#ITS BEEN TWO DAMN DAYS

[descendantofthesparrow]

when the 30+ dude/roommate who promised to keep the bathroom clean shaves-something that can only be pubes cause dude does not have hair-and LEAVES HIS HAIR IN THE BATHTUB LIKE A 15 YEAR OLD BOY

[cryptidinlaw]

Huskerdust text posts

[ra-vio]

this blog is 11 years old now 🎉

I drew the siblings ever to celebrate as usual

[colloquialcolors]

Well. Goddamn. Having finished In Other Waters. What a phenomenal game. No clue how to effectively recommend it to people in a way that both sells it accurately but also doesn't understate how. Thoughtfully and intentionally it's made. But I do want to capture my gut reaction, right off of finishing it. So. Hrm. Lets see.

- You experience the entire game through screens- minimal graphics, dots and radars and scans and texts. It is scientific and methodical and- not tedious, exactly, but. Exacting. You scan, and move, and monitor, and the whole world is lines and dots and bare bones information on a screen.

- But the world is also alive. It's so beautifully, wonderfully- at times, terrifyingly- miraculously alive.

- I don't know how to describe the way that the game builds this, but it feels like learning a language, or slowly seeing a pattern. Little things move in the water and you learn to recognize the movements. Wordy, beautiful descriptions for every spot you move to. Entries on the intricate and bizarre biology that grow in detail and understanding as you find more pieces and analyze more things.

- Its like. The entire mechanic of- you put together entries about each plant or creature or organism, piece together information in walls of text, and when you finally learn enough, you are rewarded- with a sketch, a visual representation of the thing you have been reading beautifully worded entries of, something you have been imagining and visualizing.

- You are reading, and scanning, and gathering, and imagining and theorizing. And then you, suddenly, can see it. You read about the shimmering veils of bioluminescence strung together in inky darkness, and then you see a rough sketch of an organism constructed out of blinking lights, metres long. You spent hours wading through waters reading about the way the light filters through water on the reef and the brilliantly colored plants sway in the waves and suddenly you see a sketch of one of the leaves. Fast moving dots described as winged, fast moving creatures, and you document their burrows and their paths and their food and then. A rough scientists sketch of one.

- The whole game. Feels like that progression- a slow sense of awe. Repetitive, intentional steps, unfolding into pictures.

- You are the only thing like you, in the whole game. An observer learning the world. You are alone, but not exactly. You are a guide, acting as the eyes and hands and leader for someone you only know through text. Ellery talks to you through text prompts, and not always- but she does talk to you.

- You are her hands and eyes- you scan and move and decide where to go and monitor the oxygen and power to keep her safe and fetch all the samples. She is your hands, and eyes- she describes each new point you move to with painstaking detail, describing the sand swirling in water or light glittering, or the way darkness closes in, or the way bioluminescence throws shadows. She notes down the information and processes the samples and is the one to write the entries and turns all the data into something real.

- You move Ellery around the whole game, act in service of her, but she feels very distinct from you- secrets of her own and backstory you have to earn from her even though you guys move as one unit.

- And you learn about Ellery, and Minae, and. man. man.

- The way the screen changes with different biomes- the colors and the music shifting. The way that the layout stays the same but you feel the differences. Deep darkness alleviated by points of light. Open, sunny sands with swaying vegetation. A choking, cloying algae bloom.

- The UX stays the same, for all of these. The color, and indicators of topography are all that changes. But you feel the differences.

- Look, the mechanics are- finicky. A little unintuitive. Occasionally frustrating. But it feels right- like operating a clunky control board to steadily map an unknown space. You learn it, clumsily, and you get the motions down until it feels right. Navigation is- at times slow, and tedious, and confusing. There aren't really shortcuts to navigate through the different sections. But that feels right too.

- The game itself is not always fun to play. But it is rewarding, and it feels worth it.

- There's a whole ocean of inexplicable, alien life! And you get to explore it in a way that feels so intentionally, lovingly crafted. I don't know what to say beyond that. What. A fucking treat.

