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Underratedly, I think it's good for Samsonov to have a veteran goalie who has gone through game 7s on the bench as his backup tonight. Jones may know exactly what Samsonov needs to hear and when
#he played his best when Murray was around!#I'm trying to be optimistic#hockey#nhl#toronto maple leafs#leafs lb#men's hockey#2024 stanley cup playoffs#ilya samsonov#martin jones
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I'm leaving tumblr till I finish Veilguard, I don't want any spoilers ✌🏻
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Jays should all run the bases with the kids after the game today, just to remember what it's like. 😑
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The X-Men comic book announcements are hot today!
Not only are we entering a “Fall of X” but we’re getting a prelude to the Fall called “Before the Fall”
Four new series will launch -- Mutants’ First Strike, Heralds of Apocalypse, The Sinister Four, and Sons of X.
The next X-Men Vote also begins tomorrow.
(Source)
But! Steve Orlando is writing Mutants’ First Strike! Could this be a continuation or offshoot of Marauders?
I mean, I’ve heard strong rumors X-Men Red is definitely NOT cancelled (writer themselves confirmed), even though they haven’t been in the solicits for the past few months. (I assume because it directly leads into Sins of Sinister, it might be on a bit of a break. Same with Immortal X-Men and such).
Hard to say, maybe Marauders is taking the same route?
Anyway, if you’re a fan of Legion of X -- check out Sons of X
Apocalypse/ -- A -- and Genesis (plus the original Four Horsemen) -- check out Heralds of X
You wanna see more Mr. Sinister (and the whole thing going on with card suits) -- The Sinister Four
And for Bishop, Cyclops, Jean Grey (and hopefully Marauder tie-ins) -- Mutants’ First Strike!
#marvel#comic news#marvel comics#jean grey#cyclops#scott summers#apocalypse#en sabah nur#bishop#lucas bishop#nathanial essex#mr sinister#x-men#i mean#I'm trying to be optimistic#seems like were due for a lot of team shake ups tho#too soon to say#but i sure can speculate!#also the next x-men vote
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Maybe it's good we have two cakes... it's like- a party game! Yeah! :3
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I can't wait to get my own house, so I can give my deities the altars they deserve.
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posting this now even tho its a shitty sketch currently but idk when ill get the energy to finish it soooo...
man am I looking forward to this reunion lmfao. oscar buddy as many questions as we fans have for you, ward will have so much more
"it's called being a monsterfucker, ward, you should try it sometime" ~Oscar, probably. I have a feeling he knows that term. I have a feeling Mr "the earth is fla-bbergasting" has a Tumblr. just a hunch.
Edit: fucked up and forgot to add this. This is fanart for a comic called Marble Sky you can find here on Tumblr by @somerandomdudelmao
#marble sky#marble sky fanart#Oscar (marble sky)#Ward (marble sky)#the kalidescope view#art wip#hey. hey oscar buddy. what the shit?#what the shit was that?#I'm trying to be cautiously optimistic and root for you#and you're making it a bid hard!!#hey guys. how are we doing after that last update. I'm doing. well..mhm#if I had a nickel for every horror-ish fandom I got into by accident#i'd have two nickels#which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice#behold! my stuff
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For those of you who have finished today's episode, think of it this way: these events have increased the chances of more homoerotic tension between Tony and doctor Mann significantly.
#dndads#dndads spoilers#I'M TRYING TO BE OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THIS OKAY#the peachyville horror#tony collette#dungeons and daddies#dndads s3 ep 5#dr. mann#you know if he makes it to the hospital at all (very good chance that he won't)#Reblogs turned off for now to prevent spam reblogs sorry :(
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It's September 2024 when I'm reblogging this. Just a year ago, as in September 2023, I would have only imagined something like the screenshot provided by @notaplaceofhonour from parody accounts. But nope, we are really at this point. This actually happened this year.
On the plus side, lots of employers are going to be very dubious about Columbia University credentials in the future. Which isn't good for any students who didn't join the protests & isn't an antisemitic Kool-Aid drinker, but if their students are unemployable because of the toxic rhetoric that the faculty has allowed to flourish, that might force Columbia to eventually cut out the social cancer they've allowed to grow unchecked.
Columbia Encampment: “We support Hamas and the destruction of Israel!”
Jews and multiple faculty at Columbia: “This… seems dangerous & violent?”
everybody else for months: “Psshhh no the Columbia encampment it’s just a peaceful anti-war protest! They just want Columbia to divest from the Israeli government!”
Columbia encampment: “In no uncertain terms, we are trying to extend the success of October 7th to America in the form of unrest and violence to bring about the total collapse of our University & eradicate America.”
