#at first i thought it was laughter

[etdraconis]

( I can't tell if this guy in the library is laughing or sobbing right now... )

[stubz]

Aurum didn't think he was a xenophobe but he did think that some species were too...delicate. They were too emotional, what with their snot and tears when things got to be too much. It was a terrible evolutionary trait to keep. Your telling others, friend and foe, that your currently vulnerable. A terrible sign of weakness.

Thank the heavens his species didn't have that.

And thank the heavens the two humans at the centre seemed to be the least delicate of their species. Why, what would they do if the children made them too emotional? They'd burst into tears surely!

The poor things.

'Speaking of them' he paused as he saw the two humans in the halls, arguing with someone. Rather...passionately, to the point where half the large hall was taken up by a crowd gathering to watch.

'Wouldn't want to miss a free show' he grinned to himself. How he loved drama.

The gist of the fight was a new co-worker of theirs was fired after they had reported them to the Calis, the first mate of the ship. The reason for was unknown but there were some theories about how it was about workplace bullying, the firee being bad at their job, or perhaps speciesism from the humans.

Aurum watched in glee as words were exchanged, some plain and boring, others witty and clever, with some having him along with the whole crowd gasping. He nodded to himself in approval of the human's cool headedness. If only all emotional species where like them.

Seeing as the argument was going nowhere Aurum decided to take his leave. But the gasping of the crowd drew him right back in. He pushed back to his ideal viewing spot and looked. The humans were acting strangely. One was crying and the other was laughing.

"What happened? Why are they crying why are they laughing?" he whispered.

"I don't know, they were arguing when the humans just...broke." whispered back another.

The humans spoke.

"You...you are the most infuriating being I have ever met...do you feed off all the bullshit you cause?" hissed Kim, tears slipping out from her eyes.

"Oh my god why are you like this? I pity your previous boss." giggles Max, his laughs not all cheery or joyful.

"What, what are you doing? Why are you crying? What's so funny??"

"I'm crying because I am so fed up with your bullshit that it is driving me to tears." seethes Kim. "Congratulations, you are now the second person to make me angry cry!"

"This...this is a new one for me...I've never laughed because of how angry someone made me." the laughs coming Max make Aurum grimace, they don't sound at all natural. It sounded even worse when the laughs turned wet and tears began to threaten to spill.

Aurum had always thought that tears were horrible. Not the emotions but tears. As they are a sign of weakness. A sign you are vulnerable. But watching these two...it was truly unsettling.

To not sob Kim had begun to whisper, her voice quiet but so full of rage. Max didn't care and simply continued with his current volume, allowing the tears to pour into his smirking, giggling mouth.

Their tears did not make Aurum think they are weak. Their tears made Aurum lean back from the horrifying combination of emotions. The quiet rage. The maniacal laughter.

He heard later that the fired co-worker was indeed rather terrible and left that very day with no more fighting or protests.

[rayssion]

I LAUGHED SO HARD ON THIS WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME

[bruhstation]

of fucking course the best, most harrowing, most gut-wrenching tugs character only appeared in one episode (a bit of ramble in the tags)

[arsenicflame]

when will someone pick izzy up bridal style and spin him around? hm?

[invinciblerodent]

so i poked around a little bit among the popular DA2 mods, for reasons I don't quite know myself, and um

how do we, uh. feel. about this.

because i think. i think we are feeling bad.

like i'm not a Fenris girlie, and i won't even mention the parts of this mod that make him human for some reason ("half-elf") or whatever, but this....

well this. is a thing for sure

[varteeny1234]

So: I Was Right About Marm

AKA my autism explosions, in words! Hopefully this is coherent

PART ONE: THE BEGINNING

I post this art headcanoning a connection between her Let's Play S1 and SBK and Marm reblogs it and adds these tags:

The art was actually titled "the beginning" as well, a fun easter egg! This made me start to think: well, there's probably something more to this all. We know OTHER sbkers are from other series/servers, why wouldn't Marm be too?

PART TWO: MAGIC HEADCANONS "ALMOST CORRECT"

just. this post. thanks marm for your response LMAO

(i made another headcanon post about marm's magic, and another connection to LPS1. Marm said it was "almost exactly what she was going for". Cue explosion #2 :D

I am now 95% certain that LPS1 Marm and SBK Marm are the same person, or at least connected!

PART THREE: CRYSTALS

Yeah. Um

Those are the same crystals! THAT'S ANOTHER CONNECTION! HOORAY- I AM EVEN MORE LIKELY TO BE CORRECT

PART FOUR: ANOTHER MANGROVE SWAMP

Marm put a flashback to her LPS1 world in her SBK episode 14!

