#channel select

[izzyspussy]

the fact that they made it illegal to make ads louder than programs on tv in 2010 but haven't updated it to apply the same regulation to streaming. who do i have to call.

[ronanceautistic]

Wheelzies-accurate content

[valiant-portabella-pirkko]

just for fun, I've been snapping fancy shots of each of my beta test characters this time around. so without further ado, these fellas are:

Kara the Fierce (Norn Soulbeast) Valiant Luaith (Sylvari Daredevil) Goria Deathcaller (Charr Reaper)

[nothingmatters-everythingmatters]

dumb vent but god it sucks that there are so few good youtubers/video essayists who hold gender critical views from a left-wing perspective and/or radical feminist views. (unfortunately) long form video content such as video essays are the primary ways younger generations form their political/philosophical views (hence why often ideology "pipelines" are discussed on youtube) but there are so few radical feminists on the platform who aren't also right-wing conservatives, and the ones that do exist are obviously not popular enough to reach broader audiences and so won't have as much production value available to them.

I think quite often about how the most popular leftist youtubers are men...it's one of the biggest reasons I stopped watching video essays altogether. even now I actually struggle to name any women breadtubers who make genuine video essays with commentary more than how a tiktok trend is bad. (which, yes. all the tiktok trends are bad. but anyone could figure that out!!! I want more substance in my analysis please!!!! you'd think with how long the videos get they'd actually have more to say but man. I thought I had trouble being concise)

sometimes I think it wouldn't even be that difficult to take the "breadtube" video essay style and just mimic it, and if were a braver person I'd do it myself, but we all know how difficult it already is to be even slightly critical of gender ideology online as a woman !!

[gay-artificer]

artificer powers me up to draw edgy fanart like warrior cats does to 15 year old socially outcast weirdgirls

[zenmom]

Does anyone remember Teen Titans Go? I feel like a fool to have loved it as a little kid. I was young and impressionable back then…

Oh no… this might be a controversial take…😟

why didn’t my parents say to me that the show is awful? Why didn’t they point out to me what really is wrong with it? I would’ve loved Steven universe but nooooo! It had the be that show that I later hated due to it being so contradictory. And the fact that other shows on CN opens up my eyes that the other ones that are absolute classics (not you, Clarence and Uncle Grandpa. I cannot really make sense of you two) such as Steven Universe and Adventure time. If only Adeventure time became my favourite show, would’ve I hated Teen Titans for its trying to be cool and something you shouldn’t miss. Hell, even my brother’s friend is right and I’m embarrassed to admit after so long liking that show.

The worst part? When I hated it, all the other shows that are promising are either cancelled or moved else where, leaving CN with only a few shows. Heck, I would’ve even enjoyed infinity train but now I think it’s just pointless to even watch cable at all (now why do I want to watch all episodes of Mickey Mouse Funhouse and Mixed Adventures and Road racers?)

So long story short: Cartoon Network is pathetically dead to me due to keeping up this hot garbage (if it’s a type food that had been served for years, I wouldn’t eat it and avoid it like peanut butter because I hate the smell of it)

And sonic boom, despite being somewhat similar to teen titans, at least knew how to set the humour right. That’s why I want to watch it. Anyways, what happened to adventure time and other good shows on there? Are they still playing, right?

[eurovision-del]

Finland have definitely become one to watch in recent years, so going into Eurovision season they were one of the countries I was most excited for! With UMK happening this weekend, here's my ranking of the competing songs:

Mikael Gabriel & Nublu – Vox populi

Sini Sabotage – Kuori mua

Jesse Markin – Glow

Cyan Kicks – Dancing With Demons

Sexmane – Mania

Sara Siipola – Paskana

Windows95man – No Rules!

Despite being just seven songs, this was a super hard selection to rank – honestly you could ask me tomorrow and I’d probably switch them around again. This is a very even competition in my eyes - every song is good in its own way and I enjoy them all, but there's no standout. I was in a weird position after my first listen through all these songs when they were released where I felt really positive about this selection, but then struggled to recall any individual song. A couple of weeks to get familiar with them all has definitely helped.

Right now, I think my favourite is Vox populi. It’s a super fun track, their style of Eurodance with the slightly rockier guitars and drums creates this fantastic energy – it’s great pump up music. It’s also pretty cool that it’s bilingual, with a rap verse each in Finnish and Estonian. In fact, we’ve got a fair amount of rap and hip-hop here which I love to see, since I feel they're genres that go underrepresented in Eurovision and national finals in general. Even better, they’re all very distinct from each other. Kuori mua is another rap track, but it couldn’t be any different, with the attitude it exudes and its super slick beat. I love the sharpness of it all, and how it mixes in the piano in the second half to create a more positive sound, lifting some of the tension but keeping all the energy.

The overall production level in all these songs is great – this whole selection is high quality and just sounds good to my ears. The one slight exception is No Rules, which I feel goes a bit too heavy on the fake eagle screeches, although it very much fits the overall tone of the song. This one slight annoyance, and the fact that I preferred Vox populi when it comes to Eurodance, was what made it end up at the bottom of my list, but I honestly feel bad about it – it’s still a very fun song and does what it’s doing  well. I didn’t want to rank any of these songs last!

Because the songs are so even, I couldn't even suggest what deserves to win this Saturday. It's going to all depend on performance for me. Finland are never going to do better than last year's Eurovision result, but UMK has honestly become one of the best national finals over the past few years, and I hope this is enough to keep up the qualification streak they're on.

[catboyolli]

#pssssst gif makers may we have this moment as a gif pls 🥺🙏

@theflyingfeeling i had to split it in two, but here you go! 💖

[t4llhum4n]

Ngl I half-expected him to ask Sweetie what their favorite scary movie was

[haarute]

2XKO alpha is today and i am so hoping i get a code i want to Game

[ramabear]

did some writing in discord the other day and it struck me that i could run a private discord that i kept the rough works in, sorted by channels and (if i got around to reopening it) have a patreon link for pre-reading/discussion (in other channels). it would be an interesting way to keep track of fic, to have like, active ones or inactive ones and switch between them, though i think i'd have some trouble navigating?

then again, i could use pins to keep track of chapter breaks and also i would be copying things over from discord to a document/file regularly. I've just relied on google drive for so long that switching away from it is difficult. i might set this up and see how it feels to use. see if it makes sense or not.

[thegardengrows-infrozenrain]

love seeing cool fanart from a cool artist only to have to immediately block them for dramamongering.

like okay you drew a character with your headcanons. cool. great. don't need an inflammatory likebeggar caption with 25 "kAwAiI" emojis while you rant about how no one will like them because literally everyone in the fandom hates minorities and is a "weirdo freakazoid" who will attack you for headcanons.

like you can just tell behind the screen, past the needlessly smug aura, they're just fucking SEETHING about their imaginary haters.

[penumbraphantasm]

shoutout to Perksa on youtube for like, still being probably the only person rn to upload the menu versions of all the pla battle themes. even going above and beyond to provide separate phases, thank you sooo much for your work