#and d) u are not immune to criticism

[hoodedboy79]

SFW Alphabet: Farah Karim

-(GN Reader)-

A = Affection (How affectionate are they? How do they show affection?)

- Farah's not overly affectionate, especially when there's people around, but she does give it through small gestures.

- Running her hand across your back when she passes by, patting you on the shoulder just a little bit longer than she does to the others, 'jokingly' patting your head when you do something for her etc.

B = Best friend (What would they be like as a best friend? How would the friendship start?)

- The type of friend that has your back but also is the one to give you a hard reality check when needed.

- To be friends with her you'd have to at least be part of the military, I feel like Farah would keep civilians at arms distance for their own sake.

- Maybe you're apart of the 141 or you were hired to work alongside them and that's how you met Farah and Alex.

C = Cuddles (Do they like to cuddle? How would they cuddle?)

- Due to time constraints, cuddling is something that's sporadic.

- But when you do get the time to, it will most likely be in the morning, after you two finally manage to get a full night's sleep and wake up entangled with each other.

- Farah's definitely the big spoon 9/10 times. (I will take no criticism on that 😌)

D = Domestic (Do they want to settle down? How are they at cooking and cleaning?)

- When her country's occupation ends, then perhaps.

- But even the idea of settling down is something Farah can't afford to think about right now.

- In terms of chores, I think Farah can cook and she'd be alright with doing it that day if you prefer to clean but cleaning is definitely her preferred chore, keeps her more occupied.

E = Ending (If they had to break up with their partner, how would they do it?)

- Farah is probably as straight forward as it gets.

- Obviously she's not happy about any of this and even if the relationship ends on bad terms she doesn't purposefully want to upset you but she's just going to come straight out with it.

- She seems quite cold during it but that's just how Farah's learned to handle situations, emotional detachment.

F = Fiance(e) (How do they feel about commitment? How quick would they want to get married?)

- Farah's pretty neutral on it.

- She wouldn't mind marrying you one day, if that's what you want, but she isn't in a rush too.

G = Gentle (How gentle are they, both physically and emotionally?)

- Suprisingly, Farah's touch can actually be very gentle even with all the calluses her hands have.

- Emotionally Farah isn't going to be aggressive nor overly soft towards you, she's mature enough to step away from a conversation if she's sees it's going nowhere and if need be is willing to readdress things once you've both calmed down.

H = Hugs (Do they like hugs? How often do they do it? What are their hugs like?)

- Please give her a hug (In private).

- Farah is so touch starved it's concerning but keep it to a minimum since it might become to much for her if you constantly want to touch her.

I = I love you (How fast do they say the L-word?)

- I can see Farah saying that she cares about you to begin with instead of love but either after a significant amount of time has passed and trust has been established or a particularly dangerous situation arises that almost kills one of you I can see Farah saying it when everything calms down.

J = Jealousy (How jealous do they get? What do they do when they're jealous?)

- Farah's eerily calm, on the outside.

- Girl has a temper and isn't immune to jealousy but she also trusts you to make it clear that you're taken/set boundaries and won't intervene unless necessary.

K = Kisses (What are their kisses like? Where do they like to kiss you? Where do they like to be kissed?)

- Give Farah forehead kisses now.

- Farah's kisses are quick and swift, she probably just sticks to your lips or your cheek if you two are in a semi-public place.

L = Little ones (How are they around children?)

- Most of the time when Farah ends up around children it's not for a good reason, all she thinks about is making sure they're safe and just feels pity if anything, especially since she knows how they feel.

M = Morning (How are mornings spent with them?)

- Farah wakes up first, no debate about that.

- Since you're most likely a soldier too, if you need help waking up in the mornings then Farah is happy to help (she's probably going to tip you out of the bed 😶) but if you do wake up around the same time as her then she'd have some breakfast set up for you to share with her.

N = Night (How are nights spent with them?)

- Farah's sleep schedule is all over the place so some nights she'll come to bed and other nights she won't.

- Farah's a rough sleeper so unless you also have the same problems then this is going to be an awkward arrangement of Farah trying to not disturb you.

O = Open (When would they start revealing things about themselves? Do they say everything all at once or wait a while to reveal things slowly?)

- Definitely reveals things slowly and in small parts.

- Farah would let a few things slip while you two are just friends, things you could deem as pretty insignificant but are important enough for Farah to remember.

- Anything more serious though, like her family or life before Urzikstan's occupation, would be solely for your ears when you two are officially dating and she has a lot more trust in you.

P = Patience (How easily angered are they?)

- Farah is both calm and easily angered at the same time, it's actually scary.

- Having to bite her tongue sometimes has helped with her patience over the years but Farah's still quick to bite if pushed far enough.

Q = Quizzes (How much would they remember about you? Do they remember every little detail you mention in passing, or do they kind of forget everything?)

- She's probably going to remember a lot of what you tell her, maybe not everything since she's still human and is bound to forget the smaller things.

- Farah being an older sibling I know she remembers some random embarrassing thing you let slip one time, probably thinking she forgot about it when really she's just waiting to tease you about it when the times right.

R = Remember (What is their favorite moment in your relationship?)

- When you comforted her after Hadir's death but didn't coddle her.

S = Security (How protective are they? How would they protect you? How would they like to be protected?)

- Like previously mentioned Farah trusts you to make your own decisions, if you can handle it she'll leave it alone but if you ask for her help she's there.

- In terms of you protecting her, just keep an eye out for her on the field, while still keeping your own safety in mind obviously.

T = Try (How much effort would they put into dates, anniversaries, gifts, everyday tasks?)

- Since she's probably going to end up missing a few important celebrations due to circumstances, Farah will try to go as all out as she can to make up for what's she missed.

- She'd keep your input in mind though, if you prefer a more private affair then she'd set up a comfortable evening for just you two, if you're more sociable then she's sure the other fighters would be glad to have something to celebrate.

U = Ugly (What would be some bad habits of theirs?)

- Overworking herself.

- Farah's someone who wants to keep going not matter what, even if she's injured or there isn't much she can do at that time.

V = Vanity (How concerned are they with their looks?)

- Not very concerned at all.

- Of course she makes sure she looks presentable but she's a soldier so whether she looks put together by the end of the day is another story.

W = Whole (Would they feel incomplete without you?)

- Not incomplete, if you were killed then she'd probably hold your memory close alongside her family's, it'd be like a chasm in her chest, hurtful and crippling sometimes when she thinks about it for too long but it's not something she'll let debilitate her.

X = Xtra (A random headcanon for them.)

- Probably assigns you and Alex to do some random task together when she wants some peace and quiet.

Y = Yuck (What are some things they wouldn't like, either in general or in a partner?)

- Someone who constantly thinks they know better, Farah's willing to take advice from some people but if you're going to undermine her or don't respect her input then she's not going to be too fond of you.

Z = Zzz (Sleep habits of theirs?)

- Farah being someone who definitely has PTSD she probably struggles to fall asleep and when she finally does she's pretty restless.

- I don't see her being someone that uses sleeping pills but she might try natural ways like counting sheep, exercising etc.

