#Yes he says some funny things

[mint-mumbles]

Just played Homicipher for the first time today (really good game btw, can’t wait for the full release) and when the player hides from Mr. Crawling without a weapon he goes to comfort them.

I was able to translate what he said after he pats the player character’s head after he startles them:

“There, there. Worry gone.”

Bro. I love him so much 🥹

[jade-len]

i think it'd be funny if someone transmigrated as xin mo. the goddamn evil sword. instead of taking it seriously, they just really fucked around with bingge. and, somehow, ended up having the opposite effect of what it's supposedly rumored to do.

picture this: bingge, on the quest for revenge and power, comes across the almighty xin mo. this demonic sword killed everyone that dared to even try wielding it. and, the few who were lucky enough to have it by their side, eventually succumbed to the swords' will.

it is said that the sword is unlike any other, that it etches into your head and eats away your brain, until eventually it consumes you whole. it whispers, speaking in lust, greed, and hatred. it slowly beckons the wielder into giving in to the worst part of themselves and feeds off of pure sin. but to him, it is no matter; luo bingge will surely tame it.

and then he gets to the sword.

demonic qi practically oozes from xin mo. the aura surrounding it makes every part of luo bingge scream, "run; get away, away from that monster." his gut prods at him, begging bingge that this is probably a really bad idea. it's a little terrifying, how even luo bingge, the determined, vengeful demon, is now getting second thoughts about wielding xin mo from just being in its presence alone.

but luo bingge is too, a monster. so he ignores the screams of plea; pushing every thought of doubt in the back of his head, and tightly grips onto the handle. the world around him seems to spin and shake, tumble and crack, from the amount of force bingge needs to use in order to pull the sword of sin out of its place.

when bingge finally has it perfectly fit into the palms of his calloused hands, he hears whispering. he knows that the sword has accepted him as its new host.

the sword's language crawls up to him, as if it were feeling around his body and mind. checking every nook and cranny for it to settle into bingge's form, truly becoming one with the embodiment of sin. the words flow through his brain like a tragically broken guqin, a melody that holds him in a frighteningly familiar trance - all while simultaneously eating away at his brain in the worst ways possible, akin to a child and their favorite snack. it seems to beckon something, but even with luo bingge's impressive hearing, he cannot make out any words from the tone-deaf musical notes xin mo sings.

and then, it is clear. the land around him settles, and everything is still. xin mo itself seems to be.. content. at least, that is what luo bingge believes.

the language of this wretched sword reflects the state around these two monsters.

luo bingge expects it to demand for bloodshed, for the erotic ecstasy of multiple women, for bingge to steal the last of the finest gems of these horrible, vast lands.

instead, he hears this:

"yoooo damn that shit was crazy. did you see what i did there? man, you know, it feels so fucking good to get out of the dirt. hey, do you know if people can like, feed their swords or something? i'm kinda craving something spicy. we never know, in this wack world! wait, don't hold me like that, buddy. it'll make things real awkward."

but luo bingge is determined to get his revenge, so he puts up with the swords' constant rambling about.. whatever the hell it's thinking.

"wait, dude, did you seriously fuck a dying girl? that's wild. yeah, like i know she was dying but it doesn't sound like you wanted it. yo, listen to me, consent is very sexy."

"HAHA hey, dude, sir, man. you wanna play some 'i spy'? we don't have anything else to do. no? too bad, we're playing it. i spy a loser who doesn't wanna play i spy. hint: he's holding me right now."

"okay i know i'm supposed to be this super evil sword and beg to be used - woah that sounded real wrong - but can you at least clean me when you're done killing shit? if you don't, i'm gonna refuse to respond to you and you'll look like a dumbass trying to wield me."

"i can't hear you lalalalalalala you're not being very it girl right now lallalalaalalalla-"

somehow, this is worse than if xin mo was actually eating away at his brain.

weirdly enough though, as luo bingge starts spending more time with this weird ass, seemingly possessed sword, it starts to become more of a.. comfort to have it by his side than pure annoyance. he finds himself responding to it more, like, actually having full on conversations with it. it puts him at ease, wielding xin mo. the hatred doesn't consume him, instead, it seems to soothe the burning rage (and, admittedly, just replace it with small irritation) that holds onto his darkened heart.

