#justice would be part of the 'you're making it hard for me to care abt this character' group if i didnt know abt him showing up in da2 prob

[windupaidoneus]

ok ive finished the dlc so now i can properly say my least favourite thing about dragon age awakening is that the women feel like an afterthought & don't fit in the group at all. & i want to care about them & their banter so much. but i really don't because the game is giving me fucking nothing

[miss-vanta-likes-to-write]

Speaking of colleges what abt Simeon x graduating reader. She’s graduating from Yale law or smth and doesn’t have much support from her family bc of their outdated views on how women should be/ act like .So Simeon shows up to her graduation to support her? Sorry I just love fluff omg

Sorry this took so long, and this was written with moments of me being lucid, lol. I like how it turned out. Thank you for trusting me to bring this to fruition.

Pairing: Simon x Reader

Title: And you came? Just for me?

CW: None fluff

It had been a long time coming, four years plus the two year accelerated law school, and you're finally done. What should be a day filled with happiness settled in your bones as dread. Your family, while they sent you off to school, did ao with the idea that you would be getting your Mrs degree. So when you ended up with a bachelor's instead of an eligible bachelor, they were dismayed. They spent a good deal of money on your sorority dues, making sure you got into the right rooms and parties and charities with handsome young men. Your sister was able to do it, and she didn't even stay long enough to complete a two year degree. Which was great for her because it's what she wanted. She wanted to be a kept wife and mother, and you were happy for her.

The night before, your mother fussed and complained that the best parts of your twenties were wasted, and thirty was fast approaching. With a career in the way, how could you get married and have children? No man wants a career oriented wife or a woman who makes as much or more than him.

They would be distraught over your boyfriend and his background and his work. You met him during one of your internships. Your focus was on international law, and your professor had recommended you to work under his brother's law firm that dealt with government law and the wonderful world of war crimes. It was an operation that accidentally became public, and your mentor was assigned to work with some fancy task force to help clean up the various crimes they committed.

He was tall, broad, brooding, and had an air of danger about him. While everyone else had made themselves friendly and approachable, he was steadfast, not wanting to talk or be bothered. He made you angry at first. He broke treatises, caused mayhem, and for what, the good of the world? So when your mentor, tired as she was, tried to get him to recount his version of events, he didn't. You blew up at him and slammed your files onto the table. Shouting that the least he could do was pretend to care about true justice and doing right by the law and that he would be no better than the terrorists he fought if he couldn't answer to a judge and try to justify his actions.

Since that outburst, the brooding man, who told you to call him Simon, had been a constant in your life. He lived his life hard and fast, mission after mission, but always finding time for you and some how a relationship blossomed. It started off with coffee outside of his and his team's barely visible court case. Then, it turned into nights at a bar quietly chatting away in the darkness of the booth towards the back. Somehow, Simon ended up wriggling into your time and days even after the court case was closed, and he and his team acquitted (which almost didn't happen but your mentor either knew people or was just that good or it was a sham case to cover up something else).

Before you knew it, Simon had said "I love you" even though the timing was off. He was getting ready for a deployment. He'd be gone for a minimum of six months, and he wasn't sure about the success rate of him coming back in one piece. Still, he said those three words to you over the video call. His honey brown eyes looked at you as if you were the center of the world. He had said that he loved that you were smart, beautiful, and had a firey passion for bringing the dark to light, and that was what you had done to him. Each smile you gave him, each stolen kiss before he had to leave your side, all of it made him feel like he was standing in the sunlight. He even admitted that he was too scared to confess to you in person.

You didn't care because you loved him too. He was a constant presence in your life. Someone who wasn't a mentor that saw you for you. He wasn't your backward and complicated family that saw you for only bettering the family line. He made you feel like you were doing the right thing, following your dreams.

That was seven months ago. He warned you that he wouldn't be able to talk while he was gone. You hoped and prayed that he was surviving whatever trials he was in. Meanwhile, you were in the middle of graduating, doing your best to ignore the hurt that your family didn't come to see your achievement. There was nobody in the crowd to shout your name at the small ceremony. No flowers or anyone to take your picture.

