#and no you guys haven't seen it before!

[originalartblog]

Hey i've been thinking about your AU where Chuuya joins the ADA and his ability reverts go being an ability amplifier.

What happens when he and dazai touch then? The simple answer would be No Longer Human trumps chuuyas ability, and it just gets nullified. But i think there is a high chance they interact and create a singularity! It fits them so well for their abbilities to go so strongly against each other they end up joining up and creating something even greater

Ever since I brought up the concept [x] [x], many have wanted to talk about this issue [1] [2] [3] I am on my knees begging everyone to explore this concept too I can't be the only one playing in this space you all have ideas worth exploring PLEASE

I've been very against skk making a singularity in the past but I've mellowed out in the (checks notes) last year and now I'm more interested in how a singularity could happen between those two abilities, if Dazai nullifies everything without exception. Dead Apple already played with Dazai's ability interacting in strange ways with others, when Shibusawa was able to separate and crystallize it like the rest, and also how it created a singularity with the ability to attract abilities and the ability to fuse abilities. So maybe skk can't create one together on their own, but through a third party they're both interacting with? potential potential

That's actually an alternative I considered! If Fukuzawa's ability gave Chuuya complete control over his ability, but Chuuya only ever knew his ability as what the lab turned it into, maybe Chuuya would subconsciously still try to make it do its thing? But for some reason it's harder now, and he has to concentrate on it a lot more, and it doesn't seem as powerful by default? It would be a frustrating mess ("this ability sucks! why is having more control making it more difficult?!"), and could still lead to Chuuya accidentally enhancing someone's ability.

In that version, Chuuya would still have his gravity control on top of his enhancing, because he's actually consciously creating a singularity on demand, instead of always using one. Not sure what that could mean about Arahabaki/Corruption, but I think the idea of skk, without explaining anything, leaving the ADA together to go test out those new limitations, and then coming back to their coworkers scratching their heads about the forest that became a warzone just outside the city is really funny.

[altruistic-meme]

one thing i want to make certain we are all clear on, as i see more and more theories coming out already in the wake of go2, is that you can love and enjoy many different theories- even contradictory ones! 

i read one theory that made so much sense to me and i could see all of their points as laid out and i loved the idea of it and how it would come to be. and then i read a different theory that directly contradicted a lot of what was said in the theory i loved, and i loved this new theory too!! it was much more relaxed and didn’t have as many specific points to it, but it was fun and i could see it and i thought the idea of it was a joy!!!! 

the good thing about theories is that we have no actual idea which one is true, so we can delve into all these different possibilities!!! and we can look at them and see the truth or possibility in all of them. and liking one theory doesn’t mean that you are only allowed to think this one is true! 

so if you see me posting completely contradicting theories and saying “i fully believe in this” about both of them, there’s nothing wrong with that :)

[rad-roche]

internet! i'm in the market for longform youtube videos to watch as i do the slightly less taxing but lengthy parts of drawing and painting. i'm up for pretty much anything, funny stuff, video essays, streamers. been having kind of a doll customising moment. my only caveat is, and i don't know what to call it specifically, i don't like... i guess youtube cadence? like, talking like a children's tv presenter. the video could be really interesting and informative, but i always feel so patronised that i click right off. anyway, if there's a youtube channel you're dying to talk about, i'm all ears

[shmorp-mcdurgen]

I want an au to talk about here so bad so here's a post introducing my Combine Gordon au

Basically, the plot of the au goes as thus:

After the resistance uprising in City 17 began due to Gordon's return, Breen knew something had to be done with Gordon to prevent him from ruining everything he had worked for "for humanity". However, after killing Gordon didn't work, Breen realized that Gordon had a set of skills that the other combine soldiers did not. Thus, instead of continuing to send troops after him to kill him, he decided to reason with his "benefactors" to spare Gordon, and instead turn him into a combine soldier, giving the combine an upper hand against the resistance by removing their leader.

The advisors agreed, under one condition. They would keep gordon's skills and memories, but he will be altered in every other way, to the point where he can barely be considered Gordon Freeman anymore. Breen agrees.

Gordon is later captured in a combine ambush on his crew, and taken to the citadel to go through, as Breen calls it, "rehabilitation", where he's put through multiple surgeries to change both his genetic code, and to add multiple cybernetics, also effectively reprogramming him to be on the combines side.

