#brightts ramblings

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a concerning amount of witchblr will be like "um actually new years was stolen by europeans from the ancient god scroobus mcdoobus" and then you actually try to research scroobus mcdoobus and it turns out he was invented in the 1940s by a conspiracy theorist who powdered every meal with ketamine and thinks that queer people are reincarnated fish

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People have definitely said this before but i LOVE the dynamic of the Doctor and the Master. They are arch enemies. They are besties. They are divorced. They are tumblr mutuals. They are worsties. They are friends on MySpace. They hate each other's guts. They meet up for dungeons and dragons. They want each other dead. They are on each other's DNI. They are childhood best friends

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i am obsessed with how the pokemon sprigatito is now a symbol for anarchism and freedom of information access

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"Crystals to treat ADHD 🥰" what if i want to become MORE neurodivergent. Where is the rock that installs ADHD v2.1. Rock that makes you sexy

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The US used to have a ton of weird chip flavors until like 7 or so years ago when everything got boring. I still mourn gouda cheese lays every day. Doritos 3D were only recently revived through necromancy. Lime ruffles now have to be imported from mexico

Things I learned in an American supermarket

EVERYTHING IS TO HUGE.

Everything. Is. So. Huge.

Do your supermarkets assume all shopping is done for a family of six? Why is everything so huge??

There are basically no chip flavours. There are a couple (sea salt, cool ranch, a couple more) and then just ten different kinds of chilli/spicy/hot flavour, most claiming to be spicier than the others. Spicy chips are a weird fringe novelty in Australia but here they seem like the main thing.

There may be no chip flavours but there is a hell of a lot of jerky. And chewing gum. Those two things have whole sections, not just a thin sliver of shelf like in Australia. So many chewing gum brands.

There are donuts and ice cream and cakes EVERYWHERE. Supermarket, more like cake/ice cream shop.

The money?? All looks the same??? And it feels like paper???? I mean I know you guys call it ‘paper money’ but I kind of assumed that was an exaggeration? It’s hard to believe it’s actually linen.

The bulk savings are for things WAY in bulk. These aren’t your Aussie “two little packets of chips for one” deals. There are THREE LITRE SOFT DRINKS here, and the bulk deal is for 3 of them. Who needs 9L of soft drink at once? Is this sort of thing for parties? 

Alcohol is cheap; by which I mean alcohol is normally priced for places that aren’t Australia. Our alcohol is absurdly taxed.

Everything is packaged so weirdly. I saw transparent bags of neatly stacked corn cobs. I saw tins of “mixed beans”, HUGE tins of mixed beans.

Snapple and Squirt are real drinks.

There is a brand of hair product called “Aussie” with a kangaroo logo. I have never seen it in Australia. 

The plastic shopping bags are great. They’re not the flimsy things you get in Australia; they’re real, actual bags. I highly recommend these bags.

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Cinematic parallels

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punk patch that says "LOW VIBRATIONAL ENTITY"

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graphic design is my passion

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Another tip from a Computer Old: don't install more than one antivirus, if you install one! Windows defender is usually enough. But if you choose one and change your mind, uninstall the old one before doing the switch so they don't flag each other as a threat and brick your computer !

Me: oh yeah, if you think school photography is hard now, try imagining doing this with film.

The new girl: what’s film?

Me: … film. Like… film that goes in a film camera.

New girl: what’s that mean?

Me: … before cameras were digital.

New girl: how did you do it before digital?

Me:… with film? I haven’t had enough coffee for this conversation

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There's something about people complaining That 90s Show sucked because it wasn't overflowing with That 70s Show nostalgia, David Tennant returning to his role as the Doctor on Doctor Who, Marvel banking more money than ever based on nostalgia alone, the endless soulless covers of 70s-90s music.... nostalgia culture is literally rotting people's perception of media. People are more willing to see a cheap, effortless nostalgiafest than something well crafted and made with love nowadays. And it's only snowballing further. The death of critical thinking and individualism, wrapped up in paper you remember from childhood christmases, and a shiny ribbon that fills your heart with the warmth of the past. MCR was right.

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the only thing that irritates me as badly as new agers is western christians trying to explain away the spiritual with pseudoscience

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some of you guys in fandom and oc communities are still super weird about aroace people despite claiming to be accepting btw.

"Don't make a neurodivergent character aroace, that's dehumanizing them" do you literally hear yourself rn

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-The Stanley Parable. Talk about choice based! You play the main character of a book and you can disobey the narrator. This game has so many endings and storylines it's insane. It's also hilarious! If you like Douglas Adams style humor (like The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy), you'll adore this game! Wonderfully surreal.

-Deltarune. It's somewhat choice based, it has wizards, gay people, tomboys, cyberspace, a personified spam email, cute little furry-esque characters, and an absolute banger of a soundtrack. Created by Toby Fox, the creator of Undertale and one of the major music composers of Pokémon Scarlet and Violet! On that note...

-Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. Open world, several story routes that you can play all of without having to restart the game, great aesthetic, great soundtrack, great story! It's unfortunately very buggy but fun enough to more than make up for it.

-Wizard101. A middle school classic. It has wizards. It has quests. The Doctor from Doctor Who is there for some reason. It's like Toontown for tumblr users. It's absolutely awesome.

-No Straight Roads. Honestly this game is an entirely different genre and is mostly linear and combat based. But the soundtrack was preformed live in a studio and the scenery is phenomenal. And there's a character based on Hatsune Miku.

If you want some other game recommendations from a huge gamer that is NOT Hogwarts Legacy, I got you bc we do not support antisemitism or transphobia.

