#Point-Guard

[habken]

prof offhandedly said “I used to work on a show called backyardigans” like it’s nothing.. like it’s just some random show…

[baddawgsports]

#10 St. John's Storms Past Huskies at MSG: Key Highlights

New York, NY– The St John’s Red Storm continue their domination of the Big East, taming the Huskies at the world’s most famous arena Madison Square Garden this afternoon 89-75. Pitino’s side was led by Kadary Richmond and Zuby Ejiofor who both dropped 18 points and helped on the glass with Zuby bringing down 9 boards. The Red Storm had five players in double figures and Deivon Smith contributed…

[soapbbox]

In regards to the cog-less megs comic: im sure op would be sooo normal and well adjusted if he found out abt that happening/saw him without his cog

I was actually working on another (angst) version of this but you get the funny haha version first :3 Bee and Elita are giving Optimus a 10 minute window before they intervene (they’ve seen OP moping around and are hoping this will help him get some it out of his system. They’ll have to step in at some point or else he probably won’t let go).

Why he’s small here and here

[many-gay-magpies]

i think my favorite thing about the old guard was how much and how obviously they all LOVED each other. like. the baclava scene. those first hugs between andy, nick and joe. andy cradling booker's face while she begged him to wake up, and the tender forehead-touch when he did. how they all (barring andy, who i assume was taking a guard dog-like position) slept so closely together in the church. how quick they were to all surround andy when they found out about her mortality. how KIND andy was, even when coming out to tell booker what his punishment would be. how they waited and looked to each other in relief every time they died—and how the first thing they thought of when they felt nile's presence was that they had to help her, because they all knew how scared and alone she would be feeling right then. hell, even booker's motivation for his betrayal wasn't the typical scheming double-crosser's motivation; he just wanted to help, to try and give the rest of the guard (mainly he and andy) a means of control—a way to REST. to decide when to stop on their own terms. they weren't just a team of badass immortal soldiers dedicated to protecting the earth; they were friends, with relationships centuries in the making, and it showed. they were a family.

[the-girl-who-didnt-make-anysense]

"No one from House Dellamorte kneels" -Dragon Age: The Veilguard

[sunanthrope]

I wear a dog collar to school. Yes, every day. Yes, it's obviously a DOG collar, it has a tag and spikes. Do I get stares? Yeah. People don't really say anything to me about it, and if they do, they're- like- freshmen. i don't care about the opinions of 12-14 year old boys. the only thing i really do get for my collar is people either being passive-aggressive (two can play at that game), or i get people complimenting me on it. nobody has ever threatened me over it.

I don't wear a tail to school. i used to. i've had people take pictures of me, threaten to jump me, yell slurs at me, follow me home... so i stopped.

I didn't stop wearing a tail because I'm ashamed of who I am. i stopped wearing a tail to protect myself and people around me, my FRIENDS. because no amount of showing off and being proud is worth getting hurt over, or getting other people hurt over.

be open when it's safe to be open. your personal expression is not worth putting yourself into danger. You can't be out and proud if you're dead.

[gomzdrawfr]

Casual Intimacy

[humanityinahandbag]

Steve would absolutely be down to play D&D with Hellfire. The only condition is that he gets to be whatever character he wants (with Eddie's help crafting the sheet, of course), and Eddie is so completely enamoured and excited that he agrees wholeheartedly.

Turns out, Steve didn't really understand the concept of fantasy characters and assumed that it included all kinds of fantasies. Elves, Dwarves, Mages.

And naturally the lineup of Steve's 1987 Fantasy Basketball League.

The rest of Hellfire is ultimately accepting of it, and even gets into the character as time goes on. But those first few sessions were confusing as hell. Especially because they weren't quite sure what to think when Steve's only supplies and weapons included sports bars, tiny shorts, and a basketball.

Eddie though?

Eddie's been having a goddamn field day with the chaos his beloved hath wrought.

"Alright Steve. Roll to attack."

Steve rolls and lights up. "Eighteen!"

The other players cheer.

"Good luck," said Will sullenly after his magic missile failed to take the villain down. In fact, so far, nearly every attack from each member had failed to do enough damage to even make a dent.

Eddie writes down a note behind his DM shield. "Alright so the ghost approaches you. What are you..." He pauses. "Wait. Sorry what's your name again?"

"Larry Bird," says Steve helpfully.

"Right. What are you, Larry Bird, going to do to the Ghost?"

"I'm going to dribble across the enchanted bridge and hit him with a hook shot."

"This is the weirdest thing we've ever done..." Dustin whispers.

He's shushed by everyone else who has become absolutely invested in the fate of their resident Point Guard Paladin.

