#before and after 2020

[bloodybellycomb]

About a decade ago, my 65 year old conservative father binge watched a tv show on netflix and he became absolutely obsessed with it–to the point my mom and I were sick of hearing about it–so he decided to go on the internet to find other people who loved this show as much as he did and boy oh boy, he was not prepared to see what happened when you googled the phrase "Supernatural fan communities."

#supernatural #spn #destiel #nov 5th #he still loved the show after this #which is even funnier tbh #its probably for the best that he passed away before 2020 #because i think his head would have exploded #birdy chirps

[ffc1cb]

happy to announce i’ve finally lost it and spent a considerable amount of time making a dragon age inquisition mod that lets your inquisitor use they/them pronouns. if there’s anyone out there besides me who wants to use it, here it is on nexus.

detailed description and personal commentary under the cut

update: as of 3.05 (may 3rd), the mod has been uploaded to nexus. see download link above for any future updates.

this is a mod for frosty mod manager 1.0.6.1. you MUST install the bioware localization plugin for it to work, otherwise the game won’t start. on fmm 1.0.6.2, the plugin is already built in, so you don’t need to worry;

this mod is a simple overhaul of the game’s base text; no changes were made to the actual voice lines. this mod also does not affect default romance flags (just like in vanilla game, you can only romance sera with a "female" inquisitor (or dorian with "male"), but the mod should, hypothetically, be compatible with other mods that edit romance flags);

you can install it at any point of the game. starting a new playthrough is not necessary;

works for all races and with all available dlcs;

along with the pronouns change, this mod changes all gendered words used to refer to the inquisitor to be gender neutral, i.e man / woman have been replaced with person or contextual variants. my lord / my lady and other similar titles have been replaced with messere (on the basis of this reddit thread);

some of the dialogue could've been mistakenly changed, since context was not always easy to parse. if you try this mod out, i’d greatly appreciate any help with pointing out my mistakes (blackwall’s romance in particular has given me the most trouble); additionally, i might have missed some lines in the codexes, since i skimmed through them very briefly.

i’ve no previous modding experience, so i went with the easiest option and, like i mentioned above, brute forced it and made a complete overhaul of the base game text as opposed to a pickable option i’d like it to be. ideally i’d love for this mod to be bundled together with this other one that switches pc pronouns (which was a partial inspiration for this mod). if anyone here has any knowledge on whether this is something that could be done, please hmu.

also, since in order to make this mod i had to read through the entire game text (it was torturous. not gonna lie) i collected some of my personal favorite bits and pieces along the way. if anyone’s curious, you can look at them here. there’s surprisingly many developers’ notes in there.

ps: this mod is free to use for all so this is not at all necessary, but if anyone is feeling generous, i have a tip jar.

#oh boy. let's see #dragon age #dragon age mod #dragon age inquisition #dai mods #NO idea how to tag this. help #i was initially planning to just use screenshots of codexes on inquisitors of every race (since this mod works for all of them) #but decided to take some of parsley instead because they are after all the motherfucker that started it all. my deed is done. i am at peace #i dedicate this mod to my friend srid whos been providing me with emotional support while i worked on this. he kept me sane #i also dedicate this mod to that one person from a random tapatalk thread from 2015 that i found while searching whether someone's done #something like this before. they're the reason the idea for this mod planted itself inception style in my brain back in 2020 #anyway. enjoy. please

[browsethestacks]

Universal Monsters: Creature From The Black Lagoon Lives! #03 (2024)

Art by David Talaski

#Comics #Image Comics #David Talaski #Universal Monsters Creature From The Black Lagoon Lives! #Universal Monsters Creature From The Black Lagoon Lives #Creature From The Black Lagoon #Universal Monsters #Gill-Man #Film #Horror Films #Horror Movies #Horror Comics #Horror #Art #Original Art #Before And After #2024 #2020s #20s

[icantalk710]

Yesterday made seven years since I temp-to-perm'd at my current job/company, and as is my style, I was later treated to a nitro cold brew (not shown here lol) ☕😌

#ore no kao #surpassed it being my longest perm job back in 2020 iirc but it's def had its perks #also not me finally posting this from yday after staying late today catching up on what i could before two days off 🥲 #two much needed days off ofc #let's see if i get to this newer closer-to-home gym i went to the other night again

[driveintheaterofthemind]

Lilo And Stitch #01 (2023)

Art by Jennifer L. Meyer

#Comics #Dynamite Comics #Lilo And Stitch #Jennifer L Meyer #Film #Animation #Cartoons #Science Fiction #Art #Dynamite #2023 #2020s #20s #Original Art #Before And After #Disney #Walt Disney

[jasontoddenthusiastt]

“As it turns out, I happen to be a good listener.”

