#Attempting to be funny again

[powdermelonkeg]

Thoughts on the thunder wizard again.

Genuinely, I find Gale's relationship with Mystra to be fascinating when you consider all its facets. Unhealthy, imbalanced, definitely poisonous, but also very, very intricate with a lot of blurred edges to it. One of those things where you're both like "wow, what the hell, that's horrible" but also "that makes perfect sense for their characters, and while I would NEVER, I know why they would, and why it happened."

You've got a wizard who doesn't know what real love is, who thinks he's finally being shown it by the person he adores most. His greatest fantasy, his most potent joy, his most heartfelt aspirations, and they were all offered to him.

And he wants to see what all she's hiding from him, because of course he does. She's the keeper of all things forbidden to him. The empire of Netheril reached magical heights that will never be touched again, and all that knowledge is beyond her curtain. She loves him, right? Surely, if he proves himself enough, she'll let him grasp that power he so desperately wants.

And not even in the power-hungry sense! All that magic Mystra's locked up was accessible during Mystryl's reign. Think of all the answers to theories about the universe that are back there. Every question of "can this be done, and what would it do" would be answered, if he could just bargain hard enough.

She loves him, right?

Surely, if he proves himself enough...

And then, on the other hand, Mystra. Once Midnight, her human personality has been subsumed by the goddess of magic and her duty to the Weave. She has a responsibility to magic, she IS magic.

Then along comes this mortal boy who knows how to handle her Weave. Who doesn't try to wrestle with and dominate, who sings to it. He handles it with such ease and grace—it's not just that he could be Chosen, but he deserves it. To put her Weave in the hands of someone so intrinsically in tune with it, who understands its potential with a wonder like no other. Few enough can handle the raw power that comes with being Chosen, but this one? This one is perfect.

And he adores you. And you adore him, like one would a beautiful butterfly that's landed on their finger. And he's willing to be devoted to you in all things, not out of transaction like most of your worshipers are, but out of love for you, your craft, your magic. You're so deeply and utterly charmed by him.

And it's not like Mystra hasn't walked this path before.

She gives him what he desires, because what he desires is her. And, in a different way, she desires him. She wants him to be her representation in the world. She indulges his adoration with her own presence, and takes indulgence herself in mortal comforts. He's never satisfied with her answers, but who could blame him? She keeps a whole world away from mortals, because she knows what such unfettered power might bring about (again).

And the wizarding prodigy's ambition is lit (again).

And the height of power is reached for (again).

And she stops him (again, again, again).

She does care for him. She doesn't want to see her little butterfly burn himself, and she doesn't want to be the one to ruin those wings.

But then he's not a butterfly. He's a mortal, wielding a weapon of murder, of her murder, and he's brought it to her doorstep because she told him "no." And he's cut himself on it, he doesn't know what it is, but it's hurt him—and it's only a fraction of the hurt it could do to her. How dare he want her help after threatening her?

(He didn't mean to.)

(He only wanted to help.)

(He only wanted. How human.)

She doesn't help him. If he wants to pursue Karsus' weaponry, it's his responsibility, his hubris, that led him to injuring himself on it. She's furious. She's hurt. She's cold.

(What fools these mortals be.)

But then, there's a greater threat to her. Something that could drown the Material in Karsus' failings. And that little boy, who nicked himself on the sword he lifted, still wants her help.

It's a fair trade, isn't it? She'll forgive him, let him into her domain again, if he accepts his punishment and goes into battle for her. He picked up a sword, it's appropriate that he learns to use it in her name, right?

If he was telling the truth, he wouldn't hesitate. If he really wanted to serve her with the Netherese Orb, he would jump at the opportunity to do so. He would have to give up a few petty things in the process, ("petty," she calls mortality, as if family and home mean nothing, as if friends and love are finite. Because to her, they do mean nothing. Because to her, they are finite.) but it isn’t atonement without sacrifice, is it?

