#maybe a quarter.

[fooltofancy]

worqor zormor roulettes, every pull was a lil dicey (took forever, one of our dps had SUPER low level armor for that dungeon idk what was goin on, i had to use full mitigation every time but it was FINE because i got it back EVERY TIME BECAUSE IT TOOK SO LONG), had to solo the first boss. like sure fine new dps it's ok.

our healer's gear was like. absolutely fucked because she forgot to repair it.

so same every pull, lil rough but we lived we made it. solo'd the second boss. lil worried but whatever.

we were in there for an hour and a half because our healer+dps could not live through ANYTHING. i'm so tired.

[idliketobeatree]

painland week, day 3 : first kiss/confession of love "i knew you truly loved me, as i loved you, when everything swam in blue."

[revenantghost]

Man, I think the best and worst part of Knives’s character is just how compelling he is*

I get it. You get it. We all understand exactly how and why he is the way he is. So many people have put this idea into better words than I could. He witnessed an unspeakable horror at an incredibly young age. He knew he was different, that he was other, and a worry set deeply into his bones that humanity would reject him for being born who he is. 

And he was right. It was so much worse than he could have ever realized. He was born to be an object for humanity to use as they see fit. All he wanted was love and peace for himself and his brother. And after seeing that? What they did so mercilessly to Tesla? Who can blame him for not believing in any future with humanity in it. Who can imagine a future without unbelievable strife and prejudice when you’re outnumbered and are seen as an item to dissect and toy with as you see fit

And yet

And yet

In his fear, in his need to control and correct, the cycle continues. The abused becomes the abuser. He assaults his brother multiple times. He takes away Vash’s autonomy and manipulates his body without his consent. Hell he happily experiments with/tests and uses Vash’s body while unconscious. He says he loves Vash while refusing to hear a word coming out of his mouth. Because, if he has a moment of doubt, any hint of weakness, all of that anger slips away and he becomes that boy again--afraid and weak and alone

In his fear, he takes plants. He strips them of their independence and will, denying them their souls. Again, he uses the bodies of his siblings against their will. He displays their corpses to keep him angry instead of putting them to rest. He kills and breaks apart the body of his sister so that he doesn’t have to die, so that he can be reborn. He willfully denies the thoughts, dreams, and pains of his sisters and instead absorbs them, impregnates them, tries to kill them in the “right” way

In his fear, he drove humanity into hurting his kind more. He forced their hand into injuring and killing more plants than they’d ever dreamed of harming. He’s the one that put Vash into a constant position where he’s gaining mountains of scars. (His brother who, on the opposite end of the spectrum, has let the cycle of abuse continue while using himself as a shield instead of breaking free from the pattern.) He uses and discards the humans near him no matter the kindness and devotion they shows him

The same behavior Knives shows everybody and everything else

He’s awful. Absolutely sick and perverted and so stuck in his own mind that all he does is hurt and hurt and hurt

And yet

I get it. I’ve been traumatized to the point where all I want to do is cause pain in return. To feel that justice can exist and will come to pass, no matter the cost. To be so afraid that anger is the only safe emotion you can cling to. It’s what makes him one of the most compelling antagonists I’ve ever seen. Kudos to Nightow for fucking me up about Knives and his pain more by the day, honestly

*Except for ‘98 Knives lmao, that man is fabulously unhinged and overly dramatic about everything and I love him for it

[lopashes]

never posted these curlys here. have been thinking about cave story a bit recently...

[ddarker-dreams]

the word that best describes yan scaramouche is greedy.

he consumes your every waking moment. this is by design — if your respite was to be found outside him, then he'll deprive you of it. it isn't enough for him to reappropriate your future or lord over you in the present. your past is subject to his scrutiny as well. he dislikes that you existed before he entered your life. it's irrational and he knows it, which irritates him to no end. his emotions are loud, cacophonous interlopers that overrule reason. you push him to extremes but he does little to resist the shove.

this version of you, roughly visualized from hearsay, exists beyond his control. all the power in the world couldn't undo your first crush, first kiss, first love. lightning can't transcend the boundaries of space and time to smite those who brought you happiness he can never replicate. you may be isolated from the outside world, unable to rebel against him outright, yet watching you smile over some memory hurts worse than if you were to tear him limb from limb.

how will he ever compare? so long as you know that you deserve better, he'll never have your heart, he'll only serve as its warden. your past is why you hate him, yet your past is why you're you. erasing that would require erasing the person he cherishes most. it's frustrating; it's humbling.

perhaps you'll never physically be free of him. still, your capacity to wish for escape means you'll never belong to him in your entirety.

[macksartblock]

he's okay

right..?

surely, he's okay...

[rubydubydoo122]

Ok, so I just want to get the general fandom consensus on what they think Jason's ethnicity is, because during DITF he though Lady Shiva was a viable option for his birth mom

[tundrakatiebean]

I am so tired of being the bigger more mature person who rationalizes other people’s behavior towards me so I can live with it. I deserve to take a crowbar to some shins.

[quackle]

my drafts and i are sooooo ready for the new year 😇

[drawnbinary]

Hassel is very cute on the poster included in Spoon.2di magazine (vol 111) ☺️

[neoyi]

Guitar-playing Specter Knight was absolutely a headcanon (more or less) confirmed now. Oh my God, he has little bones on his scarf. ;_;

"So, who wants to hear me play Wonderwa-" "NO!"

The most interesting thing for me is Shield Knight's blonde hair.

Like this is the first official artwork of her without her helmet since the original iteration years back, and the artbook didn't necessarily confirm if it was 100% canon. Obviously the concert pic isn't either, but it seems this is the consistent that YCG is keeping for her. So there ya go.

King Knight with a horn is appropriate, but Plague Knight with the drums is not what I expected. I'm not sure I view him as a musical type, but I absolutely can see him the kind of person who would follow someone around banging on them just to be a little shit.

But we all know who is having the bestest greatest most perfectest time:

Bard is having the time of his goddamn life. This concert was made for him. He probably organized the whole thing. His expertise meant he'd take lead guitar while Specter was stuck with bass like he deserves.

You go, little guy.

[vigilskeep]

if you took a bad enough hit while dao rock armour was active, could you have scars from blunt force trauma that spiderweb like cracks in stone

[tj-crochets]

Two very different future quilt projects: the beach-themed quilt my aunt requested, and the bug-themed quilt I could not resist the fabric for when I went to the local quilt shop

[lerildeal]

doodles for a game I haven’t played in over 5 years 😔

[callixton]

i especially like that david tennant got the 57 academics just punched the air line w shakespeare bc i know abt the longass romeo essay he wrote in 2005ish and the not insignificant part of it about mercutio's unrequited crush on romeo

[wolfintestinez]

he kinda reminds me of those small prices you get from the quarter machines in the mall or restaurants. maybe a cool tattoo or a plastic spider ring…