#they're all big nerds

[toastsartcornerthesequel]

I think Tim Drake would be the forever DM when it comes to D&D. It's not that his friends force him to constantly be the dungeon master for their campaigns, but it's something he enjoys doing. He actually prefers being a dungeon master more than a player.

While he's not much of a writer, I think he'd love world building. He probably has his world's currency system figured out. He creates his own conlang for it that no one is gonna take time to learn but that's okay because he has fun doing it. He's got spreadsheets and documents filled with lore that he can look back on later. He has his whole campaign figured out from start to finish and all the twists and turns laid out

His friends derail it instantly. Kon hits a nat 20 when seducing the buff orc lady that was suppose to be the big bad. His friends take almost a full session to get out of a room because they thought a tipped over chair was important to solving the puzzle when really it was there for set dressing. Cassie accidentally kills an important plot related NPC. Tim sighs and goes back through his documents to delete what he had planned.

[kkami-writes]

ok so. waiting for us update soon but!! finally, here is expansive(?) list of ot8 fics I've found on the wonderful site of ao3. I'll try to update this as much as I can and feel free to send me anything you find as well! anything that's been updated within 4ish months is "ongoing" and anything else is "inactive". I also try to put fics with at least 5 chapters unless I really liked it lol. anyway, here you go. have fun.

LINK

[chapinii]

I can't stop replaying the clip of qFit today saying "uh... yeah of course!" to Pac asking if he could kiss him on the forehead, somehow that man perfectly captured within his shocked laugh and intonation everything that makes his gay little cubito so endearing, he wasn't expecting the question at all and his reaction was so off guard and genuine, top tier rp from the bald man honestly <3

[everypanelofizuku]

Chapter 95 - End of the Beginning, Beginning of the End

[anotherpapercut]

CORRECT THANK YOU FOR SHARING

[bluemoonrabbit]

I went birding today, which I'd never done before, and it was delightful on so many levels. Everyone there was a big nerd who wanted to either share info or listen to info. Every single bird was exciting. I'd kind of assumed birding was about sighting rarer birds, and people did definitely get more excited when something less mundane popped up, but even sparrows got people stopping to fumble for their binoculars. I'd also thought it might involve some early morning trekking to get to where the good birds were, but instead it was an incredibly leisurely meander along a flat river path, at a very reasonable hour. And since it was PDX, half the (quite large!) group was queer.

[anonymouspuzzler]

hello hello, I hope you're having a fine day and wondering if you have thoughts on the aquato family on this fine day

i like them alot :)

[christakisbang]

everyone...watch love next door....

[richardazer]

Boob jumpscare

[thedreadvampy]

sorry I'm on one now. Narnia is one of my Big Rant triggers.

but like. I would be lying if I said I didn't love Narnia

(everything except the Horse and His Boy, which a) even as a tiny kid made me uncomfortable with how fucking racist it is (literally there is ONE. ONE. character of colour who isn't evil, selfish, greedy and violent. even when you're 5 and white and don't really understand racism it's like. sorry there are just no nice people in this whole country? and every Narnian is lovely?) and b) is just fucking DULL partly bc of the 2 dimensional racist caricatures populating the world)

but I can't pretend for a second that it isn't specifically built around a Christian theology that's explicitly racist, hierarchical, supremacist, colonialist and The Bits I Like Least Of Anglicanism

and my FAVOURITE books in the series (except the Silver Chair which tbh is WAY less theological and way more mythology-nerd) are the first and last, which are by far the most explicitly Christian. even more so than TLTWATW.

and I can just about stand by the Magician's Nephew bc it's mostly just a mix of Christian creation myth and CS Lewis's sci fi interests in the esoteric and multiverses and it honestly feels fine. but my all time favourite most iconic Narnia book is The Last Battle and I just. cannot. justify it for a second from a political or philosophical standpoint.

it's got it all bc it's the book where Lewis is like ok hold up let me lay out explicitly what my theology is. and what he thinks it's important to say is:

Almost all Muslims are bad and evil

They worship Satan by doing Bad Evil Deeds to please him

There are a couple of Good Muslims who do good deeds. they need to be brought to the light, understand that the voice calling them to do good deeds is the Christian god, and they too can achieve the kingdom of heaven

Some people will use Christianity as a mask for exploitation and mistreatment. They are bad and their faith is false (ok fine)

...and they're doing that because they're CONSPIRING WITH THE EVIL MUSLIMS TO OPPRESS GOOD CHRISTIANS

...and THAT'S THE ONLY REASON ANYONE WOULD TELL YOU THAT GOD AND ALLAH ARE DIFFERENT NAMES FOR THE SAME GOD. because they're either conning you or because they've been misled and can't really think for themselves.

DID I MENTION. THAT MUSLIMS ARE EVIL AND TRYING TO BRING DOWN CHRISTIANS.

and other than the GOD AREN'T MUSLIMS JUST THE WORST of it all, he also goes back over to more fully explain several points he's made throughout the series, such as:

white Christian public school kids are the god ordained leaders of the world and attempts to think otherwise are heretical

god places people where they need to be to serve his purpose

free will is largely an illusion - your only choice is faith or chaos, and as a godly person your actions are preordained

the problem is though. he's kind of a really good character writer? and in The Last Battle he pulls out most of his best classics (hi Reepicheep! hi Frank! hi Jill!) and gives us a whole wealth of really fun new characters (Tirian and Jewel, Emeth, Puzzle, Shift, Griffle and Ginger are all just SO FUN) and it's such a solid adventure. for me it's hands down the most FUN Narnia to read and an effective and affecting end to the series.

but like. god its unjustifiably fucked philosophy is baked into every single character and event. it's so hard to ignore. it's my favourite book in the series. it's the book that makes me angriest. it's everything right with Narnia and everything wrong with Narnia. I like it cause it asks me to engage critically with Lewis' philosophy and I hate it cause it requires me to engage critically with Lewis' philosophy.

in conclusion, Narnia is a land of contrasts. also occasionally brownface.

[claire-starsword]

More retranslations of the first game and this one somehow doesn't destroy any big plot points for once. It does have this gem, though:

[steakout-05]

miscellaneous digital barry sketches

every time i draw this man i just make him more and more beefy. like. i've given him such a strong chin and big features i think my barry simpery has reached a boiling point heeheehaahaa

also the eyelashes!! they make him more babygirl!!

i headcanon that he's bi and this would be his reaction to seeing the most beautiful people ever in front of his very eyes.... he literally goes awooga heart bursting out of chest jaw drop and completely forgets everything he's doing for a solid 5 minutes

quick little side angle of barry :) i like giving him a bit of an underbite cause he looks more,,, attractive i guess? slightly goofy? but i think i need to make his hair a liiiittle less slicked back maybe....

me when barry.... ignore the singular line down his face i forgot to erase it oups

[frmtheroombelow]

i love building out sleep token songs in my silly little DAW i'd do any number of things to get my hands on their raw files but alas we move

[unproduciblesmackdown]

billions(tm): it's incredible how we just provide a little snippet of material designed to be "guy we all want to push down the stairs immediately somehow" and through this amazing acting alchemy it becomes gold. electric. magnificent. we can't get enough so we will just keep writing this loser character and the actor will somehow keep bringing the dazzling transmutation through his ability

actor will roland: [is aware autistic people are real]

[helpmyinterestsareverywhere]

oh,,, oh my god

i'm floored - genuinely floored - I think I'm going to explode, IM GOING TO EXPLODE SO HARD RAAAHAGAHRHAGAHAGA

i don't know what to do after watching that

(also HELLO?? Cinder's voice is kinda...)

[deva-arts]

Seraphina, a bit of a bird , a bit of a human . Maybe. But, my question. When she eats eggs, is it technically cannibalism?

Long answer: no. Short answer, no.