Oblivion was a special game. :')

I finished my rewatch/relisten of the Vox Machina campaign in mid-December (although I recently re-embarked on the second half of the Chroma Conclave arc hoping season 3 of TLVOM will be announced (released?? 🤞) by the time I reach "A Bard's Lament"). Predictably, I bawled, AGAIN, but by then I'd already been scribbling and sketching ideas for this for... a couple of weeks? Hence the little WIP preview last month.

I'll never shut up about this moment. It's just as beautiful as it's heartbreaking, in- and off-game, especially taking into account all the context of characters/people involved.

Also, bonus, because after I finished sketching that 6th frame I thought a hug was needed.

"You broke my heart." and all of ours as well 💔

#look there's been many incredible moments in cr. but in my opinion nothing has topped the sheer weight of this one.#like. sam had a secret plan bc sam always has a secret plan#he's a really clever player and scanlan thrives on being able to pull out something crazy in the nick of time#and throughout this fight he is SO careful and SO clever#he's constantly maneuvering himself to perfectly block vecna's attacks without matt realising#but he uses his 7th level countering vecna's feeblemind on marisha - bc if they lose keyleth they lose the fight#his 8th counters vecna's banishment on pike and grog#bc if they lose grog they don't have all the trammels and their ability to banish vecna goes way down#and then there's the teleport. and sam hasn't even told everyone his secret plan but he knows he can't use his 9th#bc he needs to use that wish after this fight but before the raven queen comes for vax for this to work - he cannot wait another day#but teleport is 7th level. if he counters with any other remaining spell slot it's gonna come down to a dice roll#a single roll where if you lose vecna wins the whole world. and even then he asks. is it worth it.#they don't know the actual question they're answering but it's 'is saving the world worth losing vax'. and of course vax would say yes#but there's a moment where everyone is celebrating that scanlan still had a 9th level. and no one's realised yet why sam is mourning#and it KILLS me (tags via @your-turn-to-role)

modern ru au (god it took so long to draw)

I wasn’t expecting much. Maybe Vader’s baritone with hints of melody. I was *not* expecting it to be a masterpiece, what the fuck, this is a million times better than I was expecting and it’s unironically really good. Turn on that volume button.

Edward Cullen energy

what does that mean?

Hand-embroidered Cassandra Pentaghast’s character card from Dragon Age Inquisition, 11.5x19.5 cm. 89 hours of work. I learned a lot of new techniques for it including (very basic) needle-lace making!

Photos: (X)

Embroidering Dorian’s character card!

blah blah Bethesda bad anyway

my favorite thing about Elder Scrolls is how goddamn fuckin weird it is

like on surface it's just some dnd game but like even a cursory glance shows tis fucking insane like:

And all this isnt even the tip of the iceberg

• the original home of the Redguards was an island nation that sunk due to someone swinging a sword in such a way that it caused an explosion akin to an atomic bomb

• the crusader hero that freed humanity from the enslavement of elves may have been a cyborg sent back in time from the future

• a god’s appearance and lore change depending on your belief and culture. If you believe it to be true, then it is true.

• all lore and reality is the dream of a sleeping god

• the ultimate goal of the elf group called the Thalmor is to unravel reality so that they can return the high elf race to godhood. To do this they need to destroy both physical and metaphysical “towers” that hold reality in place like pushpins holding down a map.

• one such tower is the entire race of aforementioned cat people because they once climbed on top of each other to create a “tower” to one of the moons where they got access to fantasy cocaine.

• another “tower” is the god of humanity who was once a mortal. To destroy this tower, they need to destroy belief in that god. This is why they manipulate the empire into outlawing Talos worship in Skyrim.

• a mortal elf achieved nirvana, realized they were in a video game, and altered the code to create the first mod of the game

• every single player character has also technically achieved Nirvana because you, the player, knows it is a video game

Absolutely losing it at this Reddit post

And the update

She buttered Jorts

The outrage summed in a perfect Tweet:

FINALLY

I’ve been collecting the best Jorts tweets and waiting until the moment he showed up on my dash to post them. So here you are, the curated best of the past, oh, day or so:

Some additional quality memes from the past 24 hours:

Meanwhile, OP has continued tracking trash can mishaps on twitter:

And a quality photo of this sweet potato:

An update for those not following Jorts’ twitter account, starting with a transcription of the Wellerman cover:

Link to the lovely video

Additional quality memes:

A recipe for Buttered Jorts:

Recent Jorts activities:

And some very wise words from the cat himself:

This is the largest Jorts post I found before I decided to stop, and combines a lot of memes in one convenient package.

Along with cats, of course. Smartly done!

The person running the Jorts Twitter is using it to promote unions, which is awesome.

FNALLY! All the premium Jorts content in one place!

Hand-embroidered Cassandra Pentaghast’s character card from Dragon Age Inquisition, 11.5x19.5 cm. 89 hours of work. I learned a lot of new techniques for it including (very basic) needle-lace making!

Huevember - Day 16 Witcher - Lambert

So paradox on paradox

the circumstances tell

of a hound who dwells in heaven

but lives his life in hell [x]

This Just In: Giant Beast Gingerly Eats Dandelions. More at 11.

I know this beast could fuck my entire shit up and break all my bones, but i want to kiss its soft head so bad

One reason bison are so good at fucking people's shit up? That hump. It's not fat, like you might assume - it's pure damn muscle and bone.

Here's Ernie, the taxidermy bison mount at the Flint Hills Discovery Center in Kansas. Take a look at the inside of that hump!

If you remember in the giraffe neck post, I talked about how the spikes of bone that come off the backs of vertebrae are called spinous processes, and they're muscle attachment spots. (All animals have them because it's where a lot of spine muscles attach - when you run your fingers down someone's spine and feel bumps, you're feeling the much smaller human versions). The rule for muscles attachment sites is: the bigger the piece of bone that anchors it, the bigger the muscle. So those huge spikes of bone inside a bison's hump are the anchor points for absolutely monstrously sized neck/shoulder muscles.

Bison need these huge-ass neck muscles because they search for grass in the winter by shoving snow out of the way with their very large, heavy heads. It's quite literally a built-in suspension system for a meat-based snowplow.

According to at least one reputable source I found, the muscles in the hump also help the bison hold their head up when they run. (This tracks with analogous anatomy on other mammals, but I can't find a diagram of exactly what muscles attach where for bison to confirm it.)

All of this means that they can swing their heads with an enormous amount of force. That's part of why people who make bad life choices about harassing bison in national parks often get so hurt - they're not just dealing with a very angry, very large animal with very sharp horns, but one whose offensive capacity is backed by a huge heavy head and propelled by a truly extraordinary mass of muscle.

When there is no conflict, thought, that massive neck just supports their head while they daintily eat dandelions.

No offense but where are the male porn bots

..and where are all the gods?

a special treat for those of us who enjoy watching sam reich torture his friends and/or employees

Oh no.