#the writing is on the wall

[thekitsandthekats]

sorry to talk about this again but the reason the voting system got so much attention this season is because the voting is the whole point! the choice to play or not play is. the. whole. point. like gihun revealed himself in the games because he wanted to give people a fighting chance to survive, he wanted to get them all out of there. and in that, the creators of the game decided to give everyone the choice to stay after each game as a required condition unlike in season one where it was only talked about when mentioned. this is to give the players the illusion of choice. the idea that in a system designed to exclude you, in a system working against you, your participation in that system is something you choose to do. all the players know what the stakes are, they see how many people die and how brutually they're killed and yet some choose to continue. this is a deliberate and important part of the season.

as the audience we're positioned to understand things from gihuns pov, and for me, i thought if people had a real, tangible understanding of what the game actually is, they won't participate. but obviously i, and gihun, were wrong because they actually don't have a choice. all these players are in terrible situations, where it's these games or a life of terrifying debt and the inescapable cycle of poverty. and yet in the game they're given the right to vote, and the illusion to choose the devil you know or the devil you don't. we spend so much time with the voting because the votes mean everything.

they mean that we'll see a new game or if everyone will leave, they mean we'll see how much people are willing to do to get out of their terrible situations, they mean that everyone on our screens are doomed by the narrative, by the money hungry manipulative hands of capitalism and cannot to anything but be puppets in these senseless games. they mean that the creators can tell the players that they brought this on themselves, that they could've left whenever, that they chose to stay when we know that they didn't have a choice in this at all.

[elrieldreamer]

Gwynriel & Elucien Current Status:

[silverlinedeyes]

Media: Publish article after article about how Elain’s book is likely next with Azriel as the love interest.

Elriels: Share articles excitedly, and discuss the possibility that Sarah’s team or BB is involved in this in some way.

Gw*nriels: “Elriels are so delusional. You can’t rely on any of these articles. SJM has nothing to do with them, and these authors don’t know what they’re talking about.”

Me: Then explain to me, slowly, why NONE of the articles from legitimate publications center gw*nriel as the likely next couple, and most don’t even mention the possibility of gw*nriel. Gw*nriel fans are EXTREMELY vocal in the fandom, so (most of if not all of) these authors are aware of the ship, and yet they still don’t discuss it as a legitimate possibility. Why not??? Please, explain it to me. I’ll wait!!

[cannedmelonart]

John Martin, Belshazzar's Feast, 1821, half-size sketch held by the Yale Center for British Art

[persephinae]

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Lmao they changed the name from "Dreadwolf" to "Veilguard" with the expectation of there being more games and these people "guarding the Veil" despite that name and goal never being stated in game, also adding those wizard creeps from across the ocean being "the real bad guys" but now it looks like there won't be any more dragon age games

lol. lmao.

EA fucked this game sideways since production began and are surprised it didn't perform as well as they had hoped.

[methotrex8]

Alternative title for this book should be Local Woman Has To Deal With A Racist Vampire As Well As The Patriarchy

[the-real-aurora-borealis]

rrrrrrrrrggghhhhhh

[phallicide]

I'm not gonna fucking make it lol

[akuasucc]

[zorangezest]

switcheroo part 3 (starscream edition)

part 2

part 1

this was originally going to be included in part 2 as a short segment, but it was getting too long so they ended being posted separately!

why is this one high quality. why did I put so much effort into this. why have I drawn so much of this blucking au

[mischievous-thunder]

They're equally bad. They love teasing each other to a degree that's dangerous to the general public.

[readypanda]

Being a fan of stories that revolve around robots or AI in the 21st century is so weird now. Like how do I tell people I'm the biggest fictional robot appreciator and the biggest real life robot hater

[inferno-ontherocks]

What it looks like: I've abandoned my fic

What's actually happening: It consumes my thoughts every single day. The urge to write gets stronger but my putty brain just. won't. let. it. happen.

[bluegiragi]

big d stands for big demeanour (inspired by this mini thread-fic by queeniebgalore on twitter - it is nsfw like immediately so be wary)

early access + nsfw on patreon

[sleepzsharkz]

I will rewrite your fate as writing on the wall.

Based on Writing on the Wall Ver. Alhaitham by Lia. (Original by Will Stetson)

[monkesupreme]

Starving and wasting away etc etc

bonus:

Hes tall and huge and HEAVY and he is so overly active that he has to maintain an insanely high caloric intake to make sure his body doesnt collapse from the strain of everything. He will eat virtually anything but he is spoiled from the best takeout Gotham has to offer: 11$ shrimp and broccoli from the chinese food spot that closes at 4am- among other things.