#travel yells

[ss-trashboat]

i was debating on posting them over here, but fuck it i can. those who know me (and put up with me lol) know how much i've talked about if this ever happened. and somehow, after an impromptu travel to new jersey in under two weeks of planning, it fucking happened. will hold this incredibly close for the rest of my life ~

[asurrogateblog]

"the average beatle can survive ten stab wounds" factoid is actually just statistical error. the average beatle can survive no stab wounds. Harrison Georg, who was stabbed 40 times after shouting "hare krishna" at a home intruder and leaping onto his back, is an outlier and should not have been counted

[factual-flittermouse]

DC confirms that the bat cave is just part of a really huge cave system, and that’s just how Batman gets around without people seeing him. Some people question how nobody else has discovered the batcave if this is true, but it /is/ Gotham - there’s a man eating pseudo crocodile and a zombie in the sewers. Would you risk it?

[quesocheeso]

Quick FYI, Peng is canonically non-binary and uses they/them pronouns! ("Brother" title I think the writers just went for simplicity and consistency)

Thank you now I can diss on Peng properly

Can't believe they tried throwing hands with a baby and still lost what a loser

Straight up an infant barely like one month old, they should have hesitated coming within punching distance from a *baby*,, KO'd immediately, cartoon style indent on wall type of vibe

Decimated.

Brings a whole new meaning to Technoblade's "Officer I kicked that child in self defense" fr except Peng couldn't even lift a hand before they went flying through the air.

Shame pure shame.

[puppetmaster13u]

Prompt 264

Danny squints at his tiny hands, eyes narrowing as Clockwork hums in the kitchen. Which he wasn’t even aware of having been in LongNow. Maybe it wasn’t. He huffed, voice too squeaky for him to continue complaining. Stupid time accidents. 

Which wasn’t even starting on the other figure awkwardly sitting at the table. 

He glowered at the Ghost King, who kept glancing at him with an unreadable look in their eyes, then looked back towards where Clockwork was. His scowl deepened over his cup of tea- which wasn’t fair, he wanted coffee but nooo, that’s not healthy for ‘little ghostlings’. Ugh.

Sometimes he wished he was fully ghost so he didn’t have to apparently worry about his living body having to grow back up.

[sky-scribbles]

All right, BG3 gang, let me tell you about the incredible, accidental drama that happened when I went to save everyone in the iron Throne.

I messed up my first two attempts spectacularly, so when I reloaded for my third try, I was resolved. I was going to stick with the results of this run, no matter what. The countdown starts; Karlach runs off to grab the Gondians, my Tav Wildshapes and goes sprinting away to save Omeluum, and Gale Dimension Doors himself and Wyll right to Ulder.

As the boys take Ulder back up the corridor, Mizora appears with her exploding spiders. Gale drops a Globe of Invulnerability over Ulder, and runs off to save the last few Gondians while Wyll starts mopping up spiders. ‘This is great!’ I say to myself.

Then the last spiders run into the Globe of Invulnerability. They can’t hurt Ulder, but Wyll can’t hurt them, and if Ulder leaves the globe, they can explode him.

‘This is not great,’ I say, as Wyll spends several rounds shoving spiders out of the globe so he can kill them.

I finally kill the spiders. Wyll and Ulder sprint for the exit. It’s the final round, everybody else is safe, if they can just make it to the ladder –

They are ten feet of movement short. Everyone who could possibly help has already taken their turn in initiative – except for Omeluum.

Omeluum can teleport itself and one other person to the submersible.

And I realise what I’m going to have to do. Mechanically, the choice is clear: Withers can resurrect Wyll, but not Ulder. And from an in-universe perspective, the choice is even more obvious. Even in a world where, as in my game, Wyll has broken his pact. Even when he’s resigned himself to losing his father. Even when he signed Ulder’s life away in the hope of being free. There’s no question what he’d do in that moment, is there? When the choice is Wyll lives, but his father definitely dies or Wyll maybe dies, but his father definitely lives – with a second left to choose –

Wyll would shove his father to Omeluum and say, ‘Go.’

Omeluum teleports Ulder to safety. The submersible leaves, the facility comes crashing down, and Wyll is gone. To save his father.

And you know what absolutely destroyed me? Because the dev team can't possibly think of everything, especially this extremely specific and devastating scenario I've just landed myself in... there's no change in the dialogue with Ulder once I resurrect Wyll. He still tells Wyll he’s ashamed to have his blood run in his veins. He still accuses Wyll, who just traded his life to save him, of running off to chase a devil and her power.