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I'm ashamed of the Cod fandom for not writing more content for her 😔👊

Also college seems to be the best place for me to write since I'm too bored to do anything else.

[onelungmcclung]

MotA pt eight:

combat pilots are the glamour boys of piloting tbh (I like/am critical of this show's sprawling ambition but I'd take a BoB style miniseries just following the 332nd / 477th)

feeling a little bit back to square one in that suddenly there's a whole new bunch of guys in uniforms and masks and I'm supposed to be able to tell them apart and it took me about 4 episodes to keep track of the 100th (about 7 to keep track of easy company, but I was new to the genre back then)

(my co-watchers and I have a whatsapp group called "i moustache you a question" which is purely for helping one another tell MotA characters apart)

I don't want to be mean but I do not give a skerrick of a fuck about bucky's emotional problems, especially when that problem is boredom

"well I could cope with being DEAD" is mildly endearing

just think how much of this narration you could cut out and everything would be fine, better even

it's good to see a little bit more of capt westgate's working relationships

croz that is what happens when you disobey kidd's direct order, your brain deactivates

did u know christopher lakewood (col jeffrey) is also an accent coach

I thought maybe buck and bucky's fight might be some piece of misdirection theatre in aid of an escape plan but no, bucky is just that annoying. punch him again.

luv the tuskegee airmen already because nobody's narrating over their scenes. see how well this works

"I helped plan d-day and then slept through it" is a great story for the grandkids. I'm being flippant but also: it kind of is

croz/rosie/kidd ot3. I'm right. think it over. thank me later. (platonically, but ydy. maybe I'll decide I'm flexible)

if I were more heterosexual I would fall for macon reeling off a list of precise statistics that he worked out earlier when he had a free five minutes

"we perhaps might not blend into nazi germany?" is seditious talk apparently

I'm always a bit lost when the 100th point to one another through their plane windows and say things like "look! there's blakely!" because I simply cannot make out any distinguishing features. the tuskegee planes are great though, much more distinctive

Second Smug Nazi is a slightly more charismatic actor imo

the writers have got themselves into that "this time period was racist but Our Heroes cannot be racist" dilemma so, as per the classic dodge, some relatively minor character gets to be the Only Racist. sorry hambone. you are very blond, after all. (sometimes it's "this time period was homophobic" or "this time period was misogynistic" but the solution remains the same)

I quite like alex and buck's interactions, despite not having been terribly invested in buck so far. good chemistry? just the novelty of a new character relationship? anyway it helps when butler and turner get scenes with other people for a change. one of the best tools for character development is giving them multiple relationships; the different commonalities/tensions/chemistry are v revealing

I am not immune to a Secret Plot Montage

tell me more about macon and demarco, is this a budding friendship (don't want to overegg a "standing next to each other" moment but I'm starved for supporting character development and I'm finally giving up on that significantly changing)

I think westgate is probably right to call things off with crosby sooner rather than later (I always support hbo war ladies when they dump guys #feminism)

yeah I do quite like rosie, he's a good person/leader/pilot. very obviously not (as winters described guarnere and speirs) a natural killer, but that's not his job and he is a natural pilot and therefore cannot bring himself to leave the other guys before the war is over

I think I have done a relatively good job of keeping track of the influx of new characters. don't remember everyone's names yet (alex! macon! daniels!) but I'm doing better on faces

hope demarco and meatball get to reunite next ep

[starsincline]

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Additionally, we have been deprived of education and the opportunity to build a future. I was studying to become a doctor to help people, but fate did not allow this as my university, where I dreamed of studying, was destroyed. I have been overwhelmed with thoughts during this war—how will I build my future? How will I complete my studies? We also suffer from fear and terror due to bombings, fire belts, and explosives. Hospitals, which are the lifeline for every sick and needy person, have also been destroyed. We face a shortage of medicines and vaccines while diseases increase and ravage us, with no solution in sight as there are no hospitals or medical supplies available here in Gaza. We live in constant fear for my younger siblings because they haven't received their general vaccinations, particularly after the widespread outbreak of polio due to the lack of cleaning supplies and the massive accumulation of waste in the streets. The streets are also flooded with sewage, posing a grave threat to our children. My brother suffered from jaundice, battling it for about two weeks with fatigue, dizziness, and other symptoms. It's a deadly disease, and as mentioned before, there’s no treatment available due to the destruction of hospitals and health centers.

[rainbowywitch]

🚨Time is running out🚨

Hurry up and save us

We were living a beautiful, ambitious and peaceful life, until a monster attacked us, which is the genocidal war that is destroying us.

I am Anas from the besieged northern Gaza Strip, which suffers from hunger, thirst and deprivation of food and nourishment due to the siege.

We are suffering from a severe shortage of basic foodstuffs, which has led to a severe deficiency in immunity.

We in Gaza are exposed to genocide every day, every hour, every minute, every second. We need your help.

I lost my seat in school, which I hoped to build my future from and my dream of becoming a doctor.

We lost our livelihood and daily sustenance after the war destroyed our agricultural land, which was our source of livelihood

Donation Link

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My name is Anas Al-Sharfa. Since October 7, 2023, we have been suffering from a brutal war that has destroyed our dreams and hopes, exceeding the limits of human comprehension. During this savage war, we have endured hardships that mountains could not bear. We are facing severe water shortages and a critical lack of food and nutrition due to the blockade in northern Gaza for the past 10 months, preventing essential supplies like meat, vegetables, and fruits from entering. This situation has forced us to eat animal feed, leading to weight loss, various diseases, and a significant weakening of our immune systems. We also suffer from severe water shortages, often walking nearly 1 kilometer to obtain a single gallon of water, which is approximately 16 liters, barely enough for five family members. As a result of the war, our home and agricultural land, which used to provide our daily sustenance, were destroyed and completely bulldozed, leading to major disruptions in our lives. We have also suffered from repeated displacement, moving from one place to another and from one area to another due to the horrific and brutal bombings. Additionally, we have been deprived of education and the opportunity to build a future. I was studying to become a doctor to help people, but fate did not allow this as my university, where I dreamed of studying, was destroyed. I have been overwhelmed with thoughts during this war—how will I build my future? How will I complete my studies? We also suffer from fear and terror due to bombings, fire belts, and explosives. Hospitals, which are the lifeline for every sick and needy person, have also been destroyed. We face a shortage of medicines and vaccines while diseases increase and ravage us, with no solution in sight as there are no hospitals or medical supplies available here in Gaza. We live in constant fear for my younger siblings because they haven't received their general vaccinations, particularly after the widespread outbreak of polio due to the lack of cleaning supplies and the massive accumulation of waste in the streets. The streets are also flooded with sewage, posing a grave threat to our children. My brother suffered from jaundice, battling it for about two weeks with fatigue, dizziness, and other symptoms. It's a deadly disease, and as mentioned before, there’s no treatment available due to the destruction of hospitals and health centers. We are also suffering from the absence of cooking gas, forcing us to use wood and plastic to start fires, which could lead to poisoning. We've been without electricity since October 7, spending days in darkness, causing immense fear in my younger siblings. This has also made it extremely difficult to charge our phones and batteries for lighting at night. We had to travel kilometers from our home to find places with electricity, incurring high costs to charge our phones and batteries. Moreover, we have had no stable income since the beginning of the war after our agricultural land was destroyed. I kindly request assistance for my family so that we can live a better life.

