#no matter what you do in the dark world

[abandoned-quiche]

I don't think enough people talk about YOU TWO. People are always attributing various things to gaster, but there were two other people in the room with him when it happened. They could be the ones doing these things. I always felt like a lot of the things attributed to him seem to contradict each other personality-wise. Maybe one of them is going around giving random short guys new, never-before-seen complexes while the other is handing out eggs, or making fountains.

On deltarune.com/chair there's dialogue that appears in the tab name: "But what if it could get... ...darker than dark?" This seems like it was said surrounding one of Gaster's dark experiments, but notably, it is not in all capital letters, like Gaster always speaks in. This was someone else talking. They use capitalization the normal way, just like the voice that discards the vessel, so they could be the same person. I know just about everyone uses capitalization the normal way, the connecting thread here is both being in relation to Gaster, the capitalization just means that them being the same person is allowed.

#what if W D and Gaster are all separate people #Ok now my personal headcanon: #the one who connects you to DELTARUNE at the beginning of the game is gaster (obviously). the one handing out eggs is also gaster. #since he's shattered across time and space. that's why his existence is so... debatable lol. #+ you can find him in the light world which would seem to imply he's a lightner. but when you seal the fountain there isn't someone extra #in the room with you. #no matter what you do in the dark world #he isn't there by the time you seal the fountain #if you take the egg he isn't yhere #if you don't take the egg he was not there #if you don't enter that room. he exists in a state of superposition. and when you turn on the lights (observe him) he collapses into #nonexistence. #does that make sense? #anyway. second headcanon: #the guy who fucked up jevil and spamton #is also the one who discarded the vessel #and is one of 'you two'. #and the other person.. no clue #and alphys is the knight and dess sings don't forget which is the song from the water #deltarune #deltarune lore #deltarune theory

[lovegrowsart]

"zk is an awful ship they'd be so horrible and toxic together" zutara is literally baby's first EtL ship who go from enemies to close friends in canon they're one of the most wholesome interations of the trope imaginable but also i want everyone to know i'd still ship it even if it was horrible and toxic <3 because they're 2d moving pixels and not fucking real <3

#holly talks bs #zutara #i know some in the zk fandom itself might not agree but i find the actually wholesome defense tiresome #it doesn't matter they're fictional cartoons it's FINE #entering my toxic zutara era #zutara as you are the only person who understands me and this is gonna get sooo co dependent and i might let the world burn to keep you #zutara killing yon rha and hiding the body and lying about it to the gaang to keep the peace forging a dark secret between them #zutara doing their public facing duty as the fire lord and the avatar's wife while carrying on a decades long affair that only #comes to light after they're both dead #think of the POSSIBILITIES have some IMAGINATION #lads (gender neutral) that is what fiction is FOR

[casualavocados]

You like stories, don’t you? True ones. True stories are nourishing. They feed us. We had no idea there was anything but lies and wickedness.

HIS DARK MATERIALS 3.06 | The Abyss

#hdmedit #his dark materials #hdm #hdm spoilers #hisdarkmaterialsedit #lyra silvertongue #will parry #hdmsource #userzhr #*cajedit #*gif #'tell them stories' is another way of saying #everything you do and have done matters. your existence is enough #and soon you will exist in the world again. #and that just mmmmmm GETS to me you know? #anyway idk whats been giffed already or not bc i have all tags blocked to avoid spoilers #im just out here #loving this show with all my heart

[krbkss]

mha 395

has anyone brought this up yet </3

#toga and the league are the dearest thing to me and i hate how it’s just words now #love togachako but also fuck all that shit ! she couldn’t live the way she wanted so she decided to have control on her death at least #dying the way she wanted. do you have any idea how dark and fucked up that. sacrificing herself for the only person who ever accepted her #because the world never did. i wanted so much better for her #except for the league who accepted her ofc but as i said they suddenly matter very little ? :/ #like she was supposed to live for herself and for jin not do the same exact thing he did #i hope this isn’t the end but i also hope h*wks isn’t involved in giving her his blood n shit #they need to talk it’s about fckn time actually but he needs to stay 20 ft away from her #he can learn from his hero enji and from ochako NOT sacrifice himself or give blood and call it day. live and learn and atone and practice #self reflection for once #and toga’s FRIENDS can give her their blood. oh that would mean so much for her !! #anyways yeah i’m pointing and laughing at whoever yelled at people who understandably took what the last ch was building up to with a grain #of salt. see what happens? i thought we all knew by now that lesbians can’t have shit #but yeaaaa i want toga and the league friendship. please don’t let this be it i can’t believe mhui is the only thing feeding me rn #league of villains #my post #mha leaks #mha spoilers

