#gw meta

[wraith-caller]

Never been a fan of people trying to shape the Golden Order into conservative Christianity. Reading fics where they talk about women needing to be "traditional" or seen but not heard, when the figurehead of the Order is a woman who has waged loads of wars, had two husbands, makes a point of examining her faith rather than submissively accepting it. Seeing posts that seem to say the GO is villainizing the use of sorcery, a way of deriding the carians, when one of the greatest champions of the Order himself studied sorcery of his own volition, and married perhaps the greatest sorceress ever known. There's nothing to indicate the GO ever had a beef with the practice of sorcery, and it's not like they shuttered Raya Lucaria after the union of the Moon and Erdtree. Cringing every time someone describes Fundamentalism as the "thoughtless extremist" wing of the Order when it's supposed to be about taking a scholarly approach to the examination of the laws of causality and regression.

Idk. It's just, there's so many reasons to be skeeved out by the GO, and it exists within a fantasy with a totally distinct history from our own world. While there are obviously influences from a wide variety of real-world sources on the mythology and world of the game, it's not a direct copy of reality. It's lame to see sth so full of opportunity for interesting world building from fans just turned into a watered down copy of what they despise in reality.

[radiashen]

see the thing is the ghosts in xianzhou luofu is more about leftover desires. aspirations unfulfilled, burning still. unfinished business stuff. because the grief is carried by the living. forever. while in jarilo-vi the ghost /is/ the memory. the echoes that linger. that is the voice of the person you loved calling you from the dark alleyway do you answer it? is it really still the person you loved if it's whatever's left of them stuck in a broken record between the snow? what if you want to hear them anyway? anyway yeah im normal whyd you ask

[gaywatch]

Hi! I was curious whether you'd read ariaste's unhinged gomens 2 meta (https://www.tumblr.com/ariaste/724311712381222912/the-magic-trick-you-didnt-see-being-an-analysis?source=share), and if you had any thoughts on it? I personally found it to be a very fun read, and even if I don't think I agree with all of it, I found certain points extremely compelling.

I looked it over yesterday (the day before? it was a long weekend thanks Neil) and I love the enthusiasm but agree with very little. A lot of it involves pure speculation asserted as objective fact, correlation without causation, and they even bring back the weird fan argument from season four of Sherlock that it must have been bad on purpose as part of some grand scheme. The Big Trick they build towards is fundamentally based on an assumption--unless I missed some vital exposition somewhere (which is always a possibility, lol) we have no idea if Metatron has access to the Book of Life. So while that idea can spin off to some really interesting places, and it would be cool if Metatron was manipulating certain things to make sure events play out the way God wants, there's currently no real weight to the theory.

One small thing they noticed that I think is interesting, though, is the book Muriel was reading at the end. The Crow Road is apparently about a guy who sorts through a bunch of papers his uncle left behind and starts piecing together a mystery. This is a good detail because we can draw reasonable possibilities from hard facts. Muriel has just picked up a reading habit ---> she has just inherited a bookstore where Az lived and kept notes/journals ---> Muriel could feasibly stumble across Az's journal, naively think it's just a bit of fiction, and wind up putting clues together that contribute to unraveling a real mystery. The idea also fits tonally with the show itself--Muriel only making a significant discovery accidentally-on-purpose is exactly the type of humor and irony that Good Omens gravitates towards. What that mystery could be is anyone's guess, and her holding up that book could easily be for some innocuous reason like 'they needed to have her reading something so Neil suggested one of his faves,' but it's a pretty reasonable idea.

[spiribia]

it always makes me laugh when 'sped up' is the first search result suggestion. like people were collectively like Lets get a move on.

[plsleafmelon]

waiting for a banner is always the most painful part about gacha games T-T

[a-gay-little-cat]

it's been a minute since i played guild wars but I've been so excited to pick it back up with a new character and leveling and playing it with my friend and it's making me shake like a small dog thinking about the story and the game again,!!

