#and our reaction to this was basically just :I

[luckyladylily]

This post is about kids. In specific, I wrote this about my developmentally disabled daughter when she had just turned 7. Do you really think that a child who struggles with using a controller at all and is unable to speak understands the concept of keybindings, the principles of design that will allow her to know why she is struggling, and has the technical knowledge to successfully design a new control scheme that will alleviate her problem? She's fucking 7.

Many parents won't understand either, and parents who do like myself are not going to want to put in the time and effort to understand every single game we get for our kids enough to properly remap everything every single time when it could have and should have been done right by the designers of the game.

And then there are the things that can't be changed, because a control scheme is not just the buttons you press but when you have to press them and how your character, you know, controls when you press them. How much precision is expected and required, what kind of reaction times are you expecting from your players, how easy it is to transition between different input states and taking that into account when deciding what kind of challenges are going to chain together and how quickly.

This is basic shit for game designers. Yes, they do not design the input device, but they do have to use the input device and understand its properties. They have to think about this shit. It has knock on effects in everything from character movement to level design, and it is especially critical when designing games for a young audience!

This is one small way game design differs between an adult audience and a child audience, and even different age groups of children. I only chose hand size and input devices because it is so obvious after it is pointed out to you but few people ever think about it. Designing for children requires a specialized set of skills and knowledge.

“I went to school for game design! I am highly qualified to talk about any game out there!”

I bet you don’t even know how big an 8 year old’s hands are.

[nickgurl4life]

♡BAKERS DOZEN♡

Summary: With Chris and Nick out with friends, Matt finally decides this is the perfect time to fulfill your dream date~

Content!Warning: None just pure fluff and kisses, just a cute little Matt blurb <3

A/N: I have barely any ideas, but this lovely woman @bernardsbendystraws gave me this idea, so this is her idea, and I portrayed it <3

Today, Chris and Nick had plans with friends, Chris was gonna hang out with Nate for the day, and Nick was gonna go with Madison, This sparked an idea in Matt's brain. He knows your dream date is a baking date because every time you guys try to think about date activities, that's the first idea that leaves your mouth. So today he was going to fulfill it, well he needed to make his day was your smile and your laugh, if you were happy he was happy. God, he was so whipped for you that it was crazy. It was so evident that Chris and Nick always teased him anytime he was making goo-goo eyes at you.

So, while you were taking your daily afternoon nap on his bed, he left for the store to buy all the ingredients for cupcakes, and of course, all the icing colors you love. After 30 minutes of being gone, he comes back, and you're still asleep, good. He sets everything up on the counter and then runs excitedly upstairs to wake you up. "Baby...wake upppp..." he says in a sing-song tone as he gently shakes you. "Cmon! I have a suprise wake your butt up sleepy head~" he says again as he shakes you harder.

You stir awake and slowly sit up, "huh...??" You say sleepily as you rub your eyes. "What's happening?" You mumble as you tilt your head in confusion. He lets out a chuckle as he speaks up, "I said, wake up cause I have a suprise!" He smiles as your eyes light up and you gently climb out of bed. You go to the bathroom to do your morning pee, and he waits calmly outside the door. When you come out, he leads you downstairs and to the kitchen, all while covering your eyes. "Okay~ you ready, baby?" He says, and you can basically heat the smile in his voice. "Yes!!" You squeal happily as you smile.

When you give him the signal, he pulls his hands away. "I know you've always wanted a baking date, so I thought since Nick and Chris are gone today, why not give you what you've been asking for..." he says softly as he kisses your temple, waiting for a reaction. He smiles as he watches your eyes sparkle, and you jump a bit in excitement. "Baking date!!??" You yell with a smile.

He chuckles, "Yes baby, a baking date, I know you've wanted to have one of these since the beginning of our relationship so..." he pats your butt a couple of times as a signal for you to go to the counter. You don't hesitate and run to the counter, looking at everything. "Oh my god!! I'm so excited!" You squeal with a big smile and run over to him, hugging him tightly. "Thank you! Thank you!!" You say happily as he chuckles and hugs you back. "Your welcome baby, now are we gonna bake them or just stare?" He teases as you both walk over to get started.

