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The fandom god discussion is interesting, but I feel itās sometimes hindered by an unwillingness to separate gods from mortal society, or even a sort of over-eagerness to project our own reality onto them, which simply doesnāt work. I've seen the gods referred to as rulers or tyrants demanding worship (which I kinda understand because itās something Ludinus says in-game, though itās funny to see fandom corners confidently repeat the inaccurate talking points of the antagonist) but more interestingly I've also seen them referred to as a higher/the highest social class, as colonizers imposing themselves on mortals, the raven queen specifically as new money. Overall these comparisons tend to talk about the gods and their actions regarding Aeor in the past and predathos/the Vanguard in the present less as if they're about saving their own lives and more as if they want to preserve their powerful position.
The gods, by their very nature, are above mortals. They cannot be compared to any mortal ruling class because they didnāt choose or strive for that power and cannot feasibly get rid of it/step down/redistribute it (nor do they actually in any sense rule; killing the raven queen, unlike killing an actual queen, will not end the 'tyranny' of death), they simply have it by virtue of being gods. Saying thatās unfair or unequal and that the gods should be killed because of it is akin to saying itās unfair a mountain is bigger than you and demanding it be levelled, except the gods, unlike mountains, are living, feeling beings who shouldnāt have to die because some people canāt stand the idea of not always being top dog. Thing is, the gods themselves ultimately understood this power imballance and that they can't help but hurt Exandria the way humans can't help but step on bugs, and thus removed themselves from the equation by creating the divine gate. Saying this isnāt enough and that they're clinging to power is just demanding they line themselves up to be killed.
#critical role#cr3#downfall#nella talks cr#ultimately all these 'ruling class' comparisons are simply flawed and donāt work when under the slightest bit of scrutiny#gods arent rulers or tyrants bc they donāt rule and can't be deposed#they are representantations and guardians of (mostly natural) concepts#and those concepts wonāt go away bc you killed the gods. death and nature and the fucking sun will still remain#they arenāt colonizers of mortals (wtf lmao) who demand they be worshiped and mortals live according to their oppressive rule#again did you watch calamity? not even before the divine gate did the gods demand worship or even respect#they were never less respected than during the age of arcanum and still they were just chilling#(until someone released the betrayers and they had to step in to stop the ultimate destruction of exandria)#technically you could argue they were colonizers against the titans but even that feels like a stretch#the titans to me feel less like people and more like representations of the chaotic and deathly side of nature#being angry they were killed sounds like being angry someone stopped a hurricane just bc the hurricane was there first#I'm sorry but that hurricane would've flattened you. it wouldnāt appreciate your support bc it isn't a person#and 'a higher social class' fucking NEW MONEY? this is just blatant projection#I'm sorry but not everything more powerful than you is a stand in for oppression#sometimes itās a narrative stand in for nature and i promise nature isn't oppressing you
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"The podcast is about our neighbours being murdered." "Yeah, but you made it sound cozy."
That's it. That's the show.
#if ever two lines have summed up an entire show...#this one felt a bit all over the place but i LOVED it. i actually teared up at that convo between charles and doreen oh my god#i don't have a big age difference with my brother but still. siblings. you get it#i CAN'T BELIEVE the actors got it. they pointed out all the stuff people on here have been saying for ages!!! vindication!!!!!!!!!!#and i think they're right AND that this person that has been watching the trio since s1 is *one* person.#unsure about the westies and dudenoff. it might be a murder on the orient express situation but i don't buy that for some reason#this feels like a scheme but not a murder cover-up? maybe when dudenoff stopped responding to them they decided to keep up the illusion#and get his money so they could continue paying a low rent? idk it doesn't make sense to me that they would kill him#i'm not sure they even know that he's dead. but hey! what do i know! ive gotten plenty of things wrong this season#also loretta and oliver... OH my god i really thought they were through for a moment there my goodness#don't scare me like that!!!!!!!!!!!!!#so much in this one i didn't even mention THE DOLLS. or bev melon. oh my god so much#omitb#omitb spoilers#omitb s4
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I canāt explain how fucking inconvenient a lack of local transport is
#hereās the thing. Iām a 21 year old. I donāt drive. I donāt want to drive. not because I have the expectation that#ppl should drive me everywhere. but because Iām unbiasedly aware Iād be a danger to myself and others if I ever got behind a wheel#ok? ok. that means Iām greatly limited to what a person my age ā a person settled into an urban environment- is#thereās no bus in my area. no taxi service. thereās exactly 10 people in my village who have a license. I canāt go grocery shopping.#I canāt run errands. I canāt get issues solved. delivery places wonāt deliver in my area because the distance is too big#just. GOD. Itās so fucking frustratating watching politiciansā my policitians especiallyā throw their money on stupid shit#when the community structure is barely holding on to life. so fucking enraged#rant#text
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Is Solas getting paid by the Inquisition for his work
#dragon age#cause he's like actually on the staff list right#like okay dorian and viv and sera are all there representing themselves or a faction right#so they are presumably getting paid by their faction work (sera) or some nebulous independent wealth#Bull is definitely unambiguously getting paid#i don't think spirits have good labor unions so cole is not getting paid#i have no idea what Blackwall is doing but he lives in the barn#so i don't think he cares#Varric's job title is unwelcome tag along#but he has a job so i don't think he's getting paid by the Inquisition either#your advisors plus cass definitely get paid#but solas is like. the only one who i think gets an @inquisition.gov.nz email who may not be getting paid#he must be right#or do you think he refuses it? would josie let him?#oh my god is that pile of gold in trespasser all the money we paid solas that he never fucking spent#actually idk maybe viv and dorian are also being paid because now that i think about it they don't actually have money#they just have the vibes of money#the irony of solas potentially having a higher net worth than viv is very funny#dorian is weird because he's like sort of cut off from his family but not really#did you know if you add enough tags to a post they stop working properly
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Cronusā¦. Colored.bass .. guitar ā¦..
