#Sophie’s world too

[bayofalgecirascranes]

First non-fanfic novel I’ve read in months and it tricked me into reading existentialism. It promised me the zany wackiness of Earthbound and I was so caught up in my love of the bizarre that I forgot that I’ve never played Earthbound and that all the video essayists say that the existentialism is a pretty important aspect of those games too.

#Going bovine #But since this won’t be the first lighthearted YA adventure novel I’ve read where the protagonist dies at/near the end #I’m going for it #Nothing can be as bad as my experience reading the gardens of Rama or the Romance Derail-the-Plot subplot of The Witness by Josh McDowell #though to be absolutely fair to The Witness I think what I read was my Dad’s Beta Reader Copy just judging by the lack of a real cover #so hopefully he fixed that in the published work #Sophie’s world too #forgot about that one thankfully #I’ll never get over how its author managed to give a philosophy textbook a plot more boring than the textbook

[kaidanalenkosprmanager]

THE BEST OF SHENKO 1/?

The end of the world has a way of reminding you of all the things you forgot to say do. Mass Effect: Legendary Edition (2021)

#mira makes gifs ✨ #kaidan alenko #sophie shepard #EDI #shenko #fshenko #mass effect #mass effect legendary edition #dailygaming #OTP: you're real enough for me #i learned i am physically incapable of creating less than like 20 gifs at a time #but shenko stonks are up right now!! #gif’ing my favorite bisexuals gives me joy 🥹 #even though ME2 is dry as shit for shenko content like it’s literally the sahara desert #like a whole ass 10 minutes max of cutscenes between shep and kaidan like come on #like 2 minutes in the prologue and like 8 minutes of cutscenes on horizon #and then an email and looking at the picture in your cabin before the suicide mission #i'm so sorry y'all ME2 shenko canon is absolute shit (besides kaidan being rightfully angry on horizon) which is why we ✨ignore it✨ 🥰 #but i rant about ME2 VS treatment too much so i will not write another essay about it in the tags #i will say the EDI line isn't the exact quote from the game but i think about it a lot tbf #same with the quote i borrowed from anderson too lmao (which is also a tiny bit paraphrased) #i just love EDI asking shep for relationship advice when you get to follow shep and kaidan's relationship/struggles across 3 games #and anderson's quote about all the things you forgot to do in relation kahlee to is just *chef's kiss* when you think about shenko #like whether it starts in ME1 or ME3 shenko has some really fantastic moments across the series #two characters with strong morals who realize that they're falling in love and literally start to become each other's strength?? #their soft place to land?? their support when they need it?? shenko will always have my heart #also the shenko quotes you get are the most fire thing in the world #you're real enough for me?? you make me feel human?? i want to be your strength- your soft place to land?? shenko you will always be famous #I FORGOT IM GONNA FIGHT LIKE HELL FOR THE CHANCE TO HOLD YOU AGAIN TOO LIKE?? #but i’ll stop ranting now bc i do that wayyy to much in my tags lol. have a good day wherever you are! <3

[katierosefun]

okay so now that i’ve officially finished watching leverage i just want to say that maybe i’m obsessed with this show on multiple levels and something about how it hits so many itches in that it’s about found family and it’s about fucking over bad, rich guys (no billionaire bootlicking in this show! and i fucking love it) and it’s also about how sometimes the bad guys are the only good guys you get and it’s also about how we are all stronger together it’s about how at the start of this show, we have all of these characters who are largely used to working alone and being alone and yet the show concludes that ultimately, we are better when we are together and by being together, we might be able to leave something behind that is bigger and brighter for the next people in our generation and no man is an island and no person is meant to beat goliath on their own or whatever

#caroline talks #leverage #not to be like. emotional but. #i am emotional actually! #i'm just. i get emotional thinking about all of the characters #and just how complex they are #nate with his alcoholism and his rage against the world and how he's arrogant and angry and sad and yet i think he cares so much #he cares so much about his team even if he can be a bit of an ass #sophie who adopts a million personas at the blink of an eye and yet has her own loneliness about who actually knows her #parker who keeps herself closed off bc y'know trauma in the foster care system and yet she learns to express herself and trust people #eliot who resigns himself into thinking that he's a monster and yet he starts to do some good and just. winds up protecting everyone in his #new family which. MAN i can't express enough how much that storyline means to me too #like when is a monster not a monster? / oh when you love it or whatever #and then there's hardison who's so incredibly bright and warm and can talk his way out of most situations #and then he hits a wall when all that brightness and wit and intelligence still might not get him out of a scary situation #and that's. that's when he needs people too. that's when he needs his team #and like. there are so many important points in this show #but like one of the ones i like to think about. #is just like. that you could be incredibly good at whatever it is you do #but you need people. you need a team. you need to trust others and together you can do amazing things #individually they're great #but together they're unstoppable and i think about that a lot #no man is an island and it takes a village or whatever! #also unrelated but i also find it a little funny (i'm sorry) that i finished leverage literally the night the implosion news came out

