#depending on where i land

[fjordfolk]

I've now been so set on upgrading to the Canon eos R7 that I'm now starting to doubt my decision to upgrade to the R7.

[doccywhomst]

probably projecting but i can’t stop thinking about this. context: verity lambert and sydney newman (first co-producers of dw) were both jewish, as is carole ann ford (who played susan)

[sockfus]

was talking about who swears the most out of the gaang in the discord and came up with a tierlist. these are all right. ranked by 1 being who swears the most

1 - aang. he says a lot of nick censored swears in the show (monkeyfeathers) and also i just don't think the air nomads would care much about that sort of thing? aang travelled a lot so he definitely picked up a lot of swears and even if he got scolded by other monks gyatso would be like lol idc

2. toph, except she can't use them right. she's from nobility so swears were never used bc it was "too common" but she picked up a bunch from the earth rumble rings but doesn't know how to use ANY of them. she just throws them in every sentence like they're adjectives

3. suki - she just doesn't give enough of a fuck to swear. she's the leader of the kyoshi warriors she needs to set an EXAMPLE but also i think she swears very casually, not out of anger but throws a lot of "fuck" "shits" and "craps" in

4. zuko - i know ppl think he'd be higher bc he lived around sailors but also with the same nobility thing as toph and that when he was around sailors he thought he was "too good" to swear. however, he still slips up a decent amount. the sailor effect is too strong

5. sokka - sokka grew up in the village and i definitely think he knows quite a few from when he was around the men on a hunting trip, probably too loudly asked his dad what something meant during a hunting trip. but after they left, gran-gran threatened to wash his mouth out and he has been too scared to ever since. also he was around little kids a lot so i think he has a handle on his language, but after leaving he gets frustrated a lot and slips up

6. katara - same stuff as sokka, she's heard it from around the village but is too intimated by gran gran to swear and knows how to keep a lid on it. barely slips up UNLESS she's super super angry, see pakku. she definitely called him a dick

[nshtn]

Huge shout out to danosrosegarden for redirecting me to you, I accidentally sent them this at first lol you’re both my favorites, I’m sorry I got y’all mixed up! I just wanted to say I love how you write about creep Ed using ASMR to manipulate you into feeling more at ease with him, even if your reaction is involuntary and unconscious. That’s such a unique characterization!! Equal parts crafty, creepy, and compelling!

Thank you!

He's not a psychology expert. He knows there are better ways (meaner, crueller, awful ways) but he's unwilling to hurt his friend. You are friends.

It's the best he can think of to do to condition you if you're a crier. You're crying because you're afraid of him, of The Riddler. And that's righteously fair - The Riddler is scary, or, at least, he tries to be - and you're proof it works, though some part of him wishes you weren't so scared. You've been pre-conditioned by the media before he ever got his gloves on you to think he's a mindless, heedless killer whose teeth gnash and snarl in the night, ripping through innocent, good men. And perhaps he does wish he could rip through those newscasters and media production teams, but being a free speech absolutist means you don't do that even when you want to, and he must honor his code, or he'll be the animal they portray him as. Pity.

Maybe he already is. Maybe this is wrong. No! No, he isn't, he has you, doesn't he? He's human... he feels empathy...

Anyways... your warped view (your correct view) is a bit useful for him to keep you corralled in the beginning, when you're prone to tripping your way towards the door handles or nudging your precious chin against the barred windowsills. You're so silly like that. You really think that's going to get you somewhere? Oh, you poor, deluded creature. You'll injure yourself!

But those men - those dastardly, stealing, abusive, money-grubbing fuckwits - they're not innocent. The media doesn't tell you that, do they? He's so sorry they've lied to you and planted these ideas in your head. But that's okay, pretty birdy. He'll set the record straight for you from the very beginning. Your warbling cries won't possibly last in the face of the truth, right? And if they do, it's okay. He's nothing if not a patient man when it comes to his comrade. It must be so hard to cry all the time, though, no? At least eat something to keep up your energy...

... ah. Well, he can feed you... He never thought of himself as the 'mama bird' type before, but, for you...

[loveshotzz]

idk, Wednesdays at 4 sound really good to me 🤔

[jamietwat]

On Jamie’s birthday, Roy gives Jamie two things

The first is a more recent Roy Kent poster because he thinks it’s funny and to be a dick. When Jamie opens it, Roy sounds heavily amused as he tells him he even signed it for him

It was supposed to be a joke (and Jamie does find it funny too) but Roy did not count on having to stare at his own face every time he’s over at Jamie’s now but Jamie loves it and gets it framed and displays it prominently in his house

The second thing is his jersey from playing for Team England except he had Tartt changed to Twatt and Jamie loves it just as much as Roy loves his Kunt one

[toastingpencils37]

So, when Kai broke the rock to get the blue crystals, he broke it against another rock.

But Wyldfyre literally just hit it with her hand and broke it with ease.

Damn she's strong.

