#the forces are aligning

[ye-olde-tardis]

WhAT IS HAPPENING ????

[miyamiwu]

Yang Cheng whom nobody trusts. Yang Cheng whom nobody expects anything of. Yang Cheng who dares not dream. Yang Cheng who feels undeserving of others’ love. Yang Cheng who can’t outright say what he wants. Yang Cheng who can’t envision a future for himself.

Shang Chao who trusts him. Shang Chao who expects things from him. Shang Chao who clearly states what he wants from him without beating around the bush. Shang Chao who patiently explains why he is worthy of trust and love. Shang Chao who loudly cheers him on. Shang Chao who shows him a path he could take. Shang Chao who supports him every step of the way. Shang Chao… who loves so honestly and bravely, he literally glows

and Yang Cheng feels like it’s all just a dream because… how could it be so good and bright and warm—

but then suddenly it’s raining

and suddenly the lights are off

suddenly he’s gone,

and Yang Cheng’s back to being on his own.

If he had been as brave and honest,

if he had kept loving without worrying—

—about gains and losses (拿得起放得下),

would he have reached him?

would he have saved him?

[windwardstar]

Y'all. Unalinged nonbinary people exist. Nonbinary people who don't align themselves with the side of the binary opposite they were assigned at birth exist. They are still trans. The are still affected by the same forces as binary trans people. Stop pretending that every experience is binary.

[lautums]

Disco Elysium except Harry is literally just a teddybear. That's it that's the post

[xxkonstantinxx2xx4x]

I've seen someone before posted like this half life characters in alignment charts so I'll give it a try-

[lucy-moderatz]

[kisses-in-the-void]

One of the reasons I don’t agree with the interpretation that Melkor hated and mistreated Mairon is that, instead of being a "more accurate look at canon", I feel like it oversimplifies him and turns him into a flat caricature with no depth.

It's like he doesn’t even need a motive to hate someone, and hatred is the only emotion he’s capable of experiencing nonstop — like breathing. (I know the Valar probably don’t need air, but you get my clever metaphor.) It makes him a very boring and one-dimensional character, and I just don’t think he belongs in that category, even if he is a literal Satan and the root of all evil in Arda. But he still had his own specific reasons for actively loathing someone, even if sometimes those reasons might seem illogical.

He hated Varda because she rejected him. He hated Aulë because they were similar, but Melkor was jealous of his rival’s talents and insecure about his own. He hated Ulmo and his dominion — the ocean — because he couldn’t subdue it. He hated all of the Eldar because he believed they were responsible for his imprisonment in Mandos (since the Valar went to war against him to protect them). He hated Húrin and cursed his family because Húrin disrespected him.

Melkor might have been quick to feel anger, hatred, and a desire to destroy or punish someone — but he still needed a reason for it. When he felt denied, disrespected, threatened, or unable to control something. And I just don’t see Mairon falling into any of those categories.

On the contrary, not only did he willingly accept Melkor as his master and serve him to the best of his ability, but he also admired and adored him. I think even someone as evil and cruel as Melkor would have felt at least some satisfaction in having such a servant — someone who acknowledged him as a leader and as a talented creator. Maybe… he might even have been grateful.

I don't think it’s such a stretch to assume that he could have been pleased with Mairon to some degree. Or that it was absolutely impossible for him to feel any positive emotion when he accomplished something good (good from his own perspective, of course). Mairon, being complicit in all of Melkor’s deeds upon Arda, could very well have earned some rewards for it — and been uplifted above others.

And it’s very much canon that he trusted Mairon the most — that Mairon was his greatest servant and held "the great power" under his command. To me, that suggests something closer to respect (at least to the extent Melkor was capable of feeling it for anyone) rather than hate, and also a recognition of the value of his most devoted follower — loyal from the Elder Days to the very end of their relationship.

[strawberry-halla]

screaming sobbing at the very idea that felassan was right and the realization solas must have felt as he’s falling in love with the very mortals he didn’t view as people.

solas thought he could run away from this, taking the most drastic of measures by killing one of his most trusted friends so there would be no doubts.

but then, the universe finds a way. the red string attaches itself to him and pulls.

you want to disregard humanity, solas? try doing so when it fights back in the form of someone who accepts you as you are. can you truly end everything when she unravels the knots that hide away your spirit?

[radioactive-yuri]

interesting thing about the oiar is that they don't seem to be collecting something as much as they are, well, assessing things. at the magnus institute, people specifically came in to have their statements taken. the feeling was very much the institute feeding on stories from the very start. but at the office of institute assesment and response, not a single case was meant for them. these are just assorted accounts of things that have happened to people that they are looking at. assessing. and categorizing. something the institute never officially did.

if something spooky happens to you in the archives universe, you go to a spooky institute and give them your statement. if something spooky happens to you in the protocol universe, and you happen to have left some sort of trace of it online, the office of incident assesment and response finds it and categorizes it.

the functional difference is that the oiar is not feeding. it is assessing. it is observing something. the affects of something. maybe something they don't even understand. some sort of change that occured in their universe.

[vonspe]

u know that chaotic neutral/lawful evil kinda scale, what does scipio lean more into? :)

OOH! That’s a GREAT question! I think he definitely grows from Lawful Evil to either Lawful Neutral or even Neutral Good within the span of the game, maybe something inbetween.

[kuriipi]

I'm rewatching hazbin and I still can't find where the fandom decided that Vox gets abused and/or manipulated by Valentino??? Like did we not all see Voxxy play him like a fucking fiddle in episode 2??? I'm losing my fucking mind!

At worst Valentino is abusing his mental health with all the damage control he's forced to do!!

[pleaseletmeinibeg453]

Conan Gray announcing new music reminded me of his song astronomy which reminded me of the jelsa fic astronomy and I read it and now I'm lying in a puddle of my own tears

[swinging-stars-from-satellites]

I'm gonna be real with you I align more with grunge and emo than I do with punk like it's all about creativity and personal expression outside of the societal norm (thus the umbrella term "alternative") but for me it's less creativity and expression as a form of rebellion, more of creativity and expression as necessary for survival

[vinylv1]

POV: My comforts when things go wrong

[hallucinateonpaperspines]

ashlyn be like:

At least for cybertronians. Though I'm convinced that that level of unhingedness is just human nature

LMAO

She's wearing that with pride, much to Ratchet and Optimus' denial (Ratchet because his sparkling is a perfect angel *he says while holding a wrench* and Optimus with a resigned silence that refuses to acknowledge it)

JA332 nominated her. Makeshift, Breakdown, Knockout, the security guard from that one episode, Simmons, Miko, Raf, Vince, Bulkhead, Bee, Starscream, and half a dozen vehicons supported it. Fowler, Jack, and Arcee chose to remain neutral.

[liones-s]

I've been trying to pay more attention to when things feel easy. I spent so many years forcing things - relationships, interests, routines - that it was difficult to imagine things could or should feel differently. now that I've starting experiencing things that feel natural, I'm learning that hard work and forcing things are not equivalent. Doing well in a class I enjoy takes a lot of work, but it's not miserable. Swimming makes me tired but it brings me joy. When I tell someone I like spending time with them, they suggest fun things to do and it just happens to be an activity I love. Relationships and hobbies and passions take work, but they can feel good. Noticing when it feels good can help us find the way towards what's meant for us.