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anghraine · 19 days ago

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It feels extremely silly that only today did I realize that pantry and panadería are slightly similar-sounding for a reason >_>

(The English word pantry is one of the many, many common modern English words derived from Anglo-French: in this case, panetrie, from Old French paneterie, "bread room" ... Spanish panadería also has a complex etymology, but all are related to Latin panis, "bread.")

#anghraine babbles #deep blogging #linguistic stuff #saw a post that was very aggressively going on about how english is GERMANIC (true) and has germanic words in it too!!! (duh)#and the whole discussion ended up arguing that the existence of common germanic words means the many common latinate ones don't count #as 'true english' or whatever and also all languages have borrowings on the level of french-derived vocab in english (not true!)#and it's only lexical and the english grammar is still fundamentally what it was (not true at all actually though not mainly bc of french)#like. sorry that the existence of 'cat' in english implies to you that 'animal' is not a real english word!#don't know why the entirely true statement that 'english is fundamentally germanic' always seems to devolve into nativist bullshit #but damn does it ever.#people are fixated on the vastly oversimplified 'french derived = elitist prestige register from foreigners; germanic = common real speech'#in reality normal everyday english chatter constantly and necessarily includes plenty of french-derived words (often unrecognized)#like pantry! the longer any english document or speech goes without any french- or latin-based words #the more ridiculously and artificially childish it sounds #esp given that some /ultimately/ germanic words in english came into it not from old english but via medieval or anglo-french #often taken from old norse. so 'germanic' real talk from real folk vs dastardly french corruption can be even more complicated #than the obvious xenophobic nonsense motivating the whole anglish thing #even my guy (and known old english lover & french hater) jrr tolkien could only /minimize/ the french-based vocab in lotr #if he'd gotten rid of it altogether he'd sound like he was writing for four-year-olds #english #anglish hate blog #okay for the tags:#anghraine rants

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mourn-and-watch · 11 months ago

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i would really like to see people appreciate beau's growth and character arc more without trying to convince newcomers that "she'll get better eventually just you wait" implying she was such an unbearable character you have to make yourself sit through her scenes. i assure you, she wasn't

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langernameohnebedeutung · 2 months ago

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#maybe I was naive before and/or maybe I'm just bonedead tired af and not making much sense (i know I am)#bue the thing is if you had asked me before this night why the USA have never had a female president unlike so many comparable countries #I would have...attributed like 50%-80% of the reason to structural causes and the obsession with male candidates #yes there are extremely regressive and misogynistic regions and subcultures in the US - but that is true for most countries!#it is also a country with some VERY progressive people #and I don't know any country where so many people are so constantly actively and vocally arguing in favour of FINALLY having a female leade #so yeah I attributed it mostly to the general obstacles for female politicians and how elections in the US work and even past candidates #and I guess a big part of me wanted to believe that all this clownery of men saying they feel emasculated voting for a woman #was just a special sub-category of freakishness that gets pushed into the spotlight during the election #but at this point (dead-tired and annoyed as all shit)...I'm at the point where I say the United States have an almost unique problem #with voting for a woman + the idea of having a female president #maybe it's the huge role of the military and the president as leader of the troops or maybe it's the impact of evangelicals on the culture #maybe it is the role of gender roles in pop culture being so deeply entrenched #obviously this election racism and Harris being a woman of colour also plays a huge role #but at the point I am it genuinely feels to me like there's a very specific hang-up in the US regarding female candidates #and I know a lot of people are going to end up saying: 'oh it has nothing to do with it it has nothing to do with gender'#and I would have had that discussion and said that the issue with discrimination is that often you can't prove the individual case #but at this point....specifically with the US I have a hard time being like 'maybe it was maybe it wasn't' in regards to this factor #sorry to say

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welcometogrouchland · 1 year ago

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I just think Hunter was obsessed with Willow and didn't even know it during the period from any sport in a storm to labyrinth runners. They maybe don't talk as often as they could, they're both busy and have conflicting schedules, so when they do talk, Hunter absorbs everything she says.

