#Celestia says stuff

[honeysuckledreams]

Also since I am being too personal and there is a slim chance one or two members from that old college friend group might see this, in bombshell news Ren and I are no longer friends, and Ren and Fed (now Fae) are divorced. Ren and I ended late December 2022, so it's been 1.5 years and I am finally, finally starting to feel better.

In my version, I couldn't emotionally support Ren through their divorce anymore, and I needed a break from talking about it literally 4x a week. They found out I talked to Fae about the divorce after I set that boundary with them (because that was the third time Fae ever asked for insight about the divorce, and it was still almost too much) and Ren ghosted me! My best friend of seven years ghosted me because I set a boundary and wasn't capable of emotionally supporting them anymore. We literally talked every single day for our whole friendship before that point.

After 2 months of occasionally reaching out to them and getting radio silence, I ended our friendship. The ending was mutual in the last conversation we had.

[dapper-lil-arts]

I'm not the kind of person that's like "Here let me fix the canon" usually but like holy crap gen 5 implied a lot of messed up shit about our hero Twilight Sparkle lmao

[honeysuckledreams]

Boykin Spaniels all have yellow to amber eyes!

His eyes are striking, and they've been called creepy by a few people, so I think there is something to the more "baby" appearance of darker eyes. He looks very different with his eyes dilated, it really soften and warms his appearance.

His parents eyes darkened to an amber color with age, and I've noticed his eyes getting a bit more golden instead of yellow with time too.

Yellow eyes are a fault in a lot of dog breeds, but I don't think I've ever seen a yellow eyed dog

[cluescorner]

Arlecchino's whole deal is unbelievable

Arlecchino: Huh I wonder what's causing my weird powers? I can't really worry about that right now tho, I've gotta become King and then kill my "Mother".

*Kills Clervie and "Mother"*

Arlecchino: Huh I wonder why I was able to defeat a Fatui Harbinger when I'm like 17 or so? I can't really worry about that right now tho, I've gotta be in jail and become a Harbinger.

*Is in jail for a while and becomes a Harbinger*

Arlecchino: Huh I wonder why I am-

Pierro: Hey what's up hello, anyways you're descended from the Crimson Moon Dynasty of Khaenri'ah. I'm sure that this is a lot for you to take in so-

Arlecchino: Ok.

Pierro: ...You're just cool with that?

Arlecchino: IDK maybe? I can't really worry about that at the moment, I'm a father now. This orphanage full of children I love (who also are child soldiers and are not allowed to leave or else I'll execute them except maybe now I'm just gonna wipe their memories IDK I'm morally complex) isn't gonna run itself.

*Runs the orphanage/spy recruitment initiative*

Me, the fucking player: WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU ARE KHAENRI'AN? WHY WASN'T THIS BROUGHT UP IN YOUR FUCKING QUEST?? OR ANYTHING ELSE????

Arlecchino, talking to me through my phone: I honestly don't know why you care, I'm too busy to give a shit. Anyways, I'm gonna go fight fate itself I guess. I'm sure that I don't share any thematic parallels with any other Khaenri'an characters (particularly as it relates to acting and family angst) and that I haven't made the idea of 'curses' on Khaenri'ans and what they entail even more complicated than they already were. See ya.

[mlpoutofcontext]

[y-rhywbeth2]

Considering the cast has grand ideas like "all of us are down to become immortal, tbh Jaheira", "I am at risk of dying from being burned alive from the inside", and "I'd like to be a god", you don't necessarily need to fuck around with ancient unstable magics for that (although in the later case, it does take a lot more time and work and risk of death).

There are generally easier ways to gain these things (except for apotheosis), but in 5e you can still solve these problems with insane amounts of XP: you need to reach level 20, when the ability score caps are raised from the mortal limits of 20 to 30, and instead of levelling up "epic boons" are put on the table (which is basically the equivalent of epic levels).

"[Boons are] extraordinary and represent the gradual transformation of a character into something resembling a demigod."

(This is the point where you're warming up towards getting ready to pick fights with the gods*; find yourself a chunk of divine essence and welcome to the start of the divine ladder, mx new quasi-deity... also it may start to alter your physical appearance as you become something more than human[oid])

Depending on DM fiat, you can get these due to plot events whenever the DM feels like awarding you one, or you gain one every 30,000xp acquired (the equivalent of levelling up). I believe beating a Solar to death will net you one, slaying an ancient red or gold dragon will net you two...

The growth in power allows various things ranging from mundane stuff like increasing your ability scores (so stuff like an almost perfect memory, the ability to process information at superhuman speed, being literally the most interesting person in the world, superhuman reflexes, or bench pressing an elephant would be within your reach) or becoming eternally healthy (immune to poison and disease of any kind)...

...over to more esoteric stuff like having permanent truesight, and hopping between the planes of reality at will, or ageless and irrevocable immortality, or turning invisible at will whenever you stand in darkness, or hacking magic. Also full immunity to specific forms of damage: Karlach's engine can't kill her if she's immune to fire. There is no boon on paper for immunity to radiant damage such as may be inflicted by the sun, but it's easy to imagine one existing.

The level cap in-game is 12, but I know the actual XP total is higher. I think I've seen people have it at least up to 15 with mods to remove the cap, but I'm not sure. Either way, I think the party is one decent campaign away from level 20. (And if we need epic level threats, Mephistopheles is clearly up to something, and it's bugging me; I think we should have a party reunion. In Mephistar. With silver weapons.)

[chill-vibes-but-rainbow-panic]

I wonder how long the cultural shift from Celestia-Centric to Twilight-Centric language took in the MLP-Universe

[roseluwakcoffee]

One moment of your time so we can imagine Kyoko losing a stud or ripping her glove while working and getting kind of upset about it, but Celestia immediately pulls out her giant crafting box with like thousands of beads/charms and fixes it. Thats all thank you

[eldragon-x]

I have mixed feelings about Horse Play because it's the episode where I feel like the writers treat Celestia the most casual and it's still a little weird for me as someone who grew up with the first two-ish seasons of mlp and is used to a more regal and almost motherly Celestia. But also I think Celestia being treated a little more casually by the writers is so so fun. As much as I like the royal sisters as these almost divine beings I like when their conflicts are grounded and they have mundane interests like anypony else and Celestia gets on more of an eye-level with Twilight.

[elegyofthemoon]

AHHH!!!!!!!!

[narwhalandchill]

while i dont think its necessarily like an egregiously offensive blunder by any means like theyve done much worse and it suits the narwhal fine. truly an eng translation moment to call it the all-devouring narwhal for no particular reason when once more every single translation (save for russian for some reason) is star-devouring/-swallowing narwhal/whale like 💀 why do they keep doing this

[honeysuckledreams]

Sometimes I think about how my favorite TTRPG OC's arc was about how she was pushed into a nomadic existence by her manipulative, parasitic religious leaders, and how she craves lasting connections with others and she thinks she might finally have it with the other player characters.

But that blows up in her face, and soon after that, the campaign ends and (separately) my friendship with the GM ends. I deeply loved them. They got into a relationship with someone they will probably marry, and they weren't interested in keeping up with a long-distance friendship with me anymore.

It's a weird coincidence that both of our arcs with that group ended in devastating heartbreak, and now that is what I am reminded of when I think of her.

[avemstella]

After the much more serious art about my Furina fic I posted seconds ago, here's the cracky follow up. Also below the cut are more shit posts of sorts that I deemed a bit too spoilerly lol (they aren't exactly but just to be safe haha). Also my Egeria design is there look at it (I might be using it for smfwtwd's hydro archon after all pfft)

[lanternlightss]

are you telling me there’s more people out there like miss gold

[reginrokkr]

Itty bitty bullet point list about topics to address concerning the Caribert AQ:

✦ Khaenri'ah pure blood vs mixed blood —curse of immortality and curse of wilderness—. ✧ Clothar and Kaeya Alberich. ✦ Khaenri'ah's faith (Lumine's descent from the Abyss) and the Cataclysm's beginning. ✧ The Sinner, Fortune Lector —Heralds, Lectors— and Caribert. Fate.

[masqueradeoftheguilty]

imo its pretty neat how genshin is leaning a little more on the whole "allogenes (vision holders) have more powers and strengths than normal people"

like. there's being able to control the elements and then theres being able to swim, breathe, and even talk underwater in fontaine purely on account of having a vision