#episode 835

[hauntingblue]

Big mom backstory time?????

[v-67]

Yeah idk man, I'm simping for this character design. Like wow. Just look.

Katakuri

I hope he doesn't do something which makes me hate him😩

Episodes 835 to 847 somewhere

17th January, 2024

I have an exam tomorrow😭😭😭😭

Will watch Onepiece after 29th January now

[turtlecleric]

Masterpost

Hey, I'm Cleric! This is my TMNT x Reader sideblog. Something is Very Wrong with me, and I'm here to both receive and inflict psychic damage via fictional turtle men. 18+!! All characters aged up 💕 I do not take requests, sorry!!

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Navigation

If you're looking for content on a specific turtle, I tag stuff like this: iteration!turtle

Iterations: 03, 07, bay, and rise

Turtles: leo, raph, donnie, and mikey

So, for example, if you're looking for stuff with Donnie from Rise, that's tagged as #rise!donnie

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TurtleCleric Scrolls (stuff I've written) - This post was getting waaay too long, so I'm only going to add links here for pieces that are at least 500 words. If you want to see everything, just search the #turtlecleric scrolls tag. I mostly write with a female reader in mind. Please make sure to heed the content warnings!

2003

Yes, Leonardo - NSFW; Leo does a scene with Reader; 1612 words

2007

Perfect - NSFW; Viole(n)t Part 1 (Leo and Raph are in a relationship with reader and share her in bed); 1785 words

Just Right - NSFW; Viole(n)t Part 2; 2707 words

Just For Me - NSFW; Viole(n)t, early relationship; Raph is pissed and uses reader to get back at Leo; 1596 words

Prompt: "You love me?" - angst with Raph; 2978 words

Bay

Get Out - Angst; Donnie wants to help reader during a depressive episode, but reader pushes him away; 657 words

Shark Week - Comfort; Donnie takes care of you on your period; 617 words

Be Mine? - Angst; Reader has a not-very-good Valentine's Day, only for Mikey to show up and make it better (featuring mutually pining idiots); 1056 words

New Drug - Angst; Mikey x Addict!Reader, casual sex with pining; Reader's POV is 849 words; Mikey's POV is 1561 words

Nightmare - Hurt/Comfort; Mikey feels guilty about reader's past assault; 881 words

Interrupted - NSFW; Mikey thinks about reader while masturbating; 1760 words

Sparkle - NSFW; Mikey and reader have some spicy time for her birthday; 2634 words

Deserved - Angst; a continuation of something dear Yorshie wrote, read this first; Raph comes across reader on a job without knowing it's her; 820 words [baby's first reader fic!]

Too Late - Angst; happens during/right after Deserved and is Raph's POV; 890 words

Not Your Fault - Angst/Hurt/Comfort?; Raph accidentally triggers a panic attack/dissociative episode in reader; 1522 words

Stupid - Angst/Hurt/Comfort; Reader starts crying during spicy time, and Donnie comforts her; 1247 words

Butterflies - Mikey, soul mate au, uhhh cute? idk; 1100 words

anchor - hurt/no comfort; 722 words

Got You - Raph, angst, mostly hurt and very little comfort, involves graphic sexual assault, please heed the warnings at the beginning; 2529 words

doomsday - Leo, angst/hurt/no comfort; 1384 words

Prompt: "Shhhh, come here." - Leo, hurt/comfort; 527 words

Rise

Gone - Angst; SymphonyBadFuture!Leo helps Donnie on a bad grief day (there is no reader in this one). Won't make sense if you haven't read Symphony by desceros (go read symphony holy shit go read symphony RIGHT NOW I'm BEGGING YOU)

Lucky - NSFW; Donnie likes it when you pin him (this one is an ao3 link); 1092 words [baby's first smut!]

