#seriously though PLEASE PLAY IT

[thenamessparkplug]

I CAN POST THIS NOW THAT IVE FINISHED THE GAME!!!!!

chat lookouts was SO GOOD i HIGHLY RECOMMEND

its about two trans gay outlaw furries i do not know what more you could want

[kerizaret]

I know i like to joke around that haha tsukasa scared of bugs haha funny loser, but please do remember and be mindful of people irl with fears that might seem silly or petty to you, because you never know how it truly makes them feel

[wolfy1298]

Core memory

God I love my dad

[decoyhounds]

hotd fans i know we are praise kink!alicent enjoyers but i think we should consider praise kink!rhaenrya

i'm just saying. there have been scenes from season 1 of rhaenyra absolutely preening after being praised. just think about alicent catching onto it and intentionally praising rhaenyra in small ways throughout the weeks, at the council and at dinner, in front of everyone. keeping it subtle and looking like thoughtless praise until it builds up and she absolutely revels in how rhaenyra gets flustered and doesn't know what to do with herself, blushing and avoiding her gaze. and then finally putting rhaenyra on her back and talking her through being fucked and calling her a good girl and the perfect princess just to watch rhaenyra lose herself even further until she's coming all over alicent's fingers and straining with effort to keep the tears at bay but ultimately letting them fall because she needs this she needs and wants alicent to think the most of her.

[lunarharp]

fwee top 5 things i had fun with this year :-)

[liketwoswansinbalance]

Masked confidant, I do like that nickname. Hmm, I think it was your 'behind the curtain enigma" that made me curious. In some ways your answers did surprise me! You keep me on my toes. I'd love to see more secrets of the magician.. the magician meaning you.

Why thank you. How suave. You are very flattering. In that last line, you sounded like a recruiter of some kind or one of those entertainment industry agents-for-hire—it's just, the tone, you see, old sport.

[thelostgirl21]

“Oh, don’t worry, I’ll bring the trauma,”

- Hugh Skinner (x)

I think I simultaneously choked on and spat out a macaroni at the same time when I read this!

I can only imagine how that interview actually went:

Ncuti Gatwa: We need a pink, silly play at The National right now. Hugh Skinner: Oh, don't worry, I'll bring the trauma. Interviewer: Don't you mean the drama? Hugh Skinner: I said what I said and I believe that's how you should print it.

Alternatively:

Ncuti Gatwa: We need a pink, silly play at The National right now. Hugh Skinner: Oh, don't worry, I'll bring the trauma. Interviewer: *Has already seen him in "The Witcher", "Little Birds", "Please Care", "Fleabag", "Falling for Figaro"...* Yes, I know you will. I know you will.

Hugh Skinner is not a dramatic actor, he's a traumatic actor.

It may sound just like a nuance to some, but it is an important and extremely accurate one.

His level of pathos mastery is unparalleled, and needs to be celebrated as its own distinct performance style and artform!

He's one of the best, if not the best traumatic actors of his generation!

Also if you live in the UK, can afford it, and there are still tickets on sale, you should probably feel a moral obligation to go enjoy this play for all of us who can't!

Although I've just noticed it'll be available on "National Theater Live", so maybe I'll be lucky enough to be able to catch it in a movie theater!

It's not the same as having the privilege of watching it live live; but between watching it on screen or never having the chance of seeing it at all, I'll gladly take the screen!

[fox0war]

Elliot players are so valid in crashing out, actually

[lovinggreeniehours]

what they won't know.

↳ takahara × lucifer (season 1)

↳ 700+ words. very short

↳ lowkey a sequel for let them look for they cannot see :) not exactly super official dialogue because this is a first draft from the arifer summary that i intend to incorporate later into the larger story. but yeah i decided to throw myself a pity bone. i can't infodump so ill post my silly little excerpt instead. excuse me if it isn't my best work i just like this scene a lot <3 <– has had the outline written down for 2 years ever since i first played the game

↳ extra warning for these two being unreliable narrators. as usual 😭

The chaos of the night eventually died down. The gold was returned, with mishaps along the way, and many more afterwards. Arion did his nightly rounds of checking on his siblings in their respective bedrooms. As he was returning to his own room, he then happened to run into the one person he least expected to see. Oddly enough, they seemed to find each other in the dark quite often.

"Good evening." Arion muttered. Just to be polite. "I'm heading to my room."

"Wait a moment."

Begrudgingly, he allowed it, biting back a sarcastic comment. Scowling, he looked up at Lucifer.

"What is it? I'm tired."

"I'm sorry."

What?

Arion tried not to let his surprise reach his face.

"For?"

But he couldn't help it— the little spark of vindictive glee that ignited in him as Lucifer forced himself to break eye contact. In an instant, all notions of tiredness seemed to evaporate. What? Can't meet me head on? Is this embarrassing you? Am I embarrassing you?

And realistically, Arion knew exactly what Lucifer was apologizing for. He simply couldn't help himself. He needed to hear him say it.

"..I shouldn't have dragged your sisters into our argument. They had nothing to do with the issue, and I overstepped. I may have been.. too harsh in my judgement earlier."

"Oh?"

"Shut up."

Arion really shouldn't have, but he laughed. For maybe the first time that night, for the worst possible reason. Arion had been crying his eyes out just a few hours ago, and the Avatar of Pride was apologizing. Why wouldn't he laugh? Why wouldn't he enjoy it?

Then Lucifer's next words hit him.

