#how did hawke survive this look idk

[bettydice]

Tempting.

[takami-takami]

RANT ABOUT MYSELF. BOOOOO

The fucking. PROBLEM is, "get me out of here," I say, shaking the bars of my cage. "Get me out of this house."

But. I don't have any faith in myself that I would be able to survive out there considering I had a Hawks Childhood with respect to neglect and hiding from the world. It's hard. It's hard! Idk if it comes across or if I'm just good at masking, but I wasn't allowed out of the house as a kid. I didn't socialize during key years. A decade. And it's hard, because I spent a good deal of my school years alone and bullied as well.

I feel like I am too traumatized to be able to function in society correctly; not necessarily because of the amount of hurt inflicted upon me— which was quite a bit— but because of what was deprived of.

I don't... Fucking know how to speak people. I don't know English and even though it is my only language, I feel like it's barely my first. I'm not fluent in being a fucking person. I was told to put on a fake shell persona and to never be myself around friends. I try not to listen, but maybe they were onto something cuz I probably should have. I don't know what to do besides try and pull a Wybee with that stitched smile thing.

I try very hard to connect. I'm actually quite terrible with maintenance of relationships. I'm not a good friend, I run away and avoid my inbox. I look at every ask I get and feel deeply unwell at the thought of answering. I love deeply but shallowly. I try to connect further, but it feels like there is a glass box separating me from everyone else.

I don't feel better than anyone else, I just feel wrong. And I see people with all these friends and I get jealous, like. I don't. I don't know what that's like!!!!! FUCK!!!!!!!!

I consider people online to be friends but I'm scared to say it. It feels like I'm not allowed. I don't feel like I'm doing it right. I don't talk regularly when I wish I did.

Head in my hands. I remind myself again, to take accountability and make the decison to be better. It's a fucking choice. But every time pull down that veil to delude myself into thinking I made my problems up, singing lalala I can't hear you, I don't wake up when I open my eyes. I'm not better just because I decided it. It's still me.

And I don't fucking know if I'm even capable of learning how to live my dream. Which is to have friends both irl and online, a partner (optional), and a job. That is all. That is all. I want bonds. I want bonds. I want bonds. I see how connected everybody could be but not me.

I fucking. HATE how much I am probably projecting onto Hawks. LAUGHS. Everybody disregard my analysis from now on, the fucking jig is up! /s

[bombrushblushin]

Oooooo I'd love to know more about your fallout OCs, if you wanna share! Do you mind giving a run-down on them? Red looks so cool :O Love characters with bows!

THANK YOUUU!! ill give info (featuring a few doodles as well) on all of them below the cut!!! beware, a lot of yapping incoming

Red

shes absolutely one of my favorites despite her being my newest and least drawn, she actually just started as a character by me telling my friend id play 76 if he made me an archer ghoul build, which he in fact did

before the war she was a bowhunter living in kentucky, she was going on a hunting trip in a forest in kentuckys appalachian region when the bombs dropped

for a good while she just wandered in ky before deciding to explore more of appalachia in the 2100s 

gradually over this time period she underwent ghoulification (as can probably be seen by her design /j)

she got her pip-boy from a dead vault 76 dweller she found soon after entering west virginia, depending on whether or not i really want 76 to be fully canon to my personal interpretation of the lore she also finds the overseers holotape message you find at the start telling you about the whole silo mission thing

after many years she decides to start making a guide on the newly evolved wildlife in appalachia, moiras wasteland survival guide style

when she finishes appalachias wildlife guide, she decides to journey to other regions of the wasteland to make more guides for each!! theyve taken a long time for whatever reasons, and for the fun of it she happens to be in a region during its main story (so california for 1 + 2, capital wasteland for 3, etc). because of this shes met all my other characters and theyve all had a part in making their regions wildlife guide!! 

the bow and arrow is her only weapon EVER. because i just like archery :] shes drawn with so many arrows because she genuinely keeps a crazy amount of arrows on her. she is NOT running out of arrows. inspired by me really hoarding arrows in 76 to the point of it actually starting to impact my carry weight

she was named after the red tailed hawk (which are common in kentucky!!)

she has been attacked by mothman multiple times. the first time scared the absolute shit out of her (based on whats happened to me in 76)

Kestrel Shepherd

unfortunately i really dont have much information on him or peregrine because i havent played through fallout 1 and 2 as much (because im bad at it 💔💔💔)

he was named after the american kestrel (the coloring reminded me a little bit of the vault jumpsuit)

hes also actually my shortest character because of this at 5'5

kestrel is transmasc!! he finds this out in the middle of looking for the waterchip during some late night conversation with ian and tycho

that was inspired by me originally having him set as female when i started fallout 1 and then how in fallout 2 all mentions of the vault dweller refer to him as male

where does he get hrt in the wasteland??? idk!!! maybe the followers of the apocalypse or something!! 

most stressed man ever. he constantly eyed the reminder of how much time he had to find the chip

despite that, still tried to help out wherever he could

Peregrine Shepherd

like with kestrel i dont have as much for her due to my severe lack of skill, but shes one my favorite designs

named after the peregrine falcon because she has a 10 in agility!! 

most likely focused more on melee fighting

her yellow body art is common in arroyo! its inspired by kestrels vault jumpsuit mostly. the obvious yellow stripe around the neck and down part of the middle of the chest, alongside the right shoulder side having bits resembling the gear notches on vault doors, the left shoulder has curves made to resemble the pauldron from the armored vault suit, and then both arms have marks inspired by the pip-boy (the one on peregrines left arm just gets covered by the actual pip-boy)

she loves to make jewelry! she made all of her allies something usually with blue, yellow, and green beads like her own. goris got little dangly things from his horns, marcus got a large necklace (which he still wears by the time of new vegas!), cassidy got a few bracelets (he acted annoyed by the idea of it which was why he got small bracelets, but secretly he really cherished them), and ill be SO honest i still havent really decided whats made for sulik. this also goes to explain her main party LMAO 

you know that classic promo image with the decorated t-51 helmet? she ABSOLUTELY has that. because of this she also decorated the APA she got from Navarro (which she also kept after the story. id imagine it becomes treated as a very important object like kestrels jumpsuit did)

peregrine had a LOT of doubt in her abilities, especially early on. she barely scraped past the temple of trials and talked cameron out of the final fight, something which she thinks about a lot. she wonders if she really should be the one searching for the geck.

Shiva Corvus

the second ever fallout character i made, one of my funniest moments was me finding out i had actually made my courier the same age as her, to which these messages came to be:

she took after her dad a LOT. she always had an interest in medicine, science, and helping others, so it came as no surprise when the goat test declared her as another vault medical assistant

shiva, especially when younger, would talk about the idea of leaving the vault to offer help to people on the surface. james tried to shoot down that idea VERY fast

as the medical assistant, shiva was actually taught a lot more than she wouldve been at that time as james was trying to set her up with everything she would need to know to hopefully take his place (or be jonas' assistant) when he left the vault

her last name is the genus crows fall under. i ended up associating crows with her because of the "one for sorrow" rhyme, which i found out was actually originally about magpies but i had first heard it as counting crows so the crow theme stuck

while caring a lot for others, she was also very easy to anger, alongside feeling that fighting someone was perfectly fine if they deserved it in her eyes. she got into a lot of fights with butch and his friends when younger, and after project purity was taken held a lot of anger towards the enclave and attacked them whenever she could. while in the vault butch every once in a while would come into the clinic while she was working to mess with her knowing she couldnt do anything back (damn you hippocratic oath and general healthcare code of ethics! /j)

thinking of the enclave, after they come in she immediately got power armor training from the brotherhood, nuked a random enclave patrol, and stole their power armor. she continued using anything stolen from them to the very end of the game. she thought her ass was DONE FOR when she got ambushed by them in vault 87 knowing she was equipped entirely with stolen enclave equipment. 

shiva was the greatest example of being too stubborn to die. she was close to death SO MUCH (probably her 3 luck /j) but would always push through somehow

about that, she keeps the original non-broken steel ending of the game and dies after turning on the purifier (the pitt and point lookout ARE canon for her though, just fall at some point during the main story, most likely between the time after trouble on the homefront and searching vault 87)