[vampiresuns]

having a tav that's a Lloth-sworn life domain cleric of a noble background who before getting yeeted into the nautiloid was a sacrificial priestess (gn) during one of the cycles of Drow society and had their own altar and temple under their care, means Solune would have the most insane however many minutes they spent interacting with Minthara and I am obsessed about it. As far as I'm conceptualising it, I'm thinking of Lloth as extremely Ungoliant-like. Goddess of hunger, goddess of wanting and consumption, goddess of excess and exuberance, goddess who unmasked the hypocritical gods of starvation, guilt and purity into a society that cherishes a certain kind of clarity about the double standard they impose. For Drow are evil for their wars and their wanting and their taking, but those other people with their other gods kill, warmonger and enslave with no regard and no self-awareness, calling the indignation about receiving scraps from a bunch of silent, unrepentant gods, "guilt and shame". There is violence in denial and her Children will not suffer it.

In the season of Life, they do not sacrifice the unwilling. It is taboo. The only sacrifice that matters is the desire to be devoured and destroyed by the things you love the most.

And Solune sees Minthara and is like fucking finally, someone rational enough to get what I'm going through, that they're losing their mind that their life was taken from them and if they become this other thing, if they transform, if they do not remain Luxe Solune Mizzmyrra, Life Knife of Lloth, they're never going to be able to be reintegrated into that life. They will die away from home, from their temple, from their (first) spouse, from their mother and their siblings and there won't be the day when they too succumb to the knife, when it is time, when the day they no longer feel hunger comes.

And then the parasite gives them an in into Minthara thinking she was raised from the darkness into a FALSE GOD? One thing you do not do is steal from Lady Lloth, and oh my god, there could've been a time, a chance that existed only in ignorance, of Solune lending a hand to Minthara but this to them is unforgivable because Solune is genuinely a good friend to their friends, but if you keep peeking into whatever mindset nobility and religious authority has given them it's like realising your friend is a cesspool of "what the actual and everliving fuck", and when the knife of the morningstar priestess comes down on Minthara it won't be with love but with absolute rage, grief and disgust and I will be thinking about this for evermore. Thanks, I'm not well

#bg3 #bg: solune #minthara #i love Solune they're so fun to build with because it's like sometimes organically they will reach the same conclusion as Wyll about sth #(I did NOT expect them to get along but he is their highest approval followed by Lae'zel) #but it's someone who has such an Alien concept of society to literally everyone else in the party. Solune is (fundamentally!!!) land owning #power concentrating nobility and no matter what they do not matter what conclusion their reach this specific brand of social conservativism #and verticality informs them to their very core. however also and cannot be dismissed that bc of how I'm conceptualising Lloth #(sorry but to write a vertical society that just brutalises itself what is this? western europe? fuck off) #Solune is by some contradiction one of the most You Do You people possible. but like. to a weird extreme and a wouldn't thou like to live #deliciously manner. oh you want to be FREE from your past then BE IT. oh you want to find your place in the world? then let that place #consume you and change you forever until the day there is no more than hungers in you and you can truly say you have lived #terrible enabling force but also extreme nurturing capacity #and above all they want that life back and sympathise with those feelings so well #but if there is one thing they cannot stand and that they will maim you on the spot about is heresy against lloth because you were not give #the gift of unmasking the hypocrisy of the gods of the above to waste yourself turning your back against the underdark jewels of Drow citie #there where the darkness does not mean shadows but the glimmering light of jewels. what do you mean some people live unfair lives? #well have they thought living better??? #i'm obsessed with Solune and whatever the fuck is wrong with them (it's money. it's having money)

[maegalkarven]

Like, no one argues with the fact that pre memory loss Durge is evil.

We are simply interested WHY they're evil.

And how much work seemed to go into making them that way.

