#I am here to rustle some goddamn jimmies

[breelandwalker]

This Witch Hexes Fascists

Friendly reminder that I can and will lead my life and practice my craft as I see fit.

This includes promoting acceptance of others, harmonious coexistence, inclusion, compassion, common sense, critical thinking, and general good will.

This ALSO includes vehement rejection of willful ignorance, religious intolerance, racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, xenophobia, fascism, and the motherfucking patriarchy.

These things are neither mutually exclusive nor diametrically opposed.

And if that makes me spiky or sharp-edged or unpalatable in some way, so be it.

I will not soften myself in order to flatter the delicate sensibilities of those who can afford the luxury of soft-spoken pacifism.

I am not here to make bigots comfortable. I am here to fucking RESIST.

[unproduciblesmackdown]

let's see those Prime Numbers for the ask meme

2) favorite albums?

well i was Ready for kesha’s album Warrior to come out in iiii think it was the end of 2012 or early 2013?? i snuck out to that tour in dc that summer also. totally solid album and it was fun to have something so fun during a totally Not Fun period lol. i was also pretty into owl city at the exact same time lmao, that’s Blatantly for when you’re depressed lol...and i also eventually saw that guy on tour when a new album came out in 2015, and that was fun too, and was Enjoying Myself a factor in the tipping point of “ah jeez i gots 2 get outta here” that i had in the next month? maybe! and uhhh i listened a lot to the phoenix te amo album. that one wasnt tied to anything at all but i have heard it So much. super short and also rock solid and relistenable. and then here we are and the bmc obcr is a gift to the world b/c a) it exists and b) Cuz It All Slaps and c) it’s so fun to either sing or dance along, or cry along if it’s the agtikbi reprise and d) lgw... and e) all the eternal, well-mixed wroland vocals

3) favorite memes?

oh god lmao idk......real earlier 10s stuff was the I Say Hey he-man meme, and the “that really rustles my jimmies” meme which was real underrated......there’s been plenty of Memes where i’ve been like “this one is funny to me Every Time” but of course now looking back on it it’s like. what’s a meme??? Vine

(skipping 5 & 11 cuz that’s the Entirety of someone else’s ask and i don’t wanna just have to scrap theirs completely and i’ll get to it next!!)

11) favorite fanarts?

you know what, there’s continuously been a ton of amazing fanart where i’m like, i’m so glad i’m seeing this, & this is Artistic Fuel, and marge simpson anime has really been just this Standout Experience lmao like......idk for as Inspiring as it is, there’s only a couple things i’ve drawn that are Directly inspired, but i just flip for it all the time and like, it’s supremely expressive and like, comics that aren’t chronological but more like a Collage Of a Moment / Concept which i think is super cool and also i love when stuff reminds me that it doesn’t have to look ~super cleaned up~ to look great.

13) favorite people you know?

oh god this one really got out of control lol i started like, talking about everyone ever from this past decade. so for Convenience i’m interpreting this as “people *i* know, but they don’t know me” so that i can cheat and say will roland, voted person of the year 2019. by extension, essential supporting crew who helped us reach this point, like john simpkins or joe iconis. leave it at that!! it’s 5am and you know i’m not lying. who knew where going “wow, This guy” in late 2018 would have so much Value.

17) a fandom you wish more people were in/you had more people to talk to about?

oof hmm.......amnesia tdd didn’t really have a “fandom” even though it obviously got a lot of attention, it’dve been fun if it had though lol. it’s tricky to answer this one cuz i always prefer like, smaller fandoms and/or finding the Niche or some other way of just like, interacting with a small corner of things, so i’m never like wow god damn wish i’d been absolutely in the thick of it with this thing. i’ve been in Corners n Niches and it’s been fine by me, really

19) a fandom that you had the best time in?