Beat. Past Tense. - Angst; Leo finds reader, but not quickly enough; 699 words

Safe - Angst/Hurt/Comfort?; Reader is kidnapped and Leo saves her; 1448 words

Let Me Take Care of You - Angst/Hurt/Comfort; Leo checks on you during a depressive episode (this started as an "imagine if" and then slipped into fic territory by the end); ~600 words

Good Morning - NSFW; Reader wakes up to find that she orgasmed in her sleep while laying with Leo; heed the warnings; 534 words

I Feel It Coming - NSFW; Leo wakes reader up for some spicy time; 2073 words

Sleepy - Cute?; Raph realizes he likes reader; 855 words

I See You - Angst/Hurt/Comfort?; Leo is fine, but he's really, really not; 835 words

I Know Now - NSFW; reader wants to feel what Donnie feels when he has his mating seasons; 2938 words

What Did I Do? - NSFW; HEAVY ANGST; Raph is forced to mate with reader; HEED THE CONTENT WARNINGS; 3403 words

Brownies - Hurt/Comfort; Leo comes to reader for help; 869 words

Trapped - Angst ...horror? with rise!Raph as the Trapper character from Dead by Daylight and the reader as a survivor in the trial; 4181 words

Pretty Girl - yandere!Mikey, NSFW; part 1 is 627 words, part 2 is 1444 words

Unspecified

...what? - some um. short, odd thing; angst, if you know what's happening; 685 words

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[laf-outloud]

Supernatural Netflix Viewing Numbers - Jan. 2023 - Jun. 2023

Thanks to anon on this ask, I was able to download Netflix' report with viewing hours from Jan. 2023 to June 2023. I thought I'd run some numbers for Supernatural.

Now, obviously, with these numbers, there are caveats in that we don't know if certain episodes are watched more than others, so the best I can do is an average of views per episode in a season. Some episodes in the same season may get fewer views while others get more (this is the only way it makes sense to me why Season 15 is watched more than Season 14, lol!)

Based on the math below the cut, here are the rankings of most-watched Supernatural seasons (# = average views per episode):

Season 3: 65,421

Season 1: 61,822

Season 2: 49,614

Season 4: 47,794

Season 5: 45,253

Season 6: 41,633

Season 7: 36,681

Season 8: 35,054

Season 9: 32,744

Season 10: 31,909

Season 11: 30,889

Season 15: 29,820

Season 14: 29,206

Season 12: 28,048

Season 13: 26,958

As you can see, Seasons 1-5 are expectedly at the top, with 1-3 taking the top three,

People can draw their own conclusions, but for me, it just proves that the general public watch Supernatural for Sam and Dean, and anyone planning a reboot, looking at these numbers, should know exactly what to put back on our screens.

Now, I'm no math major (I actually got a D- in math in 7th grade), so if I'm doing something wrong, someone please correct me! But, I believe by dividing the total number of minutes viewed by the total number of minutes in the season, we can calculate the number of separate views per season. Then, if you divide the views by episode count, you can get a decent average of how many people watched each episode in the first 6 months of this year.

Season 1; 22 episodes:

1.254 billion minutes/922 minutes = 1,360,087 views/22 = 61,822 avg. views per episode.

Season 2; 22 episodes:

978 million minutes/896 minutes = 1,091,518 views/22 = 49,614 avg. views per episode

Season 3; 16 episodes:

672 million minutes/642 minutes = 1,046,729 views/16 = 65,421 avg. views per episode

Season 4; 22 episodes:

960 million minutes/913 minutes = 1,051,479/22 = 47,794 avg. views per episode

Season 5; 22 episodes:

900 million minutes/904 minutes = 995,575/22 = 45,253 avg. views per episode

Season 6; 22 episodes:

828 million minutes/904 minutes = 915,929/22 = 41,633 avg. views per episode

Season 7; 23 episodes:

804 million minutes/953 minutes = 843,652/23 = 36,681 avg. views per episode

Season 8; 23 episodes:

774 million minutes/960 minutes = 806,250/23 = 35,054 avg. views per episode

Season 9; 23 episodes:

726 million minutes/964 minutes = 753,112/23 = 32,744 avg. views per episode

Season 10; 23 episodes:

684 million minutes/932 minutes = 733,906/23 = 31,909 avg. views per episode

Season 11; 23 episodes:

660 million minutes/929 minutes = 710,441/23 = 30,889 avg. views per episode

Season 12; 23 episodes:

618 million minutes/958 minutes = 645,094/23 = 28,048 avg. views per episode

Season 13; 23 episodes:

594 million minutes/958 minutes = 620,042/23 = 26,958 avg. views per episode

Season 14; 20 episodes:

486 million minutes/832 minutes = 584,135/20 = 29,206 avg. views per episode

Season 15; 20 episodes:

498 million minutes/835 minutes = 596,407/20 = 29,820 avg. views per episode

[amphibia-a-day]

Day 835 of Amphibia Screenshots

Episode: Maddie & Marcy

[jakesuit0]

Video Makers Review

“Video Makers” is probably Adventure Time’s most effective use of its side characters thus far. Pretty much every main and secondary character besides Ice King and Gunter show up. All of Finn and Jake’s closest friends are at movie club: Marceline, BMO, Princess Bubblegum, Lady Rainicorn, Tree Trunks, Lumpy Space Princess, and Shelby. While several of these characters were also in the opening scene of “Power Animal”, this is much more intimate. It’s really cool how each guest gets a unique drink that fits their character. Princess Bubblegum has a sentient candy drink. She uses candy biomass to control her age. This must be how she maintains the body of an eighteen year old despite being about 835 in this episode. I also love her rocking a casual outfit this time. I mentioned in my “Go With Me” review that Finn’s friendships with Marceline and Bubblegum caused them to see each other more frequently. Even though they are sitting apart and not seen chatting, it’s interesting that they both attend a small, weekly get together. Marceline actually gets a couple of lines, making it her only speaking cameo in the first four and a half seasons. 

It’s funny how worried Finn is about adhering to the copyright warning. It totally fits Finn’s character, but obviously it isn’t referring to showing the movie to a few friends. And Jake is right that those laws aren’t in effect anymore. We get our first mention of The Great Mushroom War, another example of significant lore being dropped so casually. It was pretty obvious already that Ooo was post-apocalyptic, especially from “Business Time”, but this was further confirmation for people who hadn’t pieced it together yet. 

I love all the scenes of Finn, Jake, and BMO filming Ooo. It feels like they are making an art movie or a documentary. It does a terrific job capturing the beauty and weirdness of the mundanity in everyday Ooo. Despite Finn and Jake calling it “random junk”, I’d totally watch it. They basically filmed Adventure Time season six. Finn and Jake try to film more structured scenes. The scenes don’t play out the way Finn and Jake intend, causing them to argue over what genre they want their film to be. The way the actors go off script is much more funny and entertaining. Finn and Jake should take their movie less seriously, and just go with the flow. We get appearances from more recurring characters: Slime Princess, Cinnamon Bun, Mr Cupcake, and Peppermint Butler. This episode is a real milestone in Adventure Time’s worldbuilding, showing off a structured world with various established elements they can naturally pull from. Shelby also says his iconic catchphrase, “check please”, for the first time. 

The ending of the episode is fantastic. BMO’s reaction to Finn and Jake feels like a child reacting uncomfortably to their parents arguing. BMO’s song is very touching. In addition to BMO finally getting to tag along with Finn and Jake for an entire episode, it provides his first truly impactful scene, which still holds up as one of his best moments. I like how quickly it causes Finn and Jake to make up, who of course wouldn’t stay mad about this long. Lumpy Space Princess’s intense reactions to all of this are also really funny. She’s eating this drama up. 

Grade: A-

[girlboss-enthusiast]

My main disability is migraine, and it is a frustrating one to have because no one takes it seriously. Either they say, "It's just a headache," or "aren't there pills for that?' or "have you tried drinking more water and meditating?"

And then I have to decide between explaining that migraine is a neurological disorder which varies in severity, and what mine usually involve. I experience confusion, disorientation, and loss of limb control and coordination, plus other symptoms similar to a stroke, and also emotional disturbance and fatigue the day before, a migraine hangover (post-drome) the day after for a total of three days per migraine, pain so terrible I have legitimately thought about drilling a hole in my skull to let the pressure out*, plus vomiting and gastric distress. I usually can't look at a screen or listen to anything during an episode either.

