#like seriously hitting them hard

[bitchthefuck1]

It's kind of funny that Kendall and Shiv are both equally delusional about their ability to charm people for business and somehow think they can do it even though they choke almost every single time, whereas it's like the one thing Roman is consistently good at despite being the "least legitimate" option.

I think part of this comes down to the fact that Shiv and Kendall both have very clear ideas of the versions of themselves they're trying to be and the images they're trying to project, and they're trying so hard to be seen that way that they end up coming off as a little desperate and off-putting. Meanwhile Roman "knows" that there's something wrong with him and he's worthless, so he doesn't get sucked into the trap of trying to force people to see his idea of himself and instead molds himself into whatever he thinks the other person wants from him because that's the only way he can compensate for "being him," which works very well in the short term but also means he's the least capable of maintaining any relationship for very long because he has no sense of self.

#this was going to be a joke about kendall consistently failing to charm anyone that isn't stewy (and still for some reason thinking he's #good at it) but then i thought about it too hard and started connecting dots #but it is really interesting on a character level to analyze the different ways the siblings act when they're trying to win someone over #kendall and shiv will try to find common ground but they always end up pushing too hard and overplaying their hands because they're #focussing too much on wanting to get the person to take them seriously or see them the way they want to be seen #and roman will test the waters a bit but not say anything definitive until he get the person talking and can see what it is they want #and then just says whatever it is he thinks they want to hear #which also makes a lot of sense with the abuse dynamics since he was the one most likely to actually get hit so the goal is to just make #sure dad never gets angry at you and tell him whatever you need to to avoid that because the consequences will be worse #anyways its 2 am here you go #succession #kendall roy #shiv roy #roman roy

[motokeith]

actually I will never complain about being a klancer at the end of v.tron because imagine the ending from an al/urancer’s perspective

#klance #allura’s death was hard enough #imagine being emotionally invested in a canon ship for like 2 episodes only for half of the pairing to die #on top of them being a character you already adore #and then the other half of the pairing just goes: no.. don’t go… #not Lance hitting the ‘without me? haha’ during her last moments #and then she walks away with the people who fucking obliterated her planet and the universe?? #WHAT are we doing #now I’m just ranting about the ending again but seriously poor al/urancers #your fight is not taken seriously enough #vld spoilers #just cause I’ve seen someone live-blogging their first watch #want to be extra careful

[possamble]

Question to a fanfic writer: do you think that, in Marcille’s research ways *And* her love for romance novels… would result in her writing some in-universe fanfics of her own? Like, maybe she hypes herself up on something and get disappointed, or maybe she finds some character decision isn’t as ideal as she thinks it could be? Or it’s as simple as she wants to play around with the characters and see what happens?

I can’t help but imagine a scenario where she’s struggling with some romantic trouble irl and she’s struggling with deciding on what to do, but then the answer slaps itself upside her head when she rediscovers her fanfics and how she LITERALLY made a character or two do the exact romantic decision she needs to do? It would so silly but yet I can’t help but find it so charming. Hell, just the imagery of her writing romance fanfics of her own At All is just… delightful to me hehehe.

you know I've been rotating this in my head since I saw it this morning and. I went through a wild journey of opinions before I realized... Marcille wouldn't think about fanfiction like we think about it. In the modern age, yeah, she'd be a complete tumblrina -- but we're talking about a 17th century-ish fantasy setting.

Writing before the digital age was a physical commitment to investing ink and paper into your thoughts -- and this is even before mass production can make pens and notebooks kind of whatever to buy and use on a regular basis. I'm sure the situation wasn't dire, but I really can't see Marcille, perfect honor student, using her allotted supply of stationery at the academy on super frivolous things.

Fanfiction has been normalized incredibly fast in the past few decades. Think about now normal and popular D&D is nowadays compared to how much people looked down on it 20-30 years ago. Fanfiction was a freakass nerd thing to do until relatively recent history, something that was even considered offensive to the original creators.

Remember, we've already seen Marcille react to adaptations with disgust. She's kind of a hater and an elitist fan. She also considers herself a Reputable Academic. In a setting where a digitized culture hasn't reframed fanfiction as an act of appreciation and creativity, she would absoluuuuuuuutely think that fanfiction was complete loser shit.

If she did write anything about her favourite books... She'd. She'd be one of those assholes who writes huge scathing reviews of Dal Clan translations into Common. She'd be the fantasy equivalent of those Weebs/Japanese elitists on twitter tearing through every single localization choice in anime and JRPGs and being so so annoying about it.

