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oldbooksandnewmusic · 2 months

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Why did I make this? Because I hate myself a bit, I think.

#valvert #my art tag #do i dare tag miraculous #seemingly i do - yes #just a silly crossover don't think about it too much #youve heard of Miku Binder Thomas Jefferson #get ready for whatever the fuck this is #starting off Valvert week right by completely ignoring the theme #sorry

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friendlyneighborhoodplebeian · 8 months

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I want a Batfam au were Tim and Damian have a normal sibling relationship, but due to the fact everyone else in the family has been the only child up until their adoption into the family and don’t necessarily have the most normal sibling relationships with each other (Jason+Dick pre Jason’s death didn’t talk, Jason has heavy resentment for Tim, Dick is more of a distant mentor/hero to Tim, Cass isn’t around much, and Duke is new to the family) they don’t realize Tim and Damian have a perfectly normal sibling relationship. But to their only child brains they don’t know this and subsequently they think Tim and Damian have a really unhealthy relationship and hate each other. Like they get Canary involved to observe them and she’s just really confused because her and Sarah (White Canary, and her little sister) do all this stuff all the time, this is normal.

#batfam #batfamily #tim drake #damian wayne #batman #red robin #dc robin #batfam au #Like siblings trying to kill and endanger each other is normal #(I know people that have chased their siblings around with knives and put their siblings in washing machines)#And seemingly hating your sibling is an average day #I feel like the majority of the Batfam don’t understand sibling relationships bc they are only children #Yes I also know that Damian and Tim were only children too #But out of the Batfam I think they have the most sibling esc relationship #Like calling your brother “my little/baby brother” and “brat” in less than 2 pages is exactly what siblings do #I feel the rest of the Batfam are more distant with each other #Dick in Bludhaven #Jason with his own place #Cass traveling #Duke being new member of the family #They have their moments of “yeah they’re definitely siblings” but Tim and Damian are constantly acting like siblings #Their relationship is fundamentally different from the others in my head that I can stop thinking about it

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riddlerosehearts · 5 months

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was thinking about how sometimes i see people say vil is the only overblotter who apologized and tried to make up for his actions--and yes, we should definitely give vil credit for his maturity and willingness to take responsibility! but i think those people are forgetting someone else here.

someone who, as soon as his friends managed to get through to him, cried and admitted that he didn't even entirely like what he was doing. someone who, as soon as his childhood best friend finally told him that the way he acted was wrong and that he owed everyone an apology, told everyone there at the time that he was sorry. someone who, when a dormmate of his who he hurt told him that just crying and saying sorry wasn't enough, did exactly what he was asked to do to make up for it and didn't even question it--and even though he didn't get things exactly right, genuinely tried his best and allowed himself to laugh at his mistake! someone who immediately from then on started gradually taking steps to get himself to be kinder and worry less about the rules!

that's right, if you think vil is the only one who apologized and tried to make up for the actions that led to/resulted from his overblot then you're forgetting riddle, our other queen! and riddle deserves his credit for all of this. cater even mentions during book 2 that he's been way nicer than he was before and ace and deuce also say that even though they still have to follow some weird rules, things are better than they used to be. and then at the end he chose to overlook trey and the others wanting to go against the rules just to get back at leona. maybe book 2 didn't display this quite as well as the beginning of book 6 showcased vil's development, but it is still there. and this is also why i hate seeing people characterize riddle as still being constantly angry and obsessed with rules post-book 1! he may not be perfect, but he's an abuse victim who had this mindset ingrained in him by his mother and instead of using that as an excuse he admitted that he was wrong and now is actively trying to be better. he was the first to overblot and even though book 1 was short, he still managed to have such great development.

#twisted wonderland #riddle rosehearts #honestly i'm mostly posting this as an excuse to talk about my love for riddle #but i do think it's crazy that i've seen some people seemingly forget like. the entirety of book 1 #AND i also think it's interesting how riddle and vil specifically are the ones who #had the most mature responses to realizing they were in the wrong and had hurt people #(and yes riddle burst out into tears but i'm referring to everything he did AFTER that)#riddle and vil parallel each other in quite a few ways and have a lot of similarities and i just think that's neat

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shadow-the-crow · 8 days

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Some thoughts on the Dark because i can:

It's based on not knowing what's there. In a statement, a Dark creature was described as having tentacles, but i actually thing this fear works best with as little physical descriptions as possible. The thing in the dark could be anything. It might be more terrifying than you could ever imagine. In my opinion, describing it just makes it tangible and thus less scary.