[ Batman: Death in the Family (2020) ]

#possibly the funniest thing you could say to someone before you stab them in the eye #i mean he’s right #because part of being a good listener is responding accordingly/appropriately #jason todd #joker #dc #batman: death in the family #death in the family (2020) #ditf #dc edit #dcedit #gifset #my post #me after finding a good software: *gifs him gifs him gifs him gifs him gifs-* #it’s about time I made another post about babie #also tumblr is stupud my ditf photoset is without a doubt my all time top post #let us pick our top posts damn it #btw he punches two cops right after this

[eldesperadont]

old 2020 era NJPW Fantasy AU pieces — the setting features a world that’s scared of magic, BC is a cringefail bandit gang, and this loud lanky ex-acrobat they picked up at some point turns out to be a Mage; more in the notes

#el phantasmo #taiji ishimori #jay white #hanasartstuff #silly au tag #theres no writing for it except thoughts me and my sibling shared on discord #phanta basically tried to hide his abilities but ended up using them to save his mates #theres some drama etc etc #other things: #jays a self proclaimed king and unhinged #robbie was part of the gang but left cause of a falling out with phanta #(cause of cheesy shipping reasons: phanta tried keeping a distance between them - scared of his abilities acting up #cause of his strong feelings for eagles #all of that is before these two drawings take place) #Nimble and I had this idea that Phanta accidentally teleports himself away in shock after his powers are revealed and bc go search for him #cause at that point he’s unfortunately their guy #my idea specifically was that he unintentionally teleports himself to Robbie ksjcjsjdksj #anyways its all about silly shenanigans #i made so many aus for njpw guys back in 2020 you wouldn’t believe it #oh btw in the drawing in case it isnt clear: they were facing some big monster dude; thats whats in the background

[honeyvenommusic]

❗️NEWGLASSANIMALSGLASSANIMALSGLASSANIMALSGLASSANIMALSGLASSANIMALSGLASSAN-

#glass animals #honestly i wore out dreamland sm my brain took a lonnng break from expecting anything from them?? idk i’m just huh???? #like….. when i say wore out #i cannot describe how much i listened to it #i usually have some vague idea even if it’s a ridiculous number #like 52 times in a month for an album or something (has happened) #i cannot recall w this #gonna say bc 2020 & they were Literally the last band i saw live. next morning everyone found out about everything annd lockdown. no joke #so it was big dreamland time when it dropped and revisiting their past albums when i broke out of its spell lmao #(pretty sure before that like january was when i listened to déjà vu 100+ times in a row tho so oop. it was a tough day lol) #anyway seeing this aww man. i really have had this band with me for a long long time. 🥹 i remember hearing gooey on the radio one night #driving home from work late @ night in 2014. the drive was so short i couldn’t be arsed to fish out my ipod & plug it in #sometimes so just popped on a good station i had preset. started the car and heard this *voice* and i was like who???? #had to check the station bc it was an alt station and i thought i had it on another one which was fine i was just v confused #it was in the middle of the song & i was immediately anxious to know the name hoping i’d hear it & it wouldn't just flow into the next song #then the dj would pile the names together after x number of songs played bc i was tiired (but woulda stayed in the car ngl). got lucky & #ran inside to find it then yelled at my roommate the next day that she HAD to listen to it during a smoke session after work #(i was right & it blew her miiind) #god. what a fucking time. what a fucking band. idk what the disc horse is surrounding them now since they blew up via tiktok #i’m sure people are v quick to say they’re overrated bc of that but idk & i’m glad i don’t know. they’ll always be this #highly inventive incredible band i stumbled upon for the perfect night drive home after a long long shift #a band that came back from a Horrible accident that should have ended 1 of their lives & somehow didn’t & should have ended them #as a band (like still cannot believe Joe was drumming in 2020 & i saw it with my own eyes like how tf???!?) #a band deserving of all of its successes. glass animals forever

[ourstarscollided]

You’re welcome to explain your answer in the tags!

