#then her girlfriend was dead which :(

[rocketbirdie]

deranged picnic

#obsessed with how this game manages to maintain a consistent utterly unhinged vibe for its entire runtime. #this scene is immediately followed by him receiving a letter from his girlfriend saying she's breaking up with him. #he gets the letter from an eldritch abomination in the form of his mentor's face on the body of dead dog as it turns into magic dust. #also his gf broke up with him because he wasn't returning any of her messages while he was being tortured in a dungeon for four years. #which is actually how he finds out it's been four years. he's been under the impression that it's been like. 2 weeks lol #the guy on the left is perfectly alive and monologuing the whole time. #and he happens to be the same guy that made clones of himself and went on a crusade to eat chunks of the protagonist's hair. #sighh..... crisis core my beloved........ #(derogatory) #my art <3 #ffvii #crisis core #oh god i forgot his scar. nobody look. don't look. you don't see shit.

[yloiseconeillants]

idly turning over post-ew thoughts of artoirel finally fucking handing in his title as count so he can go fuck off to the seaside and compose concertos in peace (since ffxiv has disappeared him completely and returned him to the Free Real Estate Zone) and then it was brought up that maybe he also invested in a winery in eastern la noscea and now i'm wading up to my ankles in the revival of theatrical traditions in eorzea starting with a charity fundraiser production of ishgardian 'much ado about nothing' (thank you leatherworker quests) and culminating in the reopening of some grand palais in ul'dah that's been shuttered for decades but also managed to find some brainrot for Clown Hours (They are Still Never Getting This Together For Those of You Following Along At Home)

#it is a fucking MESS in my brain rn #which is also consumed with android murder barbies and their wretched mad scientist boyfriends #and the world's worst woman allagan edition and whatever the fuck is going on there with her six dead girlfriends- #ANYWAY #unexpected artoirel situation tag #yloise coneillants #artoirel de fortemps #is also my oc now don’t worry about it

[voltstone]

I HAVE MORE PROOF VIOLET AND MINNIE WERE NEVER ✨A THING✨ I SWEAR

plus how violentine is better bpd relationship. i mean what? hm?

i dont know what spawn within be woke me up from a dead sleep but here we are.

violet gots bpd (…probably). bpd idealization is not at all a good thing and is actually a sign of a rough connection. also, there's a taste of how identity plays into it.

and stuff. but whatever. nobody likes talking about bpd and i'll just sit here and rot or something.

okay, i'm being dramatic. lol. i'll go work on other essays. this is the one that it coms from btw.

#volt's shit #twdg #twdg violet #twdg minnie #twdg clementine #violentine #bpd #borderline personality disorder #the walking dead game #twdg 4 #twdg essay #for the record i did give violet the benefit of the doubt for the longest time #but the relationship never sat right with me because something else always felt *off* yet oddly familiar?? #clementine is the only one who says girlfriend outright; neither minnie or violet do #you remove all the “girlfriend” context and there's not a lick of a relationship seen between violet and minnie after the few are taken #there's no indication of any relationship between them let alone a broken one; minnie reacts to violet the same way she does louis #there's just a difference in camerawork where we see clementine making a face when they hug lol #and this isn't to say violet gets to the point that she doesn't care for minnie because she does #it's how she doesn't completely split (bpd thing) on her; she's just not as blinded by her emotions #anyway i woke up like nosferatu #and this is a very chonky essay but dONT WORRY #the link is to my blog proper which is formatted to support long-form written stuff #anyways; gots to go write more essays

[gumm1defloor]

Personally speaking if I had to pick one rairpair out of the entire hellaverse I would want to see canon it would be Velvette x Verosica but man it is going to be the most lavish, fluffy, intensely intimate, passionate, rancid & disastrous 24/7 trending full blown shitstorm hell has ever seen I don't think anyone is going to be ready. Not even these two. Dear god especially not these two.

Man Verosica is just 2 for 1 on short gremlin kings who are also coincidentally emotionally constipated walking talking sacks of untreated mental illnesses wrapped up in 3 layers of intimacy issues isn't she but hey at least this one's pretty much guaranteed never to steal your credit card for horse riding lessons and most definitely won't be caught one ring down in wrath in the middle of fuck knows where with said credit card so.... yay improvement?

