#like damn 😭 i been consistent for over a decade 😭

[dieno-tsuki]

every time i go to rewatch an anime i watched when i was younger i get sucker punched in the face because its another episode of “how predictable can you be?”

[pwnyta]

I’ve been wanting to share some salt RE the new season of the current transformers show bc the trailer has ignited some truly terrible takes but it’s been hard to TLDR so I haven’t… but I saw one so stupid today I can’t keep my yapper shut. Someone said ‘there’s no mention of megatron being a good guy anymore’ which about made my head asplode- he’s been working WITH Optimus (the wars been over for decades now) but though not explicitly stated it’s been repeatedly, EMPHATICALLY implied megatron does not consider himself an ‘autobot’ at all and still sees himself as a decepticon first and foremost. And now he’s back to wearing his decepticon badge after the neutral earth group he and Optimus were a part of in season 1 has been dissolved. That doesn’t mean he’s suddenly back to being a bad guy. It’s just character consistency. He calls the decepticons ‘my people’ and still very much believes in its ideology. Plus all the rest of the decepticon high ranks hate his guts for betraying them idk why megatron suddenly leading them again would even be on the table when the trailer+teaser make it pretty obvious the former SIC is now leading all the cons as the head honcho😭 megatron is so clearly still working w the main characters and Optimus. NO MEDIA LITERACY!!!

Its weird Ive seen so many people complaining about the lack of media literacy lately... but this feels like a step even lower. Granted I dont watch the show but yeah it sounds like if he WERE suddenly a big bad again it would be really awkward? At least hope for better for your show or something... damn. Maybe he'll get back in power again and be a baddie again but like... it seems like it needs more time for that to happen?

[leofrith]

4, 11, 19, 33! 🖤

4. Do you have any OCs? Do you have a story for them?

You know damn well that I do. 😭 I've been writing little snippets about my BG3 paladin Landric and his daughter Enya when the urge arises. I'll get more into their whole deal in a separate ask (which reminds me, I should finish that 😬), but the gist of their relationship is that they were separated when Enya was still a child and they both spent over a decade thinking the other was dead. They're reunited by chance when she's grown into an adult with a questionable moral compass and a chip on her shoulder and Landric, who was a school teacher with barely passable swordsmanship when Enya last knew him, is now a vengeance paladin who has since found god. And they do not get along. 🤪 I have a few other OCs but those are the two I've been going the most crazy about lately/have thought about the most in depth.

11. Three tropes that are fine but overrated.

Enemies to lovers - when it's good it's good, but often isn't, usually because the relationship build-up just feels half-baked. Give me one good reason for them to like each other, let alone love each other. Cite three sources.

Soulmate AUs - again, have the potentially to be really good, but often just feels kind of cheesy. I also think I just have to be in a very particular mood to want to read them in general.

Modern AUs (including coffee shop AUs, college AUs, etc.) - could be fine in very particular cases, usually just consist of taking everything about the original IP and making it boring.

19. Share a snippet from a wip without giving any context for it.

I might have shared this one already at some point but I don't remember for sure. Also I'm running out of snippets to share that don't contain spoilers. 😭

“Fight me, then,” Leofrith said, loudly, so that all in the gathering crowd might hear it. “What?” “You heard me, Wolf-Kissed. I want a rematch.” She barked a short laugh. “I will not fight you, Saxon.” “Why not? Are you afraid you might lose now that I am no longer half in the grave?” It was obvious bait. She didn’t rise to it. “No, you will lose because you are still healing, and I have no desire to incur the wrath of Valka or the gods today.” She then began to turn away, as if that was the end of it. As if her word was final.  She was used to getting what she wanted, Leofrith knew. Or taking it, if necessary. “I never took you for a coward, Wolf-Kissed.” That did something. He could see the muscles in her back tense. The murmurs of the crowd surrounding the fighting ring went totally silent, as if holding their breath while they waited to see what Eivor would do. She turned back to him with eyes that had become steel, and he knew then that he’d hit a nerve.  “Swords or staves?” she asked.

33. Give your writing a compliment.

Currently feeling like a god in terms of my ability to write dialogue that contains a dozen different layers of yearning, regret, grief, etc. without saying any of that shit out loud.

yet another writing ask

[lady-death-herself]

Pros & Cons About: The Blood Money Update.

↳ Disclaimer: This is mostly jokes. Everyone’s entitled to their opinions, but my sleep deprived self at 6AM made a joke to @wintxrs-hxart​ about making this post, and now that I’m (mostly) awake; I decided to legit write it. 💛

The Positives:

♡ It’s an update to the game! After what feels like literal decades of having little to nothing new; I’m honestly excited for there to be an actual update. It isn’t Mexico; it isn’t Guarma; it isn’t an online photo mode—but it’s smth new, and I’m personally excited about that little detail, even if others aren’t.

* I’m not counting outlaw passes as ‘new content’ ; because yes, there’s new items and emotes included in them, but they don’t add any real meat to the game—and are purely cosmetic based. Which is fine, and I enjoy the passes for the most part; but I’m excited that I can finally do smth, alongside all the collecting I do for Madam Nazar, because it’s affordable and accessible.

♡ The NPCs! SEAN HAS MORE LINES. SEAN HAS MORE LINES. SEAN HAS MORE LINES. SEAN HAS MORE LINES. SEAN HAS MORE LI—

♡ Guido Martelli. Everyone is entitled to their opinions, and I’m not saying you’re wrong; but if you disagree that Guido Martelli isn’t daddy; and doesn’t ooze dom energies—I’m sorry, but we can’t be friends. Seriously, though, even if you don’t particularly care for Signor Martelli; the cutscene that he’s introduced in is definitely one of my top 3! It’s so beautiful, and I really enjoy getting to see each of my bbys walk alongside this fancy ass guy; in outfits that I was like ‘oh yes, this is fancy’ —and then I got shown up by Guido. 😭

Even if you don’t intend to interact with the Blood Money update; I highly recommend you check out the cut scene w/ good weather and lighting, because it’s absolutely worth the gif and screenshot opportunities, tbh.

