#because i am a ridiculous person.

[marnz]

Hi! 18 and 20 for the end of year asks <333

hello friend! <333

18. A memorable meal this year? okay great question. so I was in Maine earlier this year and I went to fore street for a special occasion....this fucking restaurant. we opened with a summer salad, essentially radicchio, mixed greens strawberries, some sort of nuts, and some sort of cheese, and you can essentially get this salad anywhere but this is the best rendition of it I have EVER had, the radicchio was zingy, the lettuce was so tender, the strawberries were so good I thought they might had been macerated in sugar. and then to follow that we had smoked squid with cherry tomatoes and a pesto, and it was insanely good, it was genuinely fucked up how good it was. The squid was both part of the mantle and the tentacles and the mantle was so tender and chewy that it almost tasted like savory linguine. I had some roast chicken for my entree but the salad and squid really defined the meal for me. I also went to a restaurant here earlier this year, for valentine's day, and had face melting transcendent baba ganoush with house made gluten free crackers.....i was like wow so THIS is eggplant huh? incredible. like my entree for that meal was this amazing braised stew with pistachos and rose water that came beautifully prepared but the baba ganoush was the stand out. decedent, gorgeous, I want to go back so badly.

20. What’s something you learned this year? i learned a lot about US foreign policy during the aughts! I got better at conflict! I used to find it high stakes and thus to be avoided at all costs and now I just see it as a part of life! I also learned how to do knitted cables and how to waltz

thank you <333 have a good 2025!!!

[paintedcrows]

Introducing RoyalAuthor! ...I cannot stop thinking about these old man scientists...

[spizgany-lipejs]

I think the romance between Hans and Henry gripped me so much not only because it's genuinely beautifully written and woven into the story. Because it is, in the end the romance between them feels like the most natural conclusion to the journey they were on since Hans first took offense to a bold peasant, and I can't remember the last time watching two people fall in love felt so genuine and real.

But what really sealed my fate when it comes to these two is that it feels like I waited for this romance to happen since I can remember. It might sound silly but this is the conclusion I was waiting for since I first saw an episode of Merlin when I was 11. The series ended at a less than satisfying note, and it was not a time when anyone would genuinely hope for any romantic conclusion to Arthur and Merlin's story. But Hans and Henry's relationship in KCD1 followed their trajectory to such an extent that I was prepared for another wholesome platonic male friendship moment even if honestly the signs were there. István and Erik's relationship was explicitly stated in the game and I never felt that it was a joke, something made up to humiliate the enemy or blame failure on sodomy. (Hello the Długosz entry of unknown origin blaming the lost battle at Varna on the King spending too much time fucking men). I cannot overstate my disbelief and delight at learning that finally this romance would get an official, canon conclusion. And for it to be so well handled, incorporated so nicely, feeling so raw and true and genuine. It's silly but these two are so important to me I'm never letting those two queer czechs go.

Often in games with multiple romance options that have any care put into them there's one or two that feel just a bit more canon. Be it more content, more (obvious, straightforward) connection to the main story, it doesn't make them canon and other options less important but it's there. I never expected Hans Capon to be this option for Kingdom Come damn Deliverance. And I'm delighted. Because warhorse didn't leave any substance for any argument that this romance is shoehorned in or less valid or out of the blue. Any argument against them is fueled by pure homophobia and bigotry. It would be anyway but they've got no tools to obfuscate. And if they cry about historical accuracy they can first bring me supporting material in Czech.

[isthataraccoon]

first time reading kotlc and just got to this part:

absolutely no hate to fitzphie at all (seriously. none.) but alden, babe, they’re fifteen?? stop acting like this is set in stone because it’s absolutely not?? high school relationships rarely ever last and they also haven’t even started dating yet so literally anything could happen.like guilt tripping a teenage boy into not confessing his crush on a friend because she may potentially get into a relationship with your son is soo icky

[invinciblerodent]

writing is a wild hobby because sometimes you put down the most poetic bullshit, the most beautiful, evocative imagery that feels like you tore it from your very soul

and sometimes you write "she opened her un-jizzed eye"

[frogeyedape]

I am so unbelievably pissed off. FUCK HOAs

Oh, my trash/recycling bin can't be visible except on pickup day? Ok whatever fine I hate you but I can deal with this

