#huge variety

[theshadowrealmitself]

I like to think that Vulcans who come to understand that Humans just can’t try to process emotions the same way as them, it’s just healthiest to let it out in harmless ways, decide that venting and stuff should be taken just as seriously as Vulcan’s meditation time, and will encourage the Humans around them to complain about what’s upsetting them

People who are used to aloof Vulcans who avoid Humans at all cost running into one comforting a Human

“-and then they said my cheesecake was subpar, and they didn’t even bring a dish!!!”

“The purpose of this event was that every participant brings a food item of sorts, correct?”

“Yeah!!”

“And they did not follow this rule while insulting dishes that were brought?”

“Mostly just my dish but yeah >:(“

“How illogical”

“That’s what I’m saying!!!”

[son1c]

visually impaired and still rockin'!

tails built the visor for him. it acts as a multi-tool: a screen reader and a proximity sensor. you know, like how when you're in a car and it'll beep when you get too close to something? sonic uses it to navigate at super-speeds!

[monster-inside-of-your-head]

some misc fionna and cake inspired drawings because oh boy did I have too many ideas

[luminouslotuses]

male yearning: miles morales edition

tweets from posts 1 & 2

[gummi-ships]

Kingdom Hearts 3 - Toy Box

[tahthetrickster]

tfw you have a messy breakup in (the equivalent of) your early 20s and didn’t want to talk about it and now 400 years later everybody has gossipy opinions on it

[militaryintelligencerecords]

MILITARIES OR THE PLANET REFERRED TO AS EARTH ARE EXCEEDINGLY AWARE OF TIME TRAVELING CRIMINALS THAT ARE TOTALLY UNRELATED TRADING BUYING AND SELLING STOLEN BODIES USED FOR SEX OR DISGUISE. ALL CRIMINAL BITCHES NEED TO KNOW THAT FACT.

THEY WRITE THAT UP.

[shuttershocky]

I tried playing Nioh 2 like a year ago but it seemed… Kind of absurdly difficult? I couldn’t get past the first boss, and just Ran from all the mini-bosses. I’m considering picking it up again, but do you have any tips for what the game expects from players?

Let me start out by saying that Nioh 2 is the complete opposite of minimalist game design. There are mechanics behind mechanics behind mechanics behind shit that only gets unlocked in your next playthrough, so I'm just going to let you discover most of that for yourself.

Okay so first off you're going to see people call Nioh a Soulslike. This is false.

While it has shrines to act as campfires that respawn enemies, you should be approaching Nioh far more like a 2000s action game like Ninja Gaiden: you have to be fast and extremely aggressive. You don't wait for an opening, you make one, and when you've got an opening you don't just attack, you do as large a combo as you can manage.

How do you do that when you have a limited stamina (Ki) bar that you need for dodges and blocks? You learn how to do Ki Pulses. When you attack, you get swirling blue orbs that surround your character. Tapping R1 lets you do a Ki Pulse, refunding part of the Ki you just spent. Tapping R1 at the perfect time (right as the blue orbs enter your character) refunds you a lot.

Mastering Ki Pulses is what makes Nioh a different beast from any Soulsgame. Nioh assumes you're using it and fighting with deceptively far more stamina than you actually have, because you do. Some of the weapon skills you unlock also grant you bonuses for good Ki Pulsing, such as letting you swap stances with a bonus, buffing yourself up, etc. Ki pulses also purify the air around you, so if you find yourself inside the Yokai realm that slows your Ki regeneration, a Ki Pulse cleanses in the air in a small AOE, allowing you to fight monsters properly in spite of their dirty tricks.

Master this simple concept, and even if you're in unfamiliar territory (which is 70% of your Nioh 2 experience) you should be able to defend yourself no matter what. Enemies also use Ki in battle, so if your Ki management is better than theirs you can wail on them for free once they're tired. You can also grapple exhausted enemies to stun them and really make them free kills.

Also at the start of the game, you choose a Guardian Spirit. This Guardian Spirit determines your Burst Counter, which is a special kind of parry move that lets you outbullshit enemy bullshit. Basically, enemies will glow red when they start up an unblockable bullshit move that will end you. This is only unblockable with your human parries, but if you use your Guardian Spirit to Burst Counter (R2 + Square) you hit the enemy with your own insanely powerful move that also stuns them, though how your Burst Counter works depends on your currently equipped Guardian Spirit (one gives you an attack with super armor, another is a dodge with an after-image the enemy can attack to trigger the burst, and the last acts as a standard parry but much flashier).

Burst Counters work even on bosses, meaning you can instantly turn the tables on a boss pummeling your face in if they get greedy and pull out their super moves.

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Without sugarcoating it, Nioh 2 can be a really difficult game. However, its secret is that you are powerful, so much so that Nioh players doing challenge runs like to play the whole game at Level 1 without upgrading themselves. Once you get into the mindset of tapping Ki Pulses to the rhythm of your violence, you realize you're actually stronger and faster than most enemies in the game. You CAN get punished for overstepping, but the lesson isn't to tame your greed, but to refine your aggression. You can dodge in the middle of combos in this game; you can afford to make one more slash at that boss.

Also, unlike a Souls game where bringing in a friend is limited, Nioh 2 can be played in true co-op. The whole campaign, end to end, both of you progress and you can play together as soon as you finish the tutorial. With how powerful you can get, co-op isn't exactly balanced, but it IS extremely fun, if you're here for the over the top ninja-wizard-warrior shenanigans and not for the challenge.

[noirandchocolate]

Scale of one to ten, how mad do you think Kohga is when, after he describes his/the Clan’s long, difficult work to figure out how to use Zonai tech, to collect charges, and to reconstruct a mighty ancient construct to gift to Lord Ganon, and after he debuts said amazing piece of engineering (which he’s even dressed up to show it’s special and his)*…

Link can just stand back and let his own mech, that he built in like two days tops and that is powered by a sage who barely knows him and is following him more or less blindly because he’s the Princess’s Chosen Hero…

Bop his creation repeatedly with a spiky metal ball (his own signature weapon)?

Because I think the answer is over 9000.

This is the mask of a man having a breakdown.

[moregraceful]

It feels like getting pulled underwater—the sharp sideways tug, the slight drag of resistance, then falling, falling, till the waves close over his head. But Logan can breathe when he rights himself again, even if the light has a watery filter to it and the voices have a distant echo. // Sometimes Logan gets a glimpse of guys who've been long gone from the teal, clustered at the far end of the bench or sitting in the box across the ice. He heard Jason's voice in the hallway loud and clear, that infectious laugh. And he could have sworn he saw Raffi fucking Torres getting out of a car in the players' lot. Something tells him not to look up the rosters.

Commissioned @impmakesart to make a painting based on the Sharks' Cali Fin hype reel + the flip side by frausorge. Imp was amazing to work with and I could not be more emotional about this piece and so, so pleased with how it turned out!! 🙇🏻‍♂️🙇🏻‍♂️ Commission him here. Thank you Imp!

[uncanny-tranny]

Yet another crochet and knit hack: the patterns are a mild suggestion. You can do what you want forever, you have free will 💛💛💛

[ndostairlyrium]

...you thought today was over? Well, it is NOT <3

Remember to always kiss your herbalists! And to keep bringing them seeds and hugs on a daily 💚

Mori'na belongs to @idolsgf / @blightbear

Sketch under the bridge

[honeyedmiller]

when u get this, list 5 songs u like to listen to, publish. then, send this ask to 10 of your fave followers ✨🎧

ty for the tags @jolapeno and @javierpena-inatacvest !! <3 I got all of these songs off of my “on repeat” lol

witchy (feat. childish gambino) — kaytranada

doin’ time — lana del rey

hypnotized — fleetwood mac

puffin on zooties — future

tyrant — beyoncé

no pressure tags: @ilovepedro @joelsgreys @nostalxgic @endlessthxxghts @party-hearses @sugarcoated-lame @punkshort @chaotic-iguana @tonysopranosrobe @bastardmandennis

[abirddogmoment]

My side quest this weekend was to check out a variety of reservoirs in central Alberta. I took a few detours to visit several reservoirs of different sizes and explore some new areas. This was Dickson Reservoir and by far the largest of the ones we saw!

[batmanisagatewaydrug]

probably not the takeaway you meant for that post buuuut do you have a link to that podcast about fetishwear? sounds fun

oh it was an episode of Betwixt the Sheets, hosted by darling sex historian Kate Lister

[househeritageposts]

you're so right that nearly every pairing of main characters works. my rarepair of choice is definitely foreman/chase. oooooh they hate each other so much

I really do think it's a testament to how well-written this show is that every main character has their own unique chemistry that can be expanded upon! Even the patients, who only show up for one episode, have a certain depth that most other shows of this genre don't necessarily have. As for Foreman/Chase... I can't condone this behavior but I understand. Sometimes there's only one way to work out a weird gay coworker rivalry 🤭