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Tbh? I don't like Paul. I don't want Paul. I understand that Paul serves an important narrative function and that Paul is the best possible ending for Camilla and Palamedes given their situation, personalities, and relationship. However what I really want is for Camilla and Palamedes to attend the ATN wedding as two individual humans and for Pal to be a lightweight who loses his tie in the garden fountain after three drinks and for Camilla to do exactly one shot with the group, keep Gideon from ripping the sleeves off her dress shirt, and absolutely kill it at lawn games during cocktail hour. Since this scenario is a wild tonal mismatch for the series and also Palamedes was already dead, this was unlikely to ever happen. However Paul is the final nail in the coffin for the theoretical existence of this scene and I can't help but resent them for that
#I don't think we as readers are supposed to welcome Paul. at least not without grieving Pal and Cam#Paul's existence is both a horror and a triumph#however my concerns are much more petty and involve Camilla winning at cornhole#I can't yet properly characterize Paul. would Paul lose their tie in the fountain??? would Paul win at cornhole??#or does everything that made Pal and Cam individually delightful cancel out into a person who is mostly competent and boring.#they balanced each other out you see!!! so what happens now that they're combined into one person!!!!#the locked tomb#nonasbirthday#nona the ninth spoilers#the locked tomb spoilers
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"essek stays away post-canon because he doesn't want to endanger the nein while he's on the run" absolutely valid, but also i raise you: essek knows about the one (1) time the nein were in charge of protecting an important mage and she survived approximately one week before getting violently murdered while they were — direct quote — "havin' bacon"
#to be fair they did not like vess and that was not their best effort but still#essek thelyss#mighty nein#cr2#critical role#this is mostly a joke because i love every fic where essek gives them (and particularly caleb) space to keep them safe#but it occurred to me that essek is one of the few people who knows the full story about vess#and can probably acknowledge that despite being extremely competent in many ways the nein should not be trusted with bodyguard duties#august chats
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I love one man/overlord of hell/depressed cringefail dad
#love him like truly love him heart heart heart#hazbin hotel#hazbin art#hazbin hotel art#hazbin lucifer#lucifer hazbin hotel#mary arts#he’s not cringefail not really but like a little. he’s mostly competent#THE short king ever also
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i do think peak comedy is a steve who is absolutely aware of the effect he has on people, but has never felt that way towards anyone else-- the closest he got was with nancy and robin, because he loved them both in different ways, and sometimes he felt like he was going to go insane if he didn't talk to them or touch them right now, but it was never like he had seen other people act about him. robin and nancy made him a better person. they didn't drive him to ridiculous levels of violence and obsession. maybe people in hawkins were just fucking weird.
and then he meets eddie, falls in love with eddie, and he's like... yeah, okay. alright. no, i get it. if anything happened to this guy i would steal the nuclear launch codes.
#steddie#jgkfldgj separate fic idea where everyone is talking about their best murder ideas as like a joke#nancy has a gun she's been thinking about longingly eddie's is dramatic argyle's is disturbingly competent etc#and steve is just like how many of the government officials that we know do you think i would have to fuck to get access to the nukes#idk steve is the epitome of go big or go home To Me#like he's always the one put in situations and then he commits to the bit a thousand percent and is way more extra about it than everybody#he hit billy with a fucking car . do u get that#nancy was like im gonna shoot at him like a normal person in an action film#and steve was like oh the vehicle im currently in? before airbags were invented? im gonna send it full speed into that guy#as you fucking do#the only one in the upside down mostly naked and shoeless btw#like ???? do u think this is die hard u bitch bc that hasnt come out yet#what was i talking about its 2 am
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Missa knows souls.
He’s a reaper-of course he does. He may not be much of one at the moment, but that’s one thing that has never, can never, leave him.
Missa knows souls, and even though it’s been years since he’s had to use the talent, the knowledge sticks with him. They underestimate him on this island (not a lot, granted, but mortal bodies are hard to control and he’s more than a little out of practice) and he’s known Roier for long enough that whatever has taken root inside of his friend’s body can’t fool him.
