#let's see how long I can go lol

[mitwodlemi]

Decided to challenge myself and make an animation for everyday of October! (Anitober as I like to call it. Very original, I'm sure.) Here's the first 7 days!

[mellosdrawings]

OOOOOO CAN I ASK HOW WOULD THE N2 SQUAD REACT TO EACH OF THEM DYING?

What have you unleashed?

(WARNING: Angst, allusions to death, all that fun stuff. Nothing graphic tho, don't worry)

Jamil

He shouldn’t be surprised.

Well… He isn't surprised. Jamil Viper doesn't get nice things. Not for more than a few months, anyway.

Every once in a while, life takes pity on him and throws some nice, agreeable news his way. Just enough so that he lets his guard down. Just enough so that he allows himself to think maybe things will get better. Just enough so that he can pretend he isn't chained to a fate he will never escape.

A letter to NRC, a plan that goes a little too well, a couple of upperclassmen who seem to genuinely love him for who he is and not who he pretends to be.

So of course it doesn't last. Life gives and life takes.

Kalim follows, Octavinelle gets involved, Leona and Vil-

Well…

He isn't surprised.

Jamil Viper doesn't get nice things.

Vil

They look at him like they expect something from him. Horror, anger, ugly tears maybe. Just a reaction. Anything. Anything at all.

Vil doesn't give them that. Doesn't give them an opportunity to pity him. Doesn't give them food for gossip. Doesn't give them any material to make this topic last for any longer than it has to.

He knows how it works. Someone snaps a pic of him at his lowest, someone records his voice breaking during an interview, someone catches his lips tremble for but a second, and everybody will start talking about it again. And again. And again. For as long as there is a reaction from him. For as long as the topic attracts views.

Suffering brings more views than success.

So Vil doesn't react. Doesn't say a thing. Doesn't acknowledge the topic.

Better to be a cold asshole for a few weeks than to hear about it for years.

And in the darkness of his own room, where there is no camera, no eyes, and no ears to witness his grief-

Vil cries himself to sleep.

Leona

It’s just sand.

Only sand.

For miles and miles, further than the eye can see, nothing but sand.

Ruggie had the clever foresight to send all of Savanaclaw packing when Leona got the news. They would be sand too otherwise.

Who cares.

Who fucking cares.

He could turn the whole world to sand and it wouldn't be enough.

He might as well turn his own heart into sand.

It would hurt less.

[raynecloud06]

Vague idea I have for a Project SEKAI AU; Mizuki Akiyama and Tsukasa Tenma as infamous phantom thieves, who are often used as the subjects of renowned painter Ena Shinonome's work.

[sysig]

Do not separate them /threatening (Patreon)

[emberglowfox]

closing time

[vaguely-concerned]

sophia seeing cailan's body hanging there when they go back to ostagar, and suddenly all she can see even through the rot and the ruin is just how much he looked like alistair...... :'(

a mental image that totally will not haunt her through alistair's many years on the throne as rebellions and assassination attemps come and go. doesn't send her unhinged and unwise even a little

[mycological-mariner]

Cool so I get to start training in a forge and welding and steam engine maintenance and fitting on weekends

[quaranmine]

the amount of math i put into figuring out my PTO is honestly so funny. i've probably spent like 2 hours this week and last week just playing with the leave calculator spreadsheet my coworker gave me. this morning i added a sheet for 2026 so now i'm calculating my PTO out that far. i basically already have a plan of how i'm taking time off for 2025 so as to maximize my time off in 2026. i dont think this is a normal level of attention to detail but at least i'm having fun

[sysig]

Promises promises (Patreon)

[ceramicbeetle]

Desperately trying to make sense of Alex's motivations in Season Two and you know, I do eventually have to wonder if maybe Alex wasn't actually lying in the majority of those tapes.