[sophiethewitch1]

20 years old and shocking enough I finally feel like I'm old enough to write smut without it being a moral failing

#sophie speaks #of course i dont feel that way about other people #it do once again just be me #also i still suck at it and have written like one full smut scene in my entire life #its... im too much of a virgin dude #'how are you going to write smut in www then?' look we'll burn that bridge when we get to it #also how do 13 year olds be writing smut like genuinely how do they do that #i personally agree with the hobbits world view which is youre only an adult once youre 25 #what dkes any of this mean #im so tired

[omtai]

on train home from pvris it was dope!!!!!!!

#Guy Goes To Thing Despite Originally Wanting To Stay Home: Has Great Time — Shocker! #it rained so crazy down upon us in the queue #Every Single Queue i’ve waited in in glasgow it has been raining like crazy #The Rainy City #there was a bunch of sycamore seeds on the ground outside and i was making piles of them with my shoe #& some rando behind us joined in it was so nice #i love kind queue randos #the first opener Sophie Powers was really cool i really liked them #the second opener scene queen was really super cool too i loved them sm #she was so fun & her music got me so hyped #but maybe Too hyped because then i burned off all my energy #& in the time between scene queen and pvris i was playing solitaire to pass the time #& i won the deal Right before pvris came out i felt like the card game wizard #but then i was in the solitaire zone and i just wanted to keep playing solitaire…… #& at first i wasn’t feeling it bc it was strobe light city #and it was sooooooo fucking smoky i could barely see what was going on & we were 3rd row from barricade #Not that i could see anyway the worlds tallest man appeared out of nowhere while i was solitairing & stood right infront of me #but i got into it a few songs after she came on and it was so fun :D #yayyyy live music i love live music #now i get to chill until dunes ^_^

[fae-main]

re-reading an offer from a gentleman ... lmaooo I never liked the cinderella troupe to begin with, but idk why I hate it even more with ben and sophie. which is insane since ben is my fav bridgerton brother, but his story is just too cliché for my taste, and I like sophie well enough, but ughhh I'm not sure what is about this story. I will admit there are some pretty fucking romantic lines and I adore thoseeee.

#bridgerton #I'm weird i knowww #it's just too mary sue for my taste #an offer from a gentleman #benedict bridgerton #benedict x sophie #i swear i love them but idk #like i love sophie she's my bby girl amd deserves the world #i just have beef with the cinderella troup lmaoooo #it's never been my fav disney princess stroy

[nyaskitten]

Due to being impatient and not giving even a singular shit about waiting for the poll to end, I decided to draw my two favoritest OC's about to throw hands!

@acidsaladd would u believe it?

(PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE reblog I've been working on this since like. the beginning of the school day dude this has taken me sooo much timee!!!!!)

#wanted 2 do more w perspective and lighting #too bad the one closer to the camera is more dull than the small fucker #raine's art #oc world #warriors of light #oc: Sa'turnus #oc: Sophie

[hueberryshortcake]

Is there a place to read your ducktales fanfics?

spectacularific question here is the link to my ao3

I feel that I've only posted a few things so far but rest assured I'm having a regular old sock hop in my drafts and someday the world may just be invited

#there is also hmc fanfiction on there too. i do not remember writing half of it. #the people werent ready for the howl jenkins/sophie hatter/ben suliman fic but that's ok. the world wasnt ready for da vinci either. #ask #in the world's defense choosing to title it benjamin scarecrow 4d not clickbait was probably not the best marketing choice #that forensics class did things to my psyche man. i have vivid memories of working on that so i wouldn't have to pay attention to the extrem #extremely graphic body farm documentary they decided to play in class all week #anyway. #hueberry shortcake

[synonymroll648]

practice transmasc sophie drawing :) 

