#Because I too am dumb in the ass

[iwannascreameurekaa]

I love main characters with facecards that are absolutely fucking oblivious about it. like someone had to say to their face that they like them or whatever for them to understand even a little bit

[legionofpotatoes]

I know the discourse well is poisoned and no one hates bioware games more than bioware fans, but I am just 🫠 having so much fun with veilguard it's unreal. It is selfishly the dragon age game I always wanted. with less emphasis on cRPG, a more focused story, curated mission based design that spotlights the high fantasy stuff, slowburn structure with companions, significantly less sidequest bloat, and a fully real-time action-oriented combat system that isn't riddled with the growing pains of previous titles. when I first played origins I imagined something almost exactly like this as my ideal version of a sequel; and it was one of those dirty, selfish thoughts that I knew was disrespectful to the then-established DNA of the thing, but I can't help but feel giddy about having it here and now. like down to the shift away from the childishly dark tone and to something more inherently flexible with a baseline aspirational quality. I hate aesthetically depressing games so much. am I not alive right here and right now already

When I say "aesthetically" there though I do mean it. I'm fully on the opposite side when it comes to tone and positions expressed in the story itself. I am just not including that in my analysis because I am not done yet - so please no spoilers! I think I am where most people consider to be the second act, and I definitely have my gripes with the narrative framework and some of the optics, but I won't put the cart before the horse and will see how it wraps things up first. Above that level, in terms of how it presents itself, of how it plays, of how it balances its core pillars - it is such a bioware-ass game and I could not be any cozier in it. So grateful it exists

[differenteagletragedy]

By the time Baxter turned 30, he was happy, more or less. He had a job he loved, a beautiful apartment filled with beautiful things. He'd gotten back into dancing and made time for it regularly. And he had friends -- friends that he'd made years ago and somehow, against all odds, managed to keep.

But some nights, after he left game night at Jude and Scott's, or after having dinner with Terry and Miranda, he felt lonely. Not in a profound sense like he'd been used to, but a little nagging ache telling him that he'd like someone to come home to when the day was over.

Then you came into the picture. And the ache became a throbbing need.

You worked at the office with him -- not with him directly, but he saw you often enough to start liking you. You were about five years younger than him, he figured, and so bright and funny and smart. And beautiful. So, so beautiful.

Baxter found himself incredibly drawn to you, but also scared to actually try for anything more than the easy, teasing friendship you eventually built together. What if he messed it up? What if he wouldn't be good for you? What if he did something to dull your light?

One night, months after the two of you began talking regularly, he ran into you after a later-than-usual night at the office. He'd stayed late, finishing up some work he'd needed to get done for an upcoming wedding, and you had been doing the same thing. Usually when he spoke to you, it was with coworkers and clients wandering around, but tonight was different. Tonight he had you all to himself.

He exchanged pleasantries with you in the hallway -- he asked what you were working on, made some idle chit chat, all while trying not to notice how much he wanted you. He was so focused on keeping his feelings in check that he accidentally tuned you out

"Hmm?" he asked as you looked at him expectantly. "I'm sorry, I seem to have spaced out for a moment."

"What are you thinking about so hard?" you asked. "Pretty rude, honestly."

"I'm sorry," he repeated, "It wasn't my intention to be rude, I simply --"

He stopped talking when you started laughing. You were teasing him. Of course. But this only served to get him even more distracted, watching your easy smile, directed only at him. His eyes fixed in on your lips, and you stopped laughing.

"If you want to kiss me, you can," you told him, still with a smirk.

"Oh, I ... I didn't mean ..." he floundered, more flustered than he'd been in years. Maybe ever. "I mean, I would like to ... but I don't mean to ..."

You watched him start and stop and sputter and ramble before finally putting him out of his misery. You put your hands on his shoulders, then slid them down to grab onto the lapels of his jacket, pulling him in for a kiss.

It wasn't like any first kiss that he'd ever had. It was deep and almost impossibly intimate, with your tongue slipping into his mouth soon after your lips touched his. You used his jacket to pull him in closer, and he wrapped his arms around you, helpless to your advances but more than happy to have you take the lead.

When you finally pulled back, Baxter was a mess. Cheeks flushed, clothes wrinkled, heart pounding wildly -- but happy.

"Fix your hair," you told him, reaching out to ruffle his black locks. "You look wrecked."

With that, you turned and walked away. In a daze, he watched you walk away, down the hall and towards the main exit. Then you were gone.

Baxter had always known himself to be forward when it came to romance. But now, when it came to you, he had a feeling he wouldn't mind letting you take the lead.

