#Really interesting and fun to consider

[maxladcomics]

Undertale: 17

(Directly related to the Undertale: 3 post)

This Amalgamate is made of 17 monsters

Entry Seventeen (17)

17 Monsters in Snowdin (Papyrus is the 17th)

When you're at 3 HP or less, the Bad Memory heals you. So it'll heal you if you're -17 HP.

The only monster with 17 in its stats

-17

On Papyrus's 17th attack (this line) his attacks will be random (His is the only battle that does this, I checked them all. Asgore's battle becomes random after 20 turns)

[forgettable-au]

But that's dessert!

I FINALLY FINISHED THIS THING LET'S GOOO

I hope u all like it

[keferon]

Just want to say, love your mimick au. I only found it like, an hour ago and I've devoured everything in the tag and I'm planning to do the same to the spellbound and monster hunter aus.

That said, in one of the mimick fanfics, Orion tells Prowl to leave him alone and to find a hobby, but a comic that (presumably) happens after this conversation when Orion meets Jazz, Orion seems to be back to working with Prowl. I thought the whole "leave me alone" order would go on infinitely because Orion didn't seem to have his goal locked down and he also never specified when to come back. So how did they return to working together? Did Orion find Prowl post-meltdown, or was it Prowl who just set an arbitrary amount of time before going back to Orion and going "so, how do you feel about defying god?" I just find Orion and Prowl's relationship so interesting in this au, simply because of how Orion doesn't seem to apply his morals about freedom and coexistence to Prowl despite the fact he's the one who points out that Prowl didn't include himself in his calculations, but at the same time, if he doesn't recognize Prowl's autonomy and only sees him as a tool (chatGPT style), he would have to accept that he's the one responsible for Prowl's actions because he's the one using him. But also also, Prowl encourages him to not take responsibility for all the immoral actions (like killing monsters to keep the Council's favor), which I think Orion does take up, but that would indirectly be accepting Prowl as a individual capable of making his own decisions, you know? It also the fact that Orion and Prowl both have different (and somewhat incompatible) ways of communicating. I was thinking when Orion asked Prowl to what he'd do to make the most amount of mechs happy, Prowl understood it literally: the majority of the population are non-monsters, so statistically, he'd focus on making non-monsters happy. But Orion doesn't want to make most mechs happy; he wants a diverse and equitable society, and that doesn't necessarily lead to happiness, especially in transition phases. Even in the academy, monsters are learning to compromise to live in a non-monster society; compromises are about restriction, which often aren't a source of happiness. But Orion equates that vision to happiness, and probably gets a bad impression of Prowl given "free reign" from his answer. It's great, it's so juicy.

And contrasts so well with how Prowl and Jazz interact and communicate with each other. Like how Prowl makes an attempt to learn hand language for Jazz in the same way he attempts to comfort Orion post-Shockwave demonification. But unlike Orion who has "Prowl is not alive" at the core of their dynamic, Jazz doesn't know and sees Prowl's attempt to learn as a genuine attempt to understand/communicate. You can argue that Prowl is just "programmed" to try and get more information and it's just efficient to ensure Jazz doesn't get carpal tunnel while working together, but you can also argue that we're all programmed to do that as well; small talk or bids for attention are behaviors/actions to build connection through information exchange that we are trained to do from formative years and general society. Which is to say, even if Prowl learns and tries to accommodate Jazz for mission purposes, it doesn't negate the fact that he is investing effort into communicating and building the foundation for a meaningful connection in the same way other people do. It's great, I'm having a blast with the whole AU.

Orion despite being afraid to continue his mission still has responsibilities in his Order so him and Prowl. Yeah hahah they just keep working together but purely on their usual legal tasks. I didn’t talk about the whole situation enough yet but basically Prowl never informed Orion about his new quest of suing God. Primarily because he knows that Orion definitely will try to stop him.

It’s kind of like. “What isn’t forbidden can automatically be considered allowed” mentality.

Also MY GOD YES. My favourite part of this au is reading asks like yours:0 Prowl exists in that thin line between being and not being a person capable of his own choices. Orion exists on the thin line between considering him being one of those options. He can’t see Prowl as a “real mech” because he knows for a fact it’s not true. But then seeing him as a tool means accepting that all questionable things he does are Orion’s responsibility.

At the end of the day Prowl is a metaphorical piece of fabric Orion uses to clean his consciousness. In his eyes Prowl isn’t alive enough to be fully blamed for all the bad things he does but he is also alive just enough for Orion to say “it was your fault. Not mine.”

Jazz doesn’t have that dilemma. Uh. Yet haha he will discover the truth eventually of course~. He thinks Prowl is obviously a real mech because in his world magic isn’t alive. It can create an illusion of a mech, sure, this is what all usual golems are, but it’s not smart or believable enough. It’s like one of those tests where all people think they can tell if they’re talking to an AI chat bot because “duh I would obviously know” and then fail to distinguish AI from a real person. Jazz is perceptive but he doesn’t know what to look for. All he knows is that Prowl is somehow doesn’t love anyone but seems to care about of things that aren’t people.

