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Just had like the biggest brain realization about Astarion bear with me I think I'm onto something here. Spoilers ahead for those who don't know about his "condition" or haven't heard about his tragic backstory™
I think people generally overlook the bite scene in favor of focusing on how it reveals Astarion being a vampire, how it can benefit the player if you're trying to romance him, or find an easy way to get him out of your party. I would like to note that there’s nothing wrong with this response! I did the same in my play through because I already knew he was a vampire due to spoilers. I just saw the scene as Astarion looking for his equivalent of a sandwich when it happened.
But why does Astarion bite Tav of all people?
The obvious answer is because Tav's the protagonist. Any important character scenes will happen to or involve them because they're the player character. It's the nature of how RPG stories are told. However, Larian Studios has put a lot of thought into this game, so why not dig a bit deeper?
Assuming Tav has everyone in their camp when this scene is triggered, Lae'zel and Shadowheart are off the menu purely because if things go wrong they'd immediately kill Astarion. Not good! If things go wrong with Karlach he could possibly smooth talk his way out of it. After all, she's a very kind person who goes out of her way to help people. But she's also twice his size and could snap him like a twig, which is not a risk worth taking.
Wyll isn't nearly as much of a threat as the other three, if it came down to it, Astarion could probably take him in a fight. The main problem here is that Wyll happens to have a habit of killing monsters, which would make talking things out really difficult. Astarion's relied on skills like persuasion for the past 2 centuries so he'd probably want to have his best skills be viable options if things go awry. Halsin, much like Karlach, is twice his size and could kill him with ease. Hard pass on that! This leaves Gale as the last, and really only, viable option. I mean look at him, he's frail as hell, always having the lowest HP in the party, and his weapon is a stick. Worst thing that could happen to Astarion is a bonk on the head.
So then why Tav? Why are they the one Astarion bites?
Now Tavs come in a lot of varieties. The player could be doing a Dark Urge run, they could be playing as the embodiment of pure evil, the kindest soul that is second only to Jesus, or somewhere in between. However, the one thing that unites them all is their power. They're the leader of the party and the others (to varying degrees) respect them. Tav is the one that chooses where the party goes, who they help, who they kill, and even how they'll have the tadpoles removed. In a way, Tav controls the party.
Remind you of something that Astarion openly talks about wanting?
For two centuries Astarion hasn't had autonomy, respect, freedom, resources, or control. What he's learned from those centuries is that power always gets you what you want. If you want freedom you need the power to control others. So while biting Gale would be the easy answer, it doesn't have the perk that biting Tav does.
If Tav wakes up during his biting attempt, Astarion could smooth talk his way out of it. If things go okay and Astarion gets to keep his head, he'll have gained more of Tav's trust. This in turn would give Astarion greater power over them as they'd be easier to manipulate, which in turn gives him more control over the others. If he ends up killing Tav then that technically would open up a power vacuum in the party. Whoever fills it would have all the power and control that Tav has. I don't think any of the other characters would let that happen though. Astarion's the person who you don't want to be the leader because he's clearly performing this role for his own self-centered reasons. Also seeing as this scene generally happens early in the game, nobody likes him enough to just let him become the leader.
Now if Tav lets Astarion bite them things get more interesting. It's a possibility that never occurred to him, but he isn't going to turn it down. First of all, it establishes Tav as an easy food source. Astarion has a consenting snack that in the future, might let him bite again. If that happens then Astarion's food source becomes far more reliable and surviving becomes significantly easier. Tav's consent also reveals how much they trust Astarion. From his perspective Tav's shown too much of their hand. Astarion's simple plan to manipulate Tav for the sake of his security has become child's play at this point.
All this being said having Astarion choose to bite Tav over Gale reveals so much about his character. While Gale is the safest choice to make, Tav's position of leadership is what entices Astarion to bite them over Gale. After experiencing two hundred years of mental and physical abuse, Astarion values power so much he'd be willing to risk his ability to not become a mind flare, and his life, in order to gain it. All because this is what he learned from being Cazador's slave for 200 years.
