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the thing that drives me absolutely crazy though is that gortash is presented as this commanding dominating tyrant and yet it's consistently shown that the thing he appreciates about durge (or tav for that matter) is when they're not willing to submit to him & when they are strong enough to either stand against him or to stand with him & when they are his equal.
an insane thing for someone like him to want. you'd think he'd want to rule alone and yet the insight checks all show that he actually prefers to share so long as there's someone around worth sharing with.
"Half a smile shows he is teasing you. He doesn't think for one moment you'd fully submit to him. Nor should a spawn as formidable as you."
#bg3#durgetash#enver gortash#the dark urge#they put actual cocaine in this ship and they didn't even realize it 😂#the funny thing too is as far as i can tell this doesn't go against bane's doctrine at all and is actually a good representation of it#banites as a whole seem to be diplomatic charismatic manipulative network-building scheming mastermind types#tbh lawful evil fucks#unrelated but this is always what i think of when i'm writing valerie locke in “secure your soul” since she's fundamentally lawful evil#she's highly ambitious and ruthless and she'll kill you or take from you without a moment's hesitation but#if you successfully defend yourself from her she will not be bitter at all. she'll be excited. she will appreciate your strength.#and then she will either ally with you or redouble her efforts to take you down#she's essentially immune to the emotion of envy because she's too self-assured and she just doesn't think negative emotions are useful
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Charles Leclerc as The Magician (redraw):
The Magician is interpreted with energy, potential, and the manifestation of one’s desires; the card symbolizes the meetings of the physical and spiritual worlds (“as above, so below”) and the conduit converting spiritual energy into real-world action.
(When the Magician appears in a spread, it points to the talents, capabilities and resources at the querent’s disposal to succeed. The message is to tap into one’s full potential rather than holding back, especially when there is a need to transform something.)


Tag list: @st-leclerc @rubywingsracing @saviour-of-lord @three-days-time @the-wall-is-my-goal @albonoooo @ch3rubd0lls
#el oh el#I fear the og is better#but it’s chill#this tarot card was HARD#Charles leclerc we were born to be enemies I fear 💔#with ur ridiculously hard to draw face#he’s too beautiful#it makes drawing him immensely boring and also difficult#n e ways#Charles as the magician!!#i . feel like this one makes lots of sense lol#specifically in regards to him doing most everything for his late father and godfather quote as above so below unquote#I also just feel like he often converts tragedy or negative energy into triumph??#it really is just all about his strength of will!#f1#formula 1#f1blr#f1 fanart#formula one#f1 art#annie’s art#formula one fanart#formula 1 fanart#formulanni#f1 tarot#charles leclerc#cl16#charles leclerc 16#charles leclerc art#the magician tarot
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I can't stop thinking about the post from a few days ago about how Critical Role has been great at doing personal faith but didn't put the necessary work in to discuss the religious/god angle of c3 in-depth. Like the fact that Cardinal Respa was linked to both the Dawnfather and the Chained Oblivion is, on a personal level, very interesting (fallen/corrupted priest goes hard) but like does that mean that there's a Papacy somewhere in Exandria dedicated to the Dawnfather? If so, are there more cardinals who ordain the bishops of the Dawnfather? Are there Conclave-level intrigues going on in the Dawnfather's Sistine Chapel? Why is the Dawnfather so Christianity-coded in vibes alone if there's no actual outline of his religious organisations? With Downfall the Dawnchild/Dawnfather thing makes the allusions to Christ as Son of God co-existing with the Father textual - was there a Dawnfather Schism around whether the Dawnchild was a separate mortal? Was there a Reformation about how the Dawnfather's Pope kept selling indulgences? Is that why the priest of the Dawnfather Grog & Pike offer a drink to doesn't partake because of a cultural shift between Protestant-Temperance-League-coded and Catholic-coded Dawnfather congregations? Why do I have so many questions about the religious organisation of one of the most important Prime Deities in Exandria and to Critical Role's 3 campaigns? How on earth were the cast (and us as the viewers!) meant to care about the gods if all they had were "really tall kings" instead of interrogating how religious organisations provide both a place of healing and community to a wide range of people and also a place of horrific harm and abuse for a wide range of people?
