#adds more flavor

[bisexualpercyjacksons]

no wait wait wait hear me out about how the four beads is a truly devious and smart addition

so starting off with four beads from the dryad establishes a few things:

1. getting out of the underworld wasn’t something they really thought about yet (too many steps ahead, I also have ADHD I get it)

2. poseidon HAS thought of that problem and has made the beads in preparation to protect them

3. poseiden thought about rescuing sally when planning how to get everyone back safely, not just percy and his friends

2 & 3 plant the seeds (a long with the dryad’s words and hermes’ comments) that poseiden really does care about percy (and sally!). yes I know I know, bare minimum to care about your kid etc. but considering this is a show and we don’t get percy’s internal monologue it kinda makes sense to have a little more details that make poseiden seem better to the audience

[read more break to not clog up the tag. I promise I get into the angst shortly]

all these little bits that imply poseiden really does want to be there for him but can’t, that he’s been watching from afar because he didn’t want zeus to find out he broke the pact and take his anger out on his son and former love (yes, love! this is the man/god that wanted sally to be his queen with him in his underwater kingdom!!!). I actually really like the idea of those posts about how he has been helping out in little ways over the years because. let’s be real for a second. NO WAY does sally afford that apartment AND have the ability to send percy to specialized boarding schools with the salary of a CANDY SHOP EMPLOYEE. I get it I get it, the gods are deadbeats, but I’ll admit I kind of like the idea that he’s been doing what he feasibly could without getting caught by making extra money appear in sally’s bank account or sm

making him seem (and possibly be) more sympathetic is another reason that fuels percy to change the system rather than join luke to tear it all down. he knows the system is bad but he sees hope and truly believes it can be changed for the better. that is something that can be saved, not destroyed

4. this is kinda irrelevant but I like that it is the dryad that agrees to give percy the pearls after poseiden says for him and his friends to go back to camp because she wants him to have a chance to change things. gives her a little bit more agency. (also y’all she’s SO pretty in gay but moving in)

so. four beads.

if we want to keep the dilemma and character growth that comes with there only being three beads and someone having to make a sacrifice, something needs to happen: one of the beads breaks or someone loses it

is it percy? who has realized they need four beads for EVERYONE to come back and is horrified that they now only have three, meaning either he himself or one of the most important people to him has to be left behind in actual hell in order for the world to be saved? think about the dread and self-loathing that would come from that

or is it annabeth or grover? where the horrifying realization is the same but now there is a gut reaction from percy to be upset with the person who loses/breaks it. he loves his friends and can’t stay mad at them but now they are in this impossible dilemma to choose who stays behind and it’s killing all of them. the impossibly guilt of the person who breaks/loses it knowing that it’s their fault someone doesn’t get to go home, someone has to stay behind in the underworld

and when does this happen? early on, and we spend the episode watching them all try to figure out the dreadful problem of who gets left behind. looking at each other thinking, I can’t leave them behind, I can’t. they’re my family. but we can’t leave percy’s mom behind either.

or does it happen right before they have the chance to go, and they all think everyone is going to make it and sally is in percy’s grasp only for everything to fall apart and now everyone is looking at each other thinking, who is going to have to be left behind? who has to be the sacrifice?

anyways, I think there is something truly devious about them KNOWING there NEEDS to be four beads and HAVING THEM only to have something happen and the option of everyone going home safe being ripped from their grasps

#I let my English muffin sit in the toaster oven for like five extra minutes after it dinged to finish this post #everyone being like FOUR BEADS IM WORRIED and I’m like NO THINK OF THE POTENTIAL #percy jackson and the olympians #percy jackson #pjo #pjo tv #pjo tv spoilers #pjo 1x06 #pjo speculation #grover underwood #annabeth chase #sally jackson #not sure how else to tag this #mine #I haven’t read the books in a decade so I’m slightly rusty on lore but like guys this is how we can still win #yes I know deadbeat parent gods yes but have you considered this makes things more spicy #adds more flavor #also yall this man wanted to make sally his queen you gotta admit that on some level he cares

[twisted-wonderland-but-gayer]

Ace or maybe even leona seem like the type to not wash their hands after going to the bathroom.

Of course not their dicks not dirty.