#and unlike the last one - they don't talk about the last one - #She likes how effortlessly confident Velvette is with everything she works with and how little she has to worry about their relationship #when she's around her #ofc the gradual loss of autonomy and general sense of self is a whole other thing and she definitely doesn't need to think about it ever- #-cause her stunningly hot drop-dead gorgeous filthy rich and famous girlfriend just designed her 10 new fashion lines for her new tour- #-without her even asking- #-and they're gonna live stream the best date she's ever going to have in the fanciest restaurant the pride rings has to offer. #she's never felt this adored & safe & content in satin knows how long she is getting herself trashed every other saturday and STILL #manages to look flawless for every magazine by morning #& Velvette tells her they look so hot together every time they take a selfie as she pulls her waist & face & hair & neck into her side #like she's ready to swallow her whole #they spoil each other with gifts & praises and shit talking ppl behind their back #and absolutely nothing between them ever went wrong #hazbin hotel shitposts #helluva boss #hazbin hotel #hazbin hotel velvette #I remember having a headcannon that Velvette sends every single girl/boyfriend(toy) she has ever had to Valentino after she dumps them. #sometimes she'll even throw in a personal recommendation #Velvette is dead quiet about the breakup this time around #Valentino - for once in his life- knows better to ask #Verosika never came to pentegram city to do live shows since #angst #I suppose #which is probably all my 2 neurons are good for past 9 pm

[spidergirl-fibula]

listening to any music lately?

Trans women yelling at me, mainly

#actual answer Femtanyl has been on loop since like august #a lot of Changeline & Issabrokie & Machine Girl too since their stuff is pretty easy to listen to casually and they have. so much. #ive been listening to some of the stuff i see recommended here which has creates a nice variety #i saved some in a playlist including Zand; lustsickpuppy; Goblin Daycare; My Dead Girlfriend; TWINK OBLITERATOR; and Ada Rook #but generally i default to hip-hop or anything loud or both #i finally started listening to MF Doom recently #and ill listen to anything on youtube recommended that looks interesting (usually that means uhh conventionally bad or ugly if ur boring) #oh shit and most recently ive been listening to dungeon synth cause i started a Rune game and wanted music that wasnt just dark souls #i think Poppet was one i found on a rec post here #oh and i recently decided to check the wayback machine for Isserley because i found her music in october and then she mustve wiped out all #of her social media presence in the next few months so anyway im glad i found that again #oh and also Youth The Rich and also Food House and also Newgrounds Death Rugby and also Yameii Online and als #why did i say all that. sorry. uhh yeah i dont really listen to much music #music

[age-of-moonknight]

“Danse Macabre,” Moon Knight (Vol. 9/2021), #25.

Writer: Jed MacKay; Pencilers and Inkers: Alessandro Cappuccio, Alessandro Vitti, and Partha Pratim; Colorist: Rachelle Rosenberg; Letterer: Cory Petit

#Marvel #Marvel comics #Marvel 616 #Moon Knight vol. 9 #Moon Knight 2021 #Moon Knight comics #latest release #Moon Knight #Marc Spector #Layla el-Faouly #while this tends to brush over Marc’s deep seated feelings of otherness and ‘wrongness’ that have followed him since childhood #and made him believe that there was nothing good to be found in him #that’s okay I don’t expect Black Spectre to know everything about Marc’s psyche hahaha #unless this is somehow Randall back from the dead AGAIN in which case he should also know about Marc’s girlfriend that Randy killed #and whose death Marc eventually sort of blamed himself for #speaking of dying girlfriends I would probably be more miffed about how this issue leaves off with Layla if it weren’t confirmed #that she’s coming back as a superhero in her own right within a month #so at least they’re kind of sort of edging past the fridging allegations hahaha

[pandoratheprocrasticreator]

huntlow shippers who cherry-pick every single frame where these two stand next to each other and TJLC it into a secret metanarrative that they’ve actually been madly in love since the moment they met, but disney forced the crew to cut the token m/f couple during The Shortening bc somehow there was no way for these two to have any meaningful conversation in the many many times they were onscreen together

vs.

huntlow dislikers who cherry-pick those same screenshots and say that because other characters blush in non-romantic contexts sometimes, it definitely means every single interaction between these two were 100% platonic on both sides and all huntlow shippers are under a collective delusion, and that dana terrace is being held at gunpoint by disney/other members of the crew to add in a romantic subplot she hates against her will. despite it also not being romantic somehow

