#and how lighthearted it is despite that

[its-stupidhours]

obsessed with the dynamic of this lethal company stream tbh. the way they keep killing each other for no reason and laughing at each other and goading each other into walking into landmines and jumping off balconies and then sticking as close together as they can and warning against genuine danger despite it all. the way they have no idea what they're doing at any moment so failboat has to lead them around like they're lost puppies or something. della and smant constantly ganging up on CJ together. "we can even make out a little if you're interested." do u see my della/CJ/smant/failboat vision

[spookberry]

weird guy rizz

[imorphemi]

"And why would we have come running in at the first yelp?" "....because we care about each other." "Oh, f***ing sh**, we do? Amazing, does that apply to you as well?" "...I don't know..." "Oh, I think it does."

I absolutely love Fjord and Beau's friendship and bromance

[reineyday]

lou wilson is my favourite intrepid hero because nobody does character emotion like him.

the way gunnie pulls his old professor off to the side and says, "i did it! i'm a spacer! i, uh... i'm a spacer," and the look on his face that second time when he repeats he's a spacer, how he looks down to the side to avoid eye contact and bites his lip and his eyes look a little wet, and it's all there on his face: the regret, the guilt, the shame, running from debt with a cyber body that he financially does not own and having to pay for literally every breath he takes to continue living, his crew, the way his whole life has been a ball rolling downhill since he decided to be a spacer and how it might be rolling up now but he's almost died so many times just to stand there and say it...

lou says "it worked out, i was right" as gunnie miggles-rashbax, and his phyrric adventure to prove he was meant to be a spacer is plain on his face and in the desperately assured way he says he's in the right place to be, and that's why lou is my favourite.

[arolesbianism]

Time for more eternal gales isat au, this time featuring Sier as Isabeau, creating a sprite I can never use next to Aris’ because despite my best efforts it would make them look tall

[flowerakatsuka]

kept on thinking about some of the more emotional beats of the kurokara lore while i was trying to fall asleep last night and i just... i need to explode...

[spinninglightning]

whenever i read fics i always end up thinkin of a song for the fic or like, th chapter and then i canr stop associating the fic w/ those songs

[eepdream-art]

cw vomiting. its cartoon but still. funni comic about THIS MORNING-

[twoscriddler]

all the negative criticism i’ve seen of gomens s2 can be boiled down to “it’s too queer and it makes me uncomfortable” which means it was great and neil did his job

[eye-of-yelough]

even though i never plan on doing it, i will never not be compelled by the sheer fucked up-ness of the concept of aeryn/astarion romance. aeryn/karlach too. pretty much everyone honestly

i mean no matter who he romances he’s gonna betray them for gortash in the end, so it kinda doesn’t matter who it is. he has this weird version of “universally shippable” because of that. it’s very fun to imagine, not just what the relationship would be like, but specifically the betrayal. the hurt.

falling in love with someone, realising they’re fucked in the head, meeting the guy who did the fucking, watching them leave you to go back to that shithead like the life-changing last month or so didn’t even happen, and then watching them die in his arms with a smile on his face.

like yeah they stop the elder brain but that shit would have you fucked UP for a good long while afterwards

[tomwaterbabies]

not only is discord a perfectly viable way to harbor community circles or whatever but the thought of joining something exclusively filled with tumblr users sounds like the quickest way to a mental breakdown

[candyriku]

finally getting a chance to work on chapter 15 today :-)

[cinnamoncraft]

idk if their content is anyone here's style by the try guys did a podcast post their whole scandal in 2022 and kind of talked about... grieving the idea of a person and that kind of loss. Not too heavy but a little relatable rn. Listening to it gave me some comfort last night so I'm sharing the link if anyone wants to listen here

[kurthorton-moving]

this isnt an au ive talked ab on the dash much its mostly been written on discord but i am thinking heavily about the au where kurt spends his entire teenage years kidnapped and finally escapes a little while after he turned eighteen and the way he has to adjust to the shift in his life from being hostage and conditioned into the lifestyle he lived vs freedom and rediscovering the world and more importantly rediscovering himself

[the-bad-taste-aquarium]

Tenkamaru's Theme | Oriental Blue: Ao no Tengai | Ichiro Shimakura

[pujington]

Very fun thought experiment, though thinking on this has led me down a rabbit hole I didn't fully intend.

You see I think there is a lot of truth in this, but as a storyteller and performer this also scratches at one of the reasons why I'm so drawn to ttrpgs (beyond the very important gaming with friends aspect of course). These games are a tool to explore facets of oneself. Not every character is going to explore the same facets, but every character has you at the core of it. So yes, there will be recurring themes, leitmotifs that emerge naturally, and yes those are reflections of who you are as a person and the experiences you've had.

However, not quite in contrast, but perhaps complementary to the exploration of self, ttrpgs are also a tool to build empathy, to see how under the right circumstances you might make choices that would be totally outside of your consideration in your day to day life.

Depending on the game, you might play the morally grey character or maybe even someone truly reprehensible. That doesn't mean you are bad, but it does let you ask the question, "What circumstances have led this character down this path?" It's a reminder that we as humans have the capacity for both good and bad in us and that extreme circumstances lead to extreme reactions. In this fictional safe space, we can explore the heights and depths of the human experience and recognize that possibility in ourselves.

So one thing I’ve noticed is that people’s DnD characters may vary but there is usually an underlying thread that they all have in common. This thread is typically related to what that person struggles with the most.

For instance, my betrotheds DnD characters: a bitchy warlock we had to bust out of two different pacts, a sassy barbarian, a reformed drow cultist, and a sunshine fighter cleric.

All these characters were wildly different but at their very core struggle was them grappling with their self worth. My betrothed struggles with their worth a great deal and even with different facets showing their characters all have that too.

Mine all tend to contend with different themes of loneliness and acceptance. Surprise, surprise, the little autistic gremlin yearns to have been met with more love and lasting friendships.

So we’re at breakfast. I am meeting a new friend of my betrotheds for the first time. It’s been twenty minutes since I’ve met this man. I say my theory. He laughs. He starts to describe a few of his characters but specifies that he often has healing aspects. He gives a very broad overview of their character arcs.

I ponder for a moment then said, “Would you like to have my assessment?”

He laughed, “Sure!”

“We’ve just met. It’s gonna get real.”

“Bring it on.”

“I think your struggle is that you feel you must offer something of value or service to people to be worthy of their love.”

His jaw dropped. His fork froze midway to his mouth. A potato fell. He stared into space as this sank in. Quietly he said, “Oh.”