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furinafontaine · 6 months ago

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Sethos using a polearm in game but a bow in his kit is sooo interesting

#we know diluc formerly used a sword & ganyu was shown in the xianyun trailer as having once used a polearm #so all vision holders are able to summon any of their weapons it seems #they just obviously have preferences #i wonder if maybe he’s trained in all weapons so he wanted even ground with cyno during the fight #awawaawhwhah genshin in game mechanics you are so interesting #genshin spoilers

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shinynewmemories · 4 months ago

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Listen to me Suzanne Collins did not have to give Katniss and Peeta a history before the games. She did NOT have to do that. She could have just had their story begin when Peeta's name was called. She could have had them be total strangers until the moment of the reaping.

Like: "And the boy tribute is... Peeta Mellark!" Katniss: Who's that? Or she could have made them vaguely familiar with each other! Peeta's name is called and Katniss just thinks, Oh, I know that name! He's in my class, actually. Poor boy... Anyway!

Either way, SC could have written the rest of the story exactly the same! I think many authors would have done that! Because if Peeta's purpose in the book was to be Gale's competition, to be one of the 3 corners of a love triangle, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE WAY TO DO IT!! But that's NOT how she did it because that's NOT what Peeta is.

And who is he? To Katniss, Peeta's someone who saved her and her family and received nothing in return except a beating. Peeta's someone she has had her eye on but has never worked up the courage to talk to. Peeta's someone she associates with kindness and hope. And all this before the start of the events of the book! Just because WE, the READERS, met Gale before Peeta and immediately felt a connection with him does NOT mean that was Katniss's experience! And that's what SC is trying to tell us!

To dismiss Katniss and Peeta's past as unimportant or inconsequential compared to whatever Katniss and Gale have in the present is to fundamentally misunderstand Katniss as a character and, as a result, condemn oneself to never fully understand the choices she makes in the future.

Suzanne Collins wrote it that way on purpose because she had something to say. And no one will ever be able to convince me that something wasn't "It was always going to be Peeta".

#thg #everlark #peeta mellark #katniss everdeen #the hunger games #sorry i hope this one's not too harsh #i just has to let it out lol #I'm not saying people only like gale because they misunderstand SC's writing #obviously everyone has preferences and that's great snd normal #but SC wrote Katniss to have preferences too?#and those preferences are pretty subtle at times I'll admit #but sometimes they're so glaringly obvious #i struggle to empathize with people who don't understand these books and honestly that's a me problem #but it really is difficult when people seem to hate Katniss because she didn't make THEIR choices #okay rant over

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22ndnervousbreakdown · 2 months ago

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So, the Sherlock Holmes fandom (well, the johnlock side of it mostly, but, like, we're on tumblr) has multiple ways of coping with Watson having a wife (or wives) in the stories, and I got curious which ones are more popular.

If you go with the version of there having been multiple wives, and you have different headcanons for different ones, vote for the option you have for Mary (you're obviously welcome to elaborate on others in the notes though!)

Also I tried to make the options vague enough to fit different interpretations of H/W (romantic relationship, qpr, one-sided feelings from any side, etc), but obviously it's hard to include everything, especially in the character limit for poll options, so keep in mind that the main focus of the poll is Watson's relationship with his wife, not with Holmes, and vote how you see fit. You can interpret love/feelings as broadly as you want. And again, you're welcome to elaborate!

Reblog for sample size yadda yadda

#personally i don't have a single preferred hc so i switch between first second and fourth option depending on the situation #mostly first or second though #but like obviously lavender marriage/marriage of convenience doesn't mean he doesn't genuinely care for her #and that they aren't great friends and partners etc etc just not romantic #sherlock holmes #acd holmes #acd sherlock holmes #acd canon #john watson #johnlock #acd johnlock

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bandtrees · 4 months ago

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they would get divorced in one universe just to find eachother in another one

alternatively titled: sometimes you're the level-headed token flesh-head impulse-control-and-polycule-member of a stubborn, eccentric, and hearty telephone-headed drug addict, and there's cruelty in the world you deem fit to suicidally fight, and that either goes about as well as you'd expect it to, or you learn about love and the value of your life and junk along the way

