#i don't have a horse in this race

[eff-plays]

I think Astarion should randomly say no when you ask for a kiss and you can offer to give him a hug instead. I think he should do that. I think that should be an option.

#bg3 #bg3 spoilers #astarion #DEDICATED. HUG. OPTION. FOR. ALL OF THEM. #well idk if lae'zel would be into it but ... i think i could crack that horrible green egg #personally i think post-game spawn astarion is always down for an innocent little smooch so i have no horse in this race BUT #maybe sometimes he's in the mood for a hug instead?? what then?? #a kiss AND hug? now we're cooking with gas #headcanon that astarion says no to a kiss one time just to see how hira will react and they don't miss a beat and ask for a hug instead #and seem equally excited about it #so of course he gives them a hug and a smooch at the end cuz he 'changed his mind'

[despazito]

None of you people know how to be normal about pregnant folks it's kind of fucked up how they face vitriol and dehumanizing comments from both right and leftist spaces as a demographic that is at greater risk of experiencing physical violence. kind of horrifying!

#i don't even want kids i dont have a horse in this race

[whumpster-dumpster]

#whump #poll #nudity #tw nudity mention #i'm curious #specifically because i have no horse in this race #i don't know if i phrased the options very well sorry

[decepti-geek]

for all that I love Ghosts, I've been getting a very different kind of joy out of watching uploads of a very, very similar show on youtube - The Ghosts of Motley Hall.

Like, a setup where the ghosts actually mostly like each other from the off, so that a huge chunk of the dialogue just goes towards establishing more and more of their meandering, idiosyncratic shared history (especially because the budget was clearly about £1.50 so they have to establish most things through dialogue)... that has its own kind of charm.

#bbc ghosts #the ghosts of motley hall #I'm genuinely not sure how much overlap to expect in terms of ghosts people who have seen this #because I... couldn't find? any mention of the six idiots referencing it they only seem to talk about Rentaghost #so when I first looked into it I was expecting there to be a steady trickle in the Ghosts to finding out about Motley Hall pipeline #but not only does there not appear to be #the show is apparently just WAY more obscure than I anticipated in general? #at least in terms of its presence in any online articles/social media #anyway all this to say I think anyone who's comfortable with suspending disbelief in the name of fun would benefit from knowing about Motle #ie I think more people should #also in terms of ghosts stuff Motley Hall also has a Fanny in it! #The dialogue is just whimsical little joy after joy #'I ALWAYS do the stairs on Thursdays!' #'I don't think they are wirelesses. they have glass fronts.' 'they've got knobs on.' 'well so's a chest of drawers!' #Also one of the things I have found writing about is that Fanny was apparently a fan favourite character back in the day #and I cannot pinpoint a single concrete reason why but I GET IT he's just so entertaining to watch #GOD I just love the dialogue so much 'you think it'll go on forever?' 'nah it'll run out of horses' referring to horse racing on TV #I love Bodkin and his perpetual willingness to position himself as the arbiter of common sense based on very little actual knowledge #'what's he? a soldier?' 'nah that's a policeman' 'what do they do?' 'well they sit in the kitchen and eat jam tarts' #there's so much information contained in that response I love it

[mermaidsirennikita]

it's honestly wild that so many aspects of your personality can be conveyed online and yet so many are not

y'all don't even know how much brainpower I devote to thinking about Secretariat and how he's probably the only athlete (including people) who's executed a perfect event (the 1973 Belmont) that may actually never be beaten especially with the absolute disaster that is horse racing and Thoroughbred breeding today (not that either was ever perfect or without extreme abuse) and how Sham actually holds the second fastest Kentucky Derby time ever, which means that Sham would actually beat any of the Derby winners before or since EXCEPT FOR SECRETARIAT

#don't even get me started on the alydar incident #anyway i stopped watching racing years ago but i do still have a love of race horses #and horses in general. i love horses. i miss being around horses. #BUT THAT IS ANOTHER TALE... FOR ANOTHER DAY.

[seedlessmuffins]

heyy culers you know i love you but some of your posts have seemed a little racist lately ik there are club rivalries with madrid but racism is never okay!

#i didn't know if this was my place to say #but ive been seeing some posts that made me frown #so i thought i'd say something? #i have no affiliations in this race i don't have a horse in this race as much as i joke #i have culer and madridista friends and moots #but being racist towards either team's players for any reason is never ever okay! #lets just double check before we post okay? okay #love you all i know you might not mean it but! #also sorry if this isn't my place its just something i've noticed but i can delete this if i am not the right person to say this

[sonicshipbattles]

Another bonus poll idea I've had is "What I assumed would be the final when starting this, but then SonKnux got more submissions than both of them and Aroace Sonic swept the whole tournament" Which would be: Sonadow vs SonAmy

#Talking #i don't have a horse in that race #but i kinda wanna run it anyway

[tarmac-rat]

Absolutely bonkers that we're now living in a world where people are holding up Cyberpunk 2077 to other video games and CYBERPUNK is the positive one in the comparison. (x)

#Cyberpunk 2077 #Game criticism truly is an endless cycle of eating each other alive ain't it #Honestly I personally think that people who care about this level of detail are nitpickers #I don't ever see myself caring about NPC reactions like this because I suspend my disbelief in video games like these #But as a survivor of the times that CP2077 was on the opposite end of these comparisons it's crazy to see how the narrative flipped #And not necessarily through patches-- I don't think crowd reactions like these were ever patched IN just updated over time #idk I know it matters to some people but stuff like this personally doesn't matter to me so it's eyeopening to see the flip in the narrativ #at least in real time #Aldi speaks #And this is from someone who actually wants to play Starfield I really don't have a horse in this race

[jorvikwildhorse]

i think if they just left lunging and dressage as special once-a-year limited time event activities i'd be really, really sad.

