#2am ted talks

[swugflower]

Brucie Wayne gets interviewed and the question who, expect Batman, is his favorite Gotham hero.

After some awkward moments of silence, he blurts out that it’s Spoiler. Since she is the only one from the main active team that isn’t his kid and this way he avoids picking a favorite.

Meanwhile, the group chats explodes into chaos instantly.

[gotogull]

Nightmare is Meta knights ‘dad’/creator is probably one of my favourite theories because-

There’s genuine stuff pointing to it and-

You would have to consider that in whatever magic wizard test tube/method he was created, Nightmare made the conscious decision to make Meta knight just look like that.

The comedic potential.

[thepastisneverdead1966]

I love how in warrior nun evilness and wraith demons are not equivalent, people can just have that “natural darkness” in them. Sister Frances was evil, not possessed. The FBC were possessed, not inherently evil. The fact that one’s morality is within their own control gives the characters so much depth, which is why we got to have the SCRUMPTIOUS arc of Father Vincent (I’ll never shut up about this). And since morality is a choice, it is detached from the character’s religious belief. Evil can exist without demons and good can exist without faith. Ava is the perfect example of this. She did not have to be the “good” all the time. There is nothing stopping her from just……making the most out of her free will. She could’ve not fought for the Catholic Church. She could’ve ran off after learning how to defend herself from Tarasks. She could’ve even teamed up with Adriel. But everyday our girl wakes up and chooses to be good, to be the righteousness, to protect the ones she loves and ultimately, to sacrifice herself for humanity. Ava Silva was not just a “chosen one”, she was also a self-made hero.

[lillybearrie]

Yk what my 4am brain decided to think about?

How I can make it with a broken heart relates to drum roll please

✨️ Icarus Morningstar✨️

I don't have a problem wdymmm

" I'm a real tough kid, I can handle my shit, the said "babe, you gotta fake it till you make it" and I did"

Yes

"All the pieces of me shattered while the crowd was chanting more"

Chat having the ability to see and commentate on Icarus's life even when they're at their lowest chat sees just about everything

"I'm so obsessed with him be he avoids me like the plague"

Fable is rarely around anymore now that he's fairly certain that Icarus ain't going nowhere and he now can keep an eye on them via the undead he doesn't need to be monitoring them so he doesn't

"I can hold my breath I've been doing it since he left"

Little Ick after fable left and got himself stuck in a box being once again forced into the role of protector and provider for themself and their brother

"I was grinning like I'm winning I was hitting my marks"

The hysterical laughing fits, and generally pretending that they enjoy that kinda stuff when really that just the role they're forcing themself to play

And that's just a few lines

Icarus is this song if the line instead of being "I cry a lot but I am so productive" it was something about being angry or violent instead of "cry"

The big difference between the general vibes of this song and Ick is that the song is smiling when you've been sobbing for the past 3 hours and no one can tell vs having violent outbursts and laughing about it because the alternative is having a full on mental breakdown which is not two things that you would think would be so similar but the words to describe both are surprisingly similar it's the way you say the sentences and the contexts that makes the big change.

[sushisketching]

Day 10 and 11 (I am ahead of schedule ig) Kaveheh and Alhaha moments with kohl

No eyes were harmed in this procedure

Except maybe yours after seeing this, L

[beet1031]

a pet peeve of mine in movies is when they portray linguists/language experts as being these stuck up know-it-alls who hate on anyone that doesn’t have perfect, 100% correct grammar, spelling, and word pronunciation. Bc like,, any linguist worth their salt would know that colloquial and everyday language is just as valid as the fancy, academic stuff. Sure, phonetic, grammar, and spelling rules make the building blocks of any language. But once people start actually speaking those languages and breaking the rules to delete inneficiencies and make new kinds of statements, that’s when language becomes an art. If you wouldn’t shame a painter or an actor for breaking the rules a bit to get their point across, then why would you do so to someone who does the exact same thing with their language? Ultimately I think it comes from the idea a lot of ppl have that the standardized, purely “correct” form of every language is already perfect and efficient, and thus breaking the rules of that ‘perfect’ language is some kind of affront. But to be honest I have yet to see any language that is perfectly efficient and makes total intuitive sense. So use that slang. Fuck up the syntax. Who cares? Whatever it takes to get your point across, it’s all a form of art

[wander-wren]

unironically, telling myself “you are not a unique specimen of humanity” has become the most helpful mantra, as a neurodivergent trans kid whose teen years were (technically have been) spent feeling like some kind of extinct animal dropped into a close-but-not-quite-right ecosystem.

you are not uniquely awkward or strange or embarrassing. everyone struggles to communicate, to express themselves. everyone messes up. the cashier at the store has seen six people try to push a pull door or drop their change or what have you. it’s fine.

