#in this essay I will...

[sapphim]

if merrill had been in inquisition she would have taken dagna on a tour of the crossroads as a date, and then she would have taught her all about blood magic, and then they would have kissed. this is obviously too powerful for bioware to contemplate so they had to nerf them by giving us morrigan instead.

[saurons-pr-department]

Both the Orcs and Clones as 'manufactured' or 'engineered' peoples forced to fight on behalf of people who don't really care about them because they are a tool to be used and gotten rid of once the fighting is over.

[firelise]

TopMew: Sex is a pawn in a game

BostonNick: Sex is a tool for discovery, freedom, self-love, and healing

SandRay: Sex is an expression of gratitude, unconditional love, and commitment

[psalacanthea]

I just realized the guy in DA2 who goes to Anders' clinic because of an STD is voiced by Sebastian's voice actor.

[deludedextracts]

So without doing a shred of my own research, has futurama been cited one of tlt's influences? Because I'm watching the series start to finish and between Bender being cursed to kill his best friend with Fry grieving and offended it wasn't him who was murdered, and the freaky mind honey episode where Leela kept hallucinating Fry's corpse, I'm just sitting here ticking off plot points like a deranged owl

[tentotea]

i was rewatching the hunger games movies recently and i can’t stop thinking about how on the films are excellent adaptations of the books, but also how at times the films completely miss the point of the books 

[xanzusx]

Platonic tension: Both of you make a fool of yourselves trying to impress the other person because you believe it's a one sided desire for friendship

[radiaking]

i would be absolutely thrilled to see vaultghoul become endgame but if it comes at the expense of max's character and he just gets sidelined for that and shit becomes some sort of dumb triangle thing, i will fucking riot

[insertvalidusername]

okay so my sister and her friends have been taking this food disgust tests (the idr labs one, which if you take/took it and dont mind sharing your results please do) and they all get like 20% - 40%. naturally she makes me, the picky eater, take the test and i scored in the 90 something %. so obviosuly i have to prove that im the only sane person there.

tl;dr im going to go through each and every question of the idr labs food test with extreme detail.

tonight tho.

[scarred-serafina-fan]

Scared waysa is dead and tries to get up but can't

Sees Braeden could be dead forgets all the pain and starts pumping the adrenaline to see if he's ok

I love them

[the-acid-pear]

I was watching a video on sigma males because I started watching cr1tikal again and we all he loves those and truth be told I just wanted to see my guy Patty B. but I instead got to see Michael my good friend Michael from the hit show Prison Break from 2010 or something and I did not only get whiplash because who the fuck remembers prison break in 2023 aside from me when I get a vision and start ranting about T-Bag again as a good autistic man with a special interest should but also just the fact of framing Michael as a sigma is FAIR but at the same, is curious like...

Sure, Patrick Bateman has a plethora of mental issues that can be read in many ways, but many of us do interpret him as autistic. Michael is outright so, too.

(sure that's only brought up once in season 1 when Sarah was doing a background check or some shit on him but still.)

So it's like. Are you really a sigma male or are you just a disabled man trying to come to terms with your identity and finding a community for it (and inadvertently falling into the last hole you want to rest in)?

[sweetmage]

I've gotten myself obsessed with a made up rarepair (Astarion/Abdirak) that requires a miminum of 500 words to explain why it makes sense and at least 350 of the words are a backstory I made up out of thin air for an NPC with <5 minutes of screentime (and the backstory is based on a single sentence + 1 dev note out of all of the dialogue lol)

[risetherivermoon]

people like to demonize children in media way too much these days,

[nicojoe]

what if...

Tales Through Time isn't 100%  "truth" because the entire anthology was written by Yitzhak, who chronicles the memories of his fellow immortals.  His words have inevitably lost some fidelity from their original source, but he still preserves an untold wealth of knowledge from the ravages of time. 

[thebardscipher]

Me before the scar update: Oswald will never show up in this game

Me after the scar update: *plops down at the head of the table, cracks open my laptop, and pulls up a power point* Here are some odd coincidences that probably mean nothing but I will make everything an Epic Mickey reference if I think hard enough.

[gusubun]

       the sects are essentially nobility tbh. in md.zs they’re noble families who pass down cultivation methods, general knowledge, and are meant to protect those under their watch and care. but time and time again we see a lot of abuse there. the sects act as their own government in this world. they throw lavish parties, indulge, and point fingers quickly. they seek power and recognition, face is all that matters. so when a wealthy lord or lady comes for aid, they are usually happy to help. but ask a common farmer to cough up the means to afford such help and they tend to get ignored.

i mentioned this to dia, but this is why wangji in particular stands out. he takes on thework the sects wont do, and asks for nothing in return. hanguang.jun, bearer of light, goes where the chaos is. he is a literal super hero to a regular person. and i think the only reason he succeeds in this is due not only to his methods— but also his experience. despite how cruel the world has been, he still protects it.

something i think people dont realize, is that wangji wont inherit much. hes always going to be cared for sure. but he is the second born, so xichen is set take over the sect. and wangji is more than okay with this. none of what he does is for reputation, or to better himself. he does it because he promised to do it, swore to uphold good and fight for justice. and true to his word, lan wangji is doing just that. a little at a time, bit by bit. its so hard to really put into words the kind of selflessness the second jade upholds. it isnt the storybook kind, its not a friendly sort. yes hes violent and exact in how he handles it, but he isnt cruel. he finishes the work and leaves without taking anything as recompense.

i do think that despite the high regard hes held in, the sects see wangji as a tragic failure of sorts. he refuses to fall into line, to obey societal norms. they give him a wide birth, and try to ignore what hes doing. it took a long time, but wangji, born within the most rule bound sect. realized the world is not black and white, the disciplines of his clan and family are not an end all. there is flexibility and understanding there. that he can have freedom, and his beliefs at the same time. his love, and his family can coincide without clashing. and is is, in my opinion one of the best visuals of character growth ive seen in a long time. it feels natural and organic. it doesn't feel forced, or done for any kind of dramaticism.