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I don't understand all the people in various different fandoms I've seen lately ragging on rarepairs/non-canon pairs because "they don't talk to each other/have no on-screen chemistry" or "you're just putting random people together because they're not dating anyone else"
Folks.
The point of fanfiction is that IT'S NOT CANON, it's you sitting around with your fave action figures and SMASHING THEM TOGETHER
Sometimes that happens to be the most common pairing or something actually canon. But sometimes, that's you taking a square and a circle and putting them together and saying WHAT IF!
Sometimes it's looking at the parts that make up two entirely different people and asking "What would it take for these two to work together?" and the joy of that sort of exploration and discovery is INDESCRIBABLE
FANFIC DOESNT HAVE TO CARE ABOUT CANON
IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT *DID* HAPPEN, IT MATTERS WHAT *COULD* HAPPEN
Thank you and have a nice day
#I'm not even getting into crossover fics here#like???#do y'all remember when superwholock was a thing?#no the doctor and Dean Winchester never had a scene together#but they sure could have some fascinating conversations#jesus christ#let people play#this was prompted by many things#but the straw that broke the camel's back was someone hating on xicheng#my dudes#the implications of their different personalities being forced to interact are so incredibly delicious#okay last tangent#but do y'all remember teen wolf?#like half that show's fanfic is based on vibes and not canon#and that fic is still some of the top rated shit on ao3#jello speaks#rarepair#non canon
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#my pomme design has changed sm and im still not sure im quite there its just so crowded and I still am not satisfied w it#but I like the opal magical colouring its from unicorn for pierre#the hijab is def a design I really like for pomme but like I want butterfly wings for pomme so the duck wings move up to ear position#but the ears are covered and also wing ears dramatic dragon horns a hijab and then a beret on top of it all like ????#and then I just went crazy cause I wanted the rainbow colors from Bagheras hat and also wanted more etoiles in there#and then I had no idea how to put Antoine in here so for now a lot of red is enough cause like whiskers would've crowded it even more#idek im probably not putting Kameto in there more than there already is w blue cause like he isn't really active at all#and I wouldn't even know where to start w bad#also the reds fucked w me at the end I ended up messing w them a lot cause the red I used for the dress before began looking very orange#but idk she's really cute I put a little creeper face and a little pacman as well not for tazercraft but for pierre and etoiles#okay design rant tangent whatever over#QSMP#qsmp fanart#fanart#qsmp pomme#qsmp eggs#miras art#ps yes the glasses were in fact a last second decision
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Releasing shame, relearning softness
“Listen to this! A farmer went out to scatter seed. As he was scattering seed, some fell on the path; and the birds came and ate it. …The farmer scatters the Word. This is the meaning of the seed that fell on the path: When the Word is scattered and people hear it, right away Satan comes and steals the Word that was planted in them.”
- Mark 4:3-4, 14-15
As we explored yesterday, the farmer in the “parable of the sower" sows extravagantly, optimistically, letting seeds fall on all sorts of ground.
I only have time to explore the first kind of ground today; you’ll have to read the whole text with friends to puzzle out the rest (just as parables intend for us to do!).
The seed that falls on the path gets eaten by birds; “Satan” swoops in to steal the Word away.
Is it our fault when this happens? I say no. We are not to blame when others trample our spirits flat, pack our hearts into hard, desolate spaces, exposed and vulnerable to attack.
Maybe someone we trusted, or whole unjust systems, convinced us we are unlovable. Maybe some human iteration of Church wounded us so deeply that God’s Word no longer sounds like liberation to us, but prison, poison, hate.
Beloved, it is not your fault. And this is not the end of your story. God will keep lavishing love upon you, until you feel safe enough to soften. And then, what beautiful fruit!
What pains have left you feeling desolate, distrustful, afraid to soften enough to receive goodness? Where can you seek safety and healing? How can you hold others in their pain?
