#like i'm trapped in a game

[tuliptic]

So. The moon is currently in my 8H.

Not to mention Sun and Saturn, both of them are currently conjuncting my natal Saturn.

Mhmm, yeah, keep the stress coming hee haw

#actually no #i'm pretty done with it dy #i'm feeling that burn out rn and i just want things to end #i feel so trapped #like i'm trapped in a game #like i'm trapped in a box #i gotta eat sleep work repeat #so much pain so upsetting

[gummi-ships]

Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance - The World That Never Was

#kingdom hearts dream drop distance #khddd #the world that never was #scenery #my gif #i really love how sora's side of this world is dark and eerie and fully leans into how dreams can distort and twist reality #the city looks mostly normal at first aside from the ghostly fog that seeps down from buildings and drifts along the floor and rises up #but as you keep going the ground beneath you is no longer a street but rather the faces of more buildings that stretch over an abyss #it's no longer the sprawling city you first arrived in but instead an uncanny one way path towards your destination #the buildings now twist and contort and are crooked and grow out of the ground in all kinds of ways that make no logical sense #it's the first time that a sleeping world looks easily distinguishable from the real world. it looks wrong. like a nightmare #meanwhile riku's half contrasts heavily by appearing to be fairly normal #the interior of the real castle never made any practical sense so nothing here feels too out of place compared to how it usually looks #it shows how much more in control riku is in comparison to how sora is losing his grip on reality as he descends further into their trap #cool stuff! love me some environmental storytelling #also i finished giffing every world in this game yippee i'm done (is covered head to toe in blood)

[sun-marie]

BG3 has two of the most thoughtful, unapologetic, no holds barred depictions of men with abusive female partners I've every seen (Wyll + Mizora and Gale + Mystra), which is so rare to see in any media but especially video games, and some of the Larian writers seem determined to convince me it was 100% by accident

#and like with mystra they even managed to do it without demonizing women as a whole!! #like wow if I could believe y'all did that on purpose I'd be impressed! #i know mizora isn't technically wyll's partner but you know what I mean #imo larian is running into a similar trap bioware has fallen into #where they are waaayyyy too present in their fan communities #bc like nearly everything the writers said about the game recently has made me go :/ #and I think a large part of what they're doing is trying to appeal to a specific and very weird part of their fanbase #i'm conflicted bc on one hand i'd love to get a patch to give some of the underwritten companions more content #but on the other hand I like what we have and really *really* don't want them to change/take it #bg3 #wyll ravengard #gale of waterdeep #marie speaks

[the-cryptographer]

i ran low motorics for my first pt of de and imbetween all my save spamming i came to a really weird place coming into the tribunal. like, i really wanted titus and as many of his friends as possible to survive, and i was looking at a near impossible hand/eye coordination skill-check. and up until that point i had been super careful to avoid having harry do drugs anywhere where kim could see him and judge him for it, but i was falling far short of the save and the obvious thing was to snort up some speed to give myself the edge, so i did. and i felt like that was in a way the truest moment of the game.

like, i’m playing an addict. i’m going through withdrawal. my hand is shaking. my hand is shaking and i need it steady. ruining my physical and metal health in the longterm don’t matter rn, bc it’s my job to run into an impossible and impossibly violent situation and save as many people as i can, and if i can’t do that, what am i here for at all? more people are going to die unless i make this shot, and i can’t if my hand is shaking, and it’s not going to stop shaking until i get my drugs, and so the only reasonable choice to make is to take the drugs, and oh- that’s why he can’t quit! beyond all the difficulties and pain and emotional trauma of the withdrawal itself, there’s no way to keep doing this job (with an abnormally large case load according to kim) and to walk into life and death situations and not botch them, while under the strain of trying to quit. and, sure, because you won’t quit you’ll have breakdowns and go on benders and give yourself brain damage and crash your car, and they’ll dress you down and publicly humiliate you for it. but no matter how much they humiliate you, they’re also not going to give you proper medical care or lessen your case load or stop throwing you in life or death situations that require you keep using, so you can’t quit.

idk, just like... it’s very strange to me bc i keep seeing people throw out the idea that it’s a moral responsibility that Harry go sober (and beyond that a moral responsibility as the player to keep him sober) but this was honestly probably the best and most thought provoking moment in the game for me, and i feel like people are really cheating themselves out of it by getting so caught up in their personal feelings about addiction that they refuse to engage it.

