#so every attempt he fails

[icedgarlic]

thinking abt my wip

[navree]

Incorrect, the fact that Biden has dropped out and a candidate with history of supporting medicare for all and being more receptive to a ceasefire in the I/P conflict has made me go from "I cannot morally support the Democratic nominee" to "I am voting for the Democratic nominee despite the fact she isn't perfect in every respect." I'm really happy this played out. The Dems for the most part abandoned the old Obama platform and it feels like its possible an actual progressive agenda could come to pass in my lifetime.

Kamala 2024!

If you weren't going to vote Democratic in this election before Biden dropped out you're a dorkass loser who does not care about any of the issues you're yammering about here and also a fundamentally bad person, and I hope you get run over by a bus.

But you got one thing right in all of this gibberish, Kamala 2024.

[zours025]

Theory of FrUk. (in my crazyperson eyes)

[local-space-case]

bill is a gastby kinnie confirmed

[stergeon]

at some point i will figure out how to write the post-canon, post-empire edelgard autonomy fic of my dreams. it just feels like a very big task and maybe like with playing the dane, i’m simply not old and traumatized enough to manage it yet.

but my vision is thus: it’s set years (realistically, decades) after the end of crimson flower, when everything has gone as right as it can possibly go. fódlan is thriving. the social reforms have taken effect. the nobility system is nearly eliminated, if not entirely so, with titles made merely symbolic. social mobility, welfare, and prosperity are high. there’s an explosion in arts and culture and technology. brigid and duscur have gained independence; relations with sreng and almyra are much improved; heck, maybe they've even figured it out with dagda. in my most idealistic version, leicester and faerghus would eventually be ceded back to become autonomous regions, essentially disbanding the adrestian empire. rule is no longer hereditary, but merit-based. there's a roadmap for the future, and everything is on track—and more than that, people at all points on the power spectrum have already seen it bear fruit. with or without edelgard, it will be pursued. there's buy-in. they believe.

of course, it's not perfect—nothing can be—but edelgard's vision has been fulfilled. the people are empowered. humanity is free. fódlan has healed.

and somehow, she's had enough time to resolve her goals outside of politics, too. those who slither in the dark have been eradicated. edelgard and lysithea's second crests have been successfully removed, allowing them to live if not full lives, then substantially longer ones than they would have with their twin crests intact. who knows—maybe she finally gets around to having that wedding.

point for point, every item listed in edelgard's manifesto has been checked off. the ghosts of her past have been laid to rest. she can finally take off her crown. she can finally pursue the quiet, humble life she's wanted for so long. she can finally breathe.

... but can she?

edelgard is nothing if not driven. her intelligence, vision, and sheer willpower allowed her to plan and execute a revolution against two countries and the most powerful institution on the continent, all while she was still a teenager. as royalty, her life was never truly hers even before she became heir to the adrestian throne, with all the additional baggage of survivor's guilt and the desire for vengeance and her need to ensure nothing that happened to her can ever happen to anyone else, ever again.

so what happens when that drive has no outlet? what happens when someone who has been constantly in motion, constantly working and planning and preparing every spare second of every day since she was fourteen years old, suddenly has to stand still? what happens when someone whose hands have been bound for so long—first literally in the dungeons of enbarr, then by the weight and responsibilities of her crown—is set free?

being edelgard, she would step away from the throne, no matter how hard it was for her to give up control. she's always been focused on the endgame, and she knows that if she doesn't let go, she'll be setting the wrong tone for fódlan's future. she's too devoted to that endgame to cling to power much longer than she needs to, though i could see her making some excuses and trying to iron out just a few more things to buy herself some more time to mentally prepare before she's done for good.

but who would she be then? who is the woman without the crown? what becomes of a machine once it is no longer needed, when it has made itself obsolete? what about when that machine is a person with legs and arms and an innate unwillingness to gather dust on a shelf?

what happens when you get everything you want? what happens when all your wanting has been for others to thrive, and now you have to want only for yourself? how do you discover who you are when you've spent decades being everything for everyone else? how do you find meaning again? how do you find purpose?

after a lifetime of devotion and passion and movement, how do you learn to sit with yourself, and be quiet, and be still?

gosh, i would love to meet her. i would love to pick her brain. but boy, i do not envy the work that girl has to do.

