#society is a lie

[eggsplice]

life when youve become a butterfly hive <3 and also butterflies as a hair fashion statement idk

[sweaty-toothed-mad-woman]

Neil is a damn good liar

we see it a few times. the most noteable is when he tells Mr Keating that his father was gonna let him do the play, but another time that I think is important is when his father spawns in his room and Neil lies immediately

it’s kind of heartbreaking, really. his dad shows up, and Neil’s immediate reaction is to lie. he withheld the truth from his father and got caught, so the only way he could explain himself was to try and tell a lie. it’s literally the first thing he does. he says “I was gonna surprise you” even though he knew damn well he was hoping his father wouldn’t figure out he was doing the play. Neil is good at lying on his feet. he does it right here: now maybe he had that excuse planned out for in case Mr Perry did find out, but he obviously wasn’t expecting it, you can see it in his face when he first walks into the room and Mr Perry is there. so either he had a lie planned—which is a whole other thing that nobody should have to do, especially with their parents—or he was able to come up with a relatively believable lie on the spot. in my opinion it’s the latter, bc I feel like he grew up in a household where that skill is necessary in order to stay out of serious trouble.

in the scene where Neil is talking to Mr Keating, he lies and says that his father is letting him do the play. now he knows that if he says that his father is super excited then Mr Keating won’t believe him. so instead he backs it up with believable evidence, facts that are twisted to support what he is saying. at some point in his life, Mr Perry DID tell Neil to keep up his grades. Mr Perry is NOT happy with the fact that Neil is in the play. these are all facts that Neil says to make the lie—that Mr Perry is letting him do the play—more believable. this kinda shit comes from experience believe me. he has been having to lie his entire life for various reasons, whether it’s coming up with excuses for why he was out later than he should’ve been or why he didn’t do well on a test or why a vase is broken in the living room or anything in between, so that he doesn’t experience SEVERE consequences. he’s had to lie to his parents for so long that it’s practically a second nature, and nobody should have to deal with that.

in conclusion, Neil needs a hug.

[waveoftheocean]

yet another vw wip for this week's wip wednesday bc i have zero (0) self control and so. so. so many thoughts abt them

[spooksicl-e]

society if they leaned into the friendship that i KNOW john watson and bill murray had

(he’s married)

[deadpoets]

ENZO VOGRINCIC Making of Society of the Snow | Who Were We on the Mountain?

[lolathepeacocklord]

gay people i do not respect

[sonknuxadow]

its funny that people always talk about shadow having a gun and shadow is known as The Guy With The Gun when tails uses guns way more often and also the idea of tails using guns is objectively funnier than the idea of shadow using guns

[alicelufenia]

The Court of Eilistraee

The Drow City Imberlur

When the fuck was anyone gonna tell me Ed Greenwood had a youtube channel [x] where he does shockingly well produced lore videos on little tidbits of the Forgotten Realms, straight from his home campaign to the greater rpg community.

Both of these videos related to Eilistraee and non-Lolth sworn drow settlements are a godsend. Visiting Imberlur someday would be a dream come true for my Tav, and I can totally see an astral projection trip into Eilistraee's court when she reaches the climax of her story, similar to how Gale had a one-on-one with Mystra towards the end.

Thank you Ed your little side stories are worth their weight in gold while WotC continues to do nothing with these elements that have been around for literally over 30 years.

[rassicas]

What do you think they replaced leather with?

I'm asking bc some gear (such as most of the Rockenberg shoes and jackets) seem to be made out of leather? I mean it's obviously not bc where would they get that. Do you think it's made out of plastic or did the splatoon team just... didn't think about that?

Sorry, this has just been bothering me for a while :/

it could be either fake leather and/or some kind of sea creature substitute. The Splatune album jacket has this blurb:

...The girl's wish to sing this memorable song again led to the creation of this version. Replacing sharkskin taiko drums with a synthesized rhythm, the girls have vividly brought this song back to life...

sharkskin leather already exists in our world, and this confirms it exists in the splatoon world as well. taiko drums in our time are typically made from cow hide. maybe this means that shark leather has more common wider uses like cowhide does? unless shark leather is still a specialty thing. hmm... aside from sharks and rays, it's also possible to make leather from birds, but what seems most likely to me is that they'd make leather from other kinds of fish too.

here's some things made from eel leather, the scaleless look makes it look a lot like the leather gear items we see in game....

hmmmm...

[kaiserouo]

this is basically how pathfiner's inner side is to me

[hilsonisthecure]

i would die for this man

[nando161mando]

Where is the lie?

[thedeadpoetsraven]

What is that you express in your eyes? It seems to me more than all the print I have read in my life.

— Walt Whitman

[hakunoknight]

they’re butchfemme your honor // hornet and grimm doodles

[imissthembutitwasntadisaster]

Will not lie I do not care for the way the Christian community often talks about how much better it was in the past! Why don't y'all catch scarlet fever without antibiotics and then we talk!!!