#Indecisive Decision

[rusekserio-oc-trashcan]

he's so unserious

i love making silly goofy unserious doodles

[wintertundra-art]

not sure if i should keep going with this sketch aaa

[wardensantoineandevka]

y'know, most of us are saying this or that about "Bells Hells choosing to release Predathos to remove the gods from Exandria," but — and admittedly my memory might be shaky on this one due to East Coast time — Bells Hells hasn't even gotten that far yet, as far as I remember

like, at minimum it seems that people are FEELING that the Hells haven't even made a decision about whether they even want to let Predathos out or not, or what they want to do about the gods. they were in the process of trying to ask Predathos what it wanted to do and whether it was possible to convince it to go back where it came from without bothering anyone at all. the current situation is more at "Predathos is trying to grab you and use you as a host, what are you doing" without making a clear choice about the implications of the results of resisting or not resisting

we're still in a bit of a not having made a choice yet either way about Predathos's intent to escape or what that would mean for the gods or the state of Exandria, we're not even at the moment of unfolding in text whether Imogen intends for this to be a way to control Predathos to guide it toward another end, whether she is making this as an active choice to try to contain it and prevent it from escaping, whether she is making this as an active choice to aid it, whether she is simply giving in as a resignation to what she feels is inevitable fate

a choice has been made to not resist being taken up by Predathos, but there... hasn't been a clear choice at all so far about the actual narrative question of what to do with Predathos and the gods, like, that's still something that remains undecided on by the party, they hadn't even made a decision yet when the reaching and grabbing happened, so like, yeah

[moeblob]

New farmer (for 1.6 update reasons).

His name is Death and he's really death. He's pretty quiet and just wants to live in peace with his chickens. Tries to interact with the town as little as possible but is really curious about them and how they live and is super satisfied to simply watch them - but as the new person it seems no one wants to let that happen.

[lynxalon]

i've seen a fair bit of... pessimism about dorym lately, esp with the ep107, for example wondering if dorian's opposing views on the gods making orym fall out of love, and i have to say. i very highly doubt it, ur fr talking about the man who has held on to will for so long, holding onto will's family and affectionately calling this *his* family too because that didn't stop when will died. i dont think falling out of love is an option or even a thought to orym.

that said, we know that orym has contingencies for if anyone in bells hells crosses the line into being a version of themselves they would despise, for anyone who jeopardizes their mission. his mission. i think, for the first time since knowing dorian, orym finally has a contingency for him. the longer dorian is back, the more orym sees how scarred he is by what's happened (understandable so) and knows that dorian is with bells hells all the way. but if he isn't...

[galaxy-fleur]

Going to ramble about RE2R Ada again because she is just so genuinely fascinating to me. It's so very interesting that Ada goes back on her initial decision to have Leon help her out and tells him to get out one last time, when he finds her injured in the sewers.

She does this after going all in on her lie, mind you. Their relationship is legitimately so fun to pick apart, and the way Ada keeps bouncing back and forth between taking advantage of Leon's drive to help and urging him to prioritize himself is interesting to think about.

So many talk of their interactions in RE2R as solely Ada maliciously manipulating him, when in text it's... honestly not at all like that? At least not as surface-level.

Up until their encounter with Kendo, she constantly tells him to get out and refuses to engage with him. It is only when he basically offers himself to her on a silver platter does she makes the choice to actually use him to her advantage. Which does not make any of her future lies or actions okay in any way, obviously, but it is interesting how she never once pushes him into following her up until that very moment.

She's dismissive and irritated with him if anything, no signs of purposefully manipulating in sight. She doesn't have to save his life, either. And yet, she does. Two times in a row, in fact.

Even after going all in and using Leon's determination to save the city against him as the conclusion to the Kendo scene, she constantly reminds Leon: 'Are you up for this? It's not late to turn back.' It's interesting to me how she keeps empathizing it over and over to him, almost annoyingly so. That's not necessarily her manipulating him with pure malicious intent, is it?

And then there's the sewers scene. The dialogue is so fascinating here, because it honestly feels like the most genuine Ada has been through the entirety of the game. She tells him to get out. One last time. She doesn't even have a good justification for doing that, besides a weak: 'you don't understand. The situation's worse than I thought.' It honestly feels like her jumping to the first excuse she can think of, because what does that even mean exactly? Compared to how measured and convincing she sounded before every time Leon questioned her, it's a massive difference, to say the least.

