#also obsessed with Mass effect rn

[nyxpheros]

Hannddss

[not-a-newt]

Hamlet // Yorrick (Mass Effect: Annihilation)

Seems, madam! Nay, it is! I know not 'seems.' / 'Tis not alone my inky cloak, good mother, / Nor customary suits of solemn black, / Nor windy suspiration of forced breath, / No, nor the fruitful river in the eye, / Nor the dejected 'havior of the visage, / Together with all forms, moods, shows of grief, / That can denote me truly. These indeed seem, / For they are actions that a man might play. / But I have that within which passes show. / These but the trappings and the suits of woe.

Thinking about Yorrick and how he would relate to this line (of Hamlet talking about how it isn't possible through any physical means to externally express his drastic emotinal state), as an elcor surrounded by aliens whom he is physiologically unable to meaningfully convey his emotions to outside of the traditional one or two word tone indicators, in spite his characterization as a perceptive and emotionally intelligent character, especially during those last few fanatic moments at the end of the novel

[astrxealis]

i barely know a thing about starfield but i've been hearing a bit and i wonder ... hm ... anyway it's possible i'll get the game either way bcs iirc my dad is interested LMFAO <3

[anoramactir]

CATCH UP! tagged by @pinkfey, tysm jasmine!! <3 i'm usually awful at actually doing tag games, but i'll take any excuse to avoid vacuuming rn

LAST SONG: get him back! by olivia rodrigo! i was at her concert last night and that was the closing song. my friends and i weren't the only non-parents over 20 there, thank god. i had this horrible fear that we'd be towering over an endless sea of middle schoolers like🧍‍♂️

CURRENTLY WATCHING: rewatching sex and the city + black sails simultaneously. i switch depending on how much brainpower i want to use

THREE SHIPS: i finished mass effect in january and i'm still obsessing over margot shep/thane + margot/kaidan. probably will be for the next 6 months, tbh. also temperance (current tav)/karlach!

FAVORITE COLOR: usually pink & green but i might be becoming a purple & yellow girlie? watch this space

CURRENTLY CONSUMING: an embarrassing amount of strawberries. like this is undignified

FIRST SHIP: god. fang/max from maximum ride. yes, the james patterson ya about the kids with wings. no, i don't want to talk about it

PLACE OF BIRTH: pakistan 🇵��

CURRENT LOCATION: florida, though i might be moving to north carolina next year? BIG maybe, but we'll see what happens

RELATIONSHIP STATUS: very casually seeing a guy, we'll probably be done by summer ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

LAST MOVIE: sofia coppola's priscilla! i liked it but didn't love it. the tall guy from euphoria is actually kind of talented, though? who knew?

CURRENTLY WORKING ON: cleaning up my pinterest, thinking about making an album cover for my infamous oc's band. remaking, really. i lost the first version of this edit in a photoshop crash late 2023 and have been to traumatized to try again til now

TAGGING: @gwynbleidd, @yrlietlanaevyss, @jennystahl, @lavampira, @rosykims, @mrs-theirin, @lvllns, @faarkas, @ansburg, and anyone else who sees this and wants to do it.

[seithr]

10 Mutuals I'd like to know better

Tagged by @milkywayes !! Hi heehoo thanks for the tag!!

Under a cut because uhhh when prompted I like talking,

Last song I listened to: Dramaturgy by Eve! me and the songs with identity/mask/heart/gunshot themes. you know how it is <-oc brained

Favorite content to watch: Animation of any sort, variety gaming youtube, HEMA/medieval weaponry or armour videos and talks. And animals rolling around doing things.

Favorite games: Fire Emblem Three Houses, Mass Effect Trilogy, Katana Zero, Final Fantasy XIV. Shoutout to Dragon's Dogma and BlazBlue also. I just made a wholeass chart abt this on twitter, I'll add it in a moment,

Favorite color: Electric, neon, radioactive, eyeburning cyan.

Favorite animals: Dragons, crocodilians, hedgehogs, manuls, med-to-large dogs.

Favorite food: Shrimp tempura, mashed potatoes, butter chicken, schnitzel... dollar store chocolate truffles. Tomatoes in general?

