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[thewistlingbadger]

Honestly? Truly? I think they shot themselves in the foot with Mel. I have no idea how her story should have went and whenever I try to think it out I just. It just does not work.

Mel, like Silco, was an original character for the show of arcane. All the information about her in the show is ALL we have for her. So she's always been very mysterious and interesting because of that. At the same time, the fact that she was not an original LoL character led the vast majority of fans to believe that she wasn't going to survive the attack. We spent YEARS thinking that Mel was basically dead by the time of season two.

But then the unexpected occurred. Mel SURVIVED. And this was very compelling that they chose to keep Mel around when they killed Silco, the only other character in Mel's situation. By ensuring Mel's survival the audience was then left with two expectations of season two.

Mel was going to survive the majority/entirety of season two, because why would they kill her off when they saved her from the attack?

Mel was going to play a bigger part in s2 and get more story bc why else would they let her live?

Mel DID survive the entirety of s2 thankfully and technically she did get more story and have a bigger impact on the story in this season, but...at what cost? No one thought she was going to live, she was already dead in everyone's minds. And then what they actually DID do with Mel didn't feel like enough. Mel has powers? That's sick, but we never actually get to explore her with her powers. It's literally like one day she has no powers and then the next she's an OP mage. Mel played a big role in the finale but she spent the whole season isolated from everyone else and the rest of the story.

I feel like Mel's character was a "damned if we do, damned if we don't" situation. Had they killed off Mel it would have been a huge missed opportunity because she's a very compelling character with loads of potential. On the other side of the coin, had they killed off Mel, they could have used her death to further Ambessa's or Jayce's motivations in season two and her death could have raised tensions for Piltover and Zaun. I don't think that this would have been the best route, I think it would have been very disappointing but it was an option they had.

Had they let her live then they would HAVE to develop her story to justify why she got to live when other councilors didn't get to. And this would be great bc Mel definitely deserved more screen time and development. But at the same time this would be very tall order because Mel was already so compelling in season on AND they would have to juggle her story alongside the others. Ultimately this was the choice they made and honesty? Can we say it was the right one? Mel got to live and I'm glad she did but her story was so disappointing in s2 that sometimes I wonder if it would have been better if she actually died due to the attack. But then I think about how had she actually died, I probably would have been JUST AS disappointed with we actually got from her in this season.

And if you allow me to be truly honest? I feel like the only reason we got what we got from Mel this season was because she's going to be used to promote the new Noxus show and future league material (And with the recent season trailer for LoL this was proved to be right).

[hummus-birb]

I fully understand why most ddlc fanfics get rid of MC (hell, even ddlc did it for the side stories lol) but hear me out:

Wingman MC

- Amazing wingman either for Sayori or for anyone with a crush on Sayori

- Helps Monika figure out what to give Sayori as a gift, helps Sayori with the little bit he found out about Monika during that class they shared, etc.

- Baking partner for Natsuki if she’s making treats for anyone in particular

- At least kind of good at stopping arguments between Yuri and Natsuki, and maybe helps them realize they have a crush on each other or something?

- He basically just acts as a neutral party, not crushing on anyone in the club and just kind of chilling

[kaiserouo]

(prev)

FYI:

sudo shutdown now: Shut down immediately.

for i in $(seq 1000); do yes & done: Open 1000 "yes" process at the background. Each of them alone can throttle your CPU usage at 100%.

:(){ :|:& };:: Fork bomb, eats all your resources.

sudo rm -rf /: Erase the system and all your disks.

Don't run any of this if you don't know what you're doing.

[al-luviec]

went crazy while drawing this

[whiteboardartstudios]

I SAID I WAS GOING TO DRAW THAT CAR SO HERE WE ARE (I hope you enjoy this is the stupidest thing I've drawn in months /affectionate)

(I put the image descriptions in the Alt text this time because there's so many images. If it doesn't work please tell me and I'll yeet them in the actual post!!)

happy finale of Wild Life everybody! :D

[jontaro-kun]

God I love women I wish they were real

[raiiny-bay]

the kids released a new album

[magicicephoenix]

Erase - The Ink Demonth 2024 (Day 16)

Weird, huh? Almost like someone thought eight legs would be two too many and took action… or something.

