#i think it would have enhanced things

[hoarding-stories]

We got Lark in a cool leather jacket!

We didn't get Phineas in a skirt 😔

#midst #midst podcast #midst spoilers #i think it would have enhanced things

[uncanny-tranny]

Definitely don't knock your device's accessibility options. I was looking through my phone's accessibility settings last night, and wow, it feels like technology has really advanced since I first got a smartphone.

I've even found a setting that raises certain sounds I apparently have trouble hearing, and it feels like I'm experiencing the music I love with a completely different perspective. It's honestly wild because my first smartphone had like... mono audio, and that was as close as you could get to accessibility

#disability #disability advice #like i'm not HoH as far as i know but i do have some differences with hearing #honestly my biggest issue is. i can barely differentiate where sound is coming from. i usually guess when i can't see a sound's origin lmao #which i don't think disables me but it is harder when i'm driving i've found #there have been a few times where i HEAR an ambulance but i have no clue where it's coming from. like none. #and like... you don't even have to be disabled to use those features on *your* device... #...it's just that for many disabled people they will be heavily invested in making their things accessible #so while i'm not unable to use my phone if that hearing booster wasn't in use it still enhances my experience 👍 #also live transcription???? that would NEVER have been an option with my first phone #i feel OLD (ish)

[charlesemersonwinchesteriii]

Ignore all logistical considerations of "would they ever meet each other under these circumstances". If you don't think Jules Bashir would have chosen to join Starfleet, imagine he is on the station for some other reason, or they meet in some other location.

I wanted to make this poll because I've seen various fics where Garak reassures Julian that far from being upset over him being augmented, Garak is grateful for it, either explicitly because (he thinks) they wouldn't be able to have their usual conversations if it weren't for the augmentations, or simply because he likes Julian "just the way he is" and wouldn't want him to be "different". I disagree that Garak would think like this (or at the very least, I think Julian would react negatively if he did, rather than be reassured), so I wanted to hear everyone else's thoughts.

#garashir #Star Trek: Deep Space 9 #this is not just a shipping question btw so please answer whether you view them platonically/romantically/whatever! #Julian Bashir #polls #Starky's original posts #I'll admit. to me there is a very clear right and wrong answer here. #again not in terms of Garak's characterization so much as in terms of JULIAN'S. #I would be fine if Garak said this and Julian felt at least somewhat conflicted about it but I've never seen even that........ #I've wanted to make this post for SO LONG but it's a very common thing in a lot of fics that I otherwise REALLY LIKE #from authors that I REALLY LOVE AND ADMIRE #and I have no idea if I'm just being completely insane and oversensitive OTL #but I just read yet another fic where Garak was like ''I have no choice but to be grateful you were genetically enhanced #because Jules would never have joined Starfleet so we never would have met.'' #and I just want to yell WHY DO YOU ALL ASSUME THAT #like not even getting into assuming that Jules would be permanently significantly intellectually disabled #based on limited information about his early childhood developmental delays #but more importantly assuming he wouldn't (read: couldn't. because I KNOW that's what you mean.) end up on the station #You! Star Trek fan! Do you think people with intellectual or learning disabilities are allowed in Starfleet? Answer quickly! :) #sorry I told you I've held onto this for too long. and now I'm a deranged bitch about it :|

[quietwingsinthesky]

sometimes interpreting media through a shipping lens enhances it, on occasion even beyond the author’s original intent, but sometimes, you do have to accept that your ship was not in the heads of anyone making the source material and trying to force it to fit into evidence of your ship will severely hinder your ability to discuss the actual text.

