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pb-dot · 8 days

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This latest Adventuring Party really drove home my favorite aspect of Brennan's DMing style. He genuinely loves seeing his players succeed, even against odds he considered to be nigh insurmountable.

Let's take the Last Stand as an example. Now, Brennan made no secret out of the Last Stand encounter being very hard, and for people who do not play D&D it may even seem like he overhyped it, but from a mechanics standpoint, the CR, functionally the difficulty rating of this battle royale was sky-high. Yeah, none of the Bad Kids went down, but that is entirely thanks to a combination of excellent strategic play from the Intrepid Heroes and some choice luck.

To mention some of the game changer moves, the Scatter spell really re-defined the battlefield more favorably for the Bad Kids, the disguise self was a value proposition because it split the flying monsters, which was the greatest threat to the proctor by far, in two, functionally halving the threat to the squishy normie, not to mention dealing with the mega-mosquitos in combo with Spirit Guardians. Those little flying bastards would have been such a pain in the ass if Fig didn't bug zapper them to kingdom come. And the bless. Dear god, the Bless saved so many asses in this encounter.

This isn't to say magic was the only thing that defined the battlefield. The single-target damage dealers did some truly astounding numbers and managed their attention and abilities shockingly well. Yeah, Gorgug crit like a madman, but he also tanked like three or four non-barb PCs worth of effective HP damage without going down even once. If he had failed his saves and gotten eaten by the Purple Worm things would have gotten nasty for him, but again, the touch of luck (and bless) saw him through.

So, this is all to say that this was an encounter meant to kick the players' ass. Not an unwinnable one, evidently, but this was supposed to be a considerably worse experience even without getting into the non dice-roll exam questions. And how does Brennan react when the Intrepid Heroes put their game face all the way on, get really smart with their level 1 spell slots, and dismantle the whole thing? He's overjoyed, he's cheering for his strange adventure children, and we're cheering with him because frankly it's rad as hell.

This illustrates one nuance I feel sometimes gets glossed over about the DM-player relationship. A lot of people have talked about how Junior Year is the "Revenge of Brennan" or what have you, and I feel that kind of misses the central appeal of DMing and Brennan's style in D20 in particular. Yes, Mr Mulligan enjoys playing the heel on occasion. It's good fun to play the personification of everything going wrong and the inherent shittiness of the world, but like the wrestler heels, all that wicked charisma is meant to do one thing, and that is build up the faces, or the players in this case.

Now, the ghost of Gary Gygax may come after me for this, but I firmly believe it's not the DMs job to kill the player characters, or even to inconvenience or torment them. A good DM's job is to make it seem like they're going to kill the player characters, as to provide an environment for the players to succeed, a challenge for them to overcome. It's all one big improv exercise (or kink scene if you prefer to view it that way), where the DM derives their (near)absolute authority over the world the PCs inhabit from the shared understanding that they're going to show the players a spectacular, if not on occasion harrowing, time.

This is Brennan's biggest strength as a DM I think. He genuinely wants to make a spectacular time for his friends, and he understands that to do that he must on occasion be the monster they oppose, and on occasion he must be their breathless cheerleader. On occasion, one imagines, he must also be both.

#d20 fhjy #d20 fantasy high #brennan lee mulligan #d20 #fantasy high #So this turned out long huh #but d20 is a good show #and it's worth saying

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compacflt · 1 year

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okay "normie median Biden voter ice" got me. That's funny. But also so true! It prob took him a bit to vote dem too (though I believe that Ice would have never voted for Trump). Would love to hear more thoughts on Ice and Mav's politics. Also the list of who they would have voted for if you're willing to share.

i do worry that posting my extremely in-depth headcanons about some of this stuff will have the JKR “wizard shit” effect on my writing and ruin it a little, but ask and ye shall receive

copy-pasted straight from my list of “unhinged compacflt!top gun headcanons” that ive been keeping since september: on ice & mav's politics

16. Since their friendship began, Ice has always told Maverick who to vote for, since Maverick doesn't care enough to pay attention to national politics. They are begrudging ConservaDems (conservative political views, would vote conservative every election if Republicans weren’t actively sending them to war/actively promoting fascism). Ice’s voting record (and after 1988, Mav’s too) 1980-2020—note that he has always considered himself an “educated moderate”: 1980: Reagan. 1984: Reagan. 1988: Bush. 1992: Bush. 1996: Clinton (reaction to aftermath of PGW. Doesn’t care that Clinton enacted DADT because “I’m not [redacted], so it doesn’t apply to me”). 2000: Gore (refusal to vote for another Bush). 2004: Kerry (Mav votes Bush this year out of spite as he and Ice are going through their break-up). 2008: McCain (Navy loyalty). 2012: Obama (liked him as a person/worked closely with him, didn’t like his policies so much). 2016: Clinton (no other alternative). 2020: Biden (actually liked/previously worked with Biden, and now actively married to another man and therefore had to make some liberal concessions). 2024-onwards they will vote for any Democrat as long as they aren’t a “socialist.”

