#dante dicit

[a-passing-storm]

The world is scary right now. I think it would be nice if every trans person who encounters this post reblogs with something good that is going on in their life. It does not have to be related to being trans. It also doesn't have to stay in the tags.

I'll start. I'm starting testosterone soon! I already have my prescription for it, but I'm going to have a few more conversations with my parents before I start. I'm really excited! Every time I see myself in the mirror, I imagine the beginnings of a beard on my face, and I start beaming.

[dante-and-dragons]

BAHA? I got a Dropout subscription, and I figured I would jump back into Fantasy High, so I am watching the Live in Brooklyn session, and... This is where the "two arms and two legs and is a person" thing came from?

Mainlt, it is so funny to me... before that point, I was like, "Ah, it's the potion of truesight... this is the adventure hook... I can't tell if the players get that?" And I guess Brennen Lee Mulligan couldn't tell, either, hence the, like, making it very clear that the NPCs are seeing something different. I find that entertaining.

[avatar-of-adhd]

So anyway! I was going to say, the statement giver in TMAGP 17 reminds me a bit of Tova McHugh from TMA 155, The Cost of Living. That was the Avatar of the End who killed other people to keep living but justified it by how much they donated to charity and such.

[a-passing-storm]

The "the good part's coming... it gets better..." feeling of introducing someone to a favorite song of yours, but it's me forcing my friends to watch Falsettos and having to get through "Four Jews in a Room Bitching."

[a-passing-storm]

The Iliad is funny! I'm not sure if it is always this funny or if Emily Wilson rendered Achilles in a particularly cringefail way, but thus far he has thrown a fit about "I'm not taking orders from anyone!!! I'm better than you!" and then run off crying to his mother to complain about not being famous enough.

[a-passing-storm]

See, I don't think John canonically wears glasses. In fact, I believe that it's implied in canon that avatars of the Eye have unusually good eyesight (something Leitner said).

Since everyone imagines him as a glasses-wearer, though, I very much headcanon that he only wears glasses for the aesthetics.

[a-passing-storm]

I have started listening to the Malevolent podcast. It feels very much like the tutorial level of a video game.

[a-passing-storm]

My other thought on Severance is that the blue/red/green thing reminds me a lot of The Matrix. I can't decide if I've simply watched The Matrix too many times or if it is intentional (I think it very well could be), but red seems to be associated with the outies (at least in the intro animation), blue with Lumon (eg. their lanyards), and green... doesn't have as strong of a symbolic meaning/association to me, but there is a lot of green in their offices. I'll figure it out, I guess.

Anyway, I think the red/blue thing is interesting in terms of... Mark has a white button-down, Dylan has a light blue one, and Irving has a darker blue one. Helly generally doesn't wear blue (but she did when she left the break room), and it feels worth noting that she's a redhead? I just checked and, like, yeah she has her light blue skirt, but that doesn't show up in as many shots. I'm going to ignore it.

Also, now that I think of it, Mark's book is also red, while the handbook is blue.