#cr meta#cr discourse#critical role#it's just. maddening#i mean a college of cardinals who can all shoot god a quick dm and ask who's the best for pope is an absolutely hilarious image#makes for a great comedic setpiece tbh#but like seriously matt if your whole multi-campaign story needs people to have strong feelings about the gods beyond how they personally#affected them (keyleth vex and ashton come to mind as people who were negatively affected by certain gods due to personal reasons)#it might be a good idea to develop the religious organisations of these gods! let people see how these things work out instead of letting a#vibes-based approach to christianity rule the whole discussion! kord's whole deal about strong people is fascinating! are his priests all#body builders? do they have a central hierarchy based on strength? we don't know!#are the wildmother's clergy pro- or anti-alcohol? does she even have a clergy?#or are all the religious temples we have seen just set dressing because religious buildings in the real world just have cool designs?#is it because in fantasy the trope is that most protagonists don't care about religion and their temples are literally there for vibes?#i'm aware i'm getting way too close to stan-parasociality on that last point but if we have a cardinal “do we have a pope” is a logical#follow-up question. i'm aware there's not that much info in the campaign guides so that gms can do their own thing but in the#“the gods deserve to be eaten because they were mean to me” campaign surely a more interesting line would be “do the gods deserve us if#their organisations cause systemic harm as was done to bor'dor and........"#can you tell i don't want to do any actual work today. i sure can't#and yes i'm main-tagging this if people are hostile to me on the internet for this buddy there's a phenomenal button i'd like you to meet
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I had the slow realization that when we will finally be on the real reveal that "oh yes everything in this manga is only here for the poor Yugi boys uwu. And the mysteries and all plots are just here to make the twins story shine" the manga will have lost me entirely lol
We are so close to a clock keeper's backstory but atp it would be foolish to think that the Yugis won't have something to do with it or its reveal and honestly I am just sad :'))) I know the manga is around Hanako and Tsukasa but doing the biggest fxk you to all your other characters for the main three is insane to me
I am still happy we got tbhk and all the character ofc, just really sad to see in which direction it has been going for some time (it started around chap 96 for me rip)
#toilet bound hanako kun#tbhk#this is a rant ig#rambling#Idk what I will do with myself when the clock keepers arc will be finished and we will be left with only the broadcasting club and the yugi#I hate both of those biggest rip#some of my friends who are just casual readers said that it feels like AidaIro just wanna finish their manga#bc the last arc is so underused it's insane#most people were ready for it to last more than 2 volumes I swear :')))#perfect picture arc is 3/4 long lol#wanted to be annoyed before the absolute disaster that the next chapter will be for me rip#imagine waiting 5 years for this#for the yugi to be a fcking cat in your fav mystery's boundaries#I just want it to be a random cat atp#i say I will lose it but tbh I have been active only with the strength of my delulu since 2021 so welp#I won't disappear lol#I will just more and more go away from canon#I hope I am wrong on everything here tbh somehow but welp#disclaimer: this is my opinion lol#I don't like to show negativity but for this arc I feel like I dewerve to do at least one post on it lol
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My honest opinion: the Switch 2 Direct had several “Yay!” moments, but a LOT of “meh” ones too.
Despite having lots of cool things to announce, and very little bad, it ultimately felt poorly structured and in my opinion emphasised many of the wrong things.
My favourites (and my criticisms) under the cut. Spoilers from here on out so be careful:
Favourites:
- Mario Kart World. I desperately want to see more of this because it looks ridiculously fully featured. Open world racers haven’t always landed with me, but the idea of exploring a massive game world full of Mario Kart’s design and sensibilities? Exquisite.
- Donkey Kong Bonanza. Redesign aside, this is gonna be fantastic. I love the idea of a more chaotic 3D platformer than we’d normally expect to see from Nintendo, plus after 25 years, it’s high time DK got another crack at 3D.
- The Duskbloods. Holy shit, I was not expecting this. Mind blown. Can’t wait to get my hands on this. Miyazaki saw Sony dragging their feet and finally took matters into his own hands, huh!
- Kirby’s Air Riders. I imagine a few people might have preferred it if the game Sakurai’s been alluding to had turned out to be Smash 6, but I’m mostly just glad that he’s had a chance to do what he wants and develop a different passion project, rather than getting fed straight back into the Smash Bros grinder.
- Deltarune. I’ve actually been putting off playing Deltarune for a good long while, because I didn’t like the idea of starting a massive story and then having to wait so long for a conclusion (not a shot at the release model, just my own inability to hold characters and scenarios in my head). But now I’m finally gonna be able to play the whole thing, and I am Hype.