17. Also, Maverick didn’t vote in 2016. Partially because in my universe the TGM mission takes place that November, very near the election, and he has bigger fish to fry (something Ice will later take him to task for), and partially because I genuinely think he wouldn’t be able to stomach either mainstream candidate and probably would’ve voted for Libertarian Gary Johnson, which might have torn his relationship with Ice to shreds a few days before schedule. “Are you fucking kidding me? Johnson? Pete, this moron’s moronic party wants to abolish the driver’s license—” / “—Yeah, and then I could ride your sweet wheels with no problem whatsoever—maybe he’ll abolish pilots’ licenses, too, I’d like to see that—” / “If you vote for Gary fucking Johnson, I will very happily stop footing the bill for your piece-of-shit airplane, and you can see how useful your pilot’s license is then—” / So Mav didn’t vote in 2016.

35. In terms of what he Tweets: I do foresee, post-retirement, Ice basically becoming a neoliberal military intellectual type on Twitter a la Mark Hertling (look him up on Twitter). Bio: “Retired @SECNAV. Advisor @WhiteHouse and @VoteVets. Contributing writer @TheAtlantic. Interested in geopolitics & modern warfare. Aviator, husband, Padres fan. [American flag emoji]” Only posts pictures of himself and Maverick at three specific annual events: 1. their wedding anniversary (“36 years with this fool and he’s still surprised to find out that I like the F-5 better than the A-4 #happyanniversary”), 2. every EAA Airventure (huge airplane convention), 3. San Francisco’s Fleet Week (which of course they MUST attend, they even headline it in 2018). Informative, analytical, highly-respected. Maybe goes on CNN or NBC all the time to talk about civil-military relations shit (aversion to FOX since the start of the Iraq War). Gonna say he had like four really viral threads about Russia and Ukraine in April or May and so has 300k followers or something like that. He has a personal website that links back to his Twitter and every essay he writes for international publications, with a pretty braggadocious bio (something along the lines of “Tom Kazansky has directly almost started global nuclear war twice in his life, and in the thirty-year gap in between, sold the Swiss half their entire goddamn Air Force and directed an entire Fleet during the Iraq War”). Lots of tweets like “Military aviation hot take: Compared to the F-22, the F-35 is a waste of money. Source: husband with 400+ hours of F-35 experience.” / “[Quote tweet of Russian Foreign Minister boasting about Su-57 production lines] Oh, so you guys finally figured out how to make more than one every other year?” / “Analysis of the failure of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet in Ukraine, from an ex-US Pacific Fleet Commander’s perspective: a short [thread emoji] [This thread gets 26k likes and 4k retweets]” / “This weekend my husband & I flew in to @EAA Oshkosh #OSH19 & took home first place for best P-51. Not to brag, but.” (A reply to this tweet: “Sir, you really know how to bury the lede that your husband is Adm. Pete ‘Maverick’ Mitchell. I had to look it up on Wikipedia.” / @TKazansky: “What, was it not obvious? Who else could it have been?”) Also, I see him writing a whole bunch of op-eds for international political magazines a la Tom Nichols (look him up on Twitter too). Writing analyses of recent geopolitical/military events for the New York Times, the New Yorker, the Bulwark, the Navy Times, the Atlantic, Bellingcat, etc. Not so much focused on domestic issues (but VoteVets [socially progressive vets’ group] board member, and ardently pro-democracy, yay!). He’s a smart guy.

37. This is not a headcanon, just kind of a… a real-life implication. My Ice was Deputy Commander of Third Fleet in 2003, meaning he’d have been there in command of the USS Abraham Lincoln when President Bush gave his “Mission Accomplished” speech aboard that ship in May less than 2 months after the initial American invasion of Iraq. Very premature & embarrassing. Ice would’ve been in direct contact with Bush/Cheney/NSC bureaucrats many, many times during the war. I genuinely believe this is what pushed him over the edge into firm liberal territory.

#they are the opposite of social liberal fiscal conservative #social boomer and fiscal moderate and foreign policy liberal #as they are straight-passing they are also conservative-passing in that they claim they are conservatives because it upholds their view #of American masculinity (as many conservative men do) but they're not actually conservative #sometimes I do think I stumbled upon a stroke of genius with my 'mav is a libertarian' hc though #im sure im not the only person to have had that hc but still. seriously ur gonna look at that mf and tell me he's not a libertarian #guys. when I tell you I have thought entirely too much about this stuff I mean it #top gun #top gun maverick #top gun headcanons #tom iceman kazansky #pete maverick mitchell #I have more of their foreign/domestic policy opinions but I think if I posted any more of this stuff #you would see me for who I am (insane)#thank you for the ask hahahaha #<3

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psychic-refugee · 11 months

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Wenvier Bingo: Summer Camp

Thank you @jandjsalmon for the direction.

