#which is fucking fantastic!

[megapwnus]

I don’t trust anyone who uses the phrase “female transformers” like……… they don’t have a different biological sex they just use different pronouns and arguably have - in some cases- distinct gender identity. But they’re not “females” …. Nor are any of them “male.”

But also it’s super annoying to have the contrast be “transformers” vs “FEMALE transformers”

I mean. C’mon.

#:| #once again I’m like. what’s with this mammal terminology when applied to she/her transformers #and why. why only them HMMMM #no one talks about he/him transformers like this #tf #tf idw #like ALSO it’s half the fun that they don’t need to worry about biological sex??? like it’s so much less complicated for anode and lug to #just start using she/her pronouns #and it’s not even necessary to distinguish gender separately from that for them #at least not narratively I’m not saying that they maybe don’t have their own complicated feelings #but yeah … I don’t think calling them male or female is helpful at all in fact it feels reductive #and then in terms of GENDER. they are not even employing the same terms or genders as us. the closest equivalent for their generic is like #our non-binary #which is fucking fantastic! #sooooooo callinf them female just. soils all of that and also imposes weird dichotomies and implications that just. don’t exist for them #and I love that it doesn’t exist for them it’s so nice and so freeing and I think a large draw for queer people #so. yeah I get annoyed #maccadam

[littlemizzlinguistics]

Studying linguistics is actually so wonderful because when you explain youth slang to older professors, instead of complaining about how "your generation can't speak right/ you're butchering the language" they light up and go “really? That’s so wonderful! What an innovative construction! Isn't language wonderful?"

#linguistics #gen z slang #english #as people in the reblog pointed out! #most gen z slang comes from (or was appropriated from) aave #honestly I was just excited to talk about how people in my field actually get excited about non standard uses of English #instead of ridiculing speakers #and I tagged incorrectly and didn’t point out the very real issues of language and power and appropriation inherent in modern slang #in that much of it was appropriated #and even that which experiences language change in the wider culture still originated in aave #aave is just as linguistically valid as any other English dialect because it is a proper language #and the grammar is incredible!!! #habitual be is fantastic and an excellent example of how a richer case system or a certain case can render an adverb unnecessary #and the phonology is just beautiful #anyway I’m very sorry #I fucked up

[bixels]

I feel like I've seen most of what interests me in FiMFiction for the time being, so I read through some good ol' reliable Stardew Valley fanfics last night, only to realize.

Haley x Female Farmer is basically Rarijack. Rarijack adjacent.

#personal #delete later #not art #unfortunate that i'm really not into the BIG popular ships in stardew #like. i downloaded talkohlooey's character sprites for my sdv because the men just look so much better #with talkohlooey sebastian actually looks like a cute guy i'd wanna date. default seb looks like a very very specific white boy. #like. the mod of an anime community discord server. #he looks like every white anime fan i knew in high school who very intentionally tried to look and dress more asian #so unfortunately i'm not really into any of the male bachelors. They are All White. #I went after Alex at first but he's a white bread jock. #So I'm really not interested in ships with Shane or Elliot or Sebastian which make up 2/3 of the romance fics #I do think Harvey is cute he has a lot of personality and he's a sweetheart #stardew expanded has victor AND olivia which is such a fucking win. Asians fuck yeah #I usually pursue Penny. Fluttershy vibes lmao #hopefully chocolatier has some dateable men who Aren't White. #Really can't recommend Talkohlooey's sprites more. Fantastic art style AND character design direction to boot. They made Emily Not #Terrifying Looking which is incredible. #still wish you could date the milfs though who said that #i said it. i'm fessing up. why did concernedape put all these women in unfulfilling marriages with mediocre/crappy men #what are you getting at.

[isa-ah]

im watching a retrospective about Majora's Masks dungeon progression and realizing a little more every time he says "this game took a lot of very brave steps out to not be ocarina of time" that my disappointment with totk isn't out of place. I've been told "it's breath of the wild 2, why did you expect it to be different?" but like.. it's it's own game. why is it the exact same but with an arguably worse iteration of the story?

