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cerastes · 1 year ago

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The thing with non-Hellagur Mushas is that they don’t really do anything great for their high DP cost: Utage S2, on paper, should be a great assassin with a lot of ASPD and Arts damage. In practice, any target worthy of dropping a whooping 24 (22 with pots) DP onto them will immediately eviscerate Utage before she gets any significant damage out, and then you have to wait for her regular Redeployment timer (aka an eternity). She’s average and maybe even good sometimes, but also I could do what she does and better with other units for less DP, investment, and set-up. The 25% Shelter of her Module lv1 helps for sure (shame her lv2 and lv3 just straight up suck, though).

Akafuyu is in the same spot, just in a different way: She’s meant to be the Tanky Duelist of Musha, with her S2 giving her +120% DEF (in addition to +100% ATK) and 1 Shield. This is honestly not terrible, because she’ll be at the high 500s to 600s DEF depending on the investment you’ve put on her, while being able to put okay damage (1.2-1.4k ATK depending on level), but due to the design philosophy in Arknights where defensive play tends to not be as effective as offensive play (and this is a good thing! A defensive game is boring as shit! It would be very dull to play a defensive Arknights!) and thus big enemies that you’d want to duel with Akafuyu tend to also have either an effect that’ll shred her to pieces or just straight up Arts damage, which just completely invalidates Akafuyu, who is specifically a DEF-centric unit. So you end up with a unit that costs 25, doesn’t particularly kill well, doesn’t particularly tank well, and blocks one. For less than that cost, you can get units that do all of those things better, sometimes more than just one, and specialization tends to be king in Arknights, unless you’re just THAT good at a lot of different things at once (like >Thorns).

So, if I found myself in the shoes of a HG developer and I was tasked with making Akafuyu not necessarily good but just nice and fun and having something to write home about? I would go all in on her defensive nature, but REALLY go in on it. Arknights is a fundamentally offensive game, but that doesn’t mean you can’t have your defensive spots in there. I’d make Akafuyu a defensive spot, much like Gravel is a defensive spot or helidropping Specter S2 in high-end content is a defensive spot in an overarching offensive strategy.

You want Akafuyu to be the defensive Musha? Bet, make her truly the defensive Musha. Commit to the bit. I’d simply give her two things: While her Skills are active, triple the amount of HP gained from each attack, and while S2 specifically is active, also give her a chunky (but not super big) RES buff. Her damage should stay mediocre to okay. She’s not here to kill, she’s here as a buffer area between the boss and the rest of your composition, make her a REAL bulky beast. Her damage won’t amount to much, but it will be consistent, you KNOW she’ll be able to deal it, because she won’t die while dealing it, and you may think “more healing runs counter to the purpose of an enmity Operator”, well, no, not really, we already have insane Corrupting Heart + Hellagur set-ups, where the emphasis isn’t really having all that ASPD all the time as much as being able to capitalize on increased ASPD of any sort with big number skills for as long as possible. Let Akafuyu do a less damage version of something like that by herself: She’s gonna get slapped hard as hell after her 1 Shield is gone if she’s blocking something worth blocking with a 25 DP unit, give her the self-healing and bulk to do just that, let her get slapped hard as hell, over and over, because now she can actually take those hits for longer than 6 seconds. Maybe that’s the buffer time you need before your big skills back at your proper defensive line are ready to go and you can burst the shit out of the boss. Maybe it’s the last few seconds before you can redeploy your big assassin like Skadi or Nearl. Let her be the Last Samurai that gets shot in the face with cannonfire and smiles about it while holding the line for those precious few seconds you need. That’d give her a good gameplay identity, in my opinion, like a heavy duty, expensive, static Gravel.

You GOTTA cherish a shit ass unit, it's so important to love and commit to a garbage unit, but in a way where you are fully convinced they are bad and aren't overdosing on copium. They're bad. That's fine. Mine is Akafuyu. She sucks. I love her.

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dragonswithjetpacks · 3 years ago

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So... listen... this is amazing.

I’m level like 14. Getting ready to finish the Berath quest and wrap Council of Stars. So I was like okay end game is coming. I should finish White March And then do some of this other stuff. I round up my A team, swap out some armor, and get ready to head out. I figured oh yeah level 14. Siege of Cragholdt should be easy peasy. I didn’t look up anything. Just that it was difficult for lower levels.

Lemme tell ya, even at level 14 this place is difficult. Word of advice: take out the Brawlers ASAP. Then the priests. Or at least have the priests constantly interrupted. The Brawlers should be main death priority because they can kill some of the part members in like two hits and also summon duplicates in threes.

Anyway, once I got into the hold I didn’t have much of a problem. Sabel was a wee bit of a problem. But I got it sort out pretty quick. I get everything together. Go to the door. And this is where it gets super fun. Concelhaut is waiting. And the fight is unavoidable. I also didn’t do any research going into this place. Because, well, I like to do it myself a few times first.

I go in there. Talk to the guy. Fight ensues. I think I have it, right? No problem. I got weapons that have extra vessel damage. I did not have it. At all. My party gets wiped out in like one laser beam. I think I have ideas. So I reload, buff up, etc etc. Go in. Same thing. I do this two more times before I’m like fuck it. I’m looking this guy up. And I see a strategy where you just line the mobs up at the door. That’s when I read that this is one of the hardest fights in the game.

Great. Awesome. I love it. I try this new found strategy. Only I fuck up the first time. And just instantly die. I didn’t even wait for a full wipe. I just reloaded. Second time works much better. I’m bottlenecking the mobs with Eder at the door. I slip up and a couple get through, leaving Concelhaut to land a few blows. Now I’m not sure who died first. But I want to say it was Kana. And it was totally my fault.

My party members consisted of myself (crit rogue) who at the time I was having stand at the side of the door flank the mobs. Eder was tank, of course. Durance heals. Aloth was range dps, control (which is why I couldn’t save Kana because I didn’t switch to him to have him blind or whatever). Hiravias was also range dps and occasional melee when shifted (I know I should have brought Pallegina but I didn’t think it would be this difficult and I like Hiravias more). And Kana because of the Dragon build and consecrated boots. He’s usually tanky. Buuuut like I said, I made a major error.

Back to business, everything was going well until Kana died. It snowballed from there. They immediately turned to Durance. And I didn’t have a whole lot of time. So he died. I’m panicking at this point but I’m like okay no big. We all have some kind of life steal or heal or something. I switch to Hiravias and start making him buff and do small healing in bits. I go between him and Aloth as I’m desperately trying to regain control of the battlefield. Then Hiravias goes down.

Shit. I’m out of healers. All I have left are my tank, dps, and Aloth. So at this point, I’m like aight. Go big or go home. I bust out all the big moves. Everything I can. My rogue goes down, of course, because she draws aggro. I have Eder tanking Concelhaut at this point. And Aloth trying to kite fools and take them out. He manages to take out the remainder of what it was left (I think there were two and he was able to chain lightning or something and kill them both). But... Concelhaut is still at full health.

And then... Aloth goes down. Another laser beam. So I’m distraught, right? I’m like oh man I have been at this for like twenty minutes. Eder is the only one left. He has like 0 damage. He’s just a meat shield. I’m gonna get blow to the sky with magic. I’m getting ready to reload, right... and then I notice it. Eder is at at like 2/3rd’s health. I’m watching and waiting. No magic. The son of a bitch used all his magic slots. I start laughing hysterically. I heal up Eder to full so now there’s a fair chance. And I’m looking all over the bar for things that can help. Except my dumb ass didn’t trade out the useless things on my quick items.

I start to panic again when I look at these two going at it. I pay attention to the numbers. And... omfg... Concelhaut is only hitting Eder with like 2 maybe 3 damange. And Eder is hitting for like 12. So I lean back in my chair. And I just watch this idiots swing back and forth. It took what felt like foooooreeeeeever. At least five minutes. But he did. Eder did it. He took out Concelhaut. By himself. And I could not be more proud.

#pillars of eternity #poe eder #pillars eder #concelhaut #pillars of eternity white march

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bri-notthecheese · 3 years ago

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my thoughts on Iki Island:

(spoilers under the cut)

I really loved this DLC! I had nothing but high hopes for this after playing the base game last year (and three more times after that), and Sucker Punch didn’t disappoint. The whole time playing it I felt like it was only adding to my love of the characters and the stories they set up in the base game, and then all the new quests and mechanics added a lot of fresh fun on top of that!

So where to even begin.

The opening scene was super cool and a neat way to introduce the new shaman enemies. And despite Yuna only actually being in one scene, it was a delight to see her again. Though since I’m playing the DLC after finishing everything, I don't love the continuity of Yuna not accompanying him, but gameplay wise I knew that wasn’t going to happen anyway, but I just love when she’s with us <3

Went for my horse straight away and I was THRILLED to see that Kaze can now kill enemies and the new charge mechanic was way more fun than I was expecting and I was having too much fun with that. After Nobu, I didn’t expect to get attached the Kaze all that much (even if he continued on into a later game) but I was quickly proved wrong with this because I now kind of separate Nobu as the more gentler of the two, that was always there for me, and while Kaze is too, I like imagining Kaze is a lot younger and his aggressive personality in this really sold that and I like that it probably eases Jin’s worries a bit to see his new horse being able to fend off attacks a bit better. Plus, with his new armor, he’s even safer <3 Really fell more in love with Kaze in this, which I didn’t expect.

Met The Eagle next and had that whole encounter. I love how right away if you pay attention, you know Yuna isn’t Yuna because she’s never once addressed Jin as ‘my lord.’ I think the only time she said it was when she was talking to both him and Shimura at the lighthouse, and it wasn’t because she wanted to. But still, even knowing something was wrong, it’s cute that Jin’s mind went to her as a safe place who he’d have no problem entrusting stories and secrets to, which was obviously the Eagle’s goal. And hearing her voice warp into the Eagle’s was creepyyyy and so good <3 (my Yuna loving ass was sad to realize that was most likely the last time we’d see her, but that’s okay) That next part of the hallucination really got you feeling for Jin, and I couldn’t help but be frustrated that he’s only a child, how was he supposed to help?!?!?

So I ignored Tenzo’s next mission and explored and pretty much completed the entire island. I got jump scared WAY too many times by her taunts, but I loved how that just added to the direness of the situation. I was obsessed with finding all the hallucinations and it just kept breaking my heart how Jin has all of this pent up guilt/heartache--with Ryuzo (he had so many I found), his father, his uncle, the Khan, Nobu :(, Masako, etc. I honestly had expected to find one regarding Taka and I’m a bit sad that I didn’t. Add those to the memories of his father and the ever-present taunting, I was going through it with Jin <3 At least you can pet the animals for him <3 The little smile he’d get every time was worth it. And the flute playing mechanic was really neat!

The first memory I got was their chat before Kazumasa’s death and honestly that got me all teary because Jin wanted so badly to hear him say he accepted him as his son, but deep down, would he have felt it? And my heart just breaks so much for Jin because as I kept going through the memories, I kept thinking how well 1) his dad sucks, but 2) both father figures kept wanting Jin to be somebody else. And it hurts that he was closer to Shimura’s way of thinking and how we even see that one time that Shimura corrects Jin, that his recitation of what honor means were his father’s words, and gets Jin to say that kindness is what honor means to him and wow. <3 <3 <3 But it hurts knowing their fate too <3 That while Shimura was more of a father to Jin than Kazumasa was, eventually, he couldn’t accept what Jin was doing in their way. Though it does hurt and make you wonder if Shimura was frightened that Jin was turning into his dad...I had that thought many times. (I loved seeing Adachi so much though omg <3 <3 <3) It was very interesting how the song Jin ends up playing for his father at the end of the memories is the ‘Jin Sakai’ theme. And then how that in turn, morphs into ‘The Way of the Ghost’ later on when in the final battle.

