#I'd have two nickels (which isn't a lot but its really weird it happened twice right?
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#sam and max#sam and max freelance police#artbypalletical#digital art#artists on tumblr#clip studio paint#sam and max fanart#sam and max freelance husbands#freelance husbands#If I had a nickel for being obsessed with a pair of married anthropomorphic animals who get into dubious schemes and wacky hi-jinks#I'd have two nickels (which isn't a lot but its really weird it happened twice right?
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this has been sitting in my head since i finished my gravity falls rewatch. something about the spiral and master manipulators idk!
(text is from the magnus archives episode 187 "checking out" btw!)
[ID: a digital comic containing five images drawn in a simplistic, lineless style. the first image is of stanford pines from gravity falls sitting in a small, purple chair. bill cipher is standing, and in between him and ford is a bright blue chess board. fords text, in a dark greenish/yellow reads, "No. You’re dangerous because for all the torture and cruelty, you still somehow got us to think you’re our friend." bills text, in a bright yellow and slightly warped reads, "I am your friend." the next image is of a large piano with a pink martini sitting on top of it. fords text reads, "No. You’re not. That’s just what you distort. It’s why you spin, but you never quite lie. The corridors, the warped body, it’s all just set dressing, isn’t it? It’s not the reality of what you actually are." the third image shows bill in front of a tear in the universe. he has his hands out, as though gesturing or emphasizing something or someone. fords text reads, "Even I didn’t see it properly, not at first. Not until the tunnels, when you wouldn’t help. When you laughed." bills text, directly underneath, reads, "Oh, come on. That wasn’t a deception, that was barely a betrayal!" the second to last image shows a simplified interdimensional portal in bright blue, with fords text saying, "You worked to hurt us and help us, all with the same smile, until we can barely tell one from the other. Keeping us off-balance, constantly second-guessing our own opinions of you. Never quite crossing a line we could never forgive, but never putting yourself on the line either. And when one face finally stopped smiling, you just changed the face." the final image shows gravity falls forest during weirdmageddon, heavily tinted in red. bills text reads, "Fine. So if that’s all true… why? Why would I do any of that? What’s my actual motive?" while fords says, "I don’t think you even have one. It’s just what you are." finally, bills text ends with "Oh, well done. Very poetic."]
#if i had a nickel for every guy interested in the supernatural who went on to research it#who slowly spiraled into paranoia and eventually kickstarted the end of the world.#i'd have two nickels! which isn't a lot but its weird that it happened twice#anyways i had a lot of fun with this piece i should really do lineless art more :)#and i didn't even have to try and translate ford into my artstyle since i drew him from the back!#joeys art#gravity falls#ford pines#stanford pines#bill cipher
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Played Bingus my Beloved today and I'm so fucking devastated. Unfinished. I became to invested. They implied Bingus is a child of a Mafia family and then it just ENDS. Please finish the game oh my god I care so much. It's so good. I love silly dating sims oagh last updated October 2023 there's HOPE I'm howling longlingly at the moon
#sairambles#general post#bingus my beloved#If I had a nickel for every time a cat dating sim made me have an extremely fun night#I'd have two nickels#which is isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice#the writing was really fucking funny and charming I really like these games#other game was Hustle Cat by the way#pretty sure people know that one#guess I have to hope and pray that the game grumps playing it drives enough attention its way for them to complete it#I fucking adore silly dating sims they make me smile
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if i had a nickel for every time one of rendogs gay lovers was really invested in wood i'd have two nickels. which isn't a lot but its weird that it's happened twice right?
#hermitblr#hermitcraft#trafficblr#martyn inthelittlewood#mr littlewood himself#and then#docm77#MR 'BIG WOOD'#anyways i hate them /pos#rendog#rendoc#renchantyn#treebark#hermitshipping
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if i had a nickel for every indie-artist!MC with a name starting with V trying to make a career out of pining over their ex, I'd have two nickels. which isn't a lot but its kinda weird that its happening twice in two different demo-stage IFs 😂
HAHAHA well, I can't really claim that Merry Crisis is that much about indie-singers, to be fair! :P
@infamous-if is absolutely the BEST piece of fiction I've ever encountered for precisely that scenario. I've always wanted to imagine myself as a singer-songwriter with a tragic lingering love for my ex, and truly—Infamous has indulged every one of those dreams.
It's been living rent-free in my head ever since I've read the demo.
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Did you know that I write a lot about memory, skunks, uploading consciousness, political maneuvering, skunks, aliens, skunks, queerness, identity, emotions, and skunks? It's true! I'm very proud of them. You can read books best described as
Given the chance to live forever in a world not built for death, what do you do?
Given the inability to forget—all your joys and sorrows, all your foundational memories and traumas—how do you cope?