My migraines can be triggered by anything from lack of sleep to excess screen time to jaw pain from TMJ disorder—the latter of which is severe enough that I literally do not go a day without a headache, even if it doesn't develop into a migraine.

And the medications I'm on only work half the time. The pills sometimes take away the pain, but not the other symptoms. (At least I can listen to music then.) Every three months, I go to a doctor to let him inject the most deadly poison known to science in my head and face in an attempt to paralyze the nerves that cause this pain. The price for the prophylactic medication I'm hoping to try soon is $835 per month; my insurance still hasn't agreed to cover it. I don't even know if it will help.

Oh, did I mention that I get a migraine about once per week? And that this is significantly better than it was before I started the Botox injections?

Or...I can decide to say, "It's worse than a really bad headache" and leave it at that, because it's unlikely they're going to believe me anyway.

[all-blue-recipes]

// Episode 835 //

[art-of-manliness]

Podcast #981: The Power of Everyday Rituals to Shape and Enhance Our Lives

When we think of rituals, we tend to think of big, inherited, more occasional religious or cultural ceremonies like church services, holidays, weddings, and funerals. But as my guest observes, we also engage in small, self-made, everyday rituals that help us turn life’s more mundane moments into more meaningful ones. In the The Ritual Effect: From Habit to Ritual, Harness the Surprising Power of Everyday Actions, psychologist and Harvard Business School professor Michael Norton explores the way our DIY rituals shape, and enhance, our lives. We take up that survey on today’s show. Michael explains the difference between a habit and a ritual and how individuals and families create unique “ritual signatures” even within more standard rituals like holidays. We discuss the different areas of life in which rituals show up and what they do for us, including how they help us cope with uncertainty, savor life, and connect to the past. We get into the function DIY rituals perform in romantic relationships, from deepening intimacy to facilitating a break-up, the role that “kinkeepers” play in keeping a family together, the tricky business of combining family traditions when people get married, how to know when a family tradition should be retired, and much more. Resources Related to the Podcast * AoM series on the power of ritual * AoM Article: How to Turn an Ordinary Routine Into a Spirit-Renewing Ritual * AoM Podcast #505: A Man’s Need for Ritual * AoM Podcast #835: The Power of Ritual * “Deja Vu” by Olivia Rodrigo Connect With Michael Norton * Michael’s website — including the “Habit or Ritual?” quiz Listen to the Podcast! (And don’t forget to leave us a review!)   Listen to the episode on a separate page. Download this episode. Subscribe to the podcast in the media player of your choice. Podcast Sponsors Click here to see a full list of our podcast sponsors. Transcript Coming Soon Help support independent publishing. Make a donation to The Art of Manliness! Thanks for the support! http://dlvr.it/T5KnRY

[josephsaturn]

Been pestering a friend with thoughts while I’m watching Star Wars in sequential order (at his request) so I figured it’d be fun to pester all of y’all too!

For starters, Phantom Menace!

Can’t skip the opening crawl!

👁️👄👁️ “are you an angel?”

pov u are the queen of Naboo dealing with a planetary crisis slumming it on some nowhere planet while your people are dying cuz the trade federations are legally culling your people and the space knights in charge of you and your lookalikes need to stop cuz the ship ur in is damaged cuz u need to get to the senate to endure endless debates about basic fucking decency and this is the first person willing to help with NO preamble, NO understanding of your rank, just a kind little slave boy and his kind mother on this nowhere planet filled with bounty hunters and slaves and space mafia

If I was Padme I would’ve bonded with him too honestly

Love the complete tone shift we’re getting right near the start

Wonder why they went with “Anakin has no dad” concept.

Why is mauls voice so damn SMOOTH??? Like sir said “𝐼𝓉 𝓌𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝒷𝑒 𝒹𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝓂𝓎 𝓁𝑜𝓇𝒹.”

