#answer 9

[allimili]

Hello alli

So remember the post of mystic flour,burning spice and shadow milk cookie out of the phone or game.The self aware post

Is there a possible chance your gonna do eternal sugar cookie next?

Now, where is my Dearest~?

extra:

[addedsugars]

being in a self shipping community generally instead of like a selfship community for a specific fandom is really weird because we’re all talking about the same thing but we’re not. we could talking about our little fictional partners or whatever planning little double dates blah blah blah and then oomf could drop “well it’s sorta complicated after the time vortex” and its like time vortex? your man was in a time vortex? who put your man in a time vortex? is he. is he good or like

[911onabcbts]

More from one of Ryan’s interviews.

[fivefeetfangirl]

Jensens answer to @blanketforcas question about Jensens song watching over you being about Castiel and Deans relationship or not, at the jennish panel today at purcon 9

[laddertek]

Etho immediately choosing Decked Out 2 (+Tango's reaction) xBCrafted's Season 10 Episode 17 Hermit Q&A

xB: So, question number three. What has been your favourite project, build, and/or event since joining HermitCraft? Etho: That I did? Or that other people did? xB: Uh, just, whatever. Whatever you...y'know, your favourite. Just, whatever. Etho: Oh, that's gotta be Decked Out 2, then. xB: Okay. (laughs) Etho: (laughs) Easy answer! xB: I mean, you only played it a little, though... Etho: Ahh, it was a few months. A few months of my life, there. Got a little bit involved. xB: (laughs) A couple minutes, here and there, you know. Etho: Yeah. xB: I know how you are. No. (laughs) ---- xB: I feel like your answer is gonna be the same as Etho's. Tango: Oh, did he say Decked Out? xB: Yes he did. (laughs) Tango: Ohhhh, my hero! Yeah, Decked Out is definitely my answer. Slam dunk. xB: I was like, 'Yeah, what do you mean? You only played, like, a little bit...' (both laugh) Tango: Well, that -- Honestly, the fact that he said that, means -- means everything to me. That's great, that he values it that high. That's great. That's great. xB: Oh, yeah, yeah. He was like, he was like, 'That's easy. Decked Out 2.' I was like, 'Okay!' (laughs) Tango: (laughs) Fantastic. Good! Good!

[lazylittledragon]

got my ribs tattooed today and i cannot stress enough please do not get them if you value your life

[crispywizardtale]

[strawlessandbraless]

Okay fuck it I've been asking around

When I left the fandom 10 years ago (haven't seen the last 5 seasons) Jensen was lowkey homophobic and uncomfortable with destiel

How did we get from that to "s16 destiel fuck nasty Jensen's on board, Misha gave him a boner"????? This is driving me nuts

There’s a fandom joke that Jensen finally sat down to watch supernatural and was like oh I get it now.

Idk honestly, I think he’s aged and matured and gotten more comfortable with the destiel of it all. The cockles panels always bring it out in him.

Plus he always supports Misha, so he got on board with the declaration of love. Straddlegate was a couple years ago (that was the unintentional 🍆 moment) and he’s only gotten worse better since.

He literally just confirmed at a con today that a song he wrote called watching over me is about Cas! Cockles panels are wild

[dekariosclan]

I do think it's very sweet and very telling that, when Gale is confessing his love for Tav, he says, 'If we were home,' suggesting that he already considers his home to be theirs/ours as well.

Aaaaah ❤️🥹 This is such a wonderful observation, we absolutely have to talk about Gale and how important the concept of ‘home’ is to him!

You’re of course talking about this lovely line:

You know, one of the many things I love about Gale’s confession is that it’s not a spontaneous, frivolous thing. Yes, the slow burn to get to that point is verrry slow, but my god is it worth the wait. Because when Gale does confess, he is absolutely certain about how he feels. He knows he has fully committed his heart to Tav, he knows he loves Tav, and he knows wants to share his life with them (however much he has left). All he needs is for Tav to return his feelings. Is it any wonder that he is so nervous, and then so relieved, when Tav tells him they’re in love with him, too?

