#didn't expect to get this far

[purecommemasolitude]

man. i've been diamond-mining bad-to-mediocre books for so long that i've forgotten how good pb can be when they actually put their minds to it

#blades 2 as expected is fantastic so far #a bit sad that it doesn't look like we'll be able to get skills we didn't earn in the first book but it's so great that we can still use th #ones that we did because a lot of choices books do a complete reset of earned skills/assets/similar items #so i'm really happy the blades ones carried over #and there are new ones to learn!!! #and our choices have actual impact instead of just being “how would you like to phrase the same sentiment”!!!!! #when choices is bad it's *bad* but when it's good it's *so* good #playchoices #bolas #bolas 2 #there are too many tags for this thing #choices bolas #blades of light and shadow #og

[gatorasmus]

I love them so much!, even tough I stopped watching the show a long time ago, and I don't read as many fics of them anymore they have a special place in my stupid little heart and will always come back to them, they have become my comfort ship and are so fun to draw jeje~

#mcdanno #things i draw #happy bithday to me! :D #danny williams #steve mcgarrett #idiots in love #h50 #cant belive i'm 33 now #didn't thought i was gonna get this far #wasnt expecting to get past 17 #but life change i guess #anyway here we are :3 #hands are still hard to draw...but kinda fun too

[fishlung8877]

Me (no microphone) trying to teach my friend slugsign despite them never having played the game before

#it was my idea #it went just about as horrribly as one might have expected #and it was so much fun #rain world #slugcat #slugsign #my art #artlung #I'm a terrrible guide and an even worse teacher but I ended up managing to teach them “give/take” #the fact I'm clumsy as shit and can't sign properly didn't help my case so I'm surprised we managed to get that far

[ilivelikeimtrying]

Okay but Nimona would defs print this on a shirt and give it to Amb after he earns their trust as a gag gift.

Like, she does it with intent of course (laughing evilly as she hands it to him) and as a joke, and while Ballister is sighing and face palming Ambrosius actually really loves it.

He starts wearing it often.

#nimona #nimona is both secretly a little happy he likes the gift but also disappointed that she didn't get the reaction she expected #She also gets Bal a mug that says: #'If You Don't Want Snappy Answers Don't Ask Stupid Questions' #he loves it too #ballister #ballister boldheart #ambrosius #ambrosius goldenloin #Ambrosius doesn't care if it's a gag gift or not to him it shows how far they've come and he loves it #(catch him crying happy tears over a shirt that literally calls him an asshole)

[amelikos]

We got an interview from the artists of the second opening recently on the official PR account for the anime (translation by Dephender can be found on this link!), and I found this bit really interesting:

Q2: Which parts of the lyrics are especially meaningful? yama: One of the first parts of the lyrics I wrote has a bit that talks about "the truth of the world". I think everyone has something they pursue, and the Pokémon anime likewise has both kids that have a goal or a dream they embrace, as well as kids that haven't found a dream yet. That's why I wanted to include words like "found" or that talk about pursuing something together.

The italicized bits in the quote above being the part in the video interview during which Amethio is shown! Friede is pictured in the first part of the sentence, and then Amethio is immediately shown when yama-san is talking about how "there are kids that haven't found a dream yet."

So yeah, it was already quite clear before but Amethio doesn't have a dream and what he's been doing from the beginning isn't something he is doing for himself. While his current "objective" is similar to Roy's dream (they both want to reach Rayquaza as of now), the stark difference here is that Roy's dream is his own, it's something he wants for himself, while Amethio is acting for someone else's sake and isn't chasing his own wish.

I also like the juxtaposition of Friede and Amethio shown one after another, too. I feel like this says so much about their rivalry, they stand more or less as equals on the battlefield (which raises its own set of questions but that's for another day) but their dynamics highlights Amethio's emotional immaturity in some ways. Friede is older and has something he pursues and a goal for himself, and Amethio is younger and doesn't have something like that. Friede went through a time he felt stuck and aimless but he managed to turn his life around, so I wonder if that's something Amethio will learn too (through Friede or other circumstances).

Anyway, given how it's stated that some characters don't have a dream yet, I wonder if they will depict Amethio eventually finding one. The series is about "finding" something important through adventure, after all.