[theamazingannie]

Ugh Jordan is shady and not even the fun kind. Like he’s just manipulative and a liar and it’s not cool. I’ve always hated players like this

[simcoesleftear]

I should make gif sets with every single assassination attempt on Simcoe 🤔

[astranauticus]

oh lol i forgot to post this robit sketches! because i have one (1) bit and im sure as hell gonna commit to it apparently

[myrmica]

s5 zam ending makes me want to cry for joyous happy reasons i love it sooooooo much i love it so much. thanks for proving me right also

[3amsnek]

new icon time bc the moment we hit double digits on the halloween countdown my brain genuinely straight up forgot it was still summer

[sensitivegoblin]

Vent

Tw: sh, suivide

[quietwingsinthesky]

thinking about even and nardole. i do know that they have similar goals. because however angry with the doctor even has been, however resentful for just how much of their life he shaped, he will always be their friend. they don’t want him to hurt or alone.

(i don’t think even’s ever going to be a revenge person. whatever happens to them, they’d never develop the stomach for anything more than a momentary, emotional lashing out. nothing colder. nothing more planned.)

so, if not friends, they’d have an understanding for why they’re here. but also. they would definitely be friends because what better way is there to bond with anyone than bitching about the doctor to each other.

[kerorowhump]

my boy best friend having trouble identifying/accepting envy?

actually makes so much sense for him

[niofo]

not to be the basic bitch about it, but i think i'll have aneirin and the rest of my drows be from menzoberranzan, just bcos i know the most about it through the drizzt books. also i was reading more about other drow deities, and i have Thoughts.

like, i want aneirin's mother to be a wizard and a necromancer (they're not nobility, so she's not a priestess), so perhaps she's very secretly worshipping kiaransalee, a lesser goddess of revenge and undeath. aneirin's mother was on the surface to search for more necromantic knowledge when she met and then later killed and brought back to life aneirin's father. perhaps she was working as a wizard for the matron mother of khareesa's noble house (one of the minor ones, but still with big ambitions, like all of them).

also, was thinking, wouldn't it be really fucked up if khareesa and orion were siblings. and aneirin was actually teaching them the basics about magic before they were both sent to tier breche. khareesa, the older sister, was very much Not Impressed that she, a future prestess, was taught by some lowly half-human. meanwhile orion, her youger brother, was probably the only person ever in menzoberranzan who thought that aneirin is good looking (bcos he proceeds to have questionable taste in this universe too), but also he knew that as soon as he finishes the sorcere, his matron mother wouldn't have a need for any wizards from outside of the house, which in drow terms usually meant murder.

but long before this even started to be a problem he ended up being visibly too nice to be in the academy, so aneirin organized orion's escape. weirdly enough, with the help of khareesa, who already concocted this plan - she'll get her matron mother out of lolth's favor by having her son run away (well known occurence), so then khareesa could murder her mother in lolth's name, take over as the matron mother, and then catch and sacrifice her runaway brother in the name of lolth, just typical drow shit. like, she thought she's being cunning and clever, but it was like a Typical Drow Tuesday, aneirin knew what she was up to before she even had the chance to speak, even more so bcos she didn't expect some half-human to catch up with intrigue.

long story short, after orion and aneirin escaped, she was tasked with bringing them back for sacrifice by her very much alive matron mother, so then maybe her schemes will be forgiven. i'm sure there'll be some more necromancy shit going on with aneirin's mother, bcos i need aneirin and orion get separated for the time being, but i don't have it ironed out yet.

[omegasmileyface]

thinking once again abt indigo prophecy. i love david cage games they suck sooooo bad. its awesome

[raiiney-days]

i think earth is just one big fucked up dnd campaign. like, god is the sleep deprived dm who was trying to run a erious campaign but gave up bcs the players kept fucking around and doing stupid shit. and jesus and the archangels are the players who keep coming up with increasingly stupid ways to deal with shit.