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tapiocats · 4 months

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Decay exists as an extant form of life

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lynnical · 14 days

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I was craving some Marilyn Monroe and decided to watch 'Some like it hot!' and am now wondering if the first half of the Lackadaisy pilot was based off of that movies opening-

Like, both of them feature a car chase where the ones being chased have a big box full of liquor that gets shot and starts leaking, they start shooting back at their pursuers through the rear windscreen and eventually manage to break down the chasers vehicle to get away!

Like??? I guess it could be a huge coincidence but idk this feels like an intentional reference. Which I am totally on board with I fucking love finding references between different pieces of media.

#lackadaisy #lackadaisy freckle #lackadaisy rocky #lackadaisy mordecai #lackadaisy miss pepper #some like it hot! 1959 #the hype for this show has died down now but I couldn't *not* share this #it would be so cool if it really is a reference #hi yes i’m alive

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thecatslug · 1 year

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So I was wondering if you had to give your Strahd a personality trait, ideal, bond, and flaw in the style of the 5e system what would it be? The one's in 5e's Van Richten's Guide don't feel right but also don't feel fully wrong. Idk.

Intriguing question! I’m not a huge fan of the 5e I/B/F system, but here’s my best shot at the biggest ones;

Ideal: Pragmatism (Lawful Evil)

Traditional Morality can be a stumbling block to practical solutions. It is better to be ‘evil’ when necessary than to fail when it matters most.

Ideal #2: Honor Thy Word (Lawful)

You are nothing without your word. Keep the promises you make unless broken by the other party (e.g., thieves forfeiting his protection; War Against Azalin ch. 6).

Bond: I am the Land

After spending his life fighting for Barovia and literally bonding himself to the land (I, Strahd ch. 2 | WAA ch. 6), Barovia is rather important to him. Though he may not show it conventionally, he does care about the place in his own twisted way. He will go to exceedingly unhinged lengths (WAA ch. 14) to protect Barovia and its people when it is truly threatened in his eyes.

Flaw: Psychopathy Under Duress

In times of desperation or extreme stress, the emotions’ of others are no longer logically factored into decision making to the point of basically forgetting anyone has or is swayed by them.

Flaw #2: The Challenger

It takes considerable willpower to not call people out, rise to a debate (WAA ch. 6), or to a challenge of authority.

Flaw #3: Tactless

Though he tries his best, he has little to no true tact in matters of emotion or the heart.

Flaw #4: Goddamn Nerd

It is difficult to fully resist launching rambling philosophical discussion on a topic he finds intriguing (WAA ch. 6).

Flaw #5: Mental Instability

From clear and clinically delusional obsessions (e.g., Tatyana) to chronic depression and executive functioning deficits- he is hardly a picture of stability. Overall, mental illness has had likely the most detrimental impact on his behavior, decision making, and life in general- and will continue to kneecap him for, well, eternity.

{I slapped in some source notes on where I’ve drawn specific points from, but everything here is, at its core, sourced from his novels!}

For those nerdy souls that clicked on the “read more” thing, hi! Good to see y’all!

I wanted to add a quick point on how I usually notate his (and most of my NPCs’) personality traits, because why not.

Myers Briggs (MBTI) -> describes a person’s style of cognitive functioning/processing which impacts how they solve problems and see the world (Strahd is an INTJ. He is introverted, logic driven yet intuitive, and skilled in taking the bigger picture of a situation, analyzing it, and implementing often out of the box solutions based off of his analysis. INTJs tend to wax philosophical at times and have an essential drive for knowledge as well. Emotions and social graces, however, are tossed out the window.)

(Just read War Against Azalin if you’re skeptical. His crackhead plan to save Barovia and chapters of philosophical musing are evidence enough. If you think he’s an extrovert, read I, Strahd and tell me if chucking letters at people in bat form to avoid social interaction is extroverted behavior.)

Enneagram -> describes a person’s core desire and the fears they stem from (Strahd is an enneagram 8 wing 9, protecting himself though controlling his own life is his core desire, fear of being harmed or controlled by others is his core fear. However, he can reign in overt aggression when needed, opting for long term vindictiveness and more manipulative shows of dominance all while being about as extroverted as a potato- hence the 9 wing.)

Vampire: The Masquerade Roads and Paths system -> Great inspiration for describing lawful evil character “moral codes”. LE characters have their own rigid moral codes which I try to write out. VtM’s Road/Path system gives some good ideas on what those can look like, and how certain “ideals” may rate in a hierarchy of importance. (I borrow inspiration from some tenants of Road of Kings: Path of the Tyrant to notate his core values).

