#remember the letter campaigns? lol

[drbatsponge]

Call me crazy, but Batgirls #18 was recently #5 on the Amazon sales chart for DC, so like... they could potentially walk back on cancelling it and relaunch it instead.

Probably me huffing copium, but it is funny that DC probably cancelled Batgirls because it wasn't selling well and now that they've cancelled it they've brought more attention to it, classic DC blunder, lmfaoooooo.

I got these analytics from here:

https://twitter.com/CainArchives/status/1649123877555953664?t=U2jl0F2WpfZYXQVgTqT3RQ&s=19

[limpfisted]

so basically while ravengard is interesting politically in this campaign (murder in baldurs gate) he has no emotional core. he lives to serve the lower city n nothing else. n while that works for the campaign, seeing this non-nonsense militaristic man with no imagination who doesnt believe in forgiveness like, keep a diary in a locked vault where he writes to himself about his beautiful, imaginative boy n how much he loves him even after he almost drowns chasing mermaids fully clothed. is very emotional

theres also stuff in game abt how he swore he was gonna be a better father than his distant father but when he held his baby in his arms after his wife died he just felt this impossible distance.

n yet wylls father encourages him to fight, n stand up for himself, explore every inch of their beautiful fucked up city, trusted him to deliver letters of public import, taught him to believe in fairy tales and justice and balduran and recite his virtues like a prayer. wylls mother is dead, but he brings u to “his mothers wishing tree” when he wants to propose. his mother isnt alive. his mother never told him that. thats ULDER’S wishing tree. the story abt acorns full of love and magic is from ULDER’S LIPS to wyll’s ears.

ulder felt so distant n his whole life was hard work to get respect n make baldurs gate safe and shine. but his wife and son brought out, such a beautiful kindness in him. even tho wyll was alone a lot, he still remembers everything his father ever said to him

and ulder??? throws it all away anyway? for the city. for baldur’s gate. bc baldur’s gate matters more. responsibility over love. lock away that part of urself. exile your son. with a single word. n bc ur bond is so great and so beautiful he knows exactly what u mean from just that one word. that hes broken ur heart

kind of sobbing as i write this tbh lol

[perplexingly]

just so you know you are the reason I watched almost 1 hour of a polish musical despite the fact that I don't speak a word of polish because I liked the songs and the actors looked like they were having fun. didn't even have subtitles :(

Anyways to be fair this isn't the first time something like that happened I'm just weird sometimes.

I enjoyed it, btw, in case that didn't come through in all of this. (haven't got a clue about the plot tho)

SFDGFJFK I admire the dedication bless you !! I think I’ll try to translate it, I’m very slow at making subs though so I don’t know how long it will take 🙈

About the plot, it’s a rather fictionalized story of Mieszko I, who became the first king of Poland. But for now a summary:

Mieszko’s father announces that he retires and Mieszko shall now rule over the tribe of Polans, and orders him to conquer. So Mieszko does, he conquers the nearby slavic tribes, each time marrying someone from them. Then Hodon enters the stage and introduces himself: he’s the markgraf of the Saxon Eastern March, a devout Christian, and although he used to be friends with Mieszko, campaigning together, Mieszko „took something close to [Hodon’s] heart” (a piece of land neighboring his) and therefore must die.

The ending of Hodon’s song introduces another conflict: Mieszko, a pagan, falls deeply in love with Dobrawa, the Christian princess of Czechia. Mieszko tries to convince Dobrawa’s father to allow their marriage but to no vial. (That’s why there’s this dance between Dobrawa and Jesus - to show that Jesus is in the way lol).

Then Pope has a song about teaching the pagans with sword and fire and sends Hodon - his bulwark of Christianity - against Mieszko. Then Hodon challenges Mieszko to a rap battle and wins (Mieszko’s lines are objectively better tho 😞)

Later Dobrawa and Mieszko have a romantic picnic but she asks him to convert and it ends up in an argument because he will never. Anyways, the time skips to Mieszko’s christening. (Hodon has a fun scene where he tries to sneak in but Dobrawa doesn’t let him and when Mieszko comes in they have this exchange „Excuse me” „I won’t”)

The Pope is delighted how big the Christian lands have become and how there’s a new bulwark of Christianity. Hodon still wants to fight Mieszko and the Pope doesn’t understand why, now that Mieszko is a Christian. No matter, Hodon’s army goes to attack Mieszko’s (in his song, Mieszko tells Hodon that he’s attacking the bulwark).

In the meantime Mieszko’s father dies, and Mieszko informs us that the final battle will take place in Cedynia. Hodon sends him a letter asking him to settle this with a duel (using sabres) and Mieszko agrees. Dobrawa is worried but he remains unmoved.

The time for the duel comes, and Mieszko asks Hodon to explain himself, now that the earth will be soaked in one of their’s blood, which Hodon does: “You took everything I wanted” “All of this is because of a piece of land?” “Not that, you Pope’s shameless pet. Don’t be daft, it’s about the bulwark. It’s that the markgrafs won’t be counted among the saints. It’ll be your fault if all that history remembers is that you defeated me in Cedynia”

Mieszko dies in this musical but it’s completely not accurate lol the battle (which indeed Hodon’s army lost) took place 20 years before either of them died.

