#so this will bring things full circle

[dionysus-complex]

I'm so sad but. what a way to see them for the last time

[afterlife-2004]

[acourtofquestions]

“He'd deceived her, had lied to her. This man who she'd believed held no secrets between them. She didn't know why it made her want to shred everything within sight.”

— cause um… as you just said Miss Manon YOU CARE (& it’s even giving Chaolaena vibes in the I CARE way)… so like all I’m saying is you love him duh?

[cutemeat]

ok so i guess we're just moving right past that comment then

[sigurdjarlson]

Remember when they had demon Medivh stand like practically pressed up against Khadgar’s back saying shit like “embrace your desires” that sure was something.

[rigginsstreet]

tim riggins who constantly makes jokes about being a girl/being jasons girl because he cant fathom two men being in a relationship. if hes in love with his best friend the only way they could be together is if he was a girl. duh. everyone knows this vs jason street who proposes to every woman hes in a relationship with when their future is looking unpredictable because its what hes SUPPOSED to do. you love someone youre supposed to be with them forever especially if you get her pregnant you cant just have a kid with someone and not get married only people in love have babies duh hes definitely not compensating for anything its fine that all he thought about in the hospital for weeks on end was his boy bestie and how he needs him by his side during every huge life altering moment it doesnt even mean anything its not that serious

[rillabrooke]

I've spent my whole day listening to concerts - for far, two paul simon concerts and I'm currently listening to the simon & garfunkel live at lincoln center 1967 - and i can't help but sit in shock at how good these two are at performing.

being a recording artist and being a peformer are two separate careers imo, and that's why so many musical careers fail. but simon & garfunkel? they nailed both. their recordings are really good obviously, but what cemented them as my favorite artists was their concert in central park 1981 in which they sound just as good or better than the recordings.

it helps that they (specifically paul) can afford the best musicians, back up singers, etc. but it's also evident that they surround themselves with good artists. ladysmith black mambazo was a performance group first and a recording group second. paul found the jessy dixon singers through a performance.

but even then, they hold their own. the concert I'm listening to rn (lincoln center 1967) is just them and an acoustic guitar. and it's better than some recordings.

[freetobeeyouandme]

Been thinking about the The First Shadow spoilers for days and like I obvi wanna watch it myself to get the full picture (the moment a slime tutorial drops I want to be notified please) but it's very funny how it turned me, a major Will-has-powers sceptic, into a huge Will-has-powers truther like...I don't want Will to have powers to solve the plot but if that could cause more problems? That would be delicious actually, maybe. Like I need the full picture but we can cook with that, I think

[isaacathom]

the fun thing about having both my oc's character sheet and a relevant npc's character sheet is that i can look at them and go, hmn. yeah that npc couldnt kill me unless the stars aligned

cause at one point mariela wanted naielle dead. was fully out for blood. the only thing stopping her was/is the geas-esque effect imposed by their shared warlock patron.

removing the geas is necessary for making it remotely viable, because mariela flatly cannot do enough damage in a single instance to outpace geas, and the best way for her to stop naielle from killing her back would be hold person, which is almost guaranteed to drop if she's taking geas damage throughout.

so you have to remove the geas, which broadly supposes that naielle has voided her own pact and not marielas. so we already have a point of 'well, it has to go that way' and while thats not impossible at all, its not the only way things will go.

naielle HAS to be out of the pact entirely for this to remotely work, too, because mariela NEEDS to remove her radiant resistance. her only damaging spell in significant amounts is guiding bolt, which is useless against naielle as a celestial warlock. you NEED that resistance gone to stand a chance.

but even then - mariela's a warlock too. she can only do guiding bolt so many times. 3, in fact. 3 regulars wont do it. it MIGHT, but the room of error is so small.

the best way to do it, in my mind, would be to use slot one to hold person, and take advantage of the auto crit w/i 5ft to launch 2 guiding bolts straight to the dome. 32d6+8, bam.

except this requires naielle to fail, at minimum, 3 wisdom saves. if she succeeds on even one of them, you lose an autocrit and are now w/i 5ft of a woman who, while down her warlock spells, still has a sword and a dragon king in her pocket. you need her to fail every single wis save.

now, i dont know how you'd rule the proficiency bonus of a classless individual (since if naielle isnt a warlock... well... ?). it might depend on circumstance, when mariela tries this. if naielles not a warlock, there was talk that she'd be made a fighter for a few sessions before becoming a sorcerer (long story). if shes in either, then wisdom fails are entirely doable, since she'd only have a +2. if she's still using the proficiency from her being a warlock (ie if mariela tries this immediately after naielle stops being a warlock), then mariela is fucked.

its possible. but still, 3 failed wisdom saves. marielas dc is only, what, 17? naielle still has a like 75% ish chance to get one of them. and even one success immediately fucks the plan. its not impossible, but its not great.