The speaker had called your name, and to your surprise, you hear shouts and hollers. You look over into the family and friends seating section and see Simon and his team. There's him, Price, Kyle, and Johnny. Johnny has a poster board up that has your name with atrocious writing on it. All of them are still dressed in what you assume to be their field clothes without being fully kitted up. Simon had forgone his balaclava for a black medical mask, but he still had that imposing black eye paint around his eyes. All of them looked raggered and tired, but happy to see you walk across the stage.

After the closing ceremony, you book it towards Simon. You're not even sure how he's here! He's supposed to be in a gun fight somewhere. He said sorry on the last call for not being able to make it, already planning to make up missing this milestone.

His arms stetch out, and he catches you as you throw yourself into him.

"You came!?" You pressed yourself into him. He smelled like gunpowder, and whatever else he probably hastily freshened up with. You didn't care, he was here! "You really came Simon!"

He hushed you and moved his mask so he could press his lips to your head. "It was a tight margin, but I couldn't miss the love of my life's achievements."

Extra

They had just barely touched down on friendly soil before Simon was rushing everyone into the truck. Price had managed to get their flight redirected to the nearest airport close to his Bird's college. What was supposed to be an hour and a half drive was about to be done in 45 minutes because in two hours his girl would be walking the stage. With the way the mission went, you would have thought Simon was the captain leading it instead of Price.

(Price had joked that this would be the mission that makes Simon a Captain, and then he could retire and let his boys run loose in the world.)

"Si! Are ye even goin' tha speed limit!?" Johnny shouted as the truck swerved through traffic. He was holding on to the little grab bar by the window for life.

Kyle was doing his best to write a good message on the poster board. "We should have gotten a police escort!"

"Ghost we aren't gonna make that light!" Price shouted.

Simon took it as a challenge and pressed hard on the acceleration. The four of them flew through the yellow light just as it turned red.

"She's got nobody there to watch her cross that stage Cap." He was calm on the outside, but on the inside, he was sweating. He was gonna surprise his love, come hell or high-water.

[fuckitartblog]

maybe I should document my Art Mindset thoughts some here bc like I am so confused by myself rn

I am trying to give myself plenty of Do Nothing time to kind of organically find my way back into what I even want to do with my art and I think my head is still a bit jumbled up about Outside Expectations, Technical Standards I hold for myself, and just doing what I fucking want and finding people who appreciate that for what it is and maybe even finding a career that way BUT DO I EVEN WANT my main career to be art? Should it just be a fun side thing where I only do gigs that would be a good time? And do like PA work or disability justice work or be a trophy wife or whatever as my main thing? I want to do fucking art streams am I the kind of person that needs to just do the art streams and put up a Patreon do I even want to Build a Strong Live Streaming Community where a Bunch of People Pay me or do I just want it to be a small cozy thing for me to hang out with friends maybe I want the do the Big Thing while still maintaining my sense of Self hopefully and just also leave space to do my tiny hangouts with my friends but what if I make friends through the stream how does that work when does the Parasocial Rift become an issue can you cap how many people watch your stream whAT DO I WANT IN LIFE also

I've been trying to focus on contour/blind drawing more bc it reminds you to appreciate whatever you're drawing for what it is without obsessing over what it Should be and I think that is definitely a step in the right direction but then Brain Panic about what about storyboarding!! How do I apply this to storyboarding aaaa ouuuuu also it's a bit hard to do when I'm in the middle of making what was supposed to be an updated portfolio piece but also that's on pause bc I'm literally so broke I can't afford the program I was doing it in rn and also I'm still not in The Headspace completely for that kind of thing like I think I understand myself enough abt what I like abt storyboarding to know how to get back into it but the stakes are that I just Drop all the weight of making it portfolio ready and would I still want to seek improvement and feedback that way? Would I want to seek different feedback than Portfolio Feedback? Hhhmmmmm maybe honestly that way I would technically not worry abt it as much and just make a shit ton more stuff faster and you know something something that's how you get good anyway

