#or discussing it online

[shadowsofdread]

people catastrophizing about "swtor's dying, this mmo's dead and no one plays it anymore" versus the couple of new people a year i see posting swtor for the first time. brings a tear to the eye yanno.

[skunkes]

new annoying little back and forth: third time this week

[the-muppet-joker]

you need to move on from athena, milton, and sage. they've already forgotten about you. you're making this harder on yourself to heal and harder on them to change by holding onto this. move on.

I did move on!!!!!!!! I was talking about my OTHER ex polycule

[humblewonderer]

You're not a kind person unless you can be kind to mean people btw

[hamletthedane]

(@archaeos)

[starstruckloversweets]

I love Damian Wayne , sm but honestly, I don't want to see him with a lover or anything . Like as a fan I want him to be happy as a doctor, like i want his personal growth without partners getting in the way. As a fan, I don't care about his relationships with other characters like Jon k, Stargirl, or anyone else like flatline; my main thing is his well-being and development. Bc I WANT to see him break free from being Robin's and probably still have a connection to the Batman mantle or the league of assassins. I want him to stay single, yk to allow him to grow without any setbacks or repeating his father's mistakes, like having a new partner every year. Please, let him stay single forever so he can achieve permanent growth. As a fan, I'm ✨manifesting✨ this shit cause that’s how I want it to go to just leave him be so ppl won’t get pissed with whoever he’s shipped with bc EITHER WAY ppl are never gonna be happy so I just find this outcome to be the best so he can have a normal life for once and not be tied with his father and if he does have to go to the Batman mantle or Ras let him stay single cause idc let him have his growth so ppl won’t see him as the angry Robin like PLEASE. DC PLEASE.

If you don’t like it then please scroll bc this is my rant that I hope dc gets like please 🥀

💔

Please don’t attack me if you don’t like it then leave me alone

[helloanthy]

11.05.2025 🐍 today's anthy!

i drew this around lunar new year ... when i wasnt feeling quite well haha ... i think i stopped working on it because there was a lot of negative space where the ''2025'' is and still is to the right of it ,it looked really empty but didnt know what to do with it. i wish i could remember what brushes i used for texturing, maybe i couldv done that to the background to make it more interesting. but i found this again yesterday when i was organising my files and added the lettering (numericaling ?❔❔❔) and the snake eye drop. which i remember i kept trying to do over and over before i stopped working on it months sago but it just wouldnt turn out right. it came to me pretty easily before i fell asleep last night though. i guess it just needed some time

[ningadudexx]

please support palestinian voices and organizations 🍉 - links and sources

hello, i hope everyone can take the time to read this and consider donating if possible!! ive recently had a few people in palestine reach out to me personally asking for donations, and i think that putting the resources here in a main central post would be a great benefit to these families in order to get them more donations. ive donated to a few of these families and organizations below, but i feel bad that i cant donate more amounts since im currently a full time college student juggling with a job at the moment. so if you can, please please please considering donating or reblogging their pages, so that they can get the help they need!!! i will keep this post pinned so that it is the first thing seen on my account

I hope this post can come across as helpful to someone, the last thing i want is to speak over palestinian voices that NEED to be heard, and i sincerely hope this post doesnt do that. so many people have lost everything in their lives: loved ones, work, school, food, their homes, the list is endless. PLEASE consider donating or speading the word or even just researching on your own time from current news sources. please let me know if i got anything in this post incorrect, i want to make sure this post is a good source for people to look at.

here are a few people who i have donated to that reached out to me for help (i will try my best to update this list as people comment below this post, but i urge you to check the comments section too):

@family1234567 - https://gofund.me/600330a0

@haifa823 - https://www.gofundme.com/f/xxxx-excape-xxxxx

@qaz-1998 - https://gofund.me/f4012f59

@aya-1993 - https://gofund.me/877bdefc

@mosabfmly - https://gofund.me/5ac9124f

@sondos-gaza01 - https://chuffed.org/project/help-sondos-family

@hananfamily11 - https://gofund.me/b905b50e

@alihelpmme - https://gofund.me/ed6e9cb6

@samy-family3 - https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-a-familys-journey-to-evacuate-to-safety-from-gaza

@abdallahf5 - https://gofund.me/034bc2a0

@ahmed3amar - https://gofund.me/dcbeb67b

here are a few organizations as well (please suggest more to add if you can!!!):

PLEASE support palestinian voices!!!!!

[proxentauri]

if i had a nickel for every time i played a remedy game that featured courtney hope’s character trying to get to a world-altering polyhedron in a universe where humans wear special harnesses to survive a world-ending threat, i’d have two nickels, which isn't a lot, but it's sure weird that it's happened twice

flipped version & process beneath the cut!

beth deserved so much better...please quantum break sequel where she's happy :) please remedy...the IP is worth it i promise I'LL fucking come back for her

[indigosfindings]

🔥 video games

im completely sick of people blaming problems in games on, like, The Laziness Of The Devs. it's untrue 99% of the time if you're talking about anything other than, like, the most cynically-produced shovelware imaginable, & it reflects a total unwillingness to engage with the actual realities under which games are made. like, gamefreak or sonic team or ubisoft or whoever can truly work under horrific, soul-crushing crunch conditions for months because the publisher needs the game out for christmas... and when the result inevitably has cut corners, we're going to call them lazy for it?? all i can conclude is that some people are just unwilling to disentangle bad art from Personal Moral Deficiency in their minds lol

[arthursfuckinghat]

So, I've been wondering something.