Sorry for this wall of text 🙈

Also for these who haven’t seen the context, it’s this:

[saribrum]

Love seeing all of your Curse of Strahd work! Atropa is so so cute! Hes a vampire yeah, how did that happen? Sorry if you have already explained im just super curious!

Oh gosh, hi! Thank you so much, that’s so nice of you to say, I’m glad you enjoy my lil guy! He brings me a lot of joy, and no you’re totally fine! I think I only talked about it in the long recap doc I did but you’d have to dig for it haha. You can find a more in depth answer in there with the play by play, but I’m happy to answer any questions! 🥰

So, this is kind of a long explanation, so bear with me!

From the beginning for context, Atropa and Strahd worked together to “unlock” Atropa’s magic, and their pact was formed from Strahd drinking Atropa’s blood, and Atropa drinking a mixture of their blood in return. Strahd then did a ritual linking the two of them together and empowering Atropa’s tome with the ability to communicate directly with Strahd as pen pals. Strahd has also done a few experiments to give Atropa blood magic and what not by injecting his blood directly into his veins. So that’s the base of everything.

Later in our campaign, SABR had an encounter with a group of vampires in a cave outside of Vallaki, and a ton of them were targeting Atropa because they loved the smell of his blood. When we came face to face with an old vampire in the cave who had been imprisoned for a super long time, he got his hands on Atropa during the fight and ended up killing him. He drank Atropa almost dry, and though he was only dead for a couple seconds before he was brought back up again, and the vampire (Lacomie) was killed, that encounter started a chain reaction.

The next few days, Atropa wasn’t feeling well, but they chalked it up to all the blood loss, until he was helping to escort a guard back to Vallaki (another long story for another time). When Atropa didn’t come back for a while, the rest of the team went looking and found him acting feral in a small cave, drinking the unconscious man. Luckily they were able to stabilize the guard and get him back to Vallaki, not remembering a thing, but Atropa was distraught.

All of our Vallaki shenanigans and horrors happened after that, so he hasn’t really had a chance to process everything or even tell Strahd what happened, but he is going to be sending him a letter about it soon. He and I are both kinda nervous to see how he’ll react lol I’m pretty sure that Atropa is a vampire from Strahd’s influence with all the blood drinking and injecting, but in game Atropa thinks it was because of Lacomie draining him. He’ll be pissed if it’s because of Strahd, cause he told Strahd specifically that he didn’t want to be a vampire right now

We are just kinda getting back into playing and some more stuff has happened that is still being uncovered, but has basically turned this strange form of vampirism Atropa is experiencing into a homebrew Sorcerer subclass that I have the option of taking. I’ll let you know how that pans out when I know more, but yeah that’s the circumstances right now!

Thanks so much for asking :>

[rockyroadkylers]

2023 Writing Roundup

@hgejfmw-hgejhsf tagged me to do this, and @inexplicablymine actually did, too, a while back, so here we go!

i haven't written much this year- well, no, okay, that's a lie, in terms of word count i've written quite a lot, but in terms of how many fics i've posted, i don't have that many to share, here. but i'm pretty dang proud of what i do have!

May

I Will Soften Every Edge (I'll Do Better) - MCU, 6.6k, T

Tony Stark is unexpectedly thrust into parenthood when he discovers that Spider-Man is not only fourteen years old, but also his son. He's unsure how to proceed from there, until the Vulture destroys a ferry full of people and Tony learns something about his son that makes him reevaluate his own behavior. Gift for hold_our_destiny from my Fic Raffle on Tumblr.

October

It's Nice to Have a Friend - RWRB, 59k, 11 chapters, T

Two boys meet on a beach, build a sand castle, write letters, and fall in love.

November

After Everything, I Must Confess I Need You - RWRB, 5.8k, T

“Fuck,” he gasps, tears springing to his eyes and mixing with the rainwater on his face. He’s not sure if the tears are from the asphalt biting into his palms, or if it’s a release of the emotions he’s been trying to shove down deep ever since he woke up to an empty top bunk at the lake house. Wait. Asphalt. Over the pounding rain, Alex hears the shrill sound of a horn honking, and looks up just in time to be blinded by a pair of headlights coming straight at him. OR: When Alex dares Henry to tell him to leave, Henry actually does. Neither of them could have predicted what happens next.

Upcoming in 2024:

i picked the petals, he loves me not

canon divergence starting from the day Alex and Henry met in Rio, following an AU where Alex develops Hanahaki Disease from Henry asking Shaan to get rid of him.

currently untitled sequel to It's Nice to Have a Friend

Picking up where chapter ten left off (Alex and Henry finally getting together), the sequel will follow the boys as they navigate their new relationship through the ups and downs of long distance, therapy, school, and Ellen's 2016 presidential campaign.

This Love is Worth the Fight

a surprisingly highly-requested sequel to After Everything, I Must Confess I Need You. It will likely be another longfic, due to the amount of ideas I've made notes of, but I don't have anything concrete, yet.