#sophie deserves top surgery because i deserve top surgery #in this au sophie is nonbinary and i am a trans guy but we can still both have top surgery #they've saved the world multiple times. i haven't killed anyone. i think we deserve a treat y'know? #also they get board shorts because they get put in fem wear too much and they canonically don't like the super fem stuff #(i also want hawaiian pattern board shorts. i am not projecting w/ this piece at ALL what are you talking about) #irl the color contrast is much higher and brighter #but the lighting was mid when i took this photo #uhhhh hmmm what else do i want to say #ok so 1) i swear i didn't intend to make sophie's shorts look reminiscent of the american flag it just Happened #2) doing colored pencil over marker when you know you're gonna be blending said colored pencil is a shit idea because you have to redo the #marker lines. speaking from experience w/ this drawing :/ so in the future the plan is do sketch then colors then lineart #hmmm yeah ig that's it for now. nvm one last thing - this is one out of at least three practice drawings leading up to a big sokeefitz piece #:) #alright actual tags now #kotlc #keeper of the lost cities #kotlc fanart #sophie foster fanart #transmasc!sophie foster #transmasc!sophie #trans!sophie foster #trans!sophie #nonbinary!sophie #nonbinary!sophie foster #oh fun fact the white on the shorts is paint pen. it kinda fucks with the shading in some areas but it looks good enough that i'm leaving it

[bookwyrminspiration]

What if when Sophie came to the lost cities the black swan had been overthrown, and their leaders arrested. So by the time she arrived, she doesn’t have that same support. I think it’d take the story in a crazy, but fun new direction.

oh that would be very interesting--not only would she have significantly less guidance at the start of the series, but depending on how the Black Swan were handled, the attitude towards Sophie could be quite different; she'd be the product of known convicted criminals, not just the odd human girl.

She was observed when she first arrived, but I imagine that would've been much more intense in this situation. I wonder when she would've arrived, actually. Because Alden didn't find Sophie by his own work, Mr. Forkle led him to her. So without him, when on earth would Sophie have been brought to their world? Would they have discovered that sort of information through a mind break and located her around the same time, or would years pass?

I'm imagining the Mr. Forkle who posed as her neighbor might've escaped being arrest, which would create an interesting dynamic with her having one singular influence and resource.

But that aside, without the rest of the Black Swan able to work masterfully behind the scenes, there'd be no notes, no clues to prompt hidden memories. It would require a lot more work on Sophie's part to figure things out--which, depending on when she was brought to the lost cities and how (agreeing it was the best decision vs council forcing her, for example), she may or may not be capable of.

I'm also curious how that would impact her morals and sense of right; we see her learning from and guided by the Black Swan for most of the series before she branches out, following their methodology and beliefs on the limits. If they were never there, what's stopping her from going a step further much sooner? Especially if she's being more heavily monitored/judged and in order to make any impact she has to push harder--side note: I feel like in that case she might become similar to Tam in her disdain, she didn't do anything but exist and need help and this is what they did?

Would she be allowed to attend Foxfire with a significant association with a serious criminal organization? Even if she hasn't done anything yet, she might. And if she doesn't go to Foxfire (or is too old when brought), her friend group would be entirely different. She might not even have a friend group and it would instead be her against the world, perhaps a few misfits gathered along the way. Fitz might still be around because he found her, but Biana might stay bratty. She wouldn't meet Marella or Jensi, and she wouldn't have been adopted by the Ruewens (because confirmed huge Black Swan association when he thinks they killed Jolie? no way) so no meeting Dex. If she doesn't go to Foxfire, I could see them sending her to Exillium, in which case she might keep Tam and Linh as friends--but with a very different dynamic, since I think Sophie would be incredibly bitter.

Actually now that I'm thinking about this maybe she'd be picked up by the Neverseen. At least temporarily and in the same way that Rayni was--not that she's for their atrocities, but because they extended a hand when no one else did. Which!! Could then be an interesting exploration on how she wasn't a criminal, but via seeing her as one/as dangerous they limited her options and made her into one. She wouldn't have joined the Neverseen if they'd treated her properly, but they didn't, so now she did. Except they don't see it as their fault, as a consequence of their boxing her in, but instead as confirmation of what they always feared.

indeed, Nonsie, there is a lot of potential for a very different but fascinating story here. I've barely scratched the surface of all the implications and everything you could do with it!

