#i'd let her stab me ngl

[the-ominous-owl]

Aubrey Plaza as Death

[rius-cave]

It’s Anon 🔴☘️ again and I’d like to explain myself. I sent that ask while heavily sleep deprived so it was a mess. Heck I reread it yesterday morning and got confused. The original comment was supposed to be something like “Everyone likes Lamb!Adam but what about a plant or gardener Adam instead? He could accidentally make Eden 2.0 in Hell while Yandere!Lucifer plots to get 3/3. Sera would lose her mind.” That’s it! I have no idea why my brain added part of a 3AM crazy theory about Adam’s species, sin and the Tree of Life… Let me try again since I caused some confusion.

tldr; Adam isn’t human because he doesn’t have free will. In order to be reborn into Heaven or Hell you have to be human. In order to keep him alive in the show I found a work around using dirt. He’s now friends with Hell because of said dirt.

Here’s my Redemption Arc about dirt: The original Adam is made from clay that turns into flesh and blood. I’m assuming that’s part of HH!Adam’s origin story until Vivzie tells us otherwise. Now to me Adam sounds like a fairly advanced clay golem. In some games and literature, golems can repair themselves using the same kind of material that they’re made of. Instead of conventional healing they add what’s been subtracted. This doesn’t have to be a conscious decision and can just happen i.e a “passive ability.” Like breathing for humans.

SO! Adam either dies or is close to death after Nifty stabs him but eats dirt on accident, which turns into flesh, and he lives lol. He’d be stuck in Hell since he’s made partially out of Hell itself now. He can’t be reborn because he can’t technically sin/has no free will. Lucky guy will keep his original physical body. He’s still mostly made out of Eden.

Unfortunately no Eren Yeager epic bs like Adam’s spirit living in everyone, just Hell probably being semi sentient and fully aware that Adam has become an extention of itself. He’s become Hell’s Green Man aka Disney Princess! He doesn’t want Heaven anymore. He’s never alone now since Hell’s in his head and under his skin he’ll never be abandoned again

I can’t say anything else or else it’d be an essay. No joke. (ngl I’m still sleep deprived)

- 🔴☘️ Anon

OOOOHHHH OKAY! That does help a lot, actually! Okay okay, yeah that makes sense to me now!

The idea of Adam being like a golem is djdjfznfjsf kinda awesome ngl. That would be a cool thing to happen to him because now he is made of, as I understand it, two different kinds of dirt. Would this make him have some sort of double nature? I imagine it would, now he has two "wills" fighting against each other inside him, and I'd imagine that would cause a lot of conflict. Now he has a connections to demons that nobody can deny. I'm guessing that would make him have some existential crises along the way lmao.

[nyxronomicon]

Howdy i just read your uuuuh darius/reader smutfic (the one in his office, in case you wrote multiple?) as i was listening to a playlist i made for an au i had started back when i was still playing TOT. I stopped playing, mm, i think just after or just before the second anniversary on the USA servers, but it was a criminal!Rosa/Darius fic, i posted the prologue on ao3.

Anyway youve inspired me to take another stab at writing it! I had it mostly outlined but i just never posted more than the prologue. It's called "Red and Blue Don't Mix" i think? Thats my playlist anyway.

Cheers!! 🥳🫶

Omg I'm so glad you liked it!! Sorry to report that I have only written the one fic with him lol. Honestly I also stopped playing TOT but I do still think about Darius from time to time bc he's sooo hot... I stopped bc I realized I liked him better than the actual dateable characters lol 💀

Ooh that fic sounds interesting! Ngl I love the idea of him falling for a criminal. Just the angst potential and like, him being all torn up inside bc obviously he's on the side of justice but he's also on your side despite everything (or Rosa's but I always self inserted as her anyway lol). Let me know if you continue! I'd love to give it a read 🖤

Honestly I'm really curious about this playlist tho!! Sometimes I make them for my longer fics but I didn't make one for that Darius fic.

[worth-this-and-more]

songs for legendborn moments (except they get veryy veryyyy specific with varying amounts of explanation)

[spoilers for legendborn and bloodmarked, read at your own caution ;)]

when selwyn was aether drunk and bree goes to him for no reason at all knowing that this guy hates me and 10000% would kill me if given the chance but for some goddamn reason I gotta go to him ooh~ you can't resist it

when sel and bree kissed in the woods and he pushes her up against the tree I nearly died yall they say all good boys go to heaven, but bad boys bring heaven to you;

when bree tried and failed each time she called her aether (which that dickhead arthur was purposefully making hot and useless; I really really wanna stab him) haven't I given enough?

when alice rescued bree from the regents, this song played on my shuffle playlist and damn this is seriously alice-chen-with-anyone-who-mildly-inconveniences-her-the-mild-inconvenience-being-breathing everybody in this party's fucking fake I really wish that I could say it to your face

and on the go this is the proper alice chen anthem ngl yes the name is best friend but that's not the only reason it fits her okay that my best friend, she a real bad bitch;

if you haven't guessed it yet i am the biggest alice chen supporter so here's another alice chen song I could be a better boyfriend that him,

whenever william enters the scene i instinctively associate him with winter because sweaters and tea and this song feels like him I'm talking about the vibes not the lyrics, the lyrics feel more like the patient pov lool (opposite of that too but nvm)

selwyn's eyes. that is the only proper reason. i listened to this song and all I could think was the sparks of sel's gaze that turned into a comforting heat for bree. just take my heart now-

when bree put up a barrier in the ogof-y-ddraig and selwyn says "don't even do that to me again" I'd let the world burn let the world burn for you this is how it always had to end if I can't have you then no one can

the bathroom scene where bree tried to put the tape away but sel takes it from her and the small voice in her head says "it's to keep you close" i screamed i can tell you love me like you hate me, baby fuck me like you're crazy, maybe

nvm this is all ig

[sanguine-tenshi]

i'm turning this round on you. if you've played bloodborne, then most fuckable five bosses from that. if you haven't, same for a different fromsoft game of your choosing. (feel free to do more than five)

I haven't played Bloodborne, I don't use the peasant boxes. But I did watch a playthrough so I'll go ahead and vote anyway.

First imma go through them all and smash or pass and then I'll tell you my faves. Good? Good. Anywhore!

