#and yeah i just dont like the Implications

[ninja-knox-ur-sox-off]

Aroace Sonic pt 12

Y'know what's funny is they actually were fighting

[huginsmemory]

Something something Fiddleford getting the axolotl for Ford because the axolotl's gills reminds him of Ford's sideburns is fascinating to me. Like. I've gotten you a representative of a (unbeknownst to me) all encompassing and forgiving God because it reminded me of you. Like. Ford being unknowingly identified with the Axolotl god.

And I mean; they're probably both the only beings who ever actually truly cared/cares for Bill, that Bill has shown to be genuine with, trusted or cared for (beyond his parents, and even then you quickly realized Bill couldn't be genuine with them). Like. Ford, earnestly falling in love with Bill, and Ford being open about it being bittersweet because Bill meant so much to him, even despite all the horrors in the end with Mabel and the impromptu funeral. And Bill clearly cares for him back (cough, o'sadley's) even if it's fucked up; there is trust and a modicum of honesty in their relationship when Bill tells Ford about his dimension. From Mr.Lie-until-you-can't-tell-you're-lying. And the Axolotl was at one point referred to/implied to be an old friend of Bill, and clearly cares for Bill as they give him a second chance and put him in a facility to heal (even if it's tantamount to Bill's version of hell). And when it came down to it Bill trusted the Axolotl enough to call out to him when he was dying, even when it was his last ditch attempt, there's something more honest there. There's something to say about the both of them being the two beings Bill in desperatation first reaches out to; the Axolotl when he's dying, and Bill with his book first appearing to Ford numerous times, in attempt out of the theraprism.

Anyways it just. Percolates thoughts that's all. Like. Do you think Bill looked at Ford and ever thought the same thing as Fiddleford?

(edits added 9 hrs after og posting)

[frankiebirds]

[wackywatchdotcom]

the idea gets to me.... bc like gangle is consoled in ep 4 by the fact that zooble cares about her. its a few things that help her but theres a reason the episode ends w that. the two care a lot but zooble is the one that looks more like they have things handled. but see im not so sure they do. they have their own deep problems, with the circus and themself, like all of them do, theyre just more active about their decisions. gangles struggles vary but having people around her who care helps. gangle has seen the circus before zooble. zooble has never seen the circus without gangle. the idea of gangle meeting someone and returning to a world without them hurts my heart. i like to think that she could manage, and that zooble abstracting wouldnt lead her down her own terrible spiral, because i think the ideas zooble would have impressed upon her could help her manage that loss. but gangles already struggling just in general. it could go either way

and like smth abt the idea of zooble specifically abstracting is haunting to me, bc of all of the cast members, they would be the only one to leave a physical part of themself behind. theyre able to move limbs that arent attached, but it seems like theres a system in place for these things- their head and body are the main constants and they can move detached things likely only at a specific distance or in a given time frame. they arent constant parts of the.. meaning that if they abstracted, theyd leave many many parts behind, something that doesnt seem like its always the case. even extra accessories in the rooms seem more for decoration- zoobles parts were a genuine part of them, so the idea that they genuinely left effectively a part of them behind when no one else can do this.... falls over

[shimblesham]

yknow show cat tugger is a wonderful headcanon but also god. could you imagine. beautiful coat, wonderfully groomed, perfectly up to breed standard. but theres a 50/50 shot if he'll be the most chill and friendly guy the judges ever met or if hes hissing and trying to make a run for it as soon as his cage is opened. and no way to tell beforehand. <3

[dennisboobs]

i should honestly be keeping track of the times this happens but its so frequent its alarming. do u guys ever just. like. get jumpscared.

[bunabi]

Hi Bunabi, pls ignore if this is too ranty

Dragon age has had me in a chokehold for 10+ yrs at this point, but the representation and racial dynamics in this series is bothering me. The Dalish and elves in general are just so painfully whyte. I guess it is more comfortable for white ppl to relate to oppressed whites rather than actual POC… My lavellan is dark-skinned, but she looks out of place among elves like Sera, Solas and Abelas. Even most Dalish npc are white. I am getting tired of the worship of European aesthetics in media, not only in terms of beauty standards, but also in fashion, architecture and art. Do you feel like Dragon Age is eurocentric?