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[idk-my-aesthetic]

Ok the whole thing w/ clogging up ao3 tags is stupid for multiple reasons, like how it fucks with screen readers for one, but the MAJOR issue is that having too many tags isn’t actually a problem w/ ao3

Like seriously guys? There is a lot to criticize. And I say this as someone who heavily relied on fandom spaces to get me through some really really hard times and still loves ao3. I can say I love what it does for fandom while also acknowledging there’s some seriously fucked up shit going on both behind the scenes and with ppl who use the site. It’s literally like saying “I love tumblr but I acknowledge there are literal nazis on here and as a Jew/human with a working brain I hate them and that they’ve been here so long”

Like. I get u think ur sticking it to the man or whatever. And idk I partially agree bc. There’s so much nasty shit and some technically illegal shit that I don’t want to even mention! But ur not even wasting the moderators time or anything ur just being obnoxious and then everyone starts discoursing on tumblr and I’m legitimately tired of it. I don’t wanna see ppl defending gross stuff and I’m tired of talking about the ppl who do defend gross stuff bc I don’t wanna remember that they exist bc I have shit to do irl and not enough space in my brain for them

So. Idk ima propose at least a temporary solution before I have to hear one more argument for or against censorship bc y’all seriously don’t understand how to have a nuanced conversation

How about instead of asking AO3 to take down gross fics (which may or may not be morally correct but will 100% reopen a very over done conversation) instead we ask for some specific plausible things

1) when you use ao3 explicit and unrated fics are automatically filtered out. They do this on ff.net. Yes it may be like 2 extra clicks for ppl who wanna read explicit stuff but ppl who don’t are going to do that anyway, and it protects the people who don’t know to do that and don’t want to read graphic tags. Most importantly it requires consent to browse explicit fics. Yeah you need to give consent to read explicit stuff, but you can look through the incredibly graphic tags/summaries without consenting to anything. It’s literally the default. Which is both upsetting to ppl who don’t wanna see that and also maybe a bit of a legal loophole they should close up

2) a “suggest tags” feature. This would be moderated by authors not ao3 staff. Basically ppl can like..... idk entire a series of tags and you can choose if you want to add them or not. The person submitting them has an option to be anonymous or not. Obviously the author doesn’t have to add every random tag and it might be annoying but it would help with making sure triggers got tagged. It would be helpful if it didn’t let you suggest tags that were already suggested/on the fic but I’m not too picky. Like I said the point of this is to make sure ppl can block stuff properly, and it honestly might also help authors with visibility bc like. Obviously you know the tags you use but you don’t know what tags other ppl look for. Again maybe it may be obnoxious with ppl having a lot of tags but people already have a lot of tags

3) a dispute rating button. Now before someone bitches at me that the ao3 moderators don’t have time to go through disputes- I know I already took that into consideration. Basically the idea is when you dispute the rating the site will ask you what rating you think it should be and anonymously log it. So if someone rated something M but you think it should be an E the site will log that and send a message to the author. The author has a choice if they actually want to listen to ppl and change the rating or not. They don’t actually have to listen to the ppl disputing the rating. Unless they get a certain amount of disputes. I was thinking maybe like 50 or so?* So if 50 ppl say “hey this really needs to have a different rating” then and only then would the moderators take a look at the fic. And the moderators would then figure out what the rating should be.

(*idk if 50 is the right #. I was thinking it should maybe work on like a percentage of your hits in the fic?)

3.5) have a sexual content marker. This is marked as 3.5 bc i feel like this idea if implemented would be misused. But yeah in theory you could just have a sexual content marker that could be clicked by the OP and then automatically filtered. Again you could use the system from #3 but again I feel like ppl would missuse it.

Anyway yeah. I wanted to give some viable solutions ppl on both sides might actually agree with. Like I get not wanting to make concessions with gross ppl, but it’s a lot faster so I’m ok with doing it for now while the rest of y’all continue to debate or w/e

Final note- please for the love of g-d learn how ratings work. Ask someone else’s opinion if you have too. I have seen so many explicit fics marked as mature or teen it’s a legitimate problem. I’ll give a quick rundown of what each rating means but pls guys

General- g- basically go by what you’d see in a Disney cartoon

Teen- pg/pg 13 - there are swears there’s violence, sex may be mentioned, you might call someone sexy or smthn idc, but no one is shown having sex or or discussing/thinking about it in detail

Mature- R - injuries/gore may be described with more detail. Uhh there could be some heavy making out and the characters might talk about sex or feeling sexually attracted to someone. But actual sex is not shown!! If you have to mention or refer to someone’s genetalia in any sexual way you should probably move it up to an E. Even if ur characters are fully clothed the entire time. Also If you’re talking about kinks outside of a quick joke or reference you should probably move it up to an E.

Explicit- NC 17- sexually explicit content. (You can put non-sexual violent stuff under here but most ppl leave it under mature)

TLDR/oversimplification(for the ratings) -

General: nothing sexual

Teen: implied sex

Mature: refrenced sex

Explicit: shown sex

General tldr:

Some criticisms of Ao3 are valid and needed, and some are just stupid and infuriating (specifically talking about the tag thing stop it’s annoying and ableist). There is constant arguments and drama surrounding those criticisms, and I decided to offer some solutions that actually have a chance at getting implemented, even if I would prefer a different option.

[dianaraven]

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[urlocalpari]

that bloody cold.

— you hate being sick, especially when you need to be reliant on someone, but maybe getting all that attention from jason isn’t so bad…

note: reader uses she/they pronouns [used alternatingly] warning: mentions of sickness, throwing up [?], cursing, a very bad attempt a fluff [i am so sorry, i cannot write fluff,,,] u n e d i t e d [i'm so sorry-]

jason todd x reader

request: I was wondering if you could do a jason x reader one where reader is nonbinary or female (she/they or they/them pronouns, whichever you feel more comfortable writing) anyways, reader gets sick and Jason has to cancel his meeting with some other crime lord because he wants to take care of his sick partner.

a/n: so i decided to go with she/they pronouns, mainly because i haven't read any fics with the reader using she/they pronouns and i am currently using she/they pronouns so i wanted to write something using those,,,

moved to @the-ink-of-roses

"stupid body, stupid health, stupid shitty immune system," you muttered, "stupid sun, stupid day."

you'd been in bed for the past three days due to this completely and utterly stupid cold, and just when things seemed to get better, your shitty immune system decided to make sure you wouldn't digest any of the amazing food alfred had sent for you.

bless alfred, the man didn't get appreciated enough for the shit he put up with.

this time, your super busy significant other had called alfred, asking him to help and try to send some for soup or something that'd be easy for you to gulp down. alfred, being the caring old grandfather figure he is, sent some.

but of course, not before heavily criticizing jason.