#If I had adult money it would be so joever#I make impulse purchases whenever Iām sad or stressed#cronus ampora#homestuck cronus#hs cronus#homestuck#home24uck#home2t4ck#Also im legally an adult (Iām 20) but since u become an adult at 18 im like technically 2 in adult years#When I get a big girl job Iām going to make so many poor financial decisions just you wait#bass guitar#esp guitars#ughhhh I love the color sm#Did you know purple used to be my favorite color from ages 0-high school#I stopped having a favorite color a while ago but purpleās coming back in full swing now#Thanks to you know who#(GEO Cronus)#God bless dalishthunder/pumpkinofthedale/chaussette_et_chaussures for making the best fanfic known to humankind#Iāll never emotionally recover from it
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Recently the 4th volume of the english Thousand Autumns came out and when I saw Mimoā²s design of beloved old fart Guang Lingsan, all I could say was "awooga humina humina humina", so like
#thousand autumns#meng xishi#guang lingsan#åē§#mimo treating us so good#i mean i do wish he actually looked his age. which is yan wushis age. but i guess THIS old fart has to play by wuxia rules. boo#gls staying in his lane. dumping his stupid sect on feng xiao and running. thriving. moisturized.#thats why hes my favourite side character in all of qqpeerlessverse. funniest motherfucker around#i do miss his stupid hat#the idea of him forcing teenage feng-er to wear it too. resplendent#i mean generally speaking id kill to see him dealing with teenage feng-er. can you imagine. how is feng-er still alive#mxs how much money do i have to give you for you to write that extra#like teenage ququs life is a tragedy. teenage feng-ers life is a COMEDY#please just. during the events of qq. whenever gls shows up to do his cackling annoyance schpiel#imagine a sulky teenage feng-er just slightly to the side. going I dont wanna be here Im missing my beauty sleep š¤Øš¤Øš¤Øš¤Ø#PLEASE I WANNA SEE YWS INTERACT WITH TEENAGE FENG-ER#every time i remember that feng-er is the same age as xiaoyu. incredible.#anyway what was i saying#oh yes please god i wanna see fajing sect shenanigans#am i spoiling peerless for anyone here. is it a big spoiler to talk about feng-er being an og demonic sect person. does anyone care#sorry
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having collections of physical media is so cool and hot actually.. oh you have a collection of cds? dvds? please marry me
#zylo's posts#physical media#anti-capitalism#anti streaming#god i wish i wasnt born in the age of streaming... or had enough money to by lots of cds and dvds..
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hey emma! do u mind expanding on mitchās utilisation this post season and how theyre not maximising him at what hes best at so he can contribute elsewhere where the team is lacking like you mentioned in your post? fairly new to hockey so im a bit behind :( thank you!!
i'm not an expert on this but lfksdj i can rant. jonas siegel dropped an article today about mitch's playoff impacts, so i'll drop some screenshots you can read here if you don't have an athletic sub.
