#just different

[abernathyvalois]

being 14 is the closest to god you’ll ever feel

#there’s something about ages 12-14 that are #just different #you feel everything so deeply #your world is so small #your future is so big #the angst is crazy #i love it by stephen king #because it’s portrayed so well in the book #also replaying tlou part one and ellie’s angst #it’s like innocence that isn’t really innocent #it’s very complicated #i would write about this forever if i could #personally i hated being 14 #but there was something so fascinating about it #so precious

[potoh]

Pea boy redraw!

2023 (digital) ---> 2019 (traditional)

#farm cat #peas #I don't think neither is better #just different #my OC's #cats #green peas #green

[dailyedgeworth]

today, i drew the ponyo!edgeworth in a bucket in medibang

#idk how i feel about it #it's not better or worse i guess #just different #miles edgeworth #ace attorney #mitsurugi reiji #gyakuten saiban #bucket saga

[tapakah0]

You know

We had the canon story with where they could at least save another timeline

You did a story where they managed to have their happy ending

And now, I suspect

It's time for the complete failure?

Nope, I've mentioned before that it will be good for one person, don't worry

#reverse canon #Still canon but in other way #just different #Can I also mention that we have a saved past universe in the happy future canon #And one canon that is still up to happen and looks like this one will not be very happy too #There are plenty of canons that I don't know about and I'm pretty sure something like what I do might exist somewhere and I don't know abou #it *giggle* #So yes #At least my mind will be in peace when I do the ending that I wanted to do from the very beginning #It might be a bit of surprise #At least I was surprised by myself ans wasn't sure if I can even really put it in the story #I hope no one will mind me about it mehh #*running away*

[strunmah-mah]

So I saw this interesting post discussing the bashing of otome heroines, and the person i saw it from had some tags comparing the OBSCURA and Touchstarved mc's and the different fan response to them. Which go me thinking, but reposing to it there felt like it would have derailed that post, some I'm putting my thoughts here instead.

Basically the tags were an observation that OBSCURA's mc gets treated as their own character (Vesper) whose popularity is comparable to that of all the different love interests. Meanwhile Touchstarved's fandom doesn't seem to rally around one singular MC with everyone having own OC instead. This despite the fact that their both gender neutral blank slates you never even really see.

I'd noticed that too and got thinking of why that is, so here's my theory.

Name. Notice that I referred to OBSCURA's mc as Vesper, but didn't give a name to Touchstarved's mc? When asking what your name is OBSCURA auto suggests a name. There's a not insignificant number of people that when given an auto suggested name won't go to the effort of changing it. (ex My first time playing a Legend of Zelda game it didn't even occur to me to change Link's name despite it definitely being an option.) And despite still being a reader insert just the act of giving them name makes Vesper feel like a more defined then Touchstarved unnamed MC does.

Origins. Vesper is Vesper. Who they were before the start of OBSCURA doesn't really matter, no matter what you might hc they were like before the start of the story, they still enter the mountain with the skill set no matter what. Touchstarved's mc is deliberately fluid. They have three different possible backgrounds and which one you pick does effect the mc's skill set. Make your own oc is literally built into the game.

Presentation of information. Touchstarved is very upfront about their mc's motivations. You are cursed. It's very isolating and has caused you to hurt others unintentionally. You are looking for a cure. What your curse is is never really a question. That's a very different experience from playing OBSCURA. The games hook is "people don't go under the mountain unless they have a good reason, unfortunately you have a great reason" it does not say the reason, it's a great hook. So you play the game, you go under the mountain and you find out what you're looking for is . . . blue moon ichor. You have no context for what that is, it's not initially explained, but it makes people pity you. It's not until you meet one of the LI's that it's revealed you want the ichor. You only only learn about Vesper's motivations as they chose to reveal that information to others. It's an interesting story telling choice. For me, it was more engaging to have Vesper being just as much of a mystery as everything else, than Touchstarved approach of giving that information upfront, but it comes at a cost. The MC's are both supposed to be self inserts, but hiding that information puts distance you and Vesper again making them feel more like their own character than a self insert.

Choice. Atleast as far the demos go Vesper's choices matter more. Your choices change who you meet, if you get a partner to help you face the future, or if you fail to achieve your goal chapter one. The Touchstarved mc makes choices too, it gives you slightly different dialog and you then you move on with your day. The TS MC is a vehicle to meet that game's LI's, your choices change what side of them you get to see. In Obscura your choices affect Vesper first and fore most, which again gives Vesper a stronger sense of character.

