#but yeah :)

[ups-sups]

The Perfect Successor

[grapefacegrfa]

Almost every character voice in this game is such a jumpscare because wdym the microwave is voiced by Knuckles the Echidna???? 😭💀

[vin-at-thehub]

I feel like no one talks about how there is a chance Jax could be close to abstracting. For one, Kinger does say “the worst thing you can do in this world is make someone feel unwanted” and well…Pomni is the only one that actively makes Jax feel wanted—and yeah, he’s a dick, so it’s not like it’s undeserved, but it still stands a point. Jax has pretty obviously become less energetic as the episodes go on, and the whole being overridden for an episode (becoming vegan) definitely knocked into him. I mean, he’s a fan favorite so fair enough that he’ll probably be fine, but it’s interesting to think of how he could very well abstract soon.

[literary-chameleon]

Third Year: Forever Winter

[baldursghaik]

what is so good about the launch day version??

A lot of small (mostly) changes, but they are impactful, to me at least.

An incomplete list, if anyone would like to add to it, please feel free to do so:

Gortash's letters to Franc Peartree (small and easily missable, but such delicious Gortash material that added a lot of complexity and charm to his character)

A complete visual overhaul of the Emperor's conversation with Ansur in the Wyrmway (this one is downright offensive because it completely changes the mood of the scene, and larian makes it blatantly clear they don't trust their fanbase to read nuance)

The dream visitor is significantly less chatty/talkative since launch day (anecdotal, but this has been mine and other people's experience, so I feel confident enough to list it)

Cut flirty dialogue between Wyll, Lae'zel, and Shadowheart

So much cut or rearranged dialogue. A lot of characters have had their coarsest edges sanded down in a way that many find to be unpalatable

Minthara. Good god where to even start. I fully disagree with larian's decision to allow you to bonk her and have her show up at Moonrise. There's also things added in the latest patch that I know got the diehard minthy fans (justifiably) riled up

This is anecdotal, but it feels like companions are MUCH easier to romance now. On my current Wyll run, every single companion was champing at the bit to sleep with him during the tiefling party, even though I'd made it a point to not speak to half of them beyond their recruitment.

They made changes to Astarion's ascended ending and the way the PC reacts to it, to soften the blow for players that were uncomfortable with... making evil decisions??? Larian, why. To be fair, this would not be present in the launch day version of the game, but I still find it to be worth listing

The Emperor now uses a blanket in its romance scene. This is also small and genuinely not impactful, but it irks me all the same. In fact there's a slew of small Emperor changes that aren't enough to be upset about, but bother me because there was no good reason to change them

A meaningful Emperor thing they DID change though: its comment that it will simply mind wipe anyone that walked in on it and the PC sleeping together. This was a shamefully lazy way of getting out of dealing with that, not to mention it's a blatantly fucked up and evil thing to say, and the PC has zero recourse to point that out

The way the game looks, and I'll confess up front that this one is a double edged sword. Larian made a lot of changes to how things are rendered in, so a lot of textures are much more "crunchy" and stiff looking now. On one hand, this is tremendously beneficial for people with lower end machines that struggled to run the game efficiently. I don't think this is a bad thing. On the other, my machine has never had trouble running the game, so for me the latest patches are a graphical downgrade for no good reason. I wish Larian would have offered this as something you could opt in to

Related to the last point, this is so nitpicky but I don't care--look what they did to the default camp shirt! WHY HAS NO ONE RELEASED A MOD TO REVERT THIS, IT DRIVES ME UP THE FUCKING WALL--

There's a lot more I'm sure, but those were the ones I could drum up off the top of my head. I will admit, most of my preference is born from having played and beaten the game before patch 1 dropped, but I do really like the rougher edges that were present before Larian sanded them down.

Larian has a long history of caving to fan preference, and I think it's really shooting the studio in the foot. They keep demonstrating that they don't trust their fans to engage with compelling and deeply nuanced stories without eventually simplifying them, or shaving off the things that make larian's brand of storytelling truly shine.

