i'm really enjoying pathologic 2, actually. i mean, i didn't think i wouldn't enjoy it as much as i was worried it would just, i don't know, muddy the water. and maybe it will, but i'm not really bothered by that anymore. that said, i do think patho 2 took a fairly unsubtle game and increased its unsubtlety by about tenfold.
well. calling og pathologic 'unsubtle' doesn't feel quite right, but i'm not sure what word would feel right. maybe it's 'distinct in its sensibilities'. I think og patho felt more obtuse, whereas patho 2 is like. here. take it. do you get it. here is the information. do you see the themes. i am announcing them to you in such a way that you know that i am saying something thematic. i'm not far enough into the main story of 2 to be able to say that there's less reading between the lines, but it feels very much so far like there's less reading between the lines. whereas the original had a somewhat different... i don't know, affect? it felt like a hostile workplace where everyone recited shakespeare about even the mundane. in patho 2 nothing feels mundane in the first place, everything feels loaded in a way that og patho was but didn't feel, if that makes sense.
but i think that's okay. at the very least, it feels very much like leaning into the 'theater' aspect of it, which is enjoyable. pathologic 2 feels to me more like... bonus content? not to be Stuck Up For Pathologic HD but i enjoyed the feeling of grinding my face against a cinderblock, having to tease out information and conclusions. it felt like a game that you had to figure out, but you actually weren't really doing any ground-level figuring out of much; you're not a doctor, your character is, so the puzzle of Solving the Plague belongs to The Story, whereas the question of What the FUCK is This Town's Deal is your job. it's a very linear game in most respects, but all three playthroughs come through as a thematic package deal.
i so far get the impression that pathologic 2 can be played on its own and be enjoyed in its own right! however it exists to me as like. director's commentary. i'm really liking the playing with different character relationships and alternate things, the expanding of steppe language and the kin, love my worm guys, but i like it because of how it enriches my eternal mind rotation of og pathologic. sorry guys i played the original pathologic and it broke me and remade me in its image. sorry.
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It was curious. To meet somebody twice in the endless galaxy was … unusual. And that it was this wretched man.
Maybe Skeen lived, but it's not going well for him.
(G, Cassian Andor & Arvel Skeen, 1735 words)
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prompt fill for Andor Appreciation Week 2023, Day One (super late! sorry!):
Favorite Characters (Skeen!!) // Character Dynamics (Cassian and Skeen as mirrors)
@andorappreciation
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I've been thinking a lot about my plushie collection and rn I'm just soo overwhelmed by it. Because there's so many of them, and most of them I unfortunately have no attachment to. A majority of the collection was bought on impulse (mostly from goodwill and other second hand shops, where plush are sold very cheaply so its easy to purchase more at one time). I want to sort thru them and get rid of the mass majority that I no longer want, to make room for ones I actually care about, but it feels like such a hassle.
My datemate keeps trying to convince me to wait until we move to do anything. But then I'll have my first collection combined with the one at my current residence and it'll be even more overwhelming. And then there's the thought of where I'm even going to send all these plush. I live in a apartment with cats, and although most of the plush are in boxes, it might still make it hard to sell them because of that. And I live with smokers with no respect, who like to open my bedroom door and let all their nasty smells and nicotine get into my shit, so that's going to make selling even harder.
I could just (re)donate my plush, but then I'll be basically throwing money away, and the same thing would be true if I literally threw them out. Maybe I'll try to sell the ones ik haven't been contaminated by anything because of being boxed up, and the rest I'll just donate. I could see if there's any children's or women's shelters I could send some to. I want to drop a few off for toys for tots as well, mainly the squishmallows because they still have tags and ik they'll be well loved
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do you draw
yes i do! i even recently started taking cheap comms, i just keep it on my main instead. i actually like drawing more than writing, i think, but writing is easier when i need to get out these specific kinds of longwinded, needlessly complex ideas, and drawing is easier when i need to get out shit like this
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r/transgendercirclejerk is a horrible place where depressed transgenders mock every other subreddit by larping as transphobic AITA posters and saying tranny every 5 seconds. and yet, it’s somehow better at inter-community solidarity than half of tumblr. i guess there’s nothing like the sweet embrace of people who’ve lost their will to live.
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With the Ruin DLC having been released, I saw a LOT of DSAF art on my Twitter feed.
As a result, I played a game of:
"Have I seen this on my Tumblr feed thanks to Ren or is this new to me?"
Which is then followed up with:
"If this is new, how would Ren react, and would this result in her writing an essay about a specific detail she remembered? /pos"
– Verna 🐇
THERES A DSAF FANDOM ON TWITTER?????????
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