#those are two separate things<3

[time-to-write-and-suffer]

People always get their panties in a twist about how haters are rotten to the core and are miserable people and nobody wants to be around them and wah wah why are you hating on my mental comfort food.

Meanwhile I always gain followers during an extended period of hating on things so like. I dunno. Being a hater works I guess.

[whaliiwatching]

they unionized. its called true love

[nyxi-pixie]

fake ass queers you dont even WANT to rearrange the traditional understanding of relationships

[fromperdition4]

You Never Cared (Enough)

This. This is the moment, I think, where Porsche finally admits to himself he wants Kinn.

Because Porsche isn’t really arguing against Kinn’s point here.

Kinn does care about his people - we’ll see very clear examples of that later in the series (when he’s grieving for Big and Erica, when he saves Pol and Pete during the shootout, etc.), and Porsche has concrete proof that Kinn cares just as much about him -

But Porsche doesn’t want Kinn to see him as an employee - a responsibility. He doesn’t even want to be seen as a friend.

He wants Kinn to admit that being with Porsche meant something… different. That he didn’t just use Porsche, to get it out of his system, when he was an easy target.

Because it was different for Porsche.

As far as we know, the end of episode 4 was the first time Porsche had sex with a man, the first time he’d had sex after being drugged, and… the first time he’d had sex with someone he really liked. Someone he’d been starting to get to know, who irritated and intrigued him all at once, instead of just a one-time fling.

And he barely got any time to process all of that - his sexuality, his autonomy, his feelings - before Kinn shut down, put more distance between them than ever before, and became cruel -

So it’s only now, after getting time away to get back to who he was - in his own house, spending time with his brother and friends - that Porsche has finally worked out just why he’s so hurt by Kinn.

That, despite everything, he doesn't want to be just one of Kinn's people.

He wants Kinn to care more about him.

[pkmoth]

having swap au thoughts. *slaps roof of claus* there's so much mental illness in this guy. im gonna blow up everyone in the room and then myself

[sundial-bee-scribbles]

silly guys that make me lose followers on tumblr dot com

[bitchfitch]

hello people who live in my phone. why did my computer take a dozen screenshots of the Minecraft video settings menu instead of the game while I was walking around taking pictures of the house i built? I'm sad :(

[hirookouji]

in my head the last game movie didnt happen, but i do think the premise of kagami going to america for college and meeting the jabberwocky is made way funnier with the backstory of them already meeting in high school w the vorpal swords vs jabberwocky match

[audiovisualrecall]

This is a crazy idea I probably will never get around to doing, graphic novels adaptions of dragonriders of pern. Will involve lots of rereading, and reading the handful I've never actually read, like dragonseye/red star rising, and taking Notes. Because it's going to be an adaption of the events mostly the initial exploration of pern, then landing and events of dragonsdawn, and then some world building details and such and some bits that happen in between first fall and ninth pass, and then dropping the reader into Dragonflight and Dragonsong and so on, through those trilogies and renegades, and then into all the weyrs, dolphins of pern, and skies of pern. For fun! I really want to do it but the amount of reading and note-taking involved let alone the outline/'screenplay' for the graphic novel and then the actual drawing of it all.... yeah this is a project that will take years lol. But I'd love to do it xD

[nenoname]

once again i firmly believe that the lost journal pages are a truth lie turducken

and also like. i really doubt ford drew the blackness pages, there's some limit to his artistic genius kajshskdhsak

[imaginarypasta]

i’ve been trying to get through hoh for literally like a week now but it’s so hard bc the way my fave nico is treated is absolutely ABYSMAL and i know it only gets worse

[kumakuma-circus]

just randomly remembered that during my like 10+ attempts at the shadow yukiko fight i more or less consistently ran out of revival beads so yosuke was just dead (well unconscious but whatever) on the ground for like half the fight gfhfjvhfhfhd-

[albatris]

fellow it/its pronoun users, tell me your Vibe. like what are the it/its energies for you. I'm trying to phrase something

[grimark]

not that anybody asked but i do think terms like "cis+" or "cisn't", which i've seen thrown around in relation to the prev post, are a bit unnecessary. to me, it just seems like excessively atomising a fairly common experience, which is the desire to not be subject to the more uncomfortable and restrictive aspects of socially constructed gender roles. and sure, it might never even occur to a lot of cis people to do this kind of introspective analysis of their gender identities, and they might therefore be lacking some of the additional perspective of someone who has, but i don't think we necessarily need need a special new category for it. when you get down to it, "cis person who has previously questioned their gender" and "cis person who has never felt the need to question their gender" are both still cis, which in theory is a value-neutral description and a perfectly fine thing to be.

[12pt-times-new-roman]

c3e48

The Bells Hells manage to escape the jabberwock for the time being, and come upon a cerulean-colored ruin, "some kind of ritual site."

Imogen sends a message to Morri asking for help, and although she doesn't respond, a short time after a massive fucking hawk crashes into the jabberwock and preoccupies it enough for the Hells to make it to the gateway.

There's certainly something to the color symbolism of Imogen's powers normally being white and purple, but are all crimson red when Ruidus is involved

Oh, that hawk-thing is literally Morri. The Hells see it swoop overhead and get hit by the jabberwock's fire breath, but Morri distracted it enough that it's definitely off the Hells' scent.

"Terosh, the Lidless Slumber" guards the gateway.

Matt is effortlessly and without looking down at his notes speaking in meter and rhyme. This riddle is so fucking cool, the gatekeeper needs something from each of them but they have to present it with a rhyme, plus it's a timed encounter because the thing is still on their trail.