Weekly inspections?????? FU FU FU FU FU

SECOND NOTICE ALSO WE'RE CHARGING YOU MONEY TO SEND YOU CERTIFIED MAIL OF THIS TOTALLY LEGIT TOTALLY SECOND NOTICE OF WHAT IS ACTUALLY A VIOLATION cue me: checks notes. Hmm. My recycling bin was. on the curb. on recycling pickup day. You know. The day it has to be out. The day it is motherfucking ALLOWED TO BE FUCKING OUT AND VISIBLE.

so. 1) not a violation

I have sent them the trash AND recycling pickup schedules, which are DIFFERENT, btw

I have disputed the fact of the violation

I have disputed the linking of this "violation" to a previous violation MONTHS AGO--their "first notice" in this case was a "Courtesy Notice" LITERALLY 5 MONTHS AGO and they've done so many inspections since then and my bin CLEARLY WASN'T OUT IN THOSE INTERVENING MONTHS so WTMFH

So I am posting like a crazy person here instead of sending the absolutely deranged email I almost sent (I did send a slightly less deranged version with the disputes, and requesting a hearing)

OMG. It has been. Less than one hour since I learned this fun fun news. My bin was out YESTERDAY, y'all. YESTERDAY. I am going to blow a gasket

[khaire-traveler]

Hey, y'all, I'm going through a crisis right now, so I may not be as active as usual. I apologize in advance for any asks left unanswered for a while. Unfortunately, I just can't handle, well, much of anything right now. I'm sorry.

[ingravinoveritas]

angelsadvocate96 replied to your post “"And that's when I think, you know…I shouldn't...”

@ingravinoveritas And now you speak and we're all looking forward to what you're going to say. Just like Nye Bevan.

@angelsadvocate96 Aw, thank you so much. This is very, very sweet of you to say and I'm genuinely touched. I honestly...there is no part of me that is or will ever be like, "Yes, people want to hear what I have to say because I'm so important," solely because the experiences I had growing up laid down a foundation that meant I never believed anyone wanted to hear what I had to say, or ever would.

It's like when I give presentations and always tell audiences that I have a passionate dislike for the word "expert," because it carries with it an authority that can't be challenged. It often seems like the people who speak with such certainty and conviction about being right are the ones who sometimes know the least, but are the most unwilling to admit it. But I have a need to be almost hyperaware of what I don't know and to always be upfront about that, because the last thing I want is to be misunderstood or seen as something that I'm not.

In any case, your comment has made my whole day and means everything, and I'm really very grateful...

[tj-crochets]

Went to the doctor just for a check up and he basically just told me "your body just processes sugar very well! :) :) :) It's a good thing! :) :) :) It can't possibly be the source of your symptoms even though eating fixes it :) :) :)" But there was also a moment when talking about my iron deficiency that is possibly one of the funniest things a doctor has ever said to me, up with the cardiologist who said "you're a medical mystery": He was going over my blood test results, and said "Your iron levels haven't gone up at all, they are still extremely low, but you're not anemic anymore" And I was like how am I not anemic anymore??? And he said "Your hemoglobin levels have gone up...somehow..." while frowning at the blood test results on his computer. It was very "somehow, palpatine has returned" lol

[justalittlebluetiefling]

Still consistently annoyed that like, working out and cutting way back on soda and not snacking at night has made me healthier.

[crush3dmary]

One thing I really want to emphasize is that I am an adult with a very stressful life. In my two years at my job I have been the first responder to 7 overdoses, one of which was almost fatal and it was one of the most terrifying moments of my life. I have to make some very hard decisions. It's not an easy job. I come to fandom to share the love for my favourite games and shows and to create content that we can all enjoy. Writing is my passion and I love sharing my stories and connecting with other writers and encouraging them to keep going too. I come to fandom for fun.

I am not having fun anymore. I think I should step away for a bit.

[itspileofgoodthings]

sometimes I make a post and then have to save it to drafts so I can gauge if it’s too shallow/flippant for me to share with the general public.

[icewindandboringhorror]

Pictures and things

[theredtours]

So my job denied my request for vacation pay this coming week, which is really fucked because I put my time request in MONTHS ago and the whole reason was so I could see my family before they move to AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT COUNTRY. But the kicker is, they still gave me the time off, just unpaid. What the fuck is the point of vacation hours if you can't actually use them? What does a multi-million dollar corporation gain from not paying me all of $200 this next week?? LIKE LITERALLY WTF.

[skeletaltoad]

trans men can experience comphet. btw. in case you didn't know.

[licorishh]

"The Bible is so sexist blah blah blah" okay. When it talks about how you can avoid doing stupid things in Proverbs it uses a man in its examples and personifies wisdom as a woman though which I think is pretty funny