It's the tactical move. She's not above hurting one man to save a nation. It's not even the first time she's done it.

(Dornal Silverhand sends his regards.)

If he loves her, he'd die for her, because she'd let him into her paradise. If he doesn't love her, he won't, and she was justified in removing him from her grace.

He doesn't love her. Not anymore.

Does he hate her enough to try to take his dues?

Ambition has always been man's greatest folly.

#bg3 #gale dekarios #gale of waterdeep #mystra #listen. go watch steven universe where rose says 'i'm not a real person' #pay attention to how rose laughs at greg and how funny and sweet humans are #that's how i think mystra sees her chosen #but she lacks rose's willingness to change and dip into mortal life #gale is cute. gale is precious. gale is wonderful. but gale is amusing. #and he's not equal to a god. certainly not the goddess of magic. and his attempts to insist that he is are only met with a pat on the head #long post #oops i turned a ramble into poetry again. i swear it's not intentional #the parentheses got me :/

[wolfheadghost]

*Confusion instilled*

The white palace takes much longer when you forget to look around and are also bad at the game

#for context: i forgot to check out sceret rooms along the way and was very pissed to be sent back to do those attempts again lol #this mini comic doesnt make sense unless you where there but i still think its kinda funny haha #sleepy scribbles #hollow knight #hk ghost #hk pale king #hk hollow #this looks different because it was made traditionally btw!!!

[spaciebabie]

"Now I know what you're thinking, 'Matpat why would we possibly need to know the whereabouts of Springtrap's jolly baby maker?' Well let me assure you, this one piece of seemingly irrelevant FNAF trivia may prove to be the catalyst for all the things that happen in the game, and the key to solving the FNAF lore altogether. So strap in friends, because we've got a lot of things we need to cover."

a la tumblr being a bastard and not allowing me ta add audio onta this post (its very funny trust bro go read it)

OH I ALMOST FORGOR @skeletoninthemelonland

#me: im gonna make a joke SO FUNNY and my COOL MUTUAL is gonna see it and perhaps have a chuckle #tumblr: THINK AGAIN FUCKO EATS YOUR FUCKING AUDIO #shitpost #audio #fnaf #five nights at freddy's #im so pissed why #tumblr: u can attach audio ta rbs now! :D #NO THE FUCK U CANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #nsft #THE JOKE COMES BACK 2 LIFE #THE SHITTIEST JOKE IMAGINABLE WHY AM I FIGHTING SO HARD FOR THIS JOKE #IM IN A TOXIC RELATIONSHIP W/THIS JOKE RN #DO YOU KNOW HOW EMBARASSING IT IS TA ATTEMPT TA MAKE A JOKE MULTIPLE TIMES ON TUMBLR DOT COM #THE CLOWNS ARENT EVEN POINTING AND LAUGHING THEY'RE LOOKING AT ME W/DISAPPOINTMENT IN THEIR EYES

[groenendaelfic]

So I finally convinced my mom to give Young Royals a try.

A few minutes ago she calls me, all emotional and asks me how much longer that poor boy will have to suffer.

"Well, it is a drama," I say, "But it's well worth it for its beauty and depth and there are many lovely moments. I promise there will be a happy ending."

"But it's so sad!" she says.

"Well, how far did you get?" I ask, so I know how to best reassure her and also I'd love to talk about some of the scenes, especially the tough ones.

"Well, he and his brother just arrived at the boarding school a few minutes ago and now the choir is about to sing."

" ... "

Mom, I love you. Please never change.

In other news, mission make mom2 go on an excursion to ABBA The Museum to conduct some research for The Upgrade: Museum Drift was a complete success.

She took a high school friend who she only recently reconnected with and had a blast, and in turn I got minute by minute updates of them reliving their teenage years during peak ABBA times in more detail than I might have wanted, but I also got all the pics and now have a good idea of how I want Wilmon's date at the museum to look and go like, so yay.