Amygdala

Pass. Look, usually I'm a slut for multiple arms, can't go wrong with multiple arms. But this thing's head looks like a tick and I cannot get over that.

Blood-starved Beast

Pass. Concept art looks dope as hell and very smashable, but in-game it's giving Slav grandma and Slav grandmas fucking scare me. So a very hard pass.

Celestial Emissary

Pass. It looks like someone's diaper-bound toddler. Like the dumb thing was falling over too much so the parents just wrapped it's head in foam and let it terrorize the local wildlife. It also looks like it's fingers would be that nasty toddler level of sticky. Just no.

Cleric Beast

Smash. It's big. It's scary. It's harry. It's got horns. It looks like it's rotting just a lil bit. It's jaw looks like it's been scrapped raw. What's not to love? The only gripe I have are the weird stubby toes but I can tolerate it, not like I have to look at those things.

Darkbeast Paarl

Smash. It's like bones and hair and electricity. It's about the logistics at the moment but I'm down to figure it out.

Ebrietas, Daughter of the Cosmos

Smash. Very eldrich. Very have no clue what I'm looking at. Very I'm into it.

Father Gascoigne

Pass. That's just a grandpa. And not even a hot grandpa.

Gehrman, the First Hunter

Pass. That's just a grandpa. And an ugly grandpa.

Martyr Logarius

Pass. That's just a grandpa. An old and freeze-dried grandpa.

Mergo's Wet Nurse

Smash. Smash so hard. The multiple arms. The wings. The empty hood. The absolute feral creature posture. The way it's tattered and ruined and deadly. Smash.

Micolash, Host of the Nightmare

No.

Moon Presence

Smash. Eldritch. The fucking tentacle hair. The weird skull hole face. The ribs. Look it already has a weird sexually non sexual relationship with the player. I might as well. I might as fucking well.

The One Reborn

Pass. It's just too messy for me. I like the idea of this thing being made of parts, of people, of victims. But the design is just too damn messy. It's all over the place. It doesn't look like it added with purpose, with design, it just added stuff for the sake of adding, for the empty want of MORE. And I'm just not into that.

Rom, the Vacuous Spider

Fuck, no!

Shadow of Yharnam

Pass. These are just dudes in robes. There's nothing all that interesting about them. Not even some sexy armor, or weird gore, or bones sticking out.

Vicar Amelia

Hard smash. It's like Cleric Beast's more elegant sexy cousin. There's horns as well! And I mean I do like the aesthetic of her being so white. She has a nice smile as well, so long with so many pointy teeth.

Witch of Hemwick

Pass. It's just moldy Slav grandmas.

Ludwig, The Accursed

Weak pass. It's just the face I have a problem with here, tbh. It's just leaning too much towards horse, like regular normal horse.

Orphan of Kos

Pass. Just looks like a dude to me. A skinny twitchy white dude who ran out of drugs and that's now everyone's problem. Now... his mom on the other hand... ho boy.

Lady Maria of the Astral Clocktower

Smash. Yes, yes regular looking woman. But listen! She's tall. She's strong. She's a war criminal. She killed a god with a stick. Like I'm down. She can bend me over and I'd be down. I like her style. And she also stabs herself during the fight... kinda hot ngl.

Living Failures

Hard pass. It's like Celestial Emissary's failed cousins, slightly older and worse. Also have you seen their buts!? They've got the saggy frog butts.

I think the fuck not! Look at that thing!

Laurence, The First Vicar

Smash. Like I know he's one of the worst fights in the game and also the fire, but like... the sass. The fucking attitude in this one pose. Love that for him. Also yes, scraggly dog beast man with horns and ribs on the outside. Very smash.

Now as for the rankings... 1. Mergo's Wet Nurse 2. Cleric Beast 3. Vicar Amelia 4. Laurence, The First Vicar 5. Moon Presence 6. Lady Maria of the Astral Clocktower 7. Darkbeast Paarl 8. Ebrietas, Daughter of the Cosmos

Now in other news, I've realized that Bloodborne is very much moodboard, but it's a lot less fuckable than I thought.

[caitlyn-has-a-conspiracy-board]

Veilguard thoughts

Okay so now that I managed to actually make some progress, I figured I'd share my thoughts about the game. Some mild spoilers under the cut and all that

The character creator... like OH BOY that was a lot of sliders. I mean, I knew the CC was really insane based on what some content creators had shared but nothing had me prepared for the amount of sliders like... So. Many. Sliders. Took me about a whole hour, give or take, to make my Rook and then struggle - and I really mean STRUGGLE - to bring my Inquisitor to life. She looks okay I guess, haven't ran into her yet so we'll see.

Bad quality phone pic cuz yes it took me ages to remember photo mode IS A THING so. Yeah. This is my Rook. Meet Mara Mercar, local Shadow Dragon and certified lesbian disaster. Ngl after struggling with all those sliders of doom, the second I saw her in-game for the first time doing the bar scene brought me an insane amount of happy feels.

Solas, Solas, Solas... I still don't trust that man. Granted he murdered poor Bianca (rip Bianca you'll be missed) which was already a big HOW DARE YOU moment, but then he goes and stabs Varric??????? Hell nah. Tbh something tells me he's 'helping' for his own agenda and the second he gets his chance, he'll stab Rook in the back. I'm going forward 100% with the feeling he's the mage that betrays you. Again.

Neve Gallus.... Listen I was already going in full intending on romancing her but nothing had me prepared for the actually depths of her character. Every interaction with her, being it a cutscene or just party banter has me on the edge of my seat because you get all these little tiny things that make the whole and I'm honestly enjoy that a lot. My favorite stuff so far is when you get to go with her to Dock Town, both during one of her side quests and during one of the main ones and you just see her like, interact with the people around her and make little comments about this and that. The romance part is going slow as I'm working to do all the little quests and taking my time exploring but I'm sure it will be worth the wait!

