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#Critical Fragments
philosophybits · 5 months
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It's impossible to offend someone if he doesn't want to be offended.
Friedrich Schlegel, Critical Fragments
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masterqwertster · 5 months
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Also love that both Allura and Keyleth's reactions to poking Ashton's magic/essence/energies is shaky breath and perturbed stare followed by "What the fuck are you? And by what miracle are you even functioning? Also the vast powers sleeping within you freak me the fuck out."
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essektheylyss · 1 year
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Anyway, since we are apparently going hard on 'all bets are off', I'm taking the opportunity to throw out my deeply wishful thinking, absolutely not actually serious, buckwild conspiracy theory, which is that the Luxon heard Ludinus's dumbass monologue through the beacon and went, "Fuck you, bastard, maybe the titans were here before the gods, but I was here before the TITANS" and wrecked his plans.
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pocketgalaxies · 2 months
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tfw the stakes are so high so your charismatic party members should be talking but you and your friends are all about the narrative and it makes narrative sense for your two most horrifically un-charismatic party members to talk and then they roll a 9 and a 10 for deception against the literal queen of an entire empire
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Keith was used to random foster parent reassignments. He was used to packing his shit to go from house to house quickly. He was used to meeting whatever exhausted adult who needed the paycheque, knowing he’d be back at the group home in a matter of months. It was clockwork, at this point.
His new foster father was a little different. He was a weirdo.
Keith liked him, a little.
Granted, Keith barely knew him. They’d only really had the one interaction, wherein Keith had met the man who’s car he stole at the police station in handcuffs, and the man had pretty much decided then and there that he wanted to adopt Keith because he found him hilarious.
Yeah. Shiro’s a weirdo. But he’s definitely a break from the norm, which is something Keith appreciates.
“…so, technically, my fiancé is about to have the surprise of his life. But he’s pretty chill, once he gets past all the angry Spanish, so I’m sure it’ll be fine!” Shiro smiles brightly at him, and Keith can’t help the small smile he shoots back. Shiro is definitely kind of a dumbass, and his fiancé is definitely about to go bananas. Like, let’s be serious. Who impulse-decides to foster a child who is also a criminal who has also stolen your shit? It’s inane!
But, well. Keith likes chaos, so. This is going to be interesting.
“Honey, I’m home!” Shiro calls as he opens the apartment door, completely unironically.
Keith forces himself to not find Shiro amusing.
He needs to have some boundaries, or he might go do something really stupid, like get attached.
Jesus.
“In the kitchen,” comes a voice, presumably from the kitchen.
Shiro brightens like a considerably excitable puppy, which is a hilarious face to see on someone who’s supposedly some fancy military officer.
Keith follows Shiro dutifully as he makes his way to the kitchen, watching as a man — the fiancé in question, Keith would assume — idly offers his cheek for a kiss (which Shiro happily obliges) without taking his eyes off the vegetables he’s cutting. Keith sets his bag in the floor and slides onto one of the stools at the kitchen island to watch this play out.
The fiancé has yet to notice him.
“How was your day?”
Shiro’s bright smile never leaves his face. “My car got jacked!” he says, in the same tone someone might say that they were promoted.
To his credit, the fiancé — yikes, Keith needs to learn his name — doesn’t even hesitate.
“That’s probably for the best,” he drawls.
“Yeah, I got it back — hey.” Shiro honest-to-god pouts, and Keith bites his lip to keep his laughter down. “That was mean, Adam. You’re a meanie.”
The fiancé — Adam, finally a name — snorts, pausing for the first time to face Shiro fully. He presses a gentle kiss to his lips, grinning the whole time.
“I’m sorry, Takashi-baby. It’s just that you’re maybe the worst driver ever to pass the test.” He softens his words with another kiss, which seems to mollify Shiro a little.
Keith quietly takes out his notebook and a pencil, and starts sketching. This will make a hilarious comic. Not that he really has anyone to show his comics, but he enjoys amusing himself.
“Anyways,” Adam continues, turning back to the cutting board, “did you get the car back?”
“Yeah! Went to the police station, talked to the kid who took it. He’s actually a sweetheart, and he returned my keys and everything. Say hi, Keith!”
Keith decides he is going to do the funniest thing he could possibly do at the moment. Well, to him, anyway.
“Hi, Keith,” he repeats.
Shiro laughs.
Adam turns around, looks at him, and sighs.
“Takashi,” he says, pinching the bridge of his nose, “did steal a whole-ass child?”
“Of course not! I applied to foster him.”
Adam turns to Keith. “Blink twice if you’ve been kidnapped.”
“Hey!”
Keith snorts. “I don’t think Shiro is capable of kidnapping anyone.”
Adam nods seriously. “Good point. He’s not very organized, is he?”
Keith shakes his head, giggling. “His car is a mess!”
“Hey!” Shiro protests again, but he doesn’t really look upset. “That’s not fair. It’s two versus one!”
Adam and Keith look at each other. Adam raises an eyebrow. Keith nods solemnly. “I’m sorry to inform you, Takashi,” Adam says, “but you are never going to win an argument again.”
Somehow, Shiro doesn’t look very sad at the prospect.
Keith smiles to himself. Maybe this will turn out even better than he thought.
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acepalindrome · 2 months
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I kind of want to rewatch the Mighty Nein. I miss those messy fuckers. Also I love what cagey, untrusting bastards they are at the start (except for Jester.) And basically everything that happens with the Beacon because it’s all extremely funny in hindsight.
