#chatter

[vaders-georg]

in my head the star wars equivalent of tswift is some human woman named tay’lor spiff or something and her stans are losing their minds over theories that she’s secretly a jedi singing about the horrors of war, even though she’s from a neutral system that hasn’t seen so much as a moral panic in 50 years

#chatter

[themetalhiro]

shut up and stop working

So what do you want me to do then, chef

#chatter

[barrenclan]

i saw you mentioned asoiaf?? and that this is inspired by it? please tell me more i am obsessed with asoiaf (looks at you with big autistic eyes)

YIPPEEEEE (runs around in circles)

So for clarification's sake I have never seen Game of Thrones, not when it was airing nor after it ended. But in late 2022 (at exactly the same time I was writing PATFW) I got majorly into the books and devoured them all about as fast as I could. When my obsession over something goes crazy, it GOES... I read A Game of Thrones in one single day when I got COVID, and then when I couldn't get A Clash of Kings for two more weeks it felt a little like I was in physical agony every day because I wanted that book so fuckin badly.

As for its influence on PATFW - it naturally seeped in, just cuz I was thinking about both constantly at the same time, but it's pretty subtle. In general I only realized the extent of its influence lately, in that PATFW is a story about generations, with a lot more dark, political drama and cynicism than I usually write.

There are a few overt references to ASOIAF in it, though. 1.) Longest-Claws, whose original name was Longclaw until I decided I couldn't just straight up steal from Jon's sword, 2.) Harebreeze's father, named Sandsnake after the Sand Snakes, and 3.) the branches of Defiance - Fire/Smoke/Ash, named after the Blood/Salt/Smoke prophecy. In fact that's more overtly where the title of Issue 5 comes from, which is why it includes the word "Salt" despite that not being super relevant.

Also, once I hopefully get some more time slash put it up as an option on my Patreon and furiously vote rig for it, I want to do an illustration of Ranger as Ramsey and Rainhaze as Theon, because a recent ask made me realize just how perfectly those two slot into that dynamic. Oh no Theon is my favorite character who could've ever guessed he'd influence my writing!!

#ask #anon #chatter #if you want to look at more of my asoiaf ramblings and stuff #go to my main blog 'razmerry' #and to the 'asoiaf' tag which is in my most popular ones

[fwishbone]

Double-sided charm designs I made for my D&D group!

In order:

Nikomedes, Rohsa, Laelius, Gawain/Damon, Irwin, and Sparrow.

#hourglass dnd #d&d #dnd #dungeons and dragons #dnd 5e #chatter #my art #nikomedes

[connorswhisk]

#❤️ #twdg #twd clementine #chatter

[bonni]

btw any childhood stuffed animals that you lost or gave away will still always be with you in spirit and soul. just so you know

#chatter

[enfranchisement]

hello?

#chatter

[roseslights]

this was just something I drew to send to a friend but thought was funni

#chatter #dungeon meshi

[prefrontal-bastard]

I’m not sure if this is permitted in other countries, but here in the US, advertisers are allowed to use any kind of malignant psychology they want in their ads so long as those ads fit within the allotted time-frame.

Back in high school, my class watched a video on how a certain Coca-Cola advertisement was made. You may have seen it, but for those who haven’t: The ad featured a cinematic montage of a crowded beach with smiling thin white people enjoying their leisure time and drinking Coca-Cola out of a common plastic bottle.

The big takeaway from this video was that the ad wasn’t actually advertising Coca-Cola. It was advertising a lifestyle. By associating Coca-Cola with a desirable lifestyle (as well as qualities associated with desirability) it plants the association of “Coca-Cola” with “happiness” in people’s subconscious minds.

This becomes clear when you consider who the ad was meant for. The target audience wasn’t the smiling thin white people that the ad featured, but instead it was people who wanted to be smiling thin white people. This was an ad for the Gen X mom of three kids who worked full-time, who relied on shelf-stable foods to keep everyone fed, and whose nervous system was chronically fried from the stress of never having adequate time for herself.

If she was at the grocery store, and saw the very same bottle of Coca-Cola featured in that ad, she’d be far more likely to pick it up than she was before watching it. If she didn’t anticipate finding relief for her stress, then she could at least drink up the idea of it.

Of course, the thing about ads is that they stop working. Eventually, people’s minds grow wise to the fact buying a certain product doesn’t actually grant them the lifestyle associated with them.

But there’s a lot of other tricks ads employ beyond this.

The reason why Geico is the first company you consider when thinking about buying car insurance is because of the calm, consistent nature of their ads and the fact they’re ubiquitous enough to be familiar. Their mascot forms a kind of parasocial rapport with the audience, so Geico already feels familiar to you by the time you’re looking to buy insurance.

Cereal brands use cartoon-character-like mascots to make their product memorable to kids who can’t read. The reason why so many cereal mascots exhibit such frenetic, possessive behavior is to teach kids to emulate that behavior to compel parents into buying them the cereal, especially if they saw that behavior rewarded in the ad (with the cereal).

You only really see ads for apps on an app-based devices for a reason.

Then there are the ads that don’t look like ads, but look like people on TikTok sharing a new secret product with their audience using the only communication format we regularly trust: word-of-mouth.

And let’s not forget the sheer magnitude of ads that exist. I can’t go outside without seeing them. I can’t watch videos online without exposing myself to ads that wants to skewer my emotions within 10 seconds.

There’s no reprieve from it unless I wall myself off from our culture entirely.

Ads are parasites to both culture and to cognition, and they must be regulated.

#chatter #psychology

[vaders-georg]

if any star wars character would rock a strange impractical revealing anime outfit it's maul

#darth maul #chatter

[themetalhiro]

shut up and get back to work

yes sir right away sir

#chatter

[barrenclan]

Unsure if this has been asked before but are you okay with people using your art for pfps??

Yeah, as long as you properly credit me I'm fine with it.

#ask #anon #chatter

[watermelonisms]

I hate you job applications I hate you psychometric aptitude testing I hate you CVs I hate you interviews I hate you online forms I hate you never hearing back I hate you cover letters

#chatter

[capricornosun]

god put me on this earth to infiltrate male dominated sports spaces and talk about gay sex

#god given right 🙏🏼 dont let men stop you 🙏🏼 #chatter

[stellerssong]

Tell us the sex stone joke

so this joke requires the light setup of, as the Resident Geologist, on any given hike my dad will have been subjected to a light barrage of Hey What's This Rock I Just Picked Up Off The Trail, answers ranging from "that's clearly serpentinite, the state rock of California—note the distinctive gray-green color and soapy texture" to "that's probably a local mudstone" to "that is a piece of concrete" to "that is tanbark."

the joke typically runs as follows:

you, presenting an interesting pebble for identification: hey, what's this rock i just picked up off the trail? my dad, after a few seconds of thoughtful examination: ah, interesting. what you have there is what's known as a "sex stone." you, slightly shocked by the apparent erotic provenance of what you thought was a random rock: oh! okay. i see. thanks. my dad, slyly: would you like to know why they call it that? you: um. yes? my dad: BECAUSE IT'S JUST A FUCKING ROCK.

#chatter #asks #my delight when i achieved an age at which my dad could finally tell me this joke in its uncensored form was notable i have to admit #imagine being the Designated Rock Identifier in a family with curious and scientifically-minded youthes and having this joke in pocket #and knowing if you say the fuck word to them you will immediately be executed by all of your in-laws. so tragic.

[fwishbone]

my c3 faves

#critical role #critical role fanart #bell's hells #ashton greymoore #imogen temult #critical role campaign 3 #critrole #critrole fanart #chatter #my art