#shhhh he's having his badass arc

[offsidekineticist]

New breakup arc chapter!

CW: aftermath of torture, description of injuries, gore, monster, dark and cluttered claustrophobic space.

Brastlewark's Official Dinosaur Skeleton Day

You really hate Qweck right now.

She hasn't done anything wrong, of course, which is the problem. For once, she was a complete badass. Two people went into that room, and only one came out covered in blood and viscera to toss a signifer's mask at Thay's feet and reassure him he was safe for the first time in weeks. She was perfect, except that you had wanted to rescue Thay like a fucking white knight from a fairytale and sweep him off his feet and–

Which is fucking stupid, of course–first thing the guy says to you is "are you happy now, Gilly?" Last time you saw him he said he'd fucking kill you if he ever saw you again. But somehow you thought he'd be happy to see you? That he'd see you as his hero sweeping in to save the day? That he'd, what, apologize for treating you that way, for misjudging you somehow? Fuck no. Thay fucking hates you now. Of course it's his fucking daughter that saves the day. And you're a piece of shit for being jealous of his fucking daughter. 

Neither of them say a word to you. You're a third fucking wheel in the middle of what was supposed to be your operation. But your plan nearly got you all killed, so it's probably fair that they're ignoring you. 

The three of you make it to the top of the stairs, and Qweck opens the door. You all squint in the suddenly overwhelmingly bright light, but your eyes adjust quickly, and now, finally able to see him properly, you're struck by how terrible Thay looks. At some point they must have taken his shirt–you suspect you'll find his back covered in lashmarks–which makes it impossible to miss how thin he is. He's lost weight–a lot of weight, which is concerning because there was never much of him to begin with. You can tell from how his veins protrude from his skin that he's dehydrated. His face is gaunt, his eyes sunken in. On his right cheek you see slashed flesh that's healed oddly, like it was never treated, and has stitched itself back together as best it can into what will soon be a mess of jagged scars. You suppress a shudder at the thought of how many times screaming must have reopened those wounds. He's grown a sad, patchy, not-worthy-of-the-name beard on his chin, which explains why he was always so careful to keep himself clean shaven. 

"Giliys!" Qweck hisses, interrupting your assessment of Thay's appearance. "What now?"

"Why the fuck would I know?" You demand.

"You're the subject matter expert here!"

"Yeah, and my subject matter expertise are telling me that we're trapped in a fucking hellknight citadel with no weapons, no getaway driver, no idea how this fucking place is even laid out, so we're fucking screwed. So why don't you see if your path to perfection doesn't have a detour through a secret tunnel or some shit?" you snap.

"Shhhh!" Thay hisses, waving his hands. He struggles to get more words out, but you already hear what he hears–someone's coming. You push him down the corridor away from the sound, careful not to touch his wounds, barely able to keep from shivering because your hand is on his back with nothing between his skin and yours.

"Where are you going?!" Qweck demands, half jogging after you.

"Away from here!" You snap, and then abruptly stop, putting your arm in front of Thay to stop him. He hunches over, hands on his knees, gasping for breath–of course he does, they haven't been feeding him. "Shit," you say.

Right in front of you, the left wall of the corridor disappears, granting you full view of the training grounds–and, if you continue, granting the knights in the training grounds full view of you.

You frantically look for a solution. To the right–there's a door to your right. You try the knob. It's locked. You take out your set of lockpicks.

"Where were you hiding those?" Qweck demands.

"Shut up and keep watch!" It's a tricky lock. There's magic involved, much to your chagrin. You can break it, but that would mean using–

"Halt!" Your pursuers are finally within sight. With a primal growl, you summon hellfire and burn away the magic holding the door shut, wincing as it burns through the wrappings protecting your hands, still healing from the last time you used it. Before it can consume anything else you call back the hellfire. It settles in your chest, uncomfortably warm. 

That's the trouble with hellfire. It won't return to hell empty handed. You'll have to damn a soul before the day is out.

You ignore the questioning look Qweck gives you as you open the door. She pulls Thay's arm over her shoulder and half drags him through the door, managing to give you a side eye as she passes. Again, you ignore her as you follow and slam the door behind you.

You are almost too eager to escape your pursuers to be dismayed when you realize the door leads to another set of stairs spiraling deeper into the earth. You hear Thay desperately trying to catch his breath, see his feet stumble and skip steps, Qweck's iron grip the only thing keeping him from tumbling down the stairs. You hear the knights behind you shouting.

At the bottom of the stairs is some kind of storeroom. It reminds you of Thay's attic, but huge. Aisles of shelves turned into tunnels of clutter, so narrow that surely tallfolk weren't expected to traverse them, magical lights casting pale blue light as far as they could before the shadows cast by the clutter snuffed out the light. And the clutter itself–

Mummified body parts. Cursed looking wands. Books with covers made of tanned human faces.

"What the fuck," Qweck breathes, even her composure breaking at the miasma of cursed magic she could surely sense.

"Less horror, more hiding! And don't touch anything!" You exclaim, pushing Qweck forward. She says a quick prayer, and a mote of light appears in her left hand. You're almost able to run through the tunnels of stuff, being careful not to touch any of the obviously cursed artifacts, eventually pulling your charges into a nook made by stacks of books and crates next to a shelf where the ambient magic felt less dangerous.

"Cover the light but keep it handy in case we have to run," you whisper to Qweck. "And for the love of the gods, don't touch–"

"Qweck!" Thay interrupts excitedly with more energy than you'd expect given how much he's been gasping. You turn to see him taking something off the shelf behind you.

"Thay–no–!"

"It's the biggenlil bag!" he whispers gleefully, holding up his mother's bag. It's an old and faded canvas satchel, lovingly mended with little happy little embroidered bees and spiders and beetles. "I thought–you can't track it, see–anti-scrying charms because mother–well, mother was a monster hunter, you see, and–" he stops suddenly, looking at the stack of books you had taken shelter by. "My books! Not all of them–I mean, I think all my books are here but–so many books–new books!"

And then he opens the bag and starts pulling it upside down over a stack of books. Because half-starved, bloodied, wheezing and running for his life through a vault of extremely cursed shit, obviously Thay's top priority would be getting new books.  

Qweck starts desperately trying to convince him to stop, but your mind has begun turning. If you've stumbled across Thay's things, that means this isn't a mere vault of cursed things. You've discovered the evidence rooms of the Order of the Rack. This is where they hide the shit too scary to leave in public but too important to burn on the pyre. Like Thay's books, apparently.

