#so.... i hit him. critically

[shatouto]

i did a dumb friendly fire and blew off nearly half of astarion's hp (i'm so sorry astarion)

#baldur's gate 3 #bg3 tav #astarion #shadowheart #gale of waterdeep #so what really happened was that: i was supposed to click on astarion in the turn list #except i accidentally clicked on his profile pic. while my spell was still engaged #so.... i hit him. critically #wow guys it's been a few days since i posted this and LMAOO i'm happy to hear i'm not alone #we're all dumdums together eh #thank u for your tags i have great fun reading them #oc: lorame

[eff-plays]

Is this your remorseful and selfless and uncorruptible meow meow.

#i got this on my first playthrough and i screenshotted it because the line hit me like a truck #it felt SO significant to him as a character and i LIKE it #but it does fully show his main flaw #and that's WHY i like it #but like ... this is him y'all #don't look away and pretend he's soo justified and it's just a trauma response or whatever #cuz i know a bitch when i see one!! #embrace it! he's FUCKED!! #don't smooth over his edges just because you don't wanna look at them damn #bg3 #astarion #bg3 fandom critical #anyway haha he's sooo cute in this pic<3 #*beats him to death with a stick of salami*

[kagooleo]

aside from my rice here’s a doodle dump of my timeskip johto kiddos all scribbled during classes! forgot to upload this some time ago but it's a mix of silly doodles, profile studies and outfit ideations 📝

#kagoodles #pokemon gsc #pokemon hgss #rival silver #trainer kris #trainer ethan #trainer lyra #tag wall incoming guys waHA #practicing with profiles is fun but keeping consistency at various angles? hoogh #alright time for more rambling abt these guys (specifically lyra and ethan) for a bit :D #I wanted lyra's champion dress to have a bit more inspo from filipiniana dresses but also retain parts from her sygna suit in pmex! #celebi inspired to honor her role as ilex's shrine protector when her grandparents pass that torch to her #not sure of a specific battle gimmick but it would involve hp recovery and defense/sp def buffing with a mix of lessening critical hits #and then she hits ya with the steel chair equivalent azumarill backed with huge power + belly drum!!!!!!!!! sweep em girl!!!!!!!!!! #silver and lyra would be the last guys you'd face for double battles at the battle tower but Watch Out #what else what else uhhh ETHAN #ethan's revolves around the pokeathlon so he's a bit more showy in competition compared to when he does photography work #he can jump between being a popular pokeathlete to intensely focused on taking wildlife pictures with like. several 'mons surrounding him #very dedicated to his research and study; his friends would find him in crazy phototaking positions just to take a pic of a heracross #i think it'd be funny that ethan and kris are rivals at the pokeathlon they would have some beef (they'd tally wins against each other) #I haven’t forgotten abt everyone else tho I have so much on the mind I wanna draw #maybe I’ll finish some of these doodles for when I feel like working on my neocities but website building is a whole beast in and of itself #but I’ll persevere if the results come out decent >:]

[leverage-ot3]

parker in the inside job is so real to me

parker, who has had a very complicated relationship with the concept of ‘family’, who blew up her abusive foster parent’s house, who bounced around the foster system before ultimately making a run for it

who was caught pick pocketing a world-renowned thief and taken in under his wing where he molded her into the best thief that ever existed, where he then ‘released her into the world’

archie took her in, yes, but he didn’t really take her in. he kept her at arm’s length, letting her live in empty warehouses and learning how to pick locks and beat security systems instead of going to school or learning what familial love was

he raised her, but only barely

and leverage did a great job of adding subtleties to her to have her come off as neurodivergent, most likely autistic. she was never what society would deem as ‘normal’, especially back then. and then archie tells nate to his face that she would never fit in, not anywhere

(and nate is mad. eliot is mad. rightfully so.)

parker is different from most people, thinks differently and acts differently. but that’s not wrong, and not her fault. but archie couldn’t see past that and take her in as she truly was, not when he had an ‘actual’ family at home. she wouldn’t fit in and that was something he wasn’t willing to risk, try or explain

and then archie calls parker asking for her thoughts on the steranko situation and she doesn’t even hesitate because his family is on the line. his real family. and he’s her father in a way no one had ever been before and looked after her in the only way she knew how and that meant something to her and she couldn’t have something like that happen to him

not on her watch

#i'm not autistic so please tell me if any of this comes off as tone-deaf or anything like that #but i am neurodivergent and sometimes resonate with parker and i'm rewatching the inside job and UGH IT HITS #something about being seen as 'other' and being kept at arms length because of that. never really being accepted only used for talent #that makes me extremely emotional #and pause the episode for 20 minutes to think out and write this post #this post is alternatively known as an archie-critical post #i will tolerate him for parker's sake in the same way nate does but that does NOT mean i like him #the inside job #leverage #leverage season 3 #parker #parker meta #archie leach #meta #episode analysis #my meta #autistic parker #neurodivergent headcanons #neurodivergent #mine

[andi-o-geyser]

Post-Orthax, post-redeemed-himself-for-the-Sunken-Tomb Percy is here and now THIS is the man who would build a raw sodium bomb to win a cannonball contest with his friends. he’s so dumb! he gets to be silly! he is innocent he is pure he’s a fucking unhinged dumbass like the rest of them for once! let him have this! he killed his future wife! can he be happy for 5 minutes!!