After roughly 3 weeks of texting (hexting? I feel like the kids would call it hexting), He knows that her favorite colour is orange, she likes her tea with extra milk and a bit of honey during winter, she likes working out to the noisiest angriest music in her playlist, her dad Gilbert is a construction witch who specialises in pottery, she used to listen to breakup songs and think about her childhood best friend (Hunter doesn't know it's Amity) and she actually has a mild pollen allergy despite being a plant witch and has to take potions for it.

He casually drops all this info piece by piece during their stay in the human realm and willows like. Well I can't not marry him. It'll have to be a winter or fall wedding to account for her allergies </3

#ramblings of a lunatic #the owl house #toh #hunter toh #willow park #huntlow #Hunter is often ignored and hides and compartmentalizes his identity in order to survive and be respected = his love language is listening #he doesn't just go quiet around Willow bc he's shy (tho that's definitely a factor) he's also like wow everything you say is amazing #i want to listen to you 24/7 #(Willow realizes this and thinks back to how often she was ignored and isolated-#-and how it made her feel worthless and she's like. i must make him my bride)#i haven't rewatched in a while so i can't exactly tell how much of this is self indulgent and how much is like. actually character accurate #it's in limbo but it feels true to me #we don't know the details of their text exchanges beyond him sending her (presumably) a cute pic of flapjack #I've seen ppl argue that they didn't talk much over text bc she's slightly suspicious of him at first in labyrinth runners #but tbh I've always chalked that up to the general mindfuckery going on at hexside at that time #ergo she couldn't immediately trust that this was actually Hunter until he mentioned something specific about Gus #so i like to imagine it was semi-frequent chatting but i payed lip service to the idea that it wasn't super duper close #playing both sides so I always win etc etc #this is really just a covert way of babbling my willow headcanons

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windsweptinred · 1 year ago

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I don't want to say atypical Millennial couple behavior... But if the perfectly tailored, white matching leather boots fit. 😆

When you and your boyfriend have the same

fashion taste

ear piercing

hair style

love for pets

issues

#I say this as a millennial 😆#These two definitely have matching festive pjs #That's all I'm saying #I bet Daniel wears a matching knife holster and sheath under his robes.#Does he need one #No #Is he going to wear it to match his bae #Absolutely #And possibly pose in it #Suggestively #Don't argue you know it's true #corinthian x daniel #corinthiel

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the-vampire-squid-from-hell · 23 days ago

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its always wild to me when I go into the mouthwashing tag and someone is like "the game isn't about [x] its about [y]" because like...it can be about multiple things. Like you do understand that right? Like well written pieces of media are often exploring and can be about multiple themes??

#idk I've now seen like two or three posts about how mouthwashing isn't about capitalism #and like....it is #it is about capitalism and rape/rape culture and about consequences like all those can be and are true #you can't take any one piece out because then you're missing a huge chunk of the story and what its trying to say #like you can't say 'the story isn't about capitalism' when a good chunk of the early game is about capitalism #or did we think the anticommunist commercials were just there for show?#and like i'd argue that the hyper capitalist society of mouthwashing is part of what leads to anya's rape #and why jimmy doesn't take responsibility #and that the game wants us to think about all those things together and how they interplay #but like....even if you don't agree/want to focus on the game from a different angle #you can't just ignore/say all the other themes don't matter because they obviously do #anyway if you're at the bottom of these tags and don't know what's going on #I hope this is like the iceberg drifting by #mouthwashing #chandi things

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kyouka-supremacy · 12 days ago

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#You know that post? The one that argues #“ ‘He would not fucking say that’ should be used as a creativity tool. Put that guy in a situation where he would fucking say that.”#I've seen it so many times. The post is from this year but I'm pretty sure I've seen that argument being made even before that #In theory I find it a great advice!! What Op says is so true we shouldn't limit our creativity by following pre existent labels #In practice... Every time I see it. I feel like I would be so so bad at taking the advice ｡:ﾟ(;´∩`;)ﾟ:｡#I think: “Akutagawa would never say ‘I love you’. ” And that's just as far as it goes! I'm sorry.#I think about it long and wide but I simply don't believe there's any situation where he would say that. Not if Atsushi was dying or anythi #It's just. Not of his character. Such a tender sentiment just can't take form in words from him you know? At least as far as I can see it #Besides I see Akutagawa as speaking - /truly/ speaking - way more with gestures than words.#If he had to absolutely convey to Atsushi that he loves him he'd just kiss him I think.#He's the “I don't need words only action” guy after all!!!!#Then I think. I don't believe Akutagawa could ever cry. In no circumstance.#He physically can't. It's such an inherently human action and he's not capable of that. Dogs can't cry.#And that's a second absolute statement I make... And I just can't “put that guy in a situation where he would do that”.#And I feel a little incapable pfffttt. Still think it's a great advice. I just can't personally make it work.#I'm just rambling. But this is my string of thoughts every time I see that post and I needed to put it down #random rambles