- Posted on Daily Ripple, 16 Feb 2024
#devotional#bible study#parable of the sower#this is the last of these i did for this week!#i struggle to be succinct so this was a fun and nourishing challenge!#like. i wanted to go on a tangent about not having to see 'satan' as either 1. a literal entity or 2. Totally Evil#but the word length constrained me and compelled me just to get straight to the heart of the matter#essays#also it's like. birds need seeds too! it's okay they took some!
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Qi and names
A really, really random thing I've been noticing as I'm doing a second playthrough: Qi almost never calls anyone by just their name. Unless he's talking directly to someone, he almost always uses a title or a stand-in...nickname? Epithet? Not sure what to call it.
[VERY long post below, contains some act 2 and mild act 3 spoilers]
Grace: The frycook
Elsie: The rancher's daughter/ranch girl
[pardon the text mine, i don't have screenshots of some of the act 3 quotes and it's not up on the wiki yet]
Catori: The entrepreneur
Justice: The sheriff
Also combined with Unsuur: The lawmen
Pen: The homunculus man
Yan: "Your director"
X: The bird
Bronco the Kid: "The person seeking Logan"
Pablo: "Our local barber"
Here are the ones with titles:
Trudy: Mayor Trudy (but also sometimes just "Mayor" or even "Trudy")
Fang: Dr. Fang
Nia: Assistant Nia
You/the builder: Earlier in the game/at lower relationship levels, he'll only call you "Builder". But later on, he'll always use your builder's name.
(at Buddy level)
(at Good Friend level)
And last but not least, those who Qi always refers to by name:
Mint (but he also calls him Sleepyhead, of course)
Zeke
Logan
Matilda (though she's only ever referred to once and she's been de facto stripped of her minister title at this point, so I'll gloss over her)
So uh...what's the takeaway? Well, I think it's an insight to Qi's idea of respect. All the people in the first section have nicknames, which are mostly light jabs at their character/job.
Contrast to the people in the second and third sections. If they have an established title of authority, he'll use it. And for those he refers to by name directly, it's someone he personally respects. Think about it:
Trudy is the mayor, the highest authority in town (and also probably singlehandedly responsible for his funding lol)
Qi's no quiet admirer of Fang's work, as shown by their few interactions
He respects Zeke as a fellow man of science, and a very persistent one at that
Nia is part of academia, advised by a reputable professor
Mint is obvious; he's his closest friend
And you! Take another look at his dialogue with you as it progresses through the main quest, especially after you build the mobile suit. He comes to respect you and your work.
Logan is an interesting exception, but I picked the above quote for a reason. I think he knows straight off the bat that the Logan situation is more complicated than other people say, and he sympathizes with him a little bit (even though he'll promptly hole himself up again and keep working after any Logan event happens).
I made another very long post a while back that touched on why Qi insists on being called "Director" all the time, and I think that's only compounded by this. It's a golden rule type situation, yk? You respect his titles, work, and time, and he'll do the same to you.
ETA: you could also interpret this as Qi viewing people as their occupations first. He's not the most sociable person in town, and he'd like to keep it that way (maybe). So he keeps a veneer of over-professionalism on by default.
#i wrote this instead of doing my stats hw#on this episode of 'shady talks about qi for way too long'...#a dissertation!!#semi-relevant tangent: i also have a very obscure hc that qi only ever goes by his last name#heng is technically his first name but its nowhere to be found in the english version probably for localization reasons#so this is my in universe explanation as to why#he just felt more comfortable with using his last name#and he probably uses it as a bit of a social buffer#and 'director qi' sounds way more authoritative than 'director heng'#okay ill go to bed now#thank you for indulging in my blorbo thoughts once more#my time at sandrock#mtas qi#other shady business#long post
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how are you jewish but also latine and also usamerican? /genq
jew(ish) in that I'm ethnically jewish but wasn't raised it but Am converting officially bc imo my genetics don't make me jewish enough to claim it & I still need to learn so so much more about the religion before I claim it. so I stick w jew(ish) & simply just follow/engage w the jewish community as a convert in progress (& my gf is also jewish so I get a lot of exposure that way). but as for the other two my dad & his family are mexican(/navajo) and my mom is as white as they come. I was raised in & live in the united states. mixed race & ethnicity 🤷♂️
but also ik race/ethnicity outside of the us is thought of very differently so maybe these things are mutually exclusive to you if you're Not usamerican but here they aren't considered mutually exclusive at all 😭 race & ethnicity are weird social constructs! and I'll be the first to admit usamericans do it weird but ig that's the result of being a country majorly made up of immigrants of all races & ethnicities, black slaves, & all their descendents w the small amount of a native population that would be much larger if they hadn't been murdered but well. You Know.