Gods, these assholes' priorities are fucked.

But if the shit down here is evidence, there is probably something you could use. Something that could perform violence on the scale of killing the half dozen hellknights you can hear carefully clanking through the aisles, but that could do that without also unleashing a small apocalypse. Something that's cursed, but only a little cursed. Or maybe just enchanted, like Thay's bag.

You let some of the fire in your chest flow into your right hand–not so much that it burns, but enough that your hand glows as you ignore the pain of burning fire under your skin. You inspect the shelf behind you, reaching out with your sense of magic as you visually inspect the contents. You recognize some of it–uniforms almost certainly taken from the corpses of Reclamationists; holy weapons and armor blessed by Iomedae; letters and books of ciphers and maps. It seems that there is some sort of system to how this mess is organized after all, and the idiots think Thay's in league with those jumped up altar boys. And of course none of the fuckers they took this shit from used daggers or hand crossbows or anything you'd find fucking useful. 

You're going to have to venture farther afield, back into that cloud of cursed magic, away from the oasis of holy magic the Reclamation armor created. Pressing your lips together you turn to Qweck, still trying to convince Thay to stop gleefully collecting new books.

"Stay here. I need to check something."

"No–don't split up! That's a terrible idea!" You hear her whisper loudly as you ignore her and continue your search. Away from the Iomedaean collection, the magic is heavier, like a cloud of thick smoke. So much potent magic you don't dare touch because you don't know what it will do to you. You search for something weaker– something that might let you figure out what it is before it eats your soul.

You stop at a small crate, locked with magic. The magic is potent, the arcane equivalent of wrapping chains around a chest, but you don't sense anything inside. You reach out with your glowing right hand and let your fire burn away the arcane lock. You ignore the wrath of hell roiling inside you, demanding satisfaction, and open the crate.

It looks like a small model of a dinosaur skeleton. It barely comes up to half your height, bones and skull made of what looks like clay, hooked together with little metal wires that seem to have been baked into the clay bones. It's the kind of thing you'd expect to see on Thay's desk in the library right before he explains matter-of-factly that it is Brastlewark's Official Dinosaur Skeleton Day and that, yes, that is a real holiday celebrated in Brastlewark for the past three hours because one of his kids adores dinosaurs and another loves bones and another loves sculptures. But there is something peculiar about it. It doesn't feel magical, but it doesn't quite feel mundane, either.

It's only one you see tiny ribbons of flame trying to escape through your fingers towards the skeleton that you realize what it is. This is a golem, or the skeleton of one, currently dormant, but very hungry. When activated, it would call nearby magical artifacts to itself and use them as flesh and fuel. You're not entirely sure why someone would want a golem that indiscriminately eats any nearby magic items, but you do know that such a device activated here, in a vault of cursed magic, would be pure chaos. 

Right now you could use a little chaos.

You take the skeleton out of the crate with your left hand, careful to keep the burning hellfire of your right hand away until you're ready. You briefly think of Thay, so happy to be reunited with his mother's bag. The anti-scrying enchantments Thay had mentioned should protect it from the golem's notice and, therefore, its appetite. If it doesn't, well, hopefully it will at least buy you time to get him somewhere he can mourn its loss in safety.

You take a deep breath and then let it have the hellfire it has been trying to drink from your fingers. Fire begins to swirl in its ribs and its skull like you imagine a soul might, and the skeleton begins to move. You hear the crates around you begin to rattle, and you cut off the flow of hellfire and run.

You rush back to the nook as quickly as you can. "Run!" You shout. A swarm of holy longswords flies off the shelves above your heads, missing you only because of your small stature.

"What did you do?!" Qweck demands.

"No time, just run!" You grab both gnomes by the shoulder with either hand, pushing them down the aisle as fast as you can as the shelves and boxes begin rattling. You hear the breaking of glass and cracking of wood as crates and trunks and cases cannot contain the magic within. Enchanted stones, cursed jewelry, blessed weapons–all manner of magical items–burst from containment towards the strange skeleton you activated. You are barely able to escape from the aisle in time for the shelves to crash down as its contents explode towards the rapidly self-assembling monstrosity you've unleashed. 

The golem's reach extends outward, tremors spreading through the library and the ground itself begins to shake under the sheer force of hundreds of magical artifacts dragging themselves across the room to sate the beast's hunger. You push your gnomes under a table pressed against the wall that seems unaffected by the madness–just an old table holding some old books and a crate of mundane items–sheltering there while the creature takes shape and the knights begin to shout.

"What did you do?!" Qweck repeats, shielding Thay with her body and straining to be heard over the roar of a hundred cursed objects joining themselves into one.

"Watch!" You shout back, pointing at the scene unfolding: shelves falling, crates cracking, things breaking, hellknights screaming, and a dark figure taking shape at the center of it all. The creature roars, standing on two legs, a tail sweeping out and crashing into hellknights unfortunate enough to find themselves in its path.

"And this accomplishes what, exactly?!" Qweck demands. The golem snaps its jaws at a hellknight. Its teeth, an array of magical daggers and shortswords, punch through the knight's armor like foil as it shakes its head like a dog with a ragdoll before tossing its toy aside and snapping at another knight. This one jumps back quickly enough that the golem's teeth only slice her neck. Her body falls while the golem keeps her head.

Blood running from between its teeth and down its jaw made of amulets and jewels, the golem freezes, as if it has heard a distant sound. It stands a moment like a prairie dog tasting the wind before letting out a terrifying roar and charging, magic items still chasing it like a comet's tail. It lowers its armor-laden head and hits the wall with an earth shattering crash. The wall cracks and the rock behind it splits as the golem crashes through the earth leaving a tunnel in its wake.

You smirk at Qweck. "After you, princess."

"You want us to follow that thing?! Did you see what it did to those hellknights?"

"Would you rather stay here?"

She almost says yes, but just before she can you both hear the sound of clanking armor and concerned shouts as more hellknights rush down the stairs. She growls in frustration. "You are the worst subject matter expert!" she hisses at you as she hurries into the tunnel. You just help Thay to his feet and chuckle, still smirking–until Thay roughly brushes your grip off his shoulder.

Right. He still hates you. A cursed chaos golem won't change that.