After Camp Chippewa burned down, and the owners had been found dead from being roasted while still alive, an inquiry was made.

The Martin and Granger families soon found that Becky and Gary had been running the camp as fascists and the families were quick to drop any charges against Wednesday and Pugsly for their revolt. Neither family wanted it known that Becky and Gary had not only put on the most racist play to ever be written for a summer camp, but that they routinely locked children in an air condition-less cabin with no bathroom, no food or water, for days on end while blasting Disney movies on the highest volume: all violations of the Geneva Convention.

The fact they targeted minorities and those with disabilities was particularly damning.

The Addams family always had a sense for a good investment and were willing to keep quiet about the abuse and buy the camp for cheap.

Camp Chippewa was under new management. It kept its name and still advertised as the premier summer camp for privileged young adults. Only they focused on making it a summer camp for Outcasts.

Werewolves loved to roam free on full moons and learn to hunt the wild game.

Vampires enjoyed midnight hikes on the trails.

Gorgons were free to sunbathe without their head covers along the lake.

Wednesday found that summer camp was actually quite enjoyable when she wasn’t subject to the whims of Normie tyrants with delusions of mediocrity.

The Harmony Hut was converted to a comfortable cabin with all the mod cons an Outcast like her could enjoy. It had industrial air conditioning that had it as cold as any morgue, and the windows were tinted to mimic an ever-present twilight.

She was allowed her quiet writing time, and even partook in other activities such as archery, canoeing, and hikes with the Vampires at night.

Ever since she scared him half to death, Joel had a bit more Outcast to him in his madness and she loved him all the more for it.

They were considered the king and queen of summer camp and everyone knew not to try to get between them.

The madly in love couple, however, did eye hungrily the newest Outcast to join Chippewa, Xavier Thorpe.

The shy artist enjoyed his own private shed where he could paint to his heart’s content and had a bit of a competitive streak against Wednesday at the archery range.

Xavier quickly put anyone in their place if they thought he was some demure psychic, by animating deadly spiders and unleashing them on other campers.

Xavier's dark side only fanned the couple's desire for him.

He thought the couple were beautiful in their dark madness for each other, but respected boundaries.

Wednesday and Joel had seduced Xavier by asking him to paint a portrait of them.

When they both suggested a nude painting, Xavier got the hint and joined them.

They enjoyed a summer of passionate nights and playful activities in the woods.

The rumours of the Triad spread quickly when their love making was louder than the Werewolves on a full moon in the Harmony Hut.

Wednesday and Joel had become so enamored with Xavier that they followed him to Nevermore once summer was over.

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#wenvier #wenvier bingo #wenvier moodboard #wednesday x xavier x joel #Wednesday Addams #Xavier Thorpe #Joel Glicker #Jack Champion as Joel Glicker #Jack Champion #OT3 #fanfic inspo

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theangiediary · 9 months

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listen i'm not writing this in the poll notes bc i would get instablocked BUT i chose dean knowing exactly what he would do in my body:

-if in danger, protect it (y'all acting like his primary identity isn't "big brother the hero" 🙄)

-if no danger, fuck it. this is not a L, he knows how to almost universally please women which fact: cannot just be through dicking, so he'd get off by fingering and tit play. i'm not worried he'd find a guy to join in, for at least the first 48 hours it's solo exploration babyyy both bc he'd want that control (how does x feel?) and also he would gay panic at seeing a penis if he's wandering over to the bars on day 3. not trying out kinks: too much of a follower, though if he found my toybox i'd be more than happy to know he's going back to his world after the case with those ideas...

people that voted cas: you will die. very. slowly. jimmy described it as painful and "being chained to a comet". mr "collateral damage" is not nice nap time....

people that voted sam: "oh he'd be so respectful 🥺" he dgaf about normies actual daily lives ok do you not remember gary? he tanked that kid's grade, relationship to parents, and bowels. like it just did not occur to him that maybe the body would have allergies or other health issues!

#does this make sense do you see my vision?#DOES SWAP MEAT AND RAPTURE MEAN NOTHING TO YOU?

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kleenexwoman · 9 months

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You're sitting at the counter of your favorite dive when Eddie Munson sidles up to you.

"Hey," he ventures. "Sweet Maiden patch. I'm Eddie."

"Like the corpse!" you laugh, referring to the grinning mascot of the band.

"Yeah!" He slides onto the barstool next to you, eyes twinkling. "So. You listen to Ozzy?"

