#fine and normal and regular and sane

[artoflevity]

witch hunt

[fluentisonus]

working full time with normal hours has convinced me more than ever that actually high school Could have been a sane & even enjoyable time for me if it weren't for the homework. sick & twisted tbh

[kindahoping4forever]

Luke @ The 5SOS Show Tour Chicago - 23 August 2023

[jennelikejennay]

Some people in the fandom are fighting right now over what this single moment from Lower Decks means. (Mild spoilers for the finale if you haven't seen it.)

In short, things are changing into alternate reality versions of themselves (infinite alternate realities in fact) and one of the things that changes is a regular TNG-Voyager Klingon into a Discovery Klingon.

So, does that mean Discovery happens in an alternate universe? Is that why it's so aesthetically different from TOS, which is supposed to happen near to it in time?

And wait, how similar are these universes? If two alternate versions of characters get together, does that mean their prime versions are together too?

In short, what counts as canon???

I've decided how I come down on this and I won't be swayed.

It's all canon, okay?

There is no prime universe. I feel like that's part of the point. Timelines branch all the time because of time travel, and I believe it's also been said that they branch sometimes because of choices or chaos: the universe where I turned right at the stoplight, and the one where I turned left. Whole new universe.

Parts of various universes are "canon," as in we see them on screen. Or we could say instead, the episodes we see do not always take place in the same universe.

TOS takes place in a universe or universes where Spock and T'Pring had an arranged marriage and don't really know each other. SNW takes place in a universe where they have a normal human-style engagement. In TOS's universe, the Eugenics Wars happen in the 1990s, while in SNW's universe (for reasons that are explained to us) they happen in the 2020s or 30s.

And that's fine! We can cleave to "canon" without feeling like everything that has ever been canonical must apply to the same universe. It contradicts sometimes, for one thing (a fact that drives my autistic ass insane). And it's limiting, to say that in 1970 we could write a Spirk fic where Spock is a virgin but in 2024 we can't without being "canon-divergent." Nah. I cleave to canon, but in the universe of season 2 TOS, or whatever. I'm allowed.

Perhaps this doesn't matter at all to you sane people out there, but as a person who simultaneously needs things to make sense and be consistent, and also believes we need to be free to accept whatever canon we like, it is such a relief to find a way to make it make sense.

Thank you, Lower Decks.

[fruutbaag]

BEEBO PLAYLIST FINISHED!!! at least as of now i'm very satisfied with it :]

(in both spotify and youtube flavors :>)

elaboration under the cut!! warning its Long lol

1–5: just kinda the first loop obviously, nothing really special yet. i had to put Stal because 1 similar vibes to Serious Detective Office, 2 its a little sillay with it, and 3 its a nod to beebo flirting via minecraft in the comic. :3 is there for the Vibe, its lighthearted and silly and i like it next question. Go Back (Death's Theme) is a given

6–11: The Ángel Songs, pt. 1. i could probably make a whole separate playlist just for him tbh. shoutout to my friend jon for recommending This Boy :D. Someone To Spend Time With is for the convo with oliver on the balcony in loop 2. A Mask of My Own Face is just like. a given. blah blah the different roles ángel takes during the loops.

Little Lion Man and The Scientist were just like. i was listening to shit and thinking about the characters and i was like ooooohhhh Fuck this fits:

Ángel "blames himself for things outside his control" Valdivia also time loop

just gestures vaguely at this one

12–17: house songs :) Labyrinth my beloved. most of these are just for The Vibe i will be honest. hi lemon demon. fun fact Scattered and Lost, for those of you who don't play Celeste, plays when you're in a haunted house (or haunted Hotel whatever). lol

18–19: um. ok eugenes segment is a little lacking because i moved people eater later on but. its fine ok. Had Enough is because eugene is an angy angy man who feels like everyone has wronged him

20–23: the endings 1/2 branch aka The Ángel Songs, pt. 2. uhhhhh i'll be honest Yellow is mostly there for these lines

Ángel Para Un Final is. the obvious. next

24–26: ending 2 songs aka The Ángel Songs, pt. 3. i thought about adding I WONT LET YOU GO HOME instead of Game Over - DLMAH because i think it fits better lorewise, but the actual songs vibe didn't really fit the vibe for ending 2 so i went with the next best thing

Ghost On The Dance Floor:

ough. Kiss Goodnight is mostly the vibe not any particular lyric

i was also tempted to add Starjump from the Celeste OST because of the sheer feeling of Anxiety it gives you (definitely give it a listen and you'll see what i mean). i ultimately decided there were too many ending 2 songs (and Game Over kinda already fills the space i would have Starjump at) but honestly i might silently add it later if i feel like it

27–29: endings 4, 5, and 6. The Villain I Appear to Be and People Eater are both givens. Bleed Magic is there because like. oughh the eugene vibes manipulating oliver. god hes such an asshole i hate him

"who would want to hire a shivering mess like me" eugene coli when i fucking Get You

30–33: and of course, endings 9 & 10 :) (mostly ending 10). you're at the party is like. well 1 its my favorite lemon demon song and 2 just Look At It. The Vibes. No Heart To Speak Of is also like just Look At It that's ending 10. that's ending 10. he misses ángel. Ghosting i was resisting adding because i thought it'd be too low hanging fruit but like. yeag.

escapism sat there at the very end since the First iteration of the playlist which only had 15 songs back then. most of the songs here were added just in the last like. week lol. i'm normal and sane

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also!! i know there's a lot of regular beebo ost in there but it was nice to have as both a marker of where in the story it is and Also a kinda transition of vibe. also its just nice :]

ANYWAYS throws this out into the wild like a bird i'm releasing. be free my playlist hope u enjoy :3

[art-of-a-ghostie]

I need to make propaganda (fanart and fanfics) about the mere concept of Giovanni, his boys, the Neo Trio, Naven, Rick and Sylvie eventually meeting and becoming friends.