I cannot even begin to describe how devastating that was to watch. Because it made me think – would Ulder change his tune in that scenario? I don’t know if he would. Oh, he’d be shaken, for certain, as he watches Tav and the gang sobbing, banging on the submersible hatch. As the tadpole’s grip loosens, the awful realisation would sink in – my son, my son – but how long before he tries to shield himself from that pain? How long before he says to himself – even says out loud, to Wyll’s grieving, furious friends, he was not my son, not anymore – I saw his face, and it was the face of a devil –

And even after he knows the truth, and Wyll is back, what then? Wyll still drowned in fire and iron and water to save his father’s life, and Ulder still said, he was a devil, as if that made Wyll deserve it – and he can never, ever take that back.

(In sleepless moments, Wyll wonders: would he?)

[n4tsum1-san]

as sweet as this year's lantern rite ending was, i think it would've been better if the traveler didn't find hu tao in the border in time:

after the ritual is done, everyone reconvenes at liyue harbor. the traveler comes back alone, holding the extinguished staff of homa. her friends hold a memorial service for the 77th director who gave her life so valiantly.

yun jin regrets not performing the tao dou opera earlier that day; now hu tao will never get to hear it. xingqiu has lost a friend whom he can be himself around, no pretenses, just pranks and poetry. xiangling will never chat with her over dinner again, never be able to cook for her again. xiao and zhongli stand silent, their grief muted by the crushing numbness of past friends lost to time. ningguang is haunted by the memory of another director who died on wuwang hill, another soul sacrificed for the living who go on unaware. how much farther will death encroach on their world? how long until history repeats itself again?

everyone mourns...

...only for hu tao to crash her own funeral, having survived miraculously by a thread, and wondering why everyone is gathered together in one spot? are they having a party without her?

[mirensiart]

Lolol. The latest pain sharing au update is so good! But does this mean the three youngest have been separated off from the older ones???! I’m just imagining the oldest chain members losing their shit

Yes and no!

Everyone got separated in groups of 3!

So the 3 youngest is one trio (that got unlucky and landed in a lynel territory lol)

The other 2 trios are somewhat nearby, but the oldest are always losing their shit when it comes to separating I feel lol

[nat-20s]

Donna Noble in The Runaway Bride literally shows so much intelligence and compassion in the first five minutes she's sooooo fucking good character of all TIME

[taralen]

[what do you mean]? [i wonder!]

LOSING MY @#()$. PSYCHOSIS VENT.

[kg-clark-inthedark]

Another short fan comic I made for @uncontrol-freak’s dh fic, Abyssal. This one’s for chapter 16! I was given a few chapters to choose from when I said I wanted to draw more for the fic, and I couldn’t pass up a dramatic Void scene :)

If you like corvosider, dark themes, and fics with regular updates that keep you on your toes, then I highly recommend checking this story out (and leaving nice comments while you’re at it)

[ss-trashboat]

this just in: bidoof at build a bear is much larger than i was anticipating

[sic-vita]

Fellow Travelers 1.02 || "I can't do this"

[justarandomidiot1]

Athena flirting with Susato by showing she can lift her with one arm. Susato seems impressed

[nocherrybombs]

Vibe Check Your Vocab

Citlali: Just because I've lived for a long time doesn't mean I'm out of touch, okay?! I can be hip, I can be "with it"! Come on, ask me any question that a young person would know the answer to. I'll prove that I'm not some washed-up old hag!

Lumine: Are you sure you should be saying that so casually? Things could get ugly real fast if someone calls you on it.

Citlali: Of course I'm sure! I am entirely confident in my abilities! Besides, how bad could it possibly be?

Lumine: Okay, but don't say I didn't warn you. Hey Lyney, haul your twink ass over here!

Lyney: Ah, Traveler, as usual, it is always lovely to hear the dulcet tones of your voice. To what do I owe the pleasure?

Lumine: Citlali here wants to run a vibe check on her vocab.

Lyney: No cap? Alright then, Miss Citlali, say you're verbally throwing hands with some basic bitch who has too many opinions and wants to talk to your manager. You pull off an epic clapback, but you exhaust your rizz in the process and end up taking the L. Now, considering all of that, is this situation based or cringe?

Citlali: Umm... I mean, obviously... it, uh, depends...based on what?

Lyney: Hmm. Miss Citlali, I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but I'm afraid that you are, unfortunately, a boomer.

Citlali, slightly terrified: What's a boomer? Is it bad? ...am I going to explode?

Lyney: No, not at all! While you may never fully understand anything a young person says, many boomers otherwise live long, happy lives. It's nothing to be ashamed of. In fact, my "Father" happens to be a boomer herself.

Arlecchino, appearing out of nowhere: Greetings, Miss Citlali, it's a pleasure to meet you. Welcome to my ongoing linguistic nightmare.

Citlali, close to tears: Who are all you people?! I'm so confused...!

Lumine: Told ya.

[thirddoctor]

"the War Chief is a renegade Time Lord with facial hair (not even a beard, just facial hair) who asks the Doctor to join him in his evil plot, he must be the Master!"

oh so is every military figure the Doctor has to work with to save the earth (while butting heads but ultimately respecting each other) just the Brigadier in disguise? is that what you're saying?