"I would like to form a truce."

The laughter died, allowing room for silence to pool thickly between them. Lucifer was forced to try and explain his point.

"Let us be clear. I still do not trust you. I don't trust you with my brothers, and I don't trust you in my house. But these are the cards that I've been dealt, and I'd prefer there be less issues such as this in the future."

Lucifer raised his hand as if in offering, before quickly realizing how awkward that was, and then letting it fall back to his side. Lucifer cleared his throat.

"Well? What say you?"

"We can agree on one thing, at least. I don't like being in your house either."

"Have you considered applying to change dormitories?"

Arion shook his head, almost laughing again. "I don't like being in your house. But my siblings seem to be quite happy there. Where I want to sleep is besides the point."

Then he put his hand forward, mirroring Lucifer's motion earlier. The hand he put forward was the very same that he broke during the dance. And he kept it there between them, waiting for Lucifer to shake it.

"Truce then."

For a moment, he only surveyed Arion's face, trying to gauge his emotions. His real emotions. From the bored droop of his eyelids, the unamused curve of his mouth, the determined set of his shoulders, and his hair so red Lucifer could see it in the near-lightless corridor.

He really wasn't afraid of him, Lucifer thought. How irritating. And yet, a sense of intrigue filled him. Now that the threat had subsided, it seemed Arion had no particular feeling towards him. Would he have reacted the same if he'd been threatened by another demon? By Lord Diavolo himself maybe?

"I still do not like you." Lucifer shook the human's hand, thinking bitterly. And he couldn't help but think of the irony in the gesture. Clasped hands were a common gesture between demons and humans. In pact-making— one of the few things they seemed to share (distasteful) sentiment in. "Whatever grievances we have with each other will be settled in confidence. I will not get involved in your family business so long as you stop sticking your nose into mine."

"Got it."

"So no one needs to know about this."

"Nope. No one."

"Good."

"No promises on not annoying you for life though."

"Do whatever you want. You'll be dead in a few years anyway."

Lord Diavolo finds them there not a moment later. Thankfully, there is a commotion in one of the rooms before he can question them too closely.

(The commotion turned out to be a pillow fight. And so Arion becomes the very first person to hit Lucifer in the face with a pillow.

Lucifer realized his mistake very quickly. He should have been keeping his eyes on Arion the whole time.)

[synestheticdragon]

Tsukiuta's alternate world of "Zanshin".

A dark, post-apocalyptic, action video game world, where soldiers fight literally heart to heart and blade to blade to try to retake the world overrun by monsters.

"Zanshin" (Japanese: 残心) is a state of awareness; of relaxed alertness, in Japanese martial arts. A literal translation of zanshin is "remaining mind". (by Harupedia wikipedia)

Having *just* realized that the Kanji for the title and for the martial arts philosophy are different, I started investigating.

The title "斬心" can also be read as "Zanshin" and translates to "slashing heart".

Very fitting for a world where their swords are literally imbued with their hearts.

Awesome, I thought, two perfectly fitting meanings in one.

Then I found the kanji "慙"

When the kanji are combined like this the meaning becomes "shame", to blame oneself for not being virtuous; to blame oneself for not being correct.

Which is. Another whole central theme of the stage play. Regret, shame, desperation, sacrifice, one's heart being one's greatest weapon and greatest weakness.

Three ways to read three different meanings. In JUST the title. This is why I love Tsukiuta world building

[crowsdove]

Honestly, making yourself and your f/o(s) on the sims is something that can be so wonderfully euphoric, as I've recently rediscovered

They don't have to turn out perfectly, your f/o is just so touched that you did this at all :> and like, they're floored by all the effort you put in regardless! You're so wonderful to them and they just love you so much. And if you use mods or cc to get more accurate, or even made some yourself, they are so impressed

And like, getting to build and decorate a home that's perfect for the both of you. Maybe you have similar tastes so everything matches, maybe you don't so it's a blend of things you like and things they like, either way I'm sure it turns out great because it's your shared home! And you can take super cute selfies together and put them on the walls too.

Idk, it's just so fulfilling.

Edit: I'm putting some more things in the replies of this that might be helpful like mods/cheats. It totally slipped my mind before but I don't want anyone to have a bad time so I'm doing it now

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[gu6chan]

YIPPEEEEEE NOW I CAN FINALLY LOOK AT THE EUPHORIA TAG AND SEARCH IT UP ONLINE AS MUCH AS I WANT WITHOUT FEARING SPOILERS AT ALL!!!!!! we're so back omg

[samglyph]

Could you imagine if people tried to argue the whole “character playlists should only include music the character would actually listen to” with characters that aren’t from a modern era. Like umm excuse me I noticed your Jaskier The Witcher playlist isn’t comprised solely of lute music from the 12th century how dare you.

[the-sky-queen]

The name of the game is now rereading all of Cosium AU because I'm obsessed. :) Decided to go chronologically this time around, which means I'm starting with JanikaCheetah's Legend of Karok. (Janika has written two stories for Cosium AU and both are considered canon.) I'm literally only a chapter in so far and I'm SO EXCITED to go through all of these. Mortesen and Athena aren't my favorite couple but they still make me insane! :D :D :D

[bravenewwor1d]

HIIII HEY HELLO VERNIAS PLAYED PEAK FICTION ON HIS BIRTHDAY :D

[chussy]

i don't think "i put dog clothes on myself" is winning me a lot of normal person points tbh