"Ozzy Osbourne is a Catholic weenie who probably says an Our Father every time he jerks off," you opine. "Tony Iommi is classic, but if you want real heavy, you want Japanese doom drone. Come over to my place and I'll put on a Boris record. It's so sludgy it'll give you an ear infection."

"What'd you say about Ozzy?" Eddie's eyebrows shoot up.

"Dude." You lean in and whisper low into his ear. "He thought it was a stuffed bat."

"No way." Eddie shakes his head, but smiles. "I will not sit here and listen to this slander."

"Look, I know from hardcore," you insist. "I caught one of GG Allin's kidney stones in the face at a live show in Dee-troit once. Had pinkeye for a month from it."

"That's fucking gross." Eddie makes a face.

"Or Varg Vikernes of Burzum," you continue. "Burned down multiple churches as a sacrifice to Odin and stabbed that guy from Mayhem to death. Now that's some real shit."

"Uh... huh," Eddie says, inching away from you on his barstool.

"I mean, too bad the motherfucker is an actual literal Nazi," you continue. "I gotta kill him on sight."

You don't remember how many beers you have had tonight. It's been that many.

"Sounds... good," Eddie says.

"But yeah," you continue confidently, certain that you've wooed him with your brilliant knowledge of the most intense acts on the circuit. "I've heard of you, man. You went and killed all of those jocks and shit, right? Got off on a total technicality? You're like, my hero, man."

"Thanks." Eddie stares at the mirrored back of the bar, frowning distantly. Probably unimpressed by the meager liquor selection. The only thing that's not white or brown is a dusty bottle of Apple Pucker that's there in case someone brings their normie girlfriend. "Okay. Uh. I'm gonna go see what's on the jukebox."

He gets up and walks away. You finish your whateverth beer and look around for him, but he's gone.

You can't wait to tell all your friends about meeting Eddie.

#eddie x reader #eddie munson #eddie munson x reader #eddie munson x you #stranger things fanfic #eddie munson fanfic #heavy metal #varg vikernes #gg allin #burzum #ozzy osbourne #boris #iron maiden

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thephantomcasebook · 9 months

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I just watched the latest episode of Frida night tights on YouTube because they had a good commentary on Hollywood creating bad shows and movies. But it shocked me that nerdotic said that when episode 2 of hotd season 2 comes on air, people will complain and "pussy out" with the violence of a mere innocent child's demise. I am really disappointed that he didn't rephrase it like saying, it will be a hard scene to watch. I feel like the normal audience will be very disturbed and have a empathetic understanding towards the Greens and especially towards Heleana. It's Like Nerdotic is looking forward to that scene. In the wrong way. Thooughts?

I was listening to the episode as I was playing Total War: Atilla

Gary and Ryan are Team Black Fanboys who are big Daemon/Matt Smith simps. Shad and Mauler are more Team Green, they both love Aemond and Mauler is really into Otto.

But yeah, I wasn't too big on their blood lust for "Blood & Cheese" but I also know that they - like a lot of people - are getting annoyed with the "Blacks are good and Greens are bad" stuff, and some hardcore fans are relishing for a ASoIaF style shock to the system that makes the normies and activists realize that this isn't a clean cut narrative.

As a veteran of the fandom for nearly 14 years now, the one thing to keep in mind is not to take any of it too personally, that is just the way that a lot of old school ASoIaF fans are, we all kinda relish in the dark and fucked up stuff sometimes.

Just remember that its a show, these are fictional characters, and when people give you shit you give it right back to them. Go to battle on the keyboard with a smirk and jovial manner and remember we all like the same thing in the end and arguing over stupid shit is what bonds us as big fucking nerds.

Just hold to this tenant:

Team Black is for the consumer mouth breathers

Team Green is for true Caballeros of intellect and culture.

#House of the Dragon #Nerdrotic #Friday Night Tights

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bropunzeling · 1 year

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dvd commentary of your favorite scene in the girl!leon verse, AND/OR, any of the ducklings frat au from sonny milano's pov

ok in trying to pick a scene that was not. literally just pornography (lmao) i have selected the party at rob's, featuring the one and only captain brady

Leon sticks pretty close to Connor’s heels as they walk through the living room, nodding to guys she doesn’t know, chatting briefly with the ones she does. The one thing about being a little late to the party—and the drinking—is that everyone seems to accept her presence without question. All most of them want to talk about is whether they’ll be around next week or heading home; if they’re going to the lake at all before they have to report to camp. Leon nods her way through, but spends most of her time with her head on a swivel, on the lookout for broad shoulders and curly hair. [i have noticed that like. i love to have a scene of people going to parties and being on the lookout for someone else. it's just an emotion i associate really strongly with being twenty-something and pining and horny and having lots of big feelings. it's also good i think for like, showcasing the loneliness that comes with being in a crowd. i also liked this part because it's a little moment of like, Leon is part of this scene and this league, but also a bit a part from it. she's not someone who trains with scary gary, she's not someone who is going to be doing small talk with these people, and part of that is personality, and part of it is feelings, but also part of it is that boy's club vibe, you know?]

