#i could've done without knowing this

[t-lostinworlds]

i don’t know why i still get surprised while reading fanfics where i’ve read all the warnings twice. like there’d be a huge “MAJOR angst, betrayal, DARK content” at the very top of the fic and i still click the damn read more, i still go through reading it and i still go, HE DID WHAT?!w??1!? THIS HURTS SO BAD. OH NO WHY’D I READ THIS THIS IS SO DARK. NO NO I DON’T LIKE THAT yet still continue on wincing and crying and stomach hurling and clutching my chest bc i’m too damn curios and stubborn not to finish it since i got this far right? might as well suffer through with it. you put yourself in this situation, you deal with the consequences LMAO but 😢

#ALSKALSKAS #i give myself too much credit sometimes #i'll be like eh it won't hurt that much #i can stomach it #spoiler alert: and she did not in fact stomach it #i also hate my curiosity so so much #like i've got tags blocked obvs #but i still read it bc 'it can't be that bad right' ?? #like gurl what r u doing #and also some ppl on hear write the summary so interestingly #and so vague #like i just want to know what happens #and gosh at the very end of the fic i always go #i could've done without knowing this #i can't get back that part of my innocence now #gee thanks to me LMAO #ARIA I KNOW U KNOW THIS TOO #bc the amount of fics i've complained to u about #as to WHY i freakin read it 😭😭😭😭 #ramblings

[fandom-geek]

i think the thing that really gets me about pre-canon durge is their absolute sense of duty, and their utter isolation outside of the cult of bhaal.

most of the cultists seem eager to see durge upon their return, and one even says they were the first to feed him flesh. gortash tells them of an exhibition of a bhaalspawn's corpse and another bhaalspawn's creations and durge immediately plans to attack the hall of wonder to recover them. they then apparently entrust said bhaalspawn's corpse to sceleritas fel to "restore" through taxidermy. they deride orin for her artistry with corpses explicitly because "bhaal will never care" and because orin "[does] not understand lord bhaal".

even their infamous prayer for forgiveness is framed around their absolute submission to bhaal's plans, and the crime that requires forgiveness? admiring his rival's chosen. that's one line, and the next three paragraphs are swearing to carry out his plan exactly as they've been told to, all for his forgiveness.

hell, even their room reinforces this. orin has barely touched the place aside from installing her mother's corpse and her manifesto - and that is some of the only decoration. what was it before orin, an empty room with skulls, a bed, a desk, some chests and a wardrobe?

the durge didn't have any semblance of a life outside of bhaal, aside from gortash. and is it any surprise? the only other hint they ever had a life outside of the cult is the flashback of kid durge murdering their adopted family, all thanks to their father's urging.

bhaal even tries to force them back into isolation after they've been tadpoled by forcing them to kill alfira, and then trying to force a durge who resists him to kill their lover. if they continue resisting, bhaal kills them. bhaal will not allow them to have a life outside of him and, if it weren't for jergal, he would've succeeded.

#bg3 spoilers #the dark urge #honestly writing this all out it's weird that bhaal doesn't try to kill your party when you're at the temple #it'd be perfectly in line with everything else he'd done to durge up until that moment #also just makes me think of how sceleritas will tell an evil durge that the worst thing they've ever done #is giving a beggar a coin without asking for anything in return #ymmv and everyone has their own headcanons but pre canon durge was not a happy or enthusiastic participant as far as canon shows #which is reinforced by gortash saying you've always been better at controlling your urges than orin! #why would durge bother to do that when 'all father wants is death in droves death in numbers'! #honestly i think it's v reasonable to think that durge could've been tempted into bane worship given what little we know of them pre canon #anyway haven't played evil durge myself so very curious abt any insights from that route #baldur's gate

[canisalbus]

Okay I just realised this but Vasco's two moles under his eyes reminded me of this old saying that two moles directly under the eyes mean you get bad luck in relationships. Intentional or not, this detail is a nice little easter egg to his relationship with Machete and any he had beforehand!

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#facial mole/beauty mark placements have had specific meanings in the past that much I know #I tried to look into this and see if it's a well known thing but couldn't find anything #so I can't verify or refute it but if it's true that's a fun coincidence #answered #anonymous #is Vasco unlucky in relationships though? #well maybe in a way that his favorite person is kind of a mess and not an easy individual to love #Vasco has the looks pedigree and stellar personality realistically he probably could've done better #but I like to think their relationship is strong and mutually fullfilling and despite their differences they work very well together #it's cliche but you could call it a soulmates thing #maybe the unlucky part is how precarious their situation is #and how despite their best efforts the world continuously tries to get between them #and then Machete gets murdered unexpectedly and Vasco has to continue living without him #I don't know I'm just musing

[givemewallywestorgivemedeath]

The parallels between Eobard's first time donning the Reverse Flash suit and his last are spectacular.

