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C'elen was shooketh
C'elen in bg3 story is a daughter of country side ex-noble family. so she's been pretty sheltered and taught how to be a lady. but when her parents went bankrupt, her father offed himself and her mother died of depression, she was left to fend for herself and lived alone for a while, learning how to use the axe to protect herself from wild animals or monsters. She lived beside a river and pretty much a tiny simple home, it was the only home left from her parent's riches.
So she haven't really met that much people nor mingle much and just bases off her knowledge from the romance novel books she read when she was younger, as well as her concept or romance and s-x from more adult oriented novels she read in secret and what her teachers taught her that such things was only to be done to the person you have been betrothed with.
#crezztellations#bg3#baldur's gate 3#astarion#idk what people call the player character in bg3#also celen is actually my ffxiv wol#so bg3 celen is considered more like her shard of sorts#yeah#since celen is a miqote#astarion gave me a shock as well#like#look i played this game because i saw astarion flirty youtube shorts and some of his lines was so cute and cheesy like he was down bad#for player character.#then i played the game#and the way he said he will see celen later when theres no more people around and everyone is asleep after this scene#im like#SIR YOU HAVENT EVEN BUILT THAT MUCH CHEMISTRY WITH CELEN YET WHAT ARE YOU ON#i just value chemistry with pairings is all#coming from jp otome games that focuses more on chemistry building.... yeah.#i was shooketh too.#after this scene and going to sleep i actually chose gale since his reputation points with celen is higher but hen nothing happened so i#loaded the save and chose astarion instead#i also kinda felt bad for giving him false hopes when i chose the option 'ill see you later' for celen#sorry for rambling in the tags
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🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨MASSIVE SPOILER FOR MOUTHWASHING ALERT🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨
Unfortunately I am a sheep and saw a bunch of banger mouth washing fanart so I decided to watch.,.. now I am noticing a bit of a trend here though that I wanna bring up.,.. here me out chat.,,.
Look it’s like. PAINFULLY obvious that Anya got sexually abused by Jimmy, and she’s clearly dealing with the horrific ramifications and circumstances that she is forced to deal with I mean. She like. Has to ask her rapist. To force pain pills. Down a her captains throat. Like holy shit. ANYWAY
There seems to be a big trend of painting curly as this like. Perfect person though. Look he was a good guy! He was a good captain and knew how to get his team together and unite as a unit but, he is, unfortunately, going to fall into the pitfall that men often do, and try to justify his shit ass friends actions and try to shirk off Anya’s worries and fears and SEXUAL TRAUMA as something he can “talk out with his good lifelong buddy” and wont let Anya feel safe with any means of protection. He doesn’t think his friend could be that malicious. That evil. That horrible. It’s ignorant, and it’s hurtful and traumatizing to Anya.
And then I see mfers like.,,. Putting Anya and curly together like good couple or smrh like guys.,,.. guys let her rest.,,. She’s had enough.,… let her go to the pink pony club,,,.
#mouthwashing#this game is so damn good though#though it reminds me a liiittle TOO much of 80s horror where the women’s trauma and issues are shirked#and the women’s body parts are treated as this eldritch horror or shock value segment like..#eehhhh you could have given Anya more of a segment where she rlly gets to shine like#she’s such a good character I wanna know more#but idk. I think abt everything too much bro I’m just the tapper#*yapper#oops uh#anya mouthwashing#curly mouthwashing
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There are only two episodes left in The Boys S4, but having seen the leaks and with what we got, I have some opinions.
My conspiracy theory is that they got too many cooks in the kitchen (writers in the writer’s room)—plus the writer’s strike and pandemic happening during this time—and it’s starting to make sense how they dropped the ball with this season.