"master jason, i have raised you better than this. it simply doesn't matter if you have work, you can spare a few extra minutes for your lovely significant other, and do the least you can, by making them some soup. nothing is quite as important and her health and i am sure you are aware of that, making a soup is a small gesture that can speak volumes but hardly takes more than fifteen minutes of your oh so precious time. relationships take effort, master jason, you need to put in work and take care of them as much as she's been taking care of you..."

it turned into an hour long lecture.

you loved alfred so much, you just couldn't express it, so you promised him you would drag jason to bruce's fall gala.

a fair trade.

now, don't get me wrong, it wasn't as though jason didn't want to stay home and take care of you, but right now the situation he was dealing with was incredibly delicate and he couldn't afford to mess it up.

besides, you'd insisted that it wasn't that bad, and you were perfectly capable of taking care of yourself.

jason also should have known you hated relying on someone and occasionally that pride and the fear of being a burden held you back from expressing the real intensity of the situation.

which got him here, stumbling through the window of your apartment.

he had like, five minutes before he would need to leave again and even though he could have stayed there, he wanted to check up on you once; you hadn't been returning his calls or contacted him the whole day.

so yes, he was paranoid and worried.

he knew you could fight, like kick ass fight, but that didn't mean you were unbeatable.

he expected you to either be asleep with something playing on the television or eating soup, but when he didn't find you in any of the bedrooms or the living rooms, he panicked.

his worst fears were slowly coming true, you were no where to be found, you could have been kidnapped, fuck, you could be unconscious right now and all because he had some stupid business to take care off, all because he wasn't home, all-

you were in the bathroom.

he found you throwing up in the bathroom.

jason was by your side in a blink, holding your hair back as you threw up the soup alfred had made you.

"oh hey jay," you said, your voice was incredibly hoarse like you'd been here for hours at the end, your face was pale, drained of any color and your eyes were red like you'd cried minutes ago.

guilt hit him like a truck; what the fuck was he doing out there when you were in such a bad state back home? he shouldn't have ever taken your word for it, he knew how you were.

"why didn't you tell me," he asked after helping you get up.

you managed a weak snort before breaking into a fit of coughing, "i'm fine, just couldn't digest anything. plus, you've got business to deal with."

"babe, that doesn't matter as much as you do," he helped you up, supporting your weight as you washed your face with a sigh.

"jay-"

"no," he cut you off, "you are going to bed, either you sleep or we finish watching that series you wanted to. either way, i'm staying."

his tone left you no space to argue and frankly you didn't have the energy to argue so you just gave him a weak nod instead.

he frowned softly, incredibly mad at himself for leaving you alone; it didn't matter if you weren't really sick, you were unwell enough to make him stay and he should have.

he sighed, there was no use in regretting what he hadn't done, you were still sick.

he gently picked you up and set you down on your bed, "i'll be right back, doll, okay?"

you nodded slightly before pulling the covers and tangling yourself into them, he smiled slightly before walking out of the room.

"hey," he called roy, "do me a favour and handle the meeting today? y/n is sick, i'm staying home with her for a whille."

roy groaned but agreed nonetheless, but 'i'm only doing this for y/n, they need rest, she shouldn't be home alone any way.'

jason smiled before walking into your room, where he found you staring at the ceiling.

he carefully climbed next to you onto the bed and peacefully watched the ceiling with you.

it was intresting.

anything was intresting if you were by his side.

"jay," your small voice shook him out of his thoughts, "read to me? please?"

he smiled, scooting closer to you.

he picked up the book and began reading, soon finding you fast asleep on his chest.

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Could u elaborate about the dsmp story being bad? Not a rabid/brain dead fan, just genuinely curious and I enjoy reading people's rants lolol

oh you dont know the floodgates you just opened

a few things:

1. despite not liking the creators of the dsmp anymore, I don't actually hate most of them. [the ones that are particularly unsavory fall outside of this of course] so all that I'm saying i truly mean in a critical sense towards the story, its also just all purely my opinion as someone who enjoys fictional and fantasy stories and who like criticizing works to see what it does well and what it doesn't do well

2. for clarification I'm going to use the c![name] to indicate when I'm talking about the characters. Don't get me wrong, I think its annoying too but its the only way I'm gonna be able to write this thing without getting something across the wrong way yknow?

3. I stopped watching the streams after November 16th, [save for one Techno one but I closed out after a particularly bad story beat lol] and so all information coming afterward is all second hand from either me seeing people on twt talk abt it or people dming me. All i really know is up to dream's imprisonment and some stuff past that.

4. This is mostly aimed towards the "main" story, so stuff abt the badlands, eggpire, and whatnot are briefly mentioned.

anyways uh, i'll try to be brief but also include enough information to get why i feel the way i do on some stuff across

A. Performances Alright obviously these people are all streamers, so obviously they might not be the best actors, and hell no one is even asking that of them. However, when you're telling a story that's based on the audio with the visuals kinda coming to a second, it's gotta be pretty strong. I will say, some of the best actors in my opinion are Wilbur, Tommy, and Tubbo. I would include Ranboo but I never watched any of his story bits or story streams so I can't say much. Wilbur and Tommy are excellent in selling their character's emotions and feelings, when I watch the stream I don't feel like I'm watching an rp but an actual thought-out story yknow? And one of my favorite Tubbo examples was in the Hog Hunt video whenever Techno attacked him, he sounded genuinely afraid and I believed everything his character was feeling.

However, unfortunately, not everyone is gonna be that good. And I'm gonna say it; Dream and Techno have to be the worst out of the entire cast. I understand Techno's whole character is this monotoned badass, however, when really emotional moments hit I feel like he never lets that fall, and a lot of intense moments just ring hollow. And I'm sorry but Dream's attempts at being intimidating leave me laughing whenever I watch them. It feels like he watched that one scene from The Marriage with Adam Driver and Scarlett Johannson and said "Oh this is what good acting looks like! Just yelling." His whole "I don't give a FUCK about Spirit!" speech isn't as great as people keep making it out to be. And whenever he tries to act coy when being a villain it feels like a guy reading the script for the first time, a bit like he's trying too hard. I have more problems with his character but his portrayal certainly doesn't help.

Everyone else is fine, and I don't feel strongly either way about a lot of them.

B. The "Lore" Okay first off, I can't be the only one who thinks it's silly that people are calling the dsmp's story "lore" when it's not, it's the fucking story. Lore indicates backstory to either the world or the characters, which a lot of the streams don't really pertain to. This is a really petty section but god it's a weird pet peeve of mine.

Other than the misusage of "lore" vs "story", the actual lore and world-building of the world are so lackluster that new elements can be introduced whenever and it often feels cluttered or not well thought out at all. And here's the thing, I feel like if the writers sat down just for a few minutes to establish world rules and general history, a lot of this could be solved! but so much is made up on the spot that it starts to feel like they're grabbing at straws to keep people invested, trying to reach that next high and intense story beat without actually earning it.

C. The Egg / Eggpire This is a pretty minor note since I was only invested in the Egg storyline for a little bit, but god it's so underused that it's almost embarrassing. Bad has provided this super interesting antagonistic force that's infecting the SMP, can control people, and who one of our main character is immune to, and it's just never used or even talked about again? Now I understand if he wanted to keep it to a side storyline only, however, to introduce this borderline eldritch creature and force within the world and then never have it dealt with is so weird.

