#shut up...

[let-you-down]

I hate my life right now. I hate the people around me too tbh.

[gammaraydeath]

not to pit two bad bitches against each other but i've been replaying halo and thinking about how the human (so to speak) side of war is portrayed. in halo 2, you get to run around new mombasa for a bit, a major metropolitan city, but it's essentially a ghost town. i personally don't look around and think of the lives lived and lost. i'm more concerned with not catching a particle beam between the eyes. EDITING TO ADD because i forgot about halo 3 i'm so sorry dear. but it's sort of the same thing as halo 2 isn't it? there's a potential flood outbreak on earth, half of the continent of africa is glassed to contain it, and that's just like... sort of it. we don't even see it happen, we just know it does via conversation between rtas and hood. it's a footnote in the story that is really more about chief and cortana's relationship

while the atmosphere in odst is absolutely wonderful, i feel it sort of suffers from the same thing. the optional audio logs that let you listen to sadie's story do help though. reach did the best job out of the bungie titles. you evacuate civilians from reach and watch shuttle transports get shot down. you watch new alexandria get glassed to shit. but while saving reach is the primary goal of noble squad (and later, when they realize they can't, making sure cortana gets off of reach safely), it still doesn't quite hit the same way the intro of mass effect 3 does

the reapers hit hard and fast and with nearly no warning. although the loss of life you personally witness is comparable to reach (shuttles getting shot down), you get to interact more with civilians and soldiers alike throughout the game. OF COURSE - this is because it's an action RPG. halo is decidedly not that. it's a conceit of the genre. there is more room in the narrative for mass effect to explore this side of the story. but still; you make the decision to tell civilians and children to stay safe or join the cause. and if you ask them to fight, you are asking them to die. what other choice is there? it's death today and hopefully others will live tomorrow, or certain death for everybody, period. you need to stall the reapers long enough to build the crucible, push back against them to buy yourself more time. and the only way to do that is throw numbers at them. people. it's a horrible decision to have to make. you find data pads from people's daily lives scattered around, you receive emails from people begging you to save their loved ones, you overhear conversations between people who had witnessed absolute hell

there's a lot of things i love about both games but man. that aspect of mass effect 3 always gives me something to chew on. the despair of it all and the stubborn hope in the face of it.

[crayons-are-yummyy]

I love my drafts

Well now I think Shelly and Vee both sob uncontrollably while shoveling ice cream into their mouths because a dog died in a movie or TV show.. Together!

[scottdixon]

[3416]

OH THIS BLUEPRINT EP IS GONNA KILL ME

[juergenklopp]

Wait, their dads have talked about their connection before? Do you have a link for that one? That's so sweet 🥺

[...] and what both dads noticed the most: they love each other, and they love to prove others wrong. Q: Do they have possibly one of the most unique connection in football at quarterback and receiver? Jimmy Burrow: I think that's a definite yes. A special bond there between Joe and Ja'marr, and really, between our families. It will go beyond their NFL careers. Jimmy Chase: I think they both are like the same kind of person. Don't tell them what they can't do—that's the worst thing you could do. If you did that, it's over. They both have that kind of mentality.

From Jeremy Rauch on FOX19

[helga-grinduil]

i love shigaraki's nose. i. i. i don't know how to explain it. but i really love his nose. it's so pointy and it's slightly upturned and- and it makes his whole face look very graceful and-