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Just Shane at work things

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I find it kind of funny that Shane is labelled the "i can fix him" romance of sdv but...he really isn't. You, the player, actually do very little in terms of "fixing" him. You watch him have a few breakdowns, and you intervene when he's drunk on the cliffs, but...he's the one who decides to start going to therapy. He's the one who decides to quit drinking. These are not things that you ever encourage him to do. You can headcanon certain interactions all you want, but this isn't like "the player chooses the genre of Elliott's future book." You have no impact on whether or not Shane cleans up his life. You support him at a few key moments, but the desire to change and be better comes from Shane, not the player.

You don't fix him. He fixes himself.

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Marsha P Johnson with a snoopy plush <3

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why do i gotta get involved lmao 😭💀

the way we have to literally invade the privacy of familial disputes in this game is kinda wild ngl

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when autism

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Haley and Emily

I didn't have the chance to write proper headcanons for them atm, but, eventually, i'm going to edit this post and write them in this section just as i did with the previous redesigns (from Abigail, Sebastian and Sam)

Who should i do next?

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she’s gonna fucking kill him!!!!

#do it abby

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The wizards’s tower, feat. his ex hehe

I redid the tower from last year, it needed an upgrade!

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only been playing for about a week and I have a wife

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"i cant watch shows about fantasy kingdoms without thinking about how they should be abolishing the monarchy" that my friend sounds like a skill issue

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do you know where "no beta we die like x" comes from and how it is used?

The term "beta" in this context is short for "beta reader" - a person who reads a fic while it's still in the editing stage and helps the writer get it ready to post. Some betas check grammar. Some check canon compliance. Some are sensitivity readers. There are lots of things that betas can do.

So functionally, saying "no beta" means that the writer didn't get this checked by a second person before they posted it. It's a warning that there might be errors or typos etc. It's mostly used when an author has written something quickly and is posting without doing a lot of (or any) edits first.

As for where it comes from? It all started with a bumper sticker.

This image was an internet meme at one point, and it got meme'd on in the form of "no ___ we ___ like men"

Here on tumblr, one of the versions that got really popular was from now-deleted user @grec1a who created this version:

From there, it migrated to AO3 as the "no beta we die like men" tag, and very often the word men is replaced by the name of a character who dies in canon.

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when the 1.6 patch notes said "pets that love you will sometimes bring you gifts" i did not think that meant my cat would head to the lake, wrestle a fish twice his size out of the water, and drag it home to me

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“Marnie looks lovely today…”

What if… Marlon picked up the courage and invited Marnie to waltz at the Flower Dance?

I know in my heart of hearts, these two are destined to be together. Lewis doesn’t deserve her.