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cheriafreya · 15 days ago

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holy fuck this was only MoC 10...

#abbey plays honkai star rail #10 cycles... TEN !#quite literally barely made it #mostly because of the first phase #that damn Amphoreus boss must have had a shit ton of HP #'cause wtf #I tried to beat it with my Therta - Mini Herta - Sunday - Galla team #and it was taking so damn long #my Firefly team didn't do any better either #it took like 6-7 cycles #it's thanks to Acheron's team that I actually made it #just Robin being the best support in the game as always #especially now that she's E1S1 #queen behaviour #still holy shit I'm scared of MoC 11 and 12...#if I barely scratched this one I can't even imagine the next #this game man... ooof...#not even getting THE Herta saved me #it's still hard asf 💀#reminding myself again not to pull for 'meta' characters #she's helped a lot in PF but in the rest of game modes...#I still use my Acheron and Firefly team all the time #'aren't they meta though' yes but I actually pulled for them because I loved them #not because they were strong #will I ever learn #edit: nevermind Therta saved my ass in MoC 11 sjdgsgs

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vmkhoneyy · 1 year ago

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I think if I could be the kind stranger in someone’s memory, that’d be enough.

#sometimes I really sit and think about how much impact the sweet strangers in my life have had on me #thatve helped me keep going without ever knowing just how fucking miserable I was before them #like how can I ever repay the family that drew pictures and left them at my door as an apology for all the noise #the man who held the train door for me even after I slowed down bc I didn’t think I’d make it #the girl who held my hand at the beach because the waves were too strong for both of us to stand on our own #the nurse that charged my phone when I was at the hospital #like????#humans are good actually #hopecore #hopepunk #the indomitable human spirit

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lineffability · 2 years ago

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"apparently if we do a miracle together it all works a bit too well" listen LISTEN i think this is why. i think the magnitude and power of that miracle they did together is what alerted the metatron and why he has come to separate them by all means, because they have not realized yet quite how powerful they are together and what that could mean!! this is why, i think???? they used to do each other's miracles and temptations for each other, but never with, and that could change everythign and could get in the way of certain Ineffable Plans (that i don't think are necessarily God's, looking at you villain metatrash)

#good omens #ineffable husbands #crowley x aziraphale #aziracrow #ineffable spouses #gos2 #good omens season 2 #gos2 theories #my omens #i first thought the miracle was so strong bc gabriel's powers were somehow mixed up in it but #this is what crowley says in ep5 and #yeah it changed my mind #this is what i think now #they are a THREAT #to the ORDER OF THINGS #because of their LOVE

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stil-lindigo · 7 months ago

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motherhood.

#cw: gore #cw: blood #cw: body horror #cw: pregnancy #at least a metaphorical one #unfortunately i fuck with the body horror side of claymore very much #the cinema of clare holding teresa's severed head in her hands...getting her organs transplanted into her...#the way that her “awakened” form is inherently messy and wild and feral while teresa is pristine and angelic #oughhhh....the themes...the idealised mother..#the way that the only reason teresa is strong enough to beat priscilla easily is because clare BELIEVES she's that strong #despite irene literally saying in canon that priscilla had it in her to surpass teresa as a CHILD #teresa you would love to see the touchstarved animal of rage and grief your daughter grew up into #and also feel conflicted about how she willingly submitted her life to a system you were forcibly trapped in for the sake of avenging you #probably #teresa of the faint smile #clare claymore #teresa claymore #claymore manga #claymore #stillindigo art

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poorly-drawn-mdzs · 9 months ago

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Normal Friend Behaviour.

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#poorly drawn mdzs #mdzs #wei wuxian #lan wangji #lan xichen #Ring ring! It's your judgment call! None of the lan brothers are there to pick it up!#Lan Xichen is so openly like 'I trust Jin Guangyao so much! Our bond is so deep! I believe in him like you believe in wwx!'#The tension! I remember not knowing how this would go because woagh the red flags for betrayal were so strong here.#Now I have spoiler brain so I mostly see the heartbreak coming but I still remember the anxiety of thinking lxc would betray lwj.#The way LXC compares his relationship to JGY is so funny to me. They aren't technically canon but...like....come on.#LXC *also* lets on that he knows LWJ has feelings for WWX. The implications are the loudest subtext I have seen.#Personally I see it as romantically one-sided on LXCs side. I think JGY knows and LXC denies his heart.#I think the tragedy is that JGY can't move past his need to make everything a game of chess to see LXC as more than an oppertunity #Here's the bigger tragedy: The one time he followed his heart...it led him to Qin-Su. Whom he loved dearly!#but...oh god was that ever a massive disaster that must have been internalized as 'following my heart is a mistake I can never make again.'#Ah - Happy Puffy Sleeves WWX debut day! We finally made it!#I'm personally a fan of the happy accident of WWX having white sleeves for this arc B*)

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arsenicflame · 9 months ago

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Bonus round! Do you use a queue tag?

