#regardless of which one wins

[jell-o101]

OH BOY I AM HEAVILY DEBATING THIS BUT OH WELL. Both outcomes are angsty as hell but still give off a bittersweet result. Now, I want you guys to make the decision for me to utilize in Luigi’s Escape Plan

#Luigi’s Escape Plan #comic #both are good options #same end result #buuut #buuuuuuut #the angst difference #ooOOOo #also one of these has a better continuity with the games… #Luigi #Mario #the super mario bros movie #tsmbm #huehuehue #the battle does not change btw #regardless of which one wins #one tiny detail changes everything #and I’m getting GIDDY at which one will become canon to my comic #and which one will become concept art instead

[a-gay-little-cat]

finally some good festival of the lost armor

#REGARDLESS OF WHICH ONE WINS #THE FUCKING WIZARD BABBYYYYY

[mishapen-dear]

tbh i think that even unwinnable fights should be winnable. some of the BEST fights i've ever run as a dm were ones i built kill the players (in a fun way. I had some cutscenes prepped so even the loss would be a different flavour of win)- but then they were clever bastards and managed to either win the fights or pull themselves out of trouble. I think it's perfectly fine to plan for a fight that players aren't supposed to win, but you need to let them. if they can't win, they can't lose, and the meaning of that encounter is diminished. do that too many times, and they stop trusting you to give them roleplay prompts and start expecting to sit there waiting while you drive the story for them.

but if they can win... if there is always the chance to win, no matter how impossible the odds, then they ALWAYS have hope. they always get invested. they feel the big emotions of success or the big emotions of failure, and you fucking Win as a dm/roleplay prompter/lead bastard.

#qsmp neg #qsmp crit #discourse #<- for blacklists #im not grumping or anything im just musing on like. the mechanics of why everyone is so upset about the latest fight #and how it can be avoided while still keeping these fights genuinely difficult and intense #its hard because there's so many players and they all have wildly different strengths and weaknesses #so someone who could take on the code easy needs that enemy scaled differently than someone who isn't a big fighter #but it's hard to do that in a world where they interact w the same enemy #and you only have so much man-power to cater to a big server like this one #and then you bring in the big powerful items that the players can and can't access but which the admins have ultimate power over #and the fact that some of the admins themselves have lag issues or aren't super great at pvp so they accommodate that with better gear #and it starts getting messy #but for the fights themselves yeah regardless of what armour or gear or killing-methods they use there should Always be a win condition #and idk maybe there was one and we just didn't get to see it #but if that win condition is 'parents sit in the safe room with their babies while the others are overrun' #then i think there are ways to build better win conditions #anyway i love game design and player/dm interactions qsmp hire me now i want to know your behind the scenes #jk im too busy to apply #but man. i wanna nerd out so bad that sometimes i think about it

[min0uet]

just a reminder that mordecai heller isn't canonically aroace. he's canonically asexual. headcanons are perfectly fine ofc but people in the tags keep saying he's canonically aroace which just isn't accurate

#i do say this bc there are huge implications that he felt something deeper than loyalty for atlas which would be a shame to overlook #regardless of the fact that it definitely wouldve been one sided #he doesnt like women tho. that much IS canon. so gay asexual mordecai for the win or whatever #lackadaisy #mordecai heller #harold.txt #Also for what its worth i made this post as an ace lesbian so yknow. speaking from experience its very possible

[yukennico]

#drdt #just asking to see what i should draw/post first tomorrow #but id do these two regardless which one wins #danganronpa despair time #xander matthews

[essektheylyss]

It is wild to me how many people are like, "hahaha op's speech did nothing," as if I am running and participating in these polls to get validation for my blorbo. If I just wanted to be content with my blorbo, I would absolutely not be tossing him up on a platform to be heckled for a week straight. I would be retreating to some echo chamber Discord server to experience the emotional equivalent of everyone gathering around and petting a puppy.

I literally do not think Essek is going to win this poll! I do not think he is going to win the tournament! I seeded Laerryn number one for a reason! For a number of factors I think it would be very difficult for anyone to beat her! I literally put him and Laerryn on the same side of the bracket so that they would not end up in the final, because I did not think it was going to be an interesting fight! We as a fandom beat "Laerryn could smash any wizard in Exandria without contest" into the ground weeks ago! I considered writing a stump speech just for kicks for every semifinalist, because I like to argue things and I love playing up a ridiculous and meaningless kayfabe!

