#impossible decision

[astrid-beck]

Okay I'm only 15 seconds in and I'm wondering if I should actually not watch this so I can be not spoiled for campaign 3. Like I know they said this can stand alone but maybe the Mystery is worth preserving. The joy of discovery if you will.

[skyward-floored]

I've got an ask sitting in my askbox asking what my favorite whumptober is that I've ever written and... I honestly have no clue. I've got 70+ whumptober fics man. I can't pick just one T^T

[recents]

as a writer my relationship with dragon age can be summed up by that one interview where it’s gaider, jhep and someone else talking about the exalted march dlc, and at one point someone brings up, “yeah we were gonna have you meet justice still inside of kristoff and he’d be like, ‘kirkwall? i never went to kirkwall.’”

and in the five seconds before i read the next line my brain went, holy shit that’s genius— so anders was never possessed? he was just radicalized the way anyone who had his experiences would be? and the possession was an invention of varric’s— maybe he mentioned justice to varric over drinks once— an exoneration, an insanity plea, and, subconsciously, a personal way of coping with the fact that his friend did something that ripped his home apart. holy shit, that is actually such an incredible way of using the frame story of da2, what the fuck—

and then the next line someone else says, “yep, because the demon that possessed anders was just a random demon that tricked him into thinking it was justice.”

and im just like oh. right. this is dragon age. ok.

[kacievvbbbb]

This is so shanks coded to me. Like he just keeps losing people and he never learns how to deal with it. So much so that he becomes the abandoning parent. He literally knows nothing else all he has as a frame of reference is all the adult figures in his life leaving him and telling him it is for the best. So why exactly wouldn’t he believe that the best way to love someone is by letting go?

He does it to Luffy, he does it to Uta and in some ways he does it to Buggy and Mihawk too. Because he never just asks them to stay. He lets Buggy run out of his life even though it was pretty obvious that Buggy wanted Shanks to fight for this to take a stand a real one on a conviction for once and he…doesn’t, he just lets buggy leave.

And then he hitches his wagon to the most flighty (dude is literally a bird motif 😭) mother fucker he can find. he lets Mihawk wander in and out of his life as he pleases regardless of what is best for either of them. Because maybe Mihawk has nothing better to do 👀. Maybe he would say yes now if Shanks asks. but Shanks would rather die than ask, would cut off his other arm before he even attempted to “clip Mihawk’s wings”

And that’s like the truth of it. Shanks has been abandoned by every person that has ever loved him besides his crew and he knows they will never leave him. But Maybe he just wants someone to stay not because they call him captain.

[haze-of-hyperfixations]

wait, hold on.

"i need you to always be devout, and comply with this, or we'll all die in this, okay?" was right before Eurylochus went against orders to open the bag. and Odysseus was right, people died for it.

and Eurylochus doesn't go against a direct order after that. because he's learned what happens when he does.

but then Odysseus orders him to light up six torches, and he does it without question. because why would he question it? Odysseus knows what he's doing, of course he does.

then six men die. and Eurylochus is faced with the truth that there is no way to avoid tragedy. all paths lead to the same end. rebel against your captain, your friends die because of you. follow orders, your friends die because of you. there's no escaping the death that follows them, and Eurylochus always ends up with unintentional blood on his hands. he's exhausted.

"Ody, we're never gonna get to make it home, you know it's true."

[tobethemselves]

I’d love to know why Louis is ONCE AGAUN forced to stunt! WTF! Why?!!!

I understand your frustration but this is sadly the reality for a lot of closeted people in the industry. And if you look at what happens in the US and so many other countries at the moment, I think it's really clear why Louis and Harry decide to stay in the closet for now, and stunting to appear straight is part of that.

And as much as a lot of us hate it, it's a big part of the industry in general too. Not only for queer people, a lot of stars use this for several different reasons, mostly to promote a project of theirs, stay relevant and create stories that will keep their names in the press.

Apart from that I don't really see Louis or Harry being forced to do it anymore. If they are stunting now, it's definitely something they agreed on. And that doesn't mean that it's their fault, it means I think they have more ability to have a say in things since they started their solo careers.

If you want to read more about why so many stars including HL do stunts you can look through my hashtags PR STUNTS, LOUIS' CAREER and MUSIC INDUSTRY. And I also recommend reading these posts here and here.

