#i’m genuinely so…… baffled

[stardust-kitten]

nothing like being lied to and betrayed on the deepest level only to then be ghosted entirely

[dreamerdrop]

Dukat becomes worse the more pitiful he is. Winn becomes more pitiful the worse she gets.

Dukat has these moments where you could almost feel sorry for him, but he just doubles down on how horrible he is in a way that makes you forget that moment of pity because he genuinely and sincerely does not think he’s done anything wrong, ever.

Winn has moments where she seems to be weilding her cruelty like armor, but then has a moment of vulnerability and doubt that make you realise you can’t quite hate her, you just feel sorry for her instead, because some part of her seems to know she’s going down a bad path but she is so terrified she can’t make herself turn back.

Their character arcs look similar on a surface level but are very, very different trajectories.

[the-names-kam]

in honor of me finally watching season 2 of the bad batch (and once again losing my mind over these two) i decided to redraw this old comic of mine!

(originally based off of this post by @simplysummers!)

[starlightandmagic]

US folks I just want to ask, from the bottom of my heart: how in the world?!

[fadetouchedsilk]

I think something else that kind of puts me off the neve/lucanis thing is the fact that this appears to be the one NPC romance that re-uses the same lock in scene we get as the player?

To the best of my knowledge this isn’t the case with Taash or Harding’s romance scenes, Emmerich & Strife happens mostly off screen so that’s exempt too. But for some reason with Lucanis it’s basically the same scene with Rook model-swapped for Neve.

Like, some of the vitriol towards this ship can definitely just be marked down as garden variety biphobia & the occasional side of character related possessiveness (no judgement we’re all mentally ill I’ve been there lmao) but I’m also just seeing this overwhelming sense of… idk how to explain it exactly, it’s almost like an energy of depressively resigned rejection across platforms? Was the decision to not have this be a unique scene for the player a budget issue/cut content? You can argue him remembering what your favourite dessert is makes it unique but honestly that’s just a few dialogue flags of difference.

It still comes across as a shortcut for the player’s story. Realism in relationships aside, I actually don’t think it’s a bad look for us as consumers to assume we’re going to get a certain level of indulgence here for that reason. I don’t think everyone needs to be falling over themselves to kiss Rook’s feet, but I think it’s okay for our chosen li to be a bit more of a fantasy, yknow?

If it was a given from the start that the npcs were going to pair off, I think it would have been better if this only happened after your romance of choice was locked in, or at least past the point in the game where you would get a lock in scene (correct me if I’m wrong, but those all seem to trigger around the same time for everyone). Because of how the game is paced, we’d get to avoid spending the first 40 hours listening to ambient flirting when we’re exploring, which imo would also help npcs being received. There’s a distinct lack of interpersonal reactivity Veilguard whenever it comes to Rook (genuinely, why is this such a lonely protagonist?) but the relationships between companions seem to chug along nicely. Seems like a bit of a design flaw to have pre-romance flags active but to still be hearing how much your chosen li is apparently into this other person?

I don’t see the same amount of pushback towards the other NPC romances as I do Neve/Lucanis, which honestly looks like it comes down to how his romance specifically was executed & how the narrative likes to prioritize relationships between other people vs. ones with Rook. I don’t expect writers to not have favourites because that’d be hypocritical of me lmao, but I do expect a professional studio to be more adept at either covering it up better or giving your players enough attention to offset it. I haven’t seen anyone reflecting on how comparatively empty Neve’s romance felt to other companions the way I have with Lucanis, so I have to assume it isn’t. But with his route, it just feels extra :/ that one of maybe three scenes we get is just recycled content for his other possible partner.

(Obligatory disclaimer: I see the vision behind the ship and I don’t hate it nor am I jealous, I just feel like with those two characters in particular it should have unfolded much slower than one game would have allowed & also I expect a certain degree of wish fulfillment when it comes to these games, not feeling like the player character is the writers’ afterthought. Hating Neve for this is a bit much because 1. She’s not real and 2. She’s also not responsible for writing decisions so I think taking jabs at the female character involved is kind of a waste of energy [once again I get the jealousy thing, but still.])

