#other stuff uhhhhhhh

[kirby-the-gorb]

[lordcaptains]

i think that heinrix is probably pretty vain about his appearance

there's a line from his fellow acolyte on epitaph that mentions it

and that makes sense to me, given how he saw himself after having his imperial knight implants forcibly removed, which left him missing part of his skull (and with a paralyzed arm), and removing his own psyker implants, which lost him an eye (and gave him nerve damage)

he calls himself a mutilated freak and says that calcazar was only interested in him for his sorcery. heinrix is the one who decided that he'd be more useful if he could look human again because, as he says, he's a psyker

"the very fact of my existence is anathema and can only be excused by my usefulness"

his appearance is a reminder he's allowed to exist. it makes sense he might be a little vain about it

[doberbutts]

Like on one hand I'm like 👎👎👎 RPF 🤢🤮 gross and weird 😒🤨

But on the other hand I like historical fiction and historical fantasy and what is that if not literal actual real person fiction/fantasy...

[b4kuch1n]

ohh babygirl I put too much thots into this sports anime fic about being trans

[majimassqueaktoy]

So, Jess I know you’re not an artist like your bestie in the entire world snap… but what does your art look like I remember you doodled this little pic for me of Tien with Choatzu’s make up lol but have you’ve drawn anything else?

Ya

[citrucee]

opening screen idea

[confetti-critter]

I'm doing better I started doing a typing website thing. Pretty sure it's for kids but whatevs

[captainmvf]

I’d REALLY love to make an in-depth video essay on Starlight Express but I wouldn’t know where to start since I’d need to collab with many historians in the fandom and are knowledgeable about musicals. 

I have a few lines of a script down and some ideas. I’d even draw some visuals and wear my CB cosplay for it.  

[optiwashere]

Needed to calm the overactive brain with mundanity. Trying to help with the fanlore pages for bg3.

At least my mind will be sated now that there is at least a basic Shadowheart/Tav page. Still lots missing, and other ships missing (there's barely any Wyll anything up there for example) but w/e I've had my fix.

The only thing that sucks is I accidentally opened up the editor in the visual editor so now I'm publicly a Visual Editor and that's not good for the mental.

[rainbowsans]

Thoughts on Underverse? :00

I think the animation so far is improving immensely, I like that a lot! the story however….eh.

[twilightarcade]

i waana keep this library but I have noidea what to do with it

[wellnoe]

one of the things i think is cool about robert eggers’ films, even when i’m not super into them, is that he really seems to completely embrace an imagined historical perspective? like his films end up being completely saturated in that perspective yknow. which is interesting.

[master-gatherer]

The more I think about this whole description the more insane I get:

Text Description:

“Even Systems Alliance Marines Need a Break

Kaidan Alenko might be a badass sentinel marine with powerful biotics that can kick the life out of his adversaries (and commanders who dare to duel). But even this warrior needs a break once in a while. And just like on a sunny day on Earth, a “cold one” in space does the trick. In this Kaidan Alenko statue, you find him seated with his legs crossed, a cold beer in his, and his eyes lost in thought, perhaps about Rahna. His outfit is recreated to perfection, with every little detail from the creases in his folded sleeves to the texture on his pants.”

Okay! So! One by one:

“Kaidan Alenko might be a badass sentinel marine with powerful biotics that can kick the life out of his adversaries (and commanders who dare to duel).”

I just really hate how this is phrased and the word choices in general, but I’m gonna hone in on that parenthetical clause: “commanders who dare to duel.”

Who? Which commander? Because Commander Shepard never dueled Kaidan.

They had a duel/fisticuffs with James. They had a stand-off with Kaidan. But they never dueled Kaidan.

When did they duel Kaidan, Bioware? I would remember if they dueled. I would not shut up about it if they dueled.

“a “cold one” in space does the trick”

I am just fascinated by putting cold one in scare quotes. Like that’s special Mass Effect slang for a beer, and not like... a general colloquialism in the States (and maybe Canada? Canadians let me know.)

(Although if its strictly a States thing that may go a long way to explaining why it’s in quotes.)

Also gotta make sure this ad copy is strictly profesh for our collectible statue of a video game man. Don’t want to get too familiar with potential buyers.

“his eyes lost in thought, perhaps about Rahna.”

I’m not going to go too into this since this is what our little corner of mini-fandom has been focusing on, many others have pointed out the ridiculousness of this.

I will just reiterate what I’ve said elsewhere: whoever wrote this skimmed the fan wiki entry for Kaidan. That is the only explanation I can think of for why they’d name drop a character he mentions twice in the first game, and who is never seen on screen and is mentioned once outside of those particular conversations, if you happen to make the choices to get that dialogue line.

Like the writer was stumped for stuff to put in this description, hopped to the wiki, skimmed the entry about his early life, “oh he loved Rahna, I’ll put that in there, see boss I totally how to weave in game details,” and called it a day. Because I don’t know about you, but if the world was ending around me and I had to fight cyborg zombies all day, I’d be thinking about my high school crush.

The truly baffling thing is this should have been a layup. “His eyes are lost in thought, perhaps about a certain commander....” BOOM! The Shenkos would eat that right up. Particularly since who the fuck else is spending $125 USD on this? You can lean into the romance options on character merch if they’re a romance option. It’d be like if Thane’s body pillow’s description talked about how he missed Irika. Sure, yes, but maybe don’t mention it on the thing you’re selling to people who like to pretend to smooch on him?

Damn I lied, I did go too into this.

“His outfit is recreated to perfection”

Okay this really irked the nerd in me.

This is not his outfit:

This is his outfit:

The outfit he’s in for the statue are the fatigues that Shepard wears at the start of Mass Effect 3:

I don’t know if that has a special name or not, I’m not about that life.

What I AM about are tiny little details like this. You can put Kaidan in that outfit with mods, and he does look good, but that’s not “his” outfit. Hell, his outfit isn’t really “his”, it’s the default casual look for most of the Alliance characters.

It’s not that I don’t like the outfit. I mind that the copy says they’re recreating it “to perfection” and it’s not even his.

Anyway I have had a total of 10 hours of sleep over the last two days (work stuff - don’t ask) and am going to try to rectify that now that this is out of my system. Apologies for grammar/spelling mistakes, again, 10 hours of sleep over two days.

[elidee-art]

More Laurel. I needed to draw him while he was still in his delinquent era. He's settled down a bit now, but he had a bit of time between when he lost his faith and now where he was just... very angry. He got into a lot of fights. Some of them were even sanctioned events!

[dihalect]

i am typing this to distract myself from the [anime] spoilers i just read before they really cement themselves in my brain. lovely weather we’re having, isn’t it? it’s supposed to get up to 61F on wednesday! that’s just concerning, really. but then it’s supposed to snow on friday. classic new england. or rather, classic new england under climate crisis. im doing good covid-wise, by the way. i just wish i could find a straight answer on, like, what exactly i should be doing. like, how long i should isolate, how long i might be immune for, whether it’s risky to take my adderall, ….

[astrxealis]

it is so weird being a mentor now ... ;O

( tags got really sentimental at the end WHEEZE beware if you check T___T )