#and to spark a discussion

[fleabagdiaz]

boat show remains awesome btw. john stamos had two boyfriends + autobrewery syndrome and a gay couple ate so many yams they almost died and the one straight couple on the boat birthed a giant premature baby to bob the drag queen performing I’m coming out. and they’re literally doing a slow burn will-they/won’t-they throuple.

[five-oh-first]

rots crack/fix-it au where somebody in the senate spread a rumour that palpatine was senile but anakin takes it very seriously. they’re at the opera and palpatine is all like “my boy, have i ever told you the tale of darth plagueis the wise?” preparing to be all evil but anakin is like “i don’t believe you have, your excellency” y’know in that tone that people speak ~encouragingly~ to kids and old people? palpatine is like ‘,:| not thinking too hard on it and continues his tale, but by the end anakin is like “wow, that sounds mighty interesting, your excellency. it’s getting late, why don’t we start heading home?” and palpatine’s evil plan is foiled because anakin believed he was an old man not fully in charge of all of his faculties, ending with a vote of no confidence

[notsobravetoaster]

While I agree they should've told us, I'm not surprised at all that they didn't. You're supposed to build anticipation not kill it so why mention something your product doesn't have after all. But since the game is out, now would be a good time to do it

Ok I wanted to do it for quite some time now

Those are all I could think about/saw people throw around. I could easily talk more in depth about each one, so if you're not sure what I mean, don't hesitate to ask. I can't add more answers, so if u have other theories or believe it's multiple reasons, feel free to share them in the tags 👇👇

Reblogs for a bigger sample size will be appreciated 🙏

[mayormimii]

Wanted to make my own Pathologic ask game with questions I love directing at my mutuals:

Favorite flaw of Pathologic?

Wildest theory you’d defend?

Favorite nameless/minor NPC?

What made you giggle hardest?

How did you pick your first ending?

Which character surprised you most?

Headcanons you forget aren’t canon?

How did you react to the Powers that Be?

Who/what do you think the Rat Prophet is?

What do you think the Changeling’s story was really about?

What do you think the Haruspex’s story was really about?

What do you think the Bachelor’s story was really about?

Niche trivia everyone & their grandma should know?

Give a character who could use more love a shout-out.

Any character who reminds you of someone in real life?

Have you ever tried to explain Pathologic to the uninitiated?

Which character do you see yourself befriending IRL?

Dearest in-game friendship/platonic relationship?

Do you think Pathologic is worth adapting into other mediums?

How did you feel about the depiction of older characters/children?

Favorite niche, obscure character? (ie named characters outside the Healers and Bound)

How much of the story were you able to piece together on the first run?

Character you love in Pathologic you wouldn’t stand in another story/real life?

What was your craziest misconception/funniest misunderstanding while figuring out the lore?

If you could play a role in any part of the development (besides narrative), what would it be?

If you played more than one route/series entry, how do you think the order shaped your experience & feelings?

What other media (plays, novels, films, shows, games, et cetera) does Pathologic remind you of? This can be personal and subjective.

What was Pathologic like in your first language? If it isn’t available in that, how do you imagine it would turn out? What did/might it add to the story?

[starkittnd93]

I miss octopath yapping with people so uh yknow what! We’re gonna play a game!!

Explain in the notes what y’all’s favorite ships are and why you like them!!!

Only rules are

1) do not explain why everyone should think your ship is canon, as that is not the point of this post 2) do not put any other ships down bc that is also not the point of this post 3) ALL games are included (yes including cotc) 4) ANY SHIPS ARE ALLOWED!!! GO NUTS!!!!

[t0ast-ghost]

I find it so interesting how Juliet when finding out Shawn wasn’t psychic and then learning his and Gus’s methods decides to ultimately not get involved with his methods and not be informed what he does all the time. Now if Lassie ever found out and learned their methods he would also not want to be involved but would want to know each and every time HOW, because it would drive him crazy not knowing, however knowing drives him even crazier. So it’s a lose lose situation for all parties.

[stopper-my-heart]

Just look at Charlie's brain overloading from trying to cope with Nick being visibly romantically affectionate in front of people they know for the first time while also trying to pay attention to literally anything else

- and Nick realising and enjoying it.

Bonus: When Charlie gives up and gets lost in returning the adoring gaze, it makes Nick want to kiss him (lip staring intensifies)

Bonus bonus:

Charlie's brain

[spark-circuit]

(said in Wise's voice) "Maybe it was a mistake letting Anby borrow our subscription password for that movie..."

[thcwhitcrabbit]

au where jonathan archivist sims looks like jonny sims instead of the usual design

[every-kakashi]

[wildsunscorpion]

People on reddit saying it's not a lesbian game...

