#c'mon we know you want to

[slymanner]

Look all I'm saying is if that a shadow game can work THAT well and be so well designed story wise and gameplay wise

HE can work

[stop-breaking-my-heart-telltale]

favourite twdg villain?

I'm a fond enjoyer of the St. John's as villains. I don't know if they're my favorite just because they're only in one episode, but I love the concept of this family almost immediately jumping into cannibalism toward the start of the outbreak, dealing in human flesh to bandits, and casually feeding this group their friend's legs.

Like... what the hell was this family like before the outbreak that all three of them were like, "Hey now listen... nothing should go to waste, the dead are eating people so why shouldn't we? We gotta survive and in our defense, we only target those who were gonna die anyway... like y'all."

Dude, Mark was shot in this shoulder with an arrow. He wasn't going to die from that injury. It's so fucked that these seemingly friendly people took the group into their home and then fed them Mark's legs.

If we take the idea that everyone is infected and have the capacity within themselves to become walkers, to become monsters, then the St. John's were infected long before the outbreak, y'know? Not literally, but something was wrong with them and the outbreak just further spread that infection and changed them.

But again, are they my favorite? I dunno if I can say that since I have a lot more appreciation for Lily now. Yeah, some of her writing gets a little wonky in ep3 of TFS when she goes on her monologues and shit, but y'know what? I'm into it.

You have to remember who we're talking about and the fact that she's the antagonist; Lily isn't some anti-hero in TFS who secretly has a heart of gold that's brought to light because she reunited with Clementine... she's a fucked up woman who did fucked up things in the name of survival. She's full of rot now. She sees kidnapping children and turning them into soldiers to protect her home as a means to an end, but she doesn't actually give a shit about the people she's taking. They aren't people to her, they're as the episode title suggests, toys in her game. The only one she sees as a person is Clementine, and while that makes her hesitate at first, she sees Clementine's a prize to bring back.

She remembers what happened in S1; her father had a heart attack and as she tried to save him, Kenny smashed his face in with a saltlick and then expected Lily to just stand up and help him get back to his family because "he did what he had to, he made the hard choice." Yes, Larry was a piece of shit. No one liked him, and you can even question Lily on him and she'll tell you that he has a lot of pain. Yes, it makes him an asshole, but he's still her dad and he's all she has. I mean... the simplification is daddy issues, but in all seriousness, I don't doubt for a second that many of Lily's issues stem from Larry being a shitty father to her.

Then everyone thought she was losing it when she insisted there was a traitor in the group, which she was right about, but she was unstable. She was unwell, but how do you help someone like that when you don't have training to go about it? Then Lily ends up killing either Carley or Doug and the group turns on her, and either she's left behind or she steals the van and runs away.

Then we don't know what the hell happened to her until we see her again in TFS, but like... a lone woman with decay festering inside of her joining the delta? Exposing her to their methods? I mean, what else did she have to lose? She had nothing, she lost everything, and she has a lot of issues. Survival is easy when you're numb, when you don't care about the individual; they're all just cogs churning to make the system run, and if a piece doesn't cooperate, you get rid of it and find a new one.

Plus I think there's something to say about Lily not wanting to be perceived as weak again. That whole display she put on in the cells? Telling the story of what happened to Minerva and Sophie? I get the criticism that it feels like Lily did a 180 between episodes but like... yeah dude, because it's a performance. It's not just her and Clementine anymore. It's a display of power and authority. She's playing the part and thriving in it as she ensures everyone else is terrified of her.

But then when Clementine and AJ get the upper hand? Again, she's not afraid to play up the pleading to earn enough sympathy to spare her- hell, just to let their guard down enough to strike and get the upper hand again. I mean, she's got nothing else to lose, right? If she doesn't go for it, she'll be killed and sure, you can kill her anyway but at least she tried.

Honestly, I look at Lily in TFS and still see that scared little girl playing the tough bitch, just like Carley said in S1. It's just now escalated from "tough bitch" to a downright vile person. She's so... lost? I suppose? Lost within herself and the monstrous means she's taken to survive.

I get the criticisms of how she was used in TFS, but for me, it's like when people complain about Minerva not getting the redemption arc she supposedly should've gotten, y'know? There's no saving her. Lily was never on our side, and there was no getting her on our side. She wasn't ever going to redeem herself. Even if you spare her and she drifts away on her raft, can someone like her actually find redemption? Or will she just find another group that'll feed into her rot?

Truly, I say let her be horrid. Let her be the piece of shit villain with a few fleeting moments of humanity. Let her drown in the blood she's spilled.

[kyouka-supremacy]

So no sskk?