1/124th of a second (credit to Beas for the genius title)

Actor!Henry, Photographer!Alex AU. Sort of an enemies to lovers premise. I won't actually be able to write this one until Mary and George comes out, I don't think, because the premise of it is Alex taking a job as the photographer taking pictures of Henry to promote his role as George Villiers in Mary and George, and he watches the show to prepare for the job, so I might need to be able to actually reference some of the scenes in order to write about Alex watching the show, lol. Other than that, this fic is entirely outlined, so it should be easy to write... once I have access to clips of the show for reference, pfft.

this has been fun to do! so much of the writing i've done this year has taken place over the last four months, that sometimes i forget i did any writing before the month of September 😂 but i did! and it's good writing, too, as hard as that is for me to remember, sometimes.

tagging: @matherines, @firenati0n, @affectionatelyrs, @anincompletelist, @littlemisskittentoes, @read-and-write-, @happiness-of-the-pursuit, @songliili, @wordsofhoneydew

[figula]

last night i was thinking how the NHS treated me whenever i was dim enough to ask for help for my madness + just getting like more and more angry remembering it lmfao

i actually think that severing myself from like the idea of "help" and "psychiatry" and "CBT" and "mental health" has been more beneficial to my QOL than literally anything the NHS ever did for me, so im at peace w/ it on the whole, however there were some real highlights:

me sitting sobbing my eyes out in a small room w/ two strangers begging them to Please Help, and receiving a letter a few weeks later saying i wasn't ill enough for any help + i was on my own

being diagnosed w/ BPD (a big regret i have - once i cann afford to spend £250 on a psych visit im going to try and get that scrubbed off my record bc at the time of diagnosis like ~8 years ago i was naive enough to think that a diagnosis that wasn't depression or anxiety would force the NHS into giving me "help". however, obviously, as you all know, a BPD diagnosis is the 2020s equivalent of Female Hysteria

i was offered a round of CBT (classic) but there was an 18m waiting list and in that 18m i was diagnosed w/ the BPD. so i had a conversation w/ them in which they were like "we can only do the anxiety/depression, if you talk about anything BPD-ish we'll terminate you"

went to the minor injuries unit after a particularly bad self-harm session + was not asked any questions about how i was doing mentally, they didnt check i was safe, they didnt ask me if i was gonna be ok at home lol, they just cleaned me / bandaged me / sent me home again (tbh idk what id rather they did tbh like. i dont want to be sectioned - i was just kind of astonished by the lack of pretence at caring how i was doing)

in the last-ditch effort i made to get some "help" i told my (beloved! none of this is his fault) GP that if he had anything going i'd be willing to give it a shot. he told me there was this local unit opening up for "personality disorders" and that given i was motivated + all that shit i would be a perfect fit for it. (at this time i was already leery of the BPD label but i was still thinking like: maybe it will actually open THIS door to "treatment") i said to him: i know for a fact they will not accept me. you're welcome to try, but i am 100% sure that they will find a reason to reject me as a patient. and he was like no no no! haha why wouldn't they :) i'll send them a personal email about you! and they'll take you on my reccommendation! and i was like lol ok roy. anyway yeah of course they didnt accept me - as i told him they wouldnt - and he was so shocked and upset during that conversation where he told me this - and i was just like totally unemotional like "i told you this would happen" and he was like just so shocked about it all (honestly idk why, as a doctor, he must see the carnage, but whatever) and just like "my god - you were right" (yeah no shit roy) and yeah that was just the moment i was like alright im never doing any of this shit again, never ever.

to be honest my suggestion to anyone in a similar situation is to read up on antipsychiatry lmfao (shout out to bananapeppers for forcing it into my eyeballs via tumblr) bc it really changed my mindset for the better. that's probably quite a bleak sentiment to end a post about psychiatry on but uh. i dont know what to say otherwise. i don't believe in "mental healthcare" anymore like i rly dont. im doing 100x better now that i refuse to talk to doctors about my madness. there is no moral to this post

ETA: from @bananapeppers herself: "for anyone reading this who may be interested, this is an England-based antipsychiatry organization that I recommend: Campaign for Psychiatric Abolition ( https://linktr.ee/cpabolition)"

[grigori77]

Critical Role, Campaign 3 Episode 74

"Sweet Sam"? What is ... wait, what the bright blue FUCK is this? "Sweet Sam will FINISH HER!!! In court ..." Bloody hell ... oh gods not the teeth, please not the teeth ... and that's just destroying EVERYBODY ... dear gods Sam WHY?!!!

A human shark ... a Riegel shark ... what a horrible image ...

Awwwwww ... Bells Hells plushies! Liam: "Mine's size accurate!" XD Yeah ...

"Matchmaker, matchmaker, make me a match ..."

Oof ... TWO DAYS through this terrain? Ouch ...

Considering chancing teleportation? Okay ... boy it sure would be handy if THEY HAD A SPYGLASS ...

Fearne suggesting turning herself into one of those giant toads and carry them all in her mouth ... hmmmm ...

Yeah ... sounds like magic is probably OUT ...

Chetney: "I was trying to be enthusiastic." Laudna (laughing): "I can't tell with your crotchety tone."

Imogen Temult, walking bug-zapper ... XD

Turns out Fearne mostly just survives day by day by pure dumb luck ... O.O

Delilah back in Laudna's head becomes an excuse for Marisha swapping out Feats ... hmmmm ...