you are not uniquely smart or knowledgeable or enthusiastic, even about things that matter a lot to you. other people can know things and get things right and be excited, and you can even be wrong, and it doesn’t mean anything. it does not take away from you.

you are not uniquely unequipped for life. a lot of people struggle with things that should be simple. a lot of people can’t keep to schedules, or forget important tasks, or just plain need help sometimes. we’re social animals. there are a lot of skills involved in making it to the end of the week, and not everyone gets taught them all, or even the same ones.

you are not uniquely tortured. sure, your exact experience might be strictly yours, but broadly speaking? there is a name for what you’re experiencing. there is a community. if it is distressing you or harming your daily function, there is help. you are not alone.

you are not a unique specimen of humanity.

[blessedmoonsoul]

that being said....self titled was just such a moment tho like when i say that was a formative album for me i mean that shit

[string-cheese-cake]

Nobody asked but white supremacy is the reason why white women are obsessed with true crime.

So when chattel slavery was becoming cemented in the United States and other European areas, the idea of biological race and racial hierarchy emerged to justify the generational enslavement of Africans and the genocide of indigenous people. Africans and other non-whites were labeled as less developed, more susceptible to their "primal urges" and committing sex crimes and therefore needed to be controlled by white men. Specifically to protect white women.

White supremacy is typically framed as necessary to 'protect' (read: control) white women, the mothers of the next generation of whites. They must be protected from "sexually voracious black men" (read: miscegenation and mixed race children). So white supremacy operates on the myth that white women are constantly under threat of sexual violence and must be protected by white men.

That myth becomes baked into the public consciousness, many unaware of the origin or even that the idea is there. It even becomes less racially based, but there is still a common belief that white women are inherently vulnerable to violent crime. Especially among white women. To be fair, it's difficult to not internalize an idea that you are not exactly aware of but is still seeped in every interaction and bit of advice. Don't wander off, don't talk to strangers, don't go out alone or late at night, cover your body, hold your keys between your fingers, take self defense, watch your drink, don't be under the influence. Your body is soft and valuable and delicate and you must protect it.

This idea of vulnerability is reinforced in the news media, which chooses to focus on stories which fit this particular narrative of white women's vulnerability. Missing white women syndrome. This subconscious belief has saturated society. White women develop an outsized fear of death by violent crime. So what do they do? They embrace it. They eat up stories of families like theirs and the deaths of women like them.

It's been suggested that experiencing that fear of violence in the controlled environment true crime provides can be cathartic, somewhat like watching a horror film. There is also a sense of justice and closure felt when the perpetrator of that crime is punished.

In conclusion; White women love true crime because it's a coping mechanism for their deeply embedded fear of violence which was established and is upheld by white supremacy.

[demcnsinmymind]

Also still forever loling @ Friedkin's plan + the cult's talk just not fucking working on the boy. Like sure enough, he feels bad about killing somebody and his team dying horribly in that building.

But good fucking luck trying to convince him to forget himself and blame himself entirely for everything. Out of all the people they could've picked, they chose the guy with the biggest freaking ego to ego. Like, fuck you, it is your fault these people died because you fucked up time with your fucked up rituals, not me.

Like sure enough, he tempted the crap out of demons and he did lock the door, and he does feel guilty and sad in a way, but point still is - he didn't kill these people. They did. He didn't plan for it, didn't think it could actually happen, and he sure as fuck didn't want it. Shove your gaslighting elsewhere. Also nope, definitely not this fuckwit's son or an empty shell for anyone. Just him-fucking-self and definitely not interested in unleashing utter chaos on this world either. He's just snagged your presh lil idiot god to repurpose it as a brain pacemaker and because they made a deal with each other and no ur not invited, stupid cult.

[litt1e-prince]

living in my own home away from my dad but he still waits up for me to get home

[velaralilas]

dead by daylight's issues

i just watched SpookyLoopz's most recent video about how he feels currently with the shift of content in DBD, and he made some very valid points. i reccomend watching it before reading on.

tl;dr- he says that the two newest killers, The Knight and The Skull Merchant, are boring to play against and play as and that DBD is becoming stale.

i very much agree with this. i, myself, am a content creator (i stream on twitch- and am currently planning my revival after a two month long hiatus) and DBD is one of the main games i play. now, i didn't fully get into DBD until May/June 2022, roughly when The Dredge came out and the game was celebrating its 6th anniversary. I am still a baby at 300ish hours of playtime. even within the limited time i have interacted with the community, as well as playing the game and learning the ropes, there has been a serious shift in the culture surrounding the game. from metas to the camping/tunneling problem, these problems seem to have no end.

