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authorlmmontes · 22 days

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Introspection

Life’s a gamble, not to get lost in the cards or the games.

#introspection #life #life gamble

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aquitainequeen · 6 months

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BEST THING IN THE EXHIBIT

#Legion: life in the roman army #History #Roman army #Gambling

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ananke-xiii · 8 months

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I just love this scene. A lot.

May I? No. vs Gimme! As you wish.

#spn #supernatural #spn rewatch #spn season 5 #spn s5e2 #good god yall #dean winchester #castiel #deancas #destiel #I don't know what Sera Gamble was thinking when she wrote it but she gave me life #like I don't get it but I get it?#help me make sense of it

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uncanny-tranny · 1 year

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Periodic reminder that unless a person specifically and clearly tells you it is okay to tell others they are trans or queer, you should err on the side of caution and assume they do not want you to tell people (especially random people!) about their transness or queerness.

You have no idea, generally, why somebody doesn't talk openly about their trans or queer status, and you have no idea, truly, how somebody might react to that information. The most progressive person out there is still capable of harbouring incredibly negative thoughts about somebody's queer status.

#lesbian #gay #bi #bisexual #trans #transgender #queer #lgbt #lgbtq #ally advice #inspired after somebody at work outed me (again ×3)#i don't care how 'safe' you assume they will be! you cannot TRULY guarantee their safety!#you are effectively gambling with somebody's safety by assuming you can out them #also even if their safety was somehow 100% guaranteed it is still not your place to dictate what others know about THEM #like it isn't your own information you are giving out. the other person is a real human being with real thoughts...#...and there are real ramifications to your actions! this is like... real life and like... real people #anyway. i'm still fucking horrified at how cool people are (at least wrt me) with outing others 🙃🫠#and it just... further reminds me that others see me as like... a thing to be talked about/over and i'm not seen as an autonomous human #maybe that's not their intentions 9/10 times but that still doesn't justify it nor does it change how i interpret that behaviour 👍#it's just dehumanizing imo to be reminded 'your comfort DOESN'T MATTER. i think you should be talked ABOUT not TO.'#clarification for the first tag: this is the THIRD time somebody has outed me. i NEVER talk about being trans to... pretty much ANYBODY irl #it's shit like this that i have to resist taking the 'doompill' over #because it's scary and dehumanizing every. single. time. i feel so fucking scared each time #because - AGAIN - i know my safety will NEVER be guaranteed because i am trans and queer

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isjasz · 10 months

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Speedran a little thing so my soulmate doesn't fucking kill us in today's session👍

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#goodtimeswithscar #secret life #isdoodles #THIS IS WHY YOU DONT GAMBLE😭😭😭

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star--nymph · 3 months

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Vivienne's fear being 'becoming irrelevant' isn't something that's linked explicitly to her pride, no matter what Solas says about her (and the irony of Mr.Pride himself saying that should not be lost on you), it reveals what and who Vivienne truly is.

She's a survivalist.

Because we don't spend as much time in the Free Marches or Orlesian circles, we don't get to experience what being a mage is in these cultures. In Ferelden and Kirkwall, a mage is a lesser being without freedom no matter what they do--but in the Free Marches and Orlais specifically, mages are commodities that are given freedom so long as they play an entertaining enough role. They can explore the world if they have a noble patron, if they catch the right person's eye. They are, in a way, two sides of the same coin--refusing mages agency and forcing them to relay on higher powers. Vivienne lucked out, as sad as it is, when Bastion fell in love with her; she found someone who was contrarian enough to recognize her as a full person and also someone with power that could help her rise through the ranks. This is not to say that Vivienne on her own wasn't an exceedingly talented and intelligent individual--by nineteen she was already the youngest full fledged mage in Circle history and she was skilled enough to make herself an enchanter. But, I can not emphasize this enough, none of that matters if she didn't also play the Game and impress enough people.

Vivienne could have been the most brilliant mage in the history of Thedas and it means nothing if she was overlooked by nobility.

So when Bastion made her his mistress, she gained not just a lover but also a means to an end. Now she can use her magic to protect herself. Now she can roam where she wants and not be question for it because she's Madame Vivienne. Now, she can walk into the Orlasian court and belong there.