Translations ... creepy, somewhat haunting ones ... oof ... this can't be a good sign ...

Iffodola? Okay ...

Ah ... so it's the Oxnard of Exandria ...

Healthy volcanic jungle makes for vibrant environs ... "two layer fog"? Weird ...

Aaaaah ... Survival rolls ... 17 ... Nice ... and 24 Perception for Orym ... but of course ...

To the Beaten Path ... yeah, probably smart ... oh, trust the Changebringer? Guided Grace? Okay ... vibe check, then ... heads? Go that way then ...

Oh, a full-blown RAINFOREST ... okay then ...

Ah ... they're being followed? Big ass boars? No ... what the fuck was THAT thing? Hmmmm ...

Pass Without A Trace? But that would slow them down ... save it, we don't KNOW we're in danger ...

Roll a D6? Oh great ... what did you DO, Travis?

A river? Hmmm ... is it a problem, or ... what exactly IS going on with Chetney right now?

Stick check! Ooof ... okay, probably NOT a good idea ... oh yeah, that's right they DO have TWO Immovable Rods now ...

Chetney literally turns himself into a fishing gnome ... LOL

Ooh, a FISH!!! Nice ... is it a mutation? Seems not ...

Ashton wants Pate to do something? Interesting ... he wants him to BE BAIT?!!! Oh come on ...

Awwww ... wow, Pate's having an existential crisis right now and Laudna wants him go be tackle ... oh wow, this is gonna be interesting ... splash! Hmmm ... he's actually ENJOYING not being eaten "alive" bt piranhas ...

Wow ... is Laudna really about to do a tightrope walk right now? "Naruto RUN!!!" 7 ... oh boy ... and she's IN THE RIVER!!! That is a SHIT SHOT, Letters! Hmmm ...

Telekinetic Pull? Save your girlfriend, Imogen!

Ashton just jumps in to rescue her instead ... andhe REALLY didn't think this through, did he? Oh boy ... swim, barbarian! Swim!

Seedling to the rescue now? Oh, okay ... 21 for Dexterity? Of course he does ... meanwhile Ashton's now Raging ...

And now there's something coming out of the river after them now ... oh shit what the fuck is THIS?!!!

Some kind of freaky demon hippo? Oh for eff's sake ...

Stonky's Ring! Nice save, Fearne!

Crap ... here it comes ... and it's got YOUNG with it! Charming ...

FCG casts Speak With Animals ... "FUCK OFFFFFF!!!" Oh, that's a very unpleasant and cranky beast.

That was ... interesting ...

Oh, now Fearne is leading them? Hmmm ... is this really a good thing? Stop eating poop, Fearne ...

Matt: "Nothing is free." Yeah, clearly they're gonna pay for this somehow later ...

Night is coming ... time to find shelter ...

Fearne trying to remember how she made their little shelter last time ... oh, here we go ...

Nice cosy weird nature hovel ...

Baked fish? Hmmm ... FCG's faking it ... Imogen: "Why are you making it gross?" FCG: "Well I can just wipe it off."

Night falls and it's getting cold ...

Fish jerky, essentially ... charming ... and now his internals stink of fish ... "My hot holes are all fishy now."

Wow Sam Riegel has just made a joke that has LITERALLY made Matt Mercer WALK OUT ...

Crap ... WHY is Matt rolling?

Laudna is taking 9 points of Necrotic damage? From WHAT?!!!

Marisha: "Even though I'm a Hollow One?" Sam: "Oh, he didn't remember that."

Wait ... now LIAM is taking 3 points too?

What creepy ass fresh hell is THIS?!!!

Freaky little shadow imps? Oh that can't be good ...

Shadow Cant ... hmmmm ... oh shit, they understand that shit? That's not good ...

Oh, they want BODY heat ... great ...

Chill Touch? Okay ... 27 for an Attack Roll ... oh, she went up a level ... whoa, THREE Eldritch Blasts now, when she wants to? That should be fun ...

Okay, yes, kill the little fuckers ...

FCG calls on the Changebringer to Turn Undead ... oh yeah, that did it, looks like ...

Crap ... there's more outside? Oh, they're backing off? Hmmm ... HAVE THEY been scared off for good, or ...?

FCG suggests someone be a sacrificial lamb for the rest while they sleep ... hmmmm ...

Trying to concoct some deterrents, then ...

First watch for Laudna and FCG ... no real danger, at least ...

Next to Fearne and Imogen ... Imogen: "They're sad and cute ... I feel sorry for 'em."

Daybreak seems to have seen them off, at least ...

Now Chetney's sounding like he's writing a book ...

Another day's travel and they MIGHT make it to their destination ...

Orym is now riding on Fearne's shoulders as she leads the way. :3

I'm with all if you, what IS going on with Chetney right now?

Oh, he's being romantic? Hmmm ... she puts the flower in her hair. Cue cracks about potential brain parasites ... Ashton: "It's gonna be YOUR fault when she turns on us later."

The base of the mountain ... and there's a weird lake there ... hmmm ...

Weird ground ahead ... a trap? Hmmmm ... oh yeah, that's DEFINITELY suspicious ...

Laudna's sending Pate ... oh, the poor little bugger, not again ...