xin mo is actually quite kind and caring, for a sword that's supposed represent and be the literal embodiment of sin. sure, it is a hassle to have it cooperate with him sometimes, and it does just ramble on and on about the most random things ever, not giving a single shit if bingge was in the middle of sleeping with maidens and slaying those who get in his way. for the first time, bingge feels so comfortable around something.

it's.. odd. what was supposed to be the turning point in his life, a big step in his plan for revenge, is now something akin to an... acquaintance. not like mobei-jun, or any of the women he's come across, but an actual, dare he say, friend.

sometimes, he finds himself thinking all of this delusional. is this what people were driven mad by? perhaps they simply could not handle dealing with a talking sword. he understands that xin mo was undoubtedly unbearable to be around at the beginning of their alliance, but it has never actually beckoned for blood, power, and sex. if anything, it does the opposite.

maybe he's the delusional one. maybe this is xin mo's way of getting to him.

maybe, xin mo should be considered a thing. the thought feels terribly laughable, as if he were witnessing a person horribly explain themselves. it also makes his teeth grind together in pure agitation.

"hey, you know, you didn't deserve any of the things they did. it wasn't your fault, binghe. the fact that you're half heavenly demon doesn't make you a monster, or any of that wild stuff.. uh, i'm here for you, okay? i know you don't really like talking about all of this or opening up, but i just want you to know that you can.. talk about it. it's not like i can tell anyone else, anyways.

hey- shit i didn't mean to make you cry! wait, wait it's okay to cry! you need to let it out anyways, i promise it doesn't make you weak. there, there. i don't have any hands, so me patting you on the head with my handle will have to do. there, there.. everything will be alright, you'll be okay. i'll be here every step of the way, even if you want to get rid of me."

xin mo, the demonic sword, is more of a person - a good person - than anyone he'd ever come across.

...and then bingge and the xin mo transmigrator become besties or he falls for the damn sword. knowing him, he probably doesn't even know the difference between platonic and romantic attraction anyways. maybe bingge gets a plant body for xin mo using airplane's wack writing. idk i typed all of this down in one sitting.

(plot twist: it's not that the transmigrator xin mo had the opposite effect, it was literally just a placebo effect. luo bingge thought that, and thus it actually did help him lmao)

[cripplepunkbarbarian]

I see peoples belief that Aguefort "loves The Seven, couldn't care less about most other parties (including The Rat Grinders), and actively dislikes The Bad Kids" and raise you:

He loves and respects The Seven in the closest way Arthur Aguefort is physically capable of approaching towards a sensible mentor figure (which is still not very much)

He is neutral towards most other parties

AND he loves The Bad Kids except he is doing so in the way that an absolutely unhinged friend of your parents who calls himself your uncle cares for you (he is sleeping off a hangover on your couch, eating all your snacks, and engaging you in psychological warfare but also he has some wild stories to tell you while taking you into the woods and teaching you how to throw knives (if you promise not to narc on him to your parents))

[i-dreamed-i-had-a-son]

Broke (2016): BBC Sherlock is a phenomenal piece of media and anything that seems like a flaw just hasn't been fully explored yet

Woke (2020): BBC Sherlock is an incredibly flawed series run by an egotistical writer, it never deserved the hype and is actively bad on so many fronts (especially representation)

Bespoke (2024): BBC Sherlock is flawed and bogged down by increasingly poor writing, which many fans refused to see while it was airing, leading to hugely misplaced expectations (particularly for the final series), AND it has the seeds of some compelling characterizations and portrayals, some genuinely solid performances, and touches--albeit imperfectly--on complexities that are still being discussed today (particularly as it relates to the relationship between Sherlock and John). The huge cultural impact of the show has created a massive pendulum effect in its public perception, leading to most people today remembering a caricature of the show (whether positive or negative) rather than appreciating its nuanced merits and failings...that being said Season 4 sucked

[trentcrimminallybeautiful]

i have this really stupid idea in my head that im frankly a little obsessed with and the idea is this: trent crimm doing a drunk history episode on ted lasso's first tenure at richmond. is that how drunk history works? i don't think so. do i care? absolutely not. it's a special episode who cares because this image is not only hysterical to me but treasured. i treasure this image. i hold it close in my heart and also laugh and laugh and laugh.