edit: ALSO idk if you're jewish or not but even if i were Not ethnically jewish at all, since judaism is an ethnoreligion anyone of any race/ethnicity can be jewish & it wouldn't really require further questioning as anyone can convert. there are jews in most countries & of many, many races. and there are also purely ethnic jews who don't practice the religion at all, but i am not one of those!
#this turned into a Bit of a tangent sorry not entirely what u were asking#I could just genuinely write an essay on american concepts of race and how/why they are the way that they are#that last part is less an answer and more to head off any questions/confusion for non usamericans#and also my own personal beef w our concepts of race#(okay edit: not the last bit now the last bit is a bit of a tangent on judaism SORRY)#i have had. a lot of caffeine today. thumbs up emoji.
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Me, looking at vulgar french words for penis: Oh neat they also have Verga
Also tbt to the time a teacher of mine said "Le bilo bitte" instead of Bic and we spent a full hour laughing
"verge" is commonly used in french smut and is at least marginally better than "membre" which is a nightmare imo. "organe" is another euphemism which i feel like you need to be very confident in order to pull off. i haven't written smut in french in so long i'd like to write some this year
"bite" is always funny altho i do think going a step further and reaching for "teub" gives it a real special flavor
#la réponse d#also bite is just always a riot in english.#french smut is a lot less vulgar than in english in general funnily enough at least in fic#people will use euphemisms for everything. even in like pwp#i saw 'bite' only in like. two fics back when i was researching for my in-universe fanfiction#i do have a soft spot for 'verge' tho even if it's silly#when i was writing the bad french smut i wanted to try and use 'engin' somewhere but couldn't do it#i do think augustine would use 'engin' to talk about lysandre's dick to aggravate him tho.#would probably make puns and jokes about him being an engineer.#anyway sorry for going in a tangent i am still shiniless and suffering💔#talking about funny peepee words helps#WHY DID A BUNCH OF THE WORDS GET ADDED AS TAGS LMFAO.#ohhhh it's bc i forgot not to use quotes oughhhhhhh brain empty#okay i'll fix this on pc later but first missing word was bite. second was uhh i think verge. last was ENGIN#my tags are ruined but i'm not retyping all that sry#i fixed it on pc.
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I love math but I hate tests why cant i just learn math without tests ☹️
#I KEEP FUCKING UP TESTS#BUT GETTING GOOD GRADES ON EVERYTHUNG ELSE SOMEHOW#math in general#Is a very 10/10#But the tests :(#I THINK I DID GOOD ON MY TEST ESRLIER THOUGH#despite. Being on the verge. Of falling alseep.#Idk how learning works#Like#sometimes i can look at something and do it a bit and understand it#Other times k can follow that Process and not understand a thing i just did#like to me i just did magic on the paper that’s how it got there#we should just abolish math tests for optional classes#Technically alg2 w/ trig is the last required math class in my state#But point stands#i think#im literally just complaining about math tests#Sigh#i stull love math#Math is so everything#Also#Quadratic formula over everything >>>>>>>>>>#sodaramblestoomuch#Okay tangent over i lvoe math#Get rid of math tests pls!!!!!!!