#columbia university#leftist antisemitism#students for justice in palestine#horseshoe theory#student encampment#i'm trying to be optimistic#it's hard
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Nirvana in Fire and Ask a Manager (Part 1)
#nirvana in fire#琅琊榜#ask a manager#i'm back (kind of)#and trying something new#optimistically assuming there will be more than one part
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*sigh* thoughts on Nintendo's botw/totk timeline shenanigans and tomfoolery?
tbh. my maybe-unpopular opinion is that the timeline is only important when a game's place on the timeline seriously informs the way their narrative progresses. the problem is that before botw we almost NEVER got games where it didn't matter. it matters for skyward sword because it's the beginning, and it matters for tp/ww/alttp (and their respective sequels) because the choices the hero of time makes explicitly inform the narrative of those games in one way or another. it matters which timeline we're in for those games because these cycles we're seeing are close enough to oot's cycle that they're still feeling the effects of his choices. botw, however, takes place at minimum 10 thousand years after oot, so its place on the timeline actually functionally means nothing. botw is completely divorced from the hero of time & his story, so what he does is a nonissue in the context of botw link and zelda's story. thus, which timeline botw happens in is a nonissue. honestly I kind of liked the idea that it happened in all of them. i think there's a cool idea of inevitability that can be played with there. but the point is that the timeline exists to enhance and fill in the lore of games that need it, and botw/totk don't really need it because the devs finally realized they could make a game without the hero of time in it.
#i really do have a love-hate relationship with this timeline#because it's FASCINATING lore. genuinely. and i think it carries over the themes of certain games REALLY well#but i also think it's indicative of a trend in loz's writing that has REALLY annoyed me for a long time#which is this intense need to cling to oot#and on a certain level i get it. that was your most successful game probably ever. and it was an AMAZING game.#and i think there's definitely some corporate profit maximization tied up in this too--oot was an insane commercial success therefore you'r#not allowed to make new games we need you to just remake oot forever and ever#and that really annoys me because it makes certain games feel disjointed at best and barely-coherent at worst.#i think the best zelda games on the market are the ones where the devs were allowed to really push what they were working with#oot. majora. botw. hell i'd even put minish cap in there#these are games that don't quite follow what was the standard zelda gameplay at their time of release. they were experimental in some way#whether that be with graphics or puzzle mechanics or open-world or the gameplay premise in its entirety. there's something NEW there#and because the devs of those games were given that level of freedom the gameplay really enforces the narrative. everything feels complete#and designed to work together. as opposed to gameplay that feels disjointed or fights against story beats. you know??#so I think that the willingness to allow botw and totk to exist independently from the timeline is good at the very least from a developmen#standpoint because it implies a willingness to. stop making shitty oot remakes and let developers do something interesting.#and yes i do very much fear that the next 20 years of zelda will be shitty BOTW remakes now#in which botw link appears and undergoes the most insane character assassination youve ever seen in your life#but im trying to be optimistic here. if botw/totk can exist outside the timeline then we may no longer be stuck in the remake death loop#and i'm taking eow as a good sign (so far) that we're out of the death loop!! because that game looks NOTHING like botw or oot.#fingers crossed!!#anyway sorry for the game dev rant but tldr timeline good except when it's bad#asks#zelda analysis
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New Zelda!!! i love her already
#g3 does an art#legend of zelda#loz art#echoes of wisdom#eow zelda#eow tri#playable zelda!!!#90% sure she's the oracles zelda too#which has me so excited#trying to manage my expectations#since t/otk disappointed me so much#but i'm cautiously optimistic#mostly i'm just happy we're finally getting 2d zeldas again
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I will never be able to do the sunset scene justice. I will never be able to recreate the most beautiful, romantic confession, character growth showing, most heart-pouring-out mushy bits you ever did see in a githyanki. Because I.
Am a fool.
Who really wanted a dialogue option asking if keeping an illithid in the squad was gonna be a deal-breaker with this relationship.
Probably woulda ruined the tender moment pitching the piña colada friendship there.
....100% it would.
#baldur's gate 3#bg3 spoilers#bg3#bg3 fanart#bg3 comic#lae'zel#greygold#babe's taking that protective love language very seriously#But seriously every conversation with lae'zel during act 3 felt like I was one wrong dialogue option away with her breaking up with me#The dawning horror when you realize the sole joy of your life is trying to befriend your brain-eating mortal enemy#The dawning horror when you realize you've placed all your joy in an optimistically delusional fool#This is probably validating Lae'zel's fear of sharing her heart#because she placed her heart in Greyg and Greyg is now cowabungaing off a cliff into redeem-the-irredeemable-or-die-trying-ville#I'm so sorry Lae'zel kladjfkdjf#remember when I said relationships can get bumpy~?
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"RIP to KaiShin shippers" this
"My sincerest condolences to the KaiShin nation" that
FOOLS! You think it will stop us or prevent us from shipping KaiShin?
I won't lie, the revelation hit us badly but we will rise like the phoenix, stronger than ever, and keep shipping them and making and enjoying content about them, no matter what movie 27 revealed.
The KaiShin nation will go on!