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“A wild longing for strong emotions and sensations seethes in me, a rage against this toneless, flat, normal and sterile life. I have a mad impulse to smash something, a warehouse perhaps, or a cathedral, or myself, to commit outrages...”
― Hermann Hesse
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xaykwolf · 1 year
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Something that intrigued me about last episode is that it seems like Liam is holding back on his Fragments of Possibility on purpose. Orym took a few significant hits and poor rolls during the fight with Delilah, and it seemed like someone else reminded him about the dunamis potions, but Liam said “I’m saving that for something else” (or something nearly that verbatim). I’m going a little bit out on a limb and assuming that he was talking about the Fragments, but I think I’m making an accurate educated guess here.
What I’m then thinking will happen is Orym is going to insist on playing a part in the resurrection spell, and Liam wants a little bit of extra insurance in case of a bad roll. Fearne chose Orym over Laudna, and I’m sure that’s not sitting completely comfortably with Orym, who’s already been The Survivor™ even if he’s not chock full of guilt about it. He’s lost too much when he didn’t have any say in it, and this is a good opportunity for him to play an active role in making this very wrong situation right. He may have bonded a bit more with Imogen as the de facto leader types, but he also has been consistently introspective and observant (and he CARES...by the gods he cares SO MUCH). He knows this creepy (affectionate) woman has been struggling in general AND with Delilah specifically, and there’s not a single part of him that doesn’t want to reach out and help.
What I’m saying is, Liam is doing everything in his power to make sure whatever role Orym has to play goes off without a hitch. He already gets to reroll 1′s once, but now he’ll be able to roll ANY unsatisfactory roll. And that may make the difference. I guess we’ll see on Thursday!
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amplexadversary · 4 months
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I am living for a lot of things this episode but Ashton showing off their accidental new arm like an engagement ring is delightful.
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montembeault · 1 year
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Après-match c. CBJ: Harvey-Pinard (03.25.23)
RHP: Honestly, I just wanted to keep playing. I wasn't really thinking about the hat trick. Of course you always want the hat trick, and you always want to score goals, but I wasn't thinking of anything more than that.
MSL: His details don't change. His read of the game doesn't change. He's capable of (breaking up offensive pressure) because he knows his job on the ice in the moment. Where the puck is going... There's a predictability to his game that helps his teammates both offensively and defensively.
BELZILE: [Would you say that his best quality as a player—as an individual—is having both feet really planted on the ground? That it doesn't feel like his head is getting inflated?] Yeah, that's his natural state. He's just such a good person, a nice guy. When you stay in it, and stay calm... I know that for him, it's just another day at the office. That’s kind of the mentality you need to have. Never too high, never too low. For a guy like him to get a hat trick, especially someone who deserves it this much, we couldn't be happier for him.
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threadcountart · 8 months
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That is such cool Ashton lore oh my GOD
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philosophybits · 2 months
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In order to write well about something, one shouldn't be interested in it any longer. To express an idea with due circumspection, one must have relegated it wholly to one's past; one must no longer be preoccupied with it. As long as the artist is in the process of discovery and inspiration, he is in a state which, as far as communication is concerned, is at the very least intolerant.
Friedrich Schlegel, Critical Fragments
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fragmentedblade · 5 months
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Criticism about Yingxing using the power of Abundance being ooc, as if he hadn't done it before. As if it weren't common practice in the Alliance, despite themselves
#Using the body of an Abundance being for creation was just any other Tuesday for Yingxing‚ Furnace Master#Half joking but yeah#I talk too much#Traces#Fragments and scraps#The Creation Furnace is powered by an heliobi which is an Abundance creature#A very powerful one in particular is said to be in the engine of the Zhuming and grants it its power iirc#The process of making the starskiffs the Alliance so relies on is a remnant of the blessing of Abundance#There's a readable that is all about how much the medical sciences in the Xianzhou Alliance advanced when they were able to shallow#their 'arrogance and spite' and accepted to study the work on the topic written by Abundance followers#Luocha in this very sidequest states that using the power of Abundance doesn't necessarily imply being a follower#Xueyi was cured by him with the power of Abundance and she didn't bat an eye. So did Back'n and Forth#Jing Yuan was ready to listen to his suggestion#And besides Yingxing was desperate#I don't even know where the ooc thing comes from because even without these things ^^^ supporting it isn't#There would still be no evidence for anyone to claim it was an ooc act#After all‚ we had never seen him be in similar situations repeatedly acting in total opposite ways#Dan Feng also makes all the sense in the world in my opinion#But I am very into the... hypocrisy? of the Alliance and its constant link and use of Abundance while condemning other users#So this criticism is particularly baffling to me and sad to be honest#because I consider it one of the most rich and intriguing concepts in the worldbuilding#I've been pestering Snow about it for months#I couldn't stop thinking about it (good) before and I can't stop thinking about it (bad) now haha#Yingxing#Blade
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laulo821 · 1 month
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throwback to when my ex and i both appreciated a song. and she made an oc inspired by it (didn't tell me it was but i kinda figured i guess). meanwhile i associated that same song with one of my ocs (john). and she threw a tantrum because ¿ songs "can only have 1 use/application" ¿¿ or idk and she claimed it first w her oc. so. too bad for me. i didn't have the right to draw john with that song as an inspiration i guess
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pocketgalaxies · 1 year
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the beacon just like an infinite source of fragments of possibility?????????? WILD
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knightlyss · 2 years
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“so orym, we’re gonna play a game called run”
gdi travis don’t make me laugh I’m in mourning
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