#and also ill hit you on the head with a brick #posts that. im not going to say theyre about destiel. im not going to say that. #and im not gojng to say it because. i dont need to. you already know <3 #and to be clear: its not the interpretation thats a problem here. thats the fun of shipping. its then taking what youve interpreted and then #trying to backread that onto the media itself as intentional. as intended. #dismissing the actual themes and story for evidence of a ship is the problem. u get me? #shipping brainrot is not ‘oh i think these characters would kiss for this reason’. #its ‘this show is and has always been about these characters kissing no matter how much i have to ignore about the show to make that true or #pretend is completely different than its actually presented or straight up make things up to make my ship be a part of the intended reading’ #thats the brainrot. the brainrot is when u step off the train of reality. #this is not true about the best piece of art ever made Captain America and the Winter Soldier. btw. that movie IS about bucky and steve #kissing alsjfdjskdjg #(<- okay im being silly here but id like to make a real point here too. the thing about TWS is that. it is genuinely enhanced by a romantic #reading. its not *better* than a platonic one. its just different. being able to see it through that lens does make a lot of the original #movie’s ideas even more complex. case in point like: steve struggling with his dating life. because what shared life experience does he have #with other people who look his age. and the movie is. about. someone who has his shared life experiences. and his mission to get bucky back. #you can see how that lens would be beneficial to the original movie rather than fighting it to prove the ship works in opposition to the #author’s original intent.)

[samarecharm]

Man. Goro being in strikers wouldve been soooo fucking good. Especially w the surprisingly good writing and plot??? You have to live w the consequences of your mistakes? You dont get to just Die and leave the mess you made behind? You have to confront the people youve hurt and accept that they may never forgive you? That people who care about you and love you will support you even when youre at rock bottom as long as u show a willingness to change and do better? This wouldve been a perfect way to tie up Goros whole story in neat little bow 😔😔😔

#chattin #p5s #goro #having to confront the thieves. having to confront akira. having to confront HARU. #living with the mistakes you made in your quest for revenge #now that youre forced to Live; what do you do? how do u fix it? how do you start over??? #its really good i think; and it would fit goro perfectly #sophie asking about the heart; picking goro clean and exposing his thoughts and failures for the thieves to see #analyzed by akira and co under a microscope #and forced to address his own feelings about. everything. #but like. on other better things #goro having a fury ability similar to zenkichis is cute lol. throwing tantrums in the metaverse #zenkichi gets enhanced moves at the cost of health #and goro gets enhanced attack and agility at the cost of defense and luck #it would be neat :) #goro BEGRUDGINGLY eating the food that akira makes #and eventually forced to help prep if he wants food at all #(akira does not have to do this w the thieves. but he is NOT going to let goro pretend hes not on the team) #(but it doesnt take long for goro to volunteer his services. the thieves eavesdrop as he chats w akira lol) #goro hears that he has to sleep in that little tent up top and hes like. oh thats so cute! have fun in there. #as he sleeps under a boulder next to the camper #i think the heart to heart w akane would soften him a little #he doesnt Hate kids but they make him a little comfy #but shes got so much anger; anger that he definitely had at that age too #he. gets it… #oh my god. hed be so fucking annoyed w the phantom thief praise. it would kill him #and ryujis like man cmon stop actin like youre not one of us already. the acts gettin stale at this point #shuts him up for a long while lmao

[ishouldgetatumbler]

It never occured to cheetu to cut off his leg after he'd been caught by Morel and that's why he's not an Enhancer.

#enhancers are just built different. That would have been Gon's first thought #hxh #cheetu #hxh morel #morel mackernasey #thinking about gon as he says “I have a great idea” and then mutilates himself #his solution is a ranged weapon which is a Very emitter thing to do #hxh cheetu

[thunderziziarts]

the funnies and sillies

#friday night funkin #fnf lullaby #fnf shinto #fnf purin #<-not original source i know. but all Beast Lore was made up for this mod it was originally just One Jpeg #fnf grey #lost silver #strangled red #disclaimer this is not In His Defense. however the mod is good nonetheless #(anyway i do want to know what it would be like if finished properly #however i also think sometimes not having the whole thing enhances the Horrors. nothing is scarier trope yknow #ie characters fates being audio over black screens and not knowing what on earth is going on in purin #amusia ending meanwhile. got less scary w/o the dialogue and jumpscare but it Did get so sad and sable is my poor little meowmeow now)

[4ce-of-2pades]

(Leo speaking to Hephaestus:)

Leo: I used to think I was creative. I used to think I was smart. I used to take pride in the things I invented. But it’s just you, isn’t it? Everything I’m good at, everything I like about myself, it’s just your powers I inherited. If I wasn’t your son, I wouldn’t be able to do any of this. I wouldn’t be good at anything.

