#Some of this stuff is just damn impressive

[rebeccasship]

I have never played any of the Sonic games that have Shadow in them, so my entire impression of him has been based on what the fandom says. So I pretty much always thought that Shadow was like Sonic's archrival, and all evil and stuff, and that the fandom only shipped him with Sonic because of the classic: "Long ass rivalry = toxic yaoi"

BUT THEN I WATCHED SONIC PRIME!

And holy shit, this ain't fucking rivalry. Shadow is straight up just Sonic's boyfriend (but they got some teeny tiny relationship issues). This is pure grumpy x sunshine yaoi. They ain't even doing any enemies shit, they're just bickering! And on top of that, Shadow is somehow the only ally, that doesn't betray Sonic in this show. So how the fuck is he a rival?

If people don't see the crazy chemistry between these two, then they're blind.

I have never shipped a ship faster than this, and I've watched a whole lot of gay ass shows.

Also Shadow's fucking adorable. I love that hedgehog so damn much. I've only known him for a few hours, but if anything happened to him, I'd destroy the damn world.

[choppedsouldreamer]

O M L, thank you so much for including me, this is my lil gal CSD!! SHE LOOKS SO CUTE HER HAIR IS SO PERFECT AND SWOOSHY LIKE IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE UNLIKE THE MESS I MAKE IT LOOK LIKE SOMETIMES AHA! I AH GAH BRAIN CAN'T FUNCTION SHE'S WATCHING THE CHAOS AS USUAL LOOK AT HER, when cool artists and animators like THESE PEOPLE include me?? RAHHHHHH, it truly means so much to me, especially when someone hasn't made something for me in a while! I genuinely get so damn happy when people do make things for me or include me or compliment me in any way, it's just so damn sweet and I absolutely love the community I am around! THIS IS SO IMPRESSIVE, I legit get mad animating just simple stuff because of all the frames and having to draw the same thing a million times so my sympathy and gratitude goes to every animator or person that has tried to animate before. I am right now planning a lot of things and one of the things I have to do is my part of a Christmas animation for @jmaknavigr but 1: I am busy at the moment doing irl things which I like to keep to myself for privacy reasons and 2: I have a VERY long list of things I need to do and post, I legit have a list- My part of the animation will come out at some point, I'm not sure when but it will and I'm sorry to keep everyone waiting, it's just those two factors and the fact that flipaclip doesn't allow music for me, so I tried alight motion, which is used in this AMAZING animation, and it confused me a lot, I'm not sure if it's just because I'm using it on my phone but the frame for drawing is so small and you can't rotate the frame unlike flipaclip, I have no idea if I can import animation into it and add music?? @colatheartz69 HELP ME OUT HERE GOOBER YOU ARE VERY SMART AND KNOW THIS STUFF BETTER THAN I DO! maybe I'll just do it in flipaclip without music like I already planned, I'm not sure but hey, like I said I will be busy so stuff might be slow but it will get out, I promise! Once again thank you and sorry for the ramble post!

[ Before watching this please check out the post before this to get the full one! I hate you Tumblr. ]

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[goombasa]

Youtube Recommendation: Summoning Salt

Time for something quick and simple, I think. I might be sprinkling posts like this throughout the year here and there, just using this as an excuse to talk about another creator that I really like.

So, any speedrunners in the audience?

Speedrunners both terrify and intrigue me. Even when watching a middle-of-the-road run, or an old run that is vastly outdated by modern techniques, I am always stunned and mystified by the amount of skill, planning, and tenacity that goes into making them work, the hours and hours put into playing the same game over and over again, stripping it down to its absolute bare essentials and looking for breaks in the chain, openings in the plate, which can be exploited as much as possible.

And as much as I love hearing the technical side of all these things, what I love most is learning about the journey that a game takes to become a heavily played speed game.

If you've had any sort of interest in speed running a game, or the practice or people in general, chances are good you've come across videos made by a Youtuber named Summoning Salt. Summoning Salt's videos revolve entirely around speed running, which makes sense considering Salt himself is a very accomplished speedrunner, holding 1st place in six different categories for Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! on the NES. This intimate knowledge on the ins and outs on the process of speed running, and his own experience, lends his videos an important touch of professional knowledge.