He almost trips rushing to catch up with Qweck–rushing to get away from you. She puts an arm over his shoulder and leads him forward into the dark as he leans into her, accepting her support without a second thought.

You know you're only proving him right, but you can't help it–you really hate Qweck right now.

#oc: theoven derenge #oc: giliys #oc: qweck #pathfinder wotr #pwotr pals #part 8 #The (Completely Platonic!) Breakup Arc

[thecleverqueer]

Random Thoughts during the first two episodes of “The Wrong Jedi” Arc from “The Clone Wars”:

• Part one- Random thoughts during The Clone Wars S5:E17 “Sabotage”:

*R7 really is an underrated droid. I hope he gets to shine in “The Bad Batch” with Ahsoka’s drug-smuggling ex.

*Everyone praises Anakin’s flying abilities, but Ahsoka is a pretty badass pilot herself. I guess most of the Jedi are… those reflexes.

*Ahsoka stole Leia’s line.

*I’ve yet to figure out how Ahsoka saves after jumping out of her ship onto Anakin’s where she loses her footing and goes flying back. It seems to defy all logic. Got to hand it to Ahsoka though…. the kid is athletic AF.

*I find it interesting that the Jedi council had enough faith to put Anakin and Ahsoka in charge of the investigation behind the bombing of the temple because they were NOT THERE when the bomb went off and would be impartial, but then decided that Ahsoka did it a few episodes later.

*I like the fact that Barriss just happens to waltz by right before Anakin starts to interrogate Letta. Subtle touch.

*This episode honestly feels like someone on the creative staff binge-watched a few seasons of CSI and said, “Yep. We’re doing it, but in a different galaxy.”

*”I would have thought working for the Jedi paid better.” -Ahsoka. Yikes. Turns out, no. Those poor folks couldn’t even afford to change out their lightbulbs. They were living in a dark, dingy, seedy apartment in practical squalor.

*Letta just slick pushes a dude into Ahsoka so hard that he falls on top of her. I swear, poor Ahsoka constantly gets dumped on in this series.

*Ahsoka takes the high road. Literal, yet symbolic.

*I like how Anakin says , “no one ever said he was dead”… but like, Ahsoka literally said Jakkar was the bomb in the prior scene, so… that was implied, dumbass.

*I really want the backstory behind Letta feeding the nano droids to Jakkar. Was he a willing participant, or did she and Barriss do some real shady shit? Damn. That story could be insane.

*”There are going to be Jedi that disappoint us, Ahsoka” is the understatement of all-time, but I guess we’re working towards that…

• Part Two- Random thoughts during The Clone Wars S5:E18 “The Jedi Who Knew Too Much”:

*Damn. Who invited Palpatine and Tarkin to the Jedi funeral!?

*Jeeze… I know you’re worried about your grieving girlfriend, Ahsoka, but Yoda called for a moment of silence. So, shhhh!

*The glances that Ahsoka and Barriss keep sharing as they walk down the hallway of the temple after the funeral are dripping with homo-romantic undertones, but do go on telling me that Barrissoka isn’t canon.

*”Revenge is not the Jedi way.”-Anakin. Hmm.

*”The evidence seems clear, Ahsoka, nothing will ever change.” - Barriss. Barriss helped plan the temple bombing, and she is realizing that it served literally no purpose. The war is still raging, people are still dying, and she still can’t be with the girl that she loves. Ouch.

*Ahsoka: I hope Chancellor Palpatine knows what he’s doing.

Tarkin: I assure you he rarely does anything without a strategy.

This line basically tells me that Palpatine planned all of this shit out. It’s a ploy to get Ahsoka out of the picture. Palpatine knows that one way or another, it’s gonna happen after all this.

*The look that Barriss and Ahsoka share as Barriss walks away from their conversation in the hallway was the one that forced me to ship them. It took their relationship right on out of the heteronormative lens for me. There is literally NO heterosexual explanation for THAT LOOK. It’s like the storytellers and animators were basically saying, “we can’t do this outright because it’s a cartoon in 2012, but we’re going to sauce it up with this subtext so if you’re paying attention you’ll see it.” That was my “Hold up. Holy shit! WTF is this!!?” moment.

*Ahsoka just watches Barriss walk down the hall alone. Ahsoka’s face is locked in an excruciating state of angst until Anakin notices, then knowing that his little sister is all about this girl is like, “go be with your friend, Ahsoka.”

*I’ve said it before… the conversation that Ahsoka and Barriss have after Ahsoka chases Barriss down the hall doesn’t feel like it’s all about the temple bombing.

*You can tell that Barriss is upset about her life choices. She sort of winces as Ahsoka runs off, as if to say, “I can’t let her find out that I was behind this.”

*Letta asks for Ahsoka because that’s the only Jedi that Barriss mentioned. I guarantee Barriss doted on Ahsoka constantly. Barriss probably had everyone conviced that Ahsoka was the best Jedi ever (to Ahsoka’s peril).

*Ahsoka’s speeder driving feels kinda reckless. I’m not going to judge. I have no right to judge reckless driving habits.

*I still have doubts that it was Barriss who force chokes Letta from afar (and that it wasn’t Palpatine). What I do know is that Palpatine made sure that Ahsoka was in that cell when it happened.

*The “I don’t know what happened” line did sound guilty. I mean, we all know that Ahsoka didn’t do it, but… I can see why others might think that she did based on her actions.

*Tarkin walking all smugly towards Ahsoka’s holding cell to a remix of the Imperial March isn’t at all suggestive.

*”Curiously, the sound isn’t working on this one.” Hmm. Curious indeed.

*The fact that in two scenes prior Tarkin is telling Ahsoka that the facility is secure, and that they don’t let “just anyone” run about makes me wonder how someone just conveniently placed that key card in front of her cell. It is something else. Shit was an inside job.

*So, then the question becomes, “how did Barriss get in the facility, and why is she so damned terrible at improvisation?!” Did she not stop to think that knocking the Clones out would only make her girlfriend look more guilty? Come on, Barriss.

*Anakin and Rex rushing to the prison to try and save their sister’s ass is a peak big brothers move, and you love to see it.

*Barriss then cuts the clones down with the lightsabers, and you just wonder WTF… like, I know you don’t want to get Ahsoka killed, but you’re going to get Ahsoka killed. And, Ahsoka’s just like, “Shit.”

*Now Rex, you know your little sister did NOT kill those clones.