HMM lol.........marble hornets sure was fun but like, a lot of that was just the content itself and not necessarily The Fan Experience, tho i sure got a lot out of it in a ton of ways. i mean tbh that’s true of each thing i’ve really Gotten Into majorly, i go hard af and then walk out the other side with these #connections or #experiences like whoa where’d these come from lol!! but really like, overall, i’m probably having the best time right now. the “fandom” is basically just our agenda lmao but like i said i’m always having the best time when it’s a pretty niche deal, And the sheer variety of Contents n Characters to draw from here is super nice, and the fact that it’s like, oh yeah and i’m finally recognizing this should’ve-been-obvious entire Passionne i’ve had since always, and that’s great too, and like, also just having the Variety Of Live / Current Unfoldings that go down.....like, everyone havin fun with the Joe Iconis Xmas Xtrav was entirely great. and just the Engagement level is basically the best, cuz like there’s the times where maybe i’ll get a zillion notes and that’s definitely fun in its own way but i always enjoy just the way smaller amount of ppl who are Particularly Enthusiastic, and like, there’s times where like, maybe i’m *technically* in this larger circle of ppl but like, totally more of like a Tangent or peripheral to that circle or whatever lol........this feels like a really solid balance of like, being sorta in this orbit of people in a chill way, but also definitely the direct interactions Existing, which is always important lol but hasn’t always been a constant throughout my Fandom Experiences at all

23) who were you at the beginning of this decade?

2009-2010 was a real distinct year lol i was in my second year of college in the middle of my teens, when i’d hardly really been getting to Explore My Interests Freely up to that point and still wasn’t, but all of a sudden it’s like goddamn i have to figure out my major???? and i’m like, obviously in the middle of only just now Really getting to figure out my identity in this deeper and more genuine way, thanks to being lucky enough to Live On Campus and be away from home like, 2/3 of the year, but i was just like, oh god i’m in Stress Hell now all the time cuz like. i’m trying to figure out my whole thing and what my ~Career~ should be and i just have no idea but am like, trying super hard all the time lol it was not successful and i was just really stressed about it all the time. i was def quieter back then.....pretty lonely at the time, i did not get into mh and gain the presence of any Online Friends until late 2010, and i hadn’t yet been sort of accepted by a small faction of theatre people via my roommate’s connections.....i wasn’t at all Out yet, and was def In Progress of figuring it all out.....i didn’t have nearly the Self-Esteem i have now lmao, it was Not a great time and in a lot of ways ‘09-’10 was the start of a downturn into Worse Than Usual Times, though in Other ways it was definitely an upturn lol like. the latter related to stuff that was important to me / who i am, the former tied to the situations i was in and the godawful morale that resulted

29) a time when the worst case scenario happened but you pulled through?

well by the end of 2012 i had my Wrath Parent deluxe mad at me big time, AND i was stuck at home all of thee time with that (not at all hours but. every day.) it was terrible!!! tf was going on in 2013, cuz that shit was definitely like, a gross blur of a lot of indistinct misery. and then, relatedly, when it was so shitty in 2015 that i was like fantastic, i am so officially sick of this i’m outta here. i revisited some Misery Posts from that period lately for someone stranger on twitter’s project or something, and boy i was having a bad time Summer Of ‘15 lol, things not getting better at home And a job that was so shitty that it was like..................bye. lol. and then i spent a year living out of a minivan. which was real lucky in ways b/c like. infinitely better than if i had not had that minivan. and when that broke down i was also then lucky enough to have this friend who was relatively nearby who’d also been willing to just like, set me up to Not have to ask the lgbt center where that trans-friendly forest zone a couple cities over was. nothing as dramatic as it could’ve been, fortunately

31) a time you were scared?