Least favourite game announcement:
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (specifically the GameCube version, via emulation, on the NSO subscription): Just let me pay for the HD remaster with all the improvements they made for Wii U, rather than paying monthly to have access to the inferior version of the game, through the lens of Nintendo’s questionable emulation, thanks.
My general criticisms of the Direct:
Oh boy. This is gonna read as very negative, which kind of sucks because on the basis of what was shown, there is a LOT to be excited about. But I think taken as a whole, the presentation left a lot to be desired and didn’t add up to a great first impression. It was less than the sum of its parts, and really shouldn’t have been. Let me explain.
They spent a good deal of time showcasing hardware feature, particularly the camera and mouse mode. This was a great idea in theory, they failed to reveal much in the way compelling gameplay that integrates them - particularly the mouse. DragXDrive is a start, but it looked to be the barest of bones on this first showing.
A lot of time in the early to mid presentation was spent re-announcing games that are already confirmed for Switch 1 and explaining how some of them will be very slightly better on Switch 2. While, again there’s nothing wrong with this idea, leading with, and placing major emphasis on minor performance upgrades and expansions to Switch 1 games, some of which have been available for many years, does not create a compelling case for sinking hundreds into a new console. This is something you factor in at the end of the presentation, not as one of the first concrete details you cover.
(Side note - I actually think this is cause for concern. While the reasons for the Wii U’s failure were many and complex, very few people at this point would claim a lack of quality games - in fact the later success of much of the Wii U’s library on the Switch indicates the opposite! However, one factor I do often see cited is that the Wii U’s marketing failed to set it apart as something fresh and vital. Seeing Nintendo pitch, at great length, their brand new console’s ability to run a Zelda game from 2017 at a higher frame rate, and/or an expensive way to play games already announced for Switch 1, before they so much as pulled out a second exclusive Switch 2 title, did not fill me with confidence that the right lessons were learned.)
To be more positive for a moment, the major exclusive announcements all looked fab to me, especially DK Bonanza and The Duskbloods (!!). I think it’s fair to say I was expecting more exclusives, and that I’m surprised that the whole thing went by with no mention of a 3D Mario. It’s also worth noting that, of the major, not-on-Switch-1 exclusives (Mario Kart, DK, Hyrule Warriors 3, Duskbloods, Kirby Air Riders), only Mario Kart will be available at launch, which is a bit of a blow if like me, you were hoping for a big, single player experience at launch. Breath of the Wild sold Switch to me, not Mario Kart 8, and I know I’m not alone there.
My bigger problem with how they handled the exclusives within the presentation is that none of them received anything like a proper deep dive, even though these should be the system sellers were all getting hyped for.
I understand Mario Kart will be getting one in a couple of weeks, which is something, but considering how short the exclusives list was, it was a shame not to see a little more of each. Speaking subjectively, it felt to me like these big, important exclusives ended up getting less overall coverage in the presentation than the third-party lineup, all of which is or will be freely available (and likely much cheaper) elsewhere.
Overall, the problem is not one of content, but of emphasis. After all, third-party support and backwards compatibility is vital to the success of a modern console! But the decision to frontload the presentation with lukewarm demonstrations of the hardware, games which are also playable on Switch 1, and non-exclusives, while first-party and third-party exclusives received comparatively little emphasis and were often relegated to the tail end of the show, was baffling. It killed the momentum of the presentation, diluted the message that this is a must-have product, and dampened my enthusiasm quite a bit.
And yeah, I’m also sad that we only got 3 seconds of Silksong to confirm it still exists, but let’s face it, we did that to ourselves, didn’t we?