*Anakin’s harebrained Clones-stunning-Ahsoka training may not have prepped her fully for order 66, but it probably did help her in her prison escape. She hella dodges some stun-firing clones in that sequence.

*The scene before Ahsoka goes full on “The Fugitive” is one of my favorites. She’s borderline hysterical, and it’s got so much unfettered emotion (from both her and Anakin, honestly) that you forget for a moment that they’re even Jedi. The yelling, the arms flailing around, shit… You can tell that she feels completely betrayed, but worse, she knows that she’s f*^%ed.

*Anakin let her go. He could have caught her with the force, but he watched her go. He knew she was right.

#star wars #ahsoka tano #the clone wars #sw tcw #barriss offee #ahsoka and barriss #ahsoka being gay #barrissoka #the wrong jedi #anakin skywalker #captain rex #emperor palpatine #admiral tarkin

[person8789]

Adventures through Twisted Wonderland Book 5- A Beautiful Tyrant

Part 16/?

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We start off with Vil feeling discouraged and in turn discouraging everyone else- even if he didn’t mean to lash out.

You know, Vil, you say this, but you continue to push yourself and those around you to achieve perfection in your rehearsals, saying that “losing isn’t an option”, but with this logic the VDC SDC team, yourself included, would be putting in all of this work for nothing. So tell me- if you truly believe that your efforts will be fruitless- why try at all?

*coughs* anyways…

I haven’t mentioned it, but I’ve been bracing myself a little for Ace in this scene since I remembered from going through translations that Ace was acting like an asshole. Tbh it’s not quite as bad as I remember it but he’s still being a dick.

Like seriously he tells Deuce to not get involved with what’s going on with Epel but immediately tosses in his own two cents whenever Deuce does- well, anything, and instead of taking the time to try and understand why Deuce is doing this or why Deuce might be struggling he is immediately judgmental- and then confused when Deuce gets upset with him!

No no no, Ace was being an asshole, and frankly, so was Vil. There was no need- no reason to call you a deadweight. Any criticism that’s not constructive is unnecessary and unjustified.

I hate to admit this but you really are speaking his language with this bird talk.

….green flag for this part. Cautiously.

Wow thanks, Grim! Super helpful lmao

This this this. Ok so I won’t really get into it right now (cough the review) but this is one of the main things about Deuce’s character arc, and one of the main themes of book 5. “Know your strength” or exactly what Kalim is saying here.

Actually the fact that Kalim is the one giving this insight is interesting as well. It proves that he actually can read into people fairly well, and help them.

This is badass behavior, Deuce.

Which I love to see, I remember how proud of him I was the first time I got to this scene and the scenes that follow and I’m still with him 100%

And now…

🎉The iconic beach scene!🎉

Oh, you have no idea how long I’ve been waiting for this. I love this scene very much.

Also he mentions “hair-trigger temper” in this shot made me think of Riddle LMAO

At least he’s similar to his prefect??

Whoa whoa wait a sec- they just skipped over Jamil! Well Deuce wasn’t there when Jamil - Shhhh they skipped over Jamil

And we end this part bracing for country accent Epel lmao

#gaming #twisted wonderland #twst #adventures through twst #twst player #twst spoilers #twst playthrough #twst liveblogging #adventures through twst: book 5 #vil schoenheit #twst rant #ace trappola #Ace being an ass #twst grim #grim being NICE #look at how much he’s grown! #deuce era #deuce spade #DEUCE ERA #deuce being a badass #rook hunt #no red flag #deuce with his chickens AGAIN #twst yuu #kalim al asim #epel felmier #country epel #the beach scene! #jamil viper #this book was better than I remember it lmao

[anonymousgeekhere]

What’s your opinion on the iliad cast? Gods and mortals

Mortals/Demigods:

Hector: I think my thoughts on him are obvious lol. My true love (after Apollo) he’s just so good! Hehe not gonna go in detail it will be long

Paris: Originally wasnt a very big fan of him but after learning more about him (and his effeminate aspect), I have mixed feelings. Like I like him but some stuff he does is like

Aeneas: We didn’t see him for much, I was intrigued by his fate thing, then I read the Aeneid and now I’m sick of him

Sarpedon: I’m more interested in the impact than him cuz like. Zeus contemplating saving him which would go against Fate? Very interesting…

Achilles: So I like him as a character not a person. I think his story and arc is very intriguing but like. he killed and mutilated a child. In the kid’s dad’s temple. like. Much as I find his arc about shifting between divine and beast and ultimately realizing he’s human and cannot reject society interesting af I just cannot like him

Patroclus: Wish there was more about him! He seemed very interesting and strong, not the uwu kawaii boy I thought he was

Odysseus: Yoooo I fucking love this guy he’s so funny and clever let’s fucking gooo

Diomedes: On his own I dont care for him much, tho I feel bad about how Athena manipulated him he’s pretty great when he teams up with Odysseus, book 10 was wicked awesome

Aias: Stronk man goes brrrr

Menelaus: Really cool guy, wanna see more content about him cuz he seems so conflicted and betrayed aww

Agamemnon: Someone shoot him. Please

Helen: FUCKING QUEEN I already loved her and then I found out more about her and aaaaah she’s so good

Andromache: Aaaahhh I love her she deserved so much better

Cassandra: Would’ve loved to see more of her, her story is interesting

Penelope (I know she‘s from the odyssey but shhhh): YO SHES A QUEEN TOO she really outsmarted Odysseus she and him are OTP how she so big brain

Hecuba: She won me over when she begged Hector not to go fight Achilles

Priam: Interesting guy, wanna know more about him and why he seems to only care for Hector (trauma response after losing so many kids?)

