#difficulty level — hard

[bastardlybonkers]

i feel like not enough ppl are factoring in the cultural clash between laios and shuro and the many micro agressions shuro faced while being in their group. literally the name 'shuro' in itself is one

his name is toshiro 😭 lets also not forget that he has his own communication issues, in the opposite way that laios does- thats literally a factor in their argument, that his envy for laios's ability to express himself sincerely manifested as part of his distaste for him.

ig all this to say like, was their fight heart wrenching, especially when reading laios as autistic? absolutely. anybody whos ever been in laios's position knows how much it hurts to realize someone you thought was your friend doesnt actually like having you around, especially when they didnt tell you and you had no way of knowing due to not understanding their cues. but im begging yall to step back and see the nuance of this situation cause im gonna be real a lot of you are kinda just brushing over it acting like everything is toshiros fault and that hes a terrible person when in reality hes an average guy who really, really clashed with laios and it led to a very long misunderstanding due to their supremely opposite methods of communication. even laios and toshiro, after letting everything out in their fight, were able to come to an understanding and start a foundation for an actual friendship built on better communication

ok yknow what Edit: i shouldve made it even more explicit at the end of this post, i hadnt thought i would need to since i started the post with this, but i think a few too many people are missing my point so i just wanna clarify. i shouldnt have said 'really clashed' and left it at that because yeah they did, but it wasnt just their opposite methods of communication, it is also very much that toshiro was experiencing microaggressions via laios. it may have been unintentional on laios's part, but it still happened and wore him down, made it harder for him to communicate on top of both the more subtle social cues that he was raised with and his own communication difficulties. i also want to say that the fandom reaction to toshiro and the complete ignorance of this point is also racist tbh or at the very least ignorant. i understand that the anime did not cover this panel, and neither did the manga, as this was an omake, but im gonna be real with you guys. there are enough context clues within the story to clue you into this. if you didnt pick up on it thats ok, but i think this is a good lesson in picking up subtext in the stories that youre watching and/or reading. kui shouldnt have to explicitly say 'by the way laios was racist to toshiro' for this point to be understood, and at the very least, when the author portrays a character in a sympathetic light (as kui clearly does) it should make you question Why they are doing so and what makes them sympathetic, rather than youre immediate and only reaction to be 'well i hated what this guy did/said so i hate them and they suck'. idk exactly how to finish this, just. idk. question your biases and gut reactions to things you see in media and stories, and think about whether or not theres subtext that youre missing.

[lloydfrontera]

touch averse javier who doesn't really enjoy physical contact all that much and quietly avoids it whenever he can

who quickly learned to avoid being touched as a child in the streets and could never quite forget that lesson.

who after a few uncomfortable incidents where some people got a little too handsy while confessing to him learned to not do anything that may look like encouragement.

who doesn't mind the occasional pat in the arm or quick hug from the people he loves but mostly prefers to keep his distance if possible.

and who post battle-in-hell and subsequent trip-to-seoul becomes the human equivalent of an octopus when it comes to lloyd and is basically attached by the hip to him 24/7.

it starts small enough, so slowly not even javier notices at first.

it begins with him always wanting to keep lloyd in sight or at the very least be able to hear his heartbeat in the next room

then he starts standing next to lloyd, so close their arms brush whenever one of them gestures a little too much

which eventually progresses into pressing against lloyd's shoulder, always keeping a point of contact between them

until one day when their knuckles brush against each other one too many times and lloyd just grabs his hand in his and when javier doesn't pull away he just goes on with his day like that

and it's. it's nice.

it feels nice.

it feels nice in a way touching another person hasn't felt like for javier in a very long time.

and that's how it becomes normal in the frontera estate to see the young master and his knight just casually holding hands with each other every day <3

[no-light-left-on]

further observations from replaying dh2 as Emily

-> Emily's first real shrine that she finds in a corporeal world has a massive Outsider painting right next to it. there is nothing else to add I just think it's fucking hilarious that that's her first Outsider Shrine Experience

-> The Outsider has a habit of teleporting right next to her or behind her. no personal space. somehow in the time between the two games, the Outsider completely forgot about the concept of personal space. love that for him but I also can't help the reading of him keeping his distance from Corvo and Daud but when it comes to their daughters, he doesn't mind being overly touchy. I refuse to believe that he never got elbowed in the gut for this behaviour later on