His output primarily consists of videos covering the history of the speed running community and record for a particular game, and he doesn't just cover the big games either. While yes, he has touched on games like Mike Tyson's Punch Out, Super Mario 64, and the Mario Kart series, but he's also covered games you really wouldn't expect to HAVE a speed running community, like Wii Sports or the Lego Star Wars saga. He's also done videos spotlighting the careers and attempts to beat the records of prominent speedrunners, like Abney317 in Mario Kart 64 or Jimmypoopins in Ninja Gaiden 2, or videos concerning very specific categories within a community. He's done videos on blindfolded Punch-out and Super Mario 64, as well as a video on the Wii Sports Golf game specifically, for example.

And these videos are like potato chips. I can't watch just one, despite the rather impressive length of them. His older videos usually range between fifteen minutes and a half hour, but his recent videos range anywhere from between forty-five minutes to upwards of two hours as he goes into massive detail on the history of a game, going through every discovery for glitches and techniques, and probably most importantly, highlighting every player that helped to push the game forward or challenge the community's status quo, no matter how small of a role they might have played in the grand scheme of things. No detail is too small if it means talking about some interesting aspect of the game.

His videos are also incredibly easy to understand as well, which lends them well to those who aren't really into speedrunning or might be new to the community. he does use language and terms that are intrinsic to speedrunning, but he generally does a good job of explaining what those terms mean in a way that is very accessible. I compare that to videos from mother speedrunning focused channels that are really into the technical side of things, like Bismuth. Bismuth is another great speedrunning channel, but focuses more on explaining, in great detail, the technical aspects of how certain tricks and glitches work. To give you an idea of their breadth of knowledge, their biggest project is an exhaustive 5+ hour long documentary explaining all of the history and technical aspects behind the A-button challenge, where people try to beat Super Mario 64 using as few A-button presses as possible. It's a really interesting watch, at least to me, but due to the technical nature of their videos, Bismuth's stuff is a bit more niche. Summoning Salt's videos are much more simple, and he uses languages and explanations that are pretty easy to understand, often not bothering to go in depth into the technical aspects of what makes certain tricks work beyond what is necessary to understand the idea behind it, or just skip over the technical details entirely if it would slow down the video, which is focused more on the human element of speed running, the drama and high emotion of trying to reach, and keep, a record.

Even if you're an outsider looking in, I would highly recommend checking out Summoning Salt's channel, just for the entertainment value alone. Ultimately, the videos are stories about the people behind the records, who made the community what it became, rather than focusing on the game itself, and I think that's what makes it so fascinating to watch. Here are a few recommended vids that I personally enjoy:

Recommending Videos:

The History of Blindfolded Super Mario 64: At the time of my writing this, this is actually the most recent video on Salt's channel. Not the first ‘blindfolded’ video he's done, but I feel like this one better exemplifies the absolute struggles of playing a well known game without the use of sight AND doing it quickly.

The History of Wii Sports World Records: An excellent example of just how Summoning Salt can take something that, conceptually, shouldn't be that interesting or epic, and through just telling you about the people and just how it started to gain popularity, he gets you to care about something as silly sounding as the world record for marathoning all the games in Wii Sports as fast as possible.

The Quest to Beat Matt Turk: This was the video that got me into Summoning Salt's channel, a story about how a dead speedrun community was given new life as a series of runners came together with the collective goal of trying to beat the individual times of the runner who held the world record in every single fight in Punch Out.

The History of Super Mario Bros 3 100% World Records: This is a good blueprint for how most of Salt's videos tend to play out, and it's for a game that is incredibly well known. This is a quintessential Summoning Salt video and will probably give you a really good idea as to whether or not you'd enjoy his content.

[canisalbus]

Hello I made you some more art!! IDK Why your little guys have just stuck in my brain as of late but yeah I'm just on a roll I guess!