Callie Harris

she originated from me wanting to play broken steel but wanting shiva to stay dead in the story 💔💔💔

she grew up in vault 101, amata and shiva were her best friends

her name comes from callie splatoon and the harris' hawk. the callie part is actually because shiva originated as a splatoon character who was an octarian soldier who befriended callie during splatoon 2s story mode, and it was just a silly reference to that. she holds no other connections to callie cuttlefish

she has always been protective, very often also getting into fights with the tunnel snakes while growing up. this also affected her goat outcome and she ended up in vault security

the day shiva had to escape the vault, she tried to lead some security guards on a wild goose chase through the vault to give shiva time to get out. she was also in amatas group wanting to open the vault, and actually stole some gear from the security storage to protect them

after amata became the overseer and the vault was opened, callie left to start exploring the wasteland herself. at some point outside she meets back up with shiva and they travel together for a while

callie joined the brotherhood of steel and started training around the time shiva leaves for shenanigans in the pitt and point lookout. she shows enough potential to be let into the lyons pride too (first pride initiate to not die a horrible death /j)

she was involved in the battle for project purity + spent the two weeks afterwards waiting in the medical unit of the citadel by shiva (but like i said, she dies. skill issue /j) 

she gets promoted to a knight afterwards and then goes on to take the lone wanderers role in broken steel

after maxson becomes the elder it becomes clear that hes taking it in a different direction than elder lyons, of which lyons' was the one callie had joined the brotherhood to support. by the time of fallout 4 callie has left the brotherhood, but kept all of her gear and continues wandering the wasteland to protect anyone she finds

i havent had much time to develop this more but callie, amata, and shiva all had crushes on each other for a long time. nothing ever gets to come of it, NONE of them ever admit any feelings

Cillian Osprey

my very first fallout character!!! she actually originally was a splatoon oc (new agent 3) who i made my courier after a bit of playing as a joke, and now theyre the more developed cillian. whoopsies

as is probably usual for couriers she got some wacky amnesia from benny, she doesnt remember many life events before the delivery. they really dont mind it though for most of the story, until lonesome road aw yeahhh

she used to be skilled with pistols before the head injury, afterwards found them more difficult. they still tried to use guns for a while until the Straight Razor Incident. that was when they got attacked by a random raider outside of nipton, ran out of ammo, and resorted to just rushing them with a random straight razor they had (actual thing that happened to me in game). this was the moment cillian switched to being purely melee for the most part

their main weapon is the super sledge oh, baby!!! after old world blues they also start using christines sniper a lot

mentioning dlcs, in cillians version of the story they all come after the second battle of hoover dam, and VERY different order for the most part. for her it goes main story -> honest hearts -> old world blues -> dead money -> lonesome road

shes also my strongest character with a full 10 strength

her last name is a remnant from her splatoon oc days, i like to say she saw an osprey in a book and thought it and the name was cool and thus decided to make it that 

they sided with the ncr but arent really on any side id say. they dont feel like theyre really fit to lead an independent vegas for example

for a faction they most definitely are allies with, they are with the followers of the apocalypse!! they actually also hold a good amount of medical knowledge (had both a great and terrible time in big mt researching lobotomization) and after the entire story remains a courier with the followers!! 

theyre good friends with all of the companions but especially veronica. veronica taught her most of what she knows about unarmed fighting and they just probably got up to plenty of shenanigans together

Nora Sparrow

ill be so honest she makes the least sense of anyone here probably. my fallout 4 opinions are all over the place and i probably will eventually deviate from canon a LOT as i make more stuff about it

she actually holds a small resemblance to me because i decided to try to make the character look like me at first, but once i was deeper into the main quest i finally decided to just make her into a separate character and tried to change some details. she still has my nose and eye color though 

she isnt a lawyer in my version!! my nora instead also has a military background, first as a sniper and then later becoming a power armor engineer

that plays a lot into how she is after leaving vault 111 too. she mainly uses a sniper rifle (which i named the mind opener) and occasionally anything else on the off chance of running out of ammo for her main weapon 

nora has a hugeee interest in power armor. she has an entire collection in sanctuary hills and tinkers with it a lot (its kinda one of her connections to her old life LMAO)

she actually usually introduces herself as just sparrow (especially as the general of the minutemen) to the point a good amount of people think sparrow is her first name

piper romance. i ❤️ piper 

she joined the brotherhood for a bit. mostly for the free t-60. but she did think they sounded good for a while until eventually thinking "okayyy theyre a little extreme" and basically stopping going to them (outside of occasional prydwen visits for the shop)

despite that she never technically left them. after the minutemen blow up the institute she eventually visited the prydwen again and was immediately called to talk to a very angry maxson. she really did try to keep the relationship between the minutemen + bos stable but was unsuccessful. cue artillery fire on the prydwen 

name wise had the absolute least thought. i kept nora because i think its pretty and sparrow was from when i was playing as basically myself, didnt want to just go with robin, and thought "well sparrow sounds nice too" 

shes also a silver shroud fan. she had a decent amount of fun pretending to be him early on in the quest

probably wouldve added more doodles but i hit the mobile image limit and didnt feel like sending a bunch to myself on a different platform to get past it LMAOOOOO

[intersexprophet]

idk about you, but my experience with bnha was, they had us in the first half not gonna lie. fuck this manga lmao, fuck the ending. i'm looking away disrespectfully

I feel you. I'm genuinely sad for people who expected more, because they weren't wrong to do so. Hori set this story up a certain way, and failed to follow through. It's a "what was even the point?" type of story now. Game of Thrones had a better ending.

I'm jaded as hell and I've been saying he'd pull a Kishimoto for years. And I was right on the money. But even with my low (LOW) expectations, I never ever expected it to be this bad. I genuinely thought he'd spare Toga out of the main three. I thought Shigaraki would actually be saved. I thought they'd be locked up, but be "helped" via therapy or whatever. That Toga would be promised a chance at freedom sometime in the future.

I thought the narrative would insist things are changing for the better without actually changing anything. But they honest to god put conflicting evidence for even that.

And fuck this "tragedy" nonsense LMAO. If he actually intended for this to be a tragedy (which I don't believe for a second) it's STILL horribly written! How the FUCK am I supposed to take a tragedy seriously when the only tragic things happen to the villains while the heroes deaths are essentially magically reversed? Why the FUCK is Bakugou alive? Even for this magic hand waving bullshit, that was so stupid and ridiculous. How is this a tragedy and pretty much zero of the important heroes/students died? How did they all fucking survive what was supposed to be a war? Why did Toga die off screen, if this is supposed to be such a tragedy? Why didn't we see the life slip from her eyes and her body slump over? From blood loss of all things? How convenient that all of the doubles dissipated right before she decided to save a failure hero's life via the same way Twice used his double quirk to save her earlier? Twice's doubles did jack fucking shit. He may as well not have given that blood to Toga. The way they had to go to ensure Toga's death. It's so clumsy I could die. What the fuck was he thinking? Why do famed villains Toga and Twice have a better track record at saving people than Ochako lmao? The way people gave so much credit to Hori that they thought Toga, saved by Ochako, would use the doubles, and by extension Twice, to save hero and villain alike only for him to be like "uhhhhhh and they went away" after they did NOTHING. Except make Hawk scream about killing her/the doubles. Which was never properly addressed btw.

I could go on and on and on and on but I have to stop myself at some point. I cannot believe it's gone this badly.

[bibibbon]

Where MHA fails : stakes and tension

I know a lot of people have made similar posts about this topic but I wanted to give my two cents on this so here it is.

MHA's early arcs definitely had a lot of tension and stakes like just look at the usj arc or the shopping incident heck even the overhaul arc had some good tension and stakes when it came to the idea of izuku would actually survive his fight against overhaul with eri full on having a whole Quirk breakdown on his back. However, after the overhaul arc that tension and stakes all faded away into nothingness which is now the final war arc. In my opinion, there are a few reasons as to why this happend but the most prominent reason is:

Hori refuses to kill characters for the plot

Yeah, that's pretty much it. The lack of character deaths really doesn't help the tensions in the show and the characters that ACTUALLY DO DIE OR GET INJURED don't really affect the audience in any major way.

Midnight- horikoshi had to kill someone close to the hero kids so tensions could rise and students could actually truly realise how dangerous it is and really up the stakes that the villains are back and stronger then ever. However, we don't see midnight really bond or interact with the students so the whole having momo ,mina and Kiri crying over her doesn't hit big.