D. The Writing Oh boy this is. kinda a big one. Now I'm not gonna lie, it's pretty obvious I have a bias for the Wilbur writing over the current team [that consisting of Dream, Quackity, and Tommy mostly]. I don't this his writing is perfect by any means, the characters constantly bringing up traitors got obnoxious after a while, and writing Hamilton but in Minecraft really isn't the modern Shakespeare or anything. However, I think his exploration of characters and plot progression was a lot more thought out and well planned, like he actually had two brain cells behind the story yknow? The current team I think fails to be as emotional or even impactful, things happened too fast and my god was everything drowned in angst for so long.

Don't get me wrong, you gotta have your characters face hardships to make them reach their goal believable, but some of the shit they put the characters through just felt like too much. From c!Tubbo's constant comparison to c!Schlatt [who btw, fucking ordered his death and kept him from his friends in a nation he felt trapped in] and on a side note, i kinda really fucking dislike the "c!Schlatt dad!!" au's or the au's where c!Tubbo inherits some of Schlatt's features, it would be like c!Tommy getting a c!Dream mask after his exile, it's feels so weird yet people eat that shit up for some reason.

But god, did c!Tommy get the brunt of it all and in retrospect after his final death, it kinda feels really fucking gross. Now obviously, I'm not trusting any of these people to write decent mental health representation, but c!Tommy's PTSD and how it was explored was just degrading. [Specifically the scene in that one Techno stream where he saw the final control room from the first war, and had a flashback / panic attack where he started calling out for c!Dream. I understand this is an actual thing people with PTSD will experience, but it felt so fucking stereotypical it got on my nerves. I actually had to close out of the stream because it made me feel sick, fiction shouldn't leave you feeling that way.] And don't get me started on how they basically reused the formula from the previous arc. [Problem introduced -> Tensions rise as things start to fall apart -> Big confrontation -> Exile -> Return from Exile -> Blowing up L'Manberg, again.]

And speaking of characters-

E. Character Arcs, or the lack of them In my genuine opinion, some of these characters' arcs are so disappointing. Especially c!Tommy's. I'm not one to believe that he was a "selfish" character or anything, however, his goals were simply set on his discs and maybe c!Tubbo, he didn't have much outside that. However, L'Manberg gave him something to care about, he gave up his discs for it and he fought for it tooth and nail, I think it taught him to open up to others and trust more. It was a great character arc for him to have, seeing him still fight even after his first exile alongside c!Wilbur, to return safely to the nation that he and his found family had built.

But then his second exile happened, and I feel like all of that was undone.

c!Tommy's exile genuinely pisses me off for so many reasons. It's not that characters can't have their low points after reaching a major change or feeling like they've "completed" their arcs or anything, but it's more of the fact that it seems like he's never going to heal that feels like a spit in the face, especially to people who might have had setbacks like that before. Progress isn't linear, sometimes things happen and you get knocked back down, it can take a while to get back up, but I don't think c!Tommy's character is ever going to be allowed to get back up. From c!Dream, who pretty much was a constant abuser in his life, killing him then reviving him, and his still fractured relationship with c!Tubbo, which by the way I have a had time believing they would still be friends after all that happened, it feels like he can never get a win and it's generally kinda a shit way to treat your characters who have been abused. Of course, not all abused characters are going to get happy endings, I'm not trying to dictate that they all should, but c!Tommy deserves one and the fact that it's so obscure feels shitty.

Side note: we still don't have a canon reason to give a shit abt the discs. Like I'm sorry but without some sorta connection to the MacGuffin why should we give a shit about him getting them other than "he wants them lol". Like hell, I would even accept the classic "they were the last gifts from his parents" or something, but we still don't have a reason.

c!Tubbo also lacks a fulfilling arc as well, from someone who started out as a yes man, he has progressed a bit into having his own interests first, but besides that sometimes his character makes me so. depressed. He's easily one of the most pushed around and hated characters within the story, all for being a kid who didn't know what to do and he's in the same vein as c!Tommy; these kids can't get a break. Also, his anti-violence beliefs morphing into the "lets kill c!Techno lol!" bit was so out of place and without proper build-up it was like. what. And now he's building nukes?? god c!Tubbo makes me so sad because he's kicked around constantly and never given a chance to grow.

Another small note, I also don't really enjoy c!Techno at all. Besides the previously stated reasons of lack of emotions when they're really needed, I find his character to be weirdly pretentious. He talks as if he's constantly been betrayed and hurt but I personally, don't see it? Like, I think one of the main examples was the Pogtopia vs. Manberg war, yknow he wanted to end the government but they just reinstated it after they won = c!Techno upset. But this doesn't make sense to me because why did he think otherwise? The entire time c!Tommy had talked about taking back their nation and starting again, so the fact that c!Techno suddenly thought there would be a sudden change is, to put it bluntly, kinda fucking stupid. I don't want to say that he "plays the victim" or anything because that feels a bit harsh, but his character feels so far up his own ass that I can't enjoy him.

I have a major grip with c!Dream as well, but that's getting it's own fucking section.

F. L'Manberg This is a quick note before we get into the, forgive me for this, endgame, of this entire rant, since the next two sections are tied together. But god, L'Manberg makes me upset because it feels like they gave up on it.

Don't get me wrong, I understand that it is supposed to be c!Wilbur's "unfinished symphony", the thing that destroyed a once charismatic and widely loved man, his attempt at power that utterly ruined him. But the fact that it just got blown up in the end after everything and left to rot felt like such a waste of time. From the first war, to Pogtopia, to even c!Tommy's exile, it all felt fucking worthless in the end, and the story is actively closer to how it was when it started now more than ever. I wished it was actually allowed to exist and continue to be a peaceful place in what is a chaotic world, but no it was just snuffed out because why dedicate to this concept of finding others you can band together with and feel safe. fuck that noise apparently?

G. The Villains Now villain-wise, I'm only talking about c!Dream [during the first war], c!Schlatt, and c!Wilbur. And believe it or not, this is actually mostly positive.

Now I'm not gonna lie, c!Dream as a staring antagonist wasn't bad actually, he posed a genuine and threatening opposition to L'Manberg, even if we didn't know his real intentions or motivations as to why he was against it. He's lucky in this sense because he didn't have to be good, he had to be passable. If anything, he felt more like an anti-hero than a tyrant or traditional villain, and my god do I wish he kept this theme going forward.

Now quick disclaimer, I don't like JSchlatt as much as the next guy, he's an adult man who should know better than to joke about some sensitive topics and act the way that he does. But the one thing I'll ever give him is that damn, was he a good actor for his character.