[two-reflections]

I feel you. This is why I usually refer to Vulkan He'stan as He'stan rather than by his ceremonial name. Which, to be fair, the Salamanders books and other Salamanders often do too! Here's an excerpt from Chapter Three of Firedrake by Nick Kyme:

He’stan felt Tu’Shan’s presence beside him, rather than saw him. The Chapter Master had a singular aura about him, a sense of the indomitable that He’stan had never felt in any other Salamander. He had been young when he’d assumed the mantle of Regent, but it was one he wore with great nobility and distinction. No two greater champions of the Chapter existed in the current decaying age of the universe. He’stan felt great pride but also profound sorrow at that revelation.

‘The ice will recede, the mountains will weep, Deathfire shall speak her rumbling refrain once more,’ He’stan said. He’d removed his battle-helm, a beautiful piece of his artificer armour rendered with saurian affectations and artistic flourishes. Underneath it, his face was sombre and grave. ‘I am the bearer of Vulkan’s Spear and I wear Kesare’s Mantle,’ he said. ‘Upon my left fist is the Gauntlet of the Forge, but it is nothing matched against our mother’s fiery heart. What is the will of a Forgefather or a Regent compared to that?’

It was at He’stan’s request that they’d come to one of the viewing galleries in Prometheus space port. The long chamber was dark, illuminated by brazier coals. The flickering light revealed the icon of the Firedrakes as they pulled the shadows away, only for it to be swallowed as the darkness reasserted itself again a few moments later.

‘Aye, we are humbled by her savage beauty, Lord He’stan.’ Tu’Shan clapped a firm hand upon the Forgefather’s shoulder.

James Workshop, we need to talk.

Why THE HELL are the Primarch and Forgemaster of the Salamanders both named Vulkan? Why is Vulkan in charge of the search for Vulkan with the Spear of Vulkan to bring Vulkan back to be Vulkan’s commander this is SO CONFUSING! WHICH VULKAN ARE WE REFERRING TO AT ANY GIVEN TIME! WHY??

(Yes I know naming people after primarchs makes sense in universe but THIS is goddamn CONFUSING)

[bonesssss019]

plan for 2025!!

~~~

- less than 800 kcal

- get to my first gw by June

- fasting

- 4k-5k steps min.

- clean foods!!

- 4 meta days a month (one on every sunday)

- use my new fitbit to track my calories burnt better!

- 2 L water a day

~~~

@amour---vivienne @a-star-riding-through-clouds @snuffedbones @eriahs-sadstory @lacesslt what are your 2025 plans?? :)

[ladymirdan]

*me picking up a box of Sisters at the Warhammer store, flipping the box around a bit*

GW Guy: “oh that is a fun box, lots of options. What loadout are you thinking about giving them?”

Me:”I havent really decided yet. I don't go after meta or playability really, I mostly just go by what looks fun to paint.”

GW Guy:”Oh I know. I have seen your Havocs.”

Me:”Whats wrong with my Havocs?”

[feletida]

I must say tho that Ynnari problem isn't just eldar problem. It's a meta and worldbuilding problem which was explained before:

PRIESTLEY: On the contrary - in the 'history' of the Imperium I always imagined there were a number of eras during which human space was divided or where societies diverged and different moral or ethical values prevailed - however - GW always tended towards 'Waagh the Emperor' - for such is the nature of the business - so the portrayal of the Imperium as one, simple idea became the things that it was possible to promulgate through the business as a whole. Trying to make the message more sophisticated or varied wasn't something the business wanted or was capable of handling, I'm afraid. To be fair - it was successful as it was - and remains so I understand.

[other-cullen-ficrecs]

In a way I'd consider them worse. You can say no to Morrigan and she doesn't stab you for it. (RIP Sir Jory)

The fanbase: All the mage love interests betray you!

Me:

Because sure, with Solas:

But you can, at least, learn about and disagree with Anders's plan. And Morrigan...

