#and if it is only applying to me playing

[marionmaverick]

I feel like Raphael's a bit like Ardyn sometimes. And would absolutely find a reason to pet Calem like a cat or other wise touch him the moment he notices it enrages the Miqo'te. Also a bit inspired by some audio compilations of Raphael's voice that made me go "every time Calem talks to this guy he needs to bathe"

ALSO, this is not colored at the moment because Raphael is a bitch to draw.

#my art #baldur's gate 3 #bg3 x ffxiv #muse calem tia #not neccesarily a headcanon?? #and if it is only applying to me playing #but absolutely raphael gives calem the heebie jeebies #also this is one of my best drawings of Calem's face ever yess. #raphael bg3 #miqo'te

[crow-with-a-pencil]

Hi @naffeclipse I'm very normal about your fic. Have some frantic midnight sketches as extra kudos along with some tag rambling :)

#my ârt #crush depth #crush depth spoilers #fnaf #tw blood #tw drowning #idk how many others apply #anyways this is midnight crow coming out of the shadow realm to scream at you #first of all a cs ramble is on the way I'm still recovering from that fic too #im biting you naff im biting you so dang hard #I don't even know much about iron lung besides watching a play through but damn do you make me want to know more #just. where do I even start. the atmosphere is established so well and even though there was such a small space to work with I FELT it #I felt the claustrophobia I felt the walls and the console and the single dim lightbulb as my only solace in this death trap #the THOUGHTS #poor yn had so much time to just get lost in their head and spiral pretty much constantly #the dread. the constant overhanging dread of knowing there's a 99% chance they're not getting out of there alive and at this point #they just want to accept it and let it end bc there's hardly anything to go back to if they live #naff. look at me. reading some parts made my chest actually tighten with dread. it was so well done. #this poor human just buried in existential horror and just wanting it to end in a slightly less painful way #and the unknowable beings trapped outside who absolutely REFUSE to let that happen #god those eldritch fish were trying their hardest but just couldn't get in #yn was trapped inside while they were trapped outside and I just #I am EXPLODING the more I think about it #thinking about when they thought they were drowning and tried to breathe again #wanting to die but still having that instinct to survive #asking to be ripped apart but still cherishing their last breath of air #I'm shaking you I'm shaking you I'm dying on the floor #ough. #I'll never mentally recover from this and I want you to know I genuinely get inspired by your writing #this has been midnight crow ramblings. I just hit the tag limit. have a lovely night.

[milquetoad]

of the many injustices put forth toward the show by fans i think the most overall damaging and telling of a complete lack of critical viewership is the idea that sam riegel builds his characters with nothing more than the bit in mind. like you are only telling on yourself if you think characters like scanlan shorthalt and veth brennato are one-dimensional and depthless

#if im being exTREMEly generous i can maybe understand this view of scanlan if you started c1 and then gave up 30 episodes later #he played the long game with him more than any other and a lot of his growth could be looked at as shallow if you DIDNT watch til the payoff #but any time this opinion is used as a blanket over all of his characters including tary and even FCG.. like be serious #i mean at this point im definitely biased bc he is my favorite player at the table. However. that wasnt always the case #and even when i was myself writing some character choices off i NEVER applied that to the characters themselves. how can you?? #seen sooo many ppl criticize him for making veth an alcoholic or scanlan irreverent & hedonistic as tho it’s only possible #to play these traits as shallow jokes or at best played out satire…. and then the same person will turn around #and praise how percy was built to be pompous & superior and jester immature & self-centered and caleb steeped in self-effacing hubris #why are these characters and their players given a near universal acceptance of nuance and acknowledgement of growth & healing #but SAMS CHARACTERS ARE NOT!!!! #this turned into such a rant but it bothers me SO much. everyone at the cr table is so goddamned talented #and takes the game as seriously as it deserves #so many more points i could argue but this is already so goddamn long no one is reading this far. i love sam and all of his characters <333 #critical role #sam riegel #scanlan shorthalt #veth brennato #my posts

[chaos0pikachu]

I love when BLs try to do that fake out death shit like bitch you ain't dead, get up, drink some milk

#word of honor #pit babe #the sign the series #history trapped #the only one this don't apply to is make our days count cause taiwan don't play #neither does korea #but don't try to convince me phaya dead-dead he's fine #get the fuck up drama kid stop playing around we got a snake prince day to ruin #chaos pikachu speaks

[sysig]

Time Loops are they/them culture (Patreon)

Bonus of my little guy in ISaT style:

#Doodles #Pixel art #ISaT #Siffrin #Loop #And then I still don't have even a code name for smol and my time loop concept lol #I'm sure you can imagine my excitement upon seeing a time loop RPG <3 #Not to be silly but the thought of either of us picking up the wavelength and running with it is fun to me haha ♪ #I...may or may not have developed brainworms about it it's fine lol #Good characters! Good story! I'm always a sucker for a tragedy with bright spots <3 It's hard to even call the ending bittersweet tho hehe #It's very sweet! Like sugar :) Hehe #Shock of shocks I - person who has done this how many times now - liked the dynamic between Sif and Loop best haha #Is it spoilers if it requires past knowledge of my faves hmmm inconclusive lol #These were just introduction doodles - not even Getting Used To doodles yet a step before that! #Fun designs :D I like Sif's hair a lot <3 The way it's two-tone because he likes black! Adorable! And cowlicks hehehe #And eyepatch hehehe Sif's design is so fun ♪ #What no my time loop shop keep lad having a hat like that has no bearing! I'm completely unbiased! Lol #For the pixel art I did directly just use Siffrin's hat in shape haha I just added the belt and buckle ouò #Man it's been too long since I've played with pixel art it's still so fun <3 #Someday I'll get Aseprite. Someday #In the meanwhile it was fun to make their colour palette :D #I love that ISaT is in black and white canonically as well I think it's really cool ♪ #Me when monochrome red 💕💖😭🤌💗 #It is simply The Best colour palette out there I'm sorry others need not apply #Again my pencils and blood pen surely give away none of my biases because I don't have any lol #Hrmng I want SASASAP too pixel art cool - the glow up in ISaT is only strengthened by looking at the original closely! #Ah well I'll just admire at a distance until then <3

[yardsards]

clint mcelroy creating a dnd character: oh yeah, this bad boy can fit so much simple zest for life in him

#eliot posts #taz #the adventure zone #merle highchurch #zoox anthellae #ive not listened to graduation yet (and idk if i ever will) so idk if this applies to argo or not #i remember so little of amnesty and am only 10 eps into steeplechase so i can't speak for the non dnd campaigns either #it's funny how a lot of people's ttrpg characters often have common themes in them #me and my friend john from our irl dnd group were talking about that and it's like #alicia plays the most Friend Shaped girls imaginable. caleb's Cause Problems On Purpose. julia's are sassy and tend to do their own thing #john's are edgy in theory but extremely friend shaped and caring in practice. and i tend to play The Mom Friend. #not ALWAYS but pretty often. and basically always they're just really looking for human connection (whether they know/accept it or not) #even my goddamned PISS WIZARD is quickly careening towards mom friend territory??? somehow??? #very few people tolerate him so he's protective of those who do. even if it's mostly just a coworkers situation in the party #and most of the party is So Fucking Stupid #it's a very hilarious party composition overall. just 5 guys all thinking ''wow. what a bunch of freaks. good thing i'm normal :)'' #and the only one who is REMOTELY accurate in that assessment is the cleric whose catchphrase has quickly become #''hey. don't look at me. i just work with them.''

[resizura]

i dont think resident evil fans actually like resident evil games because like… esp ppl who only play the modern/remake games when they play an older one theyre like “why is there so much exploration? why is the inventory so small? wtf are the item boxes for? the puzzles are too hard! fixed camera angles!!!” like…. That is Resident Evil. it is survival horror. you need to survive. you need to plan your resources accordingly. you’ll miss items if you’re not careful enough. you have to choose which puzzles to do and when. you need to be strategic about when you save. should you kill those zombies or run past them? is it worth it using a shotgun on a zombie when you have your knife? what grenade ammo do i wanna craft? like im sorry but thats how resi started not the actiony hand-holdy bs it is now

#resizura rants #like unfortunately all the games r more action like re4 #i cant finish village because the puzzles make me mad cause theyre not puzzles. #oh u can only go thru one door #oh look wine #hmm this probably goes in the only other room thats unlocked #like yippee #but idk when people complain ab re1make or re0 being annoying to play #because of the Core Mechanics That Make Them Resident Evil Games #i get annoyed as hell #literally like ‘why do i have to apply survival skills to this survival horror?’