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i hope yer happy with yourself YURI CAUSE CROSS HERE MUSTVE HAD HER SPEAR AND STABBED MY HEART AND THEN PULLED IT OUT TO KEEP IN HER TROPHY ROOM OF HEARTS SHE HAD STOLEN /LHJ
overall, tiddies rating 10/10
DAMN ten outta ten??? she wouldn't know what to do with all this flattery dude cmoon HHGFSHGF fr fr waaa thank youuuu >:'D <333333
#ask#my art#cross#fem!cross#GHFHGH i've SEEN your reblog you little sneaky minx!!!! how DARE you be so sweet >:'((((#and ughghg drawing me FANART??? brooo#stop being so cool and talented istg i'm gonna CRYYY WAILING SOBBING this looks so cuuuute<3333#muah muah love the lil freckles :'0 thank you sm for drawing my gal >:'D i'm munching on your artstyle rn it's so scrumptious <333#she's new to the whole god of det thing cause she kinda had to fight the last one for the title so dw you're her first prize wehehe >:)#btw it's been agesss since i've seen these designs but i do have the story and new version doodles planned in my wips if you wanna see that#it's a hit or miss when it comes to these lil au ideas in terms of engagement since they're human vers and not skeletons#which i don't mind but it's always so funny trying to find what my audience wants to see cause i never know what to draw for y'all xD#i was SO sure ppl were here for killer art the most- but then i recently learned that you guys like to see more apple brother art!#i really wanna know what got you guys to follow me in the first place actually cause i'm so curious!! >:D and what you wanna see more of to#ok okay tangent over hhh THANK you so so so so much for passing by paper'd you're a real bean for this one muah muah<33333
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So the premise I imagine around the doodles I posted last night(or particularly the one of Kacchan grabbing Izuku)
Katsuki gets revived, but is forced to stay down. And as he breathes and restores energy and oxygen to his system after Edgseshots surgery and Internal CPR, he feels the rumbles of UA shaking. He knows it's not over yet. He knows Izuku is there now, knows he is fighting, even if he still is being blocked from seeing.
Clarity comes to him as those around him keep looking over their shoulders and curse in hushed voices. Katsuki can tell though, something is wrong.
Not only has Togas clones overwhelmed Monoma and Aizawa, but the whispers insinuate that Izuku himself is losing ground, and is reaching exhaustion.
With more resolve than ever, Katsuki pushes himself into a position to see.
Izuku is breaking down, his 5 minutes up. His body seems to be locked up. Katsuki doesn't quite understand why, but he can see Izukus pained gasps for breath, hear murmuring from Best Jeanist and Mirio of
"He can't breathe..." "Does he... should we intervene?" "Is it part of OFA?"
Katsukis stomach sinks because he sees Shigaraki next, still not defeated, about to take advantage of the sudden break.
Before Jeanist can finish shouting for them to get to Izuku, Katsuki erupts. Through the pain of shattered limbs and broken pride, he tears forward to get to them. The exhausted, emotionally broken Izuku unmoving except for some weak tendrils of BW doesn't, can't move to get out of the way of Shigaraki in time, and even though he internally shouts at himself to move, do something...
A hand grips into the back of his suit and a body careens into him, they go flying, with the added propulsion of Katsuki aiming all he's got towards Shigaraki.
Being half broken as he is, the rescue is clumsy, and they land and tumble across the grass and rubble. Katsuki cringes from the pain and doubles over around Izuku, who realizes his rescuer with wide, tear brimmed eyes.
"K-kacch...an??"
He is still fighting the consequences of the seconds Quirk, having trouble drawing breath. Katsuki sits them both up. He notices that Jeanist, Miruko and Mirio have rushed Shigaraki to run distraction, Nagant is still shooting from far away. So he grips Izuku tightly and tells him
"Just focus on breathing, you damn nerd!"
Izuku can't take his eyes off of Katsukis,
"Kacchan....you....you were..."
Katsuki nods "Yeah. I was."
"I'm sorry--I--" Izuku hiccups, shoulders shaking now from overflowing emotions.
