#the best kind of vibes tbh

[tvckerwash]

I hc wash and south (and by proxy, north) as all being ODSTs prior to pfl and one thing I really like about hcing them as such is that it adds another layer of depth to why they were all chosen to be a part of the recovery force.

ODSTs are a special forces unit within the marines, and they're generally used as force amplifiers and in high risk or sensitive operations. two such scenarios include the recovery or recapture of personal and high level assets behind enemy lines, as well as deep reconnaissance and intelligence gathering. ODSTs are also used in politically sensitive operations, which pfl was following the crash of the moi.

so basically, who better to be on the recovery force than former ODSTs who already have a background doing the kind of work that would need to be done?

this also adds to some of the tension between north and south as well imo, as while they're a great team who are capable of working together they clearly have two very different skillsets—south is not portrayed as someone who has the patience necessary for long reconnaissance missions, and part of the reason why team b failed so spectacularly is because two snipers and an intelligence operative are not a good choice for a smash and grab mission. had north been replaced with south things would've probably went way better for them, because south is actually fairly similar to wash in her "get in, get it done, get out" mentality, though where wash comes off as more methodical and is willing to take that "wait and see" approach, south throws caution to the wind and has a "we'll cross that bridge when we get there" approach.

this is probably why wash and south were (on paper at least) going to get eta and iota—south would've benefited greatly from having an ai that was afraid and anxious as it would force her to slow down and think things through more, and wash getting an ai that was happy and cheerful would force him to loosen up a bit and be less high-strung and serious.

#rvb #red vs blue #agent washington #agent south dakota #agent north dakota #related but not related but i think the reason wash and epsilon ended up in the situation they did is bc they were hyper compatible #like most of the ai are paired w a freelancer to either balance something out or to amplify a specific trait #for example north was given theta so he'd get off south's back or sigma could've helped lina be driven by more than just competition #so giving an ai that is memory to someone who already has a great memory in theory seems like it would be good. but if the memory is just a #glowing ball of trauma then. well. it would impact them a lot more than someone who doesn't have a great memory #like tbh i think delta could've gone to maine and epsilon to york bc the guy is kind of scattered and his adhd vibes could benefit from a #better memory while maine who has a habit of letting his anger and frustration get the best of him would've done well w calm logical delta

[kaidanalenkosprmanager]

THE BEST OF ATTICAN TRAVERSE: KROGAN TEAM

Featuring: Cmdr. Sophie Shepard, Lt. James Vega, EDI, and Urdnot Grunt With: Urdnot Wrex, Dr. Mordin Solus, Primarch Adrien Victus and The Rachni Queen I don't need luck- I have ammo. Mass Effect 3: Legendary Edition (2021)

#mira makes gifs ✨ #sophie shepard #james vega #EDI #urdnot grunt #urdnot wrex #mass effect #mass effect 3 #me3 #mass effect legendary edition #dailygaming #i finally finished gif’ing traverse and this set is cursed is all i will say :) #i don’t know why this one was such a pain in the ass but compressing them was a massive chore for some reason #and my dumb ass realized as i was assembling i set the frame hold wrong for like 4 of them so i had to go back and redo a few of them 🙃 #the thing that pissed me off most is that there’s usually a nice planet shot with a normandy fly in to make a header from #and traverse just doesn’t fucking get one for some reason?? so ig we get rachni queen header #i’m so sorry but this is like my least favorite mission in the game 😭 #like i do like grunt but this mission is just meh on all fronts to me at least #like the decision from ME1 to spare or destroy the rachni queen is so fucking cool?? and it has 0 consequences in ME3 LMAO #not to mention that half of this mission is just standing around with a flame thrower burning down webs lol #the only cool thing i’ll say is i ADORE the Aliens™️/xenomorph vibes that the mission has!! that is so cool the first time around #the cutscenes are alright but there’s really only some towards the front end and the back end? so you miss so much of the middle #which makes it hard to connect what’s going on to make a best of: set lol #grunt has some nice scenes if you have him here and the rachni queen quotes are cool #the enemies are also kind of interesting in concept? i just wish the rachni decision from ME1 had more weight here #james and EDI have a few nice lines towards the front in the shuttle but there’s not a ton of great dialogue like grissom has tbh #idk this mission is just okay to me i guess? like the ardat-yakshi sanctuary with samara is much more interesting to me #i feel like this one needed longer to cook and the rachni deserved more weight in the mission based on your decision in ME1 #james and EDI looked cute like always!! and soph ate it up in cleric’s guardian armors for shepard (which continues to be gorgeous ❤️‍🔥✨) #idk seeing grunt and playing fashion dress up was the best part of this mission besides the wrex cameo at the end lmao

