#having to explain to your boss

[trenchcoatedrats]

May name her Lexie Reid. Anyways, Her job title is Wellsite Geologist. Because they were caught lacking. She would be the one to do assessments on drill sites, and monitor the location for potential hazards like gas or Hydrocarbons. not Eldritch Horrors because whose trained for that shit. She'd work closer with the drill crew and Mediate condition reports to Rennick by sense of the job title.

[deadpoolsmom]

it's obviously for exposition reasons but CP9 showing up in Water 7 and IMMEDIATELY unveiling themselves and fully explaining who they are and how their organization works is so funny

Lucci spent 5 years pretending he could only communicate through pigeon ventriloquism, and as soon as he stops he doesn’t shut up. Just immediately yapping about being secret government agents, the structure of their covert organization (that's not supposed to exist), and world government's secret plans for mass destruction. Starting to think Hattori was actually a safeguard so they could make it that long undercover

[havepatienceandendure]

The parallel of donna calling a man she has been fucking for weeks ‘good boy’ when he does something she wants at work to harvey in literally episode two calling mike a ‘good boy’ when he does something harvey wants at work. Writers of suits explain yourselves

[arabella-s-arts]

If the show thinks that that is going to make me forgive Eddie. They are sorely mistaken.

Frankly, I don't care if Eddie saved Buck's life, that's his job, and not everything can be solved with a grand gesture. That doesn't mean nothing can be solved with a grand gesture. Some things can, like if you embarass somebody, so you do something embarassing that they would enjoy to make it up to them.

But using your friend's deepest insecurities against them, telling them they are being selfish for mourning their dad, gaslighting them. No, that can't be solved with a grand gesture. Shows and movies like using grand gestures because it's an easier way to get a storyline cleaned up. But that isn't what is needed to fix this. To fix this, Eddie has to f*cking apologize, and he has to have a repeated pattern of doing better. That takes time, it's not as interesting as Eddie acting like a hero, so I always knew they were never going to do it, but that doesn't mean I have to agree with their decision.

I kinda hated seeing Buck clearly having forgiven Eddie. Buck still has the right to be mad or upset. Or even if he's neither of these things anymore, he still has the right to create space between him and Eddie. But Eddie saved him, so apperently everything's all well and good. Buck's inconveinent feelings can be brushed aside now.

[thats-a-mood-gabriella]

I wonder what would happen if those cultists from Apology Tour tried to summon/sacrifice to Stolas now that he's lost his powers and title.

[sludgekludge]

What's your thoughts on Octavia?

she sure does exist

ok real talk, she's inoffensive, but not really a character archetype i care for, the moody goth teenager. i don't hate her though and her situation strikes a chord. brandon (i believe? correct me if im wrong) calling her a cockblocking bitch or whatever was like. kind of insane and offputting. she's in a really sad situation with a shitty dad but the narrative is so determined to defend stolas over everything and now she's in the wrong for being upset over it? gonna use this to jump off and ramble about stolas abandoning his daughter at every turn because i don't really have much to say about via on her own and i've wanted to complain about this like, forever

like 'stolas is a good dad!' when he:

actively has an open affair in front of her that seems to have kickstarted constant fighting between her parents. stolas does not seem to comfort or communicate with octavia over this whatsoever until she literally runs off crying over it in loo-loo land. even then, he's still fixated on specifically blitz protecting him. go look after your fucking daughter instead of whining about the bodyguard you don't need, dude.

tangentially, invites his affair partner (a stranger that is playing a part in actively disrupting octavia's life and relationship with her father) to what is meant to be a daddy-daughter day (ignores the fact she's not having a good time and then acts surprised when she tells him such) and flirts with him sexually in front of his (underage) daughter. seems to ignore octavia's worsening mood in favour of blitz until the aforementioned tears. has little to say for himself when confronted but assures her he won't abandon her. lol. lmao, even.