Given the ability to create a full copy of yourself—down to every single one of those memories—to do as they will, to individuate and live out their own forever lives, or merge back down and meld their memories with your own, what paths do you take?
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If I had a nickel for every time I accidentally wrote something with heavy plural undertones that I hadn't intended but nonetheless made me doubt my identity, I'd have two nickels! Which isn't a lot, but it is weird that it happened twice.
The Post-Self Cycle is a tetralogy of meta-furry¹, gender-weird sci-fi books. From the very beginning of the consensual dream of the System, the members of the Ode clade, all forks from the same core personality, have dealt with fear each in their own way. Do they search for greater ways to control their lives? Do they hunt for yet deeper emotional connection? Do they hone their art to the finest point?
From roots in political turmoil to the building of a new society, the story is there to be found, and the Bălan clade is there to tell it.
Digital versions come with illustrations from five artists — Iris Jay, Jade Laclede, Floe, CadmiumTea, and johnny a.
Available as paperbacks, ebooks, and free to read in the browser. Omnibus ebook and illustrated hardcovers coming soon!
Book I — Qoheleth
"All artists search. I search for stories, in this post-self age. What happens when you can no longer call yourself an individual, when you have split your sense of self among several instances? How do you react? Do you withdraw into yourself, become a hermit? Do you expand until you lose all sense of identity? Do you fragment? Do you go about it deliberately, or do you let nature and chance take their course?"
With immersive technology at its peak, it's all too easy to get lost. When RJ loses emself in that virtual world, not only must ey find eir way out, but find all the answers ey can along the way.
And, nearly a century on, society still struggles with the ramifications of those answers.
Features the bonus novella Gallery Exhibition: A Love Story.
Madison finds a way to address not only the joys and terrors of integrated simulation technology, but also tackles questions of gender and identity while telling a pretty gripping mystery story in the process.
— Nenekiri Bookwyrm
Book II — Toledot
"I am saying that you trust me — really trust me — and that life in the System is more subtle than I think you know. You let me into your dreams, my dear, and your dreams influence this place as much as, if not more than, your waking mind."
No longer bound to the physical, what lengths should one go to in a virtual world to ensure the continuity of one's existence?
Secession. Launch. Two separations from two societies, two hundred years apart. And through it all, so many parallels run on so many levels that it can be dizzying just keeping up. The more Ioan and Codrin Bălan learn, the more it calls into question the motivations of even those they hold most dear.
Madison Scott-Clary . . . trusts her readers to be able to understand a completely different culture and existence than our own, and makes it compelling to do so.
— Payson R. Harris
Book III — Nevi'im
"Do you know how old I am, Dr. Brahe? I am 222 years old, a fork of an individual who is...who would be 259 years old. I am no longer the True Name of 2124. Even remembering her feels like remembering an old friend. I remember her perfectly, and yet I do not remember how to be earnest. I do not know how to simply be."
The cracks are showing.
Someone picked up on the broadcast from the Dreamer Module and as the powers that be rush to organize a meeting between races, Dr. Tycho Brahe is caught up in a whirlwind of activity. And as always, when the drama goes down, there is Codrin Bălan to witness it.
When faced with eternity in a new kind of digital world, however, old traumas come to roost, and those who were once powerful are brought to their knees
Growth is colliding with memory, and the cracks are showing.
These characters are so well realized, so fleshed out, that I can’t help but to gush about how their interactions with each other inform the central plot of the book.
— Nenekiri Bookwyrm
Book IV — Mitzvot
"To be built to love is to be built to dissolve. It is to be built to unbecome. It is to have the sole purpose of falling apart all in the name of someone else."
Even the grandest of stories can feel small and immediate when it's just one person's life.
One of the most well-known names from one of the most well-known clades on the System, the avatar of political machinations and cool confidence, has been brought low. With help coming only from Ioan Bălan and the most grudging of support from her cocladists, all True Name has left to save herself is the ability to change.
Features the bonus novella Selected Letters.
Mitzvot drills down deeper into the lives of its characters and shows us that between the world-shattering projects that change the very understanding of the System, they’re just people trying to live their lives with love and purpose.
— Nenekiri Bookwyrm
Keep an eye out for Clade, an anthology of short stories from nine authors set in the universe, coming later this year.
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¹ That is, about members of the furry subculture rather than just furry characters.
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Some of my favorite Lostwave Songs - Solved and Unsolved
For those looking for cool obscure music, lostwave is your friend! Don't mind me geeking out about unidentified or previously unidentified music aaa!
Solved -
Making Dedication by First Person - Probably my favorite lostwave song period. Beautiful lyrics. I found it took me a few listens before I really started appreciating it.
Cyan Daze by Chimera - THIS SONG IS ABSOLUTELY SLAMMIN' IT'S SO GOOOOOOD.