[cowyolks]

John “Soap” MacTavish is the embodiment of Northern Attitude by Noah Kahan

#it’s the vibe #he’s cold and angry but oh so kind #super family oriented and loyal #he’d make the best partner tbh

[frecklystars]

me, knowing very well i cannot handle gore or copious amounts of blood in movies and am very easily alarmed by overly violent male characters: wow, i can't wait to watch only god forgives this month and add julian to my F/O list :)

#out of all Ryan F/Os julian is one ive been REALLY excited for. my top 3 most anticipated to kiss!!! #i need someone to watch it with me my first time bc theres no way i can do it by myself LOL #going thru doesthedogdie website and nodding my head while grimacing: ohhhh. funnnn ohh. yes #i already got spoiled on how it ends but i am curious to see how it gets to that point. i guess #god i just wanna kiss him tbh thats really it. #show me my new bodyguard boyfriend who would quite literally die and kill for me #what kind of trinket will i gift him i wonder?? a bracelet? a ring? a necklace? #or something else entirely?? #most of the time i give accessories but there's exceptions. jacob has a camera for example #driver has a rubik's cube and holland has a lighter. maybe julian will have something different! #i see julian and i having a february anniversary but i had already watched blue valentine for dean #but hey. april feels good too. for julian i mean. feels right. #february would have been best tho idk how to explain it... the vibe... fits better #but hey. april :) i think thats second best. a spring anniversary when the flowers begin to bloom #i wanna hold his hand so bad. i wanna hug. i love him SO MUCH already #ive been pining and yearning and longing for MOOONTHS #FINALLY I CAN WATCH THE MOVIE AND LOOK AWAY FROM THE SCREEN 99% OF THE TIME #AND THEN SPEND THE OTHER 1% OGLING AT HIS PRETTY FACE #the scar over his eyebrow ughhh im obsessed. anyway. anyway #woof #love notes #Julian tag TBA

[perenlop]

Was about to go “Hm I should make proper family headcanons for my PMD canon partners” But remembered that two of them have established history in canon already and the third is my Shinx partner who I default to “They were part of the Luxio Tribe” for. So really Chip is the only one I can just make up a family for djfjfjfng

#tbh tho explorers partner just always gave me the vibe that they are not in contact with their parents #idk why theres not exactly w ton of evidence towards that but its what ive stuck to #even when vulpix was my assigned canon partner i still put her on bad terms with her family and still gave her conflicting feelings at home #anyways. chip just lives back home with his mom and brothers #his dad is off being a famous explorer and not acknowledging that he has kids anymore. sorry chip #… why is it that despite being the youngest child that i keep giving eldest child syndrome to my characters #echoed voice #pmd posting #i dont know if ill properly design elliotts parents but obviously they were a samurott and a swoobat #dont have anything in mind for them except for maybe a postgame idea where xey meet one of them finally? #and theyve maybe improved as a person and now that their kid is an adult they want to have some kind of relationship #and elliott. gives them a chance because xey dont want to hold grudges or anything but xey don’t acknowledge them as a parent #at best they just become a shopkeeper at paradise. emolga and virizion are the ones who hold the grudge #maybe eris too but hes also just tired at that point and acknowledges that its an attempt to be better #so hes definitely more civil #psmd partner. could have had bio parents that abandoned them ig bc reincarnation but i always imagined they just spawned into existence #like already hatched and curled in the scarves #and she has carracosta so idc much abt bio parents. the important bit is that he is pops #maybe if i decide to go with a totally different team for explorers ill do something different but idk djfjfjf #im half tempted to use the new starter rom i downloaded and use sprigatito and popplio tbh djdjfjfjfjf #but i also like playing it physically on my 3ds #and idk how to put romhacks on a physicsl cartridge #physical

