#it was a tough choice to make

[eddiediaaz]

MERLIN WEEK 2022 | day 2: favourite story arc ↳ merlin finding his dragonlord voice

#merlinedit #bbc merlin #merlin #perioddramaedit #merlinweek2022 #*gifs #bellamyblakru #tuserheidi #tuserluz #usermai #userv #it was a tough choice to make #i don't think it's my top fave storyarc #but it's my fave for merlin for sure #idk why im posting this late but at least i'm posting on day 2 i guess #*gfx

[dinsverdika]

Boba's not lonely anymore 🥰

#there was a pink mando pop figure as well #it was a tough choice to make #but I'll come back for you mando #i promise!

[lady-arryn]

Alicent Hightower Appreciation Week Day 1 - favourite episode

#alicentweek2023 #alicenthightowerdaily #house of the dragon #hotdedit #alicent hightower #alicenthightoweredit #tvedit #** #*gif #*hotd #this was a tough choice!!!! #i was torn between this one and driftmark #i would make two sets but i didn't have enough time #:(((( #decided to pick this one because in terms of char development it just does so much!! #sorry for the tag spam

[vellichorom]

ok this is the year we retire the old template & start using new ones hello

( & SO, this template credit to @ necromosss on twt! (( date edited slightly by me, in case you're confused )) )

WHAT a year, am I right?

2023 opened the door to a lot more experiences, events, fandoms, people, & all KINDS of hectic craziness for me, but it was REALLY fun, & while I don't think I really made HEFTY leaps & bounds in terms of doing something different with my art, every day - with every small change & improvement, I come to love my art all the more.

& that, I will contribute some to YOU! yes, YOU - reading this right now! to casual viewers, to those who have been with me since the premiere of this blog, to those who've come around in 2023 for one thing or another; to those of you of whom I've never spoken with, to those who have made me something or complemented my work, to those who've become my friends, my gratitude is IMMEASURABLE.

this last year, while its had its bumpier moments - I will confess, it's been truly incredible, & I thank you, every single one of you, who's had even the slightest hand to make it so. you are all TOO KIND, & I appreciate you sticking by & enjoying what I do.

hopefully, I can continue to make things that grab your attention, AWE & AMAZE YOU, & beyond anything, make you smile, if only to repay you some for all the joy you provide me.

HERE'S TO 2024! with hopes & prayers & wishes aplenty that we'll be better people in better situations before it's over!

2023: JAN / FEB / MAR / APR / MAY / JUN / JUL / AUG / SEP / OCT / NOV / DEC + BONUS PIECE.

#uwu art #& MY HAPPY ASS GOT AN ANIMATIC DONE FOR ONCE I MADE LAST YEAR'S RESOLUTION HAPPEN LET'S GOOOOO #I couldn't NOT include it no matter what #ALSO interestingly - this is the first year in which i've begun to transition to using sai paint almost entirely over ms paint #WHICH IS KIND OF A SHAME REALLY #i'm getting rusty at ms i don't wanna be rusty at ms #oughta do something with it again soon.... hmmmmmm... #ANYWAY god it was a lot of tsp this year ( to nobody's surprise ) #& shoutout to wordgirl for always making it into my summary for the past. what- 3 years #TOUGH CHOICES FOR BEST CANDIDATES THIS YEAR THOUGH I WILL SAY #can you believe i hardly posted anything in july because i can't #i was SOOOO tempted to make the face of march just that one image that started the tsp salad thread #my magnum opus #but nooo.... no.... i'll save that for march

[nocturnalazure]

To be continued

#ts3 #sims 3 #sims 3 story #tteot story #laurie arc #jamie steel #romeo pastorini #jamie is really not into tropes xD #his reaction is a contrast to gloria's #instead of forcing his personal mobster into making an impossible choice #he just asks him to come back no matter what #all the while wearing bunny slippers #total respect #jamie is a tough cookie

[worstloki]

HYDRA kidnaps Loki but all the goons look up to him and think he’s the coolest guy and keep kissing up to him because they really really want him to join their ranks

#and when he shows no interest in becoming a fellow cooperating agent they want to work under him instead #HYDRA turns into Loki’s gang gang #the goons overthrow the other guys running it #HYDRA accidentally gets a makeover and becomes a good organisation #the bad ones are weeded out #they focus on things like ecosystem recovery and killing corrupt politicians #goons: but you’re much stronger than Pierce? #Loki: this is true. prove your loyalties to me by weeding him out to the public. you won’t. #goons: DONE. what’s next Boss? #the remaining goons once they’re filtered out are largely people bribed or with no choice but to serve HYDRA #just regular people in tough places #the goons unionise and make Loki their figurehead #‘I joined because I wanted to do good in the world... and then when I realized it was too late to back out...’ alright #here’s a fund go start that medical research you wanted #HYDRA leaders: we shall torture the alien! #HYDRA goons in the lab room: no way! why would Thor do that?? what a jerk!!!! tell us more stories of Asgard Boss. we’ll avenge you!