#adds more flavor #not writing #not requests

[stray-crow]

today's word count: 235

Nov's Stretch Goal: 9318/10k

WIP(s): Shaking Kevin in a Bottle

#wasnt exactly in the mood to write or edit but i told myself i'd just edit a little bit #like open it and change/add a few words ya know? #and then i was like at 170 words and thought '...just push yourself a bit more.' and there we go #im glad i added more like scene direction and stuff. showing instead of telling and etc #adds more flavor #but yea ima stop for now. im tired.... sigh. i dont wanna go to work tomorrow akxhskdh #i'd prefer a day of waking up and writing and then gaming but no. alas. #word count progress #story: shaking kevin in a bottle

[ghost-bxrd]

Just read the comic where Joker runs into Robin!Tim for the first time post Ethiopia and starts raging about “How are you back!? I killed you! I killed you! No matter, just gotta do it again then!”

And it got me thinking again about how similar Tim and Jason must have looked in costume and just—

(Look I’m not saying there was a part of Bruce that was comforted by having “Jason” close again but—-)

#I just think Bruce mistaking Tim for Jason every once in a while adds that special flavor of angst #dick was his first Robin #but I feel like Jason was his first kid #in the way that dick never really wanted a new dad at first and wanted to be Bruce’s equal #Jason was fine being a child #and Bruce had to accommodate #and adopted him #he was a DAD #so the loss hurt all the more for it #do I think Bruce was highkey tried following Jason several times? #yes I do #that’s when Tim intervened #and oh there’s Bruce’s kid #look I know this ain’t canon but gosh do I love this trope #jason todd #dick grayson #batfam #robin #batfamily #bruce wayne #tim drake #red hood #batman #Nightwing #ghost talks #headcanon #trope #fanon

[b4kuch1n]

red lion wizard !

#pokemon #swsh #champion leon #wizard leon! one of em! #chose to color this one foolhardy style lmao. well it is done. I did Minimum cleaning up #this set is. well Im gonna draw the design sketch like with the toy doctor #but yeah the Other name for this one is 'wizard of performance' #which. uh. yeah there u go #Im actually flipfloppin between thinking this looks fine and feeling like I fucked up big time.... idk why. probably bc I put a h #uge splash of almond flavoring into this tea instead of like. two drops. like I wanted to #its literally like drinking perfume. why is vanilla fine when you add more than a few drops in but almond extract poisons you in real time #like why does a food flavoring smell exactly like something you Shouldn't eat. why is it made like that #well. I will sleep now. and maybe I'll dream. and then I'll know #have a good night lads! we are not immune to propaganda.

[powdermelonkeg]

Okay but given that you can make alcohol from just about any plant, a world built around Minecraft could have SUCH a liquor cabinet.

You’ve got your basics, the potato and wheat vodka, gin, whiskey, then rum from sugarcane or beet sugar if you’re feeling a little adventurous.

Then you’ve got the fancier things. Dandelion and melon wine, spike vodka, pumpkin liqueur, applejack. Zhuyeqing jiu and chocolate liquor if you REALLY want to go for the cool stuff.

You’ve got mead and all kinds of moonshine, everything from carrots to kelp to sawdust brandy if you live out in the Badlands. Sunflower and rose spirits, lilac wine, even milk liquor and advocaat if you want to deviate from plants a bit.

But then you’ve got the plants that don’t exist in our sphere.

Chorus liqueur, dripleaf absinthe, glowberry champagne and sweet berry wine, glow lichen beer and crème de spore blossom, golden apple cider, glistering cordial. For the truly danger-seeking, wither rose lanique.

#minecraft #worldbuilding #alcohol tw #that's not even going into the FLAVORS you can add!!! #mushrooms and shroomlights in beer #nether wart maybe as a common flavoring #all kinds of cocktails and stuff #you've got different woods for barrels too #and allium is technically onion so #that's a WHOLE new can of flavors there #fun fact as i was researching this i found out there's an alcohol made from carrots that's just called C #we should do more with carrots seriously #also also lichens were used to make beer historically! #it was a brief stint but it's possible #also sawdust brandy. that's actually from an old loz project #i was trying to look up what kinds of alcohol would be possible in a decaying world like lorule #and sawdust brandy was up there #edit: if people are seeing this version where kefir is replaced #yes kefir is (minorly) alcoholic #you can fail a dui test if you have enough of it #in the same sense that poppy seed muffins can make you fail an opium test #if your tolerance is super low you CAN get buzzed off it #however #I put it on the list initially to have something milk-based for alcohol #it was originally kumis which is stronger #but it’s mare milk and you can’t get milk from horses in minecraft #I have since replaced it with milk liquor because 1. lithuania somehow has done it #and 2. china made vodka out of milk??????? #the site called it lai jiu but I can’t find anywhere else calling it that #so milk liquor it is!

