#I may not be able to play too much

[sigridhawke]

One more quick doodle before sleep with the Hyrule Polycule 🦈🦈🦈  

We are graciously double dipping with the slice of life prompt from ZoraMay suggestions mwahaha.

[Other doodles here]    

#zoramay #zora may #mermay #sidon #mermay 2023 #prince sidon #sidlink #totk #the hyrule polycule #zelda #link #loz link #legend of zelda #breath of the wild #tears of the kingdom #i do love their new designs so much ahh #soon i will be able to play it #i still havent found the ship name tag for link and zelda whoops #im too scared to look in case of more spoilers tho lol #my art #hycule the hyrule polycule #hycule

[quixot1sm]

i think, and this may just be my zekrom bias speaking, that if someone wants to experience the full value of bw's story it's better to play through white first. black has the issue of coming off as very dismissive towards plasma's legitimate and well-founded claims that pokemon abuse DOES occur (and it does! from the kanto games' marowak to bw2's liepard there's instances where it's put in the spotlight, so it certainly does happen)... by assigning the protagonist to truth, it feels pretty evident that n's beliefs are "wrong", and the game just seems to brush any questioning aside.

on the other hand, white giving n the hero of truth role means we're basically forced to think about what that means for the relationship of people and pokemon at large. to translate a point n makes in chargestone cave: if you allow people to coexist with pokemon, even if the majority of trainers treat them well, there will always be someone somewhere out there who abuses or neglects them instead. are we okay with that? should those pokemon still be allowed to suffer, just because what they experience is an outlier to the general rule? while not outright stated, zekrom's association with hope and the strive for the ideal suggests that we don't brush off these facts, but instead take them into consideration, and aim to change the world based off of them... like how in bw2 society in unova puts a lot more emphasis on the bond between people and pokemon, and on pokemon as equals (see: iris's dialogue before entering your team info the hall of fame).

i think black version has its own unique avenues to explore, but on the surface level, it's a much more cut and dry, "no, you're just wrong", type of story that kind of makes you work harder to fit it into bw's overall theming of "the world's not black and white, there's not a singular objective right or wrong perspective."

#text #pokemon bw #this is inspired by a few posts i've come across over the past handful of months including a poketuber's who completely missed the point #i think black version should've been handled with as much care as white. because how gamefreak did it was kind of.. well lazy #and downright mean at times (white getting way more version exclusives due to white forest + black 2 making black city an empire of greed #with kinda. i don't know. depressing visuals like route 4 being turned into suburbia) #(oh and leaving in stuff like thundurus's cry over tornadus's + the castelia city paintings still being 'ugly truth and eternal ideals') #it may be too much to hope that there'll be some reworking in the inevitable remakes #that gives more credit black versions telling of the story but i doubt it. this is modern tpc we're talking about #ANYWAY yeah i think if you want to engage with the plot white version is the more rounded of the two. and i've played all 4 gen 5 games so #i was able to get a pretty good comparison between my experiences with the version differences #and oh for the record this is not a diss on anyone who takes the wrong messages from black becausefrankly black presents the wrong messages #even if it did not actively intend to. turns out just changing the word 'ideals' to 'truth' is not enough to be compelling

[tlgtw]

I would agree perhaps that In Stars in Time is the second coming of Undertale.

#tlgtw ooc #in stars and time #i am this much close to not actually kidding about that either #i was 14 human years old when I played Undertale on its release; without a single spoiler--by miracle--until after the normal end #now I am 23. And playing this game in I think in the exact same kind of way. #Time to consider; of course. But the odds may be high. #What a game to play. #What an incredible powerful allegory #I'm honestly shook to my core. Like walking over my own grave I have never played a game that I was so much like before. #The creator is probably only like 10 years older than me or something #So when I'm that age as well. Will I be able to be there too? #yeow #I do not regret playing this game one ounce hot dawg

[ninja-knox-ur-sox-off]

Sometimes I feel very sad that I didn’t just focus on one creative skill. I look at my art some days and go I wish I’d spent all my time making only that, because that way it would look better and I’d do more and it wouldn’t matter if I couldn’t write very well because my art would be amazing and I’d be able to make the stuff I really want to and maybe even get a job related to it and I wouldn’t feel like so much time was wasted. And often times it really does feel like you’re wasting time and everything is telling you to just pick something to focus on so it can mean something and you can never seem to pick one of anything.

