following his steps. “I have another favor to ask you.” Wymack says instead of any form of greeting.

“I’m not going to leave Kevin in the car overnight again. It was just that one time.” Andrew says with a roll of his eyes and honestly he’d been punished enough listening to Kevin bitch, moan, and sneeze for the following week while talking about all the supplements he was taking.

“Not that,” Wymack pauses, “I have two favors to ask you. First don’t do that. Second, would you be able to pick up Smith’s grandma from the airport tomorrow?” He asks.

Andrew blinks.

“She’s coming here?” He asks.

“I updated her on my way here. She booked a flight and will be arriving around noon tomorrow.” Wymack says and Andrew doesn’t know why he’s confused by this. FF’s grandma got him two still warm pies to cheer him up on Thanksgiving.

He’d stabbed that woman’s grandson.

“I’ll pick her up.” He agrees.

Shorter one today

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#Fluent Freshman AU #Might be taking a bit of a break after this post #I wanna figure out the overarching joke of the next part #So FF is under the knife getting stitched up so he doesn't make an in person appearance this chapter #Kevin is coming along with Wymack because he wants to figure out the recovery time and PT FF will need #They were planning on having him be the starting Dealer next season #Honestly he can't BELIEVE that Romero would fuck up his line-up like this #Yes Kevin is aware that he is not the Captain #FF never lets anyone forget who the Captain is #It's Captain Neil #Neil and Andrew try to become close to the receptionist so she will release FF's first name #But god they are both super bad at small talk #Andrew and Neil: So...busy day? #Receptionist: Actually considering the fact its Black Friday it wasn't that bad #Neil: Is it...is it that dangerous? (Thinking about FF this morning) #Receptionist: I've seen body builders get their thigh bones snapped in half by exhausted stay at home moms for a blender you tell me #Neil: Anyone from the (location) Target? #Receptionist: Oh that was a bloodbath didn't you see the news? #The misconception that FF is a cool badass guy continues to grow throughout the Foxes #AFTG #AFTG AU #AFTG OC #AFTG Fic #FF - Pt 23

[cryptiduni]

“white mourning.”

#‘‘A white mourning. A modern death. Divorce or something similar. All you can do is put more distance between you & him. make him smaller.’’ #jean is a very easy character to hate if you know nothing about him. & you know what they say. easy target doesn’t make for a good practice #judit literally compares harry to intellectually disabled man yet you don’t see ppl hating her because she is outwardly nice. #she’s polite yes but she doesn’t care as much as jean cares for harry #he is not perfect. he is mean. but loyal. if he truly didn't care he wouldn't hab come back to martinaise & coulda just reported harry’s as #he put up with du bois’ bullshit for years and built a toxic (totally straight) relationship with him yet always comes back. #he says he will leave you in the village to die but please understand harry isn't exactly a great person. especially pre-bender hdb. #planned a make up joke & put on a wig for hdb even tho he wasn’t the who started the whole fiasco #you can hate him all you want for leaving harry before & during tribunal but how could he have foreseen all this bullshit would have happen #his second leaving is kinda bullshit writing but #jv is dealing with his own demons too. clinical depression. partner almost died. job is shit. case spiraling out control #i do not blame the DE staff either. sometimes shit just happens. not everything needs a grand explanation. #but it definitely coulda been handled better. but i understand. resources were sparse. #i relate to ​jv. as someone with temper issues & attention problems i have to remove myself from the scene or i'll say shit i'd regret late #my man is having the worst week of his life. leave him alone. #kim is great but have u heard of a man who thinks he's old when he is only 30 & luvs horses & his commie boyfriend that he's divorcin' soon #disco elysium #de fanart #jean vicquemare #disco elysium fanart #jean heron vicquemare #jean posting #illustration #de #artists on tumblr #my art #I WANTED TO DRAW THIS FOR MONTHSSS YOU COULDN'T IMAGINE. HE LITERALLY HAUNTED ME IN MY SLEEP!!! #i love him normal amount. very healthy. much feelings #my little maiu maiu

[lastlifesmp]

hi i was thinking abt what you sent me abt scott and the heart foundation and. i mean it all comes down to scott's whole "being honorable" thing doesnt it? like at the end of last life where he was like "oh ive been honorable all season so im gonna keep doing it" and. well theres nothing honorable about killing the heart foundation theyre barely scraping by as is. IDK just. rotates scotts life series character

ROTATING HIM IN A MICROWAVE!!!!!!!

