#but never a city twice

[woundgallery]

Carolyn Forche

#carolyn forche #elegy #poetry #you and your memory #text #but never a city twice #atlantis #my my my apocalypse

[kaltacore]

the way cole makes varric conflicted is so delicious i think. most of the characters are uncomfortable around him because they're genuinely terrified of demons and the fade and magic in general but varric is a completely different case. the thing is, he doesn't see cole as a demon at all because he doesn't want to.

he acts like he doesn't care about this stuff. that's a little weird kiddo around here and he wants to befriend him. teach him something even. why not. that's a little guy who's a little too good with knives and can't pick up a single social clue at the same time.

but there it is. the "he could have been a person" line if cole is made more spirit. varric is so upset about it because it's not like he saw cole as, well, a spirit who got a little too human. for varric, he was a human first, a weird kid second. the spirit part didn't even come into consideration because. well. it would make him question things. you know where it goes.

every time he starts bitching about anders he brings up justice. justice drove him mad. justice took over him. justice this, justice that. justice is a scapegoat because the thought that someone varric was friends with was actually willing to blow up the chantry and it wasn't just some evil demon's wish is a very unsettling one. varric's friends may be crazy but they're cool and make no irreversible life decisions of that extent, don't they? blondie turned out this way because he let a demon possess him and make him do terrible things. completely out of the blue.

it's either varric's ex-friend has never been driven crazy by some inherently evil entity and there was a whole other person around him all along and that anger he used to mock was coming from the same place as compassion's urge to become a killer or that little weird but kind kid he started to care about has never been and will never be a real kid. he can't have both. a bitter pill to swallow for someone who has never picked a side in his life

#got a lot of cole thoughts yesterday. can't help myself #anyway. varric really must have not just apostate issues but also spirit issues now. a whole existential crisis #i mean. yeah. he was backstabbed (from his perspective) by his apostate buddies twice #but he also almost adopted a spirit guy. and before that he never took another one seriously for 6 years up until he and his host teamed up #and set varric's favourite city on fire. well i guess he has some mental gymnastics to do from time to time now #because cole is nice. he also kills people but who doesn't these days. also these people are bad so it's fine. #he wouldn't blow up a building for a greater goal or something. or would he if he becomes a spirit again #or maybe it's not about spirits and humans at all. i guess varric would rather not. find this out. #ofc his problem with anders is understandable on a character level and it's not only about justice. but he brings him up. well. a lot #and he never was interested in justice as a separate person. he was like. an evil unhinged anders for him. and then cole happened. and. yk #cole #varric tethras #dragon age

[witchlingcirce]

I don’t think we talk about Isabelle Lightwood literally ripped Sebastian Morgensterns hand off.

and the fact that his wrist is still SCARRED.

Everyone say thank you Isabelle !

#bad bitch #the shadowhunter chronicles #tsc #shadowhunters #cassandra clare #the mortal instruments #tmi #city of glass #cog #city of lost souls #cols #isabelle lightwood #izzy lightwood #electrum whip #electrum #sebastian morgenstern #the way he will never match her bad bitch fierce vibes #tried to kill her twice but neither worked #imagine getting solo’d by miss diva fierce #okay but can we talk about how she’s got some of the best feats in the series? I’d put her top five fighters #the mortal instruments: graphic novel

[mhaikkun]

roll the dice

#oc #original character #giovanni mercuro #crime city #mhai art #mhai oc #this is vanni!!!! #don't call him gio he hates that #anyway he's a croupier #he never wears the same hairstyle twice #never plays the same game twice #and never sleeps with the same person twice #yeehaw

[fabuloustrash05]

Godzilla Minus One has done the impossible in a Godzilla film.

Actually made me care about the human characters.

#I cried twice for these characters #I have never done that watching a Godzilla film #I would either not care about them at all or wonder when they’re gonna die #Cause I just wanna see the giant lizard monster destroy a city #But for this film I was happy with seeing the human characters as equally as seeing Godzilla #random thoughts #godzilla #godzilla minus one #kaiju #toho co.