If we're being charitable, we could say she'd be able to appreciate non-faithful translation choices that still do a good job of carrying over the original spirit of what was said. But I think we also have to acknowledge the possibility that, at her worst, she'd really really be like those guys who were malding about the Unicorn Overlord localizations so hard the (correction: Final Fantasy Tactics Creator, not the Unicorn Overlord devs) had to step forward and ratio them. (The silver lining is that she'd never get published in the arts review newspapers/journals that she submits her essays to. those poor editors just have to deal with her being persistent.)

#asks #marcille donato #dungeon meshi #im so sorry anon your idea was very cute and i know i wasn't supposed to take this so seriously but #god. the revelation hit me and i just cried laughing #she's so horrendous. i love her so fucking much. #i really do think the only setting she'd be able to write fanfiction is in modern aus #bc then she can just delete stuff she doesn't like and lose nothing but the time it took to write it #the problem is that she has the kind of perfectionism that stops her from doing things unless she can do them competently the first time #(gifted child syndrome) #but writing fiction is a skill. one that she would have to hone from zero. while not necessarily having natural talent for it. #her reading standards would be so much higher than her writing ability and she'd haaaaate that #... that said #i can see her absentmindedly dabbling in short form poetry in the margins of her journal #i think that's small enough of a scale that she'd accidentally do it a lot without thinking about it too hard #until she was actually half-decent at it one day #like... starting some years into the post-canon. this is crucial. she needs to chill a bit before this could happen

[sheepdog-and-fakegoldenretriever]

Last time I'll see him tomorrow as I move jobs next week

Also saw my rue girl for the last time Monday broke my heart I'll actually miss these dogs so much. I hope they find their perfect home soon

#like #this is why i need to leave #because i love them so much #and they really form a beautiful bond with you #and i can't trust people to find the right homes before the dog gets returned #it's better i don't know about them #because my heart has taken too much being in this job #now give me the needles and blood back because at least there's a higher chance of predicting that will go to plan ok #ok #fuck this job has wrecked me #its honestly not the dogs its the fucking politics of the job #a dog got hit by a car from an experienced behaviour staff yesterday that's been in the job 3 years #honeslty #the dog is fine but cmon mate seriously #you're meant to be a senior in your role and you can't be street smart #fucking hell it's dog training it's not hard to predict hazards #what the actual fuck thank ful I'm leaving

[maegalkarven]

Nemo returning to Baldurs Gate and collecting his unholy assasins like stray kittens.

Meeting them in the vault and scolding the hells out of them because what do they think they're doing??? Playing clowns for all he cares about. One assasin actially bursts out crying because he's one of the urchins Nemo picked up and: a) thought Nemo was dead b) is being scolded by his idol and parental figure rn

Finding a bunch of his deadly losers in the park and being like: "WHAT are you all wearing??? You look like fairytale villains. Dumbasses."

And that one assasin being like: "Right?? I told them! Also omg Lord Nemo you're back!"

Him promising them he'll take some of them along on some really cool murders if they behave.

"Who wants to kill A Vampire Lord?"

"So...Sharrans. Anyone ever killed a sharran?"

"These steel watchers what have been malfunctioning lately...Anyone tried to destroy THAT?"

"So I'm going to Hell, yes, AGAIN. Anyone wants to volunteer to kill some devils? Oh, and Mephistopheles' son as well."

The entire party being like: "WTF. What do you mean you RAISED some of them. First of all, how old are you? Second of all, what???? No, I don't think it's a good idea, I mean, any ally in <that particular fight> will be a bonus, but-"

#dark urge #bg3 durge #durge spoilers #the dark urge #dark urge: nemo #nemo is 50 actually thanks for asking #beeing a pureblood bhaalspawn does slow down aging a lot #he became the leader of the cult of murder before Orin hit 18 #of ticking course he never took her seriously please she's a child #he became cult leader at 19 and Orin was like...5 at the time. hasn't even killed her mom #he worked so hard turning slaughterhouse into slaughterhome #then had 1 crush and Orin decided to stab him over it #truly a younger sibling behavior #nemo: *unreliges a cult* #everyone: two questions: how and why #Nemo upon Astarion freeing 7000 spawns: so anyone is looking for a job? boy do i have an offer for you... #nemo: you'll need to kill people but i doubt many of you will mind. and! all the blood they have is yours #Astarion: aren't we good now? #Nemo: darling this is us being good people. they need support system. I have a support system for them #nemo: a place where none will see judge them. a place where they would be understood