promptly forgets about something important to her and abandons her to once again in a foreign place to have sexual banter with his affair partner. is an all-powerful demon who could've pulled blitz away from funny sitcom shenanigans at any point to go look for octavia, but has to be reminded by blitz (sexily, for some reason) that they should go look for their daughters after the sitcom shit is cut short by accident. maybe via can't exactly be killed or hurt but literally anything else could've happened to her while she, a presumably quite sheltered teenager, was running around the human world for the first time by herself. she has to get a pep talk from a stranger (the daughter of her fathers affair partner, by the way) about how her dad might be a fuckup but totally loves her, despite having just spent the last afternoon fawning over blitz instead of worrying about octavia. this stranger is also the only adult bothering to look for her in any capacity. octavia would have spent the entire afternoon lost and alone if it weren't for loona being the only one to give a shit.

'what about my daughter', noticeably just kind of goes home with blitz after everything in mastermind and makes no effort to even call or text her. 'erm he was probably traumatised and exhausted-' literally everyone was just under the impression blitz was going to die. i'm sure they're all traumatised and exhausted. stolas lost his powers and his stupid ass house for a little bit, not even forever, over an affair he actively exploited a power dynamic to consciously have, not caring about how it effected his daughter, or the potential future consequences thereof. hitting the impeccable 'i wont abandon you my daughter who i definitely care about' then instantly forgetting she exists 2 seconds later because he of a hole he dug for himself. the point is he once again prioritises blitz over via. was it that easy to forget about her?

tangentially, if you want to believe that stella is an abusive mother (we haven't seen it in the show but i wouldn't be surprised if they wanted you to perceive it that way) then stolas is doing all of this while allowing stella to have octavia. alone, might i add.

via is objectively right to worry stolas is going to abandon her for blitz because he Does. she doesn't appeal to me as a character persay but her situation is miserable enough that i can't bring myself to really dislike her

[whentherewerebicycles]

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[mihai-florescu]

If engstars was smart they'd collab with the voros twins

[unnonexistence]

everything happens so much

[nullfier]

i could talk all day about mori's treatment of dazai and the way he abused his power over him but i'd rather talk about the ways in which he is still doing it, despite dazai having left the mafia. as we know, dazai left the mafia under oda's instruction, a promise he made to his dying friend in which he said he would become a good person, and be on the side that saves people. oda said, the sides make no difference to you, so he knows for a fact that dazai has no reason to do these things, when good and evil are mere concepts for him and not something he feels drawn to either way. a take i've seen often and one that i quite like is not only did mori have oda killed for the mafia's own personal gain (the deal struck so that they could operate under legal means), but it falls back on mori grooming dazai to one day take his seat. up until this point, dazai has never had anything worth protecting, has never lost anything, has never grieved anything and never experienced the emotional call to despair.

odasaku's death and thus dazai's push into the light, which ends up being with the ada, is the final piece that mori needed to solidify that dazai would one day be able to take his place. they talk about it, dazai says you were afraid of me, weren't you? and in more ways than one, the statement is true. mori had always known that he would and always wanted for dazai to surpass him, but the husk that dazai had become by never wanting anything, never protecting anything scared him if dazai was to dispose of him and assume his seat, because although dazai is a genius, he was callous and didn't value anything. he wouldn't value the mafia like mori does, he wouldn't protect yokohama like mori does. during the guild arc, mori says if dazai was still my right-hand man, the guild would stand no chance. dazai inside of the mafia and outside of it exists as a powerful adversary to whomever he stands against, and i think this is one of many reasons why the ada and the port mafia exist somewhat in tandem. the port mafia and the ada overstep their boundaries from time to time with each other, but the truth lies in mori knowing that dazai could ruin them if he intended to.

in something of a tldr mori aims to push dazai out of the mafia just as much as he intends to keep him within it. he needs dazai to experience loss, needs him to experience what it feels like to protect something, what it feels like to want to protect something. the fact that after dazai left, mori has not replaced his seat as an executive. has not replaced dazai as his right-hand with someone else, continuously offers him his position back means he fully intends to have him back under his wing again, someday. means he fully expects, once dazai has experienced what he needs him to, that he will take over his position, and he will drive dazai back to him. yosano and dazai serve as two prizes that mori currently does not have on his mantle, and in the deal struck with the president of the agency, those are the two he is most likely to pluck out of their ranks to put right back into his own.