It hurts that Jin had Chiyoko in his life for such a short time. I’m glad he did have Yuriko at least, but all of Jin’s memories on his mother and how she emphasized just living was so prominent, and her love of animals clearly passed to him and that gentleness too. And of instruments. Such softness, and I love that he retains that even as an adult. It makes sense that he doesn’t speak of his mother as often since he has far less experiences with her vs Kazumasa or Shimura, but it was nice to see her influence within him.

Did this quest near the end of my exploration but I got the BIGGEST smile on my fave when I barged in the house to find the Ghost of Iki Island was Kenji <3 <3 <3 I love this dumbass so much and it was so nice to see a familiar face <3 Plus it let Jin have an actual full laugh when Kenji referred to them both as ‘tough guys’ XD His quests are always enjoyable for me and so I really loved that (though I was also Jin when he’s like “...you didn’t say goodbye.”) but I was happy to see him do the right thing at the end <3 THEN I got to duel the Viper because I diffused the situation instead and that was fun. Love that Jin explains his knowledge of negotiation was learned from all the years with Shimura <3 Also enjoyed spotting Kenji later in the Refuge XD

Really enjoyed all the side quests overall, loved all the animal sanctuaries, and the archery was a TON of fun! Getting the horse armor was neat, seeing Jin actively stop a Mythic retelling, though I was surprised there was no duel for that one. The one for the monkey armor was so creepy, following the lights in the cave, but so damn cinematic and that fight was incredible plus that amor is my new best friend. Seriously omg, the duels in this DLC felt so much beefier than the base game (I was playing on hard so that could be a reason, but the fights didn’t feel this tanky in the base) But that armor just made them a piece of cake if you’re good at perfect parries and perfect dodges <3 <3

Loved the banter and camaraderie between Jin and Tenzo throughout. And I really enjoyed Fune’s character as well! Did the next few story missions and I couldn’t help that sense of foreboding slipping in as I was getting more attached to these characters. Love that they had Kidafure Battlefield on the map but it isn’t till the mission that they tack on the ‘Village’, really hitting home what happened there.

Maybe I should have been, but I did not see the twist with Tenzo coming at ALL! I physically gasped when he spoke the “May your death benefit all things” to that random Mongol and I was soooo tense, like Jin listen I know he was your dad but also Tenzo spared you. Which I love in the long run how he spared the Butcher’s child only to save him later in life, and Jin could save him and the island in return <3 Because ohhhhhh boy did I get emotional when Jin stopped the Eagle from landing that blow.

But before that, HER FIGHT IS SO FUCKING COOOOOL!!!!!! SHE IS SO DAMN FAST AND SHE EASILY WIPED THE FLOOR WITH ME THE FIRST TWO TIMES. I also love her references to Khotan and that her moveset with the spear shares some similarities with him. I tried once more in my Ghost armor (for fashion) and then I switched to the Sarugami armor and was flying through just to have that whole cutscene.

I know culture is different and obviously I can never understand that mindset, but to hear him say to Jin that they both should have died there broke my heart. What kind of a father wants his son’s death with him like that?!?!?!?! But I LOOOOOOVED ‘Honor and Ash’ playing in the background for that scene, as Jin is rejecting what his father may have thought/wanted (just like he did to Shimura with that track at the end of Act 2) and then it moved up a key just to reinforce that Jin is forgiving himself for this and letting go and again, forging his own path just as he did with his uncle. I loved that they used that piece for that pivotal moment...

...JUST TO KICK IT INTO AN EVEN HIGHER GEAR WITH JIN SAVING TENZO AND THE GHOST THEME BLARING IN WITH A KEY CHANGE TO THEN TRIUMPHANTLY FINISH OFF THE EAGLE!!!!! I WAS SO HYPED (and also hoping I wouldn’t die cuz how anti climactic would that have been?!?) but I didn’t and I really enjoyed the resolution between those two. I bowed to him after he bowed to me and I love that they even added dialogue for that if players do decide to do that <3 <3 <3

The next quest with Fune was sweet, though it felt a little odd to do after defeating the Eagle, but it was sweet nonetheless. I have to finish up some trophy stuff, I guess there’s unseen quests that I’m sure I’ve done a few of, but I have to figure out what I missed. The dueling ring was fun, though that lady was the most difficult for me.

A few things of note:

-I like that in this DLC, you really can’t tell if it’s better to kill or spare Shimura. And how there are lines that could mean slightly different things to Jin depending on what he’s done. I’ve done both and I was on a file where he spared him, but besides a hallucination mentioning the Ghost being hunted for the rest of his days, nothing else pointed to one choice or the other.

-Though a line Jin said to Sugi threw me a bit when he said something along the lines of ‘you’ll never understand how hard it is to kill your family’ and maybe he was referencing his guilt for his father, but I’m like ?????? who else did you kill Jin??? Shimura is fine in this play through XD

-Talking with her though, I like that Jin described himself as ‘someone who knows what it’s like to be hunted’ :((((((

-Tenzo also made reference to a friend of his being beheaded, but not finding the head till a week later, and asking Jin if he understands that and while the situation is different, I bet Jin’s mind went to Taka :(

-Loved the subtle storytelling elements with Jin falling into his nightmares during the fight through the Gorge and his resolve disappears each time. The second time it happened, I verbally went “oh my resolve.....oh.”

-I do think Sucker Punch made a lil mistake though because I started thinking about how in Tale 8 of Masako’s quests, I’m almost certain she mentions Jin not understanding her need for revenge or something along those lines, and she talks about Shimura hunting down Kazamasu’s killer for weeks and how Jin had his closure. But uhhhhhh obviously his killer was never found? Or they killed the wrong one? And they didn’t mention it was on Iki Island and obviously didn’t have that foresight that they’d be doing this DLC since he was killed in the snow in the base game and now it was under a wisteria tree, but besides that small thing, I had no complaints! except for always wanting more Yuna

It was so great and I felt it really complemented the base game, especially in regards to everything that Jin feels guilty and responsible for, but also puts his relationship with Shimura is so many new lights that I loooove and I need to talk about more!!! If you read this far, feel free to hmu to chat about it because my best friend who played the base game at the same time I did and screamed with me about it has not played this yet and ahhhhh!!!!!!

#ghost of tsushima #iki island #iki island spoilers #my thoughts #enjoy my ramblings before i sleep

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takerfoxx · 3 years ago

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Here, have some more of the WN girls watch The Rebellion Story, this time stretching from Moemura turning back into classic Homura while monologuing to herself to when she shoots herself in the head!

Yes, this is the one with the gunfight.

Reminder:

G=Gretchen

H=Homulilly

Op=Ophelia

Ok=Oktavia

Ca=Candeloro/Mami

Ch=Charlotte

...

Op: Dramatic transformation!

H: All I did was take off my glasses and ribbons.

Op: And you did so dramatically! Complete with a slo-mo hair flick while framed by the full moon!

Ch: Which is apparently about to crash into the city, given how close it is.

Ok: “This is a witch’s labyrinth.” Gee, yah think?!

…

Ok: Okay, where exactly are you headed?

H: Deep into the bowels of the earth, apparently.

Op: Quick! To the Homu-Cave!

G: So, uh, can you see all those windows with the witches, or…?

H: Probably not. It probably still looks normal to me.

Op: Now that just sucks! If you’re going to monologue dramatically you at least ought to be able to appreciate the accompanying visuals!

Ch: “Previously, on Homura Magica…”

G: We probably should have watched the show first. Maybe then all of this would make sense.

Ch: I sincerely doubt it.

…

Ch: Why do all of my scenes have me looking like some brand of idiot?

Ok: Have you seen yourself whenever you get within sniffing distance of a piece of mozzarella? If anything, the doll you is way more composed!

Ch: Oh, so I stick teacups on top of my head, is that what you’re saying?

Op: No, usually you smash them and anything else that’s between you and that sweet, sweet cheesy goodness.

…

Ok: Oh, exposition!

Ch: About my idiot counterpart. I really hope I am the villain and this is all some kind of clever ruse, because otherwise, my God.

G: This is really cute, though. And at least you two are close in this universe too!

Ch: I’m basically a pet.

Ca: Well, if I must have a pet, I’m glad that it’s you.

Ch: Woof-woof.

=from outside, Cheese starts screeching=

Che: Bitch-ass cayennnnnne!

Ca: Whoops. He heard.

…

Ch: …Candy? Are you okay?

Ca: I’m…fine. Just memories.

G: You mean it was really like that?

Ca: Well, Charlotte obviously wasn’t a doll, we weren’t trapped in a bizarre facsimile of the city, and there were no Nightmares, but yes. It was a lonely time.

Op: Because of me, wasn’t it?

Ca: Ophelia, you had literally just lost your family, and I…wasn’t as sympathetic as I ought to have been. So no. It wasn’t because of you. Besides, we did make up later. Had a long conversation and everything. There were even tears.

Op: Well, that’s good to hear.

Ca: Actually, it was pretty close to how it is in the movie, once everyone had shown up. The five of us spending all our time together. Fighting together, training together, celebrating together, and just being girls together. For me, it was probably the happiest I had ever been.

Ok: Right up until my love life went sour.

Ca: Oh, there was so much more to it than just that. Besides, it was all just a temporary thing, a staving off the inevitable. What we have now might be much less exciting but is so much better.

Op: I dunno. Fighting demonic teddy-bears every night sounds like my idea of a good time.

Ca: We didn’t have teddy-bears, remember?

Op: Well, we should have.

…

Ok: Um…Homulilly?

H: Well, this has gotten interesting.

Op: You know, there are a lot of jokes I could be making about you freezing time right next to your crush, but I won’t.

H: Thank you.

G: I don’t get it...Actually, I do. Never mind.

Ok: Shoot the rat! He’s right there!

Ch: Oh, no. She’s going after me. Huh.

H: Huh indeed.

=Charlotte and Homulilly shoot each other an odd look=

Op: So…are we gonna get Homulilly vs. Charlotte?

H: More of Homura vs. Bebe, it seems.

Ch: So…I am the villain.

Op: If you’re lucky, you’ll get an overly dramatic and campy solo number, complete with a pipe organ!

…

G: This is getting a little hard to watch.

Ch: It’s not me.

G: It kind ofis.

H: Charlotte, I would like to take this moment to say that you are a dear friend of mine, and the actions of my counterpart do not reflect my feelings.

Ch: Thanks. Same.

=pause=

Ch: Though could your other self please stop choking me? It is getting kind of weird.

…

Op: Okay, that cinches it! Homura can definitely see the weird!

Ok: How do you figure?

Op: The fact that she’s leaping from dessert tray on a stick to dessert tray on a stick! Why would she be doing that unless she could see them?

Ok: I don’t know. Maybe they just look like telephone poles to her.

H: No, the illusion has clearly dropped, at least for me.

Ch: I’m about to get executed and that’s what you choose to focus on?

Op: For all you know you’re about to snap and bite Homura’s head off.

Ch: I…seriously doubt that. I mean, she is kind of the main character.

Ok: Though hey, wouldn’t that be such a wicked twist? To build up someone as a super-important character only to kill them off like a quarter of the way through?

=Candeloro frowns, a puzzled look on her face=

…

Op: Erm…

H: Well, this is certainly condescending.

Ca: It’s not inaccurate, though. I did struggle with many doubts and insecurities, and often found it difficult to put on a brave face.

Ch: That’s just called being human, babe.

Op: Most humans never went through what we went through.

Ca: That’s also true. Like I said, Homura isn’t wrong. I often felt like I was on the edge of cracking. There was more than one time when one of you would get hurt during a fight, and I would make a big show of being calm and unbothered. I’d encourage you and maybe lightly scold you for letting your guard down, and when you were all healed up I’d reassure everyone that I knew everything would be fine and try my best to carry on as normal. And then, when everyone was gone, I’d spend the rest of the night crying. You were right to assume I would react badly if you accused my close companion of being some kind of nefarious villain.

