#BUT IT SO QUAINT ON HER

[sutexii]

Juniper walking the imp in her sunday best :^)

[stellanix]

(genshin impact spoilers incoming)

one aspect of furina's characterization that's pretty understated but that i really really really love is her intelligence and curiosity. usually in genshin, when a character's intelligence is an important trait of theirs, there are aspects of their design, writing, voice acting, etc, that very clearly tell you "hey this character is smart." albedo, for example, wears a labcoat, is always saying big sciency words in a calm, rational tone of voice, and other characters are always talking about how smart he is

but furina? nothing about her on the surface suggests that she's a "smart" character - quite the opposite, in fact. superficially, she's introduced as a bratty, conceited, overconfident person who actually has no idea what she's doing. we eventually learn in the archon quest that that was all an act, but even after she regains her freedom, nothing about her really seems archetypically intelligent, at least at face value

instead, furina's intelligence is always shown rather than told (the only exception being nahida's voiceline about her). she had an intelligence network across teyvat feeding her information, and we saw in the flashback how she directed researchers to study the prophecy and potential ways of stopping it. before things like lyney's trial or directing the two musketeers, she'd stay up all night planning and piecing things together all on her own. she loves learning new things, she has lines in the teapot about how, when she's interested in something, she wants to become the most knowledgeable person in the topic, and also how she'd like to disassemble the teapot itself to learn how it works, and she's quick to learn new skills (like surfing). and, of course, she's well read, and quite possibly teyvat's foremost expert on the performing arts

i like how furina sort of defies the concept of character archetypes. she's initially presented as an archetypical bratty, dramatic, spoiled popular girl, but that was a role she forced herself into because it's what people expected of her. but the real furina, while still retaining some of the flamboyance from her archon persona, doesn't really fit into a clear mold. she's smart without being a super-genius, and she's kind without being a soft-spoken doormat. it makes her feel multifaceted and real, and i really love that!

anyway, this is why it makes me mad whenever i see people calling furina stupid, cuz she's not!

[babygirlgiles]

Why does no one else see my vision for post-war Effie Trinket. Like that woman does NOT become a civil servant, she does not join the ranks of government service. She is 100% New Panem’s first influencer. She was already having her It Girl moment as the escort of District Twelve’s victors beforehand and now there’s public perception that she was this Hunger Games insider playing the long con to dismantle the system from within and paid this great sacrifice for it by being tortured by Snow’s cadre for her efforts. Which is not true at all because she had No Clue what was going on but Plutarch needs new programming to fill all the hours that used to be taken up by Hunger Games related media so he decides to capitalize on Effie having Her Moment. And with people being allowed to travel between districts for the first time in over a generation and newfound freedom of information, there would a nationwide fascination how other people live. Effie ends up with her own lifestyle/travel series where she visits different regions of Panem and even exotic far away places such as “England”. She’s posting beach selfies on Panemstigram to promote her upcoming episode on lobster fishing off District Thirteen’s revitalized coastline.

She even gets her own daytime talk show at one point. She tries (and fails) for years to get Peeta on the show as a guest. Katniss has never watched a single episode.

[pocketgalaxies]

imogen + putting down roots

[sicklyseraphnsuch]

Hubris Thy Name is Relatable

If the gods are "just like everyone else", why do folks keep getting punished for presuming to stand on equal grounds with them? The divide between divinity and mortals was not placed there by the mortals.

Thinking that the average overpowered mortal is on the same level as a god is exactly the thought process that brought the great wizard cities to their knees. The gods will prove you wrong and swiftly.

Like remember when Laeryn was like, "the only thing dividing us from the gods is that they have a different zip code" and the general reaction was, "your hubris machine madame". To turn around now and say, that in Exandria, "it would be very easy to mistake a 20th level adventurer with a god" - is not true. the gods will tell you this themselves.

sure, dnd as a medium for storytelling is doubling as a power fantasy so the players can achieve godhood if their dm wants that for them. but thats not the story matt is telling. matt is very much telling - there are gods and they are So Much Bigger Than You.

To ask, "well how much power makes a god" - easiest way to find out? challenge a god.

the mortals are inherently barred from touching divinity. ergo divinity is not like mortals. youre not gonna ask the wildmother for a cup of sugar, youre not gonna knock on the arch heart's door to sell him girl scout cookies. ludinus is an OP motherfucker, keyleth is an OP motherfucker. but defeating them does not make a godslayer. because as far as this world is concerned, gods cannot be slayed.

As an aside: this has nothing to do with what should or should not be done with the gods, if the gods are even a problem to be solved, if theres a a better way to exist with divinity - this is not that post. this is a post about how divinity has so far defined themselves.

youve heard of respect my pronouns. get ready for my levels arent on the fucking chart my good bitch. and you gotta respect that.

