#BookEndings

[ancientroyalblood]

Crafting Compelling Endings: The Art of Resolving Storylines

As writers, we embark on a journey through intricate plots and multifaceted characters, leading our readers through twists and turns toward a resolution that lingers long after the last page. Crafting compelling endings is an art that marks the culmination of our storytelling prowess, leaving a lasting impact on our audience. Let’s delve into the art of resolving storylines, mastering the essence…

[undercovercannibal]

Magnus talking about Charles in X-Men ’97 1x05 “Remember It” | Charles talking about Magnus in X-Men ’97 1x06 “Lifedeath - Part 2”

[1134soup]

The perfect video

[digitalfossils]

American Illustration (1983)

[the1975-art]

[trek-tracks]

Thinking about how, in The Tholian Web, Spock shows that he respects and understands McCoy by approaching him on a human level and calling him “Bones” (like Jim would do)

...and then McCoy shows he respects and understands Spock by granting him his dignity despite the emotional weight of the situation and calling him “Captain” (like Jim would do)

...and then both of them team up to charmingly bald-faced lie to Kirk to convince him that they never had time to watch his last orders, so they couldn't possibly have taken his advice...

(like Jim would do)

[laissezferre]

[panharmonium]

OBSESSED with how lorelai calculatedly says the most inflammatory thing she can think of in order to stop chris's parents from targeting rory. this woman is standing in a tank of starving sharks and she dumps the chum bucket over her own head the instant straub makes her daughter uncomfortable. she doesn't cause a scene for no reason; she strategically weaponizes everybody's low expectations of her in order to stop straub from attacking rory and encourage him to attack her instead. and it WORKS. and she just sits there takes it. i see your daughter is just as out of control as ever, richard. but lorelai doesn't care what straub says about her because that was the point; she wants to him to come after her and forget that rory is there. if you'd attended a university as your parents had planned, and as we planned in vain for christopher, you might have aspired to more than a blue-collar position...you might not want to take such a haughty tone when you announce to the world that you work in a hotel.

and then she sends rory out of the room to safety and she sits there and continues to take it. she seduced him into ruining his life. she had that baby, and ended his future! and it doesn't matter because they're chewing on her and not her daughter and that was the point. she played them. they fell for it. and it doesn't mean that the things they say don't hurt her, because they do. it means she's willing to let herself be hurt in rory's place.

you can see the tense disapproval on lorelai's face when the group turns expectantly to rory like they're waiting for her to perform some kind of circus trick, and even though the gilmore grandparents + chris do it out of genuine admiration and pride, they don't understand how terrified rory feels about being asked to demonstrate genius on-demand in front of people who are already judging her for being born. rory looks reflexively at her mother with HELP written all over her face, and one needling comment from straub is all it takes for lorelai to offer herself up as a convenient (and familiar) punching bag.

[blackjackkent]

Another BG3 dialogue compilation - Elfsong Laff Riot jokes! (And associated companion approval.)

ROUND 1

Willoughby the comedian, folks! Were his jokes good, or did he just smell funny?

Elfsong Audience Approval Approves +1: Lae'zel, Gale, Wyll, Karlach, Minthara, Minsc, Halsin Disapproves -1: Astarion, Shadowheart, Jaheira

Say, what's the difference between a dwarf and a bulette? You can't toss the bulette!

Elfsong Audience Neutral Disapproves -1: Everyone

Hey! I asked my wizard to cast Shatter. He said, 'Shatter? I hardly know 'er!'

Elfsong Audience Disapproval Approves +1: Astarion, Gale, Shadowheart, Wyll, Karlach, Minthara, Minsc, Halsin Disapproves -1: Lae'zel, Jaheira

[BARBARIAN][CHARISMA] Laugh. Now.

(on success) Elfsong Audience Approval (on failure) Immediate Loss Approves +1: Everyone

ROUND 2

You know why I hate vampires? They just suck.

Elfsong Audience Disapproval Approves +1: Lae'zel, Gale, Shadowheart, Wyll, Karlach, Jaheira, Minthara, Minsc, Halsin Disapproves -2: Astarion

I tried sleeping with a dragonborn the other night, but it didn't work out - he had a reptile dysfunction.

Elfsong Audience Approval Approves +1: Astarion, Lae'zel, Gale, Shadowheart, Wyll, Jaheira, Minthara, Minsc, Halsin Approves +2: Karlach

I asked a zombie reanimator out on a date, but she said she wasn't interested in nec-romance.

Elfsong Audience Neutral Approves +1: Astarion, Gale, Shadowheart, Wyll, Karlach, Minsc, Halsin Disapproves -1: Lae'zel, Jaheira, Minthara

[INTIMIDATION] What do you call a room full of people who don't applaud? Dead.

(on success) Elfsong Audience Approval (on failure) Immediate Loss Approves +1: Everyone

ROUND 3

The Dead Three, am I right? What losers. You know why Bane worshippers will never conquer the world? They don't have the Bhaals!

Elfsong Audience Neutral Approves +1: Astarion, Karlach, Minthara, Minsc, Halsin Disapproves -1: Lae'zel, Gale, Wyll, Shadowheart, Jaheira

A mind flayer's duergar slave lost his nose, so I asked the illithid, 'How does he smell?' and it said, 'I have eaten its brain.'

Elfsong Audience Disapproval Approves +1: Minsc Disapproves -1: Lae'zel, Astarion, Gale, Wyll, Shadowhewart, Karlach, Jaheira, Minthara, Halsin

Our cleric tried to cast Healing Word on a ham, but it was already cured.

Elfsong Audience Approval Approves +1: Everyone

[INTIMIDATION] CLAP, OR I'LL RIP OUT YOUR SPINES.

(on success) Elfsong Audience Approval (on failure) Immediate Loss Approves +1: Everyone

Fun Notes:

Everyone approves of you threatening the crowd.

Everyone likes making fun of vampires except Astarion, who disapproves double.

Everyone likes the sex joke and ham. Karlach likes the sex joke more than everyone else.

Everyone in the group takes a stand against dwarf-tossing.

Minsc likes every single other joke (including the terrible third-round one everyone else disapproves of).

The religion joke is the most divisive, followed by (tied) the necromancy pun and whether or not to heckle the MC.

Liked Joke Count (not including threats):

Minsc: 8 Karlach: 7 Halsin: 7 Minthara: 6 Gale: 6 Wyll: 6 Astarion: 5 Shadowheart: 5 Lae'zel: 4 Jaheira: 3

[padmerrie]

summer sucks

bookends au

[undercovercannibal]

I know what you are 👀

[natequarter]

The killing yourself remix

[shewhoworshipscarlin]

Art Deco bookends, 1930.

[cinematicnomad]

THE TERROR ▸ 1.10 we are gone

crozier looks through the camp and comes across an alarming sight: a man is actually sitting up inside one of the halfdowned tents. crozier crawls in to see who it is. it’s little. and he’s alive, his lap full of cold, greasy rags. crozier gently lifts up little’s chin so he can see his face. inexplicably, little’s been pierced with gold chains from various pocket watches. they connect parts of his body to his head. his eyes are open, but he does not recognize crozier.

[bugthingsdaily]

today's bug thing are these ladybug bookends!