#retrospective tags:

[f1-birb]

wonder if they're planning on finally swapping lando's engine out...

if he doesn't make it out of Q1 they might as well, that engine is so damn old

[eyes-of-nine]

pls assume i'm thinking about this moment 24/7 all week every week

[hoofpeet]

Found an old comic script for my pokemon blorbos--- Spice fucks with Melli and then dunks on him for crushing on his trainer for 10 minutes

[local-diavolo-anon]

i'm back!

ok so 2/3 days ago i found this youtube video where op turned Springtrap (or well, William Afton) into a fully build DnD character, and if i say so myself: things got out of hand fast

so here is my take on DnD Springtrap and specifically on that build (adding more infos under the cut for who is interested, i suggest to watch the video first)

starting with saying that unless you're playing in a scifi setting, this build is either not for you or to be modified, since in later levels spells are heavily centered around technomagic and electronic devices; personally when i will play him i will probably tinker around with the chosen spells and cantrips to make him less violently niche and/or more versatile

which kinda saddens me because it takes away not little of the characterization but, given most dnd stories take place in a medieval fantasy or high fantasy setting, a cantrip like On/Off or a spell like Remote Access are NOT particularly useful; so i will go for more psychic damage or necromancy oriented abilities, maybe i might take more than just 4 levels in artificier as well (especially given that again, all of those warlock spells at later levels are all technology oriented) but i need to see what those offer

however it is a kinda tank-y build given that with a shield on you can get up to a 27 of Ac, so even with low damage and not much hp you would not struggle too much to stay alive, and i like that!

as for the character himself, i put too much effort into my interpretation not to share it, so if anyone wants to play this guy as well, i fabricated a possible backstory that might come useful:

The character goes by the name "Dave Miller" (or whatever variant you want to use), and was originally a human artificier who created constructs for a living, mainly with the goal of offering aid to who needed it for whatever reason.

After losing part of his family to some kind of accident he became terrified of death, so with age he started replacing his own body parts with machinery to delay his last days (which made him a cyborg), until the point where he was very very close to become just a robot.

There however he ran into an issue, that being that a robot need a power source, and his own heart and lungs could not sustain a whole robot by themselves.

Through particular and very much not illegal experiments tied to necromancy he discovered that the life force of a living being could be shared, and used as a form of fuel. (possibly: age lived of the creature used= amount of extra months you get)

Here comes the second problem: this only worked with intelligent creatures, and more specifically, it worked best with creatures of your own race, which meant that he either went around murdering people or he found another solution. Non same-race creatures worked as well but not as good and there were not easy to find in the middle of a city and with a shop tied to your name.

And here is where and WHY he'd join a party of adventurers: after some time, his reserves or fuel were running VERY thin, and running into a group of adventurers was a god sent because by joining their party he essentially got a free pass to kill whoever he wanted, and reduce them to a dried raisin after sucking some life force out of them. Doing so you learn that the mowe powerful the creature is, the more energy it produces as well.

Your goal, that you as the player are following, when role-ing your character? essentially slay whatever powerful BBEG your Dm throws at you and suck all of that juicy fuel out of them, so that you can return to your little shop in the middle of the capital and return to create and sell whatever weird construct, doll, or robot comes to your mind for another few decades undisturbed.

And this is it. I think this might be a good backstory that could fit pretty much any setting you want to play this guy into, be it classic dnd or some scifi futuristic thing.

of course you don't NEED to use this one line per line, make up your own without looking back if you don't like it lol, dnd is the "make up shit and have fun" game after all!

Edit: also no his outfit makes no sense, i just went with vibes and decided a tanktop dress shirt, a twin tailed gilet and suspenders OVER said gilet was a good choice.

[sevenines]

i saw this tweet and found it interesting for two reasons. one is that some people base how good cartoon network would be to toh by how it treated su, and despite the fact that su’s treatment by the network was considered poor at the time, now its thought to be exceptionally good in comparison to modern shows.

two is how exactly su got impacted by a limited budget. a common criticism is how characters like connie, peridot, and lapis are left out of missions. but balancing a lot of characters is not only hard but also costly (extra animation, extra voices—it’s been revealed that the show is limited to a set number of characters per episode otherwise they’re over budget). animation mistakes are not uncommon since retakes cost extra. the entire reason the original show got cut short was due to loss of funding!