[on-a-sunbeam]

Company Founders

#primatech #nbc heroes #gif #my guys!! i want all of their lore #like let me have more linderman trying to convince angela that arthur's a creep! #let me have angela and adam being disaster murder friends! #let me have victoria period i have so many questions about her! #my headcanon is somewhere along the lines of victoria and charles are like. the sane ones. #probably bob too tbh #and maury's pretty chill but after a while they notice he's gotten a little...weird #so they kind of quietly try to avoid him bcos they can't actually really kick him out of the club or anything #also when adam meets kaito he's like huh. nakamura. name sounds kinda familiar. oh well probably not important #ALSO angela and adam best friends i have zero reason for this only vibes #i just want to see all of them interacting!!

[smileysuh]

hi I know this is weird to ask but idk who to ask about this and I feel really comfortable asking you.

How do you not be awkward or dry.

Idk why I feel I’m a very awkward person I don’t really know how to hold a convo and I feel I’m a very dry texter. like I see videos abt dry texting on my fyp on tiktok and it’s actually like me. like sometimes I won’t be one but also I feel it’s the people I talk to who are also dry. Like I was texting some people on my spam account and I can see I'm not really dry maybe a bit awkward but I felt comfortable and was having fun idk why I cant be like that all the time and be like that in person. Also idk how to make small talk in class or in general I want to make more friends and be less awkward but I can’t. like I’m a pretty quiet person but this school year I did make more friends I realized that I only talk to them in school and not really online like barely so I feel we aren’t really friends but like close classmates. Also, it’s just awkward texting them sometimes like idk what to say or ask. Like idk does anyone have advice? It’s weird I wish I wasn’t awkward and could talk to people and hold a convo. sorry I feel like i’m ranting but I would really appreciate some advice. thank you so much.

it's not weird to ask at all! I'm glad you felt comfortable messaging me :) and don't worry- you're not ranting :)

I feel like- in the age of the internet, where everyone is consuming such different content- it can be hard to find a common ground you're comfortable enough in to not be awkward or dry. If you do find a common ground, and you're in an online forum - as you mentioned - it can still be awkward cuz you can't rely on reading someone else's body language to see if you should keep going with your approach to the conversation.

Making small talk can be hard as fuck- I have an asd diagnosis, so believe me- I know how hard it can be 💕 i've found that finding people of a similar neurotribe to be very important in gaining social confidence- we live in a world where people can be quick to judge, so learning to stretch your social wings in an environment where you're among friends can help a lot-

maybe your school has a kpop club or a dungeons and dragons club or whatever floats your boat! the thing with socializing, and physics, is that getting the ball rolling is the hardest part- putting yourself out there in unfamiliar/new social situations can be rough, but the more you do it, the more you'll get better at it :)

as is the case with anything - socializing included - it sometimes helps to come with some studying under your belt - you could try to come up with some general questions for small talk as you're getting to know people- I've found that in this day and age, people don't like talking about their jobs too much- but if you ask the question 'have you seen any good movies or shows lately?' people often DEEP dive into what makes them nerd out, and that's always a great starting point :) maybe you have some shows/movies in common? a hatred for the same character? a childhood movie that you two can plan to watch with some buddies? or if you're not a movie kind of person, you can ask what activities someone gets up to- it's a good doorway to going on a hike together or out to play some tennis or join a chill ultimate frisbee team :)

at the end of the day- not everyone is on the market for friends, and when you face social rejection, most of the time it has less to do with you and more to do with the person you're trying to interact with already being overwhelmed/having a full plate :)

just remember, you miss 100% of the shots you don't take, you're lovable and deserve to have friends without making drastic changes to who you are, and not everything works out - but when it does, that's the basis for growth :)

Good luck!!!!!!