[nero-neptune]

HALLOWEEN TV SPECIALS

eerie, indiana | “america’s scariest home video” (1991)

[mx-nada]

whtever this is

[press-f1-to-grieve]

Liam telling stories about him and Yuki on the Red Flags Podcast

Source: Red Flags Podcast - WE INTERVIEWED F1'S LIAM LAWSON!!! (edited down and transcribed by @press-f1-to-grieve)

to @2bluetwo85: i read your tags from that yuki and liam post. thank you for letting me know this exists (and for reading my long tags). i hope i got the right podcast you were talking about.

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full transcription underneath beware, it's long. and i'm not familiar with the podcast (my newbie is showing) so i'm not sure which voice belongs to who. please excuse me if i got them mixed up. i listened to the episode on a podcast app and only found out they have a youtube channel later, after i had already finished everything bar hit the "post" button. the visual would have helped greatly with knowing who's speaking but alas...

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Matt: Ye so, I wanna talk about another teammate of yours, Yuki Tsunoda. So we've read that you and Yuki go back. He lived with your parents in New Zealand?

Brian: (laughs) No! He didn't live- He didn't live with- Liam: He came to- So this is a series called the "Toyota Racing Series" in New Zealand, used to be like, really really big, especially before Covid. And basically we were both competing in it as teammates, and so he came to New Zealand. And we've been teammates a year before that in F3 and Euro Formula, so I've spent a lot of time with him already. So when he came to New Zealand, he basically just hung out with us. A lot. Like, I basically just drive around with him. Matt: So like step-brothers a little bit? Liam: Honestly, ye. (laughs)

Matt: What was your favorite thing to do with him, growing up?

Liam: It was always away from the track. Cause away from the track, he's a really funny, genuine dude. So, obviously, it's harder. When you are competing, with Yuki, (...) competing for the same seat. So, it's like, at the track, it's real intense. And then, away from that, it's real cool.

Matt: How're you able to maintain a friendship when it's just like, you know, blood sport out there for these few seats?

Liam: At points, over the year, (stammers) you know, it's not a friendship. And then he- Like, obviously, his journey was pushed a lot earlier than mine. He went to F1 quite early so, then I was- I wasn't really in competition with him anymore so- Matt: Right. Does that help your friendship? Liam: Then we are like, pretty chill again. And then we are put in competition again.

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Brian: I think in one of the earlier seasons of Drive to Survive, you were in his room, and his room was like, all messy, and he was annoyed that they put it in.

Matt: Did you catch him on a bad day or is that just is? Brian: Is his room just a mess always? Liam: That's literally- I don't know now. Oh actually, I went to his house recently and it was a lot better. Both Hosts: (relieved) Okay! Liam: He has improved. (stammers) I remember, well, it wasn't really- (vocally winces) It was fierce because you shouldn't live like that anyway. BUT!- Both Hosts: (crying laughing emojis in audio form) Liam: But I remember, he had just moved into this apartment at the start of, I think it was the start of that year, and I- Oh no, it was the year before! But same thing, Covid, here, basically. I went to New Zealand because I was about to be locked out of the country. There was no racing. And Yuki stayed, in Milton Keynes for months. Just on (his own), he didn't go back to Japan. Like he just stayed in this apartment. Brian: Like Cast Away Liam: But I had to move into this brand new apartment and it was sick! And I went to New Zealand and I came back 3 months later. Matt: He has got a beard. Liam: And I walked into this place and it was just like DUUDE. It was bad, like it was real bad. Brian: (hums of understanding) Like takeouts and- (all three make noises of agreement) Liam: It was just food everywhere. Like, the laundry basket was just like, overflowing. Matt: Yuki was basically all of us during Covid. Brian: (enthusiastic YE's)

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Matt: So, what are you most competitive with Yuki off the track? Like what do you guys like to-

Liam: Awe, dude, everything. Both Hosts: Ye? Liam: No, like, everything. We're like- At the moment, we've been playing table tennis. Just little disc. Matt: Oh you'll just make- Liam: M-make one! Ye, just make it. (...) not a proper one. Matt: Who is up? Liam: He plays a lot more, to be fair, but- Matt: So he crushes you. Liam: (cute babbles) No no- Both Hosts: (laugh) Liam: So, we played in Japan. I think I had him in Japan. And then we played last week and he beat me. Matt: You don't keep a serious tally? Are you better on certain surfaces? Like if it's a dinner table, you got him. Liam: On a smaller table, I have him. But on a slightly bigger table- Like depends on what table we get during race weekend.