[luck-lasts]

Please correct me if I am wrong because I am slightly fuzzy on the details, but why is it assumed that the actions done by JGY were purely in self preservation? I don't think we can believe all his claims at Guanyin Temple, because A) He was already established as a manipulative character and B) He was trying to convince LXC, his only potential ally, of his innocence. I am genuinely asking because from how I interpreted the text (purely subjective), it doesn't seem like we are supposed to believe everything he says.

And once again, I am fuzzy on the details, but the curse on Jin Zixun, or even the killing of Nie Mingjue doesn't make sense as an act of protection, because if I recall correctly, JGY had been in the process of somewhat regaining the trust of NMJ, which would have allowed him to turn the situation in his favour. Also, if we do talk about his primary motive to get to a position of safety, how do we determine what this position is? Is Chief Cultivator the only position where he is truly safe? Or would the future reign of Jin Zixuan, who treated him better than his father did, mean a better, safer position for JGY, if he had bided his time? Power means safety, absolutely, but at what point do we say his actions stopped being for protection and started being solely for power? I think that depends a lot of how individuals intepret the Guanyin Temple scene, so there won't be an objective answer.

In matters of intent, I am unfortunately a corp lawyer who really misses studying criminal law, and any discussion of mens rea will have me rambling way more than anyone would want. So to summarize my views, I would say intention matters because without intention it becomes very difficult to determine the morality of any action ( basic example would be why there is a lesser punishment for manslaughter than for culpable homicide). How dangerous someone is does matter, but your culpability for causing that danger again ties back to intention. (which is why someone who is legally unsound may be more dangerous than a legally sound person, but is seen as less culpable) (also relevant is that it is indicated that WWX, by a point, had become unstable, and while not unsound, was not fully in his right mind either).

Basically, from my perspective, WWX made horrible, horrible choices, which caused a lot of damage. If he had done so with malice, the consequences would be far far worse, and I agree, the Wens would not have survived because it would have triggered even worse escalation. JGY also made horrible, horrible choices., some of them out of necessity. But as per my interpretation (again, very subjective), he didn't just do it with the aim of self-preservation, he did it with malice, for political gain. And intention cannot be eliminated as a relevant consideration, because once we do that, we reach a slippery slope of essentially legal and moral chaos (not going to expand because I guarantee, I will end up rambling, but this is the most agreed upon perspective in most branches of jurisprudence, not sure about it works in moral philosophy).

Really sorry about how all over the place this reblog is, just putting my thoughts out there. TLDR; The veracity of JGY's claims is doubtful, and his actions show malicious intention. Intention absolutely matters, and that is what sets WWX and JGY apart.

As much as I love and appreciate fandom metas, especially in mxtx fandoms, a lot of times I find myself thinking "the book is deep but not THIS deep". There are many layers, but there is clear intention from the author in portraying things a certain way. Acting like Wei Wuxian is a villain and Jin Guangyao is a poor meow meow who did all of this because he was poor just detracts from the fact that both characters had a certain level of autonomy and they used it in very different ways. Despite his flaws, Wei Wuxian used his abilities to help the innocent. Jin Guangyao, despite how much he sufferered, chose to murder and destroy lives because he wanted to be at the top. His background humanizes him, it isn't intended to justify his actions.

[nogenderonlychair]

Is anyone going to talk about how this is probably the first time in years Logan hasn’t worn his suit underneath his clothes

[akanemnon]

Let's even the odds!

FIRST - PREVIOUS - NEXT

MASTERPOST (for the full series / FAQ / reference sheets)

[bastart13]

I remember starting these in 2022, but what better time than the present to finish the wedding set

The charms really were beautiful

[ryuzumisama]

Chilchuck Timbs 👞

[orionfrommars]

More Elita and Bee bc I love them very much

I was also inspired by @crumb-crumblet-s-crumbington overly emotional optimus ♡

[Please do not steal, trace, repost or modify my work]

[yaoirotic]

Prince of Heat Damage

[ochiody]

what if penelope was in love in paradise

[sand-jam]

cant believe no ones done THE ninjago situationship to this

[im-zomino]

i think that sheep might be looking at me