(the best part is that the end of the campaign in what was meant to be a difficult and long battle, in which almost every single Hellfire character dies a gruesome death, Steve effectively ends it by rolling a single D20 and dunking a zombie's head into the Boss' face.

Hellfire is elated but isn't sure how to explain to future Hellfire members that a kill shot was once carried out by the small forward of the Boston Celtics.)

[bananakeiky]

Tag with your "dw i'm super normal abt them" ship

[inkedinserendipity]

one of the reasons i think that the murderbot diaries’ emotional moments hit so hard is because of a scarcity effect that the author has set up really, really well.

because, like—murderbot, as a character, is an answer to the question how do you “show and not tell” emotional moments from the lens of a character who point-blank will not acknowledge any affection directed their way. or, instead of overtly stating that characters are friends (“tell”), how do you demonstrate it with text (“show”)? well, most authors go ham on characters smiling at each other, laughing, joking, expressing reciprocal loyalty.

murderbot does none of those things. murderbot probably never smiled before preservation, and definitely didn’t laugh. (this is only partially an exaggeration.) telling jokes? hell yeah, MB’s funny as fuck. to other people? hell no. that would require conversations and it’d rather die, thanks.

add that to the fact that murderbot treats any expressions of affection toward it—internal and external—like being bit by a snake.

so you have this character + writing style that bars most conventional ways of establishing relationships between characters. you also have this character who is basically incapable of feeling any sort of reciprocated, positive emotion toward itself. so what do you do?

you work around your character. murderbot will never pick up on affectionate body language. it hates hugs. every sentence it hears passes through about fifteen different filters of self-loathing. so you make your relationships clear, and when you hit, you hit hard.

you summarize snapshots of characters panicking about the main character getting hurt. you drop your character’s performance reliability (and their walls) and have them banter. you have your character walk in on the tail end of conversations that expose concern for it.

and then you do things so overt that even your shit-self-esteem character can’t talk its way out of. you have its friend tell it directly that it can’t lose it too. you have its friends accommodate it and understand it without it directly expressing a single need. you have its friends stand up for it in conversation when it is too tired to do so. and then, when you really want to hit, you have your character pretend to be physically compromised rather than have to feel one (1) positive emotion toward itself.

positive emotions toward itself can’t really pass through murderbot’s walls. so you have to establish relationships by beating your main character over the head with them. and it can’t be all the time—because that’s not how relationships and emotional recovery, yknow, works—but it can be sometimes, and it can be very powerful, and that is why i think murderbot diaries in particular is very, very effective.

[galaghiel]

—Evan already forgave you. He loves you.

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[martyryo]

Yaoi blast!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[aquamarinebling]

Honestly it would be hilarious if there’s like a 1-5% of Siffrin forgetting about any trap, even if they set it up, and having to deal with the consequences.

this happens. pretty frequently!!! most often it occurs because of Siffrin’s own negligence or rushed actions (such as fleeing from the party without checking their surroundings first).

here’s a comic for that :]

The party learns what traps Siffrin falls victim to pretty quickly, so these deaths are usually a one-time occurrence! There just happens to be. A lot of them.

[vanilla-extracter]

Hi! I know I already reached out but I wanted to send an ask here to tell that I just saw your sketches for the Times Trio and I’M IN LOVE??? The Truth is one of my favourite books of all time! William de Worde is my capital B Blorbo and I love your design for him! I’d love to see more of them in your style if you’re still taking requests! ^^

eeeeee thank youu im having such a fun time drawing them truly the trio ever

sketch and alternate border under the cut

[fisheito]

When all your housepets are biters

[12freddofrogs]

SecUnit portrayals in media, ranked from most realistic to least.

To Amena. Subject: Media watchnight recommendations (under requested parameters) Note: None of these are good and I can recommend many better suggestions without SecUnits.

Hunt for the Rain Opal

Premise:  Adventure/heist

A group of ragtag human explorers are trying to find an ancient gem rumoured to grant wishes. The protagonists have the only map, but a corporate also on the hunt for the gem has claimed the entire site (without telling her superiors the real reason) and is searching.

Corporation has multiple SecUnits on patrol. The writers have clearly done research, as on-screen SecUnits are noted with the correct type of weapon systems, accurate patrol routines, and reasonable armour despite clearly being human actors. The scene where one of the heroes accidentally wanders into a Security Ready Room and five SecUnits are revealed to be in the cubicles is mostly realistic, although likely she would not escape as easily.

Magic wish-granting gems are not usually cargo protected by SecUnits but then (a) the corporation as a whole was unaware of the gem, just the evil supervisor, and the site itself was believable; and (b) I honestly don’t know half the stuff I have been contracted to protect. The SecUnits are not rogue, merely employed by a corporate, and as such act entirely believably.