=long, uncomfortable pause=

H: Maybe so, but I think that my other self here wasn’t in the habit of giving people the benefit of the doubt. I think that her frequent failures might cause her to assume the worst of everyone, and act accordingly. I don’t think that she is giving you a fair shake.

Ca: That’s sweet of you to say so, Homulilly. But realistically speaking, she had reason not to trust me with this information.

…

Ch: Yeesh.

H: It’s okay. You can say it.

Ch: Say what?

H: That this alternate version of myself is kind of…shall we say…

Ok: Incredibly terrifying?

H: Just a little psychotic, yes.

G: Well, I mean, considering what she went through. You were lucky to stop after four loops. How many times did she have to relive my death over and over?

Ch: Still doesn’t make watching me get shoved up against a wall and the life choked out of me any more fun to watch.

…

Ch: Hold up!

Op: Well, hey! Wife to the rescue!

Ca: But…how…?

G: Oh. That is…a long ribbon.

Op: Did you have that attached to her foot the whole time?

Ca: I mean, I guess…

Ok: How did she even know you were up to something?

Ca: Intuition, I suppose. Maybe the lack of glasses and the new hairstyle tipped me off?

Ok: Why would that-

Ca: I don’t know, I’m just throwing guesses out.

H: Well, consider me impressed. Clearly, this other me underestimated you.

Ca: Thank you.

Ch: OKAY! If having my stupid doll face on every billboard in town doesn’t tip you off, then nothing will!

G: Homura’s probably the only one that can see it like that. Mami probably just sees a shoe advertisement or something.

Ch: You know what? That’s actually kind of a relief.

…

Ok: Oh, shit!

Ch: Could you stop trying to kill me? Please?

H: Believe me, if I could stop me, I would.

Op, suddenly sitting up straighter: Hold on, is this going where I think it’s going?

Ok: I think it is! I think it is!

Ca: Oh, here we go.

G: What?

Ok: Homura and Mami are going to fight!

G: Oh. Oh!

H: Candeloro, just like I said with Charlotte, the actions and beliefs of this alternate self of mine-

Ca: Homulilly, relax. It’s fine. These other versions of ourselves took different paths than we did. I don’t hold any of this against you.

H: Likewise.

Ca: Good.

=pause=

Op: Fifty talents on Mami.

Ch: Oh, good Lord.

Ok: You’re on! Time stop, Fee! That’s so overpowered!

Op: Which our girl neutralized without Little Miss Sleuth even knowing.

H: Is this really-

Op: Plus Mami’s the veteran fighter, remember? The tanky heavy?

Ok: Uh, Homura’s got multiple timeloops of experience, okay. That trumps Mami’s couple of years.

Ca: It was more like three…

G: I’m in! I’m betting on Lilly!

H: On Homura. I’m not fighting anyone.

Ok: Same diff! You better win, though. We’ve got money riding on this.

Ch: Well, I’m joining Fee and betting on Mami. I think you’ll find her more of a handful than you’re bargaining for.

Ca: Out of all the childish-

Ch: Buck up! You’ve got fifty talents to win me!

=Homulilly extends her hand across the couch=

H: Hey. May the best fighter win.

=pause, then Candeloro sighs and shakes her hand=

Ca: Oh, why not. You’re on!

…

Ch: Well, that ribbon ain’t going nowhere. Time stop, still neutralized.

Op: Ha! What I say?

Ca: My Bebe’s life is in danger. My will is resolute.

Ch: You are not turning Bebe into a pet name.

Ok: Come on, come on. Get with the fighting already!

=long pause as Mami and Homura have their staredown, and then they leap…=

Op: Oh, yeah! Here we go!

…

Op: Holy shit!

Ok: Go! Go!

G: Wow. That is a lot of guns.

…

Ch: Come on, babe. You can do this.

Ok: THIS! IS! SO! FREAKING! COOL!

G: Look at their faces! They still don’t want to hurt each other.

Ch: Oh, come on, doll-me! Get out of there already!

…

Op and Ch: Let’s go, Mami!

Ok and G: Ho-Mu-Ra!

Op: Let’s go, Mami!

Ok and G: Ho-Mu-Ra!

H: This is easily the weirdest thing we’ve ever done.

Ok: Oh, what? The thing with the sea-monster wasn’t weirder?

H: That was just…messy! We’re watching me and Candeloro’s alternate future selves in a fight to the death and you four are treating it like a pro-wrestling event!

Ca: Yeah. And I’m going to win.

=pause=

H: Did I say you could stop chanting?

Ok and G: Ho-Mu-Ra!

…

Op: Downtown is getting fuuuucked uuuup!

Ch: Just wait until she unfreezes time.

G: Jeez, I can’t tell if you’re both terrible shots or just extremely good at dodging!

H: Definitely the second.

Ok: And now we come to the stand-off.

Op: Nowhere to go, barely any room to breathe. Hey, Lilly, is the kinetic force of those bullets maintained?

H: What?

Op: I know they’re stuck in time, but can you just pluck them out of the air, or would you still be damaged by the heat and contained momentum?

H: I…have no idea.

Op: Best not to touch them then.

H: Probably smart.

…

Op: And time starts up…now.

G: Oh, that looks so unsafe.

Ok: Yeah! I mean, sure, if they hold still they won’t get hit with the bullets right next to them. But the freaking air was full of them! What’s keeping a spray of bullets from raining down from above and turning their heads into swiss cheese? Oh, sorry Char.

Ch: Y’know, unlike my moronic counterpart, I can hear the word “cheese” without freaking out.

Op: And that’s not getting into ricochets. They ought to be perforated right now.

Ca: My bullets were magic. They only ricocheted when I wanted them to. Most times they’d either pierce right through or exploded on impact.

Op: Homura’s aren’t.

Ca: True.

…

Ok: So much for your surroundings. Where the hell are you guys anyway?

H: Looks like some kind of cathedral. Only a very…eccentric one.

Ok: City’s getting weirder by the minute.

G: It could be symbolic for something. Like, I don’t know, violence in a place of sanctuary or…something?

Ch: Or gothic architecture just makes for an awesome place to stage an action scene and the animators and directors know it.

Ok: Stop killing the magic!

Op: Though, hell, speaking of which, would they actually die if they got shot? I mean, I know it would hurt, but…

Ca: Hypothetically? No. So long as the soul gem itself was unharmed, any damage would eventually heal.

G: Like we do?

Ca: Er, sort of, but not in the same way. Their bodies are still flesh and blood. Injuries back then tended to be…messy. And healing used up magic, and if those injuries were too great…

Ok: Witch time?

Ca: Bingo.

…

Ch: “Not getting anywhere.” Now there’s the understatement of the year.

G: So who won? Was it a draw?

Ca: So far, but I don’t think it’s over yet.

H: Indeed. I seem to be…up to something.

Op: Okay, if none of those big honkin’ rifles and machine-guns weren’t working, what good is that little peashooter, gonna…hold on!

=Homura puts the gun to her head. Half-a-second of stunned silence, and then everyone starts yelling at once=

G: Oh, no. Oh, no.

Ch: Oh, my God. They are going there.

Op: Okay. OKAY!

Ok: What the hell is she doing?!

Ca: No, no, no, no, no, no, no…

H: What is wrong with you?! Why are you like this?!

=bang=

=collective scream=

#WN Rebellion MST

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misterbitches · 4 years ago

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Hello! @flootweed replying to the post from before. the long format was killing me. why does tumblr look like this...

I haven’t watched episode 8 yet...or have I? If it’s the most recent one. No.

Is the hornbill a bird? It probably is but I have a terrible memory and I’m dumb so. I skipped the last few weeks because I’m scawwed. How are you liking it? I did see someone say that the hornbill makes sense (without knowing what it is...at all) bc heart transplant patients only live like 5-15 years after but someone in those comments pointed out that he was so young when he got his and that’s pretty rare so he has a higher likelihood of survival. Frankly, this is the only way I will proceed. Since when did shows ever care about the heart transplant health? Never and it needs to stay that way!

What did we think of ep 6? LMAO. I need opinions! And omg it makes me feel special when I can point things out to people because I so...rarely get to LOL. Editing is like one of my favorite things ever so I can be super particular about it but I try to do the thing you do when you’re supposed to see if it works within its context. I’d like to go in with scissors and glue but alas.

THe mic covering....the rustling....it’s like guys...please. Ironically the audio today wasn’t great. I don’t know why. IDK if you watch c-dramas but I am not even sure what’s worse between them because they dub their dramas. But actually no it’s best to have the dubbing because even tho it is painful they have to put a lot of effort into it. LOL.

Right? @ Aey! It’s just weird if they would show us more about what he’s done instead of saying he’s done sth bad and not even explaining that....like you could even do some shitty exposition. I think if he is to be a true villain then we really need to be privvy. All the warnings make it seem like he’s a fuckin’ serial killer so when we get the scene of him at home it’s like....actually this is really serious? Maybe his pain is like...for a reason. Althought you won’t even TELL US WHAT HE’S DONE WRONG BESIDES BE JUST FUCKING WEIRD AND ANNOYING! So from what we have it’s just a realllllllll fucked up sad person lol. god i forgot about the dinner! and i totally agree. he really needs them to succeed. i like your theory because it would make the scene where he like blocks the twitter user make more sense. he also says they dont really know each other etc so it’s realllllyyyyy probable that he just sees it as a way out. if not then we shall pretend u wrote it :)

god yea i wouldnt say it is art but i also guess we technically have to since it is technically. in the way that technically performance artists are artists but mostly i uh technically ignore them. Also one of my fav BLs is called the best twins. If you do not know what it is I will not elaborate further.t

i want to know more abt poli sci majors lmao but they sound DRAMATIC/ hopefully most ppl in ur cohort arent losers!

hahahha i understand. there was just a thing on twitter about DSA and then the day before about reading discourse. the same thiings. over. and over. and over. and over. we are our own worst enemies but also our own best friends? but i hate tankies and that wont change. but hasan’s a decent guy. he said sth abt black ppl during biden’s primaries in GA or whatever and i was like chill. but he’s insecure and has adhd which means ur more open to being wrong and changing otherwise u will suffocate and die.

and totally about hiding fuck ups. i’ve tried really hard bc of organizing IRL to like...be honest, question, etc but also like...approach it naturally? because if you’re trying to be perfect and so worried you’ll fuck up you don’t realize that puts more stress on you, makes you seem like a robot, and could potentially not make you realize the mistkaes you made. also if we’re privileged in certain spaces there is just no possible way we won’t get something wrong. im light and i know that honestly any way to speak up on colorism is going to be difficult and that’s a space where i have power so i just have to figure it out. we should be uncomfortable because we have to sit with unpleasant feelings and sort through our own whatever. that just makes the next time even better and people can trust u more. i think some people sweat it sooo much or maybe they think their personal life and what theyve been through is more the norm? on the other hand people can be sf reactionary in the worst way and idk what their issue is. there was also a user who said sth very inch arresting about tankies which i thoroughly enjoyed (how like violent lefitsts or tankies / ppl who are like ooh a gun whatever just want to be violent in another space so they have shit tendencies from jump and nothing of substance which i think i agree with tbh fo ra lottttt of ppl. like their anger is actually like “no im about to beat that ass” instead of what we actually want to get done)

sort of in the same vein re: taking it easy...we coudl all be more understanding too. to slow it down like you mentioned about not being privvy to fucking eveyrthing and saying anything on our mind. i saw this person talk about y2k which was a huge deal while happening bc it was the turn of the millenium (bruh were u even alive?) but this twitter user grew up in a super super SUPER religious household and was like why do ppl make jokes about Y2K it was insanely traumatizing? though my first instinct was confused ive tried hard to like look more before i judge especially thanks to a friend of mine. turns out that with the further reading the more we found out he was just really traumatized; it was very common in religious households to be afraid of 2000. so we could have come at him with no understanding and he could have thought that everyone had the same experience with that year that he did. his feelings sit precedent though but i think it was just very hard for him to fathom.

