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immediately after an interaction: i have GOT to get more normal oh god i need to get more normal immediately i have to get more normal or they're going to hunt me down they're going to hunt me down and flay me for sport
during an interaction: and why not put a little spin on it? why not add some conversational zest?
Heartbreaking: This Hognose Naga Was Slightly Startled
Heartbreaking: This Hognose Naga Was Slightly Startled
as a former escape room host i highly recommend doing an escape room as a first date. its a great way to learn how ppl react under pressure and how well they collaborate with you right off the bat. also more than once ive seen people enter an escape room as a couple and exit broken up LOL its a fantastic litmus test
sorry to broadcast ur tags but this is also a valuable part of the litmus test! it seems like you learned a lot about how this person makes you feel in their social group. they didn't go out of their way to include you, and neither did their friends. therefore you can come to a pretty good conclusion about how you might feel being part of their life outside of an escape room; someone who doesnt include you or your feelings in a game is likely going to do the same in other situations
An experiment with a clear negative outcome is still a successful experiment.
Oh, to be a little kitten who just got vaccinated and then taken to a high-end restaurant and tasted the best food the chefs could offer and then fell asleep in a basket.
I know it's been like 15 years but "hey where's your bus pass, boy? When you're waiting for the bus in the rain have your bus pass ready or the people on the bus get annoyed" is a) still one of the funniest song lyrics out there and b) a really important PSA
i saw a version of this meme today that felt very mean so i made my own version :]
Forty years ago, London was stolen by bats.
Fallen London is an online text adventure; a Victorian gaslight fantasy with horror in its bones and romance laced throughout its meat. Also it's funny.
You might have seen our gender selection text doing the rounds on here:
It's more than 4.5 million words long, and as such defies summary. However, it's broken down into morsels small enough that you won't choke.
It's playable for free on anything that can open a web browser. There are no ads and no installs. It's not possible to infinitely scroll it; you get some actions, spend them, and then are released to go and think about what you've done.
It has been developed over 16 years without the use of AI. (Anything with incorrect fingers is like that on purpose.)
Welcome, delicious friend.
you can kinda tell when a writer has spent a lot of time around kids bc they avoid most of the pitfalls that come with writing children. namely, not giving them a too cutesy or twee voice but making them sound more like extremely weird little adults. kids playing pretend will almost never cutely slot into some romantic scenario for the adults' benefit bc the adults are usually too busy cleaning up or wondering what the fuck is wrong with their child. kids also have surprisingly stringent hangups ranging from very petty grievances to downright chauvinist gender roles, more often than not the result of a tragic education but sometimes far surpassing what they were taught in intensity. what im saying is there's nothing inherently wrong with treating fictional kids as stock characters but it's always quite nice to see when they aren't
It's extremely common for very young children to suddenly say something extremely cogent and articulate, that's jarringly inconsistent with their normal speech. This is usually something that they heard an adult say recently. A kid will spend ten minutes telling you a story about how they fought a wolf yesterday using simple sentences of fifty cent words, then nibble a snack, wrinkle their nose and say something like "I feel like Mum was overenthusiastic with the salt today, and not for the first time either" before going back to their clumsy story. (They do understand what they're saying when they do this. Kids' communication is usually held back by their vocabulary and pronunciation, not their understanding.)
Young kids are also a lot more socially aware than people give them credit for. Young children are perfectly aware that adults don't take them seriously. They know when their parents don't actually like them. They listen and remember when adults talk about them while they're in the room. Kids will develop basic abilities to charm etc. from babyhood and will begin experimenting with social norms and concepts of deception, appropriate information, and acceptable language and attitudes in toddlerhood. By the time a kid is five or six, they have solid social strategies for relating to adults and separate ones fr relating to their peers, that they'll continue to refine for the rest of their lives. They will also say completely off the wall shit because they don't have the context to know what is and isn't considered super fucked up yet.
