#closed sessions

[all-my-crap]

s’alright, it was a pretty small chance he would’ve gotten hit

[abyssal-ilk]

no more romance. romance is canceled. tell me about your warden/hawke/inquisitor's best friend and any info you want to add about their dynamic 🖐

[zhukzucraft]

EPISODE ONE, BEGIN

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Grian: Welcome

Grian: to Double Life²

Grian: a return to a tried and true format of season 3.

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Grian: That's right, we're doubling down on Double Life! You will be randomly assigned a soulmate you will share your healthbar with.

Grian: But this time we have taken measures to ensure the game doesn't end at record speeds.

Bdubs: Are you finally letting us sleep through the night?

Tango: Did the amount of hearts get doubled?

Scott: Did you realize the mechanic itself is broken?

Grian: No, don't be silly.

Grian: We are adding more people to the roster! They may not be new to this in general, but only now will they get the chance to find true love.

Skizz: BOO YAH! I'm single and ready to mingle!

Lizzie: True love, eh? An intriguing concept, but I'll need more evidence to truly believe it.

Joel: Lizzie pLEASE

Grian: not to mention-

Grian: -a certain mysterious duo will be joining us for the very first time!

Grian: Give it up for---!

=====> Reveal the vote winners

(The vote is now finished and hidden under the readmore)

[pharawee]

—I SAW YOU IN MY DREAM · Episode 9

[spotsupstuff]

Gold is often connected to divinity in rl religions. In Buddhism, it indeed symbolizes enlightenment and such, and it is often kept pure in order to not ruin its brilliance. In Tibetan Buddhism, statues are gilded with it and the 5 tonne Golden Buddha statue in Thailand is composed of 18 karat gold, almost fully pure.

Within this world, I like to think that gold has caught the eye of the Anemons in a religious sense upon the (,,re/")discovery of the Void Sea. The golden waves of it shaped the perception of their world, from explaining the sun as coated in a layer of Void, to giving an idea of what "cleanliness of soul" should look like. Wheel Flowers are also attributed to the Void as sprouts of it, because of their ethereal gold coloration.

The feeling of the divine has however faded when the motivations behind handling of the Void went terribly south, replaced by the extremist corruption and greed of High castes.

In other words, I wanted an excuse to draw Euros as a šarkan/змей.

[fisheito]

omg where'd you get your top it looks like it would fall apart after one cycle in the wash

[impossiblefeat]

This is how I'm choosing to spend New Years.

[cerealforkart]

“Obsess over things from the episode like Normal spiralling or Scary’s growth like everyone else”

Wrong. Nicky said he’d kicked Sparrow’s ass before so here they are in this pose again

[poppy5991]

When Best Jeanist steps out of the car…

Hawks: I don’t be wanna be mean but…

Enji: No, no you can say it.

Hawks: He drives like a maniac.

Enji: It’s true.

Hawks: I feel safer fighting villains than in this car.

Enji: And the not allowing coffee in the car is just a little…

Hawks: It’s annoying right?! You ran over that dude and you’re worried about staining the seats?

Enji: I think we’ve broken like 12 traffic laws. The priorities just feel off here.

[mug-and-friends]

Training today. Look at the SIZE of his aura sphere!!! He's getting so good at controlling it!!

[couchtaro]

It’s so hard being a single father with no kids who keeps going into cursed caves…..

Welcome back to Father Kilter Friday/Pigeon Paturday where we hfhgdhgdggdgshhshs..,,,, fhghdh…, hhhhhhh,,,,,,,

They’re fine they’re fine. Went for a swim in corrosive mystery goo and got briefly possessed. And it is about to get worse. But it’s fine.

[heartsopenminds]

just wanted to make a post to bring together some of the moments from the weekend where the cast showed so much care, compassion and understanding of why OFMD and the community we've built around it are so important <3<3

Con, end of Saturday panel

These are scary times. We’re at our best when we’re fighting back. Fight back. Look to your community, support your community. We’ve been here before, we’ll be here again. Fight back.

Vico, end of Saturday panel

Be compassionate with yourselves, be gentle with yourselves, be tender with yourselves, be soft with yourselves. Community is where it’s at, it’s where it’s always been. If you’re angry, it’s okay to be angry. If you’re sad, it’s okay to be sad. If you’re joyful, it’s okay to be joyful and it’s okay to be all of that at the same time, you deserve it. I appreciate all of you.