Well, it's lesbian... for me.

[crownedwille]

I don't know if it needs to be said but I'm gonna say it anyway - you guys do know there's nothing wrong with making Wille the top and Simon mainly the bottom in sexual scenarios, right? And that making them verse or Wille bottom has nothing to do with making them more equal and you don't need to do that as like a way to balance out their class/power differences outside, right?

And topping or bottoming are not synonyms for being dominant or submissive. And when I say they have no drawn out power dynamics in their intimate scenes that means there are no real dom/sub dynamics involved but that doesn't mean you can't have a bottom or a top because that's not the same.

Of course you can write or read whatever you want and just have a personal preference but you don't have to try and read into their scenes for proof they are versatile and oh so equal and purposefully search for clues that make Simon not the bottom because it would be degrading if he is...? Like what are you trying to prove - that Simon is also strong and 'manly' and it can't be implied that he exclusively is the bottom and likes getting fucked bc that would be disrespecting him? Isn't that kind of the exact mindset trap you're trying not to fall into?

I just want to emphasise this in case people think this - you're not taking Simon's power and agency away from him if you're making him bottom.

To sum it up, wilmon have no pronounced dom/sub dynamic and they can both surrender to the other in different ways but I do believe there is a certain position preference and it's okay if Wille is more the top (that's just my conclusion from watching/analysing their intimate scenes) and no it doesn't mean they can't ever switch bc it's not that deep but I still think canon tells us a different story than what some people desperately want to make it out to be and whatever they get up to in their sex life has nothing to do with being more or less equal or healthy outside of it.

[gummy22]

Transformers animated is running laps around transformers earth spark.

Both take place after the war kinda ended and now they’re all just dealing with life, but everything earth spark tries to present us with is just done so much better in tfa. Like they literally did two separate episodes on ratchets and Optimus’s PTSD and it’s done so well idk why I don’t hear more about it?

I still like both bc I like seeing the giant war robots adjusting to just being people again, but tfa does it far better. Plus I love when they’re stylized too so no wonder I’m so attached to tfa and tfp.

[aroaceleovaldez]

Something something Jason feeling like he doesn't quite fit as "Greek" or "Roman" as a metaphor for bisexuality, particularly the semi-canonical bi-coding in his half of experiences during the Cupid scene and how Favonius and Cupid speak to him in parallel to the scenes confirming Nico is gay.

Something something the camps as metaphors for traditionally acceptable forms of relationships and Nico living as a rogue outside of them, rejecting expectation (ergo in himself representing a metaphor of queer identity and living outside of boxes and defined/usually hetero-allonormative/binary ideas of what love/relationships should look like) versus Jason struggling with the expectation to conform to a label and even discussing with Nico both of them remaining at CHB together.

Something something the inverse of Jason shifting away from the camps after he breaks up with Piper, feeling lost and unable to find a place between the camps as he begins to explore his queer identity properly for the first time versus Nico only remaining at CHB because he has entered a relationship. In this essay I will-

[jesncin]

ig Xanthe as a name for a chinese american kid could’ve worked if the story was willing to establish an emotional basis (such as drawing from one of greek myths or a person they know), or especially if the story was willing to talk about cultural disconnect and the way diaspora kids sometimes try to distance themselves from their family/culture but! they weren’t willing! and they didn’t talk about it! so!!

Yeah by all means! Every diaspora kid's story is different. We just didn't get a discussion of how Xanthe came to pick their name at all. And it's certainly not impossible, shout out to @shoot-i-messed-up for pointing out Vietnamese American actress Xanthe Huynh (pronounced Zan-Thee Hwinn according to her website!). I'm pretty sure her case is similarly an anglicized name. Technically Xanthe Zhou's sister is named Stephie so maybe the whole family is anglicized.

Similar to how I talked in that one essay about how death is largely an aesthetic in Spirit World moreso than a truly politically charged theme- Chinese culture is handled similarly in the story. Sure, we see a bunch of Chinese mythology and culture that decorates Spirit World and commands Xanthe's superpowers but- how it exists as a political identity with Xanthe as a Chinese American? Nothing. I don't even know what level of language barrier Xanthe has. They seem pretty fluent? Which just feels narratively convenient to not talk about it. Like culture is just aesthetic with no context or history. Let alone how that intersects with queerness.

[pineapplefulfillseveryneed]

This was so lovely 😭💖 Russell was an absolute ray of sunshine. The Sparks segment starts around 1h33 with Do Things My Own Way. The episode is available for 29 days.

(Also they're going to be on Later With Jools on the 15th of June!)