#dan rambles

[crabmeatcute]

I love the cheerful gays on my dash that are celebrating the Irving/Burt situation, but like-

Wasn’t it conveniently timed that Lumon was able to search his house while Irving was away? Isn’t it interesting that this household he found himself in, has a very puritanical and obsessive view of a very corporate religion?

Isn’t it wild how Irving was protected from the truth of the situation, while this gay religious couple (who, in Lumons perspective, would have doubly benefited from being in the dark as to the reasons for Burt’s retirement) are told the explicit truth about the innie’s love affair? Feels a bit like giving the dog some scraps to try to appease its hunger…

Listen, just - Are we sure Lumon didn’t give Burt the idea to invite Irving over? That he’s been bought, or religiously guilted, or pressured by his partner into distracting Irving from his investigation?

I’m not saying don’t feel delighted by the implications of their dynamic, but also that Fucker, Ben Stiller, has revealed himself to be somebody who toys with emotions, makes us feel happy and then upset - like some kind of goddamned storyteller out here

[daz4i]

ik we always talk abt how ratio and aventurine are opposites when it comes to aeons (one wants to be seen and isn't, other is seen and hates it) but. it's also interesting to observe how they're opposites with people too. i think

ratio is a somewhat controversial public figure? but mostly well liked. he has some haters sure but his fans and appreciators are louder and more common. he grew up surrounded by people oohing and aahing over his achievements, always a part of a group

and yet. does he have any actual friends? 🤔 literally the only other playable character who has any voice lines about him atm is aventurine. it kinda seems like his only other friends are screwllum and maybe the trailblazer. the other geniuses don't pay much mind to him. iirc in that one keeping up with star rail video where he was announced to be free they mentioned barely knowing him. it's literally just screwllum

meanwhile, aventurine seems to be kind of hated. tbf, he IS a relatively high ranking member in the ipc so that's plenty reason for the average person to dislike him. not to mention his luck is bound to get anyone he's betting against to wish upon his death lol. and idk if that's how he is with just tb or if he's like that with everyone but he also doesn't seem to want to leave a good impression anyway. he grew up alone, quite literally had to kill all the other slaves in order to survive, and ofc, he is the last of his kind. always forced to be separated from others like him.

but. people in his life are generally okay with him. going by numbers, there are currently 7 characters who have voice lines about him. most of them are positive or at least show some form of care or familiarity. he has bonds whether he knows about them or not. people caring about him is why and how he got out of the nihility

and. this is one i'm p sure i have seen brought up before but i think it's important to mention. it doesn't seem like aventurine likes humanity as a whole that much (and can we really blame him for that after what he's been through 😭). but ratio loves humanity to the point of it being a defining characteristic of his, to the point of missing out on what was likely his dream before.

it's an interesting contrast. and it can even add a few layers to the bond between them, too. what it means for them to have it in the first place. how it affects each one of them, and the both of them together as a unit.

[airbender-dacyon]

Still can't believe it's gone. RIP Hidden Adventure.

I don't know if I got everything, but with the audio always seeming to de-sync the longer I played, I chose instead to start capturing the story moment by moment, choice by choice and going back to the decision points as much as I could until time ran out.

I imagine I got a fair bit of it. And this way, hopefully in the near future, I can edit the videos together. Or connect them in a way that simulates the options we were given.

I'm grateful I had the chance to get through this wonderful little adventure story a few more times. Even managed to catch a couple scenes I don't know if I'd seen before.

Thank you to everyone else who worked to archive this piece of Jurassic media. Hopefully together the fandom managed to gather every possible path. This episode deserves to be preserved on physical media along with Seasons 4 & 5 of Camp Cretaceous.

And most of all, thank you so much to everyone who worked to create this adventure!

[endiveenjoyer]

I say this a lot but I genuinely think Endive Chowder is 1 of those characters im going to be extremely attracted to for awhile. She is one of the characters I opened up having lesbian attraction for her in public as well as online and irl in awhile she genuinely helped me express myself

Most Asian communities are quite conservative but I don’t even mind if people irl find my attraction to her or women in general to be weird. I see most girls I know are attracted to anime boys/male idols, that’s fine but more people treat it as normal. I’m fine being judged for being attracted to Endive and women, you cannot change this no matter how weird you think it is.

I find it sad I kept her in secret for awhile so long even tho I was slowly buying stuff of her last year, but im glad im open for it now

She’s not only my f/o she genuinely changed my life for the better and helped me being open about my lesbian sexuality and being a woman and make me so so happy. <3 I love you so much Endive Chowder

[itstheheebiejeebies]

Only Liebgott would shit talk someone behind his back while the guy is standing approximately 2 inches away from him

[danexist]

Hey dudes you know how I'm always going on about how I'm an old man??? Weeeeeeeeeeeeelllllllll, i just had to get multifocal glasses with a wire frame. Old man Daniel is in full swing now, I even sang every lyric to Like A Rolling Stone by Bob Dylan in the JB-HI-FI this morning, I have become a dorky dad and I have well accepted that fact.