#amethio #pokemon horizons #the rest of the interview is also really good!! i like how they emphasized liko and roy's bond #i like how this interview is after ep 34 too given how amethio reaffirmed wanting to chase rayquaza there #so it's like they really wanna emphasize that amethio isn't in it for himself huh #i didn't expect the pr account to point it out so openly #it's upsetting but also they are acknowledging that amethio doing all of this is not good and also a problem #it's interesting bc amethio seemingly started off as being “ahead” of liko and roy given how efficient he's at battles and faces friede etc #but he is actually not at the starting line yet (given how the series is about “finding” something) #and he is considered as a character who hasn't found a dream yet and it's intentional #also random but i noticed that the two openings so far have been collabs between two artists #i wonder if it's to reflect the fact that hz is a dual protagonist story so maybe we'll get more openings like that #character notes #hz interview

[incorrectclonewarsquotes]

Headcanon: It’s a good thing Fox and Quinlan agree on 95% of everything because when Quinlan and Fox fight, it's the same as an unstoppable force meets an immovable object. Everyone is surprised that this delicate balance has maintained to the point that the two get married.

#the clone wars #the clone army #incorrect star wars quotes #incorrect clone wars quotes #the clone boys #incorrect quotes #idiots in love #fox x quinlan #quinlan vos #commander fox #corrie guard #clone shenanigans #chaotic dumbasses #didn't expect to get this far

[worstloki]

not a fan of people saying Odin and Loki are similar in a moral or decisive sense, particularly when it comes to Thor. that makes it sound like Loki doesn't know Thor or care about him beyond what he symbolises (regarding Asgard/the throne/family/worthiness), when that's a defining part of their relationship

#like i get WHY people go 'oh Thor is like Frigga (they care™/bring Emotions in) and Loki is like Odin (calculating™ /For The Greater Good)' #but if you make such a clearcut comparison you neglect a lot of stuff that Odin and Loki do drastically different #like there are literal contrasts that are pretty evident around Thor particularly #like Odin does expect Thor to be some ideal version of himself that obeys Odin implicitly and doesn't have his own volatile emotions? #while Loki more sees that Thor isn't who he tries to pretend to be and generally encourages Thor to realize that #the most obvious parallel would be how they in TDW try telling Thor that Jane won't work out #and Odin goes for the whole 'well they're insignificant' angle despite Thor caring about the humans and Jane particularly #Odin tries to go 'here's Sif and since you shouldn't have your own preferences (they're wrong and bad) consider my choice' #he largely disregards Thor's emotions #most people do on Asgard???? #like it's literally wild how everyone saw Thor being major depressed and they basically told him to pretend to cheer up #like im sorry Thor's grief means nothing to y;all. he fell in love with someone very mortal and his brother is changed forever #Loki tries putting Thor off by first off. Thor KNOWS Jane isn't going to live long he's not never thought about it #he doesn't even make the decision for Thor he tells him to consider his choice well bc it WILL hurt him when she's gone #Loki is like treats Thor like a person and Odin is like nah I own him #I feel like in converting the brother/father relationship difference over people lose the differences in those aspect #they skip to similarities of heartlessness and Machiavellian ends meeting the means when Loki overall is #a far more moral character than Thor (at the start of Thor's arc) and Odin. and a lot of culturally Asgardian ideas #that's literally part of Loki's original characterization that he DIDN'T match up with their views #he didn't do stuff like take killing lightly like it's for fun and that's one of a long list of obvious aspects that make the setup cool #don't tell me Odin and Loki are the same #like there's some blanket understanding that Loki doesn't show or care about the people he loves #while Thor and Frigga have always been softhearted and refused to sacrifice themselves for what is deemed better for everyone #don't mistake selfishness for apathy and don't say Loki didn't cry himself through the first movie because duty to the throne comes first #that's literally Thor's bit #idk

[the-unconquered-queen]

Ngl I feel like the fortune teller's predictions back in ch 8 led me to believe b2 would be more dramatic than it was.

