#that option is taken from me

[a-hazbin-reader]

What are the twins names

I never gave them names ☺️ Names are usually a personal preference for people and I didn't want to impose on it too much

All Alastor would ask is that the baby girl has his mother's name in some shape or form but I left most of it up to the reader

[icewindandboringhorror]

(also feel free in the tags to clarify Why you made the choice you made!! :0c)

[kristiliqua]

some ultrakill fans flaming people for playing on lenient/harmless is so funny to me because here i am in my little corner playing on harmless with Also 100% damage reduction (in major assist settings) because my severe anxiety cannot handle the idea of me taking any damage at all . i am wearing my propeller hat and eating my lollipop and i am having fun :3 (and maybe one day i can ease that anxiety and play without major assists)

[stop-breaking-my-heart-telltale]

What can I say? They're my favorite.

[vickyvicarious]

Dracula Declarations of Love

There is so much love, and so much talk of love, in this book. It's extremely hard to pick a favorite, but let's give it a go (or just get emotional over a bunch of quotes lined up together).

I tried to stick mostly to declarations/talk about (rather than acts of) love, primarily to focus on specific quotes and help me narrow it down to just twelve (still a big challenge). Before anyone asks, no, "I too can love" is not on here because Dracula's version of love doesn't stack up to the others for me in terms of emotional impact. And these were definitely chosen by my personal preference of specific quotes; there are a bunch of other great words of love that didn't make it in. Also, important note - this is not exclusively romantic love by any means.

The whole quotes don't fit in the poll, so please read below before you vote.

Full Quotes:

11 May, Lucy: "Oh, Mina, couldn't you guess? I love him. I am blushing as I write, for although I think he loves me, he has not told me so in words. But oh, Mina, I love him; I love him; I love him!"

24 May, Quincey: "If that other fellow doesn't know his happiness, well, he'd better look for it soon, or he'll have to deal with me. Little girl, your honesty and pluck have made me a friend, and that's rarer than a lover; it's more unselfish anyhow."

19 August, Mina: "I have cried over the good Sister's letter till I can feel it wet against my bosom, where it lies. It is of Jonathan, and must be next my heart, for he is in my heart. [...] I must write no more; I must keep it to say to Jonathan, my husband. The letter that he has seen and touched must comfort me till we meet."

24 August, Jonathan and Mina: "Then he took my hand in his, and oh, Lucy, it was the first time he took his wife's hand, and said that it was the dearest thing in all the wide world, and that he would go through all the past again to win it, if need be. [...] Well, my dear, what could I say? I could only tell him that I was the happiest woman in all the wide world, and that I had nothing to give him except myself, my life, and my trust, and that with these went my love and duty for all the days of my life."

24 August, Mina: "Lucy dear, do you know why I tell you all this? It is not only because it is all sweet to me, but because you have been, and are, very dear to me. It was my privilege to be your friend and guide when you came from the schoolroom to prepare for the world of life. I want you to see now, and with the eyes of a very happy wife, whither duty has led me; so that in your own married life you too may be all happy as I am. My dear, please Almighty God, your life may be all it promises: a long day of sunshine, with no harsh wind, no forgetting duty, no distrust. I must not wish you no pain, for that can never be; but I do hope you will be always as happy as I am now."

7 September, Arthur: '"What can I do?" asked Arthur hoarsely. "Tell me, and I shall do it. My life is hers, and I would give the last drop of blood in my body for her."'

17 September, Mina: "Jonathan asks me to send his 'respectful duty,' but I do not think that is good enough from the junior partner of the important firm Hawkins & Harker; and so, as you love me, and he loves me, and I love you with all the moods and tenses of the verb, I send you simply his 'love' instead."

30 September, Mina and Arthur: '"I loved dear Lucy, and I know what she was to you, and what you were to her. She and I were like sisters; and now she is gone, will you not let me be like a sister to you in your trouble? I know what sorrows you have had, though I cannot measure the depth of them. If sympathy and pity can help in your affliction, won't you let me be of some little service—for Lucy's sake?" [...] "I know now how I suffered," he said, as he dried his eyes, "but I do not know even yet—and none other can ever know—how much your sweet sympathy has been to me to-day. I shall know better in time; and believe me that, though I am not ungrateful now, my gratitude will grow with my understanding. You will let me be like a brother, will you not, for all our lives—for dear Lucy's sake?"'

3 October, Jonathan: '"Nonsense, Mina. It is a shame to me to hear such a word [unclean]. I would not hear it of you; and I shall not hear it from you. May God judge me by my deserts, and punish me with more bitter suffering than even this hour, if by any act or will of mine anything ever come between us!" He put out his arms and folded her to his breast; and for a while she lay there sobbing."

