#i made it dark again didn't i

[fourteenthz]

In your darkest hour, in the blackest night…

I'm not immune to ffxiv greatest au. everybody say thank you @kicktwine

#gpose #ffxiv gpose #alisaie leveilleur #ffxiv #dark knight #mine #what if I made a tag for this au... bc I just wanted to get this a bit off my system so i impovised this pose #drk!au #its a tag. idk for how long but its there. also everybody look at big sword alie. #but..... i want to do more.......................... the brainrot is so real you guys don't understand #thinking abt posing alie and fray and wol shadow.......... i need more hours in the day for this 24 isn't enough #if I get behind on vierapril this is why #ofc my creative block is slowly going away with ALISAIE DRK AU of all things........ op changed my life with this au or whatever anyway #also op... lmk if you don't mind me tagging you everytime I end up posing more of this au...... it will happen again :) #i'm going to rb the og au art now if you excuse me #didn't want to bother op spamming tags but now that I got this gpose out maybe everybody got used to the fact im insane abt it

[muirmarie]

modern trek erasing mccoy is genuinely my villain origin story

#mine #i just remembered how terribly mccoy was treated in into darkness again #and how the changes they made fully cut out the katra of it all #i mean they literally had not established the kirk + spock friendship enough to even make the story make sense at that point #they were fully leaning on tos and the pop culture history of it but they didn't EARN it at ALL #meanwhile they HAD established the kirk + mccoy friendship and they didn't even have mccoy in the goddamn room #unlike tos which of course had spock have his moment with mccoy BEFORE he goes in (and then of course the katra) #also i haven't watched SNW (and likely won't) but the fact they haven't had mccoy on there................. #anyway. it's. just. Interesting. is all. #[powering up my comically large supervillain ice ray] #(also let's not even talk about the certain segments of fandom that do it too lmao y'all know who you are) #i am too sleepy to be writing this so i am not putting it in the tags i'm positive it's bitchier than i mean it to be i'm just. v annoyed. #lol. lmao even. giggling cutely as i sharpen my knife. don't. erase. the doctor.

[asleepinawell]

if hyth had been an ascian he would have greatly benefited everyone on all sides because he'd have been 100% onto fandaniel's bullshit early on and just have calmly murdered him without a word said

elidibus: where's fandaniel

hyth: he was planning to kill zodiark and restart the final days so I fed him to a morbol

elidibus: what

hyth: what

#one manipulative little shit recognizes another yah know #elidibus texting emet: we need to talk about hythlodaeus he made nabriales cry again last week #emet: (read at 3:34pm) #I have a growing list of evil ascian hyth headcanons #I have a hard time imagining him as an ascian the way the others were but it's still really funny to try #like in the scenario where emet is alive as well #I honestly think things might have gone better for everyone in that case but it's fun to imagine if they didn't #ffxiv #ffxivmp #mp #hythlodaeus #my other big headcanon for this is he would have made garlemald TOO efficient #spymaster shit #embedded spies in all foreign governments; political assassinations; wol taken out in a dark alley after ifrit #probably making deals with the syndicate (while manipulating them) #emet would have to be like okay you need to ramp this down by like 80% we need garlemald to suck actually

[lemonhemlock]

not to be a hater on main but i just stumbled on a tik tok claiming that tsh both takes itself too seriously and could use more absurd comedy and it nearly made me punch a wall

#my quest to find agreeable creators on booktok and booktube leaves me v frustrated sometimes #!!! i accept no criticism of this book #but even without stan goggles on how can say with your entire chest that tsh takes itself too seriously #when it literally makes fun of 'dark academia' types TO YOUR FACE #which is ironic for the book that spawned the entire genre #it's a comedy of manners at the very least #'this book that contains copious amounts of absurdly comedic situations and makes fun of pretentious twits obsessed with aesthetics #could use more absurd comedy and is not satirical enough' #recognising those basic building blocks of the text does NOT even mean to have to like it?? #i hate to be bringing the Reading Comprehension debate again but good lord. and this person claims to have a phd in literature too 🤦‍♀️ #i am so over this pretense at criticism that basically boils down to 'i didn't like this thing so i can't be seen to admit it executes #anything well. so instead i'm going to pretend basic obvious techniques in the text don't exist and peddle it as groundbreaking critique' #stuff like recognising basic genre. what happened to that. #i don't like The Hangover either but it would be very strange to call it anything other than a comedy #the secret history #donna tartt #again you don't even have to like the book!!! #I'M SORRY BUT IT MADE ME WANT TO RANT SO BAD #livresque #booktok and booktube are satan's garden

[demonsfate]

fun fact! with the exception of tekken 6 and seemingly tekken 8, devil jin always has longer bangs than jin. (a detail that was even added in tekken 7 somehow!) why this is being omitted in tekken 8, and why it wasn't in tekken 6 either, is unknown.