Like, we tend to assume that Alex's motivations have been a consistent throughline since the college years, but do we actually know that that's the case? Do we know for sure that Alex was acting in deliberate, calculated ways in 2006; or could it be that he's telling the Truth on those olds tapes when he says he's blacking out and can't remember what's happening to anyone? After all, if we're assuming that Season 2 Alex's motivations are the exact same as his motives in Season 3, then it doesn't make any sense at all that he spend months working with Jay to try to find Amy; Season 3 Alex would have attempted to kill Jay like, on sight just to get things over with as quickly as possible and contain the spread of contamination as best as he could.

But, maybe, if Alex really had been separated from Amy after the events of the 04-04-10 tape, and if he really doesn't know where she is, then maybe that could make things start to make more sense. Maybe he really had been watching Jay's channel, and seeing Jay start going through the same things he went through in college without things devolving into violence and disappearances, and wondered if things maybe could play out differently this time. Maybe he really did send that tape to Jay to ask him for help, maybe he really was just trying to find Amy.

But then, instead of actually being helpful, Jay makes it extremely clear that he's a lot more interested in stalking Alex than he is in finding Amy. Alex asked for help, and instead there's a bunch of masked dudes on Jay's heels that keep attacking him, Jay is breaking into his house, stealing his things, leading the Operator right to him all over again, keeps trying to get other people (namely: Jessica -- if Alex is being honest when he says that his call reassuring her that Amy had been found was an effort to make Sure she stayed away from everything that was happening) involved; and instead of anything getting better, instead of anyone finding Amy, things are just getting worse all over again.

It's not until after the incident at the tunnel that things seem to start rapidly devolving. Rather than a calculated attempt to finally follow through with his need to curb the spread of contamination, this is very clearly an outburst of rage and terror. Alex's "I told you not to follow me" line in conjunction with Jay speculating that Alex didn't know who that guy was, to me, pretty firmly seems to speak to Alex having mistaken that stranger for Jay. From his point of view, Alex knows that Jay and totheark know where he live, have broken in before, he suspects that Jay stole a key to make it easier to get into his house, and he's been followed on the daily for months -- Alex is sitting at the tunnel because he doesn't know where else he can go without being constantly surveilled, hunted, and assaulted. And instead of getting a moment by himself to breathe, Jay followed him out there all over again (it feels like Alex looks directly at the camera in Jay's footage of him from this day; he knew for a fact that Jay was there), and then to make matters worse now 'Jay' won't even keep his distance anymore.

So Alex lashes out. And it's not until afterwards that he looks down and finally recognizes that this wasn't Jay -- it was someone completely innocent. Things have finally reached the low point he was at in college all over again; maybe even worse this time. If Alex doesn't remember attacking anyone in college, but he was at least partially conscious of it this time, then things have reached an entirely new rock bottom, they've reached an absolute point of no return.

He has no idea what happened to Amy, and he's spent months trying to find her with no hint of where she could be; he doesn't know where Jay actually is or what additional trouble he could be causing at this point; he does know that now innocent people are getting caught in the crossfire (in regards to the stranger in the tunnel, and also Jessica now that Jay has her phone number, and the untold number of people Jay got involved when he started posting videos to the Marble Hornets channel); things are spiraling out of control and there's no one left to ask for help. The situation isn't getting better, it's getting worse; things aren't getting easier to handle, they're just getting more out of hand; the negative impact is spreading and who knows how much further it can still go?

So, Alex decides to go scorched earth. He disfigures the body with the rock either to hide evidence or to make sure the guy would actually stay dead and not just get back up to start his own cycle of contamination in a few years. He tries to give Jay one last chance to back off, and Jay instead admits he's been talking to Jessica, acts obstinate and lies about not having Alex's spare key, and then breaks into Alex's house a second time (minimum). If Alex doesn't stop him now, who will? Alex met with Jay planning to kill the others, and then himself, so he could put a stop to this once and for all and keep things from getting any worse than they already were.

Maybe it makes a lot more sense if, rather than being a strangely incomprehensible detour on what should have been a straight path, the events of Season Two were the breaking point that put Alex on that path to begin with.