And what happens? Celene notices her and makes her the Court Enchanter, a position that has always been the equivalent of a jester. Vivienne took that title, ignored that it was essentially a glorified insult to who she is, and made it a position of power. She made the Court Enchanter into an advisor, a political rank. She had done the impossible and made mages an actual political entity in the Orlasian Court, something that wasn't seen outside of Tervinter (not counting what players can do under very specific conditions if they made mages in DAO and DA2).

All that, however, only continues as long as the court recognizes her as something worth their attention. Vivienne needs to maintain her act as Madame De Fer, The Lady of Iron, the Court Enchanter, The Jewel of the High Court, because the second she just becomes Vivienne, it's over for her. The assassins coming raining in, her name gets devoured by rumors and gossip, and she'll be found dead at bottom of the stair case with a dagger in her back if she's lucky.

So of course when the Circles fall apart during the Rebellion, she clings to that Loyalist Mages to maintain that structure--of course she moves her pieces to the Inquisition, knowing that if the Circle DOES fall, she at least as another place for herself and mages latch onto--of course when she hears that Celene replaced her with a new Court Enchanter that appeared out of no where, she grows to resent Morrigan.

Like, Morrigan literally pops up out of thin air, makes herself invaluable to Celene, and then plants herself in the place Vivienne had to claw her way up to and create so she could survive. Would you not be resentful when your life's work is usurped by some random witch of the wilds because she happened to charm the Empress? Everything Vivienne strived for all whisked away because the court find a gem who glimmers ever so slightly more than Vivienne.

So yes, Vivienne fears becoming irrelevant because the world has made it so that irrelevance for an Orlesian mage means death.

#vivienne making herself into the most beautiful shining gem of the court #making herself razor sharp and blindingly glittering and audacious so everyone HAS to look at her whether she likes it or not #and then when she thinks she can step away and focus on the Inquisition to help her fellow mages here comes Morrigan #who may be just as glittering just as sharp just as beautiful but she does it in a more wild way that the court snaps its head to look at h #and Vivienne fears that she's about to lost everything #and she white knuckles her alliance to the Inquisition like a life line and hope this gamble sees her through #because the alternative is far too horrifying for her to entertain #and do not confuse all of that with Vivienne being selfish because she's NOT Vivienne is not pulling the ladder from other mages #she wants them to have her power but she's aware that if Morrigan pulls HER ladder than it's all over #and really why the fuck are we holding all that against Vivienne when this is how the world made her (a world that is canonically colorist)#so she could live and breath and be seen as equal in some measurement?#I mean if you can sympathize with SOME OTHER MAGES for how they navigate an hostile world I wonder why you can't do the same for Vivienne #unless there's a glaring reason why you wouldn't dare get to know her #writing #vivienne de fer #dragon age #vivienne #dragon age inquisition

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boygirlctommy · 1 month

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i love the bit from oct 17 2020 when tommy and quackity trapped wilbur in a cobblestone box to keep him from pressing the button... wilbur punching through the blocks with his bare hand to try to get to the button... tommy frantically replacing the block in front of him yelling for quackity to do something... the moment when tommy stops, blocks the exit, and tells wilbur to do it. press the button. but then theyd die with him. quackitys like "wait, wait-" but tommy holds his ground and wilbur. ohh wilbur. "why'd you have to make it so hard?"