#✏️ - ᴛʜᴇ ʜᴏsᴛ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴏsᴛ // (ooc) #// but i don't mind it TOO much in tek8 since #// i'm just grateful he has his other features back (grey complexion + dark lips) #// just 'cos i saw sb reblog my art - taking note of dj's longer bangs #// and saying somethin like it reminds them of tek3 dj #// and i didn't wanna nerd out on them by saying 'actually-!' #// so djfgnfdjnhfdgjndg i just made this post :') #// plus it looks like an evolution of them in graphics xD #// i'm guessssiiing the reason WHY it was omitted in tek6 #// was bc tek5 was the first time dj had an actual concrete design #// so tek6 was tweaking it a lil bit... seeing what it liked and didn't #// so it tried to get rid of the bangs - all while also giving him the chains around his pants #// but then after tek6 - they realized they liked the longer bangs after all #// dunno why 8 is getting rid of them again tho

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

no but it's the way the cat slow-blinks at the player in the final cutscene

#THATS what made me cry #i was holding it together until she slow-blinked at the screen and i just AAAAAAA FUCK FUCK FUCK #im insane over this game i am mentally unwell #everything about it #the soul of humanity persevering the hope the beauty in darkness #how one determined little cat can open the world i just - #stray 2022 #stray spoilers #im chewing on couch cushions like a rabid dog rn #fuckfuckfuckfuck #and how the last human never got to see the outside #BUT HUMANS ARE STILL GOING TO SEE THE OUTSIDE BECAUSE THE COMPANIONS CARRY THEIR MEMORY AND THEY WILL SEE IT #though i do think it's an absolutely heinous crime that we didn't see the cat reunite with her friends like what the fuck was that #even if it was just like #she slow blinks at us and starts to walk off #then we hear distant meows and her head and tail go up and she bounds away #WE COULDN'T HAVE HAD THAT??? CRUMBS??? #i need to know that she finds them again and she brings them to meet her companion friends #i just. i just. sobbing violently

[zincbot]

don't tell anyone but i turned on reduced frights for echoes of the eye

#outer wilds #I DIDN'T WANT TO #especially cause the 'frights' weren't so bad #i was just gettin pretty frustrated trying to sneak past these mfers in the dark. like i wasted 3 whole loops just #getting kicked out by them over n over again till we all drowned #so i was hoping reduced frights might make them less deadly or smth #echoes of the eye spoilers #and it helped immensely it made them way slower i could actually like take my time and escape them without making a dumb mistake #(i'm not a good gamer. when i'm rushed i forget how buttons work) #i really like walking around without my lantern i basically explore everything i can without it first thing its greay #simulation moment #also i Saw that thing abt falling off the boat during the 'loading' periods which i might try at some point now that i actually like #made some progress again yipee #i saw a reel that showed an old person dying in the radius of the simulation and still loading into it so #i was thinking abt that bright bridge u can't get by. this might be crazy but the alarms can't wake the dead. right. #maybe i could like jump in the campfire or like fly into the ceiling a bunch it might be fun to try

[emmodii-mode]

Just finished my first playthrough of BG3. Romanced Lae'zel, but ending up turning into an Illithid because the idea of making Orpheus or Karlach do it didn't sit well with me (or my character).

I told Lae'zel to leave with Orpheus in the end (I heard she wouldn't stay with a ghaik anyway, which she's valid for, but also, it doesn't feel right to ask her to stay when I know how much her people mean to her). And like-

Her face before she flies off---

She looks so heartbroken and sad.