You guys start the baking, and after what felt like hours, the cupcakes were in the oven, and you had flour in your hair, and he had flour all over his face. You guys tidy up everything so you have room to make decorate them when they are done. While you're tidying up, Matt hits the bowl with the excess batter in it, and it splashes all over his back. You guys gasp, stay silent, then burst into fits of laughter.

"O-oh my g-god you did not -" You choke out while laughing, falling onto the floor onto your knees, and him as well. Your stomachs hurt from how much you're laughing. After a bit, the cupcakes are done, and you guys are decorating. By the time you guys finish decorating, you have white and pink frosting everywhere. You guys are cleaning up the frosting. At that moment, Nick and Chris come home. Chris being Chris grabs a cupcake and bites into it and gets a suprise...you guys didn't check if the cupcakes were fully cooked.

Chris feels his mouth fill with uncooked batter and screams in disgust as he spits it out in the trashcan. His reaction causing you, Matt, and Nick to laugh. "Don't laugh at me!" Chris yells as he gags, causing you guys to laugh more. Chris runs to the sink and turns it on, sticking his head under and washing his mouth out. "Chris your overreacting dude-" Nick says as he laughs. After a bit Nick and Chris excuse themselves to bed and you and Matt lay on the couch, he turns on a movie as you cuddle close. As the movie plays his attentions on you...god he knows he's marrying you someday and that might be soon.

(AGAIN TY SO MUCH @bernardsbendystraws for giving me this idea and also tysm for the Dividers <3)

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[hyohaehyuk]

leticia22ma: ‘working with sam is like slipping on a glove that fits really well….wait, is that dirty? An old sock’

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[gem-de-lune]

Daily Vibe Check 11/15

Lmao I am so sorry this is so late- I did not plan that. But your girl fell asleep thinking she scheduled this to post already....maybe it's meant to be tho lol.

Before we begin, let's briefly recap on what this Full moon is and why it is being discussed. It is a Full Moon, a supermoon, in Taurus, where it is Conjuncting Uranus. It's WEIRD. There is not really a foolproof way to detect how this energy will manifest, but we can make some predictions based on where it's transiting and what the tarot tells us.

I will be basically discussing the charts of Riize and SM Ent in this read.

How will Riize be affected by this Full Moon?

7 of Wands + Two of Wands

Before we get into it, let's note that this full moon will be transiting through Riize's 2nd house of possessions (physical, mental, monetary, etc) and in conjuct with their Natal Jupiter What does this mean? This transit usually signifies the start of something and usually something regarding optimism and good fortune. Because Jupiter also talks about legal matters and because we are transiting through the 2nd house, this could be especially regarding money, contracts, or just their demands/requests in general.

Although Uranus is a neutral planet, Jupiter is a benefic (generally good- it is the planet of luck and philosophy), and the Moon is a Luminary (light emitting like the Sun) so if I had to interperet whether the effects this transit would have would be good or bad I would lean towards specifically saying something unexpected will be "illuminated" or "brought into the light" regarding Riize's desires as a collective- and it will likely be benefiting Riize as a collective, especially because their natal Jupiter has a lot of good aspects attached to it (i lowkey think SM consulted an astrologer for their debut day and time bc the amount of natal conjuncts and trines (positive aspects) to Jupiter they have is ridiculous).

Now, with our tarot pulls here, we have 2 wands cards. Wands are classically "action" cards imo and it is significant for me when two of the same suit are pulled like this. The 7 card is extremely defensive and a force to be reckoned with. The 2 is still defensive but more so looking out beyond the horizon. It looks as though Riize will have to defend a decision of sorts even when faced with opposition and very proactively. if we are talking about what we discussed above in addition to this, I am going to presume that something significant will be brought to their attention which will spark a knee jerking and passionate reaction that can't be ignored. I have thought this for a while now but I worry there may be inner conflict between Riize and their management directly at a point, especially as Riize contemplates who they want to be seen as, as a group and what things have come to. They are very just and want to see things be set right.

How will the Full Moon affect SM?

Knight of Swords + The Hanged Man R

Starting off with the astrological influences again, this is also very interesting. SM has the Moon transiting through their 12 house, which deals with hidden things or secrets. They have a much more inactive 12th house with really just the South Node in there. Because of that vibe, it has the energy of "oh but I always do this" something like a habitual event. With this transit of the gull moon, it seems like the transit will give SM as a collective the opportunity to look at and make a different kind of decision straying from their usual one.

