#it's delightful lol

[multi-fandomdisaster]

Am I the only one who finds it interesting just how much Alton Towers decided to change the description for Burial Grounds from last year?

Here's last year's Burial Grounds description: "The Unchosen, a cult obsessive of modern-day fanatics obsessed with the lore of the Beornen invite you to their sacred sanctum of ancient burial grounds. Keep your pace amongst the desecrated realm of unearthed bodies, flaming shrines and monstrous deities. Stay too long and they will choose you too - are you ready? Burial Grounds is a free-flowing outdoor scare zone shadowed by the mighty Wicker Man where you'll encounter the rejectors of modern-day society fulfilling their terrifying primal instincts.”

And here's this year's: “Burial Grounds is a free-flowing outdoor scare zone shadowed by the mighty Wicker Man where you’ll encounter the rejectors of modern-day society fulfilling their haunting primal instincts.”

They just...cut out the entire beginning of the description and changed "terrifying" to "haunting." Which is particularly strange to me considering how much effort last year they put into specifying that the characters we interacted with in Burial Grounds were the Unchosen, NOT the Beornen. The description they put out this year, however, could easily imply that it's the Beornen that we're encountering.

Now for the real question: Will we still be encountering the Unchosen in Burial Grounds, or will it change and we walk through a Beornen ritual instead?

[quibbs]

just had SO much fun with the fallout tv show... i love you missus okey dokey

[boydykedevo]

Hey wait lemme do a spotify wrapped game: what’s the first song on your list that’s not by one of your top five artists and how high is it

[tipsywench]

This wonderful fan account on instagram Imane_Khalif_10 has been translating interviews and this is the funniest one so far (edit: apparently she's deleted her account or switched to a different name)

Imane Khelif, patron goddess of punching the shit out of bullies

[smallishbabes]

NOT GRIAN COPYING JOEL LOL

EDIT: [Joel responded! :D]

[emmavakarian-theirin]

Friendly reminder from Gale

HOW TO TRIGGER:

(Thank you to @chordialy for confirming!)

Condition: Must have already had his weave lesson, teiflings saved.

Dialogue options in order:

> Sounds, er, fun?

> She must be very smart, to have done all that.

> What if she doesn't like me?

> She sounds great. But I was hoping I meant more to you than an animal companion.

- I'm flattered. Is your good opinion so hard to come by?

[shebsart]

Im sick with flu so naturally I picked up my newly bought copy of Howl's Moving Castle which includes DWJ interviews in the back.

And im in love with the way she tells these stories feels like a part of her books.

And my favorite:

The magic in the mundane :)

edit: I'm copying the ID by @princess-of-purple-prose below, thank you!

[ID: Excerpts of printed text which read:

I suppose there's also a biographical element in that Sophie is the eldest of three sisters, and so am I. The idea for Sophie grew out of the time I discovered I had a very severe milk allergy. I almost lost the use of my legs and had to walk with the aid of a stick. I was moderately young, but because of this I suddenly became old.

I had to wait until I knew what Wizard Howl was like. I began to discover Howl about the time when one of my sons took to spending several hours in the bathroom every morning and I got really, really, really annoyed with him.

Where were you when you wrote it? I wrote the book the way I write everything, stretched out on the big sofa in my sitting room, in everyone's way. This often annoys my husband rather a lot.

which made me burst out laughing. I laughed and laughed at the seven league boot, and when I came to the bit where Sophie accidentally makes Howl's suit twenty times too big for him, I laughed so much that I fell off the sofa. My husband was really irritated by this time. He snapped, "You can't be making yourself laugh!" And I gasped, "But I am, I am!" and rolled about on the floor.

Are any of your relatives or friends included in the book? Yes, well the thing that started me off writing the book was a friend of mine who never does her laundry. She has it around the place in huge bags for often as much as a year. When she does tip it all out and try to wash it, she discovers all sorts of clothes that she has forgotten she had.

Which is your favourite part of the book and why? I like the book all over, but I suppose if I had to choose a bit, I'd choose the place where Howl gets a cold. It so happened that when I was writing this bit, my husband caught a bad cold. He is the world's most histrionic cold catcher. He moans, he coughs, he piles on the pathos, he makes strange noises, he blows his nose exactly like a bassoon in a tunnel, he demands bacon sandwiches at all hours, and he is liable to appear (usually wrapped in someone else's dressing gown) at any time, announcing that he is dying of neglect and boredom. So all I had to do was write it down. End ID]

[bacchuschucklefuck]

they licensed his ass

my finished piece of the FWMS (official name definitely 100%) thing we started a few days ago! I had fun I hope folks had and/or continue to have fun with the sketch as well.