I personally think it's most effective when it's not completely dark. Because then, the thing in the shadows can see you, but you can't see it. You know how your eyes can get used to being in the dark, but when you're next to a source of light, you can't see the things in the dark room around you? Being in the dark means getting on its level. When you're in the light, it's superior to you. But yeah, i guess that's just a personal thing.

Being in the dark also means a loss of control. And, tied to the first point, the inability to understand. I could write a whole essay about how light is linked to rational thinking because it means you can fully perceive and understand the world around you - while darkness means ignorance and replacing knowledge with irrational beliefs, religion, fear. Often meaning relying on others who provide explanations, inadvertently giving them power over you and not controlling your own fate anymore. This is why the Dark as an entity being associated with a church is so perfect.

#wrote this down a while ago in my notes app #yes i do love making everything into a seemingly intellectual analysis. why? :)#the last part has probably been pointed out before but whatever #tma #the magnus archives #tma podcast #tma the dark #tma dark #tma entities #tma thoughts

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steelthroat · 3 months

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*crying desperately*

I have a new fanfic idea...

*weeps inconsolably*

It looks like a longfic

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goldpilot22 · 28 days

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lil threnody portrait :) I gave her sharp teeth

flashbang version under the cut

#artists on tumblr #original character #transgender #cosmic horror #for those who don't know: threny is not human. she is an eldritch godthing in seemingly human form #she's my favorite bastard <3 #and yes she's transgender #psii.txt #my art #my ocs #eldritchverse #Threnody #shoutout to lia my friend lia for drawin adams apples on her girlies all the time n inspiring me to do so #I used to only draw thren's lil hair thingy when she's more fully human (ie anchored or the tma au) but decided that she can have it always #cuz it's SO her #the one lil strand of curl that falls in her face. she don't look right without it #btw if u like this drawing reblog it <3 i want the world to see my terrible terrible woman ok?

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lokiusly · 5 months

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the way I gasped when I heard the lokius coded lyrics.

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transingthoseformers · 11 months

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Hey how many humans do you think Knockout has killed by being a dickhead on the road

#was this directly inspired by the ''hurry! get in the way! I am committing vehicular manburger helper'' clip? yes. yes it was.#maccadam #transformers #tfp knockout #i mean we do see him absolutely knock a person's car into a ditch during a street race #he 100% would commit a hit and run #you're an animal or human crossing the seemingly empty road late at night? sorry mate you're fucked

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stairset · 1 year

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I do think it’s kinda funny seeing Thrawn fans be like “they’re gonna ruin him by portraying him as a villain” like we are talking about this guy right

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#and before anyone accuses me of not knowing things i do know yes i know full well that he is a complex character #yes i have read the canon thrawn books (not the ascendancy books yet but the first three)#(i haven't bought many sw books lately aside from battle scars cause i'm still between jobs and don't have an infinite bank account)#and yes i know about the whole tug-of-war with rebels wanting to make him a threatening villain #vs the books wanting to make him more of a sympathetic anti-hero #and i do think it's possible to reconcile those seemingly contradictory characterizations #but my point is this is a sequel to the show where he was the main villain for the entire second half #(and need i remind you the show that made him canon again in the first place)#so like if you're NOT expecting him to be villainous in it you're kinda setting yourself up for disappointment #grand admiral thrawn #star wars #star wars rebels #shut up tristan

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layzeal · 9 months

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sometimes i think about how my sister had a friend in highschool who was super into 1D but specifically into larry and the babygate conspiracy and one day she was at our house and talked for an hour about the whole thing and showed us pictures talking abt how the baby is obviously fake and it was all about hiding louis and harry's secret gay love. anyways she's a jehova's witness now

#and yes i do think the last part is relevant #this is not me saying i'm sooooo much smarter and less likely to fall into cults bc i dont believe in babygate or whatever #but how some seemingly ''harmless'' (absolutely not harmless) internet conspiracies can condition people to rationalize these things #absolutely no one is safe from cults so always be careful!!!

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amee-racle-ofmyown · 4 months

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the heist!mark brainrot is consuming me…, just imagine mark n the viewer meeting for the first time as little kids to shoplift candy or smth together ╥﹏╥

the (brain)rot consumes!! I can relate

my dear anon... LISTEN. I am a big advocate for childhood friends captaineer, it's one of my favourite headcanons, but a childhood friends AU for the heist partners? that's something I hadn't considered until now. and it's adorable. I had to write something for it asap because I was INSPIRED. I hope you enjoy💖 thanks for sparking the idea!

