#lose on purpose

[hinamie]

happy gojoday to all who celebrate

[iamprettyandpetty]

I'm playing Mario cart with my brother's friends and I kinda feel bad for winning

[somewhereincairparavel]

rip leo valdez you would've loved yelling 'whoever loses is gay' in literally any rivalry competition between jason and percy.

[zillychu]

i'll keep putting him in gacha games until I'm paid for my silence. this is a threat

[plagalkey]

claiming a reward

"i think you like me too, oikawa-san"

[phewgitoid]

'' yeah i like drawing characters with their exact canon outfit-- '' BWOBOWBOW 💥💥gets possessed

[scourgebff]

starclan’s discerning eyes

[cubbihue]

I've been reading a lot of your AU, and I was wondering if Timmy has interacted with the genie Norm? What would their interaction be like?

He has! But only once. Timmy had to release Norm to let him know that he was being sent back down to Earth, as per the Genie-Fairy Treaty.

Norm was very very annoyed to hear that his 20 years of plotting has been thrown down the drain, what with Timmy becoming a Fairy. But, hey, it just means he has all of eternity to find something to make Timmy's life worse! Or just to make him suffer.

Afterwords, Norm's lamp was thrown back to Earth for any person to find.

Bitties Series: [Start] > [Previous] > [Next]

[domiiomii]

It is interesting how shimmer came to be as an effort to bridge the gap in literal bodily strength/power against piltover especially seeing how so much of the population of the undercity is disabled and shimmer is used as a physical enhancer by them (eg. sevika, silco, viktor) to close that gap. The negative association of shimmer as being a way to "unnaturally" overcome disabilities is also worth looking at, for example, Silco using it on his eye is one of the first actions we see of him and it is meant to create a negative/villainous association to shimmer, later on that same negative view is passed down onto Viktor as his use of it marks the beginning of his "downfall".

Silco's push to produce and use shimmer is based on the idea of Zaun finally having enough power to defend from the oppression of piltover, however just like Viktor's use of the hextech on himself, this is is seen as a negative because he is striving to destroy the status quo and therefore it is bad.

Despite the fact that shimmer is also shown to be literally life saving, in the case of both Jinx and Viktor, even then it has a negative portrayal as it is heavily emphasized that it permanently alters the person, in the case of Viktor he "loses his humanity" while for Jinx her mental state deteriorates heavily and she becomes even more paranoid. Even with Salo's more limited use of shimmer for medical/soothing purposes it is shown as something he has to hide and be ashamed of, as did Viktor when he began using it.

We can also see the difference in characterization when it comes to Sevika vs. Vi, there is this almost animalistic reaction in Sevika when she uses shimmer, her eyes glow, she growls, her whole body shakes, her body is being altered. By contrast Vi's hextech gloves, despite also being an enhancer are not portrayed as damaging to her because she is not disabled. In hand with this goes the fact that Vi's enhanced power comes from piltover and it is being put in service of defending it/the status quo. So in the same way that hextech is good as long as it only benefits piltover; enhancers are also good as long as they don't permanently alter the "natural" body and it is not disabled people using them to "unnaturally" overcome that disability and/or threaten said status. Sevika's "bad unnatural strength" losing against Vi's "natural good strength".

Much of the writing, in S2 particularly, has this heavy emphasis against anything that is "unnatural" no matter how beneficial it may be and how many people it may help. This negative association with the "unnatural" overcoming of disabilities is perfectly exemplified by Viktor becoming an "inhuman" being as a result of it alongside with the portrayal of the commune being unnerving because everyone is "unnaturally perfect". Meanwhile Mel's magic is never questioned as bad, because hers is natural, so there are no negative consequences to her using it unlike Viktor who literally "loses himself and his humanity".

This very reactionary writing culminates when the plot insist that "Viktor needs to accept himself" = not heal himself through "unnatural" means = accepting he has to die due to his lower social status either as a disabled person or as a person of the under city, however you read that, the plot leads to the conclusion that the "noble and moral" thing for Viktor to have done was just accept that the status quo can't be altered and he was wrong for trying to go against it.

[solavellan--hell]

Every time I see someone respond to Solas’ greatest fear being dying alone from the Fade section of HLTA in DAI by saying “if only he would stop betraying everyone 🙄” I die a little inside.

No. Look at me. Imagine me shaking your shoulders as I say this. The point is that he feels so deeply responsible for his mistake, that in the attempt to make it right (in the way he thinks would be to make it right), he sets himself up to live out his greatest deepest fear every single day. He does not want to avoid his greatest fear, in fact he actively and consciously brings it into fruition.

In his mind, he fucked up so bad that he deserves being alone if that means he can revert his wrongs, even though it’s his worst case scenario. Because it’s not about what he wants, it’s about him dooming the ones he tried to save. He discards EVERYTHING about his own wants and needs (his friends, his love, his fears, his original nature as a spirit, his devotion to Mythal) for his task.

Also, another possible interpretation comes from the simple consideration that alone for Solas does not necessarily mean with no friends or close ones. Alone very likely means away from his people, in a strange world with people disconnected from the Fade. His culture and history forgotten and misinterpreted.

You don’t have to be physically alone to feel alone.

[elodee]

*head in hands*

[illwilledomen]

*fighting literally any other mob*

me: AUGHHHHHHH

*fighting illagers*

me: why but I’m just a humble farm boy. I couldn’t defend this village myself. I sure hope a big scary illager doesn’t come and hunt me for sport…ahouehehehe *flutters eyelashes while drinking ominous bottle* ohahehoe *drinks another ominous bottle* eohahehhehe!!!!! ohaheheh*drinks another ominous bottle*

[he1ian]

game night

[caramelc0rgi]

why are they like this

[emeraldghast]

still catching up on autumn life

@driflew + @evenmoreevil + @jinxitaj + @tibbycaps + @cherrifire + @hopepetal + @applestruda + @aresonist are detailed enough to tag i think. mostly cuz i wanna see if any of em have thoughts on sona designs (i loveeeeeee informed stylization of character designs) local doody and froag hafta find this on their own though

[l33n1s]

Based on a video I just saw:

Wei Wuxian, leaning in: oh no I didn't have enough money to pay rent... What am I gonna do? (⁠*⁠＾⁠3⁠＾⁠)⁠/⁠～⁠♡

Lan Wangji, also learning in: well... I think we can figure something out...

Wen Ning: Wei Gongzi... It's just Monopoly (⁠─⁠.⁠─⁠|⁠|⁠）