#or something to that effect

[tempered-grace]

anyone else see the benzene ring in the house logos

like

thats skeletal structure!!!

[octodrawn]

lps 2012 gamer AU

[spazoutloud]

Peeled & Wet

x x

[augustnugs]

Been thinking about the political shitstorm facing Rook after the events of Veilguard. Like, their access to Solas' eluvians would be enough to draw anyone's attention (the crossroads where you can travel across thedas in minutes?? could revolutionize trade. or you know, send an army to your enemies doorstep in a day)

But on top of that? In the span of a a few months(?) They "start" and end the Blight to End All Blights, kill the last two archdemons and two literal gods, AND they stop the Veil from getting torn down.

They've assembled a team of highly skilled individuals with connections to some of the most powerful organizations in Northern Thedas including but not limited to:

The mourn watch who have been playing Weekend at Bernie's with the King of Nevarra for however long and have deep and secret knowledge of the Fade

The remnants of the Grey Wardens who are renowned across all of Thedas

The Archon of the Tevinter Imperium and The Black Divine???

Not to mention they've got an ally in the Inquisitor who -- regardless of whether or not the inquisition is disbanded -- is still a well known and influential figure.

The Veilguard itself may not be a large group like the Inquisition was, but you don't do what Rook did and not gain some notoriety. I'm imagining Rook gets like a week -- two weeks tops -- after sending Solas back to fade jail before the letters start rolling in from all over. Invitations to meet with nobles trying to curry their favor, bargains from merchants, none too few death threats.

Just, the guy is going to be BUSY

[melorasmushrooms]

Hi yes Brennan telling Ally jokingly “Read Ice Feast!” And they’re like “I DID “ only for it to be Brennan, in fact, who should have read Ice Feast

[alikwrites]

here’s a question for the class, just because i was musing on this during my morning shower lmao

in your opinion, does benedick think he’s doing the “right thing” not letting bea/meg/kit sleep in the flat? (and i guess, by extension, not engaging in pda with bea?)

and if so, how do you think he’s justifying it to himself as being the right thing?

and if not, how do you think he’s conceiving of it in his mind? or is he not conceiving of it, is he trying not to think too hard about it at all?

i like to think about and discuss the mind of benedick hobbs :)

[nyvemn]

I love cursed/low quality fanart

[dtacore]

as someone who loves stampede with all my heart i reeeaaally enjoy hearing about why people hate it and what studio orange can do better so i would love to hear your main issues with it🙏🙏

Hello I love yapping about this, and it's not like I hate hate it or anything, it's just not my favorite haha. Sorry in advance for how long this is, but I have been bouncing around my likes and dislikes with my friend for months now. So. I'm putting under a cut bc it's long asf sorry 😅

My main problems with it boil down to:

Pacing - They do major story beats and "reveals" incredibly early (e.g. Vash and Knives' backstory, the introduction of Knives at all, the fact that they are related. just all of it.), introducing the gung-ho-guns in like episode 3. We find out WW is working with Knives in the same episode he is introduced iirc. Similar problems with WW's backstory, it is told very early in Stampede when in the manga he is around for a lot longer before we learn a lot about him. (Also based on it ending before the timeskip, it is roughly following just the original Trigun manga which means they put ALL of the Maximum reveals and events and stuff wayyy earlier than they originally happen). One more thing, idk why they just HAD to make JuLai a "present" event instead of having it happen before the show starts. Like idk I think the fight with Raidei and Legato having Vash set off his angel arm a SECOND time at Jeanora Rock makes a lot more sense for being the catalyst for him going into hiding for 2 years than it being the first time it has happened to him.

Characters - There are a few character/characterization changes that just don't make sense to me. Elendira is a plant child instead of a grown transgender woman. Which is definitely a choice. They got rid of Milly 😭😭😭 even though she is coming in Stargaze that's a whole season of her GONE. STOLEN. She is suchhh an interesting character even though she is kinda underdeveloped, and now she is a whole season behind the other characters, which means she will again be the most underdeveloped character in Trigun :[[[. They completely flipped the characters of Vash and Knives when they were children. Like in Maximum Knives was the softie who wanted to be friends with everyone and Vash was the menace. Vash tries to kill himself and almost kills Rem??? I think it is really interesting how much of their personalities swap after they find out about Tesla -- Knives is unconscious so he doesn't see the convo that Rem and Vash have, he just wakes back up to them acting like nothing happened. I feel like that chapter is SOOOOO interesting and I wish Stampede would have covered it especially since they put so much emphasis on Vash's connection with Rem.

Lore - I feel like the inclusion of "gates" and the "primordial plant" is kind of pointless. I understand that Maximum doesn't exposit that much about how the plants work, but this specific change undermines a lot of what Vash goes through in the manga. After WW dies he uses up the majority of his remaining life force (powers, plant magic…. whatever) just, like. Blowing up. Which is great. It shows how he is emotionally affected by it. And then he uses what energy he has left putting essentially his own life force into his bullets before he goes to fight Knives. Making Vash uniquely able to draw from some external power source makes all of that seem so much less impactful. *Granted, they haven't adapted those scenes yet, so hopefully they are able to make them have as much impact as they did in the manga

Also, here are my most honest reactions while watching and my very messy unfiltered thoughts from right when I finished it

(i meant like overall chapter 80, ik it would be 60 of maximum. And one more thing idk why they have WW using his. serum. special sauce. whatever. so flippantly. bc what is going to happen to him later???? him not even touching it until the fight with Livio imo makes it seem much more of a last resort type thing, WHICH IT IS. idk i'm rambling)

All in all, I am very incredibly excited for Stargaze, and I trust them to adapt certain parts (ahem. couch scene) better than the 98 anime did. At the very least they will include lots of hype moments and aura which is the core of Trimax

[head-archivist-mag-institute]

(Eilir practically storms into Jon's office and immediately begins pacing. It's very evident that they had not slept in days)

I had the entire 1900s section completely organised. Like, down to the day. It was all organised!

(they throw their arms up in exasperation)

I walk in and everything's been displaced! I had everything organised, and now! It's all undone!

(they almost laugh hysterically. They had hyperfocused on organising the Archives in an attempt to ignore their increasing anxiety over Cyper's disappearance)

Why?

I-

His head shoots up, eyes wide. He looks stunned.

What?? Who-

I don't even know where to start with this. Here, sit down. You don't.. look the best.

Jon looked in about the same state.

Do you think someone could have done it? Maybe an animal got in- Maybe Martin let another dog in, God forbid.

I can help you reorganize it, I was planning on staying late anyways.

[gutta-percha]

gram smokers crackula

[zevrans]

as a great philosopher once said movement is life, thus reblog is a movement, so a single honest tumblr reblog with an added movement of kind words in the tags holds more power than a thousand of motionless tumblr likes ever could

[wastedonthesebutterflies]

i need a vampire girlfriend

[a-sketchy]

certain things

[aendromedal]

probably had the sweetest two dreams about gym guy to date

[fairyycoffin]

i really wish i had a cool space-related name, just imagine the possibilities

[thatswhatsushesaid]

re: this follow-up poll on my dopey little post about lan xichen and all his sad flute solos, i'm so mad that i can't draw to save my life because the image of post-canon lan xichen in the gusu lan banquet extra going full harry du bois on karaoke night singing 'the smallest church in saint-saëns' (where you fail your drama check and it's the limbic system who has the wheel) just sprang fully formed into my head, and i really wish i could make this vision a reality.