#but I'm excited about it now

[deoidesign]

Finally I have allowed myself to love that which I had denied myself so long

[aquanutart]

THEY'RE BACK!!!! my childhood manga!!!

[inkskinned]

hey btw if you're in the USA at  2:20 p.m. ET on Wednesday, Oct. 4, they're testing the emergency broadcast system. your phone is probably going to make a really loud noise, even if it's on silent. there's a backup date on the 11th if they need to postpone it.

if you're not in a safe situation and have an extra phone, you should turn that phone completely off beforehand.

additionally, if you're like me, and are easily startled; i recommend treating it like a party. have a countdown or something. be surrounded by your loved ones. take the actions you personally need to take to make yourself safe.

i have already seen mockery towards any person who feels nervous about this. for the record, it completely, completely valid to have "emergency broadcast sounds" be an anxiety trigger. do not let other people make fun of you for that. emergency sounds are legitimately engineered to make us take action; those of us with high levels of anxiety and/or neurodivergence are already pre-disposed to have a Bad Time. sometimes it is best to acknowledge that the situation will be triggering for some, and to prepare for that; rather than just saying "well that's stupid, it's just a test."

"loud scary sound time" isn't like, my favorite thing, but we can at least try to prevent some additional anxiety by preparing for it. maybe get yourself a cake? noise cancelling headphones? the new hozier album? whatever helps. love u, hope you're okay. we are gonna ride it out together.

[kensatou]

you think YOU had a bad day at work?

bonus: sid shrieking "no!!!! NO!!!!!" loud enough to be heard in the stands and on camera

[caffichai]

Summer Blaze!

[egophiliac]

I DID IT I GOT MY PINK HAYATE now I am never doing that again!

(at least until they give me, like, a frilly unicorn Kamui or something)

[floccinaucinihilipilificationa]

Hey hey hey may 31th anon! How's 2024 going? ☆ヾ(*´▽｀)ﾉ This year I have for you a leaked Sherlock season 5 image. Thinking of you!! And everyone!!

[ashleys-doodle-corner]

ACT 2 "You're... me?" "That's right, stardust!"

You know I've been drawing Loop as their Siffrin form so much that it's got me thinking. I've read and seen so many fics and artworks of Loop eventually getting back to looking like their old self, but I don't think I've seen any so far of Loop already being a mirror copy of Siffrin. So uh, yoink?

ISAT AU where the game plays out the same way (plot-wise at least) but Loop looks like Siffrin the whole time and while Siffrin is extremely perplexed that there's another him, he's still gotta accept their help because how else are they supposed to escape the loops? Good ol' Loop is here to help, helpful friendly Loop!

Siffrin is going through it still but Differently.

[teaboot]

tranny freak :)

[mimimar]

i've been completely charmed by witch hat atelier♡

(art prints)

[babacontainsmultitudes]

RIP Will Campos the only person who was murdered this episode.

[codacheetah]

The Loop Dialogue Spreadsheet

RELEASE 1.0 BABY!!!!!!!

SHEETS LINK

WEB LINK (I don't recommend this one, but it's also here)

✦ WHAT IS THE LOOP DIALOGUE SPREADSHEET? ✦

As I'm sure you could guess by the name, this sheet is a compilation of (to my knowledge) all of Loop's dialogue in the game, sorted into tabs for easy access.

✦ WHAT DIALOGUE IS ON THIS SHEET? ✦

Currently, the sheet is divided into:

Generic dialogue - Dialogue for starting and ending a conversation with Loop, calling them, basic dialogue options

"What should I do next?" - Loop's advice regarding story progression.

"Let's talk about something..." - Optional conversations with Loop, relating to the "Behind the Scenes" achievement, also known simply as "loop chats"

"I had a question about..." - Loop's advice regarding sidequests

Predialogue - Automatic conversations with Loop preceding the regular dialogue options

Tutorials - Occasions in which Loop gives information to Siffrin in brackets.

Item interactions - Loop's reactions to using Souvenirs near them, as well as to using Your Dagger near them

Story events - Loop's introduction, Beginning of ACT 3, Loop hangout, Forgetting Mirabelle's name random event, ACT 5 Loop confrontation, and the Epilogue

(...plus the intro, where the key comes from)

✦ WHY USE YOUR SHEET? ✦

So you can be obsessive over Loop the same way I am (◕‿◕)

Also so you can take screenshots and see stuff you missed! Yippee!

Anyways, with that out of the way, thank you to anyone who has helped with this project along the way, ESPECIALLY @felikatze and his script project. 💖 You're free to copy anything out of this sheet without credit because, well, I didn't write any of this dialogue.

Fair warning ahead of time that this sheet contains unmarked spoilers for the entire game, including several optional achievements.