Have some (a lot of) ideas I got that I decided to put under the cut:

Trixie and Feenie eventually meet Giovanni's boys.

Feenie thinks they are just nice dudes who are sticking around Giovanni for kindness's sake (The Boys are so offended by this and they all have >:0 expressions) 'cuz she can't compute the fact that they are just regular guys loyal to Giovanni who genuinely want to be wrong-doers.

Cut into Feenie attempting to recruit/redeem them and inviting them into her team of magical girls

Instead Trixie thinks that they are so lame(/affectionately)

Naven meets them too, but he is mostly worried that half of them are teens.

Giovanni's boys also meet Rick Shades, and despite the first impressions, they quickly warm up to him and find him really cool.

Everyone except Spike, who loved him at first sight and where the others were a bit "Help he is a bit creepy" she was like "OUT OF MY WAY GAYBOYS I AM GONNA BEFRIEND THE WIZARD"

They both proceed to laugh maniacally as a normal positive response to affection.

Crusher also didn't find him scary or creepy and was very polite to him, which made everyone go "Crap now we are the assholes"

Giovanni's boys also eventually meet Naven. Now he is officially the only adult (except Giovanni himself and their mothers) they actually listen to. It's like seeing a bunch of students who had crappy teachers their whole life meeting a decent one for once.

Naven is like the meme of the dog in the fire saying "this is fine"

Sylvie gets adopted by the entire bunch of Giovanni's boys ('cuz if you are friends with one of them, you are a friend of all) and every time they do something silly or "childish" and see him on sight, they forcefully drag him into the shenanigans and let him have fun.

He pretends to hate it, but he actually appreciates it, but will die having a long character arc before admitting it.

They eventually meet Dr. Beefton too.

Now, Dr. Beefton sometimes hangs out with them. It's weirdly wholesome.

Spike has totally tried to give Dr. Beefton some cool accessories like earrings or piercings, or rings on his horns, but couldn't (most of them fall off of him when Sylvie got up), and she got super sad.

Naven and Sylvie eventually meet because of Molly. They actually get along pretty well, with Naven taking Sylvie seriously and Sylvie respecting Naven. They like to have "deep and mature" conversations together, but Naven also enjoys encouraging Sylvie to take part in sillier activities and become more emotionally open.

Trixie eventually discovers Crusher and Spike' crush on Giovanni and can't believe that THREE people want to kiss her cousin.

Yoomtah eventually joins the chaos. She acts generally sane and nice around everyone.

Everyone except Car Crash. She is like a cryptic to him, and he is not wrong.

But she only does that in front of him but never finds proof.

Now Car Crash finds her scary, and the rest don't really understand why. Like "But she is so nice. Why would you be scared of a chauffeur??"

Why?

Because it's fun.

[gr333g]

Krieg oneshot

Song inspo:

 Die for you- The Weekend

“Just know that I would die for you.”

first ever one shot please give me some tips they would be greatly appreciated!! I hope you enjoy <3

(gender neutral reader)

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“They’re so beautiful..” he thought to himself staring longingly at the..in his eyes.. Goddess/god-like person. He didn't even know this person. But he was smitten. From their glowing face beaming with happiness, to their beautiful legs and scuffed boots. they were.. Gorgeous. If only he could tell her. He internally sighed, knowing himself he would probably yell something vulgar at the person and scare them away. 

The person known as ((name)) was washing cups behind the bar, chatting away with the regulars. Sparing glances at the psycho staring at them. He was a very fine man. Mid 30s maybe? He had very broad shoulders and a very thin waist. “Hey, sweetie. Anything I can get you?” you asked nicely. Awaiting an answer patiently while he just twitches like a possum playing dead.

“Oh god. She came over here. Don't do anything stupid. Like yell-””WANNA SEE MY SHINY MEAT BICYCLE !?” the man yelled at them. Making the person jump back a bit. “God dammit. Why can't you just be normal.” he sighed, knowing you were probably going to kick him out. “Heh..you're a bit odd.. How about some whiskey ?” they giggled at the man's sudden outburst. 

You've dealt with psychos before, most being hostile and trying to hurt you. This one was a bit different. You could see in his eyes there was something other than wanting to murder. “So what's your name hun ?” you ask, grabbing the whiskey and a glass. He seems to hesitate for a moment struggling with his answer. You're a very patient person, I mean you have to deal with drunks every day, so patience was a necessity. 

“Tell them your name is Krieg. Focus and tell them your name is KRIEG.” his sane self scolded him. “KRIEG.” he said loud and confidently. “I like it. Sounds nice.” they respond “my name is ((name)).” they state, setting the glass down for him. “Here you are. I'll be right back..” they said, walking away to tend to other customers. Eyes following your body around the bar, gaze never leaving your form. “That's the most spectacular person I have ever seen.” he thinks to himself. 