Oh you thought this was a space opera? NAW BITCH ITS CARS (2006)

God no matter how I look at it the CG doesn’t get any better hhhhngh

Like the practical stuff looks good but other than that… yeah…

Jar jar poop joke. That’s it.

Yea this kids on a green screen but hey that’s alright cuz we got 💋💋✨✨jump cuts✨✨💄💄

SHMIIIIIII

she’s so cool

“Don’t look back” ma’am ur kid is like 9

“I’m cold.” Yeah with how you’ve been living on a DESERT planet your entire life I think you would be cold on Baby’s First Off-Planet Mission

Ew palpatine

Even when he isn’t in sith mode he’s slimy sounding

Damn he really is just out here manipulating padme huh

Man the jedi council are kinda mean

“He’s too old” aGAIN HE’S 9 YEARS OLD

I’m not sure how 2 feel bout Qui gon - he’s nice to Anakin but seems to be like. Floating? Not sure if that’s the right word

And the rest of the Jedi aren’t exactly endearing

Why are they having this convo IN FROMT OF HIM??? SHOULDNT THIS BE SOMETHING YOU DISCUSS A F T E R??

WAIT PADME WAS THE QUEEN??? THEN WHO’S???

Man padme’s outfits never miss huh

Sis really said “I’m about to go back to my home planet to fight for our freedom BUT FIRST I need to stop at Space Dior to get the wet season 835 year of kwilaan ready to wear collection”

Pretty good tactic to have Actual Queen not dressed in garb while Fake Queen is. Good tactic Amidala!

FUCK

Hey, episode 4 callback!

“Hey obi wan I know I’m dying n all, but could you take care of that kid we both just met? Yea he’s the chosen one btw”

God no wonder anakin fell; I couldn’t imagine people only keeping me around cuz I’m the chosen one

Obi wan really giving tired college student of a hippie professor vibes

Like qui gon would drive a Volkswagen bus if Star Wars was set on earth I KNOW it in my bones

Kenobi also out here bonding w anakin but in the like “eww a child” to “you are the last responsibility my master gave to me and I will help you.”

Conclusion: liked it, but I definitely remember why I only watched the first part of the movie.

[k4l3idosc0pe]

I was today years old when I realized the many similarities between princess bubblegum and bonnie from fnaf.

Exhibit 1: Name

This is the most obvious of the similarities. Princess Bubblegum's full name is Bonnibel Bubblegum. Bonnie is short for Bonnibel.

Exhibit 2: They were both children/They are both immortal

Princess Bubblegum became 13 years old for a few episodes back in season 3. Before being killed by William Afton, the spirit possessing Bonnie was a child as well.

Exhibit 3: Kidnapped by a crazy old man.

In basically every episode, Ice King is kidnapping a princess, and 7 times out of 10 Princess Bubblegum is that princess. Before being killed, Bonnie was kidnapped by William Afton and stuffed in a suit.

Exhibit 4: Murderer

Belive it or not in addition to being a crazy dictator Princess Bubblegum had a kill count of 835. Most of which were via her ordering Finn to kill monsters. Bonnie killed Michael Afton in the event that you die in FNaF 1 from him.

In conclusion, the FBI intentionally tried to dissuade citizens from finding these clues and discovering the illuminati.

And that was my contribution to society. The End. :)

[v-67]

Katakuri kinda cute/cool

Love the character design

And the Instinct

Episode 835-844 somewhere

15th January, 2024

[mareastrorum]

WIP Wednesday: TF&TS (Bounties)

Here are two related scenes from early chapters of a longfic I am working on.

Fanfic Summary: Mollymauk Tealeaf survived the encounter with the Iron Shepherds, but a short time later, a spirit had begun hunting him, claiming that he stole his body. This Campaign 2 AU begins with Episode 26 and continues on from there.

This fanfic will be posted on AO3 starting hopefully by Friday 7/28.

3 FESSURAN 835 PD

“I have encountered some ‘inspiration’ to improve on my work. Acquire some specimens for me.”