#ive been super curious about this because people seem to have really strong opinions on the queue! so many people seem to HATE it #but i love using the queue! i dont really know exactly why i like it so much- i started using in like... 2016 and its a fundamental part of #my tumblr experience now. i think i started off just using it for offline hours so id hit most my american mutuals (/ for aes posts)#but these days basically everything goes in my queue (cept time sensitive things & like. current hype and original posts-#anything 'normal' posting is in the queue)#idk it feels. nice to me! i like to spread out my posting and not rb 30 things in half an hour and then disappear for the rest of the day #esp since my spaces are so circular- the same post runs on my dash a dozen times minimum. and i get to put it on ur dash a week late!!!#and its so nice to have small interactions with mutuals in incompatible timezones; to open up my notifications in the morning #and go: oh! my friends were here <3 #its such a Part of the tumblr experience for me i dont think i could ever truly change now. maybe switch to timed queueing #but my availability changes so much i prefer to just. know i guess #but (i am so sorry for all that) im curious about how other people feel!!!!!! itd be so interesting to hear abt why people do/do not like i #i know some people like the experience of spamming and going. some people think it makes this seem to much like influencing or whatever #everyone has their reasons and i want to know!!!!!!!!!!!!!!#nyxtalks #poll #queue #no see answers option because you must fall into one of these

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kyri45 · 2 months ago

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Okay but I'm pretty sure Wukong's arms are thicker than Macaque's <i>legs</i> and that drives me utterly wild. Also his back alone is wider than Macaque's shoulders and all I can think when I see that is "damn Macaque, I get it."

Me as I was drawing Macaque: I gotta make it the most twink possible/silly

#he's just-#he had this thing were he always doubted he could never be as strong as wukong #that he could never be at his own level #because of his status #because of his powers #because of his body #im gonna cry over them now brb #shadowpeach bio parents au #ask box

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bitchthefuck1 · 2 years ago

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At the end of the day, they're still just little kids making noise outside his office.

#I am unwell #the sibling moments here were so strong and like. its because they've never really grown up. it's a game. king of the hill. kendall loses #and like a little boy he shouts and begs and bullies. but it's time for the grownups to talk now. and he just isn't one. they're all #bullshit. they're not serious people #and romans the only one to even kind of realize that. he's literally dressed like a kid for half the episode. he knows its all fake and tha #means he's the closest to actually moving on #kendall roy #shiv roy #siobhan roy #roman roy #logan roy #succession finale #succession season 4 #succession

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blorbologist · 8 months ago

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Y'know, I think I figured out why the Hells still feel like a new low-level party to me, even though they're level 13 and almost 100 episodes in.

I don't quite think it's the lack of conversations, or the fact half the party's plot hooks are big ties to past campaigns - though that definitely plays a part.

... Bell's Hells still primarily rely on quest givers.

Most of their goals are given to them and do not feel organic to the party, and constantly remind us that the Hells are pretty much never the most powerful people in the room. Which is usually something you see with a low-level party.

NPCs offering jobs is not a bad thing; it's a very common plot hook. Matt has been extremely skilled with using NPC quest givers in those two campaigns. Not only do they provide an obvious plot thread, but they can put the party in the path of others (say, the Nein running into the Iron Shepherds while doing a job for the Gentleman and everything that came of that). And the Hells had a solid start with it too - Eshteross was an excellent quest giver!

The problem is that Bell's Hells have never really not had a quest giver.

Maybe it's a byproduct of the more plot-heavy structure of this campaign? But while prior parties have felt like they decided on their course of action and what they prioritized, Bell's Hells feels less like level 13 (13! Level 13!) experienced adventurers and more like an MMO group clicking on the exclamation point over an NPC's head. Where does the plot demand we go next? Who do we report back to?

They're level 13.