#disco elysium #spoilers #idk this is something people have a lot of personal feelings about for a reason #just like... the game was def in a large part about being trapped in addiction and abusive systems #and i think the game was pretty in the real about how keeping harry sober for 6-10 days #has not saved him from the hell that enabled his addiction to begin with #and i'm not sure what you're taking away from the game without looking at that

[larsnicklas]

willy styles: 2024 all star game media day edition

#william nylander #toronto maple leafs #maple leafs #leafs #all star game 2024 #asg24 #nhledit #nhl #hockey #meg.gif #meg.leafs #meg.all #it's crazy we're getting thirst trapped by the Official NHL Account like — #btw i'm immune to william thirst traps but NOT immune to william; himself. #does this make sense. #like to me. this isn't Hot per se (even though he is!) BUT. my heart spills over with fondness. he's so Himself. #okay <3 i'm going to bed!!! will churn out more asg gifies tomorrow <3

[sysig]

whoops i asked in the wrong place. would you be willing to do a request of the vargas boys in a SAW trap? thank you in advance <3

Day 2 - Was it not obvious enough

#My art #Requestober #Vargas #Edgar #Scriabin #Blood #SAW #So fun fact about me: I have never seen any of the SAW movies and I have exactly zero interest in changing that lol #I'm actually a huge wimp when it comes to live action horror - I can handle just about any other kind of horror! #I love horror video games and animation and comics and stories but I just get really super uncomfortable by live action horror #Especially slashers - I top out around ''Get Out'' as far as on-screen blood and injuries and the like :( #Which sucks because as I said! I love horror! I want to watch Nightmare on Elm Street so badly but I can't! ;o; #And there's something funny about just how violent JtHM and Vargas and everything is but I'm just like #''SAW :( No I can't :('' lol #So I actually had to outsource from a friend lol she's a big slasher buff and knows I can't handle this stuff #So she briefly described a trap from SAW II and I extrapolated from there #Do I have context for you? No #Do I have blood for you? Yes >:) #Poor Edgar D: I dunno if I read correct from glancing around all the scary imagery but there was something about this trap? #About how like if they didn't put both hands they might've been able to get out? :0 I don't actually know #And anyway he has Scriabin there with him! Help! #He's no help at all lol he's just jostling the trap that'll just hurt him more! #I just like to imagine there's a semi-happy ending :') Still a lot of bloodloss tho haha #Anyway I probably wouldn't do one of these live action horror crossovers again :'D Once is more than enough for me

[bbnibini]

I wonder if it's a design choice or the devs themselves can't make up their mind, but why did Solomon's eye colour "change" in NB? The chibi sprites in the OG show his eyes are shades of grey to brown/almost gold-bronze.

The NB chibi sprite shows his eyes to be dark blue and brownish-gold.

Don't even get me started with the cards and merch that can't make up his effing eye colour

To my Solobesties (I'm calling Solomon stans this now. I think we formed a strange kinship after lesson 17 even if we never interact lmao), especially artist solobesties, hats off to you and your service to the community.

My personal HC is kinda a spoiler for uhhhh something I'm writing, but here it is:

"It's just…your eyes are like you: I can't figure them out." "MC, I-" "No! No! Solomon, I'm sorry! No…it's not like that, I promise! Look at me, won't you? Please look at me." So he did. His eyes trembled as he met with yours. How could he have hidden this part of himself for this long? How could you not notice? How could you forget? How could Father be so cruel to him and you for simply existing? You traced the corner of his lips with your thumb as you held him by the cheek. He was leaning onto your right hand, unable to maintain his gaze. He was surprisingly bashful. Adorably shy without his facades. But he looked like he would crumble even with a gentle word so you did not say anything. He looked at you expectantly, then looked away as your gaze burned onto him for too long and muttered, "You can't figure me out?"in almost a whisper, after a long-drawn out silence, weighing in his words, watching your expressions and body language. Afraid, so deathly afraid. You smiled. "It's like I'm looking at a mirror. Sometimes it's silver, sometimes it's midnight. When you look at the world around you and then look back at me, I feel like you've captured the sky and the oceans in your eyes. It's beautiful." His face was red all over, even to the tips of his ears. It was such a shame. You haven't even said everything you wanted to say to him yet. That he was the moon and the stars to your daytime; gold and silver gazes, looking after you from afar in the many branches of realities he couldn't be as honest with you as he was now. Ah. What will you do without him now? How can you give this up after remembering everything? You knew it was selfish, but you love him. Both of him. Every part of him just as much as he loved you and every part of you that existed. But now, you had to say goodbye. Again. How truly unfair.