Grim Psychometry again! Okay ...

Good point, CAN THEY bypass it?

Imogen chucks a big stone in ... yup, there us DEFINITELY a trap here ... shit, it's like a big two level deadfall ... nasty ..

"Fish Cut Bass" ... oof ...

Ashley rolls a 30 on Survival ... wow ... Matt has to reveal EVERYTHING now ...

A shitload of traps, clearly ... apparently it's a reminder of Nana Mori ... O.O ... okay ...

Sam: "Matthew, is a tree an object or a creature?" Matt (with a particularly unsettling grin): "Depends on which tree." Okay then ...

Enquiring if any of this feels familiar to Ashton ...

FCG casts Find the Path using Ashton as the focus in order go find the Tree ... and it tanks. FCG: "You ruined my spell!"

Somebody's coming ...

Oh, so they have bows, and they are NOT friendly, looks like ... standoff ... hmmm ...

So, who are they? She speaks Common. Um ... yeah ... and now it's time for a break ...

Wow ... so what did they say to get THAT response out of him before we came back?

Orym very carefully shows them his satchel with the thing inside ... oh, so THIS is familiar ... Temu? Who's Temu, then?

Okay, this might be all right after all ...

Oh, they know who Jirana is, at least ... that's a good sign.

Ashton has to make a Persuasion Check with advantage ... 9? Oof ...

Oh, so they're allowed to go on at least, but without any help. Oh, they can return the rest of their stuff? Okay, that might make things easier ...

Oh, so that's it? Okay then ...

Laudna: "They seemed very done with us, thanks to Ashton." Hey, now ...

Imogen goes flying up looking for the Tree ... goes back down to fetch Orym to help her look ... much better Perception ... okay, here we go ...

Just flying about for a bit ... oh, so it's like z big fucking SINKHOLE ... yeah, looks like THAT'S a good bet for the location ... back down to the others, then.

Fearne leads the final trek ... to the hole. Cue nany cracks about moist and dark holes ... Matt: "I hate all of this." XD

Aha ... yep, looks like THIS is indeed the way to go ...

So it's a big, long, dark drop ... oh no, there's something down there, but not exactly anything they can really make out ...

The Shadow Realm? Seriously?

Testing the depth ... Laudna has to make a strength check ... Nat20? Holy crap ... wow, so that really IS deep ...

AGAIN considering sending Pate ... I'm with Imogen, they're getting really mean to him. Give the poor freaky bone rat a break, guys!

Wow ... it seems like Imogen's genuinely bonding with Pate now ...

They're genuinely considering just jumping in ...

Little carved Chetneys ... yeah, that's not weird at all ...

Asking the Changebringer if this is safe ... looks like it is ... okay ...

So YES on prepping Featherfall just in case ...

Oh, they're jumping ... yikes!

Something below ... DO IT NOW!!! AAAAAAHHH!!! Laudna casts Featherfall, Imogen flies, Fearne transforms into a shoebill ...

Leaves. Endless jet black leaves ... oh, it's the top of a massive tree. Okay then ...

Touchdown. Very roughly ...

I would feel very safe betting this is Evontravir, then ...

Ashton (to Chetney): "Don't chisel the tree."

Fearne flies down with Imogen carrying Laudna ... and they both get hit in the face by a branch on the way down, each taking THREE POINTS OF SLASHING DAMAGE?!!! Ouch ...

Just weird clutters of various objects scattered around the roots at the base ... weird ...

It is REALLY cold down here ...

Ah yes, the knotty prospect of getting the others down too ... hmmmm ...

Chetney's already climbing down, but the rest are staying put until told otherwise ... oh no, here comes Ashton too ...

Everybody starts singing "Somewhere Out There" from An American Tail ... XD

FCG's descent is ... chunky, but at least Orym makes it fairly smoothly ...

Oh, so these things are like OFFERINGS ... and from all over Exandria, too ...

Grim Psychometry on some random little carved wooden egg bear ... from a veteran soldier, left as a kind of sacrifice ... interesting ...

Detect Thoughts on the Tree ... and it's CONSCIOUS in a really ancient way ...

FCG casts Eagle's Splendour on Ashton as he goes to commune with the Tree ... and he cuts his hand snd presses it to the bark ...

Oh ... well THAT woke it up ... and now the Tree is MOVING ... snd now it has EYES for fuck's sake ... oh boy, that's actually a FACE ...

And now it's talking ...

Ashton: "I seek what is owed to me." Oh ... okay then ...

"As it was fated ..." Oh shit ... so this is all about Ashton's father ...

The Necropolis of Toramunda? A Shard of Kamort? What the fuck?

ASHTON was his destiny? But he couldn't see it because he was blinded by his own ambition? Whoa ...

So ... Ashton is offering Evontravir ... a toke from his pipe? O.O

Ashton: "Be a small man for a minute, you big fuck." LOL

Wow, they're actually doing it ...

Hundreds of people, running and caught, brought to the tree, and vanishing ... what the hell does that even mean?

Evontravir: "There are no nobodies that come this far to find me."

The strength of the Empress ... to restore the might of the Emperor? Okay then ...