Eventually she gives up on staying inside. It’s too warm, has too many people she isn’t really interested in talking to. She leaves Connor with Zach, [i kept meaning to put more zach in because it seems like they're buddies! which was something i found out late in the process. sorry zach. see ya next time.] who they found by the table with the chips and dip, and heads out towards the patio. There’s still plenty of people in the back, but at least she’s outside, and there’s a bit more air, and she can grab another beer.

“Hey!”

Leon turns around, only to find herself facing Brady Tkachuk, double fisting a pair of Molsons. Brady Tkachuk, who’s smiling genially at her with an expression that makes him look unflatteringly like a cross between a chimpanzee and a baby [i know i say every joke is my favorite joke, but this may be my favorite joke. sorry brady. love you brady.] . Brady Tkachuk, who she’s only encountered sparingly, mostly when she’s trying not to get bulldozed by him and get the puck out to Connor or Kailer. [he is SUCH a wrecking ball lmao] Brady Tkachuk, who has no idea that she was fucking his brother for two and a half years. Or at least, she hopes so. [okay so my personal head canon (which, i guess it's my fic, so it's canon?) is that brady has suspected that matthew like. has had SOME sort of secret romantic thING going on, just because like, matthew is good at keeping secrets but also brady is his brother and like, matthew has had a LOT of feelings going on that will come out. but brady figured it was some normie and matthew wasn't telling him because he'd only want to say if it was ~something serious~.]

“Draisaitl! Didn’t expect to see you here,” Brady says, beaming at her.

“Uh,” Leon says intelligently. “I was in town, and Connor. You know.”

“Gotcha,” Brady says. Damn, he’s tall. She’s going to get a crick in her neck trying to maintain eye contact. “Well, good to see you. Even if Matthew might kill me for talking to you; he complains about playing against you a lot.” [matthew: gotta keep my secret not-a-relationship secret, because i said i would, and it's casual. also matthew: god leon draisaitl is so fucking annoying and skilled and keeps scoring fucking hat tricks and is so hot ]

Leon tries valiantly not to choke on her own spit and barely succeeds. “Oh?” she manages to get out. [leon the bad liar appears again! any time she has a real feeling she can't keep it off her face]

Brady laughs. “Well, guess all that doesn’t matter now. He'll have to hate Stammer instead.” He takes a sip of one of his beers, then continues, “Okay, so I know this is random, but do you mind giving me your number?”

Leon stares at him as her mind whirs, trying to catch up. “What?”

“Well, Jimmy Stu—sorry. Timmy, you know, Timmy Stützle?” Brady’s broad accent mangles the poor kid’s name; Leon winces, but he doesn’t notice. “He’s a huge fan of yours. Literally will not shut up about you, it’s kind of embarrassing—but he’d totally die if I gave him your number.” [timmy stu absolutely has an idiotic and horrible crush on leon that he will get over when he actually spends a weekend with her. timmy stu ALSO has an idiotic and horrible crush on his own captain that he will not be getting over any time soon.]

Leon has a fuzzy memory of watching the 2020 Draft and texting her dad about the kid from Germany who also went third. She knows she’s played against Stützle, obviously, but clearly his face hadn’t stuck with her. Doesn’t matter. She can be nice. “Yeah,” she replies. “Yeah, that’s—I can do that.” [i think one of the things i liked playing with here is leon being a mentor/leader -- obviously she has that with Kailer and her other teammates; in the secret future i have not written she definitely has this with rookies on her future team (esp esp if they're also girls in the league); she wants to be able to pay things forward, especially for people she feels similar to in terms of not being offered the same kind of respect and deference as other players]

“Sweet.” Brady beams at her again; Leon’s still reminded of monkeys, but in a more endearing way. [there is a line in an eva ibbotson book that describes someone's smile as a mix between an angel saying, behold! and a monkey offering someone a nut. anyways. i think about that in relation to brady] Maybe Matthew was right when he said Brady grows on people. “Thanks, Drai. I know it’ll mean a lot to him.”

“Leon,” Leon says, as she accepts the phone Brady manages to pull out without spilling his beers and starts typing in her number. “Just call me Leon.” [one thing that was fun to play with in this fic (less apparent right here but) was nicknames! obviously we now know that "only my friends call me drai" but for this version of leon, i liked having a team nickname (leo) and a family nickname (leonie) and what opponents call her (draisaitl) and then what matthew calls her (leon)]

“Leon it is.”