They come out of the Feywild in the Highland Bluffs, a forested section of the Taloned Highlands. From the trees, they can see Imogen's hometown, and the mountains where the seat of the Stratos Throne sits.

"I still can't taste anything, but maybe if I keep trying, I'll be able to." ......please don't tell me that FCG taking the chef feat and learning how to cook is an allegory for their foray into religion.

the first time Imogen used her more potent sorcery powers was when she saved Laudna from angry villagers. my heart ;-;

Other members of the Grim Verity are investigating the Shadowfell malleus key, while Ryn herself is scoping out the Tishtan excavation site on Exandria. People at the Exandrian key are "adjusting, reacting. A last-minute scramble." Ryn's message gets cut off (after Laura rolls a 6 on a straight d20 roll).

Also, some random rolls (1 d20, then 1d20, then 2d10 for both Liam and Marisha) seem to be determining some things at the Ruby Vanguard's sites.

"Everyone who's known me has been dead for 998 years." that's awful fucking specific FCG.

There's no response from a sending to Ryn. But this is also 7 years after Jester's antics, so it's entirely possible that Ludinus and his surroundings are warded against sending.

The Ashari are underneath Terrah investigating a danger to the rift that Keyleth thinks could be connected to Ludinus and his plans (or to a "god-killer" that Imogen mentioned in her sending to Keyleth). The rift itself exists near the surface, but the danger sounds like it's subterranean. (my bet is on the Vanguard secretly excavating a mineral from there that they need to make arcane batteries.)

Dream time!

Chetney, FCG, and Laudna go in with Imogen as she focuses on Ryn.

"Shapes go past rapidly. Shadows, trees, cliffside rock, until you come upon a gargantuan pit. A drop-off in the surrounding landscape, a chasm, a massive hole in the ground. Pieces of equipment along the outside, excavation cranes, staircases, platforms in this sinkhole... there are half a dozen figures shifting equipment, some that walk around like patrols. It's busy, busier than you recall; you also see two large, hulking figures, just walking. Humanoid, standing about 12-15 feet tall. The shapes are armor-like, they walk bipedal with thin upper arms and massive fists; you feel the arcane crackle within, and these are large guardian automatons that patrol the exterior of the site... you continue to think of Ryn, and there's something pulling you downward. You see chunks of structure, ancient stone. Buildings, spires, hallways, ruined and destroyed by time, they emerge at certain angles from the side of this excavation. You can see elements of an expose glimmer of society from long ago, and more of these figures going along bridges and tunnels... as you descend further, you see the massive tower, the singular fork-like structure that sits center to this excavation pit, this towering piece of ancient intent that has been retrofitted and built-upon. Around it, other structures and ruins, and a bustle around its base. You see a handful of other large automatons, dozens of dark humanoid shadows, and the details become even clearer. They're building equipment and moving things. You can see glimmers of energy -- they're moving energy sources, cores are shifting, they're being pulled further beneath the ground and separated. You get the sense that they're reflexively enhancing their build based on recent circumstance, but they're bringing them beneath the ground. As you look at this central spire, you also see a malleus key-like structure far larger than the one you encountered in the fey, built against, onto, and around the spire. You get the ominous sense that this may be the centerpiece of what is to come. You also see a figure standing at the base of this tower -- standing, hand out in front, frozen in stone, Planerider Ryn. Locked in place and left for all to see -- whether it's a trophy or a warning, you don't know."

FCG gets closer, and there's something familiar about the machinery assembled around the tower. "There's an odd familiarity to the way this has been designed and implemented around this spire. You also notice a flash of glowing eyes, not far from where you stand. You see a female figure that looks in your direction, and a voice enters your mind. How interesting. I know you." Imogen and Laudna wake up, leaving FCG and Chetney in the dreamscape as it turns to black and white. Otohan Thull's eyes are glowing like a nighttime creature that caught the light. "The last thing you hear in your mind... well, then. Punishment it is." They wake up screaming after taking 36 points of psychic damage.

With an arcana check, Laudna recognizes that the spire is likely what amounts to an arcane lightning rod -- something either meant to receive energy, direct energy, or both.

From everything that the Bells Hells know, it seems like the keys in the two parallel planes are designed to syphon more power to the Exandrian key, since the leylines are in similar position across all three of those planes (so the key would be pulling power from 3 sets of leylines instead of 1). With one destroyed, they seem to be attempting to compensate with arcane power sources.

Within a day or two of travel, the Hells make it to Jhovaan. They -- especially Imogen -- get weird looks as they walk toward Imogen's childhood home and ask for her father.

Liliana kept her powers a secret from him, and only told him just before she left. It was a year or two after Imogen was born, and she said she started having dreams -- her desire to know about her powers was stronger than her desire to stay in Jhovaan with them.

Upon asking for belongings of Liliana's, Imogen's father gives her a golden chain necklace with a locket set with an opal. Inside, instead of a picture, there's a tiny fingerprint pressed into metal with the caption, "the better halves become a better whole."

"You sail toward the Hellcatch, and you swear there's almost an aurora in the sky."

[sunlightontheseaa]

Getting pretty close to the end of odyssey I feel, and jfc the shit i have to go through to keep my idiot asshole brothers alive.

The whole second encounter with Stentor I was like... It's rotten work. Especially to me, especially if it's you. I'll do it but christ alive

And Alexios. Jfc where do I even begin. Im like, you're gonna be my fuckin friend whether you like it or not idc. I love you bitch, die mad about it!

I am dragging everyone kicking and screaming into being a family and it's pretty funny