Twice - I get it the guy had to die and yeah if we are talking about it his death or him living created a bunch of tension and stakes for the hero's because his quirk is really deadly to be honest. However, I don't think his death was done well to be honest like it was probably one of the best deaths hori gave us but I can't help but think there could of been more when it came to him

Nighteye- honestly this is the same as twice like I know his death was there to serve a turning point in the story and show the darker side of heroics which worked but he was honestly an asshole so I was happy he was gone. I only felt bad cos of mirio crying so maybe try and make him a nicer person and then kill him off?

Magne- never really bothered with her death. Like sure it definitely amplified the tension between chisaki and the LOV but we could of probably seen more from her then he could of killed her off but the same with twice and nighteye her death did raise the stakes and tensions by a lot.

Shirakumo - his death was just there to make us sympathetic towards aizawa and him being revealed as kurogiri just ruined his character because even though it had potential you can definitely tell hori didn't think it through or expand with that plot point

Then there is the other deaths I don't remember or just don't care about like crust, whatever number of other pros who died during the war, native, the villains

And there are the villains who hori just done dirty in killing them like SPINNER ,TOGA AND DABI

Something like this can be easily fixed in MHA which is literally killing more characters that SHOULD of died in MHA like:

Gran Torino - how is that guy still alive?

Aizawa shota ( Iam 50/50 on this)

Bakugo Katsuki - the guy had a full complete character arc his character went full circle so he was just there also his revival made no sense you could of revived him differently

Someone from 1A or 1B (raise the tension)

Enji todoroki - his death would of made more sense then him living for multiple reasons

Miriko - idk how she is alive

Lady nagant - same as miriko

GIVE VILLAINS LIKE TOGA, DABI AND SPINNER PROPER DEATHS.

Horikoshi's 2nd biggest problems when it comes to stakes and tensions is THE LACK OF CONSEQUENCES!!!!!

The hero's and villains should of had more consequences overall to raise the stakes in the show. Hawks and tokoyami losing their QUIRKS IS A GOOD Consequence BUT THEM GETTING IT BACK DIFFUSES THE TENSION. This is the same for what happend to mirio. Unpopular opinion, but AFO should of had his own consequences with taking a living powerful sentient soul taking or absorbing quirk like dark shadow.

There are so many consequences that hori could of gave as a result to WHAT ALREADY HAPPEND BUT HE CHOOSES TO IGNORE IT AND GIVE CONSEQUENCES THAT CONTRADICT HIS WHOLE PLOT.

What I mean by that is the whole izuku somehow losing danger sense. That stuff makes ZERO SENSE how and why would that happen? Isn't danger sense and the other QUIRKS all merged within OFA because that's exactly why AFO couldn't take OFA from a OFA user because yochi's quirk is merged withing OFA and so are the other QUIRKS so how is it that danger sense is stolen by shigaraki?!?! Does this mean that izuku is someone that somehow has the capacity to carry 8 DIFFERENT POWERFUL AND DANGEROUS QUIRKS. That makes no sense because if it isn't that he is somehow related to AFO then how isn't he a nomu with the amount of quirks he has.

In conclusion, the problem of stakes and tension is literally caused by two major factors:

Horikoshi's inability to kill off some characters

Horikoshi's lack of consequences and if consequences are given they tend to CONTRADICT the plot

[never-forget-viva-la-pluto]

just so you know, you can be sued for stealing a cat, especially if its collared and microchipped. dont be a vile human being. have some compassion. maybe that persons cat is just an escape artist.

maybe if someone stole your pet, youd be fine with it, idk if you just let your pets go when youre tired of them. idk you.

but not having compassion is actually disgusting. do better.

Ok let's break this down since I'm going to, probably incorrectly, assume that your intentions are good and you are just woefully misinformed. For the sake of clarity, when I say indoor cat, I mean 100% indoor, and when I say outdoor cat, I mean a cat that is regularly let outside without a leash and isn't a feral or working barn cat.

1) "You can be sued for stealing a cat, especially if it's collared or microchipped".

Okay, so if you microchip an outdoor cat, you have wasted your money. Microchips are for finding your cat should it go missing. If an outdoor cat goes missing, you better hope someone picked it up and took it in bc 9/10 if your outdoor cat goes missing it's dead. Full stop. Hawks, coyotes, dogs, other cats, cars, eagles, wolves, cougars, etc all see that cat as food and cats may be OP for their size but a pack of coyotes whose territory is being shrunk by the day will find that cat very tasty. And in case you are confused, coyotes don't care if you sue them, they will eat the microchip and leave the bloodied collar with the bones.

But let's say you are worried about me getting sued, my response is: ok????? You seem to be under the impression that I am taking cats for a selfish reason and i am definitely not. I would do this for the cat's benefit, with no worries for my own. I'll get sued, I'll gladly take the court case if it means they keep their pets inside. But how would they know I took their cat? They wouldn't because I don't let my cats outside ever. They won't see the cat again and it won't be because a coyote ripped it to peices while it was taking a shit. And it would be a lot harder for them to sue a coyote, so I've done them a favor once again.

2) "Don't be a vile human being. Have some compassion. Maybe their cat is just an escape artist."

Ok, that's on me for not making myself clear. If a cat is missing, and there are posters, online posts, text psa, etc I will see them. I actually follow a local missing pet group that alerts me to every pet in my area that's gone missing, and each includes the info about the pet and if they are indoor or not. When I have time I go and look for them around my town. But again, not far from the feral cat colonies is where the coyotes run so I have yet to be successful. If a cat owner has stated that their cat has escaped and are indoor cats, then I am on the streets, in forests, marshes, behind malls, etc, to return that missing family member. But cats are the equivalent of a toddler in terms of ability to navigate life, and it is definitely neglect to leave your toddler outside unattended.

Moreover, there is a bitch who lives near me who buys kittens, doesn't get them fixed, and when they get out she doesn't even bother to look for them and I have rescued several of those and their subsequent kittens(many of which did not survive even after given professional care bc the mothers were still kittens themselves and can't care for their babies). That bitch has been reported many times and guess what the cops do??? That's right, what cops do best, which is jack shit. I have spent months doing tnr just cleaning up her messes so you have no right to tell me I am without compassion or that I'm vile. I had a cat who was an escape artist, but I at least made sure she was fixed in case she ever got out(she only ever got out once and after I reinforced the screens on our porch).

But again, if your outdoor cat goes missing, what good would returning them do? The cat will just go outside again and face the same shit that caused them to dissappear in the first place. It's actual insanity and those people shouldn't be cat owners(personally I think they should be charged with neglect but whose counting?).

3) "Maybe if someone stole your pet you'd be fine with it. Idk if you just let your pets go when you're tired of them. Idk you. But not having compassion is actually disgusting. Do better."

Okay here is where you lost me.

No one would be able to steal my pet unless they literally broke into my place, because again my cats NEVER go outside. And advocating for pet owners to keep their cats indoors only is something that is vital to the cat's health and the environment, so that is literally the opposite of letting your cat go when tired of them. I don't know where you got that from and honestly I don't care because, no, you don't know me and if your reading comprehension wasn't piss poor you would have seen in the tags you are referencing that I HAVE LITERALLY NEVER DONE WHAT YOU ARE DESCRIBING BC I LIVE IN AN APARTMENT WITH A PET LIMIT. ✨️ I've never taken a cat off the street and kept it!✨️ I can't, or I'll get evicted! Ive fostered for a short period but ive never taken in a cat from the street. But make no mistake I would if I could.

My compassion is why I try to remain educated and informed about why it matters to keep your cat inside. I am compassionate toward the 3 month old cat that it's owner let out in the dead of winter, unfixed, that gave birth to 4 kittens under our car, all premature and 1 was a stillbirth. She was too young to be a mother and her instincts never kicked in. She didn't know to lick away the umbilical cord, she didn't know how to feed them, she didn't know what to do and even with my sister, my mother, my coworker, a volunteer foster, and 3 vet techs and a veterinarian doctor, none of the kittens lived more than 2 days.

I am compassionate towards them. I am compassionate toward the owner of a cat I trapped, fostered, and took to the vet, who after adopting this cat, fell on hard times and when her card declined at the register, she put all of her human food back and just bought cat food(I offered to pay for it but she refused).

So maybe read what you have written and before you hit send, maybe do some research. Maybe think about how you would feel if some stranger just barely read what you put in a tag and decided to tell them they are vile and without compassion while in the same message saying that you don't know them or how they treat others.