By the time a kid is eight or nine, their main difference from adults is in experience, interests, and ability for long-term focus. An eight year old can think as intelligently and coherently as a thirty year old, they just have less experience and information to draw from, and are likely interested in very different things. They're also likely still slightly hamstrung by vocabulary and literacy, though much less so than a younger kid.
Teens will behave like adults who have little power (a teen is often at the mercy of their parents and the state and rarely taken seriously, which is extremely frustrating) and who are high stress and mid-crisis, because they're going through a transitory period where their bodies and moods are changing and are having to constantly learn and adjust; a fourteen year old in a stable situation will act pretty much like a thirty year old with an oppressive boss who's just left a tumultuous relationship.
#oh is *that* why i feel 14 again after my fiance broke things off with me and i had to move halfway across the continent back in with my ma?
Yeah that's just what humans feel and act like when they're unmoored and powerless and unpredictably changing. Teenagers are pretty much constantly unmoored and powerless and unpredictably changing, and react reasonably to those circumstances.
every time i write i think about that maya angelou quote where she talks about her editor asking her why she uses semicolons instead of colons and says she has often responded by threatening to never speak to him again
she’s so fucking funny
real paramedic x golden retriever firefighter AU energy with this
I've been doing this thing on youraislopbores.me today where I ask people what one of their favourite fanfics is, and every time somebody gives me a specific answer, I locate the fic and let the author know in the comments that when an anonymous stranger was asked for their favourite fic, they answered with this one
quickly looks left and right like i'm trying to find the assassin in a crowd
The Different Angels of Heaven (That We’ve Seen So Far)
I made a very similar post, (linked here) and I will be reusing many of the photos, but I thought I’d create something a little more detailed.
We’ve seen different types of angels in Heaven, but here is a summary of them that I’ve observed. Some are confirmed, others are my best guesses based off of Biblical lore. Here we go!
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1.) Seraphim
Seraphim are some of the highest-ranked and most powerful angels in Heaven. They act as the top leadership.
In Biblical lore, they are considered the angels closest to God. They represent purity, intense passion for God, and divine light. They are said to surround God’s throne, proclaiming His holiness.
They typically have three main sets of wings- six wings in total. While Sera and Emily are confirmed Seraphim, Lucifer is not. However, given his six wings and his sheer angelic power, it makes me believe he is also a Seraphim in the Hellaverse.
2.) Virtues
As confirmed by the S2 subtitles, these are Virtues.
In Biblical lore, they are the Fifth Choir of angels and primarily associated with channeling divine strength, performing miracles, and governing elements and the natural world. (Perhaps that is why they resemble colorful insects.)
3.) Dominions
Dominions are also mentioned in the S2 subtitles, but it’s harder to match their voices. But going off their description in Biblical lore, (beings who carry golden staves to symbolize their authority), I believe these angels are the Dominions.
In Biblical lore, Dominions are described as being the fourth highest-ranked angels, serving as angelic lords who regulate duties of lower angels. They govern the universe, ensure the execution of God’s will, and enforce divine law.
4.) Powers
In Biblical lore, Powers are the Sixth Choir of angels who are said to be warrior spirits who defend humanity and the cosmos against evil. They also ensure the movement of heavenly bodies and sometimes act as history-keepers.
They are described as wearing helmets and armor- these guys look like they are wearing helmets, and they have constellations in their cloaks (which would fit into the cosmic theme). That leads me to believe these are Powers.
5.) Thrones
In Biblical lore, Thrones (or Orphanim) are the third-highest ranked angels in the Heavenly hierarchy. They are considered very wise, explaining the wisdom of divine missions. They are also tasked with dispensing God’s divine judgement and maintaining cosmic harmony.
They are also described as fiery, multi-eyed rings/wheels, so it’s a no-brainer that this guy is a Throne.
6.) Archangels
Adam is apparently an archangel. In Biblical lore, an archangel is a high-ranking angel who is trusted with important tasks from God- protecting humanity, fighting against evil, delivering significant messages, etc.
