#i make TERRIBLE decisions sometimes

[shadowslocked]

Honestly everything I hear about the admin situation sounds like Quackity going “this seems like a good idea” and then it’s revealed that it probably was not the best idea

[toastsnaffler]

genuinely so devastating to finish my flcl rewatch and pull up the tumblr tag confident that everyone else is also down cataclysmic for haruko and posting abt it but *crickets*

[pardonmydelays]

taylor swift lyrics that keep u up at night?

*takes a deep breath*

remember looking at this room, we loved it cause of the light now i just sit in the dark and wonder if it's time.

(oversharing in the tags)

[scorpiusmalfoylovesoscarwilde]

most days I'm so chill with the fact I'm non-contact with my father, it was the best decision, I hate him, my life is so much more peaceful without him

then bam it's a random Tuesday at 8pm and I'm sobbing because I miss having a dad, like, excuse me what is this??

[gailynovelry]

Me writing Shadow Herald: Fraihz and Thah are so chill and mysterious. <3

Me writing Starlit Prince: Fraihz. Buddy. What the FUCK.

[blackjackkent]

OK, so I might have to take back some of my decisions in the last post. Getting to the Inquisitor is more complicated than I thought.

He's currently behind a barrier, to which Therezzyn is holding the key. Our options, according to Google, are to a) give Therezzyn the artifact and get access given to us, b) pickpocket Therezzyn when she's not looking, or c) kill her.

Hector doesn't want to do any of these things, and I'm trying to figure out which one would be least out of character. :/

Really (going back to what I said in the previous post about Hector's usual compulsive honesty), option A makes the most sense for him. And, apparently, it doesn't actually take the artifact from us long-term and does actually get some approval from Lae'zel. The downside, of course, is everyone ELSE disapproves, and I want to get Karlach's romance going, goddammit. :P

Hypothesis. What if I ungroup Karlach and Gale and leave them outside the door on the (in-character) grounds that Therezzyn will be more likely to listen to a smaller number of random strangers barging into her office.

[tests]

OK, apparently that does work. We don't get any disapproval from the rest of the party, we still get Lae'zel's approval, we keep the artifact in the long run, and Hector gets to be his usual honest self. (The Dream Guardian is pretty unhappy with us, but hopefully she'll get over it and still keep us from turning into a squid in our sleep.)

On the bright side, also, this doesn't negate any of the previous scene, as we can pick up from right afterwards:

"I presume you are not stupid enough to return empty-handed. So give me the weapon - NOW."

"Here it is." Wondering if he is making the right decision, Hector reaches into his pack and pulls out the small, strangely-shaped item. Inwardly he thinks a small apology to Shadowheart. There seems no point to trying to navigate this place without being forthright, but it is such a dangerous choice...

Then again, no choice seems safe at present. Not anymore.

He can feel his dream guardian rebelling against this choice, her voice piercing in his mind. "No. NO!"

But he has no choice but to be forthright, and he extends his hand with the item held carefully between his fingers.

The kith'rak's eyes light with sudden glee. She flicks her hand outwards, pulling the object towards her with a spell and examining it as it hovers in her grasp.

"Yes...there it is...exactly as described. The inquisition will finally come to an end."

She moves as if to pocket the artifact...and suddenly, a familiar glow bursts around it, knocking her backwards against the wall. The artifact erupts from her hands and crashes back into Hector, settling itself back into his hands, vibrating with power.

"Tsk'va!" Therezzyn scrambles back to a standing position and glares at him furiously. "Trickery! Heresy! How did you--" She stammers incoherently, fists clenching at her sides. "You manipulate it when I cannot?!"

She visibly stills herself. Hector has seen this movement before in Lae'zel, and in himself - the grounding, centering, shoving aside the inconvenient, chaotic emotions. Her face goes hard as stone.

"It appears you have been chosen, istik," she says coldly. "You are lucky it is not for me to question why."

She pulls the glowing keystone from her pocket and stalks past him to the barrier blocking the way to the ch'r'ai. "Go. Seek the inquisitor below. And take the cursed thing with you."

[telomirage]

What is palisade? :)

oh hello! palisade is the eighth full season of an actual play podcast called friends at the table. it's a group of friends playing some tabletop roleplaying games together to "play to find out what happens." it's also the fourth full season of the sci-fi series they have named the divine cycle, which includes counter/weight, twilight mirage, and partizan. the divines are powerful robotic machine gods in many shapes and forms, and which have titles and attributes like rigour, loyalty, integrity, gumption, arbit, empyrean/imperium, perennial, motion, etc. palisade opens five years after the end of partizan and is mostly focused on the planet palisade, an ongoing war, and resistance efforts. it's wildly funny at times and intensely serious, deeply distressing, tense, and dangerous at others.

