#The Problem Is in the Sender

[musicmakesyousmart]

Hypnodrone Ensemble - The Problem Is In The Sender — Do Not Tamper With The Receiver

WV Sorcerer Productions

2024

[prettyboykatsuki]

smitten rin does devastating things to me 💔

rin is always smitten to me once he falls in love he is in the most abysmal and pathetic state because it's not like. easy for him. he hates most people do you know how much he has to like someone to Like them. he has been confessed to so much and he doesnt care so when he's in love its like so much for him. it makes him possesive and awful and kind of crazy kfdjskj . there is no other man for you except him and there never will be again he will make sure

u would think he's shit at being a boyfriend but bc it takes so long to even Get There it sort of straightens himself out ??? like its funny fkdjskj

[quicksilversquared]

My course coordinator, for the entire week: WHY ARE YOU BEING SO LENIENT WITH YOUR STUDENTS

Me, running in the opposite direction: I DON'T LIKE BEING MEAN

[rathologic]

hi there, you run a great blog!! i was wondering if you have any advice or suggestions on how to responsibly/respectfully get into patho and patho2? as in, do you think there are any things a new fan should keep in mind while playing (i.e. with the grooming allegations, i have also seen racism and misogyny mentioned)

honestly i'm not entirely sure what i'm asking for help with here, but maybe just resources that further discuss the shitty views/opinions/actions of dyb that taint aspects of the game? thank you so much

hey! it really is going to depend on your personal tolerance for these aspects. racism is a major in-world topic discussed by the games, but also thoroughly present within the storytelling the franchise presents, so there's a fair amount of nuance; the elements of misogyny and pedophilia are just visible throughout. if you're at least passingly familiar with such topics, you'll be able to recognize and think critically about their presence as you get into the games (if you decide to at all)

baseline recommendation is always "don't pay for pathologic 2". Ice-Pick Lodge is not financially struggling, 2's racist and misogynistic elements are more pervasive and widespread than the first game's, and the mainstream praise it receives (unduly) goes straight to dyb's reputation as a writer. honestly I would not recommend paying for patho1 either but it usually sells for $1, so if that's justifiable to you... in no particular order here's some things to have in mind:

"tl;dr just respect the kin" is a Google doc outlining some ways that anti-Indigenous beliefs show up in the fanbase, and touches slightly on racist aspects of the games, like the p1 butcher models

look through the patho1 character ages, and keep the large age gaps in all of the m/f relationships in mind (patho2 just doesn't have canon ages)

this patho1 mod gets rid of a pedophilic dialogue exchange, and removes dybowski's face from the player screen; highly recommend that desktop users install it

my #p2crit tag is mostly very informal complaints about the writing and mechanics of pathologic 2, but there are a few decent critical points in it (though also many game spoilers, so don't look through this first!)

one of those points is that the herb bride (and Eva's) model textures in p2 include their genitals, as like. a baseline for how the game regards women

also new fans should Really be aware that rubin was being adopted into the burakh family in patho1. a lot of people, willfully or unknowingly, post pseudo-incest of him with the haruspex; it's a gray area in p2, but foul with the original designs

and some resources re: dybowski:

turaform's regarding nikolay dybowski is a video summarizing the grooming allegations, and describing the events by which they became known to the western fanbase- it was made in april 2021 soon after the news became widespread, but to my knowledge remains the most thorough explanation

this post links to the document of tweets referenced (the version with identifying information removed)

this post cites part of an interview with dybowski (at ~32:00 in the video), about how attractive he finds a young-looking naked girl model from the making of The Void, IPL's game about naked girls

in the society of dead poets is another interview not directly related, but I think it's worthwhile background that dyb's great-grandfather married his great-grandmother, a chinese woman, when he was >60 and she was 20 (page 57)

from all that you'll see patterns in the franchise, especially a tendency towards "beautiful woman gets killed young" (the Feverish Feeling ARG, in between games, is also fundamentally this), and be able to make your own judgements about its treatment of the Kin. maybe it just won't be acceptable to you! a lot of people have left the fanbase from discomfort or frustration, and that's completely understandable. I only hold that it's more valuable for people who are comfortable engaging at all to discuss and circulate discussion of patho's harmful aspects than to let them be only praised as profound & perfect narratives in the public eye :~)

[frenchiefitzhere]

group texts my beloathed

[grimmweepers]

omg wait as promised here’s a pic of my furbaby when he was a lil boy :3 (he’s working out 🙂‍↕️💪🏼)

WHAT A PRECIOUS LITTLE BABYYYYYYYY BEING STRONKKKK

I don’t think i ever asked what his name was. what be the name of this rascal

i miss my cats so bad :((

[bunnypansy]

as a gay guy, I love the obey me bros and I love ur writing, but idk I just feel so upset reading m!mc x lucifer works because he's like totally my type, but for some reason I feel as though he would never be attracted to another guy. it just makes me so depressed while reading amazing writing like yours that provide content for amab, trans and masc presenting people . Like ill read the work that include him with a female or woman mc and he just seems so in-character, like he truly loves her, but with a guy mc (or even Diavolo!) he feels so out of character and that he'll be homophobic like those typical traditional masculine men. I I feel as though he'll tell me he's not into men if i ever tried to flirt with him and idk beat me up (jkjk) like there's this inner part of me that knows 'Lucifer would never set his eyes on another man', 'he's only gentlemanly to females', and it's only reinforced by the sheer amount of lucifer works that contain fem!mc x lucifer content, as if even those authors know deep down that Lucifer is straight. Sorry for venting, i just want to know that your work in the fandom is appreciated and that i can overcome such internalized hate…

...I appreciate the compliments, but don't send me asks like this, please.

[verflares]

nobody will ever just leave you a message like "i like your art :)" anymore

[chamerionwrites]

Would pay actual money to ensure that nothing is EVER shipped to me via FedEx

[t-lostinworlds]

i need tumblr to make their chats/messaging box bigger. like seriously. the words are so squished in one box they need some space.

[cina-full-moon-xanadium]

THIS MF REALLY POISONED THE RABBIT?????

[prettyboykatsuki]

dude i know you've talked ab kaiser with a mommy kink and i just read FREUD is one of his fav historical figures i need a cigarette

one thing about me im never wrong about a man having a mommy kink . like yeah i bet you do want to talk to freud mr kaiser

it just slips out of him the first time like truly. a little emotional vulnerability with a woman whose nice but stern to him and it’s beyond over

[ayzaart]

Hey guys, if you’re seeing this, please try to help out if you are able to and please share!

Their account: @mohammedyasers

The Gofundme link I found on their account: https://gofund.me/b8705606

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[angeltism]

SLAY AQUA SLAYYYYY

YAYYYYY literallybecause i killed that person like 6 times in one match hence the saltiness IT'S SO FUNNY I AM LITERALLY FULL OF ENERGY NOW HEHEHEHE

[marsti]

right like, misinformation about the history of the term aside - because its start on 4chan and in transmed facebook groups has been thoroughly lost to the lack of archives/private nature of these spaces - it still takes 0.2 seconds to think about the term itself and go, hey that's a really weird fucking thing to call someone. it's cruel in its very construction.

if u unironically use the word theyfab u are just, like, a really awful person. idc who you are that is just straight up transphobia. i dont understand how trans ppl can uncritically say that without hearing themselves. horrific

[arolesbianism]

The sadness and agony that emerges everytime I start a new oni save and am forced to remember what it's like to have a dupe without a hat only to put them in a hat because I think they'd look cute only to remember hats make half of them look bald but I spent this long maxing out a skill for them so Im too stubborn to back down and remove the hat