#cause that might be the connection then

[citizen-of-the-fandom]

I saw a post somewhere that each of the companions' personal quests have to do with the main quest - Gale wants/knows about the Crown of Karsus, Shadowheart is involved with the shadow-cursed lands and therefore Ketheric Thorm, Wyll's connection to Duke Ravengard leads you to Enver Gortash, same as Karlach, Lae'zel guides you to the githyanki/Astral plane side of things and by extension you learn more about your Dream Visitor, everyone has a main plot relevant quest-

except Astarion.

His personal quest is very personal but has nothing to do with the Absolute, unless you view his being able to walk in the sun as motivation for growing your illithid powers.

And I've been thinking about it and I'm pretty sure that's on purpose. Astarion is in the party to be loved; you wouldn't have any reason to want to keep the tadpole in your head otherwise.

I'm not saying Astarion/Tav is canon but it is tho.

[paperglader]

i just feel like someone should take one for the team and write the fanfic where miss homotron goes to dragonstone on foot, meets her situationship’s new lover, and immediately goes like blind with jealousy and fury (rhaenyra, as always when alicent’s near, looks and behaves like a very confused kicked puppy)

i just need homotron and saphotron to meet, so the real war can begin

[teaboot]

tranny freak :)

[dunmeshistash]

I was rereading dunmeshi and was reminded of the dryad lifecycle and I just. The amount of things in this manga that makes complete sense but also none at all. Keeps me awake at night tbh. Can’t get enough. What’s ur fav complete bonkers fact from the series?

No joke the first thing I remember questioning in dungeon meshi is the explanation for Falin always having her eyes closed, I was like "what do you mean she's always squinting cause shes near sighted, where's her glasses" meanwhile I was squinting at my screen without my glasses on.

Anyway, I think my favorite bonkers monster explanation is the Red Dragon, they click their tongues to ignite fuel, eat their prey whole so they produce pellets and use that for ignition too, all the dragons tbh, I had a major dragon phase when I was a teen so it's really satisfying seeing more animal-like Dragons that just make so much sense (even tho they're also absurd, as dragons are)

[player-1]

Oh boy, I sure can't wait for Intervallo 7.5, where the bus goes on yet another wacky roadtrip while the gang goes to Hong Lu's home district and learn about his extremely complex family dynamic and the many many references to the original novel, it's multiple remakes, and/or the series adaptation.

The next Walpurgis is most likely the Safety Team with Netzach as the next Announcer; and the next LobCorp IDs might connect to Abnormalities of denial, blissful ignorance, or the constricting force of family (Queen of Hatred, Queen Bee, Void Dream).

Even if the Sinners adjust to the fact that one of their members is a Second Kindred Bloodfiend, everyone keeps eyeing Outis just in case she tries to kill Don mentally or physically. She's still salty about the "betrayal" of having a definite threat in their ranks and were possibly waiting to backstab them at any moment (...Did something happen with Eurylochus, Outis?).

And even if she's also adjusting to a modernish life without the fanatic belief in Fixers, Don Sancho Quixote the Second reads them the riot act on their multiple attempts to prove she's a "real vampire" and committing elder abuse: shining light in her eyes or putting her in direct sunlight, putting garlic in her food, Dead Butterfly's coffin and Hundred Sins cross mace in her face cause Christian symbol or possible vamp bed, chasing her with a water bottle or spray bottle, so much water, so much water...

[lesiasmadness]

THIS GAME IS GOING TO KILL ME DEAD

[thatoneastralghost]

Okay, so the other day I made this post about an ISAT au I made/am working on, and I honestly wanted to ramble about it a little (lot) more.

So, in the previous post, I mentioned that I would get into the whole WHY Siffrin would be able to remember, (cause to me there does need to be an actual reason) and my current base idea is pretty much a wish gone gone very wrong, but also right?

Basically, I imagine that maybe Siffrin always had a bit of a bad memory, or maybe they were just anxious and didn't want to forget something important, so they made a wish along the lines of “I wish to never forget anything again.” or something like that, and the Universe, being the Universe taking the path of least resistance, just makes it so Siffrin physically cannot forget any information they are given again.

Obviously they can push information to the back of their mind, ignore it, differentiate between true and false information, and things like that. But they are physically unable to forget information.

Doesn't matter if they get a concussion, they're black out drunk, brain damage, sleep deprivation, ect. They WILL remember, and I honestly think that's a little more horrifying when you think about it.

Especially cause like, yeah they won't forget good things, their home, and things like that, but they also won't forget any horrifying or traumatic things that happen to them. No matter how much time passes, those memories will always be there, fresh in their mind. And that, at least to me, is not something I would be happy with.