#how have your family and friends reacted to your attempts to introduce them to Young Royals? #WIBTA if I asked if she wants to try again sometime together and in person so that we can pause and discuss whenever we want #or need #or should I switch my efforts to skam #which I really really should finally watch myself #and risk having her talk about how funny Norwegian sounds the entire time #young royals #irl #random ramblings #the upgrade

[kyouka-supremacy]

That fic from Akutagawa's pov that remarked how although Dazai had left a bomb under Chuuya's car, at least that showed he had thought about him before going, while he never cared enough to spare a thought for Akutagawa.

#I think about it a lot... Something something the opposite of love isn't hatred but indifference #I can imagine Akutagawa and Chuuya fighting over Dazai when he left #“AT LEAST HE THOUGHT ABOUT YOU!” “HIS THINKING ABOUT ME WAS A FUCKING ATTEMPT TO MURDER ME AKUTAGAWA!” #... #It was supposed to be funny it shouldn't hurt me as much as it does......... #Trust me chuu/aku angst actually hits the hardest and you will never see it coming. #Because it’s not the kind of angst of “oh no my boyfriend has been beheaded by this magic sword that cuts through space and time ://”. #Chuu/aku angst hits right close to home when you least expect it and it’s so real in its inherent humanity it leaves you defenseless #ryūnosuke akutagawa #osamu dazai #chūya nakahara #bsd #bungou stray dogs #mine #q. #23/11/22 #I'm sorry I don't remember the fic of course I'll add the link if I find it again #It's just that sometimes you will read something in a fic and go “oh my God” and it feels like you've been run over by a bus #And other times you read a fic and it seems like nothing happened– #and then two years after you realize you're still thinking about that tidbit of lore and you'll be like “oh... oh.” #Like fics that rewrite your entire belief system without you even noticing for real

[sysig]

Don’t be silly! Okay, be a little silly (Patreon)

#Doodles #UT #Handplates #Sans #Papyrus #Could also be general Undertale again but y'know lol #Silliness is the only thing on the menu I'm sorry but we're out of everything else it's the one remaining option #Speaking of silliness! I started that first one in an attempt to draw Sans' blind side and then- #I had a 50-50 chance of what direction to have him face and I picked the wrong one brain why lol #Well he was still fun to draw anyhow lol it all works out #Tired Papyrus toting an even tireder Sans around #I imagine Undyne called him to do something and he just brought Sans along since he was already carrying him lol #Sans waking up in random places like ''Ah. Papyrus-teleportation'' lol #Another mini set based on me and smol! Just try and stop me!! #We frequently talk about dreams right after we wake up if we happen to catch each other - and remember lol #And one of her dreams was just so absurd that the harder I imagined it the funnier it got lol #So I gave it to Sans to enjoy lol - him enjoying when Papyrus is intentionally silly with him makes my heart happy <3 #Papyrus plays his straight man so often that when he does come in with something funny it just catches Sans off guard haha #Pleased all the way around! #Also ft. a slight headcanon I have about Sans' lowercasedness lol #About his voice being naturally quiet and all that - that even when he laughs really hard it's still on the quiet side #Tires him out but it's kinda breathy #And if you can believe it I am Still getting used to drawing Sans' face pftbltl #He's so roundy! I feel like he'd be easy to draw and then I do and like #Sometimes yes sometimes no! I'm starting to recognize which features do it but dang I wasn't expecting him to be harder to draw than Papyrus #I feel like Papyrus' design is a little more forgiving - like if you mess up a detail you can still be like ''Okay but that's like 95% him'' #With Sans it's like ''Well I did Something. And now he's Extremely off-model. Could I tell you what I did? Uhm'' Lol #I'll get it figured out! I will!

[constehlla]

Foolish interacting with the Spanish speakers is so funny to me because on one hand. He’s made so much progress with Leonarda (and is one of the only English speakers on the server I’ve seen really TRY with Spanish?) to the point where he can read signs not meant for him and foil pranks from her.