Heist!Mark x reader (not explicitly romantic at all it's more about the friendship in this one) | Words: 1,317

You are in the kitchen of your shared home base, unloading the groceries your heist partner has just bought, when you pick up a bag of sour candies, smiling quietly to yourself. He's always been a fan of them.

Turning the packet in your hands, an old memory drifts to the surface of your mind:

You don't remember exactly how long ago it was, but you couldn't have been much older than maybe ten.

Your father was busy working, and had reluctantly sent you to the store with a small list after you insisted you could handle it on your own.

You slipped the folded piece of paper out of your school bag and scanned the list of items. At the bottom was a note that read, ‘Remember to stay hydrated, kiddo! :)’

You walked around the supermarket collecting the few things on your list and placed them in your trolley. On your way to the checkout, you passed through the candy aisle and slowed to eye the products on display.

‘Aren't you going to get anything?’

Your head perked up, shocked at the sudden voice addressing you.

There was a boy next to you with dark hair, looking at you inquisitively. He seemed to be about your age. He might have even been slightly shorter than you.

You must have been standing here for longer than you realised if it had prompted him to ask you about it.

You shook your head.

‘Why not?’

‘Oh, um. My dad only gave me enough money for what we need,’ you said timidly, showing him the list.

‘Ohh, that's too bad.’ Then, a small yet undeniably mischievous smile appeared on his face. He glanced discreetly up and down the aisle. ‘You know you can just — ’ and he took one of the small packets of candy off the shelf and slipped it swiftly into his pocket.

Your eyes went wide, stunned. Both from the fact that he was suggesting you steal, and at the speed and subtly with which he'd enacted the crime, as if he'd done it dozens of times before, if not more.

‘What are you doing?’ you spoke in a harsh whisper.

‘It's no big deal,’ he said in a lower voice than before, but one that still felt entirely too loud. He slipped another bag into his pocket.

You did not want to associate with this boy any longer.

You pushed your trolley away and towards the checkout, handing your items to the cashier.

You were unhappy to find the boy waiting for you when you exited the store, shopping bag in your hand.

‘What do you want?’ you asked, a little standoffishly, frowning at him.

‘There's no need to be rude,’ he said with a small pout. ‘Y'know, I think I might have seen you at school a few times.’

To your dismay, he followed along as you started walking home. When you pressed him, he simply said, ‘Hey, I'm not following you! I live down this way too, I promise!’

As the two of you walked, he chatted annoyingly by your side. What was more annoying was that you found you didn't mind his presence. You were a quiet kid and you didn't have many friends. Having someone to walk home with you was kind of a nice change of pace.

Just as you thought this, though, you immediately chided yourself mentally. You and him were not friends. You weren't going to be friends. This boy was a criminal and he wasn't even sorry about it.

You frowned in thought.

Oh no, what if he got caught? What if you went to juvenile jail for being an accomplice to theft? What would Dad say? What would Mom say? What if—’

‘Hey, are you listening to me? You haven't responded to anything I'm saying.’

You simply sighed as he pulled you out of your thoughts.

‘Are you still mad about the candy? I told you it's not a big deal.’

You stopped as you realised you were approaching your front door. The journey seemed to have gone a little faster than usual.

‘Really?’ you finally replied in an exasperated tone. ‘That was no big deal for you? That was stealing. Stealing is wrong.’ You couldn't believe you had to spell it out to him.

‘They won't notice a couple tiny bags of candy are gone. My mom says big companies that own supermarkets are greedy. They make loads of money anyway and don't pay enough taxes.’

‘Does your mom know you're a thief?’

‘W- well, no, but-’

‘That’s what I thought.’

He looked a little disheartened.

‘Please don't tell anyone. I'm sorry if I upset you,’ he said quietly, looking down.

You hadn't really expected an apology from someone like him. You sighed again.

‘I won't tell, but don't expect me to just go along with it. And don't act like we're best buds all of a sudden. We don't know each other. You don't even know my name!’

‘Well, what's your name?’

You gave him a slightly surprised look before telling him your name, albeit hesitantly.

‘Look, I have to get going now…’

You fumbled with the shopping bag as you reached into your coat pocket, feeling for the house key, when you suddenly felt something that wasn't there before. It made a crinkling sound beneath your touch.

‘You didn't.’ You pulled the candy out of your pocket. ‘When did you—?’