In red dead online, there isn't too much use for Dead Eye because it doesn't/can't slow time down since you're playing on a server. It's still a powerful skill if you work on the upgrades for it, but one thing I noticed a lot (because I rarely use Dead Eye in online mode) is that your character really doesn't like having a low Dead Eye meter.

As in, your character will cover their eyes and scrunch up their face and wince as if they've got a bad headache (this goes for playing in story mode too). Now I know they're just visual cues for the player to see and be able to tell that the Dead Eye is low (because your aim is much worse with low Dead Eye), but the implications are pretty interesting to me.

So the question is, does having low Dead Eye hurt and why?

We know that both Dead Eye and Eagle Eye are learned skills, and things like cigarettes, cigars, chewing tobacco, alcohol, snake oil and cheese all benefit your Dead Eye when it's low. It's a crucial meter, just like your heath or stamina - which raises more questions in itself.

Dead Eye and Eagle Eye are fascinating to me because they're very valuable abilities that can be used at will, and have specific set limits for how long they can be used at a time.

But only Dead Eye needs regular sustenance, or "feeding" I suppose.

This gives me the impression that Dead Eye is constantly dormant, instead of something that's "turned on" when needed. Like a constant state of being on high alert that's running on the sidelines of your character's day to day life.

When your character hasn’t used Dead Eye for a while and it still drains, it could mean their brain is struggling to maintain that high level of alertness in the background. This constant readiness, or the potential to drop into Dead Eye at any moment, would be like someone constantly being on high alert in real life. Even if they don’t act on it, the strain of staying ready for danger builds up.

Dead Eye uses an almost superhuman level of focus and precision. To enter that state of hyper awareness where time seems to slow down (even if it's just the perception of it), your character's brain might be working much harder than usual, forcing the mind into overdrive. Just like overusing muscles leads to physical fatigue, overworking the brain through intense focus could lead to mental exhaustion and physical symptoms, like headaches or vision problems.

And since Dead Eye depletes like a stamina bar and requires nourishment (cigarettes, alcohol, cheese), the skill could be linked to the body’s energy resources. Using Dead Eye probably increases your character's heart rate, sharpens reflexes, and probably even increases adrenaline production, which are all very taxing on the body.

Which makes sense as to why things like tobacco and alcohol help replenish it.

Stimulants like nicotine or the rush from alcohol might help keep that mental sharpness in check or at least alleviate the strain. It's as if the brain needs to be sharpened or soothed with substances because it's working overdrive in the background, even when you’re not actively engaging with Dead Eye.

So if we treat Dead Eye as something that affects the brain’s chemistry, like sharpening focus and precision, it could also deplete certain neurochemicals or hormones over time (adrenaline, dopamine, etc). Tobacco or alcohol might simulate the release of chemicals that help regulate those abilities. The discomfort your character feels when Dead Eye is low could well be on the same level as withdrawal symptoms, where the brain is craving more of those chemicals to return to its state of super focus.

I mean, what a fucking fascinating concept right?

Dead Eye is solely tied to heightened awareness for life or death situations, focusing entirely on people who can fight back and threaten your life. So while you're using it, you're engaging with targets that could potentially harm you, and that’s why it probably has such a taxing effect. Your mind and body are fully ramped up for combat, for precision, and for survival. It’s essentially a battle skill, designed for quick, decisive violence.

You also gain Dead Eye points for killing people, so you're not just using this dangerous skill, you're learning every time you use it and kill with it.

From a world building pov, this really deepens characters like Arthur or any other Dead Eye users. They're not just "good with guns" - they're managing the toll that comes with honing such a deadly skill. And unlike Eagle Eye, which is more of a passive, less draining ability, Dead Eye seems to tap into something more intense and unsustainable. Which is really fitting for their lifestyle.

Eagle Eye is taught through patience and understanding of the natural world, Dead Eye is forged in fire and the result of a life steeped in bloodshed and conflict.

[somewhereincairparavel]

i have ALWAYS promptly looked forward to jason grace's povs in the hoo books to the point where'd I'd flip the pages till I find the words "JASON" and would count the amount of povs he has in the whole book before I even finished reading, so I feel excited knowing that I'll get to his povs soon. there, I said it.

[simandy]

Arguing with people online is always so weird to me because they're trying to murder me with words but I am literally on my puter

[glitter-soda]

I take part in surveys/online studies for extra cash pretty regularly and some of the questions are hilarious

Like no, I do not feel emotions like “love”, “connection”, or “awe” when I think about fast food brands lmaooo

[secrescaryat]

// pentiment spoilers (implied ig but still there)

more of these because i was inspired