#(note not ALL equipment)

[inverse-problem]

if you go to an active construction site with lots of heavy machinery and close your eyes you can imagine that’s what gay robot sex sounds like

[beemovieerotica]

not commenting on that post about the AIDS retroviral injection directly but people here (again) don't totally understand the staggering cost of R&D for any medicine that successfully makes it to market, nor that there are government programs and programs run by the manufacturers themselves that will cover the cost of these drugs and ensure that the companies that produce them don't all go, you know, bankrupt

[captainshadowshifter]

Me just casually thinking about au worldbuilding and once again realising everything is linked

[sovonight]

i was going to scribble a comic for these but please just imagine them as i would've drawn them instead

fenced & found | xan/radri, bg2

—✧—

(a little while after Xan's return)

R: Wait, where are your robes?

X glances down, and looks up again

X: Right here, unless I have found myself back in one of my childhood nightmares.

R: No, no, the good one. The--what was it--the robe of the neutral archmagi.

X: …They were stolen, along with the rest of my belongings. Did I not tell you?

R: Oh, right.

R: …

R, shocked & outraged: They were stolen?!

--

X: Radri--slow down--what are you--

R: We've wasted so much time! Who knows where the thieves have moved the goods now? Who knows who they've sold them to?!

X, realizing: …No. No, do not ask--

R: I'm sure the shadow thieves can manage to do me this one favor! I'll be gracious enough to take the information over the honor of managing that little guild hall!

--

(at shadow thief hq)

R, annoyed: No, they aren't "just robes", they were worth 20,500 gp, plus 2,000 gp for custom alterations, plus another 5,000 gp to get them in the right shades of midnight blue and melancholic purple. And did I mention that they're the best robes on the market for neutral wizards? Yes, exactly. Now repeat all the details back to me--

--

R, musing: The only question is if they already found a buyer. With any luck, they will still be there when we arrive… (notices Xan) What is it?

X: I did not realize that you had invested so much in it. You told me you had just happened upon it as it was.

R, embarrassed, realizing she'd said everything with him present: …Oh. Well, I lied.

X: …I--

R, unable to let him speak: I just knew you would say that the cost was outrageous, but they were this horrible shade of acid green to start with, and I couldn't let you walk around in that! And you would say the robes weren't worth it, because you would be dying in them all the same, but they are worth it because they keep you safer, and I thought, these are an investment, you'll have them forever, and I won't ever have to think about robes again! And I'm sure you'll say you had better in Evereska but if nothing else consider us retrieving it as a recouping of--(X hugs her)--huh?

X: I am sorry that I lost it, Estel'amin.

R, sniffle: It wasn't lost. It was stolen.

X: I am sorry that it was stolen, then.

R: It's fine. It's not your fault you make such an easy mark. (Burying her face in his shoulder) Really, it's a miracle you don't get robbed all the time.

--

(at the shop)

R: (gasp) It's still here! I can't believe it!

Shopkeeper: A beauty, isn't it? Normally I price it at 30,000, but I'll let it go for 29,000 gp for such a discerning customer such as yourself.

R, empty, ready to cry: ……29,000 gp…….?

S: Well, just look at the craftsmanship. Why, this could become an heirloom, to be passed down to--

X: Zero.

S: Er, what?

X: We will be paying zero gold pieces. These are stolen goods, for they are my robes, which were unjustly removed from my possession a fortnight ago.

R looks at Xan like he's her hero; S looks at him in outrage

S: Well, isn't that an outlandish claim! (Disbelieving laugh) It may suit your taste in colors, sir, but I challenge you to prove it!

X, crossing his arms: Radri?

R: There's a name embroidered under the collar.

S, pleased: Oh, but it appears there's nothing embroidered there, dear custome--

R: I also had it embroidered in the lining of the pockets, in each sleeve, and in 7 inch intervals along the hem, in case it was ever fenced.

S, defensive: …Well, who's to say that you are this "Xan"? Anyone can go by any name these days, and--

X holds out his moonblade, showing his name on the hilt

X: If I were not Xan, I would not be able to draw this moonblade.

