#but here's a graphic because... well

[blueskittlesart]

*sigh* thoughts on Nintendo's botw/totk timeline shenanigans and tomfoolery?

tbh. my maybe-unpopular opinion is that the timeline is only important when a game's place on the timeline seriously informs the way their narrative progresses. the problem is that before botw we almost NEVER got games where it didn't matter. it matters for skyward sword because it's the beginning, and it matters for tp/ww/alttp (and their respective sequels) because the choices the hero of time makes explicitly inform the narrative of those games in one way or another. it matters which timeline we're in for those games because these cycles we're seeing are close enough to oot's cycle that they're still feeling the effects of his choices. botw, however, takes place at minimum 10 thousand years after oot, so its place on the timeline actually functionally means nothing. botw is completely divorced from the hero of time & his story, so what he does is a nonissue in the context of botw link and zelda's story. thus, which timeline botw happens in is a nonissue. honestly I kind of liked the idea that it happened in all of them. i think there's a cool idea of inevitability that can be played with there. but the point is that the timeline exists to enhance and fill in the lore of games that need it, and botw/totk don't really need it because the devs finally realized they could make a game without the hero of time in it.

[ducktracy]

WHY ARE YOU IN HOSPITAL ARE YOU OK???

the pig and duck excitement came for me once and for all… i knew they’d be my downfall…. they’ve done me in

KIDDING KIDDING yes i’m completely fine, thank you for your concern!! just visiting a family member :) and by that i mean watching the Paul Rudish Mickey shorts on my phone in the lobby. as one should do. BUT YES thank you anon, this actually genuinely is incredibly sweet 🥹💛💛💛

[lilithofpenandbook]

Nah, which one of you fuckers did this???

WHICH ONE OF YOU UTTER FUCKERS PUNCHED HIM IN THE EYE???

[moonsglare]

just read perhaps the most interesting kjsr fic ever where she has actual bird biology and has to soldier through the associated unpleasantries (eggbinding) and now i'm researching avian reproduction. kjsr the things you make me do

[livingjust2beoverdramatizing]

FLU GAME: ✨PART 2✨

hey, not my fault i love this song!

part 1

[suddenly-frankenstein]

under the bad influence

[leaveharmony]

[insurged]

it's not if, but when resi.dent evil 5 gets a remake, they'd better leave the part in where excella is hitting on wesker and he sensually pulls her in by the chin only to chuck her face away from him.

[gwinaesfer]

Updated my Inquisitor because mods, also wanted to see how she would look in the Veilguard graphics and ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh my god

[dallonwrites]

Between Us Girls by @dallonwrites

Devon’s the new girl running the Duck Pond game, who won’t talk to us. She doesn’t want us knowing she’s here, that she loves funnel cake and uses tampons. We think she’s sweet and wonder how she ended up at a funfair – something we never ask about ourselves. One by one, we help her out. Jeannette cleans off the slushy a child flung at her. Zara rubs her back whenever she pukes beer. Ro keeps telling her, don’t believe Avery from the Orbiter if he gushes about your starry eyes. We help because that’s what us girls do; we check each other’s payslips and hound at Jerry whenever it’s wrong; we guard bathroom stalls, share ibuprofen, check each other’s breasts for lumps.

i have a little 718 word flash piece about a gay girlhood between funfair workers in milk candy review!! a litmag that i love so much and is full of gorgeous flash/micro pieces, such an honor to be amongst them! i also did a 2 question interview about the piece which you can read here <3

We tell her about our childhood bedrooms: Ro who misses how moonlight sheened through her pink bed canopy even if it felt like sleeping in a fly trap, Jeanette who used to drink beer out of her dance trophies; Zara who carved blocky dinosaurs onto her vanity, Maxie who shared with her brother until one day they couldn’t and didn’t understand why. We tell her about the fathers who never looked at us or looked too much, the mothers who miss us or the idea of us girls, us dolly ribboned daughters

[aran-morinorea]

Annatars shit paradigms please! 🙏

As expected, Annatar rolls his eyes but does it anyway. Celebrimbor watches, fascinated, while his shape changes the slightest bit: ears at a slightly different angle, half an inch extra height, even a little bit of roundness in the chest. That’s intriguing. Celebrimbor gives him a quick kiss, just to feel the slightly different angle, and then starts working on getting a closer look. Annatar is helpfully not wearing a great deal, because he likes to disrespect the concept of safety gear as blatantly as possible.

[chi-the-idiot]

Im sorry, I lied, we aren't watching Netflix tonight. Let me tell you my ideas for an Amulet by Kazu Kibuishi rewrite

Lemme start with wasted character potential #1, mother herself, Karen.