It knows about the Solstice and everything it means ... whoa ... " I am the gate, and the boundary." Okay ...

Imogen: "How do we stop Predathos?"

They have to choose the fate of the gods?

Evontravir: "What do you believe in? What is right for this world?"

A shared vision ... a glow of endless red? Oh yeah, that has to be Predathos ...

Yeah, Matt is laying it on THICK with some seriously beautiful poetic metaphor ...

Ah, the Bloody Bridge, and the Moon ... "This is the path you have chosen." Ah ... yeah ...

Oh yeah, good point, Chet ... CAN Evontravir help them get where they need to be?

Damn it, what was THAT? Oh hello ... is that a portal in the tree? Oh! Yes, go, go NOW!!!

They all pile through ... freezing cold, snow ... the edge of a mountain range, mist in the distance ...

Okay, so they're still in the Shattered Teeth ... and now there's a sky whale floating by ... big cavern close by ...

And that's it for tonight ... meanwhile everybody's brains are EXPLODING wondering WHAT THE FUCK is really going on with Ashton ... yeah, same ...

[waitingforeddyneddy]

Is Florence Pugh a zionist? She signed pretty early on the ceasefire letter https://www.instagram.com/p/Cy3xlmJCwW-/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== Not that other letter signed by known zionists like Gal Gadot where they thanked Biden lol.

Anyway, I find it in poor taste to make a humanitarian crisis that costs the lives of innocent people every day about stans wars. As a fan of Simone, do I wish she had used her small but still significant platform? Sure, but it doesn't seem to be the way she uses her IG at all (I remember when Chinenye Ezeudu from Sex Ed had a GoFundMe to pay for her mom's medical expenses https://www.gofundme.com/f/sv8bu-medical-cost and Simone never posted about it even tho she donated.)

If anything, that JB trip shows how heavily Israel leans onto their PR and their need to be perceived as the one and only democracy in the Middle East. Pinkwashing is exactly part of that or that weird campaign calling for all the feminists they did recently 🙄. That's also why they tweet like a teenager from stan Twitter, I'm glad that people aren't buying into it and call out how actually cringe it is.

I'm not trying to make what is happening about stan wars, everything started two weeks ago or so when someone asked me about FT and then it began a conversation about how JB fans should boycott the show since it's one of those produced, acted and distributed by proud zionists. I'm not even tagging Israel/Palestine cause I know that would be out of touch of me.

Simone seems such a private person who only uses instagram for work, I noticed she only posts about herself when she goes on vacation in the summer or during winter. Given how close she is with Roxy I bet she is supporting her friend's incredible initiative

[bumblevoid]

i’ve decided to ramble a bit about an old fnaf au of mine in the hopes it’ll get me to remember it enough to write it ahaha

okok so it’s called Live or Laugh, and it’s a good ol’ michael posses lolbit au. i’ve seen a lot more of those popping up lately (for example i am currently binge reading laughing at tragedy (so good highly recommend i’m in ch. 6 so far)). thought i’d go ahead and go back to mine to get back into writing fnaf lol-

we’re going to ignore that i made this au (and most of them tbh) to be funky for my weird little multiverse things i write

so basically,, it is 1986. michael is sixteen, and lives with henry after he ran away from william about a week after elizabeth’s death. he gets a weird letter from will on his birthday, blah blah he’s doing sl. that’s what’s happening. this set-up is important. and like,, night four of sl is absolutely atrocious and i literally hacked the game to skip it because no. it’s really hard and if you’ve beat it please give me tips i wanna play night five and the custom nights legitimately but uH mike dies on night four for aforementioned reasons. he dies inside the springlock suit.

now if we ever got clarification on what that suit actually looks like or anything i haven’t seen it and am kindly ignoring it. but uh mike is dead and ends up in a springtrap like situation. he’s a dead dude stuck in the suit that killed him where his corpse still is.

oh yeah the suit is lolbit in this au. i coulda made him anything but yk i had an obsession with lolbit when i made this (stares at lolbit art print that lives on my desk).

henry reports mike as missing the next day, very concerned as a man who is taking care of a child that isn’t even his should be. and then william also goes missing, and he’s just. there. the next year, he decides to work as a night guard at his own restaurant under a fake name so he can see what all the rumors about the night shift are about. he works under the fake name fritz smith for six nights and one day. yeah i swapped jeremy and fritz’s worktime for this,, dw jeremy’s still important but on that day henry uh. becomes the bite of 87 victim in LoL and yk i’m learning a lot about writing brain damage incorrectly through playing jeremy in my motw campaign lol from here henry goes on to investigate the ghosts and pretty much just steals all of mike’s night guard roles.

and uh phone dude finds mike in like. a scrap heap that all the old sl stuff got thrown in after so many years. so lolbit just, shows up at fazbear’s fright on night 3 and henry’s just freaking out because “THERE’S ANOTHER???” and “OH MY GOD THAT’S WILLIAM HE WANTS TO KILL ME-”

yeah i still haven’t thought up how exactly they’re gonna reconnect i’ve got like,, three different scenarios running in my brain ahaha

so that’s like, the set-up of this au.