Gods:

Apollo: I won’t dump here cuz you all know about that already. I really enjoyed seeing a darker, more divine aspect of Apollo. Really changed my perspective on him (which is an essay in of itself) and appreciate him a lot more and see him as more nuanced and complex

Artemis: We didn’t see much of her! But I can’t believe she got bitch slapped by Hera

Leto: So badass omfg

Hermes: Really pleasantly surprised by how kind he was to Priam. Loved seeing him as the “kind god”

Zeus: I’ve softened to him and really like to see how his position as a king makes him have to take harsh decisions. Fate makes me wonder how much control he really has

Hera: Badassssss. I really loved seeing her so manipulative and clever, it was really fun

Ares: I hate how Homer wrote him! Made him seem so pathetic and had everyone bully him

Athena: Ngl especially after writing my essay I don’t really like Athena? She’s manipulative but not in the fun Hera way

Aphrodite: My opinion on her dropped a little because of that one scene in book 3 where she forces Helen to sleep with Paris

Poseidon: He’s much more serious and scary than I thought, really awed by his sheer power

Hephaestus: Hate how everyone bullies him but damn does he make some cool stuff

Thetis: She’s such a good mom??? I wanna know more about her, like how she ended up married to Peleus

[ichayalovesyou]

Why Does God Need A Starship? (Live Reaction):

I always thought Sybok was cool and interesting and NOW I’m sure! You know it’s times like these that I’m grateful I kinda came back into the Star Trek fandom on my own, because I don’t have to deal with Opinions of older/louder Trekkies. This one kinda has a lukewarm reputation but I’m getting the vibe that I’ll genuinely enjoy it.

Yet again Bones is serving up some LOOKS damn! Look at these elder gays! Spock has rocket boots, amazing. “Because it’s there” and then falling off the goddamn mountain is such a James Tiberius Kirk thing to do 😂 “HI BONES!” These guys omfg. OH MY GOD SO WE DO SEE CAITIANS OUTSIDE THE CARTOONS?? Hell yeah! Also pole dancing to no music, is... weird. Lmao. Also okay I’m sorry Sybok is cool! Sybok is cool and interesting and I really like him! (Not morally obviously dude is shady as all fuck, but a cool dude nontheless!) Always fascinated by Cult Leader type villains, especially when they point out valid criticisms about the society from which they came (important distinction is that the CAUSE is not vilified, but the person and their means, something M****l has largely forgotten)

Awww I may ship Hikura, but Uhura & Scotty are also cute as hell!! Awwwwwww!!!! Old married couples can be so freaking cute. Chekov & Sulu are LOST ohhhh my god this is hilarious, these two idiots. Also can we talk about how Koenig’s eyebrows are slowly gaining sentience and Takei aged like fine wine? Lol. THE HOLY TRINITY OF ELDER GAYS ARE CAMPINGGGG! I’m- oh my god they’re so cute. “Marshmelon” this is cute as hell oh my god. They’re indulging and messing with Spock at the same time I’m dead! They’re singing ohh my god this gonna give me cavities with how sweet it is!!!

This Klingon dude is frickin ROCKING the eyeliner! Bruhhhh was the frickin spotlight necessary! Leave the gays alone SHHHH they’re SLEEPING!! Lmao. Yo I’ll be real this movie starts incredibly slowly but I seriously do not mind, it’s relaxing to not have to worry about missing important details if you look away for a second, it’s nice. WAIT? Does Jim’s shirt say GOT MILK?!!? Oh no, it says go climb a rock, oh thank god [“fatty milkers” flashbacks]

Seriously McCoy is just radiating so much old southern lady/gay energy in this movie and I love it so freaking much “if you ask me (and you haven’t) this is a horrible idea” he sounds like my North Carolina living Meemaw. Wow you can see Spock low-key taking psychic damage from seeing Sybok 😲 V’tosh Ka’tur of the highest order huh? Still disturbing that his government literally cast him out, that’s a red flag 😬. What happened with Sybok is probably a lot of why Spock was pressured to be as Vulcan as he was, I’m sure Sybok was a massive scandal/shame for Sarek, and knowing him, he’d end up making that his kids’ problem not his 🙄

Oh neat!! Chekov is in the in the captain’s chair. Oh this is the song they replaced Nichols’s voice for 😤 but also GIRL THAT WAS BADASS AND THAT SONG WAS A BOP! Quick question, wow these “alien” horses are somehow even worse than the unicorn dog (also it’s a desert planet, wouldn’t it be better to have, like, alien camels or something?) This dude’s Klingon is freakin impeccable btw! He’s really got the vibe down! Jim did you forget how fuckin bananas strong Vulcans are??? Sybok went like 😡☹️ when Spock pointed that laser rifle at him 😂😂😂 again even tho I know Scotty and Uhura are married but it’s scenes like getting held hostage right there where they radiate such POWER COUPLE energy GAWD! 🤩

Stay out of this Bones we’re having a lover’s quarrel! Jim is taking fucking psychic damage from this entire conversation lol. Okayyyy whatever Sybok is doing is definitely some kind of mind control type thing, that shit is creepy af no thank youuuuuu (spores anyone?). Oh my god Spock & Jim are so married lmao, that “I’m sorry” Vulcan kiss in the brig man Aw. (Oh man Magic’s of mega-tsu got devani mixed by that comment lame!) SCOTTYYYYYY!! YAS!

Yay rocket boot glomp! Lmfao! Sybok needs to brush up on his earth history Columbus did NOT figure out the world is round 🙄 Ah Scotty being like “listen, you’re not okay rn so I’m not really down for whatever you think you wanna do right now it can wait until you’re right in the head again” and they could’ve not done that and it would’ve been creepy (especially by today’s standards) but they didn’t! And that was awesome!

Bones being skeptical and has every right to be! He’s faced down would be gods and would-be messiahs before! Also I’ve seen people judge Bones for being the first to cave but Sybok totally did that shit to him without consent! He didn’t go back on his beliefs, Sybok forced him to! BONES PROTECTION SQUAD IS HERE AND ITS ME! Oh Bones, man, poor babeyyyy (fuck Sybok!) 😭😭😭 OH MY GOD BONESSSSSS Sybok leave him alone! Goddamnit! Leave him alone!

I think Jim can see Spock’s Sybok induced vision cuz they’re ✨Bonded✨ (it didn’t seem like they could see Bones’s, other than what Bones was doing). JIM KNOWS SO MUCH BETTER! ITS HOW HE BEAT THE SPORES ITS HIS CORE! I UNDERSTAND AND LOVE HIM FOR IT!!! Spock 😍😍😍 he’s like, you’re bullshit happiness pill doesn’t work on me cuz I am whole for the first time in my life, and I love my husband, and I already learned my lesson decades ago 💚🖖🏻💚 (who knew how important the character development from This Side of Paradise AND Return To Tommorow would be??? Hell yeah!)