#kotlc #kotlc ua #quil's queries #nonsie #(ua as in universe alteration. instead of au) #personally i'm rooting for sophie gets found when the black swan is arrested and they have their minds broken #and so she's brought about the same time. and is then sent to exillium because she's too dangerous to send to foxfire #and its just her in this new world all alone #except for the forkle who was in the human world. the immense secrecy of what he was doing left him the sole surviving core member of #the organization. who's now increasingly bitter #and does what he can to help her and her friends the song twins who have also just been grievously wronged and have #found each other through that #they teach her how the elven world works but without the pretense #and their outrage and outbursts (primarily tam and sophie. as linh's struggling with herself instead of her world atm) #catch the attention of the neverseen #and despite his efforts. the remaining forkle. maybe doesn't have it in him to dissuade them anymore #throw in a vindictive wylie who just lost his second father?? #group of 4 horribly wronged by the system and FURIOUS #yeah. that could be quite interesting

[deeskip]

I am BANGING on your door, PLEASE tell me the secret Leander lore

(/lh You don't need to, but if you want to explain I am all ears <3)

If there was a mirror before you, would you be tempted to look into it and see your own reflection? What if you knew that even before you looked that there was something on the other side of the glass? Be cautious about where you turn your gaze, because if you smile at that face in the mirror, then you might set free something that will come at you if you let him.

#ask #leander is a shapeshifter trapped in a pocket dimension nestled between our world and a neighboring one #he wants nothing more than to be set free #and he'll do almost anything to make that happen #i'm dying to talk more about him but i also don't want to give too much away because i want to draw more about him someday #thank u so much for asking sophie

[always-a-joyful-note]

A book rec perhaps?

I don't know...but to the ORV fandom and those who like books and media with heavy meta themes and philosophical musings, I recommend Sophie's World.

What is that you ask?

Well, my friends...it's a book by Norwegian author Jostein Gaarder (I read the translated to English version, of course) that follows a 14 yr old girl named Sophie as she randomly starts receiving letters in a philosophy course and finds herself semi-adopted as a student under an old philosopher.

The book gives Sophie and the readers a sort of intro course into western philosophy and worldviews from Biblical mythos to Plato to the scientific eras whilst also incorporating a seriously wild metafictional plot that explores the relationship of fiction to the real world.

I can't say much without giving spoilers but the book is WILD and absurd in ways that will eventually make sense(ish). It makes you really think about the things that can be done with writing and the awareness that knowing philosophies/worldviews/etc. can bring into a "created" being.

It's been a hot while (years, I think) since I've read the book but I was suddenly reminded of it randomly (don't know how) and thought, "Huh. I think ORV fans who enjoyed the meta of the story and some of the philosophies it introduced would like this!"

In short, if you like takes on the relations of fiction to the real world and Thought(tm) that relies on Weird Twists, as well as a cleverly and easy to follow introduction to western philosophy/worldview, not to mention a pretty engaging plot with fascinating characters you will want to study under a microscope....Sophie's World does it really well.

Content warning? Like I said, it's been a few years since I read it, and nothing in particular struck younger me as problematic enough to remember. The book was written in 1991, so there could be some slight sexism (don't quote me on that). It also deals with a buuuunch of philosophies that discuss heavy themes and I recall references to sex and some slight psychological twistiness, but I think it's safe to rate it as PG-13. (If anyone who has read the book recently and knows better please feel free to add/correct any discrepancies in my recommendation)

#the best part is that because of the heavy philosophies i don't think there's any romance #anyway back on my incoherent reviewing because why not #j also think the metas of bungo stray dogs enjoyers would like this book #it def was one of the 'critically acclaimed modern books' that didnt make me want to violently shake the present for being so weird #(im rather picky when it comes to modern classics excuse the salt) #also there's a talking dog and a random car crash and also fairy tale people appear #which is spoilers but also not #you know thinking about this also makes me think of the half upon a time trilogy too #also an excellent read if you like a focus on fairy tales and idiot conniving protags and time nonsense #anyway apologies for putting it on the orv tags #fandom spamdom #orv #omniscient reader's viewpoint #note's nonsense #sophie's world #my brain making connections where there are little but i cant be the only one to have made this link right?

[kaidanalenkosprmanager]

THE BEST OF THE NORMANDY SUMMIT

Featuring: Cmdr. Sophie Shepard, Primarch Adrien Victus, Dalatrass Linron, and Urdnot Wrex With: Comm. Specialist Samantha Traynor Commander, you need to keep Cerberus at bay- I can't overstate what a victory a treaty between the Turians and the Krogan would be for the Alliance. We need all the help we can get... Mass Effect 3: Legendary Edition (2021)

