#and i think i'm onto something

[wanderingmind867]

I have an idea for a story I want to try to create in The Sims, but it works just as well as a genuine idea for a comedy. So let me give you the pitch: an alien from the farthest known reaches of space crash lands in a house owned by a married couple and their two young children. Taking him in, he becomes a new, eagerly accepted member of the household. He lives in their furnished basement, while the rest of the family gets the two floors upstairs. It's an unconventional living situation, but it works for them.

In true awkward sitcom fashion, however, our alien protagonist has to try and hide his identity from all the earthlings outside the house (all while also learning about the strange new world all around him). Permanently hiding behind his futuristic technology (which cloaks him in a human disguise), our alien begins working on restoring his spaceship so he can return to his home planet. But as he works, he begins falling in love with the planet earth. More specifically, he falls in love with an awkward earthling who's aspiring to become a popular stand up comedian.

Introducing himself to this new human while in his human disguise, eventually the two of them end up dating. But our alien hasn't ever revealed his true identity to his partner, and his new earth family are beginning to struggle as they cover for him. And also, the spaceship our alien crash landed in has been sending out distress flares this whole time, and now his family from space is coming to rescue him. How will all of these moving parts come into conflict? Is a happy ending possible, or are our two lovebirds fated to never be together? If this were a real sitcom, you'd have to tune in to find out. And the show would get at least 5-6 seasons.

[rocketbirdie]

just move on already.

[deathricedrawn]

i'm ready to try

[griftersbone42]

omg the Protocol was the reason the Magnus Institute burned down

We know that the Protocol is destructive, as the letter said it would destroy Newton's laboratory, so I think it's a fire

The letter was written in 1684, which is only 18 years after the Great Fire of London (1666), which I think they were referring to when they said they had to use the Protocol on the whole city

edit: just found out that historically Newton’s lab did actually burn down so that’s more evidence

edit 2: the letter mentioned an "awful plague" before the Protocol was activated on London, which was probably the Great Plague of London in 1665-1666 (last major bubonic plague epidemic), which the fire actually helped to stop

[functioning-minne-holic]

Free use gf + "go ahead and take another hit" bf

[chinzhilla]

Bullshit reporter. Serves him right for being so full of himself. I have friends in the crew. They say the only good thing about him is his looks.

[avengerdaisy]

Tim Bradford & Lucy Chen The Rookie 7x04 Darkness Falling

[inkpotsprite]

If you told me three years ago that I'd be crying on my keyboard over Stephanie Brown, I would have wondered who the hell that was.

Like she's gone through so much, literal hell if you ask me, and she still works so hard, gives her all, is so fucking brave and still manages to laugh despite everything.

I love her so damn much and it's made me like other characters less by consequence.

[sunlight-shunlight]

one thing about ancient arlathan i wish vg had gotten into (along with any other interesting details besides being vaguely desaturated haha) is that: the ecology should've been pretty crazy? i think it's hinted that spiders get really big in places where the veil is thin. and with all the ambient magic before the veil existed, surely there'd be tons of cool megafauna?? plus ghilan'nain was going ham with bioengineering stuff, there should be all kinds of things running around.

plus modern thedas has survived multiple rounds of blight, which would logically kill off tons of species and lead to a lot of places being turned completely barren... what would it have been like before that? it would add an interesting element to solas' nostalgia if the world is quite literally different in that way.

[lightnersdream-archive]

i've been thinking about exactly why people portraying one of the other crew members successfully killing Jimmy as a "for what you did to Anya" kind of thing rubs me the wrong way a bit and it's because like..... this is just another form of taking agency away from Anya, in a way. it's kind of framing her as some meek, shivery woman-thing who's entirely at the mercy of the men around her, either to hurt her or save her.

(i understand these are mostly for wish fulfillment on the audience's behalf because everyone would like to see Jimmy pay for his crimes. whether or not this is the intention of the person writing it isn't really relevant, characterization happens with or without intent. i feel like it misses the point by portraying it as an 'ideal ending'.)

because... Anya is a capable person. she takes things into her own hands when she can. it was partially(?) her idea to get into the cargo,

(before he interrupts her.. remember when she interrupted Curly in the dead pixel segment?)

it was her idea to get the code scanner from the cockpit,

it was her idea to get the medication from behind the foam.

(the chance to do these things herself is not given to her.)

she'd been keeping Curly alive for months in a critical state somehow, her psych evaluations at the start are only so useless because Jimmy refuses to take it/her seriously and Curly is obviously biased when he puts it into his own hands. he's known him a long time, like he said. "I'll just put good for that one."

there's not a lot of material to work with because of how the game is framed, but it's there. we are working with two very biased perspectives and neither one lends Anya what she deserves

there's significant changes in how she speaks post- and pre- crash, and depending on who she happens to be talking to. i recommend re-reading her dialogue, because the difference is drastic

she acts the way she does around Jimmy because he has tangibly done horrible things to her, is actively hostile, and physically could not escape him by any means. she can't take away Curly's agency herself, in my eyes. you have to remember that Especially in the post-crash segments of the game, it's entirely from Jimmy's POV, and he obviously does not (and has never) thought very highly of her or treated her with a shred of respect

i've seen a general idea that she can't bear to hurt other people for any reason, but that doesn't really track to me. this is the real point of the post by the way

it seems based on the parts where she says she struggles to give Curly medication. "It just hurts him so much, I can't stand the noise." "It makes me nauseous."