FIGHT

#ive talked to both kinds of ppl and i dont think either side understands my stance #i am taking the bat i beat the dead horse with and i am swinging it at the hornets nest #toh #the owl house #to be clear my stance is that i dont think a romantic subplot would add anything significant to either of their arcs #that isnt already fulfilled by their relationships to their other friends and family #in fact i think its very disjointed from hunters arc which is centered around found family #in a full season 3 i would have wanted them to explore how willows history of being bullied tanked her self esteem #causing her to have a hard time believing someone actually likes her #and feeling like she needs to put aside her own issues to focus on hunter bc hes 'more' traumatized #and feeling bad if she ever gets frustrated at him because she subconsciously feels unworthy to have a boyfriend in the first place #so being angry at him would make her feel like shes 'ungrateful' to hunter for liking her #meanwhile hunter would be overly attached to willow like he is to all his other friends but also in a blind trust in authority way #and if they do have problems in the relationship he would blame himself and try to 'make up for it' in acts of service willow doesnt need #if they are to date at all then having that kind of problem pop up and them addressing it is the only way i can think of #where being in a romantic relationship adds something to both their characters #but with the shortening the show isnt going to have time to explore any of that so i think they should have just cut that subplot #unless theyre setting hunter up to be rejected which. well see how that plays out #and also the fandom certainly doesnt want to explore the huntlow dynamic beyond 'angsty white boy and his emotional support girlfriend' #maybe 'two menaces and their friend gus' once in a blue moon #oh and 'child abuse victim wants his girlfriend to beat him up' that ones a classic #what im saying is that the saturation of huntlow fanworks where They Would Not Fucking Say That really didnt endear me to the ship #and also srsly they should have cut out that subplot in the show i know its not the crews fault they got cancelled #but they still have a responsibility to tell a coherent story and that means cutting out unecessary romantic subplots if they dont have time #and the crux of my position is: even if all the TJLC-ing came true and huntlow was entirely developed through totally real longing glances #i should not have to go into the show armed with 80k words of huntlow meta to understand why they want to date each other #willow especially has shown no overt interest and its clear most of the ppl who say she does dont understand or care about her character #yes shes buff yes shes confident can you list her character nuances or is she just your self insert to ship hunter with #someone is going to misunderstand this and assume i just 'dont understand why they ship it' and explain it to me again lmao #lowhunt

[crehador]

winter 2024 first impressions: ishura

and so we ring in the new year with some beautiful doomed yuri that lasts only until a weird guy appear

typical

i picked this one up for the cast (romi park my beloved please arrive soon) and it's off to an alright start imo. the fight sequences were pretty good, visually, but the soundtrack didn't blow me away—and i really wish it did. the ost wasn't bad or anything, but if it had stood out more to me, i feel like it would have elevated the action scenes as a whole

the premise is remarkably simple so far, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. i often like simple, but it means the series will swim or sink based on its characters (who were mostly only namedropped towards the end of the first episode, so time will tell if they compel me)

one element of the worldbuilding i did like is there are these big mech type 'golems' facing off against humans, some of whom can use magic. exceedingly standard stuff

but then!

you see one of the golems using the same magic humans wield, which was a nice little twist i quite enjoyed. not sure if anything will become of that detail, since it seems like the series is shaping up to be more of a pvp battle royale than a pve humans vs golems type story

(side note this feels like it would make a pretty sick video game)

the weakest part of the first ep, to me, was the pacing. it just felt rushed, but that's mostly understandable since this ep was clearly just set-up for the 'main' plot. i feel like it might have benefited from being an hour-long episode, or maybe all this backstory would have felt more impactful if we saw it later, with the 'main' plot starting in medias res and circling back to this later? idk it wasn't The Worst, i just feel it (the pacing) could have been Better

also content warning for anyone who might need it: there was at least one instance of extremely graphic violence in this first ep, which i anticipate might continue through the series, so heads up on that

tl;dr it's fine so far

#crab watches #ishura #winter 2024 #first impressions #to ramble a bit more on the pacing... #i'm liking where yuno's character wound up by the end of the episode #the ''wow this guy is powerful... kinda want him dead ngl'' vibe is a pleasant surprise #and a nice subversion of the helpless girl companion trope #but i kind of think it would have been an even more impactful 'twist' if we'd gotten a bit more time with her #showing both her peaceful life AND her in the aftermath of the attack on her city #like as is she basically speedran survivor's guilt which is kind of funny but probably in an unintentional way lol #of course her survivor's guilt isn't necessarily something that's completely Resolved already #i thought it was for the most part done quite well! especially when she defeats a golem quite... easily? #and has that moment of anguish over realizing she maybe could have saved her girlfriend #but all that just happened so fast #which is just the natural cost of a 20min episode so i'm not like mad about it per se #just... rambling ok i'm done now tl;dr again it's fine so far

