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[signaturreofsuccess]

YOUR NETWORK IS YOUR NET WORTH !

Take time this week to connect with fellow entrepreneurs, share insights, and build mutually beneficial relationships. Success is often a team effort. 🤝

[joncronshawauthor]

How to Write a Review for a Fantasy Book: A Comprehensive Guide for Aspiring Critics

Fantasy fiction is a delightfully varied genre, transporting readers to enchanted lands of mystery and adventure. As an avid reader, you’ve likely stumbled upon countless tomes that have stirred or frustrated you. If you’re keen to share your musings on your latest fantasy read, writing a review is a great way to do so that helps readers and authors alike. In this guide, you’ll discover the…

[allysdelta]

CrossOmens Part 1: A Long Time to Hope

Part 2: A Matter of Character Part 3: Book-Bound

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[my-autism-adhd-blog]

Autism (Non-stereotypical) vs Autism (Stereotypical)

Neurodivergent Insights

[trashyshrew]

[crunchybeards]

I'm sure this has been beat to death by now, but my favourite aspect of Sam as a character is the fact that he truly does encapsulate one of the most pervasive themes in the game, the theme of being humane. Sorry for the really long ramble but I just wanted to get this off my chest and just genuinely commend the game for what it does with its protagonist. Be warned for spoilers for the whole game and some endings.

From the begining, Sam is shown to be an empathetic character, despite being a pseudo-silent protagonist. As different as every route can be, Sam always feels some form of very human remorse. He feels remorse over killing cursed individuals when he reflects in the mirror. He feels remorse for fucking up the ritual and damning the astronomers. He feels guilty over taking the resources of people who have become cursed, even though he knows that they won't be using them anymore. At least once per playthrough, he experiences some form of remorse towards another party.

As far as a reach as it is for me to say this, I personally saw the dialogue options that players can pick as Sam's own thoughts and the specific thoughts that you choose to pick are the thoughts that become fully realised and are added to his overall character for that playthrough. There are often a lot of dialogue options that are negative or reactionary. Yet every single time, there's at least one positive one, one where he feels empathy, one where he believes there is hope for an individual despite how bleak the situation may seem. Or at the very least he chooses to be civil and non-discriminatory towards a cursed person.

As grotesque as the game is and as twisted as the Cursed become, they're still human, they're still people even if not physically apparent. And 9 times out of 10, they still behave like people. My favourite aspect about the game is that there are some characters that seem like they're too far gone, that they only wish to hurt people and yet if kindness is extended towards them, they can still be saved. We see this with the hidden-away garage. The fish and chips shop. The Cursed are still willing to trade and salvage the situation as best as they can. They're making the most out of a shitty situation despite struggling interally with their sanity and adjusting to newly formed bodies.

Choosing to be humane at the end of the world is one of the best things about Sam's character. Nobody would hold it against him if he were to kill cursed individuals indiscriminately. There are several characters that he can befriend who have done the same like Hellen. But being given the option to negotiate, the option to talk and to extend an olive branch, he takes it. He talks to cursed individuals who are lucid, he even befriends a few like Joel. Even in the ending where he becomes a swarming mass of arms and feels overwhelmed by his new ever expanding form, even though he is so scared, he took a moment to calm himself down, pick himself up and get to work helping people. Even as a borderline Lovecraftian being, he actively chose to be the driving force for good. Even though the prior examples I listed are choices that can be made by the player, this ending proves that Sam is a genuinely good and humane person. In the 104 Gods ending, the gods still destroyed parts of humanity and even divided it further. In the Screaming Sky ending where the astronomers ascend into a unified god like entity as the Exhaulted Four, they were actively destroying the planet and killed random people in an unpredictable bloody purge. Every other instance of people being presented with this awesome change, they were destructive, unintentionally so due to insanity, but ultimately destructive. The sole exception to these realities is Sam. When he's aware of what he's become, he helps, he becomes the Saviour of Humanity. He could've been like any of the 104 Gods, start his own cult/ community, be the supreme ruler of Earth because like with the gods, who could stop him. But he didn't, and that's what truly does differentiate him. The Gods could've been lucid and with how they actively do rule over the earth in their respective zones, it appears as though they are. And yet we have Sam, a god in his own right, but is a good person (well except for the Perfect Ritual ending where he overwhelms the earth Xin Amon style but I attribute that to losing himself completely as opposed to his character's intention).

As corny as it may sound, Sam truly does choose to be kind as opposed to choosing the 'right' option of caving into fear and attacking enemies/ isolating himself. To Sam, being a kind person is not dependent on appearance, it isn't dependent on what you can personally get out of helping another person but it's about being a helper of your fellow man, regardless of everything that is happening. No matter the route, no matter the player's input, that humanity is always there and I admire that about him.

Tldr:

[ghostly-bat]

Did you know that kyrptoniains (??) [The species supers are], can get anyone pregnant? Doesn't matter gender, man, woman, I just wanted to spread my knowledge

-🍰

This is my absolute favorite interpretation of this because I find it so incredibly funny LOL

Like imagine with me if you will 😌

Damian: ... I'm pregnant...?

Jon thinking Damian is joking: What? No you're not

Damian, dead serious: Jon... I'm pregnant

Jon:

Jon: Shut up no you're not that's not biologically possible

Damian: Oh trust me I know that just as much as anybody else so what the hell is going on!?

Jon: I don't know!

Damian: Well we're going to find out!

And that's how Damian's family finds out that he is indeed pregnant because he came to them declaring them to do test on him and now Bruce is calling Clark for an explanation and to come get his son out of his house.

Jon: Why didn't you tell me I could break the laws of biology!

