#is the best possible option

[skrrtscree]

DRAGON HUBBY JUST LANDED IN MISTRIA BABY WHATS UP~~

[nellasbookplanet]

Just started watching ep. 118 (yes I know I'm behind, I've been busy playing Prey and writing essays on Octavia Butler with life) and in listening to Ludinus' monologue I had a thought about a specific disconnect that cause many, in universe as well of out of it, to view the gods as tyrants. Imogen points it out when Ludinus laments about his family being collateral damage in the battle between the Lawbearer and the Crawling King: would he rather the Crawling King have been unleashed on the world to wreak havoc uncontested? (to which his response was a long silence and glaring at her)

It’s an inability to understand and accept the true scale and nuance the gods operate on, and in doing so choosing to place individual suffering and slights over ultimate consequences that may, and often do, affect the entire world. Yes it’s horrible that the gods struck down Aeor - but they were defending themselves against a weapon of mass destruction, and any other action would have been akin to lining themselves up to be shot. Yes it sucks that the Titans, who were there first, were killed - but they were trying to exterminate all mortals. Yes the deaths during the Calamity were unforgivable - but the alternative would've been to let the Betrayers kill everyone. Yes it’s horrible that the primes wouldn’t let their champions oppose Lolth in taking Opal - but they are in the middle of a battle for the world in which all hands are needed, and losing champions to a minor skirmish when they want the same thing would be pointless. Yes it’s unfair that the gods won’t personally step in and help every little person suffering, such as Ashton and Laudna - but they're literally gods responsible for the lives and afterlives of millions, and also separated by the Divine Gate, which was literally erected to protect mortals from the fallout of too much divine meddling.

When pressed, Ludinus switches to saying that it isn't the collateral itself that is the problem, but that the gods won’t personally remember and beg forgiveness for every single life lost. In saying this, he also claims that he is different - but is he? Does he honor the lives of Orym's family? The children tortured under Trent and other suffering caused by the Cerberus Assembly? The thousands lost in the war between the Empire and the Dynasty because he wanted his own beacon? The entire city of Molaesmyr? Does he even remember the many individuals indoctrinated into his cult and lost in the ensuing battle?

In the end, it isn't about collateral, or honoring those sacrificed. It's that he finds his suffering uniquely bad, and his goals uniquely warranted. Only HE (and people who want the same exact thing as him) has the right to make desicions that affect all of Exandria.

[spookierz]

stardew valley alex with a knee brace guys. stardew valley alex with reoccuring issues from sports injuries. stardew valley alex with cognitive difficulties and chronic migraines from a tbi. stardew valley alex who is disabled....

[fabledfinefox]

matt is such a nicknames guy. he’s constantly referring to dan by pet names. a lot of the time, the others have to figure out who he’s talking about via context clues because he’ll come up with a new name for everyone three times a week.

kevin hates nicknames because he’s The Kevin Day thank you very much, he’s very proud of his name, fame and legacy, he doesn’t need to be anything else. matt compromises by mostly calling him kev instead of anything that only makes sense to matt (kevin still hates it)

they all think matt can’t tell the twins apart more than anyone else but he actually thinks it’s the funniest inside joke ever (to literally only himself, to him it’s so obvious he doesn’t bother explaining it) to mix up their names and pretend they’re each other

he uses neil’s name the most often, as he knows how hard neil fought to have that name and make it his and he would never want to take away from that (neil actually finds it interesting to go by different names just for fun instead of survival)

[vynnyal]

Of all games why this one

[xxplastic-cubexx]

so like do you think they made the plastic wheelchair ALONGSIDE the plastic prison as a Just In Case situation, only after they realized charles was going to be a frequent visitor, or both as in because they knew charles was going to be the only person visiting him during planning they decided to make him a chair ahead of time

[rowenabean]

friends it is time for the annual

Don't Get SAD Plan

I was starting to think maybe it was time and then I realised today is the equinox so: northern hemisphere friends, this is your official handover of the sun. Look after her, we want her back in a few months. you can ignore the rest of this post

but for those of us in the Glorious Southern Hemisphere: time to beat the SAD sads!

my plan encompasses 3 domains: figure out what to revel in in the season, create things to look forward to, and also cover the basics: food, move your body, vitamin D. The specifics are slightly different to last year (the first time I made an official plan) but the domains remain the same.

This year's plan for me:

spend time outside first thing in the morning

fairy lights go UP when daylight savings kicks in

sit around the fireplace (big win of this year: I have a fireplace) with fancy hot chocolates (I reserve the really good, melt your own dark chocolate style hot chocolates for the winter months)

daily walk

knit a sweater (this is the same sweater as last year)

find or make at least 1-2 cozy winter-only outfits (non-knit)

find mulled wine/cider occasions

plan a holiday in July/August

Everyone else in this hemisphere is very welcome to join me in a don't get SAD plan! (Name optional, I just find the acronym entertaining.) I did come up with it myself but based on conversations with an excellent psychologist when I was in the throes of my SAD the previous year, and it really truly made a difference

[frankensteined]

character designs of all time pt2

[ohitslen]

Part 1 of this thing that doesn’t actually have a steady flow

But wouldn’t it be so funny that the guy you get along with just fine is the brother of the guy that you feel like wanting to shower after making eye contact? Because I think it is

Apologies for the weird colors I did my best with the lighting I have 🧎‍♀️

[dadvans]

WELL THAT SETTLES IT BOB NEWHART NANDERMO ENDING I’M GONNA EAT MY WAY TO THE MOLTEN CORE OF THE EARTH

[deliriousblue]

they grow up so fast,,

[taco-bee]

"My first fictional crush was shego, she's the hottest cartoon villain"

OK BUT WE ARE MISSING A VERY IMPORTANT PERSON HERE

WHO IS RIGHT. THERE. (not Ron, love you but this post isn't about you)

DOCTOR DRAKKEN.

[torchickentacos]

heating pads aren't enough. i need a foreman grill facedown on my abdomen

[whatever-letmebe]

I just spent a solid thirty minutes trying to write a post about the conversation Shaopeng had with his parents in the hospital room and how it really touched me but it would take at least 3000 words to express all my thoughts and I am tired. What I want to do is show you how disabled children are encouraged to always work hard and do better and master new skills in various therapies (occupational therapy, speech and langage therapy etc.) and praised when they do well. and then we can look at each other in understanding because of course Shaopeng internalized all that pressure to be strong and of course he felt like he had to compensate for his deafness instead of asking hearing people to accommodate him and of course he learned that acting like he doesn't struggle is how he can make his mother happy. If you've been that kid or worked with that kid, you get what I'm talking about.

[jaycecore]

important question that’s been eating at me. assuming cait would be the maid of honor, who would be the best man at jayvik’s wedding?