Also it’s a bit unrelated but I find it soooo interesting playing with the usual concepts of magic and technology. Because usually magic is perceived as something more “coming from your heart” and “connected with emotions” while technology tends to be more “soulless” and “emotionless”. And then we have the entire world of robots who think they are alive and magic isn’t :)

[stormsbourne]

"why do the elves have magitech now"

well first of all technology sounds like fucking magic if you don't know the science of how it works so jot that down -- my phone sends an invisible signal to my computer to connect to a vast unseen information network and play me music by reading 1s and 0s, that's pretty magical

but also they've always had it and there's been shit about it scattered all around the elven ruins in every game, especially the dalish bits in origins and the temple of mythal in dai

BUT ALSO because that's how bellara approaches it and we're getting things through her lens. like you don't hear emmrich talking about lyrium matrices or whatever even though it's quite likely the necropolis has similar shit going on somewhere, because that's not his view of magic. bellara is intended to be a kind of eccentric scientist archetype which is fun as that's not really a kind of character we've seen as a companion in dragon age before. but I guess it only makes sense that people who say "well solas acts like mythal is a good person so that means bioware thinks she is, because characters never have warped or biased perspectives" wouldn't understand the idea of character voice or how different people would explain the same problem in different ways

[brighter-star]

Decided to be VERY self indulgent and make draw myself as a honse B) Following in the footsteps of my 11 year old self last time I tried and failed miserably to draw myself as a ponyperson. Its a very fun exercise! I think every artist should give it a try at least once

[pankiepoo]

mephone4 and that annoying bitch

[bg3screenshotdump]

OC TAG GAME

tagged by @maud-lin !! thank you <3 <3

doing this for T'rissnile bc that gives me an excuse to make her @tav-dex card

no pressure tags💖 @dearest-and-nearest, @mercymaker, @ratchsellsfornax, @preciouslittle-bhaalbabe, @amethystinam, @ranger-danger, @onlytavs @riddleroseheart

-> BASICS

Name: T'rissnile Zauar

Class: Cleric of Lolth

Background: Acolyte

Gender: cis woman

Sexuality: Lesbian

Pronouns: she/her

Alignment: Neutral Evil

-> OTHER

Family : House Zauar is a lesser noble house, specialized in spider breeding and training Mom : Scheazalle Zauar Oldest Sister: Shi'ndrile Zauar (dead) Younger sister : Nilene Zauar (dead ) Younger brother: Durnoz Zauar Youngest sister: Y'asnae Zauar Youngest Brother: Valare Zauar

Birthplace: Underdark ( Eryndlyn )

Job: Spider tamer/keeper

Phobias: Failure, loss of control

Guilty Pleasures: She allows herself brief moments of vulnerability and attachements ( ex: soft humming or singing quietly to her spiders or herself ).

Hobbies: alchemy ( poison making ), collecting gems, training spiders

-> THIS OR THAT

Introverted/Ambient/Extrovert

Organized/Disorganized

Close-minded/Open-minded

Calm/Anxious/Restless

Disagreeable/In-Between/Agreeable

Patient/In-Between/Impatient

Outspoken/In-Between/Reserved

Leader/Flexible/Follower

Empathetic/In-Between/Apathetic

Optimist/Realist/Pessimist

Traditional/In-Between/Modern

Hard-Working/Lazy

-> RELATIONSHIPS

OTP: Minthara

OT4: Minthara, Shadowheart & Lae'zel

Acceptable Ships: Lae'zel, Shadowheart, khaga, Araj Oblodra

NoTP: any man

BroTP: Weavess ( her spider companion )

[actuallyjustabiscuit]

You know, you’ve been a good…friend to me.

Friend! I like the sound of that.

Ever since @endomentendo finalized Ragatha’s role in their Digital Wonderland AU I’ve been dying to do a redraw of one of my favorite pages from the graphic novel Wonderland by Tommy Kovac using these characters!

I love love LOVE Ragatha as Mary Ann!

[fahclove]

forever morning this cut line from Shaw included in the 3x01 promo,,,

[chipistrate]

Sotm DLC where 3 star fam go to Murray's Costume Manor post-Ruin and Gregory sees the old cowgirl Roxy and it reminds him of Cassie

[sforzesco]

Hi! Do you have any recommendations for people who are trying to get into Roman history? (Specifically the Roman Republic)

I’ve started with Rubicon by Tom Holland, but I’m curious if you have any other book recommendations or books you love about this time period?

tbh I care more about the creative-social history/legacy/reception involving the Roman Republic than the actual study of Roman history as a whole, so when I think of entry ways for getting into the Late Republic, it's more like: Shakespeare's Julius Caesar or HBO Rome (AND OFC, MY BELOVED STARZ SPARTACUS) followed by Manfredi Piccolomini's The Brutus Revival or M.L. Clarke's The Noblest Roman (getting interested in Spartacus will take you everywhere you need to go with the Republic also)

alternatively, picking a roman politician and getting really weird about them will also take you all over the place, since roman politicians don't die normally.

otherwise, what I usually recommend when people ask me about learning more about the Republic is The Last Generation of the Roman Republic-- wicked title, good read, solid book.

[devilsskettle]

The X trilogy + "psycho-biddy" influences

[sparklyseblos]

matt cornett on my screen again we are so back

[bullfroganarchy]

save me deep space nine costuming department......save me.....

[maxlovespigeons]

Genuinely hoping Peri's blowup will convince people to give A New Wish a chance honestly it's such a good show

[gothicrepetitions]

Been mulling over the idea of cisgirl!Sam&Dean, and my opinion is any attempt at critically examining and exploring how gender would affect them and their dynamic through fanwork wouldn’t work unless John was also a ciswoman