#mira makes gifs ✨ #sophie shepard #urdnot wrex #samantha traynor #mass effect #mass effect 3 #me3 #mass effect legendary edition #dailygaming #finally got around to gif'ing the sur'kesh footage and i ended up splitting it in half bc the summit just had too many good wrex moments #by best of: the normandy summit i really just mean best of: wrex bc this is literally just every wrex moment from the summit LMAO #i was gonna stuff this in with the priority sur'kesh set but literally when i had like 10 gifs of just the summit i was like #sur'kesh is getting the mars split bc wrex has too many good moments to just start cutting half of them out tbh #also victus in his fancy primarch robes with THAT VOICE??? i'm not down bad for most turians but DAMN victus #maybe we talk about how fucking real he was for hearing wrex say that the krogan were the ones who spilled their blood to stop the rachni #and immediately looked at the dalatrass and said that wrex was fucking right #and then said that the dalatrass was helping wrex or she'd never see another friendly turian again?? like he's a fucking ICON for that tbh #and soph in the dress blues????? HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT (mass effect women in uniforms and armor 😍) #her angy face coming back at the dalatrass to defend wrex is everything to me #and wrex's expressions during the summit are so fucking good #there's so much raw emotion on his face that you can see and you can tell how like angry and frustrated he is with the dalatrass and victus #and how much he's holding back!! especially when linron insults him!! when she basically calls his people useless!! #like there's just a thousand+ years of pent up krogan rage about the genophage just boiling behind wrex's eyes #and he somehow manages to keep somewhat cool during the summit? like obvi wrex isn't a thousand+ years old but he's his people's rep #he's such a fucking interesting character especially during this scene when you think about a thousand+ years of the genophage #bc you get to watch him balance keeping his cool in a political situation he's a leader in #vs. remembering he's a krogan in the presence of the leadership of the people who literally created a sterility plague for his people?? #and the raw emotions of that for him??? #wrex my love you deserve the world for dealing with the summit in the cool-headed way that you did bc it was 100% bullshit for you #canon soph would have thrown the dalatrass off the normandy so fucking fast for insulting wrex and his people and you cannot change my mind

[astrababyy]

Okay, but in all honesty, what would’ve happened to Sophie if Bronte had gotten his way in the first book? Like, these people uprooted her entire life and tore her away from her family, dumping her with a new one whose sanities hang by a freaking thread. If Sophie hadn’t gotten into Foxfire, if Bronte had gotten his way, what the hell would’ve happened to her? It says somewhere in the book that Bronte might push to have her sent to Exillium. I just can’t wrap my head around the amount of audacity a person has to have to force a freaking twelve year old through all that then still not give her the benefit of the fucking doubt like who does that.

#and this my friends is why bronte makes no sense to me #his characterization in the later books is like strict and mean but fair #and then here it’s like imma be outright malicious to a fucking twelve year old cause my ego is bruised #like ??? #he doesn’t?? #make sense?? #councillor bronte #sophie foster #kotlc #astrababyy #and don’t tell me that man is jaded #mans lives in a world where people’s minds shatter if they scratch someone too hard #like violence is not possible in his world for like most elves #unless they’re sociopaths #but most aren’t so #so he’s not jaded cause the worst thing this dude’s ever seen is like a crooked thumb #this is a joke btw #before anyone comes at me #Bronte’s characterization is just so out of nowhere

[baeshijima]

u know what i love? i love me a man who will cut up an apple or peel an orange and hand feed me it before wiping the corner of my lips with his thumb and—

#sophie’s idle chatter #me indirectly telling the world i am sick yet again 🐥 #I WAS LITERALLY SICK LAST WEEK WHAT IS THSIJHJLDSLGKDS #anyway haha haitham pls peel an orange or cut up an apple into lil segments and hand feed me them ;w;;;; #diluc would so do this too fight me

[asofterepilogue]

ghibli's howl's moving castle is truly not a good adaptation, doesn't follow either the letter or the spirit of the book, barely recognisable at all beyond a few concepts and character names.

but who could actually be mad about it when it's such a good movie anyway? really great on its own AND it's like watching fanfiction AND you still get to enjoy the book because the movie does nothing to ruin it for you. this is what all unfaithful adaptations should aim for.

#I'm usually not a fan of adaptations taking more liberties than absolutely necessary #but the movie is so good in a way that doesn't detract from the book so it's basically the best of both worlds #two stories for the price of one I get to have my cake and eat it too etc. etc. #howl's moving castle #I showed it to my 4yo nephew a couple weeks ago and now he wants to watch it daily and he talks about it constantly #he sees a bird? 'like howl'. playing with dolls? 'this is sophie and this is howl'. telling him a bedtime story? 'tell howl and the wolf'. #he literally will not shut up about it #which I love btw it's nice that he loves something that I don't have to pretend to care about lol #mine