#scribbles #milton r wallace #callum crown #phonegingi #sgt norm allen #norm allen #dialtown #dialtown a phone dating sim #..uh idk if callum and milt have a ship name orz #normgingi #milton norm parallels save me. Save me milton norm parallels #very specific but its why i prefer to look at the callum-milt-marla situation as like tragic polyamory #as opposed to a cheating one #it adds to the callum-gingi parallels. theyv both got polycule situations C:#though i suppose you could call a cheating situation a dark parallel to gingi's polycule the same way you could call #milton's entire deal a dark parallel to their relationship with norm/the narrator #However i just like tragic polyamory. my visions of milton and marla ALSO being in love yet having the mutual #realization that they hate callum more than they love eachother (esp milton) is highly specific yet also everything to me #misery loves company and all that jazz. a THIRD combination of people having divorce shit going on #this guys ruining my life IM GONNA FUCK HIS WIFE! (They are already in a consensual polyamorous relationship milton is just making it weird #Sorry these tags were going to be like meaningful discussion about this art and then i was enabled to talk about THIS AGAIN #OH YEAH this art in particular i discovered halftones and also started actually using blending brushes #milts face isnt drawn. obviously. but im imagining a kind of 'oh you!' exasperated fondness #as opposed to norm who's just a cranky little tsundere. jokes on milt though HIS relationship is HEALTHIER #also i will never pass up the chance to draw gingi and callum together #theyr both characters i adore drawing gingi's round shapes and different textures and callums cute little bolts #but also they do look soooo similar and yet so different its always really fun to do #and theyr just. my favs lol. my top 3 favs go gingi-mingus-callum hehe #Ok thats all. thank you for coming to my rambles #fig said i should post my art at better times and so i am and that means when i post my art im AWAKE ENOUGH TO RAMBLE ABOUT IT LOL

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witchlingcirce · 3 months ago

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Tbh, I think the writers kind of fumbled by making so many of these characters not be adamant for the side there supporting! 😭😭

WHYYY is Aemond the only team green member team green??? Whyyyy is Jace the only team black member locking in (won the north, vale and the freys)

Can y’all get up or something ?? 😭😭😭

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forcedhesitation · 1 year ago

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huge ew at all the people who erase the bisexuality of the bg3 companions. they aren't "playersexual," they aren't "gay coded" or "lesbian coded," there are MANY instances of them expressing romantic and/or sexual interest in other characters of varying genders. and not just your tav. it's not a suggestion, it's part of who they are no matter who your tav is.

#bg3 #thoughts about media #you can obviously see certain companions have a preference #which is a normal thing for any bisexual to have!#and it's equally as normal for a bisexual to have no preference!#but astarion clearly favouring men doesn't make him gay #karlach having flirtatious interactions with shadowheart doesn't make her a lesbian #gale being terribly hung up on his ex girlfriend doesn't make him straight #bisexual means a whole array of different expressions of attraction to all genders #it doesn't just mean whatever halsin has going on lmao #and that's not to say i'm against companions in games like these being gay/lesbian/straight #but that's NOT what bg3 did

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sunnibits · 12 days ago

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potentially hot take but this is a pet peeve of mine

#listen. anyone can write whatever they want and idc I don’t have to engage with it. all power to them!!!!#it’s not even an automatic click-off for me or anything #i just… why. I don’t get it #like… that’s literally one of THE most iconic traits of the entire character. of the entire concept of the SHOW even #and you’re just gonna??? get rid of it??? hello????? the entire basis that John and Arthur’s relationship is made from????????#really????????? possibly the most tender part of their relationship???????#you don’t wanna write fluff about John reading him books and describing things and guiding him????? really?????????#it’s just so boring to me. I don’t understand the appeal #like yeah obviously Arthur as himself would definitely prefer to get his sight back #but as a concept like….#something ab the whole ‘happy ending = the disabled character gets ‘fixed’’ thing just leaves a bad taste in my mouth #why do u have to fix them. why cant they just be disabled. do you think people can’t be happy and be disabled???#idk maybe it’s not that deep. and still I don’t really care that much #it’s just the vibes. I don’t vibe with it.#and I’m sure there’s some actual annoying as hell discourse in the fandom ab it which I have zero interest in engaging in #but I had to have my little petty bitch moment #bc blind Arthur is everything to me. ESPECIALLY in a jarthur context.#anyways thank u for coming to my Ted talk #malevolent #arthur lester #if anyone wants me to tag this as smth Iemme know

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rockethorse · 1 month ago

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The basegame wedding dress has a pregnancy morph??