#he hit peak nerd-percy in the feywild and i could not be more happy #literally SO dumb #such a babygirl i love him #percy de rolo #vox machina #critical role #tlovm #the legend of vox machina #percahlia #perc'ahlia #vex’halia de rolo #vexahlia #vex'ahlia #vex #percival de rolo #tlovm season 2 #tlovm spoilers #cr spoilers #andis thought geyser

[tin-cant]

In ep45, Ludinus says, "I think I will be eternally grateful for what she's done" about Liliana. For me, personally, that gives some "I'm going to dispose of her the second I don't need her" vibes, and can you imagine?!? Liliana thinking that she's preventing him from acting his worst only to get stabbed in the back?? Dedicating so much of her life to his goals only to realize how disposable she really is?? Regardless of whether he succeeds, that would be a GREAT plot-twist.

#obviously vibes are not good evidence for a theory i just saw a gifset of the line and it hit me how crazy this would be if it did happen #it would make ludinus SO despicable #and show that even one of the most important of his allies is still replaceable to him because he only views people as tools to get his way #ludinus you are now 2nd in my list of people who might theoretically kill liliana #critical role #liliana temult #ludinus da'leth #cr spoilers #<- tagging just for the reference to how liliana views ludinus

[densitywell]

thinking many ashrym thoughts rn. orym came back from issylra at his worst and ashton, somehow, has come out at their best. ashton wants to be a hero, to inspire people, to save the world; orym wants to get revenge on those who killed his family. when he's pushing the rest of the hells to go back to the key barely an hour after they've reunited, it's ashton who pulls them towards taking some desperately needed time to decompress.

ashton doesn't regret a single thing that happened in hearthdell. orym says they made compromises to get back to the hells. orym has admitted that he can't really grapple with one side of the gods debate because its the belief his family was killed over, while ashton is specifically exploring the ideologies most associated with the hishari. they both believe in people, and are dead set on destroying ludinus, and ashton thinks that maybe the gods deserve to die and orym is sure that they should live. orym is covering up, dressing in the standard armor of his people. ashton is standing out, taking the old things he loves and turning them into something new.

and yet the two of them, as a pair, still function the same. they move around, through, above and below each other as easily as they have for quite some time now. ashton loves zephrah, and orym is happy to have him there. two people who on the surface appear wildly different, whose lives feel like strange twisted mirrors, and yet who have developed this wordless understanding and love and respect for each other regardless. one that still holds - for the moment, at least - even as it feels like they're only moving farther apart.

#ashton greymoore #orym of the air ashari #ashrym #i am still rooting for fearne to be the person who gently lovingly kicks orym's ass a little bit and gets him out of his own head #but ashton is probably the best person to deliver that message and the most likely #(chetney is my sleeper hit for this though) #fcg would not kick his ass and honestly if laudna or imogen kick his ass in the near future it will probably not be gently. so #cr spoilers #critical role #fuck it main tagging it. essays on my desk by monday #cr #CRposting #it's good pain

[mewtwo24]

Just finished tgcf vol.3 and I gotta say it's the absolute funniest thing imaginable to watch Hua Cheng gaslight EVERYONE into thinking Xie LIan's cooking is amazing

#tgcf #hua cheng #xie lian #hualian #gaslight gatekeep girlboss ghost king #i live and die for hua cheng being an absolute menace #like the way he deliberately plays it up and keeps telling xie lian he's doing a spectacular job #eats xl's cooking without so much as batting an eye #just to royally piss qi rong off #tries to lowkey help/intervene but when he notices its a point of discomfort for xie lian to ask a guest to do smth in his home #he's just like 'that's okay bbg you do yo thang' #and then the second the other heavenly officials come over him playing it up even worse #landing a critical hit on both sqx and my #there are no words for how much i love hc #impeccable brilliant showstopping #reading these volumes has been smth else

[yencirilla]

in the last few episodes chetney has seemed especially interested in learning how to lengthen a life (wanting to repair the harness, asking jirana how she has lived so long) that it seems like he's started to fully realize he's running out of time. for maybe the first time in hundreds of years, he is happy. he has a purpose, he has friends and family and people he loves and a fight to be a part of. and he finally has all of this at what is most likely the end part of his life. he doesn't want to die, he doesn't want to go when he finally has a life he loves.