#inbox #i hope this sort of helps! #it's giving mister darcy from pride and prejudice #and what does that man do? #he practices :) he learns- he does his best #and you'll find people who think your best is enough :) #as well- whether you are asd or not - you can look up small talk videos on tiktok #there will be lots of different opinions there on approaches to socializing #maybe one of those will fit better than my 'ask what movies they like' question :) #tbh tho- some people are just kind of conversationally more dry- #and if you're not vibing with that then thats fine! #keep an eye out for an extroverted adhd-er in the need of a new quiet introvert bestie ;) #truly tho- i've found that the best base for a friendship is one common deep interest :)

[dalkyeom]

I hope svt does another season of In The Soop bc I love how relaxing it is! I love these kinds of variety where it’s not as high tension and has a more ‘sit down and do whatever’ kind of vibe but is entertaining enough.

I really love watching svt be able to explore different hobbies and activities while I’m drawing bc it’s like there’s someone else in the room with me doing something

#the parasocial be socializing #but fr what i’d give to have a forest retreat with friends #like tbh ITS is probs my new fave comfort show #the best friend vibes radiate off my screen it feels kind of immersive #i think bc my friends are the same way too! #svt really reminds me of my friends :(( and I miss being able to hang out with them terribly #chia.diary #anyways drawing shua airport fashion bc HAVE YOU SEEN HIM AND GYU?!?! #😩😩 been simping while I wasn’t here

[munamania]

sorry but i worked in a barnes and noble and it’s just so offputting to see him in the shelves there like. hello

#yes i worked in the cafe that’s beside the point #i kinda feel like i was meant to work there yk. if they paid more. like id work there forever #i kinda loved that job even when it sucked like that’s my soulmate job a little bit… #i met my best friends there and i had the best manager and i miss him and it saved me from my insane mental state #and also it was just such an interesting time at that location like. transferring management so after a month of training i was kind of more #experienced than the manager and my one friend was for sure and we all just kinda came together to try to make the place work #and it was suuuuuch a bonding experience that was one of the peaks of my life tbh i miss it #oh my god idk you just had to be there for the vibe too.

[cinnabeat]

anyways the best thing ive ever done in all the years ive been in college was in my 3d art class when i had to basically make a rock out of plaster and to this day people still ask me why i have a whole ass baseball sized rock on my desk like thank you so much for validating me that is my baby rock ive created out of aluminum foil plaster and paint

#its pretty heavy tbh #like very rock shaped #the vibes are amazing #idk how i did that #i want to do that again tbh that was the best project ive ever done #3d art was so funny to me bc every critique my professor would be like this is the best thing ive ever seen #to like every single one of my projects #i had to make a thing out of sticks bamboo thread and this like. sticky? glue? thread thing??? idk #anyways my professor was like wow this is amazing what made you do it this way #and i was like idk i just kind of went off of feeling like i made a little tripod and i was like this needs some curves to offset that #and then i just kept afding ahit like hm something should go here #he was like wow incredible genius #and this was during zoom so i was at the kitchen table with my laptop and my mom would be cooking and listening #and every single time she would give me this raised eyebrow look like really? thats good? #on the one hand i wished she complimented my stuff more instead of looking skeptical about it #on the orher hand it was hilarious #michi tag

[astrxealis]

i was about to rb this really pretty shb art and then remembered i'm trying to avoid rbing spoilers <//3 anyways i love shb sm. love that it's an mmorpg but shb is literally one of the best jrpg experiences i (and many others) have had