The boy grinned at you.

‘I thought you could have one of mine.’

‘I don't want your stolen candy!’

‘Judging by how you looked at it earlier, I think you do. And besides, stolen treats taste better!’ he called out, already walking away.

‘Wh- SHH!’ You hoped none of your neighbours had heard.

‘I'm Mark by the way! See ya, buddy!’

You stood outside the front door, dumbfounded.

Finally you let yourself in. Your dad wouldn't be home yet for a while.

You put the shopping away and sat down at your kitchen table, staring at the stolen goods in front of you.

You could try to put it back but… that would be more suspicious.

You figured, the deed had been done. There was nothing you could do now, so you may as well make the most of it.

You tore the edge of the packet and popped one of the candies in your mouth, savouring the sweet and sour combination on your tongue.

Maybe Mark was right. It did taste extra good. But maybe it was just because you'd been craving it.

What a weird kid.

‘Stealing is wrong, huh…?’ you mumble under your breath. You look down at the candy in your hands. It's not the same brand as the one from back then, but you imagine it tastes more or less the same, from what you remember.

Present day Mark is the one to pull you out of your musings.

‘Hey, what's with that face you're making? I know that look, buddy. Are you contemplating your life choices??’

You chuckle softly.

‘Just… got reminded of something. I suppose I got lost in nostalgia for a moment.’

‘Oh yeah? Penny for your thoughts?’

You turn and smile at him.

‘This just made me think of an annoying little boy stealing candy from a supermarket. And his reluctant acquaintance who ended up getting dragged into his antics for the foreseeable future.’

It takes a second for it to click.

‘Ohhhhh.’ You watch as realisation turns to him smiling fondly at the memories, which turns to him snapping his attention to you with a fake-offended look.

You laugh at his expression.

‘Wait, hey! Annoying?!’

‘Mhm.’

‘Excuse you, I was a wonderful, sweet and positively charming child.’

Your laughter rings out in the kitchen, full of mirth, and he shakes his head at you with a familiar lopsided grin, and you are so grateful for the cheeky little boy who approached you that day.

#feels kinda weird calling it candy instead of sweets. but I did it bc they presumably live in america #I'm working on at least two other fics rn but I had to stop everything to write this #I finally submitted a uni thing I've been doing for a while so I felt like I deserved a break #and I sat down and wrote majority of this in one sitting lmao #lmao it ended up being my longest fic to date??? WHAT THE HECK?!#BTW AGAIN. NOT ENCOURAGING STEALING THAT'S BAD DON'T DO IT #also yes y/n's dad is the one the only stan the water man #I hc stan to have been the captain's actual dad so I just went 'wth why not in this universe too?'#I really enjoyed this one #thank you again anon #also. I looked up pictures of young markiplier out of curiosity and to get into the headspace Ig/get a mental image for this #and guys. I highly encourage you to do the same.#HE WAS SUCH A LITTLE GUY🥺#and he looked as cheeky and mischievous as he often does now lolol #that also inspired parts of this haha #I tried to write a young heist!mark in a way that I think? would make sense for him #bit of a kleptomaniac maybe lol #and possibly more seemingly extroverted than I wanted but I had to kick off the interaction somehow #amee writes #a heist with markiplier #ahwm #partners in crime #heist mark x y/n #heist mark x reader #heist mark #heist!mark #markiplier egos #markiplier cu #asks #anonymous

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welcometotheanimehood · 1 year

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I've known this man for one episode and I love him

#buddy daddies #anime #winter season 2023 #do I think he's really good looking? yes #but do I also relate to him being a introvert who seemingly is unable to take care of himself? also yes

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dontforgetoctober3rd · 1 year

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Itachi Uchiha’s relationship with Sasuke was not that of a normal, caring older brother but straight up parentification. It’s obvious Mikoto and Fugaku *constantly* left baby Sasuke in his care leading up to the nine tales attack, as evidenced by Itachi’s ability to get 3 (4?) month old Sasuke to stop crying and Itachi wearing a sling to carry Sasuke (you only do that if you would carry a baby for long periods of time). In this essay, I will