Leo: I thought that I had earned this. That I had learned when my mom taught me about machines, that I had built my abilities myself. But it’s all just shortcuts and fakery. It’s just god magic. It’s not real. It’s not mine.

#like it’s one thing if your power is water attack or turn into bees or something inhuman #but I imagine a lot of demigods have crises like this one #with powers that enhance qualities they already had so they’ll never know who they would have been without a god making them ‘better’ #like if Annabeth’s power is her intellegence? she can’t even take credit for her own mind (by this logic) #for a non-charmspeaking Aphrodite kid with a less unnatural level of making people like them? #when you can’t tell what is and isn’t magical affects then how do you know anyone would ever like you for your normal non-goddy self? #what about Hypnos kids who wish they didn’t constantly feel tired and could manage to Do more with their lives? #like imagine your special magic godly enhancement is Cannot Stay Awake and it’s a struggle to complete even simple tasks. thanks I guess. #there’s probably examples I’m not thinking of #but powers that enhance rather than add??? it’s like there’s parts of your identity that don’t belong to you #at least that’s how I would feel about it probably #percy jackson #heroes of olympus #leo valdez #hoo leo #pjo hephaestus

[vero-niche]

not to be too hopeful on main but i do believe there is an important part both kazuki/rei and misaki forgot: asking miri what she wants. the show has been very clearly saying "listen to your child, they arent dumb" in several episodes already, so i think it would make sense if miri wouldnt accept the decision made for her and decided to do something about getting back her papas

#buddy daddies #buddy daddies spoilers #remember how she said she loves BOTH her mama and papas #she will NOT accept this. at all #such a huge change in daily life and routine is also something children cant tolerate so misaki wont have the always happy miri back either #and i think unless she turned into a saint she will Not take that well #this episode i think again enhances/highlights the issue of making life decisions without asking your child first #it was a bunch of adults (even kyu) deciding instead of miri. and if they continue the realistic child portrayal then thats a bad thing #this is to say tho that i would have probably done the same as kazuki so. i'd be just as guilty in this #anyway. miri is and has been the driving force of the plot so #save the kurusuwa family miri i believe in you 🙏

[tigerexe]

Tell me something about Saavik. A headcanon or just a thing you like.

#my random saavik thing i think about is her playing the electric guitar #mostly cause it enhances my saavik daydreaming when i listen to moody indie rock songs i apply to him #but also i think it would be another fun thing for saavik to have picked up at the academy

[fragmentedblade]

Boothill's presentation being entirely on the twitter post makes me think he will be irrelevant in the story in the long(ish) run, and that the game itself won't dwell on him almost at all