#hi yes I’m alive #i’m back with another essay #strahd von zarovich #curse of strahd #ravenloft #strahd #ravenloft2e #dnd npc #LFOS

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flashthescalesian-art · 2 months

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Silence (a.k.a Jax has rejection sensitive dysphoria)

Jax has ADHD, and I also have ADHD, so of course I had to dump my RSD issues onto Jax too because traumatizing my OCs is how I cope when something is bothering me. I’m not gonna go into detail about my personal issues (I’m okay, just struggle-bussing it through life), but sometimes no matter what anyone says, RSD still manages to convince you that you did something wrong when someone stops talking to you. (Bob belongs to @thehannalyzer, btw, he’s not mine. (Also, I’m not trying to make any commander mentioned out to be a “bad guy” or “mean”, just so we’re clear on that. This is from Jax’s RSD-clouded POV, I’m not bashing anyone else mentioned))

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“Something’s bugging you,” Blazer said in lieu of a greeting when he walked into Jax’s office and leaned on the desk with both arms, one hand supporting his chin as he stared at Jax.

Jax avoided eye contact and tried to pretend he was busy working. Go away.

“Hey, genius, you and I both know you hate paperwork, so there’s no way you’re so focused that you didn’t hear me.” Blazer grabbed Jax’s datapad and pulled it out of his hands before setting it facedown just out of Jax’s reach. “You gonna talk to me or do I need to make you talk?”

Jax glared up at Blazer. He looked genuinely worried, if annoyed, and Jax instantly felt guilty. What am I doing? Why am I pushing him away when he’s not even someone I’m mad at? Sighing, Jax rubbed a hand down his face, trying to stay composed enough to explain what was going on in his head. “The others are barely speaking to me. Or, it feels that way, anyway.” He shrugged. “I dunno if I’m just overreacting or if they’re actually ignoring me.”

Blazer frowned sympathetically as he absently rubbed the scar on his chin with one finger. “Okay. Are they just busy? It’s not like things have been quiet for anyone lately.”

Jax shrugged again, a lump forming in his throat. Force-dammit. Can’t talk about osik without crying. No wonder the others see me as a baby still. “I don’t know. A couple of them said they’re busy, but others… I haven’t heard from a few of them in weeks.” His eyes stung, so he scrubbed at them with one hand. He felt Blazer’s hand rest on top of the hand that still held his stylus for his datapad.

“Who haven’t you heard from?” Blazer’s voice was gentle, so gentle.

Jax couldn’t look at him. “F-Fox. And Bob. And— and Bacara and Neyo.”

“Well, you told me that Thorn’s been worried about Fox too, so I doubt he’s ignoring only you if his twin is worried about him. Plus you mentioned that Thire sounded worried.”

“Was that supposed to be reassuring?” Jax asked bitterly.

Blazer gave a soft sigh. “Yes and no. It’s not a good thing that Fox seems to be ignoring Thorn and Thire too, but it does mean that it’s probably nothing to do with you, if that’s what you’re upset about.”

“That doesn’t make me feel better,” Jax mumbled, still barely holding himself together. “Even if Fox isn’t mad at me, that doesn’t explain everyone else.”

Blazer squeezed Jax’s hand. “It is possible that Bob is avoiding talking to you since that fight you two had. It might be good if you don’t talk to him for a while anyway.”

Jax instantly felt guilt wash over him like a wave, so he buried his face in his arms on the desk, pulling away from Blazer. “I don’t wanna talk about that. He hates me, and I don’t even know what I did wrong.” Sure, Bob had sent multiple apologies after the fight, but that was nearly a month ago at this point. Jax hadn’t really responded since he wasn’t sure he believed Bob, and after a month of silence, it felt even harder to believe that Bob didn’t hate him.

“So what if he hates you?” Blazer’s voice took on a fierce tone that seemed to color his words any time Jax mentioned that he thought Bob— or any of his brothers, really —hated him. “You don’t need his approval or attention. Same goes for Neyo and Bacara. If they don’t wanna talk to you, that’s their issue, not yours. You didn’t do anything to them.”

Jax simply wanted to melt into the floor. He knew Blazer meant well, and some angry part of him agreed with Blazer, but he couldn’t shake the little cadet voice wondering why his older brothers didn’t seem to want to talk to him, or why he always felt like they looked down on him. Just the thought of never speaking to any of his older brothers again made that little voice cry out in agony. “But I don’t want to lose contact with them,” Jax whimpered into his arms.

“If they’re not gonna put in the effort, why should you?” Blazer asked, his raspy voice nearly a growl now.