When Missa sees him for the first time since the island’s reset, he thinks he’s seeing things at first; the stress of starting over must have gotten to him because he has to be imagining what he’s seeing. It’s only after he’s spent a little time with Roier that he realizes that his first instinct was right: he may be looking at Roier’s body, but he’s no longer speaking with his soul.
He’s careful not to let the knowledge slip out, playing up the jokes and banter with the imposter like he normally would, but inside his mind is reeling. There’s no one he can tell who would believe him, except maybe Phil, but Missa doesn’t want to involve him in this. His partner may be a reaper in his own right, Angel of Death as he is, but he’s got enough on his winged shoulders without Missa’s problems adding to them.
He gets his chance eventually, with a slipped comment to Cellbit. He frames it as just another joke in a bantering argument, but there’s a little too much sincerity in the way he focuses on Cellbit as he speaks that lets the other man realize the truth of his words:
“There’s something wrong with Roier.”
And by the widening of Cellbit’s eyes as he speaks, Missa knows his message has been received. After all, above anything else, Missa knows souls.
#qsmp#qsmp missa#reaper Missa#qsmp philza#qsmp doied#qsmp cellbit#that throwaway comment wouldn’t leave me alone until I wrote this#Missa as a reaper is ultimate wet cat and also semi-competent#both can be true even if he’s only competent mostly by accident#I headcanon Missa as knowing more than he knows and having no idea what to do with his information
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Feminization/sissification/gender transformation but not in a purely humiliating way.
More like in a "I want to make you feel so soft and pretty and fragile and taken care of. You've denied yourself this for too long, and now you need someone to take control and do it for you" kind of way.
#feminization kink#This is not me saying that the humiliation aspect is Bad by the way!#We all deal with gender shit in our own ways and competing needs is a thing. Kink/cope is complicated.#nyxrambles#nyxposting#bd/sm kink#Mostly if you want me to make you be my girlfriend sometimes I'm not gonna say no 👀💞
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big fan of the fandom being pretty solidly 50/50 on either “Nico is actually really bad at MythoMagic” versus “Nico is secretly possibly the world’s best MythoMagic player but he was stuck in a casino for 70 years so once he gets the opportunity to actually enter the professional competitive field it is Over For Everyone”
#pjo#riordanverse#nico di angelo#i rarely see anything in-between#i for the record am of the latter category mostly cause a.) i think it's funny and b.) i think it makes more sense#cause yknow. he's good at general strategy and also has a ton of stats memorized#you know he spends his spare time crafting decks#he has Strong Opinions about the competative Mythomagic field im sure
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The funny thing about Snotlout in the shows is that as one of the dragon riders he's seen as less competent.
(Altough the people in comparison are Hiccup with the last night fury in existence, the overcompetent at everything Astrid, and Fishlegs with his high knowledge of everything. So It is pretty stupid to compare them like that especially when Snotlout is flying on a freaking flaming death machine that is one of the biggest dragons as well.)
BUT the moment he is fighting against other people without Hookfang he is usually kicking ass (exceptions are like Alvin or Ryker themself) like nothing else. Be it hand on hand, with traps or improvised weapons, next to Astrid he's definitely the best fighter of the group.
No hate against Hookfang, cause I love Hookfang and Snotlout as a duo, but a lot of times they dismiss Snotlout just cause he's not as good or naturally talented at training dragons as the others (again, flying a literal monstrous nightmare). So maybe they should've just give him more time to shine without him in front of others. Cause whenever he did get this moments to shine it was usually without anyone or just one person watching.
#httyd snotlout#snotlout jorgenson#snotlout snotlout oi oi oi#httyd rtte#httyd dob#httyd dragons#httyd#snotlout and the mastery of sneaking#Because he's again sneaking up to people a lot when fighting on ground#hookfang#More competent Snotlout let's go#Also don't tell me that the fandom is mostly dead by now#I know that
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Btw if you come on holidays and stay at an AirBnb instead of an actual registered hotel I hate you personally. Not "I hate the gentrification and touristic massification and the way we can't live in our homes and are forced to move away because of tourism" in an abstract way- No, not just that. I hate you.