#itachi uchiha #Sasuke uchiha #uchiha clan #naruto #is this me projecting my own trauma onto one of my blorbos?#yes 100%#but Itachi WAS parentified! I will DIE on this fucking hill #like hello why do you think Sasuke was so heartbroken #his primary caregiver seemingly betrayed him and said he never cared #imagine your MOM or DAD saying that to you #also how many montages of Sasukebeing sad over good memories of itachi did we get #versus how many with his *actual* mom and dad #like can you name me ONE good memory Sasuke has with Fugaku #and no the fireball jutsu moment doesn’t count #now name some memories with Mikoto #yep #like even when they are older at 11 and 7 Itachi is STILL being charged with his care #he is cooking him up a meal and it comes out great meaning he does this a lot #hell even in the tsukuyomi OVA special Itachi cooks for him! he’s still being a goddamn mom in an ILLUSION for Pete’s sake #none of that microwave chicken nugget type crap either but actual meals that require a good deal of prep time #so I think you can understand that I am not pulling this parentified theory out of my ass #when Itachi fades away he isn’t saying goodbye to his little brother #he’s saying goodbye to his baby 😭💔💔💔💔💔💔

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dribs-and-drabbles · 1 year

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Pran 🤝🏽 Episode 4

A master of manipulation.

An episode that began with showing how Pran (and Pat to some extent) is a master manipulator, is itself an example of manipulation at its finest. And it's us the audience that is being manipulated. The irony being that whilst Pran expertly manipulates his and Pat's friends into working on the bus stop, the show manipulates us into feeling the depths of Pran's heartache. Yes, we can place some blame on Pat's actions (as oblivious as they may be) but it's also how the production design framed a lot of things.

First we're being shown that Pat is in love with Pran: Pat holding Pran's waist in the stairwell; the flirting disguised as insults at the bus stop; the "I thought you said you liked someone in architecture" from Korn that never got explained; Pat and Pran wearing almost matching colours when looking for the headphone - blue, white, and cream (with Pat the only one with black...but Pran's looking for his black headphone...plus black is opposite of white and these two are nothing if not classic opposites...). All this, and Pat's clear desire to be around Pran as much as possible in ep 3, clearly indicates Pat must love Pran...

But sike! not really because here's Ink, a love interest for Pat. He used to like her and might still like her now: Pat and Ink are in matching colours (Pat's Salome t-shirt and Ink's mustard yellow vest); romantic music is playing when Ink is fixing Pat's hair; Pat starts wearing the bracelet Ink gave him in high school; Pa leaves Pat and Ink alone because she's "clearing the way" for him; the flashbacks to show how close they were in high school; Pran feels the need to ask Ink if she likes Pat... All this going to show that Pat definitely likes Ink...

But wait! We then get thrown back to Pran with the "If I have these dimples will I be as cute as you?"; Pat asking to stay the night; Pat in that shirt; the "Are you afraid people would think I'm flirting with you?"; Pat being annoyed when Ink disturbs them on the bleachers; Pat's "If you hug me this tight, you might as well take me as your boyfriend"; and Korn's "what's gotten into you Pat?" as Pat gravitates to Pran after his injury. Yes, what has gotten into you Pat?

So of course we're left wondering who Pat really likes and whether even he knows it or is just oblivious to his feelings (some of us were even convinced that Pat liked Pran and was aware of it - I remember the divide of opinion and discourse about this back then). And all this manipulation culminates in the show having not only Pran but all of us on absolute tenterhooks after that little question at the end - "do you like Ink?". The countdown to the most anticipated moment of the year series...and then our collective disbelief and heartbreak when the answers came: "no" | "yes".

What do you mean, Pat?! You're quite clearly in love with Pran!

#bad buddy #badbuddyrewatch #bad buddy episode 4 #bad buddy series #we were played absolutely completely and totally #yes it was pat's actions which were seemingly obvious #but it was also how the production design included these subliminal messages to us #I may not even have caught them all #and this is what makes this episode so great! because it wasn't a clear case of a faen fatale #but rather it was how we collectively couldn't believe this boy could be so oblivious #surely he knew what he was doing?!#and then of course this set up ep 5 SO PERFECTLY...#but I'm getting ahead of myself...