#yup this reads as very negative#but my feelings are a bit more complicate#I do genuinely believe there is so much to get excited for#but Nintendo didn’t play to their strengths or the usp of the console enough today#and as first impressions go this could have been a lot better with just a few minimal changes to the structure#Nintendo switch 2 spoilers#spoilers
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I wanted this piece done for Halloween but life got in the way 😔
Anyways, I’m happy with how it turned out :D low effort couples Halloween costume for the changelings 🥰
The wonderful Yikes belongs to @hellscribbles
#digital art#dungeons and dragons#my art#artists on tumblr#d&d#ocs#dnd#dungeons & dragons#drawings#dnd character#dnd changeling#dnd druid#dnd bard#werewolf#clip studio paint#らくがき#small artist#original character#changeling#yikes (affectionate)#husk dnd#husk buffed up and removed their horns with changeling magic for fun#they're actually a pretty lanky werewolf since they have a negative to strength#nonbinary character
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I know protagonists are better when they're not perfect, but I think it's also fair to be sick of watching a dude, FIVE SEASONS into his "I was a piece of shit to people I cared about but I'm trying to be a better man" redemption arc, blatantly take out his frustrations on the people he cares about by screaming and swearing at them. There's not a whole lot of show left, right? He's going to learn eventually that it's immature and unfair to scream at your friends when you're frustrated at something that's not their fault, yes?
#Arthur Lester gonna save the multiverse with the strength of his ego and STILL not take John to the movies istg#malevolent neg
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Y'know, with all the (mostly good) writing and focus on gender in Taash's arc, I think what Neve's arc is doing in relation to gender is the most powerful thing this game does with gender (or resonates with me the most at least, a cis woman myself)
Other people have mentioned it before, but by all accounts Neve is fulfilling a "male" role in this story. She's the noir detective not the femme fatale, she's a terminal cynic, she eats bad food, she lives alone in a small apartment, and in one route of her arc she is a hardened protector of her city. All of these elements, while not necessarily restricted by gender, are absolutely associated and attributed to male characters.
But Neve also refuses to give up her femininity. She asks Taash if they "like" being a woman (implying Neve does) she wears lowcut-shirts and dresses, she ties her hair up when she goes out. Just because Neve doesn't fit what society typically thinks a woman is, she still is a woman. I can so easily see the writers going down the route that she's "not like other girls" and having her fully reject any and all femininity, and I'm so glad they didn't. It's more subtle then something like Taash's arc, sure, but I really appreciate a lot.
#i think it's subtlety is one of its strengths tbh#like cassandra had a similar thing in DAI but it was a not-unimportant part of her character that she struggles with her feminine side#while for neve it's not even an issue. she is a woman and she likes being a woman#not that neve has to perform all those feminine aspects i just don't know how else to describe how she's a woman without sounding repetitiv#i like taash and i like the broad strokes of their arc#but i find some of the dialogue a little awkward and the multicultural stuff mishandled#i think taash's arc is strengthened by neve being comfortable as a (narratively) gnc cis woman#anyway this is a positive post about neve not a negative post about taash#datv#datv spoilers#neve gallus#marie speaks
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I haven't seen anyone talk about it yet, but I've been receiving a lot of asks from bots trying to pretend they're struggling families from Gaza... which I know are from bots because I've seen the same message copy-pasted into my inbox and their blogs are almost completely barren. So sadly I feel I have to post this and urge you to please, please be careful who you donate to. I am actually, utterly and completely disgusted by the AMOUNT of bot asks I've received in such a short time, and even more disgusted that these bots seem to ACTUALLY BE REELING IN MONEY TOO. Please watch the wording and check if you haven't read it anywhere else before...
What kind of heinous person do you have to be to scam kind people out of their money in such a way... You might as well be stealing the money straight out of a Palestinian's hands...
#sick to my stomach#talkies#palestine#free gaza#free palestine#i don't know what i'd do if someone who makes these bots stood right in front of me. i really don't#i don't know if i'd have the strength to remain civil#ok to reblog#negative
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tbh i think that even unwinnable fights should be winnable. some of the BEST fights i've ever run as a dm were ones i built kill the players (in a fun way. I had some cutscenes prepped so even the loss would be a different flavour of win)- but then they were clever bastards and managed to either win the fights or pull themselves out of trouble. I think it's perfectly fine to plan for a fight that players aren't supposed to win, but you need to let them. if they can't win, they can't lose, and the meaning of that encounter is diminished. do that too many times, and they stop trusting you to give them roleplay prompts and start expecting to sit there waiting while you drive the story for them.
but if they can win... if there is always the chance to win, no matter how impossible the odds, then they ALWAYS have hope. they always get invested. they feel the big emotions of success or the big emotions of failure, and you fucking Win as a dm/roleplay prompter/lead bastard.