#I'm from a seaside town that has become popular with tourists who come for the beach and the mediterranean climate#and the typical whitewashed walls of mediterranean coastal towns#in just a few years the average rent has gone up so much that now the average rent id#*is over 1000€ per month#one thousand!#that's a whole salary!#in the past 2 years they've been building a new neighbourhood. they've destroyed the vinyeards to make a new neighbourhood that will make#the town 1/3 bigger than it is. that's a lot. but all those houses are luxury houses with private swimming pools for rich foreigners (we#already have 2 private British schools high schools and college(in the british sense)/baccalaureate where their kids go and never have to#interact with locals. I teach some of those kids and they're very prejudiced against locals and very bigoted against the catalan language#(which ofc they never bother to learn)#there's a law in catalonia that says that for every certain amount of houses you build you are obligated to build a certain percentage of#affordable housing. so in this new neighborhood they built the bare minumum affordable housing which is still too expensive for us#and since there's so few of them everyone is competing to get them. the city hall and the bank have had to make an official competition for#them but you only classify if the renr would not be more than 1/3rd of your salary which is impossible. my cousins who are in their mid 30s#and have been working a good qualified job for 15 years (and their partners too) are considered too poor to be considered for the#affordable housing#everyone is having to move out to other cities away from their friends and family and current jobs. the only jobs left here soon will be#mostly directed at tourists#and the only way to continue living here if you're a normal person and not rich is if you're an only child who one day might inherit the#parents' house#but we look around at what's happening in nearby cities and we see the next step which will be airbnb taking the houses that are left#in many places (I've posted about thia before) there aren't any flats for rent or sell anymore that isn't an airbnb#I'm still lucky in my town when compared to other places like Barcelona which are already full of the airbnb plague#actualitat#airbnb#tourism#touristic massification#gentrification
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Some…. enthusiastic support from our (yet to be introduced) regulars
@tmntaucompetition
(Drawn by @coyotecam Al and Ed belong to me too-)
#rottmnt#rottmnt au#the employees rottmnt#rottmnt oc#the rotm employees#oc#original character#jokes#run of the mill#tmnt au competition#He’s joking…#mostly#the rotm un-employees#employees compete
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fun fact: Them
#willos nation I have an important announcement to make#eyagh *disintegrates into powder and scatters into the wind forever*#that's all thank you for coming to my ted talk.#barbie mariposa#barbie mariposa and her butterfly fairy friends#barbie mariposa and the fairy princess#Had to attach a link to the last image because tumblr fucked the quality so bad#barbie#barbie movies#On a different note. They go on chore runs together. In my mind#I should've drawn that but you're going to hear it from me here instead#She invites him out on a laundry run to cut down on the being bored out of her mind and notices he's actually enthusiastic about it#Because like. Having grown up mostly sheltered and relatively(self-imposed or otherwise) isolated he#hadn't really had the experience of just Hanging Out very much#like hell yeah an excuse to leave the palace without having to deal with socializing with strangers. too much.#because she can deal with that. And i mean. he likes hanging out with her.#So she just keeps inviting him over for other menial chores. He's actually kindof competent at it and she really doesnt mind the extra help#cakeart#Also. also. She does poses for him. to draw. paint. whatever#Not in a weird way. in a figure drawing way. understand my vision. look me in the eye.#Artist/muse scenario in general. consider. consider. i'm correct#This post has been in my drafts since november it's not going to show up in the tags if I keep talking
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man, i was having doubts about romancing wyll as astarion (mostly bc karlach is also RIGHT THERE) but then i had astarion confess he was a vampire spawn and wyll's answer made me laugh so much. does this mean he knew the whole time in my tavs' playthrus as well? literal monster hunter immediately clocked that tav was traveling with a vampire spawn and just went, "eh, he's cute though so i'll let it slide." that's perfect. romance activated.
#syn plays bg3#baldur's gate 3 spoilers#bg3 spoilers#astarion's already slept with lae'zel this playthru#mostly bc i'm trying to play him ICly despite my own plans#and i feel like he'd be pretty pleased about the strongest most ruthless person in the camp propositioning him#like hell yeah i get to secure my position in the group AND i didn't even have to try!#so yeah he seized the opportunity#this is my first time doing a playthru with competing ''love'' interests tho so we'll see how it goes
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I promised myself I wouldn't get mired in the weird moral chaos that is bg3's fandom, but I have a legitimate question: for a lot of fans, is this the first time playing with Choose Your Own Adventure stories?