But Leon comes through again. Showing genuine kindness and determination to stick by her no matter what. In other words, she's in too deep now. Not like she can just spill the beans right then and there and tell him that, no, she actually never intended to save anyone at all. So, she can only go through with the lie.

It's honestly very bittersweet, because, at this point, she's way in over her head, and probably fully realizes that. Leon was nothing but an annoying and naive rookie cop to her before, but now she sees him as he is. A genuinely good person that doesn't deserve to be involved in any of this, or to be taken advantage of. Especially so after him literally taking a bullet for her earlier.

It honestly contrasts the aforementioned Kendo scene pretty neatly, too. Back then, Ada probably just viewed his compassion and drive to help as foolishness, hence her deciding to make use of that in the moment. But in the sewers, she seems genuinely moved by those same exact qualities of his. It's so interesting how her perception of him flips like that. All by Leon being himself. Which, in hindsight, is actually very sad. Because from Leon's perspective, those same qualities he showed her are what made hum fail to save anyone in the end.

Out of everything Ada does, her biggest point of genuine manipulation with malicious intent happens in the cable car. Before and after that, she either dismisses Leon outright, or tries to stir him away from the situation instead. I'd love to pick apart the whole cable car sequence in itself one day because it's deserving of its own post, so I won't go Amy further into it here.

It's honestly a bit upsetting how little nuance their relationship in RE2R is often given. It is largely viewed as 'Ada manipulating and using stupid Leon' game. When it's honestly so much more nuanced than that. And I think this complexity feeds right into Leon's petty grudge against her in RE4R. He wouldn't be nearly as petty with her if it was all just a cold ploy from her. That's what makes it so very hurtful and frustrating to him in the first place. Ada giving major mixed signals. And she continues that same trend in RE4R. Helping him and seemingly showing more care than necessary, but simultaneously refusing to be open and truthful and sometimes straight up taking advantage of him without him knowing.

Remake-verse Ada continuesly struggles with picking a side and sticking to it, something her OG self doesn't display nearly as much, and that's an aspect of her character I very much appreciate.

These two are so very complicated, and I love it.

[multi-babii]

now that december is approaching, should i reread aftg for the ehm 5th time since june or should i read something else

[applejuiz]

I did fall asleep for a little during the battle part of the episode last night so maybe I’m missing something but I’m very confused about the discourse over this decision. It seems very obvious to me at least that defeating Ludinus wasn’t going to be the end of this bc it doesn’t address the problem of Predathos at all. This is going to happen again, from what it seems Matt is laying down, either a Ludinus clone will work his way back here or another Ruidius-born, maybe not right this second, but at some point. They can’t just guard this place forever. There is no return to status quo for exandria now that this information is known.

Bells Hells is here right now. They’ve heard all the different perspectives on what to do about this problem and all have different opinions on it and they’re in the position to do something with that consideration instead of singleminded egotistical determination. They don’t think they’re right, they don’t know what the right thing to do is, which I think is the best argument for them being the ones to reach predathos. It’s not pressing a big red button just to press it. The dam is bursting and they’re trying to figure out how to reduce harm from a place of informed neutrality.

I don’t know what’s going to happen, but I don’t see what other option there was. The debate on what to do about Predathos is being had across every faction in Exandria and this group has met with all of them. A decision has to be made by someone, and doing nothing is just kicking it down the line. It might as well be this group, the most educated and the most uncertain about it.

[cagedchangeling]

there are two wolves inside you me

[debaucheryandexcess]

and then heres those pics separately lol 💕

[rusekserio-oc-trashcan]

scemo artstyle colleague.. if u even care x3

yes i took these pics during math class

[betterdeadthansmeg]

These polls are just making me realise I don't actively dislike any episode of Red Dwarf. I like some more than others, but that's as close as I get to hating any of them.

[mlepbean]

chat... i want to draw again... i wanna draw ww!amari so bad but i cannot decide if i should just do amari alone or accidental duo or possibly even business partners i am incapable of decisions. i will simmer and report back. eventually. we will see.

[idontmindifuforgetme]

The next few months will be aaall about being decisive. When I am making a decision I am fucking sticking w it. Also being more in tune w myself and knowing what I want. I really think this will be the marker of another growth spurt

[oceanwithouthermoon]

i just did this for fun cuz i was sooo fucking bored

im not sure if this was the best template for them but i couldnt find one that fit what i was trying to express about them.. also i dont know what tropes fit them at all, so please tell me if u have suggestions lol ?