[ruthlesslistener]

If ace and arophobes really are coming back to tumblr then I'm not apologizing for how nasty I'll be to them btw. I've got no plans to seek them or their rhetoric out but if it happens organically then I'mma tear them bitches a new one and I don't care if it leads to them hatebombing me with death and rape threats again like they did when I was 14 and 17 <3 theres 10 million problems out there in the world that need solving but theoretical cishet men 'infiltrating' the queer community ain't one of them

#i try my best to be nice but if you fuck around #then by god are you going to find out #just. by god identity politics piss me off like nothing else #the world doesnt care that we're queer they want us fucking dead. and that applies to aros and aces #esp men tbh....theres such a stigma around aro men #seeing us as the 'default' and/or inherently predators #as if men are inherently ravenous dangerous sex beasts that only want to abuse women #and that women are incapable of also only wanting sex without feelings or are incapable of holding a power dynamic #people are dying in palestine and ukraine and russia is banning qll queer stuff #and the uk is horrifically transphobic #but instead of putting your energy towards protests you're just going to attack queer people on the internet #and then play the victim when they don #xt act nice back #people like that make me sick

[sugarsnappeases]

thank you for the tag @fxreflyes this is so cute, except the format is trying to hinder my propensity to ramble, so i’ve rectified this in the tags lmao

i’m over 5'5 / i wear glasses or contacts / i have blonde hair / i often wear sweatshirts / i prefer loose clothing over tight clothes / i have one or two piercings / i have at least one tattoo / i have blue eyes / i have dyed or highlighted my hair / i have or have had braces / i have freckles / i paint my nails / i typically wear makeup / i don’t often smile / resting bitch face / i play sports / i play an instrument / i know more than one language / i can cook or bake / i like writing / i like to read / i can multitask / i’ve never dated anyone / i have a best friend i’ve known for over five years / i am an only child

no pressure tags for @static-radio-ao3 @inevitablestars @itsjaywalkers @carniferous @orbitfalls @transsexualpriest @futurequibblerjournalist <333

#i'm like 5'7 i think. fun fact i used to wear glasses when i was like 11 bc all my friends were getting glasses and i wanted some too so i #lied to my optician. lol good times. don't actually need glasses tho soooo. #this is me coming out as a natural blonde guys….. like my hair hasn’t been blonde in a good year or so and it hasn’t been my natural blonde #in like three/four years but still in my heart of hearts i identify as a blonde. like i get confused when people don't count me as one #i have my ears and nose pierced and i would love a tattoo but unfortunately i have both a fear of needles and commitment issues so. #not sure if that’ll ever happen… would be very hot and sexy tho. also i'm one of those freaks with green eyes lol it's appaza quite rare #my hair is currently like dark dark brown… have been getting the itch to dye it again tho like a kinda reddish colour idk yet we’ll see #i had braces for AAGES. i have freckles in the summer and i paint my nails whenever i remember to. rn they’re a very chipped lilac colour #i think i have a resting bitch face but i can never tell tbf like it might be more of a resting 'dead to the world' face lmao #okay technically i don’t play an instrument anymore! but in the past i’ve dabbled with the cello the oboe and the xylophone. singing too #spanish and italian baybee although ig if this means like fluently then that’s not me but this is literally my degree it’s my whole brand #yes i like to read but also the only things ive read in like the last few months have been either books in spanish/italian for my degree #literary criticism for said span/ital books and… fanfic. so. also i like writing but it's my worst enemy rn the thoughts aren't working :( #i have many best friends that i’ve known for years!!!! in fact i've known some of my friends for like my entire life it's very cute #okay sorry for rambling i can never help myself and i also literally could go on icl like there was Some restraint applied here #kara lore #bc there's quite a lot of it in this one lol #tag games

[akkivee]

i’m not entirely sure if it counts, but the closest thing hypmic i think has gotten to this as a concept is the base line melody that loops throughout ore ga ichiro (underneath all the keyboard noises and synth) is the main melody in faces, except in faces it’s in reverse. ichiro may not have entirely been calling out rei but rei sure answered lol

#vee queued to fill the void #the stage music does actually tho lol #the oridivis had a very specific sound and in ensemble songs it would mix with the main melody like if you removed their vocals #you would still know which oridivi is up on the rotation and that’s the power of a leitmotif lol #it’s pretty tragic i think that we don’t have like main themes for the characters to play off this lol #like theme melodies the way chuuoku has this siren melody or the tobari bros’ are in the building melody lmao #it’s still crazy to me that the tobari bros are like the only ones who have one LOL #ohhh and now that i’m thinking of it it’s still not quite the same #but if you listen to say dh’s 2nd drb track (this applies to the tracks starting with the 2nd drb) #when rosasa are clearing the air between them the beat on their insert rap is the same beat #it just grows with each turn bc i assume the lore is that their hearts are connecting #and what’s neat about that is ​i’m pretty sure the only rap rei does in that track has an entirely different beat from theirs #rei’s not quite on their page yet and it’s symbolised thru the music *clenches fist* it is disgustingly good lmao