I hope this helped! I'm currently 24 episodes into palisade and boy howdy is a lot happening all of the time 😂

(also, here's an intro episode, which you could listen to or read the description for to get an idea of what the previous seasons are about! I personally think friends at the table in general is great, but I know it can look daunting with so many episodes that are sometimes so, so very long lol)

[hydrachea]

After getting to meet four of them I have to say I love the archons. We have:

- God who ditched his job at the first opportunity and only pops by every now and then to check on things and get drunk (Venti).

- God who grew so tired of being a god he straight up retired in order to become a normal person, while not having the slightest idea of what being a normal person entails (Zhongli).

- God who delegated most of her job in what admittedly was an attempt to make things work as best as they could but ended up being a perfect example of "the risk I took was calculated but man am I bad at math" (Ei).

- God who's trying to do her job but who rolled a critical failure in circumstances so all she has is doing her best and the biggest inferiority complex known to Teyvat (Nahida)*.

*As of the very start of chapter III act III, I'm still working on Sumeru.

[pathogenic]

laios :3

Hiiii Fray, glad you decided to ask about my boyfriend there

As you can see, I'm normal about him.

[imprvdente]

𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐇𝐎𝐑𝐑𝐎𝐑 𝐓𝐑𝐎𝐏𝐄 𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐘𝐎𝐔?

𝐅𝐈𝐒𝐇 𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐄𝐓 - the sacrifice

a knife to your back is your first memory– it will also be your last. you cannot help but let things into your heart, such is your nature. time and time again, however, they hurt you and leave you to rot. but your heart remains open, and you continue to let more in. is it kindness, at that point, or is it sacrifice?

𝐅𝐈𝐒𝐇 𝐋𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐄𝐑 - the final girl

you're very tired, aren't you? thrashing and fighting and trying to survive– it has taken its toll, but that has not stopped you. you'll continue to gnaw and scream and bare teeth until you can free yourself from this mess, even if it means being the last one left. there is rest at the end of this hard battle, i promise you. there is a time when the fight will be over– but fighting is all you know, isn't it?

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[monstermoviedean]

i have one million thoughts atm and cannot nail any of them down. it's like whack a mole

[agent-jaselin]

I git to the epilogue! Though things glitched out cause orpheus was a displacer beast so lae’zel called me a mindflayer even though i was still human and then blamed me for orpheus’ death. And then we didn’t talk to orphy-flayer at all XD everything else went fine though and the epilogue is normal.

Well, except that Calem’s distrust of gods means Gale decided to become one. Rip.

[tinkkles]

Had a dream that they turned crow into a hunk to beat the homo allegations

[yesevendoyoung]

Message to JYP re Stray Kids

SLOW THE FUCK DOWN.

Honestly, this is ridiculous. Yesterday we got a whole album. It's amazing and I really love it. A mix of songs we've been waiting to get for ages and new songs that are beyond what anyone expected. Top quality and a genuine no skip album. I want to buy a physical copy, but I can't, so for all that effort you'll have to get minimal returns from streaming.

I want to really enjoy this album, but with the announcement of the Japanese album today, it feels like it's old news already and I should be moving on. It's not keeping things exciting and fresh, it's spoiling it.

There is so much content that it's impossible to keep up with. The boys must be exhausted and for what? I have to put so much on my "to watch" playlist on YouTube because there aren't enough hours in the day and I'm sure I'm not unusual. I constantly feel behind. I can't enjoy what's there enough because there's no time to absorb things.

Chan said it's totally his choice to work so hard, so we shouldn't worry. Well it's obvious his health is suffering from overwork, so I'm not going to ignore it. He's not setting the schedules, you are. With their level of output, producing is a full time job. Songwriting is a full time job. Performing is more than a full time job. It's irresponsible to allow people to work that hard and for so long. There are obvious, foreseeable risks and I will hold you responsible for any negative consequences.

You can maximise your profits by taking everything at a slower pace. You'll have a happier, healthier group with more longevity, and happier fans (who will still spend their money). Please do it.

[kimmkitsuragi]

hm

[backtodecembertv]

i wish my family could be more calm and supportive but they’re not therapists and it might not be an entirely reasonable expectation