#but it is excellent when he does that

[ghostbird-7]

Ok I know everyone is always like stop writing that he “growled” something that’s not a thing people don’t do that. But guess what. Eliot Spencer does, and it’s great. One of my favorite things. Suck it.

[lazycranberrydoodles]

you’d think after 800 years he’d learn his lesson about taking afternoon naps. / prev comic / follow for more sleepy xie lian

[evilkitten3]

naruto crack au where kakashi manages to successfully drill the "never abandon your comrades" thing into team seven's heads

so when sasuke deserts naruto and sakura immediately desert with him. like he gets to the village gates and they're just waiting for him bags packed like "what took u so long we doing this or what"

he tries to get them to go back bc of course he does. "no you losers this is about me i'm going to kill my brother. also i'll have to kill my best friend for the super sharingan and you two are like the only people i talk to". but they do not listen. teamwork sasuke we will defeat your brother (OUR brother #communism) with the power of teamwork. just like kakashi-sensei said

suddenly orochimaru has to deal with three horrible little goblins with an even more codependent relationship than his old team

[taimanzano]

First time in months that I just doodle fanart for the fun of it and it’s because I’m obsessed??? with A Ballad of Scarlet and Wine and in the new chapter the wonderful author did some awesome art for Gato and Lobo’s designs and I fell in love!!!!!!! If it’s your thing you have to read it! 

So... I had to doodle them!

Also I’ve been playing Bloodborne daily and my hunter has the Cainhurst Knights attire and... I love side capes. In all cultures, I love side capes. Love them. 

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

In the same bed, but not on the same page

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[cubitodragon-moved]

One awful thing about Forever being trapped in the Nether, just as Etoiles was before him, is that you can’t sleep there. No proper rest. No *bed*. Attempts to do that result in explosions. There is no safe space here for you.

Forever is a good man - not an innocent one, but tries so hard to be good from the core of his very being, in his actions and deeds - who believes he deserves to be punished for his failings. And he has been tricked most harshly with a quest phrased as an ultimatum: fix things in a place no one is meant to go, or his son will be at risk.

And like Phil before him, he followed the orders - tell no one, go alone, be prepared - to the letter. For love of his child.

For the thinnest sliver of a chance to fix things. Hope, used against him.

You shouldn’t be here, Mr. President.

The Nether is a hell dimension and there will be no rest for the wicked.

[hephaestuscrew]

When it becomes clear that Pryce is threatening to walk Minkowski out of an airlock in Ep57 The Devil's Plaything, Eiffel says No for three lines in a row. The first of these lines is a low Oh no of horrified realisation. The third is a defiant shout against the idea that he'd surrender. But nowadays it's the second of these lines that gets me the most: a No that's soft, understated, almost breathed, not addressed to Minkowski or Pryce, just a word which escapes him as the full reality of what might happen sinks in. It's quiet enough that it'd be easy to miss if you were listening in a loud place. It's not an initial sound of realisation. It's not an attempt at defiance. It's not Eiffel trying to plead with Pryce or snap Minkowski out of Pryce's control. He'll do those things later: yelling at both Pryce and Minkowski, banging against the airlock door, crying out in desperation. But before that, he breathes the word No, and he's not trying to communicate anything to anyone. He's just whispering No, expressing beneath his breath - perhaps unconsciously - that this cannot happen. Minkowski cannot die.

[marisatomay]

tom cruise as a filmmaker is so funny because he’s absolutely one of our best living actors and producers (don’t argue with me it’s true) and with ease he could be doing more of what most people think of as Capital “A” Acting but instead he’s like “well i could focus on winning an oscar or i could fly planes and ride off cliffs while i’m still physically able and only one of these options will let me micro-manage the united states navy and be the first movie production to film inside westminster abbey”

[utilitycaster]

this episode particularly reminded me but like. something that I've found extremely difficult in DM-ing and frankly have never found a way around, and which Matt clearly runs into as well, is that players will simply sometimes unquestioningly obey the words of an NPC without trying to gather more information or gain more insight, and it is impossible to tell when they will do this. I had the point person in Cael Morrow tell my PCs to stay on the path of the excavation and as a result the players WOULD NOT deviate from it until it was literally impossible to continue; I had another NPC who they know has ill intent tell them she was waiting for allies and one of them decided to stay behind even though she gave no timeframe and splitting the party led to temporary character death. This isn't a bad thing to be clear, although it's something I'm trying to be cognizant of (perhaps using passive insight more?) but once I'm a player in a D&D game again I am definitely going to try to not fall into this.