hmmm when leaving The Parents Home overnight, that was intimidating. bit of completely jumping into the unknown there, and also like, when you spend your lifetime assuming that Someone’s Arbitrary Wrath will be uponst you always, it’s hard to shake that sense of dread and doom, like ah jeez i am really potentially bringing hell on myself here........and like i mentioned with Start Of The Decade, there was just a ton of fear there all the time lol, trying to figure out virtually overnight The Whole Of Who I Am And What I Want when i’d only just even gotten to start......also i wanna say i maybe came out in 2011?? and i sort of also felt obligated to come out to my parents also (plus i think i was giving them like, one last chance to surprise me and be decent and kind of Grow Up themselves even tho i was the like, 16 y.o.) which yknow, kids you do not have to come out to anyone at all. someone was talking the other day abt how they didn’t think lgbtq “discourse” had evolved as much as you’d hope over the past decade, but idk about that, it's only a little bit of a wildly complex topic, and for starters Online Trans “Discourse” of a decade back was wayyyyyy in a vastly different place than it is now, leaps and strides really. so the way to ~really~ do it was presented kind of more rigidly i think. anyways i did it via email and was incredibly stressed to even open the reply a couple days later lol......which ended up being really weird and vague, and then there was a phone call where no one brought it up, and the only result was increased ire and resentment :( ........and then there was still like, cops encounters! near or not-as-bad-as-they-could’ve-been vehicular collisions! but tbh generally my reaction to the latter was underwhelming, except for one particular time when i was a passenger and also tense af for the rest of the ride. that’s it for Immediate fear really lol......oh wait one time i was at this decent sized Convention Panel Event and when i’m nervous i can Only talk more (it’s possible!!) and i snuck into line for the q&a and Right when i got to the mic (intimidating) they were like oop we’re low on time, lightning round!! :’] that was obviously more just a crapton of l’anxiete

37) a fashion that fell out of style that you wish would make a resurgence?

were Gladiator sandals this decade? the strappy deals that like, went up the ankles / calves? that was in fashion for a year or two and i’m into it. i like sandals and that kind of drama

41) something you learned a lot that not a lot of other people might know about?

i don’t know that i learned way a lot of anything that’s real in-depth knowledge and niche lore.........i have learned Nothing

43) an important relationship (of any kind) you had?

i had???? lmao well either way let’s say current relationships count and like, pretty much everyone in my Sphere i value a lot! i never like, have or have had a ~close~ ring of ppl around me lol like i thought it was lucky if i talked to someone Every Day (and not at all the Usual thing) and now it’s more likely that i talk to two people every day and maybe that sounds sarcastic but it’s not at all lol. i know my social stats aren’t impressive but i so appreciate what i get to enjoy and have. and other Connections might be way more like, we are friendly acquaintances, we talk on rare occasions, we haven’t talked at all in ages, we talk but only to trade cute pics of cats, Etc etc, but i seriously do appreciate all of everyone who’s cool who i get to interact with in any way and like, be in each other’s spheres and Not just like, absolutely on nobody’s radar. also obviously soph you are here in that list in case i wasn’t implying it good enough lol it is 5am and god knows deciphering what i say at any time can be its own challenge.....ur Epic Highs and Lows of bmc 3.0 is so good lmao

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“The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim but it’s in VR” by Call Me Kevin -- Ask Meme List

   I thought this video was fun so I made an ask meme list! Warning for some offensive language and cursing. Feel free to edit in any way for an interaction to make sense!

“Yes! I am also racist.”

“He sees me coming and he’s like, ‘I’ve seen his videos, we should not be around as NPCs when he arrives.’”

“Hey, hey buddy, you should run. You’ll be fine, trust me.”

“Yes, a man bun. Okay, I’m sorted.”

“My name is Blank.”

“How do you know? I didn’t give you my name! I literally just said nothing.”

“Could you not even move his body? Is there any sort of hospitality here?”

“Uh, dude, I know you’ve heard this trick before, but look out behind you.”

“Grab his foot! Trip him! Yeah! One win for the orcs.”

“You don’t seem very panicked.”

“You’re afraid of me, right now?”

“Dragon, dragon! Wow, you are a beauty!”

“Sir, wait up, I lost my legs, I’m a midget, now.”

“Am I getting them? I feel like a warrior. I gotta be honest, I was just doing the ole swish and flick here.”

“C’mon, come at me! You’ve never seen swordplay like this! … Did I do that?”

“I feel like I picked the wrong team to be on.”

“You could say I was -- quivering. That’s an archer pun.”

“He’s waking up and I still haven’t hit him.”

“Oh, now I’m getting really good. Two shots in a row is a personal best.”

“This guy’s gotta be like, why did this guy have to live? Why couldn’t I get anyone else?”

“A legendary Pokemon!”

“Oh my God, you’re the first person I’ve met out here, can you just leave me alone!”  

“Agh! Friend, be my friend again! Where’s my friend gone!”

“Once again, through skill and power of brain power, I got away.”

“This looks better than real life. I’m never going back.”