Here's the scene: You have a young 20 year old Wally facing off against Eobard Thawne. This was Eobard's first time travel adventure and he fully descended into madness. Eobard attempted to take over Barry's life but the Flash family stopped him. Enraged, Eobard took them all down one by one until it was just him and Wally left. It was a bloody showdown and an unfortunately placed pothole cost Wally critical seconds. Eobard was about to murder him when, out of nowhere, a bolt of lightning struck him. Wally thanked Barry, who had been dead for years at this point, and proceeded to kick Eobard's ass into the next century.

Then you have Eobard's last time as the Reverse Flash. Eobard had tried to take over Barry's life but the Flash family had stopped him. Enraged, Eobard sent the Rogues after them and went to go kill Barry once and for all. It was a bloody showdown between Thawne and Allen. Eobard got into Barry's head and shocked him with new information. Unfortunately, Barry's shock cost him valuable seconds and Eobard took that time to knock him down. Eobard was about to murder him when, out of nowhere, a bolt of lightning struck him. Barry could hear Wally, who had been missing for months and was halfway across the universe, and he made a promise to go find him.

I just think it's fantastic that Eobard's first and last time running went the exact same way. So much so that Eobard flipped out that it had happened again.

Not to mention Barry and Wally's love for each other in the form of strategically thrown lightning bolts that transcend life, death, and reality.

That bastard went out the same way he came in, being physically harmed by Barry and Wally's love for each other.

#god they're so fucking extra though #they never do this. literally barry had been dead without a trace and he had never done this before or done it again #but Eobard was threatening his KID goddammit #Barry wasn't gonna let a silly thing like death stop him from saving Wally's life #also i stg i think Wally just thought itd be funny #he was right #i mean he had dr wallyhattan powers at the time #so he really could've done anything #but he went 'you know what'd be REALLY fucking funny?' and I love him for it #dc #dc comics #the flash #kid flash #wally west #barry allen #eobard thawne

[lloydfrontera]

my love for lloyd's being shown repeatedly to be a kind and surprisingly thoughtful person and boss in the webnovel VS my need to see lloyd and javier being absolute asshole best friends with each other

it's a tough fight i'm not gonna lie

#i talk a lot <3 #i am Loving the interactions between them that we've been getting these last few chapters it feels like they're making up for neglecting #their relationship in prior arcs but it is at the cost of more quiet moments that i feel help to understand who lloyd is as a person #and i don't Love that #but i trust that they know what they're doing #as it is i think the namaran arc could've done with the small bit of foreshadowing that we get with the mastodons incident #regarding lloyd's attitude towards the dead but it's nothing too bad it can be understood without too much trouble ig #tged #the greatest estate developer #lloyd frontera #javier asrahan

[lumimis]

man

#sometimes i wish i could've never existed and everyone would still be where they are #that sounds . odd #it feels like i've done good things #things that have made people who they are #but i wish those good things could've happened without me #you know ? #weiird #sorry i think i breathed in too much paint fumes

[ereborne]

Song of the Day: January 14

"Diva's Lament (Whatever Happened to My Part)" from Monty Python's Spamalot

#song of the day #two hours in a car + four hours in a different car + eight hours on the train + two hours in yet a different car(truck) and now home! #it was a good trip and I'm glad to have done it (actually there's a couple people I didn't get to see so I could've gone for longer) #but today was big stinky balls and I'm so glad to be home at last #the cats are very happy to see us and my poor plants. my poor plants. maybe actually I could not have been gone any longer. #I left such detailed notes on watering but it didn't occur to me to also specify that they should be allowed /light/ my poor plants #anyway our train stopped dead for half an hour outside DC while they changed motors and it was so dark and cold and boring #and I thought 'what's a song I might know all the words to that I've never tried to remember without backing. a nice test song' #and for some reason I came up with Spamalot! a very fun musical #I do indeed know all of the Diva's Lament though I couldn't get You Won't Succeed on Broadway all in the right order #Duncan did ask me what I was thinking about and I got to deliver a couple Diva's Lament lines deadpan #'they've been out searching for a shrub / out shopping for a bush! well they can kiss my tush! / seems to me they've really lost the plot' #no better nonsense than Spamalot