At level 13, Vox Machina had just defeated a necromantic city-state to clear their name and Percy's conscience. And, you know, the Conclave just destroyed Emon. No one was explicitly telling the group to gather Vestiges and save the world (though Matt guided them there), and they were usually among the most powerful people in the room. They chose which Vestiges to prioritize, which dragons to tackle when, even if the over-all plot was pretty clear.

At level 13, the Mighty Nein were celebrating Traveler Con (another PC goal, I'll note) after brokering peace between two nations, accidentally becoming pirates and heroes of the Dynasty. The Nein regularly chose what to do based on personal goals, not grand ones. Though definitely smaller fish than Vox Machina at this level, they were very independent and gaining solid political clout.

While we're at it: level 13 is one level lower than the Ring of Brass, who had a huge amount of sway over Avalir. They ended the world, and also saved it, while in the grand scheme of things being only a smidge more powerful than Bell's Hells are now.

Can you really see the Hells wielding that amount of influence, when they're constantly being told what to do next?

The god-eater might be unleashed, so Bell's Hells have no time to do anything but what is asked of them. No time for therapy unless stolen from Feywild time, no travel on foot and late-night watches. They haven't even had time to grieve FCG. Percy was grieved in the middle of the Conclave arc. Molly was grieved when half the party was still in irons.

Matt is in the very unfortunate spot of not being able to give the Hells the same agency as the other two parties. Not only because of the world-ending plot introduced so early on; they are surrounded by characters they know (and the cast knows) are stronger and wiser than them - the familiarity of the past PCs and NPCs is to their disadvantage.

Why would the party reasonably ignore Keyleth's task that will help save the world and go off on a romp? Why would the cast when they know well Keyleth has to be sensible and with the best intentions in mind? The stakes are just too high.

It means that the Hells still feel like they're running errands instead of pursuing their own destiny. Their accomplishments are diminished as just being parts of a to-do list, and any stakes feel padded by several level 20 PCs/NPCs standing 5 steps away ready to catch them.

This isn't Bell's Hell's fault, nor is it Matt's. It could be amended, I think, if the Hells are really left to their own devices for a long period of time without support and shortcuts (like during the party split)... which would be really tricky to pull off at this point in the campaign.

They're level 13. They're big fish, but they're stuck in a pond full of friendly sharks, so they don't feel big at all.

#critical role #campaign 3 #bells hells #cr meta #critical role meta #the percy's conscience thing is half a joke. i love him but man he rlly went there just for the Vengeance. this isnt about him tho #to quote burr: we rlly spent the entire campaign on imogen and orym's backstories and everything else is sidequests #it's just. god. the constant hand-holding paired w the fact there's no TENSION from the fact they're taking the orders #the Nein were allergic to quest givers partially bc they rightfully didn't trust them. But the cast and audience trusts Keyleth and co 100%#it feels like you could put any other characters in this group and Of Course they'd still do roughly the same things on a macro scale #i love Orym and Liam's intent behind the character. but i. think it all boils down to his strong connection w Keyleth ;;#because of Course he'd reach out when things got bad. and of Course they would turn to her for advice.#the other three parties mentioned could Say Things and they would get Done. kinda iffy for the Nein but they could still boss ppl around #who can the Hells delegate smaller tasks to? ask to spy for them? deal with arcane batteries? no one! Because they ARE the small guys!

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assiraphales · 2 months ago

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bro I’m sick bc ace dying in his arms was luffy’s biggest nightmare but dying in the arms of the person that he loved most / loved him most was probably the kindest Fate (under the circumstances) that he could have been given. luffy, the person he sacrificed himself for and would again and again and again and a million times over if he’d been given the chance bc there was no world he wanted to live in without his little brother alive and breathing, there with him at the end.

#I hate when ppl say that he died for nothing. in vain. that all those lives were wasted trying to save him #BRO. you DONT get it. it’s supposed to feel sickening #not everything gets a happy ending. sometimes people die for no reason. or they die protecting something they can’t save #but did save luffy in more ways than one. at marineford (idc what anyone says they never would have outrun akainu) and by being the push for #strong enough to protect his friends and strong enough to follow the dream ace would never see him achieve #in the hypothetical that ace survived and luffy didn’t. ace would never have lasted more than a few weeks. days.#or he would have survived just long enough to burn the whole world down #because luffy loving him was the reason he could love himself just enough to keep going.#and even tho he loved whitebeard and his crew there was nothing left for him in a world that didn’t have his brother in it #alas #ooopsie lots of tags !#portgas d ace #luffy #one piece

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gyrmirr · 21 days ago

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can i tell you that i'm empty?

