#you sly thing you

[murderboisblog]

Idk does it count as "cooked" if you cauterized a bunch of nail holes with a blowtorch? :3

Cooked, burnt, what's the real difference? Tasty either way apparently

[xerorao]

Keep your fangs sharp, and your cash hidden 🐺🪙

[astralleywright]

it was great to have Matt really emphasize a point he's made before last night-that the history of Exandria (including that contained within the official books) is not a neutral, untouched retelling of events but a narrative written by the victors.

one of the many thoroughlines of Campaign 3 has been the power of knowledge; of who has it and who doesn't, and how the powerful employ it for their own ends. the most obvious example is surely the Weave Mind, whose staggering control over what its subjects know on both a macro (erasing entire histories, making Ruidians see the dreams of Exandrians) and micro (being able to enter their minds at any time) level compromises much of what we learned of Ruidis during our first trip there. but similar behavior is reflected all across Exandria, by the Weave Mind's enemies as much as it's allies.

like the Weave Mind, Vasselheim also erased massive parts of Exandrian history-the death of two gods by Predathos, and the subsequent creation of Ruidis as a prison- from the world. Both they and the Ruby Vanguard hunted down members of the Grim Verity and the Omen Archive for discovering this information, and for conducting research about Ruidis and Ruidisborn. the Vanguard infiltrated and actively recruited from that research as well, even, as seen in the case of Liliana.

Liliana, who left her home and her family in the first place to find answers about her powers and her nightmares-and thus, her pain-that she would never have a chance of learning in Gelvaan. in fact, many Ruidisborn we meet seem to find their way to the Vanguard because they want answers, or belonging; this reveals the harm done by Vasselheim's repression of knowledge. by trying to keep the truth of Ruidis out of "the wrong hands", they helped create the conditions, the lack of access of answers, the suspicion and ostracization of Ruidisborn, that have let their worst enemies thrive.

there's a problem with accessability to education across all of Exandria, really. public libraries seem to be largely nonexistent, especially with regards to higher level knowledge. even the incredibly benevolent Cobalt Soul restricts access to the wealth of information it has, and for many of the same reasons Vasselheim obscured information regarding Predathos; they don't want that knowledge being abused by the wrong person. but determined practically, "the wrong hands" tend to be those who don't already have power and access. the very first scene of the campaign is Imogen being denied entry from a university library, all but explicitly because of her lower class status and lack of connections with the upper echelon of Jrusar. if Imogen hadn't been able to get in, or if she had been found by members of the Ruby Vanguard before the Grim Verity, who knows where she'd be right now? what she'd believe, even if she had doubts about the Vanguard's methods? (would she even know the full breadth of their methods? or would they keep that from her, too?)

and on the other hand: surely the head of the Cerberus Assembly wouldn't be restricted from almost any library, right? especially not after a trade or a bribe or a spell or two?

[tillfate]

[naaaaavy]

@sparklecarehospital @askcometcare

"be trans throw hands" once said aristotle

[mrsoharaa]

Suguru gives THE BEST massages and you cannot tell me he doesn't.

[synthshenanigans]

the Identity lacking knowledge of its identity

[fun alt repeating thing above & neat alt versions below]

[saikonohero]

"Run"

Honestly, I really pushed myself and my limits with this drawing, cause I never draw backgrounds. This time I HAD to make the exception, cause this is another tribute piece to "The Lines We Cross" by @whisker-biscuit

Ive planned to make one more piece of that nature, since Chapter 12 had one more scene I really liked, but we'll see.

I really overworked myself with this one and I think it was worth it. Hope you like it as much as I do!

[un-pearable]

can’t tell if you like the sonic fan dubs by snapcube or not with that post LOL

i do! they’re fun and a little overhyped but ultimately harmless - i think they’re most interesting if people take a healthy step back and realize they’re just a group of friends having fun making art together. ​ive been occasionally rewatching them while working recently so that post is really just a joking tip of the iceberg that are my thoughts on how their comedic stylings have changed over time and in response to the unexpected popularity

[ceratedfish24]

My least favorite kinds of people are people who are like “ew flower husbands is so toxic” but think that Jimmy/Joel or Jimmy/fWhip are any less toxic. Joel and fWhip are easily a thousands times meaner than Scott, which is perfectly fine because it’s a joke and Jimmy has stated a thousand times that he thinks it’s great and fine. “Oh but when they do it, it’s with affection” okay??? Do you think Scott is doing it without affection??? Do you think he actually thinks poorly of Jimmy??? They’re friends, bro.

[spghtrbry]

so i’ve been. THINKING lately.

you can find many similarities in both stories but there are also huge differences…

in cain and abel’s story cain murders his younger brother because of his jealousy and because god preferred abel over him, which is obviously similar to how chuck’s pride made him envious of jimmy because he’s more likeable and made their mom laugh etcetera etcetera..but i’d say abel was a pure guy, he didn’t do anything bad, he was like. basically the purest human being at that time (well it’s not really difficult to be the best person when there’s like 4 people in the whole world and two of them literally got kicked out of heaven but anyway). and cain murdered him. which is clearly not the case with jimmy and chuck because obviously in the legal point of view chuck is a better person than jimmy …

and we’ve got esau and jacob, which is i think a really underrated story. i mean i love cain and abel but i think people often forget about those two. esau, (technically) an older brother, always gets tricked by jacob. jacob buys his birthright and steals his father’s blessing that was meant for esau. and esau rages at him because. i mean. that’s not a nice thing to do. but in the end jacob becomes one of the Main Characters in the genesis… personally i think this story is more… idk, specific? there’s just something about the younger brother constantly tricking the older to get what he wants, even though the reasons not always are completely selfish. BUT! in the end esau and jacob made peace which is (spoiler alert😨) not the case with chuck and jimmy ………..and also jacob didn’t really have a redemption arc and esau just. idk. moved on with his life. got a family and all that. so he basically became a normie. but yeah ANYWAYS!

so yeah. i’d really love to hear ur thoughts and opinions on this one because i am a little bit insane about all this stuff as you probably noticed

(also if i messed something up or if im wrong anywhere please lmk lol it’s been a while since ive read the old testament…….)

[egophiliac]

The chapter is insaneeeeeeeeeeee insaneeeeeeeeee please your thoughts pleaseeeee twest really went all out

HIS HORNS LIGHT UP

and all the other stuff that happened, look, I'm processing

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

AYO HUH SURPRISE HALLOWEEN WEBSITE UPDATE??????

[totally-correct-shenanigans]

Sly: It's pride month, Bentley. You know what that means.

Bentley: Huh- what

Bentley: Do you want us to do like

Bentley: Gay heists???

Bentley: What??

[boop-le-snoot]

okay bimbo homelander nation where??

[sparklecarehospital]

sly is like if barruni was a person to you. whens the spam reblog sly image coming to join little science kitty in the highest ranks 🐱🦊🩵💚