#the boys#the boys tv#the boys amazon#the boys season 4#the boys season four#S1-3 is like a sharp honed blade (with occasional misses) whereas S4 swings a lot but misses their target#I like a handful of things (Antony Starr and Karl Urban are CARRYING the season for me)#God; Antony’s back must hurt from carrying the show so hard (give the man an Emmy)#but there are so many more moments in the show that falls flat for me#my interest in the secondary cast is virtually nonexistent (and this is coming from a person who likes them all)#I do not care about Joe; I do not care about the Frenchie & Colin B-plot; I do not care about Annie’s randomly thrown in abortion (???)#there’s a lotta wasted character moments and unnecessary fluff they should’ve cut out to laser focus in on the main plot#the character moments do not hit as hard as the writers hoped they did (it feels like they just threw random darts & hoped they hit)#this season feels like a waste of time :/ which is unfortunate#I like edgy dark humor & satire as the next guy—but it’s gotta advance the plot or be used for a purpose other than shock value#it doesn’t help that you get the sense a couple script decisions is a result of Kripke wanting to work with ppl he wants to work with again#which—fair enough; it’s his show—he can do whatever he wants#but I get a weird feeling when he throws in celebrity cameos & their B-plots instead laserfocusing on the main characters#I hope they tighten the story in the final season 5#they focused too much on the wrong things and not on the right things (seriously?? not showing Butcher taking the V??? making it offscreen?)#and the tentacles instead of making Butcher’s powers ironically parallel the very man he hates :/#the obvious Venom symbiote parody is not as funny or cool as you think it is (when you had a VERY cool premise before)
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One day I'll make* a chart of Silm characters with the axies being: "need a punch in the face** and a redemption arc <-> did nothing wrong" and "boring (or undescribed) <-> I am very normal about them". The corners would be ...probably Ulfang, unless I can think of a more boring villain; Melkor|Morgoth|Idiot#1 ; Tuor, probably (or someone more niche) ; can't decide between Elrond or Finrod ... no, I would probably put Nienna there. But those are quite uneven corners tbh. (and Thingol quite likely may end up as the zero point ie the center)
#do you spell that “axies” or what?#yes sorry Tuor is boring to me#silm#random#silm fandom#* maybe. I have too much plans and too little energy.#** unless have been punched by life enough already#[yes you Maedhros]#[the rest still applies]#[Maglor too]#[but he may still require a physical punch to the face; for shock value]#...and if I ever make it nobody will agree with my scores :D#but I guess nobody ever does agree with someone else about all the blorbos#I should make it and make a clear template too...#oh yes and the axies are like that#tags:#elu thingol#morgoth#finrod#elrond
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you guys i have so many thoughts about tdr. i have so much to say. like i don't want to be super mean but dude that comic fucking sucks and i can't lie i think it made me kind of homophobic actually
#my stance up to now has been that i don't really care about tim/ber but now that i have read this. dude...#it sucks that they gave a canon queer tim narrative to someone who uses homophobia as shock value and virtue signaling points#and who actively tears down characters who don't like her special little uwu flawless oc (kate im so fucking sorry)#there's no substance to this relationship i don't see why they even like each other#bc she keeps just stating oh they're perfect they make each other so happy but she doesn't like. show that at all#and i HATE the shock value homophobia like i cannot overstate how much i hate it#oh these random cops are homophobic (that's how you know they're BAD!)#oh bernard's parents are homophobic (that's how you know THEY'RE bad too!)#it's so hamfisted and it reads like such. cheap storytelling#especially bc tim as narrator doesn't even get to have ANY thoughts on his own queerness or seeing this homophobia in the world around him#and then she can't go more than two pages without being like BTW BERNARD IS THE BEST EVER AND TIM CAN'T STOP THINKING ABOUT HIM#while against this ugly backdrop of shock value homophobia#there's no substance to this relationship. why do they even like each other. it just falls apart if you examine it at all#because she just is fundamentally incapable of writing either of them as people with character flaws#for fucks sake she can't even be consistent with tim's BASIC character tenets. ''i always dreamed of being batman'' false lmao#but then to follow it up with ''i never wanted to be batman i always wanted to be my dad''#and then on TOP OF THAT to make the Only mention of Jack drake and his impact on tim's life ABOUT BERNARD AGAIN.#yeah sorry im a hater now. this was shit tier#rimi talks
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I tell and laugh at 9/11 jokes because the actions of the US Government after the disaster were horrific and we shouldn’t act like the only victims were those who died in the towers. You tell and laugh at 9/11 jokes because you have been brainwashed into thinking it’s just a big meme and doesn’t actually matter. We are not the same.
#9/11#not to be political on main#but I’ve been thinking about this a lot#why is it ‘cool’ to make these jokes?#I get laughing in the face of horror as a coping mechanism#but when did it become ‘cringey’ to feel the true horror?#I’m not against humor or joking#but it’s like a lot of other jokes about minorities#you can’t just make fun of something#you have to explore more than the surface layer#and so many 9/11 jokes are just about shock value#again if we’re telling them because the attacks kicked off horrible actions in the Middle East and we want to make fun of the government#for losing it’s fucking mind#go ahead#but we also need to be more careful#it’s become much too acceptable to just throw out a 9/11 joke with no consequences#You’re not cool or funny or deep or ‘well I just like dark and un mainstream jokes’
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Day sixty | id in alt
Leanin against sumn casually.