L.A. Woman by P.J. Marcus - If I had a nickel for every time I really loved a song called "L.A. Woman", I'd have two nickles. Which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice.
The Livin' and the Dyin' by Jim Dawson - Really beautiful song and an early lostwave solve!
On the Roof by Johan Lindell - The original "most mysterious song on the internet". Absolutely slammin'.
Traveling Minstrel by Richard Torrance - No fish.
Bird On a Wing by Rare Bird - Absolutely bangin' song, lovin' this dude's voice.
Common Hound by The Blind Venetians - Another early lostwave solve and absolutely awesome song.
Early in the Morning (Demo Version) by Excalibur - Much better than the final version imo. This song makes me feel like a 80s wizard shooting lightning out of his hands, which is extremely high praise if you ask me.
Little Islands by The Gallery - Great song with an emotional story behind its search. I'm so happy it's finally solved.
Ready n' Steady by D.A. - Not a unidentified song but a lost song! Well, now it's found but you get the idea. Deserved a release imo.
George Sand by Antonia and the Operators - Bangin' song. I wish there was more by this band they're so good honestly???
Organ by Jon Lord - This was solved in like 10 seconds but still worth putting on here. I love a good neo-classical piece.
Unsolved -
"The Most Mysterious Song on the Internet" - You know I had to put this here.
"Fond My Mind" - Another classic lostwave song. They gotta solve this and TMMS eventually right? RIGHT???
"Wait Forever" - Very ethereal sounding. I really love this one. It's possibly by a German band called the In Tensions or the Intentions but there's no record of them anywhere online?
"Deluded" - Probably one of my favorites. This song SLAPS. The vocalist's performance is delightfully unhinged.
"Baby It's Not Too Late" - Song from an... *ahem* adult film, that's absolutely slammin'. A lot of vintage porn has great music for some reason??? Unfortunately this is likely unsolvable.
"I'm Almost In Love" - Another vintage porn song. This song has an absolutely awesome saxophone and keyboard part??? Also I have no idea why Barni used a picture of some pandas but I'm not complaining. Unfortunately this may be unsolvable.
"Losing My Patience" - Possibly from a porn film??? It's got that energy. I love the guitar solo here.
"Fly Away" - Another famous lostwave, this time from Japan! Despite the slightly unnerving tone, the lyrics are quite mundane???
"Light the Lanterns" - Sometimes called "The Third Most Mysterious Song on the Internet". I love the surreal lyrics.
"Writing from the Train" - Underrated lostwave song. Switches between two different languages for some reason???
"One More Chance" - I really like this one because I feel it has vintage anime vibes for some reason???
"Cat Swimming Guitar Solo" - Awesome guitar solo and Barni put a picture of a cat swimming for some reason, so exactly what it says on the tin!
There's so many more lostwave songs I wanna gush about so I might do a part 2???
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sometimes I have dreams about playing your loz au as a game and recently I had one where at a stable there was an npc names linny that looked exactly the botw link, he didn't do anything he just talked about horses. it was really fun. I also remember a scene taru chucks baby yunobo into a pond like a basketball
if I had a nickel for someone to tell me they had a funny dream about Tarú, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot but its weird that it happened twice. But also no fair I dont even get dreams abt my own au only the horrors of whatever i got going on irl jknfkjsnfskjf
also love the idea of Link's name being Lenny and only talks abt horses kdjfgjdkfgn
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Alright Sinners,
My ranking of every Hazbin Season 1 Song, (purely based on how much I like them for whatever reason)
Starting With:
16. Welcome To Heaven:
St. Peter pisses me off. Idk if it's his voice or whatever, but he's annoying and unnerving and I hate it. :((((
15. It Starts With Sorry:
This was originally bottom of the list, before i remembered tht Welcome to Heaven exists. I think it's a cute song, sure, but it's just...meh. It's kinda lost when its surrounded by other bangers, and especially when it's preceeded by Stayed Gone - it had no chance. I love Pen, but this isn't it for me
14. Whatever It Takes:
If I had a nickel for every time a musical series had and wasted JAMES MONROE IGLEHART, I'd have two nickles. Which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice (the other time is Tangled the Series)
Seriously though, when it's just Carmilla singing, this song is great, it's powerful and passionate. Then Vaggie starts singing. And don't get me wrong, I think Stephanie is a great voice actress and singer, but from the start I just didn't like her as the voice of Vaggie. It seems off to me, and it feels even worse here. Great song, but I think this is a person preference sort of thing bringing it down :(
13. Happy Day In Hell:
Opening song, pretty good. I was planning on using this as a sort of middle ground for the rest of the songs, but once you get into it, it's clear that while it's good, so many other songs are better, sadly. It is such a fun song, and I love the background voices, they're fun. Plus the little tempo change is cute halfway through, I like it a lot. It just doesn't hold up in comparison to the rest of the soundtrack
12. More Than Anything Reprise
Cute little thing right before the end, it's sweet and I'm glad that Charlie and Vaggie are good again. It suffers the same issue as Happy Day in that while it's good, there are other greats. It wins over it because I like the vocals here, and the change in the music from the original More Than Anything is neat.