"Hey! Shut it and breathe!" Katsuki scolds. Though his voice is breaking as well. He brings their foreheads together, keeping Izukus gaze. "I want you to breathe with me, dammit."
Izuku still feels reluctant in his grasp, he can tell that Izuku is trying to scope out the others and their fight with Shigaraki "Let them handle it, you just need a fucking second. Izuku. Breathe. With me."
Izuku finally melts and tries, drawing in a quivering breath with Katsuki. And then out. In, and out. As Izuku's breath turns from frantic and desperate to level and deep, with the exception of a few hiccups or quivers, Katsuki hooks his arm around Izuku, drawing him to his chest.
Izuku buries his face into Katsukis shoulder and clutches the back of his uniform.
Within moments, Izuku flares with energy and stronger arms of Black Whip surrounding him. The wind whirls around them, and Izuku pulls away. His eyes meet with Katsukis again, glowing a fierce, blinding green. For a moment, he swears that Katsukis eyes are full of awe, and something he can't quite put a name to.
"It's time to end this."
Katsuki nods, and the two get to their feet, hand in hand.
#bakudeku#brainrot#ficlet#bnha spoilers#to pair with my doodles from last night#obvs not sure how this thing with Gearshift is gonna go with Izuku#not sure it can be handled like a panic attack or if he can just breathe it out#but i guess we will find out hoe that pans out soon#anyway i am just on a wishful thinking tangent#i want them to have just a damn moment#awake Kacchan WHEN#anyway this is clearly self indulgent dont mind me#i dont know if i think izuku can recover that easily#and part of me still wonders if he will (temporarily) die too#also i just watched TOH:ftf and so i may alsp have brainrot of Hunter saving and embracing Willow sooooo#i just realized how similar this ficlet is to that moment#the idea of katsuki telling him to breathe with him#was so appealing bc its also telling izuku that katsuki is alive#he is okay#so its comforting on a couple of levels#oof
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before I forget Tomorrow and/or in a matter of hours. don’t recall the exact numbers. remastered video game Ghost Trick releases on nintendo switch and steam and elsewhere also. there’s a demo available. you should play that. I have it on good authority that the entire game is as good
#i have it preordered. this is my civic duty#anyway.#finished aa4 last night i have kristoph gavin fermenting in my brain. pickle jar. He’s not coming out.#i fell asleep last night before i could start going on any of my tangents but. kristoph and his relationship to klavier.#<- sibling emotion / <- posing the question: what hurts worst?#(did you ever love your little brother? yes/no.#could your love for your little brother ever stop you from reaching coldly for your intangible desires? yes/no)#and other things of that nature. also kristoph and his relationship to phoenix#aka. and i do say this half jokingly. divorce yaoi.#<- you orchestrated his downfall and spent seven years in his company. you accuse him of never investing genuinely into your friendship.#did you? yes/no#so. Moving on. that’s the gist of it and all. i am going to play aa5 now#because what’s better than this? finishing the best game in the series* and then nosediving in quality immediately afterwards#*hey if you’re reading this post that you’ll remember is Shilling ghost trick. and you haven’t played ace attorney. listen#if you’re only going to play two ace attorney games. play aa1 and aa4. just trust me#okay done now
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26 and 41 for asher and babe?? 💞
26 (how dare you) & 41 (comfort food)
hi!!! thank you for the prompt; this was real fun to write and i think it turned out cute. david kind of butted his way into this when i hadn't meant to write him so much, but hopefully there's still enough asher/babe that it counts c:
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They wake to an empty bed, a pounding headache, and the faint sound of clinking metal from the kitchen. None of these are particularly auspicious things to wake up to in this apartment.
The headache at least is expected; it's allergy season, and the very air seems to have a personal vendetta against their sinuses recently. They haven't been able to breathe right for days, and the pressure's been awful.
Empty bed? Less expected. It might be their day off, but even so, Asher getting out of bed before them is such a rarity that they're immediately suspicious, worsened by the sounds coming from the kitchen.
