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#poll#heaven#hell#achievement addict#looseygoosey#funny#meme#relatable#memes#tumblr memes#tumblr#vanilla extract#quiz#tumblr poll#i follow polls#tumblr polls#i love polls#democracy#too many fucking tags please just reblog so i can put you in the “voted and rebloged” pile of bricks and not the “voted and missed me” pile
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As an achievement addict personally, you would think it bothers me to have a perfect/platinum stripped from me. But to be perfectly honest, I replayed an ENTIRE game that did that, not just the achievement added. It had been so long and I had forgotten how fun it was.
I should add that I will buy a game simply to perfect it. But I will pass over a shitty looking 0.25 game with "download to perfect" because there's no fun in that. I want to enjoy the journey so the prize at the end makes me remember the journey I had. For a dev to add more achievement (and this more content) means more journey and more achievement.
truly one of the most batshit things to me is seeing people pissed off in steam comments for games that add more achievements after launch from people who are mad about having their 100% achievement completion ruined to the point that devs feel the need to address this and apologize. it is a wonder that any small indie dev makes games at all with how entitled gamers are
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The Medarda Family and the True Goal of Shimmer
Nature has made us intolerant to change, but fortunately, we have the capacity to change our nature. -Singed
For most of s1 the only versions of magic the audience really gets familiar with are visualized through hextech blue and shimmer pink, but we can't trust it to represent what actual magic is like on Runeterra. People from PnZ are incredibly unfamiliar with magic, it was banned for centuries, and they're mostly retracing steps and doing guess work. The best metric to understand how magic works is to look at characters and regions that are actually inclined to magic, and the Medardas may be the best example yet.
When Ambessa accepts the Wolf totem from Lamb one half of dual aspects of death, her body is enveloped in a bright purple transformation before being reforged into a red that resembles the kind her ancestors and the Lamb wear.
It's the same bright purple that consumes Sky in Viktor's last experiment with the hexcore in s1.
I think this purple represents magic at its most malleable state, where it can be refined or change others into final products with a proper catalysts. By s1's final scene, we know that Mel possesses magic and likely uses it through her golden armor. We also know it's possible for magic to be a hereditary trait that can be passed down (not perfectly) through family lines, which is prized in Noxus (and Ixtal?).
So if Mel has magic that likely means the Medardas family in general has latent magic that flows through them naturally., but qhat does this have to do with shimmer or PnZ in general?
The Medardas are relevant to PnZ because Zaun leading minds, Silco and Singed, have spent their capital trying to replicate what the Medardas can do!Shimmer doesn't exist purely as a bioweapon, that's frankly secondary to it's point. Shimmer exists as a means to artificially make the users capable of performing magic, or at least shift the user's biology into something that can tolerate magic. Hextech as a solution to the mystery of maguc completely sidesteps the relationship between magic and the user by using machinery as middleman, while shimmer takes a more direct route.
Singed can't literally biohack nonmagical people into mages all by himself. Singed instead developed what's essentially a hormone therapy to give users temporary magic abilities by synthesizing shimmer from these mysterious plants that resembles the color of the magic within Ambessa before her deal with the Lamb.
Why didn't Singed and Silco just give people the magic purple plants directly if it's capable turning them into mages? Sky and Rio might be the best examples for why you don't do that. When young Viktor feeds Rio the purple plants we see Rio immediately lose vigor, as an audience most of us assumed that was simply Rio's pre-existing condition acting up, but the relationship is more simple. When Singed said Rio was dying, he said it with surety because Singed KNEW the exposure to magic was killing Rio. And Sky was DISINTEGRATED upon being exposed to the hexcore's magic.
In that vein, Singed used Rio as a work around. From what we see non-mage humans absolutely cannot tolerate exposure to even base magic, but Rio was able to last longer. Instead Singed and Silco exposed Zaun to a version of those magic flowers that was broken down by Rio's metabolism into a more version that non-magical humans can tolerate.
The wild thing is that all this effort is to get non-mage users to Ambessa's UNREALISED state, the purple is just the base magic that exists in mages. Even still, Singed seems to have developed the kind of strain of shimmer that's the closest he's ever come to real magic, and Viktor and Jinx used it.
Viktor's own magical transformation has been facilitated by the hexcore in the same way the Lamb facilitated Ambessa's transformation. Do i think Viktor has essentially created his own Aspect through the hexcore? NO.
But in the same way shimmer is facsimilie of magical ability, so too is the hexcore a subsitute for living magic. And by living magic I don't mean unicorns or mermaids, I mean magic that is given consciousness and shape by being tethered to human concepts. And the hexcore's basic purpose is supposed to be magic that thinks and Viktor has tethered it to the human plane with his blood.
This all begs the question about what could exposure to the hexcore do to long term shimmer users? What WILL it do to Jinx? We all know that's inevitable next season.