Sweet, spicy, or savory: ohhh tough choice... "It depends" is a copout answer though, but I can't handle anything above mildly spicy so not that 😔 Currently sweet..? I'm having a granola bar and coffee rn

Current obsessions: massy fect... I have moments of being gripped hard by scifi (and mech stuff), and I have been IN this grip for over a month now... Mechs are just another kind of suit of armour. the constant obsession is dragons/fantasy in general tho

Last book I read: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley! Really good, I read it on the beach a while back—currently forcing my way thru Moby Dick by Herman Melville. Why do I always read books about being miserable in the cold while on the beach.

Last thing I googled: "wyvern ammo monhun" <- fake MH HBG fan forgot what the ammo types were called before I made a joke

Relationship: single and good w that 👍

Fun fact: 🇨🇱🇨🇦‼️ I collect cool looking coins and dragon figures/statues! I've been interested in medieval armour and weaponry since I was like eight or younger. I was a chess team nerd before I eventually upgraded to Fire Emblem. I like 3D modelling and animation when I'm not doin 2D art and have old models of my own chars lying around somewhere.

As for tags UHHHHH. Hm im not sure I regularly talk to ten people here as much as I show up in your tags... Nevertheless @arundolyn @goofballproximitysurveyor @jinkisaragi @p3n-dragon @alduinffxiv @kirseber @rexbolt @angelictactics @lululeighsworld @davexander hiii you guys are neat and I like seeing you around. feel free to answer if you like maybe,

[dungeons-and-dragon-age]

Fandom asks: 2, 6, 20, 23?

[ask game]

Hiya, thank you for the ask!! :]

2. a headcanon you weren't sure about at first but have come to like!

I can't think of anything specific rn so imma just generally say shipping headcanons! I used to be waayyy more opposed to shipping but one thing that DA has helped to learn is to enjoy romantic content/headcanons alongside non-romantic ones

6. something you see in art a lot and love

The different ways people stylise the anchor

Carver being taller than Hawke

When Wardens are visibly tainted/ a little fucked up (tapetum lucidum, black veins, or any sort of anatomical weirdness)

Giving faves more chub to show that they are healing 😌

OC tarot cards!!

20. your very first fandom!

Warrior cats! xD That was the first time i was involved in an online community for a fandom and not just my friends and schoolmates with the same obsession as me lol. First big hyperfixation that kickstarted me getting into art For Real, nad into animation and RPing and all sorts of stuff, so it's still has a very special place in my heart

23. the fandom you're curious about because of a mutual

Answered here (it`s Mass Effect) but something you also got me interested in is PoE! I've had my eyes on it before but now it's a more active curiosity :]

[sparatus]

Get to Know Me!

tagged by @teamdilf and @thetrashbagswasteland, thanks guys!!

last song: I Bring the Light || Rave the Reqviem [spotify] [yt] [lyrics]

favourite color: purble :blushy:

currently watching: this yt doc on creepshow art by cruel world happy mind

last movie: UHHHH great question. that i can remember is probably Dragons, A Fantasy Made Real

currently reading: on god i'm trying to read project sunseeker when the adhd lets me. also grudgingly pushing through rereading after time adrift among the stars so we can do these rewrites, and also also iron widow by xiran jay zhao

sweet/spicy/savory: bounces WILDLY between all three, usually savory but rn doing a lot of sweet cause uh. most savory shit is crunchy and that's not very nice to my temp crown :lmao:

relationship status: engaged to @lightspeedpowerpunk!!

current obsession: nervous laughter. i mean there's the perennial mass effect and transformers ofc, but my brain's kinda teetering on the edge of jumping into dc comics (yeah i know) and the temptation to go rewatch supernatural again (YEAH I KNOW) is very real. i do not control the autism

last thing I googled: "opposite of dorsal"

currently working on: NERVOUS LAUGHTER. i mean right now it's just laundry but flipping between uhhh 4 different wips, as of right this second im plugging away at ch3 for the weight of memory, might be able to finish it this weekend fingers crossed

tagging. idk. @dandenbo @writernopal @heymacareyna @insomniac-spider-man @otemporanerys and anybody else who wants to!

[eljeebee]

Was tagged by @mini-uzzy ! Thank u <3

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Show your wallpaper!