But like, Laerryn has swept many polls, and it's deeply boring to me if she wins in a landslide. I am a polling nerd, and I can confirm that no one watches landslide races. They are not interesting. And this is fully just for the fun of it, so I am gonna make it interesting.

If there's no challenge, no consideration of how the other side might win, then what the fuck is the point of running a tournament?

In conclusion:

#this is incidentally also why I am campaigning on behalf of veth's big naturals. #it's also why I pushed for oremid hass to take ludinus out in the first round! #I am here for my own amusement and no other reason #like tbh too much opinion in fandom these days that everything is about 'winning' #your ship becoming canon ahead of all the other ships. your fave coming out on top. NO. #fandom is about having fun and making up fictional shit with no stakes for your own amusement. #like this has happened in other places where people get SO vicious when something turns out other than someone was lobbying for #in this weird schadenfreude kind of way #and it's like...... this says more about how seriously those people are taking it than anything else lol #also it's a weird comment to make anyway cuz essek has gained 3 or 4 percent since I posted that lmfao #which was genuinely more than I expected lol #anyway wild anyone thinks I'd be pressed about writing one speech when I write so much goddamn fic regardless of whether people read it #(people often do! which is great and lovely! but there are plenty of things that no one read lol and I still love them) #cannot stress enough that I am HERE FOR FUN.

[beanmaster-pika]

I am a “even though he considers her annoying Yu Yiseol is Cheong Myeong’s favorite disciple” truther

#pika’s ramblings #return of the mount hua sect #return of the blossoming blade #romh #listen. listen. listen to me. #she was the first one to recognize his swordsmanship as mount hua’s now-extinct pinnacle after he reincarnated #she understood his strength immediately (which was why he thought she was annoying at the start) and respected it #and knew immediately that it was the sword she should be striving for as a disciple of mount hua regardless of him being of a younger line #and on the reverse side! #cheong myeong is severely disappointed by the skill level of the current mt hua but he acknowledged her skill as a disciple with potential #in the huazhong arc his narration outright says that she was the only second grade disciple who would have a shot #at winning if she’d participated #plus it’s implied that none of the other third grades had the guts to induct her into their training which means cheong myeong was stuck #with the job the whole time until the second grades could train on their own #which is so so funny after he spent all that time avoiding her demands that he train her #anyway. some people might say that yu yiseol is being built as the love interest (I am barely a tenth into the novel so I don’t actually #know what happens past like 200. don’t spoil it for me #but I say they’re wrong!!!!!!!!!!!!! #first of all I think cheong myeong died an 80yo virgin so write that down. #whether it was due to personal preference (aspec) or his single-minded devotion to martial arts doesn’t matter #what MATTERS is that I think yu yiseol is cut from the same cloth #the number one thing in both of their hearts is mount hua’s sword #my hc is that while baek cheon has the most raw power of the second grade disciples yu yiseol has the most skilled swordsmanship #that part’s not relevant I just wanted to mention it. #ANYWAY their first and only loves are the sword and even though their personalities are so wildly different they’re both still oddballs who #devote themselves mind body and soul to their swords. #and no matter what he thinks of her personality cheong myeong’s got to at least grudgingly approve of her dedication to the sword and #desire to improve it

[skrunksthatwunk]

kinda drives me up a wall when people go "hey i think x action in a war/combat scenario is inhumane and cruel and shitty" and someone responds with "oh but within the laws of war it's allowed or there's procedure for it etc etc". it doesn't have to be a war crime to be unforgivable man it's a shitty rulebook anyway

