I'm so glad I'm high right now I have been laughing my face off

toxic dysfunctional complex sibling relationships will always always be IT it'll always sweep it'll always top romance you can't undo a blood bond it'll always exist you can't unmake it it lives it lives you both breathe it and it lives even long after one or both parties are dead

this is why stories with compelling sibling arcs will always fuck you up irreversibly and in very specific way. it's like, you are my mirror you are my opposite you are my foil you are my blood i see myself through you i recognize myself because you exist and no one can ever destroy me quite the way you can.

morning after
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I don't read a lot of meta so there is every chance that this has been discussed before but my new ffxiv conspiracy theory is that the Garleans are an Allagan creation.

Reasoning:

• Not being able to manipulate aether is an incredibly unusual trait for any creature on Hydaelyn considering that like fish can do it.
• There is no mention of a Garlean equivalent on the First. (This can be explained away by the Flood but we are noting this as part of the larger picture here, ok?)
• The origin of the people who would become the Garleans is said to be Goug, a Clockwork City. The Allagans were well known for their clockwork soldiers. (Note: The Gougians "abandoned" their clockwork city.)
• The Gougians/Garleans eventually settled as peaceful farmers in Corvos and were forced off the land by the magic wielding races of the area. This information is obviously suspect given that only the Garleans seem to corroborate it and this is their basis for their imperialism, for now, note that the only other race known to be active in the area for certain is the G tribe of Miqo'te.
• The Garleans have no problem using Allagan technology. This can also be explained by Emet-Selch but given how into bloodlines and bioengineering the Allagans are I think it's worth keeping in mind.
• In the Bozja storyline, Gabranth is both said to have been researching Garlean ancestory and to have found "lost knowledge" about the Allagan Empire. Adding in the fact that he wants to establish a new nation in Goug....

Thus I propose:

The Goug were a product of Allagan bioengineering that were to serve as a labor/slave race (like with the Ixal.) Their inability to manipulate aether would have made them reliant on technology and thus ideal to have doing maintenance on machina.

The Gougians got run of the Clockwork City after the Allagan Empire collapsed. Being an island in the post-apocalypse, they lacked the resources (and possibly the magical prowess) to maintain it and are forced to abandon it for the greener pastures of Corvos.

The G Tribe, having been entrusted with the Allagan Royal Blood and a load of Allagan artifacts seem like the ideal people to get the Clockwork City up and running again. The G Tribe, who do not want Allag 2.0, refuse to help them.

Therefore the conflict that emerges is based around the Gougians wanting the Allagan artifacts and the G Tribe not wanting to give them over to the wrong hands.

The Gougians obviously lose this conflict and are forced north to the region that would later become Garlemald.

They are then easily found and manipulated by Emet-Selch, who probably knew of their origins from the get-go meaning that he is able to twist the truth into the story the Garleans are spouting now.

I do not know if I am right, odds are I've missed some things but tis a fun theory nonetheless :3

you absolutely can @oh-look-words ​ cos these are fantastic additions :3

We need to embrace the fact that the tumblr userbase is aging. What’s everybody’s favorite kitchen appliance?

reddit but in the pokemon universe, part 4 [1, 2, 3]

i don't like the new tumblr layout... ;;;

he is DETERMINED to cuddle with the kitty that doesn’t like him lmao

LITTLE MAN WAS SUCCESSFUL!!!

our sweet daughters from shadowbringers... I miss them

Sooo hilarious but I can completely see this being a real conversation between streaming execs 😏

(original vid: Asif Ali - instagram - https://tinyurl.com/2p8jpkzz)

“they even put an Indian guy in WandaVision”

hang on a second, I gotta look up something

yeah, this is really funny

gigatender... trying to dance the dance of his people to the best of his ability...!

Basic rules for analysing fiction, an incomprehensive list jotted down in a hurry:

1. The protagonist isn’t always right
2. The protagonist isn’t always good
3. The protagonist isn’t always written to be relatable or likeable
4. The narrator isn’t always right
5. The narrator isn’t always good
6. The narrator isn’t always telling the truth
7. The narrator isn’t always the author
8. The protagonist’s moral compass, the narrator’s moral compass and the author’s moral compass are three entirely different things that only occasionally overlap
9. Pay attention to what characters do and not just what they say
10. Pay special attention when what the characters do is at odds with what they say
11. A lot of the time the curtains are blue for a reason. If they aren’t, you should read better books

One more:

12. The antagonist isn’t always telling the truth

So many times I have seen people apparently just … forget that it’s possible for fictional characters to be (a) mistaken or (b) lying, and say things like “we know this to be true because [character] said so here” (or, worse, “this fact is canon because [character] said it”).