every time i sit down to write it i can’t decide if i want to start from fnaf 2 or fnaf 3. like the scene that my brain imagined that brought this whole au is in pizzeria sim so 3 would get me there faster, but also it’d be fun to write out henry being like “oh. oh my robots are haunted and want to murder me what is happeninG” so.

and then i’m like. do i write just henry’s pov or like. throw mike in there sometimes for flavor

[darsynia]

Good morning 🤩

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This is sweet... LOL at my cinematic life:

My dad was a Catholic priest+. He was born in 1935, joined 'gonna be a priest' high school at 13 years old, did his college degree in ROME with classes in English, Latin, and Italian, and was a prison chaplain in Texas when my mom met him in the 70's. They wrote letters and spoke on the phone back and forth for FIVE YEARS falling in love, huge age gap romance taboo thing (gosh where did I learn all my romance tropes) until they finally chucked it all and got married after a torrid affair during which I was conceived. He was 44 when he left. They loved each other PASSIONATELY and superbly and he died when he was 60 years old. Best romance I've ever known. I remember being 8 and telling myself not to expect to have a love like that (I was wrong! I am very lucky!!)

I lived in a religious commune for years as a kid. Literally communal, to the point where everyone's paycheck went in a pot and each person got the same stipend to live off of. The group included a multi-platinum recording group from the '70s, and I was on 2 of their subsequent records, once as a kid, and once as a young adult.

Barack Obama follows me on Twitter! I joined in 2008 when he was campaigning and asked people to follow him, he's the 6th person who followed me, haha. I have never abused my ability to DM him on there though.

+ Bonus: my dad having grown up in that world means his experience with it is more 1600's than twentieth century, lol. He had WILD stories of he and his fellow priests going on vacation and having hijinx?? Like they had a swear jar but you had to put money in if you forgot to swear.

[rogue-bard]

I just wrote the actual letters and goodbyes for all the NPCs that make sense to have one, for the Campaign I'm GMing for a bunch of old friends I hadn't seen since school (10 years!) before we started playing, and who had never heard of TTRPGs before.

I hope it's not too corny and emotional lol but I want this to feel like the end battle in a fantasy book where everyone nods at the protagonists and says "this is it! Even if you don't make it, we will remember you as heroes".

I hope I can get the "ending" vibe out there,and I hope it's not too soon to do that because the last dungeon is QUITE long and will definitely take several sessions. But I'm so hyped to actually be able to end a campaign you guys!!!

[czolgusszy]

remember when it meant "lots of love"? when i was in second grade my school, our lady of loretto or OLL, was being considered for closure by the archdiocese, and while we were campaigning to increase our attendance and funding and stuff, we made shirts and stuff with motto's on it. in an attempt to seem cool and modern, the old women in charge chose to use text lingo......... for "Lots Of Love." OLL/LOL was too poetic to resist i guess.

so all our campaign slogans and shirts and hats said, in big letters,

SAVE OUR SCHOOL! LOL

[collymore]

You Meghan haters are clearly the sorriest lot of losers conceivably! Absolutely unhinged!

By Stanley Collymore

The problem for these serf sycophants of Kate Middleton and the feudal, British monarchical system is that Kate doesn't get any attention or leverage without you actually prime assholes mention of the unquestionably cleverer, very intellectually accomplished, crucially competent and a discernibly more able, mentally liberated   African American woman, plainly clearly so quite distinctly by name Ms Meghan Markle; literally, rather than the fatuous bone idle; distinctively, simply workshy, and plainly, obsessively stalking social climbing Stepford wife Yid broodmare, Kate Middleton; who, beastly, from the start really of their very first encounter with each other, and wholly, cognizant of the aforementioned; very obviously, on her viciously, and actually odiously   jealous part; most instinctively began a simply vicious media campaign did Kate Middleton, vindictively against a completely innocent, Meghan Markle. And evidently disabusing the truth on a discernibly, outright falsehood, that Meghan had made her cry and rather equally lyingly then self-centredly too hatefully perpetuated it in the bought and paid for fawningly royalist MSM!

(C) Stanley V. Collymore 29 October 2024.

Author's Remarks: An additional caution to Manisha Koirala who the Daily Mail rather exaggeratedly describes as a successful Bollywood star, ostensibly so because this Asian clown, quite evidently has nice things to say about Kate Middleton. Truly, please get off your knees woman fully bearing in mind what Kate's marital ancestors that so very prodigiously provides her with the clearly obscene wealth and undoubtedly discernible privileges that she so bounteously makes full usage of and garnered, clearly significantly as well from your purposely ruined country India!

Equally please try and sensibly remember that it wasn't actually Kate Middleton but evidently some simply underling secretary of hers, who wrote and sent you that reply letter to yours!  

As for you being exaggeratedly proclaimed by the Daily Mail as a Bollywood star; a number of my genuinely Asian friends who are clearly authentically into things culturally of their own rather puzzled by the Daily Mail's very fulsome of you, candidly said they'd previously literally never heard of you! Why am I not surprised by that? Lol!