Time skip~

Taking a deep breath, you turn the lights to the bar off and begin your walk home. Still thinking about Krieg. He was a bit odd but what do you expect from a man like him. He liked to yell and talk about his meat bicycle. Whatever that was. You found it amusing, a contrast to your normally boring job. Trudging your way home, you hear something rustle behind you. Walking faster you hear footsteps start following you. Someone grabs you and the second they grab you. You hear a snap. “Bones..”  you thought, the disgusting grotesque sound rings throughout the calm night. Crunching and squishing as the body thuds against the ground. “AHAHAHA!! YOU OK PRETTY PERSON?!” the all too familiar voice yells at you. 

“Im ok Krieg.. Wait.. how did you know i was in trouble. Did you follow me.” you ask, heavily concerned “YES!” 

“NO!” his inner voice yells “WHY WOULD YOU SAY THAT!?”. "um..Krieg..that's bad.” the woman tells the man. “I KNOW.” he responds, ((name)) sighs, and smiles at the man's goofiness. “You wanna come home with me?” they ask. Krieg buffers again, thinking. “Yes, say yes. Say yes to her.” “HELL YEAH!!” he said eagerly.

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[couldtheysurvivefunger]

Could you maybe generalize the Marraige option to "Yes but they are horribly transformed"? It requires less explanation and while I haven't played the game, I'd be surprised if that's the only way you can end up horribly transformed.

I get where you’re coming from, but I think that becoming a Marriage specifically says a lot about the characters doing it, considering every party has to be 100% on board for the ritual to work. Are they really willing to give up so much of themselves forever just to gain physical power? Are they that codependent? Or are they just willing to do anything to avoid death? ‘Horribly transformed’ doesn’t communicate the same things, and at the end of the day what are these “could your blorbo do x” polls if not a bit of character analysis?

It’s true that Marriage isn’t technically the only way the dungeons have transformed someone. Crow Mauler was once a regular dude. HOWEVER, what happened to Crow Mauler seems to have been a freak accident. He first went mad after running out of supplies, but the game doesn’t specify (at least in any of the lore books I’ve found) exactly what triggered him his transformation into… that. Normally what happens if a character’s sanity drops to zero is developing Panphobia (fear of everything), taking more damage from everything, and becoming more likely to leave the party and get killed. Whatever it was, it can’t happen to the players. All of the answers in the polls are based on things that can happen to the player characters (D’arce, Cahara, Ragnavaldr, and Enki), including the ‘thriving’ option.

Ragnavaldr and Enki are doing just fine when you encounter them while playing as D’arce or Cahara. Rag is chilling in the courtyard and thicket, and Enki is always vibing in a library. Rag canonically has great survival skills and has no issue eating the meat of various dungeon monsters, and he states that he could survive on his own but traveling together is simply more convenient. Both libraries Enki is found in require him to have survived several monsters and hazards, and also been able to find food and stay sane for an extended period of time, depending on how long it takes the player to reach him.

The only other way that the dungeons are explicitly shown to cause a physical transformation is ascending to god status like All-Mer and the Fellowship (Nilvan, Valtiel, Ronn Chambara, and Francois. Becoming a New God like the Fellowship seems to induce less severe mutation than Old God ascension, such as All-Mer and the events of ending A.

Ascending to the status of a New God is something the players can do, but that requires reaching Ma’habre and defeating all four of the current New Gods in battle. Ascension also requires abandoning one’s mortal life completely. I could see some characters that have been submitted maybe doing this, but the problem with New Gods is that their power fades over time. There have been many New Gods who have all faded into obscurity, the Fellowship are just the latest people to do it. They ascended in the 800s, the game takes place in 1590, and they’ve already lost most of their power. That’s not even a full thousand years! And becoming an Old God is not something players can do. Only two mortals have ever become Old Gods as of the timeline of the first game. Maybe someone else foes in Termina, I haven’t played it yet.

I may decide to add ascension as an option if someone provides some good propaganda for why their blorbo would beat the shit out of the Fellowship and become a New God, but for now I think the poll has enough options.

[beanghostprincess]

Omg your Sora/Banchina post is so good 😭 i loved read this, and like, Sanji's brothers (and sis) would be really protective of Sora and their brother, so when Sanuso start to date would be kinda a chaos

When Sanuso starts dating, it is the most chaotic thing in the world.

You see, the brothers are always being a bit mean to Sanji because he is a crybaby but it's just in the regular, normal, sane way siblings act. But if there is any possibility of Sanji being in danger/away from them, they get really protective.

They don't have any issues with Banchina and, in fact, they love her so much it's insane. They enjoy her company and help and they're always asking when she's coming over too because "Mommy looks happier when she is around, so we want her to come back!". Until one day they don't have to keep asking because she is constantly there. And they love her. They are... Intense and clingy with Sora, yes, and won't dare to leave her side either. And if they realize there is something romantic going on, they won't hesitate to be even more protective. But in general they accept Banchina right away because, again, she looks happier than when she is alone with her thoughts (<- Sora tries to hide it, but they did run away from Germa, after all. She is worried Judge might find them. Always thinking what would have happened to her little angels if she hadn't saved them. Always, always taking care of them).

But!!!!!! It's a different story with Usopp.

You know, when they meet, they are kids. And Sanji is a sweetie pie. And naive. And maybe Usopp gets a bit carried away with his lies and maybe Sanji believes all of them. But they're cute little lies and they always make Sanji happy, so it's fine. Basically, more storytelling than anything. And it's not that the siblings don't like him! In fact, Usopp's aiming/shooting skills are already pretty good and they're impressed by that. Always asking him if he can do tricks with them.