3 October, Jonathan: "To one thing I have made up my mind: if we find out that Mina must be a vampire in the end, then she shall not go into that unknown and terrible land alone. I suppose it is thus that in old times one vampire meant many; just as their hideous bodies could only rest in sacred earth, so the holiest love was the recruiting sergeant for their ghastly ranks."

11 October, Mina: "You are nearest and dearest and all the world to me; our souls are knit into one, for all life and all time."

31 October, Mina: "We are truly in the hands of God. He alone knows what may be, and I pray Him, with all the strength of my sad and humble soul, that He will watch over my beloved husband; that whatever may happen, Jonathan may know that I loved him and honoured him more than I can say, and that my latest and truest thought will be always for him."

[stephofromcabin12]

How do you think Dionysus would react to one of his kids being fearful about the fact that he’s a god, like in the sense of making him upset in any way would result in some sort of Divine Punishment type of thing? They don’t know him well enough personally to know otherwise and also just haven’t adjusted to the way campers generally treat him somewhat flippantly so it’s just a lot of anxiety

He'd either

Find it really funny and heavily lean into it, because he's got to make his own fun around these parts.

Find it concerning/annoying and try to disprove it, because what does he look like? HIS dad??? Oh gods, no. (and probably fail if he's anything like LC!Dio is)

Be completely ignorant to it. Like just blind to it in the way the gods are sometimes. Oh, you were scared of him? He just thought you were really cold all the time, hence the shaking. He's got a lot of kids with sugar addictions and anxiety, so trembling could mean literally anything to him.

[seilon]

kinda wild to think about the fact that the clinic im getting top surgery at is arguably the best in the country. im mostly going there because i live in norcal so its one of the closest options. just a crazy bonus that it happens to be like. the highest rated more or less in the whole country

[cconfusedkat]

Ok so um. Eventful first day. I have a blended schedule so i have short school days

Everyone is chill in algebra 1 nd academic literature ,,

History and english arw gonna be a bit of a problem cuz the 16-18 yr old boys are. Yknow. Probably gonna annoy me to death

And uhh homeroom is just homeroom

I masked really hard though nd came home sobbing just cuz im not gonna be used to masking again in a school setting,,

[caeslxys]

What didn't gel for you with the ritual? Was it how Delilah is still... kinda around? Or how the characters reacted?

The Delilah thing has me concerned but I felt it was an overall positive for Laudna, and I'm just curious of your thoughts!

oh I'm actually elated delilah is still around, if she were perma-gone I would've honestly had more problems with it 💀

not because it isn't a wonderful thing for laudna! it is! I'm so happy she has more control over her life and choices!! she deserves it so much!!

but. as someone deeply invested in that narrative. that its been built up for about 100 episodes (I believe it was 4, when delilah was first officially revealed?) and was (semi-)concluded in a ritual that took less than an hour to complete, that they discovered less than a full game ago, and that they proceeded to then not talk about at all in any significant way was deeply disappointing. a culmination that should have been this massive emotional upheaval fell overall flat to me bc of how rushed it felt.

But that's just me! and some of it was my own expectations and my own distaste for the pinion as a solution since well before they realized that's what it could be. but at least she's still there! so it's not truly over yet!

[dykedvonte]

I also am adoring your posts of Mouthwashing

The more I start looking in the main tags, the more annoyed I am feeling

I just discovered Mouthwashing like 3 days ago, and this fandom (mostly) has already made me want to stop interacting

I still haven't seen these supposed Curly did nothing wrong, people. I have seen most people saying he is awful or people like you who agree he messed up but isn't bad

Anya and the baby just makes me really annoyed because people don't want fun

I think if she had the choice she would have aborted. I think if she lived then she would have given up the baby (for many reasons).

However I like kid fics and I know real life people have kept their rapist's baby from them telling their stories on the internet.

Like you don't have to like the fics and I wish there was more anguish she has when keeping the baby (Real Life Messiness)

It feels tiring to be here because of policing

I just saw a post that was like "Welp this is the fastest, I have dropped a media from the creators protecting the wrong type of people." (Shippers, I believe)

Like idk the fact that creators are telling everyone to chill maybe is a sign people

Oh shoot sorry for ranting

Back to you

I think your analysis posts are fun to read because it feels like you understand the characters

Also, you just seem chill

Have a good day/evening/night/etc

This fandom hates when people try to talk about the unhappy parts and unhappy endings to some of these issues. Like so many of these complaints are strictly about seeing stuff you personally don’t like or don’t want to and either not blocking it or searching for what you want.

