#the cons outweigh the pros

[adhd-mode-activate]

upside of long pointy nails - long and pointy

downside of long pointy nails - I am a writer and a musician and have NO fingernails normally so when I get long pointy nails I suddenly cannot function

[doginprogress]

Me: my next dog will probably be an intact male

Literally all of my friends: don’t do it

[0vergrowngraveyard]

ngl, i bet nine kinda wishes he never left his home and just stayed inside during episode 1 because sure, in meeting sonic he got 2 much needed hugs, but at what cost?

having this stranger follow you, break into your home and tell you that you’re actually his best friend?

getting dragged into the whole mess with the chaos council?

being faced with the possibility of your death and realizing that your only friend never actually saw you, but someone completely different, leading to you feeling betrayed?

having the entire shatterverse against you and another betrayal?

going mad with power which is further fueled by all the emotions and pain you’re shoving down because you cannot allow yourself to show such vulnerability?

and when it’s all over, you’re more alone than ever because there’s no way you can just go back to new yoke and continue doing what you were doing before this all happened. no one trusts you, in fact they all probably hate you. you’re just left on this destroyed monument that will forever symbolize your darkest moments.

yea meeting sonic was not the greatest thing that ever happened to nine in hindsight

fuck, he really is such a tragedy. he started prime alone and he ended prime being even more alone with a few more mental issues as a bonus. all he wanted was security and a home, to feel safe for the first time in his life. that really isn’t a lot to ask for, especially for an 8 yr old

[podcastwizard]

thinking of sending "AHHHH! AHHHHHHHH! OH GOD OH NO AHHHHH!" to everyone in my contacts list just in case

[oscconfessions]

being a normally offline person in the osc is so difficult because i don’t understand what half you folks are yelling about. i’m over here still trying to figure out how this app works and i’m met with somebody’s college thesis on how the taco stole the ipad’s indigestion pills or something like that… oh jesus… it’s okay to feel frustrated over something you’re passionate about, look i understand. but if you keep engaging in all this gnashing of teeth, all you’re gonna end up with is a dentist bill AND less enjoyment for these passions of yours. i know it sounds counterintuitive, but you’re gonna have to get in the habit of ignoring all this baloney. because listen even i still catch myself letting internet strangers get under my skin sometimes. people have trailmix for brains these days thinking they’re gonna gain something from all that passing judgement… it’s INFURIATING i KNOW but you gotta remind yourself: this is the internet. it’s different from the real world, and if someone on here makes you upset then you don’t need to go through all that effort of confronting them, trying to prove them wrong because 1. they don’t give a rat’s ass what you think cause all they’re thinking is “me me me im right no one else me im right” these folks are STUBBORN i tell you what. and 2. it doesn’t matter. the fact that you’re upset matters of course, but the situation itself is Not going to have any impact on your real life whatsoever. there is no point in confrontation if it is not going to resolve the conflict. i’ll say that again. There Is No Point In Confrontation If It Is Not Going To Resolve The Conflict. i swear one day you’re gonna be like 70 sitting on your front porch in a rocking chair thinking to yourself “why on god’s green earth was i so ruffled about that” because none of this Truly Matters. if you start blocking and ignoring, it will be so much easier to just forget and move on. if you throw yourself into an argument, it’s just gonna be plaguing your memory, furthermore adding negative connotations to the things you enjoy. and it pains me to see people unable to properly enjoy things because they bunched their lettuce up over what some gaggle of boneheads rambled about. look, you are not here to prove yourself. you’re not here to prove anything. you’re not here to preach gospel. you’re not here to entertain anyone. and it’s okay to be wrong sometimes. sorry if none of that made sense i haven’t had coffee yet let me get my butt out of this bed🚶‍♂️🚶‍♂️🚶‍♂️

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[solargeist]

What finally pushes Grian to leave the watchers? Does he ever reconnect with his adopted mom?

Resentment builds over time.

This isn’t what he wanted. The loss of autonomy, the social and emotional regression. He knows he’s not on equal footing, he knows most of them see him as a pet, they just want to see him perform. He feels lied to, used.

He’s on slightly positive/neutral feelings with his Watcher, but even then he gets overwhelmed, even then he can’t be confident what her true feelings or intentions are.

Turning into a Watcher is also scary. It hurts, he thought he was honestly going to die when his wings grew out. So when his hands occasionally cramp, he’s scared! He looks and takes note of other Watcher’s anatomy, how tall they are, the eyes, the feathers, talons, he just sees torture, and for what? What did he honestly expect from this?

Grian joined the Watchers because he wanted more from his life, the updates were just too promising…. He wanted to build better, bigger, the desire to know more, it’s a selfish reason and he doesn’t know how he’ll ever look his friends in the eyes again. If he does.

The isolation is also maddening, he doesn’t have anyone but the watchers, he can’t go anywhere without one, he can’t talk to anyone, no one actually acknowledges him.

I don’t even know what the final straw could be, you can only stay frustrated for so long, so sick to your stomach for so long. A particularly bad migraine can be enough of a reminder that eyes are going to grow out of his face if he stays.

