my fanfic masterlist

Baldur’s Gate 3

Merit the Lyre and the Absolute Crisis
(Multi-chapter | complete)
Up until four days ago, Merit the Lyre was just a bard tasked with an assassination contract. Now, with a tadpole in her head, Merit’s goals are simple: survive, earn gold, and gain fame. So long as the tadpole stays dormant, and her new friends don’t find out about her past, everything will be fine. That’s what she keeps telling herself, at least.

Merit the Lyre and the Dance with Death
(One-chapter | complete)
Merit was no stranger to seducing who she could for the chance pick-pockets and rob homes. To Merit, Astarion was just another mark. Whether or not Astarion was who he said he was, Merit knew for sure that he was rich, and likely connected. Conning him would give her the wealth and influence needed to save herself, and her troupe, from spending any more nights on the streets.

Merit the Lyre and the Bounty Hunter
(Two-chapters | complete)
Merit’s past catches up with her when she runs into a bounty hunter who’s looking for known assassin ‘Merit the Lyre’. Though Merit was unable to complete her assassination contract due to her abduction by the illithid ship, her new friends are forced to reassess their opinions of her when they learn who her target was, and who tasked her with the job.

Dragon Age

The Long Road - (Collection of One-shots | ongoing)
Usually, military tactical meetings were where Jeriden Aeducan thrived. But she wasn’t a princess anymore, just another solider to be fed to the darkspawn.

With Neither Blade Nor Shield - (Multi-part Series | ongoing)
One of Amell’s earliest memories was the sound of his mother’s cries as the templars dragged him from his home. It was clear from early on that there were only two paths for mages in the circle: be perfectly behaved or die.

Crossing Paths - (One-chapter | complete)
Before their famous/infamous heroics, Hawke and Mahariel cross paths outside of Lothering.

Fallout New Vegas

You Should See the Other Guy - (One-shot)
Courier Six leaves the Tops Casino after taking revenge

Mass Effect

People Like Us Don’t Get Eternity - (Multi-chapter | complete)
After the war and the reapers, Shepard, back from the dead for a second time, struggles to find her place in a galaxy that has mourned her as a martyr.

What We Do in the Shadows

Back to Normal - (Multi-chapter | ongoing)
Guillermo’s dreams finally came true! After paying Derek to turn him, Guillermo has become a full vampire. But, things at the house seem almost dead-set on staying the same, even with a new vampire in the mix.

stricatul:

no one talks about how draining it is when your mood is constantly switching between “its okay, i don’t care. l’ll be okay” and “I don’t know how much more I can take”

stricatul:

no one talks about how draining it is when your mood is constantly switching between “its okay, i don’t care. l’ll be okay” and “I don’t know how much more I can take”

stricatul:

no one talks about how draining it is when your mood is constantly switching between “its okay, i don’t care. l’ll be okay” and “I don’t know how much more I can take”

murderofsomeone:

murderofsomeone:

the first thing you’ll learn about me is that I’m a funny guy

the second thing you’ll learn about me is that I’m always in some kind of nightmarish torture hell dimension

cat-esper:

“there’s no platonic explanation for this” WRONG my characters are staving off the heat death of the universe through the power of friendship

revcleo:

onedivinemisfit:

kingwren:

alatismeni-theitsa:

miss-wizard:

coleblackblood:

miss-wizard:

DO NOT LET SOCIAL MEDIA TURN YOU INTO AN AMERICAN

As an American: Seriously, please don’t

ALT

ok well i don’t

“Americanization” is a real phenomenon, and how non-Americans should be cautious of it is taught in different countries at school. It’s taught in Greece and people from other countries told me their elementary or middle school teachers (using the American grades, to make it make sense to the majority on the site) talked to them about it.

It’s common sense here, except for USians, so I’ll analyze it a bit more for the dominant demographic here. In a globalized setting, the most dominant culture affects the others and sets the trends. The way our language works, how we think, our levels of politeness and intimacy, and our levels of respect. (flash news, they are going down 😂)

I don’t want to imply that there is nothing good in the US. There are plenty of positives in the country. It’s just that for the rest of the cultures online it’s a constant daily fight to not forget our roots, with the degree US media and brands have permeated our lives. In Greece at least we watch more US American media than Greek media nowadays, and many of our shows are rip-offs of USian ones, with little adaptation to Greek reality and culture.

And to demonstrate the amount of this exposure, a 22-year-old Greek asked me the other day “if something happens we call 911, right?” This might have literally cost them their life, in a dangerous situation! Because all the movies and songs they consumed (not an unusual thing for the Greek youth) were what they knew. And I found a similar comment in this comment thread.

Lots of Americans in the notes failing to understand this post. It’s not about not liking the US. It’s not about you feeling ashamed or guilty for being American. It’s not about you.

It’s about American media drowning out native language media all over the world, and workplaces requiring the English language in your repertoire more and more. It’s about proper translations and foreign language dubbing of films disappearing because “everyone speaks/should speak English anyway.” All of this is leading to the deterioration of native speaker groups of languages worldwide.

In my country, Dutch language courses can’t find enough people who want to study the language, while English language courses are overflowing with people who want to study the language. There is even widespread distaste for the Dutch language for being crude or sounding rough or what have you. That’s our native language!!! That is our culture in its purest form!!! That is knowledge we inherit from our parents as they did from theirs!!! That is how we learned fairytales and folk stories and myths!!! That is the language that shapes our communication and our way of thinking!!! To hate your native language is to hate yourself at the deepest level.