11. Hell Is Forever:
My boyfriend is very very bummed that I put this one this low. I like this song, but again, there are others I like so much more. Adam is a dick, Alex does a fantastic job voice acting, and I do like the way he emphasises bits like 'pearly gates' its neato. Plus the whole 'guitar solo' bit is fun :))
10. Out for Love:
The first listen, I thought it was meh. As I relistened, it just got better and better. Idk who voices Carmilla but she is FANTASTIC, the mix of the guitar and the heavy beat, and her sining/speaking on beat is good. As well as the bit where the music stops for a second before the second chorus. Fabulous stuff honestly, if being an Overlord doesn't work out for Carmillia she could become a singer instead like holy shit.
Also this is the second Carmilla/Vaggie song... the whole Carmilla was from Heaven theories are looking stronger by the minute
9. Poison:
Shit. Banging song. Blake does such an AMAZING JOB>?!?!?!?! Like holy fuck what a banger. I like this song, the way it's used in the show is brilliant, the ENDING?????? OMG. The bits around "Anyway you want me baby thats the way you got me baby" Are my faves, like those longer notes are so good ffrrrrrrr. I very like this song.
8. Respectless:
GIRLLLLLLL????? VELVETTE?????!!!??!?! OMG BABY GET IT. Vox is my fav V but shit Velvette is such that Bitch fr. This song is so fun, she's so right, and Unpopular Opinion- I think her voice is absolutely perfect for her charcter. Couldn't imagine her without her shitty little british accent. Also Velvette changes clothes every Ep; such a fun detail
7. More Than Anything:
Screaming, kicking my legs, giggling JEREMY JORDAN SBF HIBDBB:VHIBDHF I LOVE HIM HE PUTS HIS WHOLE SOUL INTO EVERYTHING HE DOES AND THIS IS NO DIFFERENT
such a sweet, genuine song, i love hearing them realise that they really love each other and learn about each other, I love the duet at the end, I love charlies solo bit, the fucking "Apple doesn't fall far" sbdfbhhb'bvofvj ADOREEEEEEE Such a cute song FR kisses
6. Finale:
So many elements here that are just *chefs kiss* JEREMY JORDAN I WANT TO KISS YOU. The gang all singing together is just so fucking cute, Vox and Val are Gay and Canon and theyre so cute thinking they're gonna rule Hell T-T - I need to see how Vox reacted to Al not being dead. AND SPEAKING OF: AL's VERSE???? SIRRRR?? ARE YOU OKAY??? mans was loosing it frrr (i also wanna kiss him on the forehead and put him to bed) (Some one pointed out that he doesn't have his staff in the last moments of the song) (also it's cute that he headed back to his radio shack to breakdown, babe really said 'safe space')
5. You Didn't Know:
We all knew this was gonna be this high up, WHAT A BANGER?????? I adore Sera's voice, it's so good, and Lute singing?? get it girl. And we all know the 'Hell is Forever' Reprise is absolute PEAK soooooooooooooooooooooooooo fucking good. ANd the end??? ADAM YOURE A CUNT but also Drama ✨✨✨
4. Stayed Gone:
NFBHBH{B@OUFE@OF Alastor and Vox are two of my fav fiction men Types: Suave sassy cunts with way too much power (with fun voice effects for extra Style)
Seriously this song really outlines them so well??? Like Vox is desperate for control, hence the fucking new's cast, and he's erratic and insane, trying his best to make absolutely sure that his viewers stay his viewers, instead of pivoting to Radio. In contrast, Al is still and calm, staying in one place while Vox flicks all over the place through his screens. AND DON'T GET ME STARTED ON THE END PART He really went Sicko Mode to bully a man after 7 years of ignoring him, FUck i love Alastor
3. Loser, Baby:
Need more be said? It's Loser, Baby, it has it all. Smooth vocals, fun jazz, cute choreography, a dancable beat, a wonderfully approachable message (my bf got worred that i liked it so much because he thought it was concerning at first, but it's so comforting to be told, 'hey we're all fucked, let's be fucked together 😊'
Blank and Keith work so beautifully together vocally that if we don't get another duet in S.2 imma riot I swear.
