#different filters

[platoapproved]

What was that you said about memory? "A monster," was it?

[nmotypdfsfg]

[writeouswriter]

People sorting ao3 solely by stats and only clicking on fics with a certain amount of kudos or comments, you will not survive the winter, nor the summer, nor at all, *brings out knife,* run

[arcanegifs]

Here's more comparisons of Arcane Gifs before and after I color and sharpen em!

[diamondzart]

A redraw of my old sketch from 2022. Decided to look at how much my skill at drawing humans in particular improved over these two years. I’m pretty much satisfied! And yeah MORE TF2 FANART let’s goooo yeaaaah

[xylo-art]

"The Universe's favorite cosmic joke!"

[ingravinoveritas]

Michael talking about how attractive David is over the years.

[cherry-delite]

Because I'm a design freak, I went and color picked the pallets of each main character for comparison.

For a "fun" lil' guessing game, they are presented unlabelled and in no particular order. These pallets are so unbelievably redundant that I actually put one character twice by mistake at first, and it took me way too long to realize.

[pathetic-gamer]

lady of the plains

[chanstopher]

Bang Chan ✧ Go! Poolside SKZ 1

[nmotypdfsfg]

[canon-gabriel-quotes]

Transcript:

Gabriel : Please, council. I know I failed you, but surely there's another way besides turning me into a marketable plushie?

No!

AAAAAHHHHH-*Squeak*

This is my lowest point, but I know it can't get worse from here.

Who's that? Someone approaches! Perhaps they could help me?

You! Listen, I need you to get me out of here.

What is that claw descending upon me?

No!

EGH-*Squeak* It squeezes me pretty tight!

Agh, oh it's carrying me to the exit. Thank heaven!

It's about to- *Squeak* AGH! Oh!

You had missed, fuck!

Try- try it again.

Come on I know you have another quarter, yes?

Yes, try it again, yes.

Okay, this time I'm out.

I'm out! I'm- *Squeak* AGHHH!

AW YOU FUCK.

V1 : YAYYY.

Gabriel : SUCH A- JUST BREAK THE GLASS.

FUCKIN' IDIOT.

Audio source

[rosamundpkes]

I've seen things that people only dream about. Things that humans shouldn't see. People make up explanations, assign meanings to things without knowing, because it's reassuring, comforting. But I can't do that. Because I know too much.

[perplexingly]

Based on the promotional material before Veilguard came out people were like, "welcome back da2" but Veilguard turned out to have a very different vibe

Instead I'd like to propose that Veilguard is just Awakening with updated graphics (warning for spoilers):

our base of operation is the previous residence of one of our antagonists (Lighthouse belonged to Solas, Amaranthine to Howe)

can't talk with companions at will, instead they talk to us after specific plot points/when receiving gifts

also companions are unphased and accepting of spirit possessions (Justice/Spite) and, like, atrocities (Lucanis being an assassin, and Velanna murdering humans), and overall are on friendlier terms than other DA titles

the female elf companion has a personal quest related to her sibling joining the antagonist

darkspawn are different now (more primitive in Veilguard, more sentient in Awakening)

possibly the most important choice in the game is about which one of the two locations to save

there's a very sexy eldritch-monster-like antagonist (Ghilan'nain/The Architect) (<- I will accept no criticism about this point)

companions survival rate depends on the completion of their personal quests and city upgrades

(this is a silly post btw don't take it seriously)

[birchbierart]

Quick garyjohn sketch cuz u KNOW I stay on that toxic yaoi grind 🙏

[scribefindegil]

As much as I adore conlangs, I really like how the Imperial Radch books handle language. The book is entirely in English but you're constantly aware that you're reading a "translation," both of the Radchaai language Breq speaks as default, and also the various other languages she encounters. We don't hear the words but we hear her fretting about terms of address (the beloathed gendering on Nilt) and concepts that do or don't translate (Awn switching out of Radchaai when she needs a language where "citizen," "civilized," and "Radchaai person" aren't all the same word) and noting people's registers and accents. The snatches of lyrics we hear don't scan or rhyme--even, and this is what sells it to me, the real-world songs with English lyrics, which get the same "literal translation" style as everything else--because we aren't hearing the actual words, we're hearing Breq's understanding of what they mean. I think it's a cool way to acknowledge linguistic complexity and some of the difficulties of multilingual/multicultural communication, which of course becomes a larger theme when we get to the plot with the Presgar Translators.