[butchrindou]

i’m so pressured with improving myself as an artist and it’s making me lose it because i’m not even doing art for my career but i love it so much. Like i kinda feel useless doing it sometimes, especially since i see other artists and i know damn well i will never achieve that level and im not saying this for people to feel pity but idk i feel like my art style doesn’t fit tr.???3! or like idk. Sometimes i’ll literally cry because i feel like my art style doesn’t fit rindou and she’s literally my muse, she’s the reason why i get so excited to sit down and draw everyday yet i feel like im just stuck sitting somewhere where i can’t do anything special to show my love for her and it sounds silly.. bc that’s a fictional character but still, ive liked this character for so long and i see improvement just from drawing rindou non stop but i still feel like im just barely touching the surface of improvement. Also i feel like i care too much about what others may like vs what i want to try and draw.. i want to draw her raw and literally how i perceive her, her character, her body, every single aspect of her and why she’s so important to me. Yet i can’t do that because i get so scared of the outcome/how my artwork looks/ how others will perceive it. And im not saying im not happy with my art, i am but there’s just ways i want to do it i feel like wont stick out to others which scares me or it will seem ooc of rindou. literally because of this i always have the urge to delete my account and restart and continue doing that till i feel like i perfected her yet i dont think that’ll ever happen even with how much love i have for that character

[waitmyturtles]

I'm gonna need to buy extra pairs of flip-flops to hurl at GMMTV after today. WTF.

[gleppy]

i wish people misunderstanding and misinterpreting my words wasnt as bad of a stress trigger for me as it is but holy fuck there are few things that make me fly off the rails more lmao

[stromulites]

Wooooo late night storm overthinking time where they just shove it all intoa tumblr post for no good fucking reason. Like 4 people are ever gonna see this n give two shits about me throwin a fit anyways. And that’s assuming it doesnt just get lost in the backlog.

God. Late nights are a double edged sword…

[ellieellieoxenfree]

it's also unfair of kiseki to get me with the steel chair again when i've just had my shit kicked in by three other pieces of media today alone

[littlestickfish]

The only creatures more tiresome than online anarchists are online atheists

All way more evangelically aggressive than any religion they're on a tear about

Will say shit like "Religion is MAN-MADE!" and think they've made some unassailable argument against religion as a concept...

...and proceed to treat any religions they're on a tear about like a monolith, completely forgetting in their zeal and drive to be RightTM and Smarter Than ThouTM that religion IS made by humans, and thus as varied and diverse as humanity itself.

And not for nothing, but it's absolutely exhausting to try to interact with someone who thinks they know everything but won't bother to do anything but skim the Old Testament for the most heinous and contradictory things they can find (which somehow always equals "FiCtiOnAl dEitYYY!!11!one!" no matter what it says?) instead of oh I don't know reading up on theology and the evolution of scripture? Fuck knows I'm familiar with their evolution and principles...

At least they'd quit embarrassing themselves by saying "religion" when they mean "very specifically Calvinist xtianity" 🙄 but alas...

[chiistarri]

what if instead of messaging me in the middle of the night about your stupid fucking girlfriend and your stupid fucking problems with her you actually act like my fucking friend and message me like how you message everyone else in our group

[dany36]

yooooo i started watching the tokusatsu gagaga j-drama because of that one post making fun of the main character for being a nerd and not knowing any popular songs and omggg it's actually so good?? 😭😭😭😭❤️❤️❤️ like i went in with zero expectations maybe some laughs here and there but wow, not only is it hilarious, it's sooo relatable and sweet and so well-written! i just watched the beach episode and omggg i didn't think it could get any better but wow i think it's been my favorite episode yet!!! just four adult women supporting each other's hobbies and helping each other achieve their goals!! and aldkfjlasjdflasjkdflj the part where nakamura gives the little girl the meal toy meant for boys....GEEZ that was so good, considering i also grew up with my mom enforcing all these girlie things on me when i wanted to do things that were considered for boys only....wowowowoow. and it looks like the next episode is going to deal with her finally standing up to her mom!!! aaaaaahh!!!

the only bad thing about this j-drama is that it's so short! only 7 episodes :( this has only been my second j-drama ever and i can't recommend it enough, i hope the last episode delivers!

[wlwgang]

PAUL BISSONETTE GET OFF MY TV

[doubletrucks]

back on my talking in the tags bullshit like it's 2015 🫡

[tendebill]

i am..... at a loss for words....... i just lost my entire shading process for ezios face..... livid rn

[five-star-stay]

OMFG NEVER DID I EVEN DARE TO DREAM THAT SKZ WOULD COLLAB WITH THE LiSa

Like THAT'S THE OG FOR ME, literally one of the first foreign singers I remember looking up songs of! She's so freaking good godd

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[dogbunni]

BRO I AM SO STRESSED AND I AM STARTING TO SUFFER REAL MEDICAL CONSEQUENCES