I love Scotty so much 🥰 hardcore badass Hufflepuff from beginning to end! Also I hope Sybok appears in SNW that could be really really interesting if they do it right! ITS GOD (derogatory) REVERE HIM! Oh here comes that legendary question!! “What dies God need with a starship?” Red flag don’t call Jim a creature! Oh shit god has laxer eyes oh no lmao! Bones snaps out of whatever Sybok did to him when “God” hurts his friends and we LOVE HIM FOR ITTTT! Awww Spock & Sybok and be saaaaad, oh shit! Into the lightning to fight a mirror of yourself like Lazarus in that one episode!

OH SHIT THE KLINGONS ARE HERE! Oh damn Spock just swore a cuss the right way, at a Klingon General no less! General dude just went “caotain tell Kirk you are sorry!” LMAO! NOT IN FRONT OF THE KLINGONS 😂😂😂😍 KISS DAMNIT!! God this whole after scene is so good, maybe the god is the friends we made along the way. “I lost a brother once” you also lost SAM dummy, I know you were just telling Spock you love him but still. SHUT UP SPOCK IS PLAYING ROW ROW ROW YOUR BOAT ON HIS LYRE??

Okay, seriously, I unironically love this movie, it might be my favorite out of the ones I’ve seen so far actually. TMP felt like the movies getting their sea legs, but it was slow and messy, it wasn’t as thought provoking as it wanted to be (aside from Spock’s wonderful arc in that film). WoK & TSFS are amazing for drama and angst and Spirk content, but they weren’t really asking the big questions Star Trek is wonderful for. Then The Voyage Home is just plain silly and fun and wholesome. But this, this movie had depth! The whole premise is “what is god and is there is one?” I LOVE that as someone who has a very complicated relationship with spirituality. I also already loved the TOS episodes This Side of Paradise, Return To Tomorrow, The Omega Glory and The Way To Eden, and this movie had the best of those concepts! Sybok was such a fascinating antagonist/anti-hero and I hope we get to see him explored more on screen one day, even if it’s just through Discovery/SNW flashbacks. It may have started off slow and it’s not without its flaws but this felt like the Star Trekkiest TOS Star Trek movie so far!

#star trek #star trek v: the final frontier #the final frontier #why does god need a starship #star trek tos #tos liveblog #liveblogging #Sybok

[gontagokuhara]

Now that you’re a good way into the game, what are your thoughts on the Phantom Thieves so far?

OOOOOOOH OK OK

i could go on FOREVER abt these kids but i’ll just give like. a general-ish ranking for now. two caveats tho!

a) im not including goro or akira. despite knowing Quite A Lot about goro, its all secondhand and not lived yet. i could not definitively say whether i love him or hate him if i tried. also no akira bc hes Me. let it be known that i adore him and his design is mad sexy doe

b) i love ALL of the thieves. theres not a single one i dont adore. last place i still very much love!! but the others r just. big faves

ok rank time

makoto. my girl. the absolute TANK of my main party. has one of the more badass personas. i love love love her arc and her growth so far, and i just love her design!! i think she contrasts her sister very compellingly and i love the struggles she has to go through in turning from an unassuming, dilligent, almost subservient student into rebelling against authority she finds unjust in a way that is very Makoto. i fucking love her. my go-to to romance i think (along w hifumi but shhhh)

yusuke. he has not braincells but acrylic paint and homosexual thoughts rolling around in his head and i love him for it. he’s pretentious to the point its goofy and he takes both everything and nothing seriously BUT he also has a really compelling arc and he isn’t just comic relief fodder. he strikes a really good balance between being a valuable asset to the team and a more cautious voice of reason, while also being completely and utterly ridiculous to the point where i’m absolutely rolling whenever he’s around. that man is GAY he is TRANS and he has two pet lobsters named akira 2 and yusuke 2 that he makes kiss. king.

futaba. gonna be real i was TERRIFIED of being introduced to this character because i can just tell based on appearance what fandom incels and hentai addicts do to her. however she is INCREDIBLY compelling, her emotional beats hit HARD, and her relationships with sojiro and akira are just. super super good. i love the way her s-link is playing out thus far and i cant wait to get to know her more. people complain about her as navi being annoying but i dont get it?? she’s way less grating than morgana LMAO. in conclusion futaba queen i wuv you

ann. i feel like she gets left behind past kamoshida’s palace because we’re introduced to someone new each time, but i totally love ann! her relationship with shiho is really good, and im glad its not forgotten once her arc is done. she has fantastic chemistry with the whole group and shes just genuinely good. i have a soft spot bc she shares a va with kaede from dr<3, but i just. love ann. i want more forced interactions between her and akira bc their chemistry as friends is just SO good. stan ann for clear skin

haru. she is a SWEETIE and i love love love her. however i’ve barely unlocked her confidant and havent rly talked to her much outside of the okumura arc. she’s another stable member of my party and her persona FUCKS milady is so cool. she isnt Super fleshed out quite yet (but like. her dad literally did just die like 2 weeks ago in game we got time to grow) and i just love her!

ryuji. i LOOOOOVED ryuji in the first two palaces but he fucking SUCKS now the writers nerfed him HARD. misogyny isnt a cute personality trait, nor is only ever yelling all of your dialogue and arguing with people. the drop in quality from the first part of the game til now is staggering and it pisses me off because ryuji is SOOOOO good. he used to be a solid member of my party til i got haru but at this point ive made him backup out if spite. u all were not lying when u said this game treats ryuji like Shit. bring back gay respecter of women king ryuji 2020

morgana. hes just not as compelling as the other thieves. also how he acted during the okumura arc was so forced and contrived and OBNOXIOUS im still angry about it. hes fine normally and i know he isnt that bad before or after okumura but seriously. the contrived jealousy bullshit had me wanting to put down the game and not come back LMAO. hes only a stable member of my party bc ive spent all my time developing him into my stacked healer so<3 he stays i guess

#ask #p5 #connor plays p5 #p5 spoilers

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1, 2, 12, 21, 32, 40, 46 for Ylva!! :)

01. What does your character’s name mean? Did you pick it for the symbolism, or did you just like the way it sounded?So the Avvar always gave me a kind of viking kind of vibe and I was looking for names that had a badass meaning and I found “Ylva” which means “She-wolf.” I initially had planned on giving her a wolf motif (I think the cape she wears is made of of wolf fur, and she was going to have a cool wolf-head helmet a-la-Stormcloak style) but then I remembered she existed in the Dragon Age universe and things like Wyverns existed so that’s when she went from “Ylva Wolfslayer” to “Ylva Wyvernslayer.” 