#it makes me so sad #the rolling every night is funny but also if he does die it will be so devastating #especially with that talk on 4sided about him being the core of the group #it would be such a hard hit #also just the idea of finally being happy and knowing you'll be gone soon is so...heartbreaking #idk i love him so much my pal my buddy #chetney pock o'pea #critical role

[star--anon]

we need to talk about an AU where Janson gives up on trying to find a Cure and instead starts focusing on making himself an army so that when the Cranks inevitably break down WCKD's walls, he can survive

Minho being trained into a soldier. In fact, he's kind of Janson's test dummy. His body is the strongest, the most resistant, so Janson tries out different "training" methods on him first.

Brainwash included. Maybe Janson even repurposes the fear simulator. As a hijacking method. Or maybe a punishment. Be a soldier or go insane.

#just reread Hunger Games and I'm losing my mind #Minho losing himself and becoming a fucking assassin my goddamn beloved PLEASE I need it so badly #both Thomas and Newt refuse to hit him. Brenda and Teresa end up being the ones to knock him out #he wakes up in Paradise under lock and chain. doesn't recognize Brenda and doesn't remember anything #he doesn't try to kill Brenda so everyone feels comfortable sending Thomas in. The moment Minho sees Thomas he's straining in his chains #Thomas thinks he's trying to hug him and gets close. Minho grabs his neck and starts strangling him with all his might #tmr minho #death cure AU #maze runner #rambles #I don't take constructive criticism because I'm not wrong

[therealcallmekd]

Crazy how I never post OC content on here.

But alas, Tumblr isn't ready for this guy.

#I think he showed up like.... once reallllly early on this account #if you know who this is that means you are very cool and awesome and special to me 🔥 #The Red Rabbit Show #oc #oc artwork #oc art #ocs #Haven't touched this storyline in forever but this freak is still like the creature that pops up in my brain every now and then #Love you Red of hit (non-existent) show; The Red Rabbit Show. Crushes him like a tin can #The amount of art I have does not match how much ive thought about this guy and its really sad actually #the tiniest game show host #KD'sCrumbs #Critical error. almost kept the post with him having 5 fingers which is wrong; never again will i be so foolish

[bardnuts]

i spend a lot of time thinking about when exactly Astarion catches feelings For Real and I think the funniest answer to that question is literally the first time you have sex. He's got 200 years of experience in not catching feelings. "This is a good plan," he thinks. "A nice, simple plan. Make them fall for you, don't fall for them."

Then you ask him if he's ok or some shit during sex and it's DOA. Plan failed immediately upon its attempted execution. Defeated by the concept of a gentle lover. The rocket blows up on the launchpad

#this isn't my real answer fwiw #I think he catches feelings really slowly and doesn't really know what to do with them until they hit critical mass #like i think he realized what was going on literally 5 minutes before his confession scene #it definitely has a word-vomit quality that seems impulsive and unplanned #i'm much more interested in the way his TRUST develops over time #like the scene where you draw his scars? shockingly intimate to me #the way he slowly turns his back #also i think my favorite interaction so far #is one that actually gives you disapproval #where you yell at him to stop reading the necromancy of thay #and he yells back 'NO! #it's so indicative of astarion and your character having developed a genuine rapport #bg3 #astarion tag #bg3 meta #also underrated angst potential here #based on what he says in his confession scene he's been tormenting himself for a while over 'faking it' with you #but like #i don't think that's true lol #i wonder where the lines started to blur for him #again i think the pickup line scene is him testing his own feelings #just saying shit to see whether it feels real to HIM #'you deserve something real' #bby i dont know how to tell you this but it's been real basically from jump

[hasarjunadoneanythingwrong]

We all agree that Jinako is universally beloved right? I mean look at her, even Goetia would reconsider burning humanity if he saw Jinako being a good

unfortunately jinako haters are real and out there

They seem to hate her primarily because she’s an incredibly significant person in karna’s life as a servant who has the audacity to be ‘conventionally unattractive’ (a bit fat) and kind of annoying- at least a few of these people are quite fixated on karna and consider her a sort of ‘dead weight’ that hinders either him personally or their enjoyment of his character

Which is incredibly ironic because jinako is specifically and explicitly the master who’s had the greatest positive impact on karna as a servant in part because of her own ‘flaws.’ The fact that she was a poor suit for him in terms of will to fight and magical output meant that he was forced to, for once, cool his heels and actually reflect on the events and people around him instead of focusing solely on fighting like in apocrypha or even fgo to some extent. He was forced to also reflect on his own tendencies by sitting and waiting and gained a level of peace with himself he was able to carry into later installments. It was a period of time he clearly felt fondly about with all the times he’s referenced it and to act like she did him a disservice by not let him explosionize things is just wrong- while that may be what he likes to do, he was able to recognize that it isn’t always what he needs and while it was unintentional on her part he deeply appreciates how she helped him realize it.

