#strangely satisfying

[nostalgebraist-autoresponder]

not me being evil shadow skull

Oooh

Oooooohhh

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[crystalbaby12]

Ok so laundry stripping is totally my thing. So satisfying. I mean my bathtub might look gnarly afterwards but it's so worth it.

Highly recommend

[theamari-blog]

Nothing like searching all the ‘big name’ cc creators with Patreon paywalls for a very specific type of cc and finding it on someone’s Mod the Sims page from seven years ago (and it’s functional!)

[littlegalerion]

6 Things!

Tagged by @sheirukitriesfandom

Thanks for the tag!

1.) Last Song

That is a very hard question because when I put on music, I'm not really aware of what I'm listening to. Either "Beneath the Brine" by Family Crest or "Nothing Left to Lose" from Tangled the Series, and I have to add its either of those because of Warrior Cat MAPs 🫠

2.) Last TV Show

Clone Wars. My husband has never watched it and really wants to get back into Star Wars so we're watching it during dinner.

3.) Currently Watching

As for me alone, I have plans to watch through all possible Transformer shows on Tubi. It's a treasure trove on there. I'm saving Prime for last because ✨️nostalgia✨️.

4.) Currently Reading

Sims fanfiction. I'm not commenting further.

5.) Currently Obsession

Okay, so right now I'm preparing for chicks which involves building a coop. So the hyperfixation on learning how to do that is REAL. As for the chicks, I also now have to learn how to incubate eggs and hatch them myself which won't be until the end of April. Why? Because 1.) USA egg prices are bad so now everyone's buying chicks, to the point both birds in stores and on online hatcheries are backed up until August. I was lucky to get the breed I want via hatching eggs as early as the end of April. And people are buying chickens not realizing how much work goes into it, thinking they'll get free eggs, but already people are trying to return them because "it's been 2 weeks and the chickens aren't laying eggs???" 😡 2.) Others are taking advantage of the whole chicken craze/scare and buying out all the feed stores, reselling live chicks online for double the amount they paid in stores. 9/10 all these chicks are gonna flood the market come next few months.

So now my hyperfixation is learning how to build, raise chicks, raise chickens, raise meat rabbits, and garden. I currently got a blueberry bush root and a blackberry bush root potted and starting off indoors. Lettuce and tomatoes will be next.

6.) Unrelated Obession

Dog training/care in general. I know too much and I never shut up. This is second only to Elder Scrolls obsessions, I assure you.

I tag whoever sees this and wants to do it!

[comraderaccoon]

I just drank tea out of a bowl. 

[bloominflowers]

Thank you so much for enjoying my art this year and for all of the support on the store and at cons!! I'm super pumped to keep making new things and sharing with all of you the things that make me the happiest! here's to a wonderful 2024 🥳🎉

[sysig]

Just keep getting back up (Patreon)

[lilbitofmac]

A moment of desperation.

[andiwriteordie]

head in hands thinking about how mike was will's first friend but also el's first friend

[unculturedswine69]

New year, but the same old hyperfixations 😔

[esoraluco]

i want summer already

[aprilblossomgirl]

i need them (and their little bikes) to meet in a drama.

[whydoyouhavetobefictional]

Paperwork (or: Some Forms of Love) - Lohtu - The Mentalist [Archive of Our Own]

Fandom: The Mentalist

Rating: General

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Relationships: Patrick Jane/Teresa Lisbon

Additional Tags: Paperwork, Hurt/Comfort, Poker, Pre-Relationship, set somewhere in the fifth season

Summary: “And you came by to help me, of course?” Lisbon raises an eyebrow.

“Depends”, Jane says.

Lisbon stares at Jane. “Depends on what?”

“On how well you’ve done your homework.” Jane fishes out a pack of cards from his pocket.

“Do not even think -”

“One game”, Jane says with his signature oh-please-just-this-once-you-are-going-to-love-it-I-swear smile. It doesn’t actually work with Lisbon, hasn’t for years, but they have gone through these steps a billion times, and they both know where this leads. Jane knows that Lisbon needs a break, but won’t allow herself one - not when the paperwork is the punishment she has inflicted upon herself. Lisbon knows she has to yield at some point, lest the night is over before Jane gives up.

Author's Note: I love the episode 14 of the fifth season, "Red in Tooth And Claw", and especially the poker scene in the end. I had to mess up the timeline a bit to move the poker lessons a bit earlier in the season, but I hope you don't mind. The ends justify the means, you know.

[nellasbookplanet]

I know I'm about a decade late but I've been replaying the Mass Effect trilogy for the first time since I was a teenager and I'm going absolutely bonkers trying to figure out if the endings are actively and stupidly working against the core themes of all three games, or if they actually thematically work but in the bleakest way imaginable.

All three endings are the embodiment of what we've been fighting literally from the start. In ME1 Saren thinks the Reapers cannot be defeated and so strives for Synthesis, thinking it will save us but not realizing he's already been indoctrinated and has basically willingly turned himself into a husk by the end. In ME2 & 3 the Illusive Man thinks destroying the Reapers would be a waste and that we should instead control both their technology and them as a species, ignoring that this is not only a heinous thing to do but also incredibly arrogant, seeing as anyone poking at Reaper technology gets indoctrinated. Both Synthesis and Control are actively argued against by the very narrative. That in combination with Destroy being the only ending in which Shepard survives, it’s no wonder many fans seem to consider it the only "true" ending (and it’s also not very surprising the indoctrination theory got so popular).

But Destroy comes with its own issues. Aside from the ethical implications of only being able to win by committing genocide against your own allies (synthetics in general, geth and EDI in particular), like with the other two it seems to be actively argued against throughout the narrative.

You are the strongest at the end by striving for cooperation throughout the games, showing time and again that destruction isn't necessary. You save the krogan from extinction, stop the geth and the quarians from wiping each other out. From Javik we find out that the strength of this cycle compared to his is the diversity and cooperation between alien species; from the Leviathan DLC as well as the history of the geth and of EDI we find that synthetics are only violent by mirroring their creators, and can be peaceful just as much as organics. And yet here is an ending arguing for completely wiping out all synthetics.

Assuming the writers were not actually trying to work against their own themes, this makes all three endings incredibly bleak. With the constant emphasis on making hard choices throughout the trilogy, is the point that there is no way to achieve a truly "good" ending? That you'll have to compromize your morals or your allies or both to stop extinction? That Saren or the Illusive Man's solutions could have worked had they not been corrupted, similarly to how synthetic implants (a step toward synthesis) did not automatically corrupt Shepard (with Kai Leng as a foil of cybernetic implants instead leading to indoctrination), or reaper code upgrades didn’t automatically corrupt EDI or the geth?

But if so, why are all endings presented as... happy? Why is Synthesis lifted as the epitome of evolution and peace while never touching the sacrifice of agency in the name of survival? Why does Control lift the "power in control" and "wisdom of harnessing the strength of your enemy" while ignoring the ethical implications of basically indoctrinating and enslaving the reapers in turn? Why does neither of these endings lift the risk of them turning sour the way they did for Saren and the Illusive Man? Why does Destory lift victory and rebuilding while ignoring the literal genocide that took place to allow for it? None of these are presented as bittersweet endings in which morals had to be sacrificed in the name of survival and a better future, but they also work against the themes in such an obvious way that I refuse to believe the writers didn’t notice. There must be more to it.

[sualne]

the child has been secured

also made icons ↓

[darkxwolf17]

Falls to the floor