Omg yeahhhhh so much of everything he does is trying to keep that moral code of being honorable, despite everything going to shit around him in the death game

People assign so much malice to Scott's character sometimes and it has me ?????? cause out of the players in the traffic series, Scott really is the one who is the most cordial to everyone else, oftentimes to his own detriment!!!!

Literally show him one little bit of kindness and that will be enough to have him not want to kill you, seen in him deciding not to kill Jimmy as boogeyman in last life, him not killing Bigb in the cave in secret life, the entire thing with Skizz both in lim life and secret life.

When Martyn originally asked Scott to help him with his red task by attacking another player, Scott couldn't help because he had no current enemies and was unwilling to start something with another player he had nothing against.

Scott gives food to people who just killed him, he gives swords to people he shouldn't trust, he gives his hearts away just because someone else got hurt, he refuses to try and scam Tango over the genie deal even when doing so would complete his task, he refuses to go and help kill Skizz, someone who has been nothing but kind to him and who is being hunted down just because he has few hearts and fewer allies, he lets people complete red tasks on him that end with him getting hurt, he gives his life away to his friends and teammates without being asked.

It makes me so AAAAAAAAAAAAAA

#mcyt #smajor1995 #scott smajor #secret life smp #limited life smp #last life smp #and this is not to say he is not ever aggressive to other players #man gets /petty/ petty when someone hes not willing to forgive wrongs him #and hes a king for that tbh #aint starting the fights but he sure as hell will finish them #but honestly out of all the players scott is one of if not the most likely person to keep his word #and very very often that word is being kind to another person for only the hope that they won't target him first in the future #emm speaks

[tj-crochets]

So I was thinking about my recent realization that I am ambidextrous and that it's not something everybody can just naturally do (like I thought it was) and I have another "can everyone do this or is my family just weird" question for y'all: Can most people consistently hit the target with ranged weaponry the first time they try it? wait okay unrelated follow up question: can most people (if they do not have an injury or condition that prevents it) sit on the ground cross-legged and lean forward until their torso is like flat on the ground? editing again: I am trying to come up with more things I thought everybody could do but that, in retrospect, might just be my family. High kicks? I guess? I know not everyone can do like head-height kicks, but can most people kick like chest high?

#the person behind the yarn #I thought they just played up the difficulty for movies #but. it occurs to me. that this might be another 'my family is weird' thing #so far the only ranged weaponry I've tried that I was not good at from the start was throwing knives #and I did still hit the target with them I just didn't consistently hit point-first #for the record the only ranged weaponry that I tried because I wanted to try it instead of a family member taking me to try it #was a bow and arrow. because I was a kid who loved fantasy stories of course I wanted to try archery #the rest were either my brother offered to teach me and I was like sure why not I like learning things #or for a while I worked by a gun range and my dad was like if you are that close to that many guns #you should know how to handle them safely so he signed me up for a basic course at the range

[dyketubbo]

sometimes i think dream has a big big wheel of people to harass and bully and like its color coded by what type of minority they are and when he spins it and it lands on a person with multiple colors he starts jumping with glee and clicking his ankles together. which is to say what the fuck dude. can someone kill this freak already

#got told by a friend about him being weird to tommys mom #got on tumblr saw sophietexas' post about needing to close her inbox #found out he started pubicly harassing her and connor. jesus christ #he acts like other people ruined his reputation but no. hes just a deeply immature and horrible person to be around #man in his what mid-20s? tattling to a 19yr olds mom about not being his friend anymore #while deciding to be a shitheel to a guy who pointed out how misogynistic his friend group is #and then turning around and targeting the nearest woman when that wasnt enough #what a loser. what a joke #mask mews #negative #he couldnt harass tommy directly because tommys too milquetoast of a person #he needed to harass his mom instead to fill his misogyny quota

[cornertheculprit]

wait i have one more thing to say on the subject. this post is krisnix in its own warped way:

it didn't change anything (the atroquinine traps were planted long before kristoph and phoenix became proper friends). it didn't save anyone (and god knows phoenix wright has a savior complex a mile wide). there were just too many forces against it (the diary page, the atroquinine traps, kristoph's utter inability to relinquish whatever forms of control he has). but it still matters that the love was there (it matters because it made everything so much worse. because they took each other's respective "betrayals" so much more personally even when logic dictates that they should have seen it coming. because even when it ended with kristoph screaming phoenix's name in the middle of a breakdown on the witness stand it still matters that they knew each other for seven years and even after they'd gone and turned on each other one of the first things they say when phoenix visits kristoph in his cell is "...you look well, phoenix wright." "you, too...gavin."). their relationship (whatever it was) was a tragedy before it even began and they still took it as hard as if they'd never expected something like it to happen at all.