“Here you go.” Leon hands back his phone, then takes a sip of her own beer. She’s starting to get nervous again, which isn’t ideal. Maybe another sip will help. “Tell him I’m happy to talk.” A third sip. “Oh, and congratulations,” she adds. “On the engagement, I mean.” [god the engagement really was so perfect for this story. thank u brady for ur contributions to the narrative]

“Thank you,” Brady replies. He’s so fucking smiley; she wonders if his face has ever gotten stuck that way. "We're really excited to celebrate with everyone, you know?”

“Sure,” Leon says. She takes another sip of mediocre beer, but it doesn't make her feel better [listen. i just know in my heart that leon is a total beer snob in each and every universe, but in the way of like, she's still gonna DRINK it, she'll just complain about it.]. Brady takes her engagement comment as permission to tell her all about it.

It strikes her, as Brady starts talking about wedding planning and she nods along, that if she and Matthew were still whatever they were[she still can't say they were in a relationship yet because she is TOO NERVOUSE], if Leon hadn’t ruined everything, she already would’ve known everything Brady’s going to say. She would’ve heard about the proposal, the ring, the date, the venue options. She would’ve heard Matthew complaining about how it’s the only thing anyone will talk about, even though it’s only been a few weeks since Brady popped the question. She would’ve had a hundred texts on her phone and laughed at each one while being secretly grateful that Kim’s years away from her own wedding. The whole thing would’ve been funny, rather than jarring a sore spot between her ribs.

If she hadn’t fucked things up so badly, she might have even ended up on the fucking guest list. [leon does go to the wedding. she wears a suit. she gets trapped in conversation with some of matthew's aunts and great-aunts and various shirt-tail relatives and has to beg for freedom by staring desperately at matthew in the receiving line. half the nhl player guests aren't really sure why she's there. timmy knows, which is good, because she's seated at the sens table. taryn makes her do the macarena and then she and matthew have a lot of bubbly and sneak away to go make out.]

Jesus, she needs to get over herself.

Leon manages to check back into the conversation when Brady’s voice changes, and he waves so enthusiastically with one of his beers that she has to dodge to the side to avoid being showered in shitty Canadian lager. “Over here!” he calls, loud enough to make her ears hurt.

“Chill out, Brades,” says a familiar voice, and oh fuck, oh fuck.

She turns, and sees Matthew for the first time since they were shaking hands in the Saddledome. It steals the air out of her lungs. [hahaha girl u r so FUCKED]

Fuck, she thought she was ready. [this is obviously reflecting a motif in the previous chapter, but i think also like, isn't that so universal? you think you've managed to figure out your own feelings, figured out the logical way to get through them and react exactly how you want, and then it's like NOPE] But as she takes Matthew in—still tall enough that she has to tilt her chin to maintain eye contact, still broad, still horribly handsome—she has to admit she absolutely wasn’t. Maybe it’s yet another sign of how she hasn’t been thinking straight, but she wasn’t prepared to see Matthew and immediately want to have his skin under her palms again, to feel him laugh against her mouth. To have so much longing hit her in the gut that she can’t do anything but stare.

Judging by Matthew’s wide-eyed expression, he’s equally at sea. So that’s—that’s something, at least. [hahahaha boy u r so FUCKED] [genuinely though matthew is like, truly freaking the fuck out here. he also has been trying to get over leon, and has been kidding himself that he's succeeding at it (he reacted sooooo normally when she called him out of the blue! he did the emotionally responsible thing! he's taking care of himself and going to florida and gonna be Just Fine) and now here she is to prove that he hasn't. and even worse, she is standing next to his brother, the person who maybe knows him best after his mom.]

“Hey,” Brady’s saying, which snaps Leon back to the present, as he wraps an arm around Matthew’s shoulders and shakes him slightly. “I was just telling Leon about the wedding stuff.”

“I—oh,” Matthew says, and Leon really knows she’s fucked now, because even hearing him say that much makes her palms sweat. “Like you haven’t been doing that every day since you proposed,” he chirps weakly. [brady loves love, god, matthew is SUCH a cynic]

“Rude, Matty,” Brady says. His eyes flick between them and his forehead creases; Leon hadn’t wagered that Brady would be all that perceptive, but clearly she’d be losing money right now if she had. [the shoe has dropped for brady that there may in fact be a connection between "matthew almost definitely has some kind of secret situationship that he isn't telling me about" and "matthew did not shut up about leon draisaitl during most of the bubble season"] “Here, you can have this,” he says, pressing one of his beers into Matthew’s hand. “I’m gonna go find some food. You good if I leave you together? I mean, it’s not like you’re rivals anymore.” [obviously captain brady can tell when he's gotta give people can space! genuinely tho i think brady while bombastic and a big personality also obviously clearly has a pretty fine-tuned people sense]

“We’ll be fine,” Matthew says, still staring at Leon [he is soOoOoOo into her. he absolutely has not gotten over her but has told himself that, like a liar. rip]. Leon nods in agreement.