#Kinda like Argenti but Argenti seemed to be part of a larger lore and worldbuilding #Boothill doesn't even give me that vibe #Cool design though. I do love revenge stories and western films so... #*sighs* I guess I may consider him if he's fun to play with and the story is interesting. I hope he takes Aventurine out of the grave #(Or do I? Emotionally I do. Rationally I think I may lean more towards 'keep Aventurine dead' tbh) #Imagine if his revenge is against the IPC in general and Aventurine in particular but when he gets there Aventurine is already dead #The enormous fail that would be hahaha #Automaton cowboy is such a good design though I would have liked it more had they taken the automaton way enhancing the clockwork thing #instead of the cyborg one with the futuristic air. What can I say I do love automatons and clockwork #and to me they're far superior aesthetically than cyborgs. Not into cyborgs and robots at all. Sorry Screwllum. Herta most beloved design #I wonder if his gameplay will revolve around some killing himself mechanic #I don't know what to say I do love those things gameplaywise. I love the risk they add and how they make one strategise a little more #Even beyond the story and the lore‚ Blade is still my fave character to use. So fun so flexible and ironically so reliable despite the risk #Abfksndk rambling #I am thinking of Aventurine and I'm thinking of Fu Xuan. I think I'll skip Robin unless they go dark-dark with her #but I'm still considering Sunday if they make him shady. I was looking forwards to Firefly but I've disliked her writing a lot #so for now she's a big skip. I wouldn't mind getting Topaz given I love the FUA mechanics and the SU #but I like other characters more and I don't like her design at all so I'll skip her too #Couldn't care less about IL (I have him in an alt account and I don't like him at all) so that's a big skip too #I like Screwllum but not enough for now. Hmmm I guess I could get one shielder since I do love them as characters #and then save until one character really convinces me. Boothill‚ Robin‚ Sunday hmmm I hope Sunday is shady and grey #I wonder if they'll bring Huaiyan. I would give a leg for Huaiyan. Yeah I've not moved on from the Xianzhou I love that place #and I adore Huaiyan and the Zhuming. I so hope we'll get to see that ship #I talk too much

[birdmenmanga]

she should have made the bus accident a parts failure due to cut costs boeing-style to really drive home the "event that radicalized me and made me a communist"

#just thinking thoughts... #I don't say this to make light of the whistleblower assassination situation by the way #the boeing thing is despicable and it shows that this system treats the lives of you and I with total disregard #but that's exactly why it should be things like that that radicalize people. #I really think it would have enhanced the metaphor you know. you've DIED because of capitalism. how can you return to the world #and still look at it the same way. and still believe you want to live in the status quo. under capitalism. et cetera #yeah I know... then it wouldn't have made sense for the queer metaphor. what can you do... #also it would be too distracting as a detail just in general. I get it queen but could you imagine.

[opens-up-4-nobody]

Just out of curiosity, anyone else get like elevated mood, insane evergy, or like unhinged focus while on their period?

#i dont know what to call it to try to search what that would even be #it doesnt happen all the time and i dont think its like mania bc most of the time it doesnt really feel good #it feels like i want to run around in circles screaming and kicking things #most of the time i get fucked up and anxious but every so often my body is like. here as a treat u get enhanced focus #and then i feel my my brain is gonna vibrate outta my skull. but this time its actually nice bc i just feel kinda happy? #but like with an edge of. something feels wrong and i have too much energy but also i wanna lay down #ay. today was supposed to be my day off. then i got roped into helping with sampling #maybe if my mood stays stable i can try to get an appointment with a psychiatrist Tomorrow morning #but i am currently impaired by lack of sleep lmao #i should say. the upward moodswing thing isnt usually worrying. i mean it makes ne feel nuts but it doesn't make me do anything terribly #irratic or dangerous. its just weird and im sure if it happens to me it happens to other ppl so im curious #unrelated #tw periods

[hellafluff]

list of theories i have about DA4's protagonist

Escaped Slave. The protag, regardless of race and class, starts as a Tevinter slave. Through shenanigans (planned revolt, happenstance during a different but also important event, maybe the work of the agent of Fen'Harel if you're an elf) you escape and become tangled up in the plot.

Escaped Sacrifice. Same as above but you were going to be used a blood magic sacrifice and maybe they started it but something goes wrong and the blood magic power goes into you, making you Special™

Return of DAO's origin mechanic. Your start is based on your race and class like in DAO, with unique opening. Elves regardless of class start as slaves, Humans can start as apprentice magisters or non-mage child of magister family, dwarves are (and this is self indulgent lmao) Kal-Sharok dwarves but more likely you're a surface merchant family that trades in Tevinter. Qunari are tal-vashoth and slaves and/or local oddities.