[randomsliems]

i sometimes wanted to be born a girl

but i know my trans ass would instead want to become a boy

#tumblr #tumblrstuff #trans artist #artists on tumblr #trans pride #trans #transgender #nonbinary #transgirl #transfem #how do i know this you ask #in one of the vn games i played i chose to be a girl #next thing i knew i was wearing masculine clothes #this may only apply to me #take this as a grain of salt

[rocketbirdie]

i would love to enjoy everything that stardew valley has to offer but unfortunately i approach this game the same way i approach real life: avoid all social interaction and tend to my garden in belligerent silence

#people posting screenshots of their stardew valley spouses and i'm just sitting here like. #y'all have time for relationships in this game?? wtf #i feel every second of every day ticking by. and i must dedicate each and every moment to my beloved potato field. #but seriously it's lowkey distressing. like. goddammit what do you MEAN the autism still happens in-game. #HOW am i supposed to know what gifts to give? WHY do my friendships decay so fucking fast just because we haven't talked in like. two days?? #WHERE are players finding time in their days to interact with the npcs????????? #i can't relate to any of the npcs anyway! nobody shares my unhealthy obsession with agricultural economics!! i literally don't get it. #listen i know there's a wiki but #the problem is that the wiki only applies to stardew valley and not to real life. and i need a cheat sheet for real life. #don't even get me started on the multitasking hell that this game represents. goddang feels like a 50 hour work week playing this game #[I LOVE IT] #ok rant over back to your regularly scheduled pathetic rpg twunks

[alpinelogy]

I just realized that when I write dialogue I usually write out only the dialogue before any of the action and sometimes I even imagine the dialogues lines as if in a theater play… now im wondering how obvious it is in the final draft

#lol and lmao #is is obvious in my writing? does my dialogue sound like something on a stage? i know i have a habit of making my characters monologue and #now im wondering just how far this goes for me lmao #i do have a lot of affection for plays both going to see them and (the sadder of the two options) reading them to the point that i lowk have #a bucket list of plays i wanna see one day. its mostly well known ones but like… yeah lmao. i love theater honestly #i deadass considered applying to theater studies as a major. but thats such a niche and random ass major that even I couldn’t justify it :// #<- also only a handful of schools teach it and it would be probably too expensive anyway :/// #erika.txt

[brooklynisher]

It feels weird to say because it's such a popular song and it was also a big meme song back in the Vine days, but I think Mad World is very Commander Cosmo-coded

Specifically the Pentatonix version because I don't associate it with the meme and also it sounds a lot more intense compared to the original which sounds very soft. I feel Commander Cosmo is more intense than he is soft. Also, I just like their version more

#where has Pentatonix even been lately actually #idk maybe I was more exposed to them as a child since they sang so many christian/christmas songs #but they were like a massive part of my childhood #it was one of those things that was like the default in my life. like they were just THE BAND I thought they were the most popular band eve #it surprised me when I realized they're less popular than mitski. than hozier. than taylor swift #they were just THAT popular in my mind for a VERY very long time #like they were barely even a christain band #if I remember correctly. Kevin was the only reason they did so much Christian music because he was the only christain one in the group #but y'know the songs kevin wanted to cover were pretty good and suitable so I can see why they weren't objecting to playing christian music #but that's besides the point #they're cool #but commander cosmo is depressed and all and I feel like their cover of mad world applies to him especially #like it's a general depressing song already but he's a special case. like it's almost on the nose with him. the chorus especially #steam powered giraffe #spg #commander cosmo #pentatonix mention #my stuff

[bonnielunkas]

triple deluxe bosses either chill in the background for 10 minutes or are kracko, who is filled with so much hate and rage that he MUST be in the foreground at all times to try and murder you UNLESS you got cannon'd to the background in which he WILL follow you because again, he is full of so much hate and rage.

#triple deluxe isn't the only game this applies to i think. it's just the most relevant example of this for me #since i was playing it earlier #kirby series #kirby triple deluxe

[cervidaecorpse]

Decided after thinking I could draw Tremolo from memory to actually try it.

#yugioh go rush #ryugu tremolo #a deer draws #the rule only applied for the lines #i'm not that advanced #can i vent about the references for a second? #srs they have been causing me so much confusion in all my earlier drawings #you can play “spot the difference” and you will actually find them #hint: the two i'm talking about are in the first image #and then not everyone has references like the brothers do???? #why do i need to look into episodes to find the proper eye colour of a certain glasses wearing furniture and providence fanboy???? #why do i need to check episodes to get the proper colour of the crescent in a certain blond commanders eyes???? #someone please tell me i just have not been looking hard enough... #anyway #there is more to come this week