#julie and the phantoms #jatp #jatppolls #dont ask me why the number categories are like this!!! there is no rhyme or reason to them!!! #been thinking bout this for awhile now. cause it didnt occur to me that I havent watched it since i netflix party’d it with Rosie in Sept #2021… which has been… a very long time. considering in 2020 after it came out i probably watched it over 100 times in full. #there’s just something that stops me from clicking play on the show and i cant put it into words. its just this feeling i get every time my #mouse or finger hovers over the show. i also got rid of netflix this past year too but that was quite recent and i do have a copy of it on #my ipad sksjsj idk #guess im just curious if anyon else is in this weird limbo. dont get me wrong. i am still enamoured by this show but rewatching it is just #smthg i havent done in a hot minute. maybe i should make Rosie do another netflix party with me 👀 #i feel like if i was more active in a discord or on tumblr i wouldve tried to watch it with mutuals but alas i am incapable of having free #time outside of work and life. #once again i am shocked that the answers are centred in the bubbles before u click on them and it bothers me?!? #alt option: i have rewatched the show aolely through gifsets 😌 #sunset queue #<- queuing this for some reason. idk what the reason is.

[pochapal]

So, putting aside any feelings about the work itself or potential direction changes, what is your opinion on the idea of Homestuck^2 being back, with a new team, and nothing from the old team, when the idea was that the old team was still working on it behind the scenes?

given the way things ended in 2020 i was under no illusion that anyone was still working on hs^2 - the "we're still working behind the scenes" thing was basically a lie since by that time literally nearly all of the team had either jumped ship or was pushed out by a hostile fandom - so it is sincerely a surprise that a) people are working on it again and b) we're actually getting new content for it. i would have put hard money on homestuck^2 being forever dead and even said as much several times this year alone (i still stand by a lot of what i wrote in this post on the matter) so i was completely and totally unprepared for a version of this thing to crop up from the grave.

the fact that it's a wholly new unconnected team is absolutely the only reason that hs^2 is back. everything that happened with/to the old team was a bridge that can't be unburned. i worked through my feelings about what happened to the original hs^2 crew some time ago so i'll be brief: i was absolutely in love with the new, interesting, and challenging direction that team was taking not only hs^2, but homestuck canon in its entirety, and i will always be deeply saddened that their vision was killed before its time and will never be able to be visualised.

the story we will be getting both is and isn't homestuck^2. it will naturally be building off the same frameworks and ideas of the epilogues and what came before it, but it will not end up in the same place. this new team is working under a different outline towards a different goal and i will try to appreciate this new hs^2 for what it is (albeit with a very very veeeery cautious optimism) but the hs^2 i fell in love with died in 2020. the story i am writing about and responding to died in 2020. i am sure this will be a fun ride but i can't help but be wistful about what could have been, and i am unable to ignore the specter of the cruelty done towards its predecessor that hangs over this project. i wish them the best and i am looking forward to it but it isn't the same and it won't be the same and i wouldn't want it to be the same anyway. that moment in time and that creative vision is in the ground and to pretend otherwise would be playing with ghosts. i am interested in seeing something alive.

i really and truly hope things work out better for this new team and they learned from what killed the last attempt at this. more than anything else i would hate for history to repeat.

#alpha-garden #homestuck^2 #my relationship with the hs fandom is permanently ruptured after what happened in 2019/2020 to the postcanon team #so i am approaching this new venture from a wholly different place #sincerely i hope it goes well for them! #and while none of this is what came before it also doesn't erase what came before either #while i will enjoy this project i will always be thinking about what could have been instead had things not gone the way that they did #at least no matter what i have my fic and godfeels and similar things to keep that specific thread alive in spite of whatever happens #homestuck^2 is dead long live homestuck^2

[rearranging-deck-chairs]

this is a fun side by side too. i cant believe ive never taken into consideration this betrayal and its timing and how it must have shattered any possibility for 13 ever to really build a relationship with anyone. like she knew this guy for,,,years, right? shes recontextualising years of this relationship in this moment. mostly text but still. i think it counted fhgkjhg