Good on you for not turning on anon and saying what you believe with your whole ignorant chest, but still

Do better.

[vodkacheesefries]

Non spoilery as possible final thoughts of The Veilguard after finishing my first playthrough. Beneath the cut because it got long and I respect your dash space 😌

The Good:

Character creation was so much fun. I'm looking forward to a new playthrough so I can make another Rook.

The combat was a little tricky at first for me to get the hang off, but I got the hang of it and ended up loving it.

I played as a warrior and had a lot of fun being the hulk and smashing the ground and kicking people off ledges. I don't feel like I unlocked very many abilities, but idk if that was a me problem like with the things I chose during levelling or if that's a class problem, or if that's a game problem. I also didn't switch them out very much, so maybe it didn't matter I hadn't unlocked very many.

I loved the companions. I do have some critiques I'll get to later, but overall they were a very enjoyable cast of characters and I loved how they handled companion quests.

I didn't actually mind only having 2 companions, and I didn't mind not being able to control them. I liked not having to micromanage them.

I also didn't mind the fact that there weren't really conversations you could just have with them. I remember getting frustrated with just repeated dialogues in Inquisition, or when the companions had no new dialogue. I also liked that I didn't feel worried about making sure I paced myself through conversation trees so I didn't run through all the dialogues too fast.

I liked the soundtrack. I know a lot of people probably don't pay attention to it, but I did and I enjoyed it.

Rook was fucking funny. They were so smart but also 'no thoughts head empty' at the same time. Truly up there on my list of favorite DA protagonists.

They got the balance of doom, dread and darkness with hope and friendship just right imo.

Solas truly shone and whoever wrote him did SO good. He is a fascinating character and a really, really good antagonist and mirror to Rook. I love him. I hate him. I love to hate him.

The Okay:

The overall writing of the game was fine. I think you could tell there were parts of the stories and certain characters who maybe suffered more through the rewrites and everything it took to get the game out. I found some of the dialogue in the early game a little clunky, like whoever wrote it didn't say it out loud first, but that I do feel like that problem fixed itself eventually.

I feel like I remember them talking up the customizability of the Lighthouse, and I feel like it was there to an extent, but I wanted to be able to play with it more.

I liked the returning character cameos we got, but there were a few I feel would have really made sense to hear from or see again given certain context. (Zevran, Merrill, any Grey Warden character.)

I've seen other people say this, but it didn't really feel like a Dragon Age game. It was a different format, to be fair, and I liked that they explored new mechanics. It did feel...a little bit like a Mass Effect game. Which I didn't mind because I love Mass Effect. I think this problem could have been fixed with just a handful more of callbacks to prior games.

Like I've talked about this before and I do truly get it, we can't import every single decision ever. That's a lot of things to account for and new players wouldn't have fun trying to set that up if they'd never played the other games. BUT they could have kept it so simple; a letter from the HoF (if they survived) advising you on how to handle Blight, and how they'll take care of Ferelden for you. A codex entry about Hawke's journey to Weisshaupt after the Fade. A King Alistair sending you troops for the final battle etc and so forth.

It just needed a little more grounding to feel like it really belonged in Thedas, and that things that happened in prior games did matter to the culmination of the thread that has run through the entire series; the Blight, the Evanuris, and the Fade. That could have fixed the 'didn't feel like a Dragon Age game' problem.

The Bad:

There really wasn't much I disliked about the game. I wanted them to delve into some of the characters a little more and rely less on the ascribed stereotypes they had given them (ex: Taash being a jock who isn't necessarily in touch with their feelings or Lucanis talking about coffee all the goddamn time).

There were puzzles in certain areas of the game that gave you zero direction or incredibly vague hints and you just had to fumble through it. Maybe it's me, and I just have a low intelligence modifier, but I also did all the astrarium puzzles in Inquisition just fine so maybe they needed just a little more direction in game.

Also someone like a writer said this was the most romantic Dragon Age game and maybe it's just the romance I picked, but uh. Hard disagree. I don't care for any of the romance routes in Inquisition for my canon Inquisitor, but it's hard to beat Solas' date in the Fade or Cullen's first kiss on the battlements, or Iron Bull calling you "kadan" for the first time. This opinion might change as I play more of the routes, but for now, I was just a little disappointed with it. (I romanced Taash. I love them. So much. But there could have been so much more)

Final Verdict:

⭐⭐⭐⭐/5 stars. I will enjoy playing it again, and I think if you can go into it expecting it to be fully its own game and new and different from prior games you'll enjoy it.

[b3y0ndm3asur3]

for the FT ask game: 3, 6, 9, 10 and 16? :D

3. What is your favourite episode and why?

this is hard but i think ep 6! first off, i love tim entering his activist era and i’m just obsessed with his look here. but i love the complicated dynamics between hawk and jackson, tim and jackson, hawk and lucy, and tim and lucy. i really loved tim and jackson’s scenes, especially with the knowledge that tim saw baby jackson in the hospital. also, the scene where jackson shows up at the cabin and excitedly announces he dropped acid makes me holler every time. shoutout to etienne kellici for that line delivery. it’s perfection.

6. What is your favourite parallel/reference in the show?

as much as i love “promise you won’t write” “i won’t” in the last episode, i adore hawk saying he loves jackson “beyond measure” in ep 6. (another reason why it’s my fav ig.)

9. What is your favourite headcanon(s)?

i desperately want to believe that tim and hawk kept up some sort of correspondence before tim dies. i also need jerome to survive and he, marcus, and frankie live together as a happy found family forever and ever.

10. If the show had one more episode, what would it be about?

i’d want an episode focused solely on marcus and frankie. i’ve spoken about this before, but their relationship feels a lot less underdeveloped than tim and hawk’s. idk what era i’d want this episode to focus on tho… maybe the 60s (again with ep 6!) because i want to know a lot of details that are kind of glossed over. is marcus still writing for jet magazine? how did frankie decide to go into social work? etc etc.

16. If you could give the show an alternative ending, what would happen in your version?

i don’t say this often, but i genuinely think the show ended on a perfect note. hawk at the quilt, finally admitting to his daughter that he loved tim… heartbreaking obviously, but brilliant. there are some characters who i’d like to have been mentioned at some point like leonard and lucy (just for closure), but ultimately i think the ending is perfect.

[galewingpirates]

Baratie Arc

I LOVED THIS ARC

Baratie Arc? More like Sanji Arc- Ok ok ok let’s get started.

First of all: New crewmate!!! Sanji is so cool. His backstory was probably the darkest of the crew that’s been revealed so far bc like. Starvation is no joke. ALSO ZEFF CUT HIS OWN LEG OFF TO SAVE SANJI?.?? that’s his dad. Idc who Sanji’s real dad is, ZEFF is his dad.

Zoro’s friends were so funny in this arc too like how are they still alive 😭 I’m glad they’re ok though. Full body iron fist or whatever his name is? He was INTERESTING WHY DID THEY JUST USE HIM TO INTRODUCE SANJI AND GIVE LUFFY A REASON TO STAY AT THE BARATIE FOR LONGER THAN HE HAD TO. BRING HIM BAAAAACK I WANT SANJI TO KICK HIM IN THE FACE AGAIN!!!

Also Mihawk. All hail Mihawk. He’s so great omg I want more Mihawk content and I want it now. He’s my fave he looks so cool I want a poster of him

ZEFF is chill, I like him. He’s funny. The fact that he hits people with his hat while he’s wearing it is hilarious and I love it.

Also idk why but I rlly like Sanji’s shirt. Like- the stripey blue shirt. It’s my favorite thing ever. Also Sanji gets so angry so quickly and it’s absolutely hilarious like he was so calm until Fullbody spilled the soup. He curses so much and I appreciate that.

IM SO CONCERNED ABT THIS CREW BTW CAUSE LUFFY JUST PUNCHED DON KRIEG THROUGH THE SPIKES AND ZORO GOT DESTROYED BY MIHAWK- WHERE IS THEIR SURVIVAL INSTINCT 😭

Also Sanji saving Luffy from drowning 👍 they’re besties now I don’t make the rules

I think Usopp has all their survival instinct at this point

Alright, I might rewatch this arc later, I really liked it! It was cool 😎

Baratie Arc notes (I made these as I watched the arc)

Be warned, this is essentially spam that makes no sense if u don’t remember every little thing that happens in the arc

Why do they have so many limes??? I mean It’s good they had them bc scurvy is no joke but WHY

ALSO THE “hooray hooray!! Hooray hooray!! Hooray hooray!!” IS SO FUNNY

“A certain hawk-eyed man you’re looking for is there” 👀👀👀👀👀 HIM?????

