#This is a strange experience

[autoboros]

here comes the airplane

nwooom

I liked the mental image this gave me so I drew it

#this is a strange experience #having people throw stock crackers at me #splatoon 3 #splatoon oc #splatoon #octoling #art #bottle without their headphones feels weird but i also did not want to draw headphones since too much effort

[filmnoirsbian]

I find your lack of whimsy disturbing

#tcp #these days someone mentions an abnormal experience and people demand proof 😒 sorry they didn't think to record #every second of their life for u.....life is strange and wonderful perhaps you should log off and engage with the weird <3

[welcome-to-alice-in-helll]

#angel #computer angel #creepy #coquette #virus #weird #strange #guardian angel #haunted #ghosts #morute #serial experiments lain

[illuteridae]

Can You Keep a Secret?

#comic #original art #rogart #blehhh :P based on my experiences as a very guilible kid with many strange friends

[visenyaism]

of course movies are supposed to make you feel something it’s just that greta gerwig’s filmography manages to somehow specifically activate the exact state of my brain in seventh grade when i realized that my cishet girl peers were having life experiences that i could not ever be included in or understand because they were cishet girls and i wasn’t. sad!

#girl my ass is notttttt in the Immutable Sisterhood Universal Female Experience #how is my main takeaway from the barbie movie lesbian alienation. strange

[queruloustea]

why hello there, 'tis me back with more brain-rot sketches :)

#hollow knight #the hollow knight #quirrel #the sillies #strange beast experiences the affection they deserve #featuring quirrel with antennae #:)!!!!! #they occupy my every thought #gentle antennae boops yea #mwah #queruloustea

[centaurianthropology]

One thing that I think a lot of Disco Elysium meta misses (likely because a lot of it is very clearly written by young Americans writing from an intensely American-centric cultural perspective without even really realizing it) is that one of the singular and central themes of the game is massive-scale generational trauma in a home that is economically collapsing as its resources and people are being drained by an occupation.  People have noted that no one tries to help Harry, despite the fact his mental illness is incredibly obvious to everyone around him.  He tells Kim that he completely lost his memory, and Kim politely asks him to focus on the work.  He tells Gottlieb that he had a heart attack, and Gottlieb tells him that if he’s still alive it couldn’t have been that bad.  That he’ll drop dead sooner or later, but then so does everyone.

And that’s the most important thing: so does everyone.  Look at Martinaise.  Look at the world in which Harry lives.  It is not our own, but it is adjacent to ours.  More specifically, it is clearly adjacent to the states of the Eastern Bloc: overtaken and occupied by a faraway government that clearly doesn’t care about Revachol or its people.  And that is obvious in every tired face, every defeated citizen, everyone trying to eke out a little happiness or meaning in spite of the overwhelming trauma and damage around them.  The buildings are still half-destroyed.  The bullet holes are still in the walls.  The revolution was decades before, but it still feels to the people there like a fresh wound.  The number of men of Harry’s generation who are not alcoholic or otherwise deeply fucked up are very few.  Some, like Kim, hide it better, but the deeper you dig into his history, the more you realize how damaged Kim is.  He’s more than a little trigger happy, and hates that about himself, but he is a product of his environment: Kim’s entire life is seeing people he cared about shot and killed, so his instinct now is to shoot first himself, to protect those few people left who still matter to him.

Harry is not unique in his trauma.  He is a distillation of an entire culture of people who tried to rise up and make something beautiful, and were instead routed and occupied.  He is trapped between the occupation and the people on the ground, along with all the rest of the RCM.  Their authority comes from the occupying government, but it is implied that they were formed out of the remnants of the citizens militia which sprung up from Revachol itself as a way to try to mitigate some of the horrors being committed on its streets.  The Moralintern sure as hell wasn’t going to get their hands dirty, so they happily conscripted (and therefore could better control) this group, who are only recognized in certain places, and whose authority mostly amounts to giving out fines.  The RCM is corrupt, but it is corrupt in the same way its culture is.  Bribes are considered standard with them, not a moral failing, but a necessity, so long as those bribes are correctly logged as ‘donations’.  It’s how the RCM stays afloat, and the rest of Revachol completely understands that.  Everyone would take a bribe if it meant they kept eating.  Everyone would take a little under-the-table money if it meant keeping a roof over their heads.  The officersof the RCM certainly don’t make enough to see a doctor.  They have an in-house lazarus, and if he can’t fix them they just die.  Mental health care?  What mental health care?  Harry doesn’t get it for the same reason no one else does: it doesn’t really seem to exist.  There are no counselors, no psychologists, no psychiatrists.  How would they even start?  If the world is what is broken, if everyone is suffering a similar catastrophic amount, it makes sense that Harry’s trauma would simply get rolled up with all the rest.  Kim asks him to get on with the job because Harry’s suffering is not remarkable in Revachol.  He is one of an entire generation who have an astronomical number of orphans from the revolution, and so many younger people are left more or less orphans as their parents drink themselves into oblivion like Cuno’s father.  So Harry’s truly unique attribute is embodying all that trauma, having it all inside of him, filling him to bursting.

