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raguna-blade:

prokopetz:

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prokopetz:

I’m pretty on board with the headcanon that what Link gets out of being the bearer of the Triforce of Courage is the power of being a video game protagonist, but I genuinely can’t decide whether it would be funnier if he’s 100% aware of how much bullshit his everything is, or if he honestly doesn’t realise.

Like, does he know that normal people can’t recover from life-threatening wounds in a matter of minutes by drinking a jar of really good soup? It’s the sort of thing you’d assume would be obvious just from being around other human beings, and yet.

The fact that Breath of the Wild Link’s laser-parrying trick is something that only works for him is made explicit in the dialogue, so presumably he’s at least aware that it’s exceptional, but does he understand that it’s complete bullshit, or does he think it’s just a skill issue?

Link: No, that’s fair, if I fuck up the timing I have to eat a laser to the chest and that is, understandably, extremely painful, so I don’t recommend you practice this unless you’re really confident about your timing.

Random Guard:…Link people die if they take those to the chest.

Link: I mean you should be angling yourself, i’m not saying to just let your sternum take a whole blow, to just take it square, that’s a terrible idea

Random Guard: It explodes rocks.

Link: You have armor for a reason my guy.

Random Guard: …

Link: If it helps, drinking some fire resist potions has proven to be moderately effective for me.

Random Guard: The Ones you apply to your skin?

Link: What

Random Guard: What

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1863-project:

themythicalcodfish:

disast3rtransp0rt:

micro-usb:

As someone who took etiquette lessons, politeness is an incredibly effective tool for disarming bigots. You can either force them to reconsider their words/actions by directly and calmly confronting their behavior (by using the rules of society in your favor), or you can dip entirely while they appear to be in the wrong.

Both options are great.

Because the thing is, when bigots pick fights, they are 100% counting on you to get louder than them. Or meaner. They want you to react emotionally and provide fodder for their ‘You’re Too Emotionally Immature To Understand’ cannon.

What they aren’t expecting you to do is say one of the following phrases in a polite, concerned tone:

1. Are you okay?
2. That’s not the kind of language I was raised to use with others.
3. Do you need a moment to think on why that wasn’t acceptable?
4. This is no way to engage in intelligent conversation. Please try that again in a kinder tone if you’d like this to continue. (I really like this one because it lets you turn their public-shame rhetoric around)

For those of you who’d are spiteful and/or dealing with Fundamentalists/Evangelicals/generally shitty Christians:

1. What’s happening in your life to cause you this much anger? I can’t imagine hurting so badly that I need to hurt other people.
2. Who taught you it was acceptable to treat other people this way? Certainly not the Jesus I remember.
3. Whatever happened to 'judge not lest ye be judged’?
4. If I talked like that in front of my parents or grandparents I would be ashamed.
5. I think there’s something you need to pray on before we try and have this conversation.

And my all time favorite:

“It sounds to me like there are some seriously dark and angry forces at work in your heart.”

(Nothing stops a Christian bigot in their tracks faster than implying the Devil is causing their bigotry. But you MUST be calm, polite, and gentle with your tone and wording. It is absolutely fair to twist the rules and play them at their own game, but you gotta play hard.)

TLDR: It’s much faster to use etiquette, politeness, and rhetoric reversal when eviscerating idiots online and in person, because they aren’t expecting you to weaponize their behaviors back in their direction. Don’t get angry, get spitefully polite! :)

I once witnessed a very soft-spoken young Southern man take a hateful older woman’s hands gently in his and say “Sister, I am so sorry that the Devil has carved a home for hatred in your heart. I’ll pray for you.”

It was glorious.

This works with all sorts of inappropriate behavior. I work as the archivist in a public library, so I end up on the reference desk a lot, and sometimes patrons will say or do things that aren’t exactly appropriate. When patrons try to hit on me, I put on a teacher voice and calmly ask, “Is that an appropriate question to ask someone at work?” and it shuts them down immediately.

This sort of thing always does the trick.

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s-kinnaly:

I’d imagine Ganondorf needs two sand seals to get him around. I named them Chunky and Munchy XD

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theloversarcana:

Futaba’s probably tormenting Ann’s villagers in animal crossing or somethn

megan-renee:

obsessed

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mayakern:

three new color ways in the works

userboxer:

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thejewellerybox:

Lily-of-the-valley bracelet by René Lalique, c. 1895-1900

Silver, gold, enamel, opal

“…This Lily of the Valley bracelet is an illustration of René Lalique’s use of different materials - silver for the leaves, gold and enamel for the stems. A symbol of renewal, and happiness, the lily of the valley was René Lalique’s favourite flower.

Nicole Maritch-Haviland, René’s granddaughter, recalled that on 1 May, all the employees at Cours Albert 1er - Lalique’s home and workshop - received a bunch of lily of the valley and a box of chocolates.

By the way: This delicate little flower remains a source of inspiration for Lalique today, the most recent example being the Lily of the Valley jewellery collection in 2007…”

Musée Lalique

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winterhill-aria:

  “Lilly of the Valley” brooch by Feng.j

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thegorgonist:

Child of the nautilus, deep in the ocean.

prints

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bl0wtorch:

can you stop talking about your holes?

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