The writing seems to be classic CYOA in the epilogues, at least with the evil post-game companions I've experienced. If you roleplay someone happy with your choices, the game generally reflects that those choices were satisfying in the exact way you'd expect. If you roleplay someone who regrets your choices or has doubts, it usually reflects that you should regret those choices. Either way, the "reader" is given a predictable response in order to fulfill their desired narrative.
Don't believe me? Go through the epilogue and try to play a character who both likes and hates every companion or where they ended up. Some changes are subtle while others are more dramatic. A few quick examples, all from a single save:
Playing a character who hates Halsin, though you romanced him, your conversation is short, civil only because Halsin is too mature to rise to your insults, and stilted. He's a distant companion that you've pushed away successfully.
Playing a character who loves Halsin and romanced him, the conversation between you is extraordinarily long and sweet, and you are written as dear to each other. It includes, potentially: sharing stories and teasing him about his more salacious ones, talking about his love of children (and them loving the bear), learning how he's settled into his new life, hearing about him finally finding happiness, being welcomed into his community, welcoming him to share in drinks, and even joyfully adopting an owlbear. This image is just the very beginning of it.
Playing a character who disapproves of Shar but encourages Shadowheart to follow Shar anyway, you get a zealot's lecture about how you're being naive, thinking that Shar's exploiting people, likely confirming your feeling that she's a lost-cause cultist now. The happiness in the conversation is one-sided (from Shadowheart).
Playing a character who is fine with Shar and encourages Shadowheart to follow Shar, you get a short, sincere thank you, and she immediately starts trying to bond with you. The tone of the conversation remains upbeat as she expresses how pleased she is with the church despite its difficulties and how she'd do everything again in a heartbeat.
Playing a character who doesn't like being an immortal consort, but ascended Astarion and agreed to it anyway, gives you an Anne Rice-like fight between bitter eternal lovers. You also get some petulant dragging of your friends.
Playing a character who loves being an immortal consort and ascended Astarion gets you the dark fantasy of all-powerful monsters in love, gleefully ruling and exploiting the world (along with your friends and probably each other) together.
These are all valid endings to the exact same story with very different implications for the future. It's easy to muddy the potential narratives if you try to hold all the unique, mutually exclusive dialog options together.
Remember, at the end of the day, this is written as a linear experience. Everyone's epilogue choices are self-contained in their own story, even if it's possible to reload and choose a different final page. Have fun fishing for unhappy endings if the drama gives the flavor you enjoy, or seek out happy endings if you want to feel fulfilled by your choices. Just know that not everyone will experience or want to experience the same ending for an otherwise identical set of choices in game. That's the cool part of getting to choose your own adventure.
#bg3#baldur's gate 3#rant post#I really want to discuss how awesome the writing is for doing this#but I get a headache whenever I try to check out the fandom#i don't care what narratives someone likes#or hates#i just think the fact there are competing narratives that can almost all turn out 'happy' even if they're immoral is so cool#instead of a linear dialog 'tree' where you're supposed to click on every option before continuing and then be good to get a happy end#It's made each playthrough so unique#imo characterization discussions are best when a single playthrough's specific choices are considered parallel universes#because the game responds to what kind of story it thinks your Tav wants#and (mostly) gives you it within the construct of the story it wants to tell
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neal caffrey and peter burke are nate and sophie in a different font and here’s why- *gunshots*
#peter just already has a wife but neal is fine with that#nate was pulled into the world of crime whereas neal was brought into legality (kicking and screaming) (and still doing crime on the side)#they are all the best at what they do (the leverage ot3 is included in nate and sophie’s team competence though)#the best and worst (best) reaches of law and crime#can you tell I’m rewatching white collar?#because I’m binging it with my roommate#for legal reasons this is mostly a joke#I don’t support copaganda etc etc etc but I do support neal caffrey’s wrongs and crushing on his handler and wife#white collar#neal caffrey#peter burke#white collar ot3#neal x peter x el#nate ford#sophie devereaux#nate x sophie#mine#humor#tell me if this is incoherent it’s 11pm but I’m having THOUGHTS
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Hi! I came across your post answering an ask ahout your most ✨controversial takes✨ on the world of dogs from back in April.