And yet it’s so normalised. Droves of foreigners living in the Netherlands will never learn a word of Dutch, because “everyone speaks English anyway.” We are the world’s leaders in non-native understanding of English, but it comes at a cost. A grave cost we will continue to pay.

If you’re looking to support your non-American friends in any way that is not performatively shouting “I hate being an American” into the void, first of all, unlearn that hatred of yourself and your culture. You are of no help self-flagellating, and there is a difference between holding your country accountable for its issues, and denying yourself your culture because your country is doing and has done bad things.

(I am not going to get into arguments about whether or not US American culture exists. It does, and if you think differently you are welcome to change your mind.)

Secondly, learn about other countries. Learn a bit of Chinese. Take an interest in the Italian political system. Ask your friends about their countries’ folklore. Watch documentaries about art from Nigeria. Absorb information that is not fed to you by American media.

And thirdly, quit expecting your non-American friends to communicate in a way that appeals to you. The French and Dutch will always seem rude to you because our way of communicating is far more direct than the way you communicate. People from other cultures may seem vague to you because their way of communicating is far more indirect, and you’re not used to that either. Quit being frustrated when you don’t get what we mean exactly. Quit assuming we mean the absolute worst thing you could imagine just because you didn’t get what we meant the first time. Ask us to explain if you need us to, and learn to accept that we are different from you.

We are already adapting to your culture 100% of the time we are online. It’s your responsibility to adapt to us, too. At least do your friends the courtesy of learning about and adapting to them.

We are already adapting to your culture 100% of the time we are online. It’s your responsibility to adapt to us, too. At least do your friends the courtesy of learning about and adapting to them.

Also like people who say “just leave tumblr if you don’t want to see american stuff” it’s fucking everywhere it’s not just online, it’s offline too, our politicians keep trying to copy the USA, your tarrifs bankrupted small sellers all over Europe, your proxy wars and ability to just stop wars with a phone call also influence us, in south america Venezuela is currently risking being bombed to distract people from the fact that your president is a paedophile.

Emerican Johnson once had a good video (which I can’t find any more) about how he moved from being a capitalist into a socialist, which involved leaving the USA and then realising that people outside of the USA can’t choose to ignore politics from the USA because of how much it affects everyone.

There’s a good video by Jack Saint on cultural cringe, and how even unintentionally when there’s a culture which is considered modern (like it fills the cinemas) it can make your own culture seem boring and shitty meaning you go towards the other culture and abandon your own history and sometimes even language. Like an interesting example of this is how ‘white walls’ are considered cool in Indian social media because of how there’s so many people from the USA who have just plain white walls for their videos, rather than traditional Indian house designs. Especially because IKEA is expensive and out of reach for most people in India, so having a plain painted white wall with IKEA furniture is actually a status symbol!

There’s been so many times I’ve tried to get through to a bunch of people from the US the sheer amount of stuff we can’t avoid. But I think the indoctrination which people in the USA do go through has been made quite clear in some of the recent videos from Evan Edinger, where he can point out where the absolute nonsense he’s recieved in his comments is mentally from, as he grew up in the USA but once he lived in another country he realised all the wool which had been pulled over his eyes.

Many people from the USA when confronted with the truth seem even unable to unwilling to actually listen to people from outside the USA. They just get angry and combative. Like arguments like “We have problems inside too!” Like yeah of course you do, we know, we can show you paths to help. “Why are you attacking us, there’s lots of POC in the USA” do you think there’s only white people outside of the usa? do you think there’s only white people even in Europe or something? Very racist argument to make. “I’m not listening to an X” if the place someone comes from means you won’t listen to them, never mind the xenophobia it just makes you look like a child if you say an argument is based on who someone is rather than what it says.

shamebats:

shamebats:

shamebats:

One thing I don’t see discussed much about being part of a “village” is that the village gets to have a say in the decisions you make in your life or, if you choose to go against what the village expects of you, will punish you and may even reject you.

When you’re part of a village, you can’t just do what you want. They get to co-decide on everything from your education & career to romantic relationships, family planning etc.

Even if they’re good people — if you rely on others, they will start to feel like they have a say in all of that & more, because if you make a bad career decision or can’t find a job or have a child too young or too many, that will affect them too. That’s a burden for them, and it will breed resentment.

That’s why real life villages/close communities are often terrible to live in, especially for those who can’t fully conform, and why community-based mutual aid should never be the end goal. It’s only a bandaid solution for when the government isn’t doing its job. It’s not an alternative to proper, formal social security nets.

People like me, who don’t want to be part of a tightly-knit community, deserve support & safety nets too, and we need to be able to access them without putting ourselves at risk of interpersonal financial abuse.

naamahdarling:

bogleech:

ethicalhorseslaughter:

catsofyore:

In 1944 a kitten named George (short for General Electric) was saved from drowning by a U.S. Navy crew member. George was then photographed and given a liberty card and detailed health record. Source.

There’s too much going on here

“Skin: can’t see it you worried?”

PLEASE READ the sheet it’s amazing.

petluck:

petluck:

petluck:

insane news, today a man in my city stole a bus and just. kept making all the stops.

the Assman rides again

an upstanding citizen of our great city

killerkoiking:

lilmamabeyellin:

depsidase:

bpdohwhatajoy:

I hate talking about mental illness because no matter what it comes off like this

bodhrancomedy:

Look, it’s a weird hill to die on, especially when I don’t really explain, but children deserve to experience fear, disgust, and discomfort in safe scenarios where they can process those sensations.

Media for children used to be scary and that’s important.

internetgreatesthits: