#it's interesting and entertaining

[sp3akfromtheart]

for scientific research purposes! out of children of earth and miracle day, which do you prefer?

feel free to leave your reasonings in the tags!

[boasamishipper]

unpopular opinion but i think a ship that's not canon but both halves are canonically insane about each other is infinitely better than a ship that's canon and boring

[cozylittleartblog]

"content creator" is a corporate word.

we are artists.

[juniemunie]

[Abandoned by the Lightners, his heart became cracked with hatred.]

Hitting a lil' too close to home?

[realprissygirl]

my current fav youtube channels

xo, amara ♡ - fab content and black beauty

wildheartwaves - black women self accountability + analysis

pidgin doll - fashion sketching and doll composition

vintagecoochie - black girl cultural analysis

ruthy - bw beauty and makeup

chokoladka - psychological femininity and spirituality

fashion channel - vintage fashion shows

iconicallyiconic - deep dives into girly movies, brands and tv shows

darling dollz - doll releases and rankings

pretty boy xo - stripper vlogs and content

beauty and beyond - compilations of beautymaxxing content

r p - self help for women

earth rabbit - how to feel pretty

♡ princess lyssi ♡ - fashion styling and pink content

chrissie - content for bw mental reframing

han ୨♡୧ - cute and calming doll + sanrio content

kelsey the ballerina - minimalism and self love

msreadtheroom - mental level up content

style intellect - fashion analysis

lelegalliano - bw beauty content

sabrina lilliane - dolliest content

tea renee - hair and makeup tutorials

karine aloude - bw personality analysis

vogue - beauty secrets

codenamechanel - hypergamy content

just michelle - skin and beauty content

jaz turner - feminine development

the style and beauty doctor - skincare content

leah alexander - beauty and level up content

simonesimmo - mental level up

vinertria - beauty and fashion

bellazzi ent. - beauty utilization and self respect

[saessenach]

Thinking many thoughts about Miss Andarateia Cantori tonight because what do you mean we get to be in her house for the entire game, in which she and her boyfriend/partner-in-crime run a gambling den, assassin guild ANd find the time to argue with the public administration while opposing a military occupation?? who does it like her??

Joke aside, I think she's an incredibly fun character, and I'm really happy that hers was the lens through which we saw the Crows this game. Whenever I see random posts and critiques commenting that the Crows were too "sanitised" or "found-family", I want to yell a bit, because DATV never claims that to be the case!! Obviously everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but what we see is anchored in a very specific context: not just Treviso under Antaam occupation, but also the Cantori Diamond, which falls under Teia's jurisdiction.

She's an elven orphan turned Guildmaster and Talon, who desperately wanted to find family in the Crows! While the other Talons resisted her attempts at every step (some more succesfully than others ksks), that implies 1) her approach towards her own House was probably not dissimilar and 2) it got her the Talon position in her 20s. Ergo, her modus operandi was probably fairly successful.

For all that she threatens to evict anyone who treats her like a landlord (lol), the Diamond is very much a reflection of her as a character. It's all completely in line with both her general characterisation in 8 Little Talons and with the point she reaches at the end of that story when confronting Emil. I don't think it's a coincidence that out of our two POVs in 8LT, she's the one discussing Crow ideology with their would-be-murderer:

and

and

Following this particular set-up, of course orphans like Jacobus are treated kindly; of course fledglings have time to gossip in quiet corners while training; of course she helps the Dellamortes however she can?? She decided these people are family to her, and she wants to do better by them than what she got. This is wildly compelling to me personally, because she's such a delightful mix of idealism and disillusionment, honesty and manipulation, compassion and retribution - and she's so fucking obstinate about it!!!

There's also the little connection with the Crows' beginnings, specifically in Treviso. Iirc, it's mentioned in 8LT that her base is Rialto (she's also got gardens there), so a part of me wonders whether the Diamond was an inherited property from a previous Cantori Talon, or whether she got it up and running between then and the events of the game. I think that between that little tibdbit and with Lucanis being named First Talon at the end of the game, it's pretty obvious that the theme of rebirth is very much the point in the Crows' plotline - a messy, hopeful and spiteful rebirth.

All of this is to say, what we get doesn't at all negate the other aspects we've seen from the Crows in previous games, but rather puts them into perspective. The game just goes on to ask - isn't there another way to do this? what else is there room for us to be? is there any chance we might find some kindness in this world? and one of the ways these answers are explored is through Teia's character (we start this series with Zevran's story within the Antivan Crows - an elven orphan bought from a brothel, who doesn't have the power to change this guild, and end with Lucanis, Viago and Teia, who is, specifically, an elven orphan picked up (?) from the streets, who remains one of the powerhouses of the organisation. I love a bit of narrative symmetry ✨)

And honestly, I find this entire thing delightful - it's cheeky and dramatic and a lot of fun, and it makes sense for these characters, if you only sit with it for a second and give it a bit of thought!

(PS the way she draws Viago into her orbit and the way their partnership works is another rant entirely, and they drive me absolutely insane nghhh)

[videogamelover99]

Alex Hirsch going "I'd be interested in exploring Bill confronting all of his lies" during the Seattle book signing and him going "This is my child. Please be kind to him. He doesn't deserve it though." during the San Diego book signing...