Full disclaimer: If your advocacy goes as far as for Trans and Jewish voices to fall on deaf ears about a VIDEOGAME?!? Then, you were never an ally to begin with.

But, as a videogame lover and player, I will make other recommendations for you to play if you really need a good game that will support the rights of other people and is not built on hate!

If you really want a wizard game:

Play Skyrim and Eldan Ring! Those are two great open-world/build your character/magic games that don’t center around magic but have magic nonetheless! They actually have more spells and than this stupid game centered around wizards! Plus, they both have HUGE open worlds that will take (I promise) hundreds of hours to play and explore.

Play the Witcher!!! Although I have not played it, my sister raves left and right about the Witcher 3! It’s a choice-based, super long, world-heavy game that just immerses you in both magic and spells from the get go! Although not a ton of spells, it’s a timeless game and WAY ahead of it’s time.

If you really want a choice based game:

We literally got Cyberpunk a few years ago! It has amazing features for custom characters and fun armor to mix and match. It also has a choice-based storyline and multiple endings based on the choices you make/categories of your personality you update! What’s also so great about this game is it naturally has great representation. I’ve never seen a game that has NPCs have a set sexual orientation and won’t stray from it: if you are a straight man and hit on the lesbian, she will TELL YOU she’s a lesbian. It’s very interesting and also have trans representation and her personality is not just her being trans. It’s compelling. So, play this game!!!

Another set of great choice games is the Life is Strange series! Although not open world, every choice you make impacts the ending/relationships you have with different characters. There is also GREAT LGBTQ+ rep in every game they produce. The first time I played these games, my brain chemistry changed.

The walking dead series is an AMAZING choice-based series with a lot of representation. Although not open world and depressing(lol), it is a super immersive experience and has your heart rip in half for the characters. In the last game, especially, we see a more immursive and creative fighting techniques that just made you binge the game.

Another great game (that isn’t exactly choice but has an interesting way for you to interact with the world based off the way you want to explore) is Disco Elysium. You get to choose how/why/when/where you interact with the world and people. I have literally never played a game like this and my jaw dropped when I started. I could NOT put it down. The clock ticks throughout the day so you need to be careful about what you do with the amount of time you have. EVERY relationship will unravel another part of the mystery going on throughout the game. And, it’s very intense, fun, and full of philosophical shit that just makes you excited. Plus, you can tell it was made with so much dedication and care.

Fallout 4!!!!! This game is super underrated now a days, but is it worth playing! You can customize your character and choose who you side with/who you kill/who you save/who your friend are/what clothes you wear/what weapons you weld. Like, you cannot ask for more out of this game!! And, the world is HUGE and filled with such intricaticay. I cant rave about this game enough.

Persona 5! This is one of the best games I have ever played in my life! Like Disco Elysium, you only have so much time throughout the day to complete tasks and your relationship with peers/the skills you have are gotten from that time. So, if you choose not to hang out with someone or do homework or whatever, you could not max different parts of your personality/combat techniques. Is game is also in part a choice game, where you get to choose which route you want your narrative to be. Super fun! Also, this game has super fun turn-based combat that just leaves you on your toes! It’s super fun and super immersive and super HARD. It will take you a hundred hours to play.

If you want an immersive open-world:

I already named a few up there, but I haven’t mentioned the Horizon series yet, which is just fantastic. Both games have HUGE open worlds and a great amount of representation that just comes so easy to it and feels so natural. It’s not forced or random or anything: it’s right and natural and not a HUGE deal. It also has very immersive worlds with quite a lot to do. Although Horizon Forbidden West only has about 28 hours of the main story, it took me 80 hours to complete it because that’s just how huge the world was. Plus, the lead character, Aloy, has so much depth and interesting tidbits about her that you KNOW the game was created so much love and care. Also, the face expressions are so real and beautiful, it literally brought tears to my EYES

Red Dead Redemption 2 literally has one of the greatest open-worlds of all time and y’all are gonna play that shitty wizard game 😭?? It’s SO intimate and fun. There are times where you’ll be stopped to do a side mission and, if you die, you can’t go back to do it! I can’t say enough about this game because im sure everyone has heard it already but it’s emotional, FILLED TO THE BRIM with character depth, and super goddamn fun.

We all know about Breath of the Wild, but if you haven’t played that yet and are choosing to play Hogwarts Legacy, what are you doing ??

And just other GREAT games:

All the Batman Arkham Series games are INCREDIBLE. They literally were the stepping stones to other great games and was one of the first to introduce such an interesting half-open world concept. They fighting and stealth is ridiculously fun, and I have replayed these games so many times!

The tomb raider games are FANTASTIC. Filled with puzzles, stealth, and fighting, you cannot milk out more from this game. Plus, you okay as the incredible Lara Croft, who is such an interesting character.

The Last of Us?!? Such great representation! And what great character depth! You can see the love that goes into this game and what it means for the people that create it. Although a linear game, it does not necessarily feel that way because of the amount of exploring you are forced to do. This is one of those rare games where crafting does not feel like a chore, but an immersive and anxious experience. Both games are perfect!!!

If I forgot any, repost and add them because yeah! And, if you’re still not convinced to play something else, you aren’t an ally and stop calling yourself one!

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"(label) discourse" "(label) isnt lgbt because waaah blah blah blah!" "(label) makes no sense" "(label) is (entirely unrelated label)phobic" go outside and talk to queer people older than 17. Please

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Little survey here- PLEASE reblog for sample size. It would help me a lot.

What is your age group, and do you often get accused of lying/making excuses/etc often, even when you didn't think you were? If you're comfortable doing so, mention in the notes if you are neurodivergent + what your neurodivergency is.

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steven moffat is the vivziepop of doctor who