#is this supposed to be a plot twist in NB? Like there are 2 Solomons maybe even 3. Solomon is the new Saber from FGO with his iterations lol #is Nightbringer like...a Solomon from a darker timeline? /hj has it been the Solomon we're living with for the entire time? #does that mean the Solomon we called early in the prologue is the actual OG Solomon and he's trapped somewhere dimension hopping? #idk anymore this man lives rent free in my head #obey me #obey me solomon #sorry for the spoiler jumpscare to those who know *waggles eyebrows* it won't be out in like an ice age later. I have so many passages #of my solomon brainrot. im quitting soon so i'm just posting it here willy nilly i apologise or should I say you're welcome? /s sdljflfhfgh #TAG EDIT BUT IF MY FIRST TAG IS THE CASE THIS IS JUST A NEW FLAVOUR OF ME AND LOVING SABER BUT THIS TIME IT'S A DIFFERENT TRAGIC KING #THIS IS COMEDY sjkfsdkgdsfjsdf MOM I HAVE A TYPE but anyw can Solmare make a separate game for him too lmao /jk unless

[kandavers]

Sometimes I would Look at my Art and think “This Artstyle isn’t fit for Edits” Because I think my style is a bit too Carefree and Simplistic! Which isn’t a Bad thing, but sometimes, I Wonder if I’m holding myself back! And whether I can actually do More. Whatever is Stopping Me!!! 

#kanrambles #I feel like I'm trapped behind and Invisible Video Game Barrier

[cosmicwhoreo]

How my week’s been going

#I don't wanna play Gacha games BUT #I love them and everything about them #Cookie Run #captain caviar cookie #black pearl cookie #I'm NOT PLAYING COOKIE RUN #I know this is a trap- but my hand is making these uncontrollable grabby motions in their direction like a nervous tic

[pumpkinrootbeer]

sorry for haymitch posting constantly but the funniest thing to me is in his games there was nothing outwardly suggesting everything was poison but his paranoid ass saw fresh water and went "it's a trap" and the hilarious part is he was right

#:v #haymitch abernathy #the hunger games #Like his survided the hardest most dangerous games by not trusting anything #except mayslee and then you know. she dies bc he figured out the forcefield #The focus on forcefields in cf does drive me a little bit insane #in a good way I like the imagery of something used to trap being used as a weapon against the captors #does make me go a little crazy thinking about what this says abt haymitch tho #sure drunk 40 yr old who had his family murdered and was forced to watch 46 kids die isn't going to trust anyone #but why does a 16 yr old kid expect something horrible at every turn #to the point he only trusts someone after they save his life KINDA LIKE KATNISS HUH . #sorry those two drive me insane........... #Like yeah haymitch is also just incredibly clever to figure out the tricks but it says a lot abt his upbringing #healthy kids with healthy families don't expect everything to kill them is all I'm saying

[theconsciouscrow]

If the Norse Gods ever blessed me with Ilkka Villi's eyebrows it would be like, world domination.

#alan wake #alan wake 2 #ilkka villi #i keep spiraling #like... spiral... right? #haha i want to get out of here #want to finish Pikmin 3 and get to Spider-Man 2 so bad #but this MAN #this GAME #i'm more trapped than Saga Anderson #needs at least 13 years of detoxing

[anothermonikan]

Monika being normal when she doesn't have the power of gods is a large sense-make.

It is!! I think, a lot of the ddlc fandom has a problem where they've flanderised the characters down to their most extreme states and forgot what they actually are like. in the actual game. So there are people out there who write and characterise Monika as if she's always some yandere who's obsessed with the player character who has no morality and will kill anyone who gets in her way. yknow she's not even like that in the actual game either, people just saw that act 3 Monika was kind of yandere-tropey and forgot everything about her actual character and made her yandere girl 300. Monika could have done worse. sorry I'm being a Monika apologist I do have monikan in my blog name. Monika is literally just some dorky high-school girl who was given god powers and told her world wasn't real and that part of her character doesn't go away when she has the revelation, why would it not be present when she doesn't have god powers? I have lots to say about Monika. Thanks for the ask!

#Monika did her best under the circumstances actually. sorry. #people act like she went around like actually killing her friends when in script that's just not how it is. #Sayori's death was an accident. it was a result of Monika messing with her file yes but she didn't actually like. physically kill her #Monika the whole game is trying so desperately hard to convince herself that everything she's doing is okay and that no ones real anyway #and like. guess what? it all falls apart and people forget that!! #People forget that Monika never truely had it in herself to delete people she considers her friends #Monika is literally just a girl trapped in a nightmare situation who had no idea what to do or how anything worked #give her some leniency. she's trying her best #sorry. I'm eepy it's like 1am here #aashshsh #DDLC #doki doki literature club #android answers #android.txt

[luckydicekirby]

rpg speedruns that have step counts are so crazy that just does not seem fun to me. all rpg runs should be like ff9, where good movement will only get you so far avoiding encounters and the rest is up to god <3

#ff9 is such a charming speed run. #like two possible minor glitches and they are not that useful. game built like a steel trap for some reason #takes 9 hours trance will only ever hurt you there's a part where you have to be careful not to mash text too fast or it softlocks the game #actually my favorite rpg run is ff12 (non zodiac age) the technical skill and optimizations in that are insane. #i'm still bitter that since they got the cutscene remover working for ff10 they're never gonna do the full one in a gdq ever again #YES like 7 hours of that 10 hours are cutscenes. so WHAT. make everyone watch the full story of ff10!!!!! #and like it!!!!!!!