[storyweaverofgondor]

*Throws out my arms and sobs*

#personal #The amount of cats mutuals who i consider dear friends who I've discovered #Have left the fandom by scrolling through their blogs #or i have discovered deleted their accounts several days before i wonder #why i haven't seen them around recently #is seriously breaking my heart #I don't have that many friends #so this is really hitting me hard #It just feels like it keeps happening

[afaimscorner]

The Flash 9x12: Thallen Edition- Fix It

#The Flash #The Flash Season 9 #A New World Part 3 #Eddie Thawne #Barry Allen #Thallen #See fixed it #And then he took Eddie home and both of them lived happily ever after with Iris and Nora #What do you mean this is not what happened? #But seriously those Thallen Scenes were loaded #they are still in love with each other like no time has passed since Season 1 #I have not seen Barry this touchy with anyone he had only one scene with in an episode for a long time #Season 1 nostalgia hit hard #but then he had to go so Eddie could go bad #cheap writing you all #also because Iris was strangly ooc in that future scene #but that futur is strange anyways #I mean Cecile's live is what I said it would be like #but Chester and the writers still remain it's good to never be with your family and put yur job first #so srcew this timeline

[robinsnest2111]

ngl people at the therapy program noting how I switch between wildly different styles every single day (and drawing conclusions about my mental health) has me a little self conscious and questioning my entire life a bit. First impulse is to go back to no make up, unstyled hair in a low ponytail and baggy nondescript clothes 24/7 again. the old "don't stick out/make myself a target or else i get hurt" mentality coming through. but I know it'd bum me out in no time because so many different styles and looks make me happy and my style is very music and vibes based, switches on the daily. augh...

#like what if i'm doing the healthy normal human thing wrong???? do i need to pick one style and stick to it??? #does the constant style switching mean i am seriously mentally ill? is it bad for my health????? #like up until now i thought it's good to just go with what i feel fits best every day. prioritise my comfort/self expression #hits a little too hard since i've been super self conscious over my appearance and tried to hide for most of my life so far #idk how to feel about this knowledge right now #kinda mean of them to make me question myself like this when i'm supposed to have my last day at the clinic tomorrow #delete later

[after-nine-at-the-oasis]

FINISHED EPISODE THREE AND AAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!

Y'ALL HOW DOES IT KEEP GETTING BETTER AND WORSE 😭😭😭💔

ISAAC O.O I'M PRETTY SURE YOU AND THIS GUY ARE ON DIFFERENT PAGES NGL

AAHHHH AND THE TARA AND DARCY TENSION STARTSSS 😭😭😭 I don't deserve this <33

TAO AND ELLE WERE SO CLOSE YET SO FAR 😭💔 Heartstopper really does say "how can we create the most awkward scenes" and then does so (the way I was DYING of awkwardness during their date 😭 ik it's on purpose but it HURTS)

I FEEL SO BAD FOR NICK AND CHARLIE 😭😭😭. Separately and together. Also those feelings like when they were separated at the party and stuff were such a MOOD like it hurt man xdd

Also :'(( Imogen on her own when they were splitting up into groups :'((

Oh and speaking of

IMOGENNN YOU CAN DO SO MUCH BETTER

Obligatory <3

ALSO the rugby coach :'DD

And the teachers 👀👀 I have heard they have a storyline 👀 and there they are 👀 inch-resting 👀👀 :)

Anyway

I'm not okay :')) thank you very much <33

ONTO EPISODE FOUR!!!

#heartstopper #oasis's heartstopper chatter #heartstopper spoilers #dying but having the time of my life :D #but seriously those party scenes hit hard #like being alone in a crowd or just uncomfortable and not feeling well just NGH #I know nick's is mostly like from an emotional standpoint like he doesn't feel well physically because of that but either one for me lol #as in either one is the cause of the other or just on it's own #anyway xD #I love them all so much <333 #living my best and worst life ty 🥰🥰❤️🥳✨

[puppyeared]