[lumosatnight]

*AO3 shuts down*

Me: welp, time to work on my wips

Also me: or I could endlessly scroll through Tumblr until my eyes bleed.

#hmm tough choice 🤔 #ao3 #ao3 down #someone come slap me and make me write

[navree]

i love that it wasn’t obi wan who swooped in and saved luke and defeated reva, but that it was reva’s own decision, that even if obi wan had never realized anything was going on, she still would have brought luke back to owen and beru, she still would have spared him, she still would have realized that killing luke wouldn’t have done anything, that she needed to be more than what vader was. 

reva’s turn away from the dark side, away from grief and hopelessness and hate and rage wasn’t foisted upon her because she was bested in battle, or because someone else got her to see the light. she made that choice, on her own, and for herself. luke is alive because of reva, and only reva, because of the decision that she made in that moment, and no one else had any bearing on it. it wasn’t obi wan’s ingenuity or prowess or abilities that saved luke, it was just reva. just reva and her mercy, and her deliberate choice. it’s absolutely wonderful.

#personal #obi wan kenobi #obi wan kenobi spoilers #reva #reva sevander #i love that messaging i really do #that yes you can always ask for help and there will be people there to give it #the way obi wan does after she gives luke back #but that ultimately the choice to be a good person and to try and heal from your trauma is your own #no one else can make that choice for you and no one should #it's for you to decide and you alone #i wonder if this had an impact on luke #beyond just his nature and how he is as a person maybe he does remember that time someone showed him mercy so young #and he's force sensitive so he had to have felt the conflict in her in that moment #does he remember that conflict when the tough choices are presented to him #that to choose light. choose good. choose the better path even if it's harder. even if it ears you apart #is an active choice #i love this show man

[etoilua]

Really love how Atticus's team is made up entirely of "weird" Pokemon. He's in the same region as Venomoth and Glimmora and Salazzle, yet looked at the sludge pile and the sentient car engine and went "I want those"

#atticus #pokemon sv #not art #he's uninterested in raising a roselia but he'd definitely go nuts over whirlipede or trubbish #i also just really love it when there's such a visual contrast between a trainer and their pokemon #like oleana and garbador. or any big tough trainer with cute small pokemon (or vice-versa) #but as you understand atticus's character i think his team choices make more sense

[feathercreates]

Me: Why yes, I'm having a wonderful time playing Baldur's Gate 3! (:<

My character: Literally just Genesis Rhapsodos isekai'd into DnD

#baldur's gate 3 #bg3 #genesis rhapsodos #final fantasy vii #crisis core #final fantasy 7 #genesis #I have zero shame #look at my boy he is perfect #how I cope having no new content of him bar CCR for 15 years #I MAKE MY OWN CONTENT BABY #also he is basically down to romance ANYONE so I'm having a tough choice over here #kind of gunning for Astarion #but TBH he'd be happy with Gale because yay magical/weird illnesses #and Karlach because she's amazing and literally on fire

[hazellvsq]

yeahhhh this is a copout and i would actually like to know the answer. what happens when they disagree on something. if hazel fucks up does frank have to make her run laps or some shit. if frank fucks up does hazel have to oust him. would this relationship not cause a massive conflict of interest.

#the real reason praetors often date each other is because they are BANNED from dating anyone else in the camp its ILLEGAL #seriously though i know camp jupiter worldbuilding is a clusterfuck and should not be thought about too hard #but its funny how rick wants the romans to be hardasses and pays lip service to their harsh punishments or conquests #but also he wants the roman pov characters to be lovable even though they run the place so we don't see them DO any of these things #like was reyna carrying out the capital punishments she references with her own hands? what gives? #we also never have to see any non-reyna characters grapple with tough choices under leadership bc the the series was so quest-focused #so questions like this will never get answered #anyway i'm not against the frazel chain of command conflict i am actually pro-anything that makes their relationship at all interesting #yknow conflict intrigue all that #also lmao at me saying copout like this isn't the blood of olympus #hazel levesque #frank zhang