It ends with tnt and a complete meltdown.

He knows how to fly, he knows how to open portals, he bought his time. If he sees her before he leaves, they say nothing, the eyes say enough for both of them.

Right now I don’t see him ever reconnecting with Her. But he does think about her, when he tells Mumbo about everything he almost refers to her as his mom, he knows that’s what their dynamic was, that’s what she saw, but he doesn’t want to say it out loud.

[halfbaked00q]

EXCUUSE ME? THEY PUT HIM IN A THIGH HARNESS??? sorry, HOLSTER??

[x-enocyon]

fallout tv show thoughts

Sat on it for quite a while because I didn’t want to be a cynical lore snob but all in all I don’t like the Fallout show. Inconsistencies and weird lore changes aside, I take the most issue with the show’s shallow understanding of Fallout’s core themes. Aesthetically the show was on point in a lot of areas, it hit a lot of surface-level tropes the franchise is well known for. For me personally, the show left a bad taste in my mouth because it felt like the writers didn’t care much for the source material. The Fallout tv show took a setting that invests a lot of time and care into human tenacity, hope in dreary environments, the desire to rebuild and form communities, imperialism and capitalism disguised as the American Dream, and turned it into “Look how wacky and evil the world is now because Capitalism tm!"

[cheerfullycatholic]

I'm not in full panic mode yet about the surgery but the agonies are getting me and today I'm really really upset that I'm gonna have to lock my kitties out of my room because they need to sit on me (all the time but especially) at night and they won't be allowed

[pooptoucher4000]

uhh fidds threatens bill w the memory gun and bill breaks the bulb getting all the glass shards in his hand and freaks fidd out

THATS A GOOD ONE .... THATS A REALLY GOOD ONE .....

[birdyverdie]

School is starting soon!! I can't believe I'm excited for the stressors of classes OURGH...

[yarrowleef]

#17 Snailshade

no one really knows what this guys deal is bc he doesn't like or talk to anyone. Honestly the only reason he stays in RiverClan instead of fucking off to be a loner is for the security. He prefers vanishing early to patrol by himself, which he usually can do as even the deputy occasionally forgets he exists for days at a time.

[missmugiwara]

The only true tragedy of a short, sexy ass lady like me dating a short, sexy ass king like Levi Ackerman is that after we smash, I put his white button-down shirt on and it ISN'T a fucking dress on me because no it is proportional to my size and fits JUST RIGHT???

[wizardsix]

about 30 hours into veilguard and while I have an essay worth of my problems w the game and how this is absolutely not ten year's worth of developing I do want to say what I do like. the maps (visuals/progression/exploration), combat, and the companions (only five of them. neve and taash annoy me and I would absolutely not recruit them if this game didn't force you to)... overall it's all right on its own but it's no dragon age game.

[the-cryptographer]

I think Merrill probably does find Anders talking over her and condescending to her, while at the same time being possessively concerned about her as a fellow mage, highly evocative of Marethari and triggering. (And for that matter I feel like Anders probably finds watching her self harm pretty triggering too, as someone who worked as a healer within the Circle tower and as someone who has his own version of self harm overworking himself with his clinic and his cause.) But I have to say what makes this such a joy is, unlike with Marethari, Merrill actually gets to fight back with Anders. Like goddamn if she doesn’t take every bit of shit he saddled her with, wait for the moment he was at his lowest after Dissent, and then unleash all of her condescending pity on him at once ‘Oh uwu sorry you were too stupid to know better and think ahead and realise getting possessed was a bad idea, poor baby’. Fucking ruthless. Sorry, know my sadistic approach to shipping isn’t for everyone, but I love them.

[whohasfourthumbsand]

RE: RE: Skatemaxxing

I know someone who sells pretty good spines. It really depends if you want to have cosmetically identical or externalized though. Alternatively there's options for spinal reinforcement structures?

How heavy are your existing arms anyway?

+ I know I talk a lot about how much I like my augments, and how I'd be willing to take on more in the future, but I really don't want to replace my spine—

+ My current cybernetics weigh approximately four pounds a piece, totaling to sixteen additional pounds of weight in my upper body; This has lead to issues with shoulder and lower back pain in the past, until I reworked the tertiary arms' hydraulic system, added a few additional internal supports (how many ribs does a man actually need?), and replaced redundant metals with carbon fiber. The tertiary arms are actually lighter, because they're more for convenience than CQB, meanwhile my "dominant" prosthesis are considerably sturdier. I actually scaled down a few systems intended for the Blackbeard and Vlad frames and repurposed them for my own purposes. (+6 Apply Fists to Face)

+ Anyways, even with my cybernetics in a workable- albeit, admittedly archaic- state, I still have to routinely work out and attend bi-weekly physical therapy. Not to mention the medications I and many other augmented pilots opt for. There's a reason why I so vehemently encouraged Kennedi to look into physical therapy, acupuncture, and stump care; A cybernetic is an accommodation, not a cure.