#playchoices #blades of light and shadow #also ik they want the friend in an unlikely person in an unlikely place to be Valax but I choose to not interpret it that way #because as someone who didn't get her scenes and who was mindful that she was helping them against her will #I feel like that 'friendship' was pretty forced in my pt but I get it for others #For me I like to think that it's Cherta because as far as unlikely places go I don't think MC would've expected to make a friend in jail #and she was more of a friend to my MC #also who was deceiving MC at the time? was it the Watcher because of the epilogue? I'm confused was he a bad guy or not

[dez-wade]

One of the reasons I wanted conflict is because I want Forever to open his eyes so Dramatrio and Eclipseduo could have died for good. I think they're good people, good for each other, but not for Forever. They don't trust him, every single talk he has with them becoming a 4D chess of them trying to twist Forever's words or actions into something more sinister and that has been happening way before he was president. He always has to get on the defensive about everything when they talk to him. They sided many times with each other "against" him, but the opposite never happened. They had deep talks with each other but never with him. They like him, care about him. But they don't trust him.

Despite Baghera trying to mostly keep BBH in check, I can see these two going "Aren't you tired of being nice? Don't you wanna go apeshit?" and joining forces but I don't see that ever happening with Forever.

When I think about the people who mistrusted Forever the most, it's always these two. Even the people who had reasons to distrust him, like Foolish and Jaiden, don't. When I think about people who mostly trust him is always Cellbit + the Brazilians (maybe not Mike at the moment). And funnily enough Phil and Roier. Hell, Roier hypes up Forever all the time and he doesn't even need to. (I think Max trusts him a lot too, but sometimes I feel like he has a more idealistic version of Forever in his mind)

So I always kinda just wished he'd find someone who he can be himself, that he could speak with every time he wants to about things that are worrying him that is not Cellbit because that's the closest thing he got.

And even when the chat points it out, he thinks they're talking about actual cc!Baghera and cc!Bad. Like that's not the point, we're talking about RP! The friendship with the CCs is amazing and I hope they keep being friends forever. But I want q!Forever to find other friends.

#like I don't want him to stop talking them in RP I just want him to have different bffs #qsmp #q!forever #this arc is frustrating me because of forever actually like everything is fine #so far bbh and baghera didn't do anything that i didn't knew they would so it's just to be expected #should i tag as neg something? idk #people are not going to be happy about this opinion but idk #but i don't get happy with these three around anymore just sad

[juicedbeetle]

I know everyone already figured this probably but I hadn't paid attention before to when beej exactly takes his coat off and I was curious, so I'm pleased to report that he left it somewhere in the kitchen

not to mention he is briefly alone with adam in the kitchen while he was there getting the stuff for the sandwich

leaving aside my contemplation about how beej cannot affect the world of the living so those aren't coke, popcorn and 3d glasses he found in their house (probably manifested them himself the same way he takes the coat off. possibly from his mary poppins ass jacket, like with the mic) I like to think that he thought about getting them so he could snack alongside them, other than the obvious "upcoming show aka their death" use, not to mention the fact itself that he takes his coat off makes it feel like the mait's house is his as well, since you usually do it when you arrive home.

hell, I think he doesn't even need a coat whatsoever and just

started doing the "taking it off when I'm home" ritual because he saw adam doing it.

and in general I love this whole beginning part where he just acts like their house is his own, goes into their other rooms to do who knows what (first alone to the left then with adam in the kitchen), sits on their furniture like he owns the place, knows it like the back of his hand

actually I get the feeling that despite the fact he sat down first, he's also imitating adam here, like it's something the guy does all the time so beetlejuice has the whole thing memorized by now. but that's just speculation anyway.

I just get sad because I think he was really excited to meet them and already knew them really well, like he's not lying when he calls them friends, he's known them intimately for 10+ years (and, yes, it's been very creepy). he's lived with them and gotten used to this warm sitcom-y feel and then when they actually meet him they're terrified. Rightfully so but, ouch.

like, nothing goes like he planned right from the start, not just because they're not scary (and I mean, his whole plan was... to have them scare the new house inhabitants into saying his name? and then what? great plan beetleboose great thinking ahead there, a mastermind really), but because they didn't just magically act like his new best friends like he hoped and probably made up in his mind for all those years 😵‍💫

I mean, for all his solitude... the guy totally talks to himself. all the time. that is just a given to me. even besides the clones, the hand thing in say my name, the soliloquy, the guy probably had full fledged conversations. I can hardly imagine how many times he fantasized about talking to the maits for the first time in very elaborate scenarios in his head not to mention participated to all their conversations in the same way he does in this beginning segment and basically took it for granted that they'd enjoy his company same way he enjoys theirs, that is to say, the idealized version of their company he created in his head. siiigh, I love this whole part a lot, you can tell.