Now here's the thing, c!Schlatt wasn't particularly deep at all. He had no real motivations behind his exile of c!Wilbur and c!Tommy other than getting competition out of the way, had no reason to act the way that he did and yknow? that's fine. The reason why he worked was from his performance alone, he was actually intimidating. When he came onto the stream and was doing his typical bad guy stuff, it was actually intense to see what he would do. Whenever he would almost catch c!Tommy back in Manberg, whenever he would begin to pressure c!Tubbo, it put you on the edge of your seat and it felt like everything would change at the drop of a pen. He's a villain to be a villain, and this works out because he's just charismatic and well put together enough to make it interesting, even without the backstory or motives.

c!Wilbur however, is much more tragic, and the best villain of the story. He essentially was the "mentor turned evil" trope and it felt terrible watching him descend into madness, unable to trust barely anyone except for c!Techno and c!Tommy. Hell, in the end I think he still cared about them both, despite losing everything. Sure, he blew up L'Manberg, but there was still a smidge of the old c!Wilbur in there made everything he did feel melancholic. His death at the hands of his father after achieving his final wish was chilling, and something I still think about.

Until yknow, Ghostbur came back way too soon to let people feel his loss as a character within that world. And then he got revived, pretty much-undoing everything that moment meant for his character lol.

And then there's the worst one:

H. Dream. I'm going to be completely honest, c!Dream is one of the main reasons why I dislike the current dsmp stuff so much. Outside of his actions as a person, the way Dream decided to write his character as this overpowered madman of the dsmp really just. destroyed any intrigue that he could've had. Perhaps this is from my growing dislike towards him, manifesting into a bias towards his character, but god I cannot fathom why people try to insist he's interesting when he has as much depth as a fucking puddle.

And here's the thing, I'm not even entirely against c!Dream being a villain, hell I think he would've been great as an anti-hero if anything. Make him sympathetic but not through c!George to get your precious "DNF" points or anything, but show him actually caring about the people within the dsmp, including c!Tommy and c!Tubbo. This would make his rival status with them just a bit more complicated, sure they're enemies, however, he doesn't want to hurt or kill them, and there's still a level of friendship there that keeps them bonded when things get super bad. This could've been super interesting to see, the first villain of the story receiving a sorta redemption arc then descending into madness as he started to fixate on being a god. This is all how I feel personally, but god do I feel like it would've been better than his current character, and hell would've worked with how he was during the Pogtopia arc, before the war that is. I'm not trying to tell Dream how to write his own character, but there are so many other ways he could've done the madman seeking to become god rather then. whatever the hell we got.

Because instead, we got this power-mad asshole who does things... because he can? And that's one of my major issues: he tries to surround his character in mystery to make him "intriguing" but it's kinda like c!Techno, it comes off as pretentious. Not only that, but you cannot keep waving around this mystery of a backstory without ever actually revealing it. I know the story isn't over, but c!Dream is effectively at his lowest point, now would be the time to reveal his backstory. But no just keep it in the dark and keep everyone guessing, that's totally fun and not at all tiring and annoying. (sarcasm, if anyone needs it)

And back to his performance, he doesn't sell this aloof, cynical and strategic warrior that has perfected the blade or some shit, he comes off as some angry guy yelling on reddit. which i don't need to tell you, isn't intimidating. It feels like he's trying to have c!Schlatt's intimidation combined with c!Wilbur's depth, but instead he's like a little brother who's trying to hard to mimic his older brother and is kinda embarrassing himself.

but other then that i dont feel too strongly abt the dsmp lol

but seriously, these are the main complaints I have abt the story tbh, I could probably talk about more but I wont because man. this is probably gonna get me in trouble if any of the hyper-dsmp fans actually read it.

[myragewillendworlds]

I'm sure the position statement links to some good research

Heres an example of a good study, a meta analysis that accounts for the observed differences in brain volume between males and females, the results were mostly in an age group of 18 to 45, which im sure u understand is larger

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0149763413003011

As you can see, males in this study do have slightly larger overall volume, and some regional difference are found with wide 95% cl.

I'm sure given ur neuroscientific understanding that we cannot attribute all those differences solely to sex, as ages is a large bracket, and education, nutrition, stress and other nature factors aren't accounted for

Heres your further reading:

https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3001253

Dr rippons research has delved further into the intersection of lgbt based neuroscience research and issues with the presentation and interpretation of ns, have fun!

"I'm sure the position statement links to some good research"

I assume this is sarcasm indicating you did not read anything, while fully expecting me to read your links. This is what the very vast majority of people trying to debate me have done over the years, so I expected nothing more from another person who refuses to engage me off anonymous. You're just another biased individual refusing to read anything while claiming to want a debate.

The meta-analysis you provided states the following things:

Sex differences in brain structure are a product of the interaction of biological and environmental influences on brain development (McCarthy and Arnold, 2011). Animal studies have shown that (prenatal) hormones (Arnold and Breedlove, 1985, Phoenix et al., 1959), sex chromosomes (Arnold and Chen, 2009, De Vries et al., 2002), and the immune system (Lenz et al., 2013) all have early roles in the development of neural sexual differentiation. In addition, brain development is also influenced by factors such as sex-biased gene expression (Kang et al., 2011), steroid hormones (Giedd et al., 2012), early life programming such as prenatal nutrition/starvation (DeLong, 1993, Heijmans et al., 2008), stress and maternal infections (Bale et al., 2010), and postnatal factors such as early child care (Center on the Developing Child, 2012, Cicchetti, 2013, Rutter et al., 2003).

We found that across a wide age range, from newborns to individuals over 80 years old, differences in overall brain volumes are sustained between males and females. On average males have larger ICV (12%), TBV (11%), Cb (10%), GM (9%), WM (13%), CSF (11.5%) and Cbl (9%) absolute volumes than females. In addition, the ‘mature’ (18–59 years old) age category is best represented with by far the largest number of studies across all volumes and may thus have skewed the meta-analytic results.

Evidently, brain sex differences can be found between males and females. I'm not particularly shocked to hear that starvation and other medical factors could have an effect on a developing brain. The fact of the matter remains however that many factors do result in brain sex differences. How does this disprove the possibility of a transsexual brain, and how would this prove the possibility of a third sex option existing in human beings, physically or neurologically? At no point did this paper debunk the former, or raise the possibility of the latter.

The second link is a discussion article, that makes some solid points about a few studies, but is not in and of itself proof that brain sex theory is entirely false. It's also not irrelevant to mention that three of the four authors have written books actively speaking out against brain sex theory in name of feminism, interestingly including D. Joel, the head researcher of the "mosaic brain" paper that essentially claimed to disprove brain sex theory, a claim that has been debunked and criticized [1] [2] [3] [4]. As you said: remember to read the response papers!

At what point will you be providing evidence for a human third sex?

