#context shift

[overstimulated-autism-creature]

[kithpendragon]

Context shift: when you step into the boss battle and that driving bass line starts playing, the music isn't there to make you tense. It's a result of how tense you're making the boss just by being in their room.

An experienced player can take a boss apart neatly and efficiently, and the boss knows it.

Players can't die, they just respawn at the last save. Over. And. Over. They come at you again and again, stronger and smarter every time.

Bosses aren't scary, players are.

[paintedcrows]

Preparing for your first holiday season with your griblings is hard. Especially when your grand niece insists on celebrating Every. Single. Holiday.

[casualavocados]

"Tell him, he knows everything he needs to know and feels everything he needs to feel. And when the day comes, and those two pull together, he will be an unstoppable force for good."

[crunchyapple33]

i wish there were more stories about peoples realities or fun little posts like "what i eat in a day in my . . . italian reality" (IDK) like YESSS we know how to shift . everybody stop asking How it's been in us all along . can we have fun now

like it feels like we're all in class taking a test . im finished with my test and am waiting for everyone else to be so we can chat and have fun but EVERYONES STILL ANSWERING QUESTIONSSSS

this post was inspired by a post i saw that says like "stop scrolling ur overconsuming info u already know how to shift" like . i Want to keep scrolling :( i want to know about everyones realities

[chellustrates]

the way i forgot to share him

[springbeans-art]

uff wish i had time to polish this more but I had to get it off my chest because it's inspired by @demonzoro 's absolutely stunning fic "and then the sun came out" and it literally rearranged my braincells!!!!!! The writing is impeccable and if you haven't read it yet do yourself the favor and go now!!!

[qaanngi]

something something asking to caress face with affectionate/romantic intent, and she does it back 🫰

(final verdict: it’s nice)

[miyuka1709]

The Long Quiet, is currently talking with the Princess! (The first Vessel to the Shifting Mound)

They're both in the basement of a cabin. The first cabin, which is the Heart of the Shifting Mound.

But the Shifting Mound is still in the Long Quiet.. so She's.. in Him?

To summarize : Him and Her are in Her, while She is in Him. Wonderful game indeed!!

[isabelguerra]

I always make an effort to look at paranatural through the ~2013 era lens it was conceptualized from, back when it was at it’s most subversive, in tandem alongside its contemporary lens. Because thats what Paranatural was, for those who aren’t aware — paranatural played off of & against the common shonen & cartoon tropes and character expectations that were prevalent in that age: the wise and just mentor, the prejudiced bully, the action girl implemented to pushback against sexism + the subversion of the action girl, the excited rare skilled selfless battleprone protagonist, etc.

most new fans will likely see the comic and take it at face value — why shouldn’t they? — when in reality there’s so much more of a dialogue happening underneath the hood. There is so much underlying, forgotten context that makes paranatural, paranatural

[bonebabbles]

RiverClan Refugees

Gorseclaw and Lizardtail want to join ThunderClan because they watched Harelight, their only other family, get publicly executed in front of them

They are trying their hardest to be useful and polite while being refugees in ThunderClan, and get mistreated for the effort-- having their food preferences mocked, getting told they're taking up space, hearing a steady stream of slurs, etc

After one more mass shaming session where Squirrelstar asserts they won't be accepting new cats, Sunbeam and Fernstripe join in on condescending them, and we get this;

"It would have felt bad turning them away, but if they chose to go home (AFTER BEING BULLIED FOR SEVERAL CHAPTERS) then there was no need to feel guilty"

This does not come across as these two earnestly missing home and choosing to go back; it comes across like they're accepting the fact that they are unwanted and getting out of dodge before it gets worse.

Honestly, I'm at the point where I can't call this a lack of self awareness. The difference between ThunderClan's treatment of Gorse and Lizard vs RiverClan's treatment of Wasp is obvious to me. The narrative is straightforwardly pro-xenophobic as long as it isn't overtly violent.

Social bigotry is fine. Good, even, to separate the "desirable" immigrants from the "undesirable" ones. What defines those categories? A good one will assimilate fully and leave their culture behind; a bad one only wants safety and a better life for their family.

Terrifying, imo, considering how the irl overton window has shifted on migration at the time of writing this in 2025. Does the spectre of the times loom over these words as I speak them? I hope not.

[fishyfcuk]

the outsiders 2003 #23

[quibbs126]

So my brain has now conjured an image that I thought sounded cool, but I do not have the ability to draw or do anything with at the moment

So okay, Rumi’s parents, specifically here I’m going with the idea that Rumi’s mother died in childbirth. And Rumi’s father, who either was there at the time or is only able to come after the fact, is there (presumably at a hospital) looking at Rumi, and for this scenario, he’s in full demon form because he’s wondering if Rumi will react to his true self or not. But regardless, he’s not here to hurt baby Rumi at all, just to see his daughter, and meanwhile, she’s reacting perfectly fine to him and his demon form

But then at that moment, Celine (and possibly the third member of the Sunlight Sisters, if she’s still around) comes in to the hospital, after being informed her friend died and has now left her baby, only to see a terrifying demon staring at her friend’s innocent, defenseless baby

And the ensuing interaction goes absolutely horribly

[varpusvaras]

Most of the secret marriage au is angsty (since it's whump and hurt/comfort) but it gets a little lighter at the end. Including Jason realising that he has to get an actual driver's licence now that he is legally alive again. So now he's wondering how much does he has to pretend that he has never driven a car before to the instructor.

[dailyhtfboards]

Day 54

Today’s Board is:

Shifty, stop that ya look like a lil freak /silly

(From TV episode 11C Easy Comb, Easy Go)

[corpusprion]

The most soul-wrenching version of Crocomom/Crocodad that my brain has cooked up is the

“Crocodile wanted to keep his child but was essentially told that the child he just gave birth to died and he’s not given the chance to see said son even once.” (aka we are lying to you for some reason and your son has been whisked away by the baby daddy)

So now he’s been emotionally shattered and has become so deeply bitter and guarded. Better to focus on a grand plan, burn the past away and devote himself to the future. Then when it hits, the the realization that his son is right there and still talking to him after he previously tried to kill him is going to completely break him again

also severe denial at any initial gut feeling that something is up with this rubber kid.tm

Its rooted itself into my skull and it aches