#We're really cooking now

[nobodysdaydreams]

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Oh here's a good one, anon. I just wrote it.

“That’s not what I-”

“-you enjoyed it,” objected Garrison. “The praise, the constant adoration, you ate it up.”

“Yes,” sighed Nathaniel. “Yes. And I regret it, Garrison. It was a mistake, and I wish I could go back. Believe me, I would change so much, I would try to be a better person, a better friend to you-”

“Friend?” laughed Garrison. “Please. You never respected or valued my input. You only pretended to care about me so you could use my inventions and were happy to cast aside the “friendship” facade the second it no longer suited you. You were going to make me your mindless scapegoat, an example of how perfect your technique was.”

“I…I wanted you to be happy,” clarified Nathaniel, but the lie that he’d so readily believed himself when he’d thought it in his own head sounded ridiculous and false when he said the words out loud and considered the matter from Garrison’s point of view.

[charlesemersonwinchesteriii]

One fascinating thing about "You Must Unload" is how thematically relevant it is for all the characters on the show, especially Irving himself. The Terror is a story about progressively giving things up and leaving things behind, what you choose to unload and when. (Boats? Curtain rods? Books? Your only clothing, useless in this cold weather? Your only food, poisoned? Your only companions, sick and dying and unable to walk?) Trying in vain to haul things with you that you cannot carry, both metaphorically and literally.

And Irving is at the center of all of it. As discussed in this post, after Crozier declares at Carnivale that they will abandon the ships, Irving stops referencing religion, a turning point for his character. And he is the one call "Forward, men!", the final decision to leave everything they've known behind. You must unload!

He is also the one whose reaction we focus on when Crozier tells them that even the food they're carrying with them is killing them. Which makes sense, of course: Irving is the one we have seen keeping careful inventory of these supplies, trying to make them last as long as possible. Revealed to have been a futile effort the entire time. You must unload!

And then finally, he goes on the hunting trip, making the call first to split off into a smaller party, then to go all alone to meet the Netsilik. At last, he gives up his spyglass, the only prized possession he has left, something stated textually in the book and implied in the show to be important to him personally. And at the same time, he gives up the symbols of his imperialist existence: rank, class, national identity, all of it, because these things have, quite literally, no meaning in this situation. He's left with nothing but his Christian name.

And when he goes back to try to bring the rest of the expedition with him to salvation, that's what kills him. You must unload!

[shorelinnes]

skz: season's greetings

[jounouchi-katsuya]

sometimes i just hear joey i don't think we should cook the candy bars in my brain

[fwuffcat]

will make pretty later, but tribbie graphic/widget (there's a transparent one and one with a backing depending on what your using it for lol)

[arbuthnotblob]

This was supposed to be a LanceWeek23 piece, the finale even - as you can see from the date of completion... fiiiive months later, it didn't quite make it!

[Why I ever thought I was going to finish a piece with four major light sources, in three colours, and about a billion rocks, on time, is another matter entirely. No comment.]

Sometimes your protégé/ward/son falls in a big bloody hole at the arse-end of Mount Silver and you've got to go and fish him out and it turns into a whole thing. Then the things living in the hole become a whole other thing and really, the inconvenient fact that Dragonite don't fit into small spaces is only the beginning of your problems!

[doctordoombignaturals]

to no one's surprise it is Yet Again Esidisi

don't mind the shoes I didn't feel like drawing his feet ♥️ RIP esidisi carpet clenchers.

[cyancherub]

rly not a fan of ppl imposing their idea of fun on me under the assumption that it's also my idea of fun

[penisbilt]

the bittersweet but absolute flood of relief that comes from admitting defeat at living independently, to have to move back in with parents. we tried! we gave it our best shot for almost 3 years! but living like this (being on our own) is just not possible for us at this time of our lives. we've finally proved it to ourselves that we can't do it. it'll be okay to let ourselves rest now

[hauntingofhouses]

i have to like constantly remind myself im mentally ill and actively rely on medication to be something close to a normal functioning person who goes outside and participates in society. because otherwise i start comparing myself to my peers and get so anxious about the fact that im an outlier among them and im broke and unemployed and still live with my parents and i cant drive (even though i have a license!!!! because driving gives me panic attacks and meltdowns!!!!). everyone is getting married and having kids and going places while i just feel like a child but actually it's because I've been ideating suicide since i was like what, fourteen? when people were dating and joining clubs and activities i was at home depressed and in bed and honestly it's still kind of like that? i had a short stint in teaching after my undergrad but then now im back to being a hermit who struggles to get out of bed every day and it's just. man i wish i was normal.

[exoshroommie]

ok another question about the exocolonist cookbook!

so auntie tirah's full name is tiramisu. because of this, should i add tiramisu to the cookbook even though it's never mentioned to be a food eaten in-game?

[soldierandawar]

Really, the issue is that people cannot hold two conflicting thoughts in their heads at the same time. That's why arguments online are so frustrating. Most of the time, it's like, "Yes! Both of these things are true!" But no one wants to hear that. Everyone has to be right. We have to prove ourselves as better than others, so we start using identifiers, "Oh, so you're a <insert term here>." to separate ourselves, and it's exhausting.

If you lack conflict management skills and refuse to look inward, how can you create community?

[autistic-shaiapouf]

Trying out that "no buy 2025" I've seen people talking about and recalling how much I saved in november after the hurricane blew up my car and starting to feel confident

[smileymoth]

They found his dead body in an apartment, yet 3 weeks later he showed up fine... when asked about the body in the apartment he said he was in a silly mood...

[redgearsmovin]

Whenever someone here works on new Imagination Movers creations:

[neverendingford]

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