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[shawnpgreene]

Monthly Recap: May 2022

It was an action packed month in May of 2022 for me. Sometimes I forget what was accomplished and what needs to get done. I’m learning time management and organization is the key to keep up with the tasks and remembering to track what has been completed. Rosemarie and I started out the month visiting three bagel shops in Buffalo and reviewing them. I recoded it, but have yet to produce the video.…

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#Bagel Jay&039;s #Banchetti By Rizzo&039;s #Bread of Life Church #Buffalo #Buffalo Bisons #Buffalo Shooting #Center for the Arts #College #DMS Show #Events #Frontier Field #NCCC Film & Animation Festival #New York #Podcast #Rat In The Kitchen #Rochester #Rochester Red Wings #Spirit of Truth Urban Ministries #Sword of the Spirit #TBS #UB Commencement #United States #University at Buffalo #VA Medical Center #Veterans

[elffees]

If the Sarentu have a new Olo’eyktan, I need for it to be Nor.

Him overcoming his chaotic feelings of disconnection (believing he’s not “Na’vi” enough, not “Sarentu” enough), and then growing to become their Olo’eyktan who takes on the responsibility of leading & protecting their culture and the few of them that remain. It would not only be a beautiful character arc, but it would also be very satisfying to see someone who’s struggled with connecting to their roots, be the one to take the lead on protecting it.

The Sarentu already have a Tsahìk, and Ri’nela is a fantastic choice, so it’s unclear if they’ll even want/need an Olo’eyktan (like how the Kame’tire only have a Tsahìk who leads alone.) But if the Sarentu do decide to go that route, I desperately hope Nor is the one to fill that role.

#I really don’t want it to be the PC #I like that we’re not a leader #we may inspire and have charisma #but the PC works best (imo) as a scout or just generally the one on the field #who carries out the will of the clan #but I don’t want them to become the FACE of the clan and be the next leader #I’m really hoping that goes to Nor #because I just think that’d be so much more interesting #frontiers of pandora #afop #babbles #afop spoilers // #avatar frontiers of pandora

[cellarspider]

10/?? The team puts their foot in it

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We return to Prometheus, the movie that makes me want to use the “Leave it” command I’ve taught the family dog.

Apologies if the screenshots are hard to visually parse on this one, this part of the movie is not meant for viewing on a bright, sunny day. May I recommend the alt-text? I've got image descriptions in there, as well as rambles that almost double the word count of these posts.

Also, your daily reminder: Go into your blog settings, scroll down to "visibility", and turn off 3rd party data harvesting! Do it! Happiness is stored in the not-getting-comodified!

My antipathy toward the archaeologists was reaching unprecedented proportions. The only character I didn’t fault for putting his hands on everything like a two-year-old: the literal two-year-old android, David.

Is there a long and dumb history of infantilizing dudes’ behavior? Yes. Was it very funny to see the archaeologists suddenly freak out because someone else was getting too handsy with the alien archaeological finds? Also yes! 

David opens the door, having to climb up a collapsible ladder to comfortably reach the controls, which is a nice touch. The next room contains the head of the decapitated Engineer, and also

I don’t know whether the set designers put this together prior to the decision that this would be where they put the decapitated body, but in hindsight, it seems a little on the nose. What the set wants to communicate is a religious feel–an idol of some kind, delicate reliefs on the walls that some consider to be plot holes because they look xenomorph-y, and a bunch of black urns.

The visual intent, delivered beautifully but with all the subtlety of a sledgehammer, is that this is the room where shit will begin to go down. It’s a refined miniature of the egg room in Alien. Something is going to get inappropriately intimate with a man’s face here.

I suppose we are meant to find it a plot twist when that happens later, and not now, but I was still experiencing Archaeological Rage at this point.

Despite telling David not to open the door, they wander in like utter lemons, breathe all over everything, and are surprised when this has consequences. The art starts melting off the walls.

Admittedly, when the moist breath and germs of gormless tourists has caused irreparable damage to ancient egyptian tombs and 17,000 year old cave paintings, it took much longer than this. One of the characters exclaims that they must have disturbed the atmosphere in the room by opening it, which is possible. However, we literally see accumulated dirt in this room. Alien worms writhing in it. This is a plot point for a few scenes from now, because the black urns have started sweating a Mysterious Goop that the audience may remember as “that DNA melty stuff from the opening scene”.

Back when I was talking about setting mood, expectation, and feeling pretty good. I miss that.

There’s apparently a cut scene where Millburn the biologists finds those alien worms somewhere, and has a near-religious experience. It’s the first macroscopic alien life ever witnessed by modern humans. Something that evolved entirely separately from us. He’s in awe. 