#slaps astarions head#THATS A LOTTA DAMAGE#you think you understand the story and know know how deep his trauma runs but then you write an essay and suddenly youre crying AGAIN#astarion please god get some help#somebody give this boy a hug#larian studios if you thought of this then i hate you for being so good at what you do how DARE#i havent even finished act 2 yet and astarions story is only getting sadder and richer and damn its written so well but OW#fuckin OW#astarion bg3#astarion baldurs gate#baldurs gate 3#baldurs gate iii#baldurs gate three#baldurs gate astarion#astarion#im officially gone there is no me only bg3#is now when i admit that ive never written an essay analyzing something i love unless it was for class#the brainrot has never been so real
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CAIT LEARNED THE PROTECTIVE ARM GESTURE THING FROM VI I CAN'T
#cait's been brainrotting about vi for months lets be real#CAIT IS GONNA BE MORE PROTECTIVE OF VI NEXT ACT... ROLE SWITCH BB#not that she never was? more so I think this kinda symbolizes their future dynamic change and how cait will be taking more responsibility!#caityn has a lot to learn but she is like a genuinely attentive and thoughtful character. props to her and props to the writing team#I'm gonna scream though I'm like kind of surprised w/myself that I caught this parallel#arcane#arcane season 2#caitvi#violyn#caitlyn kiramman#vi arcane#piltover's finest
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my girllll 💗💗💗
#penelope apologist first human being second#she has never done anything wrong in her life#who can fault a woman who's been ridiculed her entire life for taking matters into her own hands#so sorry but the bridgerton brainrot is real#she is important to meee#fat icon#i actually am like other girls#bridgerton#penelope featherington#colin bridgerton#colin x penelope#bridgertonedit#perioddramaedit#polin#nicola coughlan
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Been thinking about a postgame scenario that goes in a direction I don't think canon would ever take in a million years, but like... I think it could be really compelling...
And that's the idea of Chrom becoming Plegia's king after Grima's defeat. And specifically giving up his claim to Ylisse's throne to do it (leaving it to Lucina when she's old enough).
Because here's the thing... The game ends with Grima's defeat/Robin's return in the sacrifice ending. It doesn't address what happens to Plegia at all, and while I personally maintain that Aversa is the most qualified candidate to rule, her canon ending provides that she goes back to the village she was born in. So, fine. Let's give her that.
But SOMEONE has to do SOMETHING because realistically, Plegia is in dire straits. Validar, the king and the leader of the Grimleal, is dead. He gave, like, ALL of Plegia's resources to the Ylissean League (well, okay, we don't know how much, if any, he left in reserve, but... He really needed Walhart gone and it's not like he had any reason to think that anyone would need resources once Grima was running around, so... chances are good there's little to nothing left in the wake of the averted apocalypse). And the population has been utterly devastated, because not only did people (exactly how many is unclear, but presumably it took more than just a couple) have to sacrifice themselves to renew the fell dragon's power, but Grima was also spawning Grimleal onto their back at the final battle. Their losses are so immense...
So first of all, Chrom is definitely responsible for taking all their resources and setting half of them on fire (Now to be fair, Flavia and Basilio are also responsible, but... Idk, I kinda feel like they'd bicker with each other over who has to do the crappy parts of the job and then agree that they should just ask Chrom if he can do it. Like "Haha, if you didn't want to deal with thieves ambushing the Longfort to steal construction supplies, you shouldn't have gone and beaten me at the last tournament!" "Oh, shut up. Let's see if Chrom can send his thief friend over to talk these guys down. Or kill them, whichever." I mean, Chrom is always going to be their guy who knows a guy.) There's just no way Chrom would abandon the surviving Plegians who need help anyway, but especially not when he knows the war with Valm would've ended before it could begin without them.
Of course, there's the historical hostility between Ylisse and Plegia to consider, but... If anyone's protesting, it's probably the Ylisseans. Because the survivng Plegians, uh... probably were never Grima's most devoted followers in the first place (if you really wanted to give Grima your life, you'd rush to the front of the line at the Dragon's Table, right?) and even if they used to consider themselves true Grimleal, the religion's leadership is destroyed, and—for the purpose of this scenario, I'm considering it post-sacrifice ending—the fell dragon is gone and not coming back. These people narrowly avoided becoming Grima's breakfast or Grima's meat shields. They all almost certainly know someone who wasn't as lucky. And the one who saved them... Well, it was Chrom, wasn't it? Because he believed in humanity enough to challenge the concept of fate, a fate that the people of Plegia were surely taught was inescapable. Despite their history with Ylisse, it's hardly unreasonable for them to see Chrom as a savior to them specifically. The second coming of the Hero-King who ought for the lives of all humans, really.
