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Lint Roller? I Barely Know Her
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WIP Wednesday! - Thursday Edition
My gratitude for the tag from @biowaredisasterbisexual
After running a bit of a quick poll on Discord about what "WIPs" I should work on while I'm between Gift Exchanges, the vote was overwhelmingly in favor of a piece on Shianni/Skinner that's been sitting in my "Idea" Pile for about a year.
So here's a blurb from There's a Settled Score staring everyone's favorite Alienage redhead.
Actually written on Wednesday no less!
you will never catch me complaining about an actress on a tv show having an imperfectly concealed pregnancy or a character going on a sudden trip somewhere while her actress is on maternity leave. so many actresses (and women working in any other field) are fired, punished and pressured into making reproductive decisions for their employers' convenience & if i have to try a bit harder to suspend my disbelief then that's absolutely what i'm going to do if it means people are getting to exercise reproductive & bodily autonomy without punishment
My favorite writing of this was how Star Trek DS9 handled Nana Visitor's pregnancy. It felt out of character for her character (Kira Nerys) to get pregnant and it's the semi-utopian future, so presumably birth control works quite well and abortions are easily available. Solution: another female character gets pregnant, is injured in an emergency situation, and Kira agrees to act as surrogate. They effectively wrote this entire story line well enough, with implications for the dynamics between Kira and the biological parents, that I didn't realize until later that the actress was actually pregnant. I thought it was just an interesting plot line.
The Nanny handled this in the 90s by just having Lauren Lane stand behind random pieces of furniture, carry giant bags, or hold up signs. By the end of her pregnancy it was pretty damn funny actually.
“Neve’s Avoidant Attachment Style vs Casual Physical Intimacy" part 2!
Everyone give a halla for Bellara!
I had a request for Bellara next, and I honestly love their dynamic so much so it was hard to choose only one idea for the two of them. I definitely see myself coming back to these two in the near future :)
Alright, who’s next??
Part 1
Starting a series called “Neve’s Avoidant Attachment Style vs Casual Physical Intimacy”
Up first: The Hall of Valor’s hometown hero, Taash!
Which companion should be next to whittle down Neve’s defenses?
literally every character who's been mind controlled and made to do terrible things feels awful and has trouble accepting that it wasn't their fault, meanwhile minthara baldursgate is like remorse is for losers and i didn't do anything wrong in my entire life ever
No, no, no, no. Just no.
I cast "Vomit Swarm" to convince the spider dragon I'm it's long-lost half-dragon child.
No IDs, but these tags got me in a huff:
So ok look. The point is not the flared leg by itself. These cannot be yoga pants. These are, and you have to understand this if you are too young to have worn them, BLUE JEANS. And this was the last years before all jeans were 70% spandex.
They were denim, and they weren't bell bottoms. They hung loose from the knee in a way that would make a wizard envious. We all walked around like we were wearing hakama. And they dragged on the ground. That was important. Ragged cuffs. If your jeans weren't so long that they had ratty cuffs, they were embarrassingly short.
And the thing about denim is that it's a twill weave and it's cotton. So not only does it hold a lot of water, it wicks. Walking around in these suckers on a wet day could get you wet to the knees even if you never stepped in a puddle.
Then you'd go inside and take off your shoes and try to avoid letting your freezing, wet, filthy pant legs touch your skin.
Yoga pants. Hmf.
people in cold climates would have a tide line of white marks around their knees (if they were normal height) in the winter.
From wicking up road salt.
The visceral memory of that time is something that never leaves you. Everyone's jeans were many inches higher in the back than the front because you kept stepping on the hem and ripping it off. Your lower legs were so very cold. Every new pair of jeans literally enveloped your entire foot, they were so so long re: leg-to-waist ratio. Walking on a rainy day was a legitimate workout. You have no idea.
I had a pair of jeans where instead of the hem wearing out in the back, they were so long that I wore out a hole *above* the hem. The hem itself turned into this little like, stirrup strap that got in the way every time I put the dang pants on lol
Griffon Age: a Dragon Age fangame is OUT!
Help Assan fly through different worlds, avoiding enemies and collecting valuables to achieve the highest score. Play in Challenge Mode, where levels get faster and longer each time, or cruise along at a set speed in Zen Mode and relax.
Find the game here!
The game can be played in the browser, on mobile (be sure to enable mobile controls in the settings first), or it can be downloaded for PC.
Have fun, and please let me know what you thought!
i think leliana would be just a little neurotic in a worldstate with josephine/inq and a dead romanced warden. very "my happy ending was ripped from me and i swear to you on my life josie yours won't be" and josephine was just giving her a book she asked to borrow.
o captain my captain!
Longtime readers may be aware of how much I relish an excuse to bully a company, so I'm sharing the wealth;
Clothing company Patagonia is currently sueing drag queen Pattie Gonia for "irreparable” harm to their brand.
To be clear; Pattie named herself after the region in South America.
So Pattie is asking people to politely ask Patagonia to drop the lawsuit.
I'm extending the invitation to all of you, because sueing a drag queen for 'infringement' in the current political cultural landscape is vile. Especially a drag queen who has raised millions of dollars for non-profits, uses her platform to raise awareness for climate activism, and fully aligns with Patagonia's apparent climate-conscious mission statement.
They're claiming they're sueing for $1. They're actually asking her to stop using her name, and pay over $1 million in legal fees. They're straight up harassing her.
