#and i will acquire many more

[edenprime]

One of the strongest points of Mass Effect, if not the strongest, is just how well written the characters are. From Shepard, to the squad, to the side characters like Anderson and Bakara, to barely-there NPCs like Ereba and Charr the lovers, Etarn Tiro the enthusiastic turian merchant, Kargesh the krogan who wanted a fish, Lia'Vael, the quarian who gets falsely accused of theft, and the Salarian who wants to buy a memento to his asari lover to remember him by once he's dead.

I feel like so many of them are memorable, and they all serve a purpose to the overall world building. The krogan show that they are not the violent thugs the galaxy has made them out to be. The salarian shows the struggle born out of building relationships with people of a species with a life expectancy so beyond your own. Lia'Vael illustrates what Tali says about the quarians being treated like second class citizens. Those small little side quests have a meaning and a purpose, it doesnt feel like they are Just There, and they add more to the lore of them game to those who care about that stuff.

[dare-to-dm]

Bit of a rant, but a lot of y'all spend too much money on things you don't even enjoy. This applies to many things, but what started me on this line of thought is video game consumer habits.

This last year I did an independent study on xbox games that involved looking at a lot of player data, including looking at achievements to see how much of games people have actually played.

And I was staggered to find how common it is for people to buy a game and play it maybe once before putting it down for good. Like, it's one thing if you start a game and can tell right away that you don't really like it (although at a $70 price tag for some new games, I sincerely hope you're doing at least a little research beforehand to try to avoid that!). But a lot of people not only never beat a game, they hardly even start it.

I'm not as familiar with the PC market, but anecdotally it sounds even worse. I've looked at some of my friends' Steam libraries, and it seems like a common habit is buying a ton of games on sale, but never playing the majority of them even once. This should be obvious, but getting an item on sale is not a good deal if you won't use the item. It's just a waste of money.

And to be clear, this isn't an attack on "avacado toast eating millenials" mocking them for struggling financially with the deck stacked against them. I'm a hedonist, and I fully believe that entertainment has importance and value. You should buy things that you like. But I also think you should be a rational consumer and spend your hard earned dollars in a logical manner to maximize your enjoyment. Or at the very least, not throw your money away.

I see this with other hobbies like reading or crafting too. People with dozens of unread books they bought at the store, or knitters who have spent hundreds of dollars on yarn but haven't made anything in the last year. It's like people want to buy an identity for themselves. "I buy books because I'm a Reader!"

I just want to let you know that it's okay. You're still a reader even if you haven't read anything lately. I'm sure there's a good reason you haven't. Or maybe you've changed, and no longer enjoy a hobby you once loved, but you don't want to accept that. That's okay too! Just don't think that your love of something can be judged by how much money you spend on it.

[merakiui]

Hehe…I’m glad you’re seeing the light with Malleus now, Mera

- Amethyst Anon

This is the scariest timeline to be in because I couldn't have ever predicted I would become a Malleus enjoyer... I was cleaning and all I could think of was, I should write a Malleus story. And there was an abundance of Malleus concepts coming to me as if I have been made a prophet meant to spread the word of Malleus.

????? I LITERALLY NEVER THINK THAT???? WHAT IS HAPPENING TO ME?!?!?! Σ(°ロ°)

[forcedhesitation]

crazy how he just ignores everyone else and speaks directly to wyll. it's like wyll is like one of the most important characters in this game, or something.

[plusultraetc]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PRESENT MIC, I got you (super)villainy <3

[nightgalen]

I will say, the nice thing about not exactly being a popular artist is that I have no trouble hopping platform to stop supporting f*scists. I don't have to worry about 'follower count' or w/e. That being said, if you're already a popular account on that site, know that a lot of people WILL move with you, & those are likely the folks who genuinely support you as an artist & will commission you, etc.

[corvidaedream]

trying to decorate my room in my new apartment less like the room of a little girl than previous iterations, so im trying to pair my frillier dolls with, like. antique knife and tintype of an old man. and now this shelf looks like an i spy page.