and there is also this video from yesterday that essentially breaks down the way mitch adjusts his game to the playoffs vs the regular season and the way mitch adjusts to play more conservatively (which, despite the 'best playoff performer' narrative, still makes him better than most players on our team. by not a small amount lol)
but mitch has been put on the second line this postseason to essentially shut down the bruins biggest offensive threat in david pastrnak and they've done that extremely effectively. his line has taken a vast majority of their shifts starting in their own dzone, meaning they aren't immediately set up for success bc they have to win the puck back away from david & co and are tasked with making their way back down to their own ozone and trying to make an offensive impact that way .. which has allowed auston's line to already start their shifts set up in their ozone 80% of the time apparently. in that way, i don't think the first line's been very effective bc they're sitting at a net neutral rn despite scoring 'the most' goals for us.. meaning they're getting scored on as much as they're scoring, lol. (auston himself is actually at a +2 but bert and domi are getting caught out and prayed on so they're at 0 +/- wise lol)
leafs have a real problem creating offense in the post season, and instead of being able to load up and let mitch do the elite playmaking he can do by being a little LESS defensively responsible and more quick w his hands and thinking on his feet on the rush, they've been forced to play mitch in a more defensive position bc other forwards can't take that spot on the second line and effectively shut pasta/bruins down. essentially, mitch doesn't get room to do what he's best at (help draw attention and make room for the best shooters on this team and then pass to them) bc he has to worry abt making the smart and safe plays to keep the puck away from the bruins scary offensive threats and it's making him look like he's been neutralized... when REALLY.. he's being used in a position that is not favorable to the best offensive parts of his game but rather relied upon for his ability to be responsible. even if he WERE putting up points with auston, people would say they don't matter since they're not at Clutch moments so lol. this team is just built weirdly and domi and bertuzzi are liabilities defensively so they've been put with our most responsible forward on the top, but so far they're not making a huge difference. it is what it is, and willy coming back will certainly help with some off the rush offense probably, but willy is also a defensive liability but he's being played with holmberg and calle who are both way more solid in that way.... luckily the bruins 3rd line isn't as dangerous as the top 2 so maybe he and the swedes will be able to feast on them š¤š¤š¤
we will see what game 4 holds tonight... i think this team could be so much better with some actual upgrades on d, but we will have to SEE what treliving does this summer. it is very annoying to watch magical mitch marner with real creative vision have to take on a more under appreciated role as a defensive bedrock of this team, but idk what i expected considering we were LITERALLY playing him as a defenseman this season, lol. i have way more fun watching him play globetrotter and put up points but he is basically an elite jack of all trades. siegel's article talks abt the key to that line's offense being him shooting more, so we'll see if that's something he personally incorporates, but a lot of the critique of him this year in the postseason has been so unfair in comparison to the position he's being put in.
#easks#its honestly a shame too bc he put up numbers in the first series last year and idc what ppl thought but#imagine if he got to keep playing w auston and expanding on thattt... like theyre just hitting ages where their games are maturing like#truly if our team had a better dcore we would thrive lol#use some of those one yr deals money n get us some real ass defensemen brad please god#for mitch to hit 1rw numbers that get u to the cup... the rest of our team has to play effective defense fkldsj#AND we need to change some systems but idk abt all that in depth#mitch marner#leafs
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Not to be that guy, but why does every single youtuber that's trashing Dragon Age: The Veilguard and calling it a flop...look exactly like you would expect?
#i swear to god these people have a weird vendeta against this game#bg3 pre-event literally showed asterion taking haldin's wild shape bear c**k live on screen and yet these dudebros sing praise for bg3#but when it comes to dragon age they're trying super hard to swap public opinion and make the game flop#i guess giving rook the option to have top scars was crossing a line despite the fact that da has been woke as fuck since origins#like the game is the second most preordered game on steam right now and first on the xbox and playstaion stores#im sorry to say but bioware is gonna make money on this game weather you like it or not
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Hear me out
buddy daddies au
#just change the ages a bit and boom#āplease provide proof of employmentā guys that make money selling shadow treasure: šš#āyou guys are gonna play family after you killed his mom??ā#only problem is shinjiro acts like rei but is obviously the malewife#well thereās other problems too but I only came up with the idea a couple days ago#cut me some slack#buddy daddies#persona 3#p3#akihiko#shinjiro#ken amada#oh my god rei and shinjiro look identical in those pics#guys who would ogino and reis father be#ikutsuki has to be in there somewhere probably as reis father#wait then would ogino be takaya omfg
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How the flying *fuck* did EA/Bioware manage to get Hans Zimmer to do the music for DATV
#like you guys donāt even have the resources to keep 50 employees how much money did you pay him??#oh god is this where the budget went#oh dear#dragon age the veilguard#adi says things