[roryzs]

the one thing about toh is now i crave more kids that seem cool at first but they’re actually huge dorks. and this becomes progressively more apparent as the series goes on as it should be

#like COME ON FROM EP 1 AMITY WAS HASHTAG MEAN GIRL BUT WE ALL KNEW SHE WAS A BIG NERD AT HEART. #which is not automatically dork but w certain flags is dork adjacent and MY GIRL HAD THEM. #HUNTER WAS FUCKING SILLY MAN #we only got hints of it when he was golden guard but in ttt we got so many moments and i will be eternally grateful. #and by hints of it i do mean he was still hilarious but he still held himself to Absurdly Mature soldier standards #also ‘kids’ is used very loosely here just take it as characters in general. i love this trope #toh #i’m glad we got to see them grow from ppl who held themselves to super high standards that ultimately left them unfulfilled #and manipulated by their parental figures #to kids who felt secure enough to be silly and indulge in their interests and talk about their feelings out loud and see another purpose #for themselves #dude amity went from business tool to LOOK HOW GENUINELY HERSELF AND HAPPY SHE LOOKS IN THE END. #got her own career good relationship w her dad now dork ass girlfriend mutually supportive FRIENDSHIPS #hunter went from destined to be DEAD 💀 FEEDING BELOS PALISMEN TO LITERALLY CARVING PALISMEN + SUPPORTIVE FRIENDS ALSO + #HAVING THE GIRLFRIEND OF ALL TIME + SMILING!!! NO EYEBAGS!!! DO YOU SEE HIM LIKE ACTUALLY #oh ok we get it. i’m passionate #anyway yea. i’m passionate #the thing i like about amity is she seems like a coolkid but u realize she’s a dork. and she’s both #hunter is not a coolkid #hunter is a dork that can make excellent one liners #and kick your ass #‘one liners’ this is doing him an injustice btw #but he is not a coolkid #do i love them both? yea #the kids ever fr

[roseatedramon]

dr3 makes sdr2 chiaki so funny conceptually to me. therapy ai that pretends to be your dead class representative and/or girlfriend you ghosted. no way that’ll go wrong (surprisingly it doesn’t actually).

#well I mean. it does go VERY wrong but ai chiaki has nothing to do with that. #also I’m not like the hugest hina.nami shipper but I think it’s funnier to refer to her as hinata’s dead girlfriend and not hinata’s dead #friend who he ghosted to become a science experiment #and also they might have had romantic feelings for each other?? maybe?? #which. actually maybe the latter is funnier but the former is more simple. #anyway sorry for posting dr stuff. that said I will probably continue doing so lol.

[cirillafionaelenriannon]

me when i say shit abt skulduggery pleasant that makes it sound good or interesting but i am actually neglecting to comment on the 99 things wrong with it that arent just the narrative Failing me in every way 

#text #valkyrie.txt #we are not even going 2 talk abt the implied crush valkyrie had on skulduggery when she was 14 or darquesse kissing his dead skull #which actually tht last one was kinda ... like i support it but she did it on his teeth and derek landys girlfriend #ships valduggery and i cant even get into it bc it doesnt matter its skulduggery pleasant #But where would i even begin one time he saw her naked WHICH WAS WEIRD & UNNECESARRY BC SHE WAS LIKE 16 IT WAS FUCKING CREEPY #AND I DONT KNOW WHY THAT OLD MAN PUT THAT IN THERE FOR REAL #this is y i tell everyone not 2 read it just perceive it thru my Eyes where i have put every single thing thru a filtration system #designed specifically 2 make me feel less insane

[di-glossia]

So I'm really just still obsessed with the dead friend turned guardian angel trope, huh.