If we tie together the pulls here, the knight sympolizes swiftly putting ideas into action rather impulsively. With the Hanged Man Reversed, we are seeing something like "waking up" or a complete shift in which there is refusal to let things be as they have been. We can probably speculate that whatever happens here it will have to do with some kind of "light bulb moment" in which suddenly everything has alligned for the collective and they are forced to take action then and there- and it may be a very very unexpected move by them.

I looked into how these energies would be interacting

Page of Cups + 4 of Cups

This has to do with the Cups suit, which amplified matters of intuition and initial feelings. The page here is a messenger of good news and the 4 of cups represents the need to be openminded. If we look, we can interpret this as the Page offering a cup and the 4 not being ready to accept it until they change their perspective. And if we go back to what SM and Riize are doing, we could say here that SM may be forced into altering their perspective by Riize's actions. Whether it be standing thier ground or efffecrively communicating where their loyalties lie. I think these are directly connected.

What will be the outcome of this interaction?

Queen of Wands + Queen of Swords + Ace of Wands + 6 of Swords

Notice again how we have two suits here, both Wands and Swords. To me, it represents an emphasis on actions and plans/strategies. Even though these are queens, the suits are masculine. We are talking about the emergy of some powerful people guiding things along a new path and starting anew from the current situation. I think that is the INTENTION of whatever outcome/resolution there is. I do not know that it will be a fast one, but I think there will be an allignment of interests after a conflict so that both Riize and SM come to an understanding they both are accepting to. Neither will be willing to back down at that point, so they will have to start anew and see each other as equals to a certain degree or more conflict will ensue.

Final Notes:

Mmm, I do not have much to say here. I want to take this moment though to remind everyone that this energy is already finnicky, especially when dealing with Uranus, and so is tarot. Not everything will manifest as I say no matter what. Again, these practices are predictions and here to show A path, not THE path. Take everything with a grain of salt! 🧡🧡

Reminder: If you find anything confusing or want some clarification on the astrology terms- PLEASE comment or ask, and I will explain further. I tried my best to explain, but it can get VERY confusing VERY fast. So I tried doing it simply, but still- it can be mind-numbing.

[imthenextrobin]

more DC x B99 because you guys really enjoyed the last one

After a long series of events occur, the bay family (minus Dick for reasons i’ll explain later) all meet Jake and their reactions are basically the same

Jason: So you’re the ‘funny guy’ for your police department?

Jake, trying to brag on the weird new people who randomly walked into the precinct: Yeah, EVERYONE find me funny so you know how it is

Jason: Oh god Bruce was right this is another Dick

Jake, still not knowing who Dick is: Wtf why does everyone like calling me a Dick??

Tim meets Jake when he’s out arresting someone with Charles, he thinks the exact same thing, except he doesn’t interact with Jake. Just watches him.

Jake: No way, was that Red Robin?!

Charles: The restaurant? Yeah i think there’s one near here, Oh! we should totally go—

Jake: No Charles, the vigilante.

Also Jake: but don’t forget that plan, wanna go after our shift?

[traegorn]

hey I’m sorry if this is too much and feel free to ignore, but I’ve been seeing a post going around that basically says people in the us will be fine protesting under trump bc there are protesters in worse countries, and the replies were filled with a lot of comments (from ppl in those countries) about how people scared of dying in a protest are cowards or lack conviction or something, and how usamericans have a victim complex. I’ll admit I had a bit of a defensive reaction to it and I don’t know if it was warranted, and you seem like a pretty non-reactinary person. I know that all protesting and social change comes with risk but idk. I just wanted to know what you think

Protesting will be more dangerous under Trump.

But we're going to do it anyways.

I mean, it was never safe. A lot of the danger comes at the local level to begin with, so the physical danger likely won't be all that different in most cases -- but I am concerned with laws being passed that restrict our ability to exercise our right to protest.

And people who claim that it's wrong to be scared of dying under any circumstances are likely just sitting their ass on a couch to begin with and don't know what they're talking about.

[blanceyblance]

Unpopular Klance opinions because I had been in this fanbase for quite a long time. So I have seen things and I'm coping with current events yk

Fans do tend to treat them both differently 100%. We all have our biases of course but fics do tend to baby Keith more, his mistakes are usually excused and Lance's pain is used to fuel his character development. Lance is usually the blandest most protective sunshine boy or an unrepentant jerk whose suffering is deserving because he choose Allura instead.