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discjude · 8 months ago

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whatever afterlife exists in SGE must be the funniest shit ever imagine being some Jaunt Jolie peasant who gets a little too in the way of the Snake and dying only to see The Literal School Master cheering the Snake on. Imagine dying of like cholera or something and taking a little Ghost Vacation to Camelot and seeing the King of Camelot - who's dead, apparently - beating the shit out of some random other boy with weird eyes. imagine how flesh and blood went down. Do you think they all had popcorn for that

#I've noticed I have a pattern of putting a vast majority of what I have to say in the tags. and im doing it again #first of all I'm pretty sure there's confirmation that there is some sort of afterlife in SGE #in the chapter Dovey dies there's a brief appearance from ghost lady lesso #and in F+B there's a tedros line “the only place scum like that can be king is in hell”#which is immediately followed by the coldest japeth line I can remember but this aint about him #second of all this is largely an assumption but there's reasonable evidence to support the fact that Rafal was actually on Japeth's side #given that he wanted him to kill Sophie (I think) or just punish her a bit for killing him #it's actually left intentionally vague as to whether or not ARIC was on Japeth's side #in F+B tedros' version of Aric isn't and says that he a) wants nothing to do with Camelot (or Rhian)#and b) didn't want japeth to kill like thousands of people for him #so we really just. don't know #what I would also say is the fact that the prequels characters and the main series characters probably had some DEEP conversations #do you think the old Saders and the new Saders argued about who saw it coming first #or vulcan and Aric were besties (many areas of common interest. violence comes to mind)#I would kill for a version of one true king where there's just annotations from the ghosts #someone should write a fic or something #god that's a lot of tags #sge #tsfgae #school for good and evil #the school for good and evil #japethposting #sfgae #this was a draft if you couldn't tell

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dreamyintersexouppy · 2 months ago

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the uncritical "i won't vote" leftist is such convenient make believe to argue against cuz instead of arguing against actual anti-electoralism you get to refocus on the singular electoral race and continue to act like voting is the singular mode of political activism all without engaging with something people are actually arguing for so real anti-electoralists won't argue cuz it's not about them or if they do they look like they're changing the subject, it's really skillful reactionary rhetoric when you think about it

#for clarification i'm not against harm reduction #it's just #harm reduction is not what palestinians are asking for when they judge your support of the usamerican government #they are asking you to do more than vote and your response is to speak over them and make up a white anarchist to argue with #it's just kinda immature #you don't need to explain harm reduction for the 15th time we know #it's the same few talking points cuz you're fighting a largely imaginary battle #over something that will matter only to usamericans #cuz yes if trump wins i will be in danger i know that #but i also know everyone outside of my country who is endangered by the usamerican government will not notice much of a change #both things can be true and you have to be able to process that to understand living in the imperial core

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palaceoftears · 2 months ago

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Magnificent Century Rewatch: One Picspam per Episode

Episode 17: The Double Joy

-My dear mother used to say "walk barefoot on earth and it shall take away all your troubles and sorrows, earth shall give you happiness and joy"

-Your mother spoke well, one can only find peace in earth. But I'm not sure if it is on earth or in it.

