#but the vibe from some people. damn

[pinktinselmonstrosity]

can i be mean for a second. those ''how many coachella acts do you know'' posts piss me off SO much. like ohhh you haven't heard of popular artists in genres you don't listen to? should we throw a party? should we invite some insufferable tumblr users idk i can't think of an example of anyone else so proud of their limited music tastes lol

[s0fter-sin]

soap's whole deal being sniper and demolitions gets me going bc on the surface they sound so different but when you get into it, you realise it's bc soap's smart

sniping is all math; calculating distances and wind interference and bullet drop. something i think people overlook is he was listed as a sniper first so it can be implied that he's better at it than demolitions. he does more sniping in both campaigns than demolitions work; in capture or kill, ghost specifically calls on him to take down the aq snipers

and demolitions is math with a hit of chemistry; knowing what mixes with what, knowing how much to use, recognising environmental factors and adjusting accordingly. it's not just about the boom; so much work goes into contained/ planned explosions. especially when having enough power for a breacher charge and not bringing down the whole building is the difference between mission success and failure

the chemical bombs he makes in alone can't just be any old cleaners, they have to have the correct reaction to each other; he just knew off the top of his head what would mix with what to create what reaction. he would also potentially have to recognise them by sight/smell bc they would’ve been written in spanish

soap would also have to know architecture; recognising structural integrity and weak points so he knows exactly where to plant a charge to bring it down and how it'll come down

he has an incredible soldier's mind people just forget that bc he's sociable which itself is a skill

we know he tends to buck against orders he doesn't agree with like when he pushes back against ghost in capture or kill and shepherd when he tells them to release hassan

he gets closer to people and sees if he can trust them and that's when he follows them without question. really think about how he talks to alejandro and rudy; he asks about their home and alejandro's family and rudy's relationship with him. those aren't questions you ask a stranger after a few hours of knowing them. that's not even touching on his relationship with ghost

he also deliberately brings people of higher ranks down to his level; talking informally with ghost and giving him a shoulder punch, addressing alejandro (a colonel!!) by his first name and rudy by his nickname despite literally just meeting them. he personalises all of them and it’s in direct opposition to the reason most characters do that; it’s not due to insubordination or lack of respect, the more he respects and trusts someone, the more casual he is with them

he digs into people; he wants to know what makes them tick and that determines if he can one, trust them and two, follow their orders. once he decides that, he's the ultimate soldier; he bleeds loyalty which makes him vicious when that loyalty is taken for granted

he isn't naive or bubbly or insecure; he's an incredibly smart and aware soldier. he's aggressive and bloodthirsty and loyal and intuitive and i love him so much

[kitteecassee]

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[somesmartsmarties]

I HAVE ARISEN FROM THE DEPTHS OF HELL TO SAY THAT YESTERDAY I WENT TO THE MOVIES AND I SAW THE NEW DND MOVIE AND IT WAS SO GOOD Y’ALL

My expectations weren’t super high unfortunately, seeing the track record of movies based off of games and existing franchises but DAMN WAS THIS MOVIE FUN

[nenoname]

i know its the experience of most readers (especially considering how popular the book ended up getting) but i honestly can't imagine reading tbob without "....so when are we gonna talk about bill's invoking the axolotl and that poem" lingering at the back of your mind the entire time

[leothil]

Also I gotta say that waking up later and opening tumblr right when a Discourse Of Epic Proportions was dying down gave me the biggest whiplash, because people were just fully misunderstanding each other in every direction. Christ. Hiatus couldn't come at a better time.

[bungusofficial]

mutual how are you so good at getting into arguments with people who agree with you

probably bc i only respond to people who cant write or read

"rape play can be consented to" and "rape can be consented to" are VERY different sentences. n like honestly i shouldnt even have bothered.

if you have such a fundamental misunderstanding of the english language i wont waste my time trying to communicate with you. when every word means something different its not really english anymore is it. if everything u say is so divorced from the english language that i need to ask you to repeat and translate everything i dont think im at fault here

i might just cut contact w anyone in the community because everything i say is misunderstood and misrepresented and not taken seriously if im not sucking up to people.