Buuuut. Usopp is younger and anxious and God the brothers love to tease him about Sanji and they try to make him stutter when he is lying/storytelling to make fun of him in front of Sanji. It's just silly and it's all kids games. Nothing cruel. But!!!!! But there is also the realization that "they like each other. Usopp likes Sanji". And at first, it's just a silly thing so they make fun of them, but as they grow up together, their crushes on each other also do and it's like,,, It's something they learn to live with. They get used to it.

They've been in love forever and they are 17/15 and haven't confessed yet and it is just their normal behavior. Everyone can see they're in love. And when the "they are actually in love and it's not only a crush thing" sinks in, the brothers do get a bit protective. Because Sanji knows how to defend himself thanks to them but, again, Zeff's influence is crucial for Sanji's character so I think here he'd be just a little tiny bit softer than usual? Not really. Same personality. But the sibs just feel like they need to take care of him. Not gonna explain this word for word but-- There is obviously the "we're so done with you pining over longnose, PLEASE just confess so we don't have to hear you anymore" conversation with Sanji and "if you hurt him we will kill you. We could do it. Eyes closed. No hesitation. Don't you even dare make him cry once-" with Usopp. They regret it immediately, tho, because when Sanji and Usopp start dating they become ever more annoying and clingy and it's,, Impossible.

They all share a room. Not really. Reiju has her own room and the brothers sleep on a different one. Bunkbeds and everything. And even if they didn't sleep there together, the house is small and the walls are thin and they can't have any privacy in there. And they're always eating together because of course they all love Sanji's cooking, but he is always so cheesy with Usopp they prefer to kick them out of there and eat leftovers. This starts when they're 17/15, right? So it's two... Whole years... Dealing with them... Until they go with Luffy.....

Oh!!!!!! And Reiju. She is the sweetest and gets along with Usopp SO well. She and Sora are always talking with him about Sanji and they're so so so supportive. Reiju is the one to always defend these two from the other 3 idiots.

But it's alright because the brothers always find ways of teasing their new brother-in-law ("I'm not married to Sanji, though-" / "With the way he looks at you, you might want to start preparing for the wedding already"). So at least they have fun. But sometimes they look at Usopp in a weird, defensive way and he gets,,,, Scared.

[asherlockstudy]

Did you give your thoughts about the colonoscopies? I would love to know your take on what was said and implied because I have some thoughts..

I almost didn’t do it but okay let’s go.

The Brolonoscopy (they pronounced it as Brolinoscopy?)

I will once more start with the puzzle piece reference. Let’s see the exact quote: “Well, the technical term is colonoscopy when a doctor explores your large intestine with a little camera to check for signs of cancer, polyps, gastrointestinal abnormalities, missing puzzle pieces. It could be anything.” Okay, with all the objectivity I can master, the possibility of this being a throw-away statement and not a reference to their own old video is, very seriously, below 1%. Let’s start from what the joke is on the surface. The superficial joke is the weird objects people insert in their rectum for sexual gratification. But why say puzzle pieces of all things? I don’t think I need to explain why a puzzle piece has a shape that is not meant to offer any pleasure but is sure to cause huge discomfort. Nobody (I hope) would like the idea of sticking a puzzle piece up there = 0% pleasure, 100% cuts and pain. So why go with puzzle pieces and not a million other objects that would have a more reasonable shape? Furthermore, notice that it is the ONLY irrelevant item Rhett mentions. He says cancer, polyp, other health abnormalities… and MISSING PUZZLE PIECES. He jumps to it straight away. It is not part of a series of items that have no business in your butt. He just says this one, in specific, all alone and nothing else. Lastly, of course this quote is from the scripted intro. No incoherence, no thoughtless blabbering. Scripted intentional statement.

The Link butt flashing is nothing truly important, it’s a throwback, Link had also done it in the brosectomy. Rhett looked the other way but there was also a cut there lol

I love how butt flashing Link thought Rhett was being indecent because a little bit of the shoulder was showing 😂

Let’s go to drugged up Rhett. The things he says are: a) using buttplugs regularly, b) eating a lot of hotdogs (although when sane he has said he doesn’t often opt for actual hot dogs), c) a man fond of looking and entering the asshole (although when sane he identified as a vagina fan man). So he spoke of three things and all were associated with anal sex and more so gay anal sex (hot dog). I think at some point Link’s embarrassment almost became genuine. There’s more to be said here but I will come back to this later.

Rhett was somehow so endearing when he was mumbling how Link complains about everything except peanut butter.

Link makes it clear he’s fine with something going up his dookie shoot.

Overall, sedated Link is more of a normally sedated person than Rhett was and there is stuff to be said about it. But first, let’s talk about the normal stuff: when Link is brought to during the colonoscopy, he initially is antsy, has discomfort, asks repeatedly if the doctor found anything bad, tries to move. Those reactions were normal. The only not normal one up to this point was wanting to canoe down a colon… But, again, there’s a lot more to be said.

“I’m glad we saved ourselves for each other and broke the seal together” intentional joke when Rhett was fully awake.

Link also said something like “I spent all my life with a cone up my ass” probably a metaphor of repression.