In contrast, drag queen Jan Sport has a Jansport bag line. It's that easy to just... work with a queen.
Anyway. Be respectful(ish), but feel free to be annoying on Patagnoia's socials, asking them to 'DROP THE LAWSUIT'
I think they have a twitter and tiktok too!
This is being discussed heavily on Bluesky, such as here.
Patagonia is suing specifically for trademark infringement, and they're suing for the sum of $1. If they don't sue, then that means they could lose the trademark. They aren't trying to "silence" them or prevent them from using the name, they're specifically protecting their company trademark. They'd have to sue *anyone* who was using such an obvious knockoff of their logo; in this case it happens to be a drag queen.
you'll have to forgive me for not weeping for a billion dollar company's trademark being violated
Go nuts. The point is that this isn't a company trying to dogpile on a drag queen, it's a company following a standard legal practice to protect its trademark. Disney does it all the time.
... yes, and I also hate Disney? I don't understand what you think you're selling me on here
If you get a soda out of a vending machine and it has a Coca-Cola label but it's actually a knockoff made with ditchwater, that's obviously okay because Coca-Cola is a huge corporation and it's thus fine for someone to violate their trademark.
You can hate Patagonia all you want, but the lawsuit is about anodyne trademark law, not specifically that a drag queen is involved.
and what part of Miss Gonia's schtick is doing the harm equivalent of tricking someone into drinking ditchwater exactly?
...the trademark part.
right, okay, I forgot that she's singlehandedly putting Patagonia out of business by using a silly joke name
if Patagonia loses their trademark, which they would if they didn't sue and win (again for one dollar), there would be no assurance against people putting a Patagonia label on amy dogshit
Well maybe Patagonia shouldn't be trying to trademark a region of the world then.
i think avoiding everything is going to save me for real this time
WIP WHENEVER
Tagged by @illusivesoul (Thank you for the Tag!)
No idea who I should or shouldn't tag for this so @ThedasElcor @NecromanticSoul @thesparrohawk (No obligation, of course)
Up first, a screenshot of an anonymous piece I'm working on.
As you can see, it is going very well.
And that's uh... all I've got, because I've been pouring my creativity this week. But I'll have something next week, I swear it.
She's got that Tevinter Style™🔥x x
the real cantori diamond... [mod]
I propose an all-out federal ban on gray/silver vehicles for the foreseeable future. Bring back fucking Jalapeno Green and the other ugly ass colors of the 70s, because grey and silver are FORBIDDEN!
If we, as a people, cannot be reliably trusted to know that if your damned windshield wipers are on then your headlights need to also be on then YOU DO NOT GET TO OWN RAIN MIST COLORED VEHICLES ANYMORE
OC ASK GAME
Where was your OC born, and where did they grow up?
How does your OC remember their childhood? Is this an accurate reflection of what their childhood was actually like?
If your OC could revisit their childhood, what would they want to change about it, if anything at all?
Describe three of the most important photographs your OC owns.
What is your OC's gender identity and sexual orientation? Is this also what they identify as in canon, or are they not (fully) aware?
How comfortable is your OC in their skin? Do they like who they are? What would they want to change about themself?
What is your OC's occupation?
What does your OC's family look like?
Describe a mundane day in your OC's life.
Does your OC have any physical scars? What is the story behind them?
What does your OC carry around in their pockets? What about their bag?
What is the worst thing that has happened to your OC? How has it affected their behavior, their health, and their life in general?
What is something your OC does (to others) that they would not like if others did to them? Are they aware that they do this?
Does your OC hold grudges? How good are they at letting things go? Do they believe in second chances?
What is your OC's fatal flaw?
Is there anyone your OC has lost contact with? What happened?
What are some of your OC's coping mechanisms during stressful or overwhelming periods in their life?
What are your OC's bad habits?
How does your OC handle preparing for and initiating a difficult conversation? How does the conversation itself go?
How quick is your OC to shift blame? Do they own up to their mistakes, or are they prone to start pointing fingers at others?
How does your OC handle criticism?
How good is your OC at apologizing, if they do this at all?
What is your OC like when they're angry?
What is your OC like when they're upset?
What is your OC's deepest desire? Would they ever ask for this?
How quickly does your OC reach their breaking point? What are they like when this point has been reached?
What are some assumptions others make about your OC? Are any of them true?
What does your OC think others are saying about them behind their back? Is any of this true?
What are three traits your OC has that can both have positive as well as negative qualities?
How paranoid is your OC? How does this affect their daily life?
Are there any places or people your OC is avoiding?
How does your OC handle rejection?
How does your OC handle jealousy?
What would be some of the signs your OC is starting to push people away?
If your OC had to kill someone, how would they do it? If killing is a near-daily occurrence to them, what is their preferred method?
Does your OC believe they deserve it when bad things happen to them?
What is the most common feeling or emotion in your OC's life?
What is the most recurring theme in your OC's nightmares?
What is your OC's pain tolerance like? What is the worst pain they have ever felt?
What is your OC afraid of?
Has your OC ever hurt someone, either physically or verbally?
How easily influenced by others is your OC?
What are common things your OC worries about?
Do others consider your OC to be scary or intimidating?
Does your OC keep their promises? Have they ever broken one before?
Does your OC carry any guilt with them?
If your OC had to pick a new identity and skip town, what would they come up with? Where would they go?
What would your OC do if they knew that this was their last day alive?
Does your OC fear death?
How does your OC die, eventually?
