#My brain isn't really working

[totally-italy]

I feel so stupid for literally asking for permission like an elementary school student needing to use the restroom, but could one of y'all please just ask me for my thoughts about Greek Mythology? I really want to go on a rant about how I think it was viewed at the time and would actually like to get into an intellectual conversation about it, but for some reason my brain is having a crisis and I would feel really bad if I went on such a rant if nobody asked or nobody cared.

[loriache]

honestly i'm kind of interested in the idea of laios in an arranged marriage. because obviously straight-up inherited monarchies are ...bad, to say the least! but it's what the characters are familiar with (even laios' father's extremely local, extremely minor leadership role is inherited, presumably through the male line). and it isn't just about what they think the best way to run melini is; in terms of ensuring that the other longed-lived nations respect melini's continued sovereignty, having it passed down in a manner that's close enough to their own ways for them to understand it and respect it is important. And it seems like most of the other nations have leadership through inheritance - thought that isn't confirmed for certain except with the elves.

Also, a marriage carries the potential to establish foreign allies - something melini is certainly lacking. A marriage could come with resources they'll badly need, treaties of mutual defence, money, legitimacy and political capital... not that these things can't be worked around, but if laios isn't strongly opposed, there are a lot of advantages! and i don't think he would be, because that's the framework for marriage (conferring practical advantages, building intracommunity relationships and providing a partner to do important work that he can't do) that he had grown up with. he isn't exactly a romantic and I doubt he's holding out for any sort of relationship of that nature.

Like, I don't think it's impossible that they would go with this path, because it's the most obvious and it carries a lot of advantages and it's what almost all the decision-making characters would consider normal and not objectionable. and it could be so interesting.

I think Laios would have major hangups if expected (i.e., by Marcille) to establish a genuine, romantic interest in a woman. Whether because of his sexual or romantic orientation, or just his own deep-seated trauma about rejection and being inherently disgusting and scary. And I think he'd hate the idea of having kids, too, and be very frightened of being like his father. But I don't think he'd refuse on that basis; he could cope with a marriage contract, with clearly laid-out expectations and responsibilities. And when it came to having a kid, I think he'd be reluctant to express that he doesn't want to do it, because he isn't naive and he understood when he agreed to be king it would carry responsibilities like this. It's clear from his nightmare that he already felt pressure from his parents to have children, probably magnified by the fact his father has got a position, responsibilities and wealth to pass on. Obviously he isn't a perfect martyr, so he might struggle when it comes to actually going through with it - but I don't think he'd actually, outright refuse. I think he might do it even though he doesn't want to, and I think that could be really messy in a way that appeals to me.

I don't know, there's something about negotiating these kinds of complicated situations that's interesting to me. and i love a platonic marriage. If they find a woman who has an interest in education, for example, and can work with marcille on setting up schools and universities. she'd ideally be politically savvy enough to be an able partner to laios: even though kabru can and would continue to do a lot of that, there are different spheres that a queen and a prime minister can work within!

how would their relationship work? maybe she finds laios' perspective on the world, and his frankness, unexpectedly liberating after an extremely controlled, cloistered upbringing. maybe she had a rebellious phase, has magic, or something else which makes her a relatively unpopular candidate for marriage - even as melini grows in power, i doubt that they'd be getting offers for the cream of the crop in terms of perceived value on the marriage market, because laios' relationship is a bit too ambivalent/monstrous for that, and melini too new. maybe she's a widow! an older woman, wouldn't that be cool - though they'd want her young enough that she could definitely still have kids.

certainly i think he'd be happy for her to pursue other relationships, though ideally in a manner that couldn't produce illegitimate kids. with other relationships in play, that's even more interesting. like, both kabru and toshiro have complicated emotions relating to infidelity. i think kabru would actually find it quite cathartic to be in the kind of high-status environment that rejected his mother for perceived infidelity, pursuing an affair that all parties consent to, though he'd likely be incredibly aware of the public image - since "image" is what he was rejected for. toshiro... i just really really love the way he'd feel about being the "other woman" in laios' marriage, considering his feelings about his father and maizuru. especially given how much closer he is to maizuru than his mother, being in her position...! his emotions would be so complex, it's incredibly tasty. i bet he'd make a bunch of assumptions about how laios' wife feels about it and be totally wrong, and that's so interesting. also, i think laios' wife should fuck marcille (she and falin have an open relationship).

