#i’m genuinely curious about this

[agentplutonium]

I stole this off the timeline and i’m about to spedrun an assignment and then go to rehearsal so i won’t be on for a while

[glitchthedemon]

how do you guys think Reaper reacts to Sanses that can remember dying in each reset (like Killer or Dust) every time they die? Is it like

“Hey Dust. How’s it going? Damn this is like the 354th reset now huh? Tough luck buddy. Oh wait I think the humans resetting again. Okay see you later, have fun killing the human”

Like do they chill together for a bit until the human resets or what

[dogwaterdish]

The options on the polls are timestamps for periods of time around the arcs. I couldn’t remember all of em so sorry if there’s a big gap

[mini-marshmallow]

V1 got rizzed up.

(I’ve never genuinely loved something I drew so much. I also made up some typical yaoi dialogue for this picture in my head so that was fun.)

This is the aftermath btw:

[edsbacktattoo]

GOD i hope we get some sappy shit between Ed and Stede where they talk about WHY they love each other this season. i know they’re soulmates and they’ve been bound to meet and fall in love since time started but i’m dying to know what Ed’s favourite thing about Stede is. and i know we now have “I love everything about you” and i know we have “what makes Ed happy is you” but i want those sickening and nauseating details. like is it his smile? his optimism? his heart and soul? let them be GROSS

[o-wild-west-wind]

so if we’re wolves DOES happen for real…do you think Taika and Jemaine are vianton pilled now or do you think they’re going to be normal

also. we’re still in the WWDITS show universe, right? are we gonna get, like…Colin Robinson jumpscares? what about OFMD cast cameos? Madeleine Sami hot vampire reprise? Maaka, O’Leary, and Minogue? STU???!?

[yeehawgeek]

ok i saw someone else made a poll about this, but i want more detail

if anyone is nasty towards anyone else, you’re getting blocked

reblog for sample size i guess

[dear-kumari]

"he held his breath underwater for three whole minutes" he has a fractured piece of a lovecraftian god controlling his eyes for god's sake suspend your disbelief and enjoy things

Over three minutes, actually! But sure, I guess it's unreasonable of me to expect this story about a man whose child drowned to portray his own near-drowning experience accurately or believably or with any sort of dramatic weight

[shorthaltsjester]

i do not want to dig a hole but i am too much of a laura bailey pc enjoyer to not make this post so:

selfishness ≠ a lack of kindness 

selfishness is a theme that has come up with all of laura's main campaign pcs. that doesn't mean that her characters are always making selfish choices or that they don't care about the rest of the people they're with or that they're not good. it's just that, for the most part, the first thing they're thinking of when they take action or make choices is themselves. 

in jester and vex both it is more typical and obvious selfishness. vex's developed because she needed it to keep herself and vax alive and as safe as possible and it grew into a behaviour that she had to actively work to avoid. it's evident in her greed, her theft of the broom, her reaction to her own death which relied heavily on i'm okay/i survived to which keyleth reminded her that she wasn't the only one who had to witness and reckon with her death. in jester's case, she grew up in an environment that literally trained her to make every decision based on two things - her mother's opinion and her own. so, when she's out in the world without marion for the first time, her choices are those that will benefit her and her actions are those that consider her own thoughts and not really many others' (aside from the traveler's). 

it isn't a criticism of either vex or jester to say that they are characters who act selfishly. in fact, i'd argue that to claim otherwise does a great disservice to exactly how immense both of their character arcs are. because the nuance of both jester and vex is that they are selfish, and they also hold extreme room for self-sacrifice and empathy. vex is much more brash than jester is, and jester is much more trusting than vex, but both of them are characters who begin with selfish impulses who grow with them. neither ever truly shed those impulses, but they use them in new ways, typically transforming them into impulses towards things that are in the best interest of the party. 

you may have noticed the lack of imogen in this post about laura bailey pcs and that's because of two reasons. one, we are an unknown amount of time into her story, i can't analyse her development the same way i can vex and jester's. two, imogen's selfishness isn't the blatant quasi-self-aware selfishness that we see in things like jester complaining about her lack of money to caleb or vex stealing a broom. instead, imogen's is very internal, like a lot of laura's character work with imogen. it is a bit similar to jester’s in the sense that it comes from a lack of awareness moreso than vex’s practiced behaviour, but imogen’s is a lot more tied to inherent beliefs she has about the world and the people in it.

as a consequence of her powers, imogen sees people's thoughts as their entirety, she holds it above their actions to be the truth of who they are - to act against what they think or to say something that doesn’t cohere with what they’ve thought is akin to lying, so for her to act empathetically is to act in tandem with what someone else’s thoughts are, not how they act, which is typically not all that wanted. the same as vex’s greed and jester’s naivety, this is a trait that makes narrative sense and it’s one i find quite compelling, especially when read in the vein of someone struggling through trauma that has made them assume that the world is against them. imogen’s cynicism is coherent cynicism, i can’t say that in a similar situation i wouldn’t have the same predisposition towards the world.

the part that is particularly self-interested comes in if you look at how imogen has actually been treated in the campaign (quite well) in comparison to the cynicism that she’s developed from her past (something that speaks to a world out to get her). certainly, a bunch of shitty things have happened to imogen in the time we’ve known her, but the same can be said for everyone in bell’s hells and pretty much everyone in exandria at this point in time. but, in a fight to save the aforementioned world, imogen’s focus was getting her mother back on her side. which, while very consistent with her character and a choice that i enjoy, is a very selfish one. the fun thing (to me, obviously) about imogen is that she has, more than most, an insight into the opinions of others and she also tends to seek others’ opinions out and genuinely engages with them and supports their choices. but she still very much acts towards what she thinks is best. it’s one reason i enjoy looking at the dynamic between her and orym as one between foils, as orym tends to be stalwart in his beliefs and doesn’t care too much for other’s opinions if he’s already sure of his own, but his actions tend to favour collaboration and protecting others.

as i mentioned earlier, imogen is a harder case to look at because she is still in the process of her story. however, the circlet is clearly influencing how she interacts with the world and in the wake of the solstice, the hostile reaction towards ruidusborn people has started to become more and more apparent and i’m interested to see what route that ends up leading imogen down and how it will influence her relationship with the rest of bell’s hells. (for better, i think, based on recent conversations, but if it's for worse i will be just as seated and excited).

all of this is just to say, please stop assuming that claiming a character has a trait you think is a bad one is criticism or a hate post. in light of the fact that i know that people who don’t believe this will continue to not believe this, i’ll encourage anyone confused about the ability of a character to be good and kind and selfish all at once to look to what the text itself says, specifically scanlan’s words to pelor when asked what vex means to him:

“Her name is Vex, and she is greedy and mean sometimes, and she can steal a lot. She’s a little bit not the greatest person, but her flaws highlight everything that is right about her, which is she does all these things to protect her friends and her family. She would give her life for any of us and for anyone who was truly in need. And she’s not perfect but she’s the most perfect of all of us.”

would you look at that... an ability to be a multitude of things, some in conflict with one another. i know that's hard for fandoms to believe, especially about female characters with agency, but i promise its true!

[sincosma]

God I hope I don’t regret hopping into this topic, but as an ofmd lurker that enjoys settling in for a good long meta, I’ve been seeing a lot of strong hate for Izzy and it’s really confusing me.

To preface, I’m autistic so maybe this is just a very ME thing. But I don’t see fictional characters as People. They are written by someone intentionally. Sometimes I feel like the hate I see for Izzy is as though he’s a People and should be rightfully judged for his very abusive and often violent actions. I see him as a facet of a concept (homophobia, toxic masculinity, however you interpret it), a way to practice what someone like that would do when you inject Stede into the situation. It’s very fascinating to watch. Sometimes painful or uncomfortable, but imo good media should make you confront difficult topics. I personally prefer and seek out challenging media because I like to better understand myself. So from my perspective, I loved Izzy as a character BECAUSE he was challenging. It’s more interesting for me to watch his arc because it makes me examine my own values and boundaries and, most of all, capacity for empathy. Complex characters like that always catch my eye. What he does in the show is AWFUL. I don’t love his actions. But he’s a story thread and he works with the broader narrative and drives the conflict.

And of course, I do understand and validate anyone that was triggered by Izzy because they weren’t expecting some of those things to be brought to our fun gay pirate show or maybe it uncovered an undetected trauma. Totally get that, media has done that to me before (for me, it’s the game Spiritfarer). But sometimes the way Izzy is talked about is so intense. Like very “fuck that monster, don’t even mention him.”

I would get it if you just thought he was poorly written or poorly acted. But some of the things I’ve read make it seem like the person feels the need to dissociate from Izzy like you would a YouTuber that got exposed for doing something terrible. It feels more personal. Is it just that? It’s personal for them? Am I just not recognizing it as that? I’m genuinely coming at this from a psychological perspective not a fandom “go touch grass” perspective. Would love to hear anyone else’s thoughts on the matter.

[a-rats-selfship-blog]

anyone else think about F/O x S/I bodyswap aus or is it just me

[skaldish]

I’m always very curious about the phrase “The gods are unknowable.” I see it float around from time to time in pagan spaces. Is there a reason why people say it, as opposed to saying something like “We don’t always understand what the gods are doing”?

I ask because I was under the impression that “unknowable divinity” was a Christian thing, and that this concept exists to explain the discrepancies between what God promises and what he actually does (the only other way to explain it would be to admit God’s fallible and can make errors.)

[jeanmoreaue]

More rankings for you~~~

Homework: rank the foxes by how much they’d like Jean

homework LMAO everyone who asks me to rank smth now has to phrase it like a discussion post and leave constructive criticism in the comments a la “Hi Jess, Great post! I see your point that Kevin and Jean would piss each other off, but disagree about Kevin’s frustration towards Jean.” 😤 (just kidding but feel free)

1. Neil - this might be a hot take but Neil likes Jean a lot. i think Neil’s attitude about Jean is like “i like him 😈 he’s crazy” and Jean is like “i cannot fucking stand Neil and he’s my soulmate”

2. Renee

3. Matt - i’ve said it before but this is an underrated dynamic. i think it would take Matt a second bc Jean’s prickliness would throw him off at first, but eventually

4. Andrew

5. Nicky - Nicky would think he’s hot and clever. similarly to Kevin

6. Kevin - okay in my defense.. in the current moment in time no they are not getting along and yes they simultaneously can’t stand each other but care about the other person. i think Kevin would get frustrated at Jean for many reasons

7. Dan

8. Allison

9. Aaron - he’s at the bottom bc i think he’d be indifferent

for the record i think they would all like him. if we shoutout Seth, then i think that Jean would be very apprehensive about Seth and Seth would pick up on that and already have a bad mark against Jean for being associated with Kevin Day