And then other days I feel like an absolute GOD. Anyone else able to write your own fic and then draw art for it just because you can? Can you make an edit/amv after writing a silly little analysis post on the show/character that is so perfectly on beat and fits the lyrics and with transitions so slapping you get chills while watching? Can you write a short silly ditty on the guitar about how you’re feeling using the eight chords know and belt it out only a little bit off key then do a choppy little animation of your sona singing it?

I may not be the most skilled at all of the above, and it can be a little lonely to be a one man band who doesn’t play half as well as a lot of people out there, but when your power goes out or your wifi dies or you have a day off, everyone else is busy and you’re alone...

you play the best gosh dang music in existence

#knox rambles #feeling some kinda way lately o7 #these kinda vibes come back every once in a while #just gotta remind myself that ten year old me would go insane over the fact I can do what i can do #even if I'm not the best out there I am sure the best me out there #and that's pretty cool #i may only know one strum pattern on guitar and half a dozen chords at best #i may not be very good with punctuation and grammar while writing and I reuse words too much #I may do my art all leaning a little to the left too much and proportioned weirdly #I may export my amv's wrong so they're not on beat or forget good audio that would have made it REALLY great #I may write analysis's that are a little biased and look back on them and cringe a bit #I may only be able to animate the simpliest and shortest things and then go months even years at a time without animating #I may struggle to do animatics for what feels like no reason even if i want to so badly #but I can do all that stuff #I can write i can read and I can draw I can play guitar a bit i can sing I can make animatics animations amv's #and wow that's pretty incredible if you ask me #rambling rambling zero thoughts head empty YEET HGSDFLKJSDF #creative insecurities #they always sneak up on you a bit hglksjdfsdf #pretty safe to say I wouldn't be a creative if I didn't feel inadequate every person to ever create usually feels some kinda way ghsdflk;jsd #lays down #woo #hoping I can get back into the swing of being creative #things been pretty rough at home but I miss making stuff #ANYWAY HOPE Y'ALLS HAVING A FIRE DAY

[mel-loly]

-Let's go my beloved Brazil, you will win this!🇧🇷

#today is brazil's first play in the 2022 world cup. and so to show how much excited I am.. I wanted to make an art! #I'm not a big football fan. but.. when the matter is about the world cup. I get very excited and also prepared to cheer for my country #and well. in short- I'm feeling very happy and confident today! #even if brazil doesn't win.. I'll be already very happy to be able to see it play in this world cup <33 #also- I wasn't going to talk about it too much. but.. #letting you guys know that it may take me a little longer to do the art requests that many have asked me for #I've been very busy and not having a lot of time. so- I hope you guys understand.. I'm so sorry for that late... #brazil team #qatar world cup #fifa world cup 2022 qatar #brazil #🇧🇷 #brazil 🇧🇷 #mel loly #mel creator #art #i'm mel and this is my blog✌️ #my art blog #my art #art mel #my art <3 #my art style #i'm brazilian🇧🇷 #my oc character #mel talking portuguese

[smalltimidbean]

aww fiend looks so sad when they’re frowning

(it’s almost cute /j)

maybe that’s why you always draw them smiling

Something about the fact they are smiling all the time, makes them actually showing a different expression more impactful, I suppose

But that is not exactly the reason why they are always depicted as smiling, that just happens to be a bonus reason jdfgkdgf

There are two main reasons, and then within those reasons are mini reasons - with Reason One being Artistic Choice (I think it's funny for them to be like :3 all the time, but it is also kinda unsettling! I also have a fondness for 'permanent smilers', and several of my muses have semi-permanent smiles (some are also smug bastards, or some physically cannot change expression etc))

And the second Reason is there is Lore; For clones, excessive smiling and/or showing teeth is a sign of aggression - so Fiend is basically putting out the message of 'I am dangerous and will not hesitate to fight!'