it's not really the same thing as, say, hurting someone in self defense

this sounds like she did want the gun itself. this never felt worded like someone who would refuse to, at very least, threaten Jimmy with a gun, with violence. if she had been given the agency to make that decision on her own. she wasn't though

she still tries to reclaim some of it even as she's denied it

by the end she's still trying to keep that gun out of his hands

i think some people overly soften her, for similar reasons the game itself is trying to comment on. she's not a tender victim who couldn't cause pain to another out of the softness of her soul, she's a person who's had every last bit of agency ripped from her repeatedly until she couldn't take it anymore. that's the point. that's why framing her that way, "needing" someone to save her, is odd to me

she didn't need Curly to save her, she needed him to take responsibility

she didn't want to escalate things, but she's not an idiot. self defense was absolutely on her mind

but who knows im just saying shit *smiles serenely*

[wanderingmind867]

I have an idea for a story I want to try to create in The Sims, but it works just as well as a genuine idea for a comedy. So let me give you the pitch: an alien from the farthest known reaches of space crash lands in a house owned by a married couple and their two young children. Taking him in, he becomes a new, eagerly accepted member of the household. He lives in their furnished basement, while the rest of the family gets the two floors upstairs. It's an unconventional living situation, but it works for them.

In true awkward sitcom fashion, however, our alien protagonist has to try and hide his identity from all the earthlings outside the house (all while also learning about the strange new world all around him). Permanently hiding behind his futuristic technology (which cloaks him in a human disguise), our alien begins working on restoring his spaceship so he can return to his home planet. But as he works, he begins falling in love with the planet earth. More specifically, he falls in love with an awkward earthling who's aspiring to become a popular stand up comedian.

Introducing himself to this new human while in his human disguise, eventually the two of them end up dating. But our alien hasn't ever revealed his true identity to his partner, and his new earth family are beginning to struggle as they cover for him. And also, the spaceship our alien crash landed in has been sending out distress flares this whole time, and now his family from space is coming to rescue him. How will all of these moving parts come into conflict? Is a happy ending possible, or are our two lovebirds fated to never be together? If this were a real sitcom, you'd have to tune in to find out. And the show would get at least 5-6 seasons.

[yes-asil]

So ill about the Sky cotl AU, I put Siffrin into multiple capes for fun

[vaguely-concerned]

tiny animation detail from this scene I really like: rook glances towards the locations of lucanis and bellara's rooms (and possibly where they're most likely to be found in this moment?) respectively when they deliver this line!

(honestly I expect that lucanis is hanging out somewhere other than the pantry during this to give everyone in this unfolding catastrophe some space, but consider: it's so much funnier if he IS sitting in the pantry hearing this all go down on the other side of the wall like

taash stomps in with thunder and trepidation in their eyes like 'hey. I need vegetables. can we make vegetables happen.' and lucanis already handing them a lettuce and tomato like i gotchu fam this is literally the only thing I know how to do for you in this situation go with the maker and these salad ingredients I resignedly already know you'll just put on a plate with no dressing no spices no nothing. just the most sleep deprived caffeinated to the point of vibrating gently in place awkward-yet-painfully-well-meaning man in the world standing there before his friend about to have one of the most difficult conversations of their life like '...can I offer you a turnip in these trying times' while rye desperately treads social water out in the dining room to buy time. amazing. our lives really all do touch each other. headcanon passionately embraced)

[cto10121]

Book Fiyero: *immediately recognizes Elphaba and stations himself at the backdoor to prevent her from evading him, stalks her halfway across town to her aerie (even though at that point in time she was only a college friend he hadn’t seen in five years), insists on seeing her again, instinctively goes to comfort her when she first cries, gets sucked into increasingly deep and fraught conversations with her about collateral damage and freedom fighter terrorism, calls her the “most individual, the most separate, the most real” DURING AN ARGUMENT, says he adores Elphaba’s looks IN THAT SAME ARGUMENT, doesn’t understand Elphaba’s “being born with a talent or an inclination for goodness is the aberration” comment because (implied) he sincerely believes Elphaba isn’t evil, changes his mind about the plight of the Animals all by himself but doesn’t mention it to Elphaba because he is afraid she would distance himself from him, buys scarves for both his wife and Elphaba even though only Elphaba likes scarves, is so concerned for Elphaba and her dangerous Lurlinemas Eve mission that he stalks her instead of staying at his club or just leaving town altogether, and is so worried about her that he returns to the aerie just to see her*

Also Book Fiyero: Am I in love with Elphaba?

[lgbtlunaverse]

Horrible thing to say but I think there's a real chance Jiang Yanli was both of her parents' least favorite child and knew it and just kinda. Had to go on with her life knowing that.

[skecherss]

consider.....the cape-as-blanket/umbrella/shield thing but with Tim sheltered beneath Spoiler's big beautiful cloak