I saw some people before saying they find Bellara annoying and I'm like... HOW??? She is so adorable!!! I love how excited she is about everything, and especially the way she interacts with Neve. Their scenes have been some of my favorite things so far, because Bellara will act like an excited ball of energy and Neve is just in the background letting out a good natured exasperated sigh but still taking the time to be sweet to her and answer her questions/humor her. (side note: the calibrations line gave me war flashbacks so thank you for that Bioware)

I don't think I have much to say about Harding so far, aside from being happy she's a companion now and being curious about her sudden magic abilities. I sorta feel like they might be connected to the ending of the Descent DLC from DA:I so I'm glad I got to play that before Veilguard came out.

I have to admit I wasn't very sure about Lucanis because of the entire demon thing + the way he sounds a bit too much like Puss in Boots but he's somehow growing on me.... like a weed. I still think his cousin is sus and to blame for him getting taken by the Venatori, so we'll see how that plays out further on

(by my comments you can probably tell who I've been running around with the most but yeah, it is what it is)

I haven't gone further enough to recruit the rest of the companions but I'm excited to meet them and see what they bring to the table story wise (secretly hoping for some chaotic stuff laugh worthy to go down in the lighthouse when everyone is accounted for). So. Anyway.

Story wise I'm loving everything so far and I really like the 'know your companions better' direction with this game compared to the older ones. Graphic wise everything is absolutely gorgeous and I have had to stop a few times to just really take in the scenery because woah.

And yeah so I guess we'll see what happens next!

(In the end I figured out photo mode yay)

[koicrimes]

yall, this game is SO good. it had me cryin and shit. had me doubting myself. had me fucked up-- i highly recommend it. truly. best game i've played in a while.

major spoilers below

first game i played since the rgg craze that left a deep impact on me. i think i'll be thinking about this one for a while. i might go back and play from the beginning and make tyler and alyson raise hell with all their choices next time hahaha. gahhh so much fun. all the characters felt so believable!!! ALL OF THEM! and even though i didn't like that michael kept coming onto to tyler even tho i politely brushed him off once before, he still felt human to me as well. sometimes dudes just can't fucking take a hint- no matter how nice and cool they are.

what was so crazy to me was how he was talking about how tyler was 'sooo special' and blah blah blah but just 6 months later this mf already taking photos with someone else with a pet talking about 'the new addition to our family'. like bitch if you want me so bad--????? THAT'S WHY I SAID MICHAEL GAVE ME UHAUL VIBES!!!! eehhhhh- like, no, give a mf some time to know you my guy. shit. idk maybe that's just me. (6 months is a while but im just saying)

but anyways, so.

i loved alyson and tyler's relationship so much. tyler is so fucking 😩😩😩😩🥰🥰🥰🫦🫦🫦. he's so hot. the amount of screenshots i have of that man is abysmal. he and alyson does this thing with their mouth but idk, i feel he does it alot more than she does, where he kinda bares his teeth-- sometimes it's a smile but not always. unff. LOVE! i love minor mouth ticks. i have one and i always notice when other people have one- aizawa has one (he chews at his inner lip). nish seems like he would kinda does the same thing tyler does now that i think about it but anyways im getting side tracked~~~

i loved their relationship! the bond thing was sooooo neat- being able to share memories and inner thoughts. HELLA NEAT! i love that so much.

UGH the writing here was so fucking phenomenal.

all of the townspeople: tessa, tom, sam, eddy-- they all had their parts and they were all believable flawed. the only person who i think i'd consider a villian, really would be tom. because fuck that guy- you cheated on your wife, let her raise your kids on her own, watched her fall apart, watch her get stabbed, allowed her to drown to death, allowed two kids to make decisions about something that fucking major when you saw what happened and then you got the audacity to try to blackmail them for your shitty ass campaign???

i rate his bald score a -8 🍅🍅🍅🍅🍅👎🏾👎🏾👎🏾👎🏾👎🏾👎🏾 he doesn't deserve that shiner. for shame.

more importantly, the one thing that i wish that we got to see was the perspective of mary-ann from that night. but i guess that's the beauty of the story. no one will ever truly know what was going through her head. everyone has their speculation but no one knows for certain and they sort of have to live with that in order to survive... ughhhh (i am relieved that ty can live his life potentially at peace believing that his mother would see him as her son- her SON- see him for who he is. i know that had to eat away at him while he was at fireweed.)

11/10

honorable mention for my girl denise, she didn't really have shit to do but she was there and i was happy she was. i was happy to see them braids too. like they kinda ate. ngl. i was like okaaaaaay. it makes me really happy. like someone trully put in effort on them! anyway, her and tyler are best buds now. i call it. it is my headcanon. <3

[checkoutmybookshelf]

Rereading The Fellowship of the Ring for the First Time in Fifteen Years

Ok, so having left Frodo enstabbened at Weathertop, we're now picking up in the aftermath and we are hauling ass to Rivendell. Well, specifically the Ford of Bruinen and the Last Bridge...I'm pretty sure. NGL, I'm pretty bad at literary geography in general, and Strider's quick-and-dirty river overview honestly did not make sense to me, so we're pointing our noses at the river with the bridge the other side on which is Rivendell. Get it? Got it? Good. Let's talk chapter 12, "Flight to the Ford."

So as is eminently sensible when one has been stabbed by a Black Rider, Frodo passed the hell out and fell on his face in the grass. Which, while eminently sensible, still freaked the ever-loving hell out of the other Hobbits. And I'm sure that Strider fucking BAILING on them moments later didn't help, because he didn't exactly take time to explain what's happening there. Which is why I honestly don't give Sam ANY shade for any of this:

Sam plainly was beginning to have doubts again about Strider; but while they were talking her returned, appearing suddenly out of the shadows. They started, and Sam drew his sword and stood over Frodo; but Strider knelt down swiftly at his side.

Y'know...if my boss/BFF was possibly dying in the grass at my feet and our guide fucked off without telling me where he was going after we'd just been attacked by basically Eldritch Horrors, I'd be sus and very willing to stick my sword in them too. All props to Sam's protective instincts here, and honestly Strider might have deserved it if he'd been a little bit inexpertly stabbed by a hobbit this night.

