#closed sessions

[all-my-crap]

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

[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)

[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 🖐

[samarecharm]

"WHAT ARE YOU; PRESCHOOLERS??? PRESCHOOLERS LAUGH AT THAT SHIT!!!!!"

Based off of @definedvines tags for This Post

[fractalkiss]

Lance Stroll | Post-Race, Singapore 2024

[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.

[pharawee]

—I SAW YOU IN MY DREAM · Episode 9

[weeniedogjrs]

I decided to get a large tramp stamp as my first tattoo because I am Stupid but lordy I do not regret it

done by the incredible Mandi Johnson at Unkindness Art, RVA

[shepherds-of-haven]

things Shepherds say to each other

[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.

[fisheito]

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

[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.

[towerartt]

Original here

[canisalbus]

What?? Why on Earth would they bloodlet Machete when he's already anemic?

Anemia wasn't discovered until 1852, so his physicians have no idea. He's just moody and achy and visibly unwell and bloodletting happens to be the cure-for-all fix at the time.

I don't think I'm exaggerating when I say it was one of the most used treatments in western medicine from ancient Greece to 19th century (and even earlier than that in Egypt, for example). There weren't many ailments that a little bit of breathing a vein wouldn't alleviate, supposedly. This whole concept is based on humoral theory which is a fascinating cornerstone of medical history and also completely unfounded nonsense, look it up if you haven't, it's interesting. People believed that blood didn't circulate through the body, it was created, used up and then the bad blood would stagnate in the extremities. Having too much blood would disturb your humoral balance and create illnesses so removing it was beneficial to your wellbeing. Even completely healthy people would sometimes go get themselves bled a bit just to be sure.

You kind of need blood for your body to function so this treatment was completely pointless at best and life threatening at worst. If you were sick to begin with it would only weaken you further (and expose you to potential infections, which in the absence of antibiotics, wasn't great). The only viable use for it would have to be rare blood disorders where your body produces too many red blood cells, like polycythemia vera, essentially the polar opposite of anemia.