#Handrailing

[emilieshapirostudio]

Mid-sized minimalist metal exterior home photo Image of a medium-sized, minimalist metal exterior house

[livesunique]

Schloss Augustusburg, Brühl, NRW, Deutschland

A. Savin Photography / Maik Monuments

[allanodyne]

bleed my creed for all to see

by AllanOdyne

[upstairsdownstairsandinbetween]

Staircase, Apartment building, Rome, 1977,

Designed by Gaetano Rebecchini and Julio Lafuente

[awkward-pause]

Lance Mountain, 2004

[hercarisntyours]

weirdo

[maybe-boys-do-love]

While the intermedia of GelBoys is VERY referential to Skam, it took me a hot second to figure out what film the tone (sound, pacing, and visuals other than the appliqué motifs) of the actual series reminded me of—until I saw Chian’s “I <3 Paris” shirt. Then it hit me. It’s the first teenage section of the under-seen French queer coming-of-age gem Girlhood by Celine Sciamma (also writer/director of Portrait of a Lady on Fire).

The intimate sights and sounds of city-life from a local point-of-view with distant shots sans dialogue, the tangled queer friendships, the pop songs and synth scoring, the casual city grime right beside bright synthetic colors. Girlhood and GelBoys are not narratively similar, but I’m saying they speak the same cinematic language.

[coldlaugh]

[thelovers-thedreamers-and-me]

shoutout to whoever decided to mount these fluorescent lights at my work in a configuration I like to call "Handrail Roulette"

[ddefender]

DunkKhao i guess cr

[flowery-laser-blasts]

The man is a menace. Please drink responsibly everyone!

[cellarspider]

I was not strong enough to resist--I got Veilguard.

No spoilers: I'm enjoying it so far. The early game is made slightly clunky by its use as a big exposition device for those who might not be up on The Lore, but it's not egregious. While Rook does default to heroic behavior, I do feel like I've had the chance to push things toward ruthlessness--no outright evil, but I'm not generally into that anyway.

The combat will be divisive, but I'm enjoying it well enough. I'm playing a warrior, and I've recently been playing a lot of Armored Core 6, which rewards a lot of aggressive and agile play in similar ways. For those who aren't into it, there are options to crank down the difficulty and just blast through it.

It probably feels best with a controller though--I bought a DualSense PS5 controller a while back, and it's working well with the game. The one thing I've noticed is that while the game has rumble, getting hit doesn't set it off. That makes it a bit harder for me to get the sense of whether I've made a mistake on my timing, but it's not a dealbreaker.

And from the perspective of someone who loves the DA2 version of them: it is possible to make a Qunari who looks good.

Some spoilers for the intro below the fold.

This is my lad. While he might be going by Rook, his real name is Ashkatavi, "(one who) seeks and ends sickness". He's a practicing Qunari and one of the Ben-Hassrath. In less violent times, his role would be something akin to a health and safety inspector--identify problems that are causing suffering among the Qunari, with the legal authority to order fixes.

But these are violent times, and so he's been trained for clandestine work. Similar to a Tallis, but with more long-term, strategic objectives. In this case--disrupt Tevinter slaving operations. Thus, he's ended up in the Shadow Dragons.

And dealing with all of this.

Fade stuff is not a great time for a devout Qunari, but y'know. A big hole in the sky is a serious health and safety violation.

[bentbox-co]

[allanodyne]

I'd rather burn in a sea of flames

by AllanOdyne

[upstairsdownstairsandinbetween]

Casa Romagnolo, Acquarossa, Switzerland,

Courtesy: Wespi de Meuron Romeo

[currenbouquetdor]

uhh...when did they update the valedale bridge?