i didnt reply bc he didnt need that and what could i have said? he’ll see what the truth is with exposure and unfortunately this was something he really did go through.

and that’s what makes most people think others could be over the top. because it sounded ridiculous but then it was this huge traumatic thing that we could have never known about. so maybe when someone sounds like actually crazy they have an explanation? of course some ppl are just batshit or annoying but that’s anywhere not just leftists it’ just means more i guess when a ~~librul is annoyed~ but it can be easy to want to make fun of ppl too. lmao. basically what i am saying is the internet? especially twitter? for leftists? in this economy? bitch it’s the wild west out here.

i am 29! idk if i said it or not. i am OLD u probably werent even born in the year i was talking about wah. i know not old-old or old at all but compared to you i’m due for a colonoscopy.

omg i hope u can get vaxxed soon! are you wfh rn? i hope ur also not in a bad state as in state state not state as in ur being :| bleh what a fucking time. it sucks that you have to fucking do work. well unless u like school. which i hope u do. i just assume everyone hates it cos i did lmao

was it the lindsay ellis drama? that bitch is dumb. if there was other drama oh wait the drama i was referring to it all happened on the same day. idk book twitter that well but i saw something from someone who was abt that shit and wowie! the american people are not that.....intelligent to put it lightly.

i’ll get better. ppl tell me they miss me and im like aw. i have insanellllyyy bad insomnia and a lot of stuff happened this year HOWEVER I SLEPT FOR TWO DAYS FOR 8 HOURS AT A REASONABLE TIME. im a new woman. anyways you too! i hope ur not too burnt out with school. we just dont know when the burnout is or we just dont know we are burnt out until we are. the panaramiciccici hit and all the things i was ignoring kind of just fell on me and sooo much happened at once. and frankly it’s hard to take care of ourselves. lord.

Like if you aren’t interested in expanding on the issue in a way that hasn’t been done before all you gotta do it like… spread resources and donate if you can. I dont see the point in having to say something about every issue especially if you (not at you specifically just in general) aren’t immediately impacted by the issue. Like is the 14 yr old white marxist named sarah on twitter really gonna have meaningful insight on anti-asian violence ?

this is part of why i cannot telecommunicate. i dont want to do shit on the internet. i am able bodied so i know that this time has been of such ease for other people. but mentally i just can’t. i don’t have a comment on hand like that and i hvae no desire to engage with ppl that way. i am a super super super solitary person but thats bc it’s MY time so when it’s like all this effort with other people i dont ever want to be alone. it’s the same with the way i approach filmmaking. it isnt a sole thing so i hate it not together. that’s part of how u can get so sucked in and repeat doom scrolling. i was in this webinar last may after [redacted] and this black woman prof said “read with a community and talk” because otherwise she said we are torturing ourselves. you can’t carry that weight all on your own. unfortunately i hate zoom, discord, slack, signal, whatsapp, facetime. you name it this panera has made it evi.. L

you make a really excellent point. i think the young young gen zers are really really just interesting because it’s like this whole new world for them with leftist politics and they just can’t grasp the horrors of the world and the kind of freedom being a leftist can bring. and so many people don’t grow out of it. those people so happen to be the “least productive” in terms of how much time they spend IRL withe these issues. naturally, younger kids are gonna have a harder time. they are not as mobile as well so the internet becomes this place. but then it’s this echo chamber. and many times just things posted without sources. and social media NEEDS that to exist.

i think of the irony of leftist kids on tik tok and while i am happy it’s reaching them it’s just....different. very different. the growth of social media is so good but also so fucking sad, it’s too much! i think the point about not writing everything is major. even i have to do this which is part of the disappearing.y ou need to detach and make sure your head is on straight again. but when you think eveyrone has to be privvy to every thought and you can’t just sit back....which twitter and social media doesn’t encourage. you have to join in. that’s often why when i have something to say it is dense because i don’t feel like repeating it. ever. lmao ust ever. i cant pay attn. social media is a fucking minefield for my brain u can get so lost in it and absorb it but once u start talking you may not be able to stop.

i think a big part of that is it not being a leisurely thing but sort of just in our lives always. this sounds like a grandpa rant but ykwim. We dont have to see the same thing over and over again. And eventually it gets sincerely diluted or its diluted bc of capitalism or whatever. Or if theyre very young or maybe they don’t have like the greatest way of sharing the knowledge? then it can be butchered. I hope this is making sense...i’m talking beyoond the boring surface-level milquetoast shit. i see really ahistorical stuff on there from leftists (like this thing about NK + africa and it being a beneficial rship as opposed to a um not beneficial one. and it isn’t. beneficial but this young black girl was talking abt it and noname rtd and i was like it’s just too complex. there’s no good/bad here just bc it’s not america. dont get me started on this.)

but Lol that was kinda off topic but I think what I meant in my last reply about not turning off the voice in my head is about when I consume media, not necessarily when I’m online talking about. Even if I have criticism for something, I’m usually pretty chill when consuming fandom content bc I think being serious online all the time is kinda boring. Like sometimes I’m analyzing theme and shit but really most of the time im memeing.

exactly.........gotta laugh. thats why sometimes im like i cant think lmao. unfrotunately i have been ARGUING with ppl on the internet for rly no reason when i could have replied to ur very nice fun wholesome message. i love torture. i miss memes.

“ i think the people who get the least enjoyment out of that are those so obsessed with getting upset with anyone thinking outside of their lines as if it equates to them “ EXACTLYYYYY

kekekekeke im glad u got it. it’s like with conservatives throwing around snowflake. now im beginning to question who the real complainers are.

LMAO exactlyyyy. i posted a screenshot of this writer from twitter saying that exact thing. Like first of all, I’m...an adult? and if you are as well uh? i’m sorry for you but are we 12? But how is it affecting u this viscerally? And if it does why dont u...do...research? pihgofuaipoajghou but honestly everything u said. we’re trained to go into it with nothing. i was only around ur age when i started to get more serious about this stuff but you’re like lightyears ahead of where i was at 21. did i say this but i’m in iww and literally i can tell u in 2016 i did not think 2019 me would be in a union bc i told my friend in a train station that we don’t need unions. i was 23...but the thing is i didnt know what i was talking about. at all. and i knew i didnt know and she knew i didnt know and now i am the clown.

also yes at critical engagement. i had to learn so much through experience and this is tuff that i coudlnt be shielded from. there’s an empathy you kinda have to develop and this understanding that you move through the world as this person who is “nowhere and everywhere; nothing and everything” so i’ve always had to think about things differently just to survive. that’s also what can drag a lot of people towards it like theres so many black kpop fans bc i think a lot of the pain in SK can be mirrored (sort of) through our history. and theres currently a history now but it had to be forged. uh what was my point oh yea however i wouldnt have been able to move further if i didnt have my background to go off of bc i knew something was off when i started getting into all these things (ill give u a hint) but if i had no prior knowledge and didnt have to think about it then the critical approach is either stale or stupid.

i had to research but i dont understand how ppl are so bold with little to no research and understanding? thhey just inherently know with also like ZERO experience in what they need experience in. engaging critically means “how i see the world” with dashes of trying to be open adn understanding or whatever. actually that’s another thing like being afraid of criticizing things bc theyre foreign to you so u give it a pass (like we discussed) but it doesnt hAVE TO BEEEE JUST REAAAAAD and then take all the info ur teensy brain and apply it. be a normal human being and dont be fucking rude and racist. thats it! u can complain abt literally anything without being a dick.

as we start with LW and end with LW.....what do we think (i asked this already) omg please share wbl thoughts i THINK i know what ur talking about. well it could be two things; their rship when they came back and the physicality and then pei shou yi. i almost dont even want to use my brain to fucking look at that. i think wbl can get away with more bc of visual~*~*~* reasons (like literally, the look of the show. there’s more space to get lost in the frames. many thai dramas are a lot more literal? this isn’t the right word but it’s very heavily character focused particularly bc of $ i think) though good production also underscores flaws so i am also wrong. but like do u know what i mean? u have to kinda focus on it? or maybe it’s just cos like.....ur so used to it in thai bl idek. i’ve seen tw bl ofc.

look i swear i will justify this forever bc there are some things we miss right but if u feel like someone’s a bad actor....theyre bad. it’s about tone movement etc etc etc and since most thai bl productions have 0 interest in that....well. they take these newbies and put them in these situations. we dont understand thai but if we see them and we’re like “wow this is really bad” then they’re bad lmao. IDC i will never be like cos idk what theyre saying NO WHY HE LOOK LIKE A ROBOT???????? DOES HE EMOTE? why is he CRYING WITH NO TEARS? and it’s not even a total requisite to cry with tears(i mean for me it is) but it’s just like what is happening on ur face right now young man????????

painful.

the inflection stuff is very valid ooh good point tho but that’s only a part of the piece. plus we get used to the way they communicate. like the ppl from sotus were prtty bad. i dont like that show but thats an ex of ppl liing the actors and the person i thought was better other ppl dont think that? well apparently hes a shitty guy but. um. so when theres decent acting its so glaring.

although i must say even tho i dont care for 2gether anymore and would never like to be reminded about its existence (only bc i just cringe lol) i honestly....didnt think bright was a bad actor? but people keep saying he is and i am much more inclined to believe them than myself. though i am not often dickmatized that could have been it. until he opened his mouth and ruined it and then i stopped paying attn.

although honestly i’m so much more critical than i could be positive. i have ben stumped for the last day about how i wasnt mad at his acting in the show. is it me? is it him? who’s......the wrong one.....(me)

oh shit they have been denied? i haven’t been paying attn to whats been going on recently. i just got into it on MDL because of snowdrop. sometimes i literally cannot engage bc ill just be like alright well im black so this power button in my head is going off when ppl talk abt that shit. back in the day when kpop jawns were saying some real outta pocket anti black shit (now everyone is slick with it) it’d always be THEY DONT HAVE GOOGLE THEYVE NEVER SEEN A BLACK PERSON but really it’s like no...maybe they are just racist? that’s ok too.

also the past 2 weeks have been um atrocious bc how fucking easily people fell into the pit of white supremacy and started to turn their ire towards black people and making a competition between our groups just like they wanted. it’s not about the women who are dead anymore, who were sex workers, their womanhood, being asian, being poor anymore. it’s about how much black people get attention and why people only pay attn to us. i am not feeling very generous this week for ppl to excuse that hsit.

on a lighter note, ppl say that abt the whole husband and wife thing. i dont know how to explain how angry that shit makes me but maybe it’s because i do not want to think of my body in relation to a fucking penis at all hours of the day. if bls could kindly not do that it would be nice lmao

yes there are a lot of those. who are only there to gawk lmao. and just idk worship bc of the cult of personality thing bc of how weird and open they have to be as actors. some of the others are people who /think/ theyre really smart (i think im asmart but i also think i am very dumb and i have adhd to prove that MEDICALLY!!!) but are actually not? or their observations arent great? or idk if they are they arent interesting? but i think well..........we have more refined palettes :P

jk also theres just different personalities. you and i mesh more bc we have a lot of the same beliefs and are coming from the same place. that makes it easier to understand as well. i really try to remember that but some people are really weird so. again just...the perception of certain things even down to acting skills. but i also dont like.......believe this genre can really do anything at all. on one hand i want them to do it right bc it’s a piece of work so they should. be proud of it. cos most things arent advancing us bc representation and culturalism are a lie bla bla. it’s just that when the depictions are negative or not done well it adds to the problem as opposed to the things that are well done are fairly benign and can’t really pull us back (perf example is the black panther film. i woudl definitely not say it was transgressive as a literal work but visually it’s just stunning. and it’s sad that it’s stunning and surprising but still with basically an all black cast of mostly dark people abd like what it means in the zeitgeist yes. it’s also just a good movie. but it’s still imperialist prop and unfortunately and this is fucking pathetic to say it “opened eyes” in other countries where they hate black ppl and ignore their own racialized minorities HENNYWAYSSSS a better ex is moonlight except moonlight isnt mainstream and is indie tho...still thru a funnel of capital bc a24 but who cares bleed the fuckers dry is my motto. my point is moonlight is both a great work and doesnt bring any failures to the table and its existence helps in ways outside of art but they arent the defining things giving us material advancement sooooo i mean it’s complex (this is my conclusion to everything um guys it’s complex)

er i had one more point in conjunction to above. oh yea so i like dont need all these extra things to make it progressive. like people really want more women in the show and i am honestly like i really dont. i dont want them to actively do this. if they cant do it naturally then let someone else do it. i am not asking for more bc i dont want it from them. when something comes along i embrace it but i do not see why women should be represented when the genre RELIES on patriarchy. there is no complete satisfying existence for the women in these series. i dont want it. i dont ask people to show us~*~* or respect~* like fuck no the people who make it make it and hopefully more will make it in the future but i will not beg bc THEY DONT WANT TO DO IT SO WOULD FORCING IT MAKE IT BETTER? just fucking leave them out entirely. that’s the answer if theyre gonna make nasty female characters then those bitches can geaux. we have other plcaes to be. booked. and. BUSY!