It's my simself :D

Last song you listened to

It's Funkytown by Lipps Inc. LMAO

Currently reading

None at the moment :( I'm trying to look for fictional books to read but can't find any. Maybe next time. Suggestions perhaps? Though, I have a fanfic I'm reading but haven't finished yet since I got busy. It's City of Dogs by superdanganisland in AO3. It's a Tiger & Bunny fic. It's a must read, and a must watch. Live Love Watch Tiger & Bunny.

Last movie

Tinkerbell and the Legend of the NeverBeast 😭😭 i watched it with my sister yesterday. I love Disney fairies so much. So sad Pixie Hollow Online closed down years ago

Last show

Tiger & Bunny

Craving

Something sweet. Like macarons, or chocolate cake. Or fruit cake. Cupcakes? And some yakult tea from serenitea 😭

What are you wearing right now

Black sleeveless square too with some pink pompom/tassels on the hem, red shorts with polka dots. I just finished showering, actually. Just got home from school :D (it's really hot rn. I'm dreading this summer season sm)

How tall are you

5'0? 5'1? 5'2? Idk. That's my range. It's up to you which one's my height LMAOOO all i know is I'm an inch smaller than my cousin

Piercings

The typical earlobe piercings :D

Tattoos

None 😅 I'm planning to, when I'm an adulting adult. Or maybe not. Depends, bc my skin is very sensitive. Sensitive in a sense where i get rashes and allergic reaction and stuff

Glasses/contacts

None! Still as sharp-eyed as ever. Enough to read my instructors' small fonts in their presentation projected on a messy whiteboard LMAO

Last thing you ate

Chocolate covered ice cream popsicle I bought and ate earlier when i was in school LMAO it was my snack

Favorite color

Violet

Current obsession

The Sims 4 (obviously 😆) and scp foundation. Y'all saw my ocs The Harrisons? They're actually my scp OCs. Even got a personnel file I made in MS Word and all. And some lore. But you didn't hear that from me 🤭 also Mass Effect, Dragon Age.

Any pets

None :(

Favorite fictional character

AHHHH! I have a lot!!! Okay, I'll choose one. Ermmm Javik from Mass Effect

Last place you traveled

Well....the state university here near us...bc it's my school!

Tagging: @damseljamsel @bnt0 @emjeeyeey @heronoriginals and any one who sees this :)

[chibichibisha]

I already loved Bioware's Mass Effect, but I'm also playing Dragon Age games rn and I'm falling in love so much, I'm getting obsessed. Origins is a bit of an oldie now but it's so great. The characters are charming and I love Bioware's formula of picking up your fav lil details and shape your own canon/worldtate that sticks to your lickings. Alistair is my little boo and I will always be a Grey Warden.

Also finished playing DA2 and it's such a big step. Much more fluid and smooth and lots of charming interesting characters, even if that game is just a big tragic tale.

But my most fav game even if it's the shortest of them is Awakening. Love the crew, love the vibe of little family in the Grey Wardens with your own character. Love how the little victory in Amaranthine feels where you prevents and almost follow-up Blight and the talking drakspawns were so interesting.

And Anders is my little bby and I will always be sad to see him fall into madness in DA2.

[gnomewithalaptop]

Ok, finally getting to those other Asks I wanted to do. So the TAU blog reblog of ur "The last time I saw you (you were so young)" fic post, u said this: "'LISTEN I know I’m meant to be working on that one longfic but my mother told me a story about my deceased grandmother & then I just blacked out and wrote this idk what to tell you", I thought for a sec, u were talking about: "The Man Who Knew the Future You" (I love the idea of Alcor meeting a past Mizar; prob. so weird for both, lol), 2/?.

(Continuing on from my Last Ask(s)): , but then I realized u were prob. talking about "Cue the Sun" instead actually, which I found out from the Ask from toothpastecanyon asking: "What is cue the sun? 👀" (having trouble linking links), & now, I am obsessed w/ that idea/it. Like, a civil war, a R!Ford Mom having a R!Gideon (of all people) Troubled teen of all people (it's also cool to see more Ford & Gideon stuff in TAU & R's of them too), trying to find something to win the civil war 3?/?.

