#Or at least not actively disliking them

[raguna-blade]

Thing that frustrates me, and this is gonna sound a bit...justifying but I do mean it unironically, is that I actually really like Gacha mechanics in games.

I like the randomly getting a unit, incorporating them into your team, feeling them out, figuring out if they fit, if they don’t, if you like them, figuring out the lore and all that.

I like the variety of character designs that builds out a world, and even for what are functionally side characters just that bit of characterization is enough to make me like you know...Enjoy the setting.

I like the experience of rolling for characters, slowly saving up for it and trying your luck.

I mean that genuinely, in that I do actually like them but at the same time, i’m sitting here thinking about it but like...I can honestly only say like two games have managed to actually overcome the other parts of it that i’m not exactly fond of which makes it just difficult to even want to interact with genre (well, mechanic rather! Because it’s not really a genre as such is it?) because of the exhausting monetization, the play everyday model, the general lack of anything to do inbetween events and story bits that are drip fed over periods of time and like...

There’s ways you can justify it, and I think justify it reasonably provided you’re not spending huge piles of cash on these. For the ones with actually engaging and good stories/characters (which I find generally rare if i’m being honest. Neat concepts in general, but they rarely get the build up they probably deserve) you’re getting a short story delivered to you and additional game to play every so often inbetween periods of not playing which is objectively, in one sense great.

it’s just...The rest of the muck around them is absolutely fucking rancid. It’s nuclear waste even when the game is objectively, positively good.

And I think what frustrates me the most about it is, again, I actually genuinely like the mechanic. It’s fun. It’s cool. But it’s always always tied to monetization stuff that just makes it...aggravating at best, and actively ruinous at worst.

Like if I had a full on game that had gacha mechanics and a solid everything else, but off a single payment and none of the cruft, probably something that you’re meant to play frequently (maybe in the sense of a roguelike? That’d seem appropriate enough I think given length of time and all that) or like come back to, I’d probably on that alone enjoy the game immensely but...

I honestly can’t recall a game that does so. And I feel like damn, i would love to have that, but it’s all tied up with the horse shit.

bleh.

[operafloozy]

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[iknaenmal]

OH RHIS SUCKS

[brittlebutch]

bill and ted and their efforts in education is something thats So Important to me - they really do want to learn and find new things soo interesting, its just that traditional teaching methods fail them. even stuff they love (music) took them so long to learn !!!! which is something i feel like ppl miss a lot. choosing to learn smthn that is difficult and has a steep learning curve is actually So Hard and frustrating and bill and ted actually put in so much effort to learn!! and ofc it works out (they win battle of the bands, become famous, save the world etc) but i feel like they wouldve worked at it even if they never met rufus and all that bc they approach life with such genuine earnestness. which is a trait i admire so much and they make me so happy :)

yes dude you absolutely hit the nail on the head!!! i love love love that Bill and Ted don't make it through any of the movies thanks to any kind of special skill or innate talent, they manage to make it through just because they're so affable and enthusiastic that people around them (even some who would have reason to actually dislike them) just can't seem to help but be taken with them and decide to help them out - no perpetuating the myth of independence anywhere!!

and you're so right about the time travel probably not being strictly Necessary in their development like, their audition at the beginning of Bogus Journey isn't very good but it's still technically way more musical than their garage jam sessions were in Excellent Adventure! (You could argue that's just the Princesses carrying the sound, which is probably true to an extent, BUT I don't think that's it entirely bc there's not any discordant distortion-noise like there was in EA and parts of the melody do seem to cut out when Bill and Ted pause playing to speak) So they were learning and improving between movies, it's just that they're naturally kind of slow at it AND they've also probably not been able to focus on learning all that well bc they're working full time and struggling financially - once they take like a year and a half outside of time to practice nothing but guitar they're able to show off some serious musical acumen, and THEN i love how Face the Music shows how even though they've both gotten pretty Technically skilled at a huge variety of instruments, they're still 'bad at it' bc they struggle to write music that other people enjoy/understand and they still aren't overly bothered by that at all!