I just need to get really good at putting my stank on it . Yeah

But do I even care about the just needing to get really good anymore the more the lens about Getting Good and its relationship to capitalism unravels bc I don't practically value being Really Insanely Good at something as like a core value of life? I think when I see people like that I think the beauty in it is Wow there's someone who was supported by others in their life enough to go hard consistently like that but I'm tired of being emo that I don't have that and i'm tired of valuing that as a goal when it's not something I've been able to achieve aaaaaaa

I think I would work well in an industry setting bc I actually prefer working on other people's stuff And with others BUT the working with others part has got to be good. No weird toxic bullshit but when the working with others part is good it's sooooooo fun and that also makes me question the just doing the Patreon Live Streaming Thing bc what abt working with other people AOOOAIIIIIIIiiiuuuuuuuuu

And what am I even wanting to draw I am finally feeling the Yearning to draw again instead of Subconscious Discouragement due to ongoing Life Issues but then I sit down to draw and I'm like ok. I don't know what I even wanted to draw but I think it is something to do with friendship and my connection with the world perhaps

[prismaticutie]

Ace attorney rant time

Trilogy was peak, everything after was a miss. L

I also love the art style of the trilogy so much. It makes it hard to watch the other games. Aa4 tries to keep the style but has a distinctly different feel, it's a little too different in quality. Like they upped it but that made it lose some of the charm the initial games had.

Don't get me started on the 3d games. They look bad. It works for DGS bc that's different characters n shit but it does NOT work for the og characters

The difference in trilogy Phoenix vs his 3d models is so jarring. 3d Phoenix is in shambles why does he look like that? The 3d games feel so bad in terms of looks. Everything feels so awkward and clunky, none of it has the same charm as the pixel art

I would be more okay w the 3d games if they had just dropped Phoenix and Miles. Characters who never existed in pixel look fine in 3d because we have nothing to compare to, but that's not the case for these two. Their models look so bad it's almost painful, they don't live up to the beauty of their og sprites at all

The "Apollo Justice trilogy" is ridiculous btw. What about Athena? Wasn't she supposed to be a main character? What happened to that?

Not to mention the backstory inconsistencies regarding Apollo. I've only heard tales of it, but from what I've heard it's ridiculous, and writing this bad is uncharacteristic of this series considering how good the initial trilogy was

If I do rewatch aa4, I'm mostly doing it bc I want to learn abt Phoenix more in that era and also figure out everything with Kristoph, but those guys don't get much screen time at all despite being such significant characters. You don't really hear about them outside the first and last case.

Also in my opinion, Pollo is really annoying. To be fair I didn't really care about Phoenix til t&t, I mostly stayed around for Miles and Gumshoe and Larry and Maya and the Fey family, but do you see how those games had so many characters that are unique and fun and quirky and entertaining?

Characters don't feel like that in aa4. You have Pollo, who is unlikeable and doesn't have the same charm as Phoenix. Pollo as a character really deters me from it. I feel like Phoenix strived to make a connection with everyone he talked to. Pollo comes off as a lot less social and generally seems to care less and is just worried about. I don't even know, does this guy care at all actually?

Other characters you're introduced to include Kristoph. He sets up for an interesting and unique character, but then vanishes more or less. You meet Trucy - she's the only character I can really vouch for here cause I do really like her. There's Klavier, who is so nothingburger and also Klapollo is the most baseless ship of all time.

There's no connection. Apollo finds him mildly annoying but tolerable at best. With Narumitsu, Miles and Phoenix have a deeper bond and connection and understanding. But you cannot possibly point to one example of Apollo having any sort of affinity for Klavier. If you really stretch, you could technically view Klapollo as one sided affinity from Klavier. But Klav honestly does not care.