#bg3 spoilers #dark urge #if you are born to be the murder incarnate the destroyer of the world #and raised that way #praised for that and steered away from any other path #if you are the blood of the good of murder #how much who you are is your responsibility and how much it's the result of you being made/molded a certain way? #the reason i never chose to accept Bhaal's gifts not bc “evil choice” #but because Durge once again loses their autonomity #they're back into the fold #father's perfect little weapon #bhaal's tool bhaal's SLAVE #do you think bhaal needed a child made only out of his flesh to be able to fully control them? #bc i think he did #'bhaal doesn't need us to think he needs us to kill' oh durge baby you said it yourself #bhaal doesn't need or want a child. he wants a vessel of his will. a tool to execute his plans #durge's opinion never mattered them bring their own person was never permitted #only the blade what deals bhaal's will #only that and not a person #the personhood is something what has been denied to durge from the very start even if sceleritas makes a good job at pretending otherwise #'the world is your playground' he says bc he needs durge obedient. and if durge think he has a choice #well let them

[waterfallofspace]

I have finished The M/entalist, a tv show that ended 10 years ago, a show that I'm sure no one else cares about, but that I am about to make my whole personality for at least 2 weeks as I have hyperfixated on it so hard I can barely breathe

so uhhhhhhhh anyways if anyone knows this show take this as an open invitation, or if not then consider this a formal warning that i may be reblogging things and screaming "P/ATRICK J/ANE" in the tags <3

#waterfalltalks #hi i am in LOVE with this man even tho hes like idk 30 years my senior #hes also fictional so <3 its fine <3 is what i tell myself <3 and its true <3 so its okay that i tell myself this <3 #what can i say okay he hits EVERY one of my boxes and has a charming smile while he does it #literal sunshine but clouded with the most beautiful darkness like hello sir #also one canon and it wasnt the best and it wasnt a lot and it was from the back but you know what sometimes we starve #so the fact im not going completely without is good enough for me and i will live nicely in this world #i do not know if i will write for him but i cannot find ANYTHING for this man so i might have to just do it myself #will anyone else care? no. does that matter to me? nope hes my beloved and i want c o n t e n t #only thing stopping me rn is free time and confidence that i have his mannerisms down #maybe after i rewatch it <3 again <3 and watch many edits <3 and maybe make a few edits <3 #anyways if you bothered to read this far uh- thank you? im sorry? dont mind me just losing it over my newest guy <3 you get how it is <3 #(i hope <3) anyways yes thank you!! bye!! i will go sit in a corner and think about my man <3 #not snz

[the-voice-of-night-vale]

saw ppl in a reddit thread talking about the emperor baldursgate being inherently evil and manipulative and i'm like....... manipulative ok i'll give you that it is generally self-serving and logical to a fault and does manipulate everyone around it in order to get what it wants and thinks is right.

but, evil? no, buddy, that is entirely informed by how you respond to it over the course of the game. (whether you think its manipulation (and the everything surrounding orpheus) makes it evil is up to you, but there is, in fact, a Bad Ending for it where it is Much Much Worse)

if you continually disparage it, throw aside its trust and attempts to help you, and in the paramount Scene with it, if you're mean, that changes the direction of the character and the way it interracted/interacts with the world. it literally retcons things. if you're normal or nice, it is, as i said, manipulative and selfish and just kind of a dick, but seeing how everyone in the game is kind of like that in varying degrees, i would not label the emperor as "inherently evil" and i don't know if it's just people misunderstanding the breadth of control players have over the ""canon"" of the individual playthrough world (which would explain some other Generally Bad Takes people seem to have) or if people are truly drinking the koolaid of the game insisting that illithids are inherently all evil soulless monsters, which is funny given one of the endings of the game, and the existence of umaleoum

#i didn't bother how to spell its name don't @ me groingroingr #bg3 #the queen of trash has spoken #just kind of thinking out loud bc this game lives in my head rent free #begging people to understand that there isn't a “canon” #u have YOUR canon #and there may be certain events that are preserved in the forgotten realms canon #(i.e. no matter what you personally do in bg1 there is a canon they had to establish in order to write future games) #but as yet there... isn't really as far as i know. and even then #that canon is only canon if you're living in that particular world #like..... the thing about the forgotten realms is it's very clear that this is one of many stories that's the point #anyway this post goes out to the people being weirdos and not recognizing that every playthrough of bg3 and the story of it is unique which #i thought was obvious but maybe that's just because i live in this sort of realm with fiction #like.......... even just the 'canon' of the dark urge can be completely different depending on how you play the character #that's the point that's why it's so replayable and so good #anyway #baldur's gate 3 spoilers

[captainkurosolaire]

I've told you this before but you are an inspiration to me to keep going when I'm lost in the darkness. You're apologetically you and I admire that a lot. You're passionate about your projects and I will always be your biggest cheerleader to see you through to the end of Captain's story.