You see, power, real power doesn't come to those who were born strongest or fastest or smartest. No. It comes to those who will do anything to achieve it. -Silco
Tldr: Shimmer is a large-scale project to turn the population of Zaun into mages, or magically tolerant, by essentially microdosing the population with magic through shimmer.
#arcane#arcane meta#ambessa medarda#mel medarda#singed#viktor arcane#jinx arcane#a lot of the quotes in s1 one seem to really rearing their heads into the narrative#“power doesn't come to those who are born strongest (magical) it comes to those who will do anything to achieve it”#which very easiliy can be applied to Mel as the possibly the strongest natural born mage in pnz vs jinx and viktor#both of whom may end up artificial mages next season#the more you break down shimmer the more absolutely INSANE it comes off#no wonder silco flooded the streets with this stuff atvworst you get an addict at best you get a new pop of MAGES#there are countries in this literal world that would take the risk#cw flashing#tw flashing#cw flashing lights#tw flashing lights#league of legends
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i wonder how kevin's fitness-obsessed mind justifies his alcohol addiction
#kevin day#aftg#all for the game#like does he think as long as his hangovers don't effect his court time its ok?#that doesn't really fit with the idea that he's a health freak outside court too#like you're telling me he doesn't see the irony of counting calories in decimals then downing a litre of straight vodka?#or is he just so addicted he cant stop?#i feel like he'd go for rehab if he thought it would influence his long term playing but that doesn't seem to be on his bucket list#like i get he'd be hopelessly addicted at the nest but now that his future seems to have some light i'm not sure why he still lets his#addiction destroy him slowly when he's thankfully now adamant on achieving a livable life#idk if this makes sense or if its been addressed somewhere else before but yeah i was just wondering#also sorry if this is inconsiderate or ignorant as to how addictions work i don't know the best
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AREN'T STARS MEANT TO BURN?; ON SELF-DESTRUCTION (FOR ACHIEVEMENT'S SAKE)
friedrich nietzsche // would that i, hozier // meditation on the threshold: a bilingual anthology of poetry, ‘monologue of a foreign woman’ by rosario castellanos // boyish, japanese breakfast // nineteen, movements // angel on fire, halsey // nata sin // vincent van gogh // notes from underground, fyodor dostoevsky // holly warburton // joan crawford // unknown, pinterest // first fig, edna st. vincent millay // Clementine von Radics // holly warburton // forugh farrokhzad, tr. by hasan javadi & susan sallée // she knows, j. cole // @/ragingantisocial // some kind of perfect, krista ritchie and becca ritchie // holly warburton // burned out, dodie // unknown, pinterest // a moth to a flame (burnt child), stig dagerman, tr. by benjamin mier-cruz // unknown
#web weaving#self destruction#for achievement's sake#self destructive#burn out#fire#holly warburton#halsey#hozier#dodie#friedrich nietzsche#rosario castellanos#fyodor dostoevsky#nata sin#toxic academia#chaotic academia#academic validation#addiction#on fire#on stars#on love#artwork#media#poems and quotes#dark academia#academicism#academic excellence#webweaving#parallels#comparison
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thinking about the sakyo and azami dynamic for the millionth time! and i am just very very sad about the fact that sakyo's whole portrait was about how deeply he regretted not pursuing his dream of becoming an actor at mankai company. and then later we find out that he ended up feeling guilty for achieving that, for having seen himself in azami and encouraging him not to give up on a dream that they both believed would never come true, only to go off and live out his impossible dream while azami was unable to pursue his own. he had finally gotten what he always wanted but he couldn't even truly be happy because in the back of his mind he was always thinking about how he'd left azami behind!! that intense regret that he had over missing out on his dream just got replaced by regret over having made azami hate him!!
and then i'm thinking about sakyo tripping and breaking his glasses when he finds out azami was in a car accident, azami calling him lame for panicking like that when he barely even got hurt, and sakyo asking him "do i not even have the right to worry about you anymore?". about how azami spent all this time genuinely believing sakyo didn't care about him, and that there was surely no way he'd care enough to remember the card game they once made up together, but sakyo remembered the stats and abilities of every card. thinking about all of the love that was passed down through those cards, with sakyo's mother originally creating jin-gi-oh as a way to make him feel happy and loved and then sakyo going on to do the same thing for his son azami. thinking about sakyo telling everyone embarrassing stories from azami's childhood, just like a parent would do to their child, and how it shows that sakyo always loved azami and was there for him so much more than his "real" father ever was. about how much azami learned from sakyo and how he thinks he's nothing like "that shitty old man" but they are both equally terrible at expressing how they feel and they both have a naggy "blah blah blah" rant mode that they go into. thinking about how azami literally openly admits that he thought of sakyo as his dad when he was little and he still does. about how in the end, they finally both get to achieve their dreams and everything is okay because they may still fight, but they're together again and they know they love each other.
i'm also thinking about how sakyo insists on buying bargain juice and watering it down. azami is right, this man truly is a monster.