“OUR DESTINATION IS..” IM FINALLY GONNA KNOW HOW TO PRONOUNCE BARATIE OMG-

🧍‍♂️ “Barateeay”????? What?????

THE MARINES R HERE TOO???? 😭

Oh the iron fist guy is kinda cool tbh.

“They’re an eyesore. Sink ‘em.” DAMN. NVM IG???

I’ve heard OF Arlong before but now I’m actually seeing the wanted poster and Nami is crying??? 😟

Did. Did Luffy just hit the Baratie with a cannonball.

FIRST SANJI SIGHTING IM GOING FERAL AAAAAAAA THERE HE IS!!!!!! ITS HIM!!! I WANT A PLUSHIE OF HIM I CAN THROW AT THE WALL. If I don’t like Sanji’s VA I swear I’m throwing myself into the sun.

He’s great. Sanji is great. So cool. (Also Zeff sounds like a muppet and it’s so incredibly funny that he bonked Luffy with his hat)

“Sorry sir, don’t know really. Looks like he’s floating. Then again, it kinda looks like he’s drowning, but it’s hard to say for sure.” Sanji is so funny I love him

Why did Sanji put his hand in the spilled soup though??? 😭

“The customer is always right”? No. “The customer will get kicked in the face”.

WHY DID LUFFY AND ZEFF FALL THROUGH THE CEILING??

WHY DID FULLBODY SHOOT ONE OF HIS OWN MEN IN THE RESTAURANT??? I AGREE WITH LUFFY THIS RESTAURANT IS CRAZY

Ok wait no it wasn’t Fullbody I got confused.

Sanji is so slay though. He’s so silly.

“I REFUSE TO ACCEPT YOUR REFUSAL” I’m- ????? 😭 this is so good

Sanji stop throwing dishware into the sea 🙏

LUFFY GODDAMNIT WHATS WITH THE DISRESPECT FOR DISHWEAR IN THIS EPISODE

“Finish pouring it yourself” IM SOBBIMG.

Nami scamming Sanji is the funniest thing ever but also like free food is so good so I get it

Don Krieg this Don Krieg that IDC

“I saw things that I couldn’t bring myself to believe” IS THAT MIHAWK??????

IT IS!!! IT IS MIHAWK!!!!!!!!

Also Usopp’s scream is great lmao BUT THE LOOK OF TERROR ON EVERYONE’S FACES!!! Mihawk is great :]]]

Also I thought Sanji had a painting of cheese earlier but it’s a map 😭

“Perhaps you interrupted him during a nap” I love that that’s canon in the live action apparently omg Mihawk is great

Why does one of the Don Krieg Pirates just have a shirt that says ‘war’ on the back??? 😭

What’s with the freaky green candle??? OH ITS MIHAWK’S FREAKY GREEN CANDLE. MIHAWK MY FAVE. HES SO COOL. Also I didn’t mention this earlier but why do the cooks have giant cutlery weapons???

Anyways Mihawk :]

Oh WOW he cut that boat clean in half. They’re gonna need some flex tape.

WAIT NAMI STOLE THE GOING MERRY??? HUH???

also Mihawk’s little ship is so funny why is he using candles in the ocean 😭 how did his boat not sink??? So many questions HIS BOAT IS SHAPED LIKE A COFFIN HES SO GOTH

Where is this man’s shirt. 🧍‍♂️

“Just killing time.” MIHAWK. I’m a Mihawk stan now istg.

Mihawk is so cool, also how in the world did he win that fight with a tiny dagger??? Also the ‘I’m afraid I don’t carry any smaller blades’ WOW

JESUS CHRIST THEY WERENT KIDDING WHEN THEY SAID SANJI ALMOST STARVED. Also that pearl guy is weird.

I love how much Sanji curses omg. ALSO GIN IS SUPER STRONG???

“He’s our cool-headed cold-hearted pirate fleet chief commander Gin.” Why. Why was that sentence so long.

I like Sanji’s stripey blue shirt. It’s cool. It’s a wonderful blue shirt.

“Say, have you ever heard of the All Blue?” IM SCREAMING HE S SO EXCITED TO TALK ABOUT IT.

YOSAKU,,,,???? HOWD HE GET EATEN BY A SHARK AND HOW IS HE ALIVE (Also the chefs loving Sanji’s soup 😭)

Why does Sanji have a suitcase of kitchen knives.

ALSO SANJIS BACKSTORY NEEDS TO STOP MAKING ME CRY

[melvinthedepressedrobot]

rambling about characters from my convoluted Dragon Age personal canon bc @bluerose5 asked the other day and I forgottttt (part 1 of idk how many because I HAVE A LOT, but for now u get the Big Three and a couple side characters)

okay so, first up, we have Breick Tabris AKA The Only Gay In The Alienage

A quiet, generally even-tempered young man with a strong sense of justice, never really wanted to be a leader but took it in stride because it was the right thing to do. Took him a while to warm up to the humans in the party, but he opened up a lot more after they picked up Zev and ended up very close with him in particular. Went through with the ritual with Morrigan at Zevran's insistance (and, ah, assistance) and stuck around as Warden Commander for a while before eventually leaving with Zev to search for a cure, leaving a mage they picked up at the tower, Camryn Amell, in charge.

More than anything, Camryn wants peace and bloody quiet, and if she has to set a hoard of darkspawn on fire to get it, so be it. Left in the mage tower after Jowan buggered off, she joined with Wynne after the party helped solve the abomination infestation, and underwent the joining ritual after the Blight. She comes off as abrasive, but she's a good'un, and keeps the Fereldan wardens well in line. Whilst Loghain was recruited into the wardens, she was actually the warden that met up with the Inquisitor through Hawke.

Despite being "cousins something-something-removed", Delilah "Lilah" Hawke seems to have little in common with Camryn - she's bright, loud and impulsive, and can't sit still for more than a minute. She finds making friends easily (and enemies even easier) and loves fiercely - be that her family, friends, or the eventual relationship she forges with Isabela - and, paired with her complete inability to mind her own business, this made the path to becoming the Champion of Kirkwall was a relatively straightforward one. The deaths of her mother and sister, and Carver contracting the taint and having to join the wardens, however, left her with a lot of guilt and Lilah ultimately sacrificed herself in the fade for her cousin and the Inquisitor.

Born into the Lavellan clan, Ala was taken from her family at a young age by slavers, ending up in Antiva after a narrow escape, where she spent some years on the streets, joining a group of thieves but fleeing the city after a job gone wrong and being caught trying to steal supplies by Breick and Zev on the road. They initially planned to find someone to look after her, but found themselves unable to give her up when the time came, particularly after being the ones to name her when she confided in them about her discomfort in being seen as a boy. Under their care, she opened up from a scared, near-silent child fighting to survive into a brave, adventurous girl who could talk for Antiva.

She did eventually reconnect with her clan, and, at 16, went to the conclave on behalf of both her families - using Lavellan as a surname to keep her connection to the Hero of Ferelden secret - and then tripped and fell into being named the Herald of Andraste and made the leader of the Inqusition.

She struggled a bit, as any teenager would, with this responsibility, and the whole Herald thing did almost go to her head, but, really, with the HoF for a dad, it wasn't surprising that she came through in the end. Leliana was, of course, the first the figure out who her dads were, and stepped up to guide her friends' daughter, and Ala also ended up with a very close, sisterly bond with Josie, as well as the nickame "Little Bird" from Varric. And she absolutely ended her adventure decking Solas in the face for lying to her face and breaking her sister's heart.

aaaand last up for tonight, Ala's biological sister, Heulwen. When Breick and Zevran couldn't make it right away to check on their daughter after the conclave, Heulwen volunteered to go and find out what had happened, opting to join the Inquisition and be by her sister's side. Being more patient and observant, she balances out Ala well, and though Ala didn't really remember Heulwen from her early youth, they did grow very close and protective of one another. Which is, of course, why Ala was so pissed when Solas - who Heulwen had fallen hard for, finding him charming and his knowledge (particularly of elven history) fascinating - up and disappeared on them and turned out to be behind the whole mess in the first place.

