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[troythecatfish]

[salarymanwaka]

[equalperson]

being an "is often envious of others" narcissist instead of a "believes that others are envious of them" narc SUCKS. WDYM seeing other people do something even slightly better or faster than I do makes Me feel physically ill?? this shit is so embarrassing.

[ladysatoru]

Favourite pre-timeskip Sanji moments

These are a few of my favourite pre ts sanji moments

(1) Baratie arc when sanji served fresh food for don krieg despite everyone telling him that krieg was notorious for betraying people. Sanji still served the food because of his value of "feeding the hungry no matter what"

(2) Sweet sanji preparing bentos for Luffy vivi and a special drink for Vivi's duck karoo so they can go explore the little garden island. Also packing and tying the lunches for the kids (luffy and karoo) by himself

(3) water 7 Sanji following his principle of "never waste food" while fighting CP7's ramen guy wanze (who had a full ramen armour and sanji cut his armour up and served the ramens all in different plates around the kitchen)

(4) thriller bark Sanji holding an unconscious nami up so she won't get injured while he takes all the hits from Absalom He's not just a simp, he genuinely cares for nami

(5) water 7 Sanji smoking a cigarette while spying and finding out sensitive government information

(6) Post enies lobby filler sanji crying throwing up stressing over finding out the right spices of a fried rice. He is a true chef at heart and has so much love for his craft

(7) post skypiea filler G-8 arc sanji when someone says he is better than all of the navy chefs and sanji cutely offers to give his recipes to them. He is so cute kind and humble

(8) sabaody sanji kicking the Celestial dragon knowing what'll happen and not giving a fuck anyway

(9) skypiea sanji being all big smiles and happy while showing conis the bento he has arranged for her and telling them how arranging food is an art (look at the little winged angel he put there as a representation for conis who has wings)

(10) Sanji leaving a message for nami in water 7, even in the dire situation they were in (usopp left, robin was abducted, they were all accused of murder) sanji being his usual cute loser self

[wildstar25]

MiqoMarch Day 18 - Legacy

"This legacy I've inherited; these remnants of your Oblivion..."

[goldenbeastkeeper]

@witchnordemon

Valor was late.

He hadn't even come at all the last time Lord Belos had left the manor for a full day, and today he wasted half the day lying in bed, staring up at the ceiling, debating whether or not he should skip out on today, too.

It was only his promise to keep returning that got him up out of bed.

When he got there, he stared at the fabric-covered tablet for a long moment. Moving his arm felt like fighting against a current, but eventually, he managed to grasp the fabric and pull it down, revealing the Collector's disk beneath.

It was only after that that he took his mask off, and that revealed an extremely tired face, with his normally bright magenta eyes duller than the Collector had ever seen them before.

[mobiusismycomfortcharacter]

WIP Wednesday

A bit I've recently had to rewrite from the untitled fic (which might be getting a title?)

"Mhm," B-15 hums with disbelief. "It seems to me that Loki hasn't been the one wanting space though. I thought you of all people would be happy to have Loki back. So why have you been giving him the cold shoulder?"

"I'm not giving Loki the cold shoulder," Mobius argues.

"It's been pretty frigid from where I'm standing," B-15 says.

Loki yawns and drags a hand across their face again. A sigh escapes Mobius' lips as he recognizes that B-15 is right. As usual.

"Loki has gone to incredible lengths to come back to us. He could leave and go anywhere he wanted to be. I don't think he's chosen to stay out of his love of the TVA," B-15 points out.

"I know," Mobius says quietly.

Low pressure tags to everyone :)

@andthekitchensinkao3 @distracteddream @ghoulehhh @in-my-loki-feels @gloriouslokiuss @loki-is-my-kink-awakening @megglesthegeek @thosegayoldmen @zephyrsobsessions

And of course, anyone else who sees this and wants to join in. What's everyone working on?

[yourmoodboards-areonfiirree]

VII, The Witch 𖤐

𖤐 The Black Tarot 𖤐

(All images found on pinterest)

[lilbitofmac]

A.I. Tony is sick of listening to himself…

[troythecatfish]

[jems-library]

[theoldkyokodied]

Just letting you all know that this is in fact my bluesky account. And that you can follow it if you want :)

you might get early access to some of my drawings before i bulk post them here.... or even exclusive doodles that won't even make it to tumblr (oooooh you want to follow me so badly pls pls pls pls <- trying to put a spell on you)