#...well this post got away from me! it was supposed to be about a different part of sakyo's arc!#oh well. it's about him being a dad now 💖#anyway i'm also sobbing at how they literally are so alike that izumi has called azami 'mini sakyo' before#and that azami ended up fighting with shift because shift was jealous that azami reached his dream before he could achieve his own??#they are soooooo. i love them i love complicated adoptive family dynamics. i love act 7.#a3#a3! act addict actors#sakyo furuichi#azami izumida
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tumblr: fandom tattoos are a bad idea wait a few years and if you still like it go for it
me: *sending out inquiries to different tattoo studios to get a Black Myth Wukong tattoo*
#the ham talks#yknow what they say about tattoos its like an addiction#at some point you're just like *shrug* yeah why not imma get a new tattoo#I wanna get that lil monkey from the achievement tattooed#the one carrying his belongings on a stick leaving home#ITS SO FUCKING CUTE OK I CANT STOP THINKING ABOUT IT#black myth wukong#black myth rambling
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i am enjoying everyone’s commentary on using clonazepam
#2 yrs ago I was in deep addiction but somehow highly functioning and successful#would go home n mix multiple alcoholic drinks n take a fist full of clonny while reviewing lectures and studying#also i would churn immense amounts of art and writing until i passed out more than i have before and since#still proud of work i created n my accomplishments i achieved at that low#anyways it started getting bad when i was drinking/popping in my car on a winter night n felt i was gonna have a heart attack#thought abt how lame it would be for neighbors to walk by my frozen dead body in the drivers seat n went back inside#then it got worse but that’s a diff story#i still crave the recreational clonny use and feel i was simultaneously a better person but a person hurdling toward dying#sigh#need a beer
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we are all Belinda
#personal#my strange addiction#I can’t take care of the ones I have#I was SENT#we stan a queen#I genuinely hope she’s thriving and has achieved whatever goals she set for her recovery#original content#memes#dank memes#cool rocks#rocks#rock collector#rock collection#belinda#bad tv#reality tv#addicted to rocks#nature girl#nature#relatable memes#relatable#same#the learning channel#geology#petrology
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The hilarity of me triggering the Dredge DLC for the first time in Dave the Diver (huge recommend) on (in game) Halloween
#shut up ip#dave the diver#really love that game ngl#def a game I want go get all the achievements for#the dredge dlc is what drew me in and then i stayed for all the hilarity#and the addicting game play#and a good game to have an audiobook on during playing#which are always welcome
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I’m currently at 4 weeks of no orgasm 🎉 a small achievement but a personal record 😊
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wish I could get (and stay) in the zone with writing like I can with drawing
#working on a pretty drawing is addictive I like compulsively come back to it#I can lose track of time while drawing uninterrupted#writing is fun but it's always very intentional I can't lose myself in it in the same way#probably why I struggle getting writing done consistently but I never feel like I have to make myself draw#anyway probably a mix of things but also writing is using some of the same braining that I have to use during the rest of the day#vs drawing feels almost mindless bc I get to use a different part of my brain than I do for work or whatever idk#just spitballing here#anyway my theory is that other people on here who always shock/impress me with their wordcount can achieve that kind of flow with writing#wonder if there's a way I could try and cultivate that
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think i might delete all of my social media (besides tumblr... of course) bc i'm really not enjoying how much time i'm wasting on social media apps. and i think i'm becoming dumber.
#when i tell you that sometimes i'll go on FACEBOOK and watch videos on there#and it's like. disney channel clips. of shows i've never even heard of#and it's just random scenes.#not like interesting clips or something#like WHY am i watching that?? lmfao like wtf.#something wrong with me fr.#i can FEEL the brain worms#or spending hours reading the fucking soap operas on reddit like omggg i can't believe she said that to you at your wedding.... GO NC!!!!!!#disgusting fr fr#reddit is the worst. and they've started like giving you 'achievements'#which have made me realize how addicted i am#it's like you've logged on every single day for the past 6 months! congrats!#meanwhile i'm like oh so should i burn my phone?
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"I feel like maybe it would be the right thing to be worried about an active threat on my ancestor..."
"But between a mix of thinking 'she'll be fine' and 'I don't actually care that much if she dies again', I can't help but not care. At all."
#Aelynn RP#just musing#i accidentally got eaten by vidya james after posting that drabble o+< achievements are addictive...
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I have officially followed 1000 different blogs
#this feels like some kind of achievement#even though I know it’s now#I think I have an addiction#I don’t remember half the people I’ve followed#but I charish all of them
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the first thing he said was "it looks like the pink cake from stardew valley"
it does tho
#so i used the choco cake recipe from that buzzfeed video#the one that calls for a beer and a cup of mayonnaise#sounds weird but its soooo good#and the strawberry buttercream frosting recipe from sallysbaking addiction#she blitzes freeze dried strawbs in a food processor instead of using fresh or frozen strawbs in the frosting and its a total game changer#so good#i put strawberry jam in between the layers#it turned out pretty good#my main goal was that the cake was light and not dense#which i achieved i think#stardew valley#baking#my life
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