"i met o" "i know" "years ago" "i know!" shes like no i know o, hes real, we're friends. and the master is like sike no was me ha ha. YEARS of this! they spent years in the vault and the doctor believed that to be real friendship too, until missy betrayed them. this is sticking a knife in a wound that was barely beginning to scab

i mean she didnt trust the fam in s11 dont get me wrong i have no illusions about that, but, like, this broke all possibility that she could ever have a normal relationship with yaz. even a platonic one

#i think she trusts yaz at the very very end #but it literally takes yaz saving her life for that to happen #i think they couldve build something after taht #a real friendship based on trust #if the doctor hadnt died #also i say ive never taken into consideration but i very well might have tbh #this feels like a deja vu-y post #i might have made it before #in like 2020 #but if so ive forgotten so. i got the experience of a new realisation anyway

[roaringheat]

chat, i did it i finally broke up with my partner

#vark posts #did it back on monday #figured id update for those of yall that were so supportive lmao #i read all those messages i got before i did it #im honestly like completely fine #i was pretty fucked the first convo but ig i just needed to process which made the finalizing convo so much easier #was pretty emotionally exhausted for the next like 24hrs after but im just chillin now #yall were right its def a big relief lmao #its just a little awkward now since we live together but at least its not just us two here #i havent been single since dec 2020 since my first 2 relationships were unfortunately back to back lmao #they werent nearly as bad as my first relationship but it was like trying to force together two puzzle pieces that didnt fit #which made a lot of things pretty frustrating #another win for self care #ty again to those of yall that were so nice abt it even if it was just consistently liking the vent posts of me losing my mind lmao :^)

[browsethestacks]

Shazam #03 (2023)

Art by Chris Samnee

#Comics #DC Comics #Chris Samnee #Shazam #Talky Tawny #Tigers #Art Process #Art #Original Art #Before And After #Humor #Humor Comics #Fawcett Comics #Fawcett #2023 #2020s #20s

[vfdinthewild]

"But fortresses are also placed up high, with views for days and Napa Valley wine farms don't usually come with security patrols and electric fencing and five stories of underground bunker."

-from Afterland by Lauren Beukes, pg. 133

#vfd #lemony snicket #asoue #a series of unfortunate events #lauren beukes #views for days #afterland #book #the concept of this book was interesting: it's set three years after a pandemic that killed 99% of men #it was published april 6 2020 so it was written before covid #and it was interesting to see how this fictional modern pandemic compared #and I was interested how society rebuilt itself as matriarchal #but what the book actually focused on was a very long escape and car chase #four out of five stars #views #for #days

[icantalk710]

🍳🎤

#ore no kao #nice brunch--once i got past some allergy concerns with my steak/eggs at this asian fusion spot--leading to fun karaoke hehe #first song was Handsome by The Vaccines for self indulgence before i see them tmrw 😌 #then Stolen Dance from Milky Chance was fun #Semi-Charmed Life from Third Eye Blind went over well lol #and of course when a friend went with the Pokémon Theme i ha #*had to him 'em with the ol' Rica Matsumoto Aim to be a Pokémon Master for the Japanese side 💁🏽‍♂️ #would've done Butterfly for Digimon if we had time lol #[or Dreamers from 2020] #oscars party with friends after where i didnt know 95% of the noms haha #fun sunday but no time to sleep in for work tmrw 😭😩😴

[simmingonthelow]

OC evolution tag

choose an oc and show the progress of the earliest to latest version of them

tagged by @salemssimblr thank you!!! 💖😊

with Shana Starks!

2021

2022

2023

2024

i'll tag @lilypixels, @latte-trait, @liliumsims, @void-imp, @simarcana, @pralinesims, @cinamun and anyone else who sees this!!!

and me again cause I wanna do macha 😏

#sim 4 #tag game #oc:shana #as you can see the forever consistent theme is RED #The way her skintone doesn't look consistent is eating me up now that I look at her 😭 I promise you it should be the same #I feel like I was using different reshades? #I have no words for blender at this point. The 2022 one with the blender and the in game shot....that's literally the same version of her!! #aaaaannnnd the skintones don't match up for any ????😭😭😭 anywaysss #Shana was a survivor of save migration! I was lucky enough to have her cc included after years (since 2020?) of not playing in the save #Now I have her in my new save!!! With her twin ofc!!! and the rest of her family too! #Shana was my absolute favourite of the save and one of the first to be posted on my blog!🥺💖💘 #I sill love her like before but now i have more favs to join her 😤😁