With a monumental effort, they drag themself out of bed, stopping to slip one of Ash's shirts on over the pajama pants they’d already had. He may be fine running around in just boxers, but it's still weird for them, and the blankets were so warm.
Actually… on second thought, they snag their duvet to take, too, draping it over their shoulders like a cape on their half-awake journey to the kitchen. They're not sure they're actually equipped to save Ash from his own good intentions if what they think is happening is happening, but they will always try.
Sure enough, once they're close enough to the kitchen, they hear Ash talking over the gentle clank of dishes. "How dare you?" he's saying, voice light. "You can shit talk my cooking all you want, but you can't shit talk my devotion, okay. I toiled over that microwave last time."
If the situation was unexpected, the voice that responds is an actual shock, and they shuffle immediately to the doorway of the kitchen on hearing it. "I can, and will, say whatever I want. This is a favor to you, remember?"
There's an extra werewolf in their kitchen. David Shaw himself is standing over the stovetop, fully dressed in jeans and dark leather and glaring down at a large metal pot like it's insulted his family. He notices them the moment they come in, dark gaze sliding sideways to land on them where they're leaning against the doorframe.
David used to scare the shit out of them, honestly, Ash's assurances about his softie nature notwithstanding. His demeanor at pack meetings is almost completely unforgiving, all business and clipped sentences and pointed glares. It doesn't help that he's nearly a foot taller than them and built like an actual tank. He'd always been respectful, sure, but they hadn't known how to break down the wall there. In the end, it had all come crashing down the first time they'd seen him at home, shoulders around his ears as his mate hit him with a barrage of cutesy nicknames, his protests stifled completely the second they'd kissed him on the cheek.
David's gaze softens when he sees them in the doorway, and he inclines his head just slightly. They smile at him, wiggling the fingers of their left hand in a little wave. Asher, who's busy rummaging in the overhead cupboards facing away from the door, hasn't noticed them yet. Their boyfriend is dressed in his Shaw Security tee, and -- oh, right, they have a job today, don't they? That explains why he's up, but not why David is in their kitchen.
Seeming to find what he'd been looking for, Asher whirls back to face David and catches their eye. It stops him in his tracks for a second before he throws them a patented Asher pout. "Babe," he says, immediately leaving the spice he'd grabbed on the counter to cross the room to them. "What are you doing up? You don't work today, and you're all sniffly. You're supposed to be sleeping in."
"It's just allergies," they tell him, knocking their forehead gently against his shoulder in lieu of the kiss he's obviously gunning for. They haven't brushed their teeth yet. "This is sleeping in for me, anyway. I would've been awake two hours ago if I had to work."
Asher nuzzles gently against the side of their head before pulling away to make a face at them. "Gross. Well. You kind of ruined my plan to have comfort food all ready for you when you got up, but it means I get to see you all cute in my shirt, so I won't complain too much."
"If you keep talking, I might," adds David, but there's no heat in his voice. "This is almost done, Ash. You want a minute before we head out?"
"I'll meet you outside, big guy."
David accepts this without a hint of (further) annoyance, stirring the pot one last time before he breaks away. "Feel better soon," he tells them gruffly on his way out.
Once he's gone, they tilt their head up at Asher. "Did you ask him to come make me soup?"
"Hardly," Ash laughs, looping an arm around their blanket-padded waist. "I said I wanted to leave you some today, since we had to be gone, and he tried to give me his chicken wild rice recipe. I was gonna try it, honest, but I think he saw the look of terror in my eyes when I tried to read it, 'cause he strong-armed his way in here right away on the pretense of saving our security deposit."
They hum, leaning into his side. "Honestly, I doubt it was beyond you, but I get it. David writes his recipes like a grandma who doesn't believe in measuring cups."
Asher snorts, squeezes their waist, and says, with perfect sincerity, "I love you so much, babe. You should say that to his face sometime."