[plumdale]

I love it here

[otogariado]

the ending of blue eye samurai with taigen and akemi is so good. akemi starts the show off by fighting so desperately for her happiness, trying to keep her engagement with taigen, and ends it with making the decision to seize the power she wants for herself, to give herself her own freedom she's been denied by the men who want to control her all her life (whether ill intentioned or not). taigen spends most of the show proclaiming mizu stole his honour—his greatness—and therefore he must get it back, to keep his engagement with akemi. but by the end of it he tells akemi all he wants is to be happy; that he does not need greatness. but akemi has had enough, and she does not want to run; she wants greatness, and maybe with that greatness will come her own freedom and her true happiness.

i love a good old switcheroo, with the conflict of interest made even more interesting because taigen and akemi are supposed to be lovers.

[triglycercule]

dust should have one of those mini zen gardens with all the sand and the little rake you use to make patterns but instead of sand its monster dust. specifically dust of people he doesnt like. how calming and tranquil this is as he puts a mini bridge and rocks and tiny tree into the garden filled with what's basically the human equivalent of blood!

[hanzajesthanza]

geralt and fringilla being in a hallmark christmas movie where they are two people who don’t like each other who get snowed in together. but they never start liking each other

[maliciousalice]

Two people who won't stop YAPPING

[shiftythrifting]

[pollenallergie]

i applied for a community outreach job at a zoo today and like… do i not have a bachelor’s degree? yes. is that required? yes. do i not have a driver’s license? yes. is that required? the listing didn’t say anything, but when i applied, it sure did ask for one. but do i have experience with animal handling and community outreach in the natural sciences? yeah, a lil bit. so do i think i can fake it til i make it? yeah, yeah i do.

[ossifer]

ianthe fans will see the most pathetic woman in the universe wearing the worst fucking outfit you've ever seen shoveling raw flesh and hair into her mouth with her freaky bone arm then say some shit like "i want her so bad it makes me look stupid, she's such a cringefail drowned rat. i hope she cannibalises me"

(it's me, i'm ianthe fans)

[flowerflamestars]

Course Correct snippet

Tie yanked off his neck, folded careful enough to hide in an inner pocket without making a bump, Eris unbuttoned his collar and met her eyes in the mirror.   “Cunts across the water here yet?”   Nesta just lifted the glass of fruity, terrible wine to her lips. White for a garden party, Morrigan had purred, insisted, when Nesta tried to dodge. A perfumed headache in a glass.   Eris ran a hand through his already perfect hair, tousling the deep red. “We playing beard, Archeron?”   “No.” A slink across the room, a mean face that made Nesta despite herself, breathe. “Feyre wants a balanced table.”   “She learn that from Downton Abbey?”

“Be nice.”   He slipped the wine glass out of her hand instead, waving it beneath his nose with a moue of distaste. “Christ. Why do rich people spend so much money on fucking trash?”   “Taste?” Nesta offered, leaning back into the coolness of the wall. Marble, in place in exactly one location of this echoing, empty house: pretty, skylight studded bathrooms. Bone white nightmares, but at least they weren’t pretending to be comfortable or cozy.   Without bothering to check if she actually meant to drink it- he knew better- Eris poured what was probably an obscene value of white into the grey moss of a planter. Careless of  anemic looking ferns, lush orchids blooming colorlessly upward. Flipped the glass in his hand to dangle by the stem, hip propped against the slab that made the sink.   “How bad?”   Nesta shrugged. “She’s been tablescapping for two days. Freesia and bowls of oranges everywhere. Three cakes. Three different bakeries.”   Eris shook his head. “They’re going to eat her alive.”   A rainbow romper, flowers in her hair. Feyre was overflowing with enthusiasm. Brightness. Just because Rhys was following her around like an ink-dipped puppy didn’t mean the Lord Devlin was going to be equally charmed.   “What do you know?”   His thin mouth tipped, ever-present sharp expression rendered scathing. “Bunch of posh fucks who held onto their ancestral wealth and think they’re special for centuries of inbreeding. What do you know, Archeron?”   Nesta rolled her eyes. Smiled, unwilling. Pressed her shoulders to grounding stone one last time before straightening. “That you have an in with Nox.”   “Right, because I’d be working for my father’s firm if I had an in with”-   “Eris.”   He sighed. Crossed his arms. Light-catching brown eyes and unreal hair, he looked about as out of place as Nesta already felt, buried under this whole pale mausoleum.   “They don’t like Rhys.” A shrug, one thin shoulder rising. “Typical fucking racism. But they like money. That’s all I’ve got, unless you’d like to hear about the quality of cock Rhysand’s lawyer is walking around with.”

[baylardo]

THRESHOLD AU!!!!!!!!! we were watching Lineage last night and theres a scene where belanna is confronting janeway about genetically modifying/improving her unborn child and shes wanting janeway to side with her on it and shes like “well you did it why cant i” and i can just imagine the VINE BOOM kathryn has in her head for a moment thinking belanna is referring to her and her babies and janeway has this expression on her face for a moment like 😳 “what are you talking about” like this is gonna get real vulnerable real fast but then belanna clarifies she means SEVEN lol

[curamorte]

i just keep thinking about lou's ideal image of "fun" is trying out caskets like new season dresses