#i am grasping at straws for this

[highlifeboat]

Melony is insecure transmasc or transman? You seem to be using those interchangeably :p

Transmasc.

I don't even know if transmasc would be right.

But I think her wanting to socially trasition to using male and female pronouns interchangeably still counts as transmasc.

Like, it isn't exactly what I'm going for, because Mel doesn't wanna physically transition, and doesn't really have the dysphoria or anything, so it kind of takes away that whole... aspect of what I want. But still leaves the worry of telling people.

So it's something, at least.

[causalityparadoxes]

Interesting that the Doctor says his adopted family is the reason he uses a title. Except thats not quite true is it?

Sure they are stuffy aristocrats who love ranks and titles but Tecteun, Rassilon, Borusa, Romana, Pandad, Andred, Rodan, Darkel, Flavia, and practically every other non-renegade timelord (and even some renegades like Drax) still use regular (if not human) names.

But you know who does often use titles? THE GODS. Those from before or beyond the universe's constraints. The Toymaker, The Guardians, The Maestro, The Trickster, The The Beast, The One Who Waits, The Gods of Ragnarok, The Entity, etc. Even those with 'names' often have descriptive ones like Time or Swarm.

Is it really the Doctor's adopted family that made them identify with titles? Or is it perhaps traces of their 'birth family' peaking through?

More than anything I just want to know if RTD is going anywhere with this. Did he just need a quick way to get new audiences on board with calling the main character the Doctor? Or does it mean something.

[teethbomb]

just saw a bad take I need to smash and kill with a rock

[cravingpepsimax]

me connecting everythjng to stancest because i am Insane

[jaybirdscoffee]

the vague oplita mention in episode eight set my psyche aflame and i haven’t been able to calm down since

[baddybaddyadardaddy]

adamant light

[the tiniest possible glimpse of Adar with a ring of power]

The clamor and chaos of battle fades away as the ring of adamant falls at his feet.

Adar’s world shrinks down to the size of this one single, shining trinket, distinguishable from the muck and rubble and the bloodstained cobbles of the city streets by its ethereal sheen.

He stoops to take it in his hands, enraptured by its perfect light. It seems to him the very light of Cuiviénen, the light of the million stars to which he had awakened so many long centuries ago, shimmering and brilliant against a sky of velvet black.

The sight soothes his world-weary eyes—witnesses to the progression of unspeakable horrors that had begun with his imprisonment in Utumno and continued, battle after battle, slaughter and after slaughter, until the breaking of the very foundations of the earth itself.

On the eve of the siege of Eregion, he had found himself staring deep into the firelight, longing for the hour when his eyes might close forever, when his fëa might be at last released from the weathered cage of his body. Yet as he gazes down at the ring, cupping it carefully in his hands, he feels hope blaze to life within his breast.  

Nenya, Galadriel had called it—the word dripping from her lips like a powerful incantation, its mere mention casting a glow that filled the dingy uruk tent.

He had heard whispers of the power contained within the three elven rings, but now he feels it, flowing through his body like a swift current. His blood sings with promise as he slips the band onto his finger. Though he is certain that it had been forged to fit a hand far daintier than his own, he finds that it glides over his gnarled knuckle with ease, as though the band itself had stretched perfectly to fit him.

The light glows brighter, and though it is the dead of night and a wintry chill hangs over the battle, he feels suddenly enveloped by brilliant sunshine. His eyes close, his head tilting back on instinct, as though inclined toward the great orb—the same sun that he had set out to blot from the sky in the name of protecting his children.

They are far from their ashen home now, yet he feels the same exhilarating rush he’d felt when he’d heard the waters flowing off to awaken the fire-mountain.

This ring, he is certain, will provide him with the power that he alone lacks—the power to drive Sauron’s darkness from the world once and for all, the power to end the maia’s tyranny over his long-suffering children. The power of a god.

As if responding to his very desire, every sinew in his body seems to strengthen—the light is coming from within him now, as though there is a star being forged in the place of his heart, pulsing and threatening to burst him open with its incredible power.

He opens his eyes, expecting to see the ring on his mottled hand. Instead, he finds himself gazing at hands of alabaster white, unblemished, and he realizes that they are his own.

Astonished, he watches as the color of his black, tarnished, ill-fitting mail begins to change to the most radiant silver, his armor refashioning itself to fit his body in a way that his salvaged pieces could never have done.