“I’m sorry. I’m not very good on my feet yet.”

“Hey, I don’t mean to intrude, but I’m standing right here, I just wanna buy some stuff.”

“That’s alright, but I was clearly in the room for quite a while before you stopped.”

“Huh? Yeah, sure, I guess.”

“What? I can’t hear you, because you’re in a bucket.”

“Oh, of course, yeah. A valuable. Sorry.”

“I see you behind those rocks! … Whatever you are.”

“Yeah, that’s right. He just jumped right into it.”

“I’m not lost, I’m exactly where I need to be.”

“That was a bad time to forget how to walk.”

“I always like a good purse, just something to accessorize with, y’know?”

“Hello! … Oh, goodbye!”

“He’s a friendly giant! The BFG! Hug me, oh -- FECKING HELL.”

“Jesus, what is going on behind me?”

“Don’t run like all the others! You coward!”

“I’m the main character, you need to give up your life for me.”

“I hit you like twice, it’s hardly worth this, can’t we just get passed this?”

“I may not be good at fighting, but I’m good at getting other people to fight for me.”

“Please, do something, he’s in your village now. Are you seriously not gonna do anything about this?”

“No, don’t make me halt! No no no no, you don’t understand! Please, let me go!”  

“What? Did I hit you? Dude, I’m sorry.”

“I misunderstood! I was attacked by a giant, I probably have a concussion!”

“May as well take as many as I can.”

“Oh, goddammit, he shot me. Coward.”

“Alright, this time, just walk straight to the door. Head down, and just walk out.”

“Yup! I’m the hero! I get stuff done.”

“I am your son, mama. I am your son. Mwah!”

“Alright, y’know what? I’m leaving this town. I don’t feel welcome here. See ya later.”

“Aw c’mon, why does everyone want to fight me?”

“Oh I just gotta… go over those mountains… perfect.”

“Oh no, not you guys again. I’ll leave, I’ll leave, I won’t interact with you, don’t worry.”

“I’m starting to freeze!”

“I’ve never felt so stupid in my entire life. I’m just glad no one is here to see this.” 

“I’ve been bamboozled.”

“Consider my jimmies rustled.”

“I really don’t need a fight with more guards, I need to be careful.”

“Sorry, I was getting outclassed.”

“Privacy, please, goddamn!”

“Do you not listen to me when I speak?”

“It’s a bit late for introductions, I’m afraid.”

“Why does no one want to talk to me?”  

“I know you saw me, don’t you walk away from me.”

“Alright, let’s go then.”

“C’m’here, warrior!”

“Oh yeah, now you wanna go, huh?”

“Oh, c’mon, what did I do this time, huh? You’re always mad at me for no reason!”

“Alright kid, you’re gonna damage the floor. That’s hardwood. That’s expensive.”

“I can explain!”

“I don’t have time, kid, whatever.”

“God, I am like the worst hero this game has ever seen.”

“I don’t need a tax, I have this weapon from the future! … He’s not falling for it.”

“Oh my God, I DON’T WANT TO TALK TO YOU.”

“Don’t talk to me, don’t talk to me, don’t talk to me--”

“I’m just here to kill someone! Please!”

“Yeah, I’ll be right with you, don’t worry. … I’m never gonna talk to him again.”

“It wasn’t me.”

“I’m screwed.”

“I am the world’s best assassin.”

“What is it with the hospitality in these places?”

“Oh my God, you are terrifying.”

“C’mon! I was just curious!”

“I keep getting into trouble, and I don’t do anything wrong!”

“Oh God, what do you want? Why are you running right at me?”  

“How did you even find me? I’ve never been here, and I didn’t plan on coming here, either.”

“Are you the crazy guy that makes no sense? Oh wait, that’s me.”

“Hey, I’m here on the orders of some crazy, homeless dude.”

“Stop looking at me! Stop looking!”

“No, don’t leave don’t leave don’t leave don’T LEAVE!”

“W-- is this still English?”

“What are you looking at me for? I don’t know what I’m doing.”

“Frankly, I don’t know what’s going on in this episode of Pokemon.”