->his eyes are so sparkly. everyone talks about his blacker than black eyes but whenever he talks to me all I see is this

[suntails]

I MADE A GUIDE for the hard mode of the legend of the underworld minigame on twst!!! :D i'd been stuck on it for MONTHS before a moot let me know that you can move the boat while paused and hiding the menu, and i wanted to share the knowledge for anyone that's also been stuck and suffering from completionist brain!!

the full image is very large, so you'll need to download it to view it, but i've created a map, added notes of how many lanes i move at a time, what manner i move in (regular speed or while paused), etc! both achievements are possible to beat with this route, and i highly recommend taking ur time while moving so u don't lose a good run!

all rock assets can vary from play to play, so the flames are your best landmark along the way! i wish everyone still stuck the very best of luck, if this helps even one person i'll be over the moon <3

[despazito]

making a little uquiz for the bird nerds

[warabola]

tumblr user warabola, whose FLPC specializes in murder of the self, is obnoxiously obsessed with sinking teeth into characters with layers and layers of persona and deception. no-one is surprised.

[scribefindegil]

I post a lot about how it’s vitally important to be comfortable with making Bad Art if you are a beginner, but I’m struggling a lot with being comfortable making Bad Art due to a loss of capacity. All those quotes about wresting with the gap between understanding and execution hit a lot harder when you used to be able to execute really beautiful, complicated things and now you can’t.

I think a lot about Terry Pratchett’s later books, especially the last one. It’s not as good as what he used to write. You can feel the impact that his illness had on it. It makes it hard to read at times.

I’m still glad that he wrote it.

Since my curse got worse over the summer, all my thoughts are slow and fuzzy. I struggle to remember words and to make connections. I’m not capable of entering the “flow” of writing anymore; every single word is like raising a stone block out of a quarry. My sentences feel clunky and off-kilter. I hate it.

I’d decided that this meant I just couldn’t write anymore.

I think I’ve changed my mind.

I know I can’t write the way I used to, and that’s really hard and frustrating. But giving up and saying, “Well, this means I can’t ever tell stories unless my brain comes back” was just making me more miserable. So I’m going to try. It’s okay if it takes a long time. It’s okay if they aren’t very good. I don’t have to push through if it’s too hard for me to get joy out of it or it ends up making my health worse. But I don’t have to write it off as a lost cause either.

[mybirthstoneisemerald]

Context

I think it would be challenging for Richard to use the toaster — not that it's his first time but whenever he uses it.

He will either make so many toasts because of his desire to make one just like the picture from the cook book or will try once and forget everything. (His fave restaurant probably has buttered toast)

[rapidhighway]

🧍🧍🧍but boy I was WAYY too op for that titan what's up with that

[lokh]

trying out game making sounds fun but im realising that some of the simpler type of games are just. ones that i dont play

[ibijau]

I have started cult of the lamb and I like it pretty well, but also I can't help feeling I'm playing it wrong bc I'm avoiding sacrificing followers at any cost

[noisytenant]

played some rhythm games today for the first time in a while. thumper, muse dash, and got rhythm doctor. really like it. part of me would love to get Really good at rhythm games and get into sight reading, but i feel like it's hard for me to devote energy to playing any kind of game. i'd really have to commit.

[dailypokemoncrochet]

Level 2 Silhouette

Who's that Pokemon?

[pastafossa]

I had cheese wontons once at this food court chinese food place in Alabama at a con I went to, and EVERY year I went back I would get the cheese wontons again. That con no longer exists, so I can’t go, but now I cannot find cheese wontons anywhere else.

Crab? Sure. Pork? Sure. Beef? Sure. BUT NO CHEESE.

So I’m going old school. How hard is it to make and bake some cheese wontons????

[thoughtfullyrainynightmare]

Y'know what? A shoutout to the writers and artists who have chronic pain and still do create. Idk how you do it

[wereh0gz]

I'm gonna be honest I'm so tempted to just look up a playthrough or cutscene comp of final horizon and unblock the tags bc I really don't want to keep playing it lmao