I BEAT SPIRIT TRACKS

#WHY IS THE TRAIN MAZE SO HARD.. I DIED 5 TIMES AUUUH #it was pretty funny getting a tear of light when theyre right on my ass and then hitting reverse. THATS WHAT YOUI GWT #`i was also about to almost collide head on with one going for a tear of light but i got it at the last second and tore the bitch apart #ALSO died a bunch of times with the malladus fight but im glad i dont have to repewt the demon train and train maze fights again #ALSO IT TURNS OUT MY ANSWER FOR ZELDAS QUESTION DOES MATTERBC IT DETERMINES THE ENDING SCENE. HEAD IN MY HANDS #I PICKED I DUNNO LIKE A FOOL I SHOULD HAVE PICKED ENGINEER. THE WOO WOO IN THE WINDOW AT THE CREDITS SCENE NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO #even though i beat the game im still gonna brainrot them. sorry #and now im going to play phantom hourglass for shits and giggles. also not sorry for that #seriously you dont know how much zeldas dialogue means to me when shes just like talking to link after eacj sidequest or whatever #THE HUSBAND SIDEQUEST AND THEN THE WHOLE DRAMA SHES LIKE YIKES... WE SHPULD BOUNCE #im going to draw more of them. after i eat ofc mwah #txt #yapping

[rhysand-vs-fenrys]

What do you consider "a big blog"?

Ummmm

IDK...

How I thought it went when I first got started in the fandom was:

Average:: 0 - 1,000

Medium:: 1,001 - 5,000

Large:: 5,001 - 10,000

Big:: 10,001 - 30,000

Clearly Not Filtering Spam:: 30,001+

#ask #i honestly don't know the scale #i think it depends more on the fandom #like #the bigger the fandom the higher the bar #i still refuse to believe i'm a big blog #i've never adapted to that #this fandom was on the rise when I joined it and so I added followers hard and fast; especially once I started writing fic #but like; in some bigger fandoms there are dozens of blogs with 5000+ followers #and so for them 5k is 'small' #it really seriously depends on the fandom #plus like how many of my followers are even active anymore? i have no idea #so like right now in this fandom i'd say 10k and higher are 'big blogs' #but back in the day there were ones hitting 20k

[deus-ex-mona]

the stare of judgemental confusion is real—

#inedible blubbering #very long and *very* incoherent ramblings in the tags coming right up— #maaaaaan today sure was a weird as heck day… #i started the day off at around 7.30am when i woke up laughing at a *very* ridiculous dream i had. #in it there was some guy who was eating huge cucumbers whole while another guy shoved a huge pencil into a gigantic electric sharpener #their actions were completely in sync. like dude 1’s cucumber chomping synced up with dude 2’s gigantic pencil sharpening #then they turned to look at each other and their eyes bugged out of their heads and that’s when i woke up、laughing in disbelief. #and after that… well. i finally got a call back from the job that seemed to have ghosted me 2 weeks ago… #…and i got not 1 but 2 emails from the person i ✨destest✨ the most in the world. i just ignored them though lol #the rest of the day kinda passed in a blur though… how insignificant. #then a few minutes ago my brother just randomly said ‘happy birthday’ aloud and i was like ‘👁👄👁 is he talking to me?!!!!’ #but when i peeked around the corner a la the mona above… he was looking at his phone. and so it will forever remain a mystery ig… #it’d be nice if it was actually meant for me though… it’s been like 10 years since he last said it i think… #oh goodness. 10 years… where has time gone??? (ʘ‿ʘ) #aaaa man… if he really was talking to me… it’d be the first time in over 10 years when all the dudes of my immediate family wished me… ಥ‿ಥ #though the one thing that’s really been hitting me hard about my age and stuff is the fact that my younger brother is no longer a minor… #…and the fact that he looks physically older than me ಠ‿ಠ not cool bro ಠ‿ಠ #oh!!! and!!!! don’t go mistaking me for a brocon ok!!! ಠ‿ಠ i’m not one!!!! seriously!!!!! really!!!!!!! #hm. if anyone happens to be reading this… heyy👀 go drink some water ok👀👀 it’s good for you!!! yay for hydration!!!

[sylvarantii]

Man, the Deadshot challenge in Arkham Origins was so hard, I'm still reeling from the fact I beat it. It honest to god wouldn't be so bad if he didn't take a hostage when you get his health low enough.

Then there's the wave of enemies that come in to help him and it's just a huge mess. I'm so glad I'm done with it.

#sylv's rambles #man hits hard too #you get one fucking hit from that firearm of his #and it's like so much of your health out the door #I don't like him #I seriously owe a big thank you to my partner #I watched them play the DLC for it #and I picked up on a good way to do #stealth missions through that