I did have a whole idea about her having had a kid that is 95% certainly Solas' by the point of Trespasser, but I can never quite decide on that being canon or not.

[thotbugatti]

The Audra Diaries

Hi so I’m doing the second episode so soon after the first because I watched the pilot yesterday and just finished episode 2. Only just got around to posting it here a little while ago. It won’t always be like this, I want to try to just do one per day at most.

Season 1 Episode 2

* so if Stefan is over a century old, what are the implications of him being attracted to a high school girl

* The way they’re not afraid to use blood as liberally as they do for a show made for teens on cable tv is fascinating to me

* How old is the aunt? She looks like she’s only a few years older than Elena

* Some of these teachers are fucking dicks man

* Nice faux hawk bro nice deep v bro

* Bro said dick on cable tv

* I feel a little bad for Matt but also like you might need to get over her man

* I hate this teacher so fucking much oh my god GO TO HELL

* if she’s deeply traumatized from almost being murdered why would you just grab her like that

* A vampire walking into a room with so much blood must be like an alcoholic walking into a bar during happy hour huh

* Jump his bones? What is that, stoner talk?

* Jeremy is a freshman?? How

* “You get high? 😏”

* So if she survived a vampire attack does that mean she’s going to turn into a vampire too?

* Kiss him girl he wonts u bad

* Now idk if you should be walking into this creepy old house girl

* Sotheby’s auction?

* YOUNG MAN KILL YASELF (old man?)

* She’s got…spunk…

* Nice deep V douche

* Jeremy is trying so hard to be the cool rebellious teen but man he sucks at it

* I thought vampires didn’t have reflections how did Damon show up in the mirror

* The way these guys just randomly disappear all the time must make these girls think they’re schizophrenic sometimes

* Where is Jeremy getting all these pills

* “You seem to spend a lot of time apologizing” me

* Why is she so hung up on his supposed ex he’s into YOU girl

* Okay, now this is epic

* What is her problem why is she mad at him he’s into you girl

* “Are you dealing?!”

* The way she treats Jeremy it’s almost as if she forgot their parents are dead and very recently too

* KILL YASELF YOUNG MAN

* I took some pills mannn

* Damon’s a little goober trickster weirdo (and an evil freak)

* Caroline is a BITCH wow

* “She kinda wigs out it’s kinda her thing” CHECK ON YOUR FRIEND

* Don’t talk about your dead sister like this to her daughter Jenna why is everyone so strange in this show

* I’m sorry but there’s no way this kid is 15

* Don’t attack Caroline Damon she wonts u bad

* Elena and Damon have known each other for three minutes why does she act like this

* It was EPIC

* So are you gonna tell her that you’re a vampire since you guys like to pretend that you’ve known each other for so long cause it’s kinda important I think

Right, so, I’m not sure how to feel about this episode honesty. It doesn’t really feel like much progress was made in advancing the plot. In fact, they just kind of did more of the same from the pilot. Elena and Stefan do some more of the “will they wont they” dance, Jeremy wanders after Vicki like a wounded dog; Damon attacks some more people, Stefan struggles around blood, the episode ends with another girl getting attacked. I’m also kind of realizing that most of the people in this town are terrible people. Nobody seems to know how to talk to each other like normal people. In reality, it’s probably just CW writing, but it’s making it hard to like a lot of the characters. I’m not really sure who I’m meant to be rooting for aside from Stefan and Elena. This is only the second episode though, so I wont be too harsh and actually give them a chance to get it going.

[ilex-cassine]

Yeah everyone's a mature grownup until they have an opportunity to make cute lil Stardew portraits of themself and their pookie bear on the Jazzybee.Itch.Io character creator >_> So if you're wondering what I look like, this is pretty much me, down to my Howl's Moving Castle earrings I wear 50% of the time. And then I threw Real Life Husband in there, too. I genuinely think he'd be such a good lil romanceable NPC ;_;

He would be an environmental science grad student working under Demetrius, with a little one-room cottage by the mountain pond

His heart events would include finding a wounded hawk or raccoon and nursing it back to health (in real life he did it with a parakeet, but that's too close to Emily lol)

He would send you mummified frogs, snake skeletons, and snails in the mail (since he wooed me into dating him by bringing me ringneck snakes and blind snakes at work)

Favorite gifts include spicy eel, maki roll, survival burgers, and duck feathers

At least once a week travels into town to work out with his best friend Alex in his room ("Hey, Farmer... Do you notice any progress yet?" "Oof... I think I pulled a muscle.")

Idk man, I just think he's fuckin' cute ok. I wish I knew how to mod because I would put his dork ass in the game SO FAST. I'm the girl version of a wife guy I guess.

[lattedusks-mochadawns]

Ooo these is a lot I want to happen. And like most of these animals are from Australia because I live here and we need more Australian centric episodes. It’s been SO LONG since we had a true Australian centric one. Not ones where they go to Australia and stay for like 5 minutes before leaving.

- Cassowaries or a Daintree Rainforest centric episode. The Daintree is the oldest, continuously surviving rainforest on earth, so it is a pretty significant place. Cassowaries are the heaviest birds in Australia and are known for being the world’s most dangerously bird due to powerful kick (though they do tend to be shy and wary of humans). This would make an awesome creature power suit. Also, the Daintree has tree kangaroos, spectacled flying foxes (or fruit bats), kingfishers, echidnas, estuarine crocs, SUGAR GLIDERS, glow worms, possums, musky rat kangaroos so a TON of potential. These animals could also be on their own episodes too.

- Emus. There was an emu war once in the 1930s

- Wombats and numbats

- BILBIES and bandicoots. Omg these are cuties how have they not been touched on yet. This is a perfect time to also talk about the many invasive and introduced species here. Cane toads are the BIG ones but so are rabbits too. There are also feral cats, foxes, feral pigs omg (I did a report on them in Grade 9), water buffalo. These could be either part of the bilby episode or on an episode of their own

- Australian magpies. Now interesting thing is that while Eurasian magpies are corvids, Australian magpies are not. They are more closely related to butcherbirds. Thai episode could take place in a park and the gang can learn more about magpie behaviour during nesting season and clear up some misconceptions about them. Like maybe have it similar to the Gila monster episode where the bros have to convince some kids or a family that Magpies shouldn’t be feared.

- Lyrebirds and Bowerbirds- lyrebirds do courtship dances, and are known for their mimicry of almost any sound. Male satin bowerbirds will make a structure on the floor and collect blue things to attract mates (Martin will like this).

- Cockatoos, Galahs, and Australian White Ibises (or bin chicken as some call them here). Idk I’d just like these to be mentioned.

- Perenties and frilled neck lizards

- Inland Taipan - we must have the world’s most venomous snake here

- Cone snails would be so cool to touch on.

- Box jellyfish and Irukandji jellyfish

- Fire hawks bro. Maybe could start off as an episode where the try to track down where a fire is happening and find our that these hawks are doing it as they learn more. Maybe they could have an Aussie wild kratts kid here talk about controlled burning to get rid of fuel that can cause even bigger wildfires. However, this could also be an opportunity to have a villain here (maybe Zach or Donita again) who decides to just start a fire on purpose. This is where they teach a huge difference between controlled burning and arson and how controlled burning is a job for responsible adults.

- DINGOS. Ugh we need one so bad. They name the dingo bingo. It would be cool if they touch on the origin how dingos were actual introduced a really long 4000 years ago however have been in Australia for so long they are considered native.

- Dugongs! Maybe the episode can show differences between dugongs and manatees.

- Australian sea lion because more pinneped rep

- CUTTLEFISH! Damn it would be so cool to explore them and their mimicry powers.

- moving over to New Zealand, KIWIS. They are super cute. Also little blue penguins, keas and kakapos

- Tuatara are a very good one to cover too because they look like lizards but are completely different order of reptile them know as Rhynchocephalia. Would be cool to touch on the evolutionary differences and the tuatara’s third eye

- Mantis shrimp power suit would be so fucking cool and busted.

- GEESE AND SWANS. Martin activates geese powers, Chris activates swan powers and show the crew what creature powers they have. This can be a Donita episode where she steals swans as decorations and outfit pieces for a fancy party she is having. The bros have to infiltrate in the mansion using the geese and swan powers during the party (like some silly spy mission thing). Martin is the distraction agent and he just goes full Untiled Goose Game mode on the party while Chris and the other crew work to rescue the swans.