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shit lets be discourse

I peeked at ace/mogai discourse, and it was a mistake. I don’t understand these people at all. They hate the split-attraction model so much, like, I didn’t even know it had a name? it’s just so normal to me? (That’s the concept of having both a sexual orientation and a romantic orientation.) And then they turn around and use the split-attraction model to claim that “aces are cishet” which fucking rustles my goddamn jimmies, like, they are calling me, a trans ace person, cishet. They don’t know they’re doing that, of course. They probably think all trans people may politely excuse themselves. But ace people are who I am. When you say “ace people are ___” I am listening, and you are talking to me. You call me cishet, and I am filled with porcupine quills. I did not come this far to be called cishet. Here’s the logic, btw-- “Ace people can be heteroromantic, and aro people can be heterosexual, so therefore aroaces are het.” When called out, I’m sure they say “well I don’t mean all, of course” but that will not stop them from using it to the point of “ace people aren’t LGBT, period” Listen to me now. If you reject SAM, then no ace person is ever het. If you accept SAM, then aces and aros are, between them, all types of sexual and romantic orientation, including bi, het, pan, lesbian, gay, and everything. Saying “ace people aren’t LGBT” or even better, “ace people are cishet” is ALWAYS WRONG if you reject SAM, and NOT NECESSARILY TRUE, AND THEREFORE WRONG WHEN TAKEN IN ABSOLUTE TERMS if you accept SAM.

Did I mention that rejection of SAM is rejection of aromantic allosexuals and I hate it?

Anyway point is, if you try to kick all ace and aro people out of LGBT space-- or try to shit on them-- as a group and on principle, you’re being gross and incorrect and you need to rethink your life.

And wow. Never thought I‘d live to see the truscum vs. tucute behavior come back as the LGBT vs MOGAI discourse, that’s a fucking Halloween miracle for me personally. MOGAI is literally just a different acronym, there isn’t different people in different acronyms, we aren’t split into camps, we don’t have exclusive members, and we’re all exactly cringe as the other. All the behavior you think you hate about MOGAI is the behavior cishets get on all of everyone queer for. You think being NB is new? You think aces are a new thing? You think furries are new? You think sapiosexuality is a new concept? Sorry to bust your bubble but the mystical entity known as “MOGAI” didn’t make these things exist, or even start the terminology, not by a fucking long shot. All you’re doing is pushing queer people into camps and making them strawman eachother until we all fall apart. And, YES, everyone is to fucking blame. I’ve seen this shit behavior from lesbians, NBs, aces, trans people, and all sorts of types and combinations. And everyone’s calling eachother mogai and exclusionists and TERF and cishet and all sorts of things, I’m not even fucking sure who’s participating anymore. All I know is it’s hell and I hate it. Yeah, we can talk about the problematic nature of some stuff, like I’m still not on board with sapio cause it seems ableist but I’m willing to listen...? And some queer people think that pedos and drag queens and furries and cishet women are included in MOGAI and hate the idea of being lumped together, and some people think that intersex people shouldn’t (or don’t want to) be included in any of these things, but fuck, who am I to decide, right? But that doesn’t make MOGAI some sort of magical enemy, it doesn’t make aroace rejection any less reprehensible, and it doesn’t make LGBT the best or most valid term in the world. And last, I fucking love wlw, but why the hell are y’all always at the forefront of this bullshit? What is happening??? It makes it feel like an extension of TERF bullshit, even though plenty of wlw aren’t terfs and are great people... I just don’t get why this keeps happening. And don’t give me any lines like “lesbians are tired of dealing with men’s bullshit” because we are so far beyond that with this. That’s some hard, surface-level reductionist shit and meanwhile we’re out here swimming in the void. Unless that IS the general concept. In which case, I’ll gladly take a trip to the moon and punch Aphrodite in the fucking face. Let me be clear: lesbians (coordinately and as a group) literally attacked me, personally during a critical time in my life, and hurt people close to me that I care about. I’ve also met super chill lesbians who are great and helped me and my network a lot. What I’m saying is that being a lesbian doesn’t make you the goddess of the queers or the arbiter of labels or the holy gatekeeper of what is and isn’t oppression. It gives you no fucking rights at all except the same ones all humans get just for being human. It makes me sad that every time I see a queer person is shitting on other queers on this hellsite, it’s a wlw. If someone can give me an honest explanation I would love it. And if you happen to actually be a terf. Well. Fuck right off and never come back. I’m super done and never coming back to this discourse.