The man picked up a slip of paper with scribbled notes. “How many?”

“An initial set of twenty will do for now. Ten thousand gold for living subjects. One thousand for remains. I anticipate that obtaining survivors will be implausible, considering their abilities. However, I will take any live ones you can find.”

“Is there a deadline?”

“Preferably as quickly as possible, though there is no particular end date. To encourage expediency, hint that the bounty will be reduced as more subjects are obtained.”

“Any other conditions?”

“Unspoiled. Deduct from the pay for lost limbs, severe damage, et cetera. Use your discretion.”

“Very well. I will get word out to the appropriate channels immediately.”

“Be sure to keep this anonymous. They are all dissidents, but with this new war, there is no need to risk further social upset. A quiet purge of the more heretical Julous remnants is best.”

“Of course. Anything else?”

“Find more on that one from today. He had a team as well—look into them, especially the Xhorhasian.”

“Yes, Archmage.”

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17 CUERSAAR 835 PD

Bull wasps were such an interesting species. Other than the usual diet of pollen and fruit, the aggressive insects also hunted. In addition to spiders and insects, they used mandibles to cut into corpses and harvest flesh from within, feeding the next generation on the fallen. They had an uncanny memory for faces, recognizing their foes and attacking without hesitation.

However, bull wasps preferred live prey. An apt symbol for the Archmage of Dysology.

Master Doolan Tversky had lived nearly two-hundred years by now, and the clever gnome had never quite grown out of her enjoyment of pulling things apart. Tversky was responsible for researching arcane biological threats to the Empire. Biological weapons were rampant in the prior age, and her research into the monstrosities of Molaesmyr, Shattengrod, and Xhorhas ensured the safety of Western Wynandir.

At least, that was the explanation provided to the Crown so that its representatives would stop asking annoying questions when the Cerberus Assembly took steps to understand such magics.

And now, the Assembly had provided a project far more intriguing than mutated and extraplanar monsters. A domestic threat, long tolerated because of their usefulness in eradicating fiends, undead, and fey without cost to those in power. Simple, non-magical mortals capable of using their blood to evoke enchantments. How intriguing such a weapon would be in the Assembly’s hands. How dangerous it would be in the Crown’s. How profitable it would be in the Myriad’s.

How fortuitous it would be in Tversky’s.

The operating room was too crowded, but there was no helping it. They had to work quickly in light of the unnaturally rapid onset of postmortem decay. Dozens of assistants, dressed head to toe in medical gowns, face masks, and hair nets shifted about five tables busily, like wasps tending to their queen’s commands as they prepared the dead for processing.

Tversky stood atop a floating disk and looked down at the corpse before her. She began dictating while an enchanted quill rapidly took down notes. “The date is the 17th of Cuersaar, 835 post-divergence. Subject number 21 is an adolescent human, estimated fifteen years of age, approximately five-foot-four-inches tall, weight one-hundred-fifty-one pounds, no remarkable identifying features other than numerous inch-long scars on the right palm.”

The other teams called out their confirmation of the same scars on their subjects. One of the assistants was sketching the hand and scars in case the arrangement was relevant. Another inspecting the skin raised their hand.

“Master Tversky, there are small scars on the outside of each upper leg,” the woman noted. “They resemble hyper-pigmentation spots. Same position, each approximately equidistant from the hip and knee.”

“Subjects 5, 13, 20, 29: confirm,” Tversky droned as she moved to inspect the scars herself. It would have been easy to miss if they had not matched. Within seconds, four more voices replied to confirm their subjects shared the same marks.

“Subject 20 has similar marks on upper arms, also equidistant from shoulder and elbow,” a man called from another table in the operating theater. Without instruction, another voice confirmed the same for subject 29. Tversky checked the human before her; indeed, there were two matching scars on his arms. She made a verbal note, her quill dutifully recording.

“Subject 29 also has matching marks on hips,” a woman added. No one else confirmed. This human did not have that set either. Odd. The larger subjects had more marks.

Interesting.