#the quote is a little bit silly but it adquires seriousness when you know everything that comes later #especially because it's hurrem's mother's quote from when she lived in ruthenia. when peace was possible. when she was going to marry leo #and had her future all planned. and there was stability #but the joke is suleyman's. after all becoming part of his family is what brings that ambiguity to the quote for hurrem's story #as it could be argued she never found true peace. at least for the most of her life #but also suleyman speaks in general terms here. so the quote can be extended to all the characters and in this episode of double joy it's #even more significant. because peace it's going to go sooner than later. and the signals of future ibratice problems are already there #and just as the birds are partly symbolic of that temporal peace and joy in love for hurrem the gifts the marriage gets are very important #as well #this episode is just gifts gifts gifts all around #suleyman's necklace for hatice has the tulips of the dynasty and it's something ibrahim himself recognizes could never give her #she says she's always going to have it w her. tho i don't remember seeing it too much in her tbh sdfy #in the other side ibrahim gets a lot of gifts. but the one that reminds him of his origin is his father's ofc. and he says he will always #have it with him as well. and later he gets suleyman's ring [i'm w haticehurrem. this totally looks like a subrahim wedding asfg]#which goes to remind us that he's now officially part of his family as well. he returned but he converted again. and THEN there's the table!#and taking away the politic alliance it could signify. it is venetian. his mother's heritage is there. in all the palace. and in the same #episode hurrem mentioned her mother's saying. the dynasty [or at least the most conservative side represented by ayse] it's unconfortable #the converts are not only winning more power and getting closer to the family. but they're also bringing their cultures & traditions to the #*ba dum tss* table #there's more to the whole return/convert and how it shows in the ibratice palace especially later w the statues but if i ever write about it #it deserves a post of its own ofc [and prolly someone that knows what they're talking about more than me lmao]#noo why did i write so much 😭 i should've done a separate post this is a mess to be under an already long picspam #anyways there's other significant gifts as the clock that musti likes or mahi's lucky charm for selim. and also the ones we already knew:#the ibratice gifts together 💝. and these contrast a lot with the rest because it's something of their own. when the couple was separated #from dynastic or even ibro's family. will they ever find peace again? we'll see it in the next episode [i'm lying]#maybe i should organize this in a post of its own #magnificent century #muhtesem yuzyil #mc1picspam4episode

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mla0 · 5 months ago

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i hate when people portray michael and/or patrick as some kind of master manipulator who was terrible to shaun and stormy. like, in the past, michael sometimes got portrayed with little autonomy, or as childish and overly innocent in a weird way. that in itself is an issue with the treatment of mentally ill characters (infantilization), but the solution isn't to argue that he's actually a monster who only wanted to hurt and mislead people. the same goes for patrick. i don't enjoy the "goofy flirty mass murderer" interpretation for very similar reasons, because in the canon patrick did indeed do some wild shit but i think it's a stretch to say it was out of malice, except maybe towards eric lol

obviously there will be different views of these characters and this isn't meant to be gatekeep-y or anything, i'm just concerned with how certain portrayals can quickly slide into negative biases towards mental illness. i think if you're going on this route you might want to ask yourself why, and consider how it could make the mentally ill people within the fandom feel when they see their own symptoms portrayed by their peers as synonymous with being dishonest or manipulative

#og #not putting this in the tags because i'm kinda just spilling my thoughts onto a post #i just saw something about michael on another site and it really rubbed me the wrong way #i know a lot of this came from habit saying all that shit in GOODBYE to shaun #i just dont understand why people think habit was telling the truth #he did explicitly say he wanted to break shaun after all. and we all know how Honest And Reliable he was with vinny #like. in the series nothing points to michael being the secret cause of everyone's woes. i would argue it was implying otherwise #and i feel... sad that i sometimes see him being blindly characterized as a complete asshole or as Super Manipulative #like... i had to deal with most people in the fandom hating shaun not that long ago until it started to change for some reason #and frankly? id really rather not watch that same bullshit happen to poor michael. the guy was just trying his best....#i sometimes see this sort of thing from people who really like shaun and i just wanna say #you don't have to twist everything michael did into some terrible action just because you feel bad for shaun #like for starters there's plenty of times where they're both wrong. or miscommunicate. or where ones right but says it in a terrible way #and it's also like. yeah michael fucked up sometimes but you'd have to be high to think the same isn't true of them all #idk. im rambling and idk how to end these tags. ummmm. yeag

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in-fair-verona-we-set-our-scene · 5 months ago

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Something I really adore about Minthara is she's the only companion--and honestly the only major character really--who truly brings the horror and tragedy of what is being done to the True Souls to the forefront, and reveals just what an awful fate you and the companions avoided by mere chance. Because at that point you're mostly thinking about turning into an illithid and true destruction of the self, not how you would've been a True Soul--but still you--slaughtering your way across the countryside like every other infected.

