#soul damage

[seaskate]

Does anyone have a fic where Harry’s soul becomes damaged from killing Quirrell in first year, or from repeated exposure to the dementors when they kept trying to kiss him in third year? Or a combination of both?

If not, would anyone be willing to write one?

[skill7spark04]

a Curse as old as the medium.

I choose to believe that in being an Otaku or Weeb, there is no pain greater than learning the anime you were invested in that only has 1 season was developed for the explicit purpose of Cliffhangering you to advertise and sell more copies of the manga. I had never experienced this pain until I watched Bloom into You, and saw the general consensus that "yeah, it ain't happening chief". what made it worse is that they didn't even finish the Arc they were on. that's how obvious they made it. straight up just cut it RIGHT before the conclusion to the arc, leaving a dissatisfied and sad taste in my mouth, because I'm broke.

[vaguely-concerned]

the fact that iron bull opens his recruitment conversation with pretending he doesn't quite remember the name of the the inquisition's ambassador. Jose-what's-her-name-again. he's just a big dumb jock no thoughts head empty mercenary who likes fighting and drinking don't worry about lil old me inquisitor! I'll hit things for you if you'd like as long as you pay me! ],) and then right after he reveals he's a spy he drops that he knows not only the name of your spymaster and how she operates but also her haircolour. (but like in a safely bro-y way tho! make that fighting and drinking and fucking! I'll be useful to you but in a real meathead non-threatening kind of way I'll be too busy bedding chantry sisters to do any real harm ],) continue to not worry about lil old me inquisitor!)

god bull you're so multidimensionally and fine-tunedly full of shit I love you so much fhdksah

[bikiniarmorbattledamage]

This is truly stiff competition for the worst case of willful false equivalence we've ever seen.

So, for those not aware: Ongoing embarrassment to gamers and the gaming industry, Mark Kern (former lead on FireFall), has been desperately trying to get Gamergate 2 going on X/Twitter... well after others have given up. If you need to get caught up on Mark, I recommend this video by documentary maker and experienced game developer, Dead Domain:

One of the latest fiascos in this mix has been the comparison of responses to character designs from Hades 2 (Aphrodite, left) and Stellar Blade (protagonist Eve, right). The post isn't by Mark, but is part of the general harassment campaign he's trying to lead.

If you're somehow not familiar with Aphrodite, she's the Ancient Greek goddess of love, lust and hot girl shit. It is absolutely perfect characterization for her to show up to a battle (or anything else) nude but for her hair teasingly covering the intimate parts of her body. But the buried lede here is, you don't fight her in Hades and nothing about Hades 2 indicates she'll fight there either, she just likes the aesthetic and has no reason not to indulge.

Stellar Blade will release on 26 April 2024, so we can't really give an informed discussion of her character. But what we do know is the studio head is the illustrator from Blade & Soul, Eve is described as being a member of "the 7th Airborne Squad" engaged in an "operation to reclaim the planet from the Naytiba", and the promotion material promises "an enthralling narrative filled with mature themes, mystery and revelation. Embrace the relentless pace, with no time to pause between moments where critical, story-changing decisions are made."

It's to be compared to games like Nier: Automata, Devil May Cry 5, Jedi: Fallen Order and Sekiro. And the screenshots look like this:

And yeah, unlike Bayonetta she's not supposed to be an unstoppable force of nature (and fashion) who is immune to self-doubt, she's supposed to be the scrappy underdog last survivor of her team.

Weird they gave her a costume that conveys... the opposite of literally everything they're supposed to be trying to tell you about her.

-wincenworks

[shatouto]

i've seen a poll about gale and anders but i feel like this one is a more difficult one to answer

[braisedhoney]

fighting back? against who? they're so happy—they've been waiting for you.

you are wonderful. don't you know that?

bonus: they play sims together :)

[kekkuda]

this project is gonna be the death of me it is never ending but I’m locking in we ball

[sergle]

Going places w my sister is a nightmare for this reason

[takethistoyourstardust]

every wound can be forgotten in the right light…

patrick stump tweet from 10/10/2015 || 6/30/2023 tourdust show || 3/1/2024 2ourdust show || 3/16/2024 2ourdust show || 3/26/2024 2ourdust show || 3/30/2024 2ourdust show || 4/2/2024 2ourdust show || patrick stump's in-ear monitors with the soul punk logo 3/30/2024 || spotlight (oh nostalgia) lyrics

[trans-rights-coastalmangoes]

just finished trigun maximum. can't believe they expect me to just continue on with my day like nothing happened

[circusk]

wings and love

[lucksea]

havent decided how i want the introduction to go yet but i imagine it would roughly be one of these two

[joaniejustwokeup]

DPxDC Prompt:

The next blow sent the human tumbling into the wall. It wheezed and spat up a gob of blood, pulling itself up on trembling arms and legs.

Pathetic.

“So this is the mortal who captured our young king’s attention. The so-called warrior who he trusted with the sacred duty of guarding his core.”

A shadowed hand pinned it to the wall and it uselessly pawed at the blade-like claws pressed against its fragile throat.

“How a weakling like you seduced High King Phantom, I’ll never know.”

The human squeezed its eyes shut. I’m sorry Danny, it mouthed with cracked and bleeding lips.

The impudence.

Slammed into the ruined bricks once more, the human let out a breathless cry.

“You dare address him like that. You dare to call upon his living name!” Dagger sharp teeth dripped shadowy ectoplasm inches from the mortal’s flesh.

“I’m doing him a favor, disposing of you.”

There was silence.

Then.

The human looked up with glowing green eyes.

A wave of unearthly force erupted from its body.

A dual layered voice echoed out from its miserable throat.

“Oh you just made a BIG mistake.”

[strawglicks]

yay plushies :] + happy pride month!

bonus: rainbow capitalism HELP

[phlesbian]

synchronicity

[luck-of-the-drawings]

[OLD ART ALERT] A COLLECTION OF SCENES FROM THE GILLIONS CATSCRATCH ARC THAT BROUGHT ME GREAT JOY. i love fishy chips especially when its just gillion being delirious and violent and hostile