#making new friends in old places

[webdiggerxxx]

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[atalana]

so the good place is widely lauded on this site for its takes on morality and capitalism, which i totally agree with

but i think it should get more recognition for the line "all humans are aware of death. so we're all a little bit sad all the time. that's just the deal. we don't get offered any better ones. and if you try and ignore your sadness, it just ends up leaking out of you anyway. i've been there, and everybody's been there. so don't fight it. in the words of a very wise bed bath and beyond employee i once knew - go ahead and cry all you want. but you're gonna have to pay for that toilet plunger."

[anxiously-sidequesting]

I love Ceren Nightchant but the thing that confuses me about him is that whenever I say "Ceren Nightchant" I don't know WHICH one I'm talking about. Like of course there is no other Ceren, but after the tutorial update he was the only character that got a personality upgrade so major it's as if Ceren WAS two completely different people. Like if someone came up to me and said "Actually his name is Schmeren and he's Ceren's younger brother they just typed in his name wrong during the update" that would actually be believable because of how DIFFERENT the personality shift was

AND THIS ISN'T A BAD THING in fact I think I actually like New "Anti Skeleton Pirate" Ceren Nightchant better than the old one IN REGARDS TO HIS NEW PERSONALITY!!! Like I will always have a special love for Old "Greetings :)" Ceren Nightchant but that's only because of Nostalgia and completely untrue facts about him I made up in my head. Unfortunately pre-update Ceren Nightchant doesn't have that much going for him in terms of how interesting he is in comparison to the new one where they gave us like a whole heaping plate of characterization and nuance to his character

With Malorn it's different because he actually has a backstory. Like he's Important to the lore. He doesn't have like any screentime but just his story ALONE is enough to spin off completely into new exciting territory; we don't NEED anything else to hook us in because Malorn already has a hook, his relationships with his fellow teachers and students + his status as a powerful Necromancer + Malistaire's legacy affecting him.

Meanwhile Ceren Nightchant was a blank slate. We know he was in Unicorn Way for some reason despite not living there, not being a trained guard in handling the Twilight Zone situation, he was Just There and I think that's the only One Single Thing that was interesting about him.

And even though that still technically is the case with the new Ceren, LOOK AT HOW HE IS NOW. He's a CLOWN, a kind, happy, ridiculously powerful and intelligent clown who has a weird intolerance for undead pillagers and seems to get along great with our character!!! That's not like, groundbreaking lore like with Malorn or even Duncan, but idk there's just something so fresh and funny and exciting about this new bouncy iteration of a character we've known nothing about for like the past 20 years

So like in terms of nostalgia and personal headcanons, Greetings Nightchant will always be special to me but in terms of like being an actual character with more of a role in the story and a fresher dynamic with the characters around him, SkeLeTaL pIrAtEs Nightchant will be no. 1 for me

[cat-mentality]

I know we have gone past Purgatory for a hot minute but there is something so fucking fascinating in the sheer contrast between how the Islanders react to reminds of that time that I want to go batshit overanalyzing it

[waitineedaname]

idk if i have just lucked out with the people at my school but i am loving the social experience im having in grad school. in undergrad, it felt like the main way people socialized was through parties or drinking, which wasn't really my thing, but so far the vibe with my grad school friends has been "instead of going to a party, do you want to sit in my living room and hang out with my dog for three hours" or "wanna go to a piano concert?" or "do you have any friday night plans? do you want to get milkshakes and play board games?" and it's great

[snickerdoodlles]

there's a lot of things people blame for why fandoms feel like ghost towns these days, but no one's really talked about the way discord's contributing to it

[shitouttabuck]

what do you do when the girl you spent the better part of the last decade in love with calls you up to tell you they dumped their girlfriend and quit their job and would you like to go spend a couple weeks on a beach in greece with them because they miss you and love you (not like that) . and you miss them and love them (not like that. anymore) and you’re probably not getting into grad school anyway and even if you did you can’t keep moving countries to start over because that doesn’t fix things and you could use the money you have saved that you were gonna put towards tuition to buy a plane ticket and sublet a beach villa instead. because you miss them and you love them and you’re tired of missing them and loving them has always felt good and you never feel good anymore and whatever maybe you can just have a lovely few weeks in fuckin greece and just. that’s enough you don’t have to try more than that they go back home and you stay on a beach in greece for as long as anyone else will remember . hypothetically. you should do that, right

[firenati0n]

sorry for the wall of text ilysm tho

i spent the whole day grinning like a fool at my phone and laptop like y'all are insane (complimentary) for today. from the tumblr engagement to the tweets to the discord messages and the new friends i can feel myself making (y'all are just so easy to love!!!!!! I'm going to weasel my way in and you can't stop me!!!)...really just feeling exceptionally happy and eternally grateful for good people and great writing and awesome communities. i was crying in the club answering my ao3 comments (the comments are a feast for my brain worms. they are rejoicing and twirling).

my main goal in life is to spread a little joy and gratitude, it's always been my north star. i believe in telling people how good they make you feel when they make you feel it! what use is it to hold yourself back when someone brings you happiness and light through their words or actions or creations?

being on the other side of it feels incredibly surreal and folks are just so motivating and helpful and ahhhhhhh. hopefully when I'm no longer shadowbanned for having too much fun on this hellsite, i can interact with everyone normally again and have functioning asks and messages and replies and then i can continue carrying out my menace agenda.

xoxo, ruth

[ghost-in-my-backyard]

hello there from my laptop guess who broke her new phone and is stuck with a mughal-e-azam ke zamane ka phone where she can't download tumblr and pinterest and spotify?

[lionblaze03-02-art]

the two cats i'm most obsessed with in my clangen save rn, Burnetpelt and Bouncemurk. They have a terrible relationship with one another but hey at least I love them both

[tittyinfinity]

Awake way too early because of a loud elderly teenager

[seonghwasblr-moved]

Sometimes I get sad and annoyed about things that literally don't matter at all lol

[arolesbianism]

Thinks oh so hard abt the spiraling upwards clan founders, especially the birchclan founders. Silly lil kitties who's pasts are drenched in blood with the primary regret of not drawing it sooner

[fadeintolight]

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[diabolicjoy]

this is very specific but the way she sings the ~”I just need…” at 2:29 . that ”I” … you know??????????

[biteapple]

the perspective of looking at new jersey apartments again makes me glad im living where im at now, honestly ... ^^ ''