BUT for humans, smiling is typically seen as a friendly thing, so for humans Fiend is saying 'I am very nice and friendly! Please come closer, I will definitely not bite you!!!' (although, this does not usually work as Fiend's other features put people off - and they're not allowed to hunt humans anyways)

Idk why I decided to share all that, but I hope you enjoy ghdsgh

(And I will not say that you almost called them cute with a /j bc they are already in a bad mood, let's not make it worse!!!)

#bean talks too much #I would have drawn something but today the entirety of my back decided to rebel so I have not been able to move much today #I also may have spent all day playing bugsnax shh #and I will return to it after a snooze #okay bye I love you

[finexbright]

for fuck's sake the reason harry isn't doing much promo for my policeman isn't because he's a queerbaiter or whatever but because the one time he did speak about the movie he said something so profoundly gay and hashtag relatable about hiding your identity and sexuality and the yearning that comes along with it that everyone was confused how this 'straight' man knew so much about being gay

#it's like you guys forget that he's literally closeted. #yeah some instances may be scheduling conflict #but all of you thinking you're onto something because he didn't show up for a promo thing on zoom. #bestie i don't know how else to tell you that he. is. closeted. #and because of that the way he speaks about his character speaks volumes about it #i don't know what devil harry made a deal with to even be able to play a gay character but i can tell you a hundred #percent that deal definitely including him not engaging in active direct promo about it #and you all really. really think that the director/producers who are queer themselves who managed to hire #talented award winning queer actors like emma corrin and david dawson. who seem to have given so much care into #making the film. would hire a ''queerbaiter''??? someone who at the time had half a minute of acting to his name and that too #as support cast? #come on by saying shit like that you're actually insulting the talent and judgement of so many people #you think emma and david would have been so lovey with harry if he was a ''queerbaiter''?? sorry but no. absolutely not #please use more than one braincell before saying shit like this #my policeman

[caffeinatedopossum]

I'm still grieving the dreams I lost due to my disability and I just added another one

#ones id already lost: wanting to hold any job at all. wanting to be a doctor. wanting to be a gymnast. wanting to play bass #wanting to be a therapist (maybe still possible? this is due to my inability to hold any job but im still hopeful i may be able to do this) #i wanted to go to school... i can still learn things of course but its harder and there's no community #i wanted to learn everything. everything about plants and animals and quantum mechanics and languages #everything about history and culture and sciences. but i can't. i mean that was never a realistic goal of course #but I cant get as close to it now as i wouldve if i was healthy #the one i recently added is discovering my fingers have deteriorated so much that playing keyboard is nearly impossible #thats been a lifelong dream of mine... even drawing hurts unless i draw with my finger. i cant hold a pencil without pain #like im figuring things out. working through accommodations and making new goals #but that grief is still there and the wound is still fresh and sometimes it just feels like its growing and it will never stop #i need too much that i cant have. I have so few options #i really dont know what kind of future there is for me if my pain and disability is already this bad in my 20s

[moe-broey]

And in all of this time after all these years 630+ hours played. I never even got Francine's photo when she's my fave of all time 🙄🙄🙄🙄 WHATEVER.

#animal crossing #the two photos i managed to get are chrissy's (which was inevitable bc i spoiled her JUST as much as her sister) #and julien's (WHICH. WAS A SHOCK TO ME but i love you gay ass horse. thank you i'm honored) #GOD I JUST LOOKED AT MY PLAY TIME TO ADD TO THE POST AND. that wasn't ALL on starfall #i had another island i nuked before that. but i'm FAIRLY CERTAIN i had francine on that one too i mean i have her card. #FRANCINE. FRANCINE. WHY #i know you're snooty BUT COME ON #YOU KNOW WHO I NEED BACK!!!!!!! I NEED KYLE #I WAS SOOOOOO IN LOVE W KYLE IN NEW LEAF and he just HASN'T been on any of my horizons islands #i should def go w dif villagers in general next island. i may not be able to resist francine chrissy and sasha #but like. beyond that. i NEED to have a playful spooky island. also I NEED CRANKYS AGAIN 😭😭😭😭😭 #LIKE i didn't really plan out my guys on starfall a lot of them just happened. and they fit in perfectly #like some were cards and picked up from friends towns but some were chance encounters. pietro. bob. my sillies #BUT I GOTTA. I GOTTA CHANGE IT UP. I GOTTA