“Cool.” Brady nods, then gives Leon one last grin. “Nice talking to you, Leon.”

“You too,” Leon manages, and then it’s just the two of them. [:))))))))]

#ask meme #director's cut #girl!leon wip :)

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nyxneon · 1 year

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Welcome to the first part of me trying to showcase a "goth inspo" selection with clothes that don't feature kind of tacky "occult" prints and/or can be kind of recreated even with stuff available in normie shops.

Of course, the pictures are going to include not just self-proclaimed goths but also goth-adjacent icons or personalities that have been spotted with looks that can fit into the aesthetic.

First pic, The Craft; self-explanatory. Second pic, a band, Twin Tribes, showcasing nice examples of shirts that can be thrifted, complimented by makeup and interetsing hair.

Third pic, Gary King in The World's End, a good example of goth old mess, with authentic 90s feel: band t-shirt, black shirt, classic black jeans, obligatory trenchcoat (not seen in the pic, black docs). Can easily be made into a feminine version with maybe a skirt and high-heeled boots. Or not. (I personally went to work like that, and no one noticed.)

Fourth pic, Dream and Death in the Netflix show. Death is wearing the classic comic get-up, which is the easiest kind of goth look ever. Dream's look is equally simple, classy, suited for a goth gig (maybe something old school) or going to work.

Fifth pic is Tom Sturridge in a photoshoot. He's not goth, but that is a suitably goth look. Bit of a 90s vibe. Sixth pic is Emma D'Arcy. again, not goth I guess, but the look is. Especially with black chunky platforms, instead of white. Also, big white shoes are a thing...just ask Robert Smith.

Seventh pic is Asia Kate Dillon. That look wouldn't be out of place in a goth crowd: the hair, makeup, tattoos (optional, of course), arty tshirt and long skirt. Bonus point for the black sneakers, that can be found anywhere, in any price range.

#goth inspo #goth fashion #my two cents

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izatrini · 8 months

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Join K2K Alliance at Queen's Hall in Trinidad, on August 30th, for the debut of the 2024 Collection of K2K | NORMI | KEV. -----...

Join K2K Alliance at Queen's Hall in Trinidad, on August 30th, for the debut of the 2024 Collection of K2K | NORMI | KEV. ----- Visit: https://www.k2k-carnival.com for details ----- 2024 Collection: The Salt Crossing (Desert Season) Gown(s): The Al-ahsa of the Rub’al Khali Photographer: Gary Jordan Makeup Artist: Sandradene Fearon Models: Luna Castilho; Kayle Anderson; Grasi Lima (Feed generated with FetchRSS) http://dlvr.it/Sv2687

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songsaboutwater · 9 months

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Remembering I sacrificed my knees for a Sunrise Sermon that should have been on the island and then had to deal with Gary's sober ass acting like a normie on the elevator ride down from the buffet.

#Yeah cool dude we can shower anytime we want #We K N O W #We're here too #Do you know you don't need to talk to an elevator full of people who were just awake for your dumb ass #No one took the disco nap #You know that #We were feral in the halls and every single renegade room was popping off #We have all have sunglasses on inside on an elevator my guy #No one here is okay right now and moombahton is blaring in the background

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zetrystan · 2 years

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It works both ways.

#drawing #art #comic #webcomic #demon #normie gary #evil #hell #halloween #scary #summoning

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muttman · 2 years

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Hard to swallow pills (for tumblr):

A species that lives entirely underground would have little reason to have melanin, especially if they live primarily around a climate similar to England and Europe in general, especially because lighter skin allows for more vitamins to be obtained when there is less sun normally, this is why non-europeans and non-east asians are darker, the sun is more ínstense and so there’s need for protection and less need to take in more vitamins.

Any added character to Tolkien’s canon does by definition break canon, because the story then has to be changed to accommodate them. Any Beardless dwarf or short haired elf also applies, because of the pre-established culture of each race, and so the culture has to be augmented from what was written by Tolkien to accommodate.

Elves as Tolkien wrote them had long flowing hair because they saw that as beautiful, and the Dwarves never shaved. In addition to the melanin thing, the modern elves make no sense.

Middle Earth was inspired by European mythology, and so has European characters. It features non-europeans from far off lands, like the Harad of the south and the Easterlings of the East, but overall it makes sense as to why the characters are light skinned (I say this as a Mestizo). You shouldn’t cast Christian Bale to play Malcom X, nor Awkwafina to play Robert the Bruce. Same as you’d cast dark, straight haired mestizo (or a fully indigenous Nahuatl speaker if you’re lucky) to play an Aztec or a Mayan.

Grogu is a cutsy piece of bait to get you to watch mediocre shows and distract from the shit sequel trilogy. Star Wars is now just colorful garbage and Din Djarin is (and always has been) a different breed of Gary Stu than Rey, but still such none the less, a plank of wood with all of the “super kewl” items that people know, like Yoda’s species (formerly tridactyls), and the darksaber.