[thepoisonroom]

this is going to sound insane but was hot mean tech lady in the effective altruism / rational altruism cult lol. i ask out of curiosity bc i think its so funny (tho bad) how it infiltrates so many like. polyamorous STEM social circles

literallyyyyy was and i didn't realize until after things ended between us because she was like 'oh i'm really into philosophy' and i was like hmmm pink flag but you are very hot..... i had read like a very neutral article about ethical altruists in some magazine years before so thought they were just kind of ultimately harmless ascetics

it's so hard to explain to people who haven't been in the bay area dating scene just how insane the ea/longtermism crowd is. i was also working at a bay area bookstore at the time so got a really good insight into their obsession with like. attached and daniel kahneman and whatever.

idk i'm literally presenting at an academic conference about their like apocalyptic cult freak shit just so i can talk about how insane it is. if you ever want to talk about this hit me up lol. or even if you don't this wired article was a really lurid wild tale abt rationalist shit

[officialjohnjones]

If anyone is wondering, while Supernova Academy is open to all applicants, we are unfortunately limiting the members of the Supernova team themselves. There's only so many people that Superman and Robin can bab-- ehem, supervise, out in the field.

[caeslxys]

Something I think is extremely interesting thematically when it comes to connecting what Downfall and the ideas it tackled to the overarching narrative of campaign three is that the things Downfall made a point to showcase of Aeor—Cassida, Hallis, the visual of an aeormaton proposing to her partner, the specific and intentional decision to shed light on a far from insignificant amount of the population being civilians or refugees—is that it plays in perfect parallel across from what is happening (and, really, has been happening) to the ruidusborn on Exandria in present.

Bear with me for a moment. Aeor is ultimately a city that was collectively punished for the decisions of its leadership. We could (and, judging by the amount of discourse around this particular topic already, probably will) argue about what the Gods’ motivation for all of this was—whether it be that they could not, in the end, bear to kill their siblings or that they were terrified at the prospect of mortality—for me it is a very healthy dose of both—but for this I am much more interested in the latter. They were scared. That, really, is the driving force behind both this arc and their role in c3 as a whole.

Why I point this out is: It is far more interesting to me, especially as we go back to Bells Hells this week, to dissect the Gods and their decisions not purely on sympathetic motivation alone but as beings in the highest seat of power in the highest social class in Exandria.

So, having established that the Gods (in relation to mortals) are more a higher social class than anything we could compare to our real life understanding of divinity and that Aeor was eviscerated largely because of their fear—what is the difference between those innocents in Aeor caught in the trappings of their autocratic government leadership and a divine war on the ground, and those of the ruidusborn being manipulated both by Ludinus and by the very thing that inspired such visceral fear in the Gods to start with. I would argue very little.

I think of Cassida, doing what she genuinely thought was right and good and would save people, her son, and the object of her worship—and how that did not matter enough to any of them to spare her because of the fear they held at the very concept of mortality. I think of Liliana and Imogen, one of which we know begged for the gods to help her or send her a sign for years on years, and how every single one of their largest struggles could have been avoided had the gods loved them, their supposed children, as much as they feared what they could be. I think of how the thing that did save Imogen, in the end, was a woman who herself existed in direct defiance of the gods will. I think of that young boy, sixteen years old, that Laudna exalted on Ruidus.

I think it’s completely fair to judge Aeor’s overall society as deeply corrupt—it was!—but its leadership and police force are not a reflection of every one of its citizens. Similarly, it is fair to judge the Ruby Vanguard as corrupt—it is!—but its multiple heads of leadership and even the god-eater further are not a reflection of every one of its members.

Notably, and what I think the Hells will latch onto, this did not matter to the Gods. It did not matter that Cassida was trying to help. She was still too much of a risk. Will it matter, what Imogen does? Will it matter, if that young boy is in the blast radius when they decide to take no further chances?

I’ve seen a lot of people say that the Hells will side with the gods and I don’t think I agree. Especially as Imogen has been scolded and villainized over and over for daring to try and save her mother—who herself has been seen by some as an irredeemable evil in spite of her drive being the exact same—her family—but when it’s the Gods it’s justified? When it’s the Gods, it’s sympathetic? Too sympathetic to criticize further than “they’re family”?

I obviously do not think the Gods should die or be eaten or what have you, and I certainly don’t agree with Ludinus (though I find him much more compelling than just a variation of hubris wizard), but when talking about the Gods in Aeor and in present it isn’t really at all about their motivation or their family. It can’t be. Too many people, including our active protagonists, lives have been effected for it to be as cut and dry as “they’re family”. These are your children. They are your family, too.

[townofcadence]

General update, but I'm very excited to come back to my blog! I wanted to sooner, but I've been getting ready for a big move and didn't want to get distracted. But that should be finished this weekend so I'm very excited to draw and write and be here again ^^

To help start up again, I may consider all threads on the blog concluded unless someone asks to continue a specific one. That way i can hop in with new stuff and not be too overwhelmed. I'll try to reach out and send in things to start some new ones when I'm able to be online fully again!