X draws it, holding the bared blade between them, the flames illuminating the shopkeeper's apprehensive face

X: Is this proof enough for you, shopkeeper? Seeing as you have wasted much of my friend's time already, I would suggest you make the answer "yes."

S: Y-Yes! Take it! Urgh, no one would buy the damn thing anyway--it's such a dreadful shade of purple!

--

X, self-conscious: What is it? Why do you keep smiling at me?

R: Nothing! I'm just glad we have the robes back.

X, evaluating her: …You're pleased that I threatened him for you, aren't you.

R, pink, avoiding his gaze: What? Noooo. …Well, maybe a little. I was surprised you would go so far for me, that's all. I mean, drawing the moonblade and everything…

X, turning his face away: The moonblade? (Sigh) Is that it, then? You love me more as a noble defender of Elvendom than as a man?

R, genuinely worried, clutching his arm: What?! Xan, no, of course not, I--(She catches a glimpse of the small, barely hidden smile on his face, and reprimands--) Xan!

X, kissing her cheek: Forgive me, Estel'amin, I know your love is true; I only wished for you to turn my way so that I could see your reddened face in full.

R, redder at being tricked, grousing: Noble? You're becoming just as underhanded as any thief I've met.

—✧—

quality footwear | bg2

—✧—

(at ye olde vending machine in spellhold)

X: Radri! Stop fooling around!

R, annoyed: I'm already here, and I have the tokens! What am I supposed to do, not spend them?

R: (counting quietly)

R, muttering: I have enough for two sets of quality footwear.

X, incredulous: You do not even realize how mad you sound!

--

R: Oh! Boots of speed! Now one person can match pace with me.

X, expectant: …

R: Keldorn! Here you go.

X: Radri?!

--

R: No, because think of how dangerous it would be for you to accidentally walk into a fight far ahead of anyone else!

X: What an excellent point. It is as though you read my mind. Indeed, I believe I recall myself saying something very similar to you, right before you encountered that exact scenario yourself--and then continued to encounter it as you refused to heed my concerns.

R, sheepish: …

X: Here is my proposal: either we obtain enough of these accursed boots for everyone, which is most definitely impossible, or you relinquish yours to--

R, speeding ahead to exit the conversation:

X: --Radri!

[batcavescolony]

S4 E3 Supernatural

Now THIS is a good episode. Castiel took Dean back in time to 1973! We find out Sam and Dean's maternal grandparents, Samuel and Deanna Campbell, and Mary are hunters. On top of that, Azazel is playing match maker so he can have his little psychic children be the best of the best, and he made a deal with Mary to revive John after he killed him. Also as if Azazel hasn't killed enough of Sam & Dean's family they killed Samuel and Deanna too. Oh this is so interesting, then Castiel taking Dean back, saying destiny can't be changed but Sam is going down a dark path and either Dean stops him or angels do.

[mariocki]

Mansion of the Doomed (Massacre Mansion, 1976)

"You must trust me. I'm going to give you back your eyes, all of you. Soon. As soon as I've succeeded with Nancy, as soon as I... I discover the truth. I will share that truth with you. For the whole world! I believe in humanity, that's - that's what it's all about."

[singeart]

As a fellow x files / voyager enjoyer, I would 8 million percent read a cross over fic and have thought many times about how when voyager showed up in 1996 that ABSOLUTELY fox Mulder would have known about it and found a way to sneak his butt on board.

Plus Scully and Janeway would have so much respect for each other. Please if you ever need a discussion buddy I am free

Yes he would haha! I wonder if him being a canon trek fan kind of breaks things 🤔 or makes them more interesting...like imagine Janeway being suspicious of him because he knows so much about their technology and the Federation 👀

Scully and Janeway teaming up would be an unstoppable force I want to see it! I am head empty but now I know who to go to hehe thank you for offering!! <3

[prettyboysdontlookatexplosions]

chris ryan casually dropping a joking use of "the great work continues"... continuing to prove himself the ringer person i would most enjoy hanging out with in real life despite on paper the two of us having nothing in common except a deep love for the david fincher movie zodiac

[stuck-in-the-ghost-zone]

preemptively sorry for how fucking long this is it is YOUR FAULTT THOUGH!!!! large bowl of seeds for u. it is almost 2am sorry.

