#I can't properly explain it

[akashicpoint]

You know, there are some times I wish NMH1 had just been the only game to come out. This is not to say I don't like the others of course.

#Like Killer7 or Moonlight Syndrome #They came and did what they needed to do and left #I can't properly explain it #but thats just how I feel sometimes #dom.txt

[chemdisaster]

martyn during the entirety of double life is just very much in love with ren. like every time they interact he's giving him The Look. you know the one. the look of absolute love

#i can't properly explain this it came out of a very strange place #but yeah in my vision he's eyefucking him the entirety of the season #/hj #martyn inthelittlewood #inthelittlewood #rendog #renthedog #treebark #renchanting #renchanting duo #trafficshipping #double life #dlsmp #trafficblr #life series #textdisaster

[zero-pax]

Ashswag & LifestealLord (or just Lord as my brain calls them) autism creatures

#ashswag #ashswag fanart #lifesteallord #lifesteallord fanart #lifesteal fanart #lifesteal smp #my artwork #zero art #I can't explain this headcannon properly but I love it sm lol #I'll probably make a post at some point explaining it ¤))

[thefirstknife]

New article with more details (from Jason Schreier who first broke the story). If you can't see it, I'll copy the whole text under read more.

About 100 employees were laid off in total (8%) and one of the main reasons listed is "underperformance," "sharp drop in popularity" and "poor reception of Lightfall."

So you know when for the last year and a half content creators have been shitting and pissing on the game as a full-time job and the amount of negativity and ragebait content became the only thing to make content about for them? Well they certainly won't take the blame, but I will let it be known. These people either don't understand the influence they have or they do and they're doing it on purpose, and I don't know which of these two options is worse, but I am 100% confident that their campaign of rage and hate contributed to this.

You don't base your entire community around constantly hating everything about the only game you play (despite clearly not enjoying it anymore) and somehow avoid galvanising thousands and thousands of people into perceiving the game negatively. Imagine being employees who have barely worked there for 2 years and the only community reception they've seen is 24/7 hate train for their work and then they get fired because of "poor reception" and "drop in popularity." How can they not take that personally? I am absolutely devastated for these people who delievered a banger product and who were met with an unrelenting barrage of toxic gamer children which ended up having more sway over their boss than them.

Which brings me to the next bit and that's FUCK THE CEO. He is now my mortal enemy #1. I am projecting psychic blasts directly into his brain. What an absolute spineless coward who is more willing to bow down to fucking gamers than to protect his own employees. This is absolutely rage inducing because this has happened before. From the article from 2021 about the toxic culture at Bungie:

Reading this shit from the new article absolutely fucking sent me into blind rage because I immediately remembered this. Another instance of employees suffering because of comments on reddit. And because of toxic players. And proof that leadership is not protecting employees and is instead siding with players.

Match made in heaven. Asshole gamer content creators and asshole CEOs, all of whom sit at home on piles of money made from someone else's labour. I hope they all explode. None of the people that worked on this game deserve this.

Another article with an infuriating comment from the CEO:

In an internal town hall meeting addressing a Monday round of layoffs that impacted multiple departments, Bungie CEO Pete Parsons allegedly told remaining employees that the company had kept “the right people” to continue work on Destiny 2.

"Kept the right people." Really. Veteran composers weren't the right people? Die!

Bloomberg article in full:

Bungie’s decision to cut an estimated 100 jobs from its staff of about 1,200 followed dire management warnings earlier this month of a sharp drop in the popularity of its flagship video game Destiny 2. Just two weeks ago, executives at the Sony-owned game developer told employees that revenue was running 45% below projections for the year, according to people who attended the meeting. Chief Executive Officer Pete Parsons pinned the big miss on weak player retention for Destiny 2, which has faced a poor reception since the release of its latest expansion, Lightfall. The next expansion, The Final Shape, was getting good — not great feedback — and management told those present that they planned to push back the release to June 2024 from February, according the people, who asked not to be identified because they weren’t authorized to speak publicly. The additional time would give developers a chance to improve the product. In the meantime, Parsons told staff Bungie would be cutting costs, such as for travel, as well as implementing salary and hiring freezes, the people said. Everyone would have to work together to weather the storm, he said, leaving employees feeling determined to do whatever was needed to get revenue back up. But on Monday morning the news got worse: Dozens of staffers woke up to mysterious 15-minute meetings that had been placed on their calendars, which they soon learned were part of a mass layoff. Bungie laid off around 8% of its employees, according to documentation reviewed by Bloomberg. Bungie didn’t respond to requests for comment. Employees who were let go will receive at least three months of severance and three months of Bungie-paid COBRA health insurance, although other benefits, such as expense reimbursements, ended Monday, sending some staff racing to submit their receipts. Laid-off staffers will also receive prorated bonuses, although those who were on a vesting schedule following Sony Group Corp.’s acquisition of Bungie in January 2022 will lose any shares that weren’t vested as of next month. The layoffs are part of a larger money-saving initiative at Sony’s PlayStation unit, which has also cut employees at studios such as Naughty Dog, Media Molecule and its San Mateo office. TD Cowen analyst Doug Creutz wrote in a report Monday that “events over the last few days lead us to believe that PlayStation is undergoing a restructuring.” PlayStation president Jim Ryan announced last month that he plans to resign. Many of the layoffs at Bungie affected the company’s support departments, such as community management and publishing. Remaining Bungie staff were informed that some of those areas will be outsourced moving forward.

#destiny 2 #bungie #long post #and like i don't care what's anyone's opinion on lightfall. it doesn't matter #the expansion is fine. there's some bad shit in there as there is in every expansion #literally nothing on this earth was so bad to deserve the amount of vitriol that lightfall got #it was purely motivated by hate and rage from people who have clearly lost their interest in the game a long time ago #no one else normal enough would respond even to a weaker expansion this way. and lightfall wasn't even weaker #literally nothing ever released in destiny deserves to have comments bad enough to end up affecting employees #there's been some bad expansions/dlcs/seasons. whatever. none of them were like... gollum level. not even close #people genuinely treated lightfall like it personally killed their dog. it was insane. the reaction to it was insane. #it stemmed from people who should have stopped playing a long time ago and stopped being content creators for one game #i can't even properly explain just how long and tireless the ragebait content campaign for destiny has been #opening youtube and seeing 10 videos in a row of just complaining and bitching #opening twitter and seeing thousands upon thousands of posts and comments dedicated solely to hating the game #imagine being an employee trying to maintain some communication with the community #hippy was relentlessly bullied by people I've seen suddenly lamenting that she was fired. you caused this #they will never accept even a miniscule portion of the blame for this ofc. they will just keep claiming they don't have that influence #but they do. it's been proven years ago. in the same way #community comments DO reach devs and community comments DO influence what happens to them and the game #'the event is bad' 'meta is bad' 'pvp is bad' 'raid is bad' 'story is bad' stop playing. no longer asking. #it's a video game. if you hate it stop playing. you don't have to justify it to hundreds of thousands of people and take them with you #especially when it leads to employees taking the fall #so to all content creators who are appalled and baffled after spending 2 years hating the game: you did this. #and to the ceo even more: explode into dust and be forgotten

[yujeong]

At the end of the day, this is what's most important to me.

#4 minutes #bible wichapas #be on cloud #the man is excited beyond belief about this #and he deserves all the praise and attention he'll get from this show #and no - evil BOC isn't holding a gun to his head to make him post about how ecstatic he is #it's clear as day that it's genuine #the very *fact* that it's Jes who is his new partner shows how much Bible's opinion counted for a LOT of decisions that took place #I can't properly explain how happy I am for him #so fair warning I won't be subtle about my love for 4 Minutes #I've been waiting for this since last January I won't hold back #so if you don't want to see it unfollow/block me #(adding here the obvious thing that my blog name should have warned you about already - I'm not a Build hater) #(I actually love Build quite a lot) #(So do not expect any hate about this man from me) #(That's not who I am or who I plan to become) #(Thank you)

[worstloki]

Loki in season 2 saying that he did New York because he was soooo angry with his father and brother that he let his emotions get the better of him.......

#BOI #he didn't even recount what happened properly this is ridiculous #they will try to retcon but since i am not watching season 2 i will simply take this out of context #and decide this is how loki explains the events #loki explaining away the sudden development of violent tendencies between Thor 1 Avengers 1 and Thor 2: i was feeling emotional #Thor: you looked really bad are you sure it had nothing to do with some form of coercion or space cult--? #Loki: a guy can't even hold a planet hostage in this day and age without being questioned smh #Thor: wha--I'm just concerned #Loki: and i was having a bad week #Thor: doesn't sound right #Loki: are you trying to make me angry after you saw what happened the last time?? #the Loki show

[0sbrain]

it's ok if you misinterpret what im saying but if you directly tell me you are dismissing my explanation in favor of what you think i was trying to say then fuck you

#IM SO TIRED OF PEOPLE “INTERPRETING” WHAT I SAY #WHEN I SAY SOMETHING I MEAN IT #I MAY BE FUCKING AUTISTIC BUT YOU DON'T GET TO ACT LIKE I DON'T KNOW WHAT IM DOING #I MAY BE FUCKING STUPID. I MAY NOT BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN MYSELF PROPERLY. BUT YOU CAN'T DO THAT

[papaiyatree]

rouge and topaz but it's the 4kids version

#ougghh #i haven't watched sonic x Properly yet but ong #what was 4kids thinking when they decided to make rouge call topaz both fat and old #like fine. i get removing the s&m joke— the dub is 4 kids anyway (ha! get it!) #but replacing the s&m joke with???? bullying??? my brother in crhist is THAT what you want to teach the kids?? LMAO #at that point i'd rather take the s&m joke and just never explain it to any kid till they finally learn themselves my GOD #sth #sonic x #sonic animation #sonic #sonic the hedgehog #rouge the bat #topaz #agent topaz #roupaz #also. there is a part of me who just wants to get on w it and read the comics #as of rn i am soooo fixated on comics i can't watch a whole series rn

[frostycatblr-fandom-files]

Ep. 05 'The Return' Screenshots

Crosshair using the Firepuncher to pull Hunter to safety out of the wyrm-tunnel.

#frosts fandom freakouts #star wars #tbb #the bad batch #tbb season 3 #the bad batch season 3 #this quick scene means so much to me I can't properly explain it #Crosshair using an important extension of himself - something Hunter didn't like the idea of returning to him - to save his brother #tbb crosshair #crosshair tbb #tbb hunter #hunter tbb #tbb batcher #tbb spoilers #bad batch spoilers #the bad batch spoilers #tbb s3 spoilers #tbb season 3 spoilers #tbb season three spoilers #the bad batch s3 spoilers #the bad batch season 3 spoilers #the bad batch season three spoilers

[truevvamp]

homura as a concept is so bonkers. like imagine you're trying to save your beloved bestie from the death so you end up in the endless time loop in each of them your most beloved bestie dies. and because you restart this timeline for like thousand of times you accidentally make your bestie's fate so important to the universe stability that your bestie becomes a literal God,all because of you but you didn't really wanted to make your bestie God because surprise she erased her existence out of everything except for your memories. well situation is shitty so because of your depression,suicidal tendencies and despair you've decided to...STEAL THE SOUL OF YOUR GODLIKE BESTIE AND TRAP HER WITH YOURSELF and because of it you become A LITERAL DEMON oh and also you're an ex-catholic school girl.

#my memory of the rebellion is shitty so excuse me if i didn't word my statement correctly #i'm still thinking that homura being catholic is so...ironic? i can't explain it properly but i hope you get what i mean #anyway i love homura so much and i think she did nothing wrong #my post #pmmm #puella magi madoka magica #madoka magica #madoka kaname #homura akemi #madohomu

[fictionadventurer]

The Rosemary Tree is the first time I've had to put down a book so I could sob over how beautiful it was.

#elizabeth goudge how do you keep doing this? #her books are such a strange thing for me #either they're 'yes it's pretty but could you please get to the point and have something happen?' #or i am slammed with waves and waves of intense overwhelming emotion so i almost can't stand how deeply it affects me #i think it helps to read it at the same time of year the story occurs #the dean's watch during advent was a life-changing experience #and now reading this book in march is having a very similar effect #i actually had to go in a room by myself to properly cry #because someone caught me tearing up #and how could i begin to explain that i'm sobbing my heart out because miss giles is reading the secret garden? #i've cried over sad moments in books but i've never felt anything like this #such intense joy and sorrow all mixed in so you can't tell which emotion is causing the tears #it's been like two hours since that happened and i'm still shook #my world is upended #and i'm being reminded in an entirely new way of what really great literature can do #the rosemary tree #elizabeth goudge

[accidentallyatekneecaps]

TW for abuse

But one thing about saikis character that I've noticed is that he is everything he is today because of the abuse he went through

Like kusuke is extremely abusive and manipulative towards him and that mixed with his father made saiki truly believe he was a monster, that he truly doesn't deserve anything nice or good, that he should be alone cause he'll only hurt people

And his mother while being nice and overall well meaning she let's the abuse happen

Saiki has a father that only seems to love him when he can be useful

A brother who is honestly just really creepy towards him that I don't wanna get into but it's definitely there

And a mother who turns a blind eye to it all or is to oblivious to see it

It makes sense that he has a wall put up, he's trying to protect himself from hurt by claiming he doesn't care

#I do think his mother genuinely is a good mom and is well meaning but you can't ignore the fact that she does let alot of the abuse happen #tw abuse #Kusuke die challenge #saiki k #saiki no psi nan #kusou saiki #saiki kusuo #I hope I explained that properly

[darlingofdots]

I should have known better than to ask native English speakers about English grammar, I don't know what I was thinking

#dottie rambles #even when they get the right answer they can't support it properly bc they don't get TAUGHT #how could they know! nobody ever explained shit to them! #like i had grammar instruction in 4 languages in school including my own #we learn german grammar in school! in great detail!

[fallowtail]

Am I the only one who genuinely sees Hetty caring more about Trevor each day? She seems so excited for his happiness lately! And...also...hurt when he is upset with her. Even though she kind of ignored him when he "broke up" with her, she was worried about him when he first brought her into the room. Maybe it is just wishful thinking, but I am seeing a deeper meaning in their relationship. I hope it is true.

No I agree! They're definitely still orbiting around each other. I think Hetty does care, she just doesn't know how to care- Hetty's very, very fickle and not great with her emotions, she's constantly being a hypocrite and flipflopping around with where her empathy gets placed which is a very fun character flaw of hers, you never really know how she's going to react to things because while we see often that she does care about her friends she's very selfish. You can see that while she starts and ends the break up scene being shitty, in the middle she does start to look contrite and guilty- until he leans into the Alberta-knows-about-your-plan thing and she pivots back into being Fixated on her scheme to get sucked off, which to her is the most important thing in the world (they have different goals- Trevor wants to be alive again/pretend he's still alive, and Hetty just is fed up with being a ghost and wants to get sucked off no matter what it takes). I think if that hadn't happened they might have made up there instead of breaking up, and you're right that she did initially care/seem concerned when he said they needed to talk. The fun thing about them is they really struggle to communicate with each other and they both goofed that conversation up, though to different degrees- Hetty can't handle criticism or the implication she's done something wrong, because she always has to be right/have the upper hand (and she also genuinely doesn't think she has done anything wrong but instead of hearing him out she instantly tries to shift the blame), so she immediately switches into trying to manipulate him, and then Trevor responds to her manipulation by bringing the fact that other people (Alberta) think she's being awful, but this backfires on him, lol. It was very cute how in the new episode she gets all excited about the Tara Reid thing with him, the way she elbows him with that genuine scrunchy happy face was adorable. It was very cute seeing her happy for him even if she switched to team get-rid-of-Jeremy because she's always gonna be on the side of Business. I really don't think they're done with each other because the nature of their relationship within the show-canon is that they love to hate each other, they're combustible and they butt heads but in a way that makes them- well- horny, LOL, and the way they bicker is definitely a part of that. The very bratty way Trevor tells her that "you can't make me (do what you want)" in the new episode felt very charged in a way that their dynamic building up to the initial kiss had been, so I'm remaining hopeful we'll see some more from them, since we know Asher and Rebecca are both wanting to do more :]

#cbs ghosts #replies #cbs ghosts spoilers #anon #h-money #sorry if i explained this poorly #i think about them constantly #i can't get everything i want to say out of my brain properly but i think this hopefully comes across decently enough #she was working against him this episode but not mean spiritedly

[detroitbecomeonline]

someone connect these dots for me im thinking about the race allegory and how hank is violent towards connor in waiting for hank and the music there is a white band knights of the black death but then you get into russian roulette and see that hank has a friendly dog and he actually loves jazz which is by black artists and it sort of matches up to hank's development by the end of the story?????? does anyone see the slight connection im going with this. like his home is his heart. does anyone see what i'm trying to point at

#i have a headache #i can't explain this properly #like if the allegory. the allegory #like #race???????? the allegory there is something here with the music and hank's internal and external expressions #dbh #dbh hank #dbh analysis #mine #mydbhbrain

[meraki-yao]

Suddenly have a need to see Henry in a tiara

#rwrb #red white and royal blue #nicholas galitzine #henry hanover stuart fox #henry fox mountchristen windsor #can't explain it #and no it's not a kinky thing #idk i just wanna see it? #i don't think I've ever seen a guy wear a tiara properly? only crowns and coronets #but Henry/Nick is just so babygirl wonder what that would look like #plus been browsing the uk royal tiara collection online purely for interest #honestly i feel like Henry is the RWRB universe's version of Princess Diana #anyways yeah #if someone out there can photoshop it please tag me #maybe I'll try to draw it when my break starts? idk #rwrb rambles