The antagonist isn’t always telling the truth, the protagonist isn’t always telling the truth, the secondary and minor characters aren’t always telling the truth, the narrator may be telling the truth but if the narrator is also a character in the story then don’t count on it.

so i have a mildly popular “reblog and put in in the tags” post going around and its. very clear how many people don’t know how to interact with a tumblr post

so, first of all, tumblr’s culture has changed a lot in the past couple years. there’s a genuine community effort to not start any drama, and ironically a lot of the current hostility is an effort to keep things calm. there’s also a change in how people interact with posts, so if you haven’t been here in a while please skip down to the tags/replies/reblog with text section.

for newcomers: you should be reblogging posts about as liberally as you would like something on twitter. if you only like stuff, people will think you are rude/a bot. you’ve probably heard people talk about “cultivating your dash,” and thats because this platform is 100% centered around your dashboard. trending matters less, unfollowing and blocking in order to shape your dash into it’s best form is widely accepted, the majority of the content you’ll find and interact with will be because of your dash, and the only way to put things on your dash is to reblog them. tumblr users are deeply distrustful of algorithms and have largely turned off the “see posts your friends have liked” function (i recommend you also turn of the various algorithms in settings → general settings → dashboard preferences).

so, once you’ve reblogged a post, there’s three ways to add content to it. the tags, replies, and reblogging with text. all of them have different connotations

the tags: an inside voice. originally they were meant for organizing your blog (and they’re still used for this), but they’ve also morphed into a way to share thoughts that aren’t funny/insightful enough for non-followers to be interested in. when in doubt, put your comment in the tags

replies: basically talking to your friends in class. your followers have no way of finding your replies (they don’t pop up on the dash, nobody gets notified except for the original poster) so chances are, only the person who made the post is gonna see your comment. it’s for quick one-offs that you’re okay with other people overhearing, but really is only made for one person. they’re like a public dm

reblog with text: an outside voice. you’re getting up on a stage in town square and entertaining people. make sure it’s funny or insightful— bottom line, add something new to the conversation. you should use this the least

general rules of thumb: 

• when in doubt, reblog. people will judge you if your blog is only personal posts and you only interact with other content by liking it.  
• the only things people will judge you for reblogging are personal vent posts. leave a like to give a little virtual hug
• if a post is asking about your personality/opinions (i.e: tell me what’s the last tv show you watched, that kind of thing) put it in the tags 
• also if you see a nice edit, gifset, or art, reblog and say something nice in the tags! it’s that nice sweet spot of common enough that no one will notice but uncommon enough to make the artist’s day

Finally real advice for new users. This is a solid guide for how to make the transition from Twitter to Tumblr.

In particular, artists need you to reblog. A reblog helps them get seen. A like doesn’t help them at all.

And I would like to add image descriptions and audio/video transcriptions can really help increase reblogs. Please remember to make your posts as accessible as possible.

most of this is fine but I’m completely sick and tired of people saying you can’t comment on your own blog unless you’re sure it’s something funny or insightful, and if in doubt not to do this and use their ‘inside voice’ instead.

the website is designed for people to reblog and talk to each other. people have invented the whole misuse of the tag system out of some weird repression which is part of the same trend as not reblogging at all.

please, go back to using your outside voice, folks. speak freely on your blogs. don’t feel pressured into mumbling under your breath because the cool kids made you fee like what you have to say wasn’t important enough. this is supposed to be the place where you can be yourself.

the reason people used to be scolded for commenting was because posts used to be indented for each subsequent reblog, eventually turning the post into

||||something

|||||that looked

||||||like

|||||||this

which obviously annoyed the crap out of everyone. posts generally don’t look like that anymore except on certain blog styles, but the stigma against commenting remains because this is the social anxiety site and also because we all like to have strong opinions on who gets to talk.

seriously, comment on everything you want to, especially if you have something nice to say, or more context to add, or a different perspective to share. it can lead to interesting conversations, and all the best posts on here are a collaborative effort. if people don’t like your addition, they can just block you or reblog an earlier version of the post, or make fools of themselves trying to fight with you and then you can block them. it’s completely fine.

#this is social media.#be social#talk to people(via @roach-works)