#I can handle slow downs

[yusuke-of-valla]

Nothing defines me as being a gen v kid more than anything else than the fact that if bw remakes are bad I'm just not going to be able to handle it emotionally? Like I can't be distant about it or angry I will just be emotionally destroyed.

[shadystranger]

Why did they use the most romantic soundtrack I ever heard in this show on a samdean moment

[coriander-candlesticks]

I'm sick so I'm sorry if this doesn't make sense, but I've been thinking about the nature of myths recently as I've been exploring hellenic polytheism.

For context: I'm ex-Mormon. I was raised in the church and, because of that, was taught biblical literalism but in, like, a more subtle way than most? I was raised believing that Adam & Eve and Noah's Ark, etc., were literally true, but that the story of Job specifically was not; I also always knew evolution and the Big Bang to be correct, despite there being a verse in the Doctrine & Covenants (a Mormon-specific religious book) where God apparently told Joseph Smith that the world is 6,000 years old- a passage I didn't know existed until my senior year of high school. I didn't realize I had believed in biblical literalism until I'd left the church, actually.

Now that I'm aware of it, it's a mindset I'm actively trying to combat while I explore Hellenic polytheism. It's definitely been a task to separate the nature of the Gods from their myths, as brutal as they often are. And it's something I've noticed within the community, too, which I think is interesting. It makes sense: Christianity, at least, has had a chokehold on much of the world for a long time, and so many of us have experienced literalism as our first interaction with any sort of holy text (though, of course, Greek myths as a whole aren't that) alongside our first experience with divinity as a wrathful God whose flaws are waved away, or ignored, or twisted into positive attributes. This also means that I'm trying to re-approach several deities with an open mind (Zeus, Hera, and Ares in particular, but many of them to some extent) while also trying to un-condition myself. I was already in the process of doing this, of course, but trying to figure out how to interact with a completely different pantheon has made that especially clear.

It extends to things like prayer and offerings, too. Prayers were very formulaic growing up, even though most of the time there wasn't a strict script to follow. There was always something you ask as part of the prayer, even if it's just 'please help me do better tomorrow' (alongside giving thanks, of course), so trying to craft a prayer without adding *everything* I'm used to including in makes it feel incomplete and, therefore, disrespectful. And daily prayer is something I'm resistant to because of prior experiences with it. I don't want to offend any of the gods by asking for something or asking for too much, especially so early on, and there's always a promised offering the few times I *have* asked. Add worries about exact obedience on top of that and it's proving to be a difficult thing to untangle. And I know that the gods are difficult to offend, figuring out how to do this takes trial & error and that's okay, it'll get better the more I do it, etc., etc.; this is more an issue with my own overthinking than anything else (hooray for ✨ mental health issues ✨). I'm not really asking for advice here, necessarily, just thinking out loud because I'm not comfortable talking to people in meat space about it yet.

[palms-upturned]

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[unnamed-idi0t]

Hey what would sun think when they first flood out of the portal to him it'd look like a bunch of 3 foot tall wolves and foxes sprinting in

confused

[cemeterym]

i'm begging my uni to stop making every fucking student social activity something where you have to walk around a bunch if you are a slow walker who cannot help it they literally want you dead

[transingthoseformers]

Tarn in "Let it ring"

[oc-cinematic-universe]

i LOOOVE thinking about fantasy disabilities!!!! i love figuring out what people would have to do to accommodate them! it's literally awesome!

[glowingreverie]

the past two days, i've just been watching mukbangs

[the-white-soul]

Please don't leave... *Flowey hugs them back tightly.* Haha... You're going to make me cry.

I can't blame you for what happened with Layer. To be honest, it was a little scary, but they and Clover were evil. So you weren't wrong to do that.

You hurt people who didn't deserve it too. All of us did. But we got better and we have to stay that way.

Well, except for this new Clover. *Flowey returns two out of the three souls* At least I don't think. Your LV is at 0 based on your health. Say, how did you get a hold of these souls? And the thorn ring?

(You can answer this a little earlier than usual so they can see it in time beffor submitting an ask. Or you could send them an image of this ask in the DMs. Or just answe it normally and we can wait until the next set of asks

(Good Clover) "Yeah, I don't get exp by killing monsters who are evil."

(Kara) "That is fascinating. I'd still be at a high LV either way, though. To you though Flowey, yeah we both made some awful mistakes. You are more justified because you do not feel empathy."

(Dess) "I'm so glad you listened to me. Believe me, I can take a lot. I didn't tell you all this because I didn't know if you could. Anyway, we can discuss the ring later. Writers note this is so Clover can personally answer the second question, I already asked about the LV think if you're curious. Let's get back to our town."

They walk home feeling accomplished. They think it's the end of this villain's reign of terror but one thing was Evil Clover was right, it's only just begun.

(Toriel) "Hey, you came back!!! That's amazing. You must've done something great. Unfortunately, I couldn't see it, but it must have been amazing! Do you want to watch the news?"

(Dess) "Mom, no one watches the news and feels good after. You can watch it, I just won't care."

(News reporter) "Lately a new study has found a kid named Clover dead with a gun in their head. Unfortunately, the only thing we could find is Clover's handprints so that didn't help but we can only assume these attacks are coming from monsters. Now why do we know this? Well, we believe that monsters have grown bitter over being forced underground. We don't know who this kid was, but this is an act of war. Due to the nature of this attack, many people believe we should teach the monsters a lesson. We as humans are the more powerful race. Whatever we do will be decided later, but I'll keep you updated."

(Dess) "Well, we just screwed everything up."

(Kara) "I think we'll need more humans than just Clover. What do we do?"

(Dess) "I don't know."

(Toriel) "I always knew this day would come. Come with me, I want to show you some of my monster friends."

(Kara) "While we're walking please tell me where you found those rings. If you know where more are I have a plan."

[goldeneyedgirl]

@sonyawix listen, at this point, I'm moving Anathema up in the fic schedule because the ideas are Occurring and I am having so much fun with this fic right now.

We have a hot few things to get through before Jasper gets that hug. But he's definitely established Esme as an ally in getting closer to Alice. Because she remembers when they met him, and the truth is they were suspicious and afraid of him. He's been the first line of defense for the Cullen family since he joined them. And yes, he's their brother and 'son', but Esme can't deny what he's saying and she's heartbroken that it's true.

And like, Jasper definitely gets his hug. They end up fucking on an autopsy table, and the hug comes way before that.

I really need a proper outline and a timeline for this fic immediately. There are so many moving parts, we're gonna have a great time!

[theygender]

I finally got Baldur's Gate 3 but why does my gaming laptop run it like ass 😭

[exopelagic]

yeah I have more to say

[wereh0gz]

My new computer can actually handle screen recording without dying holy shit

[lionblaze03-2]

I keep hearing people saying that nobody cared that to break in a glove was cut from the deh movie alongside other way more important songs but they’re wrong. I care. I’ve always cared. Larry my boy what did they do to you

[littlefoxwithbighat]

I don't like the new Mob VA half as much :(