[chiefatticcreator]

Having Guilliman face the T'au would be interesting. Not from an in-universe perspective, mind you, but from a meta one: Guilliman is the "main character" of 40k: he's the blonde, blue-eyed, reasonable man leading the Main Character faction. As such, no matter how much he sympathizes with the T'au's scientific approach and reasonability, he is not allowed to ever do more than temporarily ally with them, because if he does more than that he would turn away from the Imperium, and GW can't have that. On the other hand, he can't react to the T'au with the insane and irrational xenophobia the Imperium is known for, because Guilliman is expressely written to be "reasonable" and someone the average reader wants to root for. So I wonder how GW will try to keep him sympathetic without making the T'au irreasonable morons... nah, that's what GW will do: make the t'au IQ drop by 75%, make them act like the entire 4th Sphere, all so they appear to be the ontologically bad guy we can root the golden superman to fight against.

taken from this reddit comment

[the-irken-luxray]

More doodles of the meta voice/fail text. Torn between keeping coming up with an actually unique design for them and keeping them as a generic stick figure ghost but no mouth. Except I've been struggling with coming up with an actual design for them.

I like the latter option because it's almost... symbolic? Iconic, but also generic; emotive and witty yet unable to be seen or heard by anyone... But that's a ramble for another day.

IDs under the cut

ID: A variety of doodles of a fan-made personification of The Henry Stickmin Collection's fail text, drawn in light blue (except in one case, where they are drawn in black for easier visibility). The persona is a mouthless but otherwise generic stick figure that is free floating, as though they are a ghost or phantom. All images have a watermark for the-irken-luxray.

ID 1:

The fail screen for the wormhole rifle option from Stealing the Diamond, which reads:

"I'm surprised you weren't able to get down there with that amazing portal technology. It's pretty strange how those portal guns work. I mean it combines the top scientific processes of our time. The portal gun contains a flux quantum generator which propels energy blasts with energy volumes of 4.23 GW with an average speed of 25 m/s. this speed is most effective because it allows the energy to be conserved while still maintaining a speed that is appropriate. The external plastic coating on the portal gun is constructed of a high polymer fireproof carbon fiber. This prevents the intense energy of the portal gun from burning the hands of the user. The intense energy causes intense heat. Oh by the way if you want an achievement click here. I've heard that scientists still do not know what happens if two portals are placed on top of one another. The last time that was attempted... Well I'm sure you heard about it on the news."

Five doodles of the fail text persona surround the screenshot, meant to be the fail text at various points in time. The top left holds a hand to its chin; the top right holds up a finger with their eyes closed, as though explaining the complex topic presented in the screenshot; the mid-left lays on their stomach while kicking their legs, as though excitedly rambling the info presented in the screenshot; the mid-bottom points to the word "here" in the screenshot; and the bottom right has their eyes closed while waving a hand dismissively in the other direction.

To the right of the screenshot and five doodles is a motion-blurred sketch of Henry Stickmin (drawn in black, to distinguish him as being physically present). A speech bubble pointing to Henry contains the Bugs Bunny "For the love of god please help me" meme.

ID 2:

A fail screen for one of the timeout options in Infiltrating the Airship, showing a closed metal door. The fail text reads: "Ok, ok! No more quick time events!" and, in smaller text, "How's your head by the way?"

Two doodles of the personified fail text overlay the drawing (drawn in black instead of blue for better visibility). The first is wiping away a tear and holding their other hand to their stomach as though they were laughing hard, and the second one shows mild concern for Henry (who is unseen).

ID 3:

A screenshot from Infiltrating the Airship with Henry glaring at the camera while holding the teleporter. A doodle of the fail text persona holds out a thumbs up. Text with an arrow pointing to the doodle reads "knows there's like an 80% chance of some shit going wrong".

