#tulpa tom wambsgans

[eastgaysian]

me: i guess it's just the more i think about it, the humor in/around bg3 starts to feel like larian cares more about pleasing people, even if it breaks immersion or flattens/flanderizes characters, than making a game that's fun and funny because of a consistent internal logic and sense of genre and setting.

the tulpa of tom wambsgans i keep in the attic: people do like funny games.

me: but what does it mean for a game as an interactive medium to be funny? like, people find it funny if a game is broken or janky, but a game can also be funny because the mechanics are working and they're designed in a funny way. like, the disco elysium skills are effectively their own cast of characters as a part of the mechanics, and intentionally made into a huge element of the game's humor. watching harry fumble is a lot funnier when the peanut gallery always has something to say about it. or even, i dunno, the very obsidian bit of dialogue choices going 'yes,' 'no,' '[lie] yes,' '[lie] no.' that's humor that relies on the nature of dialogue trees.

tulpa wambsgans, who i've forced to play disco elysium: right. there's plenty of times when you thought the mechanics of bg3 led to funny situations, though.

me: that's not exactly what i'm trying to get at. or it's not the biggest part of it. like, i feel like i've brought this up one too many times already, but the 'hot githyanki girlfriend' dialogue choice you get when romancing lae'zel - it's 'funny,' right? it's supposed to be funny.

tulpa wambsgans: i mean, it is, funny. isn't it?

me: i mean, not to me. i think it's fucking cringe. but it's like, why is that cringe to me, and not disco elysium's 'i want to have fuck with you?' on the surface, it seems like kind of similar humor, like it's your character saying stupid shit. but in disco elysium, the joke is on you-as-harry, because that became your dialogue option after you failed. and the... i'd argue central conceit of disco elysium, maybe, is that harry as an amnesiac wreck with a bunch of skills talking to him in his head is the only way to in-world make sense of a guy who acts like a video game character. and the joke is that you're a video game character selecting dialogue options, but if you were a real person, like harry's supposed to be, you'd seem like a fucking weirdo, and people in the game treat you like a fucking weirdo.

tulpa wambsgans: so what's the problem with baldur's gate 3?

me: i guess it feels like the joke is on the game for being a game that wants to be taken seriously? on the characters within it, for being characters that can only take the game seriously? i don't know if that makes sense. when you incorporate in memes like the god's favorite princess stuff or whatever it was, that's for the player, like almost as a reward for making that joke about the game outside of the game. but it's also, i mean, it's a huge... oversimplification of everything shadowheart's got going on, right? like, shar is or was explicitly abusing her.

tulpa wambsgans: it's a joke, though.

me: right, but what kind of relationship does that create, between the player and the studio, and the player and the game, if the player is rewarded for these kinds of jokes by having them funneled back into the game as part of its reality? the game of fandom telephone where canon events and characters get simplified and miscommunicated over and over, but this time the studio, the makers of canon, are in on it. i mean, it doesn't need to be about jokes, i think that just bothers me more because people tend to have such a positive reaction to jokes. like, lae'zel's dismiss to camp dialogue being changed as well as minthara's recruitment no longer conflicting with halsin's is i would argue part of the same problem.

tulpa wambsgans: ....does any of this really matter?

me: tulpa tom wambsgans you know i only come up into the attic to talk to you about shit that doesn't matter

#tulpa tom wambsgans

[georgeromerosanalcavity]

Tom probably keeps Greg‘s hair in clumps in his pockets

#succession hbo #tom wambsgans #tomgreg #greg hirsch #i hope someone makes a tom tulpa

[thekillersareeatingtheflesh]

i just read the words "tulpa tom wambsgans" it is time to go the fuck to sleep

[eastgaysian]

the inclusion of tulpa tom wambsgans, who lives in the attic, is not merely a humorous nonsequitur but a necessary component of the post's overarching metanarrative and commentary about humor in relation to fictional characters and universes. tulpa wambsgans' existence initially appears to be a shallow joke, particularly as tulpa wambsgans does not seem to bear any real resemblance in behavior to tom wambsgans the character presented in hbo's succession (2018-2023). rather, tulpa wambsgans functions as an extension of/sounding board for 'me' to express its own thoughts, an ironic role to play in a post that criticizes pandering to fans by changing the traits of fictional characters in accordance to their desires. however, closer inspection reveals the tense, even antagonistic relationship between 'me' and tulpa wambsgans. tulpa wambsgans is kept in the attic, akin to a prisoner or a shameful secret, is 'forced' to play disco elysium, and 'me' only talks to tulpa wambsgans about nonconsequential subjects, suggesting a lack of respect for tulpa wambsgans and a desire to avoid interactions with the version of the fictional character 'me' created as an extension of itself. this relationship between 'me' and tulpa wambsgans, then, is meant to illustrate the most extreme version of the pandering 'me' is criticizing, and the post is not only criticism but a cautionary tale, where claiming ownership over a fictional character made the relationship between fan and character meaningless and unsatisfying - as pointless as engaging in an imaginary debate with oneself in the attic.

#ok im gonna eat now #tulpa tom wambsgans

[eastgaysian]

don't worry about my posts i asked my sister to help give me frosted tips at some point during the next week so i think after that i'll basically be a model citizen

#started typing out another bg3 tulpa tom wambsgans post and this one i decided to hit backspace on

[eastgaysian]

in the in n out drive thru with tulpa tom wambsgans talking about ludonarrative dissonance

[eastgaysian]

unfortunately the two punchlines that became permanently stuck in my head after i wrote them are 'INFO: why are you friends with a middle aged dog' and 'tulpa tom wambsgans you know i only come up into the attic to talk to you about shit that doesn't matter'

#i dont know why theyre both so funny to me. sometimes it just really is like. #INFO: why are you friends with a middle aged dog

[eastgaysian]

I know we haven’t talked since the divorce but are you okay babe you were reblogging the nathan fielder washing machine heart edit a lot. Btw i will be using it as evidence against you in the custody case but still

i'd rather dematerialize tulpa tom wambsgans' thoughtform baby than let you take our child away from me

#mingbox #Sometimes you get high and need to reblog nathan fielder washing machine heart edit