Incredibly funny how Sauron just takes L after L after L throughout his entire life.

⭑ become an Aspect, they've told. It's gonna be fun, they've told

A sudden wind blew her hair in front of her face. Instinctively she lifted a hand to brush it back, and as she did so, she froze, staring at the lock held captive in her fingers. “The hue of sunshine”, her father had said when she was a child.

Now it was the color of moonlight.

Unexpectedly came across a new beautiful picture of Davy last evening and thought I wanted to share it <3 I'm not gonna lie his facial expression here has me weak🫣💘

[The picture is from the loading screen of the mobile game "Pirates of the Caribbean: Tides of War". I actually didn't know there was a loading screen featuring Davy so far; I've had the game installed for a while but didn't really play in recent times. I'm pretty sure it wasn't there a few months ago though, so I assume it was added with the latest update. It was a pleasant surprise to suddenly see him there, I think he looks gorgeous 💕]

Well, done with one book, on to the next. I was gonna say I’m taking a short break… but I’m currently waiting at the dentist and bored, (seriously, I spent over an hour and a half in that waiting room!) so, reading. Let’s head back to Valdemar with another short story collection, Boundaries.

The first story is “Tides of War” by Dylan Birtolo. This one is about a recruit in the Guard by the name of Eranel, who is about to face his first real battle against the Karsites. As he’s lost quite a bit due to their raiders he’s looking forward to this. But he ends up getting traumatized by the battle, not by the fear of getting killed, but by the experience of killing somebody himself. …That and getting stabbed, but mostly from the experience of killing somebody up close and personal. When he realizes he’s not going to be up for committing any more violence he asks for a transfer as an aide for the med tents, and ends up specializing in helping other soldiers developing PTSD.

I like how this story doesn’t look down on Eranel for giving up fighting after that first fight, but doesn’t really look down on the soldiers who are fine with it either. They don’t understand each other mind you, but it’s understood that not everyone is cut out for that kind of duty, and that’s okay. Though frankly having that kind of an understanding is one of the tells that this is very much part of a fantasy series.

Took me several tries but I managed to beat this challenge with the trial version of the Argenti hypercarry team.

Note to self: Don’t try to roll for Argenti (because hoo boy is his gameplay and team comp needed for him are very limiting and strict)

Gamer politics & their world

If you’re not a gamer, I’m not sure if you know of the politics within many games that take place, or the environment. Different games have different politics and how people handle each other, players, and the like. Also the types of personalities drawn to certain games as well. I was thinking about this one night when I was headed to bed. How much different personalities can come together…

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Onto to the next adventure! (Got this one and 2 other Warcraft books from National Bookstore recent sale 😁)

i was struck with a vision

Bingqiu ponies (Happy Birthday @Piosplayhouse!)

𝙎𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙡𝙮 𝙖𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙫𝙖𝙡 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 7𝙩𝙝 𝙛𝙡𝙚𝙚𝙩, 𝙅𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙖 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙥, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙨𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙚𝙙, 𝙗𝙚 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙥𝙖𝙩𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙖𝙣𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙬𝙞𝙨𝙝𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙖𝙛𝙩𝙮. 𝘼𝙡𝙡 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙣 𝙬𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙖𝙧𝙙, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙛𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙨. 𝙊𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙮. 𝙄𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙝𝙤𝙢𝙚; 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙩 𝙖𝙨 𝙅𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙖 𝙙𝙞𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙚𝙛𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙩.

“I never would’ve believe you if three years ago you told me I’d be here… But here I am, next to you, the sky is so blue.” — Malibu by Miley Cyrus

I can't live like this, I made a post about how much the group still needs Eddie and @joseph-quinns made a stunning gifset of it which planted my ass FIRMLY back into seething rage territory over the damn flashlight. So hear me out okay, hear me out

That scene? Where he wraps up the flashlight? That's not just a flashlight and that's not just a one-off. Yes, Eddie protected a beacon of guiding light to send with Steve into the dark, but that's not random. That's a purposeful narrative act!!

In 4.05, at 38 minutes in, the party almost in full enters the darkened Creel house, the den of the beast. Lucas tries to turn on the light, and it fails. Dustin pulls out a flashlight and clicks it on- and here's the parallel. Steve asks him where everyone got them, and Dustin (Dustin, who point-blank told Steve "you die, I die" last season, Dustin who is closest to Steve next to Robin, Dustin who is closest to Eddie, the bridge between the two) gives him a reproachful look and asks him if he needs to be told everything, reminds him that he is not a child, and... tells him where to find a flashlight. Doesn't give him the light, doesn't turn it on. Expects Steve to be taking care of himself.

Which is fine, it's fine, he's a kid, a teenage boy. This isn't to speak on Dustin's character.

But it is to draw the parallel line right up alongside Eddie, who (in 4.06 on the lake) doesn't wait for Steve to ask. He doesn't ask if it's needed. He pulls out a plastic bag from within his clothing, dumps his own belongings on the floor, and uses the bag to wrap up the flashlight, to prepare a beacon for Steve. Eddie solemnly hands it to Steve, something I'm not sure it would have even occurred to him to ask for (they are all so used to the darkness by now). The light is already on, shining bright, when Eddie passes it off with the soft, mundane protection of a good luck.

THIS is what they need. In every war, there are medics. There are healers. There are the helpers, the support. There are those who are the home to come back to, the reasons worth fighting. The ones waiting with clean water and a hot meal and a soft blanket. Even in the midst of the worst days of his entire life, Eddie looks at the warriors around him and says "I can give them light, I can give them a home, I can give them protection."

He can wrap up a flashlight, he can steal a vehicle that is most like a home, he can build shields. He can buy them time.

And perhaps most importantly? Dustin, early on, didn't hand Steve the light. But... by the end, he is building a shield alongside of Eddie, learning how to protect others.

And that's why the flashlight is important.

Finally got an S Rank in the Tides of War event after I managed to figure out the DoT mechanics in the first part.

"Rethinking your allegiance?"

Inquisitor Cal Kestis seeks redemption through his fight against the Empire.