#playing is practice so like yeah- do it

[farmersfieldwolf]

i have debated saying this for a few days as i still dunno fully how this website works, but considering i've been writing a fic about it for months and how this week has gone i think some folks need to hear it right now

you are not above doing terrible things to survive, and the worse boundaries you have the more likely it is you will whether it's by choice or not. your desire to survive and your fear can be used against you as a siren song to convince you at minimum that being complacent isn't violence if you are currently not othered

not doing something is a choice, and it is a violent one.

this is not a moral distinction it's a horrifying truth- anyone backed into a corner will make choices to survive; you, me, anyone. history shows this- that's the point of dividing folks. kick the guilt about it out and prepare for actually dealing with it if you haven't already

if you struggle with saying no, if you struggle with lying on the behalf of others' safety, if you struggle with denying authority; go practice, right now, with friends if you can. make it a game; how fast can you reply, how long can you ramble, time yourself and whoever ranks highest gets a cookie

if you have a wedge of privilege learn to use it as noncompliance; weaponize incompetence, cry on demand, become forgetful, escort folks, give bad directions, use privilege as an annoyance

if you have resources; do research, share resources and knowledge, help folks with paperwork, provide sanctuary, watch folks kids or pets if needed, volunteer your time or give money, learn new skills and teach them to each other

and spread joy- i mean this so seriously; make music together, share food with your neighbours, dance together, have your favourite tea, make jokes, be silly, play games together, get a penpal. starve out doom with joy

there is no other, there is only us

don't comply in advance, keep up to date on what is happening, learn to meet folks in your community where they are and work on coalition building skills, download signal to start talking to folks, travel together and keep tabs on one another. choose a thing and do it, trying to do all of the things at once will burn you out. Someone does phone calls, another keeps the spreadsheets up to date, so on

folks probably ain going to like this suggestion, but read Conflict Is Not Abuse and reframe how you might approach boundary and solidarity building within community- don't do the labour of division

i want you to survive, to be safe, stranger who reads this- and i love you; if you feel alone right now there is one stranger out in the world who wants you to survive, and we survive together

[mychemicalbrromance]

The Guys Ever. (Insanity)

[moeblob]

Huevember 22

Brent, the most expressive bard to ever bard.

[cementcornfield]

this fucking dude.

[iwritenarrativesandstuff]

I do kind of want to briefly ramble about Akechi’s rank 4 scene though because it kind of pleasantly surprised me?

So Akechi takes Joker to the jazz bar, which is his place to get away from it all, kind of his safe spot. His best options are when you give responses that show excitement and enthusiasm about the place, which is… aw.

Then the conversation segues into Akechi asking if Joker has a place like that, where he feels at ease, and all of the responses obviously reference Leblanc. First of all, that’s really sweet to have a kind of confirmation of that - Joker and Sojiro had a rocky start to their dynamic, but now he’s feeling like it’s a safe spot for him, and with Morgana there too, and the Thieves having come to visit a few times, maybe even more of a home than the one he left (though perhaps that’s pushing it?).

Secondly though, alarm bells were going through my head, because nowhere in all of this business does it seem a good idea to tell the detective investigating me where I live and am now operating my heists from. (Even though he probably could find that out easily… but still.)

So I picked the vaguest option, to be on the safe side, but little did I know that it doesn’t matter.

Because Joker tells Akechi about Leblanc anyways. Completely without player input. And at first I was a bit taken aback, but then it made a lot of sense.

For one thing, it confirms that Akechi is being genuine about this being his place to feel at ease. Not that I doubted that, but Akechi often says one thing and means multiple; he’s quite good at controlling the flow and direction of a conversation to get the info he wants. But that’s not the vibe I got here at all. He’s just… sharing it. Wants Joker to enjoy it the way he does. It’s actually a fair amount of openness, especially in that he’s never shared that place with anyone else before. And so Joker returns that openness with an honest answer and his own place of comfort - prioritizing returning Akechi’s honesty with his own instead of potential repercussions. Wild. I love it. And it tracks from their previous interactions.

Akechi downplays his skills by using his non-dominant hand, which Joker notices. Joker returns that (whether intentionally or inadvertently, I can’t actually say) when he puts his glasses on Akechi - the fake glasses that he wears, ostensibly, so as not to draw attention to himself. There’s a sense of honesty for honesty here, openness for openness, particularly from Joker. It’s just interesting.