[toastedclownery]

Zeurel: has stated multiple times that there are big things coming that Tito and him have been slowly setting up, is vague when answering if Shrike speaks Spanish from the Terran media he consumes or if he naturally speaks it, calls him Mexican/Hispanic and treats him like he has a connection to the culture

Me, neurodivergent and terminally online, who won't stop googling random shit until I get a satisfying answer for the questions I have about the show: *sees him dressed as "Bandito" in the second episode* CAGASTE

[look-at-the-stars-tonight]

the amount of effort that goes into figuring out what to cook and eat every day is RIDICULOUS. i used to think people were so weird and boring for eating the same thing every single day but it truly does make life so much easier

[hinamie]

my left wrist is still protesting but i napped and im normal again 😌

[warlordfelwinter]

oh us, i'd do anything for you

[powerful-niya]

want to send some good vibes because the nh fandom is a blessing: who are the mutuals that make you smile when they appear in your phone?

🩷Omgg! Hello Anon! Since I've been using Tumblr, I think this is the first anonymous request I've ever received! 🩷

🩷Wow! 😭 Thank you! You're so lovely.

🩷So you wanna know the mutuals that make me smile? Oh boy, I have a lot!

-Tumblr/Discord Mutuals who (are):

♡Brightens My Day

♡Total Inspirations

♡Talented Human Beings

♡I Love to Death

/)/)

( . .)

( づ♡

💗 - @sessakag @wickermayne @brwnsugcr @raseng0ne @iamdslr / @saradesuchiha @osakigitsune @opttagoyeo @inayasurya @dayseternal-blog @diyas-diaries-98 @happyocelot @kawaii-hinahime @chloelapomme @asriah @tjtheanimelover @solar3lunar @suculentanopotinho •browniefic - (I miss her so much! 😭)

Tumblr Mutuals -

- individuals that I've had brief conversations with, conversations that have meant the world to me! 🩷

- or users with whom I'm not particularly acquainted, but the sight of their passion, enthusiasm, and hard work in the Naruhina fandom still brings a smile to my face!

˚∧＿∧ 　+ —̳͟͞͞💗

( •‿• )つ —̳͟͞͞ 💗 —̳͟͞͞💗 +

(つ　 < —̳͟͞͞💗

｜　 _つ + —̳͟͞͞💗 —̳͟͞͞💗 ˚

`し´

🩷 - @nightowl27-writer @vegebulsoup @shamylicious-blog @ellaroundpanda @your-internetfriend @inayasurya @ohhipstaplease @shelly-14 @hyorinbaek @jengmart @lavdiiaa @lablee-artsy @char-lotteral @bornonthebreakofdawn @bunny-hoodlum @magmawrites @truebkgirl @arunikas @secrettastemakerland @atetoneee @dayeongi @wondyoz • Senny!

-Wattpad Mutuals!

💕 - gottachidori • Demonofthefridge18 • tessdrawss • otakufanfic1000 • mrsmcclean17 • Queen-Ramen • ChairoMusume • LillyNazmam • _Stuny_ • BatKitty1316 • Kurama-Ki • abby_heart1114 • Keileaf7 • queenchass123 • shamayawilliams9 • peachyuzumaki • HUNTER_Naruto • jaundice_heart • GabySantha • CelestialDragon999 • Masked_Mortal • theKingHades • demigod_fanatic • wild_fox27 • naruhinabae22 • -batafurai • rarepluto • blossom2050 • Asilhalawadi • Nikay1241_ • A_Denji_simp • TheeHotGrl • Mystic_Writer97

DeBestBaka - (I miss her! 😭)

And... That's where I will stop, lol. 🤭

There are undoubtedly countless more, and every single one of them makes me smile when I read their messages or see their comments in my inbox. I've been using Wattpad for a very long time, and during that time, I've met a lot of wonderful people who have made my life so much brighter. ✨✨

🩷Anon, the Naruhina fanbase is indeed a blessing; it has allowed us all to connect with beautiful people from all walks of life who have a common interest.

🩷🩷Through the years, writing, reading, and simply having fun, we have created many memories together.

🩷🩷🩷It's been great spending time with all of you, and I can't wait to see what the future brings for us and how much closer we all will become.

Thanks for the amazing ask, Anon! Love ya, Anon! 🩷

[loveletterworm]

i have some tendency to want to partake in literally every activity and/or topic of discussion that is theoretically possible for me to do (maybe this is normal and i am only strange for describing it like it's strange) but sadly this is not really practical to do in reality for various reasons so mostly i just have reached an olympic level in the act of lurking

[szilverer]

i was looking up swamp cabin refs to help visualize reisz' lodgings but every single photo at night felt like. straight out of a horror movie. so here's a quick photo edit of them looking like a cryptid in their lodgings in the middle of the near pitch-black fungi-infested ever-shifting marshes.