#sorry i'm reading through the game script and jesus christ. phoenix agonizing over their friendship and asking kristoph over and over #why he did it. kristoph being so taken aback that phoenix turned on him when he was genuinely trying to clear him of the charges #and how before he starts screaming phoenix's name he says 'so everything was leading up to this' as if phoenix had been targeting him #personally all these years even though that was never the intention at all and never would have happened if kristoph hadn't killed zak. #if the atroquinine traps had never been set. phoenix never understood kristoph and kristoph never understood phoenix and it was such a mess #they were such a mess. it's easier to see with phoenix but you'd THINK kristoph would've known better. you'd THINK that maybe he'd #at the very least SUSPECT that phoenix might've laid some sort of trap (even though phoenix honestly didn't) for him. but he DIDN'T. #dear god do i want to tear into these two's psyches. i have GOT to study them like ANTS under a goddamn MAGNIFYING GLASS

[titsthedamnseason]

so lowkey obviously vin must not be the hero right? or she’s going to take the power for herself? you see something is not adding up because her and sazed think she could be the hero because all of the signs she’s experiencing she has in common with alendi. the issue with that theory of course being the alendi was not the hero….or he was “the hero” but only presumably because no one ever got the chance to prove otherwise but kwaan did not think so ultimately…..🤔

#starting to feel like it could be elend or even spook since they are supposed to be less powerful underdogs? #and then vin is experiencing all these things simply because she’s clinically insane. duh. #mine #mistborn #juli reads the cosmere #WELL ACTUALLY MAYBE IT REALLY IS ELEND AND THATS WHY THE MISTSPIRIT IS TRYING TO KILL HIM #LIKE ALENDIS FRIEND THAT THE MISTSPIRIT KILLED WAS THE ORIGINAL HERO #AND NOW THE MISTS ARE AGAIN TARGETING THE NEW HERO BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO STOP ELEND BEFORE HE DESTROYS GHEM #and both times the person that was the hero’s most trusted friend was able to sense all the signs of the well and see the spirit to protect #the hero because they are supposed to be some sort of guide that leads them to the well safely

[unproduciblesmackdown]

like for real winston either being more so overall punished or At Least unrewarded compared to effectively all other characters, not b/c he didn't have value, not b/c he wasn't loyal to taylor, not b/c of anything else he did or didn't do over the course of the series....truly just the sole factor of His Autistacity that determined this fate. wild

#winston billions #like who tf else. obviously prince Loses #spyros Fails in the finale but is rewarded like everyone else & kept around #scooter Would've lost & gone unrewarded but again people were looking out for him regardless #rian may also have not been covered by the secret funds & also isn't here but obviously she also gets an especial Good Ending #(and at this rate who'd be surprised if someone's cutting a check like we'll just mail this to you when you're done w/all that) #that again it's like. mayyybe sacker as indeed also having to perhaps just start over; losing some things (sacrificed) #and not getting the reward for it; nobody covering for her there.... #now there's the surprise dream team lol can even manage to compliment him to his face if not all that earnestly & for 2 sec #but again at this rate like think winston's had his experiences in [not now trying to be valued by Another tayloresque person] #and; of course; how & why would they work together. everyone really may as well just manage to leave winston alone now.... #ben & tuk are also just kind of Set Aside & still here + rewarded by default b/c the thing abt them is Loserness!!!! so; some consistency #tuk loses winston his friend winston & the fact that when he was around there was this one person more of a bullying target than him. f #(but his duo guy also looked out for him at all & ben is still there)