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evilelitest2 · 5 years ago

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What does Sanders' fandom have to do with how you see him as a president? In particular I've never met IRL who are anything like people claim. Online there are plenty of other candidates' fans who are equally vitriolic & I think the derisive "Bernie Bros" moniker adopted from "Obama Boys" by HRC's campaign staff which every other candidates' supporters constantly sling around is indicative of that. Especially because Bernie does have a lot of poc, lgbt+, and women supporting him.

HRC’s problem was to dismiss the entirety of Sander’s fandom as Bernie Bros as an excuse to ignore his arguments, but what i didn’t realize then and I do realize now is that there is a toxic element among his supporters who are really hurting the movement. Every fandom has its toxic elements, but in my personal experience online (espicially twitter) Sander has the absolute worse. The second worse for the record is not any one candidate but a vague group of embittered ex Clinton fans who just hate Sanders, but they don’t have the influence.

Ian Danskin, the man behind the “Why are you So Angry” (a great video series talking about the rise of Gamergate) and “The Alt Right Handbook” (A video Series about the methods and ideology of the Alt Right) talks about this here

https://twitter.com/InnuendoStudios/status/1234192975271514113

And remember, he is a Sanders supporter himself. And the fact that this type of behavior is normalized is really troubling

The vast majority of Sanders fans are fine folks, but this group isn’t doing enough to check the minority who truly embody the absolute worse elements of the left. The Dirtbag left/anti Identity politics left who embrace abolishing student loans but are fine with sexism, racism, homophobia, and abilism in the name of class reductionism, You have numerous bad actors who use leftist rhetoric as an excuse to engage in harassment, bullying and cruelty under the mask of progressive politics. You have grifters and opportunist who want to use populism as a way to make a profit for themselves. You have Tankies trying smuggle pro stalinist rhetoric into leftist spaces. You have conspiracy theorists and anti vaxxers. And you even have some Alt Right figures who have manged to hide in the crowd to convert people just like what happened with Occupy Wall Street.

And that lack of self policing is allowing them to control the conversation and the brand of the Bernie Sanders, and its a major reason why he did so badly in South Carolina.

I mean a Sanders regional field Direction in Michigan (a super important position) had an alternative twitter account where he basically endlessly tweeted bigoted thing at the other candidates., mocking Pete for being gay (there are so many legitimate reasons to mock him why got after s sexuality) Warren for being a women, and bidens supporters. Now this was on his own and not as part of the campaign, but the fact that 3,000 sanders fans (however many of whom were bots) were eagerly reblogging this shit speaks to something rotten.

Now once the Sanders campaign found out about this, they immediately fired him, which is good, and I am glad that they got to this. But I wish they had vetted their people better, but clearly this doesn’t represent Sanders himself.

And yet, those freckless cowards at Chapo House wrote

“ben mora is one of the best ever met and a true exemplar of the post-to-praxis pipeline. He is one of the many reasons why Bernie won Iowa. I hope the campaign ignores the bellyaching from the losing candidates and keeps Ben on to beat them again in Iowa”

https://twitter.com/virgiltexas/status/1232125130052005888

For the record, here is one of Mora’s tweets

“Never trust buttigieg because he combined the natural devious disposition inherent in gay men with a bloodthirsty careerist drive”

Now Chapo house doesn’t work for Sanders but they are some of his most vocal supporters online and several members of his campaign have been on their show, and their presence makes the larger community extremely toxic (Like the fucking snake emojis). And this stuff matters, the fact that it is currently helping your candidate doesn’t mean it isn’t important.

Firstly for the moral reason that bigotry, harassment, genocide denial and cruelty are wrong and we should stand up to it even when our allies do it

Secondly because this stuff fucking festers. It isn’t going to magically go away if Sanders wins, the more these attitudes enter mainstream leftism, the more they can turn people to more Alt Right beliefs (The podcast Red Scare is already on its way to doing that).

Thirdly, even if you don’t are about the morality. It hurts Sander’s image. One of the main reasons why he still hasn’t caught on with older black voters is the association of Sander’s brand with the Dirtbag left. The absolute refusal of the Sander’s fandom to self police is just allowing abuse to fester for later.

Any Time a community isn’t willing to admit fault with itself, it inevitably provides cover for abuse. Fix this now before it comes back to hurt you later.

#ask EvilElitest #Bernie Sanders #dirtbag left #Elizabeth Warren #anti-idpol #Chapo House #Red scare

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enchantment1385 · 5 years ago

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My most magnificent mega must (have) mods memo.

So, I’ve been putting this off (big surprise!), but the time has come! I am going to try and provide some recommendations of my favorite mods. Mods I will not play the game without, or mods I love so much, I can’t recommend them highly enough! Hopefully some of you will find a new excuse to play one of these games again! I will split the list up into games so you skip if you don’t play a certain game. Again, these are my personal recommendations, so please don’t get all bent out of shape over this people. I also won’t be adding the very amazing utility mods (such as SkyUI or mcm or mod organizers) as I feel these are required mods. Today's installment -

~Skyrim~

VIGILANT + VIGILANT Voiced - English Addon Okay, where do I start with the amazingingness of the mod? It’s massive, compelling, scary (chapter 3 holy fucking shitballs, batman!), and just absolutely perfectly executed on every level horror mod! This is not a mod you complete in a couple of hours, this you need to put aside a day or 2 and go through all 5 chapters! 1 guy made this. 1 awesome japanese dovha, alas it’s not as adored as it should be as, when originally released, the english subtitles (literally translations from Google) didn’t really translate well... or at all at some points. Hence why you need the voiced addon which makes this mod a 15+ hour, fully awesomely voiced adventure to seek out daedra, and be physically, and morally tested by the one and only Daedric Prince of domination, Molag Bal. Your choices WILL affect the outcome. This mod gives you everything you want from a mod. New weapons, new armour, new enemies, dark soul like boss battles, new places, new people, new land. With Halloween quickly approaching, this is the perfect time to give this a shot!

Legacy of the Dragonborn

I stayed away from this mod for SO long thinking it was just a massive oversize player home to put all your crap on display. I was wrong. I was SO wrong. This mod is the ultimate scavenger hunt turned up to 11. It adds some of the best mods out there and puts them all together to make you WANT to go find that bloody staff, or helm, because A, it now looks amazing, and B, there’s a place for EVERYTHING in the museum, it must be filled! It adds old relics, new quests, a very gorgeous fair sized player home, you get to go to Elsweyr, and even get an airship you CAN use later! And trust me when I say, there is nothing that looks quite as impressive as your dovah walking around a city with your massive ass airship looming overhead. The way everything gets placed into the world is fucking flawless, and if you’re bored or just want more out of Skyrim, this is the mod that does that, and WAY more. Also a massive bonus, it has several patches for other mods that didn’t get incorporated (vigilant being among them) to add extra wings for you to display the items from other mods!

Interesting NPCs

Another mod I stupidly avoided to begin with. So as we know, vanilla followers are... meh. But now with all these new battles and exploring you have to do, you might want someone watching your back, right? Forget vanilla, time to go interesting! This mod adds -

• 250+ Voiced NPCs • 25+ Followers with Location Based Commentary • 15+ Marriage NPCs

This mod makes Skyrim feel inhabited, but with REAL people. People who you can, should, and will want to talk to. The voice acting is just fantastic, the characters are an absolute joy, they fit into the world so perfectly you’d never know they weren’t there all along! Well... Except for the fact they’re actually interesting, and have more than 5 things to say! It also has something called ‘Super Followers’. These followers actually comment on what’s happening in your story. Just about to go kill your first dragon? They have something to say about it. Just joined the college of mages? Have a chat to see what they think! I can not express how much this will change your game, but 151% for the fucking better! Oh! And just in case you were running short on things to do, this also adds 50+ more quests! *(footnote) Pleaaassssee go to Soljund's Sinkhole and take Rumarin with you. What he says when you clear that place out has me laughing my ass off every time.

Immersive Citizens - AI Overhaul

Are you tired of being the only one is Skyrim who actually seems to DO anything? Are you weirded out by the fact when you walk into an inn at 4am everyone is doing the same thing as they were at 2pm last week? Confused as hell by the comment ‘Do you hunt? The plains outside Whiterun are ripe with game.’ How the fuck would you know, Anoriath?! You never leave Whiterun, dude! EVER! That ends with this mod. Now people have routines. They sleep, they eat, they walk around, they don’t just stay in one place all the time! It makes the npc’s go from a static feature and changes them into actual people, or goes a long way to help! Even people like carriage drivers now have a lil tent near the carriage, and will even take shelter under cover if it starts raining. (if it’s not too far from the carriage!) Random people will now not try and fight the big dragon who is burning everything to a crisp, but instead run away and take shelter, you know, like a normal person would? Which is helpful, as I tend to hit them with a stray spell then get into shit for accidentally electrocuting the blacksmith or someone who shouldn’t have stood in the way of the MASSIVE FUCKING DRAGON IN THE FIRST PLACE! Anyway... This mod is awesome and makes all the vanilla npc’s less static and weird!

Relationship Dialogue Overhaul - RDO

Don’t know about you but, I’m kinda bored with the dialogue in this game. The same 5 lines on repeat, over and over and OVER again. I want people who hate me to say something a bit more nasty that ‘What do YOU want?’ This mod adds over 5000 lines of dialog that was never used. Braith finally has more insults to throw at you! Which is great, because I hate that kid and now you will too! Your rivals will be rude to you. Your friends will compliment you. And your spouse will finally say more than a handful of lines to you! With this and the AI overhaul Skyrim will finally feel like it’s come alive. It seems like such a small addition, but it makes a huge impact when you hear lines that you’ve never heard before!