I’ve mentioned before that some of the dialogue hints at Gale already considering marrying Tav some day. And why not? This may be his last night alive, but he can dream. He knows Tav is his beloved, and he intends to bond with them, intertwining their spirits. What is marriage if not a public acknowledgement of that?

And, to your point op, he’s already considering his home as ‘their’ home. He could’ve said ‘if I were home’. But he said if ‘we’ were home. A home that he considers the ‘centre of his universe’:

Gale isn’t just considering intertwining their spirits, he’s considering intertwining their lives. All without hesitation, because at this point he loves Tav so much that in his mind they are already woven into his life, seamlessly.

So how lovely is it, and how perfect, that in the ending where Tav accepts his proposal/agrees to spend the rest of their life with him—just not in Waterdeep—Gale says this:

Because Tav is the centre of his universe now.

And Tav is his home.

[greykolla-art]

*the muffled clapping and cheering in the walls grows louder*

Aahhhhgggg I’m SO getting back into my groove with these! 😁😁😁

[14dayswithyou]

Hi, Howdy! Hey! I really love your novel!! I got a little confused by the 4 day, may maybe you help me please? who is it? why we got the bad end staying the night in Ren’s apartment and he disappear of the home screen? I can’t understand “unset memory” game, sorry if I wrote smth wrong or smth sounds rude, I swear that I didn’t mean it if happened, I’m really a fan of the novel, I’ve been playing the game since day 1 or 2 I guess, probably day 1, english isn’t my first language, but I tried lol

⌞♥⌝ I hope you don't mind me answering these as bullet points!! ^^

"It" will be revealed later in the game! So I won't reveal too much right now.

You can only get the Dead End in Day 4 by staying at Ren's apartment — the rest of your choices before that don't matter. I'd also pay closer attention to the black smoke and Ren's reaction towards it!

Ren disappears from the home screen because he promised to help the player out (and stop them from getting the Dead End again). Try replaying the game again from the beginning for a surprise!

"Unsent Memories" was another visual novel (initially being written by @10chimes / @unsentmemory, though the project has since been dropped and handed back to me /pos) and is set in the same universe as 14 Days With You. Its storyline and characters are completely separate from 14DWY, so you don't have to worry about them while playing 14DWY.

[elvis-official]

Noooo people had beaten me to referencing JoJo's

Did you read part 8 btw?

Woah mama it was one of the only things I could read in the desert

[kettledemon]

Boy genius

[mimir-anoshe]

I love that ARCANE is using the MAJOR ARCANA for symbolism.

Chefs kiss.

These are Sevika's tarot cards from season 1.

The Magician (upright) overlapping Death (upright).

Foreshadowing? Oh hell yeah. But its only now after S2 Episode 6 do I understand what they might actually be foreshadowing. People may have talked about this before, so I apologise if this is similar to anyone else's meta. These are all my own thoughts, I usually just watch arcane and don't dabble into the meta but this season has me feral and I just rewatched season 1.

SPOILERS for Arcane S1/S2 below.

I just want to prologue this post with a note about how I've noticed even from season 1 there are thematic parallels and linear symbolism being afforded between Jinx and Viktor. Others in the community have too I'm sure. Its strange. I thought it was interesting in S1 but didn't deep dive into it, but S2 has driven headfirst into it and its making me go "oh... oh ok." Even Viktor in S1 noted Jinx's genius, and in another timeline perhaps Powder would've been a student of Viktors had fate not set them on parallel paths. Two children of Zaun, both mechanical/scientific geniuses. One physically disabled whilst the other mentally disabled. One who "escaped" and was given a chance, rising to the top only to create something that would be used for harm. Fighting that fate at every step. Whilst the other trapped at the bottom of the barrel, forced to use her gifts to become a weapon herself. Such GOOD story writing.

So now let's think about the art of the cards, because in tarot, even the symbolism of the specific art is important. Its why an artists interpretation of a major/minor can be so crucial to a reading.

Here's a figure map I made earlier.

Lets begin with Death.

Thirteenth of the Major Arcana, a "significant transformation and the end of a phase in life." There is death and rebirth symbolism all over arcane, but let's take a closer look at the symbolism mirroring the art.

Figure 7&8 - The one who has "died" a skeleton/skull laid down and being "imbued" with something as something else is taken away.

