#scope set

[verflares]

belated valentines zelink ^_^ wanted to revisit these two in particular

[andaniellight]

I think for putting up with the Devil so much Frank Castle deserves to at least be the spectator of Matt reciprocating Dex's tantrum and just let him deal with a velcro brat, see if he likes the taste of his own medicine

[hey-heigo]

aoi and sakura!!! houghgsgh

i wasn't planning on giving them similar sailor-style uniforms but actually i like it now that i look at it. polar opposite girlfriends

aoi is the ultimate sukeban (female gangster). she started up to defend her younger brother from some bullies and ended up leading multiple gangs through sheer charisma

she prefers intimidation over violence, hence the kendo sword that she never got proper training on how to use (she mostly carries it around for dramatic effect)

is a little devious. will not hesitate to frame, injure, or throw someone under a bus if she thinks they've wronged her or someone she cares about

sakura is the ultimate moral compass, in this au her longtime friend kenshiro entrusted her with 'strongest human alive' but also with a message to uphold peace with that strength

she maintains a calm demeanor to seem more approachable to people. as a result, a lot of people trust her

is very careful of how she uses her strength. avoids fights whenever possible

[kirkwallguy]

if they actually DID do a da2-style game that mostly focused on dalish or dwarven culture then i doubt people would care as much about a lack of andrastrianism but the game is set in tevinter 😭

[ilovemesomevincentprice]

Vincent Price as Vincent Van Ghoul

13 Ghosts of Scooby Doo (1985)

[shirozora-draws]

This entire chapter was so hard to write AND draw... until you grasp that one thought and pull hard on it. Envisioning Nevarro like you're a gunslinger, an outlaw, wandering into a town clinging to the frontier really helped me crawl past artist's block.

My second thought after "guess I know what scene to conceptualize" was "Kendrick Lamar in the 'Humble' mv" and when when I dove into Shotdeck's archives for "beam of light", the very first image was from Kendrick Lamar's Humble mv. Are you shitting me.

I think I could've done more to emphasize how alone Din is in this chapter, but I may have played it too safe with the setting and that put limits on my ideas of what feelings I wanted to capture. Still think I nailed it, though.

I'm so excited for the next chapter, though. I sat on how I want to write and draw it for almost as long as I sat on how I wanted to write and draw chapter 7, so hopefully I'll have a much better time with that one.

[girderednerve]

woodes rogers sucks obviously we all hate woodes rogers however his little bit about how ship insurance worked was really good, glad that line was in there—he's sending off a letter to his insurer with his account of the loss of a ship, asserting that his crew was not at fault in losing it & thus the loss is insurable, and he says that his insurer will write to the pirate charles vane for his account of events, then the whole claim will sit for years in the courts without a payout; it's almost enough, he says, to make one join the pirates. i like this because it tags a financial value onto narrative (we need charles' account! sits nicely next to his line to eleanor about how he got the scar on his face, where he says that if his brother hadn't died in that incident his book wouldn't have sold as well & his career would have suffered). i also like that line because it admits more or less directly what we already know, which is that the pirates of black sails have a lot of sympathetic reasons for operating as they do, along with the less sympathetic reasons; rogers can afford to wait through the process in the expectation that eventually it will be made right, because the law is ultimately on his side

[mikesbasementbeets]

when will people stop being homophobic in the name of bi mike

[novelmonger]

Well, after an entire week of what sometimes felt like an existential crisis (does my life actually have meaning? what would happen if I just sat here and rotted away?) and other times just felt like a grown-up tantrum (throwing myself on my bed and bursting into tears over something that probably wouldn't be that bad if I just sat down and did it), I think I've finally managed to do everything I can right now to prepare for starting work.

All that's left is to finish reading a thing I found about doing taxes as a freelancer, and to set up a mentoring session with one of the teachers, which is included in the tuition. I've sent the first email to start that process, which is the thing I've been procrastinating on the hardest ever since I got my final exam back.

It's not just the prospect of doing a Zoom call with a complete stranger, it's the sheer terror of knowing that's the one thing standing between me and my future of me being the one responsible for procuring work and getting it done. It's the ever-present fear that somehow, even though I went through this whole class, got good grades, and even have a certificate to prove it, I'm somehow going to end up with somebody's transcript open before me and I'll have no idea how to proceed. Or it will be like all those times in various math classes, where I think I know how to proceed, and I'll hand it in at the end with a reasonable amount of confidence, only to discover that I was completely wrong on a fundamental level.