[todayisafridaynight]

this might not make sense. but i feel like after moving to america masato’s dramatic ass would start thinking of Daigo as Right Person Wrong Time & like he’d make Daigo the embodiment of his “sordid” youth & how he’s Outgrown smudged eyeliner and drunken bathroom hookups. so he Becomes Ryo Aoki and returns to Japan & sees chairman Daigo with his slicked back hair & pressed suit & pleasant smiles, the same image that Ryo Aoki wears, but different, somehow. Daigo still has his familiar stubble & his dark eyes, Shitty 20-something Daigo is still there in Chairman Daigo. somehow, Daigo managed to change, managed to be this better, fuller, realer person without killing off his former self. while Ryo Aoki changed his name, burned his bridges, went under the knife and became an entirely new being. I think it’d infuriate Masato, it’d drive him mad, out of jealousy and superiority. How stupid of Daigo to keep his past so close to his chest. How lucky of Daigo to be able to transform without having to shoot his past between the eyes.

Meanwhile Daigo is just like 🧍‍♂️ nice glasses nerd.

(Sorry if this is incoherent)

anon i cant stress how much im eating this and seasoning it and putting it in every soup and dish i make i am injecting this straight into my bloodstream and i'm turning this into a pill so i can take it every day oh my god

#fave #spoilers #y7 spoilers #masadai #snap chats #aoki really out here with the daily planet aesthetic tho.... ok clark kent... #but yeah anon. anon this is doing things to my brain. the worms are FEASTING tonight oh my god. #i cant gift basket you a year's supply of tirimasu when you're on anon jesus christ i feel like gabriel just threw this through my window #eguhUHHHUH daigo being able to change but still retain who he is while aoki had to start from scratch.. #tbf his dumbass was responsible for that but still... my god he'd be so angry... furious... jealous even #more reasons to want to demolish the tojo: he wants to take everything daigo's built up for himself and the yakuza #he wants to take that life away and to make daigo feel the pressure of having to start life over #too bad daigo was already planning that.. aoki cant even get that satisfaction #girl im going insane !!! oh my god !!!!! #JUST A SLAP IN THE FACE one of few things to remind aoki of his past life and dude's thriving #dude's basically his adversary- absolutely his number one target #his pursuit for political power's been nothing but personal but this especially feels like it'd be closing the chapter on his old life #and Again. aoki can't even have that totally on his terms he doesn't get the joy of watching daigo panic and crumble #he gets to move on to his ventures as he planned and now all he can do is seethe #brb dying. readmitting myself to the hospital i wasn't left to cook in there long enough im still ill

[mars-ipan]

ohh my brother’s healing ;v;

#tagging this as #marzivents #bc it’s kinda personal #but. i think i’ve mentioned once or twice that my brother fell into that youtube alpha male ‘self help’ bullshit a few years ago #and my whole family has been trying so hard to help him out of it #he was the target audience. cishet white dude with autism that’s always made him feel outcasted #so he fell headlong into it #i never loved him any less (he’s my brother we’re closer than anyone else) but it’s hard to watch someone you love go down that rabbithole #but since starting college he’s been questioning that stuff more and more #and we just had a conversation in the family group chat where he’s flat out saying he thinks he fell for nihilistic bullshit #and how it makes him feel like he’ll never be able to belong #and he wants to stop feeling like that #and i’m so so fucking proud of him. #he described it as a mental virus. said it’d probably take a while for him to ‘get better’. which i believe #but the fact that he’s decided he wants to ‘get better’ from it is such a big step #and i am so happy for him. i can’t wait to see him be happy with himself #now i gotta support him. i always have but it’s more important now than ever #he needs to know that he’s loved and i will not hesitate to let him know that he will always belong #and that if the world isn’t built for him then fuck it. #he can build his own #GOD i’m so proud of him. i’m so so proud of him #i’m like. actually crying happy tears about it. i am so overjoyed for him

[bitchfitch]

I have woken up in a cold sweat with the realization that since The Grinning Thing wants everything and The Other Thing wants there to be nothing, I'm pretty certain Other Thing just accidentally fell in love with their trash can.