[lesbianmaxevans]

The status I enjoyed in Storyville did not extend itself to the operators and patrons of the French Opera House on Bourbon and Toulouse. We did what we always did to avoid conflicts there. I performed as his valet, walked a pace behind him, took his overcoat once we found our seats, remained standing in the back of the box until the lights went down, and only joined next to him once the overture had begun.

[chdarling]

I've been swamped the last few days so I haven't had a chance to follow up on the substack post (I will, though! it's happening!), but I wanted to pop in here to make a little announcement:

The final chapter of TLE2 will be posted at 9:00PM Eastern Time, tonight.

We made it, we're at the end 🥹

Just for funsies and old time's sake, I'm going to turn anon back on for the last chapter, and I'll probably be inviting drunk CH to the party at some point to celebrate and clean out my inbox. I'm readying my gifs. Let's fucking go.

More to come, but for now I've got to get back to finishing this chapter...

[effen-draws]

“Oh tragic clown, so much sadness now. You built your mountain and now it blocks the sun.”

Alts and lines under cut:

[mikimeiko]

The Expanse | Season 4 (2019), Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby

[whateverisbeautiful]

Now we need the MP of every MP pinned. But fr thank you for this!! It give us richonners life.

Thank you! 😊💗 Making this the pinned MP of every MP 👌🏽

Richonne in Retrospect (S3 - S6)

Reveling in Richonne (S3 - S7)

Reveling in Richonne (S8-S11)

Richonne Top 30

Reveling in Richonne (TOWL S1)

[fujii-draws]

Dusknoir looks like he talks shit

You are absolutely correct anon.

[snekdood]

[kirby-the-gorb]

MY favorite gorbs of all time (so far)

[261], [364], [764] [798], [953], [972] [1034], [1104], [1379] [1401], [1636], [1706] [1770], [1880], [1891] [1894], [1901], [1932]

(doesn't include anything from november or december because it's too fresh to properly look back upon)

[lifeandtimesoftrying]

I’ve noticed that a lot of the discussion surrounding the growing presence of antisemitism in pro-Palestinian online spaces depicts antisemitism as being bad because of the ways it harms non-Jews—arguing that we shouldn’t be antisemitic because doing so makes Israel more appealing to the Jewish diaspora, or that disseminating antisemitic conspiracy theories makes sharing reliable information about the treatment of Palestinians more difficult. And discussing these effects of antisemitism isn’t necessarily bad; understanding how antisemitism affects several groups can lead to a more thoughtful understanding of how it functions, and it’s certainly better than not caring about antisemitism at all. However, I think it should also be pointed out that even if antisemitism only harmed Jews, we should still care about it.

Antisemitism is a specific bigotry based in religious and ethnic discrimination and persecution that has existed for thousands of years and has very literally resulted in millions dead, not to mention both the generational and the actively ongoing trauma of the current Jewish population. And, even if the consequences of antisemitism weren’t so extreme, we should still care about and condemn it because bigotry is wrong.

Even if you have no Jewish friends or lovers or mentors or whoever, even if Jews are nothing more than a vague hypothetical concept to you, you should still care about them and oppose the things that harm them because Jewish people are people, and you should never feel comfortable characterizing them as any less human than you.

[swearingcactus]

update on my boyfriend playing cyberpunk: he did not save takemura. took him 4 minutes and a lot of typos to get over it.

[iguessitsjustme]

I think it was really important specifically for Dee to kiss Yak when he did. Because now, no matter what happens in the future between him and Yak, no matter what pain could come, Dee can look back on his first kiss without regrets. Because that was a kiss made of love. It was made entirely of love for Yak. For who Yak is. For the bond they have. For their friendship. For their relationship. For them. Dee will always be able to look back on his first kiss and know that he got exactly what he wanted from it. He got to keep his silly notion of the perfect first kiss. He got to willingly give his kiss away to someone who he loved that needed it. Every single type of love went into that kiss and now Dee can finally, finally let himself breathe.