As always, prayers are much appreciated. I'm going to need a lot of courage in the next few weeks.

[lemongogo]

why do i love the conflict more than anything else . the misery . the incompatibility that spreads like oil slick . wanting so desperately for resolution that never comes . hmmm

[marybeatriceofmodena]

Spoilers for Dragon Age: The Veilguard under the cut (with a bit of criticism, nothing dramatic though)

I'm enjoying the game so far and all the lore reveals on Solas and the Elven gods (which are the best part of the game so far, hands down). I'm also liking the companions we're meeting so far (BELLARA <3), they're all very charming, but I think my one complaint is that... they're all too nice to each other? Not that there's anything wrong with that (I lied. Friends are USELESS IN MY PLANS FOR WORLD DOMINATION), but I'm really missing all the delicious little nuances the previous games had between the companions. Like, sure, players will tend to choose the "good" options for companions and make sure everyone gets along well, but you don't even get the option to, I don't know, set the can of gasoline on fire, or even get an occasion to even just put out the can of gasoline on fire.

Like, if Baldur's Gate 3 is anything to go by, players LOVE exploring tragedies, to the point there have been so many people who just replayed the game, again and again, just to see how different outcomes go. And I mean, I went in not expecting BG3 quality (as sad as it is say, because Dragon Age has been such a formative experience for me as a story). There's the nuance of Lae'zel and Shadowheart hating each other in part because of, yeah, racism, but also in part because they're much more like each other than they'd care to admit. There's the nuance of Astarion making fun of Wyll and dismissing him as an idealistic idiot, when you know it all stems from envy. There's the nuance of Karlach being hands down the most beloved person in camp, yes, but because all the companions see a little something of their own suffering in her, and see that despite it all, she decided to be kind. Like, yeah. They bicker. They argue. They might try to stab each other. But it makes them feel real, and it makes them becoming fire-forged friends all the more satisfying.

And maybe I'm just too early in the story for now, but it is... weird that everyone is just completely okay with Lucanis being possessed by a demon. Like, you'd think at least one companion would get a bit panicky about it (understandably so)? Like, maybe Neve feeling queasy around demons due to fears surrounding them/blood magic/insert tragic backstory element here? Hawke and Co. were maybe a bit too chill about Anders being a potential abomination, sure, but there was still tension there.

It ultimately feels like Mass Effect: Andromeda (except I'd argue the characters in DATV are actually interesting lol), where I just wish I had *something* to chew on lol. I'm not asking for a catfight, just something!

(There's also the fact that the Crows are way too nice as well but that's a topic for another day lmao)

[simminginstars]

📍 Lee's Apartment // Some random party shenanigans

Previous // Beginning // Next

Majority of their conversations are when they are stressed or angry after work. (Noee lives above Lee)

Though Lee is noncommittal his latest aspiration is to get into a relationship, he went on an awful SimDa blind date with a guy. Noee recently unlocked a new mischief interaction to ask people if they are expecting also the townie Eric Lewis fought her and LOST. 😂😭

[fictionadventurer]

"If the structure of your world ever evaporates, I will still be here."

I think The Q might contain one of the greatest declarations of friendship/love ever.

[jojossillywalk]

mohammed avdol literally just knows facts about numerous homicidal wizards for hire and knows which government hires said homicidal wizards. diavolo passione barely managed to keep a leash on his mostly arrowed mafia. mohammed avdol knew hol horse's bank account routing number and what grey fly's stand looks like which actually implies a whole lot of things. genuine question who is this man.

[novelmonger]

Oops, forgot to post an update.

The other day, I had a mentoring session with one of my teachers, the last thing attached to the class. She had a lot of helpful pointers (like never using the word "unfortunately" when turning down work - either you already have plenty of work, or you're taking a break, both of which are fortunate!), and just generally walked me through the process of what to do once I first land myself a client.

So the client search process begins tomorrow! I discovered that freelancers have to file taxes quarterly, so basically if I did any work in the month of May, the first deadline would be June 15th. But by waiting until June to start actually working, that means I can put off taxes until September 15th. Give myself some time to get used to the job and figure out how the heck taxes work in the first place ^^'

But yeah, tomorrow I will start putting my name out there. Right now I'm surprisingly calm about it all, even the prospect of talking to complete strangers on the phone. This all may change at the drop of a hat; these days, I don't seem able to predict my own emotions very well.

Please pray that I'll be able to find some good clients, because boy oh boy do I need the work! ^^'