[guesst]

sometimes i think about sullivan and how his n iruma’s relationship progresses and what made him choose iruma. i mean it was probably something to do with delkira that made him pick iruma up but i also think about that comment he makes early on in the series, that the others in the 3 greats have grandkids and he doesnt and how hed love to have a grandkid. and how he sends iruma to babyls partly because thats what a proper caretaker is meant to do. and how at the beginning maybe hes playacting and thinking yes this is the boy i have brought over for unspecified reasons, My Grandson, and i am the Grandfather (yay!) but its only later on that The Grandson becomes Iruma Suzuki first and then Sullivan’s Grandson second. and then i get happy about it

[rotten7rat]

BATFILES: Dick Grayson

FULL NAME: Richard John Grayson

ALIAS: Nightwing, prev. Robin

DATE OF BIRTH: March 21, 1991

HAIR: Black, wavy and thick

EYES: Dark blue

SKINTONE: Deep tan

HEIGHT: 5'10"/177cm

WEIGHT: 175lbs/80kg

ETHNIC BACKGROUND: Romani (tracing back to Spain, Romania, France and India mainly)

DISTINCTIVE SCARS AND MARKINGS: moles on face and body, piercing scar on left earlobe, small scar on chin

LANGUAGES: English, Romani (not fluent anymore), Japanese, Mandarin, Cantonese, Russian, Spanish, French, ASL (not entirely fluent), and some Tamaran

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: suffers from regular pain in left knee due to injury acquired during early Nightwing days

[ride-a-dromedary]

Alright, the jack in the box is wound, and the coherence is coming to me. Halsin and the dryad, I was talking about his response if the PC indicates that he is most comfortable after a supper large enough to induce hibernation:

"Mindless gorging...? No, that is not right. I did not realize you thought that of me."

And why this keeps catching in my mind is not necessarily what he says, but how he says it (so I am commending Dave Jones' voice acting here). The rest of Halsin's responses to incorrect answers are generally even toned and corrective; firm, usually, but not inherently overly emotional. Much like a teacher correcting a student. But this one...he sounds genuinely surprised and taken aback that the PC would even suggest that. The "no, that is not right" is even firmer on its heels. And the last part...the last part, his voice is smaller. Less forward. I would not go so far as to suggest hurt, but it is approaching that territory. It comes so fast after his firm no, that it almost sounds like something that slipped by accident. Like something that was meant to be muttered under the breath, but it slipped from him because the surprise was so organic.

Alone, it doesn't mean too much. It's a slight offense to an obviously nonfactual statement. And that's likely all it is. I'm about to read too deep into this, I am aware.

But combined with the other things spread throughout Halsin's dialogue, particularly the implication that he is otherwise used to people making commentary on his physical appearance or the physicality of his being, it suggests an extra layer of hurt. An extra layer of: "I did not expect this from you, of all people." Not quite a betrayal, but approaching one.

What makes it particularly catching, is that one of the things you are able to wrench (and I say wrench because getting Halsin to share mundane personal details about himself is a production - and it makes *sense* it's a production if a. We keep in mind that Halsin himself doesn't seem all too sure who he is beyond his preoccupation - which elves are prone to but Halsin also just has...a lot on his plate that have evidently stunted his identity formation - to the point where he even claims he was forgetting who he was, and b. If he is used to questions concerning himself and his experience leading into questions regarding his sex life or his physical activities, see: the companion banter with Wyll and Karlach, he likely...doesn't really keep ready details about himself personally on tap anymore. He's so unused to people being interested in Halsin, that he's taken aback when they are. It becomes the "In the moment, I forget everything and anything I like to do for fun" mentality - no one really cares about what I like to do anyway - if you will. He even goes so far as to joking that the PC may be a doppelganger because *why else would they want to know these things*) out of Halsin when you ask him about himself is that he has a sweet tooth. That he likes honey, and people find that amusing. He chuckles, but his face falls, evidently prepping for the PC to make a similar comment (and he attempts to beat you to the joke about that, though a PC can still call that "on the nose" to which he responds that there is little point in denying oneself if it doesn't hurt anybody - indulging isn't a bad thing). If the PC instead chooses that he should pay little attention to what others think, he gives that infamous: "sometimes I think people look at me and imagine my feelings can't be hurt" line. Which implies - regardless of whether he verbalizes it or not - things in this thread hurt his feelings. Comments or assumptions about his body and his person hurt his feelings. He won't say it, but they do. The PC is likely aware of this by this point in the relationship.

