#anyways i just needed to babble

[slasherflicks999]

……………..who was gonna tell me the BEN drowned arg was gonna make me weirdly emotional huh

[khaoala]

i really like giffing. i know we talk constantly about people not appreciating gifmakers anymore and how the numbers are dropping and everything which is true, and maybe it's because i'm relatively new at this, but seeing little things that i want to have in my blog edited in a way that i find pretty and it has the captions the way i like, it makes me feel genuinely good even if it doesn't get a lot of notes bc ultimately, i did it for me and i'm happy with it.

[artblocked]

Fucked up creature that spawns from the Ultimate Weapon after four souls stew in it for God knows how long honestly

[anghraine]

I know it's well-understood at this point that Kirk/Spock is much more of a nerd4nerd ship than a nerd/jock thing, but it's just been kind of percolating around my mind that both of them aren't just space nerds but space nerds who were personally bullied.

Like, 18-year-old Kirk was targeted by an older bully who combines "total asshole" with "the most grating man in existence":

MCCOY: Well, yeah, I'm beginning to feel a little bit picked-on, if that's what you mean. KIRK: I know the feeling very well. I had it at the Academy. An upperclassman there. One practical joke after another, and always on me. My own personal devil. A guy by the name of Finnegan. MCCOY: And you being the very serious young— KIRK: Serious? I'll make a confession, Bones. I was absolutely grim, which delighted Finnegan no end.

This was five years after Kirk survived a genocide, btw, and likely well before his stint as an Academy instructor known to be strict and demanding (which is the period the "stack of books with legs" description of him comes from). By the time he's 33, fifteen years after all this, it turns out one of his deepest fantasies is just beating the shit out of his bully, but only if he can do it According To The Rules (the replica of Finnegan sneers, "Always fight fair, don't you? True officer and gentleman, you").

Spock, meanwhile, is viciously targeted by his Vulcan peers for being biracial from at least age 5; he's described as being tormented by other boys by that age, and "at home nowhere except Starfleet." I think he'd have been 18 or 19 when he left for Starfleet and it's... the least bad of his options, but he seems to have spent his entire career among humans and being persistently subjected to raw racism and profound disrespect for his culture at every turn.

Like, their histories of being metaphorically shoved into lockers are not identical or anything, but I think it's interesting that they both have them.

[officersnickers]

You have really no idea how much I NEED an anime adaptation of Make the Exorcist fall in Love, solely for the reason I can make AMVs with it for all the Prince of Egypt-songs.

[silenceofthewave]

( sometimes i think a lot about the fact that my tfp wave is quite young, especially compared to mechs like op, megs, ratchet, shockwave (esp.), star, etc. like it was the equivalent of an older teen in the pits. when the revolution happened, its age could be considered like. 25 in human years. like idk man i think a lot about the fact that soundwave didnt really get a normal cybertronian upbringing. it just. onlined fully in the mines. no formal education. lived a brutal life from day one. has never known peace. )

[cerealmonster15]

yknow i understand that the memes are Not That Deep and it is fun to make jokes and relating w/others about like "oh no i started another wip when i have 90000 other wips im neglecting!!! i had another idea when i should be working on the projects i already have!!!" and i get that it is a good habit to like, finish what you start and the want to see things through and such. like shore i relate 2 these too. but ☝️! i must ask. is it really so bad to have many ideas. is it really so bad to have several idea pools to bounce back and forth from when perhapeth you get stuck on the current one youre on and wanna mix it up a little. IS IT SO WRONG to not finish a wip. must everything be a completed project that is pretty and cleaned up and perfectly done?! i do know, as i said, that it is Not That Deep. but also i do worry that perhaps for some people, it Is That Deep. i would personally like to reject the concept that all ideas must be completed start to finish in a nice little order otherwise it's "not right" or whatever. sometimes you start something and it doesnt really go anywhere! that's fine. sometimes you put it away for a few days or weeks or months or years and then you come back to it later!! whats wrong w/that. who is putting deadlines on these things, if they are in fact hobbies. business is i guess another story but im not TALKING about business. i am talking about fun teehee hobby time. cutting away imaginary rules and putting false pressures and having FUN why is it so SHAMEFUL to have many ideas and working on them as you GO!!!! be free. do whatever u want FOREVER!!!!!!!