The scene no longer has any logical home in the flow of the movie–the worms are only seen by the audience, in the urn room. Millburn left with Fifield the geologist, following Fifield’s panic attack. Still, it would’ve gone a long way to humanizing his character if it was still included, showing that the cast isn’t all treating this like kindergarteners at a toy store, and partially explaining a dumbass thing he does later.

It would also stand in stark contrast to further desecrating an ancient body, which is next on the agenda for our cast.

With the room literally melting and the Prometheus calling in the approach of a sandstorm, they heave the head in a duffel bag and sprint away.

I hate this. There’s the feeble justification that they already fucked up the room anyway, but they have been viewing the body as a thing they want to have, an emblem of their own efforts, and not an ethically distinct class of object that has to be treated with extreme care.

Nope! Into the duffel bag it goes. David, for his part, duffels an urn. I hate this less, for the aforementioned reason of “two-year-old who everyone’s been robot-racist at”. Also because frankly, he’s an android in an Alien movie, one that is very self-conscious about the tropes. He is either going to be an absolute saint like Bishop, or he’s going to be an extension of a callous corporate power like Ash. David is a unique spin on it, but he’s absolutely the Ash.

He manages to be all that and the only one who knows what he’s doing. David saves Shaw and the poor goddamn head from getting swept away in the sandstorm, with calm efficiency and an air of either “I have done a good thing, please praise”, or “yes, I am better at this than you”. Honestly can’t tell which. He’s certainly begun to develop antipathy toward his creators, which is one of the few character arcs that manages to occur in this movie.

So, great. Our cast has blundered into, breathed all over, and botched their exploration of humanity’s first alien structure, on the urging of an allegedly-archaeologist who literally treated it as a christmas present. They return with stolen artifacts and somebody’s head. They do not return with their biologist and geologist, who have apparently gotten lost in the alien structure, despite the geologist also being the one who was making the team a map of the place.

Things do not get better.

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Alt-text rambling citations:

1. https://www.cap-that.com/prometheus/index.php?page=1 2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pointing#Cultural_variations  3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OK_gesture#Negative_denotations

#Prometheus 2012 #Prometheus (2012) #And so begins the brief but baffling saga of this poor Engineer's head #and we transition from Adventures in Terrible Field Work #to Astounding Frontiers of Cartoonishly Bad Bench Work

[picodart]

#mamemon #digimon #digisafe #digimon frontier #digimon world #digimon adventure 02 #mutation #data #perfect level #mutant #metal empire #unknown field #smiley bomber

[kittydoremi]

Despite me not liking Update 3 that much as a whole, there are some things I can appreciate. One of those things is Amy's level theme.

I especially like the part at 2:29 with the violin and piano, it sounds beautiful. 💖

It sounds gentle and calming, but also has a feeling of foreboding to it. The sound of the clock ticking in the background also adds a bit of urgency.

#I can imagine Amy running through a field of flowers on the island while petals flow past her in the wind #or maybe her taking a moment in the flowers to reminisce on her interactions with Sonic in the game and how much he means to her #sonic frontiers #sonic the hedgehog #sonic music #sonic opinions #amy rose

[citrus-cactus]

After 20 years of the bare minimum, the Frontier content is being unleashed like there’s no tomorrow. I mean, LOOK AT THIS?????????

HGFHFGHHGF WAIT WHAT

WHAT THE FU— 😭💖🌙💯💯🤩🤯‼️‼️

Ahem. Thank you so much for bringing this to my attention. I’m not on Twitter, so this is the first I’ve seen of these. More new art, a popup store, an adorable theme, the Year of Frontier continues, this series is finally getting it’s day in the sun, I’m not ok, I am vibrating, I’M

Look at them!!!

#hNNNNNGHFHGHHGFFF THANK YOU TOEI/BANDAI!!!! #THEIR LIDDLE PILLOWS!!! #TAKUYA HAS AN EYE MASK INSTEAD OF GOGGLES #TOMOKI’S!!!!!! SLIPPERS!!!!!!! #digimon frontier #all the childrens #digimon merch #everyone needs to see this #crops: watered #fields: thriving #asks #ominous-meme

[shadamyheadcanons]

My thoughts on Sonic Frontiers

I really enjoyed it and appreciate everyone not spoiling it for me :) I meant to post about Frontiers months ago, but this took forever for some reason. Naturally, there’ll be spoilers under the cut.

(Are Frontiers details still considered spoilers? Idk. If they are, let me know!)

I like how many callbacks there were to previous characters and events. It made it feel like an actual narrative with greater stakes. There’s actual continuity now!