Although, I will say that Strider wins some points back because of all the hobbits, SAM is the one he explains the situation to and SAM is who he is straight with about the severity of Frodo's wound. Literally every authority figure the hobbits have come across so far have respected the hell out of Sam's position in the group of hobbits and his ability to take in and cope with information. And as per usual, Merry is over there stoking the fire and keeping Frodo warm--looking after Frodo's needs really seems to be Merry's deal in this book, because he's the one who helped him move and then made sure that there was food and baths at Crickhollow. Like that's going to transfer to Sam and Sam already has this...proprietary thing...for Frodo, but he's super cool with Merry sharing the load, and I guess I can't say I blame him. I'm just saying that there are two big, beefy brain cells among the four hobbits, and when Sam and Merry aren't splitting them, Sam's holding both.

Finding the dagger hilt, slashed cloak, and Athelas plant also help, because it means Strider can tell everyone what precisely they're dealing with. It's...bad, it's definitely BAD, what they're dealing with, but at least they know. I would also just like to point out that the Athelas preparation in this scene looks way more like the scene in the Return of the King film than it does literally this scene in the Fellowship movie:

He crushed a leaf in his fingers, and it gave out a sweet and pungent fragrance. [...] He threw the leaves into boiling water and bathed Frodo's shoulder. The fragrance of the steam was refreshing, and those that were unhurt felt their minds calmed and cleared. The herb also had some power over the wound, for Frodo felt the pain and also the sense of frozen and cold lessen in his side; but the life did not return to his arm, and he could not raise or use his hand.

Pretty sure not being able to use that arm or hand is going to be a PROBLEM since we need to point our nose at the ford and haul ass, but we'll...burn that bridge when we cross it, I guess? Too many bridges.

What I found REALLY freaking cool though, is that this is the first time that Frodo really and truly understands that the Ring and the forces of Mordor in general are influencing him. He wrote off the incident at the Prancing Pony as an accident, but he cannot deny at this point that he put the Ring on because IT wanted to be worn, not because he wanted to wear it. I think the timing on this realization is mostly foreshadowing, but I think it's also giving the reader a sense that something has fundamentally shifted. Bilbo had this ring on and off his dang finger for like...IDK, 60 years? I could go back and check but I'm not. The POINT is, Bilbo was using the Ring like it was a magician's prop and get-out-of-a-Sackville-Baggins-encounter-free card and there wasn't that same realization. Frodo is dealing with an entirely different beast, and it's not his fault that nobody warned him about it and it's whispering sweet, deadly nothings to his soul. At least he KNOWS now, and if you're aware of something, you can deal with it.

Unfortunately, what Frodo super cannot deal with is walking. So he ends up on the pony for like ten straight days through really rough terrain and rain. And because I have RA and like Count Rugen have a deep and abiding interest in pain, we're gonna just go ahead and take a look at the hell hauling ass over this terrain is for Frodo:

Before the first day's march was over Frodo's pain began to grow again, but he did not speak of it for a long time. [...] Frodo was restless. The cold and wet had made his wound more painful than ever, and the ache and the sense of deadly chill took away all sleep. He lay tossing and turning and listening fearfully to the stealthy night-noises: wind in chinks of rock, water dripping, a crack, the sudden rattling fall of a loosened stone. He felt that black shapes were advancing to smother him... [...] Frodo threw himself down, and lay on the ground shivering. His left arm was lideless, and his side and shoulder felt as if icy claws were laid upon them. The trees and rocks around him seemed shadowy and dim.

Yeah, so this? This sounds like hell. This reminds me of the first five or so years of having RA, before I got used to functioning in pain and before we figured out meds that worked. The self-yote to the ground and just being like "this is where I die" is DEEPLY relatable, especially since Frodo is still in the "DEAR GOD WHAT IS HAPPENING" phase of adjusting to chronic pain. You have no energy, no equilibrium, and no idea what is coming for you. Plus, nights are the frickin' worst, because you are in pain, all alone, and trapped in a sea of physical pain that you can't even catch a sleep lifeline to escape and isn't kind enough to drown you. All that to say I super relate to Frodo at this point, and someone get this hobbit some Flintstone Chewable Morphine.

We do get a little levity though, when Pippin forgets not only the Baggins family history but also everything he ever knew about trolls and barrels back to camp screeching that there are three trolls in a clearing below...in broad frickin' daylight. Strider apparently took a course in "Dadsplanations" at some point, because he just strolls on into the midst of what are revealed to be Bilbo's trolls and pokes them with a stick. Everyone has a laugh about this and the bird's nest behind one of the trolls' ears that Pippin missed. Having all been put in a better mood, Merry insists that Sam give them a song, and this absolute polymath of a hobbit busts out EIGHT ORIGINAL STANZAS of a troll song. On the spot. Seriously, this hobbit is deeply impressive in so many theatre kid ways that I think he'd get beat up for learning his lines word-perfect overnight.

Since it's suddenly going so well, the party gets yet another win: Glorfindel shows up! Thank god that Gildor apparently had the foresight to send a heads up to Elrond that the goddamn RING was on the move and the bearer had NO HELP. Unfortunately the news apparently travels slowly, because if I'm mathing this right (do NOT count on that, I'm an English major for a reason), then Elrond's riders didn't set out until the day AFTER Frodo got enstabbened. But Glorfindel can at least account for five of the nine riders, even if that accounting is "they're on our tails and moving FAST." Glorfindel also comes on a damn good horse, and Frodo is unceremoniously sat on said horse, because if they get cornered by the Black Riders, then the horse can get Frodo the hell out of there. Which honestly is reasonable planning and A+ for people with equipment and common sense finally giving the hobbits a goddamn hand.

That Glorfindel then proceeds to set an absolutely punishing pace and has to keep the hobbits going with magic elf liquor is...regrettable but they have ALL NINE BLACK RIDERS on their tails, so hauling ass even more is appropriate.

As they come up over the hill to within view of the Ford of Rivendell, naturally the Black Riders reappear, and Glorfindel is like, "RUN!!!" Which is where the foreshadowing we got earlier with the Ring's will pops back up:

[Frodo] did not obey at once, for a strange reluctance seized him. Checking the horse to a walk, he turned and looked back. The Riders seemed to sit upon their great steeds like threatening statues upon a hill, dark and solid, while all the wood and land about them receded as if into a mist. Suddenly he knew in his heart that they were silently commanding him to wait. Then at once fear and hatred awoke in him. His hand left the bridle and gripped the hilt of his sword, and with a red flash he drew it.