#jwhtext #we could have multiple round pen locations... spice it up a bit. there's one at steve's... #and dressage needs to be in this game by now :( there's so many ways to have fun and interact with horses outside of just racing and jumpin #just my silly little opinions about children's horse game but i don't think more variety would ever be a bad thing

[callmearcturus]

you know that chart of how to be a critical reader and one of the things to consider is "who does this benefit"?

hm

#i don't have a horse in the TMA race anymore but BOY #a massive callout written literally by a MARKETING DIRECTOR of another company #in the final week of a kickstarter #hm

[heathenkweer]

the way anti-malina ppl are misinterpreting the Big Thing between Mal and Alina is. very aggravating.

bc here's the thing. *it's meant to be a contrast to how the Darkling shows his love for Alina.* he wants to possess her entirely, consume her, control her. he will not let her go even when she's told him repeatedly that she will never side with him.

but Mal? yes, Alina loves him, and it's because she's different from the Darkling that *she lets him go*.

and this time it's her choice. she's not pressured into it by her circumstances. it's not a repeat of the Fold or a redundant writing choice. she sees that he needs to find something because a huge part of him has been literally taken out, used, and erased.

it's just highly irritating that anti-malina ppl have taken this as "proof" that Mal doesn't deserve Alina or wev, when imo that's very much the opposite of what Bardugo clearly intended with Alina and Mal's choices.

#shadow and bone spoilers #s&b spoilers #mal oretsev #alina starkov #and i don't even have a horse in this particular race! #i don't ship either main Alina ship lmfao #i'm just begging y'all to have some media literacy

[bypoisedapples]

Sonne.... Maybe we shouldn't be betting on anything.

#✧the words don't mean a thing~! ( illiterate/crack ) #i have no horse in this race

[meadowlarkx]

i have some thoughts i can't put into words well but the more one decides that like [assorted relatively minor things, interests, reactions] are evils the lines of which cannot be crossed, and the more specific the thoughts and opinions that need to all every single one be in alignment for one to like or just tolerate someone else, the more isolating one's experience is, and lonely, and dimmed, because more and more peope out of everybody else seem threatening, stupid, malicious, or just unworthy of one's respect or any real connection. which is a shame from a lot of standpoints. and i think it's quite easy in a sterile online space to critique things, which isn't bad in and of itself and is sometimes urgent and useful, but can quickly move to 100% condemnation and "cringing" in small social circles over just about anything whatsoever. and sometimes my roommate is like hozier has such fae vibes and it's like fine actually. it's literally totally fine and it isn't that deep at all and there's no harm meant by it.

#i know this is mistaking online for real life disease but online genuinely does influence my outlooks tm on real life and is part of it #in addition to informing some truly silly remarks i've tried to make in person in the past based on incoherent tumblr discourses #villain origin stories #my posts #in short this is a post about last week me & yesterday me awash on the tides of irl vs. many internalized online condescensions #please don't start arguing about hozier on my post #i have no horse in this race and i already know he sings about deep topics with various influences. #thinking about it i do not really think this flavor of comment cancels those things out

[gideonisms]

I can see why they weren't able to get this article published through like vulture or whatever bc it's kind of poorly written in a couple places so far. also, a lot of this stuff is just, how the publishing industry & other creative industries work--ie they rarely pay well, and if you decide to take the money from a major company rather than paying out of pocket for production/formatting & advertising, the company takes a hefty portion of your revenue in return. There's room for criticism of the basic way we treat creators in our society but this is hardly specific to rusty quill

#i could make this into a better article #tho i'm only halfway through so. i'll give it some time to improve #not t*t related at all this is about archivist podcast btw #i don't support them on patreon and archivist podcast is really the only one of their shows i love so far #like the production & storytelling really stand out as compared to everything else #i don't really have a horse in the race or whatever but this is not a convincing takedown

[tiredfoxtf]

If one more person on youtube will tell me to visualize something to be a better artist, I WILL cry. Ugly.

#> tired shitpost #honestly every time i go for some art advice and stuff i feel like im being talk down to #i feel so inferior to other artists like always #it's like a constant reminder that i got that good by sheer luck #i don't have an inner eye or imagination #i don't draw in the right way #i can't concentrate #i draw only when i feel right #and if i try to force myself when i feel bad it's just gets worse and worse #and ive got too shaky hands #and other and other and other #honestly i feel like a donkey on the horse race

[dudefrommywesterns]

why is there always some mean-spirited debate after someone innocently says something about dean being in heaven?

#look. i have no horse in this race (atheist) #but like. that's rude. #i assume that he got wherever he wanted to go #and since he believed in the christian god. i like to think he's in heaven #even if i don't believe it #he wasn't to my knowledge an evil person #i think it's disrespectful to him and his faith to say he wasn't obedient to his god #every time i hear him or his children talk about his faith it seems like he was a rather god honoring man #(in the way that looked for him) #also didn't jesus say something about whoever hasn't sinned let him cast the first stone? #(sorry. i hate when people use their religion to be disrespectful) #typewriter dings