And yeah, I'm going here... Chrom is Marth's descendant. Marth was Altean. Former Altea is is modern Plegia, so technically, the people can argue that he's actually theirs.
Doesn't it sort of make sense, even? Plegia is ruined, the god to whom the theocracy was devoted killed. "What we need is to restore the glory of ancient Altea!" And who better to help them than Chrom, Marth's successor in blood and in spirit?
But Chrom would frown and say no. Of course he's going to help them restore their country to prosperity—or at least to independent, peaceful functioning. But king? Sheesh, that's going too far. Come on guys, you don't really want that. Besides, he's already ruling Ylisse...
Except, he's not ruling it as Exalt. At least, not at first he's not. He forswore the title when he started his rule and in canon he is only official welcomed as Exalt after Grima's defeat. But what if he just... continued to not accept it. It's not like he ever wanted to be Exalt. He only has the right to rule because Emmeryn died—because he failed to protect her. It has nothing to do with any of his successes.
But if the Plegians made him their king, then it would be because of his own accomplishments.
And in a way I also can't help but find it heartwarming, because it was the Plegian people who got him to truly understand Emmeryn's ideals. He wanted peace, he wanted to follow her path, but it wasn't until the Plegians took her sacrifice for the peace offer it was and refused to continue fighting Ylisse that Chrom was finally able to comprehend what it meant that Emmeryn believed that all people wanted the same thing, that peace is something for everyone and not just purehearted saints like her who would never hurt a fly. So wouldn't it be sweet to expand on that existing connection? For the people who once bore a grudge against him and his nation to say, actually, our home is your home and you belong with us... For Chrom to reach back and decide that these are his people and that he will protect them...
Especially because that's what he's always done for Robin. Your father doesn't get to determine your path for you, your past doesn't dictate your future, you always have a place beside me because we are two halves of a greater whole. This AU is definitely a chrobin AU, because when Robin gets back I want them to rule at his side (after all, I do have feelings about Grima's loyalty to a people who have been praying to them to end their suffering for a thousand years).
Now, I do think that Chrom would never leave Ylisse while little Lucina was still growing up, but... Honestly it would probably take quite some time to establish a castle for Plegia's new ruler anyway (especially if they go super hard on the Altean revival theme and want it to be IN former Altean territory, which has become the "border wastes" and undoubtedly needs some help... But EVERYWHERE in Plegia needs help, so what better time to give the land some attention?) So when Lucina is an adult she can take over as Ylisse's true Exalt, and Chrom can focus his efforts on the other side of the border. I think he'd still be awkward about the whole thing, approaching it like "Well, I guess I'm here if you all still want me..." but Robin's there to give him confidence and the people there are SO excited for their hero to come and live with them and together they all usher in a new era of peace and prosperity as Ylisse and Plegia themselves become like two halves of a greater whole.