He puts a hand to his cheek to find the familiar twist of scars replaced by delicate, unbroken skin.  

He raises his sword arm, transfixed at the sight of the now-shimmering blade, imbued with the adamant light of Nenya. With this blade, he will end Sauron, he will liberate his children forever…

A terrible cacophony of sound erupts from behind him as the rage of the battle breaks through.

He turns to see a cavalry of his sons and daughters charging toward him, crying death to the elves, and there is not a hint of recognition in their eyes.

[livelovecaliforniadreams]

1x2 | 3x5

[cosmothealien358]

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE

Y’all don’t understand- I saw the spoilers and I’m hanging onto every last hope that LEGO canonizes this despite what was (probably) confirmed in the captions. Cole being queer is actually so important tho. It makes so much sense for his character. Man’s popped up on screen in 2011 and has been covered in rainbows ever since. I could write an essay on the obvious queercoding of his character since season 1, and with Geo, it’s one agonizing step closer to switching from subtext to text. This would be a bigger step for LEGO than having queer background characters or pride stickers, but it would mean so much to its queer audience. And, again, it fits Cole, especially with his current relationship with Geo.

Please LEGO just do it, it’d be so easy, just one kiss or one scene. PLEASE.

[newtmas-supremxcy]

Charles made a face when niko said "I know what it's like to want something you can't have." !!!

[swyrlwyrxx]

is this too much of a stretch or could daisuke getting stuck in the foam early in the game foreshadow him getting stuck in/going thru the vent

[daisydoo90]

Everyone’s talking about the windbag jet pack and “next to my wife” but I’M thinking about how Hermes said Athena “fought” for Odysseus not DIED for him!

[sp1resong]

iive decided romantic love and attraction isnt a concept that exists within rain world's universe. this is canon now trust me im videocult

[isas-bathbombs]

“Do you feel ashamed when you hear my name?”

art: @brisa-art @expiredsoda @dead-finch-420

[floralcrematorium]

feelin particularly upset about being in a creative slump, so here's a messy Fran sketch for the dash! I'll fully digitize this and make him pretty someday!

Francis in a corset and pearls is my absolute WEAKNESS

[lulu2992]

Happy 10th Anniversary, Far Cry 4 (2/3)

One day, I wondered how many ways to finish Far Cry 4 there were depending on who you choose to follow and how you deal with the antagonists.

I did the math and found that the answer was… 1,729! Don’t take my word for it because I don’t even remember my calculations now, but I made diagrams to illustrate all the paths.

What did your adventure(s) look like? :)

If you’re curious, I included my three playthroughs (and the reasoning behind my choices) under the cut:

First playthrough:

I chose Amita the first time because there was no one else to retrieve the intel she wanted while Sabal already had a group of fighters defending the camp. When I came back, I didn’t like his reaction and thought it was unfair to blame Ajay.

I did take his side in the next two missions, though, because I wanted to get rid of the drugs.

At the end, I still chose Amita because Sabal just kept getting more and more obnoxious, I didn’t want Bhadra to be forced to become Tarun Matara (and potentially marry him) and, since I had burned the fields and destroyed the factory, I thought nobody would be able to grow or sell opium anymore. Amita would melt the artifacts, sell the gold, and that’s how she would make money.

I was very happy with my choice until I read there was a post-credits scene involving the new leader of the Golden Path and went to Tirtha to watch it. Seeing what Amita had become really hurt, and it looked like me destroying everything opium-related didn’t matter after all, which was very disappointing...

As much as I hate Sabal’s behavior, in my opinion, he’s a better-written character compared to her because you can see him become more and more despotic as the story progresses, and it happens in a believable way, but while she’s a flawed person as well, it really feels like Amita just turns evil after the credits.

Honestly, I felt betrayed.

Second “playthrough”:

I just wanted to see the secret ending. I believe I waited a little over 13 minutes for Pagan to come back.

Third playthrough:

Basically, I sided with Amita when I had previously followed Sabal, and vice versa, so I could play all the missions. I also decided to kill Noore this time because shooting her in the back without telling her anything seemed like a less painful way for her to die since she doesn’t survive anyway... However, I let everyone else live because, when given the option, I always choose not to kill.

[punkxcalibur]

my guesses for the identity of the "arcane is waking up" lady:

Orianna

Renata Glasc

Camille

LeBlanc

Mel

Someone else (i have no idea)