and so many words have new double-meanings and im led to think i disagree with ppl because theyre fucking incapable of writing a coherent sentence. and then its my fault somehow.

and its not like 'transid' or paraphilia dont exist outside of the radqueer community. everyone wants to change things about themselves. everyone changes. people are into weird shit and have mental disorders. i dont have a problem with peoples experiences.

n if rqs put any effort into what they say (or even didnt blame me for assuming that a word doesnt have any new secret meaning) id treat it the same as the mogai or liom community. whatever. kinda fun. sometimes theres a relatable label

.delete later

[wellenklavier]

hmm I really want to change my name

[presidentdragon]

*talking about media piracy in a digital game design class* "But how would you feel if someone pirated YOUR video game"

no, shut up, we're not talking about me, we're talking about Nintendo and Bethesda and every other major game design company. They aren't people. The game developers have already been paid. There's no "slippery slope" to navigate. Grow up and emulate BOTW on your laptop or something. Shoplift from a walmart. Fuck corporations.

[junkyardescape]

Fieram

Because I got myself worked up about it, I wanted to write a few of my thoughts about the only canon color story about Orianna, called Fieram.

I think a lot of League characters end up in the position Orianna is in, especially the older ones, where they don't seem to canonically know a single other champion. Orianna gets this really bad already - she's such a natural fit for knowing multiple characters (I think Seraphine, Blitzcrank, Renata Glasc, and Viktor are all pretty natural, and Morgana would be SO cool), but in spite of this, she knows nobody.

Fieram really doubles down on this and makes what I feel like is a fundamentally untrue argument about her character. Fieram presents us with the idea that Orianna is completely alone in her experiences, basically playing a practical joke on her; she is presented with the first person she has ever known to be similar to her, they hit it off, and she finds out its just an automaton. This presentation just isn't true - there literally are other constructs/construct adjacent champions with similarly strained relationships to their humanity.

I do think the story is well written, and I really like the characterization of Orianna we get from it - it shows that she's relearning how to be human in many ways, and her genuine love of the world really comes through. I really love this moment in particular - "“I like to ride the Rising Howl at dusk to catch the last of the day’s golden rays,” Orianna said. “From the very top you can see the harbor beyond the sea-gates, and the endless glistening ocean. From up there, you can imagine the smell of faraway lands.”"

I just wish that characterization didn't come at such hurtful cost to the character in such a mean-spirited way. That's not to say the tragedy isn't misplaced, or even isn't believable for Orianna to experience - I completely buy that this is canon, and that to her, she definitely does feel alone, and that there's totally a place for this kind of story within her broader narrative. I don't hate that it exists, and it does show us that lonely side of her character. But it doesn't give her character the depth she deserves, and it completely flies in the face of the truth that she doesn't have to be alone. Giving her some kind of relationship with Blitzcrank, a character who is so much the opposite direction of her, would let us see a new side of her and develop them both. Gwen is another "construct-adjacent turned human" sort character, though not in the same way as Ori, and serves as a great opportunity for them to both grow that isn't in this feigned way that leaves Ori as a a character so unresolved.

I don't believe this version of Orianna will ever be presented in Arcane, nor in any other property. So she'll kinda just be left like this, which feels too much like a last nail in the coffin on her seclusion. She doesn't need to be rewritten to work, she just needs more.

[transingthoseformers]

I think I've explained this before, but in my au Starscream is a youngest child.pdf in a large family. Like, the only reason they're considered the prince of Vos is because the other siblings either up and died, mysteriously went missing, or were disinherited for other reasons. Why am I mentioning this?

Imagine the 'Bots and 'Cons meeting one of Star's older siblings. Imagine the reunion, the chaos, petty petty fighting, perhaps some sibling rivalry Mufasa and Scar style?

[houseofwolvess]

looking in the comments on the sws tour announcement is so funny. everyone's so pissed that they're not solely going to the huge cities and instead actually focusing on other places lmaooo

[sludgeguzzler]

man i wish i was a videogame guy

[scrollypoly]

Feeling oddly validated in this chillis tonight

[cluescorner]

We need to bring back Gun Batman immediately where the FUCK is he

titans of tomorrow

aftermath:

[mrfoox]

No offense but like... What the fuck is wrong with me? 🥰