#beetlejuice #beetlejuice musical #woobification tag #headcanon #in which i rant for far too long and not make any sense and slowly lose it but so does beej so im never beating the kin allegations #anyway i really did just wanted to figure out when he took the coat off then the post devolved because im insane but. it was in the kitchen #ALSO NOT TO MENTION WHEN BEEJ ACTUALLY MEETS THEM HE ALSO THINKS. THEY ARE JUST. A TINY BIT ANNOYING. JUST A LITTLE #not that he doesn't want to be friends they just say things that get on his nerves #like with the wiccan thing #he hadn't realized that when they can Answer Back to his words. they can say things that aren't His Imagined Perfect Responses #and he hatessss that. what do you mean you have thoughts and aren't an extension of myself? you say things I didn't expect you to??? #and annoying things too???? you are a different person than my self projection on you???? ridiculous. unbelievable

[ageless-aislynn]

Nowwwwww, I facetiously mentioned at the bottom of this post about the Halo: Reach achievement:

To do that, you have to go under or close to par time on pretty much each level ON LEGENDARY.

I have beaten Reach on Legendary but it probably took me closer to 30 hours than 3 because I did my slow, methodical strategies to get through. I did the par time achievement by running past everything I could on Easy. Can I combine the two successfully?

I decided to give the first level "Winter Contingency" a try (after watching some Youtube vids on getting this achievement, of course 😉). Par time is 15 minutes.

That was my third try, the first was 16 and some minutes, the second got it to 15 and some and then that one got under the par by 32 seconds! I should note that this is considered one of the easiest levels to do on Legendary and the guide I watched by the ever-awesome Halo Completionist did it under 12 minutes and you're going to need every spare second you can scrap together to give you a buffer for some of the long, difficult levels. But still!

It's silly, I know, but I feel so proud of me! I'm an old lady (well, middle-aged, if I'm being generous 😜) playing Halo with shaky hands but I made under par time on Legendary! 🥳🥳🥳

PS - Tried it again and got 13:55!

#halo #halo: reach #halo reach #this is my game tag #it's silly i know but i really am proud of me #nobody will ever realize how little i expected to be able to even finish ONE of the mcc games on easy #i wanted to be able to do it but i just didn't think i'd be able to #and then i made it through halo ce #and then the others slowly one at a time #it means something to me #i don't even know why but it does #i'm not good at games but i'm tenacious i'll keep trying #i'll watch different strategies then try to find something that'll work for me #i'll work at it until i get there #it's not pretty nobody would ever want to watch my twitch stream that's for sure lol #but i get it done #i'm proof that you don't have to be some amazing gamer to do some amazing things #i feel like there's a life lesson in there or something i dunno #is anybody still reading down this far in the tags? #have a cookie if you're still here #love you frens #thanks for letting me share with you #ageless aislynn

[gamebunny-advance]

Today's Pikmin comic...

is so f*cked.

(link)

#pikmin #pikmin comic #mamuta #christ i just wasn't ready for that #but you know what. the 19th's comic was even more f*cked. #it was so disturbing to me that i didn't even want to post about it #it just touched on a very primal fear of mine #in other news i finally got enough requests to start the fanart thing #it's just gonna take me a little longer to get around to it than i'd planned #just a lot going on right now that i wasn't expecting #that said. i won't be reblogging reminders anymore #but if you've somehow read this far and haven't submitted a request yet #still feel free to do so~

[solradguy]

It always kills me that people forget that ky, dizzy, and sin were definitely going to get killed had their relationship gone public before xrd.

Like the entire point of blackmailing ky into kingship. I don’t blame people though, fighting game lore is infamously inaccessible.