PC Head Tracking and Voice Type & Expressive Facial Animation (M) (F)

So we’ve finally got a living breathing Skyrim, and holy shit, it’s a beautiful thing, right? Time to focus on bringing you to life. Don’t know about you, but I found it plain fucking odd that I didn’t ever look at the person who’s talking to me. Like, not even accidently. I also found it creepy the only time I ever made any sound whatsoever was when I shouted. So the first mod is going to fix that shit. You’ll finally look at the person talking to you, or at that dagger you’re just about to steal. What's more, you’ll be able to assign a voice to yourself, so you’ll greet people who talk to you. Fun doesn’t stop there! You can download voice packs such as, Ciri, Yenifer and loads of others! But... What if you know who you want them to sound like and there isn’t a pack for them? Well, make your own! The page is really good and explains how. So we’re not a clueless goon anymore, we look and talk, but that basically makes us no better than the T 800 terminator. The second mod will make you actually have emotions, instead of constant blank face. You’ll smile at friends and loved ones, and scowl at people who you hate, like you Elrindir. For the last time, I didn’t mean to steal the fucking apple pie! But I think me spending HUNDREDS of gold should have made up for that and did NOT warrant you sending a group of thugs to come kick the shit out of me! Sorry. Just... Some unfinished business between me and that bastard bosmer.

Enhanced Lights and FX

I have a potato as a laptop, as such a lot of these amazing ENB’s are totally off the table for me. But... We all deserve a pretty Skyrim, right? Fuck yes we do! And this is the mod that does that for me. So there are two versions of this bad boy, and you will really want to think about which one you want to go for. You’ve got standard, or hardcore. The MAIN difference is, the hardcore version will make dungeons dark. No, I mean pitch black darkness. Really think you know bleak fall barrow? Install hardcore then go run through it. It make sense that it would be dark down in these places, but fuck me dark is now really dark, which I personally love, but you might not. Install at least the main file and the weather mod and I guarantee when you boot your game back up you’ll be saying ‘wow’.

Enhanced Character Edit OR RaceMenu

Okay, first off you only need one or the other NOT both. Here’s the difference. If you want to make a character that looks like they’re from FFXV or korean mmo, you’ll want to get Enhanced character edit. They’re all so damn pretty! Even the men are pretty! If you want something a little less cute looking and maybe more mature, Racemenu is character creator for you. Both give you a TON more customization when creating your new oc, down to finger and toe length and what’s not to love about that??

Enhanced Camera

You finally have a body in first person mode. not just hands when attacking. Which FYI Bethesda, is creepy as fuck. Next mod.

Familiar Faces

Right, last one as we could be here forever, but I need to do more of these things for other games so let's finish with something stupid, but awesome, shall we? You know who’d make the best companion? That spellsword character you made. Or the sneaky archer. Or that tanky as fuck warrior, but they’re on that other save.. No more! When you fire up the game with this mod installed, you get a portal stone placed in your inventory. Use it and get get warped into this empty hall. Go to any of the books on the pedestals and hit yes when prompted. You, your abilities, spells, shouts, game progress and inventory has just been recorded. Load up another save and do the same in a different book, then you can go recruit... you! You can even make yourself marribale! Got that perfect otp? Create them both and have them travel around with you! Want them to use their shouts? No problem! Want them to not use shouts? That’s fine too! Isn’t that overpowered? Who gives a flying fuck?!

Now go have fun in Tamriel, Bahlaan fahdonne!

#skyrim #tesv #skyrim mods #i tried to keep it short #there are so many good mods #but tried to keep it to stuff that will make your game better #and not add things that are really down to personal preference #like body mods #or armour #i may have rambled a bit #all of these mods are available on oldrim and special edition #the links are for oldrim

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tantum-tenebris · 6 years ago

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You main Willow right? What do you think of her updates ;0;

Yup! I also rp her in Famine Friends, which means I also have to consider how these potential changes might affect my headcanons or how I depict her in-game. I’m about to get kind of long and ranty for this, so here’re my thoughts!

Everything should be fine since most things have stayed the same, except for this change:

Willow no longer gets cold from low sanity.

I was never really a fan of that drawback since I rarely found it helpful and it was otherwise just a nuisance. To adjust to this lore wise, I had a headcanon that, well, Willow got cold from feeling nervous or insane. I have an option to keep that around but I don’t really need to now.

Anyways, game wise, I’m super relieved they took it out since it wasn’t really doing anything, just being annoying. e_e;

Willow takes more damage and loses sanity from freezing.Willow takes less damage from overheating.

This. This I can work with. My main hope for Willow’s refresh was that she would gain some sort of heat tolerance since she’s the fire character. It’d make more sense for her to be used to heat, so I’d be okay with less overheating damage. I’m also pretty okay with the more damage/greater sanity loss when it comes to freezing cause it sounds like a fair trade! Freezing isn’t a huge issue for me so I also wouldn’t mind that change. Willow mains should be wearing a tam o shanter all the time anyway OTL

Willow gets fire immunity for the first several seconds and then reduced damage thereafter.Willow takes no burn damage while extinguishing fires and does it faster than others.Adding fuel to fires is more effective for Willow.

They kept these changes mostly the same so I’m feeling pretty good with them! I think Joe said her fire immunity lasts for 6 seconds but I don’t know what it was before (5?). Willow being able to fuel the fire is also exciting!! It seems that with her refresh they’re adding some of her gorge/forge perks, and I’ll get to that again in a bit, but I honestly loved that perk from gorge so I’m super happy.

Bernie can now be equipped by Willow for sanity and warmth at the cost of durability.Bernie grows big and will taunt and fight most hostile creatures when Willow is nearby and insane.

THIS^^ love the Bernie cuddling idea!! I know some of my pals discussed that Bernie should be raising sanity/warmth for anyone who holds him, but… idk, I think it makes sense that Willow would get the most of it since. He’s her lifelong buddy and firestarter in crime. Blah blah blah.

Anyways I think it’s a really cool feature that I’m also looking forward to!! It’s also the only “new” feature for her. I think it’s fair that it takes up durability, since early game it’s a little bit harder to acquire beard hair without a Wilson and you’ve gotta maintain Bernie for those boss fights and emergencies.

The second perk sounds like her forge one, but in reference to Bernie’s larger size. I don’t know if they meant hostile creatures as in…. any nonshadow creatures, but it’s still cool to have him be fighting shadows for her. Especially since now he’ll be big and buff. For anyone saying that she now has a bunch of Bernie tanks, that might be true if he got a huge health/durability increase or something, but he was kinda already tanky in the first place. Nightmare fuel was extremely easy to get when you had 0 sanity and a pack of 15 Bernies ready to tank them all. Would 1 Bernie replace 15 Bernies? We’ll just have to see !

Bernie will still taunt Shadow Creatures when any other player is nearby and insane.In addition, Willow still gains sanity near fire and can still cook with her Lighter.

The rest of the changes are perks they’re planning to keep I think, which is a relief because being able to cook with her lighter is one of my favorite things ever.

Overall, I’m very happy with the changes klei has planned! They changed her downside from freezing when insane to losing more sanity/greater damage when freezing which to me sounds like more of a challenge and a fair trade. It makes you want to set fires more to avoid that (which is the entire point of her character).

Klei said it themselves that these perks are subject to change, and I guess I can share my thoughts for the finished refresh once it comes out May 7. I’m satisfied with the direction it’s going in. Let’s not forget that Willow is the first unlockable character in the game; she’s not meant to be difficult and hard for noobs to learn, she’s someone they have to learn to adjust to.

These are all just my opinion and how I feel about it, but thank you anon for asking!! I realize you probably didn’t want a rant but I’m super passionate about Willow and seeing her perks go back and forth for the past 6 years was a really wild ride and I have a Lot of words. I’ll also have a lot of tears for when her short comes out. 👍

#I just really love Willow

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rz-jocelyn · 6 years ago

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Hello 👋 1st I wanna say to you that I love your blog a lot. Thanks for all the updates you are providing about Ryuji Satou. You know a lot about him and I’d like to ask your opinion about his absence from Shinken Ranbu 2018. From your experience do you think he will graduate from Touken Ranbu Musical or he is getting a new project? And what kind of project would it be? I am curious about your opinion in the matter🤩

Hiya! :D

And *blushes* Thank you! ♥ I’m really happy that you love the content of my blog! I’ll confess though that I’m still learning about Ryuji; he continues to surprise me every time I learn something new. Ha!

To nobody’s surprise, my response became quite long *is bricked* so please find the rest of it below the cut xD

About his graduation from the Musical Touken Ranbu (Toumyu)

Honestly? I really don’t know. LOL!

The last time the topic came up with such intensity was during the time that he did the solo Touken Ranbu 2.5D Cafe SHOWROOM, and speculations abound that his important announcement was his graduation from the franchise. As it turned out, it wasn’t a graduation, but instead a huge surprise that fans didn’t even dare dream of, which was the “Kashuu Kiyomitsu Tanki Shutsujin 2017″, the first ever solo live for a 2.5D character.

Taking various factors into consideration, Ryuji is actually primed for graduation (ie. he’s one of the Toudan who was part of the founding team and has been in the franchise since the Trial Performance, he’s one of the Toudan who has completed two main musical productions, he’s the only Toudan to have done a solo live etc.), but his popularity shows no sign of waning (not only were the tickets for the “Musical Kashuu Kiyomitsu Tanki Shutsujin 2018″ sold out, even the additional tickets that were made available were also sold out, and currently, the replaceable Kashuu Kiyomitsu penlight tube is one of the “Musical Touken Ranbu ~Atsukashiyama Ibun 2018~ Paris” goods to consistently sell out). In addition to that, he’s also considered by both the cast and the fans to be the pillar of the franchise, which is why his absence from the “Musical Touken Ranbu ~Shinken Ranbu Sai 2018~” caused quite the commotion.

TL;DR it really could go either way? xD Certainly there are speculations for both sides of the argument. On one hand, there are speculations that his absence from “Shinken Ranbu Sai 2018″ might mean his graduation from the franchise with another actor replacing him as Kashuu Kiyomitsu. On the other hand, there is also talk that he’s been active as Kiyomitsu for two productions in a row (”Atsukashiyama Ibun 2018″ and “Kashuu Kiyomitsu Tanki Shutsujin 2018″) and that this is a break for him to do something else because he’s one of the Toudan who will be in the next main production.

Personally, I feel like both sides have their points, so I’m very much on the fence? Haha!

About his new project

I’m super excited about this because there are so many options xD To my knowledge (at least, at the point of writing this post), his schedule is completely clear after the “Kashuu Kiyomitsu Tanki Shutsujin 2018″, which ends on October 13, 2018, which means that he has yet to announce anything for the end of the year.

One of the more popular speculations that have come up is the speculation that his next project might be something new for The Brow Beat. The only thing about this is that PENICILLIN will be having their winter tour during those months (beginning in November 2018), and so this might affect any Burobi activities because HAKUEI (the producer of Burobi) has been a constant presence in the band (I would just like to add @housekini‘s comment here about how there is the possibility that PENICILLIN might take Burobi along as a support band for their tour).

Considering the boy’s schedule is completely blank for a solid three months, there is a chance that it might be a stage play/musical, a major production at that. Fans have been hoping for a re-run of the “Live Spectacle NARUTO ~Akatsuki no Shirabe~”, but Matsuoka Koudai (who plays Uzumaki Naruto) has a stage play running until November 2018. Which means that it could very well be an entirely new production and/or franchise.

A bit more far-fetched is that his new project could be a TV series. The months of October to December is actually the Fall/Autumn season for TV series in Japan, and this timeline kind of matches the blank in his current schedule, so… xD

Or, we could all be completely off base, and maybe the boy just wants some time off because he’s been working on a tight schedule the entire year:

The Brow Beat - Release of his first album “Ragnarök”

The Brow Beat - The Brow Beat Live Tour 2018 “Ragnarök”

The Brow Beat - The Brow Beat Live Tour 2018 “Ragnarök” Talk Live events

The Brow Beat - The Brow Beat ‘Extra “Ragnarök” ~Welcome to after party at Yaon~’, including the release of two new songs

Reception - Release of his 3rd photobook “Reception”, including the photobook release events

Ochanomizu Rock

Ochanomizu Rock -THE LIVE STAGE-

Bilibili World 2018 Talk Stage in China

Eerie Mienai Kao (two episode guest starring role)

Double Drive ~Ookami no Okite~

Double Drive ~Ryuu no Kizuna~

Musical Touken Ranbu ~Atsukashiyama Ibun 2018~ Paris, with performances in Paris and Tokyo

Musical Touken Ranbu Kashuu Kiyomitsu Tanki Shutsujin 2018

LOL!