Jax felt tears escape, so he pressed his face harder into his arms. “Because I love them,” he whimpered, feeling pathetic.

He heard the soft thunk of Blazer’s vambraces on the desk, then footsteps that stopped at his side. A hand rested on his shoulder. “You don’t owe them anything. If they don’t want to talk to you, that’s their choice. Don’t let them drag you down. If they don’t think you’re worth the effort, then it’s not a relationship worth stressing over.” Blazer’s voice was much softer now.

Jax tried to take a breath, but it came out as more of a sob. “But what did I do wrong?” It didn’t make sense that his older brothers would just stop talking to him, so he had to have done something to make them want to stop talking to him. Right?

Blazer grabbed Jax with both hands and carefully guided him out of his chair and onto the floor before pulling him into a tight hug. Jax didn’t have the energy to resist, so he simply buried his face in Blazer’s shoulder. “If you can’t think of anything you did wrong, you probably didn’t do anything wrong. Sometimes it’s not your fault when people don’t want to talk to you anymore.”

“It still feels like it’s my fault,” Jax choked out, clinging to Blazer.

Blazer simply held him tighter. “I know. I’m sorry.”

Jax could only cry harder.

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blue-firelight1234 · 1 year

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Can’t wait to glue slabs of raw meat onto all my arrows

#tears of the kingdom #legend of zelda #loz #legend of zelda tears of the kingdom #botw 2 #breath of the wild #zelda #hi yes i’m alive

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larry-lmao · 1 month

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im scared for the demjaytwt and the demjay fandom in general

#larrylmao #hi yes i’m alive #demjay #castle of nations

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notesbyash · 10 months

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sometimes academia is just a really long game of telephone

#hi yes I’m alive #i’ll be getting back to this blog in a bit #life has struck #ash just yells #academia

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yeekachu · 1 year

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#hi yes I’m alive #life’s been wacky and I’m just trying to get my feet under me lately #elön’s making a compelling argument to start spending more time here again though so look for that in the next couple days #lately I’ve been mostly on Twitter (yelling about steddie) and ao3 (absorbing more steddie)#I’ve also been working 50 hour work weeks but we don’t need to talk about that alskskdjdjd #💜💜💜#not queued #about me

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adragonaday2024 · 3 months

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24/1/12

#daily dragon #dragon #art #hi yes I’m alive #will spend the next couple of week trying to catch up though #oopsie daisy

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puppetmaster13u · 3 months

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Prompt 218

“Moom, there’s yellow-eyed creeps fighting ninjas outside the window again!”

Danny sighed, taking a deep breath- in for ten, out for eight- as he set the pot he was cleaning back in the sink. Dan- currently six- came running in from the living room of the apartment, where he was watching TV. Or he should have been if not for the bullshit outside.

He sighed again, picking up baby Ellie- currently closer to two- out of her highchair (even if she could just float out) and let his oldest drag him to the window. Sure enough, another fight was happening, with no vigilante in sight stopping it. Look, he knew most people didn’t live here, but it was still rude.

“Jordan, remember how I told you how violence isn’t always the answer?” Danny asked sweetly, Dan’s expression shifting to a wicked grin as he opened the window. “Feel free to practice tossing some fireballs while I clean up your sister, yeah?”

Ah, the sweet sound of surprised cursing and startled ecto-signatures. Maybe they’d be polite enough to take their spar elsewhere.

#DCxDP #DPxDC #Danny: I’m going to be a better parent than my parents & not get distracted by work #He has a couple of the clones’ cores too #Does it count as mpreg?#Danny has a garden shop/bookstore at ground level #He’s gotten better at cooking but he doesn’t trust them not to come alive so he sticks to drinks #Halfas are like phoenixes when they have to retreat to their core #They come out as babies thanks to having to rebuild their human flesh body from scratch #Why yes they’re in Gotham- he’s lived in several different cities over the last few decades #Doesn’t look a day over thirty somehow (it’s the ectoplasm)#Space Core Danny #Sun Core Dan #Moon Core Ellie #Why yes he named his clone-sons after stars #Shadow Core Orion #Bed Sheet Ghost #Earth Core Rigel #Monster Ghost #Light Core Algor #Tiny Ghost #Sun Core Draco #Yes Danny is an adult with a pair of small children & 4 more on the way what of it #dad danny #Mom Danny #He is both #prompts

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hufflepotato-18 · 10 days

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“If Gilbert had been asked to describe his ideal woman the description would have answered point for point to Anne, even to those seven tiny freckles whose obnoxious presence still continued to vex her soul. Gilbert was as yet little more than a boy; but a boy has his dreams as have others, and in Gilbert's future there was always a girl with big, limpid grey eyes, and a face as fine and delicate as a flower. He had made up his mind, also, that his future must be worthy of its goddess.”