On the other hand, he can be surrounded by only Spanish speakers and he will not stop saying idioms and phrases and a million other untranslatable things. He makes no effort to change how he speaks for them and it is so funny

#foolish once again rocking the himbo/smartest guy in the room sleeper build #the himbo title in itself makes me a little uncomfy bc like stop calling him stupid. but he accepts it and thinks it’s funny #PLUS it makes his insanely clever moments even better #anyways foolish being practically the only English speaker on the multilingual server to attempt the multilingualism makes me so proud #he even tried some pronunciation with the French in the beginning. which yes was mostly for funnies but still!! #foolish gamers #foolishg #qsmp

[ibrokeeverything]

I'm crying 😂 Timothy Zahn really wanted to make sure everyone knew that Anakin is a certified dumbass by including his butchering of Thrawn's name not only once, but twice

#ive read the 2017 trilogy and am working my way through the ascendency novels now #i just got to the part where it lines up with alliances #and immediately started cracking up when anakin attempted Thrawn's name with unearned confidence yet again #these books can be shockingly funny when they want to #thrawn #star wars #thrawn alliances #thrawn ascendancy #thrawn chaos rising #thrawn 2017 #anakin skywalker

[lover-of-skellies]

vaggie and. And Charlie XD

Very cute. My favorite fictional lesbians

#anon #asks #chaggie #I know Charlie is actually bi #but shhhh #let me attempt to be funny here #the ship is very cute and I like it #again though. my world doesn’t revolve around it

[radiantaerynsvn]

this came to me in a vision

#i'm so sorry idk what i'm doing except for that my third rewatch in a row is just me fully abandoning trying to be even remotely normal #about this show #i live and breathe farscape atp it should concern me #currently on a human reaction again which. obviously only increases the brain rot #can't even pretend to be remotely normal about it on twitter #so things like this start happening #farscape #aeryn sun #my very dumb attempts at being funny #also its literally 4am and this is me procrastinating #i'm also aware that this is my second night in a row posting memes but it be like that sometimes

[misclogarts]

pipirupi

(bonus doodles under cut)

#itlog's arts #d4dj #canon is my playground and the characters are all toys i make stories up with #anyways. thunking of the ri4 summer event with impostor miiko again #i thought it would be funny if miiko befriended a murderous look-alike set on taking her place so here we are #imagine her showing up to a ri4 meeting one day with a twin while the other members go '?????????' #ok more on komii(very creative)/impostor miiko; they could technically copy any of the other d4s but took a liking to miiko #i find it funny to think they make multiple attempts to try to “replace” miiko and they all fail spectaculary since miiko's friends know he #eventually they get along with the others. they'd probably help kurumi-miiko with their pranks (shapeshifting is a pretty good tool) #they also like penguins:) #lyrical lily #miiko takeshita #impostor miiko

[stergeon]

at some point i will figure out how to write the post-canon, post-empire edelgard autonomy fic of my dreams. it just feels like a very big task and maybe like with playing the dane, i’m simply not old and traumatized enough to manage it yet.

but my vision is thus: it’s set years (realistically, decades) after the end of crimson flower, when everything has gone as right as it can possibly go. fódlan is thriving. the social reforms have taken effect. the nobility system is nearly eliminated, if not entirely so, with titles made merely symbolic. social mobility, welfare, and prosperity are high. there’s an explosion in arts and culture and technology. brigid and duscur have gained independence; relations with sreng and almyra are much improved; heck, maybe they've even figured it out with dagda. in my most idealistic version, leicester and faerghus would eventually be ceded back to become autonomous regions, essentially disbanding the adrestian empire. rule is no longer hereditary, but merit-based. there's a roadmap for the future, and everything is on track—and more than that, people at all points on the power spectrum have already seen it bear fruit. with or without edelgard, it will be pursued. there's buy-in. they believe.

of course, it's not perfect—nothing can be—but edelgard's vision has been fulfilled. the people are empowered. humanity is free. fódlan has healed.

and somehow, she's had enough time to resolve her goals outside of politics, too. those who slither in the dark have been eradicated. edelgard and lysithea's second crests have been successfully removed, allowing them to live if not full lives, then substantially longer ones than they would have with their twin crests intact. who knows—maybe she finally gets around to having that wedding.

point for point, every item listed in edelgard's manifesto has been checked off. the ghosts of her past have been laid to rest. she can finally take off her crown. she can finally pursue the quiet, humble life she's wanted for so long. she can finally breathe.