And some fics who try to focus on Lance growing post s8 only end with his big character resolution being...winning Keith back? Show that he has grown enough to finally deserve him or something. Eh, not a fan.

Both are pretty boyish boys but different fans have different interpretations of the characters and thats fine. But it seems that the reaction for Keith going for more "feminine" clothes and appearance is more accepting, while some people react strongly if its Lance instead.

Like the way some oppose so much to the idea of Keith being taller than Lance but also make Lance clearly taller than the actual difference they have in the show.

And the way some people are still mad about Lance's childish rivalry in the first seasons before his relationship with Keith improved but say nothing about Keith's jerkish tendencies or justify it with "he doesn't know how to deal with his feelings"

Just let's maybe think why there is the tendency to make Lance the boyish, tallest, abrasive, perverted one while Keith is the sensitive, beautiful, short, innocent one

Maybe I will add more things later but, basically as a Lance stan I have become really cautious with the KL content I see.

Nothing wrong, overall that's how fandom works and I'm not entitled to the content others make, its just my personal taste and observations and i needed to vent

[primus-why]

I Feel TFOne Could've Handled This Better...

Hot take but I feel like folks have been really generous with the take that OP was unable to find ~the perfect words~ in the heat of the moment (and thus should be given some grace) when he told D to stand down and "not be like Sentinel"... namely cuz I don't feel that the narrative supports this?

Like-- after all is said and done, OP doesn't reflect on that part of their split. He doesn't have a moment where he seeks validation or voices his regrets over the choice of his words, it's actually cut-and-dry. The narrative (as it stands) supports that OP saw D-16 acting up, so he called him out and stood on business, down to the last scenes where he's basically like "yeah it's a shame but y'all knew I had to do it to 'em."

It didn't have to be much! I'm not saying to absolve Megs, just show OP looking at things from a different perspective/contemplating a bit on that tough choice and the morality of the moment. Some examples of what I wish we had:

B-127 straight up blurting the obvious by later chatting with Orion like, "Wait so you told your best friend that he was acting just as bad as the guy who enslaved us for our entire lives and was torturing him like an hour ago? Oof. Seems kinda harsh." Then have some of OP's regret show on his face.

OP asking Elita-1 after Megs is banished if he did the right thing. Have Elita back his choice up, saying, "You should have seen what he did after you were... gone. It was terrifying. I know it was tough, but you made the right call." OP is grateful for the support, but a conflicted look still flashes across his face before he steels himself to look out towards the horizon... and the future.

Have OP walk past other mechs/former miners who didn't go with the High Guard saying stuff like, "Wish I could've given Sentinel a piece of my mind!" "Yeah, but I'm glad he's gone for good." "Ugh I miss everything." "Oh, it was crazy! Megatron picked him up and then he rrrrriiipped-- oops, hey there, Mr. Optimus... Prime... sir?" And have OP wave hello, looking a bit sick when they leave.

Post-credits scene with Starscream going on and on, asking Megs when they'll be back to teach the upstart Prime a lesson. Megs grabs his face to shut him up. "Patience, Starscream. The Prime thinks I'm no better than Sentinel... but I'll show him. He wants Iacon? He can have it. In the meantime we'll take the rest of the planet! Then I'll come back, crush Prime under my heel, and we'll take Iacon too. Sentinel's reign will barely be a footnote, because I'm about to become Optimus Prime's worst nightmare." The vocal performance would really need to sell this-- like picture Megs saying something like that from a place of anger and hurt, not so much a place of genuine evil or malice.

Basically instead of Orion's assertion being backed up as black and white/good vs bad, I wish we had some different opinions/reactions from the characters sprinkled in there. Like you can't tell me out of allllll the miners who weren't strong enough/willing to go with the High Guard and ended up sticking around that NONE of them were like "eyyo honestly?? Kiiiiinda glad Sentinel is dead. Wish I could have helped, tbh." like come onnnnn...