#⋯ ꒰ა starry thoughts ໒꒱ *·˚ #⋯ ꒰ა ffxiv ໒꒱ *·˚ #i love ffxiv. it is perfect and imperfect to me and in such a beautiful final fantasy realistic fantasy way #all expansions are great imo !! even if you don't like say. stb. you have to admit it has the best content (maybe not anymore w enw) #and if you don't like arr you can't deny it is incredibly successful actually following the disastrous 1.0 #and it builds up a lot of stuff for ffxiv! yk! base game!! #hw i admittedly have a few negative feelings towards bcs a lot of people who like hw most are annoying to me #if they're the kinds that don't like arr or stb ......... or don't see any fault w hw as well #that one character deserved WAY better. still angry abt that. also other criticism i'm willing to talk abt if anyone asks #i like looking at ffxiv critically and yeah my enjoyment of expacs are if from most to least. it's in order from newest to oldest #which means i overall prefer stb to hw and i have reasons for that but i look at both critically and it annoys me that. w hw. yeah #ANYWAYS RIGHT. enw has some problems w pacing (?) tbh i enjoyed enw so much as a whole #i don't really have any problems w it but i understand pacing problems! but imo shb is kind of. just perfect #IDK the only bit i had yk w was rak'tika. mostly bcs it dragged on a bit for me but w the story in mind it was also just very good #i can't really rmbr anything else... i find shb to just be perfect to me. barely any pacing problems #the story isn't as complex as the other expacs but i think that makes it so good (tho i too like the complexity of the others! but ya it #makes pacing more of a problem fr) <3 i forgot what i was typing in the last tag so ending this there #hmm...... yeah that's about it (at least rn) #i really love shb. as much as i love enw i think the themes and vibes of shb just still appeal to me more so yeah #shb. wow. yeah.

[pandalandalopalis]

wolf is definitely the catwoman to matt's batman

oooooooooooo this is such an interesting comparison. because there are a lot of similarities -- both batman and daredevil give out violent justice yet have a 'no killing' code. both catwoman and wolf are morally grey and often use sexuality to get what they want. i definitely see the similarities and cool comparison here.

yet their relationships with each other differ. it's enemies-to-lovers vs friends-to-lovers. catwoman is very much one of batman's villains (in the comics up until a certain point at least) while wolf agrees to follow matt's code of ethics because a part of her really wants to change and do better. because catwoman and batman are on opposite sides (again, most of the time in the comics), there's mistrust there. it isn't really the basis for a good relationship lol (i was never a big fan of batman/catwoman in the comics -- but i do like them a lot in the batman with battinson and zoe kravitz as catwoman). on the other hand, matt is the only person that wolf trusts. he's her childhood best friend, the closest thing she has to family, the only person she was close to before the red room changed her.

the batman/catwoman Vibe is still very much there tho

#devil may cry wolf #ive always been more of a batman/wonder woman kinda gal tbh #the batman's version of batcat brings The Vibes tho and i like it #never was a big fan of catwoman but zoe kravitz's version made me like her #kind of like how i never really liked mary jane watson but zendaya's version is the best and i love her #panda answers #i also dont know if catwoman is as violent as wolf #she can fight but she's a thief right? that's her thing #meanwhile wolf has loads of fighting experience and before she followed the no killing code she could be very very graphic with killing

[devourens]

it/its pronoun user ch.ilde is something that can be so personal, actually

#I should really make a tag for stuff that's not really a hc. but not really ooc either #but anyways. #being seen as something inhuman/a monster and instead taking that back #and embracing it #taking the power from what is used to hurt you #as an it/its pronoun user myself. it is something that is very dear to me #tbh there's a reason I end up vibing best with these kinds of muses lmfao

[beardedhandstoadshark]

What is better: an entity that produces great content but treats its fans like crap or an entity that produces sometimes-good-but-sometimes-bad content yet appreciates its own fans?

Is the vibe supposed to be more Disney and Nintendo vs indies, or perfect gods vs. mortalborne deities?

Regardless, in both cases the first entity will inevitably be the one that could be deemed worse, for while the product they make might be great, it itself is not - even the waters of the greatest painting cannot wash away the blood of the hands it was made with.

(But really, what meaning do good or bad hold in the face of creation?)

#another anon ask #…that is to say I prefer the first tbh #like. take mar/io #objectively good but very sanitized and Nintendo ninjas will genuinely destroy your life if they see fit #meanwhile Sega‘s out there purely living off vibes #so/nic‘s doing amazing and his best game in 20 years is a good 7/10 #generally speaking the latter one is PASSIONATE #and that passion is what hooks people too #is GENUINE #and even ^bad^ creations can hold worth #even if not in the intended way #Plus that sincerity + kindness often gets reflected by the fanbase #so they’re more likely to forgive the bad #…Sorry if this all sound super pretentious the usage of ^entity^ in the ask was a bit of a curveball for guessing the vibe of this ask