#maybe i'm just too optimistic

[agalychnisspranneusroseus]

Man if Marcy keeps ending up with like child protection services in all these fics over her parents being slightly distant then my parents should be in JAIL

[valvesoftware]

breakups are so fucking weird. three years and just like that it's gone. huh

[beanghostprincess]

Imma be honest after VLD fiasco seeing any actor with ship content gives me aneurysm.

I want anon to know It’s to get engagement and new fans. It’s fun but don’t look too much into this/genuine

Don't mention Voltron to me I'll have war flashbacks 😭

[heyybeach]

Just been on a first date that went so incredibly well. And now I'm faced with the question of when do I reveal that I am actually insane about the Marauders? 🤔

[red-moon-at-night]

because I'm a top listener of Jorge on spotify (epic the musical is great bg music when you're making art okay) I got a secret video link and

this is Paris, right? This is Paris singing to Aphrodite about Helen, RIGHT??? am I hopelessly helen and paris pilled or is this not a (far in the future because Jorge said so lol) Illiad musical snippet???????? There's no indication that it's Epic the Musical related so. Surely????????????????

[wetcatspellcaster]

12 more days until Baldy Gate! 🥰🥰🩷🩷🥰🥰 What’s your take on Astarion romance! Bittersweet? Secretly deep down lovely? I expect a little pain, but long term affection if cards are played right. Thoughts?

Hello lovely, thank you for the ask 💖💖💕 I'm super excited for full release as well!

I'm not entirely sure I'm right, but my predictions are that there might be two Astarion romances depending on if its an evil or good aligned run, given that my pal had ended up with an Astarion with a different personality as a result of their neutral evil playthrough! I actually ascribe to the idea that hes a character who's an asshole in the beginning but that means his act 2/act 3 is more about deepening the bond, getting him to drop the act and trust you rather than any betrayal, or break up (whereas I'm CONVINCED Gale's romance has some kind of shady conflict bc it was so hard to challenge his views and opinions in act 1 dialogues, that man is on some kind of mission).

Anyway, I think a good playthrough is mostly going to be "dismantle the sad traumatised vampire's walls and give him therapy" until you get underneath the veneer of charisma to the real person underneath. As to whether it will be bittersweet, I actually think the only bittersweet decision will be around vampirism... even though I levelled the idea of a cure in one of my fics I assume you have to make him a master vampire at the culmination of whatever Cazador plot is going to happen. We know that there's the option to vamp Tav as well but I honestly think that'll be the evil playthrough option, so there will be bittersweet "oh no we're on different timelines!" energy, tempered by "so let's enjoy ourselves now" hedonism bc Astarion. So a "happily for now" ending I guess!

I honestly think both evil and good will end up with a longterm affection ending, just in one you're both terrible people (affectionate) and in the other he's vaguely reformed. It seems like they designed Astarion to be a pretty flexible companion who sticks around regardless of playstyle and I imagine his moral event horizon will be whether or not you kill Cazador rather than any main game decision, so maybe **he's** the ride or die??

I guess we will see if any of those guesses are right!!

[daz4i]

tbh I'm still holding onto hope that they'll animate sigma's backstory next season. idk maybe he'll have flashbacks as he's passed out after nikolai saves him, or he'll recall it in meursault in the "am i the only normal person in the room" scene. it just feels weird to skip it entirely as it gives him so much character and explains his internal conflict so i hope it really is a matter of just moving things around 😳

[skygemspeaks]

I just don't really see them killing izzy next episode

Like i know it's pretty common in tv series for an antagonistic character to get a redemption arc and then to kill them off as a way to cap it off

But ofmd from the beginning has been subverting harmful tropes that queer audiences have had to deal with for decades, and i feel like killing izzy off now that he's finally happy after all the horrible things he's been through would feel like such a betrayal of the trust they've built with us over the course of these two seasons

[bookshelf-in-progress]

I've discovered two secrets to actually make progress in a draft.

Do not reread anything already written. Looking back to check details or make small edits is fine. But do not under any circumstances fall into the trap of reading the scene. Time spent reading is time not spent writing. This is a construction project. You are not supposed to be reading this like a book. Trying to read it will make you disappointed that it's not a book yet. Keep forward momentum going at all costs.

You can put hyperlinks to other documents within a draft! So instead of cluttering up the draft with notes or scrambling to find a notes document, I can just put the link to the notes document at the end of the draft. So if I get stuck, I just click the button right there on the page and my freewriting page pops up. It's so seamless, and that stops me from losing focus.

[just-slightly-chayotic]

sometimes you think that you're starting to get your life together and then you forget to wear pants to class and then you go "maybe not"

[shadovvheart]

I can't decide whether the quality and scale of bg3 helps with managing my expectations for da4 or makes it worse 🤔

Like it's safe to assume da4 won't come anywhere near to bg3, which is a shame, but I'm also alright with that. It would be delusional to expect da4 to be a great game at this point, considering, but does it have to be? Nah. My optimistic hope is that it's better than dai. The bar is at dai's level. And if it's really disappointing, well, I'll still have bg3.

[verifiablebot]

connecting to my culture by doing laundry on a monday while having red beans soaking on the counter

[supercantaloupe]

i had my zoom meeting with maestro and the assistant conductor today to talk about the manager job and it all sounds okay to me (i'll feel more comfortable about the whole arrangement once i can come in and shadow the last two rehearsals this semester and get a feel for the job in person) but it's a little funny how frequently maestro kept assuring me that. well if it sounds like too much work or just not something i am capable of or even want to do it's okay no pressure he'll be fine without me it's totally up to me don't sign on if you aren't absolutely one hundred percent okay with it and even if it's too much let me know because we can adjust the duties and help you out it's okay. and also him being like the pay isn't that good i'm going to try to ask for more money to pay you and the assistant conductor and maybe partially fund you if you go on tour with us next summer but it really should be more pay than this i'm sorry anyway here's like seven other ways you can make a little extra cash through related jobs like arranging extra parts for the orchestra and subbing on english horn as needed and maybe i can find some money for you to write program notes also have you considered teaching at the local music school it's a good way to get your foot in the door and make a little extra on the side sorry it's not much i hope it's okay for you

[dadbots]

August… time to get spooky.

[oveliagirlhaditright]

-randomly sees a screenshot of jamie and lily from the city of bones movie, where they seem to embody jace and clary, and am once again sad that we didn't get a city of ashes movie-

[maerrine]

holy shit okay

IF I CAN STOP FREAKING OUT AND GET MY THOUGHTS DOWN FOR TWO SECONDS!! (major spoilers for chapter 109 below, stop reading now if you want to avoid them!)

I think that Sigma isn’t dead. Other than the fact that he’s not bleeding from the head like I believe (?) Fyodor’s past victims did, he was just hit with a shitton of information at once, and we already know that an information overload from his ability can make people faint. It happened to Atsushi already. I think he just fainted because of that overload, though of course he is still bleeding from his stab wound...

BUT UHHHHHHH DAZAI...................... I genuinely have no clue how he’s getting out of this. Like!! Thematically I don’t feel like Asagiri would kill him permanently, particularly not like this, but at the same time I’M SHAKEN HOW TF DO YOU COME BACK FROM A BULLET WOUND TO THE FOREHEAD... WHAT. I GENUINELY DID NOT SEE THAT COMING, AT ALL-

I have no clue where this manga is going. Love it though. 10/10 now back to me losing my mind!!!