Fade Spirit in Mortal Body. I've had this theory for years. So, like Cole, and kind of like Justice, you are a spirit who is bound to a mortal body/becomes corporeal but you don't know what kinda of spirit, or even demon, you are. Your choices and actions throughout the game shape what kind of fade being you are (being nice and wanting to help people could reveal you're a spirit of compassion and give you buffs that assist your companions, being self-important and cruel could make you a pride demon with buffs to physical/lightning dmg, etc) Will this happen? no. I want it tho.

One time I had a dream the PC for DA4 was an Awakened Darkspawn. A bitch can (literally) dream. (BRING BACK THE ARCHITECT BIOWARE)

#dragon age #da4 #dragon age 4 #dragon age dreadwolf #Ordered by how likely they are to happen IMO #i think Escaped Sacrifice has a leg to stand on the most tho bc it has that Youre Special Now thing that DAI had with the mark #based on the early concept art we saw a few years back i think were getting class mixing so that would be useful for it #(by that i mean like a mage using their magic to make a rogue's bow and arrow and use magic enhanced stealth or #the return of duel-wielding warriors you know?) #dwarves get screwed on the magic front but i also think dwarves can have their own unique Stone based magic #like an enchanter subclass making explosive sigil ground traps (ala Sandal) #also in DA2 its implied Sandal has magic anyway sooo (the ogre he froze with 'Not Enchantment' in the deep roads) #crazee talk

[girlsonic]

i do think it would be funny if everyone was expecting adventure series remasters and they ended up doing like . idk tails sky patrol

#i have a lot of opinions abt them doing remasters but the main thing is like . sometimes older games that look old .. are good #i would not want the adventure series to look like frontiers . i would rlly love if their original visual appeal was enhanced or built on #i WOULD love updated animations* and updated controls #i Do think the storybook series would benefit from a remake/reboot/remaster No Matter What #but i wonder howww they would do it ? they rely on motion controls . would they just gut that or what #not unleashed . unleashed is one of those games that just needs a good port #which is a variable option !!!! sometimes old games just need good ports !!!!

[an-eldritch-peredhel]

Chapters: 2/? Fandom: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Finwë/Míriel Þerindë | Míriel Serindë, Finwë/Indis (Tolkien), Indis & Míriel Þerindë | Míriel Serindë, Finwë/Indis/Míriel Þerindë | Míriel Serindë, Míriel Þerindë | Míriel Serindë & Vairë the Weaver, Fëanor/Nerdanel (Tolkien) Characters: Míriel Þerindë | Míriel Serindë, Finwë (Tolkien), Indis (Tolkien), Vairë the Weaver, Fëanor (Tolkien), Fingolfin (Tolkien), Nerdanel (Tolkien), Maedhros (Tolkien), Morgoth Bauglir | Melkor Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Soulmates, Soulmate-Identifying Marks, Romantic Soulmates, Platonic Soulmates, Parental Soulmates, Non-Traditional Soulmate Dynamics, Ficlet Collection, Unreliable Narrator, just a lil bit, Mythology - Freeform, Just the first chapter, Angst and Tragedy, Character Study, Relationship Study, might be more accurate, Additional Warnings in Chapter Notes, im sorry for tagging gen alongside relationships, but different chapters have such wildly different focuses, so picking multi or other wouldn't really do it, Other Additional Tags to Be Added Chapter Summary:

Míriel, regardless of her marks, is destined to be a star.

#my writing #silmarillion #silm fic #miriel #miriel therinde #finwe #indis #vaire #soulmates #in which we get to the format that the fic will actually be in lol #also if anyone wants to talk about why i chose the marks i did please comment i would love to ramble #this chapter and the next are why i wrote the first one #because i think having some of the cultural context that the elves would will enhance them #the next one especially because hoooo boy #im really embracing the silmarillion writer mindset of 'in this au i will make things worse :)'