And now: THE REAL PART

As a person who has had an endoscopy with anaesthesia (maybe more than a regular dosage), a relative who had one with half the typical dosage of anaesthesia and a thug relative who did it with NO anaesthesia, in case you are young and vibrant and healthy, which I very much hope so, and have not undergone such a procedure yet, let me tell you something: regarding many parts of their incoherent sedation, THAT’S NOT HOW BEING INCOHERENT DURING SEDATION WORKS.

Link commented in the end of the video that he was more out of it than Rhett was and Rhett disagreed due to all the insane stuff he had said, for which he took no responsibility. The thing is, Link was telling the truth and perhaps intentionally. He was more out of it than Rhett. “Out of it” here means being more sedated and therefore more incapable of communicating or talking. And certainly NOT saying sexual and other supposedly crazy stuff with extraordinary detail. There is proof for that in the video, as spoken by the doctor, which was not edited out.

The doctor said Rhett took less medicine than the typical dosage is and, you know, doctors have the tendency to minimize pain anyway. Which means that for the doctor to be impressed that Rhett handled it so well, he was in fact not all that drugged up. The dosage that was given to him was apparently enough to numb the pain / discomfort but he was pretty conscious for most of the time. Compare it to Link, who was given more medicine and when they tried to wake him as much as Rhett, he had discomfort, was making motions and asking the doctor questions about his health. Link’s state was making a lot more sense. There are several cuts and edits during Rhett’s colonoscopy but in general I feel like he took one up for the team (literally) so that he would say certain things under the cover of incoherence. Like they said, they asked the doctor to use the minimum drug dosage so they could be as alert and conscious as possible - apparently Rhett was able to tolerate a lower dosage that inevitably made him remain more alert for a longer time. Bodies are different. In any case, Rhett took much less drug than his doctor expected him to need, which means he was able to communicate well and maintain an unusual level of consciousness during such a procedure. Besides all the sex jokes he made with full phrases, this is more obvious in the “Jessie” question. Here’s how sedation works: if you are in the state that you don’t remember your mother for example, you definitely also don’t remember the lyrics of an obscure song you listened to once. End of story. What happens with Rhett here is exactly that. He supposedly is incapable of remembering his wife but he has no problem remembering… let’s analyse this.

Doctor: So, Rhett, who’s Jessie? You got a tattoo.

Link: That’s his favourite proctologist.

Rhett: You’re talking about Jesse Pinkman?

Doctor: We got Jessie on your right buttcheek.

Rhett: … he was the right hand man of Walter White in Breaking Bad.

Link: No, they are talking about your wife, dude.

Rhett: Jesse James was a…

(Irrelevant chatter about endoscope going in.)

Nobody:

Rhett: Jussie Smollet was a…

Link: No, let’s not talk about him.

Also look:

Look at him. He is pretty alert. He looks at Link when he talks to him, he is wide-eyed, he raises his head. He also repeatedly looked to his right (our left) during the Jessie conversation. This was a bit. Perhaps the various Jessies were written on a paper there because he could have a problem remembering them on his own. When the endoscope was inserted, he was like “oh yeah hehe there it is, hello, ask for consent maybe hehe”. It’s funny, it’s inappropriate but IT IS NOT incoherent. It was a sex joke very suitable to the situation. He knew what he was saying at all times. Therefore, no matter how numbed he was, he was not enough to forget his own wife or repeatedly ignore the cues Link and the doctors gave him about her, all while listing a sidekick character from a show, a notorious bandit from the American civil war and a controversial but little known gay actor who staged an assault against himself and has mythomanic tendencies.

Link emphasises on the bit by saying to the doctor: “ I wonder if he’s gonna remember his wife when he wakes up. Because he certainly remembered every other Jessie he’s ever heard about”.

Like, okay? Trust me on this. Anaesthesia doesn’t work like selective amnesia. And few very particular amnesias work like remembering the obscure thing and forgetting the pivotal one.

This. Was. A. Bit.

And even Link’s embarrassment is parts real, parts a bit. Like, emphasising on how Rhett can’t think of anything besides buttholes.

Meanwhile, Link’s eyes are half-lidded and whenever the endoscope moves he tries to move and the nurses stop him. He’s on a bigger dosage and he’s more sensitive to this procedure than Rhett. Honestly, Link is just way more normal, I don’t know if Rhett was that hell of a champ or there was crazy editing going on. But Link is brought at some point more to as well. And then he says this:

“You know, Rhett, I am glad you are here for me. Why don’t we hold hands?” *Editing with a lot of stuff about polyps, business decision etc, at this point Link communicates well too* “I am so grateful that I get to have something shoved deep into my colon, in your presence… because you know that’s what life is all about.” Throughout this monologue, Link also looks somewhere at Rhett’s left and he is a little robotic. Maybe he was reading as well. This, too, was a bit.

And just like with all recent videos, this has similar vibes to another one. Let’s go back to the We Dug A Medium Sized Hole. As Rhett and Link dig with their shovels, Link says;

“You know, there is nothing I’d rather be doing now than digging a hole. Seriously, this is exactly what I want to be doing. And there’s no one else I would rather be digging a hole with.”

That’s all from me, you said you had thoughts as well, if they are additional or different, I would love to read them!

[aita-blorbos]

AITA for feeling humiliated by, erm, some "things"?

[ Content warnings have been automatically bound to this ask for your convenience. (⁠＾⁠∇⁠＾⁠)⁠ﾉ⁠♪ Content warnings are as follows: internalized homophobia, ill-advised relationship dynamics, interpersonal cruelty, and mental illness. ヾ⁠(⁠･⁠ω⁠･⁠*⁠)⁠ﾉ ]

What kind of ridiculous function is—?! The delete key won't work?! ...Ah, um, I mean, hello. To get to the point, I (...age is a complicated question. Even I'm not sure, really. Do you count years in a coma?? ...Maybe almost 40 by now??) (~40, straight, M) am in a bit of a tricky situation, and I've been told that I can earn back some points by submitting to this.... forum.

So, with all the shamelessness I have in me, just scroll down and hit NTA for me, alright?!

... Okay. Fine. So the actual context for my question: I've had a few, uh, "misunderstandings" with someone really important. Like OBJECTIVELY important, like MVP level important, not like I LIKE him. Well I do like him but in the way any sane, regular, straight, normal man would: in admiration!

Uh.... So, we have a bit of a complicated relationship. To be clear, I had no choice in the matter at first! I was forced, coerced into ruining his childhood for the sake of his own development. Under threat of my own death!! I admit that I didn't make many efforts to explain this situation to him at the time, so he thought I did it of my own hatred for him. So naturally I would think that he wanted to get horrible gruesome revenge on me when he came back!!

Well, uh... It turns out that was not the case. I did everything in my power to preserve my own life, evading him as much as possible, but in the end it turned out that I accidentally made him gay, and he did not want to kill me but rather, "do" me!! And, well, ever since I realized this, there has been an absolutely unbearable revulsion when I see him, such that my stomach unsettles, my lungs tighten, my cheeks redden (with disgust!!) .... Even if he's OBJECTIVELY the most beautiful man in this world (in a VERY LITERAL sense), there was no way I could endure such humiliation as getting gay with him!!

Ahhhhh, erm, however... I had to!! It was strictly necessary, the fate of humanity was at stake!! I sacrificed my own dignity for this noble deed, admittedly... largely because I realized that my avoidance of him had played a large part in his suffering, and I wanted to right things. I knew... that I could get through to him this way. So I had to.

The, erm, issue is, I do still feel quite humiliated by it!! But I'm certain that if he discovered this, his tender, hopeful glass heart might shatter once more, and I... don't want to hurt him anymore. But, being straight as a rod, I probably shouldn't string him along either, right?! Right?

Ah... The delete key still won't work!!!!

[illarian-rambling]

I suppose I can call this a very late STS ask but even if not I’ve been curious for a while - you’ve talked about the siren empire and their views on land-dwellers a lot but I’m curious about how they treat their own people. What’s it like being a siren? I know they have pretty harsh punishments and Sepo seems to remember the food fondly but I’d love to know anything else you want to share :)

1 A.M. is close enough to Saturday for me

Sirens, by and large, live very normal lives. It's easy to forget this, especially for humans who only see their Singer-Priests when they're out sinking ships, but a majority of sirens have never even been to the surface, much less seen a human. They have apartments and convenience stores down there, theaters and libraries and public parks too. They work mostly mundane jobs or go to school. They love elthuryah (chess basically) tournaments and wine smuggled in special containers from the surface is enjoyed as much as its vintners are despised. Generally, they treat each other no better or worse than humans do other humans.

The one thing is the theocracy. Sirens are brainwashed from the moment they're born into thinking that they are the superior people, that they were made in their god's image and everyone else is a mocking imitation that must be exterminated for its own good. A siren could watch a human die as easily as a human might watch a prayer candle burn. Everything from their entertainment to their education is carefully curated by the Silver Sovereign and her temple to reiterate this cruel way of thinking.

This is why heresy is a big no-no for sirens. When Sepo killed the Silver Sovereign's heir, he killed the future mouthpiece of the Great Anglerfish. Also, the Silver Sovereign is an absolute monarch, so her punishment for him wasn't limited by laws or anything. Given that he killed her only daughter and burnt down her palace, she gave him the worst punishment she could think of---Voiceless and left for monster food. The siren populace was on board with this because, with all the propaganda they're fed, all they knew was that this guy tried to kill the mouthpiece of their god for no reason.

So yeah, daily siren life is pretty normal aside from all the propaganda and regular temple visits. Sirens don't even know those things are odd because why would they? They usually deeply love the temple, especially given the free medical treatment priests provide. Seluthena and the rest of the Ulahdrian empire is a fine place to live when it comes to security and a career. This is why it's so rare for sirens to leave. No sane person would give all that up for a surface world they've been taught all their life is the realm of false-faced demons and a hateful sun.

It's 1984 the fish version down there, basically. Hope this answered your question and thanks for the ask!

[northwest-cryptid]

Mabinogi is a game plagued by veteran players saying shit like "why are no new players signing up? The game must be too complex!" While at the same time perpetuating the most toxic "community" I've ever seen full of "guild interviews" and shit that turn the game into a social nightmare and practically a second or maybe even third job for any regular casual person who just wants to enjoy an MMORPG. The culture has become so much and I don't say this to just vent, I say this because I've been saying for a long time that there needs to be a change in the way the mabi community outwardly presents iself; because I DO know some chill cool people in the community; but not nearly as many as the toxic people. So fuck it, I am going to dedicate myself to raising those voices, being the change I want to see; and hopefully being able to help some people get into what is honestly a fantastic game with one of the WORST communities I've ever seen if I'm being entirely honest.

Here's the one thing I really want to say about all of this though, if you read/hear about any of the dumb shit I say players do; and you think "I have literally never done any of this nor do I think like this??" Great the shoe doesn't fit, don't wear it; you're not one of the bad eggs then! That's good and trust me when I say you'll probably come up when I talk about the people who I actually think make this game and community worth being a part of. Because yea there ARE good, chill people out there. However I cannot overlook the absolute entitlement of the bulk of the playerbase because "Not All Milletians" are weird about this game.

If you think I'm being dumb about this I need you to consider that, in 2024:

a player (friend of mine) was approached about being new, upon confirming they were new they were given some mid-high end gear and gold; only to be told they were "indebted" to a guild because they accepted said gear. They were then told if they just blocked/ignored the individual that they'd be reported for scamming them. A new player who doesn't know any better being told that they'll be reported and banned because they are "indebted" to people who gave them free shit is fucked up, especially to tell them they have to work off their debt by joining a guild and participating in end game raids and shit? What the fuck.

I was approached personally and asked if I played the game "religiously" when I said I really enjoy the game and play often, but wouldn't put it that far; I was told that I wasn't worth the waste of time to even talk to. Because I don't take the game seriously enough if I don't "play it religiously." Yea alright.

I've had players new and old who insist on being "right" about the meta, and thus unprompted and unasked; will info dump about mechanics I understand fully as someone who has played this game literally since the NA beta. I politely explain that I know this and didn't ask for a lesson; only to be told I'm being rude because I should be grateful to be taught how to play the game. Again, I didn't ask. I cannot emphasize the condescending tone used to explain mechanics. Mechanics I didn't even get wrong? Nor that were even apparent for what we were doing?

I was referred to as an "archer fag" by a stranger for saying I enjoyed Alchemic Sharpshooter.

I saw a post on tumblr where a player literally said, in the year 2024 that "our guild is closed..." which is fine, but then... "but another guild who's friends with ours has interviews right now!" As if this is just a normal everyday thing that is sane for an MMORPG.

I joined a guild on an alt where I didn't explain to anyone that I'd played for as long as I have, and they; without talking to me about it at all paired me off with one of the other members of their guild for a "mentorship program" where I was to do weekly shadow missions and dungeons with this "more experienced player" to learn the game. This would have been fine if it was something I asked for or even wanted; but again unprompted; I didn't even know the guy they decided to pair me off with.

Upon joining most guilds I've been instructed to join discord servers and "be active in the discord server at least once a week or we will kick you." Your guild, your rules sure; but come on man I just want to play an MMO.

Like, this is the new player experience? We're all on one server now, and when I go looking for people who are welcoming to new players I find a lot of recruitment for guilds and "rush to the late game" type stuff. I find nothing for casuals, I find next to nothing for chill people who just want to enjoy an MMO. The community around Mabi is terrifying, and worse off; I literally have been told I'm "suspicious" because I will openly and enthusiastically engage with NEW players but I tend to be fearful and stay away from veterans who I don't already know. Can you blame me when so far my experience with other long time players has been so bad?! I hate that you have two options, you either silently put up with the way a lot of veteran players act; or you get ostracized and shunned for "being a hater" or whatever if you speak out about the problems with the community.

[serial-meddler]

How to abandon kpop ships and throw yourself into the water of sanity

First things first, i used to ship a few idols to the point of utter obsession and i wasn't liking the toxicity. I used to thrive on their interactions and crumbs but then i was never ever satisfied cause let's face it, they were just normal things or conversations anyone would do to someone in their group or band.

So I've been trying to get out of these inescapable ships cause i personally believe its toxic and misguiding especially to young fans, trust me, they take it very seriously. I mean, that's only my opinion and if you guys are shipping only for funsies, that's tooooootally fine. Please don't come at me, folks. (｡╯︵╰｡)

SO i found a way to stop obsessing over these strangers on the internet :

Pressure from Companies : Their companies 70% of the time force them to have these interactions. I'm sure some are genuine, obviously ლ(•ω •ლ) but i think some of this are deliberately captured in a way that attracts shippers. I mean, the companies know about the shipping and I've heard that(from undisclosable resources) most idols are very uncomfortable with shipping.

Korea is a (90%)homophobic country : Again, i'm not saying everyone is homophobic but in reality most Koreans are in fact homophobic and that includes some or most of the idols as well. Some of them may be an ally but they may not be homosexual themselves. Even if they are by any chance, they will never disclose it.

Focus on their music/work/art and then go home : If you are into kpop, then only view them as music artists and nothing more than that. That is, unless you don't want to remain sane. DON'T view their content that's got nothing to do with their work/music cause at the end of the day, they're really music artists and that's all we should really focus on. I know some of you can disagree with me and that's okay. I mean they are just regular people (albeit attractive ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ) like us who are doing their job. Tbh, I'm not into pop music much and i like very few artists and am choosy over the songs that i listen to. By no means, do i think pop music is inferior. Infact its great and i do like a few pop artists but generally listen to other genres. These days, kpop has also evolved to fit in many other genres which is noice SO getting back to the story, i was watching all their content (vlives, yadayada) for no reason at all. I mean some are entertaining, no lie, but honestly we don't have to watch all their content cause one, its time consuming and two, why. This may differ for everyone and that's okay. You do you.