now a depowered naielle is NOT capable of killing mariela, ignoring the fact that naielle is not particularly inclined to do so, even if mariela is literally murdering her. naielles stubborn. but if she gets a turn off, she'll have to ability to alert people. and at that point shits fucked. like to get this to work, and stay working, you gotta kill her and keep her dead for over a minute. good luck?

an option for that is to remove her from the jade sea entirely, aware from the crew, and maybe just merc her in the astral sea. thats one of your spell slots spent just getting her there, assuming she doesnt manage to succeed on the check to Not Be Grabbed? like eg if its plane shift (which mariela wouldnt have access to, but lets not quibble), an unwilling creature has to hit with a melee spell attack (admittedly not hard here, her ac is only 16, marielas got over 50% chance to hit), and then fail a charisma save. even if naielle is no longer proficient with cha saves, its her highest stat. its not a sure bet. also if you use plane shift like that she gets banished on her own, you dont go with her and continue the fight. so you'd have to finagle.

removing naielle from the primary source of her power (her warlock patron) and her defences (the crew) are basically both required. if shes on her own in the astral sea, well. but llso! dragon king in pocket! if you start really wailing on her, and shes alone, if she gets the slightest chance she's going to do something with that orb, and she wont be happy about it afterwards but it might just give her the means to escape.

a LOT has to go marielas way to kill naielle, is all im saying. you'd want to get her out of the pact, remove her from the fleet, and ideally separate her from both the dragon orb AND her mindflayer sword, which SHE CAN USE TO PLANE SHIFT. Even if you're not on a different plane in this fight, Naielle might panic and peace the fuck out. you'd have to chase her. thats another spell slot.

fully mariela couldnt kill naielle unless she had help. maybe using a summon spell could help, get a creature restraining her, things of this nature. you have to completely disarm her. and if you did, and she's alone, and theres noone to save her, you would be forced to just like. eldritch blast her down. it would be a pathetic fight. it wouldnt be satisfying. it would be slow and painful and it would linger if shes trying to escape, and if shes not, thats not fucking satisfying either. no way thats what mariela would want. she might even give up after a bit of that.

probably easier overall to just kidnap her or smth. dont stop anywhere, just take her back or smth. she can be executed no problem. but mariela doing it herself is just going to be a miserable affair for everyone involved, including her.

[hershelwidget]

I don’t know anymore have a Caleb prepared to Fight for his bestie

“she asked for no pickles” lookin scene

[kavehayati]

The best part of all is I’ll never have anyone to run to when I’m in trouble.

[whenthegoldrays]

Perpetually in a love-hate relationship with Gerwig films

[solcarow]

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[dandelion-wings]

can't post an excerpt because it spoils the climax (which a relevant tag will anyway whenever I post it, but oh well XD) but I am super pleased with the first half of the scene I wrote tonight for the Brightcrown Canyon fic :>c and all I have left now is the second half of this scene, and then the epilogue!

...which I only realized was necessary this morning as i started this scene that I thought was the last one, so I assume my brain was trying to protect me from the fact that I needed one more scene until I'd hit the last one and wouldn't despair too badly

[cutemeat]

We gonna unpack a peach called "Mac's Pride" filled with Mac's spunk? We gonna unpack the layers of a child being called "my pride and joy" and Luther thinking Mac knocked a woman up when Mac's Pride at the current state was a bunch of spunk filled peaches that had previously been sold under the name Mac's Pride?

and let's talk about how even though Mac does his whole performance he's still all alone and feeling rejected and not even looking up into the light at the end. like he "found his pride" but he didn't internally. he just put on a show for the straight people around him to Maybe understand what he's going through. but he's still left feeling alone and empty at the end, given the black empty space all around him.

damn rob rlly did just watch CMBYN didnt he LOLLLL i bet that credits sequence made him cryyyyy

[canongf]

one of my F/Os is jesse katsopolis from full house and i’ve realized that him & eddie have some similarities. jesse is in a band, plays the guitar, and his source material takes place in the late 80s into the early 90s. (i know eddie’s source is closer to the mid-80s but ykwim lol.) they’re both pretty goofy at times and love rock & roll. jess even has a tattoo of a bat silhouette on his arm lol. anyway, my point is, i bet they would get along! double date perhaps 👀💗

AAA I LOVE THIS!!!

anon!!! full house was my absolute favorite when i was younger, i had every season on dvd and uncle jesse was my favorite!!! maybe his look influenced me from a young age and i didn't even know it, maybe he's the one that ultimately led me to falling for eddie!!! he was the blueprint!!!

because you're so right about their similarities, i hadn't even noticed!!! the music, the band, the tattoos, the dark hair, the somehow both edgy and playful personality, even the way they turn into such softies for the younger kids in their lives!!!

i'd love to see the two of them together, i think they would get along too!!! and i think a double date would be the best!!! the four of us should have a night out at the smash club or something!!!!! 🖤