[sidesteppostinghours]

pulps law is that whenever i get insane enough about something, i will inevitably attempt to make a persona 5 au, regardless of whether or not i am successful at it.

[welcometoteyvat]

the only thing i took away from hsr 2.1 is that march is gay

[mocury-moto]

okokok so this is definitely the most weirdly specific question ive ever asked but does anyone know if the symmetrical worm enemies in terraria (eater of worlds, destroyer, bone serpent, etc.) flip to stay upright in the same way the asymmetrical ones (wyvern, blood eel, and phantasm dragon) do and we just cant tell bc their designs are symmetrical

[the-blossica-fan]

Vertin eventually just makes her list for the Arcanists she has shorter by combining the names of those who are in a relationship.

Blossica, Isokania, Windla, Kantilda; and there is probably more

On one hand it saves a lot of paper in the long run!

On the other: Vertin, please be prepared for if anyone found out 😭

You know, I think Vertin writes or has written fanfiction, she just seems like the kind to have

She probably has thought about it in her many sessions of "I'm so bored I'd do anything not to be" and came up with those.

It all started with a joke from X about something he read once from a coworker and ever since she has been thinking about it.

No one knows, or at least no one SHOULD know.

She also probably gives the "I know what you are" look to some of the most in denial members of her squad (cough cough Matilda). This is Vertin we're talking about, she knows.

The one who is the closest to finding out is actually Madam Z. She's barely in the suitcase but has the most secretive talks about the foundation in Vertin's room for privacy.

Now Madam Z is suspicious. God save Vertin.

I think I went off the rails with this one, it just sparked some electricity in my brain, I apologize. Anyway

I think she has some fun making some names for the ones in a relationship, and since it saved her a lot of time, she will not stop.

Not until she gets found out

[funhouse-mirror-barbie]

Okay. So I talked briefly about it here but I just want to say this as well.

I think people are missing the point of a lot of discussion and criticisms surrounding the depiction of sexual assault in Hazbin.

And. Well. Based on multiple multi-day internet arguments between Hazbin’s creator and survivors of sexual assault, it seems like the creator may have missed the point as well…

Regardless of how the episode is widely received, the episode coming out isn’t going to magically “validate” or prove that the portrayal of sexual assault was well done.

It won’t prove that it was completely poorly done either.

It is something that is entirely subjective and whether or not it’s “done well” is also subjective.

I personally have a feeling on where I’ll stand when the episode comes out, but that is entirely my own opinion. It won’t take away from anyone else’s opinion. People may disagree with me or agree with me, but my opinion doesn’t somehow bolster or diminish their’s.

And based on the reaction of some of the Hazbin fans, and even the creator and team members, it’s really seeming like they believe they can prove the episode to be objectively “respectful” of survivors once it comes out.

That’s not something anyone gets to decide once and for all.

There will ALWAYS be heated discussions and disagreements on how sensitive topics should be depicted and handled in media and art. That is part of being an artist and making art about difficult subjects.

And it’s genuinely VERY frustrating to see people paint this as completely black and white. When you do so, you’ll end up speaking over survivors no matter what your intention is.

People are weird and messy and grey and contain multitudes upon multitudes. There are going to be survivors who deal with their trauma in all sorts of ways, and NO MATTER WHAT their opinion is on this particular portrayal, whether they think it’s handled well or not, they don’t need randos weighing in and telling them their feelings are wrong or invalid.

And, to be honest, I think it’s really gross to try and use someone’s personal trauma to try and justify your own opinions on whether a show is “good” or “bad”.

[emocatkeith]

day 598 of thinking that a bloodborne/dark souls-esque dark crystal game would go hard as fuck