And you can't even argue that he's not an active threat-- I don't think everyone would see things that way! It's not just about the threat he physically has, but the threat he represents and is very likely to act upon if given the opportunity! He has a proven track record of not only being sneaky and conniving, but also capable of dealing some serious damage/killing people bigger and stronger than him, plus he has the backing of the Quints. All he'd need to do is wriggle his way out of jail and run off to his sponsors, then he'd probably be back to hurt more people! (If the Quints didn't just kill him out of incompetence lmao). There's a lot of "ifs" here, but I think it's a valid argument that not everyone would agree on what is the right or wrong way to handle Sentinel once he was down long enough to, like, do something about him.

I feel the situation needed a bit of nuance. In some way I wish they had kicked the can and had D and Orion bicker while Sentinel escaped, then have D get frustrated enough by the loss of Sentinel to point fingers (and his fusion canon) at Orion, who then falls and becomes OP. (Megs could still show some of thar emotion/remorse right after he does it too.) Not only would this open the door for a sequel, but tbh the Quint might have just killed Sentinel anyways and sought to deal with the miners uprising themselves lol. (Maybe that could have been an after credits scenes too instead of the B-127 bit??)

Would love to see a moment in a sequel where they have a calmer moment after arguing for a bit. Have OP mention how Megs was out of line, that it hurt and even scared him to see him act that way, and Megs can quietly point out "you said I was as bad as Sentinel... is that really how you see me? After everything we went through?"

Then OP can fumble the bag again lmao like "D, I... I'm sorry, that didn't come out right... but you still took things way too far..."

"Why am I not surprised-- your opinion is what matters the most! Maybe that's why you became a Prime, since you're so good at acting like the world revolves around you--!"

*gets interrupted by someone else before another yelling match ensues*

[rodenka]

[obsidianbit]

I love this gay ass show with its literally life ending injuries that heal immediately, but only when convenient to the plot, and its ridiculous use of modern phrases, and its laughing in the face of historical accuracy, and its kissing the face of the fans instead of trying to outwit them, and the way everyone involved in the show seem to go 'I KNOW RIGHT! I'M EXCITED TOO!' instead of mocking the fans

[freakinator]

thinking about kab and the thing about her i think is she knows just enough to keep herself safe Generally but not enough to really predict what would happen should something more... complicated??? unforeseen??? idk whats the right word to use but something not covered by someones reputation and/or vids happen, believe it or not this also affects her view of clownpierce (we'll get to that)

for example, mapicc has a reputation for being an violent, angry, & impulsive guy and nothing else which makes sense but is incredibly surface level and something that only really works if you dont have a lot of experience working with him

another is reddoons, his betrayal after the base incident while shocking is not unforeseen but his reputation as being a guy whos seen as being a reasonable person whos fairly loyal to his team made it seem like something he wouldnt do even tho it absolutely is

regarding how it affects her view of clown, since he isnt perfectly aligned with his reputation she instead pivots in the complete opposite direction and forgiving basically every crime he does even tho hes something much more mild and complicated than either his reputation or her view of him will ever be (think madonna-whore complex which is especially obvious when it comes to kabs vs woogies view of him)

another side effect of this Just Enough amount of knowledge aside from being blinded by her own expectations is that it frustrates ppl who think shes oversimplificating things (like me and seemingly several other tumblr users as well) especially when she claims that shes objectively correct and the smartest in the room at any given moment

how this roughness in her analysis affects her in the server still has yet to be fully seen but we do still have at least a couple months until the end but 'til then shes just gonna keep stumbling as more and more complicated situations pop up as is typical in lifesteal to happen and eventually shes gonna have to learn to adapt or else she'll be suffering the consequences one way or another

[sanyu-thewitch05]

Me watching the LGBT community who almost never rarely gives black women and girls, asexuals, or aromantics genuine respect, pretend we’re all friends and have always treated us right the minute it’s June 1st and want to use black women(mainly darkskinned) and girls as their little poster girl:

[youreyeson1y]

never thought i'd hear chk chk boom be played at our school field on the speakers but we gone done it lol

[tippenfunkaport]

It will never not piss me off that 80s She-Ra toys were action figures but when they went to make toys for 2018 She-Ra, they would only give us fashion dolls.

How did they learn nothing from the popularity of their own toyline?

Literally, three decades passed and somehow sexism in toys got WORSE.

[xanas-eye]

Earth did nothing wrong.

That's it. That's the post.

[dreamertrilogys]

how do i even play this. bc thing is i literally have a FREE PASS to ruin my life rn since we’re going to uni in sept. so i could really truly do whatever. i just have to decide WHAT now