Thank goodness Glorfindel's horse is a good listener, because Frodo going Rider-a-hobbit with FIVE RINGWRAITHS seems like a super poor life choice. The horse gets Frodo across the ford, but then stops to let Frodo and the Black Riders have a little face-off where Frodo orders them back to Mordor and they're like, "Yes, we'll TAKE you back there, just come with us."

This little standoff is broken when the Black Riders I guess get tired of trying to talk Frodo into cooperating and just start to mind whammy his ass and cross the ford.

Which is when we get the magical water horses sweeping all nine away. Which is basically the last thing Frodo sees before falling off the horse Glorfindel said wouldn't lose any rider he'd been ordered to bear and passing out.

So Frodo's just had possibly the worst almost two weeks of his life, and has finished two chapters in a row by very sensibly passing out. We're going to leave it there, because it seems really rude to poke Frodo with a stick to see if he'll wake up. This is also the end of Book I, so guess we're technically at the halfway point! So when we pick up next time, Sam is going to get all the Elves he can stomach, we'd freaking BETTER get Gandalf--his ass has been missing for several hundred pages at this point--and we'll get everyone restarted on this quest, because even Elrond and Gandalf agree that this quest start deserves a mulligan.

[lexsnotdead]

I like Delilah so much it's not even funny

Her voice, aesthetic, attitude, backstory, how she's animated in custscenes (especially in DH2), interest in art and dark magic, evil bisexuality... everything is so cool

I always liked Brigmore witches instead of being interested in Whalers or smaller gangs

I'm SO happy that they brought Delilah back in Dishonored 2 instead of killing her off in Daud's dlcs

I still believe that she deserved different ending/better writing at times and i can talk about it for hours (I'm salty about Daud being redeemed)

But i'd better have what DH2 delivered instead of having nothing

I think your love for her has made it only worse /pos

Every week is Delilah Copperspoon week,i need to think about her at least once time from time or I'll combust!!

YEEEES YES DELILAH ENJOYERS RISE!!!! i feel you so much on this like it's been 5 or 6 years since i first played dh and let me tell you there is still no fictional woman i'm obsessed with more than delilah i want her carnally ehem

neither do i see the appeal of the whalers (at all) when the brigmore witches are right there — walking embodiment of vile freedom, united in their lust for sacrilege, while the whalers are just like. erm. mindless puppets who do stab-stab when daud tells them to? lol

delilah's story might have been executed better, ngl, but you know what. are you unsatisfied with the writing too? be delusional! go crazy! defy the reality! let me share a headcanon of my own — why do we consider delilah to be trapped in her painting??? her ultimate plot was to overwrite the state of the world, but what emily did to prevent her from doing it is basically... created an alternative reality which exists in that painting of hers? and it might as well just be a portal between two worlds, united by the void. if you view the events of her non-lethal takedown as i do, this could be such a fertile soil for other headcanons!!! for her development as a character as well. she could've become the local outsider, all-mighty yet deprived of the adoration she desires above anything else. or perhaps only a ghostly shell would remain of her former allies, leaving her unsatisfied with the lack of sincere passion in their devotion? or maybe the 'world as it should be' changed only a key moment in her life (being exiled from the dunwall tower) and turned out to be not what she expected at all? my point is — her story is not over if you don't want it to be! at least in my mind it is definitely not over ehehe

[away-ward]

I'll be honest, I wasn't planning on posting this because I wasn't sure if this idea I have is fun. So please let me know if you actually enjoy these or not, because I have a few more I could do, potentially following an actual story line.

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Group 1:

Fire: Damon Medical: Kai Shelter: Will Food: Emory

ngl... this group is looking pretty great. Damon would have no problem finding wood and being determined enough to keep the fire burning. Of all the people here, I trust Kai to have the most medical knowledge. I mean, if he knows enough to break someone's back or knock them out... he also knows how to not do those things... right? Will can build a shelter (though I'd rather it be Emory), and Emory can hunt... maybe (though I'd rather it be Will). Still, all strong teammates.

Personality issues would be the main issue here. Kai would get pissy that Damon doesn't want to follow lead; Damon and Emory butt heads when Emory refuses to follow his lead; and then Will's stuck trying to get everyone to talk again.

Chances of survival: pretty good.

Group 2:

Fire: Banks Medical: Winter Shelter: Michael Food: Rika

...Well. Obviously, Banks could handle the fire, but Winter on medical? Don't get me wrong, the girl knows her way around a wound. Ballet can produce some pretty nasty injuries. It would just take her a bit longer to see to them. Michael could build a shelter... it would just take some time. I'm not sure if he's ever held a hammer. And Rika would probably be able to hunt. I mean, if she can stab Damon, she should have no problem catching a wild animal for dinner. Other than that, this team would work pretty well together. Even with that small hiccup, Rika would be able to smooth things over between the two of them.

Chances of survival: ...meh. Probable. Might be a little worse for the ware.

[luffythinker]

gonna hit you with a rarepair what do you think of Iida/Himiko?, granted she is a stain believer which is a extreme turn away for Iida BUT what if Iida sees in her a good like Uraraka did? what if he makes it a goal to be kind to this girl because he can see that nobody has ever been kind to her hurting heart? And at first Himiko isn't crazy about him especially because he tried to kill stain but the more good he does for her the more she finds herself falling into slots with him. He moves a step she stays where shes at, he moves two steps she's a single step until they are something that can be considered friends. She's giving him nicknames she calls him Tenda or Tenten. -honestly i just see her calling him Tenya period- Anywho He's giving her blood like Uraraka did for smol Himiko except we aren't children, it's a huge risk to be giving the enemy resources but her quirk demands so likely if she doesn't get it i'd imagine she'd be sick to her stomach -i don't know if you've read it but there are like 2 cases in my hero where a person refused to use their quirk and it just kinda exploded and they couldn't control it, drinking blood is part of her quirk so using it requires to drink if she doesn't she gets sick- She's taking blood from Iida's arm they keep getting closer, somehow she ends up drinking from his clavicle it's a trust thing, he knows she wont take more then needed. He's lightheaded but alive, he can't tell if it's the blood shes taking or the shine he's taking to her. Himiko sits perfectly in Iida's lap while he's sharing a snack with her but once somebody comes around she's suddenly gone and he's got a half eaten meat bun and a whole one, was somebody just here? His classmates -save for Uraraka cause she's probably all up in his business to know- know something is happening but they don't know what. Himiko wants to spare him because he's beautiful which means she wants to stab but some things in this world are too beautiful that if you stab them you want have them anymore so he's one of the beautiful things she's going to let live, she tells him this one time she comes to visit him. Iida is trying to rehabilitate her poor naive fool lol. I can see her saying this to him coming through his window one day and she says this to him and kisses him or something i don't know leaving him starstruck he can't have a proper day because his thoughts are full of a blond blood sucking girl THE FUNNY PART IS she's older by a year and he's tall but she can play that card and Himiko having Iida wrapped around her finger pulling the "Im older so respect me" is frickin' funny to me and he just might sort of listen because he is a rule follower THEY COULD BE EVERYTHING and they are my everything