#emmodii rambles #baldur's gate 3 #baldur's gate series #lae'zel #spoilers #i don't regret my choices and i do love a good angsty story. but at the same time... OOF. #may you find a new source of joy in the astral realm my queen :'( #for anyone curious- i played a githyanki which i heard is the only race that can fly off with her or something? #but well. again- didn't quite fit my character to have someone else turn instead pfffft #ALSO HE'S A CLERIC OF ILMATER AND A REDEEMED DARK URGE. self-sacrifice is kiNDA TO BE EXPECTED HAHAHA. #anyway- do give romancing lae'zel a shot guys. she may be a hardass at first but it's really because she cares a lot #also slightly off-topic but as a dark urge gith... durge grew up in a city so like. wonder how out of place they woulda felt with the #other githyankis anyway. i think i read somewhere that a gith durge realises they don't really feel connected to creches and stuff #which is interesting and makes me curious about how exactly they were made. cuz they have the traits and knowledge of the race but didn't #grow up with them. i guess the easiest answer would be 'god magic shenanigans' but STILL. #trust me to overthink things hahaha XD #if anyone's curious what happened to my guy in the end--- we followed wyll and karlach to avernus hahaha #what are the devils gonna do? steal the soul we don't have?? TRY IT BITCH #of course i did reload multiple times to have my character kill himself. because that was another option that felt possible for his charact #...and also because i wanted to see how companions would react to it. krewfjewlkrjewklrjewl- although the narration for durge suicide #is also quite interesting! of course maybe that's just me being mentally ill eff (/lh) but having a kill that isn't going to murder daddy? #gives a redeemed durge some control and a final say at last. which is still sad but a nice way to tie up their death methinks #ANYWAY- time to go find a way to convert him into a full-on OC. elves and dwarves are one thing but giths are blatantly dnd so i'mma have #to figure that out for my own story lore and universe--- some kinda new species? humanify him? or convert to another existing general speci #hmm hmm hmmmmmmmmmm-

[thenewtz]

Are you softly humming a tune?

Acrylic on canvas, Walmart glow paint and cheap acrylics

#hawaii: part ii #miracle musical #acrylic #painting #art #thenewtzart #my art #this looks much much better in person and especially in the dark but my phone cam isnt great at dark photos #literally the most peace inducing piece of art ive ever created #the boat is for Stranded Lullaby #stairs with person reaching for the star in the moon is for White Ball #theres an island in the distance with a guard tower thats like a lighthouse for mind electric #and again #this all glows in the dark and the white youre seeing is actually silver so i could keep a mystical feel #this is what that digital mockup was for a few days ago though i didn't include the music fish #oh also id like to mention the rainbow was only made with red green and blue since those are the only glow paints i have rn

[hanzajesthanza]

an outfit in this post inspired me to do this, which i thought of a while ago but never got around to drawing

more of my context about geralt's hanza's differing tastes in fashion, and dandelion's 🤨🤨 at whatever regis wears:

#emiel regis #jaskier #regis #dandelion #the witcher art #the witcher #the witcher books #my art #c: regis #c: dandelion #me: literally just made a post about how dandelion didn't have his plum hat past august of 1267 #also me: draws him with plum hat in a toussaint in winter 1267 setting #sorry for drawing regis wearing purple and GOLD. it wont happen again #it was necessary for the flag. he wouldn't. it's silver and if you gotta choose a color it's green or red #or like a purple BUT the purple is really dark and desaturated almost like an iridescent black. not this party city getup above #the era of me literally not giving a shit about the quality of art i post everybody clap

[honeysulani]

I'M DONE😭

Bg3 was such a fantastic game, and at first I didn't even want to buy it?? Anyways I'll definitely go for a second playthrough!!

#bg3 #bg3 SPOILERS #I messed up some things #for example karlach just died in the end??? #and I couldn't go with her because HELLO MY MAN WAS WAITING #also I didn't let astarion ascent #so I was a it scared at the end #because I was like THE SUNNNNN #and then his skin started burning AND I WAS SO AFRAID THAT HE DIES #but he ran away #I'm so glad they added a scene in the end where I could speak to him still #and ofc I said I would stay with him!! #and maybe find a cure for him to walk in the sun again #anways I loved this game #It was a long time since a game made me play for so many hours #and I was addicted and just couldn't stop playing #my new skyrim lol #anyways I'm in for a dark urge gameplay next :D

[victorluvsalice]

VITD Sims Lookbook: Alice

And finally, with Victor and Smiler done, we finish off with some looks for our lovely Cutter, Alice!

Alice gets straight into the custom content with one of her everyday outfits, wearing the blue swatches of the 1890s Working Girl set by @vintagesimstress! And unlike the last time I showed her in this outfit, this time she has the apron overlay to go with it. XD Looks good on her AND gives her the proper working-class vibes!

For bedtime, Alice gets a pretty nightgown -- and much like Smiler, while they're not era-appropriate, I had to give Alice the cute bunny slippers too. XD What, we know she likes white rabbits! If I remember correctly, that nightgown is a dress that comes with the Cottage Garden Fan Stuff Pack made by @plumbobteasociety -- I thought it looked nice as nightwear for her.