[tumblunni]

Today’s random Thought about gamemaking, I guess? Does anyone else get inexplicably super pissed off when a song seems to give the wrong meaning to a scene?

Like seriously i do not know ANYTHING about making music, I don’t even know how to read music notation at a basic primary school level. So it seems bewhildering to me when super talented viddygame musicians seem to take a ‘ehh it doesnt matter’ attitude to their soundtrack. I can’t understand why any game would not even TRY to have music match to the story stuff that’s happening, seriously why are there so many mediocre products like that. EVEN STUPID BUNNI CAN SEE IT!!! WE EXPECT BETTER FROM YOU!!! Good retort for any other ‘don’t listen to the players, they couldn’t make their own game’ type argument- you don’t have to be a master chef to know a cake is burnt.

sorry, sorry, I’m getting offtopic here, I’m just a little fired up!

Well basically what I mean is that music can be REALLY IMPORTANT to enhance an emotional moment in a game, and it can backfire horribly if one of those moments has a bad soundtrack. Not that it’s the be all and end all of sorywriting though, I mean there are plenty of games out there with forgettable soundtracks that still made me cry. But.. I mean.. usually they were just forgettable, and not outright terrible. Not many games where I had to play the whole thing muted managed to stir up as much emotion, yknow...? RAMBLING AGAIN Summary: music is not > writing, but can add +1 to writing if they work in harmony.

But the point that bothered me today is remembering how a failed musical moment can confuse players on the meaning of a scene, if the writing didn’t outright spell it out. Or if the writing is very clear on the intended reaction and the music still seems to say something else, the disconnect can ruin your immersion even if you still understood what was trying to be said. or, hypothetically, if a situation exists with two versions of the same story and one of them has a fitting, meaningful song while the other has a rather generic one, that moment could seem to hold more ‘importance’ in the narrative depending on which version you bought. JUST SAYIN’

which actually happened once in pokemon ruby and sapphire and it still rustles my jimmies!!!

okay so we have two versions of the same game where the villain guy has a different personality and tries to harness the power of a legendary monster of either fire or water. They both still follow the same general plotline, and both have a moment where villain guy’s plan fails and he isn’t able control [insert monster name here], thus causing Apocolypse Time for some damn reason this was chosen as one of the only songs that differs between games, despite its emotional resonance being CRITICALLY important to this goddamn scene

I guess that’s bad? I suppose?

but then the other one gets the fuckin creepiest music i have ever heard in a pokemon game

I THINK THAT EVER SO SLIGHTLY CHANGES THE TONE OF THE SCENE, GUYS

seriously, the water one sounds more like a vaguely ominous dungeon exploration theme and like.. a music.. in general??? not a YOU DONE FUCKED UP! YOU DONE FUCKED UP! alarm blaring right in maximillian’s goddamn face. it’s deliberately dissonant non-music, and the other one doesn’t even try to capture the same sort of aesthetic!

and lil kid me had only played Sapphire Version, so I never even heard the spookier version until I played the Ruby remake a decade later I know it sounds weird to not grasp the gravity of a literal apocolypse if the music isn’t scary enough, but I mean.. its a jrpg cliche. The world is always under threat and we already knew it was under threat and that’s why we wanted to beat this guy. That spooky music moment was necessary to sell the audience on something that’s often lost its shock value in this genre. And it was also an emotional moment because its where the villain sees the consequences of his actions and realizes what he was doing was wrong. It shouldnt be just a ‘wow, new sea adventure dungeon, better get moving kiddo’ sort of thing, but something that knocks you off your tracks for a second and makes you pause to take in what this guy is saying and feel sympathy for his horrific realization. Its a moment that’s so disarming for him that you just have to leave him there nigh-catatonic as you rush off to fix his mistake, and he only properly teams up with you to help save the day a dungeon or two later. That just seemed like a plot contrivance in Sapphire because there wasn’t that same desperate urgency that you have to rush off NOW, and can’t wait for this guy. Apocolypses happen all the time in rpg games, you need to specify to the audience when you want it to feel like an URGENT apocolypse! FF7 had a similar moment where you learn a bunch of revelations about the main villain and he succeeds in summoning the magic meteor that was more of an abstract threat this entire time. Now you can see it hovering in the distant sky, and the world map music has a drastic spooky change similar to this game. it worked there, it worked in pokemon ruby, pokemon sapphire why did you change it?