[dankusoofficial]

fun fact i picked a fuckin kaiba quote for my senior quote

[hiero-green]

i think part of why i’m enjoying BG3 rn is the shameless shipping bc. in other fandoms i sometimes feel a bit silly shipping things yknow. and it’s not that shipping is BAD but you know there’s always someone out there who’ll be like “urgh they would never work in canon” but in BG3. Every Ship Is Real. larian gave us the tools for bloodweave they gave u the tools for anything u desire

[scarecrowmax]

So close to perfection

[missingskeleton]

I've talked about it in tags but I'm excited so I'm gonna personal post about it. I'm pregnant! I'm a successful seahorse! We're probably having a baby girl. My husband and I are so excited about it :D First tri was really rough, and now I'm on blood thinners (I had a pulmonary embolism a couple years ago) and my husband having to stab me 2x a day to give me shots is rough, but we're very excited

[mangledpuppet]

realizing i’m ace after having so many heavy sexual relationships in my early teen years is so wack. i always had this idea of what asexuality was supposed to be, and since i didn’t fit in that box i suppose i assumed i was just a broken dude sexually since i didn’t experience things as all my peers did. now as an adult you mean to tell me i’m normal and shit?? that it’s a spectrum and it’s okay if i’m sex neutral sometimes?? crazy !

[crabmeatcute]

So, the thing is -

“Practice gratitude!” is genuinely really good advice, a mood lifter, a good mental exercise and a way to make sure you appreciate the good things that fade into the background bc you’re so used to them!

“Be more grateful.” Is not the same, thought it tries to look that way!! This will be said by somebody who wants to treat you badly, and is frustrated that you have the audacity to ask for better!!

Changed the verbiage to make the distinction more clear, but either phrase can be used either way!!!! Which is so cool, and not at all harmful to those of us with trust issues, trying to make new friendships and have good mental habits!!!

[daz4i]

ok so i mentioned it briefly in my one monster post of every possible ratio theory i could think of. mostly as a joke tbh. and then i kept thinking abt it

can he like. make copies of himself. perhaps

i don't mean (just) his statues but like. like clones sorta

it'll explain some things about him that don't add up:

his ability to achieve so many things in so little time (getting 8 phds, teaching 52 courses as a professor, compiling data pertaining just one version of the divergent universe that supposedly takes a whole amber era to read, while working for the intelligentsia guild and going on ipc missions and working on who knows how many other projects, while still being so young)

his ability to get into places he theoretically shouldn't, like the seclusion zone on herta space station

his ability to disappear suddenly during conversations, like how he does with aventurine in 2.1

an extremely small thing but. it will add some Implications to that scene of him playing chess with himself

it'll add another layer to his statues and what they may mean, as well as how they foil herta and her puppets (taking it from "yeah they sure both have inanimate objects in their image" to "both of these objects ARE them, and allow them to be in multiple places at once")

how i think it'll work: well. in his trailer you can literally see him become one of his statues and switch places somewhere else. so. if this was intended from the beginning this is an insane hint to put there ngl

do i have any other backup beyond this? no. do i think it's cool regardless? yeah <3 if you think there are other canon details i missed that may be related, i encourage you to add them in a reblog, or reply/dm me and i'll add them to the post if you'd like! 🫡

[airbender-dacyon]

Ever since Camp Cretaceous ended, I've been slowly writing post-canon/AU (now that we have Chaos Theory) fanfics for Benmina and sometimes other ships, which requires me to breakup Yasammy and sometimes Kenlynn. Which hurts because I've actually grown to like them, but I love Benmina more.

I imagined these characters are going to be mourning the end of their years-long relationships, possibly even hoping to reconcile with their exes initially. At minimum, there would probably be 3-6 months before they're ready to move on, and sometimes feelings are messy, but even if their new romantic interest falls in love early on, I don't think any of the N6 would ever talk bad about or risk their friendships with either half of any former couple-

Darius in canon:

Open to the idea of dating his brother's ex-girlfriend less than a month after the 5-6 year relationship ended and judging him while not knowing the whole story.

Darius, I can't believe this needs to be said, but please, do not pursue your brother's ex-girlfriend.

...or if you absolutely must, maybe wait a few months? At least? Please?

And most of all, maybe talk to him about it rather than making assumptions?

[endiveenjoyer]

Ok I feel pretty pleased now I uploaded all of the drawings I had on pixiv and on tumblr (which is in my link tree, and the link tree is in my strawpage) so I feel pretty good now.

I just need to upload the rest on Instagram and I’ll probably be gucci. All of my socials can be found on my link tree which is in my strawpage

[itstheheebiejeebies]

The way Speirs always just glides into frame

What would we have done if Matthew Settle didn't get his visa issues sorted in time to be in the show? He's so perfect