#queue rang?

[pfletcher]

It'll be years and I'll never get over the wedding dance - but my heart will always remain soft for the Take Me to Church original version (and, of course, the visuals of them dancing alone).

[xariarte]

timberwolves vs lakers: 1st round of the nba 2024-25 playoffs

[batsplat]

Plsss batsplat drop a nice cozy place to talk motogp that is not this hellhole! twitter? Reddit? Old bar in my hometown? Plsss

idk man i'm quite possibly the worst possible person to ask about this because my motogp fandom experience before like a year and a bit ago was a deliberately solitary experience 😭 i'm not actually built for the discourse trenches ... idc enough about this stuff to discourse ... but if you had to rank all the social media sites

meet me 🥺🥺 in the comments 🥺👉👈 under old motomatters articles 🥺: carries the rare distinction of being an internet comment section worth reading. tightly moderated enough to cut out 80% of the most annoying talking points. gives you a range of viewpoints and often genuinely insightful. obviously you can't comment there anymore, which is a bit of a limitation

reddit: like all of reddit, has very gradually improved over the past decade. all sports subreddits are overly reactive and dominated by fans of whoever the big names currently are, but they do at least earnestly engage with the sport As A Sport. then again, they have no appreciation for narrative and also the understanding of human psychology there is downright asinine. anyhow, the mods went on an authoritarian bent last year i'm a HUGE fan of by banning ALL discussion of the marc/valentino rivalry. i always used to think the tennis subreddit should ban all big three fans and force them to debate the same tired talking points in a separate sub for eternity as a sort of huis clos-type deal - which they never did, but DID mostly banish it to a permanent thread for that purpose. it's made both subs so so much better!! god bless, shame they don't let you write essays speculating on drama from twenty years ago on there

tumblr: before last year, i had a wary attitude towards following sports on tumblr,, didn't know motogp was even a thing on here but the tennis community actively offended me. f1 was sort of my exception because i don't take that seriously as a sport anyway so it's fine. but i cannot stand when people do not engage with the sport as an actual sport... wheel knowledge on this site truly abysmal... i typed up and deleted further thoughts here a couple of times but it's maybe a bit much to take wild potshots at a community i'm in the process of posting in, so. to be delicate. let's leave it at that. i do like how many asks people send on here that simulate outside interest for hopelessly niche topics, a function previously fulfilled by the voices in my head

old motogp forums: funny to browse and occasionally quite insightful, but objectively all these people are clinically insane and more than a little homophobic. pigeon brain sports viewers

twitter: i have a list with motogp sites/journalists that has been a very handy tool over the years, but the fandom is - not to be rude - so fucking ass. i have never seen a single worthwhile opinion about motogp from a fan on twitter

anyway yeah hometown pub probably as workable an option as any of these

[thebad-lydrawn-sanses]

Uhm. Uh. I loev the way you drew Dream and Nm. idk. HEHEHAJb

Dream: No bitches?

Ink: i have done nothing but teleport bread for 3 days Dream: YOU'VE WHAT-

Dream: INK FOR THE LAST TIME I DON'T LIKE STATUES

Dream, injured: (in the sweetest, most innocent cute voice ever) Ink if you purposefully cause negative emotions while I'm fighting my brother again I'm going to rip your spine out <3

Blue: I'M TERRIBLY SORRY IF THIS IS TOO PERSONAL TO ASK, BUT… WHY DO YOU DISLIKE INK SO MUCH? Flashback Ink: well, actually… what happened to your universe was preventable. i kinda… let it happen? most multiverses need a Dream and Nightmare soitwaskindanecessarysorry Dream: . . .

BONUS

[felixcarlucci]

OUTER RANGE 2.07, The End of Innocence

[sprout-battlecats]

sandstorm

[stitched-hearts]

Silly little plushie all embarrassed about it's pose

[actxfmercy]

[ forcing myself to draw more icons yay ]

[nobuverse]

( I love Jeanne so much. She's such an utter sweetheart who legitimately wants the best for everyone she meets. She follows her faith in a way that's sincere but in no way oppressive. She doesn't cherry pick things that would suit her goals, but rather applies her belief of forgiveness universally.