Tails and Knuckles were handled better than I ever could have anticipated. I haven’t loved them so much in years! I couldn’t ask for more.

Eggman and Sage are standouts. I’m interested to see how they’ll write Sage moving forward. I could see her feeling torn between supporting Sonic or Eggman.

I feel...conflicted about Amy in this game. Her compassion is there, at least, and she's not the bland cheerleader she was in Forces. She wasn’t a jerk like in Free Riders, either. Thing is, though, what I love most about Amy is how fierce she can be. It’s directly tied to her brand of kindness. She needs those strong feelings, both the good and the bad, to be her. And there was barely a glimmer of it in Frontiers. I was so excited when it finally popped up and she argued with Sonic about not doing enough to help the Kokos, but she backed off really quickly. She just got shut down.

I fear that the writers have decided a milder Amy is more “mature” than her fiery, feisty former self. I don’t want them to make her boring because they’re afraid of what she used to be. I’m scared that the Amy I grew to love is gone for good because people think she needs to be “Nice.”

She needs that energy. She needs that spark. She carries around a giant hammer, for Chaos’ sake. You can’t give her a giant hammer and then tell me she doesn’t have guts and a temper.

We already have Cream. We need Amy!

I’m hoping it’s just a side-effect of Frontiers’ somber setting. Ian Flynn *gets* her, so if they keep giving him more influence, then I have hope. And this is still an improvement in some ways.

As a side note, they really toned down her crush, huh? They emphasized how important love is to her (as they should), but none of it really seemed directed specifically at Sonic. Every time she mentioned love, she looked away from him. And if she’d decided to go on a journey to spread love around the world in literally any other game, she’d have invited him...but she didn’t in this one. And he showed no interest in joining her. Idk. I’m not saying she’s over him--I don’t think she is--but I’ve been seeing Sonic x Amy fans going nuts over this game for months now and calling them “canon,” and I don’t know why.

I saw far more chemistry between Sonic and Knuckles, no contest.

This game does a great job making use of the characters’ strengths. I love how Knuckles got to show his expertise with the ruins. I love how Amy was able to point out the freshly-recovered nature of Kronos Island, implying she goes back to the towns they’ve helped in the past and checks up on how they’re doing. In a game where Sonic’s friends can do so little, these details say a lot.

I was disappointed when Sonic’s cyber-corruption was immediately fixed by the cheesy “let’s hold hands” Power of Friendship deus ex machina moment. Cyber-corruption was built up for the entire game as something debilitating that couldn’t be easily fixed. Sonic was straight-up deteriorating, barely able to stand, and the stakes felt extremely high. Making it harder to undo all that--and bringing in his friends to do so and repay everything he’d been doing for them--would be ideal to me. This would have been the perfect place for the new story and playable characters they’ve promised! Give them their own missions! Use the corruption as a reason Sonic has to be sidelined! It’s obvious the devs were feeling the time crunch by that point in the game, so I don’t blame them too much, but it would’ve been seamless.

As it is, though, I am absolutely thrilled that I’ll get to play as Amy again!!! It’s been so long, and some leaks have been hinting at Origins Amy DLC, too!!

Give me the hammer! It’s! Her! Turn!

Finally, I’m really excited to see what they do with the time skip--or at least I’m assuming it’ll be a time skip. They’re all going on journeys and Tails literally said “You won’t even recognize me the next time you see me,” so I’d say it’s pretty cut-and-dried. New powers, designs, etc? Who knows?

#not a headcanon #sonic frontiers spoilers #sonic frontiers #i mostly wrote this to field any common questions #but feel free to send in frontiers asks now! i finally have some time

[dragonartist56]

The playable Sarentu being audibly giddy about helping Anqa set up a date with Priya>>>>>>>>>>

#no because bffr #“not the best chance for romance without power #“you won’t even know I’m there! #saying yiiiiiiikes when Anqa and Priya are talking before they get the music playing #“I’ll keep watch #like little buddy is so fucking committed to helping these two dumbass lesbians get together it’s actually fucking adorable #chatting with Alex afterwards and he’s asking who the tablet recording belonged to #I can fucking SEE the Sarentu look around suspiciously before whispering #you didn’t here this from me #but it was Anqa! :D #I’m sorry but Alex calling them a busy little bee made me feel things it was so cute #also THE CUPID’S WATCH #BFFR #Best quest ever #I deadass saved it until after I defeated Mercer because I thought that would be the best time for it #and I was so right #the quest is called A Match Made In Pandora if anyone was wondering #you can find it by answering a call in one of the field labs near the Kametire camp #frontiers of pandora spoilers #frontiers of pandora #dragon speaks