[fadeintolight]

pont pont vesszőcske

[ladyimaginarium]

from mikjikj-mnikuk/turtle island to inuit nunangat to kanata to kalaallit nunaat to anahuac to abya yala to alkebulan to the levant to moananuiākea to sápmi to éire to bhārata to zhōngguó to nihon to aynu mosir to siberia to niugini to nusantara to bandaiyan to aotearoa, from coast to coast to coast to coast, from sea to sea to sea to sea, none of us are free until all of us — men, women, enben, children, queer people, disabled & neurodivergent people, elders, animals and the land and the sea and the sky — are free!!!!

[duckapus]

(5/11/24: edited because I was looking through stuff and realized at some point I'd forgotten to start from 0 when counting the MRUs)

"Emulation is stable. Trinity is online. Drive inserted. Ready to install on your command, sir."

"Proceed."

"Yes director. Uploading mod... now."

"...Upload is progressing smoothly. Time until Activation estimated at 3 minutes."

"Excellent. Hopefully there are no complications."

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Great Sky Island

It's a beautiful morning here among the clouds. The Forest Ostriches graze. The Chu Chus slosh along between the trees in search of prey. The temple's bell chimes, prompting the Steward Constructs to resume their work. And far below, the people of Hyrule stir as well, preparing to go about their days.

None of them have any idea of the madness that is to come.

Far above even the highest Sky Island, a mysterious object appears, hurtling down like a meteorite. As it falls it becomes clear that its current path will bring it down directly on top of the Temple of Time.

Soon enough it arrives with a monumental CRASH, yet the Temple remains intact, with the object simply embedding itself into the flat roof. Said object appears to be a silver flash drive, monolithic in scale, with a strange circular symbol painted in orange on the front. A few moments later, a robotic voice calls out.

"Uploading the latest Spicy Memes."

A wave of blue energy pulses out from the drive, traveling across all of Hyrule in seconds, causing anyone it touches to behave strangely and leaving a variety of bizarre people and creatures in its wake. Not done, lighting arcs out from it, causing the temple itself to glow and then emit beams of light in seemingly random directions. Wherever these beams end, a portal is formed, each with a past version of Hyrule on the other side. One bolt of electricity from the drive happens to graze a nearby fairy, causing it to jitter in place and rapidly shift between various colors while spamming Navi voicelines.

Eventually the light show ends, and the drive's front opens to reveal a man with brown hair and eyes who looks otherwise identical to Link (pre-arm loss) wearing an orange version of the Hero of Time Armor Set.

"Hey, what is up every...body?" he looks around, realizing that he's completely alone, "Uh...anybody home?"

As if in answer, the out-of-control fairy careens into his face, still spouting random voicelines. He's initially freaked out, but quickly gets an idea and ducks back into the clearly-bigger-on-the-inside flash drive, coming back with a video camera and a laptop. Within a few minutes he's filmed the fairy and edited the resulting video into a Carameldansen Rave Meme, which he then uploads to the internet (the digital multiverse's internet. much like SMG8 the technological limitations of living in a medieval fantasy setting prevent him from uploading within his actual universe).

Soon after, a flash of light pulses out from the fairy, and their color settles on a deep blue despite the fact that all of the BotW/TotK fairies are supposed to be pale pink. Their flight has calmed down significantly, and they're not saying random voicelines anymore.

They are, however, still talking...sort of, "WwwOOw tHaAAAAaat zuuUc- IIiiII1!iizzzzthhhhaAat7tmeE33ee?"

"...da fuk."

"HhhOoOolLlLlDddDDiIiIiIiiiIIIIti11111igoO0oddafffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffiIigYYyyiuuuooouuurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrthIs outwaitokayisthisrightnotoo f a s t a l m ost got it! Okay, testing, testing, do you read me now?" She still sounds synthetic, but at least now she's coherent.

"...Yeah?" 'the fuck just happened?'

"Sweet. Now, my name's Loni. Who the hell are you and what did your weird-ass ship thing do to me?"

"Oh, I'm MRU1, a Meme Regulation Unit! It's my job to keep the universe stable by posting about all the memes my Command Pod uploaded and protecting... the..." He suddenly goes wide-eyed and runs off, "Oh shit I've gotta find my Anchor!"

Unfortunately, there's a certain problem with that, as he realizes when he reaches the edge of the roof, "Uh...that's a pretty long way down."

"Yep."

"...and it's even further to the actual not-flying ground."

"Sure looks like it."

"...is there like a ladder or..."

"LOL no. Sucks to be you dude."

"goddamnit"

[icewindandboringhorror]

Recent game related things .. hrmm...

