#based on a very real conversation

[surelyimisheard]

you aren't observing yourself through an invisible camera??

[ashenquill]

Dick, annoyed that he can’t figure out what’s wrong with his escrima’s taser: What do you WANT FROM ME

Jason, overhearing: Firstborn. And some Tostitos. Not necessarily in that order.

Tim, not looking up: Crazy Uber Eats order

Steph: the fuck is wrong with you people?

[jonsnowunemploymentera]

The way we discuss prophecy in fandom is genuinely fascinating. GRRM spends so much time showing how different characters have different interpretations of the same thing based on their own cultural contexts. He says that prophecy is tricky to navigate through multiple characters, showing that even the most careful practitioner can get almost everything wrong and fall victim to their own fallacies (see Mel). So tell me why the main takeaway for large parts of this fandom is “prophecy stupid, it doesn’t matter”. My brothers and sisters in R’hllor, GRRM didn’t invent multiple characters (three of whom are main POVs!!) who can see the future for this to be the conclusion. This is a FANTASY series. Please I’m begging, let us be serious 🥲

[strandedtoodeep]

*send a Tiktok edit to Logan* Wade: Aaah, the joy to share some Cherik edit now that you've seen the movies Logan: …Cherik?? Wade: …Yeah? Logan: The fuck is a 'Cherik'? Wade: Oh it's, like, their ship's name? Between Erik and Chuck? Logan: Oh. Oh god. *pinches the bridge of his nose* Wade: What can I say, you're stuck with me now big guy Logan: Nope, you're stuck with me. Wade: No u :( Logan: :) Wade: :)) Logan: Is that a double-chin? Wade: Nah, it's a double-smile so he becomes evil Logan: Uh. Wade: :))) Wade: And that's, it's a evil smile with a double-chin Logan: … *goes back on Tiktok in silence, but with a big fucking grin*

[here-comes-the-moose]

Crosshair: What’s it like having a big forehead?

Tech: What’s it like not being able to consume dairy products?

[chibiisanii]

tumblr absolutely destroyed this image

[incorrectpokechampionquotes]

Iris, sick: I am Arceus' least favorite child. Alder: Okay, Arceus' Least Favorite Child, do you want some Mac ‘n’ Cheese?

[hms-incorrect-quotes]

Heart: You don’t need to complain about my murder attempt when you’re reviewing a FUCKING CANDLE.

Mind [making no attempt to hide his giggling]: No, I think he does actually.

[rawliverandgoronspice]

Ok, so since you're in gamedev, I'm curious about your perspective on patenting gameplay mechanics, like how the Ascend mechanic was patented prior to ToTK's release. I know Nintendo aren't the only ones doing this, but how common of a practice is that in general? And do you think there's any merit to it or no?

Heyyy sorry I was having a very busy week/weekend, so I kind of left this ask to the side given this is a pretty complicated subject, but here we go!!

So... Basically, my opinion is that it's mostly a bullying method for big corporations, and what seems like a tentative to protect one's work for smaller individuals/entities that they can't realistically enforce anyway. To me, and many devs, it's considered poor etiquette at the very least, especially given the highly iterative nature of gamedev and the extremely specific application of any given idea. The fact that the boundaries of tolerance and how aggressive a company will be at protecting what they feel they own (and here something as nebulous as an intellectual concept and context-less execution) will generally be blurry at best, especially since it's super hard to parse what could be considered inspiration VS what is derivative in a game mechanic, it tends to merely discourage innovation from smaller studios in that specific field, while still having bigger companies perhaps risking a lawsuit because they have already assessed they could cushion the consequences if it does come to that.

As often with copyright laws, but perhaps even moreso here, it dabbles in the corporate justice system, and it is a system that will always disproportionately protect the wealthy, the influencial and the powerful, while leaving people without resources extremely vulnerable. Imagine being a small studio trying to patent your cool mechanic, and then a giant like Riot Games waltz along and decides to steal your mechanic anyway. Can you afford the money to stay lawyered-up for years? Can you tolerate the stress of this David and Goliath situation, or existing in the public eye, or the potential smear campaigns, etc? And if you don't want to enforce your rights due to a lack of resources, your rights may as well not exist.

So I am personnally pretty much against the practice on this basis alone, even discounting how that approach runs counter to the very community-based spirit of game design and game studies. The goal of any self-respecting game designer should be to craft the best possible experience for players. It's good to protect yourself, your living, your place in history of course, but freezing the course of that history for little more than greed... It's not really well considered by a lot of devs that I know.

[fakeblondehoe]

Since I already posted one of my gift arts here's some more which is older but lowk still cool

I see so many mistakes now when I look at it but come on who fuckin cares

[incandescentflower]

whelp didn't expect Love Next Door to dig at my own personal parental trauma, but there you go.

This is much more a family melodrama than a romcom.

[ashenquill]

[Dick’s 30th Birthday]

Jason: Happy Birthday, Dickwing. You know what they say: one year older—

Steph: —one year closer to death!

Tim: Wish I could relate

Damian: While I will not argue my assent, I must ask why you are so excited by the prospect of your own demise, Drake.

Tim: With the way you treat me, who would want to wake up in the morning?

Dick: And suddenly my birthday is no longer about me

[datastate]

i keep finding reminders of how i used to act/type a few years ago and i shrivel up. and die.

[moonyfr]

I hate it when older people ask me how I found David Bowie because how tf am I supposed to explain that I got my favorite artist from Harry Potter's dead fathers best friends werewolf boyfriend???

[im-queen-of-the-black-forest]

I’d Make A Good Surgeon

Sunshine and Cirrus: * both bent over a rock by the pond, staring a truly ugly frog*

Cirrus: *still focused on the frog* pretty sure one of these lives in my skull.

Sunny: *also not looking up* One day I’ll do brain surgery on you.

Cirrus: Thank Satan

Sunny: I’d make a good surgeon.

Cirrus: *carefully poking the frog* You’d certainly be something.

Sunny: You’re brain can’t get any worse.

Cirrus: Accurate…..what do you think it tastes like?

Sunny: Your brain or the frog?

Cirrus: Yes