- Anne of Avonlea, L. M. Montgomery

#literature #books #l m montgomery #anne of green gables #anne of avonlea #anne with an e #anne shirley cuthbert #gilbert blythe #OH MY GOD #*MUFFLED SCREAMING*#LORD HELP ME #I MISSED THESE TWO JELLY BEANS #‘He had made up his mind also that his future must be worthy of its goddess’ UMM HELLOOOO?? SIR????#yes i’m alive btw #i have returned simply to share this

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bahbahhh · 1 year

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Tears of the Past - a totk theory short fan comic

[Part 1]

#bahbahhhart #totk #totk theory #tears of the kingdom theories #tears of the kingdom #loz fanart #legend of Zelda #loz #in which Zelda is playable and gets armor #not just in another ceremonial dress this time #and she glows #because she powerful #and link can’t believe she’s alive until she’s in his arms #zelink #yes I updated his arm #because I’m me and I planned it out after I did the first page and there are lots of hand close ups

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lambinarmor · 3 months

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#ada Wong we don’t deserve you #we can thank my amazing husband (bugsy) for this ♥️🙏#also separate ways dlc changed my life LMAO the urge to play it again is so strong 🥹#anyway yes hi I’m alive pls enjoy #ada wong #separate ways #resident evil #re4 #dbd #my art

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thatsrightice · 7 months

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You know what? I get Maverick isn’t used to people taking care of him and shit but you think Iceman is any better? If anything I think he’s insanely worse because he’s way better at hiding it than Mav. Maverick? Open book. Terrible at hiding shit like it’s obnoxiously obvious and he’ll argue with you about not being hurt or anything. When he knows he’s lost he’ll just be all like “Look at the wires and shit coming out of that bird over there! It’s a government agent!” And then sprints away when you look behind you.

Tom “Iceman” Kazansky’s mask is so well built that you’ll literally never know. He’s such an insanely good actor like send him to Juilliard. And if you witness something no you didn’t because this man is the king of all gaslighters. You think he’s sick? No he’s not. He’ll just look at you with a bored expression and an eyebrow raised. He’ll fucking dislocate his shoulder for like the millionth time and pop that bitch back in before anyone is able to say a word. Then he’ll have the audacity to pretend it never happened like what the actual fuck dude! You dislocated your shoulder? And he’ll just be like what are you talking about. It’ll just continue like that until you’re literally having an existential crisis.

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joelsgreys · 3 months

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well that was a rough week but anyway

#hi i’m alive #i missed everyone #the only thing i know about is catherine’s casting announcement #i am so fucking stoked #as a schitt’s creek fan this means everything to me #yes i’m a hamilton fan

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tenitchyfingers · 1 year

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I have found this just now and have actively been losing my mind over this like one of those Loki fans in the early 2010s like

his FACE. He knows something we don’t and he’s TRYING to not say anything.

“I know that there’s been a lot of effort to establish that Stu is still alive in the last movie”

“They’re shooting Scream right now and I’m not in Scream right now. Right now I’m not in Scream, right now I’m in San Diego” (this video was posted in February but it’s sure that it was shot during SDCC 2022 which means he was talking about Scream VI, not anything in the future and him repeating he’s not in Scream RIGHT NOW doesn’t exclude he’ll be in Scream sometime in the future)

So, me, once again:

#stu macher #Matthew Lillard #if Stu doesn’t show up in 7 that’s gonna be my villain origin story #but COME ON he’s definitely hiding something #HE IS DOING THE THING TOBEY AND ANDREW WERE DOING BEFORE NO WAY HOME CAME OUT #if it doesn’t happen I’ll cry a lot and write a whole bunch of more different takes on 7/8/etc where he DOES come back #I’m not going down #and yes I might be delusional but THIS IS MY HAPPY PLACE MENTALLY RN LET ME HAVE IT #and hey there are two options: 1. he was just teasing and maybe just hoping to get one of his biggest gigs back #2. he KNOWS some shit that we don’t YET #either way I am losing my mind #I’m either gonna party as hard as I’ve ever partied in my life #or I’m gonna crash and burn and be completely heartbroken for the rest of my life #either way I WANT TO BELIEVE 🛸#STU IS ALIVE IS AS REAL AS THE BIBLE IS TO CHRISTIANS #nobody will ever convince me otherwise #YOU ARE NOT TAKING ME DOWN GET OFF MY LAWN #*cocks hunting rifle*

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