#slightly related

[haminamibami]

This take has probably been said before, but I like to think that the Lords in Black are slightly messed up in their human form. Whenever they interacted with humans they haven't paid much attention to all the minor stuff that make humans humans so they can't quite replicate their form, but each is weird in a different way.

Wiggly is way too sharp. His shoulders and elbows and teeth are super sharp angles, so at first glance he's normal, but at a second look you realize shoulders aren't supposed to look like that. Also he has no idea how many fingers a human has so he's got like nine on his hand. Also also, his tongue looks like a tentacle. The first time he took human form he did not realize there was supposed to be just one tongue. He learned, but still his tongue is tentacle like.

Blinky's eyes are just a little too small than what is humanly possible. Because he has so many eyes in his normal form, the logic behind his form is "okay, I should probably be able to fit in here more eyes" and then he doesn't have any more eyes. Also, his hair is so artificially neon orange. Like the orange marker you'd give to a kid.

Tinky is, unsurprisingly, very goat like. He looks like the idea of what humans would look like if we evolved from goats. He has the general silhouette of a human, since he knows how they look like (or, in particular, Ted and Pete), but every detail he isn't sure about he just figured it must be the same as goats. And much like Blinky, his hair is such an aggressive shade of yellow it just can't be normal.

Pokey is just too much or too little in all the wrong places. His mouth is too small, fit only to barely talk and make that sound of his. When you look too close, you realize his skin is very hard and slightly cracked. His limbs are too long and his voice makes your head hurt. When you look at him, you realize very clearly that 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 is extremely wrong but you can't quite put you finger on what.

Nibbly is the worst. Nibbly is the definition of "uncanny valley". Unlike his siblings, Nibbly knows everything there is to know about his favorite snack. He knows them inside and out and he knows everything that matters to make a convincing human. And still, he's wrong in all the ways he wants to be wrong just because he can. At the first look, he's normal. Like, there's a vibe about him, but this is 2025 and people are weird, so you ignore it. But his smile is wrong. His smile is simply too wide to be humanly possible, his teeth are too sharp, like a predator's fangs, and his tongue is weirdly long. Still, his eyes are the weirdest thing. They are hungry. Starved, ravenous, eager. There is something about that hunger, that greedy need to feast upon everything there is, that is just beyond human.

[weirdocat83]

I still find it incredibly funny that zombie apocalypse AUs got a lot better after quarantine because now we know exactly how people react to a deadly virus going around.

[lazerzel]

Despite my pfp, I have not played cookie run in forever.

[technicolorxsn]

GOD I need to finish that oc wip I have going but if I think too hard about rj and angelica I get a bit sad

[egophiliac]

You can’t pick Lilia for this. But who is your other favorite short character in Twst?

I like the angry little king boy 🌹

[speeedsters]

every speedster needs their human boyfriend

[bad-kendi]

[catholic-on-main]

A misconception about the Christian faith that a lot of people (including Christians!) really struggle with is that forgiveness = no consequences for your sins. That's what people think Christianity preaches, and it is a major hurdle for them. They think that if a serial killer genuinely repents, that means that Christianity says they are able to get off scot-free with their crimes, or that it means they should be let out of jail, etc.

That is not true.

There are quite a few figures in the Bible who committed acts of evil, and repented for it. And God heard them! But oftentimes, their sins caused catastrophic damage to those around them, and they had to live (and die) with what they caused. The entirety of the Old Testament is a domino-effect of this happening over and over.

If someone genuinely repents before God, the forgiveness they receive from God is a perfect forgiveness. But we live in a fallen world affected by sin. Sin has consequences. Other people are often hurt by our sins, even if we aren't aware of it.

We have to live with the consequences of our actions in this world. Part of repentance requires accepting those consequences, otherwise it's not genuine.

[starduststorm]

I don't ever wanna render like this again screw that I'm going back to being lazy.

anyways I love manor drones how about you

[wingsofthesun]

Instead of Shepard dragging Garrus around everywhere in ME1 because she wants to take him under her wing and teach him, I think it'd be a lot funnier if she drags him around everywhere because he comes pre-trained.