[theprincessandthepie]

the movie version of “dancing through life” is so infinitely superior that i was convinced it was new.

i only saw the show one time when i was ten, and i have skipped the song on the og cast soundtrack ever since. i genuinely had no memory of it lol

[khoizen]

so I’m not really a Mr docm77 watcher despite liking all his antics. As we can tell from my blog I tend to mainly watch grian as well as etho and keralis but really mainly grian.

Heard he had a sky block thing posted and was curious so I checked out his channel.

HIS VIDEOS ARE OVER AN HOUR??? WHAT???

I’m used to grian’s 24-30 min vids … doc … just … what … I applaud him for providing the ppl w the content but what does this goat get up to???

One of these days if my adhd lets me I’ll sit down and properly watch a doc vid

[pyjamacryptid]

PSA FOR MAKE-UP AND SKINCARE BRANDS: START LISTING POTENTIAL ALLERGENS AT THE END IN BOLD LIKE FOOD PRODUCTS HAVE TO BECAUSE IT IS WAY OVERDUE AS A MANDATORY REQUIREMENT AND I AM TIRED.

[novaraptorus]

So I just finished the first Mistborn novel and as a treat I decided to re-read Oathbringer before starting the next Mistborn book, right?

Well what the fuck, I’m reading words I have no memory of. When I first read Oathbringer I remembered being slightly confused with the Unmade being delt with at Kholinar, because they spoke of Shallan defeating the one at Urithiru. And I was confused because I remember thinking “didn’t she just run after it after it stabbed Rock?”

But no, no fucking obviously she did stuff to it because I just read it. But I have actually zero memory of reading anything to do with actually confronting the Unmade in the tower, OR Kaladin going to Revolar????? Did I just fucking excise this from my mind for some reason? I read Oathbringer over the course of only like 2 days it’s not like I spent months reading it, and I only read it for the first time like a month ago??????

I’M REALLY CONFUSED

[batbirdies]

You know I’m really not a member of the “you must comment on any fic you enjoy ever or else you do not deserve to read my free content” ie the “fandom is dying” crowd for many varying reasons.

But I’m equally not a member of the “be grateful anyone comments at all even if they’re rude, don’t be so sensitive” crowd for many more varying reasons.

Like both of you need to learn some balance I think.

[leonardalphachurch]

sometimes i remember that most north fans don’t write him as an absolute insane person ethical manipulative girlfriend style and i’m like. what is he even then… just a pleasant white man? you know what. more power to you if you need a pleasant white man for a blorbo but god that could not be me

[tariah23]

I rly don’t see how ppl be 20+ shipping kids anymore tbh… like, it’s so rampant and I don’t see the appeal to it anymore being as tho I’m in my late 20’s.

[6ebe]

the funniest thing I’ve learned in the last month or so is that not a single ice hockey player is attractive. like. genuinely. 36.7k fan fictions on ao3 abt ugly men fucking.

[yours-etc]

guys now that things have been confirmed let me tell you… i was stood up this week and his excuse was that he had to go the URGENT CARE!!! anyway just saw that he was active on hinge 🙃

[rosemary-is-in-pesterquest]

The inherent comedy of how John references the shipping chart multiple times, but Rose made out with an alien the second she got to

[o-wild-west-wind]

here’s a take the tumblr algorithm pushed me that I just read with my own eyeballs: someone thought David Jenkins was burying his gays and functionally queerbaiting regarding Ed and Izzy because of the time Con compared them to Jesus and Judas, and according to them, Jesus and Judas were…..fuck buddies……so the comparison confirmed to them that Ed and Izzy were……canonically gay lovers……..?

look—I’m all for bible fanfic. I loved reading good omens and look forward to finally watching the show LMAO. I also am not Christian of any denomination and have not seen Jesus Christ Superstar which I know Con referenced, so I could be completely misunderstanding this!!! but, like…..when I hear Jesus and Judas….I don’t immediately think, “ah yes! my favorite canon mlm ship!” like. as if Jesus and Judas…..are not known for anything else………………..