[sabh0]

Can we yap about how much these two GENUINELY need each other and can't STAND the fact they know this and despise that it's true!! 😭

More so Dazai than Chuuya, honestly- he's a very needy guy XD

Like they don't need each other to survive - the 4 years apart made it clear, but. They both seem so much more alive and genuine next to each other aughhh

Both know there's no other person that understands them so well, but the fact that *someone* can basically read their thoughts before they even say em is what also scares em sm,,, like yeah i hate you and i hate the fact that you know me so well. And i also hate the fact that i know you so well too,,,

Tho there r times when they REALLY need each other to survive, not metaphorically or anything. Chuuya needs Dazai durning Corruption and Dazai needs Chuuya when uh. Making these stupid plans where he plays a princess who needs a prince on a white horse to save him. Be it Dead Apple or even the Dragon's Head Conflict.

And it makes me go so aughhh bc none of them have to use these tactics that put their lives in the hands of the other, but they still do and aughhh the trust they have for each other makes me throw up

[naomiknight-17]

It's been a rough time lately, but I am trying to get back to doing my 100-150 min of cardio each week. Last week I only did like 30 something. I did a lot of activity (baking, cleaning, grocery shopping, cookie decorating, party attending) but not actual exercise

So! I just had a nice refreshing shower, I'm gonna put on my cute new bare shoulder top, and I am gonna power walk to Walmart

[saturnvs]

life update: we found an apartment and managed to get our hands on it, yippee :D

[majicmarker]

just ran the numbers and i am very much strapped for cash and will be for the foreseeable future (barring some miraculous sudden windfall, which, not hedging my bets on that, so—)

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[happyk44]

I like that Renzo's portrayal still makes it kinda unsure which side he's actually on.

Personally, I'd prefer him being on his own side. He's doing this because it's personally entertaining, not because he has any moral or emotional stake on the beliefs of either side. It makes it easy to convince both sides he's actually with them, because he genuinely doesn't give a shit so he can fake it very effectively. He cares for his friends and push come to shove, he'll likely side with them. But he also said that the main selling point of being a double agent was getting to lie and deceive to everyone.

[piecesofchess]

So anyway. Finished ZigZag today. I get I've already blabbed a lot about my experience with Arc 2 so far but I'll be collecting all my thoughts below just to log things for myself. Thanks to everybody who added their thoughts to my previous posts about all the P101 Updates.

The obvious thing out of the way -- the new voice acting is meh is at best, but I understand the situation around that and know much can't be done atm. I lament Catbeard having no presence in the story because of it though, and I feel like if he *had* we could've gotten an interesting/funny response to that whole "starting the war" thing, lol. Loved seeing Contessa finally getting to be around more.

Sinbad is fine and I like him, he got better later on. The business in Marleybone had me hooked getting to hear of Napoleguin and seeing Meowiarty again (although I wish more could be elaborated + explored about him and his situation) , but my god. My GOD. That dungeon going after Wheeler is one of the worst fucking things I have ever been through in the game. They seriously need to fix the enemies respawning and having our character locked in-place for post dialogue in there. Bran a Raven lord sucked ass, there was no real point to that whole Thing. But it's cool to see our actions on starting the war are facing consequences and all that.

The business in Aquila I really liked - I found myself thoroughly enjoying Hawkules' presence in the story. I just wish Tartarus played better on a technical level, as the environment is beautiful and I liked seeing Death again, everything was straight up my alley but I ended up getting aggravated with the map, broken quest things, etc. I KNOW KI has been informed of these bugs and I wonder just how much longer they'll sit there like the rest of the things needing fixed have been for years.

Krokotopia was...undermining and aggravating. As I said before, the map needs a serious fix on not forcing enemies to respawn in cramped areas that you need to revisit -- and everything just looks copy/pasted from Wiz and thrown together to be considered a 'new area'. I Just KNOW Krok can be a gorgeous place with a wonderful skyway of its own in Pirate -- just look at Mooshu and Marleybone -- but Kingsisle INSISTSSSSS that none of that can be done, even though it's been proven it can. But whatever. I doubt they will do a graphics re-haul of ZigZag anytime soon, even though I think it's the one new area that kind of needs it.

I'm reaaaally conflicted on this whole story thing. The whiplash of our parents saying 'Go to El Dorado! Don't go to El Dorado!' with KI clearly backtracking to say that it was all a trick from a Wizard just feels...confusing and lazy. Oksana would be a fine idea for an enemy -- in the game she belongs to. It's not that I'm against exploring magic and wizards in P101's story, but to have that replace the enemies we ALREADY HAVE and turn a 180 due to KI's rushed Book 15 update is. So disappointing. If our business with the Armada was finally done with, which it ISN'T, then maybe I'd feel more open to moving on with a different Main Villain or something.

