#ROA spoilers

[sophieswundergarten]

"No one in the world suffered so much as Kate Wetherall from not moving as fast as humanly possible whenever the occasion allowed. Driving at this moderate speed was requiring a heroic effort on her part."

Riddle of Ages, p. 225

[akaneluvr]

i love my little weirdo

[biscuitscheesebiscuits]

Reading physical copies of The Queen's Thief series for the first time and realizing that the maps in them are inconsistent???

[rekhyt-of-arcadia]

House invading the TARDIS: Your dog keeps biting me

The Doctor: I don’t have a dog

House: *looking at the large black dog with glowing red eyes* …What

[sunflowerrboyy]

*BANGING POTS AND PANS* TOUR DOC TOUR DOC TOUR DOC

[carnation-damnation]

Terios in shadowgens would b funny because he'd be hanging around Maria and Gerald and his existence only brings Gerald dread

[evilbalwan]

Speaking of Sevens, Zexal references were literally the best (though Yuka vs Romin was way better than Yuka vs Roa), but damn, I'm missing some serious stakes in this anime 😭

I had to go back to Arc v to watch Shun vs Sora just for some real drama.

[mipywomp]

[graceintheshadows]

Lucky ones - Part 2

[see @lordaeronslost for part 1]

The dagger gleamed on the coverlet, polished gunmetal with the smallest hints of blued steel showing through, like stars in the night sky.  The moonstone in the pommel glowed dimly, like Elune set high on a winter night.  The pieces that matched it were laid out to either side and she stood at the edge their bed, staring at the weapons laid out across the blankets.

“Roiya.”

She nearly flinched at the gentleness in her husband’s voice, wondering how many times he’d said her name before she’d heard.  The distraction—no matter the source—that had swallowed her whole was unforgivable.

I’ve gotten soft.  Perhaps dangerously so.

Of course, that had been by design.

“We’re sure they’re safely settled?”  She half-turned toward Keydyn, her brows knitting.  “That nothing will—”

“Siryn will be with them this time,” her husband said, setting aside his whetstone boot dagger.  “And Lord Sam and Lady Mina will be there, too.  They’ll be fine while the rest of us—”

“That’s what we’ve said a dozen times,” the priestess said with a deep sigh.  “More than that, even.  And sometimes it hasn’t been that way.  It hasn’t been fine.”  Her lips thinned slightly as Keydyn’s hands settled on her arms.  For a moment, she squeezed her eyes shut.

“What’s really bothering you?” he whispered.  “It’s not as if you’re actually capable of staying retired.  You’ve tried three times and it hasn’t stuck.”

“This could have been the time,” she said with the barest trace of wry humor.  A lump built in her throat and she stepped closer, leaning into his chest and inhaling the scent of woodsmoke and leather.  “I just thought—I thought it would be different.  This wasn’t in my plan.”

“What was?”  Keydyn rested his cheek against her temple, wrapping both arms around her as her head settled against his shoulder.  “Were you intending to go out hunting for—”

“Yes,” she whispered.  “No.  I don’t know—maybe I was.  Maybe I was going to make a request of someone to—to do it.”

“We knew that something bad was going to happen,” he said softly.  “The minute Jude got that letter, we knew.  I suspect you knew sooner than that.  Did he...?”

She nodded slightly.  “He did, but the warning wasn’t as stark.  I don’t know why.  Maybe he expected me to be able to glean more information from what wasn’t in the note than I did.  Perhaps he thought Elune would grant me insight.  Damned if I know.”

“Do you think he’ll join us?  Be called up like we are?”

Roiya took a slow, deep breath and shook her head.  “I don’t know.  Based on everything I know, I’d assume that he has duties that will keep him closer to home and considering that we don’t know exactly what kind of situation we’re going to be walking into...no.  No, Keydyn, I don’t think they’ll be calling him up soon.  Not unless he comes as a volunteer.”

“While the rest of us are voluntold.”  He shot her a grin and pressed a kiss to her jaw, then feather-light one to her lips.  “At least we get to go into this with family.  Speaking of, are you ready to eat?  I heard a rumor about one last big meal tonight before we have to finish making ready.”