The community is going to be the thing that kills Dead by Daylight within the next year or so- i feel. im going to outline the main things that i see when playing myself.

playing survivor

while playing as a survivor (my main game mode), the tunneling and camping is horrendous- especially for persons like me who have TTV or YT in their username. there have been countless times where i was pushed out of a game because i am a streamer, or because other creators are in a lobby with me, they assume i am a part of a swf (survive with friends). ive also had killers that hold myself and my friends hostage since they assume we're streaming- not becuase we're creators, but becuase they think we are actively streaming in that moment.

another thing i see often is fellow survivors disconnecting seemingly randomly. now, i, myself, am guilty of disconnecting from a match- everyone has their moments- but the type im talking about is when they see a killer they dont like (im excluding The Plague and The Clown from this becuase emetophobia and colourophbia is real), if the killer brings a mori, or if they feel like they're losing after getting downed. i have played with someone who is toxic like this and it is insufferable because this puts you at such a disadvantage later in the game. stop abandoning teammates just because The Legion brought a mori. Killing yourself on hook to get out a game is still bad- dont get me wrong- but at least its more tolerable than straight up leaving.

the survivor meta is purely influenced by whatever the current killer meta is. dont ask me what is considered 'the meta' i dont know and dont care. i think you should run perks that suit your playstyle, not to be one with the crowd. if you wanna sneak around, be a gen jockey, get chased all game, make builds that will help you! coordinate with the friends that youre playing with! this makes the game so much more fun that using a build you saw a big time content creator use.

playing killer

oh boy, here we go.

to start off, i am a Sadako (The Onryo) and a Freddy (The Nightmare) main. Sadako is my number one best girl.

playing the killer is so stale and unbearable. from bully squads to toxic survivors its so much worse than it used to be. the highest rank i got to when i was playing everyday for 6-8 hours a day was Gold 2 (? i just remember being in gold) and it was amazing back then. nowadays people are bringing gen rushing builds and want to get in and out of games as soon as possible. dont even get me started on the end game shit talking people will do if you do bad as a prestige 12 killer.

the current killer meta, from my understanding (again i dont care about the meta), is generator regression and aura reading. i see a lot of pain res/dead mans switch (pain res blows up a generator and forces you off of it, when someone is hooked on the scourge hook, and dead mans blocks it for a short time- for those who are unfamiliar), call of brine/overcharge/pop goes the weasel/eruption being used interchangibly. its all about regressing gens from getting done. wheres the spice? how about tracking perks or chase perks? on Sadako i use a lot of aura reading because its useful with her power, same with Freddy. i never see killers using perks that work well with the killers power.

speaking of powers, lets talk about the two latest killers, The Knight and The Skull Merchant. they suck ass! the knight allows you to camp hooks without needing to be there, and the merchant can track you on the map with drones. these are doing very little to solve the tunneling/camping issue the game has. they are also really boring. their powers are meh, their chase music is meh, and the skull merchant doesnt even have a new map, just a refurbished shelter woods, tell me how thats fair.

final remarks

we as a community need to do better. need to be better. stop with the toxicity, the cheating, everything. i understand that this really isnt possible, people will still find exploits and play competitively, but there is a way to go about it that doesnt make you a piece of shit.

we cannot expect the devs to give us anything good if we buy up bullshit like the latest DLC. the only way to truly fix the tunneling, camping, and toxic players is to change as a community, to make the game fun again. the group that takes everything seriously and competitively is going to keep destroying the culture around this game until is so unberable that people who just want to have the slightest bit of fun go somewhere else.

i love Dead by Daylight. i really do. i've made some amazing friends and made a start to streaming with it. however i feel that if we dont change as a whole, its going to continue to grow staler and staler until its cold and barren.

[seung-scrittore]

theme update :)

[bagel-lox]

my most controversial black jack headcanon is that black jack is the most cis man to ever cis

[anyadarkseid]

do you ever watch something and it brings whole chain of memories from years ago that you thought was buried deep into your brain? bcoz i just watched the fountain idk how many times and i remembered when years ago me and my friend were leaving uni and it was already late but we skipped at least 10 trains to talk about this movie in the middle of the metro station. i also remembered how i asked my other friend about this movie when she recommended me to watch it, ill never forget someone talking so highly about movies and art with sparkles in the eyes and how influential and memorable this movie was.

now im just wondering where these people are and how id do anything to go back and experience those little interactions again for the first time. like not only im in love with this movie and think its cinematic masterpiece and true poetic cinema but also it keeps such a precious memories for me ;_;

[confusedcanaries]

just think, with just a simple switch of letters, a ‘save the date’ can become a ‘sate the dave’. What does it mean? Will this wedding involve cannibalism? Why is it ‘the’ dave? Is there only one dave? What about ‘sate’? Seems like an odd choice of words, is this wedding some sort of cult?

anyway, more wedding invitations should summon eldritch horrors