For that semi-formal party everyone's going to, Alice gets a Realm of Magic top and skirt that make her look at least somewhat respectable. While I think the outfit as a whole is a little pale, I really wanted to use that top on her -- I think she looks good in it. And the skirt ended up working with it pretty well (which is good, because it took me ages to find one that actually went with the top. Some of this shit is HARD to match, let me tell you!).

And for a formal occasion -- well, unlike the boy and the non-binary person, Alice doesn't need to rely on CC here. Get Famous provides a beautiful Victorian dress for her to swan around in! (Though I should probably download a few for her anyway, for variety's sake -- or at least a couple of hats that might go well with this outfit. Head looks a little naked here!) She looks ready for a day in Brightstone, doesn't she?

Okay, admittedly I didn't intend this outfit as an athletic outfit, just another everyday one (though I suppose Alice COULD wear it for working out). And this Cats & Dogs dress is probably a little too modern to fit the proper BITD vibes. But I really like it for the simple reason the patchwork skirt looks like something Alice made herself -- finding and saving up scraps of fabric so she could have something else to wear besides her iconic striped blouse and black skirt. And you can't deny, it DOES look good on her!

And finally, for those chilly days, Alice gets in on the cozy vibes with a cherries-and-flowers theme -- the sweater (and I believe the skirt) is from Cottage Living, while the hat is a recolor created by Plumbella (from "illegally downloading clothes for my sims," in this SimFileShare folder (as you might imagine, it's the one called "beret")). She looks pretty comfy -- and those boots were definitely made for stomping around the streets in the snow and rain.

And that's that! Hope you enjoyed this look at what my VITD characters would probably wear in their universe. Next time (after Valicertine's Day), we're back to the Chill Valicer save for store shenanigans and magic shenanigans! See you then!

#sims 4 #cas looks #fashion #alice liddell #valicer in the dark au #I do find it amusing that Alice's outfit selection has the most CC in it #but she DIDN'T need a CC Victorian dress thanks to Get Famous #but yeah probably should get her some more Victorian dresses at some point #the main problem is that most of them are upper class dresses and she is not an upper class person #but a few fancier formal options would be good #really like the 1890s working girl set for her though thank you Vintage Simstress #and the patchwork dress is very cute on her #though maybe if I could find a separated skirt I could pair it up with a more era-appropriate top #and you've probably guessed that cherries hat is one of my favorites for her #which is why I was shocked to discover I DIDN'T have the download link at hand while making the post #I knew it was a Plumbella creation but it took me a while to track down the video where she made it #and from the the SimFileShare link where she shared it #like sheesh what the hell me #but then again I think I downloaded it before keeping better records of what was in my game #just glad to have the link now yay #might do another one of these at some point #still thinking about doing that VITD-inspired save file #so I want to make sure they all have plenty of clothes :p #queued

[twilightarcade]

I loooove when people respond to you being mad by being mean to you. Like yeah thanks that's really improving my mood

#wordstag #IM NOT EVEN DOING SHIT TO THEM I AM DOING THE BARE MINIMUM TO MAKE THIS A FUNCTIONAL INTERACTION #I am not yelling at you. I'm not saying anything mean to you. Why do you keep bothering me about being mad #THEN THEY KEEP GETTING ALL OFFENDED !!!!! LIKE YOURE GOING TO POINT OUT HOW I SEEM TO WANT TO BE LEFT ALONE #THEN MAKE IT ABOUT YOU. OUHHH WHY DONT I WANT TO BE WITH YOU? WHY AM I GIVING YOU THE COLD SHOULDER ? ☹️ #like. Cod. Maybe stop being mean to me and I'll want to be with you again. But it's literally not ABOUT you #but for real I announced my intention on making a cake because like. I do that for fun. It brings me joy. Gives me stuff to do #and they would NOT stop bullying me over it yesterdat for some reason ????????? #because I was supposed to make it yesterday. Then didn't. And it turned into a game of #'Ohhhhh I wonder when Neptune's gonna make the cake ☹️☹️☹️ when are you gonna make the cake neptune? ☹️☹️ #you know I would have cake right now if neptune had made the cake but she didn't isn't she so terrible and lazy ☹️☹️☹️☹️' #like bro. You're lucky I like baking and cant eat a whole cake myself or I would personally ensure that you never saw a cake again. #vent #I guess. Hate to put a personal post in a commonly used tag but don't have a vent tag over here because I DONT !!!! #like cod whatever. I think we just need to sit in the dark for an hour or whatever. #eat some grapes.