#I can never be positive if something in my game is like. a third-party launcher addition #but this is so funny and I had such a strong hunch #because rushing to have your Sim get married before they give birth is such a thing so many players would do!!#and it would be so funny to pay attention to that detail by having the wedding dress show the bump!!!!#all your sim's wedding photos very obviously giving away the reason for the rushed date HAHA #the dress with the pendant at the back that everyone default replaces off (the one with the knife texture) also has a preg morph #which I know because it's the one your Sims get forced into if they attend a wedding #but it's kind of unusual because pregnant Sims don't have the opportunity to change into formal wear?#like pregnant Sims get new undies pyjamas and swimwear in addition to their maternity outfit #and if you direct a pregnant Sim to change into one of them then it changes them into the appropriate maternity fit instead of their usual #but you can't direct them to change into formal and if you use a hacked option like the shop any-wear rack it uses their usual non morph fi #so it has to be something external like a wedding that triggers them to change into formal. and I have no idea why #does this mean there's a BG suit with a preg morph for men??#or did maxis not think that pregnant male Sims would be quite so desperate to get married #anyway I'm probably the last person to know about this LMAO and I'm sure no one cares bc everyone uses wear-anything mods #but I'm a scrub who still prefers to use the default maternity meshes so this is yuge to me #also if you've never seen this dress b4: in the early game all Sims getting married under an arch used to be forced into the same outfits #actually I can't remember if the men got forced into the same suit or if they just used their regular formal #because most BG formal outfits for men were mostly wedding-appropriate #but at any rate. all women wore the same wedding dress. and it was this .... beauty #and I don't remember with which EP it changed but probably pretty early on they just let Sims use their regular formal wear for weddings #so you could pick their wedding dress yourself #but this dress remained hidden by default (I think?) so ironically it meant you COULDN'T use the wedding dress even if you wanted to #also this is completely off topic but you would also go away for your honeymoon #which meant the Sims getting married would literally get driven away in a limousine and stay off-world for a while #it was kind of cute because it really was like they took a vacation from the player too. got up to their own mischief away from your contro #then with bon voyage they introduced ACTUAL vacations and they turned honeymoons into an actual game mechanic #but again these offworld honeymoons are no longer a possibility #kind of like teens 'going out' with permission got replaced by going out on actual outings/dates even though it was a cute event #wow this note section is long and irrelevant. anyway enjoy picking up your wedding dress from a store called 'It's Not Too Late'

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lbhslefttiddie · 1 day ago

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the qiong ding peak disciples 100% have petty beef with lbh for stealing their favourite didi lmao

they're not gonna Actually beat him up (without Reason) but they're very emphatic about how thoroughly they WILL if lbh messes with sy. it's like a shovel talk that never ends

sy isn't actually completely oblivious to whats going on but he doesn't get why they're like this and he thinks theyre being fucking stupid (and he trusts them to not actually bully binghe) so he's elected to ignore their antics entirely

#arts #mottau #next chapter almost done so im letting these loose now #hou jingxing is standing on the Box of Dramatic Height Effect in the first image. she is actually shorter than lbh #bai yunqi does not get in on their antics but he is Watching lbh to make sure he's not Problem #lbh is not scared of these bitches he WILL fight for the right to hang out with sy if he has to #most of this (particularly for hou jingxing + li yanying) is just childish jealousy over how much sy obviously likes spending time with lbh #part of it is that having an interested alpha who they don't know hovering around the omega of their group #does clock as a Potential Threat on a purely instinctual level #but there is also a Not Insignificant portion of this (esp for bai yunqi)#which is that they met sy when he couldnt talk or walk on his own and clung to yqy like his life depended on it #its sort of left an impression on them! esp bc nowadays its very clear he wasn't like that because thats normal for him/his preference/etc #the younger two especially probably wouldnt even be able to put into words that its something that worries them but it does all the same #lbh on the other hand only met sy after he was already growing MUCH more independent #he's never known sy as anything other than how he is now. what he DOES know is that sy was the first person who ever REALLY helped him here #so he's never thought of sy as someone who needs to be sheltered or protected even though sy is a few years younger than him #and that's a HUGE part of why sy spends so much time with him

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intuitive-revelations · 5 months ago

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I don't know if I'm excited or frustrated at the 'future children' angle for Susan's origin. On one hand... I'm very interested in the possible links to the likes of Miranda, the Other etc.