[sonknuxadow]

"ohh this sonic game copied this mario game" "this sonic game copied this zelda game" Shut up super mario odyssey is literally just sonic unleashed in a different font

#i Like mario odyssey btw and im not saying nintendo copied sonic unleashed #but my point is sonic isnt the only big series that just. happpens to sometimes use ideas that other games have done too #so i dont get why sonic is the only one getting hate for ''copying'' or whatever #also im not really much of a zelda person so idk what happens in those games story wise #but when i see people say that sonic unleashed is a twilight princess copy or that sonic frontiers is a breath of the wild copy #im just like. do you guys seriously think nintendo invented werewolves and running around in big grassy fields. because they didnt #again ive only played a couple of the earlier zelda games so idk what happens in those #but people saying sonic is copying zelda based on the werehog existing and the opem zone stuff alone. its so. #also ive seen people say that sonic lost world is a mario galaxy clone but i dont remember enough about either of those games #to confirm or deny #but i think some people only say that because of the bright colors and the planet stuff . #ACTUALLY i remember seeing a list of reasons that sonic lost world is a mario galaxy ripoff #and one of their reasons was just ''theres a desert/beach level'' LMFAO. sonic had done desert and beach levels way before then

[imxthexhandler]

OOC: A pointless reminder that these dudes are living rent free in my heart brain.

Seriously, I’m so obsessed with Moon Knight, Star Wars, Hawkeye, and Triple Frontier, it’s ridiculous.

#Out of field reports #hyperfixations am I right? #Triple Frontier #The Mandalorian #Moon Knight #Hawkeye #Obi-Wan Kenobi #Poe Dameron

[sonic-adventure-3]

well for the 10 minutes i played before my laptop threatened to explode i used the shadow frontiers mod and damn, where’s that one post abt shadow looking out of place anywhere but chicago and outer space.

#he should only be seen in cities at night; space; casinos; hell; and prison. #he looks so out of place in a grassy field with a bright blue sky. sticks out like a sore thumb #something sad about that if i think about it for too long #rambles #frontiers posting #shadow

[sege-h]

Oh to be an archaeologist and dig these things up

#Sege plays Sonic Frontiers #Sonic Frontiers spoilers #Frontiers spoilers #I wish Relic the Pika had been introduced in IDW instead of Archie #So thered be commentary from Sonic like 'I bet Relic would have a field day exploring this place'

[chromaji]

enough time has passed. Supreme was the least interesting of the titan fights imo like is this even a contest

#sonic frontiers spoilers #like yeah nothing says final boss environment like… a grassy field. like did yall forget to change the background or #with proper context there’s nothing wrong with ur final boss being in a relatively empty field BUT NOT FOR THIS GAME 😭😭 #supreme having a BIGASS SHOTGUN was cool but otherwise the fight literally just flew by #not to mention the touhou true final boss like that whole end segment just felt… :/ to me #like the devs had to have run out of time here there’s no way… & sonic speaking to the titans in the final fight when theyre not even there? #they had to be building up to something and its so unfortunate that their ideas couldnt be fully realized #same with the sonic corruption arc which i’ve talked about before #like agh imagine what the game wouldve been like if they had either more time or more team members. bc apparently this was made w/ about 60

[nefarious-nightjar]

going to start watching Star Trek V: The Final Frontier wish me luck

#wish me all the luck please i beg you #i really don't want to go through another search for spock level of “wtf did i just watch?!” #god please let this be a normal field trip #star trek #star trek the final frontier

[meistoshi]

"you ever think about retiring??" "nooo...??" "you ever think about retirement at all??" "not really, i figure that i'll be dead by the time i retire." eats gmfst for never failing to fuel me w satoshi brainrot

#satoshi is Never retiring babeyy #he'll change what he's focusing on but he's always going to be a battler #his field & goals may change but he's Never stepping out of the field for good #even when he changes up to being a frontier brain he still Does compete just. not as a primary focus #still a pro battler. just... not Just that anymore #all sports muse writers should listen to sports podcasts that shit is a straightshot of muse every time #also i. might shuffle over to lightning's blog after accidentally making n abandoning it oop #coz i started watching drive to survive & OOOUGH #cars make brain go brrr #tho it's Also given extra satoshi muse bc of how reckless n achievement-hungry the dinguses are #ooc. pkmn is autistic culture.

[sylladextrous]

That post is right we definitely need to kiss for research honestly take it a step further we need to make out totally for research reasons

mhm yes. for the betterment of science, you understand.

#progressing the field of yuri to new frontiers #also #if youre a mutual message me hehe 😘