"I will," they say, because that's what you do with family.
#rowan's prompts#ask games#my fic tag#teaseat#redacted asmr#redacted asher#redacted david#this is cute to make up for the last two okay#also i do stand by that david thing#like you hear him in his cooking video go like 'yeah about that much' and 'more. more' without actually spelling out any measurements lol#like yes he uses tablespoons later but i choose to believe that was for angel's benefit#hes the kinda guy to go 'idk i just use a pinch'#or 'put a handful in' when his hands are like fully the size of your head#another tag tangent: chicken wild rice soup Hell Yeah#i live in minnesota so i have the extremely good privilege of having access to manoomin sometimes
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i was just walking around and had a thought that naoto is very british coded to me and then i had another thought that maybe this is your fault
. whoops. i mean i dont Try to make him british coded but if you ask me "who's blue and does detective/puzzle things" i could name two i wrote before getting into persona who are british.
naoto, unfortunately, has fallen into that now. rest in peace king i just Know you watched inspector gadget as a kid.
#texty#anonymous#sorry about going on a tangent there#okay added tags for anyone who hasnt noticed the last maybe 3 weeks where#all the layton fans came outta the woodworm (myself included)#but the two previous blue puzzlethings are luke triton and clive dove (my previous namesake)#so as you can imagine naoto fits in very well.
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13, 14, 15, 26, 29 from the recent ask meme?
(13) Do you believe in reincarnation?
For the most part, I'd say yeah. I think it's very plausible, but I also think it's probably not *quite* what we think it is, if that makes any sense. That's basically my stance on all spiritual and religious beliefs -- there's probably truth to it, but we've probably got a few things wrong.
(14) Would you want to be reincarnated?
Mm... maybe. I lean more towards 'no,' but we don't always get what we want.
(15) Do you think you're special, or just another person among billions? Can you be both?
I think I'm a special kind of pain-in-the-ass.
Bad jokes aside, I think everyone's fairly unique or special in their own way and has potential for something, but few are able to really act on it. So I guess I think we can be both. Some are certainly more charismatic or influential than others, but I don't think any one human is inherently more special or valuable than the other.
(26) What's the most life-changing choice you've made so far?
In middle school we were studying ancient Greece and I decided to write a paper on Achilles (but you'll see me refer to him as 'Akhilleus' on my blog if I ever talk about him, for personal reasons).
Spoiler: I didn't stop researching after I finished my project and it led me down a whoooooooole different path in life.
(29) Do you believe in some form of god/s?
I do, but my beliefs are hard to explain with words and kinda... complicated, I guess?
I definitely believe in some forms of gods, but my belief is that the true nature of divinity is very much beyond human comprehension, and that gods have a symbiotic relationship to humans the same way different animals in the ecosystem do.
Like... I don't believe gods necessarily created the world, or that humans invented gods. I think gods exist in some form we cannot understand, and that much like humans and other animals, they adapt and change over time.
I don't believe ANY religion has all of the answers or even most of the answers, and I think it's absolutely bonkers how wild people will get about their arguments over gods and religion.
I think there's just a lot of things humans will never, ever fully understand, and the challenge of that is what makes it all so very fascinating to me. I'm a lot like Kimmuriel in this regard, I suppose: somewhere out there, there is a hard limit as to what I am capable of knowing, but that does not deter me in the slightest as I will keep trying to learn anyway.