(source for photo here!)

sometimes i Forget how dark the Neath is actually supposed to be... and the marshes are even more so. i only chose the lair for the society favours but in hindsight it's an accidental perfect match for their vibe

they don't always wear it when crossing the mud but when they do, people from afar only get to see the faint glow of the cowl swaying in the darkness..... that's a ghost alright. sometimes it howls with the wolves.

[blackswallowtailbutterfly]

Someone insisting we don't learn language intuitively unless homeschooled...Did...did your parents put in you in school at 18 months of age? Did a teacher go around a room of toddlers with a dictionary saying, "This is what 'mama' means"? Because if the answer to that is no--and it is definitely no--you learned language intuitively, like everyone else. The finer points you learn in school, and later on your own, but even as you're doing that, you're still picking up words and phrases just by talking to people and reading.

[keeperofmemory]

sorting the moving (무빙) parents into the sortinghatchats system - a quick character analysis

(if you’re new to this theory, your primary house is about why you do things, while your secondary house is about how you do things. you can take the quiz here — it’s fun!) 

[!!! spoilers below !!!]

jang juwon: [hufflepuff primary / gryffindor secondary + hufflepuff model]

“boss, was it about money in the end?”  “what else would it be? being a gangster is a job. (…) aren’t we all here to make money?" “no. i did it to protect our boys"

juwon, juwon, juwon, steel-skinned, soft-hearted monster of a man, who uses 존댓말 and doesn’t see jihee any differently because she is a person like any other, who’s in a gang for the sole purpose of protecting his boys. jang juwon is a hufflepuff primary because he treats people fairly and he belongs, he does not own. hufflepuff primaries value community, and bond to groups, rather than solely individuals, which you can see in his mentality regarding his gang. they’re his people, like he is theirs. they are together, and they are home, what do you mean you aren't here for nothing else but each other? 

of course, the ones he considers his end up betraying him, and he loses his way. (his hufflepuff primary burns, if you will. it is now safer to be alone.) where does he go when he has no home anymore? he does not know. but he finds jihee, and for the first time it feels like he knows where to go. (it does not solve everything, not really, but it is close enough.) 

in the end, he feels the most at home when he is part of team. and when the NIS is shut down and he is put inside walls in front of a screen that never listens, and a keyboard too small for his clumsy fingers, he feels lost again. this is not people, this is cold, lifeless walls, none of them he can run through. the team of superpowered people he later gets put in doesn’t feel exactly right, not really, but he is using what he is good at to help people, and that is the closest he can get to that feeling.

his secondary is a gryffindor; he runs into walls until the walls break, for it is the only way he’s ever known to get through things. (gryff secondaries meet their problems by charging at them, by responding directly to situations.) he has only ever chosen the easiest way, after all, and for a man whose body doesn’t break, simply running into things was the obvious easiest way. why change, why think, when he can simply push through and get through it anyway?

(he does model a hufflepuff secondary, once it's only him and his daughter. he does it for her, gives up everything to build her a better life. it's about doing the work, about showing up. it's odd jobs but honest jobs, moving constantly but still putting in the effort to show steadiness and consistency, to give his daughter a home despite the possibility of the NIS finding them at any moment.)

hwang jihee: [slytherin primary + gryffindor model / gryffindor secondary]

jihee is a healthy slytherin primary if i’ve ever seen one. she advocates for herself, (and she has to, doesn't she? or else nobody else will. not in the line of work she is,) puts herself and her dignity first despite it all. she does have a sense of justice (“that car hit and ran? did it hit you? do you want me to chase it?”) but it doesn’t eat her whole ("but if we find the culprit we split the money:)”) — it’s a nice gryff primary model she likes being in when her slytherin loyalties are not threatened.

juwon is the first person to see her fully as a person, and not a coffee lady. it softens her up immediately. — it doesn't make her fall for him, of course, nor does it get him into her circle. (if it did, she wouldn’t be a slytherin primary). she is a smart girl who advocates for herself, after all. but once he does, he does not leave. she will run into a mob of gangsters and disregard the police for him, will tell him to put himself first, even if it means having a more difficult life for both of them. because putting yourself, and the people that are yours, first, is what matters in the end.

she has a gryffindor secondary she shares with her husband. she can hold her tongue and be perfectly polite, but in the end her problems will be met head on. what other house would throw itself in 100+ mobsters without a plan? she said to hell with it, she’ll figure it out on the way.