Now, how this left Siffrin unaffected by whatever caused everyone to forget about the Forgotten Island existing, is kinda simple. As I said before, Wishcraft, and the Universe as a whole seem to take the path of least resistance, so when someone (or many, many someones) made the wish to make the forgotten island disappear (this just my guess and head cannon btw, I don't think it's confirmed what happened to the forgotten island), rather than negating Siffrin's wish that had been made earlier, or negating the wish to make the forgotten island disappear, it simply just went around Siffrin cause they are one person out of likely millions, if not billions of people.

But yeah, that's my basic idea for how the heckity heck Siffrin remembers their island.

Hope y'all have a wonderful day or night, and stay safe!

[rafyki]

I think something that for me really sets aside Jack & Joker from other Thai dramas is its narrative structure. Thai dramas usually have a very simple narrative structure where things just keeps happening without a proper flow - I mean, something happens, it gets resolved, and then something new happen that keeps the story move; you know, all those little problems that aren't really all connected together (like, the main characters get together and then someone new appears that comes in between them; or it turns out that, idk, the family was homophobic all along, or that one of the characters actually had a complicated relationship with their family - things like these that are disconnected).

Maybe it's because Jack and Joker has a pretty solid and complicated plot, but something that I really love about it is the way everything that happens is connected, everything is a direct consequence of the characters' actions. It's like this since the first episode until the last one - the plot is brought forward by the characters' actions, everything they do has consequences on everything and everyone else. Like, Joke seeks Jack's forgiveness, so he wants to steal the ring for him, and he works with Tattoo and Hoy -> Tattoo steals the necklace which causes problems for everyone -> they need to steal the necklace back -> Jack meets Rose again, which causes everything else to happen, etc etc

Everything is connected. And I think it all comes back to one of the series' themes, which is that everything we do has consequence, that even if out intentions are good we can't predict what our actions will cause; that we live in a community and that we cannot think about ourselves only bc every time we do something that can end up influencing someone else's life. that we can't be selfish in a community.

[marimbles]

i miss carpisuns sometimes </3

[saturnvs]

life update: we found an apartment and managed to get our hands on it, yippee :D

[kindaorangey]

sorry to say but the maker-fledgling/parent-child relationship dynamics make DM so much juicier. and i don't mean that in a kinky way in the slightest i mean it's insane to be adamant about never having a child for 500 years, break that vow on a whim and then be a deadbeat dad for a bit. and also on the more lighthearted and sappy side of things it's really interesting for a dying man in his 70s to be given another shot at life, with eternity ahead of him and the power of an ancient in his veins to inherit over the course of that eternity. idk idk! it's just neat.

[dragmebymyhair]

its literally the 4 horsemen

guys, im connecting dots

[ramen-flavored]

I need Moon Knight season 2 like I need air

[bardicious]

Thoughts before I go into rewatching s3 of Supernatural:

I maintain my original thought that Supernatural was generally at it's best conceptually in s1 and s2. The whole demon/angel arcs are a bit much even though Im sure I'll generally like the seasons going forward.

What I remember, from watching this show as a kid, I was generally annoying with Ruby's whole character? And I don't think I'm going to much like her this time around either. I remembered her introduction in the first episode of s3, that's a core memory, lmao. So is that one guy dying by bleach consumption (I have not looked at those the same way since I watched this ep as a kid)

In general, Ruby's existence is probably gonna annoy me. I kinda just loath manipulative and sleazy characters, not all of them, but some really just rub me the wrong way and I'm getting that vibe from my memory of her. Kinda like Shaw from Chuck (the tv series), fucking hated that guy even when he was supposedly on the good side.

I wonder how this season will go into "oh no is sammy gonna turn evil???" Will Sam actually have actions that back up this line of questioning? Or is it more gaslighting an innocent traumatized man? Like, is Sam's "evilness" really just going to be what everyone thinks he should be or is it just Sam getting rightfully angry sometimes?

I wonder if this will be the case of hypocrisy? When Dean gets angry and murderous, he's allowed to be so, because he's Dean and angels watch over him? But Sam has to be a saint, and if he shows even a little bit of anger, then something is wrong with him? Despite Dean constantly laying on the fact that he wont be alive to be with Sam for very long (and let me tell you that fucks you up), so Sam is trying to be more like Dean because being like Dean is the right way from his perspective.

Mind you, I like that Dean actually sees the opposite of what everyone else sees in Sam. Sam is his guide and moral compass. If Sam wasn't there, Dean would be lost, possibly murdering innocent people (by accident no doubt and then maybe not so much). So far, character wise everything makes sense (yes, can you tell I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop? lmao).

I honestly love both the brothers, they're dysfunctional as hell, so far mostly coming from Dean's end, but the codependency is totally a two way street. This is exactly why I loved the show as a kid, and why learning about the other seasons makes me nervous... but Ill get there when I get there.

[moeblob]

I am really tired of a situation rn.

[ssecond-hand-faith]

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