#qsmp neg#qsmp crit#discourse#<- for blacklists#im not grumping or anything im just musing on like. the mechanics of why everyone is so upset about the latest fight#and how it can be avoided while still keeping these fights genuinely difficult and intense#its hard because there's so many players and they all have wildly different strengths and weaknesses#so someone who could take on the code easy needs that enemy scaled differently than someone who isn't a big fighter#but it's hard to do that in a world where they interact w the same enemy#and you only have so much man-power to cater to a big server like this one#and then you bring in the big powerful items that the players can and can't access but which the admins have ultimate power over#and the fact that some of the admins themselves have lag issues or aren't super great at pvp so they accommodate that with better gear#and it starts getting messy#but for the fights themselves yeah regardless of what armour or gear or killing-methods they use there should Always be a win condition#and idk maybe there was one and we just didn't get to see it#but if that win condition is 'parents sit in the safe room with their babies while the others are overrun'#then i think there are ways to build better win conditions#anyway i love game design and player/dm interactions qsmp hire me now i want to know your behind the scenes#jk im too busy to apply#but man. i wanna nerd out so bad that sometimes i think about it
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happy early pride month to them
#sasasaku so gay they gave me the strength to do a whole ass drawing#inazuma eleven#sasanami unmei#sakurazaki jouji#sasasaku#fun fact if you look at the time i spent on this its insane because it's in negative like -4:-19 WHAT HAPPENED!!!#now back to the usual irl comms-art trades-studying till school ends cycle (i can do this)#draw tag
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this is karma after a month of tweets and posts from yellow enjoyers talking about how green was the miserable unfun faction like 💀💀💀 what prompted some of yall to say that was it ever that serious
#calling them misogynists too despite hannah being a founding member WHAT WAS THE POINT#sometimes you guys forget that real people are behind these characters#idc if green crashes and burns after this cause i at least take this as a win that greens individualism is their strength#neg
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Everyone can shine on a sunny day; there’s not much skill needed for that. It’s those that manage to push out a ray of light in the midst of a midnight thunderstorm that reveal true strength.
#lit#spilled ink#writerscorner#quote#writerscreed#inspiring quotes#quotes#self growth#self love#writers#power#strength#success strategies#stoicphilosophy#sky#sunlight#let the sunshine in#gremlincore#gremlin community#grumpy mode#grumpy#mood#endurance#bad day#endure#strength in adversity#failure#loss#negativity#positivity
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Yknow when someone just Makes You Mad but they haven't Done anything so you can't say shit without looking insane but every time they say something you're like Man. Shut Up.
#tezztalks#the negative vibes off this cunt. god give me strength.#your vibes. rotted.#your takes. incorrect#sit down
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So this:

Leads to this:

Which leads to this:
Which allows vecna to do this:

Right? Right………. So then this:

Leads to this:

Which leads to:
???????????????? 👀👀👀👀👀
Will has had powers.
#will has powers#no - he had powers. he probably displayed them when he got taken in to the upside down. and vecna wanted those powers. so he took them.#this also opens up to the possibility he could get them back somehow. with el it was through memories of her mom when she was born. love.#when she relived her younger self opening the gate for the first time through the power of love#so Will could get his back through strong feelings of love. just saying.#stranger things predictions#stranger things theories#byler#byler tumblr#so the cool kids can find this 😌#I HAVE ANOTHER THING TO SAY!!! Els powers are strong from negative emotions - hatred. anger. vengeance.#but they’re even more powerful from feelings of love - familial and platonic love (mama. hopper. max. etc)#so if Will did show his powers to vecna (accidentally) when he got taken then those would have been from his most common negative emotion#fear#El is anger. hatred. will is fear. anxiety.#so will will get his powers to their fullest strength only with Love. romantic love. feeling wanted. useful.#familial/friend love was something El needed in her life and she against all odds managed to find it#she got the love she desperately needed and deserved (not romantic like the Melvin’s seem to think)#will has all that in buckets. he has friends who love him. the best mom and brother anyone could wish for. but he feels unworthy of love.#feels like all the bad things that happened to him were deserved. so him receiving and accepting what he desperately needs and deserves#will fully unlock his powers - if he has them.#thank you for coming to my Ted talk
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God fucking dammit. I'm opening with my fucking boss today that's gonna be fun isn't it = _ =
#jane journals#negative#vent#UGH SHE'S SUCH A BITCH. ESPECIALLY LATELY#and shes not gonna lift a FINGER to help she never does#im not even there yet and shes been bitching over the work group chat#someone PLEASE give me the strength to put on a smile and do my job
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