Just to be clear, I don't want this to sound like me dunking on RedSpringStudios and say they can't make good characters. Boy can they! All five of their love interests are full of character and intrigue. It's like I said in point two, the "build your own oc" approach seems very purposeful. It's a fan response they've encouraged, even releasing bio templates that match the official bios of all the LI's. This is what they wanted.

What amuses me is that RottenRaccons did not seem to realize what they had done. They seem very surprised but pleased by how much fans are latching onto Vesper as their own character.

#touchstarved game #touchstarved mc #obscura vn #obscura vesper #game comparison #for the record i don't think either aproach is bad #just different #game analysis #not me repeatedly editing this cause i don't like how i phrased something

[voyage-of-the-basset]

unshoutout to netflix for attempting a kipps x lucy x lockwood love triangle when the real love triangle is skull x lucy x lockwood

#god the books are so unhinged #the show is pretty good #just different #v excited for a season two tho #imagine the chelsea outbreak oh my god #lockwood and co

[andmineisyellow]

Don't get me wrong, absolutely nothing we saw today looks bad. A lot of it looks good. I thought many of the choices in the sneak peek clip were compelling. I just... don't know if young Penelope and Colin resonates with me personally the way that Polin in their 30's does. And that has me feeling kind of deflated. But at the same time, the stuff I saw that I liked does have me kind of hyped?

I don't know. My feelings are very complicated.

#not bad #just different #polin #bridgerton #bridgerton season 3

[steddieas-shegoes]

RIP Eddie Munson you would’ve loved writing dissertations on what everyone’s Spotify wrapped says about them

#eddie munson #stranger things #anyways I’m anxiously awaiting this years diagnosis #probably not gonna be better than last year #just different

[revenantghost]

👉🏼👈🏼 I’ve never seen the new show but I love your blog and content, can you tell us who don’t know where to watch??

Alkajsndkjn oh man, thank you!!! I'm honestly shocked I haven't scared off anyone not familiar with it after, well, this year :'D For the legal options, it's on both Crunchyroll and Hulu! For the people who uhhhhhh *ehem* prefer life on the high seas, first make sure you have adblock because I've never viewed the site without adblock, then this site has some of the better subtitles that I've seen! If you're more of a dub person, the full dub is up there too!

#Ask #Anon #Tristamp #Trigun Stampede #Trigun #Also just because I don't want to assume you're a fellow weeb: #Sub is Japanese audio with English subtitles #Dub is English audio! Hulu has English dub with English subtitles #But that's the only place I know where that's the case ):< #I'm partial to the sub BUT both are good #Just different #OH YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THE EPS FROM THIS SITE TOO #BTW #I may have them all downloaded #Maybe #Perhaps

[karihighman]

BACK AT IT JUST DIFFERENT 📷🎬😍🥹 aka: Jesse Lee Soffer blessed us with a Trasse photo on IG for his directorial debut on Chicago PD

UPDATE: TRACY FINALLY LIKED AND COMMENTED YAYYYYY THEY’RE BFF GOALS

#chicago pd #tracy spiridakos #jesse lee soffer #hailey upton #directorial debut #trasse #behind the scenes #partner pic #he did this for us #i’ve missed them so much #he’s back #back at it #just different #(: #jay halstead #upstead #director soffer #director JLS #we love to see it #he deserves it #cpd season 10 #instagram likes #instagram comment #bff goals

[girl-hwat]

i just think that the doctor should travel with a cowboy

as a treat

#thinking about jamie #and how is really like if we had a non contemporary companion #historical or futuristic or other #just different #plus the doctor and his favorite girlie #and little boy #is appealing to me #doctor who #classic who #tardis teams of 3 for the win

[weareallgonnadiesoon]

How does Elq fit into Guapoduos dynamic when Pepito gets introduced?

Elq is...not having a good time the first time he meets Pepito just like canon Quackity. He knows that Cellbit is gone, most likely dead, he just got back from being tortured and he's being greeted by this...weirdly peppy egg.

Normally, Elq would be repulsed if not vaguely distressed if a very happy tried to speak to him. But this is not exactly a normal situation. Elq instantly comes to the conclusion that wherever he is (He's not sure if it's hell, or a weird version of heaven or still a torture chamber), they threw this egg in here with him, most likely to kill it in front of him.