[tblsomedoodles]

The Preferable Alternative -Part 20

Start - previous - next (not yet)

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[expelliarmus]

[housederiva]

Before you vote on any of the polls please keep in mind that a blorbo isn't necessarily your favorite romance option!

It's been a month shy of two years since the first time I hosted the original version of this and now with the release of VeiIguard, think it's a great time to do it again!

Want to see absolutely none of this on your dash or in tags? Filter out Bioware Blorbo Beatdown as everything I post about it will have that tag included xx A link to this post will also be added to the top of my pinned post!

In Round 1 characters that are companions or equivalent will be sectioned off into groups of 4 while other NPC's will be sectioned off in groups of 5 from their respective franchises. The two highest answers from each poll will move on to Round 2 which will change to 1V1. From Round 3 onwards all characters will be merged together. That will continue per franchise until there's a winner for Mass Effect and a winner from Dragon Age which will then go against one another

Will Garrus keep the Mass Effect crown only for the title of Ultimate BioWare Blorbo to be snatched by .5 of a percent by the man the myth the elf, Zevran two beatdowns running? Only time and (your vote) can tell!

Links of the active polls are below in descending order of when they're posted! (As this post will go past the allotted word limit if all past polls are listed, they can be seen by searching BioWare Borbo Beatdown on my blog)

ROUND 1 - ME

- Tali'Zorah vas Normandy / Garrus Vakarian / Liara T'Soni / Ashley Willams - Richard L. Jenkins / EDI / Jeff 'Joker' Moreau / Kaidan Alenko - Urdnot Wrex / Kasumi Goto / Thane Krios / Zaeed Massani - Jack / Legion / Jacob Taylor / Javik - Miranda Lawson / Mordin Solus / Samara / James Vega - Cora Harper / Nakmor Drack / Jaal Ama Darav / Urdnot Grunt - Liam Kosta / Pelessaria 'Peebee' B'Sayle / Vetra Nyx / Comatose Ryder Twin

- Aria T'Loak / Saren Arterius / Matriarch Benezia / Kal'Reegar / Kai Leng - Nyreen Kandros / Sovereign / The Illusive Man / Conrad Verner / Charles Pressly - Doctor Karin Chakwas / Captain David Anderson / Admiral Steven Hackett / SAM / Major Kirrahe - Steve Cortez / Gabby Daniels / Kenneth Donnelly / Kelly Chambers / Samantha Traynor

ROUND 2 - DA

- Dorian Pavus / Zevran Arianai - Alistair Theirin / Anders - Sten / Cole - Sigrun / Shale - Vivienne de Fer / Bethany Hawke - Josephine Montilyet / Cassandra Pentaghast - Carver Hawke / Nathaniel Howe - Varric Tethras / Fenris - Bellara Lutare / Dagna - Felix Alexius / Calpernia - Felassan / Briala - Flemeth / The Arishok - Xeon the Aniquarian / Ghilan'nain - Emmrich Volkarin / Johanna Hezenkoss - Andarateia 'Teia' Cantori / Viago de Riva - Kieran / Sandal Feddic - Maevaris Tilani / Vorgoth - Antoine / Duncan - Shianni / Anora Theirin Mac Tir - Lucanis Dellamorte / Spite

[solarpunkani]

You know what, while I'm doing hot takes. And this one may be obvious considering I'm actively contributing to hosting the Solarpunk Aesthetic Week event but like.

Dear everyone who's constantly deriding the aesthetic portions of the solarpunk movement/genre; do you just not understand that being able to visualize the future you want is immensely important to being able to work towards it? Being able to get other people on board with it?

When I first got interested in Solarpunk, it wasn't for the hot leftist takes about the top ways to dismantle the government for the people, or top tips on how to build your own solar panel apparatuses. What brought me in? Visions of a hopeful future. I learned and began to love the rest as I dove deeper into solarpunk circles, but there is no denying that my first intro to it--and likely many people's first intro to it--was via the art and aesthetic spheres. The term 'solarpunk' was literally coined to refer to the aesthetic movement, and we've been building up from there ever since.

'When are people going to realize the aesthetic parts don't matter and what really matters is praxis--' dude, the aesthetic parts do matter. Inspiring people does matter. Showing people visions of a hopeful future is immensely important, it's why so many people join this movement. We see glimpses of what a hopeful future could look like, through beautiful art or riveting stories, we're inspired by things like stained glass and organic designs and statues and fashion concepts--and then we think to ourselves 'how can we help make this future happen?' And we learn the praxis and we work towards the goals and we share it with others because that's just how we work.

Seeing isn't always believing, but sometimes in order to believe in something with your whole heart, it helps to be able to visualize what you want. For yourself and for others.

So yes. The aesthetic parts of solarpunk do matter. Thank you for coming to my TEDTalk.