#and she lied and cheated

[and-to-you-its-just-words]

Once again thinking about Marcus Dunn standing in theatre, looking at Bernie Wolfe and saying “She would tell me, my Bernie” like that’s not one of the most devastating lines I’ve ever heard.

[spacelolli]

One of the things that fuck me up abt Slay the Princess is that you can take everything everyone says at face value and none of it really gets refuted in the end. The revelations later in the game is the same information again but with a new perspective. Thats it.

In the end, the player is presented with the same choice as in the very beginning. Except you Know More Now. Its such a delicious narrative structure i have trouble putting it into words

[offorestsongs]

a villainess doesn't get to end up with the prince.

low-quality silverflame posting time! with some vague lore! i don't have the energy to do anything more polished rn but i still wanted to get the idea out

[utenixx]

What terrible monster made you this way?

[the-lark-ascending69]

Watching ST1 and surprised by just how much Nancy lies. She lies even when she has no reason to, like when she's hanging out with Steve and his friends and wants to leave, she could have easily said something like "I need to do something" or "I'm tired" but she made up some excuse about her mom. When asking Barb's mom about Barb, she could have easily told her she was worried but she didn't. Girl just lies like it's second nature to her.

[eyebulb]

Hello! I have thoughts about Octavia! I know there will be hate for her.. but pls have mercy. This show is actually good at explaining people's actions.. so I'll try to walk you through her perspective the best I can. Picture if you will.. This child, who's father seems to be the most present if not the only present parent in this household. She relies a lot on him and is very close to him. The way Stella and Octavia acted this episode makes me feel like Stella isn't a fully active parent. She's there ofc and she takes care of Via but it seems like she's very shallow in her care for her. Not really learning anything about her or listening much to her as a person at all. Stella is not actively cruel to Via.. but she's not really putting in much effort. Meaning that most of Via's happy memories and parental feelings are towards her father. Who chose to take an active roll in raising her despite it not seeming to be the norm among royals. Said father wanted to protect her from the reality of their life. He made sure she wouldn't feel unloved, that she wouldn't get to see the ugly parts of their marriage and how she came to be. He also never let her know his struggles. This was all in good faith.. but made the inevitable blow that much harder for Via to process. Cus.. In the eyes of Via (because of Stolas shielding her) they used to have a happy family. Stolas and Stella used to be in love, enough to have her. Stolas then selfishly went after another dude.. cheated.. started ignoring her and landed himself in such deep shit that she could no longer reach him. All for some random imp who came in and ruined everything. Stolas cheating ruined the image of their happy family. It brought forth Stella's wrath and messed it all up. In defense of Stolas.. he is right to chase his own happiness and wanting to be happy.. but he did it in a very messy way. And it messed a lot of things up. Now she's finding out all the ugly truths about her upbringing but in the middle of chaos.. and not in a calm setting where they can sit down and talk it out. She's already upset.. She loves her father and now she's alone with her mother because of a decision he made.. after he said that this situation wouldn't ever happen. On top of that she's finding out that he needed pills to keep going.. that he was miserable all along. The circumstances in which she finds this out plays a part in her ability to handle it. I have no doubt Via will eventually reach an understanding with Stolas. But I fully understand that she is not yet ready for it. She's trying to deal with losing her safe spot. Let her deal.

[druidberries]

an amazing end to an amazing party 🖤

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when Sophia came inside to get ready for bed, she saw the texts from Anthony...

[fumifooms]

I think some inherent comfort of the party’s relationship, of why they’re so tightly knit and wholesome, is that it’s kinda the embodiment of "people that care for each other unconditionally, so much so that you could be the biggest freak on Earth and they would still not turn their back to you". Like, Laios’ whole character arc is that he was scared of others and their judgement, that he should hide a big part of himself and his interests to be tolerated if not accepted… But showing himself to others was the road through which the party bonded and got closer, and by the end of the story Laios literally turns into his monster because it was his biggest wish and everyone sees it and also he eats his human body a lot. After that he runs to the woods and is so scared of everyone not wanting to see him again, but y’know what. It’s fine his party still loves him, and aghhhh ouch my heart

I think also, Izutsumi was central to the party having a found family feel. The party was mostly made of work colleagues acquaintances, but adopting a stray/teenager that has no one on the way in your grand adventure really makes the whole family vibe skyrocket.

[team--charlotte]

that "it's not a woman's job to be consumed, invaded, and spat out so that some fucking man can evolve" quote but it's about charlotte watsford

[loomsims]

Eddy's lovey dovey feelings were abruptly cut short when Niamh finally, and quite casually, reveals the truth. Edward was shocked to find out that Niamh and Maverick were officially together! He was even more hurt seeing as they've known each other, and have been romantically involved with one another longer than Maverick's been on the island!

[lesbianpegbar]

i WILL say that qian jin just being the most sopping wet pathetic (derogatory) character fucked so hard like i didn’t care at all but then they pulled out the yeah he killed his wife who was pregnant with his child for literally no reason other than a hunch lol and it made me laugh so hard at how stupid he is i wanted to throw up

[agnesandhilda]

started reading iron widow by xiran jay zhao and now that I've reacclimated to the YA writing style (which I do not fuck with, as a rule), I'm really into this. I'm at chapter thirteen and I'm predicting that li shimin eventually lets zetian pilot him---if only because she's able to convince him that it would make the forces holding them both captive really mad

[circusbutch]

Hiii twiddling around with a new PC for an upcoming Curse of Strahd campaign :>

[aaandbackstabbed]

Scrooge: can I trust you, Goldie?

Goldie: if you like. But where’s the fun in that

[doolallymagpie]

started charting out the Security Council Coup and, uh oh, Padme’s doing “In the Pale Moonlight”

[torgawl]

qian jin is such a fun character. i love that he just casually wants to commit uxoricide. he's just not someone you can be sympathetic towards, he isn't the villain with secret altruistic or desperate motivations. he not only has no real valid motives but his goal isn't even to save his wife or go back to the life he had where he could have had a kid of his own. he doesn't even care the ammount of lives he has to sacrifice to feel like he's avenging his own suffering. he's just so down in his own fantasy and so down in his own pain that he's just unapologetically a piece of shit. both him and tianchen and xixi's father are representations of the man under the patriarchy. i honestly think it's kind of ironic how the kids escaped their own father just to be brought up by someone who is the embodiment of the things they wanted so bad to get away from as well