SO. there are. two ways to assign the prime defenders powers etc. the first way is just, like, categorize their existing powersets within the prt framework, & the second is to give them entirely new abilities based on the way worm works. delightfully, all the powers they Do have work really well for the most part, so even that doesn't require a ton of shuffling.

categorizing their pre-existing powers:

wiwi-- breaker w/ a shaker subclass. neither of them rated very high, but that's already a rare and versatile enough combination!!

dakota-- brute babeeeey!!! brute/mover its so straightforward. hell yeah babey. i don't know what he'll end up looking like post-heart removal & stuff but my guess is that'll end up looking more like a mover/striker.

vyncent-- now THIS one gave me trouble. i... hm. to say this without talking about stuff that i don't think has come up much already, (hey!! you're at that clockblocker pov! directly related to what flechette says!) i'd call him a grab-bag cape, irt the greats at least. post-greats-- again, i don't know what his powerset will look like after this arc! but if he's going all in w/ the fire magic, that would for sure be some striker shit! :]]]

giving them new powers... man i'm reining myself in so hard from five more paragraphs on Why exactly i'm saying all this.

wiwi still breaker for sure, maybe breaker-master, maybe master-stranger. yknow. powers are fluid, the prt categories are pretty rigid. i... don't know. enough about his situation yet to be clearer than that vague idea yet-- i really like the idea of him just. ditching his body & using a noncorporeal form but he still has to keep an eye on his body i think that's great. the noncorporeal form would b able to change its visibility but still b limited by proximity to the body. & fluctuating energy shit powered by fluctuating amounts of recent-death in the area, maybe probably also limited in that it's only accessible in his breaker form.... also i think u will appreciate this style note from the [UNNAMED PARAHUMANS TTRPG] i'm referencing a lot here.

dakota--in this situation he probably would not. have that mechanical heart and shit. he' would still be a mover/thinker-- thinker rating is for faster mental processing + senses imminent pain for the people in his immediate vicinity. not danger, just pain; it immediately registers ambiently & can be generally traced back to whoever it is. no he can't turn it off ever, it manifests as feeling a similar level of pain, yes it works on himself. + mover-- he can fucking fly. no super strength, just very fast flight & the general "won't splat himself flying into something" capabilities, which meshes well w/ the faster processing & reflexes. i'm split on how exactly this would work mechanically but i will NOT go into that now. i am also not going into the 15k discussion in my brain on why dakota 'notoriously bad at thinking about things' cole would be a thinker but u gotta trust the process ok??

vyncent-- trump!!!! somehow this is the only straightforward one to me? he can copy powers at the full strength or ability level of the original for an unspecified amount of time that's usually 1-30 minutes by touching the cape. crucially, he doesn't have any edge on how to use these powers + can easily misuse or become extremely overwhelmed by them. he's easily the most powerful out of the three of them <33

ashe-- ashe is NOT HERE currently and also it's 1:30 am so i gotta go fucking sleep soon BUT they would be a master. easy. :o) they can make some lil guys n do stuff with them!!!!

in general these are pretty fucking cracked abilities, all of them would b oosely above a seven or so in a number rating once they're really settled in their powers-- this is mostly because i'm assuming that they would still be heirs-apparent to the prime force equivalent, which would b the triumvirate :]] anyway. good lord. this is like the cliff notes edition of what i've been thinking and scribbling in the notes app for the past several hours. sorry if it's fucking incomprehensible. gn!!! <333

AAAAAH FUCK YESSSSSS OKAY OKAY OKAY my response is probably going to be equally as long. so it's fine. oooouh buddy.

I KNOW WHAT BREAKER MEANS NOW !!! I dontttt think ive learned shaker yet. breaker is like.... breaking the laws of physics/shifting planes or whatever. PERFECT for william hell yes. for putting them actually in worm world ... ughhhh breaker/master william is REALLY cool. I havwnt learned stranger yet but i think he would develop a complex over being classified as stranger <3 (like how weld doesn't like that he's classified as a brute even though that's not exactly what it means, he just doesn't like the word) . GODDDD just thinking abt putting pd boys in worm is fucking me up haven't they been through enough. I want to see them all in a fit of despair. william ditching his body is SO good I miss when he would do that, also the powers being limited by how far away he is AND THE AMOUNT OF RECENT DEATH IN THE AREA. holy shit. that's so fucking good . im sure he would not overthink at all the fact that he is stronger when more people around him have died . I'm sure he'd do awesome in the leviathan fight for sure for sure .