“Gather records of control subjects of the same race and sex for comparison,” Tversky instructed. An aid standing by made a note and disappeared out of the operating theater. “The rest of you, I expect careful dissection of each section bearing those matching scars. Continue.”

The others droned in the background as the teams shifted around their subjects and dictated their own reports. Buzzing insects hovering as they collected information.

“Subject 21 was deceased upon arrival, reportedly due to resisting arrest…” Tversky continued narrating as she inspected the wounds. Severe contusions on a right broken arm—the blow of a blunt weapon. Burns on the face, likely from some magical attack. But the lethal strike had been a large laceration across the neck, severing major arteries, destroying the windpipe, and damaging the spine in a single strike. Bounty hunters were so indelicate with her subjects. Her assistants were much more adept at pulling the subject apart to understand them.

The pungent smell of rotten meat and sharp sweetness filled the air as they began to cut. The face masks hardly blocked anything, but there was no avoiding it. The work continued rapidly, a well-choreographed dance while voices hummed, flat and on numerous registers.

Limb by limb. Organ by organ. Piece by piece.

“Master Tversky, there appears to be no alterations to the blood,” a man called from behind.

Tversky frowned and shifted her hovering platform over to the machines behind the operating table. The assistant stepped back from an apparatus with a small monoscope aimed at a blood sample held before it. She looked through the lens and was disappointed to find normal cells magnified in her view. Nothing strange about the blood. No altered structure. No unexpected developments. No arcane glow. No hint of magical taint.

That couldn’t be right. How could these cultists use blood as a component for magical enchantments if the blood itself did not carry any power? Perhaps the blood itself was not the source of the magic, but merely a conduit. Or perhaps the effect only lingered while the subjects lived. Could the act of sacrifice have meaning? There was only one school of magic that operated on such rules.

Necromancy.

To think the Assembly had allowed the Claret Orders to operate within the Empire for so long, and this was what they had been up to. The Martinet would want to hear of this. Such power could not be trusted outside the Assembly’s control.

Tversky looked back at the dissected corpses, each attended by several assistants who were carefully cataloguing their findings. A dragonborn, two humans, a gnome, and a dwarf, so it was not specific to race. These particular subjects were seen casting spells, but others were not. So far, she had categorized them into four potential groups, and they all could invoke those weapon enchantments, so that had nothing to do with their other magical capabilities.

Even more confounding: most had been carrying marks or talismans of the Raven Queen. That goddess abhorred necromancy—rather, so the clergy claimed. Could it be that perhaps these cultists were intentionally offending her? Or was it that the common understanding of her followers was subterfuge?

Perhaps those ties should be confirmed before informing the Martinet. After all, he had a habit of disproportionately weighing theories of the gods’ machinations. Tversky preferred to follow clues to their logical conclusions. At least, at first.

Tversky waved her quill over and used it to begin scribbling notes by hand. Even if the blood itself was not magically imbued, there was some significance to the spellcasting. The Orders called themselves “blood hunters” after all. She would need to test it properly to establish what sort of component it was. Perhaps infusing test subjects with the blood would yield something interesting. She rapidly wrote a note for her subordinates, which folded into a wasp and flew out the door.

What else? Those short-sighted Cobalt Soul idiots could be sitting on something useful. They were close-minded morons, but they were still adept at hoarding niche information. Tversky’s subordinates would not be able to access any of it because of the organization’s ridiculous ban. She scribbled another note to Baroness Iresor, the paper rapidly transforming and on its way. That young woman was lazy and distractable, but she had a knack for getting information that was otherwise off limits.

“We are ready to proceed, Master Tversky,” one of the aids called.

Tversky sighed. Right. Next were the bones. She returned to her position by the subject, now carved open with several assistants recording their own notes by dictation as they readied their instruments.

“Proceed, then,” Tversky instructed. The sound of snaps and cracks soon filled the air as needles and blades carved into the remains.

Those cretins had better find a live subject soon. Tversky was bored already.

