#and the ending

[valdelion]

Just read a fic in which Dean travels a metric ton of different realities to find his way back to his own Castiel, and now I have to reread my own fic drafts for comfort

That shit put me through a blender and I need to read these idiots being themselves in the realest way possible to me

[randompolykin]

folks, watching this as nonhuman huuuuurrtssssss. please watch it. please. its amazing. and relatable.

[cheldessin]

To be beautiful...

How have i been sleeping on this song for so long, now i'm just to obsessed with her........

[inhales-agressively]

I JUST FINISHED READING MASTER AND COMMANDER BY PATRICK O'BRIAN AND LORD DOES HE KNOW HOW TO WRITE A BOOK

[itsallhoney]

samia, north poles

[of-fandoms]

Currently crying and I don't think I'll stop anytime soon

[rock-and-compass]

"Fool for Love" is so freaking good. SMG and JM are incredible. The writing is great (Dru's dialogue alone is brilliant), and the photography is amazing. I've seen it so many times and it just blew me away again

[esteemed-excellency]

ok so this chapter was fast but very enjoyable to me! I was so ready for a grand finale but it'll have to wait until the next part drops 👀

[nostalgic-soda]

Screaming and crying /pos

[shishishi-sunny]

No one look at me, I’m currently crying over the newest One Piece chapter leaks

[time-awa-y]

Dragon age veilgaurd, although a beautiful game, honestly should of spent more time on the story then on the graphics.

Everyone likes the story of dragon age even when the graphics looked like they did in origins and the reason most people dislike veilgaurd is because it lacks story and choices.

Not to mention the ending is a bit underwhelming, like even the end monologue didn't have much going for it.

They made a beautiful game instead of a good story.

[memorydragon]

*PHYSICALLY VIBRATING* Hi, yes, just saw SARAH FUCKING BRIGHTMAN live in the most INCREDIBLE SHOW EVER. And no exaggeration. I couldn't breathe during the last scene, the whole thing was so good. Anyway, I'm going to go back to screaming and vibrating now.

[just-mebs]

I finally finished playing Outer Wilds and I'm like,, this game has completely crushed me

[amewinterswriting]

So, I've been playing the remaster of Baten Kaitos lately and for a JRPG of it's time (2003, originally) I'm actually quite amazed by how the narrative subtext frames disability. Major spoilers after the read more, and I will explain everything so you should understand even if you know nothing about the game.

In the world of Baten Kaitos, islands are kept aloft in the sky and the people live on them because of a disaster that poisoned the earth. Most of these people have wings on their back that they can make appear and disappear at will. They are referred to as 'Wings of the Heart' and their appearance is unique to each person, symbolizing their hopes and dreams and personalities. The people of the Empire do not have wings (? or perhaps choose not to use them, according to the prequel) but compensate with mechanical 'winglets'. It's also worth mentioning that the Empire is a major antagonistic force for about half the game, so even though there are friendly characters who come from the Empire, the association of no natural wings is predominantly 'evil'.

The protagonist only has one natural wing, and a prosthetic wing to compensate. It is shown that he has faced prejudice because of this - people treating him with suspicion and hatred because if his wings are deformed, it follows that his 'heart'/soul must be deformed as well.

In fact, this is a major motivation for him deceiving the rest of the party and the player themselves, aligning himself with the evil god we were trying to prevent from being resurrected the whole game. His 'payment' is a second, natural wing to match his existing one.

The plot then follows a secondary protagonist who eventually manages to confront him with a magical artifact that disrupts the evil god's power for long enough that he can choose a different path. And he does so, physically ripping off the wing he was 'gifted' and returning to the good guys and using his prosthetic (which the second protagonist had kept safe for him in the hope that he would one day rejoin them and he might need it).

While I have a lot of criticism for some elements of that plot (the one-winged protagonist should definitely have had more of a 'redemption' arc after deceiving the whole party and the player in a way that nearly destroys the entire world, but five minutes after he's rejoined the party it is almost as if it never happened), it is interesting that a game of this age does address the fantasy of 'what if I could just be magically fixed' and reject it. It actively frames the use of the prosthetic (something crafted for him with love and care from his family, later protected and cared for by the party in the hope that he'd come back to them) as something positive and better than a magical cure for him.

It's definitely not a perfect story (I would have loved to see some kind of connection between the party members - even at the end of the game, it does feel a lot like a group of strangers just happened to be going the same way and tagged along with each other), and I can't bring myself to decide whether the 'prosthetic' plotline is helped or hindered by the idea the the prosthetic is not a physical inconvenience in any way (never seems to need maintenance and works just as well as a natural wing, even adjusting as the protagonist grows) and only a social one (characters comment on it, some in negative ways and he admits he's faced that kind of prejudice his whole life). On the one hand, it's nice that he only actually faces any problems because of other people - it's a fantasy story, why shouldn't his inventor grandfather be able to make the perfect prosthetic for him? On the other hand, not having any physical ramifications (that the player is aware of) really does make his flip flop to the darkside and back for an hour seem a little cheap. Like, you've been bullied a bit, that sucks, it's still not worth screwing everyone else over, including all the people who have actively fought beside you to prevent the very thing you're doing?

But overall, the handling of his disability and the fact that the game doesn't just hand him a magical 'cure' as his happy ending? That feels pretty good to me.

[yokai-girlie]

just finished reading stormbringer. life changed.