[if-we-are-free-tell-me-why]

every time I hear someone say "oh you have to listen to Dear Evan Hansen it has such good mental health representation" I cry in Next to Normal

[dykedvonte]

I dislike takes that Danse would be just as conservative in modernized aus when it's clearly shown his staunch views of things come from his time in the Brotherhood and his deep-rooted desire to belong to something with a greater purpose.

Not to mention lines that show much more open-mindedness that get overlooked for his harsher sentiments when you first meet him. Like the oppurtunity to be a part of something is why Danse fell so far into Brotherhood dogma and it doesn't negate the offense things he does but I feel like it's just lazy to be like "hmmm he'd def be racist" just so it aligns to his BoS beliefs.

[hanzajesthanza]

(Adam Dudaczyk) The fact that vampires drink blood to get that *meaningful hand-neck gesture* - you made that up? (Andrzej Sapkowski) Yes, I didn't model myself on anyone here, I don't know anyone who wrote before me about the fact that vampires drink blood not to satisfy their hunger, but to satisfy their thirst for… entertainment. Texts: the guys sent me to get blood, I was flying drunk… The fun was great.

as i reread this i couldn't stop thinking of this meme

[epickiya722]

What's so funny about seeing interpretations, over the years, of Midoriya being jealous that Bakugou is friends with other people in their class is that in canon, Midoriya easily made friends himself and barely batted a lash at Bakugou making friends. In fact, he was more likeable because at a time, the class didn't like Bakugou like that. In the beginning, Midoriya was freaking out that the class was actually talking crap about Bakugou because he wasn't used to that from others (as the school they went to, people would flock around Bakugou).

Like, maybe it's just me, but Midoriya being jealous like that just feels like it came out of nowhere for me. Like, the moment Kirishima even came into the picture, Midoriya already had him his trio with Iida and Uraraka.

[winepresswrath]

Armand's simpering little "and I never have" has taken on new dimensions for me. Technicality king and also I think very in keeping with his whole malign fairy creature deal. You can tell him not to hurt the bae, but you should really specify what "hurt" entails. Is chopping someone's hands off really hurting them? If they have annoyed you very much I mean.

-questions Armand might pose to Lestat that inspire him to leave the country

[i-am-thevoid]

Pov: You messed with the wrong Courier

[mulders-too-large-shirt]

the x files au where everything is exactly the same except mulder takes home the child neanderthal from the jersey devil episode and raises them as his own

[seaofreverie]

GUUUYYUYSSSD !!!!!

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KIMONO MY HOUSE VINYL!!!!!!

Also funny story which is that when my brother took these to the cashier he said something like "oh... Sparks... they were here one year ago"

[guidingthulite]

i finished yokai gakuen

[einsatzzz]

Okay! Insane questions time. Choose the characters by your liking.

If one day they stumbled into a time machine and accidentally ended up in a medieval knight arena, would they fight with a sword or offer commentary from the side of the arena? Or something else?

I'll choose the Oniyanagi subgroup, Tasogare for this! And for them...it'll be like a normal day, or maybe a special picnic day.

So this is the Tasogare hivemind logic in this situation: They're in the past, so in their present, all the people in this time period are all already dead. So technically, you can't really kill already dead people, can you? So technically, it's not exactly illegal and against their Family code to kill them--

Kana is their main DPS, so they let her do all the fighting. She does it to kill some time and ShikiRei kept begging her to kill peop-- dead people. Rosa is just a fan watching her kamioshi perform on stage. Rei is, of course, getting profits from this through the betting going on. He probably even spread misinformation that Kana is just a weak smol kid, for even more profit. Don't mind Shiki. He just really loves witnessing cool things that his cold-guy face just start melting.

Considering the time period and Shiki's shit health, it's very fortunate that Rosa is with them. If they have to stay there for the night, she can clean up the accommodation for them and cook them healthy food. She even carries spare meds on her.

While they're there, they'll probably also even take turns as to who will do the killing in the arena for easy cash, except for Shiki because specialty is more on long range attacks (sniping). They do let him fight a few rounds from time to time, since he gets pissy if they don't let him in on the action for too long.

"Would they fight with a sword?" No, Shiki's gonna use guns in an arena fight 😭😭 He likes shooting peopl-- dead people.