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#the doctor - 122 posts

#dw; power of the doctor - 85 posts

#replies tag - 81 posts

#art - 70 posts

#classic who watch - 57 posts

#crit - 54 posts

#thoschei - 43 posts

Longest Tag: 139 characters

#clara and 12 scene where they're like. well one of us has to wipe their memory because we're too unhinged for one another to continue 🧍‍♂️

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

you want another brightly coloured suit doctor i want a goth doctor with 5 million tonnes of eyeliner and fishnets we are not the same

355 notes - Posted May 8, 2022

#4

Everyone acting like Yasmin is the first queer companion of colour owes Pearl Mackie £20

499 notes - Posted January 2, 2022

#3

me and my mutuals realising we're older than the new companion

1,585 notes - Posted November 18, 2022

#2

ok whovians tag this with

Your first Doctor

Your fave Doctor

The Doctor you picture in your self insert fantasies dropping into your garden hand outstretched to invite you along on adventure

1,846 notes - Posted November 13, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

classic doctor lite episodes: the Doctor takes a nap so isn't in this adventure

new who doctor lite episodes: Donna accidentally triggers an alternate reality where the Doctor dies, causing her to experience the horrors of mass tragedy and the UK's descent into fascism speedrun

classic who companion lite episodes: oh no!!! Barbara's kidnapped most of the ep off screen!!!

new who companion lite episodes: the doctor confronts his grief and is trapped in a torture maze for 4.5 billion years repeating the same day over and over to try and break through to Gallifrey where's he's planning on stealing Clara back from the dead

1,886 notes - Posted November 21, 2022

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I posted 1,297 times in 2022

That's 122 more posts than 2021!

504 posts created (39%)

793 posts reblogged (61%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@xombigirl

@maybetwice

@luckthebard

@dailyliamobrien

@beetlemancy

I tagged 1,060 of my posts in 2022

Only 18% of my posts had no tags

#critical role - 540 posts

#liam o'brien - 239 posts

#liam thirst cult - 203 posts

#cr spoilers - 189 posts

#sam riegel - 139 posts

#orym of the air ashari - 85 posts

#laura bailey - 80 posts

#exu calamity - 69 posts

#answered - 67 posts

#travis willingham - 63 posts

Longest Tag: 122 characters

#i personally think travis would kill as a druid and it was my first pick for him when we were speculating about c3 classes

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

Thank you Aabria for my LIFE.

It's the 💖 that really sells it for me.

835 notes - Posted June 8, 2022

#4

I come bearing HQ photos from the CR panel at SDCC! They are watermarked because yes I got them from Getty Images but they're too pretty not to share.

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1,072 notes - Posted July 24, 2022

#3

Since Geek & Sundry's website now directs to Nerdist's site I thought it would be smart to go on a deep dive in the Wayback Machine to grab some stuff from G&S so it doesn't disappear. I couldn't have done this without my Bestie and Shame Pit Roomie, she knows who she is.

@mysticalspiders has already done a great post for the Vox Machina playlists, especially as the relate to The Legend of Vox Machina so check out that post here!!

This Google Doc contains the liner notes and playlist links for all of the Sagas of Sundry: Madness character playlists and for GM Ivan van Norman's playlist which is for both Sagas of Sundry: Madness and Dread.

This Google Doc contains the Ask Vax Machina column which was featured on G&S's website during c1

This Google Doc contains the original story that Laura Bailey wrote about how Vex'ahlia originally came to have Trinket the Bear.

I also have plans to finish transcribing the cast interviews that were also featured during c1 on the G&S website.

If anyone can think of anything else from the old days that needs to be archived from G&S please let me know!!

1,248 notes - Posted January 31, 2022

#2

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1,648 notes - Posted May 10, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

Sam posted a few shots of himself, Liam and Marisha in "The Dead Zone" from Thursday's episode.

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1,881 notes - Posted October 15, 2022

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WELL. NEW MAG EPISODE. THANKS ALICE? I LOVE YOU ALICE? GWEN IM SO SORRY, LOVE. shout out to the second coral themed body horror story ive read today. the other was scp-835.