#detective conan#dcmk#dcmk spoilers#kaishin#kudou shinichi#kaitou kid#kuroba kaito#detective conan spoilers#movie 27#I'm trying to be optimistic because honestly those spoilers are freaking me out haha#of course I think some people will stop shipping them#maybe even delete their content#I understand#I can't tell it makes me happy but I understand#I won't force these people if shipping kaishin make them feel bad#but it's important than other fans will keep shipping and making content#the kaishin side of the fandom must not disappear
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What did/do you like about Pharah?
Uh, gameplay-wise, I really love characters in shooters who rely on three-dimensional movement techs. Chaining together hover and jump to stay in the air for as long as possible and keep momentum is so satisfying, and picking enemies off from the sky made me feel like a bird of prey. I was a good Pharah main.
Story-wise, there unfortunately isn't much to canonically go off because Pharah is so underutilized and neglected. Her personality's pretty boilerplate "heroic hero" (she's literally inspired by Captain America).
But it's the crumbs/bits and pieces that I really latched onto. Pharah's a confirmed lesbian; her short story with Baptiste implies she harbors a crush on Mercy (fucking thank you.). She's biracial Egyptian/First Nations. She has major mommy issues, having grown up both admiring and resenting Ana. She's the bridge between Old Overwatch, inspired by the idealized heroes who surrounded her childhood, and New Overwatch. She's one of the only inter-generational characters in the cast; someone whose experiences span the gap, which is why I seriously believe Pharah would make a great main character.
There isn't much to go off of, though; she's a very uncomplicated character (she's a soldier for a private military corporation, lol.). But that just means she's a blank slate character, so I've seen fanfic writers run wild and create some really interesting takes on her. My favorite interpretation of her's a dense, herbo gym-bro type (a lot of her liens are about work outs, exercising, and playing sports) who's easily excitable under her seemingly self-serious, armored visage. We see how she tends to gloat and hype herself up when she's on a streak too, so Pharah definitely has a competitive and boastful side under her more professional and militant performance.
Now Mercy? Mercy is a real complex character.
#i was a diehard pharmercy shipper back then btw#the inherent homoerotic experience of pharmercy gameplay.#the homoerotic experience of looking to the skies to fly to safety under the protection of your knight in shining armor#the homoerotic experience of feeling white hot murderous rage at an enemy trying to pick off your pocket mercy#i still kinda despise gency lmao. you cannot convince me mercy would be in love with genji. at all.#he'd make her feel so uncomfortable and guilty. in my head. the canon is obviously different#gency is sexless. absolutely zero bite or tension.#i could go on about mercy and how her character has so much missed potential#i'm no longer in my overwatch fandom phase but#i still think about that new flirty line they added in ow2 where mercy goes “ahh you're like my knight in shining armor!”#and pharah goes “that's what i'm goin for ;)” and i sigh dreamily#really happy that pharah outright says she's a lesbian too but it's hard to feel good about rep when you know blizzard uses it for pr#to be honest i'm willing to bet cash that blizzard's keeping pharmercy in their back pocket as ammo for the next controversy#last year we already saw logs about pharah fretting and taking care of mercy and the two talking about how good it is to see each other#tbh pharah has the same energy/demeanor as applejack. cheerful and competitive in a can of whoopass#but yeah overall pharah's a pretty shallow character. i have IDEAS on how i'd go about deepening her but. whatever#that's sorta what happens when you have to juggle a cast of 40 characters. a lot get left with the bare minimum#ok so i wrote this entire post up saying that pharah isn't in ow2's storymode when she is. she's in the story i just. forgot#because she doesn't do or contribute anything interesting#ok i'm stopping here. overwatch's story is such an interesting narrative mess i could go on for hours#i dunno how you come up with such incredible character designs and give them such an unincredible story#it's also so so so interesting seeing the conflicting takes on characters the writers have#mercy in gameplay and voicelines is peppy and cheerful and optimistic#but mercy in the storymode journal logs is tired. jaded. a total shut in who forgets to leave her room and social#and YES! THAT'S WHAT I WANT!!! THAT'S MERCY TO ME!!! THE DOCTOR WHO FORGETS TO TAKE CARE OF HERSELF#ask me#anon
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I stg if they make TBOSAS out to be this thing of like "Lucy Gray betrayed Snow and broke his heart and that's why he was how he was in THG" I'm gonna lose it.
Coriolanus Snow may have thought he loved Lucy Gray Baird, but it was always conditional on how long he could keep her. As soon as he knew she saw him for what he was and didn't trust him, he knew he had to get rid of her. Don't get it twisted.
TBOSAS is not a love story, Snow is not the victim.
He may have thought he loved her, but he loved power and standing more.
#I'm trying to be cautiously optimistic about this movie because i want it to be good#but then i remember what they did to the THG movies and get all upset again#tbosas#the ballad of songbirds and snakes#the hunger games
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