ANONYMOUSLY TELL ME YOUR HONEST OPINION ABOUT ME. I CAN’T REPLY, JUST PUBLISH.

#asks answered #I recall very thoroughly our conversation #It's because of that I have more reason to rise like a phoenix from my ashes #It's why I can lose sleep and feel like I haven't #My passion has transcended to a whole new level #People are fearful of the next age of AI. They believe they'll usurper us humans. #But no matter what a factory produces. #What is engineered the level of emotions that is conveyed in the human spirit is BOUNDLESS. #I believe I'm starting to see why we were created in images of our gods #We're able to reach infinity. #To create worlds through stories and offer unity in trying times. We're powerful. #I don't think any AI can ever defeat me. In the way I feel anymore #Their speed and reaction time the ability to function may overwhelm me #But I will create a universe in which they cannot ever be programmed to overtake. #From my soul and spirit alone I will carve my story #Emotions and stories all through the lens I've written and to yet write. #And even if I'm still here writing these stories with no audience. Or you do move on! I will have these cheers saved and use them #To prevail over all my dark days that may come #Or wanting to stop I'll find a way to write these stories until I'm beaten and can't get up anymore #You deserve a hug <3 #Thank you for yourself!

[user-needs-new-hyperfixation]

For today’s Sherliam Week prompt I was desperately trying to think of another ship to write them as, and most just don’t feel right, but it has occurred to me that I could have a lot of fun with a KuroFai/SherLiam mashup. It would take me a lot longer than the hour per day I’ve allotted myself for this though, so we’re gonna do generic AU today and maybe revisit that idea later. 

#sherliam #kurofai #it's about the bluntly honest dark-haired dudes risking life and limb (lol) to save their lying-ass suicidal blonde idiots. #also liam in a fantasy world would 100% be some kind of magic user #but i think so would sherlock #and they would be absolutely intolerable about explaining that what they acutally do isn't MAGIC it's SCIENCE #let me give you a three hour lecture on how i use mathematical/chemical principles to manipulate matter into blowing things up

[erstwhilesparrow]

The beds are no loss anyway. There’s no hiding the nightmares from each other.

There was no avoiding it after the first time. Cleo woke wild and hungry and, yes, frightened, once. In that state, they had gone to Scott. There was, and is, no one else who would rip the heart right out of their chest for Cleo. No. There was, and is, no one else Cleo would ask for such a thing.

Less than a minute, the two of them were able to bear it. Scott wrapped his arms around Cleo, pulled them close and squeezed on the sweeter side of too much. Cleo held him in return, the two of them slumped together like paper dolls.

Then Scott twitched and said shakily, “I’m sorry—” and Cleo winced away and said at the same time, “I can’t—” and when they pulled apart their separate griefs sat between them like freshly tilled soil.

These days, they sit back to back to avoid confusion, and as Scott picks through their scrolls again, that’s how Cleo gets to sleep.

#sparrowsong #clawing biting slamming my fists on the walls #when i say i have been thinking about this *all day*. #i dunno! i already said it! there is a person you would tear the world apart to have back! #the person beside you in the dark here is not that person! #but it matters that they're there! #sighing dreamily imagining a not-so-distant future where they are very powerful and very sad #all of time and death at your command but you will never get back what you lost. #i can't write this!! i can't do this because it's a prompt for the exchange and someone else might write it!! #and it would be a dick move to basically be like “okay recreate this whole fic in my head” #hwaughhhh #if no one picks up this prompt though i am absolutely going to write it.

[nexus-nebulae]

ok i know that elder scrolls lore is kinda really not great at times but the Redguards (aka The Only People Of Colour) literally being the only human race in the elder scrolls to not share any common ancestors with the other human races (aka, All Of The White People) feels really fucking racist.