had to do a double take ngl, but okay let's see what iida and himiko got going on in your head

okay i have a hard time seeing this romantically BUT platonically i think it could develop into such a beautiful relationship because the kindness and empathy come from such an unexpected person. like toga would be so shocked like why is this person being kind to me? with any ulterior motives? it doesn't make sense

except iida doesn't stop, he keeps trying, keeps doing good and she starts to notice that maybe some people are just like that? good by nature? not out of pity, just genuine.

about the blood thing, i like the theory that if she doesn't have it she would be sick, so i can imagine iida finding her one day almost fainting and after asking if he could help, he just offers her arm to her, it's such a big trust move

but iida's sense of justice is also too big, so i think till they fully develop their relationship a lot would have to be resolved between them

[imperial-topaz2003]

Fenrisprime ranks SWTOR Romances: Expansion Edition

So, I'm still doing a massive overhaul to my legacy which is..slow, fo I figured I'd pick up on ranking this game's romances. First one here, in case you haven't seen it yet. Quick FYI, Major Anri, Arn, or Rass just yet, because they don't seem to have actual romances atm. I wanna give them a little bit more time to flesh out before I do that. I also won't be vanilla romance options who have interactions in the expansions, since everything I said in the first post still applies. However, I will be doing Vanilla companions who are made romanceable in the expansions. Now, let's get into it!

6. Koth Vortena

I bet some of you didn't even know he can be romanced. I'll be honest, I don't hate Koth. Though he comes close, he's not the most obnoxious companion in the game, and I do like the fact that he calls you out on your bullshit if you're too much of a Dark Sided asshole. On the other hand, he doesn't really show any sort of growth. Like, he could've had a really interesting arc about realizing how terrible of a person Valkorion truly is, but nope.

And that's roughly how I feel about his romance. Not terrible, but pretty lackluster. Mainly because BioWare doesn't really have anything to do with him since KOTXX ended. So, he just kinda sits there collecting dust. If he was on the original list, he'd probably tie with Corso.

So, that's probably not a surprise, but the next one might be a bit of a shocker...

5. Arcann

Okay, I like the idea of being able to romance Arcann in theory. An enemies to friends to lovers pairing is honestly something I have a soft spot for when it's done right. Unfortunately, Arcaan has mixed results for me.

First, it comes off way too sudden. It's like it just sidesteps the 'friends' part and heads straight to the romance. And the confession itself...to me, it just reads like a bad fanfiction. Also, Arcann has stabbed the Outlander, put their friends in mortal danger, and blew up so many worlds, I don't think many would be rushing to make him their boyfriend, unless they're very forgiving or straight up masochistic.

TL:DR, the Arcann Romance idea is great on paper, but definitely needed more work done on it.

4. Khem Val

When I first found out Khem was a love interest in Jedi Under Siege, I literally laughed out loud irl. Like, there are moments in this game that made me chuckle, but this actually had me on the floor.

Like, c'mon, the audacity to make Khem a romance is just downright hilarious. I'll admit, it is somewhat heartwarming. I mean, just because he's a big scary monster doesn't mean he doesn't deserve love and affection, but still. This is roughly how I feel about DS Jaesa's romance. Not something I'd do in earnest, but still pretty damn funny.

3. Jaesa Willsaam (Light Side)

Yeah, this one's pretty great. Unlike her DS counterpart, this one actually feels earned. You can't romance her in the base game, and I actually really like that. It helps you two form a really strong bond together, and it all comes to play when she realizes she has feelings for you, which ignites into a full fledged romance, should you go that route. I also LOVE her confession scene. The VA did an amazing job and you can really feel the passion in her voice as she tears up. NGL, this one gets me a bit emotional at times.

2. Lana Beniko

You know her, you love her, it's Lana Beniko. What is there to say? Lana's a loyal and dedicated woman, regardless of whether or not you romance her. She's calm, collected, and willing to work with whoever need be when it comes to getting the job done, but she also isn't a doormat and can be cunning and pragmatic when the time calls for it. She's great! I personally like romancing her as a Jedi or other Republic class. I love seeing two people from opposing sides set aside their difference and eventually develop romantic interest.

Lastly, we have... 1. Theron Shan

Alright, this might be my bias talking, but I absolutely adore Theron Shan.

He's just this very laid back, chill dude oozing with charisma and affection. And personally, I think he fits just about any class when it comes to romance. Granted, that kinda does depend on your personality, I don't think he'd romance anyone's who's too dark or too light, but with enough tweaks, he could theoretically fit just about every class in the game. Don't have much else to say, so I'll leave things about that.

Again, let me know what you guys think. If you disagree, reblog/comment how you would rank them. P.S. I didn't include Nadia, even though you can romance her for the first time as a female consular in the expansions, but that's because my opinions from the original list remain. Tho if you really wanna romance her, the expansion is probably the best time to do it.

[rollingsins]

Ooh another chapter! Let's go babes!

Oh come on Tara, as if you wouldn't like a sponge bath from R. Now don't be grumpy and just admit it.

Lol, non fun pasta 😂 If pasta doesn't make fun then it doesn't even get to call itself pasta!

Being in the hospital sucks a lot but an angry Tara really is so adorable. That small bean trying to be all intimidating while confined to a bed 😂

Tara! You are in a hospital! You need to recover, sex isnt helping you with that! Or is it🫣

Sam 😂 She really has the perfect timing. Poor R can never catch a break with the infinite high sex drive of Tara

I really like Sam. Especially her banter with Tara. I definitely wanna see more of that, please and thank you.

YOU KNOW WHY THE SHERIFF DOESNT HAVE ANY SUSPECTS?? CAUSE IT'S HER! THATS WHY! SHES COVERING FOR HERSELF. Why would she come in 3 days in a row?? To see if Tara and R know something! (Or I'm just completely crazy and Judy is just a nice lady who cares about Wes friends) Nah, she's Ghostface.

Hmm. Why ask over and over again what happened? TO SEE IF TARA FIGURED IT OUT.

Okay, Tara obviously doesn't deserve getting stabbed but I LOVE grumpy Tara so much. She is hilarious 😂 Her remarks and sarcastic attitude is truly the best.

FUCK YES SAM DROPPED RICHIES SORRY STINKY ASS. FUCKING FINALLY! BYE LAME ASS MAN CHILD

Sam is right. It's admirable that Rs dad is doing everything he can to protect her but in the end none of his plans worked. I feel like Sam would take no shit from Ghostface and shoot that fucker right in the face. She's the better option to live with.

Welp. Not surprised that Dad didn't agree. But it's a good compromise, the best option there is if both parties want their family close.

Moody Tara is the best Tara. Well protective and dominant Tara is also pretty hot...

No strenuous activity? Oh Tara won't like that... Sex is her life source.

Aw, Sam is incredible. I love her. We stan Sam in this house. Cooking something more healthy isn't bad for you, Tara. (I keep telling myself that daily)

Omg, Tara is all pouty because the parents like Sam more 😂 Could it be any more endearing?? It really is very cute but Tara, if you keep fighting Sam I WILL come for you!

Lol "you've been running it all day" GO tell her, R! Love that.

See, Tara is a sex addict. Lack of pussy is hurting more than a stab wound. Lowkey relatable ngl...

I really do love their hot and heavy make outs and sex sessions but nothing beats a romantic and intimate experience.

It is impossible to resist Tara. Even if I was bleeding out I'd let her ravish me...

Yes invite the Scooby Gang! Please more of them.

Don't worry girls, Judy will get caught soon 😉

My fave little reviewer is back ☺���

Thank you babe! I agree pouty/moody Tara is supreme… but be nicer to your sister bby girl!

[grellestie]

ive been playing a shit ton of darkest dungeon lately and here's my opinion on which black butler characters would be which class!!

darkest dungeon is really cool btw!! it kind of has the same elements of black butler (fucked up protag, supernatural creatures, mental health being explored in a neat way, and the running theme of everyone being the absolute worst besides like two or three people!). i really recommend it if you love sadistic video games with eldritch horrors!!

under da tag bc i dont shut up

ciel: ngl. he's the one that gets fucked over by the ancestor and has to build teams to kill eldritch horrors. which is what i thought at first

but...

after thinking, he should be houndmaster and instead of a dog, it's just sebastian, pouting. /j

sebastian: BUT SERIOUSLY- for sebby, i'd like to think maaaybe occultist? there really isn't any classes close to a demon so someone who can summon eldritch horrors to fight other eldritch horrors seems like it'd make sense.

mey rin: musketeer. obvi. she go pew pew!! and also has the WORST ACCURACY IN THE WORLD- (this is personal salt, let me live. been so close to having party wipes)

bard: honestly. highwayman. he has one(1) attack that could count as an explosive. also they kinda have the same haircut!! i think it fits also theres no real explosives in the base game sadly. UNLESS you wanna talk enemies- then there's brigand vvulf who blows things the fuck up because he can! i think that fits him too! kind of!! since brigand is kind of a massive asshole.

finny: OH GOD,,, i had a toughie with this one buuuut- im probably going to go with bounty hunter or leper because of finny's SHEER strength. he's just busted man and you can beat the entire game with leper sooooo yeah! the mean part of me wanted to say abomination but again, thats mean but it's extremely wild to me that they pretty much have the same Tragic Backstory of experimented on for the lols and now just have to deal with it. at least finny got the better end of the stick! poor abomination...

now the reapers! (in order of appearance)

grelle: hellion! she is the biggest girlboss in the game so ofc she'd fit grelle, come on now. the hellion class is extremely broken powerful and puts out an insane amount of damage! a part of me wants to argue grave robber but it doesn't have a lot of flashy and powerful moves- this is mainly considering grelle is the 3rd strongest character in the series iirc.

william: OH ANOTHER HARD ONE- but i think he'd fit being a shieldbreaker! it's a bit of a stretch but hear me out- it's mainly the weapon and it's capabilities that would make william fit the class the most!! also her defensive end seeing as william being pretty good at Not Getting His Shit Wrecked or at least as badly (book of circus is def something i needa rewatch)

undertaker: oh this bitch. i'm probably going to go with the prophet boss! the prophet defied the ancestor by speaking facts and wouldn't die no matter what the ancestor did, kind of like how taker is with the dispatch. also the fact they're both blind but hit like a fucking truck fits!!

ronald: my BOY! now HE'D be grave robber!! he's not really too strong and kinda squishy but can still be formidable if not taken seriously. also the mental image of him hitting an undead with a pickaxe to the face is funny to me-

eric: either highwayman or man-at-arms! both classes are good at taking out a lot of enemies at once and eric is pretty good at killing people <3

alan: OUGH another hard one- i think character wise (more than attack wise), he'd def fit the leper. the leper goes through it and so does alan yet they still kick ass and get the job done!

othello: this dummy! i think antiquarian would fit! antiquarians are support heroes 100% and then they hit like a truck...! a toy truck...! a toy truck that's a stuffie...! unless you get a hit off with "nervous stab" but it's not really all that worth it. OH and the move "protect me" that's pretty much the same as othello using grelle as a meat shield fits.