Vico, Sunday closing

You’re creating a community that accepts you exactly as you are, and celebrates that every single day. I really encourage you to take this energy into your everyday lives, and continue to build this beautiful safety that you are creating amongst yourselves, so you can continue to change the world.

Kristian, Sunday closing

Remember this, remember that you’re all together now, we’re still here even when we’re not together. I see this all over the world, we get to see this all over the world and it’s so important. Remember this, remember you’re not alone, and that the Revenge is still out there at sail, somewhere.

Con, Sunday closing

The ones that are making all the noise, that’s who they are, that’s who they’re always going to be. The ones who aren’t making the noise, they’re the ones we have to reach because they’re not haters, they’re just people who don’t know you yet. They don’t know your power yet. You’re the future, not them.  This is what’s important. Be kind. Look out for each other.

Rhys, Sunday closing

I’ve done a lot of conventions, and this didn’t feel like one. It was a lovefest, it was more like a school camp - I teared up for the first time doing one of these kinds of things just by seeing how the connection was stronger. This show may have finished, but the movement hasn’t. Keep it going, and we’ll be there for you.

other posts from this convention

[towerartt]

Original here

[countlessofvoids]

what's interesting about hiccup's character that you never see people talk about? as someone who likes him, i also get annoyed by how the fandom sees him and i prefer him in the first movie over everything else.

A lot of things honestly. I have a hard time naming them individualy lmao.

I feel like people tend to take parts of Hiccup's character they like, then mold him into something imitating Hiccup. I see a lot of interpretations where his sarcasm takes up 90% of his personality and/or his entire motivation is saving dragons and killing people as some kind of vigilante. Another thing popular in this fandom that annoys me is taking other characters' traits and giving those to Hiccup.

But what I believe mainly gets ignored, or rather purposefully removed, is him being a 'peacekeeper'. Now, I can't exactly blame anyone for doing this, because continuations after the second movie either ;

1) Completly forget it was a thing.

Or 2) The Narrative actively shames him for it, or turns it into something else. This goes for THW — where it's treated as a flaw of Hiccup's character, then reduced to him "being afraid of change" (And circles back to the whole "Humans bad, Dragons good" message of THW, I could go on about this topic for hours).

The source material itself is not interested in exploring it.

This also happens partialy because fans think peacekeeper means someone who has no understanding of how conflicts work and expects everyone to drop their weapons to go frolic in the fields together. Hiccup gets criticized for trying to find another way, when he has a reason to believe he can change people. I mean, he changed the entirety of Berk. Yes, pursuing Drago Bludvist so you can convince him to join your side when everyone who has more experience with the warlord tells you not to, is not the best decision. But Hiccup is young, he's bound to make mistakes. Besides, events wouldn't alter too much if he did otherwise.

Which is a bit disappointing. I think it could fit with the theme of him being different from everyone else; Looking for a peaceful solution when others want to destroy each other. Another reason why I find this concept intriguing is because I see Hiccup as someone who struggles a bit when it comes to sympathizing with humans, especially hunters. Not as in he intentionaly hates them — he just spent his life befriending animals & dragons instead of people, so now he's spiteful especially towards humans who hurt them. I like to think he still holds even a tiny bit of spite towards Berkians and his enemies-turned-allies (not with Stoick & Valka though, it's complicated with them).

As for why I personaly don't like him in most iterations after the first movie: He's just kinda boring. He goes from a sarcastic loner who ultimately wants to be accepted by others, to 'young movie male protagonist n.1235'. Huge part of that comes from what was done with his design. Second movie!Hiccup has started to grow on me lately. I couldn't care less about RTTE!Hiccup. THW!Hiccup was on the right path, but they chose the worst and most contradictory way of doing it. It could also be the fact he loses relatability for me.

[deepseaspriteblog]

I have such a big soft spot for the early acts of Homestuck, but especially the beta kids and their interactions with each other. I dunno, I just appreciate their friendship and how they genuinely enjoy each other's company. John thanking Jade for being his friend and introducing them to Dave and Rose is very heartwarming and wholesome.