The Nate Zone

30s, bi, he/him. Comics, old movies & music, some sports, and the rest is all Dropout and Critical Role thoughts.

[thenatezone]

My Therapist: "So you were 'hi-key Wickanny-pilled' but now the Soldiers' Table is 'giving Tyrattigan'?"

Me: "Yeah and here's the thing, I think Tyranny and Kattigan have much more in common than we realized, becau-- *looks at watch* You know what, let's push that dad breakthrough stuff from before until next week because I really want to articulate this theory while it's still fresh. So Kattigan's alcoholism--"

[thenatezone]

I think this aged very well and I want this ship to be more popular now more than ever

[thenatezone]

Welp, our party saved an important NPC but our actions unfortunately doomed a different important NPC and now there's only a year in-game before the Age of Worms (??!!) pops off, AND also everyone in town thinks we're puppets of Kyuss. Which we were, but not, like, knowingly or anything. *sigh* such is the gig economy.

[thenatezone]

"You got it, Kid. I don't know what you mean, but I know that you know what you mean, and that's enough for me." - Herbert "Herb" Melvin

We love an elder who doesn't need the youth to conform to his understanding of the world before he'll listen to them respectfully and try to help them fix things. If you didn't have someone like that in your life I hope you can be that for someone else

[bluebellofbakerstreet]

Holmes questions a reticent witness. For Holmestice, summer 2026

[angels-all-sin]

“ask me about” button PNGs credit not necessary but appreciated!

[thenatezone]

Campaign 4 I love you but we simply can't keep doing these 5-6 (!!!) hour streams on a regular basis 😂

[revvethasmythh]

you know i was joking about vecna stealing ludinus' ideology being a bad sign for c3, and i still don't actually think they'd NOT adapt it, but man they're going to have to do something like. completely else aren't they

[revvethasmythh]

like it was the entire thematic plot of c3. done a lot better. they've got to be going back to the drawing board with how they're approaching bh's story. they've gotta be

[thenatezone]

Totally. And I mean no disrespect to C3 but in my opinion it is the campaign that would benefit the most from extensive retooling in a veteran TV writers' room, so maybe this is their way of soft launching that initiative.

[thenatezone]

I think I could live to be 100 and still feel like most of my life happened before COVID started (which was just a couple of years ago).

[thenatezone]

[caspercryptid]

I feel like not enough people realize that people under enormous strain act really really fucking Weird

[thenatezone]

Not me, I'm able to keep it under control and do normal things when I'm stressed like watch the vineyard episode of Columbo for the 800th time, wonder what it's like to be dead, assign DnD classes to every player from the 1996 NBA Finals, think about a shitty homophobic thing my dad said to me 15 years ago, draw fanart of the Elemental Fiends from Final Fantasy IV having an orgy with Cecil and Rosa, text every random Tinder hookup from before the pandemic to make sure I didn't accidentally meet my soulmate back when I still thought those might exist but fear of intimacy held me back, bake four loaves of ciabatta bread and then realize I don't have anything to eat it with and don't even like ciabatta that much, remember the nauseating dread of getting called a faggot when I was on a date in a neighborhood that felt a lot safer three years ago. Just built different I guess

[segamascott]

[internet-goblin]

There will never be another character like Blackwall Dragon Age. He's a Grey Warden. The first time you meet him, he saves you from being kirked. He's an idealist. He's a romantic. He's a war hero and a protector and a knight in shining armor. He's a liar and a bullshitter and a coward. He's a family man. He's traumatized by his family's tragedy and his own failures. He's a sports fan. He hates nobles. He's trying to impress nobles. His best friend is a lesbian half his age. He made a suicide pact with his coworker. He's a fuckboy. He genuinly likes women. He helps his friends get laid. He makes toys for children in his free time. He's a child murderer. He always lies about who he is. He always tells the truth about who he is. He gets psychoanalyzed by Varric without either of them realizing it. He fucks so loud it scares the horses. He idolizes courtly love. He's not a Grey Warden. He's every Grey Warden that ever walked on Thedas.

[russelldauterman]

X-MEN OUTBACK issue 4 cover! Drawn by me, main art colored by Matt Wilson, headshots colored by me 🅧😈

[normal-horoscopes]

God I fucking love being a monk at the Monastery of Lindisfarne on this fine morning of June 8th, 793. I love looking at all the gold and silver objects and alive monks that live here.

[bransonreese]

What demons would ska summon?

It already summoned them. Look around you with open eyes.

[thenatezone]

So basically the first arc for this season of Vox Machina is "How long do I have to be normal after reconnecting with old friends before we can all start traumadumping?" Very relatable experience tbh

[toddsolondz]

destroying and betraying yourself for nothing all by yourself, handsome?