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[veliseraptor]

truly the number one factor in whether or not i will connect to a protagonist is the degree to which they are severely mentally unwell. the graph is something like this

[perkeleen-lavellan]

Earthborn Shepard who still had the gang tattoos.

Earthborn Shepard who woke up on Miranda's lab table and shrugged on the armor fitted for their exact proportions in a hurry to get out of the Cerberus station.

Earthborn Shepard who, when finally looking into a mirror on the SR2 Normandy, finds nothing but bare skin.

And if they'd ask about it from Miranda she'd explain, "We were meant recreate them, but thanks to Wilson we ran out of time."

How would that feel? Which is worse, the fact that enough of Shepard had to be replaced even their skin isn't original anymore, or the fact that there is a timeline where Shepard would have looked into a mirror and seen their tattoos, and maybe thought they're a little off? A little too bright and fresh in colors, and were the lines always so thick? But unable to really determine what's wrong for sure.

[andiinaraethtash]

Y’know, they warn you when you get a cat that it'll bring you prey--mice, insects, birds, etc--but they never warn you about when dogs do it

[not-a-mawmouth]

Really unfun headcanon I had because my brain hates me: what if El5n and Norea du Noc knew each other before the events that lead to them joining their respective factions? And El5n doesn’t know, because he lost those memories as part of Peil’s experiments, and Norea doesn’t know because he looked entirely different back then and there’s no way he’ll still be alive, right? And then he meets her during the Open House, and says they’ll get along well, and there’s this little part of him that says “like we used to” and he doesn’t know where it comes from. And then they talk during the walk, and the sense of familiarity just gets stronger, and then after Eri mind-zaps him the memories start to come back the way El4n’s did. And so he finds her in the basement, and gets a solid understanding of what’s going on, and he reaches out to her because he never had any of his past left to him before. Not even his own face, and yet here she is. And he wants so badly for her to live, just live, the way she used to when he knew her… and she never finds out that she knew this boy before, that he does understand a little bit of what’s it’s like to be Earthian, never knows that they were friends once.

[k-she-rambles]

*whapping you over the head with a rolled up newspaper*

don't 'yeah ok whatever' your health

(go TO the doctor before a little problem becomes a big one. If you're a regular at the ER something else is going on. And don't lie to the doctor about symptoms and side effects. Trust your instincts if something is wrong.)

[thechaoscryptid]

Once again I am here to complain about the last 500 words of something being the hardest to write. I wrote all the rest of this? For free? And I have to END it in a meaningful and insightful way???

God I am not your strongest soldier pls stop giving me your hardest battles

[buginateacup]

remember kids! If your characters can’t deal with their problems by talking it out in a mature and responsible way, sometimes you can just make them fuck about it instead

[the-starlight-papers]

I’m a mechanical engineering co-op (kinda like an intern) at a pretty big company. So of course there’s all the weird conflicting systems and tons of random documents and departments and stuff.

A lot of times I’ll have to ask someone to help me find a document or CAD file that I need for one of my projects (because I’m only here for a few months and they haven’t given me access to all the databases). And most of the time it’s not an issue.

But about once a week, I’ll ask for something and the person will just look at me, pause, and then a look of horror will dawn on their face. Because the thing that I requested should definitely exist. But it does not.

[thelemonbandit]

Yes, I have six pet rats.

Yes, I have a MASSIVE fear of rodents.

I like to keep life interesting 🫠

[quidam-sirenae]

Also a picture of my Minecraft conlang. There is no first person plural (this was made for a singleplayer world) and the only future verb tense is future perfect. Passive is nearly oblique at this point but there is a fully formed subjunctive. There is also a differentiation between /ɔ/ and /o/. However there is no differentiation between /d/ and /ɾ/ (there is no /r/). /l/ does not exist.

[bedabug]

truly the most american thing is Big Drink. more than late stage capitalism, more than an unparalleled cultural focus on individualism, more than 9/11 jokes

what binds all americans together culturally is Big Drink

and you might be saying "is this fat shaming" or "but mayor bloomberg outlawed Big Drink in nyc" or "gays are so annoying about their iced coffee" or some other dumb comment but no open your minds, Big Drink isn't just sugary or caffeinated beverages

every day i see one of you hydration bitches (affectionate) on the train with a water bottle so big a toddler could drown in it. that too is Big Drink. we literally invented a bigger beer can (tall boy) in wisconsin in the 60s in the service of Big Drink

anyway i never feel more american then when i have Big Drink in my hands

[bookwyrminspiration]

I can behave normally around books

[trashy-greyjoy]

really love dynamics that are like 'it honestly doesn't matter if you view them as romantic or platonic, the point is that they love each other. the type of love is inconsequential, all that matters is that it's there'. gotta be one of my favorite genders.

[calamitys-child]

What's everyone's favourite flowers that aren't like. The normal ones. Like everyone's a fan of roses and sunflowers what's a more niche one. One you don't get in gift sets. Mine's sweet peas

[k-she-rambles]

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Pol knows Gen's not a street rat as early as day two of the quest and I'm reasonably sure he's knowingly helping Gen with his cover, too