Clark: Look to be fair!... I honestly didn't know that was possible either...

Jon: What do you mean!? I feel like that's kind of important to know dad!!

Clark: In my personal experience I've only ever had sex with women!

Jon just going through it: Oh my god...

And so Jon and Clark learned something new about themselves that day too

[ef-1]

I am one of those people that's usually like "under no circumstance do you have to hand it to r/formula1" but I simply have to hand it to r/formula1 in this instance.

(Disclaimer I think it's important to remember that r/formula1 is male dominated, very prone to censure and very hostile to dissent before we pay them any credit. Also very important to remember that in 2022 the r/formula1 banner and icon was the Ukrainian flag and "no war" for MONTHS with multiple pinned threads for Ukraine- which is fine and honourable btw- but nothing for Palestine because it was too complicated and political ig🤩)

They've banned the sharing of Twitter links in light of Elon's mask off Nazism and I actually think that's a great move. I know it might not seem like much, and it isn't on a macro level, but it will 100% have an impact on the F1 community. Whether I like it or not, r/formula1 is a big deal in F1. It's the single largest F1 community in the world with 4.8 million members; motorsport journalists and paddock insiders and media personalities lurk on there all the time, and that's a fact. Multiple Skyf1 hosts have stolen stats and observations word for word from there, multiple accredited journalists have asked the mods to take down posts, multiple permanent paddock members have identified themselves to comment and defend themselves on there. This will absolutely force the hands of F1 journalists towards other platforms. It's a known fact that if you want attention and reach in F1, you can readily access it through r/formula1:

The subreddit is basically telling F1 journalists that if you want access to all these eyes and ears: get off Elongated Muskrat's app and I think that's a rare r/formula1 W actually

[scarefox]

Perth Nakhun about fanservice, from his actor perspective, and how it changed over the years

the mental struggles of being a BL actor

(watch the full video, he also talks about: pros & cons of being bound to an acting partner, the importance of social media in the industry, parting ways / changing paths)

[theevilfishywizard]

Mcd rebirth

Aphmau: "I'm sure your village misses you"

Gene: "I'm sure one person does"

GO FUCK YOURSELFFFFF!!!!!!!

[theorahsart]

Some little doodles and inspirational quotes from Camille Desmoulins, Louis Antoine Saint-Just, and Maximilien Robespierre 💖

I've made these 3 cos I'm making some stickers for a comic convention thats very soon, and did the most 'famous' people for starters/who ppl following me might know from my comic :3

But when I have free time I'm definately gonna make some of lesser discussed but equally inspiring revolutionaries~

[xxplastic-cubexx]

if i said i picked up this issue for anything but drunk erik i fear i'd be lying

(Wolverine (2020) #3)

[howparadoxical]

DC characters as Tarot Cards. Batman Edition

Bruce Wayne - The Emperor

Logic, Structure, having control and thriving when able to provide his strengths to others

Dick Grayson - The Chariot

Unstoppable force unmatched, Determined and steadfast on his path

Alfred Pennyworth - The Hanged Man

Non-action, waiting for events to unfold yet never quite involving himself with the change itself

Barbara Gordon - Seven of Pentacles

Maturity hard won, willingness to do the hard and intense work other cannot. She anchors the spontaneity of others

Jason Todd - The Wheel of Fortune

Repetition of habits, going back and forth between recognizing and denying his role in the cycle

Tim Drake - Three of Wands

The understanding things could be done better, seeking to improve himself and do something that matters

Stephanie Brown - The Star

Hope after going through hell, Ability and new desire to guide others with her new-found resolution

Cassandra Cane - The Hermit

Desire to know oneself, unattached to material things, reflection through isolation

Damian Wayne - Six of Wands

Discovery of goodness, acknowledgement of need to grow and forgiveness of himself for not being perfect

Duke Thomas - Two of Pentacles

Striking a balance in conflicting interests, transitioning through past to future, finding his limits

BONUS!

Robin, as a concept - The Fool

Excitement before beginnings, confidence untested but life changing

[vigilskept]

Throwing my hat into the elves and culture discussion, I think one of the things that I find most... upsetting is _what_ Bioware took from Judaism to make their elves. Which is to say, not a lot. What they took was Jewish history - ghettos, diaspora, and blood libel. The bad parts. Stuff about our oppression. Not stuff from Judaism as a religion or Jews as a culture. We don't get to see elves celebrate any cognates to Jewish holidays. There's no equivalent of kashrut or Yiddish or Ladino (despite that not making sense with the Dales being around for four centuries). The two most defining features of Dragon Age elves, the vallaslin and the Evanuris, directly contradict Jewish teachings. Jews started writing down our history and laws as soon as we lost our homeland and independence to Babylon, but it's written into the fabric of Dragon Age that the elves didn't, and their story is one of obtaining a lost past, not preserving a remembered one. It's even indicated that the city elves largely worship the Maker.

In thoughtful hands this could be a story about how Jews are seen as a religion when it's convenient to oppress us one way and a race when it's convenient to oppress us another, but it's not. Instead the impression I am left with is that in the mind of Dragon Age, Jews are defined solely by our oppression.

thank you for sharing!!!!

this came up earlier when an anon asked about making an elven oc from a (marginalised) cultural context they themselves aren’t from and i think it always comes down to a question of whether oppression and suffering are the only things you’re interested in or whether you care enough to learn about community, family and joy. and bioware seems to fail to clear this bar every time it comes to the elves.

i truly think some of the most incredible work in this fandom has come from fans putting those things back into the setting.

[my-autism-adhd-blog]

PTSD vs Autism

Neurodivergent Insights