See that the imbuing focuses on the "chest" area.

It's quick, but it flashes briefly when Viktor is being imbued with the Hexcore. He canonically dies "the skull" and is reborn with the Hexcore on an "altar"/table.

Same with Jinx. Canonically "dies" and is reborn laying on an "altar"/table using shimmer. Purple being used as the visual thread between shimmer and the arcane of the hex; a colour imagery representation of "magical" alchemical/arcane power turning them into something beyond human.

Singed and Jayce. Two hands of death, giving and taking life as if they were a God. One using shimmer, the other Hextech thats imbued with shimmer. Messing with the balance of life and death.

With Viktor, the energy is transferred straight into his chest, just like on the card.

So now we've established the parallels to the death tarot, lets look at The Magician.

The First of the Major Arcana, "the connection between the physical and spiritual worlds, and the ability to manifest one's desires."

Viktor is the Magician. No doubt. He connects the physical and spiritual world of the arcane, he brings people back from the brink of death, as he was. He manifests his desires through the use of the hex, the arcane. And the dude just looks like a mecha wizard.

Though if you want it to be even more obvious.

Figure 3 - The Third Arm/Third Hand.

The image below is "The Machine Herald" Hero from League of Legends. This is the hero Viktor is based upon.

He canonically has three arms, same as the Magician in the card. The Magician is Viktor, Viktor is the Magician. The Magician is the Machine Herald.

The Magician overtakes/overlaps death. But Viktor by episode 6 still doesn't quite resemble the machine herald from the games. There's no third arm... Yet. So the Magician in the card isn't Viktor from episodes 1-6, this is the machine herald who comes after the one killed in episode 6. Another Rebirth is set to happen for Viktor.

Figures 1 &2 - White mask. Red/pinkish eyes.

Hmmm... Red/pinkish eyes are associated with shimmer. And a white mask, of the machine herald? The mask of a messiah. That the hextech Viktor will most likely also be imbued with shimmer like Jinx, to become the true "machine herald." Messiahs of the hex, monsters of the shimmer.

Its also worth noting that both Jinx and Viktor are framed as messianic figures of Zaun in this season. One the fighter who will rally together the undercity and free Zaun from its oppression. The other a healer and a saint like figure who will free the Zaunites of their suffering and lead them into a better future.

Jinx wanting peace - represented by Isha - and Viktor's dream of peace and healing for Zaun - represented by a lot of things including healing Vander - are metaphorically and literally killed in episode 6. Funnily enough, one symbol of peace killing the other (Isha and Vander - Child and Father). After all, peace and violence are two sides of the same coin, as are Viktor and Jinx. Or should I say, two sides of the same cog...

Figure 4&6 - The Cog shaped Hole in the Magicians chest/The Cog Coin and Jinx's cog.

"I understand now. The message hidden within the pattern. The reason for our failures in the commune. The doctor was right. Its inescapable. Humanity. Our very essence. Our emotions... Rage. Compassion. Hate. Two sides of the same coin. Inextricably bound."

In episode 6, whilst Viktor is explaining to Vi about what it will take to heal Vander, Jinx is sceptical. She doesn't even believe in herself as a messiah, so this "hero"? This "saviour" coming along to solve their problems? To fix things? When all she can do is break everything around her, jinx her own family, destroy? She's scoffing at Viktor sure, but she's also scoffing at herself. Mirroring. People treat her like they treat him, so to believe in him as a saviour means she would have to look into the water of that well and face her own reflection. And Viktor sees right through it, the pretence, and he sees her potential.

Knowledge is a paradox. Jinx wants to stick with what she knows, to destroy instead of to build, to "Watch it all burn." Or ignore the plight of Zaun, so she can live peacefully with Isha. Jinx - Powder - is choosing to remain ignorant to what's right in front of her. Right up until the moment Isha dies.

In the scene earlier in the episode, Jinx accidently destroys a bit of the well, releasing a cog that falls into water. Cogs have been symbolic of Viktor healing people throughout this season, using cogs to "Build."