#dailykugisaki#jjk#kugisaki nobara#SORRY I WAS MIDLY LATE FOR THIS ONE LMAOOOO#i was on the road for a minute but also i was thinking about so much shit#like Kugisaki in a bloodborne thing: she'd be in the school of mensis and im not beginning to explain myself#but also...the idea of Kugisaki being reintroduced is kinda.... sensitive#bc the only thing ive been seeing is like oh!!! shock value and restored faith!#NOBODY touches on the fact she might come back wrong yknow? she had a part of her soul fucked up#she should be a little fucked up too#i love Kugisaki so much but i just need her to be shown like shes gone through shit#like her trying so hard to go back but shes like yknow not able to so she skews herself until it feels right
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something to be said abt a foster pleading for anyone to adopt their extremely sweet and playful disabled tabby cat for over a year with absolute Crickets in response vs us making one post at 8pm with a frankly very poorly taken photo of a cute no-personality fluffy white kitten we have (who's not even been here 3 days!) and we have 45 comments within the hour and three of our adoption people with their phones blowing up
#i say something to be said but its been said before#its so weird how much value people put into the look of an animal vs its personality#look i love this kitten as much as the next guy but like. i dont know her#shes not got much going on and the only thing that sets her apart is her looks#and i know people will be throwing themselves at us to adopt her#but when we respond to the 15th app we got for her with 'hey you werent first but heres other options'#i already know theyll back out bc they couldnt get the shocking beautiful kitten they wantef#because it happens all. the. time.#we had a tripod siamese thing a few months ago and she got an application the night she was posted#and about 7 others too before we took her photo down#and the first person in line took her not necessarily bc she was perfect#but because she was good and wow what a beautiful cat everyone will be amazed by her!#whereas if they were there and met a tabby wjth the Same Exact Personality#and pros and cons#they wouldve moved on bc its just a tabby and theres no motivation to work with the animal#because it doesnt look pretty or unique#its been said a thousand times over by people way more articulate than me#but its so frustrating to watch it happen over and over again#we have mini aussie pups (aka longhaired chihuahuas with mearle color) who had adopters ready before they were even fixed#but when the millionth sweet baby pitbull puppy comes through theres no response#or when a senior fucked up chow chow is found as a stray people are biting at the bit to be approved to adopt it#but when those same people are asked if they can take in a young farm dog from a hoarding situation#they ghost us#shelter posting
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watched american psycho and it sucked ass is this really some ppls fav movie
#girl diary#not even the content the content was exactly what i expected it just sucked creative and direction wise#was not fun or artsy or innovative or actually silly enough and was boring like a song with the same leitmotif four lines over#also too much plotless sex i have shock value with no creativity#do something useful with your life and watch end of evangelion or something idk
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Idk about you guys but I’ve never once considered tomura dying as a possible ending am I delusional?? I see people fearing for his death and get confused. In the unlikely situation that he does die I would be so shocked that I would quit social media forever
#I never thought any of the villains were dying LMAO#Hori loves his characters too much to kill them for shock value
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imo star trek aos could NEVER give kirk as tragic and compelling a backstory as tos did with tarsus iv. oh, you don’t believe in no-win scenarios because your dad died when you were an infant? sure, okay. but you don’t believe in no-win scenarios because a eugenicist turned one into a mass killing in which you almost died? now THAT is compelling.
#the real reason they didn’t use that backstory was because it was too complex and political#because ‘eugenics bad’ is too complex a plot line for the movie that killed an entire planet for shock value#whereas kirk’s dad dying parallels real-life soldiers dying and leaving babies back home#which they feel comfortable with because aos attempts to glorify the military#(tos kinda glorified the military but in a much more complicated way than aos)#thank you for coming to my ted talk
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*Shakes you like a marionette* THANK YOU! You get it! I've been trying to tell people for -so long- that ARR (and post) is purposely taking its time to build up the characters, the story, the -entire world- that you're going to spend the next who-knows-how-many-hours/days/weeks/months exploring and adventuring and experiencing and -feeling- through! It might not be "the best paced", but god damn it if I still don't love all the random asides and non-plot moments that just -shapes everything-
(BANGS GAVEL)
LET THEM COOK!!!
