#it's very complicated

[rainbow-flavoured-skittles]

haunted monastery cursed edition in a nutshell

[narsh-poptarts]

it's all fun and games until you become a little obsessed with the npc you only half helped create

love you, Robyn (she/her), hope you and Gozzi can become friends

[logansargey]

Can you explain the nicknames that you made Jenson and Nico give Logan? I love your stories about them 🫶🏻

Yes! Thank you!

Okay so. I chose Logan's nickname with a bit of thought, actually.

Nico calls Logan "Sonnenschein" which is German for sunshine. I chose that because my father calls my brother that, and I always thought that it was adorable.

Jenson calls Logan "bear" because of Logan's famous nickname "logie bear" and I thought, why not? Bear is also chosen for Logan because (in my rpf world) people think Jenson calls him that because he's threatening and scary, but actually it's because of Logan wanting to cuddle his dads all the time (like a teddy bear.) So Jenson chose bear. (And so did I)

I also chose Logan to have the last name "Button-Rosberg" because I have a whole storyline already planned out for this series and the last name Sargeant will make an appearance in a bit. 👀

[cryptid-crusader]

Reading Umineko no Naku Koro ni is frustrating because I can't decide if I want to be like Beatrice, be the object of Beatrice's affection/bullying, or strangle Beatrice with my bare hands. :)

[baronessblixen]

Hi-- I never watched Ted Lasso; but I saw the hype on Twitter... did it end badly??? Because the bits of discourse I saw were pretty blatant about how it 'should' have ended thematically. Was the ending better as it is? Or is it another "WHY" moment (like Succession? I think?)

Regardless, hope you enjoyed it. :))))

If you ever feel like watching a wonderful show full of hope and kindness, you should watch Ted Lasso! The first two seasons are the best. Which brings me to the finale - and kind of the whole third season. I don't watch Succession, so I have no idea what happened there.

I've seen the Ted Lasso ending compared to HIMYM several times now - though HIMYM was like 10000 times worse if you ask me. The Ted Lasso finale wasn't "bad". Not like that. I can obviously only speak for myself and my feelings. The whole thing just felt unfinished and unsatisfactory. The main character - Ted Lasso - ended right back where he started and it just feels... like something is missing. The whole season felt a bit like that.

What is interesting to me personally is the comparison between Ted Lasso and HIMYM cause both shows knew exactly how they wanted to end. With HIMYM it made no sense whatsoever cause the show went in a completely different direction and with Ted Lasso it seemed to make sense cause they said three seasons and that would be it. I thought okay, they have a plan, and know what they're doing. I'm sure they did, but something felt off about the season, and now about the finale too.

I very much enjoyed the show as a whole. As for the finale, time will tell.

[bloodyspade0000]

Haizaki falls first. But, Kise falls harder.

[mkstrigidae]

I'm developing so much more sympathy for GRRM's habit of going off and writing prequels and smaller vignettes while he's working on TWoW. I'm sitting here trying to work on APWH and the gremlin in my brain is like 'Edmure and Roslin pov story nownownow'.

[commanderhorncleaver]

Gaius's thoughts on Smodur? (@ratasum)

Gaius, for an extended period, rather idolized Smodur? This tapered off long before Icebrood Saga, but the most notable point for it during the run of the game is the early part of LW1, when the player is allowed to investigate/meet with the refugees in the Citadel, as well as dick around and see what the defense Quorum is up to before meeting with Rytlock. Apparently, the guards aren't supposed to let people through, but the commander's got special privileges, and you can talk to Smodur there--though I imagine the interaction is brief, as it is in-game, Gaius comes away from it all but preening.

Smodur, for all intents and purposes, was the epitome of what it meant to be Iron Legion, so Gaius had an inextricable desire to impress him. And then Gaius' viewpoint continues to grow and develop, on account of being the commander and most notably, while dead, he meets the ghost of a charr who died in a skirmish with Flame, and he suddenly recognizes how it all sucks.

IBS comes along and he's... not in a much happier spot. Smodur totes him around, and where just years ago he'd have reveled in it, he recognizes just how shitty it is. Then of course, killing Cinder.

Overall, his feelings towards Smodur are complicated--as someone who was also very much part of the War Machine of legion life, someone who lived and aspired to be part of the propaganda, he understands where Smodur is at, especially because not only is he a part of it, he is in charge--Smodur has very real responsibility, and in the face of that, it's hard to face change.