#i found jjk so boring you guys #like so boring #but y'all kept saying jjk 0 was all aboit satosugu #which was a lie but whatever i learned my lesson with teen wolf #and the second rika said yuuUuUta #i was like oh #i love this #why doesn't this trope have a name #props to jjk for just making rika FREAKY #also getting major shinji vibes from yuuta year 1 #my dead ex girlfriend won't stop murdering my bullies and the magic police are gonna kill me #if i can't learn to control her is an amazing plot how was this not the main plot

[panvani]

Ig kinda what separates Domi's expression of already being dead from Jeanne's (who treats herself more or less as a walking corpse, thus having no will or desire for life but experiencing relatively little suicidal ideation) or Vanitas' (who considers himself an abomination whose continued 'life' is a kind of divine punishment) is that Domi really only values herself as something that grieves/is grieved and can't distinguish her self worth from the extent to which she can be mourned

#logxx #Jeanne isn't really all that interested in killing herself even to the extent that she wants to definitely die #Of the three Jeanne is the only one who never directly attempts suicide #Her main problem is considering her 'deadness' a justification for others to abuse her #What (relatively little) suicidal ideation she does express is related to a fear of hurting others #Rather than a direct ongoing agony #The sort of which is Vanitas' whole deal #Where he considers all of life to be agonizing on account of his being something that should already be dead #He's not interested in being mourned because it's completely disconnected with the way he actually interacts with people #Which is almost exclusively with the goal of facilitating his eventual Real Death #Domi is of the three the closest to having what can be constructed as a Normal Life #In the sense that she's the only one established to have relationships distinct from her abuse #She has a job. She has friends. She has girlfriends. #But because she IS abused she only considers herself valuable when she is Something Dead #Because that means other people will grieve her. Which is the expression of love she values most highly #logam

[pepsitwist]

yeah i’m leaving my job next week HOWEVER it is very fun to know i’m “the wrestling person” here. even though most of my coworkers don’t really know what that means. one of them was hyping me up bc “wrestling night is tomorrow night!!” and that prompted her to show me this thing she was sure i’d love, bc “it’s a wrestling show” and proceeded to show me bully beatdown, that show where bullies get in the octagon with real mma fighters and try to survive a round or two and im like. that’s not EXACTLY the same thing but i appreciate the thought and i DO also enjoy mma fighting and ufc so that kinda counts i guess

#my manager is like. DEAD SET on me going off to become a real wrestler #she keeps insisting i AM a wrestler and not just that i watch wrestling #which is very funny bc my other coworker’s girlfriend IS actually a wrestler and yet. no no no IM the wrestler #told her i was quitting to go back to school and she’s upset that i’m not quitting so i can wrestle full time #but she heard the commotion out here when we were watching the show and she was like WHAGS HAPPENING #and my coworker goes ‘i’m showing her a thing bc she likes wrestling :-)’ #and my manager just goes ‘oh yeah she’s DEFINITELY one of those wrasslers #IM LITERALLY NOT!!! IM 5’2 AND 110 POUNDS IM NOT A WRESTLER #i’m not offended by it but if i was put into a ring i would die #the closest i come to being a wrestler is wrestling my brother #which honestly. love that young bucks vibe i always love seeing old bucks in their backyard shit #bc i’m like. WE DID THAT TOO WEVE DONE THAT FOR YEARS HEY BRO LOOK THATS LIKE US!!!! #not to be SUPER off topic but. i want more intergender sibling tag teams. give them to me #if anyone knows any pls lemme know 💕💕

[requiemforthestars]

Liara and Leliana are my two favorite Bioware LIs/characters as a whole because they're both like she's nice, she's sweet, she looks super innocent, she's an angel, she's highly unethical, she makes a living blackmailing people, she wouldn't hesitate to torture and/or kill whoever the fuck gets in her way in any way shape or form

#dragon age #leliana #liara t'soni #mass effect #like you know they're almost the same person #more so for leliana than liara but liara is like #'im going to give up my good friend/girlfriend's dead body to a terrorist organization because maybe they can do possibly unethical #experiments on her to bring her back to life someone which no one has done ever' #'also the shadow broker inconvenienced me One Time so I'm going to kill him and everyone who gets in the way #also I'm taking over his mafia network which involves killing people and blackmailing the whole galaxy lol'