Also love that the same applies to Billie and Thea - they seem to have a much easier time of things than their dads do wrt learning/innate skills BUT they're still 24 and haven't moved out or gone to college or gotten jobs or anything and no one (other than Chief Logan ofc) puts them down or admonishes them for this! They're both loved and supported wholeheartedly by their parents (who OFC understand it all completely) and they make it through the movie the same exact way Bill and Ted did! Even though Billie and Thea do rely on a more-than-solid grasp of musical history to navigate the circuits of time, their ability to sway the historical figures to their cause largely thanks to their enthusiasm for the topic and general affability and i love how that's always upheld by the movies as a Valued Trait i love it SO much

[saeshiraw]

tired girl hours i’m just ranting bcos i don’t have enough time to cry

[demigodpolls]

what are your thoughts on jasico (jason x nico)? love your blog its so much fun!!!

hope you guys don't mind if I redirect you over to my main blog for questions like this! I'm happy to provide my input on this blog regarding things like the PJO fandom, the poll results, and the books themselves, but for my personal opinions on characters/ships, I think it's best they're reserved for my own blog. I'm so happy that you enjoy the polls, though!! - demigodpolls

[fromtheseventhhell]

"You don't have to mention disliking Taylor when supporting her fight against AI" Yeah actually I do cause I'm pro-Palestine and she's a prominent white celebrity who had her movie shown in Israel (which the BDS movement has specifically highlighted), she's friends with a woman who turned a genocide into a self-pity party and works with a proud Zionist, and she's never once used her platform to speak up on the Palestinian genocide (or any other ongoing genocide). As much as I hope she's successful in her fight and is able to heal, her being victimized in this instance doesn't prevent her from causing harm and people should still be able to hold her accountable.

[waterdeepthroat]

i know i kinda have a reputation to uphold as an astarionposter but like. he's not even my fav character in bg3...

[cat-downthestreet]

can HSR and HI3 players please just stop with picking on Genshin players already? we all like Hoyoverse, there is literally no reason to trash on the other games to try and get people to play your favorites. if anything you've only made Genshin players avoid HSR and HI3. you've accomplished nothing.

this post is not about the rewards players of each game get, I'm only talking about the Hoyoverse fans who trash on Genshin just because they think the other games are soooo much better and their opinions are better than "those stupid Genshin players'"

seriously, stfu. it's a game. if you don't like it don't bully people who do. and especially don't follow it up with "my favorite game is better" 😐

[boypussydilf]

Here's a fun Akechi ask for you: So as we all know, he betrayed himself with the pancakes, and as a result, he doesn't want to hear the word "pancakes" ever again when he joins the gang in the 3rd semester. HOWEVER The one cafe he frequents and the one he takes Joker (and Sumi) to is called Crepes et Miel, which translates to "Pancakes and Honey". Presumably it's a Japanese kissaten style cafe that sells pancakes to go with tea and coffee and such. So my question to you is this: what do you think are Akechi's true feelings about pancakes?

LSNDIENDKWNSKSMSKLS,WLSMKSMEHD’3KSNSJWMA. GOD A TRULY CHALLENGING QUESTION. I MEAN IT.

It’s Akechi, though, so everything can be broken down into weird little overanalytic logical reasoning. In this case there seems to be a recursive loop of facts pro-Akechi liking pancakes and facts… just kinda neutral. When Akechi eats in public it’s more for appearances than enjoyment - but that isn’t always the case - and he wants to avoid being recognized there - but that’s probably true of most places he goes in his personal life, he doesn’t wanna cause any trouble and who wants everything they do to be public - and so on…

There is insufficient evidence to back up either a belief that he likes or dislikes pancakes. With the free reign this grants me, I declare my verdict to be that Akechi does like pancakes, but like, more or less a normal amount. Because who DOESN’T like pancakes? They’re good.

[technicolorxsn]

so strange when people you barely know call you by a nickname...

[bsaka7]

going to buy new running shoes today let's hope no one is mean to me at the store 👍

[phagodyke]

i keep getting irrationally miffed at ppl 😐😐

[sunandmoonster]

it's honeatly such a pain in the ass to dislike the fandom's most popular ships 😫😩💀 whhyyyyy, brain whyyyyy :(((((

[corvidcas]

acted way too fucking productive on a sunday night for my damn job that pays me hourly. why am i being required to make a presentation for my job on my own fucking time when i am paid hourly. anyways now im fucking sad bc i spent my sunday night on google slides FOR FREEEEEEE instead of like watching black mirror or finishing my hand drawn titty heat map shirt

[arolesbianism]

Shout out to my poor poor friend who keeps sending me video game songs trying to pin down my music taste like oh buddy I'm so sorry but Penny's battle theme is so small beans compared to the stuff I listen to