DAKOTA BRUTE <3 DAKOTA BRUTE/MOVER I LOVE THIS A LOTTTTTT hellbyes. awesome. it's so perfect for him <3 worm world I'm SURPRISED u didn't stick with brute for him. eyes emoji. I trust your judgement but now i am Thinking... Hmm..... YOU BRING INTO QUESTION something I have been thinking about. and I'm going to probably get derailed a little here but stay with me. how the way powers manifest directly relate to the trigger event. because for a WHILE before we learned taylors I was like "OH i bet the powers are going to be directly related to what traumatic thing happened to them" and then we learn about taylor and grue and a couple more and I kind of lost that theory because while you can. technically draw relations between their powers and their events it seemed like too much of a stretch to do . HOWEVER now my thinking has changed AGAIN and I think the powers ARE related to specific trigger events but it's not as straightforward as "oh something scary happened to you with bugs so now you have bug powers" I think it's gonna be more complicated than that. WHICH. THE WAY THIS RELATES. BACK ON TOPIC NOW. to DAKOTA . assuming his trigger event is still he and katori falling off the building I think it's AWESOME that his powers would manifest as FLIGHT for one. and the fucking. pain sense thing. fuck me up. dakota extreme hero complex cole would be so fucked up by a power where he ambiently senses pain from the people around him at all times and cannot turn it off. I'm sure he would feel so normal about being around william chronic pain wisp 24/7. also I can SO CLEARLY imagine how this power specifically would lead to him getting super overwhelmed in chaotic situations like he does in canon. and just fucking. bolt out of there because it's too much. again. he'd have such a wonderful time in the leviathan fight

I AM AT CLOCKBLOCKER POV !!!! actually technically I'm on kid win pov now but I haven't finished his chapter yet. vyncent grab bag cape..... yeah... I think it would be EXTREMELY funny imagining the PRT in pd world trying 2 classify vyncent like. what the fuck does this kid do . what do we do with him. hes got other guys in his head that give him powers. is he a master??? no he can't fucking control them. is he a striker??? only SOMETIMES. is he a blaster?? AGAIN ONLY SOMETIMES. cannot classify him bitch!!!!!!!! giving him worm powers though.. UGH. being able to touch someone and COMPLETELY copy their powers but only for a short period of time???? I fucking love that a lot. he WOULD be the most powerful out of them!!! I can hear taylors inner analysis dialogue about him now and it's very similar to the clockblocker "DONT LET HIM.TOUCH YOU" panic. loooove imagining this playing off of the rest of pd,,, i know there was AT LEAST one time where he had william sort of transfer some of his ghost powers for a minute? I think it was during the lich fight in the theatre but i just remember vycnent floating and going intangible and NOT KNOWING how to control it or anything. loveeee that. in world dynamics I feel like vyncent would be a late addition to their team (instead of coming from another world maybe he just. had his trigger event happen way later than the other two..or something.) and not trusting them as much at first/being REALLY shaky using either of their powers but after a while being really comfortable in a fight with using either Williams or dakotas powers in a fight. Just like. imagining the fluidity of how they'd work together in a tense situation assuming they're not being complete dumbasses <3333 UGH it's really good

AAAASHE ASHE ASHE IM SOOO SO GLAD YOU INCLUDED ASHE IN THIS I miss him.so much every day. from what I know so far master involves having/making/controlling some sort of minion (cannot think of a better word than that rn) AND I THINK THATS REALLYYYY perfect for ashe. i assume he would actually work pretty closely to canon in that his limitation would be the book? or if he doesn't have the book maybe his limitation would be a) having only a few different types of things he could summon (the big hand, the water fairy, duck etc) and/or b) only being able to control them.for a short amount of time after they're summoned so he has to be quick about dismissing them. can't keep the demon hand around for too long or it might start picking things up and throwing them at random. putting teammates in danger bc he can't control it anymore etc etc. alsooooooo in clockblocker pov they VERY briefly mentioned the possibility of having secondary trigger events (?!!!!?!?!) and you know I locked onto that SO FUCKING HARD. ashe being born with powers and then his secondary trigger event being his mom's death <3 im.NOT even going to attempt to talk about how the trickster would work in worm world/if it would even exist in this setting bc i don't know enough about the types of powers and things yet..but just know. I am keeping this in the back of my mind "this is a fun surprise tool that will help us later" style