#severance #severance spoilers #mark s #helena eagan #markhelena #ahahhahahhghj this show. oh my god. oh my god!!!#mark and helly had already gotten me so bad but this last ep broke my brain. they are doing m/f previously thought impossible on this show #I DIDNT LIKE WHO I WAS ON THE OUTSIDE. I WAS ASHAMED!!!!!!!#was talking about this on my twitter but helena eagan has extremely strong failchild energy to me. this is just speculation #but i got the impression from s1 that her being severed was both a last chance to like. prove her worth to her family and get in line-#and comparable to women that were lobotomized by their rich families in the 20th century. girl you are too strong willed-#and difficult to control so we are going to do this.#as if all of that wasnt backfiring enough now our girl is blowing the whole family operation because she just HAAAD to jump the bones-#of the first person to give [LITERALLY NOT EVEN HER] positive attention.#incredible. i need helly back like i need oxygen but they could NEVER make me hate you helena eagan.#i hope she keeps being her insane self and also more and more comical things keep happening to her. they should drop a piano on her next #anyway these tags are long enough as it is but crazy how well the lyrics to the song i linked match her... just for the record....#im thinking abt that album all the time bc its one of my favorites but the orange/black scenes from this ep sent me into overdrive #they have different colors of blood. they have power like you never could :-))#art tag

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egophiliac · 5 months ago

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So how’s ride kamens going for you as I just pulled my self together long enough to read the other half of the current main story

I've been working on catching up on the event stories since they announced the upcoming main story update! (I totally bombed the last few events...they're so fast-paced and I just didn't have time...😭)

and then of course they went and dropped THIS on us today

(you don't understand, I LOVE Tajador and I already love the two blurry frames they've given us of non-silhouetted Kelka, I'm ready to absolutely lose my shit come the announcement/reveal(?) stream on Thursday --)

#art #ride kamens #ride kamens spoilers #october is officially NEW BOY MONTH #month of BOYS #i had suspected we were going to be getting some new guys eventually because. well. gacha.#but it's HAPPENING and oh my WHAT a strong start #me checking twitter and immediately turning into the beyonce meme: TAJADOR?!#hold on i'm contractually obligated to do the jingle #🎶 TAAAAAAJAAAAAAADOOOOORU 🎶#flashback to during the initial run of reveals when my sister was guessing ankh for every one because 'eventually it'll be right'#i can't believe it came true. i'm so happy #ugh i need to either grind out more seals for keys or see if anyone's uploaded the stories #i mean it's prooooobably not necessary to understand the main story but. i want to be fully prepared.#and i'm still a little salty about missing out on both birthday agata AND radical rollerbladin' araki #how dare they do this to me when i have DEADLINES >:(#...anyway get hype for part 2!!!!!#i hope we get powerup forms! just pile more stuff on top of these guys and watch them gently topple over #i still think leon should be allowed to henshin but. y'know. maybe as a big finale.#he will save us with the power of friendship and fresh-baked cookies

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evelynpr · 9 months ago

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The Fontaine main cast are all so thematically, emotionally, and narratively connected to each other that you can ship them in nearly every way and it somehow works.

I'm talking Furina, Neuvillette, Arlecchino, Clorinde, Navia, and Wriothesley here.

Wriolette? The upholders of the order of Fontaine. One on the surface, and one in the depths.

Clorivia? Childhood friendship, betrayal, and now healing with the truth and past resolved.

Neuvifuri? 500 years of closeness and understanding, mixed with distance and regret. Only after her sacrifice are they finally both free.

Arlefuri? Changing their fates through sheer force of will. Protecting the people who need on them, while accepting nothing in return.

Wriolinde? They were going to protect Fontaine together if its the last thing they do. Their trust is unbreakable.

Arlevia? Protecting their loved ones beyond the law. With a system and world that did not care for them, they care for their family their own way.

Knavilette? The seemingly cold and distant with bleeding hearts. They always keep their distance for fear of what would happen in a moment of weakness, especially with their overwhelming power.

Navilette? Personal regret with injustice and loss, now healing with compassion and understanding.

Furinde? The selfless princess and her loyal champion. She has always been by her side, protecting her with her blade, but only now does she get to know the real "Furina"

There are even more I haven't touched on (lemme know if you'd appreciate it ig?). These characters are just so...so interconnected through Fontaine with its themes on justice, order, love, loyalty, and more. They really knocked it out of the park with creating such a beautiful and complex cast of characters.