[batsplat]

my takeaway after flicking through 'pushing the limits' for the first time: casey the type of guy who would give alex de angelis the nickname 'alex dangerous' and put it in his autobiography

my takeaway after flicking through 'pushing the limits' for the 10th time: ̴̸̗͚̗̗͕̇̀̀͠ẳ̵͍̪̫͈̅ ̶̢͖̊̔̐̈́n̵̙̙͆̒͆̈́a̵̱̓̀̋r̴̩͂̈́͗r̶̹̻̀͋̒à̸̟̼̓ţ̴̛̜̻̉i̶͙̯̤͂v̷̨̝͕̀̚e̸͓̊̒ ̴̞̯̭̙̓̆̕t̴̩͕͎̓h̷̠̦̲̥̽͘a̷̳̤̙̰̾t̷̡͓͉̣̽ ̵̛̭̘͚̓͠͝c̸͈̺͔̜͂u̴̘̫͈͚͝t̵͔̬͕̬̆s̶͉͉͉̓̑̈ ̴͇͐̈́ỉ̷̪͖͇̀ͅt̸̛͙͌͗ͅş̵̳̞́è̵͋̑͜l̶̯̯̈͋̓͝f̸̢̢̈̉́͊ ̸̪́́̀͝ơ̴͍̠̲̙̈́͒̕f̷̺̍̽̇̚f̴̭̻̉̀͝ ̵͕̻͕̈f̶̪̬̮̼̍͝r̵͉̞̙̀̾̐̚o̸̺͙̜̓̏̉̚m̶̩̟̜̽ ̷̟̭̹̪̈́̎̆͠t̷͖͖̋̿̇̂͜ͅh̵̰̀ę̷̧̒̽̀ ̶̰͓́̽̽v̵͔̆ù̵̧͕l̷͍͇͔̯̽n̷͙͍͇͑̚ĕ̴̢̻̑͌r̷̯̪̙̐̾ḁ̴̰̐̆b̵̟̼̰͐̐̿͘ͅḯ̵̮̙̬̘̽l̷̬͈̓̈͆ȋ̴̭͑t̶̖̬̀̇̇͜ÿ̵̞̥̠́͋ ̸͍̺̎̒̐o̶̤͕͎͗͠f̵͚̔͑́͜ ̷͎̯̤̹̀t̶̙̩͈̂̒̕͝h̷͓̖̮̿̔e̸̹̎͜ ̶̰̓̀e̶̯͙͛̂͘x̴̼͓͍̀͒̎̕p̷̩̾͂͜ẽ̷̡͎͙ŗ̵̛̻̳͛i̷̖͍͑͂͆̐è̴̡̹͔̳n̸̮̩̤̆͋c̵̡̛̖̝̮̄̊͛ȩ̷̨̭̣͐͊́͘ ̸̝̀̉̌͘t̴̝̓͛̐ȍ̶̡ ̴̨̝̿̔̆̐d̷̜̄̄e̶̱̒͌͠͝t̴̢̢̥̮̊̕̚a̵̡̖͆ȉ̵̩̭̘̮̉͛̓l̶͈̄̓ ̸̰̽̒̊̃ţ̸̤̂h̸̖͓̗̀̀̄e̴̮̮̓̈́͠ ̸̡̪̦̣̈́̇̕h̸̰̭̾͠o̴̭̹͑͌͛̃r̴̖̝͕͋r̸̘͍̂̊͐ͅọ̶̪͗r̸̡̞͒́̕͝ŝ̴̱̋̔ ̶͚͕̓̆̀̌w̸̥̱̳̭̌̓i̶͉̭̤͒̽t̷̺̝̊̐h̵̰͌̆ò̸̻͚͖͋u̵͍̣̅̒̕͠t̸̛̪͙̒́ͅ ̶̖̓̏͝͝t̸̮̱͓͑͊͠ŗ̶̥̠̲̏͑̈ū̶͈l̵͍̯̘͂̔̎͝y̵̹͂̈́́ ̷̺̠̦̒͝c̶̬͋͛o̵̧͗̎n̷͉͆f̵̛̹͔r̸̰̈ô̸̪͙̓ń̴̹̦̬̲̃̌̕ẗ̴̯͚̺́i̴͓̓n̵̞͒̚͝g̵̨̧̉̏̀̈́͜ ̷͓̲́͊̈́t̷̼̽ḥ̵͕̮͒ͅè̷̜̦̮̯̓̄m̶͇͔̪̻͂

my takeaway after flicking through 'pushing the limits' for the 100th time: casey the type of guy who would give alex de angelis the nickname 'alex dangerous' and put it in his autobiography