2.  RihaniLane Street

Premise: The interrelated lives of people who work along a specific station ring geographical location.

The main story is unrelated to SecUnits, but the third season arc includes a mysterious stranger who is friends with a ComfortUnit. After one of the ComfortUnit’s clients breaks its fingers, the mysterious stranger follows the client home and murders him, revealing itself to be a SecUnit.

Points are given to the show for it being made explicit that the SecUnit is not visiting ComfortUnit for sexual interactions, but that it thinks its specific ComfortUnit friend is the only being on the station that can carry a conversation. Reasonable, but the SecUnit clearly did not try to talk to the dressmaker character who is also excellent.

(spoilers) ComfortUnit is eventually killed in an unpreventable accident, and SecUnit decided to murder every human character on the station in retaliation (reasons not strictly clear other than that murdering is the default state of all SecUnits, but this is also clearly emotional-based and one of very few shows that uses SecUnits as a character, even a villain, instead of a prop).

(Note: Cannot watch this onboard Perihelion. After the SecUnit was defeated and blown into pieces, ART spent eight minutes with 79.25 % of its processing ‘running diagnostics’ and briefly lost control of some temperature gauges, which was unfortunate as Turi was attempting to shower. I have had to finish the following seasons off-ship.)

Also, the show had the SecUnit’s eyes turn red whenever it killed anyone. Unrealistic but it looked very cool.

3. Valorous Defenders

Premise:  Daily life on a planetary-defence-ship.

Mostly a good show. The SecUnit arc started at episode 27 through to 41, in which planetary government decided to hire better security (after a previous arc had involved several children being taken hostage in order to force the ship’s captain to allow an enemy territory temporary access to a planet’s resource-rich locations).

The first two episodes of the SecUnits on ships were realistic. One of the characters admitted she was creeped out by them while walking past; the SecUnit’s head tilted slightly to watch her and she apologised, sounding genuine. SecUnits do not react to such comments and also people do not genuinely apologise.

Also introduces phrases such as “I am functioning optimally,” which are unlikely to be in a buffer.

A SecUnit inevitably goes rogue. Unclear if it had been rogue for a while and was just waiting for an opportunity to attack? Planetary government comes to the ship to see how new security is working. SecUnit proceeds to free/hack other SecUnits and they take crew/government hostage.  Story climax is them taking over the ship while only a handful of the human protagonists are still free.

Earlier episodes established the fleet had specific unrealistic hand weapons that at highest level can drill through rock easily, so it is acceptable that single shots to the chestplate would kill the attacking SecUnits. I am less accepting of why the SecUnits continued the same technique of charging down the hall when it was plainly obvious that the human heroes were able to do this. There were better strategies.

However, the final fight scene between the original rogue-SecUnit and the remaining crew was excellent. The cinematography of the shattered armour worked very well.

4. Child’s View  

Premise: A young girl witnesses a crime, and her family has to protect her when the criminals come after her.

The crime lord is able to hire SecUnits, which are portrayed by humanform bots.  I did not realise they were meant to be SecUnits until three episodes after they were revealed (admittedly, the characters did not know what they were either).

The actual actions/buffer phrases were accurate. This makes it more annoying as it means the writers did detailed research and still decided on humanform bots.

The show does get points for the competency of the parents and older children.

5. The Wilted Trees  

Premise:  Irrelevant.

In the second episode the doctor has sex with what is implied to be a human bodyguard, but is revealed at the end of the episode to be a SecUnit. This is anatomically impossible and also no SecUnit would be interested.

(Bodyguard/SecUnit was also shown eating food that same episode. Also impossible and gross.)

I deleted it from my storage and if you decide to watch it you will have to search it yourself as I will not help you find it.

REPLY:  AMENA             Is there anything when you’re not supposed to cheer when the SecUnits die? SECUNIT:             …             In Medics of The Station the SecUnits are non-rogue and are trying to defend their hospital when the villains kill them all to take the humans hostage. This is considered a concern as it shows how dangerous the villain is and how much trouble the humans are in. The SecUnits were only in the serial for a few minutes of the first episode and I did not think it counted as what you requested. AMENA:             Right.             Okay. You said you had other, good media recommendations. What do you suggest? SECUNIT:             File: recommended media (92 suggestions) AMENA:             I know you probably can make that list that fast but I’m pretty sure you just had it ready.                       You’re joining us for media night tomorrow, right? SECUNIT:             Maybe. AMENA:             We’ll make sure there’s a separate chair not touching anyone saved for you.