I read that you thought the AKC should not allow "professional handlers", and saw that you also seemed to distinguish these from breeders and owners. I've never given it much thought, but I think I would've assumed a handler was just another word for "owner" on my own.
What's the difference between these things, and why do you take your stance against handlers?
(I can infer what a breeder is as opposed to the others lmao, so I guess I'm asking about owner vs handler vs "professional" handler)
In dog conformation the dogs are handled by a handler when they go into the ring. This handler does not have to be the owner and in many instances is not. Professional handlers are just what they seem: people that handle dogs at dog shows for a living. A good handler knows how to make the dog look good, not just from a grooming standpoint, but when moving around a ring. Hiring a pro handler outsources this knowledge, time needed, and skill to somebody else.
There are several problems with this for me:
1.) dog shows, especially at the upper levels, are highly politicized. Hiring the ~right~ handler could give your dog the upper hand from a dog of equal or better value handled by somebody “lesser”. It keeps you and your dogs in the in-crowd.
2.) A dog that shows or “campaigns” a lot becomes known to judges, has more opportunities etc. When dogs are shown by professional handlers the owner/breeder is not always going with them and dogs can be on the road with their handlers going to show after show for months and even years at a time. This is not something the average purebred dog owner can afford.
3.) professional handlers are NOT cheap and conformation dog shows aren’t either. Having the monetary means to hire a well respected pro handler is not feasible for most people. This sets the people who already have the means to compete in dog shows and campaign their dogs year round leagues above people who cannot afford this. This further pinches top dog shows into a 1% that is near impossible to break into for new people, people from marginalized backgrounds, young people, etc.
4.) because of the competitive nature of modern dog shows and it becoming a “sport” instead of an evaluation of the quality of breeding stock you get people willing to look the other way on corrective grooming, poor temperaments, non correct structure to have “their people” win, to have their friends win, to have the people they are connected to win. Dog shows are not an even playing ground and very much an unspoken club of who is “in” and “out”. The culture and ability of hiring pros to take your dog around the country, to groom your dog, to show your dog ensures it stays this way.
In my opinion dogs should be lightly bathed and put into the rings with their owners/breeders/co-owners. Nothing more. This would imo, better level the playing ground and provide more equity in the purebred dog world.
#dogblr#faq#conformation#like if I had an intact dog it would be impossible for me to keep up#with the people that have the money to compete all fucking year#mostly bc I can’t ever ever ever see me putting my dog with somebody else#to be crated most of the day and shown all year#by a stranger#and also my dogs have work to do?#I complain about the lack of working dogs in the ring…true working dogs#and this is part of it#and even if you have a good example of a breed?#good fucking luck unless you’ve got some better known names behind your
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been thinking about this dialogue again.
#rick and morty#ooooooohhhhh. two sides of the same coin.#this ep is super fucking good btw in terms of beth characterisation#i was talking abt it w my sister last night#likeeee up until this ep the beths have been mostly competing. whos more real. whos more cool.#the two conflicting aspects of beth that led to her being cloned in the first place fighting#but they eventually come to not only tolerate each other but love and appreciate the ways theyre the same and the ways theyre different#ik its like the joke of 'haha self love to the extreme' but it rlly is just a big metaphor for self love#also to bring this back to jerry. lol#interesting that space beth claims to dislike jerry but beth points out the hypocrisy in that those exact traits#are things space beth loves about her#much like how beth herself likely has disdain for jerry becasue she recognises parts of herself in him#alsooo beth calling herself out in her destructive tendencies#gawdddd this ep is so good#i rlly wish we cld get more beth centric eps bc shes super interesting#ALSOOO this is the ep we get the insight of young jerry thinking it an honour to be torn apart by beth. ouch
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