Halsin does not otherwise bring up eating or food to any level of significance or directness - the sweet tooth comment was the only time (you could assume outside of canon interactions that they've had other conversations between them and that perhaps this was brought up, but we are going to base this solely in what Halsin reveals in canon). He brings up hibernation, but specifically the sleeping part of it. Nothing else.

So, the PC then potentially goes ahead and makes an assumption of him during the dryad. How'd they arrive at this conclusion, as it obviously surprises Halsin that they did? It reads, very much, that the PC is making this assumption based on the comment about his sweet tooth, his comment on indulgence, and his physicality (note: the ha ha bear and hibernation thing almost seems like an afterthought - Halsin latches *very* quickly onto the "mindless gorging" part). All things that he has shown very evident discomfort (which is ironic because the question is when he feels most comfortable) or hesitance towards (he claims there is nothing wrong with indulgence, but never seems to indulge himself beyond sex, if that. Gee, what does that remind you of?)

Halsin entrusted this individual with this information, as frivolous as it was, potentially revealed that it hurts his feelings when people make assumptions of him, and this individual then went used that information and made the assuming connection: "So, this is a big man. He said he liked sugar, so he must like to eat and indulge. It must be his favourite thing to do because look at him." I am going to essentially ignore everything else I could have possibly heard, and make a bear hibernation joke that has nothing to do with sleeping being a comfort, but emphasize the eating part.

So, yeah, he's a little taken aback - incredulous, you might say. A little hurt. Resigned, almost. Because at that point, you can make a very logical assumption that Halsin came to a very quick snap realization that perhaps this person was not so different from the others as he thought. That it always eventually comes back to that. What else was he expecting? When has it ever been any different for him?

[puppyeared]

Atla live action 😐

[blinkpen]

how would YOU cope with some angst-eating azathoth fucker you worship saying your hyperviolence is appreciated but basically the suffer meal equivalent of manchild mcdonalds

[ladycrimsonandblack]

Okay, you know what? I kind of like the idea of Blackbeard learning about the Ancient Weapons. He's been set up as Luffy's ultimate opponent for a very long time, and I appreciate that he's actually getting dangerous enough to count as one. The Blackbeard from the Marineford Arc wouldn't be able to stand up to Luffy as he is now, but a lot of things changed. He's got his Fruits, he's got a dangerous crew, he's got the Road Poneglyphs, and now he'll have info about the Ancient Weapons. He's developed his power just as much as Luffy has, and it'll make him a better villain, and not just a disappointment after Kaidou.

[beastenraged]

Laios falsely tells everyone this man's name is shuro, drags him around everywhere, talks over him, doesn't listen to him, and is pushy. Are you choosing to ignore his flaws on purpose or what? Falin does none of that. Shuro WOULD like laios if he didn't do these things.

Ah, it almost seems like you're trying to pick a fight with me, over something as ridiculous as a fight rooted in misunderstandings between two characters. One that they're both wrong and right for.

But you wouldn't be as silly as that! I believe in your better nature, Anon.

I'll continue a bit of my last post on the subject of Falin's autism, and how it associates with her brother's and Shuro's infatuation. It can be difficult to see, seeing how she's not exactly on-screen a lot of the time in the manga.

Laios and Falin are both attempting to mask (pretending to be Normal) in what we know about the party before the Red Dragon, because what's left of the party only learns about Laios' monster obsession after Falin's death.

Correction: Falin more properly fits the definition of masking, Laios mostly acts under that he knows that there are subjects people will not like him talking about, from past experience, and hates it.

Due to Falin being just as interested in monsters as Laios, we can assume that she hid the same. However, she appears to have more successfully masked (or pretended to be a Normal Person TM) than her brother.

Not uncommon for low needs girl autistics, due to differing socialization. It's easier to pretend to be shy, as a girl than a boy.

So if anything, Shuro most likely fell in love with a mask. A portion of Falin, a shallow portion, but not the whole of her.

Leaving the questions to be:

Would Shuro have loved Falin in the same way, had she not been masking? Or would he hate her just as much as her brother?