(Continued from Last Ask(s) again, sorry for how many Asks): , but then them finding like a 2016 (I think it was 2016) Gravity Falls and meeting a skeptical and/or sus. Stan (Stan meeting reincarnations of his brother and enemy and/or past enemy, man, oh man) and the OG Mystery Twins (Dipper and Mabel, right? Awesome. That/This should be very fun), and they all think it is 2016, and not, 7098 (man, the year differences is gonna be strange &/or confusing for everyone), &/or etc. 4?/?

(Continued from my Last Ask(s) again): Like, sign me up for "Cue the Sun"! And it is gonna be a longfic (probably)? Like, even if it wasn't, I would still be interested in it, but it being a longifc is even better (as a Gravity Falls, TAU, and/or etc. fan even more esp.). The map(s) u did for "Cue the Sun", & the thought u are putting into "Cue the Sun" is amazing. 4 or 5?/?. The next 1 should hopefully be my Last Ask. I didn't realize the/my Asks would get this many.

(Continued from my Other Asks. Just 1 more after this): Is there any more "Cue the Sun" posts besides that Ask I mentioned in my other Ask(s)? When I try searching up "cue the sun" on ur blog, this is all I get "Sorry, no results for cue the sun". I didn't even get that Ask I talked about, that literally has "cue the sun" in the Ask. Tumblr's Search can be so bad sometimes. Anyways, really excited for "Cue the Sun", whenever that is. & I love ur other TAU fics and posts too! 5 or 6?/?.

(original cue the sun post)

Oh dude. Dude. Never apologize for sending too many asks -- getting this in my inbox literally made my day. To your first question: yes! The longfic in question is Cue the Sun -- I'm still working through it rn, and I'm hoping to start publishing sometime this summer/fall -- woot woot graduation time! Right now, it's looking to be about 6-7 long-ish chapters? Which is def a longfic in my book lol (I'm trying to get it all written out before I start posting -- that way I can keep with a consistent update schedule)

I am SUPER excited about it though -- I've been having a blast working through the twists and turns of it all and making sure all the pieces fit together (and dropping Easter Eggs to as many other pieces of TAU lore as possible lmao)

But yes! OG Mystery Twins are 16-17 y/o Mabel and Dipper Pines, Stan is extremely sus (but lbr that's par the course for him), and Olya and Fatima (r!Gideon and r!Ford) are about to have the worst week of their lives.

Featuring: dead sisters who haunt the narrative, utopian society models gone wrong, weapons of mass destruction, the long-term effects of magical radiation (i.e. what happens when you stick a Chernobyl disaster inside Gravity Falls), and narratively significant golf carts

FINALLY: you can find all my writing posts under #this-is-gnomes-writing-tag, but since you're the second person to express interest in this fic, I'll start tagging Cue the Sun stuff with #cue the sun. Right now there isn't really much there (read: it is a barren wasteland) bc I tend to just vague post about things, but I'll make sure to tag any future excerpts/asks/milestones

[aizenat]

ill be upfront and say i support jk rowling and i think a lot of her opinions on gender/sex are insightful and common sense. but it rlly is embarrassing the way people talk about her, it only makes them look obsessive and unreasonable and it clearly doesn't have a deterrent effect on her or on the mass of people who don't give a shit about this debate. the amount of virtue signalling and doomsaying i've seen has been just insane. anyway. if u want to block me now for being a radfem i will understand, cheers 🤘

My post wasn’t to say “fuck jkr! Guys let’s stop talking about her so she becomes irrelevant!” Reading it back, I guess I can see how that could be seen, but it’s less that and more commentary about liberals and their piss poor ability to actually put effort where it matters. There are literal politicians getting into power while saying bigoted things and liberals just let them. The same people screaming the loudest about a game rn can’t even call out their uncles and aunts at thanksgiving dinner when they start their MAGA rants.