#disclaimer for this i'm Very Fucking White so i might be really stupid about this but #i may talk about the elder scrolls a lot but i will never fucking agree with it bc they do shit like THIS #i mean the whole thing with the dunmer (literally the Dark Elves) being the One elf race that's considered 'the Bad One' is bad enough #and i mean the fact that in skyrim you literally have to be a racist against dunmer to pick one of the faction options isn't fucking nice #also racist against argonians i mean the city has literal segregation going on #but also the way they treat Redguards in the games almost always makes me really uncomfortable #especially because Redguard is LITERALLY THE ONLY POC OPTION IN THE GAME #and certain aspects of khajiit and argonian culture reflecting real-world cultures #which i wouldn't know which cultures because i genuinely don't know how to connect anything to any specific culture no matter what #everything blends together in my head i just Don't Know Anything About People #but i KNOW THEY SURE AS SHIT AREN'T BASED ON WHITE CULTURES!!!! #and making the only representation for non-white be 'human that might be a different TYPE OF HUMAN' or 'FUCKING ANIMAL' #SOUNDS PRETTY FUCKING RACIST #THAT SOUNDS TO ME A LOT LIKE HOW EUGENICISTS IN REAL LIFE WOULD TRY TO PROVE THAT BLACK PEOPLE WERE A DIFFERENT SPECIES #WHICH IS PRETTY FUCKING RACIST

[astrologysvt]

what r your thoughts on mbti?

if it floats ur boat go for it! lol my controversial take is I put astrology, tarot, mbti, and religion under the same kind of theological umbrella. they all mainly serve the purpose of validating ourselves and our experience to ourselves, so by all means if that helps in understanding yourself and helps guide you through introspection and self reflection then go for it. that's never not a good thing.

but for me at least, i don't think mbti offers nearly the same degree of detail and nuance that astro gives. it kinda presents itself as the more "credible" psuedo-science and tbh, I don't think it is actually comparable. really i just think mbti is more suited for those who want to know more about themselves and how they fit in the world, but don't think astrology is legit enough lol i realize those are probs some fighting words but it kinda gives me that vibe. i think humans are silly, just like what you like if it's not harming anyone.

#COME AT ME #anonymous #answered #like I'm a very logical person #astro did for me #what I never would have allowed religion to do #i'm sure the same is true for others in reverse #it's just a matter of what can actually get thru to you #what makes sense in how you perceive the world #i ultimately think they all try to teach the same lesson #so by all means if your world loves nature and the stars #but you like finding answers on your own #astro is probs for u! #like i was raised in christianity but i never once believed it u know #i was a very dark kid lmfao #i didn't believe in an afterlife for a lot of growing up #so id lay down and close my eyes and try not to think or feel anything #and be like #this is what death is like! #and like #that was just a fun thing i did #like wtf #but i think astrology has a lot of practical imports #that i kinda opened the door #to being open to more spiritual thinking if that makes sense

[astrxealis]

SO MANY GOOD QUOTES IN THE SPAN OF SECONDS. god

#⋯ ꒰ა starry thoughts ໒꒱ *·˚ #⋯ ꒰ა ffxiv ໒꒱ *·˚ #hi uhh dark knight ffxiv spoilers for stb job quests! #'...what good are prayers to the dead. they have not ears to listen. nor eyes to see or hearts to console. naught remains of them save #fleeting recollections soon lost to time and to the abyss' #'is this our world to suffer or to shape?' #'we cannot save everyone can we. sometimes it is all we can do to save ourselves.' #'does any of it matter? what if aught have we wrought by our own hands?' #this all sounds like something i would write. god. drk speaks so much to me #'time and death our true enemies need hold no over us. i can make a place for you in my world. you need only ask.' #'YOU NEED ONLY ASK'. that line. same with fray. myste hello ....rhshbjbsjbjfhj #drk quests. so good. whagbhdg #okay now finished with lvl 68 quest i really look forward to 70. and then the one for 80. good gods #idk i haven't finished yet tho i do know a bit of what happens in 70! anyways. so fray is like for the darkness within and shit #is myste like... for. redemption? forgiveness? something like that. sacrifice? hm #OUR COMPROMISE. hrbshbhbhjbfb 'you knew from the first that there was only one way this could end' #HBGAJDGJHBDSJHGBSJDHBG THE STORYTELLING OF DRK QUESTS IS SO GOOD. i swear. god #...oh. the lvl 68 quest. 'we can never go home'. ah. they really did not. god that was depressing #...oh. the griffin's body double. oh. #the way the implemented 'villains' of the story. hrbjghhjfhgjh ................... god #but we help even when they have. did shit to us. this is... kinda like the opposite of with esteem :O #BROke. broken shield. ah. okay! i see. yeah. yeah :)) #'a man's memories cannot outlive him' what a. sad and beautiful simple line #HUH. huh. what is with the journal notes. agh #oh right this is like.................. esteem's voice right. hm. 'you need only ask. but we know better' GODDDD this is all so good