[vaguely-concerned]

always darkly funny to me that rye really went through the whole story sucessfully going '*deep breath* if there's to be any hope for this world we must always hold to mercy. mercy, mercy, mercy, in the faith that new flowers might one day bloom on ancient graves' and then at the very last possible hurdle goes 'actually you know what. mercy rescinded. murder time now'. it's so not the character arc I expected him to have going in but I am absolutely DELIGHTED that that is how it shook out, it's so fraught and complicated and chewy. my secretly vengeful babyboy. local man joins the cyclical nature of violence on the side of violence at the last possible minute, fully aware that he's missing the point but too pissed off and plain done with this shit to care, beware the fury of a patient watcher etc., maybe you should have thought about it a bit harder before you made me quite so much in your own image. (I love the fact that this means he echoes exactly what he did to baron van markham before the start of the game once more. solas this could have been predicted if you'd been paying attention lol the last guy who really pissed him off could fit in an envelope now) and then once the most acute bloodlust fades he has to spend the rest of his life wondering what varric and harding would have thought, because he'll never get to ask them; 'we'll never get to fix it', as taash says. what is it going to be like, having to forgive yourself while not knowing if someone you loved would do the same. sooooo much delicious narrative space to work with here. at least lucanis is there to go 'nah u good. you want pancakes? I was thinking about making pancakes' lol emotional support ride or die or stab bae <3

gravekeeper left once more with nothing but a grave and a 'varric I'm sorry you thought I was a hero but unfortunately. I am just me' in his heart he never gets to hear the answer to :') delicate thematic echoes and overtones of hawke once more. now you're gone and all I have left of you are stories.

(in some strange ways I think it's a more honest appreciation/appraisal of solas' virtues than the redeem ending would be for rye specifically though. the main upside to the redeem ending outside of any emotional attachment you have to solas himself (I know I do! I did go into this game with a decade of wanting to save this motherfucker from himself behind me, let's not get anything twisted) is his stated intent to try to soothe the dreams of the titans and so maybe end the blight once and for all. but the thing is... is anything stopping him from doing that if you fight him or especially when you trick him and he is lucid enough to eat his humble pie with something like grace? with seemingly all of eternity to maybe chill out and really think about it, is he incapable of reaching that conclusion rationally and compassionately on his own?? my angle on it for my own sake (not rye's. rye does not give a fuck at that point either way lol) ended up being something like hey solas I know -- I know!! -- there is goodness in you and I am DONE trying to hold on it for you. I love you but I love you like an adult and that means I can't keep taking responsibility for your actions. either you wisen up in your veil babyjail timeout and start to help ease the pain you caused because it's the right thing to do on your own damn initiative (WHICH AGAIN I THINK YOU'RE FULLY CAPABLE OF! I can see in you the things cole saw in you even if you're happy to throw them all on your bonfire of martyrdom), or get off the fucking board already this is not actually a game, I can't afford to gamble on you like this when the stakes are 'everything and everyone'. and no we don't know how that's going to work out long-term, but neither can you know it will work out when he sets out to do it intentionally. if anything, considering solas' track record with his actual stated plans... it might conceivably cause less trouble in the long run fhaskj.

anyway I think the ending choices are quite interesting that way, and not quite as black and white as they seem at first glance. the redeem ending is of course the most straightforwardly 'breaking the cycle' 'right' option thematically, but I'm glad they acknowledge that it stretches credulity very nearly to the point of utter irresponsibility to gamble on solas changing his mind and not stabbing you in the back this time, for sure. I know he did it again literally five minutes ago, but this time he'll prove himself! as the player we can find out and kind of expect our faith will be finally rewarded b/c story structure and gaming conventions and so on, but rook has no way of knowing that going in, and it starts to veer close to the definition of insanity territory at some point. I love solas, and it's good that you have the option to put his turmoil to rest and help him come to peace with himself (in my other playthrough I will!). but the fate of the world is not and should not be contingent on one man's goodness, is what I think I'm trying to say. if the game is telling you anything it's that the world is way weirder, more diverse and more resilient than that. even through the blight flowers can grow. with or without you, along with you or in spite of you, we will thrive. and I don't think 'you have to make your own choice here and reap the consequences, I can't and I don't have the responsibility to make it for you' is the wrong conclusion to draw, necessarily, it's just a conclusion. I'm so impressed by how solas is written in this game, there truly are so many conflicting things about him that are true at the same time and depending on the perspective you choose to bring to it.)