[catboyminato]

some MinaMitsu hcs I think abt a lot:

Minato drives a motorcycle cause his gf taught him how (it’s blue)

He took her to Club Escapade once and saw her dancing and was just like “woah my gfs pretty”

Everytime they’re together and they’re mad someone will die

Watch a shit ton of Netflix shows together

Minato keeps his hair fluffy just for Mitsuru bc I sAID SO-

Minato brings her lunch when Mitsuru’s at work (and she loves it as she should 😤😤)

Minato’s always flirty but when Mitsuru actually flirts back then minato.exe has stopped working

Asked Mitsuru’s mother (her name is Hanae, she’s like rlly ill or some shit and was like in the drama CD) for her blessing

Hanae was like “ok, only if u tell me why u love my daughter tho”

He pulled out a notepad of why he loved her sorry I don’t take criticism

Minato became a world famous DJ and a quarter of his songs are probably about Mitsuru

Minato blew himself up once in Tartarus and Mitsuru had to patch him up (👀)

He’s an adrenaline junkie but everytime he rides with Mitsuru then he’s just “WHY WE GOING SO FUCKING FAST AHHHHHH”

Their song is The Night We Met (okay but a solid bop)

Mitsuru calls him Min-Min and Minty

She’ll never admit it but she kinda wants to see what would happen if she let him do something stupid af

They were locked in a closet once by SEES

Mitsuru saw him in a magazine once and was like “sir im gonna need to ask u to stop being so fucking hot”

The only reason she eats pizza with a fork and knife is to get on his nerves

Many, many 3 am trips to 7/11

They’re a cultural reset on the battlefield

Minato just slides into her lap and pushes away her laptop and she’s like “sir I have to do work”

Since they’re like both pretty famous and cause I said so are fashion icons (can’t believe they invented fashion)

Catch them at the Met Gala looking like gods

Minato will just send Mitsuru memes while she’s at work and tho she doesn’t really get them, she still smiles cause it’s Minato

They’re each others lock screens

They like to leave to leave the city late at night and just get out far enough to see the stars

Minato does not get up before 12 pm so Mitsuru will often leave him little sticky notes of times she’ll be back, reminders for the week, telling him to not forget to take his antidepressants (I’ll get into those in another post) etc.

Minato had to learn how to cook cause they could not continue living off Postmates and Hot Pockets

They have promise rings that nullify their respective elements (Minato is now immune to executions!!)

As an agi user, Minato is a hot nature. This keeps him warm during the winter months, but when summer rolls around the poor boy is dying

Since Mitsuru is a bufu user, she’s just naturally cold. So she’s coolio in the summer months.

Minato clings onto her in the summer so he doesn’t feel like he’s becoming a popsicle

They have both squared up on each other’s behalf

Minato tried to show Mitsuru the Marvel movies, the bitch was c o n f u z z l e d.

“Who’s he? And her? Why is this one a tree? Why did he kill her? Wasn’t-” “Okay, we’re watching something else.”

Their nicknames consist of: Minty, Minmin, Blueburry, Mitzi, Red Velvet and Strawberry (I don’t take criticism)

They have VERY different fashion styles. Mitsuru will be dressing like a proper buisnesswoman while Minato is here with streetwear

They’re still fashion icons in their respected ways

Mitsuru steals his hoodies.

[dilfbatman]

eating outside or thunderstorms!! not necessarily together n pick whichever one you like best 💜💜 lové u dil

I LOVE YOU GRACE 🥺 THANK YOU BABES <3 okay so i’m gonna intersperse pjo w my oc’s bc i need to get them out here so i’m adding your fav one aka damien romanov for you miss grace <3 i love you 🥺 ALSO this is my first time ever writing a oneshot/fic whatever you wanna call it so please leave me some constructive criticism! i wanna get better :D

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The sunlight was directly hitting dark as night hair, casting a halo on a young man reminiscent of a fallen angel. Grey eyes that were most often sharp, cold, and calculating were now softened, calm, and playful. A slight smile present, Damien lulled his head back to soak up the sun’s rays. His eyes closed revealing a bright orange canvas with dark sunspots that danced like ballerinas across his eyelids. Surveying the languid movements he moved his fingers accordingly, creating a slight cold mist in his hands that felt familiar, that felt like home.

“Looks like someone’s having a fine summer’s evening.” Hazel giggled. Damien opened his eyes and found Hazel, the young & kind daughter of Pluto. She was sporting a creamsicle colored button up with orange heart-shaped glasses and a pair of distressed boyfriend jeans. She always had a smile on her face and was one of the very few people Damien trusted with his life. He had a soft spot in his heart for Hazel (as many people do). She was like a sister to him - he often mentored her to get in tune with the powers that his mother Hecate had gifted her with.

“Just chilling out.” He drawled. The late summer evenings in July were Damien’s favorite. Seeing the skies turn from a bright turquoise blue to a rust orange laden with rosy pinks, which in turn bled into a dark blue dusk brought the son of Hecate comfort.

“Well come on in. You have to help clean up the food we made for the picnic.” She flicked his forehead before he could make a move and quickly ran inside with her own laughter following her every step. He rolled his eyes and replayed the day in his head.

Fellow demigods from Camp Half-Blood & Camp Jupiter invited Damien and a few of his friends to a beautiful summer’s day picnic. While the Seven and a few more were used to this tradition, their new friends were not always privy to the simple joys of hanging out with friends without a care in the world, laughing and playing, or creating memories to last however long a lifetime is for a mere demigod. In fact, it took quite the bit of goading from Hazel & Nico to get the Underworld/Minor gods’ kids to join.

Thankfully, no one is immune to the puppy eyes of one miss Hazel Levesque.

Damien, and his friends Xavier - a son of Eros, & Dmitri - a daughter of Hades, had accompanied him. The day played without a hitch. His friends were smiling, everyone was talking to each other, and most importantly - everyone was safe and resting. Annabeth had her girlfriend Piper laid across her lap while she softly played with her hair. Jason’s shoulder was occupied by Leo’s head which shook Jason’s shoulder anytime he laughed which everyone took note of - seeing the son of Jupiter blush was a rare yet sweet treat. Dmitri’s siblings were both playing a mythomagic game while Dmitri spoke to Perseus & Will about underworld antics that Nico got up to which Percy would certainly not make fun of to Nico’s face once this was all over. Xavier, the ridiculously beautiful son of Eros laid back to back against Frank while they both spoke of archery while munching on cookies that Hazel so kindly baked for the group.

The day was without a doubt, one of the best days they had in a long while. Everyone’s stomaches were full of delicious sandwiches, chips, sodas, & sweet treats. After a day of joy & rest they all came home which brought them to the present moment. Damien walked inside and found both Dmitri & Jason looking at the sky which had turned into a grey that mirrored Damien’s eyes.

A soft smile was found on Dmitri’s face. “It’ll rain. I can sense the thunderstorm approaching.” She found solace in the rolling dark grey skies, and unlike other demigod children, she was not afraid of a little bit of lightning.

Jason nodded and quipped, “Expect tons of lightning. My father is feeling a bit bored today.” Dmitri barked a laugh and walked towards the living room - she casted her hands towards the fire place to summon up flames.

Damien looked around the room and saw his old friends and his new friends mingling around with one another. He found solace in the fact that this was now his life. Laughter echoed, thunder rumbled, and lightning would strike. It was a like a beautiful symphony that brought not only the son of Hecate, but the rest of the demigod kids an insurmountable amount of joy.