The reason

It is not common at all in fantasy books for parents to participate in their children's adventures. For obvious reasons, really: parents would not allow their kids to be put in any danger, thus it is easier for them to not appear in the story at all, or even be the thing that the kids are chasing after in the first place.

That last one is exactly what happens in book 1, Karen is kidnapped and the kids need to save her. But unlike other stories, where "saving mom" is the end goal, Emily and Navin end up saving Karen in book 2 out of 9. And not only that, Karen insists on staying with her children in Alleida until they finish what they started.

Let me explain why this is so important, aside from the general subversion of the genere: Amulet, at its core, is a tale of grief. A family rattled by the tragic and horrific death of a father. The three of them are broken, in many different ways, but they insist on staying together no matter what.

If the topic was tackled properly, this could have been a story that explored all the different facets of grief and how a family tries to overcome its hurt. How you can rebuild yourself up from what may appear as the bottom of a well if you reach out for those who love you for support. How you don't need to suffer alone.

With Karen, this could have been especially interesting. If Kazu hadn't based his story on the idea of "kids parenting their parents", an interesting point could've been made. After all, Karen shouldn't rely on her kids to provide her emotional support at such a young age. She could, however, learn to open up about her pain to make them understand that they are not alone, while she also makes her own connections to the world around her.

So. How exactly would I do that?

Focus a little bit on Karen's past. Make her have a personality and purpose outside of "Mom"

Give Karen her own storyline and character arc paralel yet separate from her kids

Focus on Karen's own grief and loss, how she has carried the burden of her guilt for so many years, yet put on a front of strength for the sake of her kids.

The Idea

Just as Emily is "The Stonekeeper" and Navin is "The Recistence's Leader", Karen should also have a role. Personally, I decided to give her that of "The Messenger".

Karen, in the books, has been characterized in a way I can only describe as stereotypically "motherly": she's caring, understanding, and tries to offer support whenever she can. She might not be very open in the begining, but once she talks with a character a bit more she has been shown to become more trusting. These ideas are not expanded upon any more, so we dob't really get much information about her character aside from that.

I, personally, chose to take that idea and reshape it into Karen being the more "friendly/comunicative" of the group. Although yes, Navin is shown to be more charismatic, there is something to be said about friendship that is formed due to a building up of trust over time.

As a result, I have come up with the following concept:

Karens journey is one in which she learns to rely on other friends for help, that she doesn't need to carry her burdens and face the world on her own while putting on a mask for her children.

On the other hand, Karen also learns that her children are growing up, and they will need to know that they are not alone either. It is her job as their mother to teach this to them.

And in my opinion, the best way this could be potrayed was if Karen started writing to those she met on this journey. Sharing their experiences with those they left behind, communicating the situation in far away nations to others. Being the conection between locations.

And so, in the end, when the battle is about to start, she writes one last message to those old friends, asking for support in the conflict, thinking that she will recieve no answer. Only to be then met the following evening with entire towns worth of troops waiting to help.

Because Karen may not have powerful magic. Or the knowledge to pilot entire ships. But she does have the written word and the ability of forming conections. And that power, sometimes, is as strong as an entire army.

[nekomamiiz]

❕ ＢＬＯＲＢＯ ＣＨＥＣＫＰＯＩＮＴ ❕

you have stumbled across an official nekomamiiz blorbo checkpoint. think of your fave, answer in the tags or however you like and then continue on your adventure (੭˃ᴗ˂)੭ ♡

which blorbo is currently floating around in your brain?

how did you two meet?

any fun date plans tonight?

a movie you two watch together religiously?

favorite meal to cook together?

if you play video games, what is your favorite to play together?

lastly, who said “i love you” first?

thank you for participating in this checkpoint ! rb's and tags are encouraged ♡ hope you had fun :)

[servospawn]

you can tell i have no idea how to play sims anymore because this whole time i had edge smoothing turned on and was none the wiser to it.

[tentechbiolognostic]

ok i need to know if im an idiot

my tablet was just complaining it was cold and said that its charging slower until its a normal temperature. and like it makes SENSE that coldness could damage computers but still before this id never heard of it. obviously i knew about overheating but not underheating

[rainswept]

is that. is that an alnst theme. how about you just plan my funeral for me at this point 😞 (it's looks so good though) also. luka as imaginary was a diabolical move why did you have to do that

IT IS!! thank you :) also. 1. imaginary man curse. 2. luka = piss yellow = imaginary. i wish i had a more lore-based reason for picking it but that was actually just my first thought. & in the early stages of making the graphic, when i was trying to make the colors cohesive (which i gave up on in favor of Matching Hoyo ™️), i figured that the color wouldn’t clash with him. but it also stuck because i felt like none of the other types fit