#i actually have a very long list of reasons i dont like totk but yall have heard all of them a million times before #he makes a point of showing how the 3ds remakes ruined a lot of majoras masks unique boss fights #and i agree completely. i think its emblematic of how zelda has changed as a franchise #if the most casual non gamer would be frustrated by a puzzle or fight it needs to be dumbed down NOW! #vs how the games used to be almost mythical. like how people STILL talk about the old water temples #how it used to be an EXPERIENCE to go thru dungeons. it would take hours #it would feel like something #the quote unquote dungeons in totk are the subway surfer tiktoks of ingenuity. its so disappointing #totk is only better than botw in 2 facets. it handles fantastically. and tulin. thats it that's all it did to be its own game #oh and the brave choice to not even mention revali by name which is fucking hilarious #genuinely so disappointing that they can have more money and man power than god and the games are worse now

[eldritch-elrics]

thinking about rosencrantz & guildenstern are dead again. i think one thing about it is that it's such an excellent example of the sort of thing you can do in a fanfiction/transformative work that you can't really do in an original work? there is no R&G without the greater context of hamlet: hamlet both as a play and a wider cultural phenomenon. we know how these characters' stories will end, not just because we've read the title of the play, but because their ending has been etched into the literary consciousness. the tragedy extends beyond the bounds of either play and seems simultaneously more massive and more absurd because of it

#my post #hamlet #fanfiction #rosencrantz and guildenstern are dead #media studies #trying to think of fanfics that are transformative and meta in the same way #i feel like detective pony is pretty close. that's a fucking fantastic work of literature #which cannot exist independently of the two works that it came from

[heart-of-a-rebel16]

the more Star Wars stuff that Disney pumps out the more I am shocked that rebels is as amazing as it is

#Like #no whitewashed clones? #an actual sense of stakes and permanent character death? #an engaging take on the five/six man band? #Impeccable character arcs for SIX CHARACTERS? #SIX WHOLE DAMN CHARACTERS????? #SIX????? #fantastically subtle world building? #No Anakin bootlicking or anti-Jedi sentiments????? #A disabled character treated with the respect he deserves? #It’s a fucking miracle #And yes this is a direct dig at the bad batch and everything Dave Filoni has ever made since then #Rebels isn’t perfect by any means #But its pros far outweigh its cons #which is why rebels will always and forever be the best piece of Star Wars media to ever exist #star wars rebels #swr #sw rebels

[squishlamb]

u think this happens regularly?

#the frames of this scene r too good #every frame of hunter falling is fucking wild lol #i recorded this on my phone #to brainrot ab huntlow to my bf ofc LOL #which explains the quality and off colours #but then i got funny shit like this out of it #fantastic #toh #toh spoilers #the owl house #mine #huntlow #willow park #hunter deamonne #hunter noceda

[gophergal]

Artyom (you've been telling me your thoughts, but please share with the class)

Artyom Metro, my beloved silly guy

He's just such a fascinating silent protagonist to me. He has so much character. He's also a rare flavor of Blorbo for me

Bonus doodle of his face based entirely on hc

#gopher rambles #ask game #character bingo #metro 2033 #heres a funny story. my dad got me metro exodus three years ago because he knows i love apocalypse fiction and it was on sale for 20$ #i played it for an hour. was deeply confused. and didnt pick it back up #a few weeks ago i saw metro 2033 on sale for 2$ on steam. went “hey ive heard thats a good game” and got it. binged it. #repeat for last light. it fucked severely. im playing exodus again finally and it also is a fantastic experience. #anyway artyom has started rotating in my brain because he has such a... gentle energy? #i wish the fandom were slightly bigger so i felt less like i was intruding on something tho #still need to read the book tho #not sure if ill read past 2033. but i also want to read Roadside Picnic since that has such a formative influence on eastern european #apocalypse fiction it seems (i know it influenced 2033 the book. and the stalker games. which in turn influenced 2033 the game)