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Liam: But one thing with Yuki that was real funny that we did back when we were in New Zealand.

Liam: I don't know how this is a thing but you can rent a boat, at like 15 or 16 years old. And just take it out, to Lake Taupo. And so me and Yuki were like- I was probably 17 or 18 and he was like 19 or 20, and we just rented this boat, and got like, you know, biscuit, or tube? What do you call them? (...) And we just took it out and basically- It started off like real fun. Like we were just towing each other around. But then it just got like, who could throw the other person off like, the biggest. We just like, tried to kill each other on this little tube, in the middle of this lake. Matt: Just the two of you? Liam: Just the two of us. Just out there in the middle of a lake. Brian: Just the two of you tried to kill each other. Matt: It's like a fucking thriller. Liam: Honestly! I've got videos of like, him and me, like, in the air. Like, meters in the air. Matt: Who won or lost that game? Brian: "We both lost that game." Liam: Actually, I lost pretty hard on that one, to be fair. Matt: He threw you- Liam: I went off like, big time, ye. Brian: It seems like, that's the common experience of tubing, is that. It's like, it's fun and then you're like, am I gonna die? (...)

Matt: So Yuki was a master at flinging you?

Liam: Well, he would like- Sometimes I feel like it's on accident. He would like, get a lot of slack and it will just build up real fast- Both Hosts: Sure, he said it was on accident.

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Liam: We're drivers. Everything turns into a competition.

Liam: We had a rental car, again in New Zealand with Yuki, that we like, basically would like, make a little track and just set time trials off the side of the road. Matt: Like with a Camry or something? Liam: No, Yuki had this little Mitsubishi ASX. I don't know if you know what it is, it's like a boxed car. And we, with like a couple of drivers, basically made like, a little track, and, basically goes until somebody- until Yuki crashed it. (...) The funniest thing, it wasn't even in the- He had finished his lap. It was afterward, he tried to be cool and do like a flick spin, and just totally sent it into a bank. We had to go to a store to get one of those plungers to try and plunge out the dent in the front of the- Because we had to get the car back. Brian: Right, of course. Matt: Renters insurance, man. If I see you or Yuki walk into an enterprise or something, I'll just like, go somewhere else.

[syxnewt]

the text says "*Perhaps you would have more room had you not drawn Asriel four times"

it's Frisk and a ghostly Chara looking at a huge crayon-drawn picture of Frisk, Chara, Asriel, Flowey, The God of Hyperdeath, and Omega Flowey

the full crayon drawing under the cut

[dravidious]

The challenge levels in Under the Knife/Second Opinion have some dialogue at the start where the main villain says some stuff and the player character responds, and the two different player characters have different responses. Usually they're both counterpoints against whatever point the villain was making, declaring humanity's will to live blah blah blah, but on X-7...

"Death is baked into your very DNA, it is your nature. Your destiny."

"Bitch I'll kill you."

[sundial-bee-scribbles]

trying to psych myself up to finally do oc refs by doing fandom-related refs instead: volume 1

wanted to update my yuma from whatever tf this au is so he was a bit more unique... takes inspo from a lot of different things while also trying to be its own sorta thing? which is fitting given the au ;)

bonus chibi now that i'm also figuring out how tf to do chibis lol:

[kyouka-supremacy]

Why are you tagging posts with dates from last year? Did you queue them last year?

… I did.

[the-mountain-flower]

I was rewatching Beauty and The Beast in the background, and it got to the song "Gaston", except it froze during the first line, so all that happened was:

"Gosh, it disturbs me to see you, Gaston-"

...

And that was seemingly where it ended 😂

And in case that weren't really funny on its own, it kind of perfectly describes his role in an upcoming chapter of The Exiled and The Outcast

To explain, I do plan on having a Gaston-insert cameo in The Exiled and The Outcast, but he doesn't play a big role, and pretty much his only point in the story rn is confirming some of Dainix's suspicions. Aside from being a clear danger if he tries to follow through on his bravado, he basically just gets on Dainix's nerves.