also, a more random minor issue I had with another song in the same game

Is it just me or does Wally’s theme sound more like ‘classy rich guy’ than ‘unconfident younger child with a chronic illness whom you play a mentor role to’? It also sounds really cheerful and upbeat and reminds me more of the generic ‘HI I AM GIRL AND CUTE AND CRUSH ON YOU’ rival characters like May and Shauna. Its just kinda got that ‘hyperactive and clumsy but in a way that’s supposed to be seen as a love interest’ sort of vibe. So yeah to me it says ‘fancy high class characters are usually egotistical jerk rivals, but I personally want to assure you that this rich lady is actually super nice and adorable and possibly has cute comic relief aspects’. Aka Sonia Nevermind from Danganronpa. Is this just my brain making nonsensical associations or does anyone see where I’m coming from??

Also ‘Wally Emotion’ doesnt seem to have ANYTHING in common with it and I never even knew this was a Wally-only theme AT ALL until I saw the track listing.

THINGS THAT SOUND WAY MORE LIKE THAT: THIS seriously why is this just the generic song for the town the guy lives in, instead you don’t even really take enough time passing through it to hear the full thing...

also obligatory mention to possibly the greatest change in the whole remake being SPECIFICALLY GIVING THIS GUY ANOTHER ACTUALLY FITTING REMIX SONG hey guess what didnt give me emotions in the first version hey guess what gives me all the emotions now FUCK YEAH that’s how you sell ‘the student becomes the master’ entirely without words! this thing was so goddamn successful that it took me half an hour to even find a video of his ‘main theme’, youtube search was overwhelmingly shoved full of cover of this badass piece i cant believe that the original game just used the same old minor trainer battle theme for him...

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Holy shit dudes, so I have been stressed as hell lately for a lot of reasons and gettin’ increasingly fussy. Playing Bloodborne (I AM BECOMING COMPETENT THANK FUCK) helped, but some bits I just got jimmies too rustled and have been kind of petty-stomping around all >:|

(Short version of that is I'm tired of busybodies bossing writers around lol.)

But let me tell you, full-throttle girly shit here, what just helped me feel way better?

NEUTROGENA.

Bros, this is gonna sound like a goddamn ad but I swear my skin has been in the crapper lately with breakouts and feeling oily and unpleasant as all get-out. And I’ve been meaning to deal with it but have been trying to hit a lot of things.

So I ran over to CVS today and basically just raided their skincare and makeup sections, got their fancy concealers and powders and wipes and scrubs and spot treatments and all that jazz. And when I got home I fucking used it.

Dudes.

Dudes I feel so much better. I can feel my skin breathing.

10/10 would recommend to people having a struggle.

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Smokey brand Comparison: Burn my Dread/Steal Your Heart

On my second play through of Person 5 and, goddamn, it’s so much better the second time around. I am legitimately having the best time right now. Dare i say, this one might be my favorite, dethroning 3, ever so slightly? So let’s comapre the two and see what shakes out!

Plot

I find the plot to 3 to be far more engaging because, you know, my melancholic self steeps in utter apathy most of the time. Tragedies are my bread so the resolution to Mianto’s tale is right up my alley, if more than a little f*cked up.

The plot to 5 is kind of an homage to 3, it feels like. There’s a lot of similarities  between the two but, at the same time, not even close to being as heady. I feel the mainstream popularity of 4 made Atlus go back address their third masterpiece but making it more accessible to the masses. The resolution in 5 is the one we wanted in 3 but the tragic nature of that narrative wouldn’t allow for it. It’s objective look at humanity was just as bleak though so i can dig it!