[lesbiansanemi]

New low. Sobbing in the floor of a dark empty apartment

#well. he’s gone. #it’s definitely relieving in a lot of ways #but…. #my apartment is empty #when I moved to this city I had two of my best friends here with me #now I have no one #I will probably never talk to either one of them again #I lived with him for five years. we made our college plans together #and now my apartment is empty and I’m all alone and there’s no one to hear me cry #I feel so pathetic and miserable #and empty but overwhelmed all at once #I almost wish it was all my fault you know #cuz then at least I could pinpoint it I could figure it out #like oh… I’m a shitty person and I treated my friends badly and that’s why I lose them #but I’ve been the one who’s been used and tossed aside and discarded #and I’m alone in a dark empty apartment crying #and I know my old roommate and my old best friend don’t care #they’re both happy and having a good time and have not thought twice about me #and yeah. I feel pathetic #that even after everything I’m wasting grief on this #growing up my family always told me friends never amounted to anything #you had your family and your significant others and that was it you didn’t put everything you had into your friends #and I always thought that was stupid #and I loved my friends so much and I feel like I gave them so much I gave so many of them everything I had #and all I get is being alone and crying in an empty apartment #maybe my family was right I’m so tired of this I’m so so so tired #kaz rambles

[nyerusnova]

still thinking about how in the gotham knights video game it's implied that tim ignores his friends heartfelt condolences after bruce's death and instead decides he's going to go look for moth man

(and conner's the only one who replies with "lmfao yeah dude lets fuckin do it")

#gotham knights #video games #tim drake #dcu #say what you will about that game #but not only was it FUN it also had WAY better characterization than half the current dc writers can manage #bruce was so willing to sacrifice himself to protect his kids didnt even think twice #dick was a kind-yet-tired older sibling trying to keep shit together #jason was a young man who struggled with his anger but working to do better for ppl he cared about and his city #babs wasn't relegated to a nerdy know-it-all (and they even showed her wearing her back brace and stuff!) #(even tho i wish it was like cass or steph but oh well i understand why they chose babs for batgirl) #tim's youth meant he struggled to process the loss yet his genius esp when it came to hardware was never downplayed

[soggypotatoes]

just remembered a few weeks ago this guy was commented nasty things on young peoples posts on various self harm reddits and I got incensed and I.. impulsively spent an hour digging out his info.. I messaged him his address and he deleted his account... get fucked Craig

#he lives in my city #was fucked up #but truly the things he was saying 🤮 #maybe he will think twice about it now #ed mumbles #also why the fuck is it so easy to find peoples address #i had barely any info to go off #dont think differently of me after this guys ive never done that before i was having a Night

[lesvegas]

#polls #tumblr polls #self defense #i used to have a wallet knife but stopped carrying it after i almost got caught w it at work once #and ive never carried anything else because i always felt like #id forget to leave it at home when i go to work. and get caught with it #but now that im working from home im kinda thinking about getting something #although mace is illegal and a knife isnt much help #and idk much about guns #but also like. nothing has ever happened to me. like ive never even felt unsafe in my city #my brother meanwhile has been attempted mugged twice? somehow? idk

[waugh-bao]

NYC (December, 2023)

#momofuku turned out to be decidedly mediocre and overpriced #(not super shocked by that one) #but everything else was great #kijitora in brooklyn was so good we went back twice #i highly recommend both the good (esp. ume onigiri and wasabi cream cheese smoked salmon croissant) and the drinks (esp. hojicha and miso #mocha) #I used to get down to the city much more often than I do nowadays #and it was really fun to spend a day and a half with a good friend there #it can never be a bad day though if you end it with hot pot and then halo halo in bed watching Slow Horses #not the stones #me stuff #nyc #new york city

[geekthefreakout]

I had yet another dream about Good Omens season 3 which turned out surprisingly musical. Pls, I am SO UNWELL.

This time, Crowley and Aziraphale were fighting and not talking to each other, and Aziraphale kept trying to say something to Crowley about the end of the world but Crowley didn't want to listen.

Except Crowley was listening secretly, and began convincing demons and humans to come together and show Heaven that Earth deserved to go on existing.

Muriel helped Crowley and also told Aziraphale to have hope. The Bentley kept changing colors like the horse in the wizard of Oz.

At the end (once again at the top of a building like in Across The Universe, idk why my subconscious keeps returning there, I haven't watched it in yonks) Aziraphale is literally standing between The Metatron, Michael, Jesus Christ, and a bunch of other angels and the end of the world when the music starts.

