#cos same guy

[princeloww]

i NEED takin over the asylum isabel edits. NOW some do it NOW please

[rowanisawriter]

im on a stage with 100s of people maybe 500 people in the audience and i tell a story into the microphone i am nervous and scared but am determined. when i finish my story 490 people leave without saying a single word. 10 people clap. One person comes up to the stage and says “good job” . This is what it’s like to write fic in 2025

[edwardallenpoe]

to all the people who draw co Sherlock as a POC: i'm marrying you, you're right

[blorbologist]

Y'know, I think I figured out why the Hells still feel like a new low-level party to me, even though they're level 13 and almost 100 episodes in.

I don't quite think it's the lack of conversations, or the fact half the party's plot hooks are big ties to past campaigns - though that definitely plays a part.

... Bell's Hells still primarily rely on quest givers.

Most of their goals are given to them and do not feel organic to the party, and constantly remind us that the Hells are pretty much never the most powerful people in the room. Which is usually something you see with a low-level party.

NPCs offering jobs is not a bad thing; it's a very common plot hook. Matt has been extremely skilled with using NPC quest givers in those two campaigns. Not only do they provide an obvious plot thread, but they can put the party in the path of others (say, the Nein running into the Iron Shepherds while doing a job for the Gentleman and everything that came of that). And the Hells had a solid start with it too - Eshteross was an excellent quest giver!

The problem is that Bell's Hells have never really not had a quest giver.

Maybe it's a byproduct of the more plot-heavy structure of this campaign? But while prior parties have felt like they decided on their course of action and what they prioritized, Bell's Hells feels less like level 13 (13! Level 13!) experienced adventurers and more like an MMO group clicking on the exclamation point over an NPC's head. Where does the plot demand we go next? Who do we report back to?

They're level 13.

At level 13, Vox Machina had just defeated a necromantic city-state to clear their name and Percy's conscience. And, you know, the Conclave just destroyed Emon. No one was explicitly telling the group to gather Vestiges and save the world (though Matt guided them there), and they were usually among the most powerful people in the room. They chose which Vestiges to prioritize, which dragons to tackle when, even if the over-all plot was pretty clear.

At level 13, the Mighty Nein were celebrating Traveler Con (another PC goal, I'll note) after brokering peace between two nations, accidentally becoming pirates and heroes of the Dynasty. The Nein regularly chose what to do based on personal goals, not grand ones. Though definitely smaller fish than Vox Machina at this level, they were very independent and gaining solid political clout.

While we're at it: level 13 is one level lower than the Ring of Brass, who had a huge amount of sway over Avalir. They ended the world, and also saved it, while in the grand scheme of things being only a smidge more powerful than Bell's Hells are now.

Can you really see the Hells wielding that amount of influence, when they're constantly being told what to do next?

The god-eater might be unleashed, so Bell's Hells have no time to do anything but what is asked of them. No time for therapy unless stolen from Feywild time, no travel on foot and late-night watches. They haven't even had time to grieve FCG. Percy was grieved in the middle of the Conclave arc. Molly was grieved when half the party was still in irons.

Matt is in the very unfortunate spot of not being able to give the Hells the same agency as the other two parties. Not only because of the world-ending plot introduced so early on; they are surrounded by characters they know (and the cast knows) are stronger and wiser than them - the familiarity of the past PCs and NPCs is to their disadvantage.

Why would the party reasonably ignore Keyleth's task that will help save the world and go off on a romp? Why would the cast when they know well Keyleth has to be sensible and with the best intentions in mind? The stakes are just too high.

It means that the Hells still feel like they're running errands instead of pursuing their own destiny. Their accomplishments are diminished as just being parts of a to-do list, and any stakes feel padded by several level 20 PCs/NPCs standing 5 steps away ready to catch them.

This isn't Bell's Hell's fault, nor is it Matt's. It could be amended, I think, if the Hells are really left to their own devices for a long period of time without support and shortcuts (like during the party split)... which would be really tricky to pull off at this point in the campaign.

They're level 13. They're big fish, but they're stuck in a pond full of friendly sharks, so they don't feel big at all.

[missescalientee]

if your au Branch meet canon Branch how would it go

I didn't know which au Branch you meant since I have about 3 so I added 2 of them XD (normal explorer au Branch not seen here as he had better things to do.)

N2 Au Branch is classic, and tag along branch is more visually distinct from the others.

I think their initial meeting would be tense, post trolls 1 Branch is more mellow but he is quick to fight when he needs to, N2 au Branch is currently in movie 1 grey state tho he has a slightly more calm attitude than before he's still not a welcoming person, and then there tag along Branch who is a lot more positive and expressive than both of them.

I might expand more on this at some point but hope you enjoy what I've got for now!