02. What is one of your character’s biggest insecurities? Are they able to hide it easily or can others easily exploit this weakness?I think she’s insecure about her femininity. Not in the way that she thinks expressing it makes her weak, but more in the “I want to be seen as beautiful and feminine, but I’m a giantess of a woman who has scars and kills wyverns and protects the hold and people only see me for my Legend Mark” kind of way. 12. Is there some particular talent, skill, or attribute that they simply could not give up?She will never stop being a warrior. Deep down, she wants to die fighting with her boots on instead of wasting away as an old woman. 21. What is one of your character’s biggest fears? How would they react when dealing with this fear?She’s very much afraid of losing the ones she loves. It’s unacceptable for them to put themselves in danger, that’s her job, thank you very much. Her story arc when we were playing revolved around her finding and rescuing her kidnapped husband, and she was very much an anxious wreck and maybe sort of kind of killed a Grey Warden because she thought he was involved but uuuuuh shhhh don’t tell 32. If your character’s lover offered to take them out on a dream date, what would they want to do?Any time she can spend time with Dand just…meandering about in the woods, walking hand in hand and just generally being cute old people together is her favorite thing. 

40. Does your OC have any guilty pleasures they enjoy? Hobbies, past times, music, etc that they wouldn’t want known by others?Honestly the only thing I can think of is goofy and a bit of an in-joke but her husband is a trapper/fur trader/weaver and he makes his own rope and honestly as soon as the party found that out the jokes evolved from there and I’ll let you, uh, come to your own conclusions.46. What is some random affectionate thing that your character always does to their lover?FORE. HEAD. KISSES. Ylva is tall, Dand is short and she will smooch his forehead or the top of his head whenever the situation calls for it, which is always.

#beammetothemoon #answered asks #ylva wyvernslayer #THANK YOU FOR ASKING :D

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Sinew & Snares

@karmicagent

They’re toying with her now. 

She can tell by the way they keep shortening and lengthening the distance between them; giving her just enough room to feel like she might actually lose them through the trees, before rushing in seemingly out of nowhere and reminding her that at any point they can snatch her out of thin air. Raiders are known for their cruel games, so she has been told a thousand times by now, usually in warning to stop her from leaving Diamond City without some kind of escort. 

Ivy didn’t listen then. She wishes she did this time. 

They’ve already proven they won’t shoot her -- not fatally -- which is even more terrifying. The bullets occasionally whistling past her are all part of the game, herding her through the skeletal woods in a zigzag formation that rapidly sees her lost and directionless. They want her alive. She can guess why. And while part of her wants to scream at the unfairness of it all, that she should be ripped from her own time, her own world, just to die out here on the run like a panicked animal, there is no air left in her lungs. She has been running for so long, and they’ve let her, knowing she’ll soon be too tired to take another step. Too tired to fight back, or so they think, but she has no desire to make any of this easy for them. There’s a loaded pistol strapped to her side, hidden by the oversized jacket Patrick gave her before he left, and she is pretty sure they haven’t seen it yet. They will soon. 

Maybe sooner than she planned. She keeps looking over her shoulder, braving these little micro-glances to try and get a head count. The number keeps changing, ranging from three to five to seven, but there could be more somewhere out of sight. She hasn’t fired a shot of her own yet, and won’t until she can line up a target -- 

Her foot pulls up short, snagged unexpectedly under a protruding tree root, and there’s an awful wrenching in her ankle as she pitches forward. She lands in the brittle leaves with a half-scream-half-sob, disoriented and sick from the shift in gravity. For a few blinding seconds there is no more fear or exhaustion, nothing beyond the throbbing pain radiating through her ankle. Then her hand is scrambling, tearing through the leaves for the gun that yanked itself out of its holster and buried itself somewhere just out of sight. 

“No,” she whispers raggedly, blinking sweat and tears out of her eyes. “No no no, please --”

Footsteps fan out around her, slow and predatory, followed by a menacing chorus of laughter. “I gotta be honest, Blondie,” a voice chuckles behind her, its owner swaggering closer. “For a while there, I was kinda rootin’ for ya.”

Stomach heaving, Ivy rolls onto her back to see his face grinning emptily down at her. It’s an odd sensation, to have someone look at you and know -- know right down to your core -- that, to them, you are nothing. Not even human. Her heart plummets at the thought of how they’ll leave her. She doubts they’ll so much as throw her in a ditch when they’re finished. Will they abandon her, wherever she dies, to be claimed by the elements? How long before some animal finds her and starts picking the flesh off her bones? How long before she is nothing but dust?

The ringleader, or whoever he is, crouches down practically on top of her and reaches out to touch a damp lock of hair plastered to the side of her face. “Christ, you’re a pretty one. Couldn’t really tell until now. We might just keep you a while. What do you say, boys?” 

His fellow Raiders, still closing in but keeping a respectful distance from the man clearly in charge, echo their agreement. Ivy wants desperately to be brave, to go out with dignity and whatever little pride she can hang onto before the end, but the prospect of having her fate dragged out at their hands is more than she can take. A fresh wave of tears stings her eyes, but she can’t even blink them away. Another sob bubbles out of her lips, and she knows it’s useless to beg but she does anyway.

“Shhhh,” the lead Raider soothes, with haunting gentleness. “Shhhh, none o’ that. Y’ain’t gotta do anything now but relax, sweetheart. Just rela --”

Her gun fell, but the knife in her sleeve didn’t. He doesn’t have time to react before the blade arcs seemingly out of nowhere and plunges squarely into his jugular. Ivy uses it to pull his face closer to hers, grateful that his rancid breath has stopped. “You relax, asshole,” she hisses. 

At least her last words will be sort of badass. 

#hi there! #this turned out way longer and darker than i intended but oops here we are #hope it's okay! #let me know if you need me to change or clarify anything :) #karmicagent #Sinew & Snares #ripped apart and put back together (FALLOUT)

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POKEMON SUN AND MOON

WARNING: I AM NOT A PROFESSIONAL GAME REVIEWER, GAME CRITIC, OR WRITER. The following is just purely my opinion and reaction to the game. Also, ENGLISH IS NOT MY FIRST LANGUAGE. So, yeah, I’m sure there will be a grammar mistake somewhere there. Please don’t be a grammar nazi. Lastly, THIS WILL NOT BE AN ENTIRELY SERIOUS REVIEW. Yay. *insert cute puppy face*

DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN ANYTHING. The games I am reviewing belong to their respective owner(s). I DON’T GAIN ANY PROFIT FROM THIS, EITHER.

look at this emotional child

Being the latest Pokemon game Nintendo released – Pokemon Sun and Moon introduces us to the seventh generation of Pokemon, dragging along brand new creatures and adventures with it. It was released worldwide on November 18, 2016. 81 new Pokemon was in the game, along with 18 variants of the previous Pokemon, known as the Alolan forms.