Yeah and the short story that covers the main chunk of this lore is hidden away in an obscure (Japanese language only) art book for a game a lot of people that got in with Strive don't even know exists. I think it's briefly mentioned in Xrd somewhere too? But even then, like, unless someone's a Ky fan then it's a line or two easily forgotten

#asks #I did a google for 'guilty gear short stories' to see how far up the first English translations were #And they were kind of far up!! That was a pleasant surprise #Wasn't expecting to see the actual Tumblr page (not post) directory as one of the results either #Glad that didn't end up being a waste of time putting together lol #I should write a guide for getting into GG lore... It's something I've been asked about a few times now...

[lurking-latinist]

⛵

#I also keep seeing modern au aubrey-maturin art #that makes me wish I could draw and thereby contribute #unfortunately I can't even *write* modern aus generally. but I like transferring character dynamics from place to place in my brain #and I feel like I could do a university AU very nicely if I could do AUs at all #because I have had rowers in my class with as far as I could tell jack's exact personality #(unfortunately it has to be a US university AU because (a) that's what I know and (b) afaik nobody else does randomly assigned roommates) #(and I cannot pass up the opportunity for randomly assigned roommates. #OR RATHER #for 'you seem more or less human - quick let's request each other so we don't have to go into potluck' #I think that works best) #(but maybe they are both international students anyway. that works fine. & therefore extremely alarmed by potluck [can't say they're wrong] #sophie is a sorority girl. english major I think. and I can see her so clearly #(she's the part I want to draw) #she's not that into the high-octane social schedule her sorority expects her to have #but her pushy mother was a member and it is Unthinkable that sophie should not be #and a lot of the other girls are sweet :) so it's fine :) she says #feel like she has roommate issues (unlike her original self she is able to live away from mrs williams so this makes up for that) #so she's always over in jack and stephen's room. people who know her tangentially sometimes gossip about which one she's actually dating #(at that particular moment it is actually neither of them she's just hanging out with stephen) #diana freed from the shackles of 19th century womanhood creates even more and weirder drama than in canon #idk I just want to see the plot of post captain played out over text message #don't ask me HOW idk HOW i just want it #stephen is a biology major/pre-med obvs. if he can survive organic chemistry #jack is some kind of engineering major. I think he'd enjoy that with the math. diana has changed her major 7 times #(I don't know whether to put jack in rotc. I don't think it Actually actually fits - he's in the navy in canon because he's in the navy #not bc he's Inevitably Military In All Worlds. he would not want to do that if he didn't get to sail #but at the same time I find it hard to picture him not belonging to Discipline somehow. #it's more than a disinterested passion for cleanliness that drives him to wash stephen's mug for him that has had coffee and ramen in it #(and NOT in that order) #in the bathroom sink

[meownotgood]

I got these akis. wow! very cute!

#I was actually squealing and giggling while opening these #no joke I was so happy #I still am so happy #I'm shaking with glee #they're so cute I didn't expect to get all three in one day!!!! too much to handle!!!! aaaahhh #my heart can't take it it's gonna explode #too many akisssss #I've been waiting for the sitting one for so long.. he's so cute #but he looks quite grumpy #probably the most angry looking aki lol #and the chibi aki..... #in the photos online it looked like he was smiling #but in person it's more straight face #but I love him #he looks so kind and lovely #I love his cute blush on his cheeks and his miniature body #and the big aki #I haven't stopped hugging it since I opened it #I think this is the biggest aki plush so far #aaaaahh my heart beating so fast #he's really so cute and big #perfect hug size #when I hug him I feel seratonin and warmth #he is soooooo soft too lol #I'm in love #I will hug him lots #the akis are starting to not fit on my usual shelf!! #but I rearranged my room and bought a new shelf that will be just for the akis :) #I'll show the new aki shrine when it is set up #aki <3

[missingexaltation]

Eddie 'overtly flirting with a pretty, straight boy because it's safe and nothing will come of it, even if he's already planned their lives in his head' Munson

Vs

Steve 'takes six million years to process anything emotionally and then realises he kinda likes some guys too' Harrington

#steddie #eddie munson #steve harrington #i kind of think that if they'd gotten together it wouldn't have been dramatic...it would just...happen #Steve takes his time to realise most things but when he gets there he gets there entirely and without reservation #meanwhile Eddie is the personification of 'wait i didn't expect to actually get this far and now I'm short circuiting' #like it's Eddie's constant flirting that kicks things off in Steve's head but after his repeated head trauma it takes him a lil while