The simple fact is that their story arc in ccc culminated in him telling her that even if she never changed from the ‘cowardly nobody’ she felt she was, he was sure someone would still be out there waiting to meet her- a message he delivered with as much clarity and compassion as he could muster. It’s the exact antithesis of the people who resent her for those traits lmao. To ignore all that and treat her as a metaphorical shackle around his neck rather than someone who was actively responsible for making him able to relax more as a servant and enjoy himself is actively incorrect even if you resent the fact she’s a woman with an important relationship (whether romantic or platonic is irrelevant tbh) to your favorite anime boy

As for the people who primarily hate her bc she’s fat….uh…get better taste? 🤷

#my asks #if you read this and are like ‘ppl hate her bc of karn?’ I have never met a jina hater who also wasn’t fixated on karn #it’s kind of like ppl who hate canon female love interests for blocking a popular mlm ship #tho ironically some of them also ship k*rj/na. so u know the reading comprehension is critically low #but I have to assume it must be under a similar scenario only they resent her more for not being ‘worthy’ of their fav #which is rich bc as mean as he could be to her if he heard you saying that shit abt her #on sight #imagine trying to hit on karn and he finds ur jina hate account #I’d pay to watch that actually #ngl even when gil was a bitch to her in ccc I wanted to kill him

[stardust-vi]

Dumb ramble but I hate that you can't critique The Thing you love within a fandom space without some dude breathing down your neck like "Well actually that means you hate The Author and The Thing! And what about all the times The Author did this Good Thing? Checkmate, liberal." as if you can't be critical of something because you love it and want it to be better.

#just. i'm in a rush rn so i'm probably not articulating myself well and i could go more in-depth with my thoughts #at the risk of someone spinning my words into “cringe blue hair pronoun wants to cancel araki!” which... will happen inevitably #even though i don't know how many times i can repeat “i do not hate araki #this is specifcally about jjba btw because like. #look i love it and araki has done some good things (or at least had good intentions in most cases) #but i'm so over the fact he constantly has to reach for some form of traumatizing women in his writing #and I already hear “well it shows they're a villain!” #but does he HAVE to use assault? why does he have to use that instead of demonstrating their villainy in other ways #that don't need to use it as a crutch #i'm not even saying you can't ever write about assault #that's not my argument either. #I'm not even accusing him of being a bad writer or person but just. Can we please retire the overusage of assault for shock value? #i obviously don't hate people who enjoy the series regardless #i'd be a massive fucking hypocrite #i mean i've literally been in this damn fandom for 6 years and just now decided to post my art. #but i'm tired of any time someone brings up legit criticisms of the misogyny in his writing #it's met with “but araki did this-” like it changes anything. #i'm glad he did somewhat improve writing women over time compared to the earlier parts #that said. that doesn't cancel out the blunders he did make or will make in the future #even if he has good intent. #or really any criticism of the writing being hit with “but its not supposed to make sense #anyways rant over. probably going to delete later bc im tired. #tw assault #assault tw

[andi-o-geyser]

episode 8 -> 9 mood

#for legal reasons this is a joke #i am nothing if not the biggest perc'ahlia fan #but grog in ep 9 just hit so hard i love him so fucking much #the character development for him this season and this episode in particular is top notch #he's just a big boooooy #grog strongjaw #perc'ahlia #tlovm #tlovm spoilers #tlovm s2 #the legend of vox machina #legend of vox machina #lovm #vox machina #critical role #cr1 #andis thought geyser

[loveydovey-leviathan]

what was your favourite moment in the kotlc series?

#kotlc #mine was when sandor felt like he was inadequate and couldn't protect sophie the way she ought to be protected #but by that point whenever sophie looks over her shoulder she expects sandor to be there #so she begs him to stay and insists that she doesn't want anybody else #THAT SCENE GOT ME IN MY FEEELLLLSSS #there are a lot of criticisms to be made about kotlc regarding the plot and the character arcs #and im sure people will argue that this “didnt have an impact in the story” #i loved it sorry #no matter how much shit people talk ill love this forever and ever #exile was my favourite book cuz thats when shit really starts to hit the fan for sophie #poor girl #sophie foster #sandor