#my post #this is just me rambling sorry i love that stream ive watched it sososossoooo many times from all 3 povs #AND AFTER TOMMY AND QUACKITY LEAVE....#wilbur replaces the button. i just need to know that its there.#and he goes on and on about how hes such a showman. how he shouldve just pressed it when he was alone.#but he just NEEDED someone to see him he needed someone to bear witness. guh #shaking. shaking. shaking. tommy put so much trust in him in that moment. he looked at him and said i know you want to hurt yourself but yo #wouldnt hurt me. and is he right to believe that? is he? maybe back in lmanberg maybe back during 'your life is worth more than the #revolution' but in pogtopia?? during 'wilbur wanted to be treated poorly so he treated others poorly'? it was a gamble for sure #and i mean as time went on tommy realized that. that as much as he cared about wilbur he couldnt trust him all the way.#but either way. in that moment i think tommy was sure that wilbur wouldnt press it if he realized that tommyd be killed as well.#that even though at this point people were saying wilbur was crazy. that hed lost it. that even if he didnt get it he knew something was #different about wilbur now. in that moment he bet everything on if there was anything of his brother left he wouldnt hurt him.#fucking. collapses onto the floor #disclaimer if anyone actually reads this far im not trying to slander pogbur in 2024 by calling him crazy thats just how like. every single #other character saw him.#anyways thanks for coming to my ted talk

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nicheguides · 3 months

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How to Distract Yourself from your Quest for Purpose

looking for purpose is hard! harder than you realized… maybe give it a break, just for a bit~

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xerorao · 3 months

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Keep your fangs sharp, and your cash hidden 🐺🪙

#reverse1999 #reverse 1999 #r1999 #reverse 1999 fanart #r1999 fanart #pavia reverse 1999 #centurion reverse 1999 #i present thee the crime duo #Pavirion #can be seen as romantic or platonic #this is my blog so this leans in a 100% shipping territory #what can i say i like equally sly and cunning people together who also enjoy a gamble with life (symbolistically; if thats even a word)#the 2nd image is pavia being a 'guard dog' to centurion mostly because if you remember the daily logins our girl bankrupted 3 casinos lol #he's just there to ensure she doesn't get banned #no not to stop her from going too far btw #he's supportive over her swindling everyone out of their cash #and if things go awry he'll enjoy a slaughter party while she's just basking in her riches in the background-#^which btw was originally going to be a comic before i got burnout from college so yeah #p.s if you made it this far in my rambles; have a cookie #p.p.s i chose the joker card for its symbolism #(sobs i dont have centurion's skin busy being broke-)

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gengwasted · 5 months

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Happy birthday Kakavasha <3

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theactualsunshinechild · 2 months

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I think Aventio and Screwtio shippers shouldn't fight. After all, Ratio has two hands!

That's right. Two hands.

One for his chalk.

One for his codex.

Both of which he's holding in an embarrassed death grip as they chat away with each other about him.

#I'm on to something here #screwtio #aventio #hsr aventurine #veritas ratio #dr ratio #screwllum #hsr #honkai star rail #now as a disclaimer I'm not personally a huge fan of aventio #exclusively because i think they are so SO much funnier as gay friends #but something about combining the two clicks really well to me #Aventurine and Screwllum would be pretty fantastic metamours i think #they'd have a lot of fun playing off each other #but also Screwllum being there to dispute Aventurine's doubts over whether or not Ratio cares as a verified outside perspective #listing off shit like upticks in heartrate pupil dialation etc on top of being like #he talks about you fondly he knows your favorite things i can personally attest that you are very evidently important to him #stuff Aventurine can't easily write off when coming from not only an outside perspective but also a literal Genius #and on the flip side Aventurine would finally have someone other than Ratio and the Trailblazer he can talk to with relative ease #someone who has also been through a frankly incredibly traumatizing historical event #someone who is also under constant pressure to perform a certain way #someone who has gained wealth and power at the cost of carrying responsibilities on his shoulders and never being truly free #appearing free to anyone who glances but neither of them really are #Screwllum seemingly able to freely pursue whatever research he wants but ultimately permanently shackled with his titles #and public pressure to be the perfect poised representative for all of inorganic kind #forever treading the line of being both a desirable ally and a sufficient threat that you wouldn't want to cross him #and similarly Aventurine stuck in his cycle that he feels only death can free him from of gambling with his life on the line #because the IPC basically owns him #because let's be honest Jade's offer was just a lifetime labor contract he couldn't refuse #granted the illusion of freedom through gaining money and power but never truly free

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authorlmmontes · 27 days

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Life's Game

by K. McMahill Here as I sit at the table and see the stares, I already know who is calling me out, not being a road dog, but i know how to be a man. Life’s a gamble, not to get lost in the cards or the games.