#dread: 15

[lotro-tooltips-daily]

[bloodbluepearl]

i feel like people don't talk about the impactfulness of swansea immediately ditching his sobriety when he found out that the mouthwash had an alcohol content.

from the very beginning, he was accepting the idea of not getting out of the situation alive.

it takes a strong man to commit to sobriety, especially after 13 years of (presumably) heavy alcoholism, and an even stronger one to remain sober for 15 years, though he hadn't done it for his own enjoyment- that thought of him dead in some ditch somewhere because of some accident or another made while he was drunk out of his mind scared him into it, and pushed him to his decision. he enjoyed his time while drunk, but he knew that he wouldn't make it anywhere in his life and he knew that his time was running out (in many ways: he was getting older, so he would have less of his life left to steer himself in the right direction, and also the amount of alcohol he was drinking could kill him any day at that point, especially as he got older), so he put in the effort to try and 'better' himself- clean himself up, get everything he thinks 'successful' and 'happy' people have, and get sober.

of course, this doesn't make him a happier person, as much as he felt like it should. that was the entire point of his speech before his death- everything he worked for was a lot less exciting when he finally achieved it. but he stayed sober, because he knew that, in a more objective sense, outside of any of his own personal feelings about himself and his life and what he actually enjoyed, he was better off that way. he had more opportunities in life, he could keep a job, and he could maintain his relationships with his wife and kids much better than he could if he was still an alcoholic.

but when the ship crashed, he accepted that it was likely his final resting place, probably from the very beginning. he'd already had his shot at life, he already tried his best to be a model 'functioning member of society', and it was every bit as unfulfilling as it possibly could be. and now he was reaching his mid-life, or even late life. there wasn't much time left for him to be able to try and work toward an invisible goal of 'true happiness', whatever the hell that means. the way he saw it, he'd already lived his whole life. nothing more for him to do.

so when he found out that there was alcohol in the mouthwash, he barely hesitated a second. he drank it because THOSE were the best days of his life. he no longer worried about what kinds of consequences that such a relapse could cause, because at that point it didn't matter. he didn't care about continuing to live his 'model' life because that ship was his grave. he didn't have to worry about how it'd affect the relationship he had with his family, he didn't have to worry about being unable to get a job because he couldn't go half a day without drinking, he didn't have to worry about turning up dead in a ditch because of some mistake caused by his inebriation- it didn't matter in the end. the six months of food supply would run out far before the alcohol could kill him.

he did not for a second consider the possibility of him escaping the ship, even though he was the only person (for the majority of the game) that knew about the working cryo pod. it was never for him- he saw it as being a waste if he got in himself.

he'd already run his course. he would rather save it for someone with more potential to get somewhere in life, someone like daisuke or anya.

[topaz-carbuncle]

For those who also play Veilguard as their Lavellan instead of Rook, i have a new 100% self-indulgent mod to help the illusion of it being the real thing :')

Play as Lavellan - UI name replacers

Now she really is Lavellan (won't prevent the characters from saying Rook in voiced dialogue, however... but I'm taking what I can get)

[felassan]

r/dragonage (Reddit) post titled "Jeff Grubb: Dragon Age: Dreadwolf scheduled to release in late 2024." Post text: "Dreadwolf to be shown this summer and planned release later this year, Bioware is internally confident on the release date. Anything could change of course." Source: [link] Clip: [link] "Credit to: u/IcePopsicleDragon for posting this in r/GamingLeaksAndRumours."

[source]

In episode 339 of Game Mess Decides, Jeff Grubb had the following to say on Dragon Age: Dreadwolf's possible/rumored release window [transcript]:

Question from chat: “Hi Jeff and Mike, when will Dragon Age 4 be shown and released?” Jeff: “Yeah, I mean, I expect it will probably pop up this summer. I don’t know when it’ll be shown is the real answer, that’s the, let’s get that out, I don’t know when it will be shown. I assume it will be shown sometime this summer. Could happen at any time though. It will be released this year [2024], last I heard. That is, and they’re pretty confident about that, doesn’t mean it’s a guarantee, could slip, but right now, internally, they expect to release it later this year, which is why I took it in Fantasy Critic”.

[source (timestamp 35 mins 20 secs), clipped version]

(there were no more mentions of Dragon Age or BioWare during the episode)

[kingofthedaisies]

Season fifteen.

Counting down. I'm so scared.

Episode 13, check.

Episode 14, check.

Episode 15, check.

Episode 16, check.

I think I'm gonna stop. I think I'm gonna be sick. Can't handle this shit.

[terminalvelocityfrfr]

how cool would it be if the dark world from malevolent was catagorized into like 14/15 sections like the fears from tma

do u see the vision

[molagboop]

Anatomy/fabric study, August 29.

[bfdifan26]

one gijinka but she has her hair cut short to look like gaty

[musickickztoo]

Mikey Dread

June 4, 1954 – March 15, 2008

[ninadove]

Can we talk about how every other adaptation (not just movies) has VAN HELSING have the idea to hypnotize Mina?

I am only just beginning my Dracula Adaptations Journey but that does not surprise me at all. The novel is an extremely good surprise when it comes to Mina and Lucy’s characters (bearing in mind it was still published in 1897, so certain bits are bound to age not-so-gracefully) and the one (1) movie I’ve seen so far tried so hard to fix what wasn’t broken it completely shattered the entire plot 😭

[rising-phnx]

I had my appointment with my doctor yesterday to go over the pre-op paperwork for my hysterectomy, and I got scheduled for a bunch of testing that I didn't expect... I have to do a chest xray, an ECG, bloodwork (that's not surprising at least) and apparently, I need to see blood transfusion services in the hospital for blood typing and cross matching... I guess it makes sense. this is by far the most major surgery I'll have had, and I gave the surgeon permission to open me up abdominally if needed. it's kind of scary, honestly. it didn't quite hit me how major of a surgery a hysterectomy is, but I guess they are removing an internal organ.

[retrograde-orbit]

[okkennymay]

Speaking of said dad, he went on a lil mini 10 day holiday across the country to Perth to sight see nature and go on a boat ride to see some Orcas (he's retired, it's his way of getting out the house and not turning into an old man potato, and comes back with hundreds of photos of landscapes, plants and flowers and points of historical interests to show my Mum and I, with cool facts and stories in a slideshow~)

Unfortunately i was still sick at the time and didn't get the chance to join my mum in dropping him off at the airport, let alone the chance to give him a big 'ol hug before he left- so I drew him this 💖

You can't escape the 'Ken hugs.

[fugglecases]

dragondragondragondragondragondragon

[heller-castiel]

the thing is. as a non religious person. i don’t want god to be the villain

[quins-makeshift-menagerie]

Any thoughts on the legends ZA teaser announcement.

Btw hope you are doing well :)

X and Y came out in my birthday in 2013. I worked all that summer to afford a 3DS, and I remember being super obsessed with Mega Mewtwo Y. It’s a game I’m pretty fond of, I believe I still have my copy too.

It’s too early to have any real opinions but I enjoyed Legends Arceus immensely so that combined with the nostalgia of X/Y’s got me pretty excited!