[shannonsketches]

Ganondorf and Nabooru in a heated marital dispute Ganon: You wanna duke it out in the desert? Nabooru: Fuck yeah, I do! *starts biting off her acrylics one by one* Ganon: *scared*

Oh she wouldn't even need to take them off, I trust her palm and knife hand strikes 😂

Look at those upper body forms, her fronthand-backhand will put you straight into next week.

#my girl has NO core but she has shoulders pecs lats and traps askldj #she probably does have core tbh this pose is meant to maximize chest/shoulders and minimize waist she's fully sucking her tummy in lol #I bet if she flexed her abs you'd see 'em pretty sharply she's too lean not to. She probably doesn't have a six pack but you'd definitely #see definition if she's defined like this up top jklsd #I'm sorry I'm rambling I gotta go I gotta leave aksljdal #but also good lord Ganon cannot duke it out another human being they would disintegrate on their way to next week lasjkd #the man's hands are the size of her head jklasd #I joke often about how lucky it is that Gan chooses to fight with weapons and magic in-game bc asdjkl #Bare Handed he could just twist somebody like a kitchen sponge asjkld #lozhc #silly hours

[cautiously0ptimistic]

I received an anon a lil’ bit ago asking to download a female sim, and in true me fashion, I went overboard and made three instead. 

Gotta give the people options, right~

I figured this was a great opportunity to express my gratitude for the kindness, generosity, and undying support this community has continually shown me over the years (especially recently), and though a sim dump isn’t much, hopefully it conveys my love and appreciation, even just a little.

DL on Mediafire (ad-free):  Raven  | Jessica |  Bea

All credits go to the CC creators who helped bring these lovely ladies to life!

Each of their downloads includes a singular everyday outfit, and is roughly averaging around 500 mb+ each (I warned y’all that I have no self-control in CAS), so I would definitely consider the limits of your PC/laptop before hitting that download button.

Otherwise, there are no limitations as to what you can do with these sims. They are, by all intents and purposes, base sims, and I made them with the intention of being molded and shaped by every individual to fit their needs. However, if you like them how they are, that’s cool, too!

I can’t wait to see what you guys do with them! Feel free to tag me @cautiously0ptimistic so I can see whatever shenanigans they’re up to in your games! Happy simming!💛

#ts4 #ts4 sims #ts4 sim dump #sim dump #sim download #alpha sim dump #ts4 alpha #my sims #i tried my best to clean up my cc prior to this but i'm p sure some merged packages are still trapped in there #i apologize lol #but they're also just chock full of presets and sliders and alpha everything so #don't ever underestimate my ability to overdo it lmao #anyway #I hope you guys like them! #I don't often make new sims for leisure anymore #but i had a ton of fun making them #let me know if there are any issues with them #I have NOT updated for the infants patch so...do with that information what you will #might wanna run them through some batch fixes before you throw their cc in your game

[captainpissofff]

I find it incredibly funny, that I barely make it through the final boss, catching bombs and fists with my ass/face, zero supplies left, zero ammo that I started now fisting them with my bare hands, running around to pass time or idk confuse the machine, then when the game is fucking DONE with me, it decides to just fast-forward the fight and annonce that I miraculously won!

Then there's this cut scene where the boss is defeated and falls on the ground giving some last words about how bad he failed and I'm like BRO!????!! God works in mysterious ways I guess...

#jack krauser in resident evil 4 remake #lmaooo my fucking ass off lol haha #I TREAT LEON SO DIRTY LIKE HE LOOKS LIKE A FUCKING ROCKY TO HIM STILL!! #collecting the bear traps and the bombs like it's a hobby #Ada babe just help me go through this one too #and diablo IV #I'm certain that after certain numbers of resurrections the game just nerfs the boss #it's like: wtf my dude...get up #AND DMC !!!!! I SWEAR TO GOD I'M JUST ROW DOGGING MY SITUATION OUT OF EVERY SINGLE FIGHT #and then get SSS ???? y'all are gaslighting me rn I ain't that good #gamers of tumblr #resident evil #jack krauser #Leon Kennedy #albert wesker #diablo iv #dmc5 #dmc #devil may cry