#Sato Ryuji

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jaybug-jabbers · 4 years ago

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Bug Run 4: Mountainclimbing

After mulling it over, I decided to hike back down the mountain and retrieve my missing teamember. It was just too lonely without him. So I kicked my HM slave to the curb and taught Maestro Strength, as he’s a cool guy and he was willing to sacrifice the moveslot. Strength’s a decent move in battle, anyway.

Returning once more, we sought our sweet vengence upon the man with Electabuzz and Magmar. First up was to slow down Electabuzz with a Scary Face, which was slow enough for Sparkler to use his HP ground. This wasn’t enough to finish the job, so I fooled about stalling with protects using Fiberglass and letting hail do some work before finishing it with Flash Cannon. Easy!

Magmar of course annihilated my Steel-Bug. Yanmega got one Ancient Power off before going down. Then Cleo could come in, tank one Flamethrower right to her face, and wiping out her foe with Power Gem.

A quick heal and we pushed on through the path up the mountainside. The snows grew deeper and fiercer, but we were able to handle the battles the rest of the trek. Eventually we reached the small, almost eerily quiet Snowpoint City perched on top of the world. It was actually kind of cozy.

Now was not the time to fool about sipping hot cocoa in the Pokecenter, though. We had a gym to take down. This was Fiberglass’ time to shine. With an Ice resist, tanky defense and a very strong move that was super-effective on ice types, she blazed through the place with utter ease.

After that, there’s more Team Plasma nonsense. Galaxy. Galactic. Whatever they’re called. We chased them to their headquarters, had a few uninspired fights in their building, and reached Cyrus again. It was time for Cyrus Part Deux!

This fight was cutting things a little close. I battled him twice, actually; the first time I was actually on the brink of winning, but then he popped a Full Restore for his ace. Gotta love those strats of pay to win.

That said, I still managed to win the second time, despite dirty tactics.

Maestro took Sneasel out in one shot, although he sustained heavy damage while doing so.

Crobat is honestly a monster, but I was able to tank one hit with my little Skorupi and get a Scary Face off. I have to say, Scary Face has been serving me damn well, especially in the absence of any pokemon who can use Thunder Wave or whatnot. Anyway, I sent ROFL out, protected for a turn just in case, and proceeded to smack Crobat with Ancient Powers. Sadly, even this didn’t quite take Crobat out, but I had Sparkler to finish the job!

… except that’s when Cyrus decides to use another Full Restore. Sigh.

At least the Psybeam I used did a good chunk of damage. I used it again and thankfully did outspeed; still, it fell just short of the kill. That wasn’t good. There was no way Sparkler was living an Air Cutter. I gave it a shot anyway, though, just in case– and yet once again, Sparkler lived on a smidgen. He seems to constantly surprise me with that. And so, the moth triumphed over its age-old nemesis, the bat.

Finally, there was Honchkrow. The plan of action was to send Cleo out and get the Toxic in. She did manage to live on a precious few HP after that, but was down the next hit. After that, frankly, it was just throwing pokemon out there to be slaughtered while stalling for poison. Finally, I sent a fresh and ready Fiberglass out. Not wanting more Full Restore shenanigans, I hit with Flash Cannon, hoping to finish things off; and got the kill!

Just to be clear, my team was at levels 39-42, while his team was levels 44-46. My humble bugs were hitting way above their weight, especially little Skorupi, who had yet to even evolve. I was very happy with their hard work.

After the fight, Cyrus blathered on about Mount Coronet, and it took me way too long to find which side to approach it from, but then I began my ascent. I know this is kind of the final gauntlet for Team Galactic, but I have to say, it’s a bit of a dull grind. There’s just so many grunts, and their teams are all the same damn thing, and it’s all just so damn easy. Mix it up a little, guys!

After a very, very, VERY long climb, I reached the summit, where you’re treated to a double-battle with mini bosses and your childhood friend/rival.

Look, guys! Teamwork! :D Me and my friend, sharing the love of bug pokemon! ~~YaYYY~~

(we both died soon after in a fireball because the skunk inexplicably gets flamethrower for coverage, I mean c’mon have you ever met a skunk that farted FIRE?)

I decided I was a little under-levelled, so I did some good old-fashioned grinding in the cave until my team was all the way up to level 45 each. In the process, this happened!

Our last evolution! I’m so proud. Fang is all grown up now and … weirder looking. Seriously, has anyone ever figured out Drapion’s design? He reminds me of this really weird k’nex-like twisty-bendy connecting-thingy toy I had as a kid. I dunno, I always found him vaguely unsettling looking. It’s … weird.

But regardless, it was a chance to try him out!

I should probably pause to note here that technically speaking, Drapion is NOT a bug type. He evolves from a Poison-Bug type into a Poison-Dark type. He’s still obviously based on a scorpion, of course (a really, really weird looking one, albiet, but a scorpion). I thought long and hard about whether I was going to allow him on my bug run. Very long and hard. Honestly I probably spent too much time thinking about it when I should have been doing other things. But point is, I considered these main factors:

(a) Skorupi is the only bug-type pokemon to lose its bug typing upon evolution; he’s quite the unique case

(b) Drapion is in the Bug and Water 3 Egg Groups (Water 3 grouping is for water-dwelling invertebrates, close relatives of insects/arachnids/land isopods/etc.)

As such, I eventually decided that Skorupi would be allowed to evolve and remain on the team. He’s a buggy buggo boy.

(Also, I learned I never picked up the TM for Poison Jab, so I went and grabbed it for him. This was very helpful, because he’d been limping along thus far on Bugbite and Dig alone.)

After that really long tangent, let us return to the story. My team was buffed up big time, because I wanted to be ready. I didn’t want to have to climb that damn mountain yet again, after all.

Upon my return, we wiped the Galactic admins with so much ease that it felt terribly anti-climactic. Ah, well, at least I’d be ready for the next part, right?

Right?

This is a repost on a new blog. The original post was on Dec 8, 2018.

#pokemon #bugrun #bugrun4 #mycontent #pokemon playthroughs

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hummingbird-donthum-blog · 4 years ago

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Welp, you just found this bad boy again, let’s do an update:

You’re still in love with AS (duh) and you’re still super happy. Happier actually because *drumroll please* you have a perfect pup now. You don’t even think back to BSCE anymore cause it’s so far away, but yes you passed. You fucking passed step 1. You fucking passed step 2. You have 2.5 interviews for psychiatry residency. Honestly, you’re doing the damn thing! It’s nice to read back on how you were feeling before. It’s nice to see you were proud of yourself, at least at some points.

You’re really proud of yourself now. Really really proud of yourself. Your mental health is killing it right now, as is your self love. You can still stand to lose some weight but you don’t beat yourself up (too much) about it. You’re procrastinating studying for your surgery shelf right now, so boo to you for that but it’ll all work out in the end. It’s worked out so far.

You’re manifesting a residency in Miami, and buying a house here too around May of 2021. Yes you typed that so that you can hold yourself to it. Tanky boy is absolute perfection embodied in a pup and you pinch yourself everyday wondering how you got so lucky to have a love so pure in both your relationship and in your puppy.

Also the world is in shambles right now. This COVID pandemic has lasted longer and gotten more severe than anyone could’ve anticipated, but you’re surprisingly chill about it all. You’re obviously taking your precautions but you’re not stressed which is good.

Just to keep it totally transparent, AS drives you crazy a lot with his bad habits but you recognize that everyone has them and you just gotta work through it together and both of you need to bend to each other’s will a bit. It’ll all work out, don’t worry about it (even though I know you will in fact worry about it).

I love you a lot and am so proud of you.

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wirewitchviolet · 7 years ago

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Isolation

You don’t want to read this post, it’s just me wallowing in self-pity.

I’m not presently suicidal. If I were suicidal, I’d be ineligible for a lot of trans related things, and more importantly, I just left the house for the weekend, so my cat is being extra clingy and reminding me how much it would be upset if I ever left and didn’t come back.

I have, however, completely given up any hope of ever being happy, or feeling safe, or having a job, or someone I can trust, or not bringing pain and misery to the people I do care about.

Looking back over the archives of this blog, I see a post from a year and a half ago which oddly enough, I also titled Isolation. Reading back over that, it’s pretty informative about what I’m dealing with tonight, and I’m at a point where I can fill some of those blanks in from that.

There is some guy named Gabe who leads some little clique (sometimes referred to as “the tankies” or “the anime communists”) whose collective hobby is making up ridiculous rumors about trans people, spreading them to people with a weird willingness to tear down “fake progressives,” and continuing to stalk and harass targets for years afterward and targeting anyone else who comes to their defense. Recently someone wrote a nice article explaining that whole mess, and I think, lately, they’re enough of a known quantity it minimizes the harm they can do.

At the time they targeted me, this little group was untouchable. When people talked about them at all, it was always in guarded whispers and vague references with the implication that powerful people defended them, and I was personally urged never to speak about them by Zoe Quinn. At the time that had me particularly horrified about how powerful they apparently were because Zoe wouldn’t say that about any other hate group, and my personal opinion of Zoe was entirely too high for the thought to ever cross my mind that Zoe might be one of the “powerful people” defending them.

I absolutely panicked at the time, partly because the attack itself was quite effective, with hundreds if not thousands of people in my professional and hobby circles hearing some vague third hand account that I was bad news and should be blocked, which is how it always goes with this group. The actual accusations are patently ridiculous in context- someone gets painted as a violent anti-feminist for muttering about TERFs, or islamophobic for saying Trump’s nazi ties concern them more than hypothetical hawkishness from other candidates. In my case, it was some ridiculous story where I’m a racist cop from Brazil using coded phrases to attack some random woman I’d never heard of. Those full versions though get truncated down when they start spreading. “She’s anti-feminist.” “She’s islamophobic.” “She’s racist.” And the rumors are spread amongst people with no close connection to the target, generally.

What mainly concerned me at the time though was Zoe Quinn’s reaction when I found myself getting blackballed left and right and asked for advice. Lots of “I have friends on both sides of this,” and “I don’t want to get involved.” In hindsight, the obvious meaning here is “I don’t want to alienate my troll friends by defending you against their obviously baseless slander” which is pretty inexcusable from the public face of an organization whose mission statement was helping people deal with exactly that sort of attack. From my viewpoint at the time though, it was so much worse. My impression was that there was some version of the absurd rumor floating around about me having it out for some random woman and spearheading attacks on her was so convincing that my most trusted friend and confidant at the time not only believed it, but was too scared of me lashing out to even discuss it.

That lead to me attempting suicide on multiple occasions, particularly as Zoe encouraged more mutual friends not to talk to me, shut me out of my only support network at the time, and made it overtly clear I wasn't entitled to so much as a sympathetic ear when I was later targeted by Jesse Singal and Randi Harper when they came out as deeply transphobic.

I didn't even start to piece together the more mundane version of things until early this year, when my routine private conversations with other people driven to the brink of suicide by mass harassment campaigns showed me how many other people I know were terrified that Zoe had completely cut them off on asking for help dealing with attacks from the same nasty little clique, all of whom had also been downright worshipful of Zoe to the point where Zoe not believing them made them feel like nobody would.

I've finally mostly come to terms with all that. Someone I thought was a really good friend I could always trust wasn't. OK. And a ton of people I've never even talked to think I'm some kind of monster because some creeps spread ridiculous rumors, and people always forget the specifics when they here someone's a bad person but that they heard it tends to stick, so no matter how much those people get exposed discredited it won't matter for their victims. OK. People always say though that these sorts of things help you work out who your real friends are though, because they stick with you. But that isn't true.