@daisiesonafield-blog has a lot of information on her blog too, it's very organized if you go there on web.

[pjotrio]

Why was Annabeth so uncomfortable with what Percy did to Akhlys? What's so different about using poison instead of a sword?

Well to be honest it was probably less so the poison and more so what he was doing with said poison; because it wasn't fighting, nor was it a quick kill with a slash of the sword.

It was torture.

Which is a terrifying act to see your partner commit, even if you have a history of fighting together on the battlefield. It's not something she's used to seeing from him and neither is poison-bending, so in that moment of terror I can see why she would latch onto the poison in fear.

[blueskittlesart]

is detcon actually good

no <3 hope this helps

[florida3exclamationpoints]

ouat text posts: rumple (pt. 24)

[chronicowboy]

somehow only just occurred to me that eddie coming back for the funeral means a buck dropping eddie off at the airport scene is feasibly in the cards...

[screechingfromthevoid]

I think, no matter what happens, Bell's Hells being framed as villains is a little far fetched. In the total hypothetical tpk.

There are so many people to speak on the character of the group. Keyleth would not have anyone speaking ill of Orym. I don't think Zeru would let anyone say a bad word about either of his sons. Jiana might have had Ashton on a short leash but she trusted them enough not to disappoint her, to not lie to her. Ajit Dayal knows they were doing good. Caleb believed in Imogen, in Bell's Hells.

People in high places knew and loved Bell's Hells. Their names will be clear.

They probably won't be regarded as heros. They will have failed, after all. But they will not go the way of Vespin Chloras. He was alone in his ventures for godhood. Bell's Hells gathered trust and allies to be elected to face a god eater.

It's not their fault. They're just mortals caught in the fire of God's games.

[madou-dilou]

he wants to matter, he wants you to see the blood he's spilling

[andrew-the-lego-maniac-mandrew]

Act Your Age is the best worst episode of Phineas and Ferb

[geodesick]

[ID: a drawing of pye from outer wilds, standing with her writing staff. she's wearing an orange nomai space suit without the helmet, and she has a light brown face with curly darker brown fur. end ID]

figuring out how i want to draw the nomai, so here's a pye since i am obsessed with her !!!

[superbat-lmao]

Several items were spread across the tray. It glared in the harsh lighting.

Knife, gun, shears, barbed wire, power drill. More out of sight.

Fingers dug the gag out of his mouth and held his face towards their captor.

The man picked up the knife.

“Choose.”

“What?”

Nightwing coughed harshly after the question. He couldn’t see his brothers in his periphery anymore from the grip the man had on his face.

“Which one gets the knife. Choose.”

“Me.”

“No. Choose.”

He fought against the restraints to no avail.

The man grinned.

“Red Hood.”

Red Hood grunted from behind the gag.

Fingers were on Nightwing’s face again and he clenched his teeth around the fabric. Then the hand was gone.

Next to him, the man grabbed at the gag in Hood’s mouth.

Jason spat at him and was backhanded.

The man picked up the barbed wire.

“Choose.”

“Me.”

The man tsk’d and struck him again.

“Choose.”

“Nightwing.”

Nightwing flinched and clenched his teeth.

Hood’s gag was replaced.

He couldn’t see Red Robin from his position in the line-up but he saw Hood stiffen.

The man held the drill.

“Choose.”

“Me.”

Red Robin was backhanded.

“Choose.”

Red Robin stayed silent. All Nightwing could hear was labored breathing.

“All then. I will start with the smallest.”

“No! I will choose!”

“Choose.”

Nightwing braced himself for pain.

“Red Hood.”

Nightwing could not describe the noise his brother made.

The man replaced the gag.

Nightwing couldn’t see Robin, but he heard his sharp inhale.

He was holding the gun.

“Choose.”

Nightwing was thrashing. Robin had to choose him. He was the oldest. Red Robin should have chosen him. He couldn’t stop fighting.

“I will start with the first.”

“No.”

“Choose.”

“Red Hood.”

There was blood everywhere that Nightwing was wrapped in the wire. He thrashed harder.

The gun went off.

Fingers were in his mouth again.

The man held shears.

“Choose.”