♡ It’s affordable! Compared to every other role, which are usually a whole 15 gold bars; which is an absolute bitch to get naturally, for most people—the blood money kit is only 5 gold bars; which is unarguably easier to attain over the course of a couple of weeks of casual grinding; as opposed to the time and energy that 15 would take—if you’re similar to me, and rarely have much above 3 gold bars at a time. Just try to avoid makin’ the mistake that I did; where I bought the purchasable Capitale, and was audibly confused that I could buy it again, before realising that I had, in fact, bought the wrong item.

♡ HORSES. EVERYWHERE. Like...I wish I was kidding; but I could probably compile a short video of clips from the early hours of today (15/07/21) alone; of all the random, saddled horses that I’ve come across—and a majority of them are owned horses; very clearly customized; and they’re just standing there. Menacingly. If you enjoy getting to see other people’s horses, but don’t enjoy the anxiety that comes with ‘are y’all gonna blow me up’; this update might be for you; since it’ll probably take R* another year to patch everything, with complete radio silence the entire time, so yk. Vibe, lads.

The Negatives:

♡ Laggg. Legitimately, I’ve spent more time side-eyeing my router; waiting to see if I’m gonna go downstairs to see the little ‘connected’ light has flicked off; than playing a smooth, consistent experience. I play a lot of demanding games; Overwatch, I was an avid Sea of Thieves player, ESO; but none of them make my Xbox overheat and lag quite like Red Dead does, with this new update. Legit sounds like a damn spaceship taking flight, my dudes. It does seem to be mostly when interacting with the Blood Money stuff; but lagging between going from point A to point B has been a significantly bigger issue, at least for me; especially if I’m playing w/ a friend, or around others.

♡ Crashing. Gonna slot this one beneath the ‘lag’ point, because I’ve also been experiencing a significant amount of crashing from the game; like...my game freezing with that ‘DRRRRRRRR’ noise, before promptly booting me from the game; it’ll happen at least 3 times per session, and has been happening to both myself and my friend. It’ll typically allow us back in, after rebooting the game, but it is smth to bear in mind; you’re probably going to experience crashes, during the early stages of Blood Money being a thing.

♡ Very few cosmetics. This isn’t necessarily a complete negative for me, because I’m holding out hope that maybe they’ll add more accessible cosmetics for the role at a later date, ya’know? Not just... ‘yeah, sure, the kit itself is 5 gold; but for 30 gold you can get the outlaw pass, and the kit!’ Like. A majority of the cosmetics for the role are solely in the outlaw pass; which, again, isn’t completely bad—I’m just hoping they’ll add more in the future. Like...I’d love some fancy gun belts for BM; or some custom designs for weapons; just, things that go hand-in-hand with this role—but aren’t locked behind a pay wall of gold. I understand it’s a smaller role, but like...still, lmao.

♡ Griefers. As per usual with any update that can actively encourage other players to destroy other people’s experience; griefers are out in full force—and seem to be camping around the more popular NPCs. We were jumped by a posse of six last night, attempting to complete Sean’s starter mission on our alt accounts; who not only stole our job, but actively came back to where we’d been—and happily killed my horse, and myself, after completing the job. They then proceeded to leave the server; but they were a bunch of triple ranks, with only one double digit rank, actively camping; waiting for somebody to visit Sean MacGuire for a job. Which is just...bruh...get a life.

If you need six whole people to be obnoxious to two; you’re a little bitch. 💛 And even if you don’t; if you kill other people’s horses, deliberately, you’re a little bitch—and I hope your horse bucks you at any inconvenient time. 💛

♡ Enemies are OP. I used to think the Rev. Agents w/ moonshiner were ridiculously broken; since they used to tear through me like nothin’ else—but holy. FUCK. My alt account is almost into the triple digits; but I legit felt like a rank one player going up against a rank 400, when it came to these enemies. Not only are they ridiculously powerful (tearing through golden stats; I blew so many bottles of potent health cures, and potent miracle tonics), but they spawn in gigantic clusters, and all of them will tear through you. It wasn’t super uncommon for my friend & I to just commit to taking whatever it was we needed, and skedaddling, whilst the other had to take the L; because of how fucking many enemies there continuously was—and how OP they were.

And heaven FORBID you attempt to call your horse, to use them to stow a captured NPC, because they WILL just spend the entire time freaking out; and they WILL get you killed significantly quicker; either from bucking you off, after you just got on them—or from you spending a ridiculous amount of time trying to get on them; only for 5 enemies to surround both of you, and kill both you and your horse. And again, the lag is fucking ridiculous.

♡ THE SNAKES ARE ON CRACK, BRUH. I understand that sneks are the heavily featured animal of the role, which is honestly very fitting and 10/10 aesthetic, but whY ARE THERE SO MANY NOPE ROPES EVERYWHERE-- I can’t go five steps in one of those ‘part’ missions, without my horse getting nervous bc ‘oh that’s a danger noodle-- oh god it’s an entire packet of spaghetti, holy fuck’, and everywhere around me is just D A N G E R.

♡ Horses. Everywhere. Dutch was always paranoid about losing the west to the government; but clearly, the government was just a red herring. Our real enemy are the questionably customized horses that are everywhere and anywhere at any given time. Just standing there...m e n a c i n g l y.