cityelf:

cityelf:

Bet he didn’t saw that coming

Because you were all so nice to me…

Doctor Lecter has bit off more than he can chew.

nikomedes:

recents:

idk i think what is interesting about astarion to me is the fact that you have a guy who started out an asshole (normal type) and then spent two hundred years in a very carefully and specifically crafted (by the writers of the game) Become A Terrible Person Or Die nexus. like it wasn’t just a Torment Nexus, he wasn’t just in hell, i feel like this is very important not to forget, he was in hell but it was specifically a hell designed to, over time, kill the empathy of anyone trapped in it, kill their brain’s ability to prioritize other peoples’ survival, to numb one’s conscience.

and then he gets yanked directly out of that nexus and despite that the fact that he spent, again, two hundred years in a situation that was sort of a rock tumbler for the human soul, there’s still a pebble left in there. and it’s a pebble that can be grown if placed in the right environment and provided with a support network.

so i think it becomes interesting because it really does i think force you to start thinking about the limits of free will even on as basic a level as the human personality. i think the fact that he becomes such a different character based on player choice, that his end morality is so hugely dependent on player choice, is uhhh. a big part of what the devs were going for probably.

it makes a lot of people really uncomfortable to acknowledge some bad people would be good people if literally nothing changed except they had a good support network and different circumstances. especially because it means the opposite is also true. which is even more uncomfortable.

you know that part in the beginning of fellowship of the ring where gandalf is talking about how gollum is ultimately only like that because of the ring and gandalf thinks his story is sad? astarion is kinda like if they sexualized gollum.

pineplapple:

IT WAS FUCKING TACOS

vaspider:

archwrites:

eatelonmusk-deactivated20231217:

hmm no wikipedia i didn’t know that. i mean that’s pretty high praise tho how impressive could it beOH GODDAMNIT IT’S THE COOLEST THING I’VE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE

[ID: screenshot of a Wikipedia factoid that reads, “Did you know that Script Ohio has been called one of the most impressive examples of American folk art in existence?”

The video shows the Ohio State University Marching Band performing its traditional Script Ohio routine, in which the drum major leads the band single-file to form an enormous cursive Ohio on the field. The crossovers require absolute precision timing. It is a FEAT. At the end, the drum major leads out a sousaphone player, who kind of high-kicks his way to dot the I. (Wikipedia calls it a “bounding goose-step.”) He gives a sweeping bow to each side of the stadium. The band then sings “Buckeye Battle Cry” while accompanied only by the sousaphone. Here’s the Wikipedia article, which has a much better description than mine. ]

It makes me so fucking happy to see marching band referred to as American folk art.

Because it fucking is! And it’s fucking hard, actually! It’s extremely physically and artistically demanding to perform this style (or any of the other competition styles). I was in the best shape of my life when I was in a competition band. It asks a lot of you.

expressions-of-nature:

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kingofshitpost:

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nottheweirdest:

Somehow this meme just keeps getting more relatable…

duckswithwings:

ALT

2023’s new handmade tree ornament is to celebrate the important holiday of Almost Christmas

sulfurcosmos:

List of Journalists Killed During this Genocide. Say their names!