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emmafaeru · 11 months

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one of the things that's insane to me about terraria is it's lack of online prescence. it's the 10th best selling video game of all time. there's like 3 people who make videos about it. it's been around for 13 years. there's not even 400 fics tagged as terraria on ao3. 45 million people have played it. there are maybe 4 pieces of fanart somwhere if you really dig for them. and the crazy part is I totally agree. I have never wanted to create about terraria. I have rarely if ever wanted to consume content about terraria. this is a game I have a disgusting amount of hours in and I would give a very high rating of and I have never once gone feral over it like I have with other things I consume. terraria is this ball of awesomeness of a game mixed with this complete fucking undecipherable void of a prescence and i think it's insane

#if we're actually thinking about why though #1) the complete lack of story/worldbuilding/setting/ heavily discourages any attempt of a narrative #it would be like trying to write a captivating story about minecraft steve in minecraft block world #'but minecraft has so many stories thought up in it! like [insert minecraft smp]'#2) yes but consider that minecraft's relatively short - and frankly unfulfilling - progression #means that after you beat minecraft the only thing left to do is to create - either with yourself or other people #which incidentally is also why minecraft servers are such a big thing - becuase of that natural steer into playing with other ppl #however (as anyone who's tried to beat it knows) terraria has a LOT of progression - and it's all built to be extremly satisfying progress #which means when you beat terraria. you can beat it again! in any one of 2098456 ways you choose all of which give you a unique playthrough #incidentally this is also why in my experience servers are so much less of a thing in terraria #while the modding scene is sososo much bigger and relevant - tapping into that 'replay the thing but DIFFERENT' again type of replayability #I'm comparing terraria and minecraft btw because both are sandbox games but they have wildly different prescences #and often times people will write minecraft having more content down as 2d/terraria being more limiting creatively #but actually some of the prettiest builds in a videogame I've seen were in 2d/terraria #I think there's a more fundamental difference at play there #in the type of replayability that mc and terraria offer #one kind of forces you to create or play with others if you want more out of it #while the other offers this kind of seemingly endless well of challenges that never steers you in that co-op/creative direction #both are great in their own right #but it means that minecraft has more content 'staying power' as it is a space designed first and foremost to steer players into creating #and also most importantly - cooperating and playing with others to creat together #while terraria more often focuses on that core gameplay experience/challenge #while never steering/forcing players into that creating/co-opting space #unless they intentionally seek out that experience for themselves #see - the terraria builder community (not massive last time I checked) and server players (I don't think they exist)#also 3) eye of cthullu is stupid hard to draw in 3d without doubling over laughing #like 👁️ <- oh man look who's floating ominously!! he sure is gonna getchu!!#^ I ramble about things #also i still think terraria is better than minecraft. for the record

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burnsopale · 6 months

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I am absolutely obsessed with the conversation between Marguerite and Chauvelin in Chapter VIII.

Just ... Just ...

Her delight in seeing him Though it is as much because of the past he represents as for himself, they are still friends! Friends! They have a past together, he was in her social circle, which means he was part of the intellectual and artistic set of Paris, and he "knew Armand well"! What the hell? Where does this connection between them disappear to? Why isn't it used more?

His anger towards her While she is delighted, he is sarcastic with her from the first, and I think it's because he is feeling personally betrayed. She was once part of the republican cause, but "betrayed" it by marrying into the aristocracy that Chauvelin hates. This seems to be their first meeting since her marriage, and he is so smug that it's gone poorly for her. He, so intensely devoted to the cause, probably would take it personally that she, Paris' brilliant leading lady, chose to betray her principles, but of course, she was always a moderate: pro-equality but not anti-aristocracy, and so she does not see herself as a traitor and doesn't realise what his moodiness means.

The way she teases him! Asking what "or whom" he's doing in England?? Calling him "my little Chauvelin"? Saying she's gotta be pretty miserable or she wouldn't be so happy to see him? She's so confident and even condescending! Their power dynamic starts out entirely in her favour and is reversed over the course of the book, and that's so interesting, I wanted a more deliberate exploration of that!

Chauvelin being kinda noble actually? The fact that when he entreats her to aid France, his expression is described as one of "singular earnestness". No sarcasm, no hate, just devotion. He even becomes "impressive and full of dignity" as he describes his mission in England.

“For the sake of France, citoyenne!” reiterated Chauvelin, earnestly.

He doesn't come to her intending to blackmail her, he doesn't come up with that until he finds out her brother is in league with the Scarlet Pimpernel, which he would also probably take quite personally, because he, again, "knew Armand well".

I wanted more of this!

#The Scarlet Pimpernel #Hello yes if you're not already familiar this is what I do in fandoms #Popping out from behind a tree like “Have you considered the thematic implications of this seemingly innocent line of dialogue?”#“The author didn't think too hard about this sentence but I sure intend to!”#Marguerite Blakeney #Armand Chauvelin #He was almost a sympathetic and complex villain but then you had to do the antisemitic thing goddammit Orczy that was so bad

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