The only one I can agree with is the calling Anya keeping the baby a happy ending au. I know what people mean when they say it, just that they survived and made it out, not that the situation she is in is actually happy but it’s in the same vein of better outcome aus. People get real mad about semantics and refuse to actually understand each other or see other points of views. It’s honestly sad for a game/story with so much to discuss.

[warmfuzzyanimal]

some rare not-furry art, featuring my baldur's gate / dnd weirdgirl, prim :]

i'm looking forwards to developing & drawing her a lil more as i progress through the game!

[echthr0s]

hey Siri at what point in Rogue Trader do I finally get to do real ass heretical shit

[insanechayne]

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[blackswallowtailbutterfly]

Still haven't messaged my mom back. And I don't think I'm going to.

[im-the-banjoman]

If I could pick how I die, I'd die from old age. I'd live to be a hundred, or almost, and I'd die when my body can't hold me any longer. It would be peaceful, I hope, somewhere I feel safe to let go, with someone I love nearby.

I have lived in California for my entire life. America has a sexist, racist, misogynistic, rapist, homophobic, transphobic felon for a president and his billionaire bestie just did a nazi salute on live television. The Republican party is already trying to pass laws criminalizing my existence as a trans person. Oh, and now it's okay for people to call me mentally ill on Instagram because another billionaire is so determined to keep deepthroating Trump's boot that he's changing Meta's community guidelines.

I'm trying not to dwell on it, but I feel like I can't talk about it with anyone. Most people I mention it to (at least, most cisgender people) always tell me "we live in California, we'll be fine" and it's really hard to explain that it's not just about me. It's also about my trans siblings across the country, and the millions of people who will further lose access to lifesaving healthcare, and the people of color being directly attacked through the ICE raids.

It's the attitude I see all over the country that reminds me that the people running this nation either, at best, don't acknowledge my existence, and at worst will try to justify destroying it. It's the people putting "your body my choice" online because we keep losing rights. It's the countless trans people who have already been murdered for their existence, and who are under attack now, and who I know will be hurt later on. It's the knowledge that our government is for sale to the highest bidder because Trump, like so many people who voted for him appreciated, is a businessman.

The first time I came out as trans to someone was my brother, on November 6, 2023. Exactly one year later the presidential election put Trump back in the White House on a platform that promised what is essentially a genocide of transgender people, *my* people. I've been on testosterone for five months now and I'm mostly thinking about how I should get my legal ducks in a row so that when push comes to shove, I have a passport that says "Benjamin" and a birth certificate with an M on it.

I shouldn't be this fucking terrified for the future! I'm twenty-one! If I make it through the next four years unscathed it will be a goddamn miracle. I'm not gonna kill myself because that's basically what they want, another dead trans person, but I don't want to keep wondering how much money I'd have to save to move north and get out of this country when I can barely afford my car insurance.

And I keep thinking about how people in Germany are warning us, we're going down a disturbingly similar path as their country did in the 1930s. And thinking about the blood family I have that probably thinks that everything that's happening is either good or godly, or a sign of the end of times.

I just want to grow old. That's all I want. I want to grow old and every single fucking day that feels harder and harder.

I want an America that will let me grow old.

[bismuthburnsblue]

I still feel like i have a lot more research to do before i set plans in motion... but i think my Lady Stede costume is a toss up between a robe a la francaise or a robe a l'anglaise. (the design comes down to whether im wanting watteau pleats, essentially)

from what i can see, most the dresses in the show (or the ones im looking to take inspiration from anyway) are francaise- Evelyn's dress & Mary's wedding dress clearly have the back pleats. but. the yellow dress Mary wears when she shows stede the painting (and Stede the boat) sparks the most inspiration in me, and ive watched the clips numerous times, and i dont think? it has pleats.

basically what im saying is the costumes in the show are a little inconsistent and also vary the style up, so im not bound to any one style. historically, im thinking that the people in Barbados would be drawing more of their styles from England, rather than France, but i still dont think that actually limits me, just something to consider in my research.

things i know i want:

engagantes (sleeve ruffles)

a decent amount of trim (though not too much, as none of stedes costumes are that ott)

a contrast stomacher (which means it needs to be open front, i think?)

...and thats as far as ive made it. all superficial things really, but important points to look for when im looking extants, i guess.

(some images from the show to show what im thinking about)

(& a francaise and l'anglaise if youre completely lost on what they are)

this is all day 1 research, so i have a good ways to go before i really start to understand my options, but id love an opinion on what you think?