Idols are different off screen and are not innocent : most (90%) idols generally have idol persona and are completely different off screen. I heard (questionable resources so take this with a grain of salt (￢‿￢ )) that most idols, especially bg idols are not what you think they are. They tend to be womanizers/playboys and sympathise with trash dastards like ykw big bang guy seungsrice, the other guy , i don't know his name and don't want to know it either. I could be wrong but i heard that senior bg idols have chat groups for the sole purpose of ogling and objectifying female idols (by posting inappropriate content) and these seniors add the junior idols to those groups as well. Being disrespectful to women or anyone for that matter is immoral (atleast to me) and I'm sorry, i don't get the men will be men trope. Men/everyone can be respectful. It's not that hard. So basically these idols are not saints and can be utter assholes just like the rest of the world. I also heard some really young bg idols around their early twenties, i won't say who, go to clubs for ons and tend to like sleeping with a lot of girls so 99% of the homosexual ships are not real.

Self-love sista : i know it can be hard to break up with a ship so take your time. Start focusing on yourself and view their work only as a source of entertainment. Its not offensive cause that's what they are. They are people doing a job. They also only view you as a collective, just a fan, so what's the use of knowing them or their personality in-depth. Its irrelevant. When you start viewing them as employees, the obsession towards them should reduce and they also would get the privacy they've always wanted. So i think its a win-win.

that's about it. Toodles.

[sl33pyfr0gt33th]

Crack theory:

What if Kinger is a npc?

So that’s a weird thing to say right? The rest of the cast we’d have to assume is real since pomni’s real right? But there is something interesting mentioned, Caine can create npcs we know this because Jax says "is this another one of your npcs?" When pomni shows up, that mixed with the fact he had to ask also shows that these npcs look like regular characters

Now I don’t know exactly what these npcs could do but it’s likely that they would help around the circus for example, bubble cleans up everything that needs cleaning, now where does this tie in with kinger? Well if we look at his interests something he repeatedly brings up is his fascination in insect collecting, or in another word, bug collecting you see digital games usually have people look through them and test for bugs or things that could go wrong and so kinger is always on the look out for bugs or if somethings not right, for example noticing kaufmo’s decent and also noticing that pomni might not be doing that well either

He also has glitched out on camera which we know probably is not a normal thing due to how others react to glitches (pomni backs around from a flower pot in the ground and gangle looks worried when kinger glitches) i think caines the only one we see glitch or pause suddenly with out anything causing it (like a abstraction or some other bug) because he’s a Ai

Also another thing to mention is kingers paranoia is incredibly useful if he’s a npc, because not only will he think to test out more bugs but is also more prone to repeating those bug checks which is really helpful (code can break after a update so double testing helps a lot) also just the fact he can get scared of someone who he literally knows is right besides him is interesting, yeah it’s probably a joke but a npc will still show a prompted reaction if needed, you’d just have to trigger it (like standing in a blind spot)

ALSO HE COULDNT HELP ZOOBLE-? We know he can grab stuff and can carry zooble so that’s not the issue, but here where the theory kinda explains some stuff, npcs likely can’t help on adventures they can only guide them to where they need to go, which kinger technically does since he and gangle find the nest of the gloinks, now you could argue he couldn’t help zooble because his hands were stolen, which would make sense but wouldn’t they get stolen along with his pillow fort? Wouldn’t they get stolen when zooble was? These things steal literally anything that isn’t pinned down to the ground yet they don’t take kingers hands until he tries to help zooble? It doesn’t make much sense to me-

Next thing to mention he hasn’t abstracted and has been here the longest out of our cast, he’s clearly not sane being glitchy and incredibly paranoid constantly but he’s fine not signs of abstracting since he hasn’t shown any symptoms of talking about a exit or actually doing anything too bad a npc wouldn’t want to exit because there’s no reason to unless it’s in their script, he doesn’t have a life to return to so he’s not looking for a way out therefore he can’t abstract

Extra details I’m adding in just for the heck of it:

The floor matches kinger since it is a chessboard pattern

His eyes are realistic like caines

Introduces himself as a Royal as if he’s always been a king chess piece "as a royal myself"

He pauses like Caine when he needs to process a event-

He has repeating gestures! (Not evidence, I just love the fact he has little things he repeats and I just want to mention it)

So in conclusion:

Caine made a Ai to keep track of bugs and abstractions if anything went wrong, forgot to tell the others that kingers a Ai and just went: "Welp! Might as well keep him here!" And hasn’t told the cast since he saw no reason to

(Please feel free to mock or joke about this theory, it’s a crack theory for a reason it’s meant to be the most chaotic but least possible theory-)

[sampilled]

maybe im not woke but i do think, for the most part, that kink gear should stay private

im not talking about public events like pride or halloween events or other similar things because "dressing up" is expected and normal in those situations and they are, for the most part, either adult only or family events so people can make the decision on whether to go and how they should dress there

im talking about subtle things like eternity collars or even regular collars and i really think a lot of people will disagree with me but i think its so easy for something like that to shift from the realm of "safe sane consensual" because public everyday settings cant be controlled like that

and people have the right to wear what they want but its naive to think other people don't know what it represents or that it wont bleed over into everyday life in other ways

like especially if children are involved, the dynamic should never leave the bedroom, ive known people whose parents havent been able to separate their everyday lives from their bdsm lives and it went to bad places very very quick so maybe im sensitive or whatever

i just really resent the idea that its fine because they dont know because i feel like we all have an instinctive knowledge of sex, at least i did as a child so its like even if they dont know, they will figure it out very quickly