#dudes in the wrong game

[babyzassou26]

SUPER BIG POST (i frickin love rex logan)

love my little t rex

[monofazz]

I think Deceptibee AU fans should consider the hilarious potential of a Starscream and Bee dynamic in this kind of situation—

[krazieka2]

Fire Emblem Engage Outfit Swap! Yay

[ookidooki]

[d1tz]

Art comms open!

Lil bro thinks he's one of us 💀

[starlight-eclipsed]

Candid photos never turn out well.

It's happening, everyone! We've made it to the end :D...kind of.

Legato's new outfit (+ annotations) under the cut ^-^

[iwritenarrativesandstuff]

Ok, I think I have a pretty good idea of why a lot of Akechi's dialogue is... like that.

So, even before his confidant truly started, I noticed that he has a real knack for directing the flow of a conversation. This is very fitting for someone who is both a detective and skilled at interviews - when there is a topic and a goal, Akechi is in his element.

All this to say, he's actually kind of controlling when it comes to conversational flow. He probes for information, or turns the conversation around to a particular topic, usually the Phantom Thieves. He manages to take a few of Joker's dialogue options and spin them so they sound mildly incriminating in the context he's placed them in - the only way to truly get around this is to pick answers that feign indifference, and even then, that's more than a bit telling. He's clearly very good at this kind of thing.

But then, we get conversations where either Joker does something he didn't expect, or else he doesn't have a particular goal in mind - and the conversation stutters. In the first instance, Joker does something (a particularly egregious example is putting his glasses on him and fluffing his hair in rank 3) which both leaves him wrong-footed and no longer in perfect control of the situation. He just kind of... freezes, for awhile. It's hilarious. He has no idea how to respond.

He picks up control again in the phone call afterwards, having chosen to play into it, turning this "fooling the crowds" into a kind of game or secret between them. Nice save.

But in instances where there isn't an obvious topic and the goal is somewhat nebulous, for instance, that one Leblanc scene, it becomes pretty apparent that Akechi doesn't have the right "script" to go off of. Again, it's particularly notable in that scene, because I'm fairly sure he didn't have any specific reason to be at Leblanc, other than him looking for a quiet spot now that public opinion has turned on him. And because there isn't anything specific he's digging for, he kind of just ends up throwing things at the wall to see what will stick. Probing for any kind of recognizable reaction that he can jump on and work with, and that just doesn't really happen in this scene.

He references Sae, a woman in a respectable position, to Sojiro, but instead of that netting a welcome, it earns his ire, given Sae's recent actions against him. He then tries to greet Joker, his... rival? friend? enemy? person who at least seems to somewhat enjoy spending time with him? But Joker's responses are somewhat short, and Akechi practically wilts. He tries to commiserate by oversharing. He tries to involve Futaba and reaches out for the only topic of interest he can think of around "young people". He compliments the coffee. He compliments Joker. He tries to invoke that connection between them. None of it is really sticking, nor does it serve as a jumping off point for him to steer the conversation, or even really start one.

So, he basically just ends up having a one-sided chat with himself and then leaves. Hilarious. Also a little sad, if I'm being honest. It's really giving "guy with no friends who only knows how to speak to adults" energy. If there's no specific purpose to the exchange, or he is not in control of its direction, he seems to be kind of out of his depth. He succeeds only in being a little awkward and confusing, more than anything.

[kiivg]

.So, anyway, I played Vampyr 🦷🩸.

[azzythezaza]

[zlosha]

a quick reconstruction of TF2 match where we randomly started playing beachball with half of the teams while the rest of them were fighting over the big bomb :3

[detectivehole]

i attended a memorial service for a distant relative a few months ago, held in the local megachruch, and ive been thinking about it regularly since then. while i knew that i found the place and the very idea of the church fascinating,* the main emotion ive felt on reflection has been disappointment, and i didnt know why. but i figured it out;

the building is massive, the services must be huge and grandiose, and yet the pastor spoke of God in the most boring, uninspired way, and the whole church is industrial mid century modern. it was all just so bland and dispassionate and uninspired (the empathy and love on display for the dead was very genuine, im referring to the Rest of it). the place clearly feeds from the faith of its patrons but seems uninterested in inspiring them in turn

no ounce of me is religious, but i know for a fact the very idea of God can be much more beautiful and imposing and comforting than that. theres way to much blood and paint in its history for that not to be true. you have a huge congregation and all this money and youre selling one of the most captivating stories in human history and this is its presentation? this is sufficient? not only to the pastor and the church staff but to the people attending worship? i knew itd be strange and modern and absurd in there but i guess i expected at minimum a slightly-charismatic pastor and accompanying staff. or at least one with a confident and well presented knowledge of the bible

i felt disappointed cause it was disappointing

[yourlocaltrasheater]

yall legit had me thinking Anya told Curly to his face "Hey Lil Jim Bob raped me and now I'm pregnant." And he went "Oh hahahha jimmy? NOOOOOO you silly Billy:p he'd NEVA do that!!!"

The dead pixel scene. Was meant. To be Anya telling Curly? Because I didn't pick up on that. Uhm. Dude. I don't think if I was Curly I'd understand either. Mostly because Anya didn't. Say anything. Directly. Am I missing a scene??? Hello???

Also this happened TWO DAYS BEFORE THE CRASH IF MY TIMELINE IS CORRECT? which means even if Curly was to understand what she was saying, he'd have TWO DAYS to confront a mentally unstable man child about raping a crewmate??? What the fuck??

Here I was. Believing. I wasn't allowed to like Curly. Because "he ignored Anya's assault". When. He just. Didn't understand. Like humans typically do.

Oughhh what the fuck yall this is just media literacy failing once more

Please is this wrong am I misinterpreting something did something slip past me. What. Yall.

EDIT !!!!!!

I found context ! Yip tee doo, Anya does tell Curly flat out!! A day before the crash. I don't have any support of Curly not believing her, I'm still trying to find the full scene, but okay. Cool. More depth to it. Sorry ! Lalalaaa.

ANOTHER EDIT TYSM !!! yall actually helped a lot hehe.

I have more context of the scenes and actions now, tysm!!!!! Tumblr is so cool sorry about my brain jumping to conclusions :p

[siyelius]

ngl hot take but gepard’s model lowkey scares me bc how are you gonna be a military captain and swing a colossal shield like it’s a pencil and have your whole schtick being taking hits and refusing to fall in battle but you have anime pretty boy bod

[zlugbugs]

Jimmy Mouthwashing biting the curb 4k

[dorkfruit]

can yall watch him while i go smoke

[momentomori24]

Bloody hell, not the harassment in the Mouthwashing fandom getting so bad the creators needed to say something about it 💀 "Wrong Organ this is attracting the wrong people!!", "Welp time to pirate Mouthwashing", "So you don't support SA survivors??" I hate Twitter so fucking much.

Anyway, nice to see creators keeping an eye on their community shutting down toxic fans. This was pretty based.