So this spurs Elq to immediately be very protective of Pepito. Pepito is very excited to meet Elq cause he'd been told a lot about him by Roier (who thought that Elq was dead like Cellbit). It takes awhile for Pepito to convince him that 'Hey, you're not dead and this isn't a torture chamber designed to kill the both of us' and it involves a lot of random items to do this (Including but not limited to: A chain saw, a stack of wood, 3 strings, a iron axe.).

Elq still throws the birthday party for Pepito but partly because he's having a mental breakdown and he needs to focus on an action or person before he starts crying (Luckily, throwing a birthday party allows you to focus on an action AND person!).

Once El isn't having a mental breakdown and is subtly convinced that he's alive and not in a torture chamber, he goes to find Roier. They have a 'tearful' (Both of them almost cry then deny that they did) reunion as both were convinced that the other was dead. Once they're done being emotional and pretending they weren't emotional, Elq is very...jarred by Roier's treatment of Pepito. It confuses him greatly. Roier was kind, in Elq's memory, the kindest between the three of them back when there WERE three of them. And now he's so...harsh. It makes sense but Elq kinda has to mentally say a loud 'FUCK' when he realizes that he'll have to be the nicer parent in the relationship if he didn't want to give the kid daddy issues like Spreen did to Ramon.

He doesn't call Roier on his treatment of Pepito since he thinks that it's probably fine to treat a kid like that (See; Elq's weird idea of how to treat children) and as long as it doesn't become actual ab-se, Elq is fine with it. He's a bit...gentler with Pepito which everyone can see is a constant and painful thing for him.

Nothing huge by other peoples standards, but he'll always put Pepito on his shoulders instead of letting him walk, he'll make sure Pepito always has armor even if it means Elq is literally giving him the armor off his back, and he'll talk.

He'll talk about Cellbit, what kind of person he was is, how he likeds puzzles, and how he'd love Pepito. He'll talk about Roier, how the island changed him overtime into the man that Pepito knows. He'll talk about Bobby like he's Pepito's brother, how he would've been aghast at the idea of having two brothers.

It has been awhile since Elq has had to be kind but he fears what will happen if he isn't.

#qsmp #qsmp elquackity #qsmp swap au #qsmp pepito #qsmp roier #qsmp cellbit #qsmp guapoduo #qsmp spiderduck #chaos duo #qsmp chaos duo #spiderduck #elspiderbit #I just figured out the duo names for these bastards. #It's hard to watch someone you love become different #Not a different person #Just different #Elq is forever willing to stay by Roier's side #That's his husband his best friend his first friend #He's fine with Roier in any shape that he becomes #But he knows that Roier isn't. That in his right mind Roier would be upset with who he became #But Elq is selfish enough to just try and support him for now.

[mrcowboydeanwinchester]

the way that mary dies and then comes back aged 29 when dean is 38. how can you be a mother and a son when everything is so changed between you. but then also thinking about how jo dies at 25 and what if she came back in s15. when dean is 41. and so jo is 25 to dean's 41 and they still love each other so deeply but dean reminds her more of her father than he could now be a brother

#the story where one of you comes back and you come back not wrong #just different #and everything between you is changed #dean has lived ten years since jo died and for jo no time has passed at all #GOD #jo harvelle #dean winchester #deanjo #ola.txt

[biblicallyaccuratefaggot]

hmm turning 26 def has a different flavor than turning 25

#bdays on friday & things feel #different #not bad #just different #it feels like things are changing significantly for the first time in years

[champagnemoon]

The internet before everything was an advertisement was such a different place and I only experienced the last drops of it for real

#not wholesome either lmao #just different #now even people aren’t trying to sell you a product #they’re still trying to sell you themselves

[lorelei-system]

I thought I was just dying, or turning into some kind of ghost or zombie. But I have a new theory. I’ve split into a sub system. I’m not sure that’s actually what’s happened, but there definitely seem to be different versions of me. All me (Poppy) but different states of mind? I don’t know if we will become more different from each other, or if that’s just me becoming more diverse as an alter.

But here’s what I’ve come up with:

- the “I’ll do whatever you say”/ lovesick Poppy

- the dead/undead Poppy

- the suffering Poppy

- the angry Poppy

Like I said, I may be wrong about this, but I figured it would be good to write down.

I wonder if other systems have alters that are differentiated like this, or other systems that have subsystems and could explain how they work for them?

#figured someone switched in #but it’s still me #just different #did alter #did osdd #did system #osddid #actually did #osdd system #subsystem #poppy speaks