[narzissenkreuz-ordo]

people who scream 'dan heng is NOT dan feng whatsoever' yet always tag any dan feng content as 'dan heng'

[vaguely-concerned]

the way harrow the ninth manages to convey the longing for connection that can happen not only between people, but also within an individual, when something goes wrong enough inside them. and the horror-hunger desperation and displacement of being severed from yourself that suffuses every other part of your existence, with all the repulsive rotting wrongness of stagnant water you can't get away from because the well is within your own heart and that bitch just keeps pumping away even when you wish it wouldn't bother. anyway. I love that book a normal amount

[dangerous-advantage]

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The top left description reads, "seems like they'd be good at parenting." The top right description reads, "seems like they'd be bad at parenting."

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Each of the four squares contains an image of a different character. At the top left is an image of Lan Wangji of the Mo Dao Zu Shi donghua. He sits between the descriptors "seems like they'd be good at parenting," and "excellent child rearing instincts."

In the top right square sits an image of Wei Wuxian, also of the Mo Dao Zu Shi donghua. He sits between the junction of "seems like they'd be bad at parenting" and "excellent child rearing instincts."

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[chussyracing]

charles during this weekend: does not sleep because he had food poisoning, forces himself to get in the car to do the fp1 with his brother, makes the history of f1 with his brother, emotional moment, his car is broken, he already takes 10 place penalty, in qualifying his time is deleted and with his penalty he starts p19, the day of the race he overtakes 11 cars and takes p8 from lap 1, he finishes the race in p3. That's charles leclerc. He makes us go through all the emotions ����😂//

// And then you have Carlos who qualifies p3, the only thing he had to do was overtake Lando but apparently that was too much to ask

i did rewatch the race now to see the full picture and besides what i suspect was a jump start from lando, there is nothing that made me so hopeless as seeing carlos letting another car in front and not moving a space up 😭

[kaidanalenkosprmanager]

THE BEST OF PRIORITY: TUCHANKA (PART 1)

Featuring: Cmdr. Sophie Shepard, Urdnot Wrex, and Urdnot Bakara With: Dr. Mordin Solus, Primarch Adrien Victus, Dalatrass Linron, Urdnot Wreav, and Comm. Specialist Samantha Traynor This will be the defining moment of Krogan history... Mass Effect 3: Legendary Edition (2021)

[sortanonymous]

Wait, they're making another one? Oh-kaaayyyy... Not holding my breath, but hopefully it's at least better than the $h!tshow that was the second movie. (Even if that "version" of Silver is still there.) If it's any consolation, I don't know how much Sega is involved with the Sonic movies, but if it's a good bit, then maybe they can help out! At the very least, there's this amazing comment under the reveal teaser. (GOLDEN ISLAND MENTIONED)

[kumakuma-circus]

everyday i want them to remake p4 more than the last.

[insurged]

i log in and gojo's cake on my dash ohhhhhhhhhh

is karin in heat for him already? it's ok, he's got you.

[discordiansamba]

do you think Lance starts playing Monsters and Mana early with Pidge in the identity crisis AU. I mean, I think we can determine that in canon Hunk and Pidge have probably been playing it for awhile before that episode, we just don't know for how long.

Pidge hears about it from Coran, and recognizes it as sounding so much like D&D (which is also weird, but eh. so's everything in space.). She makes an offhand mention to Lance, who seems... interested?

Oh right. He's got personality traits from her.

Pidge ends up playing a dwarf wizard. Lance ends up playing a beast person warrior. They play maybe once or twice together before Shiro catches wind of it and decides that this could be a great team-building exercise, since they're kind of... all over the place lately. Mandatory session of Monsters and Mana. For team-building, you know.

Shiro still ends up playing a human paladin named Takashi Shirogane. And still dies immediately. Allura also plays the same character as she does in canon, and is eager to play. Hunk's also... vaguely interested? He's felt a little distant from everyone since. yanno. He ends up playing a human ranger.

Keith is resistant to the idea at first, but if Shiro's the one asking him to play... he guesses he can put up with it for awhile. He ends up playing a half-elf rogue and is definitely having more fun with it than he'll ever admit.

[natasha-in-space]

Just woke up and I already get a makeout session from a cute guy. Neat. What's funny is that I remember this being a quick peck, but no. He went all for it.

Listen if I wake up with amnesia and a cute guy walks in and makes out with me, I'm not complaining. Orion does not approve though

[skrunksthatwunk]

kinda drives me up a wall when people go "hey i think x action in a war/combat scenario is inhumane and cruel and shitty" and someone responds with "oh but within the laws of war it's allowed or there's procedure for it etc etc". it doesn't have to be a war crime to be unforgivable man it's a shitty rulebook anyway

[helenababs]

hc/ramblings

helena and dick are just friends and that is just so important to me, that they're friends on purpose and their friendship is more important to them than whatever romantic potential they had in the past, they have great chemistry and mesh well together and have mutual respect and understanding. besides it's just so amusing to me whenever helena just seems so unfazed by dick's charm while still absolutely appreciating him... i know what you are helena

[bardicindignation]

Ok so they're maybe going to Whitestone and they need a powerful enchanter to...reattune the funnel thing...I'm seeing a Glorious possibility on the horizon 👀👀💜✨️