[nocinovae]

Minecraft feels like it doesn’t know what to do for big updates any more so they’re doing like small miscellaneous updates collected together. I wish they’d move on from trying to give them a theme bc I feel like that’s just confusing.

One thing I wish they’d do is do updates from time to time and go back and add pieces to old update. Like maybe add more fish or tree types.

Specifically what made me have this thought is that I’d love if they’d add more to the geodes. Like the amethysts are lovely but I’d love if there was a whole range of crystals to find in geodes!! I feel like that’s along the line of the archaeological stuff they’ve done recently! Digging into the earth for history and stuff!

Also if they ever do a forest update I’d freak out. I’d love if they revamped their nature bc I feel like that part of the over world specifically has been the same since the beginning era of minecraft. Like ocean, nether, caves, villages, NOW FOREST. And end.

Feels like natural progression of their universe growing! And I like feeling like the updates can have a “story” like aspect to me. Especially bc worldbuilding. Favorite idea when it comes to minecraft lore

#mineblr #Minecraft #Minecraft game development #Minecraft updates #minecraft lore #minecraft worldbuilding #minecraft caves #minecraft crystals #ROCKS ROCKS AND MORE ROCKS #like if they could add to the andesite granite diorite thing too with like limestone and other minerals #MINERAL ROCK UPDATE #GEOLOGY UPDATE #they could add like volcanic and igneous rocks to the nether??? l #I like this idea very very much #minecraft and game development are my special interests #and worldbuilding but that’s like a part of those and my storytelling spins #I feel like there’s some things in minecraft that people love to add thru mods that mods shouldn’t be necessary for #like more biomes! I get biome design or unique biomes but give plains and forests more flavor! #or forest animals! OR BUGS ADD BUGS #I get mods for dungeons or cute decoration but simple worldbuilding shouldn’t need mods #I’m getting frustrated with being dissatisfied with vanilla minecraft when all I want are more variability to blocks and biome expansion! #often times mods are too complex and add too much over vanilla minecraft when I like vanilla minecraft #it’s just after all this time especially with cave and cliffs added the nature feels behind and too simple

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

some alien fish concepts for my headworld. well. one of them. the dragon one! well. one of them-

tiny note that these are not to scale compared to each other <3

#im trying to balance the speculative evolution with THIS IS A MAGIC FANTASY WORLD WEEEEEEEE RANDOM BULLSHIT GO #i like cuttlefish faces but i like fish bodies & i like dunkleosteus fossils/tails #so like... fish with cuttlefish faces!!!! and dunkle-esque face plates! #its not toooo big of a stretch to imagine a world where fish evolved to have face arms #i imagine they're hiding a horrifying exposed jaw in place of a beak <3 #with all the animals ive been making for this world #its.. tough to find a balance between 'these are aliens' and 'i want them to be somewhat similar to earth animals' #recognizable but not carbon copies yk? #vera crafting #worldbuilding #drawing this made me hungry ngl... #its weird i dont like the flavor of most fish. and yet they look so delicious #maybe its my love of salmon... am i part bear... #anyway fish used as heavy inspiration were: arapaima / sunfish / sockeye salmon / trout #the last one (technically first) was just me fuckin around trying to get a feel for it <3 #i gotta draw fish more its so soothing #ohhhh i should add these guys to the size chart for funsies

[godzexperiment]

Internally he knew his reaction was uncalled for attitude. Yet the state of emotional exhaustion paired with immortal horrors level of tiredness had won the duel. Only option for control being in acting out to cover for the fiberglass sensation of vulnerability gracing his nervous system. "Who me? If that look is about me, I can gladly show you I'm operating just fine."

#<< anybody got a light >> open starters #(this one gets more than text especially because the sass of this gif adds flavor) #(somebody even hints at noticing or caring and nix just 'i could fight you')

[lilacs-stash]

"That made my life feel pointless"

#We don't talk about how the luck pretty much gave Nickel an existential crisis enough #Nor do I see this specific flavor of Nickloon angst? I do really like this flavor tho #ii nickel #II balloon #Nickloon #inanimate insanity #repetition #If this needs any more TWs let me know and I'll add em #II nickloon #balloon ii #nickel ii #look I can draw! Art tag #Osc #object shows

[itseghost]

working on a bells hells lineup teehee

#wip #bells hells #critrole #itseart #sticking pretty close 2 their canon design 4 thisss #but if i end up drawing them more ill probably add in some personal flavor lol #or just do some alt designs!