[ministarfruit]

bad ending

[solanj]

[dailyloweffortpace]

Day 20: aaauughfgsgxgvnnfgjnd

[sicklyjelly]

partners in crime. or crime-fighting. one of those two-- 🐶🐰

I just really enjoy partner-in-crime(fighting) duos where one is blatantly unhinged, the other seems collected, and together they create an unstoppable force of batshit insanity. I think that’s the dream.

[kanerallels]

There's absolutely nothing worse than when I get a thousand words into a story and decide that I low key hate it

[oifaaa]

I'm not gonna lie I've been pondering for the last 30 minutes or so on what a good animated Robin movie would look like and Im kinda coming up blank I'm even getting stumped on which Robin the movie would focus on and outside of that what story should be the main focus

[johannestevans]

went on a lunch date recently where the guy like. didn't mention what job he did on grindr, just that he'd been working late etc, and then when i got there and mentioned it i asked what he did, and he was like "oh well i work for the police" and i was. immediately shut down, understandably

and later on i asked his opinions abt police brutality, police abuse rates, if he thinks the police should be abolished etc, and later was like, yeah, ethically this is a bad match

but idk like. when ppl tell me they're a cop or a gard (or in the military) on grindr i just block them from the off, bc it's like, well, you're cool w brutality, rape, and abuse, there's no reason you could or should be trusted with an intimate partner. and this guy had mentioned he followed me on twitter and didn't at all seem surprised by my open disgust for his profession, and idk if that was why he didn't mention it up front and thought i wouldn't make a big deal about it (as if) or if he just doesn't mention it to anybody

but i'm still so like ??

like my house has a very explicit no cops policy. if sb else brought their partner or brother or whatever to dinner and they were a cop, they would be told to fucking leave. as if i'm gonna fuck one myself

[bleaksqueak]

:3

Elias: its pride month. You know what that means.

Audric: what- what do you mean? Do I make rainbow fire?? Become a gay reaper? Beans, explain!

Elias: lol

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Elias: butterswitchs, its pride month. You what that means!

Maia: huh??? What???? Do I make gay potions??

Elias: hahaha ha!

Dunno if pride month exists in the Veil but eh.

To be entirely fair, I do think Maia makes gay little potions whenever possible. Lovingly hand crafted! Though it's funny, Audric was initially planned to have a same sex love interest during older iterations of planning, but the character he was being set up with never ended up working out... largely because a different character rode in on a tractor and snatched him up like a damsel (distress not required). He *is* canonically bi though. So he can be a bi reaper. A breaper if you will.

[thegameshowhost]

🌟 OH YEAH !!! i want to say thank you everyone for over... uhm.. (looks at numbers) 200+ FOLLOWERS!! it's only been an entire month and few days ever since i unleashed vee blog into the wild and WOW, what a crazy month. we might been go through hell and back dur these times, but i'm VERY happy with all memories we've made for this blog. i'm also very happy that i've made some good friends dur time spent on this blog, y'all are super awesome !! : ]

[mosslingg]

i believe that of all the bishops narinder was most kind when it came to his followers before he got imprisoned

death, after all, is kind; even when it happens in the most gruesome of ways, it gives relief from pains and troubles of the mortal world. death and life go hand in hand, so why wouldn't narinder be kind to those who, despite cherishing life, decided to devote themselves to the inevitable end?

[ask-the-shiny-pokemons]

(Response) @tricks-n-illusions

Noelle is still in disbelief that Silas still don't even remember her at all. From the childhood, the Zoroark only remembers pain and suffering from Seance.

Normally, Noelle would quit with gift, however she wants to tell Silas everything she knew from her visits to him in the past. And his early years are not really worse at it seems.

H-hey, Silas. I know how ya feelin'... Just I wanna let you know, that your life weren't that troubled at all...

And do you remember the berries we gave? How they taste? Here, if you want one, I-I have a spare...

Noelle has a spare Rabuta Berry from Rimi's collection of berries. She is afraid that Silas would not accept it.

Although, Noelle is no longer crying, she is still very anxious, because Silas not reacting (or he is, but it's impossible to tell cause he's wearing a mask).

You can hate me later if you want, but the only thing is.... Please... remember...

She said a phrase with a pleading eyes.

[doin-ur-mum]

Thought for the day: Why do cars always part for ambulances?

sympathy

even though the world is filled with self centered assholes, they all still feel sympathy and have the ability to think things like *if this were me i would want the cars to part for the ambulance to get through*

[dont-offend-the-bees]

Anyone else out here haunted by the unknowns of recovery?

[muselexum]