With Gordon no longer a part of the resistance, its up to Alyx Vance to take the mantle of humanities savior. a task she was never prepared for.

[fromtheseventhhell]

"It's normal for siblings to fight" Okay well it's not normal to be extremely classist and look down on your sister for being non-conforming. Or to go to the woman who ordered the death of your pet to tell her about your father's plans, when he specifically warned you against doing so, because you want to marry the boy you saw attack your sister and her friend (contributing partially to said father's death and your sister being unable to escape on the ship he chartered). Or to think of your sibling as unsatisfactory in comparison to another when you believe her to be dead. I notice that none of the "Sansa and Arya are going to reunite and instantly have no issues" crowd ever acknowledge any of this, which makes it seem like they don't actually believe what they say about their relationship being normal and easily reconciled. People wanting them to have no issues simply because they're siblings is another example of how fandom likes to flatten complex characters and relationships. They get reduced to being bickering siblings when their conflict runs deeper than that. If the author is telling you that they have "deep issues" to work out [X], I don't understand being so adamant about ignoring said issues. I also get the sense it's about ignoring the capacity for a certain character to be flawed, but that isn't going to change the fact that her "slip of the tongue" is very likely to be revealed and a source of further conflict 🤷🏾‍♀️

[igneous-crocnroll]

DIZZEMBER DAY 9! OVERTURE!

Wherein I live out my dream of any new thing related to Overture. Prefferably, a Catan/Civ like boardgame... And we get some CRRRRISPY new Dr. Paradigm pngs- in fact, we don't need any other characters, just give me Dr. Paradigm. His gears. Maybe Izuna.

Here's the wordless picture which I made so cozy looking for no good reason? I think it's because Paradigm is in it. Hm. My subconscious at work.

Transcript of the images:

Dr. Paradigm: Very well, shall we review the rankings thus far?

Dr. Paradigm: Illyria is dead last, facing a crisis of succession with 3 sequential patricides.

Dr. Paradigm: And those two are taking it rather personally.

Ky: Sin... I understand.

Sin: Dad, no!! I never meant-

Ky: I trust that you only chose what was best-

Sin: It was just an accident!

Ky: Sin, it's okay.

Sin: DAAAAAAADD

Ky: mmgmfmrnmf Sin hang on smsmmfnmr

Dr. Paradigm: The Vizuel are second, having shown recklessness with their resources...

Ramlethal: I know this isn't the time but what's your candy production looking like.

Elphelt: Ram be more subtle about it

Dr. Paradigm: And as expected, with nearly complete control of the board, us Gears are first.

Dizzy: That said, Doctor Paradigm, don't these cards seem a little...

Cards: A bonebiter eats your resources. A bonebiter eats your geroppa forces. A bonebiter eats YOU.

Dr. Paradigm: There is no reason to worry, Queen. I was a consultant for this board game and these cards were one of my personal requests.

Dizzy: O-oh.

Dr. Paradigm: Educating Bonebiters is a most thankless, tantalean task...

[disastrousfeline]

ship nhp girls save me. save me ship nhp girls

(as usual, more doodles and edits under the cut)

she's like a #girlfail. to me

cropped and colored for discord emoji purposes! you can nab this if you want

cg edits are pretty fun

[somegrumpynerd]

Can't decide if I want to do one more week of regular cats or start the silly event this week...

[tsuyoiqueen]

hot take: i need spideypool and lokius to go on a double date.

[catkin-morgs-kookaburralover]

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[swinging-stars-from-satellites]

across the world (in sixteen hours or less)

you know how you know nothing's gonna be okay again?

you lose your page again and again

you can't find your shoes

you pick up the phone even though you know you should stop

the happiest thing you can find is in a sad movie

and nothing changes

it's not English homework poetry where everything has to rhyme

you've got room now and it doesn't change a thing

your whole world is still your bedroom and some rock CDs

just like it was when you were five and ten and sixteen

there's no relief in the weather

because your weather's all the way across the world

(your brother's all the way across the world)

the rain is all the way across the world

the mountains you grew up with are outside your reach

the fog is still on that beach full of rocks

you still feel trapped

and you're never gonna see them again

xoxo.