ID 4:

A fail screen for the G.A.B.E.N. option from Infiltrating the Airship, which reads:

"error: stack overflow

"System.IO.FileNotFoundException:

"Could not find file C:\Program Files\HL3\G.A.B.E.N..dll

"Dump cache;"

Next to the screenshot is the fail text persona, but with smaller, circular eyes that are filled with television static. The stick figure is glitched in multiple places and has a chromatic aberration/"3D glasses" effect.

ID 5:

The fail screen for the Dark Energy Bomb option in Infiltrating the Airship, which has no fail text. Two doodles of the mouthless stick figure are to the left. The first holds up a hand with a bent finger, looking distraught. The second lowers its hand while looking away, looking sympathetic as well as distraught.

Text below reads "(was going to make a joke but a 10yo's dad just fucking died)"

ID 6:

Three miscellaneous doodles of the fail text persona. The left has its hand below its chin in a thinking expression. The middle has its eyes closed and is shrugging. The right is looking downward and pointing at something beneath them.

End ID.

[critter-time]

I have. So many thoughts about this podcast.

OK. OK. ok. I’m normal.

I’d imagine voncid uses charlie’s voice, along with inhabiting the rest of his body, but with his ever-so slight accent, just so we know it’s him. And i mean, with or without Charlie's essence sharing a body with Voncid, Luca is grieving a friend and a new partner, and has to look Voncid, who killed him, and the man he's grieving in the eye. Also, he’s reckoning with Voncid committing murder.

HOWEVER, if we do get a canon Getalong Vessel, Voncid is going to be a complete and total wreck.

We’ve seen how he reacts to a perceived moral transgression, i mean, think about the Mr. Simmons incident and his failure to save Madeline.

“I corrected him. Like a dog.”

Voncid tends to be incredibly harsh on himself, calling himself, (iirc) a failure and weak for doing his best. Imagine how he’ll be with Charlie yelling that in his ear.

The angst is DELECTABLEEEEE.

Ghost wax season finale spoilers

Ok first of all Charles Baybridge my BELOATHED.

Also ep 41 intro confirmed to be Charlie and the cypher(? Or is it the vile observer)

i think pip calling Luca her little brother as they're both injured broke me. I don't think I can come back from that. Also Luca realizing Charlie betrayed all of them.

Also new incantation moment, body and blood, twist and roar, what once there was will be once more. (Poor Charlie. 𝘕𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴.)

And then Owen desperately trying not to lose Azem and even being willing to sacrifice the world to keep his memory alive. And Azem telling Owen to let him go, to use his essence as fuel to be able to save the rest of the people he loves. And Owen trying to bargain with Charlie for just five more minutes even as he apologizes for not being able to save him, just so that he can let Azem go instead of reflexively consuming him as Charlie kills him. Augh

Also ghost bee supremacy, neat little way to get rid of our villain

In conclusion: ACK. I need to relisten and also recommend it to all my friends

[acupofselfcontrol]

my personal ed rules and ones I plan to implement (if you have some feel free to reblog and add to the list cause i'm looking for ideas lol)

Doesn't matter how much trouble i'm having falling asleep I always sleep on my left side, I doubt it's true but I read somewhere it aids digestion and that's stuck in my brain

If I know i'm gonna end up eating, especially when I know i'm gonna end up eating a lot for a snack, I have berries. I think 200cals of frozen berries is better than 350cals of bread and peanut butter

I don't take food that people offer me from their lunches or wtv

Do anti-bloating toga before I go to bed

Hitting a GW doesn't count until it's been at least a day without gaining and i'm still that weight with clothes on

Rules i'm currently trying to implement:

Take sips of water in between bites when eating full meals

No food after 7:30pm (with some exceptions)

No eating right out of bags or going back into the bag once the portion I allowed myself is done

Meta days on Tuesdays every week (with an exception for weeks with special events)

[ghostinthegallery]

GW is sending some hilariously meta mixed signals here. They claim the Imperium are not the good guys, not the main characters, much as the Emperor claimed he was not divine, meanwhile every single piece of official Guilliman art has him looking like Blueberry Jesus.