These new worlds and updates are filled with issues regarding the quest mechanics (some question marks not changing, wrong companion models being used, empty dialogue box, no names in some of the dialogue boxes, some quests not being shown as completed even though they are, seeing Go to . , instead of area names, etc), map access still isn't there even though it would be nice to have, and you can still walk through some doors and walls in some areas. It's ridiculous things like these that prove to me time and time again these are being pushed / rushed out for the sake of content and to show that they are 'updating' the game.

Kingsisle...we have already been waiting for years, on what was considered a disappointing, rushed dungeon to end Book 15. I'm pretty sure a majority of us would be FINE waiting for a polished, fixed update. I get they don't have the same budget and team they used to, so updates like these will inevitably be underwhelming compared to Arc 1, but they could at least fix the bugs and make these a bit more playable.

The next update at least looks promising, as it is likely the Queen Elite are going to be in there, possibly Diego and Roberto (the two who I REALLY wanna see from the Wizard game!) and we will finally properly see Queen again...I can only hope KI won't mess it up by rushing the technical aspect of it. Blind Mew said he learned from his mistakes with Oksana, but the damage is done and she's already in the game, so I'm hoping the writing either gets better by integrating the Armada *properly* into it again, or Oksana just gets...better. I don't know.

--I know all of my opinions on this are pretty late, and most of these have already been expressed by other players, but I just had never been enticed by the premise of these updates, and I only enjoyed certain parts of it once I did play them. I am glad to see the crew's writing getting better, as it felt somewhat superficial in the beginning, and to see their dynamic again feels...so good. I genuinely missed them, the companions are one of my favorite things about the game.

I just hope my other favorite part of this game, i.e. the Armada, gets proper time in the story again. I will feel incredibly cheated if we never learn what happened to Kane's mind and how Phule and Queen are progressing with the current state of the Armada. I'm excited to get to know the Queen!Elite and if they'll have any proper names. But I am still craving a new world with its own skyway, or to explore the parts of Valencia we still can't access, and to see another puppet show in the future.

One last thing -- all of this felt worthless without a level cap increase. Hours of progress just to be at the same maximum level once all was said and done. Pouring hours into this just for the story is fine and all, but with dragged-out battles and challenging dungeons that give little reward, it feels like we're still sitting in one place despite moving forward. I hope KI finally implements what we want so we can finally feel like we're getting somewhere.

[hinasho]

As someone that had never heard about The Crow in any capacity before this year, I saw the new movie yesterday and it was pretty good!

It was a nice amount of edginess that was endearing and genuine. There’s a difference between being edgy for shock value and ego stroking (Jared Leto’s Joker) vs edginess that’s produced from the story the creatives want to tell and are just passionate about. This movie definitely fit the latter rather than the former.

Bill “Scream King” Skarsgård is obviously a great actor and FKA Twigs did really good for only her 2nd leading role!

The two had good chemistry, and it felt realistic that he did falter in “your love must always remain pure” before diving all in and sacrificing his soul. It is hard to remain 100% pure all of the time, humans are fickle souls are not, so him choosing a deal that is set in stone from the get go was a natural and damning next step.

I also wonder if they’ve left the door open for a sequel given Shelly remembers everything, the guy from that purgatory world (who Google says was Kronos) is in the human world, and Eric said he wasn’t satisfied because he wants to be with her. A sequel could be cool.

Something that caught my attention was how Bill portrayed Eric. Going into the movie, I thought he was going to be an arrogant smartass or asshole. But he wasn’t. Normal!Eric tries to follow rules (most times), he was shy in the beginning stages of his and Shelly’s relationship, and death horribly freaked him out both before he died and when he becomes the “pre-Crow” phase (??? If I understood right, he didn’t actually become The Crow until the third act, and that what he was beforehand was like a middle ground?)

Like, Eric was just a decent guy who wanted very badly to be happy, and found that happiness with Shelly. Which makes it tragic when he discards the final remnants of his humanity and starts killing left & right and let’s vengeance consume him. The development of him initially freaking out whenever he got hurt vs him getting brutalized later on, still feeling every wound, but just no longer caring because he’s doomed anyway was *chefs kiss*

Overall I enjoyed it. Sadly I think it’s getting review bombed by fans of the 1994 adaptation. I hope that somehow its able to garner enough support to have a sequel, and despite how the ‘94 fans seem to be acting, Bill’s Crow has made me curious on the original movie so I’ll probably be watching that soon too 🐦‍⬛

[milton-national]

ik anthony said scam/jodie mpreg isnt real but i dont care

impregnate that cop

[telafel]

I am collecting theories for my hip pain, I feel like i should be letting people bet on what the actual cause is.