[sisterdivinium]

Words escape them.

A golden ray of light falls upon a crucifix, upon naked, intertwined limbs. There is sensation — warmth — and there is memory — love — but there aren't words.

Jillian fears to move, fears a declaration of regret; Suzanne fears herself, the consequences, the punishment — and she fears the loss of the woman in her arms.

The night has gone and passion has left doubtful sobriety in its wake.

They watch. They wait.

Suzanne at last dares caress a cheek. Jillian smiles.

There is no return. Let damnation come, let judgement — a kiss seals their fate before the morning bell.

[caramelmochacrow]

Photon Maiden's selection album, 4 Un Voyage, finally released!! Let's go!!!

Here are the songs in order:

FriendShip

4 Challenges (ver. 2023)

We Never Stop (ver. 2023)

Hikari (ver. 2024)

Akatsuki (fruits mix ver. 2024)

OVERCOME (ver. 2023)

Linked Ring (ver. 2023)

Collector

24 (ver. 2024)

Into the storm (ver. 2024)

Be with the world (ver. 2023)

Photon Melodies (ver. 2023)

Begin Again

Platinum (Saki Solo cover)

Dear My Friend (Ibuki Solo cover)

Fansa (Towa Solo Cover)

Let The Show Begin (Noa Solo cover)

Your Love ♡

Happy Happy Friend (Cutopia cover)

Kawaikute Gomen (Cutopia cover)

Photon Melodies (TAKU INOUE Remix ver. 2025)

[riadoodles]

So I've been streaming a lot nowadays and it's been so fun! I'm trying to finish my yakuza gacha card minimum goal. Come chill and chat with me on Twitch! (and watch me dissolve into a pile of mush because the grind is so real lol) https://www.twitch.tv/riasaur

[todayisafridaynight]

tw // suicide

on twitter some ppl were talking about THAT jo scene from iw again and someone commented fucking "you know he was thinking about using that gun on himself" and im not sane anymore !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! added something something his faith in ichi kept him hopeful enough in the moment but then when he went to jail oh. ohhh !!!!!!!!!!!

nooo cause if That Jo Scene is the flashback scene with hoshino's death that really had to be SUUUCH a low point if not top five lowest points for him i wanted to throw up watching that <- replays it in my brain constantly

[phreaticlayer]

you know how sometimes you have a word on the tip of your tongue and its RIGHT THERE but you cannot remember it for love nor money and all it does is sit there and give you a migraine. ive been feeling that way about an ace attorney au/xover (?) case for months now. like im attached to DA ran. detective shinichi. forensic specialist haibara. sonoko who brings the case. cop heiji. prosecution hakuba? just coz lowkey rich kid edgeworth vibes... guys who keep lying on the stand are so thick on the ground you cant see it. more incompetent cops than you can shake a stick at. i think kaito & akako would make really fun innocent(in this case at least)-but-lies for their own reasons defendants/witnesses.

but i got nothing when it comes to the case :| definitely a murder. superficially comedic but driven by unhinged, kinda fucked up motivation at heart, within a convoluted narrative for preference. overtones should be funny, because i love clowning and cant keep a serious/heavy tone for shit. but like.... it's so open ended to me i dont even know where to start. plus finished narratives are so far outside my competencies they've never even seen one another so im so lost at sea they'll never find my corpse