The first time i saw the three starters, I fell in love with Rowlet. seriously, it’s a freaking ball of fluff - who wouldn’t want it?

I was ecstatic when the new game was announced – which is the norm for me every time Nintendo does it. But why wouldn’t I? Pokemon has been a part of my life ever since I was a little kid, and has stayed with me ever since. Playing and finishing Pokemon games have always been a big achievement to me – the happiness and triumph I felt is similar to passing my periodical examination, or even finishing a grade.

Back to the game though, I was jumping with joy when Pokemon Sun and Moon was announced. I then made a split decision to stop waiting for further announcements, since I don’t want to spoil myself; thus, making my gameplay of Pokemon Moon the first gameplay I went in completely blind. (well, except for the knowledge of the Alolan Forms, most especially Alolan Exeggutor, who was basically a meme of the game).

It was my first time pre-ordering anything, so I guess I was pretty excited

SETTING: The Region of Alola

Alola region is beautiful. The tropical look makes it unique with the other games, and makes me feel at home since it’s so similar to my own country.  I especially love how there are different cultures in different islands, which you could see with the designs of the city. I especially love Konikoni City and Malie City’s Chinatown and Japan-inspired design (respectively). It’s just so different from the expected tropical, Hawaii look that I actually felt culture-shocked when I first entered these cities, but at the same time, awed by the beauty of the architectures.

look at this excited little kid

CHARACTERS:

The Regional Professor, Kukui

Probably the most laid-back Professor I have seen. He’s funny, and cool. He’s especially cooler when he turned serious on the Champion battle – which I totally expected, you know, ever since it was hinted in the game that he was a great Trainer in the Kanto region.

The Rival, Hau

Hau is a complete cinnamon roll. He’s my baby boy. He’s so sweet, and earnest, and – oh I would spend a whole hour talking about how cute he is. I don’t feel a bit of irritation whenever I encounter him since he’s such a sweet kid. Though a bit too easy-going considering the serious, dark tune of the plot, but hey, at least he’s learning, right?

Lily (g o i n t h e b a g, n e b b y)

Oh, I love this girl. When I first seen her in the Mahalo Trail, I thought she was like N. I mean, plot-wise she is, being the rebelling daughter of the main antagonist, but what I meant was her attitude. Mysterious and slightly antagonistic. But what I got was an innocent young girl – who eventually turned into a beautiful, strong young woman as a close friend. And her character development, Arceus, wow.

(Also, the fact that she (along with her best friend nebby) brought a brand new meme in the internet is glorious. I spent an hour or so just watching all those videos in youtube.  I don’t regret it one bit)

(Also called the fact that she’s Lusamine daughter, fyi. Those blonde locks are beautiful)

Silver 2.0, Gladion

So about this charact – OW! What poked me – oh, it’s just Gladion with his edginess *is shot*

Jokes aside though, I really like Gladion (i love everything about this game actually lol). He’s so… dark, and emo that I found him really funny. Other than that though, he’s really cool during the climax of the plot. And he’s totally protective of his lil sis Lily.

(wake me up, wake me up inside)

(i totally ship him with the player character shhhh)

The Antagonists, Team Skull and Aether Foundation

I totally called Team Skull not being the main antagonist group in the game. I mean, to me they’re too… direct? Too obvious? I have trust in Game Freak to not make such a straightforward villain team, since they’re normally the place holders of the plot. Not that I don’t like Team Skull, or anything, I swear. They have their positives too. Like being badass in their own way.

It’s very obvious that Aether Foundation will be a villain group. I mean, it’s right there in the beginning! Totally cool headquarters though, would really fit in Soul Society *is shot*

Main Boss, Lusamine

S h e’s a w e s o m e.

First of all, she’s the first the first female main villain boss. Second, she’s a yandere. But not just an ordinary yandere, but a yandere mom. Oh my Arceus. And then, that transformation of hers… it’s totally like she’s a mahou shoujo arc villain, which is really cool!

look at this excited little kid finishing her pokemon moon adventure

The Plot

Nintendo makes the best family problems stories. There’s Silver and Giovanni (my headcanon, after reading Pokemon Special manga, is that game!Giovanni also created Team Rocket for Silver’s sake, similar to manga!Giovanni) from Gold, Silver, Crystal, Heartgold and Soulsilver,  and then N and Ghetsis from Black, White, and their respective sequels (which is my favorite generation ever, I just love the plot, oma)

They did wonderful in this game too, featuring Lusamine, Lily and Gladion. Lily wants to overcome her mother’s shadow that is always over her, but she still loves her mother enough that she’s willing to do anything to heal her. I see Gladion is the same as Lily, but during the game, he already did that by leaving home.

On to another topic; the island trials… I love that it deviates from the original gym challenges. My favorite trial was the one with Acerola, the Mimikyu one (after I got over the fright it gave me after that Mimikyu jumpscare – I play at night and is easily scared damn it!)

The aftergame… I didn’t get the chance to play it – since my brother is excited in playing the game himself (he only borrows 3DS games from me since he doesn’t want to spend money in buying it himself, that jerk). I watched some post game videos though, and my Arceus – they really brought Red and Green back! *pterodactyl screech*

Final Remarks

Go play it. Go. Go. It’s good, it’s great, it’s awesome. Nintendo really did great in this one, and I have high hopes for the next game (which I hope isn’t exclusive for Nintendo Switch, my savings are already crying thank you very much). Maybe a direct sequel like Pokemon Stars, or a SInnoh remake? Please?

 FINAL NOTES: I’M SORRY IF I MISSED ANYTHING. What I wrote here are the things that really stood out to me. My aim is not to review everything about the game, but to write what I remember the most and what my reaction to it. If I did react to the whole game, it would take about 20 pages or so in MS word. (This is 3 pages, btw)