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*guy delivering the coldest most delusional take in the universe voice* hey guys have you guys heard national anthem by lana del ray??? very kenstewy core me thinks
#to ME#it's about stewy forming his identity as an american (tm) which is intrinsically linked to wealth and#informed by being constantly exposed to the roy lifestyle from a young age#money is the reason!!! we exist!!! everybody knows this!!! it's a fact!!!#the transition from 'he tells me to be cool but I don't know how yet' to 'he said to be cool but I'm already coolest'...... gagdgsbajsgshjs#and of course. it's a love story for the new age for the sixth page they're on a quick sick rampage#anyway. I'm your national anthem god you're so handsome take me to the hamptons bugatti veyron etc etc#stewy hosseini#kenstewy#succession
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We shuld normalize blaming graziano and stafenia for alll of vale problems š¤
#grazioni is judt that interwied we hi is like yes i brag abaut my son whit my friends#... hut never like actual father dtuff#and dtafenia and the money thing my god#thry both suck soooo bad inagine bieng 40 and barely at tha age being able to say love yoy to you parents#fuck up#motogp#valentino rossi
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ADORIBULL AT LAST
#dragon age#dragon age inquisition#dai#adoribull#dorian pavus#the iron bull#THANK YOU HISSING WASTES#HOURS#hours and THEN āso.....about last nightā#i finished every single (non) bugged quest and just had to run around eating SAND#thank you for witnessing my greatest triumph ever#GOD game companies would make so much money if they did this more often#*shaking EA* i will PAY YOU to let the companions fuck
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EXCUSE THE BAD ART BECAUSE ITS WHAT I GOT š«š«š«
Yang and Qrow co-parenting Bby Ruby as tai goes through his whole family mandated mental breakdown fills my every waking thought
Qrow is single handedly handling all of ozpins secret missions now so all of remnant is on his shoulders, that combined with all the death and general tragedy in his family thereās no way the second he gets a moment of peace with his nieces he doesnāt pass the fuck out
Yang is just doing her best as qrow is usually busy saving all of remnant for months at a time to be home
(Additional hc because theyāre living of of assumably two teachers salaries, Ruby and Yang wear a lot of school merch they get for free, cause buying new clothes is expensive and a hassle Qrow doesnāt really have the time for, and Yang canāt reach the counters)
#rwby#yang xiao long#qrow branwen#ruby rose#poor Ruby had no chance of growing up stable#qrow went from hey my whole team got married and had kids I feel slightly left out to#nvm you shouldāve left me out of it#Qrow: I canāt be around you kids Iām bad luck#Yang age 8: god I couldnāt give less of a fuck how could this get any worse#yang: I just need money for groceries#qrow: kid you need so much therapy#yang: look whoās talking#qrow: ā¦touchĆ©
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"I hate stories unkilling characters and have been firm on never doing it in my own sci fi series" do you mean that you're writing a sci-fi series other than your fic? If so, I'd love to know more about it! You're an incredible writer.
Yes and no and yes and no. I have two major projects I've taken as far as multiple drafts of novels. But whether either one counts as sci fi... Hm.
Project 1 is probably more fantasy ā I always describe it as Chronicles of Narnia by way of Stephen King's It. It definitely has sci fi elements in that it's more interested in commenting on the contemporary U.S. than on the fantasy world āĀ one character flees the U.S. for OtherWorld, one character flees OtherWorld for the U.S., one character only goes to OtherWorld so he can earn a place in U.S. society, and one character only leaves the U.S. so she can earn a place in OtherWorld. It also has that sci fi sensibility of wanting to know how things work, why different societies are different for good and bad reasons. That said, it's also a portal fantasy about characters using magic to travel between universes, so... marginal.
Project 2 is more like X-Men, in that it's more concerned with how teenagers would (mis)use the ability to shoot lasers than how the lasers work. It's largely about forming an identity and fighting real estate developers on behalf of one's family co-op, so urban fantasy if it's fantasy or low sci fi if it's sci fi. The relative sci-fi-ness of the universe is literally a minor point of contention between two characters (one's a science tutor who believes in experimenting with the chaos energy to understand it better; one's a devout believer who has Seen Some Shit and knows better than to futz around with these things) and I deliberately never resolve it. The superpower stuff is important and fun and influences the characters a lot, but unlike X-Men it's not a magic-school story and doesn't want to be.
Sorry that's kind of a non-answer. But I think stressing too hard over how a book will be marketed while you're still drafting it is like buying wallpaper for a house you haven't built, and that genres are just made-up marketing categories anyway.
#(almost) nothing to do with animorphs#about the blogger#science fiction#fantasy#sf#project 2 is about coming of age; project 1 is about failure to launch#for love of god don't ask me if either one is YA because a) I HAVE NO IDEA and b) YA is also a made-up marketing category#also i want to emphasize that the source of the powers is a *minor* point of contention between the relevant characters#those two have many and varied and near-infinite sources of contention#ranging in pettiness from 'you're not my real dad!'/'good! i wouldn't adopt you for all the money in the world'#to 'is it okay to eat grocery store grapes directly off the shelf' and 'what have i told you about wearing pink and orange at the same time
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