gryff secondaries’ honesty is part of their personality and morality — jihee has seen the men play the sappy part only for their own selfish gain, and hates it deeply within her core. once she sees juwon isn’t pretending to be anyone but himself (he is also a gryffindor secondary after all) —  a simple man who reads books on stories where men are bloody but loved, who is willing to buy a ticket to simply share conversations with her  — she finally lets him in, slowly but surely. (her slytherin recognizes that he is also someone the world has shunned for who he is, for the labels they have stuck on him, and she embraces him warmly. he is hers now. and she is his.)

their kid is a gryff/gryff btw . she houseshares with her bf’s dad n i think that’s rlly cute . (her bf houseshares with her dad so . soulmates or whatever)

lee mihyun [gryffindor primary / ravenclaw secondary]

lee mihyun lee mihyun lee mihyun, who uses her powers like she uses her gun, carrying them around and doing the maintenance of each part every night. some would call it overdoing it, but she calls it a habit, calls it being prepared. (and amidst the very real danger that looms above her, can you blame her?) they're all tools she has on her, and years of training have taught her when to use which to get out of a situation with the upper hand. she's a ravenclaw secondary, the house that collects knowledge, tools or skills and then picks them up in times of need. she scouts for danger daily on social media, assesses the situation from a vantage point to collect intel; and yes, she's an agent, at this point it's probably second nature. but this is where she's most comfortable, pulling out from her pocket the information she gathered and the problem-solving systems she’s built whenever she gets tossed into danger.

lee mihyun’s specific brand of claw secondary has her being an adaptable problem solver — understandable, considering her tool set includes her heightened senses (six: her five senses and her common sense) and her gun (make that seven), as well as her general training as a black op agent. however, ravenclaw secondary tools are task-specific. sure, she can take out several enemy agents on her own with nothing but a gun and the strap of her handbag, but have her son bring a new pretty friend home and you’ll have her like a deer in headlights. (...the NIS did not prepare her for this)

her primary is a gryffindor, and it’s what makes her turn away from being an agent even after everything that’s on the line. it doesn’t matter, that she’s running away from the most powerful government agency, not if it’s the right thing to do. (it tires her, after losing her husband and having to do it all on her own. but she doesn't burn, not fully —she can't, not with her son still by her side.) now gryff primaries believe in trusting yourself and your gut, in doing so even if the whole world (or several hundred government agents) is against you. at the end of the day, the most important things is staying true to what’s inside of you. 

so in that fateful moment when the mission was clear, the orders indisputable, she turned away from her organization, her boss, her colleagues, to do what she felt was right. gun in her hand, she said to hell with consequences, i have to stay true to what i believe in — these people are enemies, but they are people and what we’re doing right now is wrong. (from afar, her future husband will see her act upon everything he had been feeling until then, will see a braver reflection of his own gryff primary, and he will fall in love.) 

kim dooshik [gryffindor primary/gryffindor secondary]

kim dooshik is a bit harder to sort; we really don’t see him as much as we could have. he has a gryffindor primary he shares with his wife; their whole story is about finding someone who believes in the same thing they do, stuck in an organization that tells them otherwise. he can look hufflepuff, in the way he values people and fairness — but the core of gryff primaries is about trusting your beliefs and doing your best to live by them. it’s about the bravery to pursue them, even if it leads him to a life of being chased, and captured, and tortured (…literally). 

he has a gryffindor secondary to go with it. that time he tried to diffuse the bomb on a civilian plane under no orders but his own? no orders, no plans, just him flying and trying to save people? very gryff/gryff of him. he also shares a lion secondary with his partner and they play off each other very well. (dooshik casually just letting juwon fall several hundred miles from the sky into where the enemies are and letting him figure it out… #justgryffsecondarybrosthingz)

sure, sure, one could argue for a ravenclaw secondary — but i think that’s just him being an agent. of course he would train and strategize. of course he would have backup plans. but at the end of the day, the method he falls back on is his charging, making it up as he goes. most of all, it’s his blunt honesty, his genuineness that we see shine in his actions. (even in the way he pursues mihyun — not a single disingenuous bone in his body) 

at the end of the day, he’ll rush into a problem when he believes it is right, no matter the consequences. he’ll fly into the enemy’s hands to protect his family, spend years imprisoned in a cave not faltering in his beliefs. a gryff/gryff through and through.