... but can she?

edelgard is nothing if not driven. her intelligence, vision, and sheer willpower allowed her to plan and execute a revolution against two countries and the most powerful institution on the continent, all while she was still a teenager. as royalty, her life was never truly hers even before she became heir to the adrestian throne, with all the additional baggage of survivor's guilt and the desire for vengeance and her need to ensure nothing that happened to her can ever happen to anyone else, ever again.

so what happens when that drive has no outlet? what happens when someone who has been constantly in motion, constantly working and planning and preparing every spare second of every day since she was fourteen years old, suddenly has to stand still? what happens when someone whose hands have been bound for so long—first literally in the dungeons of enbarr, then by the weight and responsibilities of her crown—is set free?

being edelgard, she would step away from the throne, no matter how hard it was for her to give up control. she's always been focused on the endgame, and she knows that if she doesn't let go, she'll be setting the wrong tone for fódlan's future. she's too devoted to that endgame to cling to power much longer than she needs to, though i could see her making some excuses and trying to iron out just a few more things to buy herself some more time to mentally prepare before she's done for good.

but who would she be then? who is the woman without the crown? what becomes of a machine once it is no longer needed, when it has made itself obsolete? what about when that machine is a person with legs and arms and an innate unwillingness to gather dust on a shelf?

what happens when you get everything you want? what happens when all your wanting has been for others to thrive, and now you have to want only for yourself? how do you discover who you are when you've spent decades being everything for everyone else? how do you find meaning again? how do you find purpose?

after a lifetime of devotion and passion and movement, how do you learn to sit with yourself, and be quiet, and be still?

gosh, i would love to meet her. i would love to pick her brain. but boy, i do not envy the work that girl has to do.

#sterge.rtf #fire emblem #fe3h #edelgard von hresvelg #realistically edelgard is not getting all of this done in her lifetime. but that wouldn't keep her from stepping away anyway #'cause a funny thing happened to edelgard during the crimson flower route: she learned to have faith again. #so even if she couldn't check every box and fix every societal ill she'd still be able to pass the crown to the next ruler. #maybe not without fear. but with confidence. with optimism. with the belief that she's leaving the world better than she found it. #she'd have faith in her people. faith in the future. faith in the groundwork she's laid. faith in the systems she's put in place. #faith that her vision will be carried out with or without her. #and that faith would allow her to eventually let go. #i so love edelgard pulling a george washington and saying nah i'm good on power. peace #though unfortunately i could also see her pulling a teddy roosevelt #and saying nah i'm good on power. peace. wait what are you doing. you're ruining it. you're bungling everything. i can't believe this #and making several (failed and increasingly insane) attempts to get back into politics #who is the taft to edelgard's ted tho. i don't want to do ferdinand the disservice of saying it's him even though i think it's very funny. #it's literally the opposite of his character as taft notoriously sniffed roosevelt's farts for a long time #until he finally pulled his head out of the guy's ass and realized there are other smells. such as the sewer. and garbage. #smells which he pursued quite happily much to ol ted's chagrin #meanwhile ferdinand does not think anything of edelgard's ass except that his is definitely better-looking than hers #(he's wrong on so many levels but you try telling the guy that) #in fact ferdinand has always taken great joy in pointing out all the things that smell better than edelgard does #which gives him an instant up on mr Take-Advice-From-Theodore #all this to say i think ferdinand von aegir would have been a much better president than william howard taft. that's just my opinion. #i'm getting off the rails in these tags idk what's wrong with me #sorry for equating your blorbos to long-dead american politicians everyone. i know this is a cardinal sin #also please don't take this to mean i think positively of washington or roosevelt or taft or whatever. #i hate all dead old white guys who ever held a modicum of power #i just had a hyperfixation on american presidents when i was in grade school and unfortunately now my brain works like this