On the other hand... ok confession time: This may make me a minority in the fandom, but I actually really dislike the 80s-90s retcons of Susan's origin. (Birth of a Renegade, Lungbarrow etc.)

I kinda just like her and the Doctor being some of the last surviving members of what was once a family on Gallifrey. I find the mystery and tragedy of what happened on Gallifrey, with implied student uprisings and political assassinations, far more intriguing than any twists saying "actually she's not really his granddaughter". Fortunately, some things can be canonwelded into that (eg. Susan really could be also related to the president / descended from Rassilon), but stuff that actually gives her an origin elsewhere is always a pain.

Idk. I just see once being a parent (and losing it all tragically) as such a crucial part of the Doctor's background and Susan fits very well into that as far as I'm concerned. Anything disconnecting her from that, or worse erasing it completely, ultimately damages what I find to be one of the most compelling things about the Doctor and Susan. :/

The few posts I've already seen talking about this suggests this is an unpopular opinion, but I'd be interested to know what people think, and if they agree or disagree...

#Doctor Who #The Legend of Ruby Sunday #Susan Foreman #Doctor Who Spoilers #DW Spoilers #DW Meta #DW Theory #and I guess....#(light)#DW Negativity #like... as much as I love the pseudocanonicity of looms this is one issue I've always had with them #and is part of the reason I much prefer stuff like Penelope and Ulysses #It's just like the Doctor tbh #I love having many different possible origins and mysteries #but the second we start 'canonically' going one way or another you kinda lose me #this is also my issue with the Timeless Child as you're probably tired of hearing from me by now #as a 'possible' origin for the Doctor: genuinely delightful; stunning #as “THE” origin of the Doctor:...nah.#I also never hand an issue with the question of 'where did she come from' 'where are her parents' etc.#they're dead obviously #why they're dead and who they were is the interesting quesion #and part of what makes the Doctor 'Who'

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asparklethatisblue · 4 months ago

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i saw a post on twitter like “the ONLY reason your grandmas had so many children is cause your grandpas were evil and men inherently are sexually violent!”

and like… there’s always been abuse in relationships of course, women’s rights within marriage historically had ups and downs. But some cultures had a “yeah lets have a ton of children” thing since forever that’s barely questioned… there’s high infant mortality in some periods. And, most importantly: there was a time where, if you as a cis woman wanted to fuck at all, you had the inevitable risk of pregnancy you could neither prevent nor terminate? so what if grandma had lots of children because she enjoyed sex and the pull out method is dubious at best? What then? I know it’s useless to argue with twitter randos but I hate this idea where “in the past everything was BAD and it only gets better so if something is bad now it was HORRID then!”

#Just remembered this cause of the medieval “only have sex to have babies” thing #and obviously people still fucked for the fun of it but that was the expectation the church would have preferred

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batsplat · 3 months ago

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this is how i think the valentino/casey rivalry plays out in their minds

#the text is just for comic effect to be clear like don't try to read all that. i didn't put enough thought into it for people to read it #//#brr brr #valentino does end up in a more complicated place with casey but the weird thing about it is that -#- the shift only happens for all intents and purposes AFTER the 'rivalry' in on-track terms is kinda over #but then he doesn't even really continue the off-track rivalry in any meaningful way after 2012 #so there's only like a three year time period where valentino got proper weird about casey. not the same continuity #(i'm not saying his behaviour in '08 was 'normal' but emotionally it's very straightforward. to him it's normal to casey it seems deranged)#'base casey' i think was a very comfortable rival for valentino. like he's a tough one to crack obviously but it's a comfort zone opponent #you don't have anything emotionally complicated. which is basically how valentino WOULD prefer it. just the fight for the win #what's really fascinating is that insofar as casey DID unsettle valentino in later years it was in the ways in which he increasingly -#- adapted bits of valentino's playbook to suit his own needs. vale's always least comfortable when fighting a reflection of himself #heretic tag

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ghost-bxrd · 2 months ago

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Prompt:

Calvin Rose finds a catatonic teenager roaming the streets and… well, the poor kid looks dead on his feet, and it’s raining cats and dogs, he can’t just leave him there.

And, it’s fine. He’s just passing through (can’t risk more with the Court still at large) and will be back on the road come morning. And he’ll sleep easier knowing he kept the kid from certain death.

So, really, how the hell did he end up with the very same kid riding shotgun and nagging him to turn up the radio to Phoebe Bridgers?