I agree about the diversity of NPCs but I don't think the fashion & environments are strictly European worship, we've just been stuck in Fantasy France & England for three straight games.

And as far as whiteness helping players relate to them: no. 😭

Considering how fans talk about the Dalish in the wake of DAI, how they're treated ingame, how many Lavellans ditch their clan and culture in fanon, and everything that's been added to their lore post-DA2, it aint helping lol.

[the-fiddlesticks-affair]

i'll say this though the 15 years later affair (and to a lesser extent the say UNCLE affair) did make me realize that i fucking loooove thinking about napoleon and illya Old. to be clear i dont think early 50s is That old but it shows such a promising start. if thats the way theyre acting right at the start of middle age it can only get better from here. also yes to say nothing of the fact that im a huge sap and i love when a) two characters Find each other again later in life and b) have History (for better and worse) together. i love when two guys sit around and reminisce about the good old days AND old wounds AND fret over how much time they feel theyve wasted AND get excited when they realize they have more time together than they thought they were ever going to get. im only human

[skitskatdacat63]

If I'm going to keep tagging posts w my ocs, I need to start putting my money where my mouth is

Ref:

[comradecowplant]

*** weewoo weewoo, Severance rant incoming, avoid or gather 'round depending on your preference, weewoo weewoo***

oofda Severance went from what's gotta be the best episode in the series-- visually, emotionally, character drive, general plot development, etc.-- to probably the weakest. Dgmw, I absolutely adore Patricia Arquette's performance as this sad off-putting woman and was eager for a Cobel check-in, but back-to-back bottleneck episodes leading up the finale was a TERRIBLE pacing choice, just completely missing the mark in a season that has already been plagued with pacing issues-- I'm lookin' at you, beloved by many but meh to me bc I have never been a melly shipper & thought it was a frustrating cut-away from the previous episode's dramatic final moment, Woe's Hollow-- & did not really provide much new information/plot momentum to make up for it-- yeah yeah Cobel lifelong Kier cultist, child labor & mommy issues, groomed & exploited scientific prowess, Lumon ruining anachronistic ether-huffing towns economically & spiritually; didn't really dig deeper or meaningfully build on anything we already know of in a away that needed to be a full break-away episode for, imo. Coulda & shoulda been the b-plot to a Milchick's continued spirit breaking/background to Ms. Huang (which would have very much thematically tied together to each!) -focused episode. And considering how short the episode is compared to the rest, I kind of suspect it might have began production that way but it was changed for some reason further along, but that's purely vibes based speculation.

These pacing issues paired with the knowledge that there are only nine episodes a season in this silly era of television, I am increasingly nervous about the finale, particularly considering ms dipshit mama bear super sibling withOUT a background in neuroscience who thinks she knows better than the scientist who was already digging around inside his noggin Devon followed through and reached Cobel 🤦‍♂️ like, clearly there are cracks in Cobel's Kier worship/Lumon militancy-- I think she has an ego that 1) cannot forgive how tossed away she was, especially with the newest detail of her being the overlooked inventor of the severance technology, & 2) despite the indoctrination, she has enough self-preservation to bridge the cognitive dissonance that rationalizes Lumon's abuses now that it's HER that might get locked away in the mind wipe torture basement-- but you're watching a different show in a different universe if you think we've gotten any evidence to strongly indicate that she is actually trustworthy. As the inventor of the chip she could be the perfect person to help Mark with the final reintegration steps... or, as I suspect will be more along the lines of what will happen, she could activate any of the other "modes" that have so far been only eluded to/cause further brain damage/betray mark & ragbhari to leverage herself into a better position with lumon/whatever will benefit her in her quest for... well, besides survival & credit for her invention, I really can't say for sure what her motivations currently are, but legitimate compassion & concern for Mark/the innies certainly are not among them.