She could easily deny Jalter for everything she is - but choses to accept that she was a part of what formed the original Jeanne D'Arc in life. ( And that included the worst parts of her - her anger, her willingness to shed blood for the causes she believed in ) That's so important to me - she could go living this fantasy that she was this perfect person in life, but never once does she accept that. It's more than just humility, it's the insistence that the person people worship as a saint just doesn't exist, and never did.

The world tried to create an idol, an object of worship - and she refuses it. Not because carrying the guilt of the truth makes her feel better or superior , but because it's the right thing to do.

It's not the fact that she can't feel anger that makes her special, it's her empathy. )

[daily-hanamura]

LEFTOVER HALLOWEEN CANDY

Aka spotlight on some of my fav Yosuke screencaps that didn't get a chance to see the world, arranged in the order of cool to cringe cute

[pfletcher]

A preview of Queen Charlotte and Penelope chatting in s4 ✨

[kismetconstellations]

Why is it trendy to cast Shiro as a police officer in Modern Day AUs, instead of, I don't know-- a honorably discharged veteran, an astronaut, an astronomer, an astrophysicist, or a pilot?

[fatalism-and-villainy]

Is our definition of "whump" too narrow if my novella about a man wallowing in anguish and shame over his own violent sadistic sexual fantasies does not fall under it? 🤔

[thebad-lydrawn-sanses]

Can I pet errors teeth

[fucciwilliams]

[griffongrey]

hello hello! welcome to thedasweekend! intrigued by the dynamic between aldric lapointe and loghain - so maybe those two with the "as said by alistair therein" prompt of: it's moments like this when i truly appreciate the difference between you and me. hope it's fun! uwu

-broodwoof

@broodwoof @thedasweekend I ended up adjusting the line a little just to fit the flow of dialogue better, but this really is a great prompt for Aldric and Loghain. Plus, the fact that it was originally an Alistair quote that's now being inflicted on Loghain is very funny to me lol

In which Solona has such a powerful affect on the people who love her that she haunts the narrative before she's even declared dead. (She's actually just hiding in the Deep Roads doing dubious research on the Calling.) (Also, for context in the third section, Aline is an elf-blooded orphan who may or may not have a claim to the Orlesian throne, which Aldric conveniently fails to mention to Loghain until after her Joining. Aldric doesn't have the secret Fiona knowledge to fully appreciate Loghain's self restraint in not shouting every swear word known to man.)

Aline once accused both Aldric and Loghain of talking about Solona Amell like she was the Maker’s Anointed. Loghain scoffed and rattled off a list of her flaws in response. Aldric just laughed, because he heard how Loghain talked about King Maric, too.

Years ago, when her absence was still meant to be temporary, and the Calling echoed in everyone’s ears like a dirge, and Aldric returned to his homeland for the first time in eight years at his old mentor’s behest, Loghain all but pleaded with him to see reason. And in the heat of the fight…

“You think I like the idea of being some demon’s breakfast?” Aldric shouted, “Clarel’s plan is — I know, it’s horrific. But we’re not going to scrap it just because you think it’s too risky.”

“Maker’s breath, man, that’s not what I said. I’m asking you to stop and think for one second before you run off and kill yourself!”

“We are already dying, Loghain. We can’t afford to wait. There’s every chance we’ll be the last Grey Wardens in history. Now, I swore an oath to protect the world from the Blight no matter what, and if this is what it takes — ”

Loghain huffed and threw his hands in the air like he always did when he dismissed an argument as a lost cause, and something inside Aldric snapped. He hit back with the worst accusation he could think of.

“Hard sacrifices are what the Grey Wardens are built on,” he said. “Solona thought you understood what that meant better than anyone. I wonder what she’d think of you now?”

