#but choices come with consequences

[stargirl230]

Art summary 2024!

Was fighting for my life trying to fill in those last few months but I managed it without using too many wips or bday cards (rip september)

Huge ty to everyone who stuck around - pls know that I read all your kind tags and messages (often multiple times in disbelief) and that they always make my year <3

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[yappacadaver]

Crazy wild shit man

[snailspng]

your blog is healing for my autism. i feel so good looking through everything. little pictures and items

That makes me happy. Choose a trinket! The one you choose can stay with you forever (if you want them):

[corvosdaughter]

pentiment not giving a definitive answer to the act i and ii mysteries isn't because all the suspects are equally likely to be guilty. i've seen people interpret it that way and then complain that the ending is a copout but like does anyone genuinely think ottilia did it. i know "possibly but uncertainly" is not that far off "equally likely" but i think it's an important distinction to make when it comes to understanding what the game is focused on.

it's not about who were the actual killers, it's not even about the circumstances that make it impossible for that to be known, it's about what made YOU point the finger at someone and the consequences of that choice. did you actually think they were guilty, or were they just an asshole? did you think it was someone else but held your tongue because they deserved to live? what about their age? community standing? did convenience factor into it? alternatively, what would happen if you dirtied someone's name and they were still around years later?

if there was a fixed answer everyone would just get caught up on whether they picked up all the hints and if they were chose the "right" or "wrong" path. that would detract from everything the game is trying to say. as it is, i think people who come away really wanting those mysteries solved, saying "i don't know who it was and therefore i might as well have spun a wheel and not wasted 15 hours to get here" have missed a lot of what it's really about.

[sarcasstic-jpmvr]

It is what it is?

Nonononononono.

It is what we make of it.

[classyruinsbarbarian]

The audio has subtle buzzing in the background so beware of that!

I first was going to go with Eileen but she would not say that (currently) and the second one to mind was Glenda and I went feral

[completeoveranalysis]

[8]

WATANUKI WISH BABY TO FILL THE LAVA LAMP VOID?

WATANUKI BEING BORN OUT OF A WISH TO SAVE SAKURA’S LIFE

WATANUKI EXISTING AS LIVING COLLATERAL TO FILL THE SPACES LEFT BEHIND

AND THEN IN TURN BEHIND LEFT BEHIND ALL OVER AGAIN

Also I’m just. Reeling over the fact that Lava Lamp didn’t know Watanuki at all before this moment. And yet later pre-paid something to Yuuko to keep him alive when he fell out that window. 

Just like how Lava Lamp saw Clone Syaoran being born and shoved half his soul in him, hoping that he’d eventually grow enough of his own that he’d become his own person. 

Lava Lamp ending up with two sort-of kind-of brothers, and caring about them instantly and wanting them to survive and be their own person, even when he’s so intently focussed on saving Sakura. 

Lava Lamp really ripping himself apart to save everyone close to him he possibly can. 

[stagefoureddiediaz]

Eddie’s arc gonna be so so so good this season

The Chris stuff is going to hurt so bad and break me but healing is coming for them both and I’m expecting a Chris-tmas episode reunion of father and son

[epiphainie]

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[beets-are-not-green]

i just finished watching buffy s1-s7 for the first time and like. s6 is good. not perfect, but still. it deals in the most obvious way with these big issues that are so human, and it's so real that even the season's vilains are kind-of-regular humans. the way it focuses on the characters' relationships, the way they grow, the way they hurt each other, the way they deal with becoming adults, with trying to have some control on life, on themselves, on each other, the way they fail, the way they have to deal with the consequences of their actions in the end... it was so interesting that i was even willing to go along with what i thought were bad writing choices, like: ok, that's awful but you know what, sure, let's see where we're going. and then s7 happens lmfao

[adriartts]

you wear your consequences around jaw-length

[foxqueen-katarian]

Do I want Bells Hells, and Imogen in particular, to die?

No.

Do I want them to have to live with the consequences of their stupidity?

Yes.

Do I think that ultimately VM and/or M9 are going to have to clean up their mess?

Yes.

Do I think Imogen is getting out of the campaign alive?

No.

[yakam0z]

actually ... to be honest ... hated everything about this gut-wrenching blood-clogging moment i wish this terror wouldn't live in my head siding with reed is the least fulfilling ending everything feels wrong and like you played right into myers' hands i'd rather have songbird betray me a second time than be responsible for this 😔😔

[un-pearable]

no offense but i think when critiquing jay’s (and let’s be real all of the OG four ninja’s) behavior in the pilots and early seasons, a lot of people ignore that the cultural context and attitude about misogyny and especially misogyny in children’s media is VERY different today than it was in the late 2000s/early 2010s

[juliannos]

wait... is the new thing in the dragon age fandom to judge someone based on which city they save????

[blluespirit]

I sort of like the thought that Zuko and Aang take the Sun Warriors' warning not to tell anyone about the dragons a little more seriously… and they keep it between them. Of course, they trust Sokka, Toph and Katara. Of course they know they wouldn’t tell anyone, but now three people (including Iroh) know the truth about Ran and Shaw. And that’s three too many when you’re trying to keep a secret.

(and there are other people at the temple as well - like Haru, Teo and The Duke - who, while trustworthy, aren’t as close to them as the others, and when it comes to secrets with as much consequence as this one, you can’t afford to take any chances.)

Furthermore, the culture within the Fire Nation since Sozin’s rein has been warped. The culture is not to respect the dragons as the original firebenders, it’s to conquer and kill them. It’s the ultimate proof of your strength as a firebender. All it takes is one mistake before rumour spreads, and people go looking for the ultimate hunt. It’s not something Zuko or Aang can risk.

Whether Katara, Toph and Sokka (and Suki) ever find out the truth is up to you. But post-war, after Zuko returns from a strange, poorly explained trip with a dragon, and eventually develops the ability to use rainbow fire, either the others have some questions about Aang’s knowing look, or they are finally let in on a monumental secret.