Star Wars and Star Trek, and soon Middle Earth, are being lost to the Normies, and the only way to preserve the original fandom is to make sure you keep an iron grip on your original copies of the series and of Tolkien’s work, to prevent the Heirs from allowing editing.

The people here clap for the most basic shit imaginable, like Din Djarin holding his hands up from a droid about to shoot him. Despite the fact that his opinion on droids has been aboit as stable as a wet noodle, and this isn’t even his show.

Tumblr has not improved as much as you’d think since the exodus, but instead simply infected other sites with its exodus.

Modern Writing, relies now so heavily on the fans making the character traits for the writers, that characters like Din Djarin have exploded in popularity, despite being planks of wood.

Now, I’m leaving this stupid site to learn to write properly, so I can rebuild where Disney and others destroyed, and I’ll laugh as their properties continue to plummit and the Normies slowly fade, to find a new nieche to make into a trend, only to find its fandom wiser, and gatekeeping the fuck out of it, and see peace be restored.

#anti disney #fuck the sequels #also fuck korra because why not #Star Wars is dead #No modern writer cares about continuity #R.I.P. J.R.R. Tolkien #R.I.P. Christopher Tolkien #Fuck Tumblr #fuck amazon #Fuck Bad Robot aka Bad Reboot

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moonlessnight125 · 2 years

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The incorrect quotes of metal gear rising revengeance part 1 sentence starters

(Feel free to change names/pronouns/ect. I put way too much time into this)

"Drone strike the wedding."

"Why hello there, would you care to see my rgb lighting? I spent 3000$"

"Sir this is a Wendy's."

"I'll just have to give you a demonstration then."

"Oh shit he's got ______ let's get the fuck out."

"I guess you can say he was half the man he use to be."

"My name is _____ I have shit my doodoo ass."

"Don't worry ______ I'll protect you from this sidewalk."

"Where the fuck is _______"

"Hold on, I think I hear boss music"

"Let's hope obama care covers euthanasia."

"I'd loved to, but no. I have a giant fucking robot."

"Why do the politicians hog all the good missiles?"

"Face it _____ you can't even hold a sword."

"What the fuck is a sword."

"I can give you a demonstration, but first. What's your favorite hand?"

"Oh fuck he's using bullets."

"Can you lend me a hand? I promise I'll stop collecting them."

"What the fuck is a dog."

"You are such a fucking phillstine."

"I am pre-programmed with knowledge of everyone."

"I will never eat peanut butter ever again."

"Oh my god. It's a woman."

"Please stay back."

"God I wish that were me."

"That can be arranged."

"You are truly weirdchamp."

"_____ are you wearing a serbaro?"

"It's my disguise, I'm trying to blend in."

"You're trying to give me a fucking brain anerisam."

"Your destination is on the right."

"Oh my god, it's a smash tournament. I have to stop it!"

"It's alright, I don't have a Twitter account."

"You speak English?"

"I don't know what a McDonald's does."

"I'm gonna leave this game for awhile, play some good old Gary's mod."

"Oh my god, I can't possibly cut through glass."

"I don't have time for this conversation. Children are in danger."

"What's a gun?"

"Oh my program is on."

"Sorry officer, I was just playing league of legends."

"Alright I've heard enough, lethal force authorized."

"What's up gamers?"

"Let me tell you something important [name]. You're a normie and a beta male cuck."

"I'm only here to despise justice."

"That's cringe [name] and your setup is weak."

"Your clout doesn't mean anything. It's worthless."

"Cope and seethe [name], why don't you go back to Facebook and post some minion memes?"

"All this murder and you're still not based."

"What the fuck is wrong with his hair?"

"My name is [name] of the sussy imposters."

"There's something genuinely wrong with you."

"Your idea of freedom is enslaving children?!"

"We are all pawns, controlled by something greater: Memes. The DNA of the soul. They shape our will. They are the culture — they are everything we pass on. Expose someone to anger long enough, they will learn to hate. They become a carrier. Envy, greed, despair… All memes. All passed along."

"How about full of shit, is that a meme?"

"No it fucking isn't you amoeba."

"You'll never be based with memes like that."

"You're right, about me I mean."

"I thought I could be like you. But that was a mistake."

"I may be cringe, but that makes me free."

"Doctor, turn off my cringe inhibitors."

"But [name], you'll lose subscriber."

"Do it- AGHHHH! I was fucking joking. Why did you do it?!"

"You think you can just log off, [name]."

"That's rich coming from the likes of you."

"Hey [name] ever been to the Washington monument?!"

"You are decapitated."

"Don't worry, it's just a little trolling."

"Your memes end here."

#rp starter #i spent too much effort on this

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