[autisticaradiamegido]

day 7

ough i wish i had time to render this properly but im obsessed with felix helping eugene bleach his hair. he did NOT hire a professional he is a box dye in your bathroom with your roommate girlie. just like me fr

[rox-of-iu]

something silly from yesterdays evening class

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[companionquest]

Really is fun how in other Dragon Age games bi companions were often written to not talk about past same-sex relationships (sometimes unless they’re being romanced in a Gay way (see for example: Anders discussing Karl)), while in Veilguard I’ve gotten banter from nearly every single companion about their past gay loves.

Frequent reminders that they’re not “Playersexual,” but textually and canonically queer!! It’s refreshing.

[multi-fandomdisaster]

Welcome to the newest edition of the ✨KINGS ISLAND LORE!!!✨ Mystic Timbers edition!!!

It's been a while since I've done one of these, huh?

As always, my posts about the Kings Island lore will be under the tag #kings island lore. If there's anything you want to know or any questions you have, feel free to let me know! I'm always happy to talk!

Now buckle up, because we're going through the entire timeline of Mystic Timbers!!!

The story of Mystic Timbers - much of which can be heard via the radio of the truck at the ride's entrance (high-quality videos exist on YouTube if you want to give it a listen of your own!) - starts in the year 1982 when the Miami River Lumber Co. purchases forest land just northeast of Rivertown, taking note of the railroad (K.I. and Miami Valley Railroad) in order to transport timber. They get straight to work clearing out the area to build the mill when they come across the foundations of an old wooden shed that once stood on the grounds. Thinking that they've gotten lucky (that's one less foundation they have to put in!), they build a new shed overtop of the foundation of the old one.

A year passes - we're now in 1983 - and construction has finished. Everyone's ready to start working proper when the superintendent of the company disappears, leaving no trace behind beyond a scribbled note next to the coke machine in the workshop that reads "DON'T GO IN THE SHED". Regardless, the mill opens the next day. It was around 2:00 pm when 13 workers who were loading a haul into the shed had an encounter something of paranormal nature (likely with the Mystic Timbers tree, but it's never expressly stated what they encountered) and subsequently ran for their lives, some of them hopping in a truck and accidentally smashing it against a tree by the front gate (we all know what truck that is!). Only 4 out of the 13 people definitively made it out, with the whereabouts or fates of the other 9 unknown to this day.

From here, the lumber company & the surrounding area became overrun by a medusa-like growth of vines as the forest seemingly came to life and nature moved in to reclaimed its land. There was a total of 66 men and women who entered the lumber company and were never seen again during this time. Not long after it opened, the Miami River Lumber Company was shut down, condemned by the authority of Department 47, a fact which we learned via a sign posted on the entrance to the "Abandoned" scare zone in 2023.

The Bureau of Paranormal Activity naturally took an interest in the plant-based paranormal activity of the area and converted the now-abandoned lumber company into an off-base substation (designated "0017") in order to do research the strange goings-on of the lumber mill.

Being a spooky abandoned place with ghost stories now, the Miami River Lumber Co. became a hotbed for urban explorers and dumb teenagers who wanted to check the place out for themselves. While many are eventually deterred by the security guard who's on duty there for the sole purpose of keeping these people out of this highly dangerous paranormal hotspot (which begs the question for many of these explorers: Why would an abandoned lumber company need a security guard?), those who make their way in soon find themselves drawn to the shed, encountering the monster(s) that lie within. Presumably, as the riders, we too are among the unfortunate who were drawn to the shed. It's unknown what our fate is - if we survive the creature at the end or not - but what is known is that there's 3 different stories as to what's in the shed: a bat, a snake, and a tree. Whatever the real answer to the age-old question of "What's in the shed?" is, though, is up to your own interpretation (I'm impartial to the tree myself).

Then in October 2023, something new happened. Those 66 missing people returned, albeit forever changed into monsters themselves. Outsiders would step into Rivertown only to find themselves in a small abandoned lumber village that's haunted by something mysterious which has seemingly come from the forest themselves. It's believed that the human-shaped, chainsaw wielding, flannel-wearing monsters chasing you around are what's left of the old lumber yard workers from the past, but there's no way to truly know for sure. All that is known is that they seem to be evil in nature, and you should probably run for your life.

And that's everything on the story of Mystic Timbers that I've gathered so far! I hope y'all have enjoyed this stupidly long ramble about a really cool wooden roller coaster! Again, if you have any questions/things you'd like me to clarify, feel free to let me know!

UNTIL NEXT TIME!!!

[acid-redux]

I love Mumbo Jumbo's new OC, Big Ron

[wishfulsketching]

Back on my bullshit, it's young Silco time!!!

[heavyheavycream]

feedism kinktober 28: movie star

[mobius-m-mobius]

Happy Birthday David Tennant (ft. his impeccable style) 🥳💖 - April 18th, 1971