[raveboy34]

Stalking John Watsons twitter and saw this and wanted to share for the people who have not seen this

HE DID THE THING!!

One of my favorite things about the original ACD Sherlock Holmes books is how much attention to detail Watson puts into everything, but ESPECIALLY with Holmes, literally on the first few days of living with Holmes, Watson was so intrigued by his flatmate to the point he wrote down everything he learned from about him. Until of course throwing it into a fire and disregarding it because he felt it was useless and still did not understand him. But still, these smalls things are usually glossed over by other medias, and although it was not mentioned in the podcast, it makes sense for him to say something about it on twitter.

The fact they wrote almost word for word what he writes in the book. I can die happy now.

This is how its written in the Original Work 👇

Cannot believe some of you are NOW realizing Watson is the cutest and most awkward man to ever walk the face of the earth ! Love him and his curiosity

[bigskydreaming]

Imagine looking at a character whose entire premise is that in every stage of his life, he's made every version of himself into someone that inspires people to such a degree that EVERY SINGLE VERSION OF HIM has people wanting to literally follow in his footsteps in some way or another.....

And coming to the conclusion that like.....the most important things about him are the sum of all his trappings. His entirely homemade developed from scratch could not exist if not for what he already was and brought with him BEFORE crafting this newest version of himself trappings, with his greatest trait throughout all of it being his adaptability; his ability and willingness to roll with the punches and not try to simply weather any opposition or changes to his life but instead reshape himself as needed to better fit INTO whatever new shape his life and the world around him takes. All while managing to carry the most innate, fundamental and necessary aspects of himself from one version to the next. Thus every single version of himself is different but simultaneously every single version of himself is also undeniably the same person.

The strength of this character, to me, will always be that he can be so many versions of himself, he can become so many things, all without ever actually losing or discarding any of the aspects of himself he considers most essential, the things he's not willing to lose or give up just to keep going. Finding that road not taken by most, usually because most never even think to look for it as an option. But one that he's always able to find because the one trick he's mastered in his tumultuous life is threading that needle of not just digging in his heels in an unproductive way but rather being selective about when and where he makes a stand and decides "this is not a thing I'm willing to compromise about" but here are places and ways I can and will change and evolve and adapt in order to make it possible for me to hold onto these parts and keep them as they are.

And that's why its always so mind-boggling to me that so many writers can't seem to think of anything else to do with Dick Grayson other than invent some new reason for him to just....not be that person, or to like just take the character whose most basic fundamental trait he's NOT about to compromise on is willingly giving up his spot in the driver's seat of his own life.....and make him just a passenger in his own life and stories.

Dick Grayson at age nine....at age nineteen...at age twenty nine....the one core thread running through all versions of him is the only way he's standing back and letting you call the shots for him or putting him on the sidelines in some way is over his dead body.

HOW he goes about that, what that looks like, who he becomes and what aspects of himself he plays up at some times and what traits he lets fall by the wayside at other times when they offer less in service to his primary goal here....that changes constantly. He changes constantly.

But those changes are almost always (or at least they used to be/should be IN MY OPINION) made with the intention of keeping certain things about him or his life as consistent as possible.

That's the duality of Dick Grayson that I'm here for. The inherent contradiction of him that COULD allow for endless conflict and breaking new narrative ground in all sorts of ways if mined properly:

His eternal willingness to compromise....but only ever in pursuit of doubling down on the ways he's not willing to compromise.

Forever walking that tightrope in ways that only a kid born and raised in a circus could ever hope to.

[telesodalite]

Never getting over Fulcrum being a project manager...

Idk why, but something about that is so funny to me. Not just because the title of "project manager" is inherently kinda funny for a Decepticon, but also because-

1. It's vague sounding and hard to explain irl because it technically exists in multiple fields, like healthcare or manufacturing, which surely translates into canon in some way.

2. In canon, it's simultaneously a really mundane, innocuous sounding job, yet it's also a super morally awful position to reside over depending on the context. (*cough* forced colonization and cyberforming *cough*)

And 3. It solidifies the fact that behind all the surface level militaristic work we get with both the Decepticons and Autobots, there's also Cons and Bots with "normal" jobs in both factions.

Like, sure yeah we get scientists and doctors, engineers and programmers, but usually in big important or warfront positions. (For plot reasons, understandably.) But it's also really funny and interesting to think of those that worked background positions, or minor jobs.

Like an Autobot working in their equivalent of an HR department, or a Decepticon who runs one of their outpost's or starship's kitchens.

Just all the pre-war jobs that didn't just disappear with the war, but instead evolved to exist within the factions.

It's particularly funny with the Decepticons though, because it could be a super mundane job or situation, but because it's them, it has to have an air of ~e v i l~ to it, either legitimately and/or merely for the vibes, like Tarn's "performance reviews".