[good-boy-ren]

makes me nuts thinking about an f/o giving you a handjob / fingering you and, once you come, instead of grabbing a tissue or a towel, just...

[schnaf]

how to flex your muscles when your bandmate asks you for help without making it obvious

[byanyan]

so anyway, thanks for reading my little dissertations on byan's gender. sorry for not writing again today, i'm just. i'm fuckin goin through it rn man

[lesbianwyllravengard]

I always have thoughts about Simarkus and I could talk about them for forever, but there’s one thing I haven’t seen talked about yet that I thought was interesting and wanted to mention.

So throughout the entire game, Simon is so insistent that Markus is "the only one who can lead us", or that if Markus dies "the cause will die with you". And I find this interesting, because technically... Simon is wrong.

If Markus dies, then North, or Connor, or both, take up the helm. North leads Jericho, and Connor leads the deviants at Cyberlife tower if he becomes deviant. And the cause most definitely doesn’t die if Markus does, even if some of their efforts may fail. They continue to fight until they win, or die trying. And while North is doomed to fail her fight because d*vid c*ge is a misogynistic pos, if Connor successfully leads the deviants from Cyberlife tower, he can choose to shoot himself rather than give Amanda control, and the androids still win.

Simon just genuinely believes that Markus is the only one who could lead them. And he’s the only one the entire game who is so sure of that fact that he follows Markus no matter what and agrees with every decision Markus makes regardless of any opinions he may have on them. North and Josh get mad at Markus if he makes a decision that goes against their input, but Simon almost never gives input and just asks Markus what he wants to do. And whether or not it's because Simon just sees something in Markus that seemingly no other character sees, or if he's in love with Markus, or both, I think it’s so interesting that Simon’s feelings for Markus so deeply affect how he sees Markus as a leader, and how differently - how genuinely - Simon perceives Markus versus how North and Josh do.

North and Josh see Markus as who they want him to be. They see a leader figure that is simply a stand in for themselves, someone they'll follow but also someone they want to influence, telling him what decisions to make or what he should do or say. And Markus's decisions greatly impact their opinions of him.

But not Simon. He sees Markus for who he is, not what he wants Markus to be. He trusts Markus to save their people, not because he necessarily agrees with whatever Markus decides, but because he trusts that whatever decisions Markus makes are the right decisions. He feels so strongly that Markus is the only one who can lead them because he's making decisions that none of them could ever make. If Simon even does disagree with Markus (which we wouldn't know, because his opinion of Markus isn't swayed if Markus chooses aggression or pacifism), he still follows Markus. Because Markus making decisions that they disagree with is exactly why Markus is the only one who could lead them, to Simon; as in, none of them could lead because they'd all make their own decisions, but Markus would make decisions for everyone, regardless of others' input.

Even when Markus makes a decision that's in line with something Josh or North suggest, he always has his own reasoning for it: "I won't kill one of our own", "I want them to understand… but I do not want to start a war", "No crime against an android shall go unpunished", “ We shouldn’t become like them”, "We have to face them. There's no other choice." He doesn't just go "oh well [North/Josh] has a good point", he makes his own point. Simon sees this, and he sees how Markus is willing to listen to both of them, and he decides that Markus is the only one can make those decisions for the better of Jericho and their cause. “Wherever you need to go, we’ll follow you.”

Simon believes the cause will die with Markus, that Markus is the only one who could lead them, because he sees that Markus puts the well-being of their cause above his own opinions. Despite Simon having kept Jericho in hiding, as soon as Markus starts the fight for freedom, Simon follows him readily. Simon is more passionate about and more sure of the cause's success than most other deviants are, and he's willing to do whatever, to follow Markus through whatever, to ensure they win. He so easily trusts Markus. North doesn't think they can win without aggression, and Josh doesn't think they can win if they don't choose pacifism, but Simon believes that they will win so long as Markus is leading, no matter what Markus chooses to do. And that’s why he without hesitation will sacrifice himself for Markus, because he sees Markus’s life as synonymous with the cause’s life, and therefore the decision to die for Markus is easy.

If Markus dies, the cause doesn't actually die with him; but to Simon, it does.

[mvbit42]

mery crimbo :)