However, some sources place archangels as just above normal, average angels- which leads me to believe that in the realm of the Hellaverse, an archangel is a military rank meant for powerful souls- sometimes Heavenborn, sometimes not. Adam was once human, but he’s obviously different from average Winners.
(If Michael, Gabriel, and other famous archangels exist in the Hellaverse, are they still archangels or are they something else, such as Seraphim? As of now, we do not know.)
7.) Exorcists
Exorcists are warrior angels that make up Heaven's Exorcist Army. It has been stated they are not descendants of Adam, so they are Heavenborn. They all appear to be female.
They don’t have a direct Biblical counterpart, but they are similar to the Zabaniyah (Islamic angels tasked with punishing Sinners in Hell) and Angels of Punishment (angels from the Book of Enoch that act as jailers and tormentors for fallen angels and their offspring).
8.) Cherubs
Cherubs are interesting, because Biblically speaking they refer to the Cherubim- the second-highest order of angels just under the Seraphim, and are depicted as having four wings and four faces (human, lion, ox, and an eagle).
However, in the show they seem follow the more popular depiction of cherubs- tiny, child-like angels that are said to represent innocence. (In the Divine Comedy, they are called Putti.)
It is unknown what the role they play in Heaven in the Hellaverse, but it can be assumed they fill a similar serving role like imps- though some protect humans on Earth, like those in C.H.E.R.U.B.
9.) Winners
Virtuous souls who died on Earth and received their eternal reward in Heaven. (Or former Sinners from Hell who achieved redemption and ascended to Heaven.)
Apparently they are all hot.
And last but not least…
10.) The Speaker of God
She’s interesting. She has six wings, but I don’t think she’s a typical Seraphim.
She is a phoenix-like angel who outranks the Seraphim. Most importantly, she acts as God's representative in Heaven, and speaks on God's behalf to the angels. Vivziepop has stated she does not want to truly depict God because she considers the concept of God to be ethereal and beyond comprehension. The Speaker is the closest we will ever get to seeing God as she is God's representative.
Her most direct counterpart in Biblical lore is Metatron- a high-ranking angel in Jewish tradition who serves as the mediator between man and God, records the sins and merits of humanity, and holds knowledge of Heavenly secrets. Metatron was considered the highest angel and second only to Yahweh.
Its worth nothing that a lot of the demons in the hellaverse lore seem primarily inspired by the Lesser Key of Solomon which would be in the same rough occult canon as the Lanthorn of light and, Agrippa's Three books of occult philosophy, so if were going of that (lose, ill defined mercury-fume huffing 15-1600s wizard) canon, Lucifer would be a Seraphim. Which might also explain why Em is so much younger that the High Seraphim, as they can only ever be two Seraphim at a time, and they presumably had to create a new one after the fall (asumeing Em isn't Lucifer's daughter which is a fan theory I've seen floated) which is whole thing that raises many questions.
Comedians in the '70s and cartoons in the '90s: weird how your kids can watch violence and murder on TV but the FCC wants us dead if we say the word nipple.
Internet users in 2025: you didn't warn me that there would be erotic themes in the game you just mentioned which is fucked up because I thought it was going to be a normal "morally struggle with killing people" game but now it's gone too far :-/
A lot of you are playing into a lot more reactionary of hands than I think you would like when you act like tits are more shocking than gun violence.
We need to call people posers again. We gotta. We just gotta. No you aren't a countercultural weirdo because you made a battle jacket, you get tangibly viscerally uncomfortable if someone is breast feeding in public and that is incredibly square of you.
the joy of realizing someone is a similar type of freak as you
Sometimes I see someone on here express a pop culture take on which I agree with the fundamentals, but with such a level of vociferous frothing hatred that it gives me a brief , terrifying mirror-darkly insight into what a diseased, vindictive maniac I must come across as when I really go off the handle about this stuff- which then allows me to moderate my own behavior accordingly in the direction of the kind of person I’d want to spend time around. One more bit of value added in my life from the human menagerie that is tumblr
My baby Fuel Gauge is turning 1 year old this month! Figured what better way to celebrate then by sharing a photo for y'all.