[aptericia]

flat all-gray layer set to Saturation and placed above all the other layers my beloved

#seriously being able to see the piece without color saves lives #super helpful for more involved compositions like the comms I just finished #man it was so hard to send it the final versions of those...... like I KNOW I could've done better.... but I don't know HOW..... #I had to tell myself that since they were the same quality as my example pieces no one would be disappointed #anyway I'm glad ppl seem to like them <3<3<3 #ramblings #art ramblings

[beebmo]

the designs in danganronpa v3 bug me so MUCH why are so many of the girls wearing different color variants of the same goddamn sailor school girl uniform. why does rantaro just have a regular ass t shirt on. why is shuichi, a literal detective, somehow a less visually appealing protagonist than makoto, Just Some Guy. why is kaito. they were literally all given outfits SPECIFICALLY tailored to them and their talents at the start of the game. to make them all more interesting to look at for the viewers. and yet they are all somehow the most bland looking characters out of any of the danganronpa games how does that WORK how did they MANAGE

#the designs in this game could've been so FUN they literally could've been as outlandish with them as they wanted. why #i guess the in universe explanation could just be Tsumugi Running Out Of Ideas or whatever but i don't think this was done intentionally #i wanna redesign so many of them so bad. maybe i will at some point #you know if i can figure out how to draw multiple characters at a time without feeling Ungodly smounts of Fatigue #danganronpa #i feel like so many of them have the potential to be really good designs but they're just MISSING something. #its not specifically a v3 thing its just worse in v3 for some reason #brody.txt

[nebuladreamz]

Hey so you had the poll that said you were gonna put up a Stalit spoiler animatic and the polls won yes so like---- where is it bestie

#nebula answers #bunmuffin #YOU FUCKER GHJFHSDJGJHFSJGH #I HEARD YOUR ASS TYPING #anyways thumbs up youre all gonna wait until we get closer to the end bc #i think it's funnier like that <33 #do i wanna post it?? #yeas #without a doubt bc holy shit im proud of it #HOWEVER #i am of the favor of having people theorize if they want to about what the fuck is gonna happen #which. i know i could've still done if i didnt do the poll #but i was a curious lil guy head in hands

[to-the-batcomputer]

i don't understand why they created one of the most compassionate yet still complex bruce waynes with the animated series and then turned him into an old bitch (/negative) in batman beyond

#'INGRATES' BRUCE WAYNE? YHE PEOPLE OF GOTHAM? THEYRE NOT THANKING YOU ENOUGH? BRUCE WAYNE? #i know it's not a big deal it just irritates me #lots of it annoys me but that particular line just sounded weird to even hear in kevin conroy's voice. INGRATES???? #they absolutely could've done this plot without making him all bitter and everyone having left him #the scene that starts with him eating dinner at his huge dining table all alone. what the fuck #i just wanna know what they had in mind when they did this. how and why would btas bruce turn into this #he's jaded well ok. could we have Not written him that way. who wants to see this future for him #i'm way overthinking this lol this is how i have fun. complaining

[the-bugsnax-journalists]

#bugsnax #art #bugsnax spoilers #lizbert megafig #eggabell batternugget #it took so long to get the poses/references for these two #there's almost nothing on bugsnax queen Eggabell alone- #also they ballroom dancing cus a friend told me it reminded them of slow dancing back when I first drew them on the first of this month #also funny haha cringe captions cus idk i think it kinda fits??? #look i could've done it without text but i gotta add that 🌟flair🌟 ya know? #also sweetifly tiara for the second queen cus it's a cute lil detail too

[tvrningout-a]

i should've switched to writing original stuff ages ago bc i could've been overcoming writer's block if i did :' )

#connecting mine and vee's lore in written form is something i've wanted to do forever bc i love love love gaia and kaiya's relationship!! #but i had a mental block towards bio's for... man i dunno how long tbh #i always got really stuck with them which is why i started doing bullet points where i could jot down all my thoughts #but i should have just?? been unafraid to write lengthy bio's i think #and then i could've done fun stuff like this way earlier!! without feeling stuck and slow!! #like honestly i don't even care about the people who won't bother to read my bio's bc those probably aren't the people who will #end up writing with me #i always avoided lengthy bio's bc i didn't wanna inconvenience someone #but how is it inconveniencing if i'm trying to make something interesting and enjoyable to read? #how is it inconveniencing if i'm just?? writing about my muses?? it's silly to water down my creativity and i'm sorry i did it now #now pls know i can give you the tldr on any of my muses bio if you need it asdfgh but i'm gonna just!! do what's fun for me from now on #that's gonna be a very important rule i need to enforce for myself with this blog move #no more doing things that make it harder for myself bc i'm worried about other people #there needs to be a balance and that's what i'm gonna keep in mind going forward uvu #so sorry for the rant oh my gosh asdfgh i just got to thinking and truly my writer's block has not bothered me with dorverold stuff #like it has in the past for other things and i think it's how i've approached writing and world building aka not worrying about length #if i'm struggling it's because i'm tired or busy #ANYWAY ASDFG i promise i'm going to bed now :' ))) good night!! #get ready to ramble | ooc