[glamfellens]

astarion: its always a pleasure to see you sauntering over 😏

aeres:

[aeide-thea]

truly just SUCH a typical tumblr experience but like.

Familiar Tumblr Name makes a post that's like: 'you know how fast fashion perpetuates itself by selling us clothing that gets dingy and grody really fast, so we have to replace it yearly?'

me: uh, no, actually—historically i've found that the few fast fashion pieces i acquired long outstayed their welcome, and were perfectly wearable long after i was heartily sick of them! but go on, i guess

FTN: 'let me tell you about this traditional domestic wisdom (implied: that's been lost because of, uh, capitalism) that will fix this problem (that you, too, definitely have) for you!'

me, googling: okay so this residue that FTN said was somehow a Fast Fashion thing is apparently generally caused by like. fabric softener and/or hard water. using discount detergents that skimp on active ingredients. using too much detergent so it doesn't wash out. letting your bedding go too long between washes. letting your washer go too long between cleans. etc. anyway. lots of specific factors here, many of which may in fact not apply to you in particular!

but like. why get specific when instead we could assert You Know This Problem, Right? This Lost Traditional Wisdom Will Definitely Help You Personally!!

[kaurwreck]

if you have a question, it is wholly okay and arguably important that you at least sometimes look up the answer. if you aren't sure about information you want to share on social media, you can also double check its veracity prior to sharing. if you still aren't sure after searching for more information yourself, then asking strangers on the internet is fine, but confirm any answers you receive prior to internalizing them. (which you can do by using key terms from others' answers in your subsequent search strings.)

this won't stop you from interacting with others on tumblr dot com. instead, it will deepen those interactions, improve your digital literacy, and prevent me from manifesting as your sleep paralysis demon.

[not-equippedforthis]

hi :) i went to the beach today & saw an incredible amount of jellyfish!! it was so cool!! reminded me of you (bc jellyfish are your favourite animals), so here i am saying hi :)

have a lovely day <33

hiiiii!!!! <333 sorry ive gone AWOL ilysm im just. ouurhhhh

thats so cool 😭😭 actually crying thank you for thinking of me skgbsng. on a somewhat unrelated note, i have a vague understanding of what you look like based on picrew challenges but i still see that specific image of DANC holmes and go omg...anna....

going to a beach and seeing jellyfish would cure me, i think (maybe i need to move to belgium...tho im pretty sure we have some biolum beaches heree??). i hope you had a good day!! i saw your tags a while back and i feel you with sometimes feeling better going and exploring by yourself rather than w family (iirc? bad memory gang sorry). idk what ur situation is like but sometimes its just so much more fun/relaxing. i think going to a bioluminescent beach is on my bucket list - ive done my epq project on biolum, i adore it, i adore jellyfish. i need to go to one sooo fucking badly shaking you i need to shake my hand in the water and watch it glow back

i also saw your bio energy level and i hope you feel better <33 have a nice week :]

[mayra-quijotescx]

Meli and I decided to start watching Dragon Ball in honor of Toriyama's work and legacy, and I had wondered why Dragon Ball Z got localized before Dragon Ball even though the latter was released first, and four episodes later I no longer wonder that

[roseonthewindow]

I completed my eight playthrough and can assuredly say that I found my "it" under a bridge I probably should have spent more time on path of the pilgrim as I did not notice that I did not look in that one little room you get the key too and sure enough that missing equipment was right there. That darn "Gatekeeper" is still strange when it comes to their Heavy attack and with this little trinket I can only imagine why. Now if they can fix that dammed bug with the storage already I will be able to actually stockpile throwables properly and do a all throwables run.

[rappin-drakken]

looking through the song lyrics i write sometimes and i forget how depressed and yearny they are