also "They're fucking singing???" GOLD
This song put Husk right into my top 3, only for Ep 5 to push him righ to Number 1(*)
2. Hell's Greatest Dad:
JEREMYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
JORDANNNNNNNNNN
IS A FUCKING MASTERPIECE
'from the big boss of hell himself' FUCK ME (/hj)
Seriously tho, an electrojazz duet between Al and Lucifer was such a gorgeous idea whoever made this song needs a fucking RAISE the differences in their music while they're soloing, only for it to 'clash' when Lucifer brings out the fiddle (yes its a fiddle, not a violin)
(also violin and piano are complimentary intruments, so while its not a violin, it's still neat to know that they still work 'together' as they hate each other)
The end with Mimzy?? Funny, I liked it. I hate mimzy, she's annoying and she's bound to return, but yeah, I liked her interuption as her intro, it's fitting. Also Lucifer's little 'who' at the end makes me giggle.
Ready for This:
D ;bvb'obvrgo#rjhprb#o#RPGNR
I quite like this song. In case you couldn't tell by the way it's No.1. Its a mix of the vocals being FUCKING GORGEOUS, the changes in style as the song goes on 'come on boys hop in the saddle' IMMA KISS ERIKA. Also the way the Cannibals get on board so fast is so funny, their verse is so fun
And don't get me started on ROSIEjf bhfb'au#bf'h[bfb#ru "That's enthusiasm darling" I LOVE HERRRRRRRRR
Her and Al are so sweet, thier little verse at the end is lovely. I think in trying to convince Rosie to trust Charlie, Al accidentally realised how much he cares about her 🤭
You can tell how much I like each song as I slowly loose my sanity as the list goes down 😅
(*) My fave is Husk, the Rosie, then Al, then Vox, then Angel 😊
This is all just my opinons; Please let me know what you agree with, what you disagree with, where you would put each song and why - id love to hear it xxxx
#hazbin hotel#hazbin hotel husk#hazbin hotel spoilers#hazbin alastor#hazbin angel dust#hazbin hotel charlie#hazbin hotel vaggie#hazbin hotel songs
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mike 2023 year in review
whats up, this is something i started last year where i decided at the end of the year i would talk about 7 movies + 7 viddy games i enjoyed this year (the movies will be 2023 releases, the games will be all over the place). this is so i can look back on the future on the things i enjoyed this year but since im posting it publicly most of these will be written as recommendations i guess
also i did not have a lot of money to see movies this year so most of these will be IP movies :( sawi. also also 2023 was a mega good year for gaming. or so i've heard. most of the big 2023 games this year either came out on consoles i don't own (nintendo + sony releases), are next-gen only as far as xbox goes or unable to run on my dinky little laptop (AW2, the finals, re4, etc) or are just games in genres i dont really give a shit about (bg3, starfield, sea of stars). significant 2023 games i did play this year were dave the diver and dredge but not enough to be on the list. maybe next year hehe
anyways without further ado. my top 7 movies and top 7 games this year, in alternating (movie/game/move/game/etc) AND alphabetical order:
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
yeah you knew this shit was going on here. i saw this movie 8(eight) times in theaters. the first two times were because of the audio issues with the first cut but the rest was because the movie fucked babeeeeey. you don't need me to tell you how good this was
The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood (2023)
ok listen before i recommend this game i have to be mean to make a point first. if you know anything about me you know i think tarot is stupid as fuck and i think witchy nonsense is. well. just that. nonsense. it makes me roll my eyes especially the particular brand of like. r/WitchesVersusPatriarchy stuff. man i just dont like any sort of spiritualism or religious stuff. with that being said this game fucks tremendously and i cannot recommend it enough
you get to design your own tarot deck and each card will be unique and have meanings based on the templates you're given. you can then use these cards to tell your friends' fortunes. except it goes way deeper than that but i dont want to spoil the twist for you. also it kind of becomes a different game midway through but i like management games so its fine. anyways good game and very repayable with all the card designs you can make and fortunes you can read. art style is also very nice.
(more under da cut)
Barbie
man i know a lot of people dont like this movie after the hype wore off because its Baby's First Feminism. and that's fine. i don't really think it was trying to achieve some uber deep commentary. but the set design and costuming was great and you could tell the actors and crew were having so much fucking fun and as someone who wants to go into movies i will always like movies where the people making them are having fun.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog (2023)
i like the visual novel where everyone dresses in a funny costume and sonic fucking dies ok. it was so cute and had very good characterization for people i didnt think would ever be in the focus of a game again like espio ........go play the murder of sonic thee hedge
Bottoms
this one is probably my 2nd favorite movie of the year tbh. i need more absurdist gay comedies. i wish i could go on about how hilarious this movie is but i dont wanna give away all jokes but anyways go watch the lesbian incel movie and have a good time
Potionomics (2022)
if i had a nickel for every gay witch game i played this year with significant card and management mechanics and appealing art i'd have two nickels. which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice.