[feelin--peachyy]

the english boarding school line in rwrb was written specifically for me btw

#rwrb #red white and royal blue #all it reminded me of was handsome devil #which sure is an irish film #but stars nicholas galitzine #also everyone needs to fucking watch that film because it’s just fantastic #plus it has andrew scott in it as a queer english teacher #it’s glorious #andrew scott #handsome devil #nicholas galitzine #fionn o'shea

[marcsnuffy]

Using Lorenzo and Charles' interviews as reference, I'd love to see any assumptions of what Kaiser and Ness would answer here

#i'm 100% sure they'll get character profiles at some point #maybe more in depth ones like the ones in the egoist bible #since these are meant to be read as interviews to the characters I wouldn't put it past Kaiser to exaggerate or lie in his #like using his answers for those questions (the morning routine/luck rituals/etc) #as reference he totally makes himself sound more put together than he actually is #even if he still sounds kind of fucked up like where's his manager. Can he say that. #anyway #i have ten million guesses for ness' favorite movie. #i could see him liking matilda. & the first 5 hp movies. & narnia. fantasia even. the first fantastic beasts movie. the wizard of oz. etc #can you tell im procrastinating/too into this #ALSO #both lorenzo and sae add comments like #'doing bad things is not ok right?' and (on the topic of school subjects and getting bad grades)'don't be like me' #which i read as both using their ng11 status to give out advice & also as something they've come to think as they've grown #would love to see a kaiser comment in this same wavelength #anyway 2 feel free to rb or reply with thoughts....... i'm curious if anyone'll get them righr #right*

[steampunk-sorcerer]

when the courier you shot in the fucking head rolls up and you’re terrified for your life but instead of killing you she has sex with you that is so good you nearly ascend to the heavens (and then you almost do, because you get kidnapped by the fucking Legion)

#fallout new Vegas #benny gecko #fnv Benny #courier six #I love that instead of killing that checkered fuck #which you have every right to do #you can just fuck him instead and let him live #fantastic game

[ride-a-dromedary]

Halsin desperately wanting children vs Minthara's cut pregnancy storyline face off in the square, but they violently start making out instead.

#FOR THE RECORD this is a joke...but also *eyes emoji* #BG3 Musing #halsin/minthara has very big you wanna fuck me so bad it makes you look/act stupid energy #and then they proceed to do so #fantastic racism vs fantastic prejudice due to past experience and cultural influence face off and make a baby maybe if u wanna idk #maybe we could learn to see the best and accept the less than best in each other and grow and develop as people if you wanna idk #*could* this have been good? it absolutely could have been in the right writer's hands #'but x party said/did -' i do not listen to larian's rules nor whatever they have added here #nor - like i said - did i ever trust them to implement this properly or well and they did not disappoint #any ultimatum they have shoehorned in is not canon to me #if you can recruit minty on a good playthrough now for whatever excuse you should be able to recruit the both of them i don't make the rule #otherwise there is no point - keep her in the evil playthroughs #if i had a nickel every time a elf companion was implied to want or have a babies ever after ending (even in cut content) #i'd have two nickels which isn't a lot BUT WEIRD THAT-

[thedawner]

Do you ever listen to something relevant to your interests and you like it a lot, but you’re in a strange mindset so you feel restless while listening to it and almost want to save it for later?

