the whole "sao just awakens the 'i can fix her'-instinct in people"- thing is so fucking funny to me because literally not even the author is immune
reki kawahara really looked at his own novels and said "i can fix her" and that's why the sao progressive novels exist now
something about this story just does that to people, it's great!
et tu, boopte?
Further lore-accurate facts:
Gura is 9000 years old in 2025, so clearly doesn't age and tends to not die - in 40k terms, she's a "Perpetual".
Also, she's nearly as old as the Emperor (estimated creation ~8000bce), only about a thousand years between them.
I'm fairly new to Warhammer 40k, and I just learned about Carcharodons literally a few minutes ago. And as I learned that they are a shark legion and that their origin and primarch are not confirmed I made the ultimate joke that shall now become canon in our ttrpg club.
They do indeed have their own primarch. The one that was considered disappeared and erased from history. The 2nd Primarch, the one that Emperor himself has kept a secret from all of his other children in fear that they will turn to heresy if they as much as lay their eyes upon that horrifying creature
The only daughter of the Emperor, the mother of Carcharodons...
Gawr Gura
Emperor has always kept her a secret from the entire Imperium in fear that all of his sons and Imperial citizens will start worshipping her instead of her.
And while other Primarchs were scattered around the galaxy by their mother, Gura has been yeeted into the farthest end of the galaxy by the Emperor himself just because he knew she'd be far more beloved and worshipped than him and couldn't possibly have that
Some more new screenshots from Trails in the Sky the 1st! Can't wait to see my favorites in this new style.
Insurance on low-probability-large-payout events can be very odd, but often makes sense purely at scale. Not surprised there are specialists, dabblers would be taking massive risks - ironically, insurance companies aren't supposed to take risks. You really want to roll so many dice you can guarantee a certain number of natural-1s. Otherwise you can't plan, you can't hedge, you're just letting someone else gamble with all of your client's fees.
As far as I can tell there's never been a wacky caper movie about committing hole in one insurance fraud, and that honestly surprises me a little.
DOCTOR WHO (2023 - ) I Joy to the World
Empire powerscaling is hilarious because they canonically cannot survive 1 twink believing in the fundamental goodness of his cyberwizard father, of course any other galactic power in fiction is going to body them
I misread this as "fanfic can be as good as professional wrestling", and that seemed rather unkind to everyone involved.
At some point "fanfic can be as good as professional writing" became "fanfic should be as good as professional writing" and that's caused major damage to fandom spaces.
Clearing some backlog, a pair of Wardogs to round out my Dark Mechanicum crusade force. Build was nothing too involved - some random bits off Etsy for the bases, plus some extra cables and pipes on the main chassis, and obviously sculpting proper PPE for the vulture. Paint is almost entirely Contrast paints with some strategic use of washes.
+1 for Heroforge. It's got a surprisingly broad range - I've used it for everything from Halfing Rogues to cold-war Magical Girls.
“but AI art lets me create my OCs!” YOU WILL USE PICREW AS GOD INTENDED
This is honestly the coolest set of Trails merch I've ever seen!! I desperately wish the whole tariff BS was non-existent because, while this set is already probably too expensive to justify, the tariffs DEFINITELY destroy any chance of picking it up. Shoutouts to Pin Box for always coming through with the coolest stuff!! (I'm trying to quietly console myself with the fact I already got the Super Groupies Estelle backpack)
"Beware he who would deny you access to information, for in his heart he dreams himself your master."
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