[worldofmuses]

Rabastan Lestrange - Tag dump

MUSE

Himself - {Rabastan Lestrange} they forced him into greatness

FAMILY

Mother - {RabastanxMother} i never did learn much of anything from my mother

Father - {RabastanxFather} legacy was more important than anything

Rodolphus - {RabastanxRodolphus} no matter how dark it is i know i’m not alone

FRIENDS

Regulus Black - {RabastanxRegulus} the only one who really knows anymore

Lucinda Black - {RabastanxLucinda} friends that became family

Sienna Flint - {RabastanxSienna} so what are you doing this weekend?

Josette Dolohov - {RabastanxJosette} your smile lifted the world off of me

Narcissa Black - {RabastanxNarcissa} you tell me that i’m alright

Alecto Carrow - {RabastanxAlecto} trouble usually finds us

Alexandra Avery - {RabastanxAlexandra} so i did a stupid thing again

Emmeline Vance - {RabastanxEmmeline} i like you more than i planned

OTHER

Christopher Flint - {RabastanxChristopher} are you done yet?

Nieces and nephews - {Uncle Rab} i never wanna see you unhappy

#{Rabastan Lestrange} they forced him into greatness #{RabastanxRegulus} the only one who really knows anymore #{RabastanxLucinda} friends that became family #{RabastanxJosette} your smile lifted the world off of me #{RabastanxSienna} so what are you doing this weekend? #{Uncle Rab} i never wanna see you unhappy #{RabastanxFather} legacy was more important than anything #{RabastanxMother} i never did learn much of anything from my mother #{RabastanxRodolphus} no matter how dark it is i know i’m not alone #{RabastanxNarcissa} you tell me that i’m alright #{RabastanxAlecto} trouble usually finds us #{RabastanxAlexandra} so i did a stupid thing again #{RabastanxEmmeline} i like you more than i planned #{RabastanxChristopher} are you done yet?

[dbssh]

i think ive always been really into the fantasy of immortality & time loops & ghost-type afterlives because . well. i dont know i always feel like there is more to learn, something im missing, something i havent done yet that im missing out on. so to get to the end of a game that's all about learning the missing pieces and be able to finally just, finish and let it go is such a therapeutic experience. its about accepting death and moving on and it taps in so well to that fantasy of wanting to have enough time to truly come to terms with everything. idk. its a peace.

#red.txt #and like... i dont know #the fact that there just. is no answer and that in of itself is the answer #there isnt a 'why' for the greatest mysteries posed by the universe #why do the twins do that with the sand? why do the jellies move like that in giants deep? how do the anglerfish survive dark bramble? #there is no answer; they just do. thats just how the universe works; its just nature #nothing is personal #and its not happening because of you but its also not happening *for* you #youre just lucky enough to get to witness it #to see everything #and at the end of the day what mattered the most was the connections you made to others #thats what *made* it matter #in the face of a universe that will carry on; live and die; regardless of if you're there or not #what matters is whose with you. what matters is what we learn and do and create. #the people we meet and places we see #even the connections we make with people so separated by time and circumstance and distance that we could never have met #our connections to art and music and history and home. thats what gives meanings to these small lives that would otherwise seem insignifica #nt #and when youre ready. you can always come home. #and just. the world doesnt just *end* when we end. the universe is born again and it lives again and one day it will die again #and all of these wonderful things will be gone #but none of this is *new* #everything is built on the past even if we cant see it. nothing is created or destroyed it just changes form. the dead animal feeds grass. #man. man. mannnnnnn video games.