anyways potionomics is absolutely my favorite game that i've played this year. it's not all that similar to cosmic wheel sisterhood despite the basic concept and some gameplay elements. CWS is more like a visual novel. potionomics is a fucking nightmare and i love it SO much.
you brew potions and then sell them by haggling with customers using cards. customers can haggle back and it can get VERY difficult. everything you do takes up limited time slots such as gathering ingredients and brewing potions and visiting your friends and btw you can visit your friends and all of the characters are incredibly charming and i had trouble picking which one to romance. (roxanne my beloved <3) (also the white haired character in the screenshot above is a nonbinary goblin :) ) (this game has CAT PIRATES)
the game also rewards you with befriending the characters and gives you cards the deeper your relationships become and new gameplay mechanics open themselves up to you until the last couple stretches of the game. it's very fun, very stressful, but very rewarding once you figure out how to maximize your profits and use up your time slots effectively. i had a fucking blast.
also the animation is so good. literally the best animation on this sort of stylized 3d model in a game i've ever seen. PLEASE play potionomics.
Guardians of the Galaxy 3
god man. i just love the guardians so much. tbh this is my least favorite movie of the trilogy but all three of them are easily better than nearly every other marvel movie regardless. i love nebula and rocket so much and seeing small moments between them like her choking up when she hears he's okay fucking Gets To Me. i loved me asshole mercenaries who become a found family and try to be good people.
Prey (2017)
prey is not my favorite game this year nor my favorite survival sim but the first five or so hours of this game were the most engrossed i was in a game this year. towards the middle and ending portions it starts to lose me a little bit (the game is still good!) but the beginning was absolutely the best part.
being trapped in space with aliens that can mimic items in your surroundings leaves you extremely paranoid, and combing through the station finding recordings and notes and evidence of the lives of the people who were once there, knowing that most of them are probably dead--while monsters lurk around the corner ready to fuck your shit up--was deeply engrossing. i wish i could erase my brain and experience those first hours again being terrified of everything that moved before i got a shotgun and figured out how to win fights pretty regularly lol
Killers of the Flower Moon
if you're gonna watch a 3 hour movie this year about atrocities committed in the past i'd recommend this one over The Other One tbh. i found it deeply engaging and thought lily gladstone gave a great performance that easily outshone leo. the events of the movie are deeply harrowing and i think there is definitely some discussion to be had about how the movie centers on the white men despite scorses's intentions but the technical work was great and i think it really does a good job of showing just how deep this shit went in the community as opposed to being 'just a couple of bad whites' or w/e other narrative people will try to spin.
Psycholonials (2021)
im gonna go ahead and say right now i don't really recommend this game unless you are familiar with andrew hussie and HS/their other work. i think the game was fine but tbh it probably would not have been on my list if it was made by anyone else. that's not to say it's bad, just like. nothing mind blowing.
that being said i did very much enjoy this game in the sense that, as someone who DOES know a thing or two about andrew hussie, the way they feel about their work (especially HS in the years afterward), it was interesting seeing them make a game about starting a cult by accident, with all the gender fuckery and feelings of paranoia about being cancelled and how out of control its become feeling like a little glimpse into them. watching how manic and obsessive the protag gets with several years of Hussie Context(tm) makes this way more interesting than the game itself if im being fully honest.
if the game truly sucked it wouldn't be on here but do take my word for it that you'd probably appreciate it way more if you were a HS fan LMAO
Skinamarink (2022)
ok so technically skinamarink came out in 2022 BUT it got a theatrical release in january 2023 which is when *i* saw it so i'm counting it as a 2023 movie. anyways skinamarink is simultaneously very scary and also boring as shit and i could never actually recommend this movie to anyone but the fact that it was made at all and made a PROFIT is outstanding to me and i'm obsessed with it as an aspiring filmmaker. an hour and fourty minutes of staring at a dark corner to build atmosphere. fuck yeah
Venba (2023)
this one's very short but i found it very compelling despite how short it was. it almost felt TOO short but i like it for what it is. as the son (and grandson) of mexican immigrants who often regretted migrating for cultural and language reasons this really connected with me and the cooking puzzles were fun but i really wisht here was more of them. it's less about the puzzles though and more about the narrative and i thought it was really smart to make the throughline food. very good game. buy it.