This is one of the paths from her mangrove swamp starter base:

(its not the same place in the base but its still the same area)

In-video, Marm said, after looking directly at the Heart of the Swamp crystal: "Wait- what just happened? This is a Mangrove swamp, but it- it doesn't look like Skyblock? It feels familiar, somehow. I think that there is something just up here, and-" *CUT BACK TO SBK* "-um... That was- that was weird! I'm going to have to figure out what happened there later..." (she continues talking but avid shows up and she doesnt talk about the swamp anymore)

NOW: I EXPLODE INTO ONE MILLION PIECES

To Marm: Thank you so much for your wonderful work, you are such a good storyteller, and every little piece of lore revealed from what was really a lucky guess was so much fun to compile! I am on the edge of my seat waiting to see what will happen to SBK Marm next :D

To The Friends Who Watched Me Go Insane In DM's Because I Could Not Chat During The Premiere: AAAAAAAUUUGRHRGRHEGHGAGAHRGRHEHWGHAHRVHAHEVHRHRGDHHRJRLGLFLHERHGRGRGEGRHGRGRVRGRGRGRGRGRG AHOUUUHUGHGHHTTHGHGHHGHGHHHHHHH IM SKHAKING AND VIBRATING AND ROLING AROUND ON THE FLOOR I HAVE A MILLHON DRAWING WIPS I NEED TO MAKE AND THE MARMVID FRIENDSHIP STUFF IN TODAYS EPSIDOES KILLED ME LIKE I K OW IT DID EVERYONE ELSE BUT AS LEO SAID IA M APPARENTLY THE #1 MARM UNDERSTNADER AND ALSO AVID SAID "MARM SUPER FANS WILL KNOW" AND I GUESS THAT'S ME. EAHHY

Also the 100 Traps video references in premiere chat YEAHH :DDD

[sunnibits]

aaaa I just wanna hear izzy laugh so bad!! I want someone to crack him up and miraculously get a genuine smile out of him for the first time in like two decades. I want him to overhear some funny bit from the crew’s shared stories that actually makes him huff a little snort, only for him to immediately try to hide it. I want to hear that gravelly, deep rusty chuckle of his goddamnit!!! I want everyone to hear it and immediately whip their heads up in wide eyed shock. (is that… izzy?? laughing???? I didn’t even know he could DO that). (something in ed’s chest creaks a little to hear it again. it’s been so long since he’s heard that sound). I will not rest until my boy gets a tiny shred of happiness and that’s final!!!!

[ayyponine]

not to be a milennial but harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban really is that bitch....

[zedif-y]

people older than you when the challenge is to not give unsolicited advice: 💀💀💀

[swaps55]

When Sam sent in Kaidan's recommendation to N-school, did he know Kaidan would turn it down?

Oooh, this is a REALLY good question.

I'm going to say he didn't, and Kaidan turning it down came as a surprise to him. Should he have known? Probably. But as intuitive and observant as Sam is, I think in this case, the N program is so integral to him, that he couldn't step outside himself enough to understand why Kaidan wouldn't want it.

From the beginning, the allure of Kaidan Alenko has been that he's hard for Sam to figure out. Sam likes puzzles, and Kaidan is one he never quite solves. People don't often surprise Sam. Every time Kaidan does surprise him, he becomes even more interesting.

So turning down the N program recommendation would have set Sam on his heels a little. He would have taken time to over analyze why, sit with it, and have a little moment of clarity over the ways he'd misunderstood Kaidan's experiences, or just not given enough consideration them. I very deliberately gave Kaidan and Sam very different experiences with developing and learning biotics. Their perspectives are VERY different, and Kaidan's reasons for not wanting to be an N would have helped Sam broaden his own understanding of how un-universal his own experience was. For all the things he knows about Kaidan and BAaT and Vyrnnus, this would have driven home a little harder the ways in which they shaped him.

Sam also would have marveled a little at the ways Kaidan is so relentlessly himself, and rigidly follows his own code.

Truthfully, that was probably a small but important moment in Sam's long, slow fall. The relief he would have felt, however, at Kaidan staying put on the 'Yang and remaining with the squad is something he would have carefully tucked away somewhere he didn't have to think about very hard.

Other people are puzzles, after all. Less fun when the puzzle is yourself. :)

[cementcornfield]

ohhh i'm loving justin on the receiver show so much

[shield-and-saber]

yeah, so i just finished cataclysm

[shallowseeker]

Why was Sam's death so funny in season 13.

Seriously. someone explain this to me.

It was hilarious. And it shouldn't have been. No amount of acting could have saved that scene.

[noa-ciharu]

Very disappointed to see Sebastian banging a nun was an anime thing only 😔😔😔

[zivaninja]

If you think you're bad at accents, at least you'll probably never be as bad as Jenny Eclair attempting to do a Geordie accent