To really engage with the themes of the game, engaging first and foremost with the reality of Revachol is imperative.  Imposing our own reality onto Revachol, particularly if coming from an American perspective (which tend to have the habit of both viewing the world through an American lens and not realizing they’re doing it because they’ve never experienced a different lens), will always feel shallow to me because of this.

All that is to say, I would love to hear some more explicitly European meta about this game, and especially Eastern European meta.  If anyone can point me to some good, juicy essays from that perspective, I would be grateful!

#Disco Elysium #is such a good game #but I found a lot of the meta around it frustratingly shallow #and very VERY American #which is also frustrating #given how clearly Eastern European the roots of this game are #I have no problem with people using a game or other work of fiction to inform their own lives and experiences #but I find it strange when people engage with the game #as though it was coming from an American perspective #asking why certain things happen or didn't #based on how they would play out or have played out in America #anyway this a rambly way to request some meta from other cultural perspectives #I am very interested in reading it! #Disco Elysium meta

[colorful-horses]

Been watching that new Hazbin Hotel show as it's coming out (🏴‍☠️) and I'm pretty disappointed with it. I'm not super familiar with the Everything about it, but I remember watching the pilot way back when and liking the premise.

I hadnt kept up with it after the pilot because I wanted to see it with fresh eyes. Now that the show is coming out, somehow I feel like an outsider watching it lol. It presents a lot of concepts, but it just assumes the watcher is already familiar with the characters, and it makes the pacing reeeeally odd. It's all payoff, no buildup (unless you count the years fans had to wait for it as 'build up'). I feel like I REALLY need to look for supplementary material to understand what's going on,, like.... why was there a whole emotional power ballad for a character who was only introduced 10 minutes prior?? Was I supposed to know who she was?😭 (her heels were cool though)

Tonally it's strange, too. It feels like an adult show written for teenagers a lot of the time, which is the BIGGEST disappointment. I was really hoping for more thoughtful explorations of the characters, but we really only get that for Angel Dust and like .... no one else lol. (Sir Pentious is the 👏FUCKING👏BEST👏)

Charlie and Vaggie feel ESPECIALLY underbaked. Considering how overtly sexual the show is, it's SHOCKING how little chemistry they have. Like, it's not there at all. I watched the show with a friend who had no knowledge about Hazbin Hotel whatsoever, and during episode 4, she asked me,"So why is Vaggie helping here?" which I feel is the best example I can give for how poorly developed their relationship is.

I like the music. The song transitions are usually really jarring (Respectless and Hell's Greatest Dad come to mind) but the songs themselves are usually bangers. I'm a big fan of Loser, Baby.

The designs are ..... not for me. But that's not necessarily a criticism. A lot of the character designs feel very dated, but I respect them for sticking so hard to the aesthetic they present, even if its not for me. I wish there was more outfit and body type variety in the characters, but literally EVERYONE says that, so I'll just leave that there lol.

Overall I think this show is a shining example of why """"filler"""" episodes are so important. If this were a 12 or even 24 episode season I think it'd be way better, but as it is, they're trying to cram like 15 different character arcs + a dramatic overarching story into 8 episodes, and it's really REALLY suffering for it.

#please dont read this as a hate post please dont read this as a hate post please dont read this as a hate post #ive just been watching it and its stuck with me but in a disappointing way #i cant say i like it. but its interesting to pick apart #for every element i really enjoy theres two that i really dislike. strange viewing experience #thats all. thanks for coming to my annual Syrup Watches A Weird Piece Of Media And Talks About It For Tooooo Long tedtalk #not art

[the-meme-monarch]

happy birthday to my friends and i’s knight chara and strange someone frisk aus/theories :]

hi for undertale reasons i don’t like any combination of shipping chara frisk and asriel. if you ship them go away 👍

#strange someone frisk #knight chara #the art gallery #deltarune #i remember seeing someoen say that gaster might be talking to the knight and the strange someone so i wanted to think abt that ! i don’t kn #THE entry 17 ‘dark darker yet darker this next experiment will be very very interesting what do you two think’ ONE. I ERASED THE TRA #I ERASED THE TRANSLATION SOMEHWERE ALONG THE WAY BUT YEAH HES SAYING ‘what do you two think’ IN THAT ONE #I don’t know if I’ll keep up w that but I’m picturing it like. chara is doing this for extra credit JSNSNJSNSJS yeah sure I’ll help you wi #with your experiment. can you write me a letter of recommendation. #frisk may be doing this for Let’s See If I Can Get Back To Undertale reasons #is this undertale or deltarune gaster. idk. idk if there’s even a separate version Of him considering the split across time and space thing

[ansonmountdaily]

"We really try very hard to do each episode of the show as its own movie. And this seemed like an opportunity to do something that had not really been done on Trek before. There have been musical scenes, but nothing like this, nothing with original music, nothing in this zone. So that was a unique opportunity for us." - Dermott Downs, episode director (TV Insider interview, Aug 3 2023)

STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS 2x09 "Subspace Rhapsody"

#star trek strange new worlds #strange new worlds #star trek #spoilers #captain pike #christopher pike #anson mount #tvedit #trekedit #cinematv #strangenewworldsedit #*edit #legendary ep and fun catchy song! :D #they sang beautifully and with heart <3 #it was an EXPERIENCE #hope fans sing this at conventions! #complete with the dance moves