Because it doesn't matter how good or noble or strong-willed you are. Every companion, from Astarion to Wyll, would've been willing to commit atrocities in the Absolute's name were it not for the Prism.

The way she describes the Absolute is so insidious. How she had no choice, or more accurately her mind had been warped to the point that whatever the Absolute wanted was the best choice she could ever make. Minthara is Minthara, she expresses absolutely no shame for some truly horrid things and proudly claims evil actions taken in the name of survival or faith as her own, and yet what she did under the Absolute's control is what she outright rejects as being in any way her fault. The way Orin tormented her and then it was remembered as something revelatory, divine, rather than a moment of fear and violation, is so fucked up. Minthara is such a genuinely proud woman, so seeing her so affected and her declaration that she'd rather die than have her mind and agency stolen again, is very disturbing.

There are a few moments where the True Souls get a bit of narrative sympathy and humanity. Those siblings outside of the Grove for example. But Minthara is the one who truly brings home how every True Soul is a person who has been taken and violated and exploited with no real say or ability to resist. They are victims and their Chosen-ness is almost a mocking parody of the relationship between the gods (Bhaal, Myrkul, Bane, Shar, Mystra, Vlaakith) and their Chosen (Durge and Orin, Ketheric, Gortash, Shadowheart, Gale, Lae'zel) where the entire farce and delusion of it is laid out for us to see. At the very least the vampire spawn have some sort of will outside of their master, the True Souls don't even get that. And you still have to kill them.

Very fitting for the tragedy-horror theme of the 2nd Act though.

#bg3 #like there's also some environmental details that also really hammer it home #the schoolteacher who took all those kids to Moonrise where they were sacrificed for example #but idk... Minthara just makes me crazy. listen to all her dialogue and she's just so! everything to me!#like as a companion SHE'S the main insight we have into what being a True Soul is like and it's SO fucked up #scary fucked up woman with big sad eyes full of pain and fear and rage I love you #the way she begs for her life. MINTHARA begs for her life. and beforehand they're boxing her in and leading her to a trap #and Minthara is still too brainwashed to do more than argue her devotion which Ketheric knows is true. knows that True Souls #literally CAN'T give anything but their best but he lets her verbally hang herself while trying to argue for her own life #because it's all a goddamn farce. and Minthara doesn't even realize it until you save her and get her out #and the WAY she pleads with Ketheric is so creepy because the Minthara you get to know is nothing like that #even when showing deference or respect. and Minthara is so so loyal and so confident in who she is and the Absolute #simply... steals that. turns it to its own uses and then when she fails strips her of what was already stolen from her #I always give her the ring you can get from Omeluum. I don't really need it but Minthara surely would appreciate it

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witchyvixie · 2 years ago

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I love stories about 'bad' people who still love and are loved. people who don't care if the people they love are bad. I love when the point isn't to say "you're not actually bad" but "even if you are, you still deserve love in your life"

#true neutrals are the best and i really want more of them in media #this is abt joel tlou (game specifically. i haven't watched the show)#we can argue all day about whether it was 'morally wrong' to kill the fireflies or whether their plan would have worked #but i love that he doesn't care if he's doing something terrible. all he cares about is her. and that gets to me #and that ellie absolutely knows he's lying to her but decides not to find out because she wants to be with him too #i feel like arguing whether joel was in the right is kinda missing the point #also don't get me wrong i love when the point is learning that you're not actually bad. those stories can also be wonderfully poignant.#my favorite character is one of those #but sometimes my messed up brain needs to hear 'you don't have to maintain 'good' to still be loved'

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vvelegrin · 9 months ago

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i'm really enjoying pathologic 2, actually. i mean, i didn't think i wouldn't enjoy it as much as i was worried it would just, i don't know, muddy the water. and maybe it will, but i'm not really bothered by that anymore. that said, i do think patho 2 took a fairly unsubtle game and increased its unsubtlety by about tenfold.