This piece was inspired by wondering who was present around Machete's assassination, and how people around him would react to his downfall. So I had the idea for a portrait of a final lover's embrace, as Vasco holds his dying beloved in bloodsoaked arms.

I tried my best with the clothing -- especially the shoes -- and I think I did a pretty good job but BOY were they hard! XD Anyways, I hope you like this one, it was a blast to draw! I love machete sm istg <3

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[sysig]

The brainworms are winning, clearly (Patreon)

[abelsarchives]

abel: i'm very much aware of who I'm. Still don't know if that makes it better or no tho. That's true, they really do. Way better than the catchy stuff i feel like sometimes. Shall I keep living a lonely life just to keep feeding the tears of my fans? you might need to help me on that. Feeding my broken heart. abel: ah, i don't know about the perfect someone. Not stressing myself on that tbh. i think like I still have shit tons of work to do on myself before even jumping into a long term relationship that could last y'know.  abel: damn you do? i'm very impressed girl. That's good, good for you taking care of your health and all. We can do dr peppers and sparkling ice, fine by me. Yeah, can't lie to you, can i? damn annoying if you ask me.  abel: can be true to some extend, i guess. You're worth the try my love. 

bella: at least you're aware of it. that surely has to count for something. also, you just have to give it time. the right person will come along eventually and all that waiting will suddenly be worth it. bet the fans would love that one. they seem to eat your sad stuff right up. bella: for sure. bella: did i forget to mention that i'm sober now? 1 year and 5 months now. that said, replace the red wine with some type of bubbling soda and it's the perf dinner. i totally knew that was restaurant food -- it tasted way too familiar. you sneak. bella: that's sweet of you to say, abel. i think some people deserve me. they just need to work for it first.

[leapinarmadillo]

it's awesome how he saw women as people. pretty cool

[seventh-district]

it’s the last Sunday before Sunday’s banner ends so i suppose it’s about time for me to finally boot up HSR and pull him home… wish me luck

[punkcherries]

everyone whittled me down and i watched arcane. it was alright

[the-physicality]

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[fiendishartist2]

started watching the 80s astroboy anime and i need tenma to explode

[catkin-morgs-kookaburralover]

it's not even like I don't have fun at times. I had SUCH a good call with @stealingmyplaceinthesun this afternoon it was loads of fun and at times I got extremely giggly in a way I haven't for probably months. and afterwards I ate dinner and it was ALL FINE until it wasn't

[ourceliumnetwork]

people?? being niceys to me???? for no reason except loves me?????????????

it's more likely than i think, apparently.

[spaciebabie]

I CAN'T FIND YOUR RECORDING OF ONLY GIRL BUT THE SONG CAME ON THE RADIO AT WORK AND I COULD ONLY THINK OF YOUR VIDEO

I love your animations and recordings so much I think of them a normal amount <3 they're so silly<3

oh you mean thissun right

waaaa ty ;-; im glad yu likkem so much............,.,.,.,i enjoy being a silly billy on main :3333

[chadsuke]

Books Read in 2023:

Liberated to the Bone: Histories, Bodies, Futures by Susan Raffo (2022)

Unflattering Photos of Fascists:  Authoritarianism in Trump's America by Christopher Ketcham (2020)

Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion by Elizabeth L. Cline (2012)

A Small Place by Jamaica Kincaid (1988)

Why are Faggots so Afraid of Faggots? Flaming Challenges to Masculinity, Objectification, and the Desire to Conform edited by Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore (2012)

The F*ck It Diet: Eating Should Be Easy by Caroline Dooner (2019)

The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and the Peoples Temple by Jeff Guin (2017)

Garbology: Our Dirty Love Affair with Trash by Edward Humes (2012)

The 100-Mile Diet: A Year of Local Eating (2007)

[ID: Covers of the aforementioned books. End ID.]

[ut-reblogs]

I strongly disagree, in favor of it being because of him trolling everyone who ever calls in relation to a service. See tags for more, bc I’m too lazy to retype them all out.

Rodimus is not allowed to answer the phone on the lostlight because he keeps falling for the spaceship insurance scams.