“A last breath before the storm,” Roiya said softly, glancing back at the weapons laid out on the coverlet.  “Hopefully they’ll be able to see us off from Stormwind.”

“I’m sure that arrangements are already in the works,” Keydyn said, squeezing her one more time before he released her.  “Does she know?”

Her eyes fluttered shut and she sighed.  She knew who he meant.

She shook her head.  “No.  But by morning, she will.  Would you like me to...?”

“I’ll have something to send with yours just after dinner.”

Roiya nodded, letting one hand trail down his arm until their fingers wove together.  “We’ll make time,” she said softly.  “To make up for it.  The three of us.”

“And then the five of us,” he said softly, fingers tightening for a moment.  “This time, you’re stuck with me, Roiya Shadowpaw.  Whether you like it or not.”

The ghost of a grin curved her lips as she stared back at him.  “Bold of you to assume that I’m the one stuck, Keydyn Silverstag.  I am far more of a handful than you are.”

The ranger laughed and dragged her close again, slinging his arm across her shoulders.  “We’ll see about that.”

“Will we?”

“Certainly.  And so will any damn spider that tries to come between us.”

“Hell.  Any fate that tries to come between us.”  She reached up to run her fingers along his cheek and jaw.  “I love you.  You know that.”

“I know,” he agreed.  “And you know the same of me.  I came back from the dead for you.”

“You came back from the Dream for me.”

One corner of his mouth kicked up into a smirk.  “A little bit of both.  At least that’s how Nikus explains it.”

“Speaking of—he’s coming with us, isn’t he?”

Keydyn frowned, glancing toward the door.  “That’s the impression I got, but you know him.”

“I certainly do.  We both do.  But this—”

“I know.  We’ll have to see.  Have to find out.”

“Yes,” she said softly.  “Yes, we will.”

She didn’t like the idea of the druid staying behind.  They’d need both he and his daughter both in the field as healers at the very least, regardless of the magnitude of what they’d end up facing.  That was still an unknown beyond knowing that it would be nerubians.

To what end and what fresh war they were walking into, the priestess-assassin known as Shadowgrace wasn’t certain.  All she knew was that after three attempts at retirement, she was headed out again to war.

[hasarjunadoneanythingwrong]

i’ll bite, what underage girl was made slightly less lewd and is now being called “censored”?

i actually dont even know for sure if it IS censoring but theres a 90% chance its one of two dark apostle forms for (SPOILERS) but the message doesnt actually specific if theyre removing or altering artwork or what so we wont know what the actual deal is with that until the book actually comes out

not that youd be able to really tell that theyre underage bc of the anime style based on if its the image im thinking about but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

as a side note, can we note that its kind of fucking hilarious that these edits arent for the actual GAME but...the artbook? like the game itself is not being changed from what it looks like, theyre just changing the paper? youd think thats way more effort than it's worth TAT

[self-loving-vampire]

One thing I really like about the iconic chair scene is how right after Shiki bumps into it he's like... okay?

He just blames himself and his exhausted mental state for not noticing the chair and is not remotely angry about it. He even acknowledges that it was out of the way and that anyone who was paying attention would not be bothered by it.

It shows what it's like to have your thought process overwritten by Roa, who is much more angry and hateful in comparison.

Roa is really just a pretty cool antagonist when he's more of a malevolent force possessing and twisting you like this than a physical threat that can be cut down.

Even a decent and peaceful person could have their will eliminated and be made to commit soul-killing atrocities as Roa's influence over them grows.

[wildmike48]

I'm reading through Tsukihime (just finished one ending of Arcuied's route) and I'm ngl when I first saw Roa I 100% thought his weirdly shaded pecs were top surgery scars.

[akaneluvr]

BIIIIIIIIIITCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[number-1-kuaidul-fanboy]

.....This is too meta-

[rekhyt-of-arcadia]

[royboyfanpage]

Spoilers for Green Arrow #11 below

Crying over how most of the suits chosen for this are the ones that ranked bottom in the poll

Roy's suits ranked from worst to best, according to Tumblr: