#limited options to work with

[atalante241]

Do people genuinely forget that the Traveler had had zero intimate/purely positive interactions with Furina before the whole execution thing? Because I feel like they do. The Traveler became semi-friends / acquaintances with her during her story quest and that became more cemented during the 4.3 event

[moomoorare]

Tap to zoom in, I swear it looks good and not blurry! Also reblog pls pls I love you <3

It's Finally done!! All my eggs designs, ohh it took so many hours but I'm so happy with how it's turned out :D

11 bugs happy happy happy

Close ups under cut!

surprise!

[leavingautumn13]

ms paint nicky v pretend i posted this a month ago

[bioethicists]

irt poverty/homelessness + alcohol use (esp with @butchfeygela‘s tags on my post)- people really underestimate the function that substance use/alcohol use can have for someone who is unhoused. being unhoused is boring, cold, painful, + lonely. substances can allow the 8 hours panhandling to get the $45 you need for a motel to fly by. alcohol reduces your perception of the cold + can knock you out whben you can’t sleep. substances can help you cope with the physical deterioration from malnutrition, constant stress, + sleeping outside. substances can provide social connection with others who you would otherwise not enjoy or help you cope with being alone.

not only that but- many unhoused people are stuck in a seemingly inescapable position. the pathway to financial stability or even housing is difficult or even impossible. in the wake of that hopelessness, the downsides of substance use start to seem insignificant. arrest? you’re getting arrested anyway for sleeping outside, peeing outside, standing in the wrong place, etc. physical danger? you’re already beat the fuck up, anyway, right? loss of relationships? you’ve lost most people already. inability to keep a job? nobody will hire you + you can’t stay employed, anyway, because you have no car + no shower.

perhaps for you or me, the cons of heroin use or binge drinking nightly greatly outweigh the pros. that isn’t the case for everyone. if we are really serious about ending overdose/addiction, we need to start looking at giving people lives worth recovering into instead of shaming them for their own hopelessness.

[tubbytarchia]

Sorry I wanna do an experiment. No judgement passed (it's anonymous but y'know), I'm just deathly curious

[laststandx3]

*not strictly a "how do you imagine you'd die" question. Can be also read as "how do you wish to die". Just know that in this 1845 expedition you WILL die, so choose wisely.

**In this order: Limewater, Syrup of Squills (a sliced herb set in tannin solution), Peruvian Wine of Coca (an admixture of wine and cocaine), Solutions of Hartshorn (a Medicine made from ground-up antlers of red deer which stinks strongly of ammonia), Solution of Camphor, Tincture of Lobelia (a solution of Indian tobacco that was almost pure nicotine)

*** lead poisoning

[kristsune]

So this is my set of Harold Finch cosplay. Im rather chuffed with how they came out. The only item I bought for this was the teal tie. It was delightful to be able to pull out my fancy clothes for this. And yes, I know Finch wouldn't really wear a penguin tie, but I had it and Had to do the thing. Besides, a dear friend suggested that John got it for him and that is now canon to me.

[bedrotboy]

im just curious bc idk many trans guys and idk what ppl do. also do most of us drop out of college or is that just who i interact with lol

also if ur something niche w a degree pls say what :0

[stop-breaking-my-heart-telltale]

if dorian didn't show up, do you think louis would have shot minnie?

I do. I know some people think either he wouldn't have or he would've missed so that's why the writers had him shoot Dorian instead, but mmmmmm no, I don't personally think so. I like to think that if he had taken the shot, his shaky hands would've caused him to shoot her fatally.

Mostly because I'm already so normal about the fact that of the Ericson crew, Marlon and Louis are the only ones with a body count. Well, that we know of, but shown to us in the game, at least. Plus, we know it's Louis' first kill.

Like yeah, Clementine and AJ become part of the crew and they have bigger body counts, and if we're counting indirect kills caused by actions, then Tenn has a count... and I guess everyone has blood on their hands for blowing up the boat... but I'm talking about killed directly with a weapon like....... I lied, I'm not normal about that at all, Louis and Marlon are the ones who have killed someone in Louis' route. I'm also not normal about the fact that Louis kills Dorian and then even as he's clearly in shock, he tries to go with Clementine to get AJ, and then later on when they talk about it, he says it feels like bile but not quite and he's glad he has it in him to do it.... listen, listen, listen... I'm obsessed with that.

Anyway, so if Louis shot Minerva, I think he would've accidentally killed her and can you imagine? He's already enough of a mess after killing the woman who pinned him down and tried to cut his finger off [or succeeded] but he knew Minerva, they were friends before the twins were taken. Even Violet couldn't kill her even though that would've been the smarter thing to do, and we know thanks to meta knowledge that killing her would've saved lives, but Violet couldn't, and I don't think Louis would intentionally either.

Speaking of Violet, if Louis killed Minerva, I hate to think about what that would've done to Vi. I think she might've actually left at that point, like what was planned before it got changed to her being burned. I don't think she would've attacked Louis over it, though, like yeah she attacked Clementine in the cell but Louis? I don't know, but I don't think so just because it's Louis and he'd be a mess about it anyway.

Though if he did kill her, it would be a neat parallel to draw... y'know, because Louis forgave AJ for killing Marlon even though he was pissed and heartbroken, and Violet was annoyed with him the entire time... but could she ever forgive Louis for killing Minerva? Y'know? We already have a similar parallel with AJ shooting Tenn, but still.

If Clementine killed Minerva in that moment, though, then I could see Violet attacking her since in her eyes, Clem proved her right.

So yeah, I get why they added the Dorian kill to his route. It adds another compelling element to Louis as a character, but we also need Minerva alive for episode 4; Louis can't kill her, he can't miss, and he's not going to stay with her because we need Violet to stay on the boat and him to be on shore for all routes.

[wonder-worker]

"[Elizabeth Woodville's] piety as queen seems to have been broadly conventional for a fifteenth-century royal, encompassing pilgrimages, membership of various fraternities, a particular devotion to her name saint, notable generosity to the Carthusians, and the foundation of a chantry at Westminster after her son was born there. ['On other occasions she supported planned religious foundations in London, […] made generous gifts to Eton College, and petitioned the pope to extend the circumstances in which indulgences could be acquired by observing the feast of the Visitation']. One possible indicator of a more personal, and more sophisticated, thread in her piety is a book of Hours of the Guardian Angel which Sutton and Visser-Fuchs have argued was commissioned for her, very possibly at her request."

-J.L. Laynesmith, "Elizabeth Woodville: The Knight's Widow", "Later Plantagenet and Wars of the Roses Consorts: Power, Influence, Dynasty"

[ganondoodle]

sorry about that last rambling post, i didnt mean to sound like its worse than it may be, but i got no ... lense to view it through but my own, and the main reason i wrote it out anyway was bc i needed to get it out (even if posting it might be not the greatest idea) .. and bc it kinda showcases, i think, how my stories kinda write themselves, involuntarily in a way? its not like im not putting in any effort- but its like .. i cant STOP it always keeps going and even the dumbest idea stays in some form, its very hard to get everything in place bc theres so much going on all the while i am very slow at making anything, writing or drawing anything, especially anythign coherent is very hard bc not only do i get constantly distracted, i get distracted by my own thoughts suddendly skipping to a certain scene and me having to go throguh imagining in detail NO MATTER how many times i have done it before for the same scene that i already decided on how it goes, when theres a new idea it can take over my entire day bc i cant let go of it-

not trying to sound either like im the only that has that sort of problem, but i think its a big part as of why i start tso many projects without being able to finish them, or even start them bc i constantly have to fight my own thoughts from derailing into another daydream session, thinking of too much too fast than i can ever draw or even write about and not knowing what is worthwhile and what isnt (im telling you i have no idea what is good and what isnt, idk why but for all i know all things i do could be trash, or they all could be bad, maybe the one i thinnk is decent is actually worse than the things i deem not good enough and once i start to think no this isnt good enough i stop having fun making or thinking it bc im trying to do better

honestly its kind of impressive that i can get anything out at all, not to pat myself on the back there but even if i hate how long it takes me, considering how much im having to work just to start working on something at all, the fact that i could post stuff coherent enough for some people to understand AND LIKE is something i should be a little more proud of

[archersartcorner]

Forgot how much I liked this guy… and wanted to play around with the lasso fill on ibis again, don’t use it a whole lot but it’s a lotta fun to get these kinda lines! Wish procreate had a similar option lol

[dykedvonte]

As someone who is knee deep into an Emily centric fic that delves into what her time with Benny was like (with heavy emphasis on them learning to get along and learning from each other), I would love to hear your thoughts on what you personally think happened between them!

Honestly I feel like it’s pretty cut n dry.

Benny probably stopped by the fort a lot when he would run around the Mojave figuring out how to take down House and take over Vegas. Emily was likely the most technologically savvy and Benny became interested in using that. A gal who knows her way around a wire is just what he needs! She likely wasn’t a great medic, handling more of the followers equipment but Benny would insist on being treated by her. He likely anguished about House and how much better the Strip could be for the people. It was a lure and no matter how smart Emily was, she took the bait.

One of my pet peeves is Benny’s canonical CH stats. Like Benny is an asshole but he cons and manipulates a lot of people, including Emily. He gets away with a lot of it unscathed too! I like to think he can be very charismatic and charming, it’s a means to an end to him tho, he doesn’t really get anything out of being a flirt all the time. Emily admits she wasn’t drunk when she was seduced by him and so I like the idea they made Yes-Man and Benny put on the charm that some how makes him irresistible and they got down and dirty. I doubt he would try to give her a reason to be distrustful as they share a very common goal: Independence for Vegas. I think it’s more Emily got outplayed. She thought she got a good in with the Strip for the Followers and a good friend with benefits too. Then Benny acted like himself and screwed her over. Likely cause she started making plans that didn’t focus on the Chairmen and had a lot looser lips about what they’d been up to.

I find it interesting Benny only refers to her as a “friend” when he explains how he got Yes-Man reprogrammed and I don’t know if it’s not to implicate her if he got caught or you snitched or he has a twinge of guilt about throwing her out. She was trying to be genuinely helpful after all.

[kirby-the-gorb]

[fate-defiant]

Doodled this in aggie.io to try it out. Would anyone be interested in doing a drawing collab sorta thingy sometime?