[meatgiriii]

Womp womp

#david firth #david firth fanart #digital art #digital fanart #jerry jackson #jerry jackson fanart #my art #fanart #art #fatpie cartoons #meme #digital drawing #this is so funny hehehheehggqgqjqhqhahahah laugh now #salad fingers fanart #salad fingers #also i haven't drew salad fingers in a VERY long time so this is my attempt to draw him again

[fredgar]

happened like around 2 days ago still thinking about it

#it was so funny #im a luca main btw LMAO i think ive said that before on one of my other drawings #i dont exactly remember which people said what but i think it was the composer and the gardener? #i wasnt really paying attention to their names though #but it was funny #we lost that match #it was duo hunters <- (guy who exclusively plays duo hunters) #my art #luca balsa #frederick kreiburg #emma woods #sorry not fredgar today i felt like drawing luca again #oh also i forgot to mention before you talk about how i type in the chat #every time i play a game of idv #idv #i make an attempt to be the weirdest person there. for fun and my own amusement

[moeblob]

She's the right hand woman of a crime boss and then the little guy is the agent trying to take down the organization and she's like "oh my what a good little boy!" and watches him practically wag his tail and is like ....... wild.

So then she later is talking to her boss and gets a call the agent is back and she's like OH LOVELY. And tells their henchmen not to engage with the agent AT ALL she wants to deal with him and then winks to her boss and says he needs to get lost. So then she hurries to the agent and is like "IT'S THE CUTIE!" and he again flinches and blushes and is like "m-m-ma'am! hello!" and once again she just. Is like ..... wild.

#my characters #funny little agent man is actually very good at his job and is actually causing a lot of problems #and big bad crime boss is getting very annoyed that this guy is so hard to defeat and toss to the side #but little agent is just a funny little guy ! he keeps popping up ! #pretty woman is just this is very funny and i will gladly stall our destruction by complimenting the little fella #and then just outta nowhere asks the boss one day #hey rud do you think i could adopt the little agent bc i think hed make a good son #and the boss is like absolutely not and also dont bring it up again i dont like this topic and it makes me uncomfortable #she absolutely brings it up again but to the agent while she knows her boss is listening and she knows hes suffering #wildly only the boss has a name and i haven't posted him bc im still ... trying #to draw him ........ in the way i want him .... but its me attempting to draw someone a bit bulkier cause i only draw beanpoles #its not going well as you may imagine

[tastycitrus]

anniversary event be like (spoilers)

Abramelin: I'm the one who split the Omnipotent into two with the Phoenix's help Danchou and crew: Damn, really? Danchou: Why did you do it? Abramelin: The Omnipotent killed my wife and friends Danchou: Oh no, why would the Omnipotent do that? Abramelin: Because we tried to kill him multiple times Danchou: The rest of the crew: All of them: What? Danchou: ...Why did you try to kill the Omnipotent multiple times? Abramelin: He was just standing there and we didn't like his vibes Danchou: The rest of the crew:

#granblue fantasy #event spoilers #again i guess #this is so fucking funny #of all the angles they could've taken for how and why original bahamut got split in half #they went with yeah he spooked the people he made by doing nothing but fly around so they tried to kill him #i can't believe bahamut really did nothing wrong #hell bahamut did NOTHING the godslayers just had it out for him for no reason #not only that abramelin was like i had no grudge against you until you killed my wife #my brother in bahamut you and your wife barely survived the first unprompted attempt you made on his life AND WENT BACK FOR MORE #they didn't even WANT to join the fight against bahamut initially that shit's literally their own fault 😭