TMNT: Mutant Mayhem
look at my fucking sons. everyone say thank you spider verse for changing the animation industry. i love how the boys' VAs were just goofing off and having fun and bouncing off each other it was great
This War of Mine (2014)
this one is a survival management game where you have to scavenge for materials somewhere in war-torn eastern europe with some stealth mechanics. some of your characters die very easy and some characters have 'negative' traits like being unable to sneak out or fight or drink up all your alcohol and it's not like the best in its genre but i did spend a ton of time in it. i still need to finish like a single scenario and not a custom game LMAO
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if i had a nickel for every time something that's at least probably related to salamence was either literally or figuratively at the doorstep of a funny pokeblogger i know about, i'd have two nickels. which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice.
good luck with the roaring moon btw those things are kinda scary despite looking like a big blue salandit with a bitten plate glued to its back
thanks anon
so uhh good news. got lunch to go get a few bags of PokeChow (general brand for dragon and reptile guys) and it fully devoured all of em. extremely hungry. more hungry than sleepy, apparently. it keeps making weird like... dragon coos at me? like Pidove but for dragons. like a grrroooouuuu. I think it's asking for more food so I go okay lunch go grab some more. four more bags before I'm like hm maybe you should slow down buddy you do NOT wanna upset your tummy. so it's an orrean standoff, I'm sitting there with the office pillow and spare blanket, sooo comfy and ready to sleep, and this big murder frisbee who really wants more snacks. but eventually it seemed to have. gotten the Message and chilled back out. hopefully it lets the food rest before eating me
alright it's been a few more minutes. the magic of Tumblr post is that I can just set the thing down for a while. so. little big guy has waddled over to sit near me as I super lay down because Arceus I am exhausted. I'm like hmm tho I really should catch this guy since the rangers aren't getting here. So I grab a luxury ball I keep on me for Occasions and I'm like hey buddy can I catch you so I can take a nap. it'll be safe in there. and it gives me a Look that I've translated to mean "just feed me more wench" and I hucked the ball and it just Worked. so now I got the guy and I'm going to BED. on this ROOF. because I'm TIRED.
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What is a domo 😅
if i had a nickel for every time i had an anon in my ask box in the past week asking what domo is, i'd have two nickels! which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice, right?
domo [aka dancing on my own] is a spommy fic i've been working on for like six months!! it was the first spommy fic i started when i made my return to the smosh fandom. and now its time is coming to an end and i'm really excited because i finally get to share it with you all ❤️ the tag is here (i never shut the fuck up about it) and the explanation for like what it's actually about is here!
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If I has a nickel for every time this poll made me watch something, I'd have two nickels, which isn't a lot but its really, really weird it happened twice
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hey I recently followed you after I watched npmd as my foray into its fandom and One NPMD Blog To Follow (your fic 10/10 btw, greatly enjoyed it) and was delighted by the aro/ace posts you also reblog ^_^ doesn’t need to be npmd, but do you have any favorite aro or ace headcanons?
omg thank you anon! one thing about me is i will be sooooo aro on main
i was big into jatp for the last few years, so one of my fave aro hcs is reggie peters! that boy is aro bi and you Cannot tell me otherwise. headcanon acquired from this iconic post by amanda @secretly-of-course and like i mean it's just correct. i even made a gifset and a fic about it (the fic does also end up aro-fying the rest of the polycule lmao). other aro jatp hcs include aro carrie, aro luke, and obviously the band as a qpr bc that's basically canon. i do also believe in aro bobby because i loveeee to project onto that boy lmao. you may be noticing some patterns in my headcanons and it is that i am extremely biased towards zapping characters with my arofication beam. well guess what i also transgenderize them
(if i had a nickel for every time i made an ao3 series about a polycule consisting of musically-inclined main characters, then wrote subsquent fics transing their genders and aromanticizing their orientations/queerplatonic-ing their relationships, i'd have two nickels. which isn't a lot but it's weird that it's happened twice. if you're into be more chill you can check out my meremine series i wrote in high school lol)
other than jatp i haven't really been super active in fandom recently? i did find a very good aro bi steve harrington series on ao3, which i definitely recommend checking out if ur into that sort of thing
honestly my hcs change depending on the day and mood. i haven't spent too much time thinking about npmd hcs but i mean. any character i like ends up getting arospec'd it's only a matter of time
#i need an ask tag#looking back on all my stuff like this is a trip lmao#like all those asaw gifsets were before i even had real photoshop...#photopea you were a real one. wish i learned how to fix banding earlier tho lmao#oh yeah i did also make a jatp qpr/poly server with my friend which you can find a link for somewhere on my blog#it's not very active these days the jatp fandom has sort of fallen off#but i'm glad ur liking my npmd stuff!! thanks for letting me ramble abt aro hcs lol#also hi amanda hope its okay to tag u i just didn't want to not credit ur aro bi reggie post
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If I had a nickel for every time c!Aimsey got murdered by a gay person associated with pink tulips who's dealing with their grief and hurt in a really fucked up way, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but its weird that it happened twice.
