#best fucking post in the entire world

[chimerahyperfix]

This loop has to be the one. Nevermind that you said it last loop, and the one before, and the one before that, and most of the ones before that. THIS was the one you'd stop the King in his tracks. You push a few of your many potions to the side to make room on your desk. None of them worked to stop him, so they were useless. He's still about twelve, fourteen? hours away, so you have enough time to make the bomb, eat and take a fat nap before you go pick a fight. Maybe this time, it'll work! It has to!

You've gotten better at making the Craft Bomb. It hasn't blown up on you before you intended to use it in... a long time. You can make it fast enough, now, for it to still be light outside! You've become silent while you work, which Mirabelle has told you is ''worrying'', but you don't see why it is. Are you really that loud? (Yes. You are.)

It's hard work. Soft light bathes your desk, your work, you. You reach out, past your potions, and grab your water bottle. Take a big swig, and

Hmm. That's not water.

How. HOW do you keep making this mistake. You look at the bottle in your hand, and sure enough, it’s one of the potions; your water bottle is shoved in the back of the collection of other containers. The taste is caustic, your throat begins to burn. You shouldn’t be this calm for having just drank something that’ll kill you in a handful of minutes, but it’s happened before. Despite the pain you don't bother trying anything. Just push the finished bomb to the side and lay your face against the wood of the table. Feel the blood start to pool in your mouth and dribbling out, staining the wood. Mirabelle, or Euphie or whoever comes in next, they can use it this loop. It's not the first time you've drank one of the many, many dangerous potions on your desk, and it's probably not the last. Maybe you'll actually clean the crabbing thing off before you work.

Whatever. You have next time. You have all the time.

Perhaps a bit too much, actually.

[curapicas]

The rest of the party is maybe more obvious, so it took me a while to figure out Laios' role in the hall of Izutsumi's caring adult companions. And the role is:

he answers the questions.

[fidgetspringer-art]

✧ The Ardal stars ✧

[charlesemersonwinchesteriii]

Garak is So much right from his first episode. Laura Palmer of Cardassia over here trying to get laid, foil a terrorist plot, AND work a retail shift, all while high as fuck. Dude’s schedule in Past Prologue is FULL.

[druidshollow]

Wandering Aimlessly with Everlasting Joy and Many Small Flowers, One Quick Glance debate Eleven Rivers' health, and what should be done about it.

(this is an iterator logs-style thing I wrote for my oc lore- i havent finished it but im posting it anyways lmao) ((cw for ableist language))

MSF: I call upon the Act of Indecision.

WAEJ: Wait-

MSF: I have no intention of changing my stance, and it seems neither does Wandering Aimlessly with Everlasting Joy. I propose we bring it to vote. Unless Wander wants to change his mind?

WAEJ: No. If it needs to come to the act, then so be it.

?: What say the rest of the Council?

?: If the act has been called, then it is law.

WAEJ: Before we vote please consider the morality of this situation- we are all aware of the emotional intelligence of the iterators. What would Eleven Rivers say?

MSF: Self-preservation is natural instinct, he could only be expected to disagree with this decision. As their parents, we must make these difficult decisions for them. I am closer to Rivers than anyone else. I can assure you all that he is suffering, with no evidence of getting any better.

WAEJ: There is- just a moment- here. There is evidence that unstable neuron disease is treatable, that there are ways to ease their suffering and even decrease their memory loss. This research by Flight to the Sun, Homeward Descent and A Fleck of Flame prove this. Please, look it over.

MSF: ...I am just as aware of Flight to the Sun, Homeward Descent's research as the rest of you. We have tried these methods with Eleven Rivers. Here- records of the memory arrays reformat of 1233.864. His memory remains just as spotty as before, if not worse. This chart shows the increase in lapses of thought- something quite traumatic for an iterator to endure.

MSF: They were created with such incredible neural networks, minds we cannot even hope to comprehend living with. For a being of their status, holding thousands of memories and tens of trains of thought at once are entirely normal. For these thoughts to be interrupted is mortifying for them. When Rivers is shocked, for a moment, there is near nothing.

WAEJ: This is a symptom of UND. All iterators ailed with it experience this.

MSF: Of course. But Eleven Rivers is especially distressed by it. He has been more moody and aggressive since he's been getting worse.

?: Aggressive?

MSF: In his conduct with his group. I would think Wandering Aimlessly with Everlasting Joy would agree, having seen how he speaks to Glass Incident.

WAEJ: ...It is true that Glass has been uncomfortable with him.

MSF: He is lashing out, disturbing his group. If you will look at this chart here, I have graphed the increase in shocks and, in neuron fly analysis, the increase in anger. It is my belief that his suffering is only being exasperated, and that he will only grow increasingly aggressive.

?: Do you think Eleven Rivers could be a threat to the rest of his group?

MSF: I believe so, if not directly than indirectly.

WAEJ: Taboo law protects us, and protects his group as well. When he and the twins quarrel we split them up. Yes, it is true that his symptoms are worsening, and yes, he is growing more frustrated, but if what Many Small Flowers, One Quick Glance has demonstrated supports anything, it's the fact that he is triggered by his suffering! As their parents it is our duty to eleviate that pain!

MSF: He's treatment resistant. I've demonstrated that, if you've been paying attention.

WAEJ: It doesn't make sense. It's a science, Flowers, on a base level they are all the same!

MSF: I've never seen Glass Incident lose herself in a shocking fit before.