#like whether or not something's bad isn't determined by whether or not it adheres to arbitrary rules people made up and never obey #i thought we all knew that already. c'mon man. get a grip #obviously war crimes are bad but that's not where the badness potential ends y'know #this post is due to my dad talking about smth i sent him mentioning US troops firing on a bunch of guys in smth on deserters and he was lik #well they're not like citizens or refugees or deserters they're retreating enemy combattants. so it's different. #it IS different but isn't it still like. overly brutal? idk. #like would you want them to pursue Your ppl regardless? are they not allowed mercy just because you proved stronger? your positions could #be swapped easily and you'd think that as fellow combattants you would feel that deeply. idk maybe i'm just too soft or whatever but like. #seems stupid to me. war generally seems stupid to me but this specifically right now seems stupid to me #yes i know there are practical concerns and sacrifices in combat that make sense when you're actually there and me saying there should be n #wars and we should make it a fucking priority to not have wars doesn't mean ppl already in a decision-making role in the field should do #what i (an idealist) would do. they're responsible for minimizing loss and shit. whatever. doesn't mean it's not fucked up anyway. #and that's assuming the best case scenario for a leader in such a position. usually they just want to minimize Their side's losses. usually #by maximizing the other side's. or they just want to win and will sacrifice anyone for it if it's practical #which happens a Lot. usually it's a mix of the latter two to my understanding #as if americans' lives matter more than anyone else's and the other side doesn't have a right to mourn bc they offended us somehow #ugh that shit irks me so bad dude. there'll be like a terrorist attack in europe or smth and the news'll be like #ONE AMERICAN WAS KILLED. and twenty swiss. THE AMERICAN WAS VISITING FAMILY THERE ON SUNDAY MORNING WHEN TRAGEDY STRUCK etc etc #fucking hate that. i don't care if they're on 'my team' or whatever they're all equally human and equally dead #why the hell should i care if one of them was an american. just say 21 people died. like i get reporting on it briefly ig to like notify #ppl At Best but like. it's so grating. why can't you be normal about other people fucking goddamn you #why is this a controversial statement. why is giving a shit about people killing each other (often for like 10 ppl's financial gain) wrong #like. come on. i don't care if they 'deserve it' or whatever because i don't think they do. and even if they Did i don't think it's #America's Time To Step Up!!! every time smth like this happens (but only when it is financially beneficial to us to do so #such that we ignore atrocities all the fucking time bc it's inconvenient. we're not superheros. we're cops.) #not saying america shouldn't do anything bc like. idk. you screw everyone over to have all the power maybe you should use that influence fo #good. but my definition of 'good' is wayyyy way different from everybody who's ever held office here apparently so like. nuts to that #eugh. anyway im cutting myself off here rant over. for now

[pinktwinkiezoppo]

#in a crossover ship mood so what better thing to do than to make a poll #I already know which ones gonna win but I thought it would be a fun little poll regardless #:P #I know there are more but these are the pairings I've seen more than one piece of art for #I would've added cyben if it was popular 😔 #if you pick other and you say a character from an anime I'm not gonna know who you're talking about sorry #ben 10 #ben tennyson #benzak #benrex #green glow #bensari #bendex #adriben #polls #zoppos posties

[cupid-styles]

ok time to vote on the final october blurbs!!!!! :D (also there's one more poll coming since I'll be posting two reader's choice blurbs for halloween week :) )

#writing #fyi regardless of which one wins #it will be smutty and halloween themed

[storm-called]

finally throwing a poll together for event location

So, knights and princesses won the theme for the garden gala event. With that in mind,

(images are in order as they appear in the poll, from left to right)

#I have an idea of which one will likely win #but giving people the chance to choose regardless #I may end up surprised #a poll for date/time will be up later #also if there's a clear winner by mid-week I'll end the poll early #really hate how there's only 2 lengths you can have the polls

[theultracharmingladynoire]

something something about how the rings not just symbolised Yuuri and Victor's bond and was not just an omamori for them something something Victor was the first person Yuuri wanted to hold on to and share his dreams with and depend on after fighting for so long ALONE something something the rings symbolising this exact same thing something something about how Yuuri's arc still is wonderful even when he didn't win the gold because he finally learnt to actually depend on people, share his dreams and aims with them and not fight alone which is something he struggles with for the whole show

#yuri on ice /// #I am not sure about how to intrepret the whole of yuuri's arc but that's purely because I've watched the show only once #It always felt a bit off to me when the whole winning gold was a bit rushed in the last episode #And of course you could blame that on the pacing and you could say that there was flaws in the writing/the writers got confused #I've seen multiple posts about it and while I personally disagree I do think it is a valid interpretation #But I want to work with what DID happen in canon so I can be at peace with the episode lol #I choose to intrepret his arc as being one where he learns to not beat himself up over his failures (In lack of a better way to phrase it) #His anxiety plays a huge factor in it too though #One could argue that maybe winning gold would've given him that final push in believing that he is in fact extraordinary and not just #A dime a dozen skater (and I think that would have been wonderful too!) #And yeah they could have made him win gold AND have him not retire! But I don't think what we got in canon is inherently bad writing #(I mean excluding the scoring which from what I hear was inaccurate? But it doesn't bother me because Idk anything about scoring lmao) #Or maybe it's because this is a lesson I personally am struggling to learn and accept - that regardless of whether you win or not you #can and should strive to be better and better without losing hope #also a bit related to this but to me the emotional climax in the finale was actually Yuuri's free skate and him breaking the record #It was what further cemented my #thoughts about Yuuri's arc being about him and his need to be satisfied with his skating regardless of winning or losing #also fyi the takes I talked about aren't inherently ones I came across lol I just was thinking of various counter points #The whole reason I am writing this si because I want to understand this whole thing myself gdishsjshdh so writing it down seems like a good #thing #n rambles #Also hopefully this post doesn't show up in tags djsbdjbdjd

