#sort of??

[bornwholocker]

Reading flatland and obviously Bill’s home dimension and flatland aren’t exactly the same, but like. Since we don’t know which parts are different I’m just thinking. This is really unorganized and all over the place and probably doesn’t make any sense but

In flatland, it takes a LOT of planning for an equilateral triangle to be born. I’m talking like generations of interbreeding and methods for the fathering isosceles to get as close to equilateral as possible. It’s a huge deal. When an equilateral is created, it’s celebrated by pretty much everyone (for a miriad of different reasons but I won’t get into that). And being “irregular” in any respect is one of the worst things you can be. If you don’t “fix” your irregularity enough, you’re executed.

So imagine Bill’s family working their triangular asses off to have an equilateral kid, to give him a better life, and when they finally do it, he’s got that eye. From what we’ve seen of his parents, they seem to have taken care of him as best they could, but again, it’s been a whole ordeal just to have him, involving the whole community and family, and he came out wrong.

I imagine that’s probably why his parents took him to see the doctor and drink the “juice” that messed with his vision. They thought they were doing what was best for him. They didn’t blame him for his eye, didn’t hate him for it, but they felt the need to fix him, either to please their families or even just bring him to their own standards. The idea of irregularity being wrong is seen as natural and obvious, so they wouldn’t find an issue with trying to change him.

Another thing about flatland is that the mention of any third dimension or any idea close to that is pretty much criminal. (Spoilers i guess) The narrator of the story, a square who saw the third dimension for himself, is eventually locked away for talking about it.

So Bill was supposed to be a sort of miracle baby, I guess is the best way to put it. And when he came out just slightly but irreparably wrong, it was devastating. And then he starts spouting about 3D and the stars and he just wants people to understand, to see that it’s not dangerous, that it’s beautiful. But his parents don’t want him to get imprisoned or worse, so they try to keep him quiet. They give him his juice and his silly straws and wave away any ideas about the third dimension.

Bill was born a disappointment, one of the lowest life forms imaginable, and the only way he was gonna get anywhere in life was by losing his stars forever. He was told that the thing right in front of him wasn’t real, that he should stop talking about it, that he could get in trouble. So he had to show everyone that he was right. He would be a hero! He would be the kid who finally discovered where the light came from, something no scientist had ever gotten close to figuring out!

But in the end his parents were right. It was too dangerous. God bill tragic backstory is so ougrhhhhj grabs alex hirsch by the shoulders and shakes him

[sleighhethereal]

"Oh, sweet, sweet innocent [Y/N]~"

"What."

"I think you're forgetting something~"

"..."

"Come on, at least play along."

"... Oh, Monkey King, what ever did I forget?"

"You're not going anywhere until you've repaid your debt to me~"

"Debt— what? When? What the hell did I do—?"

"Oh, peaches, you're so naive. You stole something very precious from me, something I can never get back."

"It's your heart. (aawww...) I've heard this a million times. You ruin the vibe, babe. Always."

"Hehe, I ruined that pretty pu—"

"HAHA. HAAAAA."

[boiledprawn99]

he’s just houngry

[abashurd]

me, watching a man named Oden (like the food) make his catchphrase about oden 🍢 (the food) "Oden wouldn't be oden if it wasn't boiled!" And when he's captured by his corrupt government they put him in a pot of boiling oil and the last thing Oden (the man) says before he dies is, "Oden wouldn't be oden..." and then he's shot in the head:

[pmpknsoup]

ive another tmagp thought. the line "who keeps taking georgies face?" has been broiling in my head for a while now, and i dont. think its actually foreshadowing? i mean obviously i could be proven wrong further down the road, but to me, it almost sounds like something is mocking celia? if that makes sense. each of the versions of archives characters we've seen have been Different, almost fundamentally so. basira is not a cop, gerry is alive, and georgie is Afraid. shes paranoid about something, and this line "who keeps taking georgies face" sounds almost like a jab, to me. it sounds as if its meant to remind celia that this is not the georgie she knew and trusted. this is just someone with her face.

i sort of felt the same way about her asking basira "what about the police?" . that felt more of a last ditch effort to figure out if this is the same basira she once knew, or if she was wearing her face the way georgie was

[starrycrim]

day 8- wiggly wobbly tinky wimey stuff

[trader-scars]

52 minutes into bdubs video joel refers to etho as 'little baby boy'

WHY IS THERE NOT A SINGLE PERSON IN THIS SERIES WHO ACTS NORMAL AROUND ETHO

[tgtbata]

i hope it's not too weird but it'd be so cute if you could draw sam w (dog) tail and ears i think </3

they're researching how to get rid of the curse (well, sam is, at least.)

[havockingboo]

wait…since episode 3 is out……I can finally show my AU I shared on the patreon discord :3 (evil)

corrupted!beebs au teehee

[soup-in-my-fly]

He just wanted to make a friend 😢😢

[frenchonionsoop]

my first completed bsd animatic 😔😔💔💔

[149panda149]

the historical title for a scholar who came 3rd in the imperial exams was "探花" - tanhua, flower-seeker, the same as in hua cheng's title, 血雨探花, xueyu tanhua, blood rain seeking flower.

i think of hua cheng, who bested the literary gods. perhaps in a kinder world, a softer one, hua cheng wouldn't have been dreaded calamity crimson rain sought flower, and instead been imperial scholar of xian le, hua-tanhua. or hong-tanhua, the red flower-seeking one, instead.

[pinescent-and-gingerbread]

Medieval or fantasy AU... Arthur Morgan x Reader series where it's a Romeo and Juliet kind of love... Reader being a royal heir from a very important family and Arthur a knight convinced he's not good enough for her and who (theorically) isn't allowed to court her...

Been thinking about this non stop lately 😮‍���

[lelianasbong]

you know. going into things i thought for sure that statistically speaking neve and bellara together would pull most of the wider playerbase romance-wise (considering they're an attractive human and elf woman respectively, and considering that shadowheart swept 52% of romance pts in bg3 despite fandom spaces like tumblr & ao3 being saturated in astarion and gale)

BUT genuinely bellara seems to be getting such a negative response with people citing the quirky descriptor, unfavorably comparing her to peebee/liara/sera/merrill (depending on who they dislike most) based on snippets. even on TUMBLR where there's vocal interest in ancient elves and magic and the dalish, a lot of people seem eager to write her off as annoying or at least don't have much of an interest in her

can't tell if that's just internet echo chamber stuff based on not knowing much about her at this point (we have descriptions and screenshots but that's different from really talking with and interacting with a character, and this perception of her may change after people actually play the game and she wins them over - or doesn't) or if it'll reflect in player statistics down the line because i was SURE people would eat her up (in a good way)! and have been a little surprised by this (admittedly very early) response

[stonesandfeathersangsty]

...Philip?

A little comic I made in a day! I imagine as they grew older, Caleb visited Evelyn more and more frequently and for longer durations. After a particularly long visit, Caleb returns, only to find Philip sitting at their door with carving of his.

Caleb is definitely a morally gray character here, and although he still returns to his younger brother, this comic is probably showcasing the last time he came back to Gravesfield. But! It's up for interpretation, go wild with it! :D