?: Your professionalism, please, you two.

MSF: Apologies, High Councilmen.

MSF: The depth of my argument is in the fact that Eleven Rivers has been resistant to every attempt I've made to help him. Here's another record- a partial neuron fly reset from the date 1229.236. The same as my last example was documented- brief improvement followed by a heavy decline.

?: We see he is being disturbed by his flies more and more. What is causing this increase in active UND symptoms?

MSF: The hardest part. We do not know.

WAEJ: There are teams working on finding the source of his new symptoms. They have only been at it for two major cycles.

?: That is a long time, in the smaller scheme of things.

MSF: Perhaps it would help relax you all to the idea if I demonstrated how his shut-down would work. If I may.

MSF: These are the blueprints for the Demolishers. They are designed to be as efficient as possible. It will only take 60 minor cycles for the demolition to be complete if we deploy fifteen Demolishers. Eleven Rivers will feel no pain. His power will be shut off beforehand, all his neural processes cancelled, and his puppet will be removed beforehand, as a sign of respect. He will wake right up again, perhaps as something easier done by.

WAEJ: This isn't what he would want. It's wrathful to end his life without him ever even knowing.

MSF: Wrathful? I am only concerned with his and all the other corners' well-being.

[softgothbabe]

If you're soft and gentle and loving w animals I adore you automatically btw

[lorephobic]

idk how to even like. put this pain into words and i would normally vent about this shit on twitter, but the person its about follows me on there so like. anybody have skills for coping with the crushing realization that the person u love most in this world and have built ur life around sees ur current situation together as a temporary hurdle that's preventing them from their truest and happiest self which. is separate from u entirely? anyone know how to deal with this?

[nexus-nebulae]

just realised that the first media we consumed that made us REALLY sympathetic for the monster was that fucking point and click Mystery Case Files Ravenhearst game. bc that entire game i was legitimately fucking TERRIFIED of the ghost lady in that game but the second i found out her husband was abusive i doubled down on trying to help her escape. and the ending of that game Did make me cry out of fear but hey at least i did in fact help her escape

[sovamurka]

it was so funny and interesting to learn that I'm the lowest (i.e. poorest) kind of ✨интеллигенция✨ because I'm a teacher's daughter

[mitchmarner]

Me in theory: A weekly release of episodes is way better. The binge watching model is ruining the way we experience television.

Me when I actually have to wait another week for the next episode: What the fuck. What the fuck is this injustice. Where the fuck is the next episode of my program.

[windupaidoneus]

now some people may not like to hear it but even the worst people who exist are still people & there is no human being who has More right than others to decide whether others deserve to live or die (does not mean i personally condemn murder in self defense or anything of the sort or killing fascists or whatever i'm just saying as a baseline This Is How it Is) & this is why the death penalty is not a good thing no matter how good & trustworthy the people in any government might be. people on average also deserve the chance to learn to do better. & no, someone who's been forcefed propaganda their entire life will not let go of that deeply entrenched mindset so easily, it's not particularly unrealistic & it absolutely sucks to deal with but in the context of tangibly working toward world peace it's also not an issue to try & help such people both in material ways & in helping them learn better rather than cut them down or abandon them to a grim fate. all this to say that's why i don't think garlemald is written badly, as unpleasant as the experience might be. walks off the stage

[kekeartzworld]

My Honest Opinion On If My Art Gets Reposted And Traced (PSA)

I know that plenty of artists out there don’t really appreciate it when they’re art gets reposted without their permission but honestly, with knowing how the internet works, I’m honestly going to be indifferent and say something that will probably make many of my fellow artists mad

I really don’t care if my art gets reposted and although credit is much appreciated, it really doesn’t matter all that much to me as long as I know that people genuinely appreciate my work and I’m getting more attention for the effort that I put in it

I feel what a lot of people miss is that reposters don’t always have malicious intentions but rather they appreciate your hard work and want to show it to more people on other platforms that you perhaps don’t post on as often or even not post on at all (like with me no longer posting on Twitter or TikTok for example)

If anyone reposts my works to say Twitter or TikTok, I really wouldn’t mind as these are platforms that don’t really have any form of relevance to me anymore because of how much stress both platforms have caused me in the past

As much as I would like to see credit if my works are to be reposted, it doesn’t bug me if I don’t get credited either

I understand how the online world works and I acknowledge that there really isn’t much I can do to stop people from reposting my artwork without first contacting me for permission

You can call me careless for this and you know what..? You’d honestly be correct because as long as I know that there are more people appreciating all of my hard work, it doesn’t make a difference to me if my works are reposted or not so as long as it’s out there and gaining recognition

Honestly, there are times where I question in my own head why there aren’t more artists out there that are like me who are actually willing to acknowledge that their art will be reposted no matter what and there’s really nothing we can do about it and just leaving it as that

I do acknowledge that there are other ways people can support artists but considering as I can never really set up a system for me to earn money off my works and the factor of my DeviantArt commissions never getting all that much attention, this is the very least that I can do to get more recognition for my work

I have a similar opinion on if my art was to be traced because I can understand that on a personal level as I have multiple works that are traced from other’s works myself

[syringa]

jesus christ. has anyone heard this

[pilmyeol]

return of the disaster class hero is a lot of fun. wouldnt call it good necessarily but it is highly enjoyable and also i really like the weird gay thing lee gun and hugo have going on

[minamotoz]

[lesbiankingphil]

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