[lunarharp]

lazy scribbling of my baldur's gate 3 characters

#*emerges from 430 HOURS of life-changing playtime blearily like a lost and confused kitten* #i lost my interest in drawing bc everything is too sad & horrible right now. it was a luxury and privilege to lose myself in this instead #what follows will be my personal and trivial emotions about that #i'll do better proper drawings later. for me. they are both so very dear to me... deeply dear...unforgettable journeys of fate #truly have played like one possessed for the past few weeks. you have no idea. what do i do now. what do i do. #their personalities are so vivid to me though they mostly made the same choices. both intersex and they/them - canonically <3 #i missed out on FOUR PARTY MEMBERS in my first playthrough due to not understanding anything whatsoever. #gloaming ended up with wyll and pavane romanced karlach and astarion. and ended up with the one i did NOT plan on. this wasnt the plan #one of the most fulfilling romance paths i've ever..i cant say more..it all got too immersive and now i have to just.. MOVE ON ?????????? #live in THIS world where i can't gut imperialism personally and emerge alive from that? #without Long Resting? without my character requesting a kiss from their beloved after a tough day ?? #without preparing my little spells? without channelling divinity from my death god to keep us all alive? #without dyeing my man's clothes fancy colours for him? without him Approving whenever i lie and double-cross our enemies #without sharing clothes with my ex? without choosing to eat the heavy food first so that the weight is easier on her Carrying Capacity? #without orchestrating ways for all of my friends to kill the abusers that ruined their lives for a decade or even 200 years? #without experiencing degrading horrors on a daily basis but in a cathartic way where we always make it back to our rooms at the inn #WITHOUT SPEAK WITH ANIMALS??????????? #at least there's music. just like with persona 5 that will always be with me. always #like how p5 melodies take me back to those feelings. those rich and personal feelings.... BUT THIS WAS A WAY MORE NUTS EXPERIENCE #i thought i would hate it. i did at times. thought it would desensitise me to various things. it did. but there was so much more..it was... #Well anyway *continues my life* imagine if dnd was real..something to think about

[starrysharks]

let's all be real with each other, a ghost is basically a regular guy (depending on what year they died) who can play extremely sick pranks. team ghost for the win

#ough but what if i won an 100x battle and got to take a pic with frye in THAT outfit.... #and zombies are fun... my oc story literally revolves around a zombie... #some tough choices must be made but no matter what i'm absolutely making a spooky cut illustration for halloween soon

[shrinkthisviolet]

Who was your first oc? Are they still an active oc or did you leave them in the past? If they're still active, tell us five facts about them! - 🖤

Ooh my first OC? Probably Morgan tbh 😅 if I’ve had any before her, I don’t remember them

(I did have some nebulous Skywalker triplet OC concepts before her, but…the final version of those is Lucy, who didn’t exist until after, during the Kenobi show’s run)

Five facts about her:

She’s loyal to a fault. This sometimes pays off but also quite often gets her into dangerous situations

She’s left-handed, while Jesse is right-handed! This is partly projection (I’m a lefty) and partly derived from canon, seeing as E2 Cisco (Reverb) is left-handed while E1 Cisco is right-handed

She speaks two languages, English and Spanish

She can sing, has been since she was around 8, but she can’t play the piano. A certain someone teaches her in s3 👀

She’s aroace! I’m nearly caught up timeline-wise to the installment when she realizes this (which I’ve written 1 chapter of and do intend to finish before I go past 1x16) with Caitlin’s help (who, by the way, is aro in this AU!). Morgan had already figured out she was ace before this, but a little push from Caitlin solidified the aro part for her

Taglist (send an ask or DM to be added or removed):

@arrthurpendragon @ocappreciationtag @raith-way @vexic929 @ironverseocs

@thechaoticfanartist @goldheartedchaoticdisaster @negative-speedforce @starstruckpurpledragon @angst-is-love-angst-is-life

#oc: morgan wells #morgan wells au #the flash #ofc…realizing she’s aroace and doesn’t love james romantically…puts her in a difficult spot #but sometimes you have to make the tough choices before they become harder to make #(a lesson i have learned the hard way many times 😅 not in my love life ofc but in other ways)

[infernalurge]

I thought I read somewhere there's a way to ally with both Orpheus and the Emperor but now I'm googling and I can't find it?

#bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #more reason not to bother finishing act 3 lol #I find the writing in the final act relly sloppy #and I thought you could figure a way to make peace with orpheus and emperor #but if you can't then I don't even care about the ending #I swore I read that ifyou bring Lae'zal #you get a dialogue tree involving her #that allows you to convince Emp to free Orpheus #but now I can't find this anywhere #no offense but stuff like this is why larian kind of suck and why I won't be buying their next game #I hate psuedo-intellectual garbage in my rp like this stuff #there's literally no reason not to let my high CHA avatar convince Emp and Orpheus to chill #it's just railroaded becaause OMGGG SUCH TOUGH CHOICE GUYSSSS #fuck off larian this shit is boring #you didn't give me a super hard conflicting choice all you did was make me roll my eyes and never finish your game completely #because the ending and epilogue are lame as fuuuuuuuuuck

[timeisacephalopod]

The pushback to the term "cultural Christianity" from atheists is real odd to me because, as someone who has been an atheist since 13, only ever went to church a handful of times never with my own family (made a note never to sleep over at that friends house on a Saturday again bc I HATED church it smelled like shit, was boring, pews are uncomfortable as fuck, and the religious people I knew were all wildly misogynistic and I've never been here for being told I was less of a person for being Born Like This), and generally had no actual connection to Christianity in a meaningful way but still only knows Christian mythology, has been steeped in Christian values I had to untangle, and my religious understandings are still deeply Christian.

Like Ive never paid attention to the bible, church, Jesus, Christian teachings, or whatever but if you asked me about any religion the one I'll reliably know the most about is Christianity. I don't know why atheists are offended by being called culturally Christian because they have bad blood with the religion because like sorry bruh that doesn't mean you're less indoctrinated by Christian values if the culture you grew up in is predominantly Christian. In fact I'd say that religion being this ubiquitous in the culture regardless of anyone's consent to exactly ONE religion being shoved down our throats is reason to team up with other religious folks who ALSO don't like being constantly evangelized to by the culture at large, not a reason to throw a fit because you don't like being tied to a religion that is so ingrained into the culture that shit like "oh my god" and "Jesus Christ" are common expressions of surprise regardless of how atheist you are. Like surely I'm not the only atheist to notice the shocking amount of cultural religious shit that works it's way into my life and speech despite having not set foot in a church since I was like 10, and I can't remember the last time I was in one before that.

Idk man cultural Christianity seems like a pretty damn useful term to describe my relationship with a religion I never fully bought into and then actively rejected as a child yet still hold weird connections to and knowledge of just because Christianity is so baked into the culture I grew up in like it or not. If you want to be mad, be mad at the Christians who stole your freedom from religion from you, not usually religious minorities who discuss cultural Christianity and how it damages them too.

#winters ramblings #like breh i HATE how much christian bullshit ive had to detangle from my life. like the idea of sin and punishment for example #id say a LOOOOOT of discussion regardless of religion leans towards a Christian understanding of the pridon system #prison is basically a recreation of hell on earth where youre supposed to go to burn off your sins in your 10x10 cell #now i gotta say not all Christians buy inti the styke of punishment and sin i know normal well adjusted Christians #but for the most part a HUGE portion of shit comes with a helping of cultural Christianity. but prison is probably the best example #hell any discussion of punishment relies on a distinctly christian flavor of 'atone for your sin or be doomed forever" #repubs bitch about so called cancel culture but thats just how Christians act towards sin lmao they do it too #except they choose shit you didnt ACTIVITY make a choice about like being gay to condem you to hell. #cant be mad that twitter cancels people for small shit like a crap joke if you actively subscribe to the same belief system #and are only mad bc that logic is applied to YOU now. anyway i could do without this logic in activist spaces #or ANY spaces being doomed forever over sin is only one way to do Christianity. like damn can the ones who like #rehabilitation and justice and helping the poor at least be the ones in charge?? #regardless ive never been a Christian and barely have a meaningful connection to the religion. whuch is why i find it rather salient #that i still have this deep connection and knowledge of something i ACTIVELY REJECTED at 13 #do you know HOW MUCH i had to have been indoctrinated into this shit with as LITTLE of a connection to organized religion as i do?? #the fact i have ANY connection at all is kind if fucked honestly it shows you really REALLY do not get to choose #your religious leanings unless youre actively ANOTHER RELIGION BESIDES CHRISTIAN otherwise tough tiddy #you get to be Christian By Default and i don't like it either. but when i see jewish people talking about it #i know EXACTLY what they mean because i dont like my connection to a religion i never believed in and rejected at 13 either #i don't like that my choice to reject Christianity was stolen from me by such a ubiquitously christian culture #im not mad at jews for pointing this out im mad at christians for stealing my freedom of choice