And Crowley is on the ground with Maggie, Nina, Muriel, and a bunch of humans and demons and they start almost a flash mob of "Under Pressure" but it's the version from Happy Feet and the angels are overwhelmed by the love and positivity and the music and Aziraphale gets the big heart eyes and starts singing along even though it's "bebop".

And then Jesus smiles which means no end of the world. And The Metatron looks mad. And then Aziraphale and Crowley were floating in the air together and holding hands for "this is ourselves..." and then they kiss.

And then there were penguins everywhere, and then I woke up.

#good omens #ineffable husbands #I almost never have dreams that are this plot driven #but it has happened twice in two months #look what you have done to me Neil Gaiman #aziraphale #crowley #gomens #do i need to rewatch across the universe? my subconscious seems to like it #or maybe I should rewatch Happy Feet #Also the city looked more like NY than London #but that's because I'm from NY #good omens season 3 #aziracrow #Sam dreams shit

[tarmac-rat]

This isn't even a gripe that I have with 2.0 it's more of a humorous observation-- I run a V that is canonically a trash child (i.e. isn't very fashion forward and tends to dress simply and practically) and most of the clothes I had in old run throughs for her were like, tanks and t shirts. Cargo pants and fleets. The bolero jackets or synleather bombers. Maybe the occasional bustier if I wanna get fancy with it. You can still buy most of this stuff at stores and honestly the tweaks they made to the economy in this game aren't exactly leaving me strapped for cash but I have noticed something odd about the drastically reduced overworld finds:

Every time I find a clothes drop I can loot, 80% chance it's formalwear.

Who is leaving all these fancy outfits around. Who shoved a pair of ironed out work slacks into a random backpack in the alley behind Jig Jig Street. Why do the Wraiths in this random camp have 3 different pairs of office pumps. I have 12 different variations of dress shirts tuxedo vests and blazers and I have not found one edgerunner jacket out in the wild. It can't be random if all I'm finding is stuff I'd wear to my friend's wedding.............right?

#I have genuinely never had this much formalwear to fall back on in ANY of my runthroughs #Some I've found twice! Three times even! I have so many button ups and pleated pants I've lost count #I'm not mad I just...I either can't believe my RNG or this is a conscious choice #Riley digging out her 26th pair of heels she literally can't wear: 'why is every gangoon in this city wearing stilettos this month?' #Johnny: 'Why are YOU fucking complaining dirt lady" #Anyway it's just been on my mind for a few weeks lol #Would love to find some of my favs in the wild but it's not like I'll die if I have to fork over 0.8% of my life savings for them lol #Aldi speaks

[christinered]

You think I'm lying when I tell you that You NEVER know what you might see here in New York City.

Time to go to the store on the next block cause I have no poker face at all.

This is Todays Winner!

Might be tomorrow's winner too.

Welcome To New York City.

Never The Same Day Twice.

Only in New York..I Love New York!

~Red

#christinered #sub for dom domme for all #wisdom of a redhead #aggressive redhead #new york city redhead #nyc weirdos #only in new york #never the same day twice #welcome to new york #they call me ~Red #new york city bartender #no eye contact #wtf? #how do they always find me #body stocking #mohawk #blue hair #blue doo #why #dont look #we have a winner #holy shit #easily amused #no poker face #wiseass smartass badass #curvy bouncy redhead

[nthflower]

Arthur Morgan venom sucking legend of many cities.

Store owners hates him!!

#i actually never sucked venom i always gave them health things #still every city i go they are like omg its you 😳 snake sucker 😳 #every time i am panicking first it is some bounty hunter but no just random guy i saved before #i love this stupid guys i saved one guy twice in fact he was like yes it happened again help? 😳🥺 #geym

[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 !

[vonnegutism]

I went to a majority white high school and just this year the city found out that it purposefully held back black students or made it harder for them to graduate and now it makes sense why I graduated a semester late… my mom’s already transferred my brother out since we find the news he’s taking his last year of school in Utah for basketball

#they had my cousin in the office crying bc they told him he was failing his classes #he’s one of the smartest kids I know so that did not make sense to anyone at all #thankfully he graduated #anyways I hate Canada so much especially this city like? the racism is just getting more blatant like they’re not being subtle anymore #Canadian racism is insidious it’s all centred on jobs and education and stuff like that #like I will not have a random white person slurring at me in the streets that’s never happened in my life #actually no it’s happened exactly twice