... also the plot about corporations fucking up ecosystems because of the never ending desire for profit and the destructive impact of thoughtless corporate greed. so. you know.

[grabby-smitten]

Couples who kill together, stay together ✌🏻👹

I find it so on brand for them to be all lovey-dovey in their silly little cave up in the mountains while the whole world is burning underneath them.

[surreal-duck]

silly thing but this might be my fav one ive drawn of him so far i think :'> other doodle for scaling ignore that

[kindred-spirit-93]

ah yes

playing my favourite game of "why are my insides tormenting me?": stress, gastrointestinal infection, intolerance to something, probably ibs, cramps, cancer god forbid, dehydration, stress, gut bacteria shenanigans, hunger, the plague (long covid), stress....

[hylianane]

Usopp and Luffy’s friendship breakup still haunts me btw and sometimes I think it haunts them too. I think there’s moments in which Usopp’s guilt from having betrayed Luffy as his Captain makes certain jokes get caught in his throat, makes him tread lightly when complaining about the next big adventure. And I think when Luffy screamed at him for asking Rayleigh about the One Piece, he was genuinely afraid of having fucked up for real. And I think sometimes Luffy, who is used to just getting people, stares helplessly at Usopp knowing that there’s something he’s missing. That he still can’t comprehend the hold that Usopp’s insecurities have on him. That there’s something there he cant stretch his limbs out and grasp and strangle until Usopp feels safe enough to be the brave and genuine Usopp Luffy knows he is. I think there’s moments, when the two of them are together, in which they make each other flinch. And they think we already talked about this once. Now we’re fine. No need to do it again

[dawnthefluffyduck]

New game interest unlocked

(crow in bottom right belongs to @patchwork-crow-writes)

[pardonmystardust]

Starting to become. Honestly a bit miffed at UPS.

[carnival-core]

Hey not to make a political post but does it ever feel like we can just never win and the suffering will be forever and we're always going to have to fight with moments of peace being fleeting and not worth looking forward to

[princessmyriad]

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[iron-sides]

stares at massage pricing. stares at my wallet. i can afford it cash and without straining my present finances or future savings. HOWEVER! What If

[arolesbianism]

Finally fixating on some nugget relationships that aren't horrible for everyone I love friendship <3

[jmdbjk]

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FYI I was today years old when I figured out during a Welive broadcast, comments with keywords get deleted almost immediately. Someone was thinking with their brain for once...

Anyway, Jungkook kept me awake past my bedtime because I actually was awake when I got the notif (at the same time Jimin did too). JK looked so cute! Just waking up at 1:30 p.m. and said he needed to go start getting ready to leave at 2:00 and I’ve told y’all this before, this is how their normal day goes and here it is happening in real time. 

JK says whats up to Hobi, then Jimin in the comments letting JK know he was on his way to do a shoot... stuff for the album? or stuff for other purposes? And was that a TMI Jimin?

“Hey Bae, you just woke up? I’m heading to work...” smacks of #JustSpousalThings.. just sayin’…

Apparently Jungkook is back to working again also. 

Why does he have TWO karaoke mics? 

And the English subs are up at lightning speed probably because he did the live while other normal people were actually awake and already at work.

I was awake for his live BUT SLEEPING WHEN HE DELETED INSTAGRAM 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 WHAT DOES IT MEAN? 

I can see with my own two eyes how much he thrives on direct and immediate interactions. Instagram never offered that to him. Instagram is a great place to express one’s self visually and though JK enjoys aesthetically pleasing things it’s not the foundation of how he expresses himself. So Weverse it is. But we will miss his presence on Insta...maybe he will reactivate at some point in the future.

[maretriarch]

its been like over a year since ive gotten my period and ive been weight restored on and off within that time and you think it would eventually just come back but damn i really think its gone for good. i know i SHOULD like be bothered by it and it does add to my constant health anxiety but i dont know....i don't really want to go to a doctor...im saving at least ten dollars a month on tampons right now....think about the economy....