Powder was thrown into water just like that cog by Silco, and reborn as Jinx. But its not Silco that picks up this cog. Its Viktor. He holds the potential of his creation in his hand, and in paradox, holds Jinx's destruction. Viktor holds Jinx's potential. He's literally holding the two sides of Jinx/Powder in his hand, her - their - fate. Just like Jinx, Viktor has the equal capacity to destroy, and if he is reborn as a weapon later on, perhaps that cog represents Jinx being reborn too. As a creator. A builder.

He holds onto Jinx's cog all the way through the rest of the episode, balancing that potential, that fate, of creation and destruction in his hand. Right up until the moment he dies, and the coin/the cog falls, sealing their fate. His death causing the deaths of Isha and Vander too.

So we've established that the story is viewing cogs/coins in a similar light. We've also established the show is linking Viktor and Jinx through the symbology of the cog.

This is reiterated in the symbolism surrounding the Tarot cards. Around the cards are coins that take the shape of cogs, the currency of Zaun. Fate - coin flips - and cogs, gods and machines. Deus Ex Machina, that is what Viktor is to become, and Jinx creates destruction using machines. She's an inventor, just like Viktor and Jayce. A creator and a destroyer. A god of the machine.

So how does Figure 6 - the coin cogs - relate to Figure 4? The hole in the Magician's chest.

On the Tarot Card, the Magician has a circle in the middle of his chest. A hole. Just like the hole Jayce puts through Viktors chest at the end of Episode 6. The one that kills him.

But if you look closely at the image above, it might be a stretch, but to me, the striations on the inner ring look very similar to those of a cog. The hole is what kills Viktor. Cogs have been given visual symbolism for healing, and are also associated with Jinx's potential for creation. Its a stretch, but it could potentially be foreshadowing Jinx using her abilities to heal Viktor; to build instead of destroy. We've already seen Jinx do it once with Sevika, by "building" her a new arm.

I also find it interesting that we're shown Jinx using her talents to build someone a new arm, and Viktor - the machine herald - still has yet to acquire his third arm. Perhaps he doesn't make it. Perhaps Jinx does?

Maybe, just maybe, Jinx - Powder - is the one to fix Viktor, and flip the cog of fate once again.

Now in Episode 6 we already get foreshadowing that it'll be singe - not Jinx - who saves Viktor by imbuing him with the ultimate shimmer from Warwick/Vander - stabilising him. He says it in the episode, but Viktor refuses to sacrifice Vander in the name of creating the ultimate weapon of destruction.

"It would destroy him."

Viktor's potential for destruction goes hand in hand with Jinx's.

Its even foreshadowed in both the cards. The red/pink eyes of the machine herald foreshadowing shimmer. And the shadow being imbued into the chest of the dead skeleton (Viktor) looks an awful lot like Warwick; the beast that traps Vander.

So why am I talking about Jinx saving Viktor if I'm so certain its Singe? Well I'm certain Singe will bring Viktor back to life, to be used as a weapon. That seems like the most likely outcome.

But like Viktor was saying about Vander "He's not a specimen, he's a man." Viktor was doing everything in his power to save Vander's humanity. So yes Singe will bring the machine herald back most likely - even if I think it'd be thematically cool for it to be Jinx - but I think Jinx will save Viktor. Save the man, the humanity. Be the big fat hero.

Jinx was a girl imbued with Shimmer, and despite having monstrous abilities and doing monstrous things, her humanity has still survived.

I could be wrong, I most likely am, but the the thing that's getting to me is this...

Figure 5 - The Broken Infinity.

At the centre of Viktor's chest, in the middle of Jayce's death blow and Jinx's cog of creation & destruction, is a symbol.

Now a diagonal infinity symbol is associated with the Firelights. Ekko. The boy who shattered time.

Broken Infinity? Shattered time? Seems to go hand in hand.

Though Ekko's symbol is a whole infinity, more akin to a Z than an ongoing X.

There are plenty of theories Ekko will play a role in Viktor's fate and the fate of everyone by rewinding time somehow. And the multiple shots of the coin rolling support that to an extend. Rewind time, change fate, change the flip of the cog. And I agree, I think Ekko is going to have a role to play. But there's also another character who fits with this symbol, who uses shimmer to move faster than humanly possible and defy fate time and time again. Who is the fulcrum of fate in the eyes of the story, the catalyst of everything. And only one character who has solely been associated with a broken infinity symbol before.