[handsomethrowrug]

OOC:

[tarnishedbloodhound]

Working on my ymir tarnished fic is an experience, all my better developed scenes and notes are all in the later chapters

I want to work on chapter 2? No no, says the brain, think only of the emotional stuff that threatens to devastate you later on

[goddevouringserpent]

thinking about them... (Yunia AUs)

not-a-Tarnished AU: remains a knight of the House of Caria, earning their respect and something resembling affection thanks to years upon years of loyal service. her competence and dedication lead her to climb in the ranks, so to speak, and earn a closeness with the Carians that she could've only ever dreamed of—with time, she even becomes Ranni's confidante, after a fashion. not quite Blaidd-level, but Ranni trusts in them as someone who is thoroughly and relentlessly dedicated to her, and who unlike Blaidd is not "programmed" to turn against her should she betray the Two Fingers; if Blaidd is Ranni's right hand, Yunia is her left hand. (or like. hands. there's four arms in there after all. or there will be.) worth mentioning that Yunia's hopeless puppy-love-crush on Ranni is still every bit as present as it is in their canon. girl is down bad, and in this AU it's even more hopeless unfortunately.

anyway, fast forward to Ranni's Night of the Black Knives scheme. this time around, as her Loyal Knight, Yunia is in on it—or as "in on it" as Ranni lets anyone be, anyway—even if, more likely than not, they didn't play any part in it. still, after the deed is done and Ranni's gone dollmode, Yunia gets to join the Caria Manor Inner Circle & continues to work for Ranni, towards the goal of the Age of Stars, alongside Blaidd and Iji (and allegedly Seluvis but we know how that goes, don't we). she'd be there when the Tarnished arrives, and... honestly I'm not sure she'd have a questline of her own because Yunia's quest is, ultimately, Ranni's questline. but they would be available as a summon for Radahn's fight if—and only if—the player has pledged their service to Ranni, then somewhere down the line they would also be available as a NPC summon for... Astel, Naturalborn of the Void, maybe? still have to figure that one out.

non-Tarnished Yunia's endings are always tragic. girlie does not get a break. if the player goes through with Ranni's questline to the point where they become her consort / give her the ring at Manus Celes, Yunia pretty much dies of heartbreak. the next time the player goes to Ranni's Rise, they'll find Yunia standing near the place where Ranni used to sit, as though keeping watch, and if spoken to she'll say:

"And thus, my service, my duty, my purpose... it all comes to an end, and I am left hollow. A severed sword-arm. No worth in me." "Ah, Tarnished... I did not think I would see you again. You have fought bravely. More than I could." "If I may be so bold, be good to lady Ranni, please. Take care of each other." "I know her moon will rise, brighter than star and sky. If only I could witness it one last time... but I have not earned the privilege. My silence is my oath, unto eternity."

then if you rest at a Grace/port out and come back/etc etc, you'll find Yunia's lifeless body leaning against Ranni's chair, and you'll be able to loot her armour (an unique variant of the Carian Knight armour) & her signature weapon.

on the other hand, if you reach the Mountaintops of the Giants and burn the Erdtree without having pledged your service to Ranni / unlocked Age of Stars as a potential ending, Yunia will invade you in Leyndell. killing her this way also lets you claim her armour and weapon.

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Lord of Frenzied Flame AU: less meat in this one, but the gist of it is that I asked myself "what ending would Yunia go for if Age of Stars wasn't an option?" and the answer was that she would succumb to the temptation of the Frenzied Flame lol. or... to the grief of it, more like. the hopelessness.

because, like, in the Frenzyflame AU, Yunia loses all her loved ones, all she has ever worked for, the only sense of purpose she's ever had, and gains nothing. she has to see the way in which the House of Caria—which she had devoted her entire pre-exile life to—has fallen into disgrace and disrepair, and there's absolutely jack shit she can do about it. & in her canon, working alongside Ranni makes up for that at least, but in the Frenzyflame AU they don't have that (I'm picturing it's some sort of domino effect of things going very wrong, where they don't go all the way up towards Caria Manor because they're terrified of the state it'll be in & it's not as if anyone would be there, anyway, and therefore they never encounter Ranni; Rogier's quest would bypass that so I feel like he would die before he could decipher the whole deal behind the Cursemark of Death and therefore give Yunia any hope, no matter how small, of Ranni being alive and active).

and, man. Yunia would be left purposeless and adrift and THIS close to just saying "whatever, fuck everything". a sensation that would only increase as people around her—people she's grown to respect and, in certain cases, genuinely like—keep dropping like flies. so yeah, she goes off the deep end. may chaos take the fucking world. (also slightly motivated by the fact that she feels a world without Ranni in it is a world that deserves to be purged and started anew but shhh let's not mention that. let's pretend Yunia is well-adjusted and not at all an obsessive clingy individual with a crush so devoted it wraps around to being toxic. leal hound of the Dark Moon Princess my beloved.)

[drumlincountry]

EVERY fantasy book EVERY scifi novel every starwars movie every post apocalyptic show. I ask, WTF??? The same same question EVERY time. Say it with me - WHERE’S THE FARMING?

[despairs-memorial]

I don't write for her, but Mikan Ship list because I have so many ships with her.

Mondo

Mukuro

Sayaka

Sonia

Hajime

Chiaki

Maki

Tenko

Kazuichi

Gundham (mostly platonically but I can see them working out romantically)

Seiko

Akane

Ibuki

Kaede