[justsumtransdude2000]

Honestly need more evil girls in love. Love the idea that all Rita's friends think she's delusional and in a abusive relationship (which it kind of is, ngl, but their both physco and gay and kinda like it and the abuse is mutual), and she's just not. Like, no, you guys don't understand her like I do, but they actually don't understand her how Rita does. And every time they have a convo about it it goes the same. Rita has to be all like; yeah, she stabbed me twice and only took me to the hospital once, but usually the victims don't survive the first and I know for a fact she's never called the ambulance for anyone, so she is very much in love with me and that's how I know - no, Clariese, I'm not delusional she's just psychotic and I find it rather hot gaddamnit. You don't understand - yes, Yasmine, it actually is because she's a girl, because if a man did that to me I'd be calling 911 on him, but boys just aren't as hot when they let you bleed out!

And like, professors know and have tried to stop it mostly because they're tired of being awoken in the middle of the night because Bellatrix threw one too many fire hex and Rita didn't dodge in time and now the halls are ricocheting with her wails, but they go back to each other like bees to honey, and it's just been accepted that they can't be stopped.

Also, disclaimer, but ik this is toxic, and bad, and don't think this should be recreated in real life (if this is happening to you, please seek help/call a hotline/reach out to a friend, no her being a girl doesn't mean she can't be abusive and this is absolutely bad and not your fault and shouldn't have happened), but this dynamic in fanfic/fandom??? Fucking scrumptious.

her evil manipulative demeanour and the way she stabbed me in the stomach with this knife have really made me wanna kiss her idk

[morsobaby]

For your ship thing, how about:

Beloterra (as in belos X terra, I think it's got potential)

Squirrelcrow (Squirreltail X Crowfeather)

Whitestorm X Tigerclaw

Also Jayce X Vic Vs Jayce X Mel?

Beloterra ??/10 uh well I had to mull over this one for a bit ngl. I've looked into it a bit. There was one post that explained and elaborated really well on why they'd make a good pair and it was good! But Belos hates witches. Regardless of how much they may have a good connection with him. But now, if we ignore that part.. Honestly I really have a hard time imagining Belos in any romance? Also Ironically despite being an actual White cracker™ who probably comes from the age that sees homosexuality as a mental illness, I cannot see him liking women lmao. Take this lightheartedly please. But in more seriousness, to me, Belos as a character truly shines in other relationship dynamics. Familial, authorial, antagonistic and so on. There's much more interesting stuff to be done with him and his personal relationships and I just can't really imagine the kind of person in the show that he'd fall for. Ngl I'd probably be annoyed if they gave him a romance in the show (obv. Depends alot on how it's done but Idk). This isn't me going "Bad guys don't get to have romance u_u" at all, this is just me saying I'm not sure how I'd vibe with shipping culture™ + Belos.

But I must admit, I think unrequited romances would be kinda fascinating for him. Either in the case that someone likes him and he doesn't like him back, or the other way around. Just something.. Complicated, ykno?

Anyway, despite that, I definitely accept this ship into my house 👍

Squirrelcrow 5/10 (I think you meant Squirrelflight? Bc I can't really think of who the other one there would be otherwise. Correct me if I'm wrong ofc). Nah. Don't see the appeal. I get that people make the argument that she and Crow coulda played off each other much nicer and had an interesting relationship, also minus the age gap Squilf has to Bramble, which is Def a plus. But meh. I'm not feeling it at all. I see your argument and I can respect it but I don't care about this ship at all. I really really don't think Crowfeather would be much better of a boyfriend than Brambly. Not as bad probably! But not good enough in my eyes. I think either someone else entirely or just. Let her be single and heal. With her friends and family. Please. I don't feel super strongly about this in the negative way either tbh but I definitely don't care for it at all. I ignore it.

Whitetiger 8/10 yes. Nods. I'm not like Uber invested in this ship but I definitely think it's a good one, especially considering what other ships Tigerclaw has in the Fandom.. *side eyes them in mild discomfort*. Anyway. I'm not sure if I have much to comment? I think it's cool how people noticed these two as an item bc before being introduced to the ship I wasn't aware they basically grew up together?? That's dope! I love their sort of. Relationship development I guess? At least as much as the fans have expanded upon it

Jayce x Vic vs Jayce x Mel - okay so. I think I've touched upon this briefly when I mentioned my aro(spec) hcs, and Mel was on it. I don't wanna say I dislike Mel and Jayce's relationship but it's really bland fr. It's painfully obvious how this is just "Man like woman, obviously!". Like Idk if it was just me but right up until they boned i was 90% convinced she'd turn out to be a twist villain or stab him in the back or just, like have some. Suspicious things going on. Her interest and interactions with Jayce were not romantic at all imo, if anything I'd probably have to say it just seemed like pure lust. Which, good for them I guess, that's valid too. But you get what I mean?? There were no sparks. They sure had A dynamic, but not a romantically coded one. To me at least.

With that said I'm not gonna protest the fact that they're together, even though I'm just facepalming at it. I'll just let it exist since clearly that's how they wanna tell this story and apparently one gay couple is their maximum quota for this show (looks at Vi and Cait). However, Jayce and Viktor have an infinitely more interesting dynamic and a much more genuine feeling relationship. They actually seem to have a connection and care for each other as people, to an extent I don't see with Mel. To me it felt like she was more interested in Jayce for his inventions. I honestly do with it woulda been Jayce and Viktor, and not just bc "Gay uwu" but genuinely bc it would be very engaging to explore their relationship develop. Ofc, relationships don't need to be romantic to be engaging. But just, with Jayce being a poster boy of the upper class and Viktor rising up from the dumps, it would create interesting conflict for them! Explore that please! It was so cool seeing them work together bc they play off of each other so well! And they were given actual bonding moments!!!!

I'll just say. They both exist to me, in my heart. The way I see it, Jayce and Mel are queerplatonic and Viktor has Feelings™ for Jayce, who is probably a little suppressed about his own feelings for him. Ofc it does clearly seem that he cares for Mel as well. I don't feel annoyed enough to gloss over that. But to me this is how it works and I'll be fine if they explore Viktor and Jayce's relationship in a meaningful way later on.

Also I'm not hating on Mel btw. Tbh I kinda wish she'd turned out to be a bit more devious, that woulda been interesting to me. I feel like she was only allowed to be interesting towards the end of the season (before that she was honestly just "Hot,,, lady👀👀support Jayce inventions??? She is mysterious and graceful,, in a hot way")