It makes me incredibly happy that he's just as obsessed with this problem triangle as we are.

[misperceived-monotreme]

these bitches got bad luck ions out the wazoo

[panbhonpan]

IT'S SATURDAY, YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS

nsmnmsndjsnmdsnmnsnmns helloooooooo

Its Saturday which means I get to see my lil silly bitchy nerd again, Oh I wonder what he might do now Hes probably going rabid idk - man

but yeh, man i miss him- He's gonna lose it- i'd say today but i dont wanna jinx it.

[bombshellsandbluebells]

Obsessed with the concept of Alex Casey though.

You're a detective with a lot of regrets. You have a hard job, you've seen a lot of terrible things, and it's probably what ruined your marriage. You're deeply depressed.

And then some parautilitarian who sees visions but mistakes them for his own original ideas sees visions of your life and decides to write a bunch of pulpy, corny detective novels starring you, outlining every regret you have, your broken marriage, your depression, all through the filter of the most pretentious, over-the-top dialogue ever. And then those books get famous.

And now you have to deal with people constantly meeting you and going, "Oh, Alex Casey. Like the detective from Alan Wake's novels?" but you were Alex Casey first!! The only reason that Alex Casey is Alex Casey is because of you! But the author doesn't even realize it. He thinks he can just put all your regrets, your broken marriage, your demons, your self-hatred out there on the page because he never thought you were real.

And to top it off, he's not even that good of a writer!!

[doraingrid]

Chiara body closeups!

I've worked on Chiara's character sheet for weeks and it was difficult to resist posting bits just as I finish them, so I'm taking a moment to post closeups I've really liked.

I may also use this as an opportunity to talk a bit more about her 👇

Tattoos ✨ Chiara's a proud Crow, she has several tattoos to show for it. Chest, arm and ankle tattoos are all crow themed, with the ankle one representing House de Riva specifically. She had them done after becoming a full Crow (she had to believe she earned the right to have them).

She also has a snake tattoo on her forehead because, well, she really likes them! Chiara saw Emil the adder while growing up in the House, so it's safe to assume the fascination with snakes came from there. That was her first tattoo. Viago scolded her for a whole evening for that questionable choice of motif and placement (forehead? really?? idiot). Secretly he enjoyed that they started having more things in common, even if it was snakes and bad puns.

Body | Scars ✨ Chiara is not a good mage. Not in the traditional stay-in-the-back and cast-spells way. She doesn't know what to do with a staff, it's bad. She had a hard time managing her abilities growing up and her impulsive nature meant she often found herself in the middle of fights catching fists with her face.

She needed to find a new way to fight, traditional mage techniques weren't cutting it. She learnt to wield daggers and infuse them with magic to give her an edge in combat. It took her years of borderline torturous training to become a decent melee fighter.

As a result, her physique is pretty strong for a mage. Years of training twice as hard are showing in the defined muscles and abundance of scars, most self-inflicted, while some hold other stories.

[animentality]

controversial hot take of the day:

game of thrones fans deserved what they got in 2019.

they deserved it.

nine years.

NINE years.

NINE YEARS they circle jerked themselves all over the rest of us, with the "omg game of thrones is the best story ever written in the history of humanity" and "it's so dark and there's so much sex and violence and it's so hot and it's sooo mature, it's not boring and sexless like lord of the rings-"

yeah well, Lord of the fucking Rings stuck the landing, didn't it?

it also had a fucking ending.

game of thrones fans probably won't see a novel ending. so the TV show ending is their canon ending.

and they deserve it.

they talked it up for nine years, acted like it was this perfect beautiful thing that would go down in history as the greatest story ever to grace this earth, and if you didn't like it, then you were called some kind of moron.

by fucking soccer moms with the literary comprehension of a tortoise, and cis white men who think anything with tits, rape, and people being beheaded is "deep" and intelligent.

I remember being pestered nonstop by my peers and my coworkers to watch it, because it's part of the "cultural zeitgeist" and it was a "part of history."

Well, well, well.

Icarus called to tell you your time was up, but you didn't listen until you hit the ground.

But those wax wings sure were beautiful while they existed, weren't they?

[taddymason]

im back

[sanska]

Y’all ever think about how we nearly had a dog as third Hokage?

(Tobi faces under cut!)

This was supposed to be my stress relief sketch but. Expressions are hard. My layers are in shambles. Everything but the initial concept involved me fighting for my life. I changed from doing greyscale to colour last minute and the skintones are all greyyy. But it’s okay they’re technically zombies.

Tobirama in the first pic was basically me drawing this the whole week :’)

[wishchip106]

thinking about this 17 second long scene….

something happened between the club and this scene i just know it…

WHO MAKES THAT FACE WHEN GETTING INTO A CAR?? (freaky people…. 👀)

begging the mcu to just give us a full version of the roadtrip I NEED TO SEE WHAT THESE GAYS DID

gay mutant roadtrip i need you….

[excitementshewrote]

Are Lisa's love interests the next poll?