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anyways if you grew up as a fat little girl and ended up as a fat trans man, you should get 10000$ in emotional compensation because holy fuck people are cruel

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We sent your boyfriend to live on a beautiful farm upstate where he can run around with all of the other boyfriends together forever

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would you hit the blunt if it had christian baby ashes in it?

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Love confession? No. Love admission. We both know this is happening and we've finally decided to let it happen.

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Conversations

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cats are really good at looking at things. very useful

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for sale baby shoes our boot just had a litter^-^

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Hebden Bridge, Calderdale, West Yorkshire (England)

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Anthro bird who finishes a long shift at work, leans against the wall with a sigh, and covers themself with ants.

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It's just a funny comparison between Artemy and Murky

tg: meowlusha26

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I genuinely can't stand pop psychology I'm not an expert on this stuff but the damage it has done to the general public's understanding of mental health and psychology must be notable. People with low empathy are evil. NPD is The Abuser Disorder. here's how your partner is subconsciously manipulating you. OCD is when you like cleaning. If you ask him a question and he looks away for one second he's lying to you and abusing you. Follow for more dark psychology tips. Letting my intrusive thoughts win and dyeing my hair. I thought this guy was into me I'm so delulu. Anyone who comes to you with their problems is traumadumping and abusive. Anyone who gives you gifts is lovebombing and abusive. Being neurodivergent means Liking Things. Neurotypicals don't like things. They are empty shells without feelings. Neurodivergent means ADHD or ASD. What, BPD? Schizophrenia?? That's not very quirky or fun. And that's what neurodivergent means. That's just weird. Being mentally ill isn't an excuse to be weird. Only Evil People manipulate and abuse. There are certain people who Are Evil by nature (people with NPD) and they Will abuse you. Loving someone means it's impossible to abuse them only Evil People Who Hate You are abusive. Have I mentioned that people with NPD are evil. I really want to drive that home

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"chemicals and hormones get released in your brain during sex so you cant have casual sex" is such a bonkers bizarre reasoning for purity culture. chemicals and hormones are always getting released in your brain, all the time, for everything. we're chemical soup. i've bonded harder with rocks i've found on the side of the road than most of the people i've had sex with, and i've had stronger dopamine dumps from good tacos.

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Going back through my old pathologic posts and.

“if sanity becomes a meter I will throw myself out a window”

Lol

UI Horror in Pathologic 2?

If I had creative control of Pathologic 2…. I have so many ideas for what the Bachelor’s route could look like

See, in the Haruspex route, there’s a lot of neat stuff related to sound–the buzzing of the herbs, the roar of the plague infecting you, the voice of earth speaking to you

And that fits because all of the healers are connected to a sense: the Haruspex listens, the Changeling touches, and the Bachelor sees

So what I would do for the Bachelor route is focus on visuals–mess with the UI as much as possible. (If you’re not familiar, the UI is the User Interface: stuff like the health bars, your cursor, the thought map, etc etc that all exist for the user’s benefit)

Maybe you get messages on your screen of the plague speaking to you, or better yet, the Polyhedron. See, the Polyhedron is a bigger part of the Bachelor’s route, and I get the sense that P2 is playing up the Polyhedron as a psychological horror/its relationship with the Bachelor compared to P1.

The game lets us know that it has powers over the town early on in the Haruspex route: you get a conversation with the townsfolk where they talk about being upset that the Polyhedron has taken away their children, but mentioning that they are physically unable to criticize it. There’s something much worse going on with the Polyhedron in 2; it’s progressed from enchanting marvel of science to hypnotic force.

What could these concepts look like specifically? Idk! Maybe the stat bars change visually when you get the plague, going from something neat and cleanly shaped into something uglier. Maybe you can see things about people that you shouldn’t be able to see. Maybe the Polyhedron inserts itself onto the Bound list forcibly. The possibilities are endless.

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I understand it was almost four months ago, but I saw your post about underrated Pathologic dynamics and loved your commentary on Capella and Artemy in 2! I’m really curious to hear what you made of them in Classic?

Sorry this took so long to answer! But yes, I would love to chat about it!!

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First off, I think the first thing is that Pathologic 1 characters are, in general, less personable. Which isn't to say that they aren't well-written or likeable, simply that a lot of Pathologic 2's emotional impact and self-imposed difficulty comes from making you emotionally attached to the characters to give you a goal in keeping them alive (and hurting you when you fail, rip Notkin). On the other hand, Pathologic 1 characters are more interested in swaying you to their specific ideology and you probably mostly want them alive so Block doesn't 'bad end' you.

The other Pathologic 1 thing to me is that the healers all sort of operate on different levels of reality. The Bachelor operates on the closest thing to real-world logic - he responds to a plague with quarantine measures, to the idea of 'prophecy' with skepticism, and eventually to the world of pathologic itself with frustration and hate. The Changeling operates more on meta-logic, she already knows about the Powers that Be, the more malleable nature of reality, and the uncertainty of her own nature.

The Haruspex however, operates on the closest thing to in-game logic, which means he is perfectly willing to accept that Capella is a prophetic seer who is going to be extremely powerful soon, especially if he supports her so that they can bring about a Town in line with their goals (alive, and without the Polyhedron which hurts the Earth/empowers the Kains).

I think because they are operating on the exact same page here, Capella tends to be very forthright about being on Artemy's side and offering him aid.

And Artemy in turn tends to be upfront about asking her questions and acting on her visions.

But I wouldn't say they have warmer relationship because I think for all their friction pathologic 2 Artemy and Capella are closer to acting like a parent+child or pair of siblings. Artemy arguing that Capella is a child and shouldn't and can't bear the burden on protecting the Town's children on her own, and her losing the 'serene Mistress' bit to argue back are more indicative of a familial affection that isn't just based on their being allies.

However, I do think that pathologic 1 Artemy and Capella are far more trusting. Capella is extremely upfront about her future plans and what help she needs from Artemy, as well as upfront about offering him aid. Artemy in return, tends to go "Sure whatever you need, Victoria 👍" whenever Capella asks him to do something (usually kill a guy [or many guys 🔪🔪🔪] or check up on the other Termites) and seems very trusting of any explanations or visions she has.

I think this is especially interesting in the context of the other Healer+Mistress pairs, which are very marked by deception and betrayal. Clara is partially unknowingly lying to Katerina about who/what she is, and Katerina will end up abandoning Clara when she comes to doubt her on day 6.

The even greater contrast is Daniil and Maria, of course. We know Maria as a cunning, powerful seer guided/possessed by her mother's spirit as she orchestrates her rise to power through the Polyhedron's miracles [not a criticism, I support women's wrongs, lol], but Dannil spends basically his entire route unaware of this and indeed, seems to think of her a sheltered and sensitive young woman (though there is also some underlying mistrust, given he immediately suspects her in Eva's suicide)

TLDR: They are in cahoots! Which is very funny, in the "All the named characters are lying to you" game