I’m not a supporter of her in general, but when I see women getting attacked for shit you will never see a man vilified to this level for, I’m going to have a problem with that because, yes, I am a feminist. Jkr hasn’t personally killed or attacked anyone, she had never once tweeted actual threats of violence, nor encouraged her followers to attack trans people, nor has she donated to any organizations whose sole mission is conversion “therapy” or to keep trans people from obtaining and exercising their basic human rights. Trump literally incited an insurrection and, for now, he’s being allowed to run for president again! Jkr hasn’t done anything to that level of inciting violence, and yet she’s public enemy number one? Over trump? Over derp? Over mtg? Over Lauren bobble head? Over McCarthy? Over any Tory leader? Over the proud boys and actual white neo nazis? Over cops who have actually killed more citizens since the 2020 blm protests than less? Over, and I mean this literally, any man???????

I’m sick of the moral grandstanding and virtue signaling, especially in order to defend bad behavior. That’s what I was trying to say with that post lol. That if this really was about wanting to combat bigotry, you’d just boycott and move on. Not give it attention. But when you want to virtue signal, when you want the whole world to see what a “good person” you are and pat you on the back for it, when you value being SEEN as a “good person” over actually behaving like one, then you need to make a show of it so everyone can see how “good” you are. It’s not authentic, and I’m not buying it. As another post I reblogged articulated, it’s looking for your morals to justify your shitty behavior because “at least I believe the right things.” And beliefs don’t matter if your actions don’t reflect it.

Also, please recognize that my usage of “you” is general and not specifically you. Since I’ve seen many a people not seem to understand when I’m using general “you”s.

[steph-squatch]

I have a fuck load of games to play that havent been played yet but I want to replay dragon age

[pirunika]

I got tagged by @disasteralien thank you pal ^^ been a while since I did one of these...

A: 3 ships

Torian x bh (swtor)

Garrus x Shep (mass effect)

Alistair x Aeducan! warden (dragon age)

B: Last Song

Seafarer by Lindy Fay Hella I'm obsessed w it rn

C: Last Movie

uhhh right.. Kubo and the Two Strings

D: Currently Craving

Water... can someone bring a glass uhhh

E: Currently Reading

nothing atm... tho this reminds me I should start something

1: Favorite Color

BLUE <3

2: Last Series

Im watching the new season of Witcher rn

3. Sweet, Savoury, or Spicy

Sweet

4. Currently Working On

Some fanfic I'm planning in my head lol other than boring real-life stuff that is too long to write here

Also so tagging!

@epileptic-psychopath @little-diesel-gb @kinokochouchou @californiagoddess @wickedbachelorette @woebegonepotato @somin-yin @1kokabiel @hatsune-yeetku

[nikomedes]

saw this in a tag and decided to give it a whirl. consider urself tagged for it if u want to make a version. i don't think i have any hot takes here, but details below the cut:

fav game of all time: basic bitch hours, it's new vegas. this shit is bugged to hell, crash constantly, and every year gets less accessible to play on pc. and yet. and yet...

favorite series: i love stealth action and immersive sims so much, and the world of dishonored just whips. don't think i rly need to justify lol

best soundtrack: ive been addicted to the soundtrack for paradise killer since i played it. it's got range but also, vaporwave music beats ass? if thats the right genre? love it

favorite protagonist: okay so mass effect is kind of a cop-out bc you can customize the protag visually and through moral choices, BUT. the voice work on femshep is iconic and i loved the story i told with her. its a lifelong treasured memory

favorite "villain": im not rly a villain fucker so this was a tough one. glados would be a gimme, but thinking about it, i really enjoyed fighting the darkness in alan wake a lot. the way it possesses people, animals, and objects is still very cool. also, i wanted to get alan wake on the board. cool dude stephen king sim my beloved

best story: if you've played outer wilds you know, if you haven't go play it. if you can't (it rly fucks with the motion sick), im so sorry. it was so cool unraveling the mystery of this game and the ending rly got me

have not played but want to: don't drag me please. i want disco elysium very badly but i have a lot going on rn and can't give it any time sdlkfjdljf

you love but everyone hates: i can't speak to vocal hatred, but ive found over the years people don't care for bioshock 2 as much as others in the series. i love it. i love the endings, even the bad ones. big sisters are for lesbians, etc

you hate but everyone loves: again, "everyone loves" is a wild exaggeration given the drama around c/yberpunk, but i think it does have its devotees and people who stuck with it after the patches. i couldve put d/etroit become racist here too, but i wanted to stick to games i actually played. i put 15 hours into this game and loved parts of it, but ultimately had to stop playing bc the extreme fixation on sex and trivializing exploitation started to... actually trigger me! oops! my bff made me uninstall my pirated copy lmfao

best art style: sable is so simple yet so beautifully rendered. i played it to 100% completion and loved every minute. i had this game in several categories as i made this, including relaxing game, but it's maybe my favorite example of "less is more" in game art.