[shakestheclown]

i feel like killing myself does anyone else feel like killing themselves

#i wish i could just live alone lmao #i need to eat regularly but i cant make food for myself after work w/o my little brother asking me to make him something else too #which isnt the worst thing but hes 20 he could use the oven literally anytime but he refuses to even try #and my time before+after work is so limited i dont feel like cooking a bunch of extra food for somebody who couldve done it hours ago #and then when i try to plan meals out for my family either he'd rather go to sleep or my mom (knows im cooking and then) leaves the house #AND they both get mad and offended if i order food just for myself BUT ALSO if i order for me+my brother he refuses to eat anything besides #mcdonalds which i hate like. i cant win and im just so sick of being alive #on the one hand my brother would never eat if i didnt make him food/buy him food but on the other hand at what point does it stop being my #responsibility... i'm tired i just wanna live in a world where i only have to look after myself and not worry abt everyone hating me #regardless nothing is appetizing to me anymore and i never have time to eat anyway not to mention money like im just so sick of being alive #[liza minelli cackle]

[dapperrokyuu]

To give just the briefest statement as for why I think Milgram can actually be super duper good than Id ever give it credit for currently:

I think youve lost the moment youve participated in voting.

Pretty much.

#dee p thoughts #milgram #WHICH IS A WIN FOR ME BECAUSE I DIDNT VOTE FOR JACK RUBBISH #if you take the original milgram experiment the whole point of them is that #they wanted to see how far participants would obey a superior despite causing another to suffer #my assumption is that milgram wants to get you caught up in your ''ego'' #distracted by your beliefs of whether a prisoner is guilty or not regardless of how serious or at whim you judge them #voting anyone ''guilty'' will likely make them suffer #hell even ''innocent'' too #and at the end of the day no matter how good youve done #how much you played by milgrams rules to what you think is best #youre going to make SOMEONE suffer #and as jackelope says in first trial announcement vid #''Im not taking responsibility for your actions.'' #anything that happens to the prisoners is going to be YOUR fault #if Im right in how the writing will go theyre going to PARADE THAT #you got caught up in your ego and hurt others as a result...NO ONE FORCED YOU TO PLAY #of course if the writing is good c:

[ctl-yuejie]

i know this blog has turned into complaining hours but...i would understand it if a private person does not exactly know how procedural law works

but these lawyers are making my life so difficult because they just cannot keep the simplest rules. like dude, come on. the order of your complaints is actually important. now i am stuck with an unsolvable situation.

#ctlyuejie rants #i know he doesn't care because he wins this case regardless #at least partially #but i'd rather not dismiss it on grounds of jurisdiction so the other party doesn't waste their time at the correct court only to lose the #case partially #which is also great work on part of the claimants rep because the claim is so specific that i am having a hard time not dismissing the whole #thing #just give me a subsidiary claim so i can use it #nvm that i have another judgement to write where everyone also acts total bananas #that one has such a good basis for mediation and they just won't use it #very tempted to decide that along the lines of what i would suggest for mediation #so they have to pay for the trial but get the same outcome #i don't want to work as a judge but i think my supervisor thinks i'm suited for it since i have 0 patience for anyone which apparently is #the most important requirement in order to be able to tackle the amount of cases you have to manage

[eternallys]

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#ahh i just finished watching the suchwita ep w/ wz and i am so 🥺🥺🥺 #loved it very much. 🥺🥺 #i know on the twt.com the lil 7s are being vile and nasty to him #which . go get better taste and a life 🧍🏻‍♀️ #idk i was smiling all the way through #and i came out of it with a lot of love for mr wz #idk how you can hate him. hes literally so humble and nice like 😭😭 #like. he has every right to be confident and talk about himself #when he’s literally one of the most talented and harworking out there ??? #idk just if you watch that and dont end up falling in love?? #then there is actually smth wrong with you ? #but yeah. im so 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖 #it would be cool if they did actually collab on smth one day #i would love it #anyways. regardless of what anyone else has to say #im glad he went on there 😤 #i truly did win with this interaction ! #personal