[pennamepersona]

wow brandon mull really did get born again before writing RotDS huh

#fablehaven #dragonwatch #brandon mull #idk if mormons get born again like protestants #but the whole thing with the Source really was soooo christian #which is esp noticeable when the stuff with the Underking wasn't a painfully obvious hell standin #wow. he really made seth an angel huh. #srsly felt like it cheapened seths arc #which is such a shame bc seths emotional arc was one of the few worthwhile parts of dragonwatch #i didn't like having him just fully renounce darkness #like! it's more complicated than Light Good Darkness Bad! #i like that he can put the undead to rest that feels appropriate #but taking away all his other shadow charmer powers is a real bummer #the whole series just Was Not Worth It imo #oh well at least some of it was funny #and Calvin was p cool

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

hmmmm having angsty Lights Out thoughts

#i know when i post about it i usually make it Lighthearted if not outright Memey #but oh boy. this au is dark. like - like beyond the literal meaning #imagine being abandoned by your creators without so much as a warning #one day the lights go out and thats it. no answers. no comfort. no friendly faces or explanation #show's over. curtains closed. doors locked. they're all gone #it's just waiting in a pitch black room because surely the lights will turn back on. the next day will come #but it Won't. the next day won't come. it will never come. your friends won't open their eyes again. it's just you now. #you've always had company - friends and the comfort of feeling Watched Over by something beyond your understanding #but you blinked and its gone now. it's just you. no matter what you try or what you do - its. just. you. #days and weeks and moths and years of silence and a complete lack of color #burning matches down to your fingertips just to remember what shade of yellow your fleece is #its still wrong. firelight stains the color. #slowly forgetting the sound of your friends voices and what their smiles looked like and what the memories you made with them were #what was your best friends favorite joke? what was his hotdog order? how did he laugh? he used to pose for your paintings didnt he? #you can't be sure anymore. maybe the neighborhood was always dead. maybe You're dead. how can you tell? #you don't breathe. they don't either. they used to didn't they? you never did but they used to. ...right? you hope their dreams are sweet #one of your friends starts sleepwalking. you're so happy. she hurts you. you know she didnt mean it. you're scared anyway. #you can only see with one eye now. it feels... Wrong. all of your chalk drawings start coming out wrong too. #you keep missing when you reach for things. just one more thing to adjust to #were the lights ever on? or was that your own dream? you thought that was something you couldnt do. #you also thought the lights always come back. you were wrong about that. what else are you wrong about? #wh lights out au #wailing sobbing screaming etc over lights out wally... this poor little 12 apples dude... #aimlessly wandering through the town... walking through the buildings.... #eventually getting so fucking lonely and desperate that you keep your best friend's severed arm for comfort #all you can do is protect your eternally sleeping friends from the Things crawling out of the shadows #mark another tally on the ground for each full circle the town clock's short hand completes #and wait for the day you fall asleep and join your friends dreams. it will happen someday. #you can feel it in the pitch seeping from your eyes and mouth. more with each decade that passes #just a little while longer. some more waiting. just you. in the dark.

[yardsards]

i think the issue with having an extremely inconsistent sleep schedule is not that your overall daily schedule will be out of wack (i am quite fine with changing schedules) but rather that all hours of the day are Schrodinger's Bedtime. like, going to bed just feels like An Option at all times and this leads to a lot of laying in bed almost dozing but not really sleeping

#eliot posts #i BRIEFLY got my sleep schedule back on track but then i got sick had to sleep all day to recover and now it is Bad again #and then before that it was STABLE for a while but... #i was going to sleep at sunrise every day #which was Bad #bc by the time i woke up it would be almost sundown #so time completely stopped feeling real #fuck the winter darkness i am moving to the fucking equator as god intended #we must ALL come to brazil (or ecuador or kenya or whatever) #but seriously tho like why is my default circadian rhythm to FALL ASLEEP AT SUNRISE #it has always been like this and it happens in all seasons #(isn't too bad in the summer tho bc there's more hours of sun and also student schedule lets me Live Like That) #i am constantly battling my body to adhere to a somewhat normal sleep schedule #bc alas being a member of society means i have to be awake and doing stuff at certain times #scheduling meals and activities a certain way and avoiding blue light does NOT fix shit #keeping a regular schedule can help sometimes but is‚ again‚ an uphill battle against my body #i should honestly try getting one of those seasonal depression sunlamps and staring into it at like 10 pm every night #trick my brain into thinking it is sunrise (and therefore time to sleep) #(also i tried melatonin supplements once and it made me feel like my bones were trying to slither out of my skin #and i had a panic attack and didn't sleep that night. so i am too terrified to try THAT again)