[nenoname]

honestly??? i still dont know what to do with the idea that there might be a bunch of clone fords out there???? it honestly makes me so unhinged??????

[paradimeart]

UPRIGHT: Sudden change, upheaval, chaos, revelation, awakening

[minnaeatsbread]

Lovely similarities between Lockwood & Co and Dead Boy Detectives because these shows are taking over my life

The opening scene. We see two main characters fight an angry ghost, it goes a little wrong in both cases and the context is only explained at a later point. I think the pacing is also similar

Sassy ghosts. There would be a lot more arson involved in DBD if Edwin and the Skull were near each other and Charles and Lucy would have to deal with it

Super satisfying cinematography. Especially when it comes to portraying the supernatural. Notable: the camera angles in Combe Carey Hall and the depiction of Hell

"I'm not in love with them I would just give my (after-)life for them and devote most of my energy on their well-being"

Netflix :|

[whomstsnek]

alright it's been a while since I've watched the Of Heart and Harvest oneshot, but I have SEVERAL questions

Why did Shepherd name his guns Couleuvre and Flambeau, the Serpent and the Torch? Was he even the one who named them?

In synonymous terms they are the snake and the light/fire...made me think of Sarnax, but presumably Shepherd had these weapons before meeting Sarnax. Besides that, i don't remember Nax having the Lantern or mentioning Gherix a single time; he's a druid this time around, not a cleric. It's very possible, if not likely, that Sarnax still worshipped Gherix, but then we circle back to point a., unless they met before Shepherd had his guns?

Does this Shepherd worship Gherix? Is that what the names are referring to? Or is it possible that they both refer to the devil (per the biblical myth), referencing Shepherd's own devilish heritage and status as a sinner?

[niko-jpg]

the eye hates this one simple trick!

blinding yourself with an awl

[synthshenanigans]

I miiiight color this properly but have a funky soul design i did for fun :}

[close up + a small text about the guy below and then some]

While it is mainly just for fun & not my main design for Soul, i think Soul's form would change throughout Cacophony a fair amount. There's still some things it cant change but depending on its view on himself, Heart & Mind, or Whole would alter how his apperance looks. Not necessarily a bad thing either, just a form on how he feels or views himself. Kinda like when you make a persona i guess? He just swaps a lot between them.

Also smaller thing being that it's "tail" can change as well! More obvious being the relation to the instrumental album cover but also it can changed into other things as well. An Umbrella for Spring and a Storm, a gavel for parts of Mucka Blucka, TSE & The Bidding, or it being one of those bid cards youd hold up to bid your amount [also during The Bidding]. Can also change to the trident during TSE & The Bidding too, the red guitar in Two Wuv as well. Just generally whatever he want/feels like!

[spoopup]

thinking about them with pokemon

[blondeaxolotl]

Why didn’t Vil’s mom start regaining hope after Vil was born if that’s typical? Was there something else going on?

An angel griefs and loses hope when someone close to them passes away, Miss Schoenheit had that close person pass away suddenly. She knew her friend longer before meeting Eric, they were the first person she developed an attachment to, and like any angel would, she promised to protect her loved ones from anything.

So like yeah that didn't go well and her friend ended up passing away quite tragically, and the incident quickly made Miss Schoenheit grief, lose hope, and develop the disease that'd kill her eventually. The reason Vil didn't end up being her reason to keep hope is because she completely lost her sense to think she could protect them and Eric. If she couldn't protect one person, what makes her think she could protect her husband and son? Or a whole group, since as a high ranking angel she has angels below her that look up to her and believe she can keep them safe. It was a lot of pressure on her. (Not to mention, she wasn't able to tell another high ranked angel what happened because if she did, she would've been told to "drop it" because she has more important things to do than to grieve some "random mortal")

Accepting her fate was easier than living with the haunting thought that she failed to protect her friend, and now there's a chance her husband or son could possibly die and she wouldn't be there to protect them either. An angel that regains hope because of their children and believe that even though their loved one passed away, they will do anything and WILL make sure to protect their young ones until their own doom, no matter what happens, they want to be there and continue raising them. But Miss Schoenheit didn't have that mentality unfortunately and believed if she stayed, Vil would've ended up hurt one way or another, she might've been strong both physically and magically but mentally she was weak and thought lowly of herself and her own abilities. She believed that Eric and Vil didn't deserve a "weak" wife and mother like her (she never expressed these thoughts to Eric either since she was just used to being turned down every time she tried to talk about it by other angels with her rank or higher), her friend dying was probably her last straw and honestly turning into a stone statue felt more peaceful to her at that moment ngl, accepting her fate was easier than fighting back so she did just that.