There's also Ema, who fell off. They try to use her to reference the old games, and she's supposed to be "cool" but it really does not land with me. She's not nearly as likeable as she was in game 1, and she's not as friendly as Gumshoe either. And then there's Phoenix, who's a dick in this game but everyone in the community conveniently ignores that. We should talk about it more. Stop trying to have unproblematic faves. He's problematic, and it would be interesting to explore

Obv I can't ask aa4 to accomplish what aa1-3 did. That's one game versus an entire trilogy

With that in mind, I think it's an okay game on its own. It does what it can, and if it were part of its own trilogy or even just had a sequel, it would be banger. If it at least had a bonus trial like RFTA in game 1, that would make things feel a little more cohesive

But the "Apollo Justice trilogy" doesn't even build off itself. Those games are vastly disconnected, so it's kinda pointless. As much as aa4 (as one game) can't compare to aa1-3 (as 3 games), it would be more unfair to include aa5-6. I'm doing aa4 a favor by considering it on its own

With that in mind, aa4 was about as good as aa1 (without RFTA). Which makes it a fair game. But it still gets overshadowed by the trilogy, cause one game alone can't replicate something that took 3 games together to accomplish.

But look on the bright side! At least it wasn't jfa !

This close to rewatching aa4 but knowing I simply don't give a fuck abt any of the characters

[1111jenx]

random astro placements &

their culture 🕊🏪🕊

(part 4)

astro culture series, part I — part II — part III

i'm back at it again with my weekly roast series but this time i wanna make it educational like my notes this time >:) enjoy luvs

🕊libra rising culture is looking at your friend dead in the eyes and telling them "i look more attractive in person right my photos online don't do me justice hahahahahahahaahhahahaah" and y'all would keep staring until that friend agrees like ihy💀

🕊scorpio placements culture is telling people what do you mean i'm secretive i literally overshared so much remember that one time i told you i love chinese food? i never told anyone that.

🕊virgo rising culture is obsessively psychoanalyzing every person you meet and accidentally saying it out loud like oH tHaTs WhY you're like that

🕊mars in 5h culture is saying "guys i can not do this today xoxo 😚"when your friends want to play never have i ever as a drinking game💀

🕊gemini mercury culture is everyone stealing your sense of humour so you don't know to either feel mad or superior🥳

🕊mars in 11H culture is having a STRONG sense of right and wrong but you're so supportive of your friends no matter what. the type to give their friends an hour lecture on why they should not date that crusty fishboy but end your speech with ".... and thats what i think but if you really wanna do it then go for it i guess just know the consequences and let me know if you're bout to be stupid mkay?"😃 like naw ion wanna be responsible for any of ur decision dear

🕊cancer rising culture is yelling at your s/o something along the line of "if you really wanted to talk to me. even though i blocked you on every possible platforms, my email was still open you just didn't care enough" i-

🕊gemini mars culture is making intense eyecontact with your friend and tell them with a serious voice like "no i don't do salad."

🕊7H stellium culture is waking up and choose to know everyones business. y'all keep making fun of 3H stellium but they be talking about anything but your dumbass. it's 7H stellium that has infos which would royally fuck you up<3

🕊moon in 5H culture is emotionally connecting with your one-night-stand.

🕊chart ruler in 7H culture is screaming IM UNLOVABLE every hour but leave 20 people on read how does that even work ma'am 🤣

🕊virgo rising culture is blasting the weeknd music and sit in your cozy home by yourself cause this is rare as hell and its one of the few moments when you don't have to worry about anything or anyone. also turning your phone into no disturb mode so no chaotic friends can reach you you're on time-out sir

🕊9H venus culture is your friends physically having to stop you when you talk about that one person way too much and ask you bro do you like that person or smth why are you talking abt them? and you just go like oh fuck. i do. i do like them.

🕊virgo rising culture is getting second hand embarrassment from your drunkass friends in public like uh yeah i guess they're my friends you can call us that i think my responsibilities now ahahahahhahaahhahah💀💀

🕊capricorn moon culture is playing hard to get or simp so hard you make your future self uncomfortable no in between.