#anyways go watch guqqie's arg stream if you can#i'm in absolute shambles#guqqie#guqqie arg#aimsey#tubbo#dsmp#bsmp#tw murder#tw death#tw swearing
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Umbrella Academy Season 3 - Quickfire Thoughts
So over the weekend I cranked up the Netflix and binged the third season of Umbrella Academy. Another enjoyable run with its own chaotic shit going on has run its course
So here's some quickfire thoughts of it
I would've been fine if the Umbrellas and Sparrows did indeed settle their differences with a Footloose dance scene
Throughout this season I continue to be baffled by the inconsistency of Luther's powers, like Season 2 he tanked a missile but a swift kick to the head or a curved sword does him in? It just feels weird. I still think the seasons are making him dumber too.
Marcus was an idiot for touching the big ball of fiery death, but I'm surprised he didn't just show up given Klaus' powers
The Vanya to Viktor stuff was done extremely well, Luther was sweet in wanting a gesture but it was nice that it wasn't blown up into anything, nothing really changed and that's the point
I see that a lot of people are at least joking that the Sparrows 'caught the Umbrellas' dysfunction' but really it did seem like it was always there. Ben did make a note that the Umbrellas 'fight like we do' after the Allison and Viktor argument and there was at the least tension already there, what unraveled them was simply the same thing that unraveled the Umbrellas, they lost one of their own. Marcus died and like with Ben and the assumed death of Five, the group started getting at each other's throats and looking out for themselves
I'm glad we got to keep Lila around though, I was a bit let down when it looked like she'd just have the cameo
While I didn't care too much for Alphonso or Jayme - who seemed to be more rotten in the inside and using their status to intimidate and do what they want - it was a shame to kill them and Marcus off so early, frankly I would've liked to have seen a lot more of the Sparrows
I don't understand how Ben survives Harlan's accidental mass matricide since he too would've been connected to Viktor, also what this 'pain' he's talking about was because we saw their heads pop before they showed signs of labour, also babies could still survive if the mother died and wouldn't the energy just go someplace else?
If I had a nickel for every time Robert Sheehan got stabbed through the chest and then realised he was immortal I'd have two nickels, which is less than a dollar but still, it happened twice
I don't really understand why Five felt that he needed to complete the cycle of his Founder self, who lives in a paradox-proof box. Surely that means he could live a different life and his founder would not be subject to the Grandfather Paradox itself?
When did Lila get pregnant? Because quite some time did pass between Season 2, her in the Infinite Switchboard, and her in Berlin. Feels like long enough time would've passed to be showing, or at least not be drinking alcohol. Sushi seems to be her craving though.
So...does Stan come back at all or what? He got blitzed
Corrupted Grace didn't really pay off in the end does it, she's just a minor obstacle
Despite all things in hindsight I did like Klaus' bonding with Hargreeves, the problem seemed to be that he always had an ultimate agenda. It's a shame though that Klaus still isn't allowed to use the fullest extent of his powers
In fact, powers seem to matter less and less for some of the Umbrellas; Diego doesn't alter a single projectile, all he does is play with his own knives, we've mentioned before Luther's power inconsistency as well
Sure Fei, shake the beehive, that was a solid idea...
Ben's sulking got on my nerves a lot, he wants the role but not the responsibility
I did find it odd that Luther didn't pick Five to be his best man, given their whole JFK adventure, it just seemed like they were closer than him and Viktor
Why isn't Luther allowed to be happy? It was just a long-winded wait of the other shoe to drop, first death and then Sloane's disappearance
Was it not obvious to anyone else that the seven stars on the lobby floor was the algorithm? I mean it kinda stood out given that there were seven and it had an asymmetrical pattern
And the main thing: Fuck Allison.
Her whole turn is just terrible really, she was dumb for not being familiar with any rule of time travel ever (if Footloose exists Back to the Future certainly existed which is the simplest explanation that changing the past affects the future), then she uses her anger to be an awful person to her family; adopting aggression, emotional blackmail and literal murder and using grief as a weak justification. She's as much to blame for all this as Viktor is given that she's the one who Rumored Viktor into thinking he didn't have powers but she wouldn't admit that shit at all. Always the victim pretending like she had enough when really she just wanted someone to punch who wouldn't punch back.
And then the ending, where Allison gets to have her cake and eat it, just because she cut up Hargreeves head doesn't mean she's redeemed in my eyes. She got zero comeuppance for her actions and now everyone else gets to suffer the consequences.
Overall, I liked the season, there's more to go with it but there was a lot of stuff that left a bitter taste in the end, lot of stuff unanswered too.
#the umbrella academy#luther hargreeves#diego hargreeves#allison hargreeves#klaus hargreeves#five hargreeves#ben hargreeves#viktor hargreeves#reginald hargreeves#sparrow academy#sloane hargreeves#lila pitts#umbrella academy s3#umbrella academy spoilers
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