Verdict

I’ve got to give the edge to 3 on this one. Not so much because 5 is the pop version of 3, but more because i thought 3 felt more urgent, like there were stakes on a level that effected everyone. 5, while eventually would have maybe seen global ramifications, was a distinctly Japanese situation. The scale of Persona 3 was just more massive in a sense.

Protagonists

Minato Arisato is the goddamn embodiment of death and that sh*t is just too dope for words. Kid literally stares death in the face and never flinches, even when an extra dimensional slaughter god shows up to end all of humanity. Dude just stares it down and locks it away with his indomitable will.

Akira Kurusu is a dope kid and all but he feels too much like Minato. Say what you will about Yu, that cat was his own character. I think the stoicism of both Akira and Minato kind of makes them feel the same, which isn’t a bad thing, just kind of a little bit of a let down.

Verdict

Gotta go with Minato on this one. Dude becomes something more than a god at the end of his game while Akira goes on vacation. i mean, dope, but come on?

Companions

The P3 companions are classics and i adored everyone of them. but, as i look back on that crew, i must say, compared to the later entries in the Persona franchise, they’re pretty weak. Sure, they’re the archetype for the future but overall, they’re kind of eh.

The Phantom Thieves are just too dope. All of them. I have my favorites but i must say, they’re all so vibrant, unique, and fun. I feel the same about the SEES kids but the tone of their game kind of limits their ability to be more than just above depressing.

Verdict

Gotta give it to P5 on this one. The Phantom Thieves were more fun to interact with and even the annoying characters were less annoying that those in P3. But f*ck Ryuji, though.

Persona

I’m a sucker for Greek mythology so the Persona in 3 were right up my alley. While i think Minato’s ultimate Persona is kind of weak, Thanatos is my all time favorite so this is a hard one to measure. Particularly when...

I like the spin on the whole bandit motif of the Thieves. I mean, Akira’s first Persona is goddamn Lupin! that’s too dope for words. But it’s Akira’s ultimate Persona that gives this particular game a HUGE boost. F*cking Satanael. Dude, Satanael. Satanael!

Verdict

I gotta give the edge here to Minato strictly because of Thanatos. I mean, all of the Persona of the P3 cats are dope but the fact that Satanael is legitimately fusable and usable in game+ rustles my jimmies. Not to take anything away from how ridiculous Satanael is, Thantos just holds a special place in my heart.

Romances

So i’m a sucker for a good romance in a game. I feel like it adds a little something extra to a narrative. Persona 3 was my first real foray into that situation and it’s stuck ever since. I must say, though, looking back, the options were pretty weak. I almost always went after Mitsuru because, let’s face it, she’s the dopest but Elizabeth and Aigis’ options were super cute. Literally everyone else was whack though. Bummer.

Akira’s harem is far superior to not only Mianto’s but Yu’s as well. All of your options are just adorable, some being better than others. Futaba is just all of the adorkable but Tae is easily my all time favorite option. Used to be Naoto but Tae stole the sh*t out of that one.

Verdict

Gotta be 5. Tae is just too much!

Gameplay

it’s kind of hard to judge this one as Persona 3 is an old ass game on an old ass system. While i enjoyed the dungeon crawling and social links and what not, it’s kind of the blueprint. In other words, it’s mad bare bones, even with FES and Portable.

Persona 5 takes everything about the P3 system and makes it better.They even added that whole Hold up system which i loved from Nocturne. Always dope being able to talk a demon into your crew or snake them for stuff. This might have been an option in P3 but i don’t remember at all. it’s been SO long...

Verdict

Gotta go 5 with this one. The refinements made since 3 have streamlined and improved upon an already engaging system.

Conclusion

Looks like a draw. Looks like. I absolutely love Persona 5. This game is everything would have wanted in a Persona title. It’s fun to play, the characters are awesome, the gameplay is on point and it’s taken it;s rightful place in my all time favorite games but, at the end of the day, i gotta go with Persona 3. Even if it’s a slight bump, it’s still a bump and i have to acknowledge that. Persona 3, for me, is everything a Persona game should be. 5 is a damn close second but without the reinvention of 3, we’d never have what we got with 5. I don’t necessarily think Persona 3 is a better game but i think i enjoyed Minato’s journey a bit more than Akira’s and at the end of the day, that’s what counts, right?