[robot-brain-rot]

#this is so shitty but it adds flavor #the panel of cyc running makes me think of this every time i read it #mtmte #cyclonus #whirl #tailgate #idw #maccadam #transformers #cygate #more than meets the eye

[improbable-implosions]

Time for another traditional embroidery mend! This time, we're trying out the Puncetto Valsesiano stitch, which, after I finished this up, I've found, is an entire style of needlelace! For this patch, though, we just did stitch after stitch after stitch, no fancy patterning. (I might do fancy patterning later, to be fair! been reading up on things, and I've got a few smaller repairs to make that would suit it quite nicely!)

One row of stitches in, and I was thinking, oh this can't be so bad! this is actually quite soothing, all these repetitive actions, and with such a delightful, knitting-like texture!

This many stitches in, and sure, I'm still having a good time, but mostly, I'm finding out how much thread this takes! Poor razz, @razzmatazic, I thought this was going to be a simple, small patch, so I borrowed her thread to work on this one! You can't quite tell in this shot, but I'm actually about to run out of thread!

After likely much, much more fuss than was strictly necessary, including accidentally picking a slightly different color of floss because of some mislabeled strands, noticing I'd dropped enough stitches to need to throw some extra ceylon stitching in a gap, and a probably pretty noticable shift in texture because of single vs. double threading, we've got ourselves a patch that, even despite its shortcomings, I really dig the look of!

Unfortunately, I didn't make this patch wide enough generally, so I've got a few more holes that'll be getting filled by a big 'ol sashiko patch that's going to layer overtop the puncetto, eventually! Stay tuned, I'm just as curious as you are as to how that'll look.

#solarpunk #slow fashion #sewing #embroidery #mending #visible mending #textile art #solarpunk fashion #fiber art #lace #puncetto valsesiano #queue.queue #a thousand words #nesterian lifestylings #sproutleboople #I actually really did enjoy doing this #it just ate up so much thread for so little payoff! #tee bee aech if I did some actual lacelike structures with this I'd be much more interested in using it #but it doesn't quite work for patching holes in the crotch area of pants lmao #I really should stick to sashiko in that area generally #it wears much better in comparison to the embroidery I've done previously which just introduces new wear patterns that I'll then have to me #*then have to mend #anyway once again check the alt text #I like to add fun flavor!

[cheeseraviolii]

minecraft polls and their updates are so boring to me they barely add anything fun to the game

#196 #rule #ruleposting #196 rule #r/196 #minecraft #mojang #i added just a little bit more ifunnies #i think it adds some flavor

[jibril-thelibraryangel]

I cannot believe I’m saying this but I’m actually very upset that Laudna and Imogen are already together.

Just because if they weren’t Laudna would have also tried to seduce the ghost captain and could have succeeded, AND THEN Fearne would have joined in.

And not only would that have been… amazing on it’s own right BUT CAN YOU IMAGINE IMOGEN???

Trap in a pirate ship, wide awake in bed while her crush has a mind shattering threesome with her other best friend and a fucking skeleton.

How do you go on after that?? Ultimate girl failure canon event

Edit: I just realized that this also would have been the second time a Laura PC is stuck in a ship while her crush has sex with a spooky pirate captain. God what a legacy

#just to be clear Imodna would have still gotten together eventually #it would just add more flavor to it #the shippers would have gone feral #cr #critical role #critical role spoilers #cr spoilers #campaign 3 #cr3 #bell’s hells #bells hells #imodna

[krimiqueer]

My humble contribution to the trending of Spatort with, as usual, some Google Translate shenanigans.

#tatort saarbrücken #spatort #der fluch des geldes #no i don't edit subs i just use the raw translation because it's faster #also look at that #it adds flavor lol #this episode was good for the main characters content #but a lot less good for the rest than the previous ones #too much time spent with the secondary characters with no real interest in them #the fact that the red thread with the schürk storyline was actually over with this episode #it's weird #everything that happened before is like behind them except for the money #the money should have been a bigger problem than that #and more people should have been looking for it still #also adam #keeping the money in your trunk? really??