AHHHH OKAY SO THIS IS MY FIRST TIME EVER WRITING A ONESHOT SO LIKE DKDJDJD SORRY IF IT SUCKS! but i hope you enjoy and if anyone wants to request more feel free - it’s from the soft summer’s prompt list! :D

[ghosty-schnibibit]

new graduation liveblog ^u^

i don’t really have much to say to start this off with other than that i’m excited for the new ep, and also that it has an absolutely buckwild title lol. here we go!

what even is this intro wtf travis, what are you doing???

TRAVIS WHAT IS GOING ON

"thank travis for travis studios" i’m dying 

oh fun so this is a little bit of a lunar interlude! fun!

"he was a fan favorite on... critical role" pfffff

this is going to be so chaotic and i am so here for it

yeah no, some of these effects are like wonderland levels of character changing and i cannot wait to see how badly things go sideways

not much for those two, cool cool

"no, none of that" thank you trav lol

nice! some money for the boys :D

i figured the title came first lol

you can only use silver keys in the dungeon you find them in

ooooh i want this map, trav plz

dang that's a pretty good idea honestly

fitzroy my sweet dipshit son i love you so much

i want art of these sweet boys going over the playbook

y'all made the exact same fifty shades joke the first ep of balance

what the fuck firbolg

i am loving this entire exchange so much

oh argo my sweet boy, you finally beefed a roll

from a bird?????

merle was the one immune to poison lol

argo is going to die holy shit

nice! fitz the bird catcher

okay cool, good to know the layout

jesus argo, getting those good rolls in

yes, protect your boy!

it'll help keep the rats away though! that's good!

i love firbolg so much

yep, figured that was what was going on

m̷͉̬̬̅́e̶̮̲̲͑-̶͖͗̓͜o̵̘̣̿ṷ̸̲̍̎̂c̶͎̞͒͛h̷̲̉̏

that's some true good dming there trav, admitting your mistakes

pfffff my poor sweet boy, time to un-cat

yes make an intimidation check

oh jesus that's a fun mental image

why do you keep moving away from the mic clint

who would have guessed that between the literal barbarian and the giant firbolg the rouge is the one who does the most physical damage

jesus christ fitzroy is going to die

nice, go firbolg :D

“it mocks you with its presence” ilu so much firbolg

didn't fitz literally just say they needed to keep one alive???

fitz you sarcastic little fucker ilu so much

... is this a goof or is this argo trying to get info on fitz's magic? is this strategic because holy shit if it is i’m screaming

yeah that's probably a good idea

fitzroy my sweet dumb dumb boy who i love so very much, why did you not think to ask if it can speak common first???

what a nasty lil bastard man >:o

argo my sweet baby, always thinking of his friend

fitzroy you dipshit why would you let him go

thank you for investigating my sweet boy

hmmm... so they took something out of the safe?

oh dang, nice dodge argo

thank you kind and benevolent dm

... what was the point of that my sweet boy

????? where was the money zone ?????

fitzroy has turned himself into a hellboy

fitzroy in what world did you think this was going to work

yeah, have you remembered firbolg will die if he lies???

nice! my boy!

S W E E T  R E D  B A B I E S

i do not know how this has gone even this well

if griffin gets to have ten different npcs with brooklyn accents then trav gets to have two npcs sound similar >:T

... did griffin just try to pull out one of the names from cats and bail halfway through???

clint caught it at least lmao

... is that also going to hit- yep, it's gonna hit them all, fuck

yes that is a twenty clint! yay! go argo! :D

jesus argo

YEEEAH GO FITZROY :D

nice! buddies ^u^

"that was four arcs ago!" pfff

i love firbolg so much holy shit

oh yeah, i forgot fitzroy was a glow-stick boy

at least it's not a nat 1 lmao

poor fitzroy just completely beefed it

god damn argo, holy shit, he is the luckiest boy

i don't think the magical equivalent of an electric chair is "gentle" fitz

there's only eight minutes left in this ep, i'm assuming floor two will be saved for next ep then?

ranged attack is the way to go then it seems like

nice! go firbolg buddy :D

"uh... yeah, hold on" that's the sound of a dm who just had some plans foiled lmao

nice! sweet, fitz can fix his poison damage sitch now

i am literally watching the timer go down to 30 seconds, what are we doing here trav

there it is, there's the outro, this was fucking wild

i’m glad we got a bit of a sillier, less high-stakes episode after how many plot-bombs were dropped on us last time. it was also super fun to just see the boys getting to work together outside of a school context! i love them all so much

see you guys again soon!

[phoenixfire-thewizardgoddess]

Podcast Recommendations?

Currently listening to:

A) The Adventure Zone (only up to ‘Petal to the Metal’), Adventures in New America, Aftershocks , Alice Isn’t Dead, Arca-45672, The Angel of Vine, Archive 81, The Archivist, The Atomic Library , Attention Hellmart Shoppers!, Audio Diary of a Superhero

B) Bad Gladiator, Beasts of Bardon College, The Behemoth, The Black Tapes, Blackout, Blackwood, The Blood Crow Stories, The Box Podcast, The Bridge, The Bright Sessions

C) The Call of the Flame, Camp Monsters, The City Within the Walls, Civilized, Copperheart, Counterbalance, Critical Role, Crypta, Cryptids, Cybernautica

D) Derelict, Dreamboy

E) The Earth Collective, The Elysium Project, End of All Hope, The Enoch Saga

F) -

G) God Complex, Gone, GREAT & TERRIBLE

H) Heretic, The Haunted Hour, The Hidden People, Hosts of Eden, How I Died

I) Immunities, Inhale, I AM IN ESKEW

J) Janus Descending, Jisko Archival REcords

K) KAKOS Industries, King Falls AM, Knight Falls CA

L) Lake Clarity, Larkspur Underground, Lesser Gods, Limetown, Liminal Apocalypse, The London Necropolis Railway, LUCYD

M) Marscorp, Marsfall, Meteor City, Mina’s Story, Mirrors, Modern Fae, Moonbase Theta OUT, Mount Olympus University, Mythos the Series

N) The Narrow Caves

O) Once It’s Begun, The Orbiting Human Circus, Organism, The Orphans, Oz 9

P) Paralyzed, The Penumbra Podcast, The Phenomenon, The Pilgramage Saga, Pod to Pluto

Q) -

R) Radioland, Raising The Dead Again, RedWing, ReMade, The Rose Hill Diaries

S) SAYER, The Second Oil Age, Station to Station, The Strange Case of Starship Iris, Still Lives, SunDown UNDEAD, Super Ordinary, Supernatural Sexuality with Dr Seabrooke, Supervillain Corner

T) Tale - A Knight Adrift, TENDRIL: The Banshee Chronicles, The Theatre of Tomorrow, The Volgun, The Thrilling Adventure Hour, TUNNELS

U) UNCANNY COUNTY, Under the Electric Stars

V) The Van, Vast Horizon, VEGA, The Veiled Monarch, The Veiled West, The Vessel, Video Place, Violet Beach, A Voice from the Darkness

W) We Fix Space Junk, Welcome to Nightvale, We’re Alive, The White Vault, Witches of the City, Wolf 359, Wooden Overcoats, Wormwood: A serialized mystery

X) - 

Y) Yowie Podcast

Z) The Zetas, Zoo, 

0) 2298

[seprofcorp]

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