#ask meme#I really went on a tangent with that last one oops#it's weird being an academic-turned-pagan because like#I don't fit in with the fruity crystal chakra *~*woo*~* crowd AT. ALL.#but I'm actually fairly okay with say witchcraft in the sense that as someone fascinated with history#I can really see the value in wanting to participate in old rituals for your own enjoyment even if nothing actually comes of it#because honestly a lot of the times when I engage in Hellenic or Norse activities#it's not so much that I'm convinced that something majorly spiritual will happen#as it is that I just like the activity itself and the prospect of reconnecting with an aspect of humans#that existed thousands of year prior#and showing some solidarity through the ever-changing times of humanity#and if the gods like it too then that's even better#but then that also isolates me from the truly reconstructionist communities#because while my beliefs aren't like fruity woo they're definitely not in full alignment with the more traditionalist people#so I don't fit in very well on either side#which is why I almost never try to engage with the pagan community these days
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her inverted waist and overall cleanliness is the main miss with her design :(
GOD. RIGHT!!! blizzard is so scared of making women who arent "perfect"/dude bait like. Cowards. let the JUNKER queen look messy and unhinged
#blizzard is also scared of older women over the age of 30+ with wrinkles#there is soo much i have to say about blizzard character design but nay... i shant go on a tangent#edit: okay sorry last thought. not to compare two characters from two different games but i think the reason why mad maggie appeals to me#more because she actually looks closer to her age lol. and also her design isnt sexualized i guess? i dont even go here but i love her
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imo good character-establishing things to have for pcs are like
- the usual why are they on this adventure, why are they w this group, etc
- what's one personality trait that drives them to do the stupid but fun thing
- what's one aspect that might make them act in ways contrary to how they do normally (including Not doing the stupid thing if it wouldn't be fun)
that last one is beneficial for the collaborative aspect of ttrpgs: if everyone else wants to do x, & as a player u wanna cooperate but ur pc would be opposed, how can u navigate that? there's still times to dig ur heels in, but often I've found more value in establishing Why or How my character can be convinced to go along w smth anyway
also just. ppl contradict themselves sometimes, & having even a simple sense of that in ur pcs can both make rp richer & assist in collaborating w the other ppl at ur table
#for example one of my fave moments w my first urban shadows pc (sloane - a fae)#was when we visited the winter court as a party & bc shes a winter fae she got to meet the king#mind u. sloane had spent the Entire game hiding from winter ppl bc she ran away & was scared shed get in trouble#but when the option to Go To The Realm Of Winter came up i was like. okay. everybody else wants to do this. ooc i wanna do this too.#it wouldve been perfectly ic for sloane to refuse but that wouldnt have been fun! so instead#we had a scene where she found out the court had known where was the whole time she was on the run and she went Hey What The Fuck?#you couldve dragged me back the whole time and you Didnt? excuse me? am i not special enough for that??#im offended open the fuckin door so i can go tell the king how cool i am & demand why he didnt want me back more#& like that established So much character for her! shes v prideful to the point of recklessness! & not only was playing that up more fun#it also resulted in a rlly cool session that i wouldnt have gotten to play if she just said No#anyway can u tell i have Opinions lmao#esp on that last point <3#as a dm ive had to manage issues amongst my players multiple times bc ppl get stuck in the mindset of 'but its what my char would do'#even as it gets in the way of collaborative storytelling and actively rankles their friends at the table ooc#ur character can do other things too bud. u just gotta be willing to compromise#okay tangents over ive just been Thinkin#sorrel speaks#dnd#<- does tumblr still only put the first 5 tags in search results. god i hope so i want this in my tag not the main one
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Yakuza 8 better give Haruka peace and Kiryu the ending he deserve's if it really is going to be his last game.
#and don't lie and tell me she got peace at the end of 6 because she didn't#Was absently thinking about why the end of y6 made me so angry and why I'm so funny about Haruka and then it kinda just clicked in my head#we both had a parent die traumatically in december when we we're 9 years old#we are both our fathers daughter#so yeah I need Haruka to get the ending all us girls with dead dads will never receive okay??#See y6 wouldnt have been half as perplexing had it not meant to be kiryus last game#like obviously they retconned that now but it was a bizarre swan song for him regardless#so yeah at this point he should get a retirement at the orphanage because if they were going to kill him for good#they should have done it when haruka had him with her and haruto#I would have been pissed but it would have worked#but they faked it out and he's alive so- Reunion has to happen or these games can die#also i want to see properly grown up haruka so so bad#end crazy girl tangent
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