- Scorpion episode. Can’t believe we don’t have one yet.

- SPOTTED HYENA. This is one we need badly. It can help clear up the stigma and misrepresentations of hyenas in media. The matriarchal society structure will also be super interesting to explore.

- MEERKATS!

Ugh there is so much more but my main wants are Australian animals. 🥺

Edit: OMG carnivorous PLANTS. I forgot them. It would be so damn cool

Wild Kratts episodes I think they should make. Tell me the ones you want down below!

I think we should get a wild Kratts episode of Neotropical otters/Giant river otters because giant river otters are such menaces and I love them. They're ruthless pack hunters and other animals like giant anacondas will actively run away if they hear them coming.

A super recent based one could be dire wolves! Because what we have now is NOT a dire wolf. It is the closest thing we can genetically get to a dire wolf. They could use the time trampoline again and explain how it's sad that these animals go extinct and we should prevent it with current animals as much as possible but doing stuff like this is a bad idea in the first place cause anything we did bring back from so far back would no longer have a home in our ecosystems.

I think another cool one would be an episode about grey seals and harbor seals because listen. I will take the closet thing possible to a fantasy based episode. And it totally could be semi fantasy! They could mention the myths around them and stuff! Ngl that's the main reason I picked this one lol

(hint: I REALLY like Selkies)

Pigs. Everyone should know their crime. But they're also adorable.

An episode talking about herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores. Although that might be a little too dark for their demographic cause there's no true herbivores most animals that come to mind when thinking of that term are opportunistic and WILL eat meat if given the chance.

Piranhas cause there's a lot of misconceptions about them and they're actually pretty cool!

Sloth bears because they're tiger fighting menaces but also because good opportunity to talk about habitat destruction

Immortal jellyfish, name says it all lol

Macaws! There's literally blue and green macaws!

Toucans!

Corvids! Listen if we all die corvids will take over the earth and I fully believe that.

That's all I have for now lol

[knowlessman]

bnha s4e1-5

(recap) "even if I don't have a Quirk, can I become a hero?" well, yes and no

new OP, huh. I never figured out who it was in the beginning of the last one with the teeth and the goggles : | probably a character introduced last season I didn't recognize, I guess

"the editor doesn't look as pretty when she's mad" we interrupt your regularly-scheduled superhero show for a crossover with Aggretsuko, apparently

…that was a whole episode, huh. eh, whatever

I expect we'll be finding out who this tiefling-looking kid is this season

"organized crime? how's he different from us?" he's organized.

: | o-kay, that's one… questionably-portrayed genderqueer character totaled

Present Mic can be eradicated from the script as well, he's not much less annoying than Mineta. at least Endeavor is part of a story.

togata: "so, what kind of hero do you want to be?" deku: points across the table at all might (he didn't but tbh I'm slightly surprised they didn't do that) -- "the very best like no one ever was" is a weird answer, but I guess it's an answer

(nighteye's… tickle machine) …uh. nighteye for weewoo tier I'm thinking

…wait so deku can just… do that. scrunch his face up and look like all might. I thought the first time they did this, it was just to show that he was mimicking his voice

karate kid nonsense, then -- if he has future sight but no physical enhancement powers, idk if he should be able to keep up with midoriya to this extent. heck, there are cards in mtg that make your opponent play with their hand revealed, but they hardly ever see play because that only does so much

we've had an entire cast-recap episode and are four seasons in, subtitlers, idk why you keep putting people's names and quirks at the top of the screen. I'm having a hard enough time reading the ones at the bottom since they keep putting white backgrounds and stuff at the bottom of the screen and the borders on the white text are so damn thin

hm. I've very vaguely heard of this Hawks guy. : | nothing specific, just bad vibes

it's good that you're trying to practice talking to your peers, todoroki, but maybe you'll make better progress talking to someone other than bakugo. well, I guess at least you're not hanging out with mineta

they keep calling overhaul number two, but who does he work for? -- also why's he complain about places smelling when he's got that big honkin mask on? damn thing doesn't filter anything out? just an enormous, cumbersome-looking decoration?

ohey, it's the tiefling kid

togata sure wears a lot of costume for a guy with a nudist power. gotta be a pain in the ass getting that cape and that mask back on

"I only have to save a million people, not everybody" wtf does that mean. maybe it's supposed to be like a might guy kinda thing? pick an arbitrarily-high number that just means "more?"

hm. the plague doctor mask is a bit goofy, but I don't hate the coat. kind of a vulturish look

"your hood came off again. maybe the sizing's off?" and I swear you're gonna get a third nostril one day with that pointy mask thingy you never use, deku. -- …knowing when not to say things is a survival skill. in fairness, one that's hard to learn sometimes. really tho, deku cannot stop saying only the darnedest of things to only the darnedest of people -- "it looks like you won't let this go, so would you kindly follow me into this amb - I mean alley?"

"he showed his killing intent -" me: "IS IT SATSUI" listens "I KNOW TWO-ISH COOL JAPANESE WORDS"

why would all might owe it to deku to tell him about all of the candidates he'd considered? : / just seems kind of irrelevant to me; if anything, arrogant of deku to think he's entitled to that. like, maybe it could be useful to him now to know what's expected of him, but there's no reason all might needed to tell him beforehand, or at any specific time. also, I think all might could be forgiven for worrying that knowing what made him choose deku could lead to deku getting a big head about it. -- …unless it turned out to just be flat-out luck, I guess

"all might's going to die" y'all said that Foresight thingy can only see an hour into the future. -- "six or seven years" bullshit, he was just making an educated guess based on the obvious

ohey, kaiju fight -- oh, so a dude with kaijufication powers and no name can keep his pants on just fine, but when it's a named character who gets more than ten seconds of screentime, it's "unrealistic." or is it that some quirks are magically clothes-friendly, and it just so happens that none of them are on named characters? (actually wait, Mt Lady has that same power. guess kaiju powers are exempt)

Handface dint bring his handler. Can't see this business meeting going well.

hm. gorillaz boy is kinda-not-really Beast Boy. neat.

hm. it's that one x-men plot with the bald kid. from the way they're talking about it tho, it's temporary this time. "I perfected his methods…" science? maybe not even quirk-based?

…dang. I can't even think of what work's monster Kirishima looks like here.

post-credits scenes with plot in 'em. hate 'em. dangit, marvel.

[corpsebasil]

hi!! since your requests are open I was wondering if you could write a nikolai x a grisha reader that can summon the dead -> when someone from the palace finds out they try to kill her/get rid of her and nikolai tries to keep her safe since she's not evil or harmful <3 tumblr sadly won't let me make this post anonymously idk why though

I can indeed bestie

The Grisha had never seen such power.

They murmured curses and prayers under their breath as she passed in chains, her head held high, refusing to do anything besides look down her nose at the people she’d saved in the battle against the Darkling.

Hundreds. Hundreds of people still lived and breathed thanks to her gift of Summoning. Sure, the Sun Summoner was a Saint thanks to her light, and the Darkling had been revered for centuries for his darkness. But she. She was something different, and had never used her power as a weapon before that day.

“Witch.” A Grisha snarled as she passed, no matter the fact that the word in itself was derogatory towards the Grisha. She turned her head slowly, locking eyes with the man.

“What did you call me?” She asked, voice heavenly in its softness, and his face blanched.

“Y/N—” a hand grasped her arm, the guards around her bristling as the intruder interrupted her path to the dais. Towards the execution that would surely follow. “I’m going to get you out of this. I swear it.”

Prince Nikolai’s eyes were desperate as he stared at you, but a lethal calm had settled through your body, your soul, the minute you had stepped out onto the battlefield. He’d been your lover for the past several months, the fling beginning the moment he’d seen you hiding in the garden, secretly bringing a hawk back to life. The poor thing had been injured and fallen out of a tree, the fall too far for survival, but your steady hands guided it gently from the Afterlife, your heart breaking at the unnecessary loss. The bird loved you, even still, and had perched on your shoulder as you went into war, it’s battle cry vicious when it dove for the enemy Grisha.

“I will accept punishment.” You informed the prince, unused to any show of wild emotion from him. Sure, he’d flirted with you since he’d met you, and was a merciless tease, but the bedroom is where you got the know His Highness very, very well. Hours and hours of lips and tongues and hands, although you always kicked him out after, to his chagrin. “Do not insult me by causing a scene.”