I mean, think about it. By the end of the first visit to the Citadel, besides Ashley and Kaidan (who are full members of the Alliance military), she has/is heading to recruit the following:

Wrex, a krogan mercenary who definitely doesn't have a file and who later admits mainly works alone and/or in very small groups, and has definitely not been part of any formal military structure or anything even remotely similar

Tali, who is a very wonderful person and very knowledgeable about the geth, but is only ~22 (her birth year is 2161 apparently), is on her people's rite of passage, and has never been formally attached to any kind of command nor has had any formal training as far as we know

Matriarch Benezia's daughter, Liara, who they know very little about at the moment other than she's an archaeologist who specializes in the Protheans and has never had any commando training, nor do they know if she even knows anything about her mother's actions

I love them, but they're not exactly on the level someone that's been part of a military for years would be.

By contrast, you have:

Garrus, who's not that much younger than Shepard herself, was part of the turian military for a few years (and had at least one ship posting from what we know from 2), and has also been part of C-Sec for awhile given he's a full fledged detective, so he's used to working in teams and being under someone's command

I feel like Shepard would have taken a look at his file and breathed a sigh of relief because there's at least one person that she won't have to worry will accidentally undermine her authority. He even comes with amazing sniping skills and tech expertise! Of course she's going to drag him around everywhere!

[icy-dark-star]

A dark walk in the park

[gin-juice-tonic]

every time i see a book cover with a drawing in a really cute art style i go "Woah! Cool Graphic Novel", and it turns out to be a regular novel and I become a little more jaded with the world

[somegrumpynerd]

How did he know…

[alphaketoglutaricacid]

The bell shuro gives laios is such an elegant piece of symbolism. Laios immediatly stows it away but it's jingling at the bottom of his bag (and mind) the whole time as the crew enters the most isolated section of the story.

Rescuing Falin was the first thing shuros ever wanted or asked for and Laios return pushes him to be more and more proactive abt his desires. On Shuros side, its constantly ringing, out of his control, and annoying to him and everyone around him. Despite being mortified w intruding on other people, he keeps it on him even when he sleeps. They both almost throw it away several times.

Thru the story its a little ambiguous what shuro feels about laios. IMO the dead giveaway is where he puts that bell:

At his heart!

[rocketbirdie]

Weird thing that bothered me about Rebirth and I want to hear other people's thoughts.

Um... Why did they gentrify Gongaga? I can't be the only one who feels cheated by the chummy suburban development vibe in Rebirth.

OG Gongaga is an isolated village deep in a jungle. It's possible to completely miss the first chance to visit, because it's practically unheard of. All the young folks fled to the big city. A reactor blew up and killed most of the inhabitants, leaving the town in a state of decay. The houses are falling apart, the people are desperate, it's derelict and miserable.

An understated theme in the OG is how life is difficult without modern technology. Avalanche sets out to destroy these reactors without considering the consequences for their own futures, thinking "well it won't be easy but i'm sure it'll be fine." Gongaga is the story's way of showing you just how fine everything is going to be— despite being in a lush rainforest, long since violently cut off from Shinra's influence, these people still suffer immensely.

I wanted to see it in hd so bad honestly. The splintered rotting wood, the furskin rugs, the dirty brick walls. The unspoken yet unignorable trauma. The mournful purple twilight that quietly hangs over the whole village. I wanted to see the survivors' spiteful determination to make things work without mako.

Instead we got a squeaky clean Crisis Core rendition of Gongaga, with its down-to-earth upbeat stardew valley soundtrack and generic hard workin' country folk. The houses are like... twice the size i expected them to be. Neat and tidy, no holes in the roofs, no dishevelled interiors. No sign of struggle. Everybody is content at worst.

The reactor may as well have never exploded. Nobody talks about it. We hear some bullshit about Shinra trying to "make amends" or compensate people for the damages, and that's about it. Apparently everybody's just fine with this, because all of the original version's resentment and grief is gone.

Don't even get me started on the barker stationed at the town entrance. "Come experience nature's bounty!" Man... why are we treating it like a goddamn hippy tourist attraction. OG Gongaga would have had someone knock this kid's teeth out.

Idk I'm just sad. The melancholy is what made Gongaga so memorable despite its bump-in-the-road identity. I wish we could have gotten that instead of one big callback to CC.

[dashamanych]

Once upon a time a girl fell in love