[shikai-the-storyteller]

Clawing at the walls I hate that I don't have enough time to keep up with all the QSMP and Purgatory POVs / lore I'm interested in, I JUST WANNA KNOW WHATS HAPPENING!!!! I WANNA SEE IT ALL!!!!!!

#i talk #qsmp talk #purgatory talk #IM A SPONGE FOR KNOWLEDGE AND INFORMATION AND THE CONSTANT FLOW IS EXCEEDING MY ABILITY TO ABSORB #by which I mean being an adult with a full-time job makes it so hard to be a QSMP fan OTL #I just wanna know all the things... and not just summaries I want all the juicy details #I want to know the exact quotes I need primary sources #I don't like hearing things second-hand and even when I DO hear them from trusted sources #I like looking things up myself because #what was the tone? what was the context? what was the response to what was said? #It's important!!! It can change my entire perspective rather than if I just took a quote or summary at face value!!!! #agh!!!! #QSMP / MCYT as a whole was the worst possible media for me to get into because it's IMPOSSIBLE to know it all #Meanwhile I'm cited the official gosh dang Transf0rmers wiki #because I'm literally the ONLY person who transcribed an interview from one of the (at the time) recent TV show writers #I wish I'd known how to archive / download streams at the time. It's lost media and I'm so glad I summarized things / transcribed stufd #* stuff. But I could've done it even better... #anyways that's a big reason why I run R.A. I want the clips for my own sake but I also like providing context for other fans #agh. I AM mostly exhilarated with the Purgatory 2 things because Quackity's commentating is SO fun #and it's a good way for me to keep up w/ multiple POVs without watching 10 streams at once #but I'm still missing out on things. And I've missed SO MUCH QSMP lore. #I never used to miss a Phil stream but now I'm so behind on VODs #OTL #none of this is super serious complaining this is more of a ''man wouldn't it be nice if I could do it all?'' thing #Anyways. Idk if you read tags Bell but if you see this — you're a real one for posting so many clips #I appreciate you so much #*** Meanwhile I'm cited on #missed a word there

[landonkirbyappreciation]

#please DO NOT repost or use any of my gifs on twitter without credit #landon kirby #landonkirbyedit #4x16 #multi #rafael waithe #seylah chelon #hope mikaelson #legacies parallels #my edit #my gifs #bc growing up alone and unwanted and abused = love friendship and adventure :') #ugh #i could've done way more but it would've been too much for one gifset #i also wanted to focus more on landon's life overall like before hope and raf #bc yeah he has known incredible love with hope and friendship with raf #but he didn't know raf till he was 15 #and wasn't with hope till he was 17 #so to say he's known those things his whole life #when he absolutely has not and has had a horrible life and had no one #is complete bs and downright insulting #even if we assume landon was just saying that to help seylah #it's the fact that the writers didn't imply that it wasn't true #and had seylah believing it when she knows it's not the truth #which to me kinda confirms that the writers meant for it to be genuine #plus they've ignored landon's trauma and pain all this time anyway #this was just another way for them to totally disregard his trauma #by trying to erase it and his background #and romanticizing the terrible life he's had instead for the sake of their messed up narrative #or they just really don't know his character bc it's as if they didn't watch the first seasons

[mashmouths]

THE HUMBLE TANKTOP ‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️

#guess who just watched the mv #all i have to say is get changbin out of my SIGHT. his pirate ship body roll nonsense will have consequences #(the consequences are me chewing on him like he's the last squeaky toy at petsmart but i digresss.) who said that......... #anyway i could've done without the crochet catholicism but the bubble effect? perfect. the silly pants? perfect. the spark effect the #editors love so much? an old friend who i've missed dearly <3 i don't even care that it looked like they filmed it on the descendants set #skeez #a post #i know nobody asked but i <3 posting #WHAT THE FUCK ARE THOSE CHUNKY CROCS MINHO'S WEARING IN THE FIRST CHORUS ? EXCUSE ME ??????? whatever