[lightbulb-warning]

i used to freehand comics all the time as a child and since the part i liked was the drawing part i would just draw panel after panel because i didn't want to stop drawing to think about icky icky words, plus the story TOTALLY still made perfect sense! to me! and noone else, but 'whoooo caaaaares omgggg its not like comics and sequantial art are a communicative meeediummmm lmaoooooo'. i spent my entire childhood telling myself stuff like "oh pfft I know this story by heart- ill SIMPLY remember the dialogue and write it later" ...and. I can't help but admire baby maiora's (call that a minora ba tm tsk) fucking audacity? hubris? confident wrongness? kid couldn't even remember to finish the comics in the first place? INCREDIBLE levels of unearned self assurance, wish that were me, genuinely- what an icon!!! anyway i think i have forever cursed myself

[pacific-coast-hockey]

we are aware, right, that the sharks and cuda share a facility. like cuda's arena + training center are like 50 feet down an open-to-the-public hallway from the sharks practice rink and training center. i'm pretty sure they share a kitchen...like will smith would not be getting sent into outerspace here, he's not even taking a semester abroad. he would be taking a class outside of his major. and anthony vincent is going to teach him something beautiful and sexy

[skitskatdacat63]

My choice to play ac unity in French dub is both horrible and amazing at the same time bcs on one hand I cannot understand at all what the NPCs on the street are yelling at me but it feels so much more immersive to be yelled at in incomprehensible French as I gallivant around revolutionary Paris committing various unspeakable acts

[memento-morri-writes]

More dnd writing because it's all I have but I here's a snippet from a vignette I did of Rook's past (from Zara's POV), because Rook and his mentors never fails to make me sick (/pos).

[transcript under the cut]

Taking a coin out of her pocket, she rolled it across her knuckles, back and forth. It gave her hands something to do, and prevented the urge to bite her nails, something she hadn’t done in years. Ten minutes passed, then twenty. Zara began to pace as Rook’s breathing grew shakier and the color drained from his skin. Where the hells is Jay? she wondered. The room was so quiet that she could hear every tick of the small clock on her bedside table, and each one echoed in her head. How many ticks does he have left? She didn’t want to think about it.  She’d had crew members die before, of course. You don’t go as many years as a captain as she had and never lose a soul. But all the others who had died had died quickly, in combat. She’d mourned for all of them, even shed tears in private, but there was something different about watching the life drain out of a person right in front of your eyes.

[passthroughtime]

kuwagami sunday

hmmm lets see who has mentioned me while i was battling with chap5... @jichanxo, @four-white-trees, @phantasy14, @overdevelopedglasses, @mike----wazowski... ig that's all? anyway

this past week i've spent a considerable amount of time trying to figure out what i want to write next to finally come to the conclusion that i only want to continue writing the ever-changing. so, i created the doc. wrote a couple of words. then opened one of my other wips just to write porn. classic.

“Pull down your pants,” Yagami grits his teeth. It’s frustrating that he has to voice his needs, but unfortunately, he has no other choice: he still feels pretty weak to just manhandle Kuwana.

He hums as if considering it. As if it is something to consider. “Okay,” Kuwana finally says, like he’s doing him a favor. He lets go of Yagami and starts undressing, — as well as talking shit. “And how am I supposed to jerk you off then? That’s not going to be a comfortable, if even feasible, position for me, you know. I won’t be of any help to you this way, I’m afraid.”

Jesus fucking Christ. Yagami can’t believe that he still wants Kuwana to fuck his mouth even after he says something like this.

He rolls his eyes, “I’ll take care of myself. As I’ve said, I’m perfectly able to. It’s not like I wanted anything from you aside from kissing anyway.”

Kuwana laughs, “That’s a very roundabout way of doing things even for you. But, I guess I promised to do whatever you want.”

[spamtoon]

i would take their poison

Sketch + Line Art for those Clicking Under the Cut(tm) (archival purposes honestly)

[crescentfool]

happy birthday to my favorite horseboy 🥳

[awfullybigwardrobe44]

Happy things days 45 + 46

• Christmas rehearsal went very well. I’m still not satisfied with where we’re at but it’s much better and acceptable now

• a run in my music that I’ve been struggling to nail has become easier. It finally felt natural yesterday instead of a struggle. (Others sound less good, but this one is fairly Important)

• survived running errands with my grandma 5 days before Christmas. Do not recommend, traffic nightmare

• a really cute couple got engaged 🥺

• I have a book to read after Christmas 😏♣️♠️♥️♦️

• got my Christmas outfits figured out

• watched about half of Home Alone and aim to finish today. Love that movie

• finished the worship team cards. Not sure I even believe they look good so it’s actually kinda a stressor for me

• work Christmas party was actually kinda fun

• my dad made eggnog French toast. If you’ve never tried it, you need to

[the-valiant-valkyrie]

probably won't be refining it so i'm probably not going to make it public (not any time soon, at least, maybe if i have some free time or over a summer or something) but i'm thinking abt the assignment i did over the summer for some extra credits so i'm gonna make that everyone else's problem now

[adore-gregor]

I sort of signed up for something but I didn't actually expect this to happen 😅

Now I don't want to do this anymore 🫠

[bereft-of-frogs]

it is kind of funny writing commentary in fics about the differences between Cal and Cere's fighting styles when Cal's fighting style is....technically dependent on how good of a gamer you are and I am a Bad gamer XD 'Cal over-relies on a few key practiced moves, while Cere is more fluid, natural' yeah because there was actual fight choreography involved in Cere's fight in Fallen Order, and not just me button-mashing and doing the same thing over and over in the hopes it actually works this time XD

like I think it works thematically and idk this paragraph might end up getting cut, but it is just kind of funny to be like, trying to reflect on canon and how to describe it and then having to be like 'well…that might be on me...'