#this au kinda came to me out of nowhere today but also it's based on years of awakening brainrot so it's kinda also not out of nowhere#idk i've been thinking a lot lately about how risen king chrom wears a crown and how grima never does#and i just wanted like... a good timeline variant of rkc kinda? plegian king chrom?#and i was thinking about how much chrom resists becoming the exalt#and i was thinking about how he still resents the ylisseans that threw rocks at emm#and i was thinking about the hierarch who betrayed emmeryn being a longtime family friend who helped guide her whe she was young#and i was thinking about how chrom has every reason to be more grateful to those plegian soldiers who threw down their weapons in the war#than to any member of the ylissean nobility#and it just hit me like... you know what... he could be very happy in plegia. no apocalypse required#i've written fics where chrobin rule plegia before but never one where the primary ruler was chrom so i am full of new thoughts on this one#uh but don't get too excited because i don't really have the energy to write a real fic for this au any time soon asdfghjkl#nevertheless i'm tagging it for reference...#my writing#fe13
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That TV-Y7 rating is about to get a swift reassessment with that kind of language
#💟#Doodles#Art#Edgar#Scriabin#Crossover#Wander Over Yonder#Hi hello WOY brainrot overspill <3#They're really fun to draw like this lol#Shock to no one Vargas has once again been caught in the crossfire of the Big Ideas of Latest Thing haha#I wasn't expecting it Exactly but by this point I also can't say I wasn't at least considering it until it became a full fledged thing#Me looking at The Property of Hate/WOY crossover like ''Haha so cute'' and then I start getting ideas for this like ''Ah fuck'' lol#It really did just start as a style challenge - too fun! :D My notes couldn't decide what lovechild this style would count as#Invader ZiM/Adventure Time or IZ/Steven Universe? Or all three? Some of my other doodles were way more SU haha#And of course IZ 'cause y'know :P Jhonen - unavoidable#As if they weren't already stick figured enough haha ♪ A bit of rubberhose never hurt anyone :)#Getting Edgar's glasses to agree with the cartoony eyes-touching style was a real challenge lol#Scriabin on the other hand looks fantastic <3 His glasses are basically already his eyes so leaning into that is really fun :D#I really love the one of Wander hugging Edgar haha ♥ He needs hugs and Wander has the goods! Lol#He's all silly-wrapped around his waist haha ♪ He's just so slight! I bet Wander would be nice to pick up and hug as well :)#Had to give a quick sidetrack to my fave <3 Red-and-black villain! Napoleon complex! Not to mention his relationship options haha ♪#Also deeply feeling my roots with Scriabin's coat all fluttered behind him hehehe ♫#They'd have to be aliens of some kind to fit the setting right? Throw their dynamic into Slightly more sci-fi terms to be better understood#I guess they could also be clones? Well however it works out lol ♪ Oddly kind of Dating Sim-adjacent of both being available to talk to?#Wander would certainly have his work cut out for him - Sylvia's fast-tracked to Devi's conclusion lol#No bullying around Sylvia Or Else hahaha#How would they work around Scriabin's ability to be mean through telepathy!#And even more confounding when he's being nice and then turns around and is mean again haha ♪ False hope everywhere#It's fun to think about how they might interact hehe
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trying to make teachers' (global) complaints abt kids theyre supposed to be teaching about "generational politics" and saying stuff like "people always complain about the young generation" is so dismissive and ridiculous. atp yall are being purposefully obtuse. these kids cant read. they cant write. they cant think critically. teachers GLOBALLY are begging parents to care, to no avail. kids dont respect their teachers, they dont respect their schoolwork, they dont respect their education, theyre severely behind across the board. to try and write that entire problem off as "complaining about the young generation" is so dismissive i have no words. obviously its the fault of the kids' parents but we are looking at an entire generation of people who are graduating high school with no skills. these people are joining society and dont know how to think. yall should be furious and instead youre trying to write it off as "hating on gen alpha". please get over yourselves
#i saw a post on here a month or so ago and i ignored it then even tho i RLY disagreed w it bc i figured it was probably made in ignorance#but in the past month i have gotten angrier and angrier abt this topic#to the point that if u try and come at me w any mention of 'generational politics' i will slap u across the mouth#i have never rly been into intergenerational competition bc its a distraction from real issues#but this isnt abt complaining abt a generation for no reason#that 'brainrot' we all laugh about is causing kids to genuinely behave brainlessly. its not funny. its terrifying#why are we just sitting here making jokes about it and laughing it off and then accusing teachers of nonsense#why do ppl not care abt this#teachers are trying to tell us smth and i see so many ppl ignoring them and dismissing them and making these stupid cynical jokes#an entire generation of ppl are going to be joining the workforce (GLOBALLY!!! NOT A LOCALIZED PROBLEM!!!)#having gotten by on lowered standards. these ppl will be doctors. they will be politicians. they will be in our society#this is so gd terrifying. i talk abt this and think abt this way more than i do abt the recent us election even.#i feel like im going insane. most of the talk ive seen on here has been dismissing these concerns and not treating them seriously.#im prolly going to delete this honestly but i wanted to rant abt it for a second#delete later
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get it Kim has a lot to unpack do you get it
it's imperfect I'll never polish it just take it as it is I should have put aerostatics not airplanes...
