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Nod-Krai is melting pot of so many possibly conflicting factions omg

- there's the Fatui and their Harbingers working under whatever the Palestar Edict is, and also likely Dotorre and the others working on Project Stuzha

- the Adventurer's Guild, their head and also their possible associations with Sandrone

- Nod-Krai's own factions aka the Voynich Guild, the Frostmoon Scions and The Lightkeepers (latter two who may be in conflict, added to the Lightkeeper tensions with the Fatui for Nod-Krai's autonomy)

- fucking TREASURE HOARDERS LORE DROP? HELLO??? Maybe there's going to be an HQ for them given that they apparently originate from Nod-Krai

- the Abyss attacking via the Wild Hunt

- Knights of Favonius!!! Varka's expedition (minus a few members) are also here omg. I'll be surprised if Varka doesn't release during this period

- the HEXENZIRKEL holy shit. First playable character soon??

6.X going to be STACKED

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long term nuclear waste warnings, pencil sketches

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In Furina's most recurring nightmares she stands atop the blood of her citizens. Except that it is not blood, it is just water, and her citizens aren't real.

From my fic reflets dans l'eau, which is a quick (like, really quick, 900 words!) read about various Fontaine characters' perceptions of Furina. I had so much fun writing it and putting in motifs and themes, so I'd love for you to read it!

I'd absolutely love to hear your thoughts as well <3

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kaveh with miku's hairstyle bc why not

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happy navratri ft ajaw ft brat summer ugly green colour. he Will hit you with his dandiya

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Existential despair is so common in a person's twenties, I think, because up until that point, we've had a pretty clear road map for what's expected of us and we haven't had much reason to question that map. There are still a few milestones outlined for us (start a career, get married, make babies) but more and more young people are entering the post-school world and realizing:

A) that career thing just isn't happening like they said it would

B) I'm not ready to get married/I don't want to get married/marriage isn't the sort of life-altering event that it used to be

C) I'm not ready to make babies/I don't want a baby/I can't afford to raise children right now (see point A)

And in the absence of these milestones to shoot for (which one could argue weren't the promise of fulfillment they claimed to be in the first place), what we're left with is this aimless abyss of "the rest of our lives" sprawling out ahead of us with no indication of how it will go or what we should be doing to shape it. Young people start their first jobs, find they hate them, and think to themselves, "Is this it? Am I just supposed to do this job until I'm too old to do it or die first?"

Which is, yeah, really fucking depressing!! So here's my best attempt at an alternate roadmap for young people that don't vibe with the old model. Please feel free to add in your own suggestions!

Learn how you work and what you want out of a job. Unless you've been in a job-specific training program that gives you hands-on experience, your first jobs should be experiments. Learn how a full-time job feels for you, what elements are more or less difficult. Different workplaces have different cultures and expectations - what do you need out of a job environment? Do you need to find fulfillment in your job or is it enough for it to pay the bills and leave you time to find outside fulfillment? Do you want to climb a corporate ladder or are you content to hunker down as long as your bills get paid? This period of experimentation is exhausting and may feel like it's consuming your whole life.

Learn how to make time for things outside of work. Adapting to a full-time work environment often leaves you feeling so drained that you can't do anything but go home and collapse on the couch every day. That's fine - for a little while. But it can also become a habit. You need to learn how to do things after work or you'll go crazy. Go to a trivia night. Start an exercise schedule. Take a class in your community. Find volunteer work. Join a band. You will find that putting more things into your day makes you feel like you have more time, not less.

Find a community. Making friends as an adult can feel impossible. Where do you find these mysterious friends everyone seems to have?? This goes along with #2, though. As you start regularly attending the same activities, you will find that repeat interactions with the same people turn into friendships or at least friendly acquaintances. Say yes to invitations. Get involved in your local community. Strive to be connected enough to bump into people at the grocery store.

Unlearn bad lessons. We all internalize some messed up things when we're growing up. As you start off your adult life, that's the time to actively work at unpacking the things you've brought with you from childhood and deciding which things are helping you and which things are harming you. This might mean therapy or joining a spiritual group or reading new things or just making special time to be in your own head.

Learn the lessons you missed. In this, I mostly mean practical things. "Adulting." Areas of your day-to-day practical life that are causing you extreme stress are probably related to a knowledge or experience gap. Do you hate cooking and cleaning or were you not taught how to do it properly? Are you afraid of making medical appointments or is it just something new you're not used to? Does money make you queasy or do you need to learn how to make a budget?

Find something fulfilling. This can be your job. It can be volunteer work. It can be faith. It can be a hobby. It can be creating things. It can be challenging yourself physically. It can be activism. It can be going for walks in nature. Everyone finds fulfillment in different places. If you're not finding it where you are, look somewhere else.

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taylor is now a 14-time grammy award winner

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Hi OP, i know your post wasn't about america, but can we please talk about america? this also applies to America, hey did you know this happens in america too? oh hey this applies to america too, did you know about america? i bet noone has mentioned america yet, as an american i feel the need to mention this happens in america too. this also goes for america. america America America can we talk about america please? we should talk about how this happens in america. nothing can be talked about without mentioning america. we need to talk about america.

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i love this blue vegetable so much

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行姑凉

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Snug bug 🌅

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THE POTIONS EVENT IS SO FUN. all I've been doing in genshin for the past few days is making silly potions and then selling them and seeing my stonks go up. immense satisfaction ft. random character cameos??? venti my dude aren't you allergic to cats how are you hanging around diona and not unleashing your elemental burst via allergy-induced sneezing

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Do you actually care about transmascs or do you just like slapping top scars on fictional twinks and talking about boy pussy

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when the friends don't read the self help book you've been suggesting them when they REALLY could do with a read of the self help book you've been suggesting (the self help book is the haikyuu manga)

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he would make a solid minion

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Alhaitham, the moment his roommate leaves town: Ditches his house, hangs out in shady back alleys at the port, joins the black market to make illegal purchases, picks fights with random Eremites in the cafes, brawls with the chief of police, raids a forbidden temple, overthrows the government--

Call that "Kavehless Behavior."