well. calling og pathologic 'unsubtle' doesn't feel quite right, but i'm not sure what word would feel right. maybe it's 'distinct in its sensibilities'. I think og patho felt more obtuse, whereas patho 2 is like. here. take it. do you get it. here is the information. do you see the themes. i am announcing them to you in such a way that you know that i am saying something thematic. i'm not far enough into the main story of 2 to be able to say that there's less reading between the lines, but it feels very much so far like there's less reading between the lines. whereas the original had a somewhat different... i don't know, affect? it felt like a hostile workplace where everyone recited shakespeare about even the mundane. in patho 2 nothing feels mundane in the first place, everything feels loaded in a way that og patho was but didn't feel, if that makes sense.

but i think that's okay. at the very least, it feels very much like leaning into the 'theater' aspect of it, which is enjoyable. pathologic 2 feels to me more like... bonus content? not to be Stuck Up For Pathologic HD but i enjoyed the feeling of grinding my face against a cinderblock, having to tease out information and conclusions. it felt like a game that you had to figure out, but you actually weren't really doing any ground-level figuring out of much; you're not a doctor, your character is, so the puzzle of Solving the Plague belongs to The Story, whereas the question of What the FUCK is This Town's Deal is your job. it's a very linear game in most respects, but all three playthroughs come through as a thematic package deal.

i so far get the impression that pathologic 2 can be played on its own and be enjoyed in its own right! however it exists to me as like. director's commentary. i'm really liking the playing with different character relationships and alternate things, the expanding of steppe language and the kin, love my worm guys, but i like it because of how it enriches my eternal mind rotation of og pathologic. sorry guys i played the original pathologic and it broke me and remade me in its image. sorry.

#sorry to be the quintessential 'guy who played pathologic and now doesn't stop thinking about pathologic'#i'm having a lot of fun trying all of the different things in marble nest though #i do worry in general that the inclusion of sprinting and fast travel will really fuck up my flow #the walking feels SO much slower now so while i was content to plod along in the original i feel like there's not a middle ground #so it feels a bit contrary to it all that i'm sprinting everywhere and just chugging bottles of water and calling it good #though at the very least it does seem like it will take some of the weight off of the 'route planning' aspect of the original #which was. honestly a load bearing part of... gestures vaguely #and i understand why people don't like it! i think that's a very reasonable thing to not like #having a game on a time limit that requires you to walk slowly across the map multiple times #i don't know what brainworms it activated in me but i quite enjoy it #on paper i should not like this game but here we are #that's not true. i play a lot of Bad To Play games for the story.#but 'guy who has no sense of time' playing 'time limit: the game' is... well i'm not arguing at the results #so that's my main Thing that i 'dislike' but even that word is too strong #i don't dislike it as much as i am keenly aware that i will have to play the game differently and i Don't Like Change lmao #that said these are preliminary impressions as i'm only about 4-5ish hours into the main game #pathologic

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emotinalsupportturtle · 1 year ago

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film bro's choosing the most deadly (or morally grey or whatever it is) sigma character of 2023 to base their personality on

meanwhile me knowing none of them have got anything on this silly little eldritch horror yet to come

#he created a nuclear bomb without fully realizing the consequences? well just wait till you hear what this guy did #60th anniversary specials haven't been released yet #but you know this is true #i was inspired by a bunch of killer related posts #which was moslty ppl arguing which fictional character is smarter/had a higher kill count or whatever (i don't really know how it works)#i don't really understand the whole sigma male thing #but nobody can beat 2000 year old alien being with a god complex who comitted genocide and goes mad every time they're left alone #he just wanted to work in a little shop GODDAMIT #also the sigma male thing is so hypermasculine and the doctor being the antithesis of this (by literally being genderfluid) is hilarious #the killer #oppenheimer #doctor who #the doctor #david tennant #cillian murphy #michael fassbender

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dreadofred · 20 days ago

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Your nickname should be Pepe le pew pew with that skunk streak on your head.

"We got ourselves a comedian. Come up with that one all by yourself, penelope pussycat?"

#Answered ++ `` Not even God knows what you are doing Jason #++ Don't play Jason was a serious cartoon watcher in the manor #++ He can't even argue cause it kind of true #++ Not the same rizz tho. sad.

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