#I don't know how the hell to draw kim#PLEASE gib me feedback#pretend the dialogue is better this is all I can do lol. but you get the gist of it#aaa give me constructive criticism. the other post about kim secretly being a loser made me think about what his apartment would look like#and this popped in my head I had to draw it#is this in character?#there's no eyebrow battle because in my head this happens some time in the future where kim opens up a little more easily#at this point he trust him with his secrets more (but not completely. harry's not touching the blue box today)#but it's a mixture of ''maybe if I tell x he will stop asking for more'' and real trust#but like do you see that happen#it's a secret because he doesn't want other people to learn that insisting can work#like I said in the tags of the other post I think he never lets anyone in to the point of avoiding calling the plumber even if the sink#has been broken for months#addition: fuck I should have putted more machines in there. I couldn't think of anything else other than radio controlled airplane#and a sewing machine. he must have more stuff like the camera.#he'd have some dangerous thing to warm the room#and nerd stuff. I'm not sure if he'd display it or keep it boxed somewhere#disco elysium#that's a convertible couch-bed if you can't tell. half covered with the Pile#pointless microblogging#it's so hard to draw them right they look different in every official thing#believe me I have tried#idk how to put more of the skills here :/#I have achieved peak kimharry brainrot I can't go back
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY SILLY BOY
Majima art dump!!!
Anyways thank you to the Yakuza creators for making such a delectable man and thank you for my brain being wired just right enough for me to get brain rot over him🫶
#might be a day early bc I’m in Australia so don’t mind that#this is my art dump for (nearly) all the Majima drawings I’ve don’t while bored#I love him#brainrot has never been more real#Majima brainrot ajjfbaja#don’t mind if his hair still looks bad#I love idol/vocaloid Majima/goromi#majima goro#goro majima#goromi#yakuza#yakuza fanart#ryu ga gotoku#ryu ga gotoku fanart#fanart
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the gay agenda is desentisizing my mom to gay people by showing her 9-1-1 episodes with all the queer characters where she can't help but like them and root for them
#shes gotten much better but were working on it#sometimes i still have to fight the urge to stiffen up when something gay happens on screen and then i remember#im already out and shes fully aware her biggest gay problem isnt on the screen#which is not being generous enough to her poor woman has never said a word to me about it and she actively asks me to watch more together#and she absolutely blew me away with how loving and supportive she was when i came out even if she cant understand it#but 10 years ago that would not have been the case shes actually come so so far#so ig this is more to help her actually understand how loving and complex and relatable queer people can be even to her#so thanks babe youre a real one doing gods work @911onabc#weewoo brainrot
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thinking about palm pannakorn jannaloy again. thinking about the island. guns and the permanent marks they left behind on his back, in his back, his leg. naming his bar neungdiao. never calling once. uprooting his entire life again and again and again like waves that can’t escape the coast. slow dancing regardless of how many sets of eyes watch. pouring himself out like he was born to quench the sun’s own flames. the devotion. the grief.
#going insane in the middle of the night again no biggie#i am going to pace my ceiling#so glad this show was nominated for awards#because the brainrot has been real#palm pannakorn#never let me go the series#our skyy 2#zee.txt
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this height difference is absolutely taking me out LOL
#this is vee speaking#not even just between ayukawa-san and hirono-san!!!!!!! hirono-san’s that short next to aramaki-san too???????#what a short king lmao!!!!!!!!!!#bop draws closer and i’ve been trying to ignore how in the span of a week we’ll no longer have anymore stage plays#the last time we will ever see the stage original teams will be with bop and it doesn’t feel good#since my bat brainrot in general is that bad i never talk about them lol but i love north bastard sm 😭😭😭#i love kazu and i like the concept of kazu and ichiro being the same but one embraced his dark path and other had help resisting it#it’s a very good thing kokuri is not a real character because he and his actor are so brutally attractive to me lol#like idk if i could function if kokuri and kuukou existed in the same space LOL#and like all 3gumi saragi has the sickest rap flow lol!!!!!! i love it when his parts hit in north bastard songs!!!!!!!#the same with everyone else too i have lots of thoughts on all of them and i’m going to miss them dearly it’s!!!!!!!!! not fair!!!!!!!!!!!
