Mixing Memory and Desire

listen okay the tube leading into the geth dreadnaught in me3. that's fuckin wild. first of all it's a really really cool part of the game like it's just well thought out and beautiful.

second of all, Shepard really said yeah I'll go ahead into the unsecured tube in space by myself this isn't at all similar to that time LESS THAN A YEAR AGO TO ME when I got floated into space and my suit malfunctioned and I died......it'll be fine. no fucking wonder Joker is on the comms every 2 seconds to make a joke he's STRESSING about this. and then the TUBE COMES OFF AND SHE HAS TO JUMP FOR THE DOCKING BAY omfg I personally would have had a panic attack.

they play it off as very cool and chill in the game like no one is really that stressed. probably cause the dev team didn't want to get too into all the PTSD Shepard almost definitely has. but omg if they wrote this even slightly leaning into Shepard's trauma everyone would be having such a bad time. and it's not like they are currently having a good time.

@tarysande has a fantastic fic that deals with this. it lives rent free in my head, as does pretty much everything she writes.

This fic was 100% born because my inner monologue and OP’s inner monologue are essentially identical. I still can’t believe the game didn’t acknowledge it. I, playing Shepard, was on the brink of a panic attack for that whole scene.

*sidles in after two and half years*

*drops link*

Short but necessary chapter. Thank you @tarysande for our chat a while back where you told me to just write the damn thing.

holy shit new fourthage just dropped brb got to read

When you are a classical musician and the public asks you to play Queen …

@hieronymus-bush … although I’m not sure what you’ll think of it 😆

Holy hell. He has amazing technique AND he didn’t just transcribe the piece to piano, he essentially composed classical music (and honestly some neo-classical, lol) based on the melody. Plus, he kind of looks like Freddie.

People in the 1800s would've gone apeshit over this in the concert halls

Reblogging to watch later...

I think this guy just invented shredding on a piano

"Why is the song called that" "Oh, that's why"

hot new metric for executive function: how many hours later i discover my undrunk coffee cup

Chasing autumn! ^o^ Wallpaper LINK!

the ellipsis is the most powerful of all the punctuation…so versatile…i’m pondering…i’m omitting…i’m implying…i’m trailing off…

i'm...

this was a great read. “Laziness Does Not Exist” by Devon Price

guess who just got ✨dommed by the narrative✨✨✨

DOOMED I MEANT DOOMED

the reason none of us can ever leave tumblr is because we've already evolved to having this be our only suitable habitat. we're the devils hole pupfish of people.

me and my mutuals

reblog to reblog from the person you reblogged from

so… Mass Effect. good game huh

Prints of this, as well as a few other Mass Effect stained glass pieces, are now available! I'd love to see/hear about it if you order any, it would make my day <3

This one, Mordin, and Tali are the only ones currently finished, but I have plans to do a few other characters as well; you can check out the #mass effect stained glass tag on my blog to see the others, if they happen to exist when you come across this post.

…side note I’m aware the armor is not an exact match to femshep’s mass effect 1 armor but here’s the thing: I hate the boob plate and it is stupid. I reject reality and replace it with my own where shep gets normal armor <3

I spent weeks paralyzed by the weighty decision of what the funniest place would be to put this sticker

“Every now and again I just have to post this early #1830s dress. There is something about the sleeve that is so satisfying, the perfect pink gills of the underside of a pale field mushroom. Only silky and pearl embellished @LACMA #fashionhistory”

- Dr Kate Strasdin on Twitter