[revedetendresse]

#The Pretender #otp: always with me during the most difficult moments of my life #thepretenderedit #I AM SCREAMING SO MUCH OMG #He already told her in the car that it doesn't suit her that facade she puts up #She's not her father she has too much good in her heart for that and Jarod knows that #Mr Parker tried to shape her to the person he wanted her to be but she's too much like her mother she has a kind heart #Jarod saying he doesn't see her at his enemy my gosh #Telling her that she may able to play them but she doesn't fool him #He sees right through the snark and bitterness he sees right through her #They chose her to bring him back for a reason and that's exactly why it's failing #We always joke about otps being soulmates and I never took it seriously when it comes to my otps #But there's something about these two and the prophecies and everything that make me believe they ARE soulmates #eloedits

[widdlediddle2]

im not the hugest gamer but now i have a pc to play on so ive been playing lots of games!!

#i know vr chat has a bit of a weird representation but ive been going on the games that people just hangout in #im not much of a people person but ive been working up the courage to talk to people on games and so far ive met alot of cool people #one of them even impersonates anime characters!!! #and they even did an akko and amanda impression for me!! #also sons of the forest i absolutely loved the first one and now ive been playing it mostly daily #a bit of a downer update but i may not be able to draw for a bit since i have a small desk and i dont really have room to draw on there #anymore #but ive been planning on getting a bigger desk soon so it shouldnt be too long before i can draw again

[unproduciblesmackdown]

also a special shoutout for real like wendy epic ableism moments when she stops talking directly to winston and expresses this is b/c he communicates too incorrectly (here too literally or whatever, once again whether he misinterpreted her or she misinterpreted him, it's put on him) and thus he doesn't deserve that

#winston billions #and i mean handshake with how winston's basically not considered allowed to talk at all by anyone out here #but like. alright we're not showing that winston is in the room mostly for a joke but even randos are like ''hmm. bit impolite'' lol #but once we do see him b/c he's speaking....like actually it Is heinously rude / diminishing / infantilizing to be spoken to indirectly #and The Behavior Is Inherently Ableist Here like ofc it's probably rude no matter what outside some kind of rly specific contexts lol but #that here she Is just implying he doesn't get to be spoken to b/c of some shortcoming / assumed lack of capacity #whatever she Does mean by ''see the matrix'' which is nothing but convenient vagueness abt Ability anyways #he's only here b/c she thinks he's annoying or w/e or otherwise extrinsically showing lack of value (can't be ableism there....) #and like winston and any other character is like. it's not textual sure but it doesn't need to be Textually Labeled #and sometimes can't be when ppl absolutely write based of ppl they know / encounter but don't know are autistic or etc #and that's how it works irl too. someone being Officially(tm) Autistic or smthing shouldn't be some necessary disclosure #b/c it's about The Underlying Principles At Play vs making some approved ''exceptions.'' if he's supposedly allistic it's still sm shit. #like how trans ppl & transphobia could exist prior to those terms even existing to be used. ppl are affected by them w/o being Out.... #& btw like ppl still saying some shit like ''some autistic ppl will just be Bad At / Have No Social Skills & you have to be chill abt it'' #like what does [social skills] mean here. what's the underlying element of socializing that they may do differently but you say is a Worse #or Absent version of the ''normal'' way of going about things. even if you actually get specific enough abt what a ''skill'' is; which is #gonna be a non universal non rule probably inaccurate idea of a Normal(tm) pattern of behavior/approach; sure maybe some ppl will struggle #to do that or largely/entirely not be able to do it / be unwilling to do it; gasp; what's its goal/effect & do they pursue/achieve that #another way. e.g how much AAC could be considered inherently ''bad'' re socializing or a lack of w/e ''skills'' or etc. #then like ok so once again a begrudging exception for autistic ppl is made. what's ''being okay with'' that even look like then? is anyone #gonna be using their ''good social skills'' to more successfully interact w/them? is Not socially excluding / ostracizing / punishing an #autistic person an Exception / something Extra you heroically do? e.g. & so what if some theoretical person isn't socially engaging w/other #ppl in any way. what do & don't they ''deserve'' differently from others b/c of that. #& anyways meanwhile they're certainly talking abt winston's Capabilities. but mostly talking around it b/c the point is He Gets Results & #will keep getting those results b/c why wouldn't he. but they can just cite anything to argue why oh but he doesn't Really have the value #cue vague shit like matrix refs b/c if he was Reeally talented we'd think he acts right. b/c Any bs can be said b/c winston doesn't have #the insulation or backup or ability to independently wield/gain social status his way through this shit. is only allowed to talk to #coworkers abt it by making it abt taylor actually (which is also true). still only makes it b/c rian is correctly remaining in the #acceptable range of being offbeat. so she already has more power than him & can choose to keep him around as that fun punching bag ig yay #then nobody cares. also he can't say he controls an instrument but Others refer to ''genius'' but negatively. wendy rhoades Would do ABA fr

[aro-aizawa]

oh boy have i had a productive day:

got out of bed immediately

emptied the dishwasher

filled the dishwasher (i usually only do one part of it, rarely both)

had breakfast downstairs

sent an email i had been putting off since the day i got it (friday)

finished a oneshot that i’ve been working on since the 1st

and made a good start on the colouring of a drawing i want to finish asap

AND i’ve only been awake for like seven hours, so fingers crossed i can keep this momentum going and do more

#shut up danni #im HOPING that by the time 9am rolls around i'll be awake enough to go into town #bc i have a v immediate need to update my bank details and going to town is the easiest way to go a branch of my bank #and i need to do that asap otherwise i won't be able to get my passport organised #and the bank is only ever open when everyone i know is working so no one can give me a lift except on saturdays #and saturday is WAY too late because i'm already like two weeks behind on getting this sorted #if i have to wait until saturday then it'll be three weeks #which nope not doing it! #i've been waiting for MONTHS for my passport to get organised and i am not going to delay this any longer #anyways i am proud of myself #i've also been getting p good at splatoon in that i've managed to splat like 9 people in more than three matches today which is SO GOOD #when my average in 2 was like 2 or 3 rip #helps that i think they may have tweaked the matchup settings #so you're playing with more ppl who are at your level not that you can tell other people's levels #it feels like a much fairer game even though i have a higher defeat ratio than i do a victory ratio lmao

[e17omm]

Befall but at 150% speed

#honkai impact #befall is just... too slow normally #i know beat saber may not be my most liked content #but i will never say bad about this game #beat saber ALONE is worth buying a VR headset for #it is SO MUCH FUN #like rythm games? #have the space required? (if you can spin in a circle with your arms out without hitting anything youre good) #have the money? #have the ability to be physically active? #have a pc that is able to run VR games with stable FPS because good god little is worse than VR with <90 fps? #buy beat saber #do it now #its so much fun #huh i should probably tag this as something so people can filter it out... #playing beat saber #<- filter that. ill try to remember to use it #feels bad if i used 'beat saber' for the filter tag. game's too good for me to encourage doing that

[space-sweetheart]

Fellas is it gay to fall in love with your own oc 😳👉👈

lovely art by my good friend @derelictdumbass 💕 of my fc5 oc(love him loVE HIM LOVE HIM) and my s/i(who is literally just me tbh ajsjsjsjjs) btw they do have art commissions if anyone's interested 👀

#the oc's name is gator <3 not his full name ofc but a nickname that gets used way more often pretty much instead of his full name #local swamp/mountain man falls in love with local dumbass more at 11 #theres also a version of this post where gator has blonde hair but i think im rocking with the black hair even tho it was a difficult #choice bc the blonde hair is pretty too #you may not be able to hear it but i like it i love it by tim mcgraw is actually playing in the background aajajajssh #oc: gator🐊 #nadine💜 #amazing art #far cry tag #ship name: corn mazes & county fairs

[mntcoronet]

HEY mutuals who play rhythm games. which ones are they and would you like to be friends on them 👉👈

#maggles ramblings #i think some of you may be able to guess which one i play by my icon. and that's pretty much the Only one i play #and therefore the only one i can add y'all on - but if y'all play others too i would like to hear about them!