#necessary component

[rynnthefangirl]

Gotta love the King of Diamonds. He took at look at the incredibly convenient lasers and explosion collars that every other game maker uses to kill the losers and then said

Nah I want SULFURIC ACID.

[bumblingbabooshka]

Vulcan Fashion/Hair Insp

[whetstonefires]

You know, I've been thinking about it, and it is absolutely essential to the narrative that Jiang Cheng is a dick and a trash fire. (Affectionate.)

Like, first of all, if he was a sainted little angel of a shidi the way Jiang Yanli is a shijie, Wei Wuxian's choices would become obvious, sort of impersonal, and boring.

Sure, lots of people wouldn't tear themselves apart for such a person in such a scenario, but they're not the protagonists of novels, are they; in a book you have to justify not doing that. So white lotus Jiang Cheng is off the table.

Jiang Cheng who isn't fragile-and-insecure but also stubborn-as-hell and violently reactive also won't wash.

If he wasn't the kind of person who sincerely tries to die under these circumstances, Wei Wuxian would have had the option of loyally supporting him in a less self-destructive way; if he was someone who could be trusted to handle the revelation without suffering a ruinous fracture of identity, Wei Wuxian wouldn't have been forced to distance himself after the war, because he could have come clean.

If Jiang Cheng wasn't the kind of person who centers on his own pride and hurt feelings and lashes out about it, it would be very hard to set up the lategame scenario where they're 'enemies' in a real, meaningful way, despite still loving each other and Wei Wuxian never wishing Jiang Cheng any ill. Even with Jiang Yanli's death.

And I mean, you could get most of the plot without doing this interesting thematic examination of the classic 'bond between martial brothers severed by one going to the dark side' trope, but I'd argue you'd lose an enormous chunk of the story.

And without Jiang Cheng's weaknesses, Wei Wuxian's motives don't cohere. His weaknesses form the foundation of at least two of the backstory's major turning points.

There's the tantalizing possibility that Wei Wuxian wouldn't have done it, if Jiang Cheng hadn't strangled him while blaming him for everything.

Probably he would have, all else being equal! But neither we nor Jiang Cheng can be sure.

Jiang Cheng sucking a lot, and knowing his own flaws perfectly well without that granting him the ability to do much about them, is heavily load-bearing. Which gives him such a fantastic implied point of view!

[citrusinicake]

prayge i actually decide to work on this

Nobody doesnt know its actual name cause its alchemist got killed by a rival alchemist before he could name it (it was made in a panic hence its imperfection lines). the rival wanted to take Nobody and was about to name it but it panicked and ran away before she could do so

its recommended to create homunulli in a neutral state so as not to influence their souls in creation, but unfortunately since Nobody was made in a panic it now lives in a perpetual state of fear and paranoia. on the flipside Victor was really excited to make Aphrodite so now it's the happiest and most excitable creature on earth

[tozettastone]

Today I have managed... one (1) whole meal and a single load of washing. I switched out my quick jog for a gentle one-hour walk outside, which I'm not sure is really meeting the spirit of the challenge but... well, there you go. I just feel kinda sore and bad in general.

I'm truly not sure if I should try to work on the Itachi × OC fic this evening or if I should just give up and play stardew valley lying down.

[hellsenchantress]

God I rly hope Mizu does not end up with Taigen or anyone for that matter. She rly does not need a love interest esp in her path to revenge and self healing.

[tanadrin]

BDS is a political program with the practical end result of "mass murder of jews," so yes it's pretty definitively antisemitic.

I don't think I've ever specifically mentioned BDS, have I?

In general, I think arguments of the form "X program would have Y result, therefore supporters of X support Y" are very weak unless you can make a very direct argument that X is inextricable from Y. It is not clear to me that the objectives of BDS, which per Wikipedia are

to pressure Israel to meet what the BDS movement describes as Israel's obligations under international law,[7] defined as withdrawal from the occupied territories, removal of the separation barrier in the West Bank, full equality for Arab-Palestinian citizens of Israel, and "respecting, protecting, and promoting the rights of Palestinian refugees to return to their homes and properties".[8]

is inevitably functionally equivalent to "mass murder of jews." There seems to be a pretty long inferential chain there that I guess I'm missing.

[roots-symphony]

why did agatha tell lilia the truth about her only being able to steal powers if she’s blasted first if her entire plan was to get them to blast her so she could steal their powers??

[cut-out-paper-stars]

this, too, could be sex

[korovaoverlook]

when your fanfic has a dmv jumpscare

[notasapleasure]

Me trying to edit this fucking fic into something workable:

[ardenrosegarden]

Kathy Carter, Arthur I, Duke of Brittany, in History and Literature Julia Smith, Province and Empire: Brittany and the Carolingians Jean Markale, Celtic Civilization Bernard S. Bachrach, The Origin of Armorican Chivalry dir. Anthony Harvey, The Lion in Winter Euripides tr. David Rudkin, Hippolytus Céline Fallet, Arthur de Bretagne Gwenno Piette, Brittany: A Concise History Tri Yann, Arthur Plantagenest

[joelletwo]

i love every single time any fic any circumstance kjsdfg only guy whos actually had gay sex on purpose in canon sakata gintoki does need to play gay chicken to actually approach sincere gay. ness. sober

[ourceliumnetwork]

i was going to say i hate when i'm right but actually i enjoy the sensation of being correct even if i don't like the thing i was right about. So I'm very happy to be right so often, actually (especially now that no one in my life is actively trying to gaslight me)

[antipl3asure]

so glad i have a job again so i can blog on the clock

[undead-moth]

What you’re describing is not filler. That is not what filler means.

genuinely one of the worst things that’s happened to television in the last few years (exacerbated by streaming services) is death of Filler. going from 20 episodes to 8 because “we didn’t really need that episode where the main characters went to the beach right? it had no long lasting effect” but we DID!!! we needed to see how they act without the Big Bad Plot and to establish the dynamics between the characters and lay in the sun (do they forget sunscreen? how do they react to a thieving seagull? do they get buried in the sand or do they do the burying?). the plot isn’t everything. the action doesn’t hit as hard without the quiet moments. give us character development and our little scenes back