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all thoughts, head full of ✨aventurine✨
+ a bunch of rambling/life updates in the tags, oops
#kayleigh.txt#y’all i seriously cannot stop thinking about this lil’ pixelated man 🫠#i officially have everything to fully level and max him and his lightcone and his traces 👏🏻#only e0s1 of course; i’m broke af 😅#hopefully for his rerun i can get some eidolons but alas not this time unfortunately 💔#he’s literally on the same level as kaeya in my heart; favorite hsr character for sure#(jing yuan has been demoted to my second favorite now because i am a silly goose)#i honestly never thought i’d be so adoring of hoyoverse characters but... here we are 🤷🏼♀️#actual legitimate feelings for real people??? ❎#actual legitimate feelings for fictional characters??? ✅#aNYWAYS the brainrot is really bad y’all and i apologize that my entire personality has been taken over by this man 🤡#i wish that i had an income right now so that i could commission some self–indulgent selfship art but alas 😩#once my irl bestie’s wedding and honeymoon is over on may 10th i will be going back to looking for a job 👌🏻#i’ve applied to probably 50+ jobs throughout the past few months and have heard absolutely nothing back 💀#i have given up for now; i have to get my mental health and autoimmune diseases under control first tbqh#i have a psychiatrist appointment on the 16th which i am terrified regarding but hopefully it goes well 🥲🤞🏻#and i am going to start a new injectable medication for my autoimmune diseases asap#i have to deep clean my house and revamp my reptile enclosures before i commit to a job as well ugh#i have to actually get my shit tf together before i start legitimately looking for a job again is what i’m saying 😂
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my parting gift as school starts back up... when i say i have a lot of kagakuro wips i am NOT joking.
#the one based off that official art is NEVER getting done#(the second to last one)#imma be real w u#unless i start it from scratch#bc i just CANT get kurokos face down#but u guys deserve to see them in third year#bc the height difference grows smaller#kagakuro brainrot. is immense. it has been. SO immense#kagakuro showing off their matching hoop helix piercing.#throws up.#also yes. last one is nba kagakuro#also kuroko isnt taller than kagami hes just sittin on like a counter or smth#the light and shadow one (first) is the BANE of my existence#bc i wanted lineless lolll#but its coming along#kagamis the light!!! kurokos the shadow!!!#seirin had orange shirts in the manga which is rlly funny to me#uh. one and two r first year. third is second year. four and five r third year. and last is nba#if i was smart id slap background colors on all the other wips#but unfortunately.....
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So I'm making a character for a friend's Call of Cthulhu campaign and reading this woke up the TMA sleeper agent in my head
#jk they were never asleep#that sleeper agent has been running things for the past 3-4 years now#the magnus archives#rusty quill tma#on a similar note I'm also tempted to make it a Malevolent based character#so the podcast brainrot is REAL
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semester is over entering my npc mode of mindlessly consuming and obsessing over various media 🧍🏽♀️
#its this and doom scrolling through linkedin#tell me why i chose the most dead major im so cooked#but ive been getting so heavily bacl into pjo and atla#i blama tiktok brainrot ppl make sucj good edits#i swear i never paid much attention to jason for example but tell me why one wdit had me rereading the burning maze 😭#atla too has me so fucked up rn#i rewatched it plus tlok#and lowkey i realized i like tlok more than i did oroginally#like i love korra idc shes so real and strong and 🐺🐺🐺#glow gabs
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was watching some vevo performance of young volcanoes from 2013 and getting emo like wow i HAVE been listening to this song since high school blah blah blah and then pete says "this song is not not about sex" and that snapped me right out of it lmaooo
#it's kind in the way that it's editted that gets to me this video has this very distinct style and i was not expecting that lmaoo#*edited#also 2am which is probably why i am so emotional. go to sleep!#the fall out boy brainrot is extremely so real i need to. blog about it maybe. idk ive never really been much of a blogger but. like. Sjdjdj#also im seeing them live next week :)
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