He looked hurt, watching with a panicked expression as you stepped closer to the Queen. She still had the authority until the prince was crowned and, though he had sway, the ultimate decision would be her own. Her last decree, if anything; a last stand to power.

“Do you admit to the crimes against the world you committed during the battle against General Kirigan?” The queen demanded, watching with a sneer as the guards forced Y/N onto her knees.

The girl cocked her head, as if listening to something. She’d always heard the whispers of the fallen, and now they urged her on. Gave her strength.

“I do.” She said calmly, too calmly, and the queen shifted in her seat.

Y/N had walked out onto that battlefield, hawk perched on her shoulder, and Nikolai had balked. He felt fear, genuine fear, when the girl had clasped her hands together and then threw her arms out, raising them above her hand with a clawing motion. As if she was pulling something out of the ground. As if she was Summoning—

The Grisha had screamed, some even wept, as hands shot from the Earth, dragging themselves free from the dirt’s confines. And Y/N had moved forward, flanked on each side by an army, an army, of over a thousand dead Grisha, still able to use their power against the enemy. The opposite side of the war had balked; most ran in outright terror, some fainted, but a few brave souls tried to stand their ground.

But how can you kill the dead?

Afterwards, amid the silence, Y/N had stood still as her army of undead warriors dipped their heads to her, grateful for one last chance to defend their country and home. And when she blew a magic enhanced breath towards them, her hands guiding the air, they vanished in a cloud of smoke and ash, their journey back to the underworld commenced.

She’d been arrested the moment she arrived back at the palace, not even allowed the time to clean up before she was dragged into the throne room. Dark magic, they claimed. Forbidden. Nevermind that she had saved their sorry asses.

“And what—” the queen asked, glaring down at her. “do you think is an appropriate punishment for your…heresy?”

“Is it heresy to save your Grisha?” She mused, eyes narrowing further. “I have used my gifts to defeat the Darkling. I am—”

“Your gifts?” The queen’s tone was mocking and Y/N bristled. “I hope that you mean your curse.”

“It is a gift, Your Majesty.“ She insisted, even as she met the queen’s hateful glare with her own. “Do not mistake me for weak. I do not apologize.”

The queen thrust her hand out abruptly, pissed, and pointed to the nearest guard.

“Bring her head to me.” The queen snarled, and Y/N, despite herself, tensed with fear when the guard approached, sliding his sword out.

Her heart stopped as she swallowed, trying to ignore the blade and what it would feel like striking her neck.

“You will not.” Nikolai lunged forward out of the crowd, stepping into the guard’s path. “She protected you. Defended you.” This he said to the Grisha, his savage glare upon them. “You would allow one of your own to die over—over fear?” He spat on the floor, at the queen’s feet, and his mother recoiled. “The gift for saviors is death, is it?” His tone became deadly, eyes narrowed even as Y/N gaped up at him in surprise. “Then kill me, too. Because I have known of her power for months, and have never feared it.”

Y/N knew that was a lie, knew that he’d flinched when she’d summoned the Grisha, but… could he mean it when he said he believed her innocence? Could the prince of Ravka somehow save her?

“This witch has blinded you.” His mother said, glaring down at the pair. “You do not know what you say.”

“I know she saved hundreds of Grisha.” Nikolai pushed, voice hard. “I know that she hasn’t used her power, has repressed it, until it was completely necessary. I know that I care about her, and if you kill her, you will not have a king to succeed you.”

The queen blanched, Y/N’s mouth hanging open in shock, as Grisha murmured to themselves in the crowd. Nikolai turned and met his lover’s stare with a look of sorrow, before glaring back up at the queen.

“Kill her,” he warned, pointing a damning finger at the queen. “and I’ll follow right after her into the afterlife. I will not live in a world without her.” Then he smirked, half-heartedly, tossing his eyes to his Grisha lover. “Perhaps she’d pull us both back from death if she tried.”

The queen’s face was red hot, but she stood, waving the guards away. When she spoke, her voice weakened, and something in Nikolai relaxed. He’d almost seen the love of his life’s head taken off, for Saints sakes.

“I see you have chosen your side.” She accused him, her expression tight. “Fine. Spare the girl. But if she’s caught meddling with the dead again…” the silent threat was enough. Y/N bristled but stood, inclining her head in the most insignificant motion of deference possible that the queen almost changed her mind.

And so Y/N stood, head high as the guards unlocked her binds, before she strode quickly and stoically out of the throne room.

-

She’d taken one step into her room before her face crumpled, her knees giving out as she slid onto the floor. Her hawk, watching from its perch on the windowsill, clicked its beak at her as if in question.

She wiped her tears away with her hands and heaved for breath, her fear of almost being beheaded gripping her entire body. And then a knock sounded, the door opening slowly as a person moved into the room. He sat on the floor beside her, not speaking, just offering her his company as she calmed herself down.

“Thank you.” She whispered, sniffing as she turned her head to look at him. Nikolai’s expression was pained, full of sorrow and something warmer, and her heart seized a bit inside her chest. “For…saving me.”

“Thank you for saving us.” He murmured, reaching out to hold her hand in his own. He took a deep, steadying breath, before looking up at her. “I will find you somewhere. Somewhere nice to—to live.” He swallowed. “Did you know I own a house not even half an hour away from here? Lovely place. There’s even a small pond you could swim in.”

“Nikolai, I cant—”

“You don’t have to stay here. Not after being so thoroughly disrespected.” His blue eyes were sad, but a small smile still appeared on his face. He had threatened to…to follow her if she was executed. She felt her breathing grow shallow as he spoke, still holding her hand in his own. “Although I will miss you. But I can visit on weekends, or—”

She moved forward, gripping his jacket as she pressed her mouth to his, a tear slipping down her cheek as she kissed him. And when she pulled away, running a thumb down his cheek, she shook her head.

“Where you go, I go.” She promised, absentmindedly wiping the moisture off her face. “If you want to stay here, to live here, then I’ll stay with you.” She smiled shyly, absorbing the look of adoration he was giving her. “You’ll be king. No one can hurt me but you.”

“Never.” He swore, tugging her close as he placed a soft kiss to her mouth. “I’d never hurt you.”

She believed him. And then her thoughts turned mischievous.

“You know what you can do to console me after my near death experience?” She teased, amusement washing over his features as he raised an eyebrow.

“What might that be?” He asked, feigning confused even as he pulled her onto his lap. So she leaned in, murmuring a couple of words into his ear, and the mumbled curse that left his lips made her laugh. And then she squeaked in surprise as he lifted her, locking the door before tossing her onto her bed.

hello I hope this is something like what you wanted

[vigilskeep]

Hi can you elaborate on 'isabela is grieving for a large portion of da2'? 👀

oh sure! the only thing i mean by it is that, um, isabela was shipwrecked just before you meet her. she loses her ship, the siren’s call, which was once her husband’s and which has been hers since she commandeered it the night zevran assassinated him. it’s been her home, the source of her income and lifestyle, and the marker of her freedom and independence for years. on top of that, in her own words, “i managed to make it to shore. most of my men weren’t as lucky. poor sods. i knew some of those men almost ten years.” she’s audibly emotional when she says this, her voice gets quieter and sadder and she does this slight laugh at herself for it because she recognises it. worth noting that they’re the people she knew best for the last decade, and that she as their captain is responsible for the chase with the qunari they died in and the risky choice to sail into the storm to get away. she uses the same genuine tone bringing up her crewmates on one or two other occasions—she has this ambient line to hawke that’s something like, “i knew a sailor like you once. we lost him in a hurricane. very sad” which always makes me laugh sorry isabela bc it’s so out of nowhere but her tone IS genuine on the “very sad”—and while i don’t think she let men under her command particularly close, she led them and cared about them and they’re gone

idk i just think it’s underdiscussed how hard a hit she took. clearly nobody who survived stuck around and she seems to spend a significant portion of her time drinking decidedly alone in the hanged man. isabela’s all about chasing the next fight and pressing on to the next thing and not looking back, but people who never slow down tend to be running from what they’d have to think about if they did. she’s good at rolling with punches and staying on her feet, but for me it’s hard to argue that what happened to her men isn’t partly responsible for the distance she tries to keep with hawke, and especially how she deals with the whole arishok conflict. even after hawke duels for her life, she apparently avoids them for the whole three year act break, having convinced herself they’re better off without her. after all, her crew followed her into that fight too, and look what happened to them