Recently I wrote something touching on some of this. I really didn't want to. I was fine with working out who else got hurt the way I did and helping them cope quietly, and not publicly expose any ugliness. But then Zoe went and publicly posted something about hanging out with her super great friend Randi Harper, and a couple dozen people suddenly see the person who gaslit them into suicide attempts by pretending mass harassment campaigns weren't happening and disappearing from their lives, publicly endorsing someone who actively attacked them and took out a damn hit from reddit nazis, so people started saying things about it, and getting discredited, and getting attacked. And since these are all severely marginalized people whose lives were destroyed by all of this, and nobody believes them, I stood up and laid the cards out on some of what I've been carrying around for the last two years. And more people I didn't realize had been hurt like this came out of the woodwork to thank me for letting them know they weren't the only ones suffering like this, so I think that was the right call, but obviously a ton of other people didn't want to learn about this and walked out of my life.

And so did people who already knew all this. In that earlier blog post from a year and a half ago, I mentioned a point when "I was considering suicide, and only two people in the entire world bothered to say anything." One of those two people is someone I was extremely close to. We'd talk about serious dark stuff in their life, we've both talked each other off ledges, they personally witnessed a lot of what left me such a mess, and they were the only person to even attempt to pick up some of the pieces and clear the air about ridicious rumors about me. Less than an hour after I posted that storify, they severed all ties with me, blocking me in everything we'd ever used to talk, all without a single word. Other people who'd heard what I'd been through at the time, just without the names, and offered support, turned on me viciously once they had names. A friend without any onnection to anyone else involved just bowed out of my life because I suddenly didn't seem like someone to be associating with.

Then a professional bigot highlighted the whole thing and spun it as some new ridiculous attack, and more people let me know they hated me, and when I finally thought it was over, I went somewhere public, and ran into people I hadn't talked to, who made it clear they don't like me, and I came home to more sudden wordless blocks, and comments about not being welcome places. It never stops and any time I try to speak up it only ever gets worse. Nobody believes me, even when I can prove I'm telling the truth. It's better for everyone to denounce me than risk hurting the reputation of people who have wronged me I guess, and even at the best of times I don't know if I've ever even really had a fairweather friend. There's people who say consoling things when I'm losing it, but I can count on one hand how many times anyone has ever just spontaneously asked me to come see a movie, or paid me a visit, or introduced to their other friends, or just checked up on me since it had been a while.

And when there is someone who seems to kind of like me, I can't ever trust it, because people I thought were the best friends I'd ever had have stabbed me in the back without a second thought, and my own parents don't even like me. All I really have is this cat who's sitting on my lap licking tears off me, and I don't think there's anything I can do that will ever change that.

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Build-A-Dex Challenge [2/3]

Part 1: https://atrainernamedradish.tumblr.com/post/186594319157/build-a-dex-challenge-13

Build-A-Dex Challenge:

3 Starters:

In the video the starters weren’t based off pre-determined region trios but more on choosing one of each of their signature typing making them into their own separate trio.

For grass I chose my 3rd favorite grass starter in Torterra. It’s bulk and attacking prowess makes up for its lack of speed with a nice STAB Earthquake and Wood Hammer! Ground is also such a wonderful secondary typing for the primary grass. I have no problem using such a tanky Pokemon, and it deserves some love and face time compared to the other two that rank higher than it on my starters list.

For fire I went with another 3rd favorite choice in Delphox. I don’t care what anyone says, I simply adore this entire starter line~! Fire/Psychic is such a great unique typing that I can use thru this Pokemon without having to resorting to hindering Darmanitan or hoping Game Freak can lend me a level 50 Victini, which I doubt! This is a special powerhouse that I am always eager to have on the team, and just like Torterra, it needs more love~

When looking at my choices for a water starter I realized something... I am not the biggest fan of water starters. I don’t necessarily hate them, but I honestly don’t care for them. One of the few I simply adore however is Primarina. Fairy typing is always a solid typing to have, and you can teach it coverage moves to take down those pesky weaknesses. It’s slower like Torterra, but like Delphox has a good special attack to scare away any threats!

My three choices honestly just have great dual typings, and aren’t so bad in battle for an in-game play through. I guess you could say that my choices were underappreciated underdogs~

Regional Bug:

One of my favorite regional bugs originates from Hoenn in Wurmple. It is cute with an unique way of evolving. Unlike other bugs native to other regions who simple have a three stage evolution, Wurmple has five! Not to mention its branched as well determined by its personality value, which cannot be altered. So not only do you get a few extra Pokemon to fatten up the Pokedex, but you have it in an unique way too~

Regional Bird:

I personally am not the biggest fan of regional birds as well as the dual typing of normal/flying. With that in mind I went for Fletchling because it drops the normal typing for fire upon evolving. Plus Talonflame is a beast in battle, and helpful outside for hatching eggs and getting you around the region.

Regional Rodent:

While I’m not the biggest fan of Diggersby’s design, it is one of the better options among its niche when Bunnelby evolves. Not only is ground a nice secondary typing, but eventually this Pokemon learns STAB Earthquake via level up among other useful moves via TM. STAB Earthquake and Return make it a viable team member early on and setting it apart from the basic boring options of route 1 normal rodent encounters.

Regional Cat:

Setting my Pokedex choices apart from the aforementioned basic boring normal types is the dark type Purrloin and its evolution in Liepard. Liepard can actually be a nuisance to deal with if you have the right moveset on it. Dark typing is always nifty to obtain early game as well.

Pikachu Clone:

I promise you that I am not trying to squeeze as many fairy types as I can into this Pokedex. Pretty much I wanted to add in a decent clone among the list and it was between my choice of Dedenne and the one that I didn’t choose in Togedemaru. Dedenne is not only adorable, but can be very hard to deal with if you don’t have two of its only weaknesses since the third one is neutral in this type combination.

Pair of Fossils:

Emperor Cubone didn’t specify if you had to choose an actual regional pair, or if you could mix and match them. Since I am unsure of that I will simply go with fossils from Hoenn in Lileep and Anorith. Personally, I really don’t care for the Anorith line. It’s simply there for the Lileep line since that is my favorite fossil line hands down! Lileep and Cradily are one of the few fossil Pokemon that doesn’t have to deal with water, and especially a 4x weakness to grass compared to the other fossils, and that’s always viable. Some of its other weaknesses like bug and flying have to be extremely careful around its rock typing, which with its high defense and HP stat can usually soak up attacks from. Not to mention its other grass side weaknesses in fire and poison are neutral since its rock side resists the two.

Overall the Lileep line is one of the best fossils you could ask to have (though I’m sure the Anorith line has its merits).

Unrelated Connections:

I went with Durant and Heatmor because I wanted typings with lesser numbers to fill the dex likes steel and fire (since starters make up most of the fire typing). I think Durant is a pretty cool Pokemon who usually overshadows its rival, and I wanted Heatmor to get more attention since I can image it being pretty forgettable.

Cave Encounters:

I wanted to spice up this category by eliminating typical encounters such as Zubats/Woobats and mono-type rock types as entries. There will be a bat and rock in the forms of Noibat and Carbink. I chose these two since their typings correspond with each other. Plus they have a lot more to offer than your typical bats and rocks.

I thought I’d throw in a ground type since ground types can be a common typing to be found in caves so I went with Drilbur. Not only is Excadrill such a beast of a powerhouse, but it also gets the steel typing which can be a later threat to Carbink to round off the typings in the caves.

Surf Encounters:

Instead of annoying sea birds and jelly fish I thought Wishiwashi would make a good replacement, At lower levels it’s annoying at best, but in higher leveled waters this thing would not only be terrifying, but is powered up, but there’d be some juicy XP to gain.

Remoraid is another option I wanted to add since it actually learns a fair amount of moves that can not only handle its weaknesses but is powered up by its ability.

Mantyke/Mantine is the last surf encounter option. Since Remoraid is its counterpart I thought it would be a good idea to have it with it. It would be the rarer encounter with Mantyke in lower leveled water and Mantine in higher level water. It also sort of replaces Wingull/Pelippers annoying flying asses,,,

Tough to Find/Evolve:

I’m going to start off with a Pokemon that fits the bill for both these requirements: Feebas.

Feebas is usually hard to find with Alola having it at 10% which I believe is pretty high compared to the low specific areas to usually find in other regions. Depending on in-game mechanics, Feebas can evolve in two different ways which can be easier or harder depending on the way to do so. So that’s why Feebas is on this section of the list.

I have three Pokemon for Tough to Find with female Salandit starting off the list. Unless you are lucky, or can exploit a male Pokemon with the Cute Charm ability, then you’d have a 1 out of 10 (I’m treating 100% as a 10) of finding one that is female. The reason gender is so important is because only the female can evolve. You could use a male Salandit, but it’s so weak that I wouldn’t bother... (Salandit is actually really cute and I feel bad pointing out how weak it is.)

My second pick is Mareanie, and to some extent Corsola. Corsola only as a 5% chance to be found through fishing unless you look for bubbly spots to fish at bringing it up to 20%, which is lower compared to other Pokemon you can fish for as well in those spots. You also have to spend time leaving and coming back to the minuscule routes Corsola’s on for the bubbly spots to appear if you want that extra 15% chance to encounter it. And even when you finally encounter the damned thing you have to hope you get another 20% in the SOS method to lure out the Pokemon you’re actually trying to get! So good luck~

My third pick is Maractus. In the generation its from you have a very small chance of finding it. You can practically overlook it that’s how rare it is! I chose it because it needs more love~

For Tough Pokemon To Evolve I have another set of three Pokemon.

My first choice is Nincada. Leveling it up is a fucking pain, especially in early games (think of Magikarp in that regard)! Then you need to make sure you have an open slot in your party and a spare Pokeball, or you can kiss getting both of its branched evolutions in Shedinja!

My second choice is Clamperl. It isn’t the super rarest Pokemon to find, but finding it is tedious since it has either a lower percentage or you need an HM. You also need to catch two and have two specific items so you can trade them while holding said items to get it to evolve both into Gorebyss and Huntail.

My last choice is Porygon. You usually gave to go out of your way for it, or much later in game to obtain it. Then you need to find two specific items to not only trade and evolve it, but then once more to get it to evolve again!

Doesn’t Evolve (Minimum 2):

I have chosen four Pokemon for this category” Girafarig, Mawile, Cryognal, and Drampa.

Girafarig is an odd Pokemon with a mostly unique typing (at least the one who started it lol). I feel like it’s very underrated, underappreciated, and forgettable to most so I wanted to add it to give it more love and attention~

Mawile is cute and has a good typing.

I don’t know why but I’m very fond of Cryognal. Sorry if that’s not a good enough reason to have it on the list lol~

Drampa is my favorite dragon type. It’s a shallow reason I know but... *shrugs* eh. What do you want from me?

Pseudo-Legendary:

I chose Beldum because it has such a desirable typing and Metagross is an absolute beast as well as can learn some good moves to cover its weaknesses. Plus it is a well designed Pokemon from it’s first-stage to its Mega. An extra bonus is that it’s a non-dragon Pseudo compared to the rest, and the less dragons the better!

Legendaries (Max 5?):

In his video Emperor Cubone stated that just like the starters, they don’t have to be with their respected pairs/trios/etc.. Unfortunately Mythical Legendaries aren’t an option for this list since they require outisde sources to get them usually. I also didn’t include Ultra Beasts since they’re more of a regional gimmick.

For these five I was trying to have as little typings shared between them as well as these choices were made more for aesthetics than anything.

I have no real other explanations for why I chose these other than what was aforementioned or that these were my favorites from their group/pair/version exclusives: Xerneas, Virizion, Lugia, Giratina, and Solgaleo.

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