He knew it was a mistake as soon as the words left his mouth.

That night, when Aldric relayed Loghain’s reservations to her, Warden-Commander Clarel gave the order for Loghain to be arrested. Aldric delayed the Wardens she sent to enforce it just long enough for Loghain to flee Montsimmard. After that, Clarel didn’t trust Aldric enough to introduce him to Magister Erimond until the ritual had already begun, and Aldric wouldn’t have trusted Erimond even if she had.

“What do you mean, royal affairs with elves aren’t ‘an exclusively Orlesian weakness’?”

“No, I won't say another word. I wouldn’t have said anything in the first place, if your sheer idiocy in recruiting the girl hadn’t shocked me into forgetting the value of discretion.”

“Are there elf-blooded royals in Ferelden, too?”

“Stop. Talking.”

“You can’t leave me hanging like this!”

“I can, and I will.”

“Did King Alistair sleep with Zevran?”

“Did — what?”

“I’ve no room to judge, believe me. The things that man can do with his tongue…”

“Which of them did you — ? No. Please stop talking.”

“I’m just saying, I know what I have to ask Solona if she ever comes back.”

“…”

“Loghain?”

“Aldric…”

“Yes?”

“Nothing.”

Years afterward, when Solona’s title had long since passed down to someone else, and new recruits like Aline only knew Adamant Fortress as a cautionary tale, and Aldric had taken to his new role as Loghain’s Warden-Lieutenant as though he’d never left Orlais, Aldric still talked about Solona in the present tense. With the other Wardens present, Loghain tried not to comment on it. But, alone, with no one else to hear him say it…

“Solona is dead.”

Aldric recoiled, too shocked by the harshness in Loghain’s voice to remember what they were meant to be discussing.

“Don’t say that,” Aldric whispered.

“Aldric, no one has ever crossed the Volca Sea and lived to return. It’s been years since even the bard lost contact with her. Face it,” Loghain said, bitterness clouding every word, “she’s dead. She isn’t coming back.”

Aldric was shaking his head, his lips forming the word ‘no’ before he knew they were moving. “I’ve watched her carve her way through a whole thaig full of darkspawn single-handed — ”

“And I’ve watched her kill an Old God single-handed,” Loghain echoed.

“ — If anyone could survive all this time, out there on her own, it’s Solona,” Aldric finished, raising his voice above Lohgain’s.

He waited for a response… and got nothing. Just those icy blue eyes boring into him in silent assessment. Whether they held judgment or — worse, coming from Loghain — pity, Aldric couldn’t tell.

Eventually, Loghain just sighed and said, “You don’t want to do this to yourself.”

Pity, then. Aldric scowled, heat rising in his face. He bit down on the skin of his cheek to keep from saying the first thing that came to his mind.

“That isn’t — I can’t just give up on — ” He shook his head and tried again. “I’m not naive, alright? I know it’s a long shot, but I have to hold onto hope. Without it… well… Maybe that’s the difference between you and me.”

Loghain remained silent again for a long time. Finally, bracing himself for a fight, Aldric looked up, but instead of anger or betrayal in Loghain’s eyes, he was met with the same bitter weariness — a weariness that reminded him Loghain was approaching seventy now — as before.

“You’re right,” Loghain said, with the kind of rueful look that had more in common with a grimace than a smirk. “The difference is that I know exactly how dangerous that kind of hope can be. And it is a mistake I won’t make twice.”

It wasn't judgment or pity, by the way. It was Loghain suddenly remembering that he'd said almost those exact same words to Anora to try to justify bankrupting the nation in his search for a certain other Fereldan hero who disappeared (but didn't, in fact, actually die) at sea. If anyone could survive anything, it would be Maric. But (to Loghain's knowledge) he didn't, so Solona can't. Because Solona may be haunting the narrative before she dies, but Maric has been haunting it since before she was even born.