Gaius doesn't agree with most of the things of his relevance during IBS, or even political things we aren't necessarily privy too, but he also knows that Smodur was pretty progressive in a lot of ways, too, and appreciates that.

[bonzai-bunny]

my sexuality be like

yes i'm bi

yes i'm a lesbian

yes i'm ace

hope that helps

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

License to Kitty.

[saltybiowarefantears]

me: why does my anxiety, stress, depression, etc feel higher than usual?

my phone record:

[oddlyspecificquestion]

a few days ago I visited a cathedral where they played gregorian chants in the background the whole time. 10/10 experience, I think every church should do that

[inkskinned]

you're in the habit of denying yourself things.

if someone asked you directly, you would say that you love a little treat. you like iced coffee and getting the cookie. you drink juice out of a fancy cup sometimes, and often do use your candles until they gutter out helplessly.

but you hesitate about buying the 20 dollar hand mixer because, like. you could just use your arms. you weren't raised rich. you don't get to just spend the 20 dollars (remember when that could cover lunch?), at least - you don't spend that without agonizing over it first, trying to figure out the cost-benefits like you are defending yourself in front of a jury. yes, this rice cooker could seriously help you. but you do know how to make stovetop rice and it really isn't that hard. how many pies or brownies would you actually make, in order to make that hand mixer worthwhile?

what's wild is that if the money was for a friend, it would already be spent. you'd fork over 40 without blinking an eye, just to make them happy. the difference is that it's for you, so you need to justify it.

and it sneaks in. you ration yourself without meaning to - you don't finish the pint of ice cream, even though you want to. the next time you go to the store, you say ah, i really shouldn't, and then you walk away. you save little bits of your precious things - just in case. sometimes you even go so far as putting that one thing in your shopping cart. and then just leaving it there, because maybe-one-day, but not right now, there's other stuff going on.

you do self-care, of course. but you don't do it more than like, 3 days in a row. after that it just feels a little bit over-the-edge. like. you can't live in decadence, the economy is so bad right now, kid.

so you don't buy the rice cooker. you can-and-will spend the time over the stove. you can withstand the little sorrows. denial and discipline are practically synonyms. and you're not spoiled.

it's just - it's not always a rice cooker. sometimes it is a person or a job or a hug. sometimes it is asking for help. sometimes it is the summer and your college degree. sometimes it is looking down at scabbed knees and feeling a strange kind of falling, like you can't even recognize the girl you used to be. sometimes it is your handprint looking unsteady.

sometimes it is tuesday, and you didn't get fired, and you want to celebrate. but what is it you like, even? you search around your little heart and come up empty. you're so used to denying that all your desires draw a blank.

oh fuck. see, this is the perfect opportunity. if you had a mixer, you'd make a cake.

[feralforbeanix]

He loved her immediately I'm gonna cry

[notbecauseofvictories]

I'm re-reading the Discworld series for reasons, and honestly the most relatable part of reading these as an adult is how many of the protagonists start out being tired, used to their little routine and vaguely disgruntled by the interruption of the Plot. Sam Vimes wants to lie drunk in a gutter and absolutely doesn't want to be arresting dragons. Rincewind is yanked into every situation he's ever encountered, though he'd much rather be lying in a gutter too. (Minus the alcohol. Plus regretting everything he's ever done said witnessed or even heard about fourth-hand in his whole life.) Granny Weatherwax is deeply suspicious of foreign parts and that includes the next town over; Nanny has leaned into the armor of "nothing ever happens to jolly grannies who terrorize their daughters-in-law and make Saucy Jokes"

Only the young people don't seem to have picked up on this---and that's fortunate, because someone has to run around making things happen, if only so Vimes and Granny and Rincewind have a reason to get up (complaining bitterly the whole time) and put it all to rights. Without Carrot, Margrat, Eric, etc. these characters don't have that reason; they're likely to stay in the metaphorical gutter and keep wondering where it all went wrong or why anything has to change.

............well, that's not quite true. You get the sense that Vetinari knows how much certain people hate the Plot. And as the person sitting behind the metaphorical lighting board of Ankh-Morpork, he takes no small pleasure in forcing the Plot-haters specifically to stand up, and say some lines.

[glacier-shrimp]

Some flowers for you ❤️