#to be clear this is not to say a bunch of story decisions and pacing issues were Fine Actually And Perfect#of course not! the feast while Titan is definitely awakening was odd pacing. the sylphs took way too much long back and forth. f’lhammin;;;#HOWEVER!!!! I am of the opinion that you should play through all of that ANYWAYS#because the things they do and tell you and sneak characterization into within the bits that could have used work are still valuable !#because CRUCIALLY because because — it has Payoff#you are there for reasons. some big some long-term some unnecessary but kinda fun#dark road I think… had less of an effect on me because it didnt have good payoff. I would forgive the messy pacing and uneven attention#to characters they want us to get attached to much more if the end was also constructed better. the end was FUN! but-#look imagine if we’d been with baldr More? They were cooking and it was interesting but the payoff could have used different#(or more) buildup emotionally and attachment-wise. I love murder. it is shock value; not cast interest; that makes it fun#ask#anon#(pacing) I would have to craft an osp video on what constitutes media that does this meandering absurdity thing well and Less Well#MUCH easier to do in a video game where you are the main character! Everything can be relevant to your growth#like homestuck does it well EXCEPT when it doesn’t. most of problem sleuth is easily forgotten#anyways. cuts myself off of essayifying my opinion#that’s enough of that you and me are amiably shaking hands anon
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see the thing about the walrus, for me, is part of the shock value is that now I have to deal with this walrus
if a fairy shows up at my door, yeah it would be shocking to realize fairies exist, but presumably it’s sentient and can tell me what it wants
but with a walrus not only do I have the mental gymnastics of “how the hell did a walrus get to my house and knock on my door” but also “now I am responsible for this walrus”
#immediately my mind is racing with who do I call in this situation and how do I keep the walrus in sight while ensuring both our safeties#all that’s wrapped up in the shock value for me#also if fairytales are to be believed that fairy could be extremely dangerous#BUT it probably won’t immediately attack me with large tusks or massive blubbery body#so the walrus is a much more imminent threat#file this one under tumblr memes I have thought about for much too long#cupcakes needs a personal tag
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you guys i have so many thoughts about tdr. i have so much to say. like i don't want to be super mean but dude that comic fucking sucks and i can't lie i think it made me kind of homophobic actually
#my stance up to now has been that i don't really care about tim/ber but now that i have read this. dude...#it sucks that they gave a canon queer tim narrative to someone who uses homophobia as shock value and virtue signaling points#and who actively tears down characters who don't like her special little uwu flawless oc (kate im so fucking sorry)#there's no substance to this relationship i don't see why they even like each other#bc she keeps just stating oh they're perfect they make each other so happy but she doesn't like. show that at all#and i HATE the shock value homophobia like i cannot overstate how much i hate it#oh these random cops are homophobic (that's how you know they're BAD!)#oh bernard's parents are homophobic (that's how you know THEY'RE bad too!)#it's so hamfisted and it reads like such. cheap storytelling#especially bc tim as narrator doesn't even get to have ANY thoughts on his own queerness or seeing this homophobia in the world around him#and then she can't go more than two pages without being like BTW BERNARD IS THE BEST EVER AND TIM CAN'T STOP THINKING ABOUT HIM#while against this ugly backdrop of shock value homophobia#there's no substance to this relationship. why do they even like each other. it just falls apart if you examine it at all#because she just is fundamentally incapable of writing either of them as people with character flaws#for fucks sake she can't even be consistent with tim's BASIC character tenets. ''i always dreamed of being batman'' false lmao#but then to follow it up with ''i never wanted to be batman i always wanted to be my dad''#and then on TOP OF THAT to make the Only mention of Jack drake and his impact on tim's life ABOUT BERNARD AGAIN.#yeah sorry im a hater now. this was shit tier#rimi talks
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society if white people saw culture as more nuanced than the "all around the globe" videos they watched in elementary school
#culture is. again. the filter through which you experience the world#what you see is the APPLICATION of it#if i live in the middle east and we have little rainfall and too much sun and date trees and wells#well its not so shocking we had rain and moon gods and still place ridiculous health values on dates and venerate certain water wells#if i only have access to certain fabrics and certain clothing layouts thatd protect me from the sun#of COURSE im going to wear the type of clothes thatd protect my skin#and then of course id give it a significance#if we actually thought about culture as complex as it is then there literally wouldnt be racism dude#poc#woc#racism#oppression#culture#anthropology
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i started watching i, claudius and for some reason someone had episode ten labeled as episode one so i watched the whole episode thinking damn what a gutsy artistic move to throw us right into the center of things as claudius reluctantly ascends the throne, it’s a bit confusing as you’re introduced to all these characters but you figure things out quickly enough, it was brave of them to trust the audience to pick things up on their own
#one of my favourite/least favourite funny things to happen when watching something#anyway fascinating show i thought when people said it was shocking for the 70s they meant they said they had sex instead of implied it but#no! there’s actual nudity and sex. and it has the production value of dads army. wild#i found an article from the time from the nyt and they were like well we know the brits don’t shy away from telling it#like it is but this may be too much for the american public#i claudius
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