[akane-no-mai]

🪄🐇

#st #myedit #star trek #snw #snwedit #startrekedit #trekedit #strange new worlds #star trek strange new worlds #star trek: strange new worlds #palenet #paletumblr #paleedit #la'an noonien singh #spock #christopher pike #joseph m'benga #this was so chaotic #i am experiment with colorings!!! #(:

[notbecauseofvictories]

just came off my shift as an election judge and I honestly think we should make people do this. I support abolishing the draft, and I even think that jury duty can get complicated, but everyone in the country should be forced to learn about election procedure, then have to sit around for 14 hours and practice being customer service for democracy. I think that would fix us.

#is it fascinating scintillating work that will set you on fire for political discourse? no. #in my experience it is mostly making amiable conversation with elderly citizens #and occasionally complimenting people's penmanship #are some people....strange? absolutely yes. #and I heard even WEIRDER stories from my colleagues who were pollworkers before. #not even about the voters; about other pollworkers! #but I spent 14 hours (and some change) in a too-hot room half falling apart; I set up voting booths and counted colored tags #and was polite to everyone even the people who didn't talk or needed detailed explanations of every step. #I feel like it's victory enough. #anyway. enough on this subject! onto other things. #............................................at least until november when I'll do it again. #man's unending search for freedom

[thecommunalfoolboy]

Just found out about the humans are space orcs thing you all got going on here and I wanna know how many of u guys finally realized u think humans are so strange bc ur autistic

#humans are space capybaras #humans are space fae #humans are space orcs #humans are space australians #humans are space raccoons #humans are space oddities #humans are strange #humans are space badgers #autism <3 #self diagnosed autism #possibly autistic #autism mood #autism memes #autistic adult #autistic #autistic traits #autistic community #autism #actually autistic #autistic experiences #autistic pride #autistic things #late diagnosed autistic #probably autistic #autism awareness #autistic problems #autistic life #One Of Us 🫵 #I made people realize they’re autistic again :(

[front-facing-pokemon]

#oh‚ look! another pokémon that people are extremely normal about and could never be strange about! #pheromosa #pokémon that look like women with hourglass figures and huge eyelashes. not to mention that this one is supposed to be an alien #dunno why we need it to be. like. this #but fine #for these i WAS looking at the USUM alola pokédex for the order. to make sure i didn't miss regional forms. and i'm realizing now that #in the USUM pokédex‚ blacephalon and stakataka come before pheromosa and buzzwole #but bulbapedia says the national pokédex lists all the ultra beasts in a different order #so i'm just here hoping that the previous entries of the usum dex didn't happen to not align with the national pokédex #they usually do‚ in my experience. whatever order new-gen pokémon are in in the regional pokédex‚ they typically appear in the same order #in the national pokédex. this is just. a weird exception‚ for some reason. who knows why‚ but if the ultra beasts end up a tiny bit out #of order‚ i apologize

[anxiously-sidequesting]

Big shout-out to the ocs and lore that depicts physical/appearance changes due to high concentration and uses of magic btw that shit is so cool. Whether your wizard's hair turns blue or straight up grows an extra arm due to the excessive amount of powerful magic they use everyday I eat that shit up. Bonus points if it's a rare/newly discovered condition or if your wizard is just straight up unrecognizable from arc 1 to arc 4. Bonus bonus points if the wizard gains a disability from it and has to learn to adapt to their new condition

#holly steelcry was shroter than average before the paradox in empyrea thing. they grew 3 ft after that #also got personal hcs of shadow magic in particular having physical and mental adverse effects to those who practice it regularly #i froth at the mouth whenever i see wizard ocs that have extra or atypical features due to their magical experiences #i actually have an eldritch wizard au where they slowly become less Human and more Thing. personality wise theyre still chill- #-but physically they look like Nyarlathotep #one random shadow magic hc - physical scars start to form on your body based on that person's biggest mental block/trauma #shadow practioner young wizard has strange scars that looks like a clawed hand wrapped around their throat or an azteca constellation #<- due to their unresolved guilt over azteca #or scars over their stomach that look like monsteous spider legs stretched outwards due to their guilt of being fooled by gf spider #wizard101 #w101 #wiz101 #text posts #ALL WIZARD OCS ARE BOMB BTW I DIDNT MEAN JUST ONE TYPE OF OCS. EVERY OC IS AWESOME #i just get the Good Feelings whenever i see that specific type of oc/lore for some reason

[softpine]

reach out and touch faith

[transcript]

#my great-grandma told me to always be nice to strangers because angels walk among us #and if you were nice to them for selfless reasons then they would return the favor by looking out for you #it made me super vigilant about doing favors for strangers lmao (which i guess would not be a selfless reason to help...... hm....) #i'm not saying that's how griffin interpreted this strange encounter #but he definitely took it as some type of religious experience #i would not be shocked if he told all his friends he met jesus with the long hair and everything jskdjs #anyway! asa's in his ghost era #frozen pines #camellia #asa mayfield #finn atwood