favorite ending: now i wasnt on the 10 year long ride for kentucky route zero some people were, which i can't blame anyone for affecting their opinion of the ending. i played this game over three days once it was finished and open-mouth sobbed my way through the ending, though. so. you should get hurt too!

favorite boss fight: can we talk about the esseJ fight in control. please god im dying to talk about the esseJ fight in control. accessing the optional boss, her outfit, and the fight itself are all just... so choice

childhood game: my first video game ever was armored core for the ps1! could this be why im obsessed with robots? who could say! my mom played it with me, too, which makes it very special for me

relaxing game: listen, the actual story of eliza isn't especially relaxing, given it grapples with mental illness, therapy, and implementation of machine-learning ai. but kabufuda solitaire. catch me on my virtual phone inside this video game playing hours of kabufuda solitaire.

stressful game: i love prey conceptually so much! so much! and at every turn i am terrorized by mimics

game you always come back to: fallout 4 couldve fit here too, because for me they occupy the same space of "ive put too many hours of my life into this long video game, i have GOT to stop starting new saves," but i think the story of dragon age: inquisition is fundamentally better, so. every few years im back to get a weird green hand vagina again

guilty pleasure: i hate the story of fallout 4. i just do. i also dont like other choices they made with the world and lore for it, and nick valentine isn't even romanceable. cringe. but also im addicted to the base building mechanics and i have probably 500+ hours in it between xbox and steam

tons of hours played: just edging out fallout 4 for hours of my life spent making virtual buildings nicer, its stardew valley! top tier depression gaming. maru is the best wife

i will put an honorable mention for pokemon sword, which i dont think fits any of these categories for me particularly well, but which has been keeping me alive the last two months lmfao

[surpriserose]

What’s something you’re obsessed with rn?

Mass effect legendary edition was a mistake my brain is so focused on mass effect now omg its gonna get 1000 times worse when i reach the end of me3 and finally do the citadel dlc Xvuzvsjsbxkdjdsk

Also give me a week and yeah.....im gonna go through the same thing with pokemon legends arceus zbzhsnjssmma

[mechahero]

//au idea under the cut cause its 3 am and im embarrassed in advance lol

okay i haven’t kept up with anything marvel related for the longest time but the idea wanda.vision pitches about a super powerful being with reality manipulation powers altering the reality around them to be a sitcom to try and cope with negative emotions/create a happier life for themselves? chef’s kiss

and now i kind of want to make an au where lambda just. does that. i don’t think he’d take over a town to do it but he would make a town and he’d just model it after sitcoms he watched growing up (like roseanne (at least before it went downhill or with everything with the actress that played roseanne), full house, the addams family or the munsters or something? i can’t really recall any others cause im really tired rn so this might be edited later) and he’d just make it into this thing where he’s the new kid in town who’s moved in with his family (not his real family but a family he created using his powers. and they would be modeled after your stereotypical sitcom family) and basically he’s made it where everyone in town loves him and his family more or less dote on him and treat him like he’s a silly little troublemaker who’s zany schemes get him way over his head sometimes! (by basically scolding him but letting him know they still very much love him and hugging it out at the end of the “episode”, in typical sitcom fashion) despite being a walking, talking mass of metal and flesh but no one bats an eye at that

now the twist is that, lambda isn’t very happy about it. he’s trying to convince himself that he’s happy but he isn’t. even though he’s made it so that everyone in town genuinely loves him, he just doesn’t know what to do with it. he’s spent so long obsessing over this idealized image of love, that when he’s genuinely given it, he panics. and he doesn’t know how to talk to anyone about it. it just... doesn’t feel right. it feels wrong. the love, the town. something is off about it but no one can quite place what.

also there’s fighting the bad guy of the week and openly supernatural elements such as other monsters or weird weather effects and stuff because we’re adding a dash of sabrina the teenage witch in here too.