[hermitcraftx]

but im glad the poor cishets have you on their side, i'm sure they appreciate you campaigning against platonic male/female friendships lol! i'll leave you be tho its not that deep peace and love to everyone

can you read. i was campaigning for queer heterosexuals like transhets and arohets, which it's really weird that you don't consider them as part of the community, by the way, i don't want queerphobes in my inbox and i guess you couldn't put those letters together and make a coherent sentence out of them either. i was saying that it's weird and sexist that women and men cant be in platonic relationships that aren't familial! thank you for outing yourself as a bigot! did you remember that you were saying you'd rather have men and female characters paired as siblings instead of platonically or are you changing your tune because you realize you look fucking stupid. incredible disillusionment please go outside and talk to any real man and woman and perhaps drop to the ground and start shoveling grass in your mouth since you seem to be lacking several nutrients and sentient thought. freak

[worldwright]

Good evening !

I finally sorted out my name change demand: turns out that it's been accepted since the end of October. Fucking October. They sent the change to where I was born the 8th of November. Neither of the two places remembered to send me the letter, or even contact me to say it was done. Thank you guys, it took me over an hour to contact y'all. So now I'm gonna need to annoy them a lot to have it bc the letter is needed for a lot of things. And no one knows where the letter is. Nice.

But, yep: it's official, my deadname is finally in its grave ! I'm so freaking happy !!!! (i fucking succeeded to name myself after a fucking city I never went to and a trigun character. who thought it could be possible x) well it's easier to put shit when it's not the first name lol)

Currently painting my nails black ! I looooove painting my nails, and I haven't done it since, like, August ? Or maybe October ?

Have a wonderful morning my friend !

Omg that's fantastic!!! Huge congrats!!!!

now all that's left is paperwork :')

I'm being boring and just picking normal names lmao. also I like my initials and wanted to keep them the same so that limited my options a bit XD

still haven't done anything official lol. the courthouse has very limiting hours :)

I spent a minute trying to figure out which trigun character had a city name before realizing you ment first and middle LMAO

it should be a pretty relaxing weekend for me! no huge plans except trying to get my cats to be less of a menace lmao (I got them one of those puzzle feeders to try and keep them busy and not destroying things). I'd like to work on sewing projects or my fics, but instead I shall tell myself to clean the apartment so I can perhaps trick myself into doing crafts because I'm "not supposed to be" doing that :) love my adhd brain. so well designed

oh I also played d&d last night!! yes two days in a row, but I'm a player in this campaign so there's no prep on my part. the DM has some very..... interesting stuff lined up for my character and I'm HYPED. my character will ignore the problem until he physically can't tho LMAO

have a lovely evening, friend!!

[nejackdaw]

Ask game 5, 8, 29, and 30 🌻

Wheat homie >:)

✨ Ask Game ✨

Q5: What are some of your OCs greatest fears?

Gonna assume you're asking about Lancaster, but for fun I'll throw in Moore, too, since they're both on the brain lol.

Lancaster is from a dangerous region: ice, mountains, monsters, war. He's content to let his brother have the title of Prince so he can take up arms and keep danger at bay, and naturally, his biggest fear is failure. Failure means his fellow warriors are in danger, failure means the citizens could die, failure means his brother is going to be taken out by grief and his home will be without protection or ruler to keep the peace. He takes pride in his abilities and fears the day they won't be enough.

Moore is paralyzed by the thought of everyone leaving. It's inevitable--everyone always leaves--so he keeps everyone at multiple arm lengths. He's a bastard on purpose so everyone will fuck off, because him scaring everyone away isn't nearly as painful as letting people in and then being abandoned. (The campaign did NOT end well for him.)

Q8: Do you have any OC family trees?

Gonna go for Lancaster and Moore again lol

Lancaster's father died in conflict, which left his wife as queen, though she has little interest in the position. His brother Sayer leads as prince as a result, and his charisma lends itself well to the position. His life never lacked for love, and he's proud of where he comes from.

Moore's parents have long since been out of the picture, disinterested in their delinquent son. The feeling is mutual, but he still adores his sister, Maude. (Madeline, but never to him.) She went on to be a researcher, and he makes sure to get his hands on any work she publishes. Careless about his belongings, but anything with her name on it is carefully maintained. He hasn't seen her in years, has no idea where she is, and considering the events leading to and during the campaign, it's best he keeps his distance to keep her safe. He writes unsent letters to her in the beat up journal he keeps in his bag.

Q29: What was your first fandom you were in? Did you make any art/fanfic for it?

Apparently liking Inuyasha when I was seven counts towards this lol. Always had sleep problems, so I'd be awake early in the morning. The TV was usually on Cartoon Network during the day, but when you're awake at like 6am on the weekend in the 2000s, well, that turns into Toonami lmao. I thought Inuyasha was soooo cool. The coolest thing ever, actually (until FMA: B started airing immediately after Inuyasha, at which point it was usurped. I'd still wake up early for Inuyasha though.) I remember being in elementary school and drawing a picture that at the very least included Kirara that got put on the side of the fridge. So, yeah, apparently the answer is Inuyasha at 7/8 and a crayon drawing of Kirara and I think Miroku and Sango.

If we're not counting that, uhhhhh.... Teen Titans. Raven was sooooo my favorite. Still is. She's so cool. I'd draw her in my little middle school notebooks instead of taking notes.

Q30: How are you doing?

Chilling and listening to Spotify rn so pretty good. Wish I had write juice or time to draw lol