Idk, just overall I think this season has put its hands in too many plot pies, especially now that the other outies have been given more character development time, a choice I've liked overall but that has not been 😏 integrated 😏 well with the rest of the story, largely because (forgive my repeating myself) of the pacing/9 episode limit-- we've gotten the central Mark reintegration plot, then we have melly romance b-plot, dylan emotional affair with his own wife c-plot, outie irv + his relationship to the testing floor & whatever the fuck is going on with burt/his husband d & e-plot, milchick being racially micro-aggressed f-plot, ms huang & the spectre of child labor g-plot, nasty lady helena eagan & her sinister side swept blunt bang h-plot, whatever cobel's deal is i-plot, the general overarching What Evil Mysterious Schemes is Lumon Up To j to whatever plot, and finally, the most pressing plot point to me that has been frustratingly shelved until episode 7, What's Happening to Gemma plot. I don't expect nor want wrapped packages with bows, but satisfying narratives involve give and take, and I simply don't have much confidence in the real estate provided by the 49 remaining minutes of the season that we'll get much of anywhere (except mad over what bad things are likely about to happen to Gemma, that is one thing I have begrudging confidence in 😔)

[quadrantadvisor]

I started shipping Dick Grayson and Percy Jackson as a joke and then got accidentally invested. Help.

The thing about them is that I think they would Know. They would each know that the other had been though more than any one person could be expected to bear. They would feel secrets like a weight between them. And they would just. Not ask. They would decide to be eachother's simple thing. A bright spot of good in a world that's too hard.

Dick comes across as a ray of sunshine but he keeps up with Percy's snark. Percy's bleeding heart for the downtrodden and disdain for any authority endears him to Dick. They just have complimentary energies.

What makes this funny is how everyone else reacts to them.

Dick's family is panicking, since Percy is The Most Suspicious Man on the Planet. He works six months out of the year at summer camps that don't exist. He was accused of terrorism as a twelve year old. They keep trying to bring this up with Dick, who is exaggerating oblivoiusness. "What, Percy, suspicious? Never. He's great with kids, I'm sure the campers love him, isn't that sweet?" Tim is pulling out his hair.

Meanwhile, Percy's telling Annabeth (who he is still dating, polyamory ftw) all about his new guy, and Annabeth is like, "Let me get this staight. You're dating a rich trust fund kid, who's also a police officer, named Dick? That's not a real guy. That's a parody of a person. Who are you and since when do you tolerate cops."

[85-rend]

i think i have said before that Zach and Zachary are like siblings to me but like that is not correct anymore. does not fit tbh with like some of the development i have made with the characters since that. i dont think theres any actual term that describes the kind of relationship they have properly theyre just kinda fucking something

(wanted to like say this to clear this up and avoid any kind of confusing with it and for my comfort and wahtever)

[nonsensechemicals]

crying whenever i talk about Cookie9 because all my friends have these interesting and unique theories on them while i take everything too literally and they all just stare at me like “dude… uuugh we r TIRED” <-they dont actually say this they are very kind to me but i can Feel It

[dennisboobs]

every mac fan who has to see the "mac is unloved" clip comp thumbnail has now gotten a taste of the rage i feel every time this shows up on my home page

[gh0stcav3]

fuck man. school assignments due tonight. cant focus bc my parents are arguing. wanna call my cousin. but my parents are arguing. stressed out as fuck. bc my parents are arguing

[pagesofkenna]

i wanted to make a post about a thing but the more i think about it the more i want to say and it's just going to end up being a big ramble essay, so instead i'll just give the thesis statement, thusly:

as the #1 Ratgrinders Apologist (self-appointed), of course they're the final boss fight to the death. i expected nothing less and the people trying to make discourse about it are ignoring the entire context of this being a Dungeons and Dragons game