Jinx. That's Jinx's symbol. Her champion tag.

Jinx's symbol, right at the centre of Viktors chest. And this line to Jinx from Viktor...

"You have much to offer this commune, Powder. Your talents could be used to build instead of destroy."

And the line from Singe, about Viktor's fate being tied to the commune. Viktor IS the commune, he's the centre of it all. The one who can make the dream of Zaun - Vander's dream - a reality. And that line foreshadowed Jinx using her talents to help the commune. To help Viktor.

Hell, she was technically the reason he "died" in the first place. She fired the rocket that nearly killed him. Wouldn't it be poetic story telling if she was the one who saved him in the end?

I can't wait for Saturday.

I believe whatever happens, Viktor and Jinx's fates are inextricably bound.

[fairytalegonewronga03]

bucktommy, 🥰 - Post-nightmare cuddles

Ahh, I love them so. @beanarie enjoy these 300+ words of BuckTommy! Prompts can be found here. 🩷🩵💜 Tommy woke with a start, the warmth of sleep clinging to him like a second skin. He rolled over, reaching for Buck, but his hand met cold sheets, empty space. He blinked into the darkness, disoriented, and then saw the patio door slightly open, the sheer curtains breathing in the night breeze.

The moon hung low and swollen, spilling its light across the room until it pooled around Buck, who sat hunched on a chair outside. He looked small and adrift, his face a pale smudge in the shadows.

Tommy stood, the chill of the floor creeping up his bare legs, and padded out to the patio. Buck didn’t look up when Tommy got close, didn’t move at all. He just sat there, still and tense, the outline of his jaw tight.

“Hey,” Tommy said gently. He crouched beside him, arms slipping around Buck’s waist. For a moment, Buck didn’t respond—but then his body softened with a sigh, leaning into Tommy’s hold.

Carefully, Tommy gathered him up—one arm under Buck’s legs, the other steady at his back—and eased him from the chair. Buck went without protest, pliant and quiet, and Tommy sat down in the chair Buck had just left, settling him softly into his lap.

Buck sagged against him with another sigh, the sound barely more than breath. “It was Bobby again,” he murmured, his voice frayed at the edges. “Didn’t want to wake you.”

Tommy kissed the top of his head, lingering there a moment, then tilted Buck’s face up gently with a hand at his jaw. He pressed a soft kiss to Buck’s lips—just a breath of contact, tender and unhurried.

“Next time, wake me,” Tommy whispered, pressing his cheek to Buck’s. “I want to know.”

Buck was quiet for a long moment, his breathing slow and even. Then he shifted, turning into Tommy’s chest, his face tucked into the crook of Tommy's neck. His skin flushed and warm. Tommy held him tighter, rocking him gently as the night deepened and the moon slipped lower behind the horizon. 🩷🩵💜

[dailypainterpressure]

So, Cally Calum Cal Calzone Calzoney,

What is your favorite tidbit about P.ai.nter?

[DAY 34/POTENTIAL PRESSURE SPOILERS] OHHHH MY GOD BUDDY AM I GLAD YOU ASKED.

PERSONALLY i like the representation of how muddled his personality can be with how much the overclocking attempts effected his systems/personality drivers. the dialogue in the new update is a big part of that too.

with the new lines he gets in the update, there’s more obvious rep of his mixed up personality. when you go to rescue him he begs for his life, but he’s also smug about the fact that you’re killing him because he new it would happen eventually with how much control he has over the site like that. he’s vulnerable with you on occasion with him showing you as the enemy his art and trying to kind of befriend you in a way, while he also shit talks you right to your face. a good GOOD majority of that is due to the damage his systems and personality drivers have taken with all the overclocking attempts during his time with urbanshade. he’s a sentient monitor with depression and such and i like how the cause of that is apparent and how much of a clear toll it’s taken on him—it adds to his complex character in a way i really enjoy watching, listening to, and dissecting heh. THANK U FOR UR ASK ALSO MY GOAT

if i had to choose something else id say the art of his we have gotten to see and how much the overclocking attempts and system damage have effected that too. happy fourth of july also guys i guess……..