🕊6H moon culture is having random icks like someone would say "its lit" and it would get to you and you'd have to head out cause you feel cringed sksksk

🕊venus in 1H culture is brainstorming about your kids names and start planning the wedding after one month of dating 😄

🕊aquarius mercury culture is using all the power you have left in your body not to say "respecfully can you shut the fk up😀" to someone cause you're running out of patience.

🕊libra venus culture is having sex with night changes by One Direction playing in the background.

🕊sun square ascendant culture is secretly loving reckless people. like wow you wanna jump off a plane and go swim with sharks with no prior knowledge? thats hot🥵

🕊gemini moon culture is overthinking in the most random moments like y'all deadass would be giving your puppy a bath and you would start talking to your dog like oh wait i just remember that one time when my partner did that thats kinda sus does that mean he doesn't think i'm attractive anymore omg what if i-💀

🕊2H venus culture is listening to lana del rey when you're 12 and you're just like wow money power oLd mEn and sex i relate to that wow. no babygurl. no you don't.

🕊aries placements culture is loving optimistic people, like you vibe so well with crackheads muahz🤎

🕊water venus culture is actually believing in love is sufferings like no rachael, that one guy calling you a cünt before telling you you're his soulmate is not it💀 stop thinking that pain and love come hand in hand istg

🕊fire venus culture is knowing you're superior and thinking you're all that just to hold someones hands during sex and saying ily during the deeds😄so much for thinking y'all are tough huh

🕊leo rising culture is staring at that one girl who's throwing up infront of everyone and thinking to yourself oh thank you dear lord thank god thats not my dumbass

🕊venus in 12H culture is going 👁👄👁 as your s/o is in tears screaming what do you mean you need some space for youself? we've been dating for 4 years wtf

🕊leo venus culture is staring at yourself in the mirror a lil too long like oh what would i do without this face🥵

🕊leo venus culture is blowing things out of proportion and your excuse is "i only do it because i care okay" ok.

🕊libra placements culture is mentally taking 3 deep breaths every time someone thinks they can use your indecisiveness to their advantage

🕊pisces placements culture is looking like anime characters. don't even try changing my mind.

🕊gemini/aries/aquarius/sagittarius mercury culture is people asking are you alright every-time you stay quiet for a good 5 minute

🕊fire MC culture is working on 19837292 projects and the second you see something cool you're just like okay i can take on one more why not😄

🕊4H placements culture is the sexual tensions between you and that one person that keeps telling you how you have a chart of a serial killer like oh yeah? you're up next bbygurl

🕊leo placements culture is having no chill. raise your voice at me again and i'll tell you whats up😀

🕊also leo placements culture is knowing how superficial you can be like did you just call me pretty and funny? aight i like you now the bar is in hell🥰

🕊venus in 11H culture is constantly imagining what if you end up dating your bestfriend like do you even know what platonic friendship is💀

🕊pluto in 3H culture is falling in love with that person who degrade you the right way like why do you guys like when others are mean to you are you okay😀?!?!

🕊sagittarius moon culture is feeling guilty for the most random thing ever like how does it go from "aw i feel so bad that you broke your arms" to "guys i'm crying i can't believe ice is melting and all those little penguins have no where to stay"

🕊virgo moon culture is enjoying sufferings a lil too much just because if y'all don't suffer you'd think something fishy is going on like omg i haven't overthink and cry in sometimes is everyone okay 🤨

🕊libra moon culture is standing up in god speed and say ight im just gonna head out when people start yelling💀💀💀

🕊moon in 7H culture is acting all tough and scary when you first meet them but show them a puppy or a cat and watch them start speaking in a babyvoice in the span of 5 minutes like excuse me are you bipolar or something LMFAO im jk

🕊capricorn moon culture is having a soft spot for crackheads. like wow i can't believe you'd confide in me enough to show me your most vulnerable moment aka when you're high asf on crack stay here i'll shelter you forever

So heres a very veryyyy short astro culture post hehe (comparing to the last posts ofc🤣)! I genuinely can't something I started during one of my insomnia moments got such positive feedbacks from yall!!

Thank you guys for being so supportive hehe leave a comment or say something cute before y'all leave;)

love,

saint jenx🍸