1. Adel Zorob (19/12/23)
2. Abdullah Alwan (18/12/23)
3. Haneen Ali Al-Qashtan (17/12/23)
4. Assem Kamal Musa (16/12/23)
5. Rami Badir (15/12/23)
6. Samer Abu Daqqa (15/12/23)
7. Khamis Hussain (15/12/23)
8. Ahmed Abu Abseh (13/12/23)
9. Hanan Ayad (13/12/23)
10. Narmeen Qawas (13/12/23)
11. Abdel Kareem Oudeh (12/12/23)
12. Mohammed Abu Samra (10/12/23)
13. Doaa al-Jabour (9/12/23)
14. Ola Atallah (9/12/23)
15. Hossam Omar Ammar (8/12/23)
16. Hamada Al-Yaziji (6/12/23)
17. Abdul Hamid Al-Qarinawi (3/12/23)
18. Mahmoud Salem (3/12/23)
19. Shaima Al-Jazzar (3/13/23)
20. Hassan Farajallah (3/12/23)
21. Hudhayfah Lulu (3/12/23)
22. Muhammad Farajallah (2/12/23)
23. Abdullah Darwish (1/12/23)
24. Muntaser Al-Sawwaf (1/12/23)
25. Marwan Al-Sawwaf (1/12/23)
26. Adham Hassouna (1/12/23)
27. Nader Al-Nazli (25/11/23)
28. Amal Zuhd (24/11/23)
29. Mostafa Bakeer (24/11/23)
30. Mohamed Mouyin Ayyash (23/11/23)
31. Mohamed Nabil Al-Zaq (21/11/23)
32. Assem Al-Barash (21/11/23)
33. Jamal Haniyeh (21/11/34)
34. Farah Omar (21/11/23)*
35. Rabih Al Maamari (21/11/23)*
36. Ayat Khadoura (20/11/23)
37. Alaa Al-Nimr
38. Bilal Jadallah (19/11/23)
39. Abdelhalim Awad (18/11/23)
40. Sari Mansour (18/11/23)
41. Hassouneh Sleem (18/11/23)
42. Mostafa El Sawaf (18/11/23)
43. Amr Salah Abu Hayah (18/11/23)
44. Mossab Ashour (18/11/23)
45. Mahmoud Matar (15/11/23)
46. Ahmed Fatima (13/11/23)
47. Yaacoub Al-Barsh (13/11/23)
48. Mousa Al-Barsh (12/11/23)
49. Ahmed Al-Qara (10/11/23)
50. Yahya Abu Manih (7/11/23)
51. Mohamed Abu Hasira (7/11/23)
52. Mohamed Al Jaja (5/11/23)
53. Haitham Harara (3/11/23)
54. Mohamad Al-Bayyari (2/11/23)
55. Mohammed Abu Hatab (2/11/23)
56. Majd Fadl Arandas (1/11/23)
57. Iyad Matar (1/11/23)
58. Imad Al-Wahidi (31/10/23)
59. Majed Kashko (31/10/23)
60. Nazmi Al-Nadim (30/10/23)
61. Yasser Abu Namous (27/10/23)
62. Duaa Sharaf (26/10/23)
63. Zaher Alafghani (25/10/23)
64. Jamal Al-Faq’awi (25/10/23)
65. Saed Al-Halabi (25/10/23)
66. Ahmed Abu Mahadi (25/10/23)
67. Salma Mkhaimer (25/10/23)
68. Hudhayfah Al-Najjar
69. Mohamed Al Hassani
70. Mohamed El-Shorbajei
71. A’ed Ismail Al-Najjar (24/10/23)
72. Iman Al-Aqili (24/10/23)
73. Mohammed Imad Labad (23/10/23)
74. Roshdi Al-Sarraj (22/10/23)
75. Mahmoud Abu Zarifa (22/10/23)
76. Hany Al-Madhoun (21/10/23)
77. Mohammed Ali (20/10/23)
78. Khalil Abu Aathra (19/10/23)
79. Sameeh Al-Nady (18/10/23)
80. Mohammad Balousha (17/10/23)
81. Issam Behar (17/10/23)
82. Abdulhadi Habib (16/10/23)
83. Yousef Maher Dawas (14/10/23)
84. Salam Mema (13/10/23)
85. Ali Nisman (13/10/23)
86. Husam Mubarak (13/10/23)
87. Issam Abdallah (13/10/23)*
88. Abdul Rahman Shihab (12/10/23)
89. Anas Abu Shamala (12/10/23)
90. Ahmed Shehab (12/10/23)
91. Mustafa Al-Naqeeb (11/10/23)
92. Rajab Al-Naqeeb (11/10/23)
93. Mohamed Fayez Abu Matar (11/10/23)
94. Saeed Al-Taweel (10/10/23)
95. Mohammed Sobh Abu Rizq (10/10/23)
96. Hisham Alnawajeha (10/10/23)
97. As’ad Shamlakh (8/10/23)
98. Mohammad Jarghoun (7/10/23)
99. Ibrahim Mohammad Lafi (7/10/23)
100. Mohammad Al-Salhi (7/10/23)

*lebanese journalist | could not find date of martyrdom

spent the whole day confirming all of these names and looking through multiple resources. the ones with dates are journalists who’s date of martyrdom and/or exact cause of death is stated by sources behind the government media office official list.

m3djed:

i think if i focused really really hard i could grow a leaf