#Like #Ok so there needs to be a distinction made #Guy Manson is the human man at the start of the story. hes a dude who was chosen to be other thing's vessel/cocoon/whatever. #through a series of understandable but critical mistakes he fell in love with Grinning Thing before Other Thing melded with him #Thats why Other Thing can feel love and other human emotions and why they're in love with Grinning Thing specifically. #Guy and Other are basically the same person at the end. hes not dead and its not gone. theyve just merged #as Grinning Thing did with its host #but yeah after realizing that Guy managed to get close to Grinning #instead of just picking another easier target Other doubled down bc making ther be nothing is a Lot easier when you ah e something #that Wants and will get rid of everything if you give it to them #thats just their trashcan

[laesas]

Seeing someone's awful, self-righteous, bad faith, rage bait take and realising that you already have them blocked for their other dogshit opinions 👌👌👌

#barbie Ken voice: SUBLIME. #You know when someone identifies themselves as a queer poc and like leverages it in a way that is so cognitively dissonant and embarrassing? #like bro you're giving us hot qpocs a bad name youre scaring the hoes 💀💀💀 stoppppp 💀💀💀 #You can't leverage your status as a poc over another poc #especially when you are specifically talking about Thai culture and the person you're bitching about is literally half thai #especially when all perth said was I had friends that would watch every BL religiously and now there's so much coming out that they can't #so ''I think the BL industry is becoming oversaturated because the target audience can no longer physically keep up with the output'' #is a perfectly reasonable thing to say??? #especially as someone that is looking for roles in said industry? like they don't want to be in an unwatched unprofitable show? #he is a professional BL actor he has worked on two of the most profitable BL's that have come out of Thailand in the last like 2 years #being like ''his professional opinion doesn't matter because he's straight'' #and ''I clearly have more experience with the BL industry because I consume the finished product'' is. ??? questionable???? at best??? #speaking as a queer person of colour who has 2 years experience in the TV industry: oversaturation is a word that is really commonly used #it is a real worry for people that are working in a genre and it's a way to say like what is going to be innovative and popular #and how can I get on that wagon #because it's a career you're not just looking at the output at the end (the show) you are looking at the entire process from start to finish #That's literally all Perth was doing??? #sorry it upset your sensibilities as a BL consumer but he was talking from the perspective of a BL professional #anyway what the fuck ever lmao

[sihirbazi]

dragon age writing did pretty well on ~insidious tactics ~nice and well meaning religious people use but people are just eating it up eh

#sebastian praying on fenris by implying the maker is responsible for his freedom #and pressuring him to come to the chantry #is soooooooo #he also uses a tragedy of a child being sacrificed by mages to reinforce that THE MAKER HAS A PLAN FOR HIM #this and comparing his religion to merrills are all tactics to get a foot in the door with preaching #people say fenris starts the conversation himself but that's AFTER sebastian digs into that painful personal spot of enslavement first #also i meant to write preying* but same thing really lmaooo #he tactically picks and chooses what to target in different people #like the templar connection with carver and minimizing the impact of circles with Bethany and anders

[theamazingannie]

Pretty sure the only two reasons people don’t like Jennifer is either because they don’t seem to understand that this is a game and they all want to win and not everyone is here on the competition show just to make friends, or they hate Brett because of BB and it’s so annoying to see because they played their strategy VERY well from what we can see and the only reasons they didn’t do so well at the end were Shubby dropping the bomb about the revolution no one else wanted (which screwed over both Jen and Tom) and the Circle allowing Sam and Chaz to talk after the ratings therefore screwing over Jen and not letting them get Tamira out (which they absolutely could’ve accomplished otherwise). Maybe they wouldn’t have won anyways and maybe they didn’t “deserve” to, but I think they played a very good game and, frankly, were very entertaining to watch

#the circle #the circle netflix #i loved Tom and I wish he would have stayed and had a chance at winning #but It’s not even Jen’s fault #she had to choose between herself and Tom #if she hadn’t voted Tom low it would’ve been her to go #so maybe her chances of winning we’re still zero but it gave her a fighting chance #the biggest person to blame for the Tom situation is Shubby #He’s the one that revealed the revolution and pushed Tom under the bus for it #whether he meant to or not that is what happened #and i saw someone say that she kept targeting poc espexially woc #and baby girl #every other player was poc except Tom #who she bonded with because they came in together #there was no one else to target #and she explained that she went after Tamira because Tamira started a fight with her literally that day #they weren’t the best players ever and they weren’t my favorites #but i genuinely don’t see why everyone hates them #both my siblings liked them too so I know it’s not just me