#commentary #i discovered strafefox which is a yt channel that focuses on describing the development for old video games #it focuses a lot on the art part of game dev and i love that so much #but i feel like biting impatiently through my table to just have all that information directly put into my brain instead of listening to it #like a normal fucking person #anyways i fully recommend the channel it’s fantastic

[untimelyambition]

the whole diamond heist scene with the lasers in gl2 is genuinely the funniest thing i have ever seen in my entire life. vinny so reassuringly saying “throw me” and ranboo and sneeg not even arguing with him just flat out agreeing to lob him across the room. the different shots of them swinging him back and forth to get momentum. the fucking puppet flying through the air. sneeg and ranboo staring off into the distance to watch him soar, the instant cut to them holding each other screaming. vinny hitting the fucking roof???? the elation. the anvil falling sound effect. the looney tunes stare as it falls from the sky. vinny’s final words. the fucking anvil crushing his head in (and the shock that came watching it live and not being able to pause or rewind and see the cut). ranboo making the world’s worst pun. sneeg’s indignant “i’m not throwing you!’. everyone moving on as if it didn’t happen. truly the funniest scene in all written history. i will never recover.

#i think there’s an element to watching it live that really elevated the comedy and the shock #bc it was a complete tonal shift too like all of a sudden it goes from serious problem solving to flying puppets #this like borderline unreality which is so different from the last scene #makes the comedy and change in tone so unexpected and that much funnier #and having no idea an anvil was going to crush vinny and just having it come out of nowhere #and he DIES and the cut is so quick that i didn’t notice it live obviously and so the shock factor is definitely there #i thought we were getting midsommar 2.0 on the ranboolive channel #and then everyone just fucking moving on like it didn’t happen so you barely have time to recover #so much happened in the span of about one minute i had no idea how to react #by far the hardest i’ve laughed i think in all of gen loss so far #fucking genius brilliant fantastic comedy script writing editing production EVERYTHING MWAH #i love this silly little show so much #generation loss #genloss #generation loss spoilers #genloss spoilers #ranboo #tilda rambling

[jakowskis]

"i hated owen for all/most of s1 i only started liking him in s2" weak. i liked owen since he got choked against a wall by an angry woman and then told her he wanted to shag her immediately afterwards. and then even more when he spent ep3 trying to intimidate and murder a rapist

#txt #torchwood posting #owen in the pilot? trash. but i tend to think ep3 was his comeuppance #anyway i was biased goin into tw but nonetheless. i loved him near immediately #i was like oh hermann from pr but hes a mean shitty little twink ohh??? #oh hes fucked up! oh he has murder in his eyes and hes crying! oh im obsessed! and it spiraled from there #which is usually how it goes #sigh #but yeah ep3 was when i rllyyyy started to love owen #the obsession. the vigilantism. going against jack's orders. #that one shot where gwen looks at him and he looks dangerous #i think what got me was in ep1 we see torchwood broke suzie and pushed her to kill #so seeing that a second torchwood member was also at that point only two eps later #it was like ohhhhh. ohhh thats whats going on here #and then it's amplified like the end of s1 is just owen spiraling so hard he almost destroys the world. and it was fucking fantastic #even if the cgi was bad lmfao #s1s character arcs all have to do with exploring how that life breaks people. esp ppl who were already broken. as we find out in s2e12 #& owen's the best example he's sooo fucking mentally ill and self destructive and toxic and miserable and he means the fucking world to me #and then they threw it all away in s2 to make him palatable 😒 #but thats a me problem. i do luv s2 owen just in a diff way #and im v fond of the undead arc #but s1 owen just hits diff for me. burn played him as a scared little boy and it rlly rlly shows #sss

[meraki-yao]

Taylor on the red carpet

Video credit: @/11份面包 (cuz I was so busy screaming over his outfit that I missed it myself 😂)

#rwrb #red white and royal blue #rwrb movie #taylor zakhar perez #alex claremont diaz #He's a fucking fantastic model but no surprise there #But seriously as someone who once upon a time wanted to be a fashion designer #What the fuck #Why the shoulder pads #Why brown with bright red #Like even bungrundy would have looked better #And he had a perfectly good outfit for the photo shoot and the blue carpet??? #Why change??? #He really fucking looks like Alex though which *chef's kiss #Also #Gong Jun the only one person I care about at this event also wore bright red #Also not that flattering on him #What the fuck is up with my two fav being the red coded character in their ship wearing bright red today