#commercial interests

[sheltiechicago]

Sunil Gupta’s images of 80s Pride marches feature cowboys, cops in drag and only a few famous names. They recall a joyous time before corporate interests moved in

[narrative-theory]

Trump and the Threat to America's Forests and Nature Reserves: Trump has issued an Emergency Order to freely cut down trees in America's forests and nature reserves. This is almost certainly illegal, and is in contravention of the Endangered Species Act. This will lead to several species being permanently wiped out. It is clear that Trump prioritizes commercial interests at the expense of the environment.

[deerspherestudios]

Have you ever thought about doing a makeship campaign to make a Michael plush toy?🧸🍄🥺

I have, actually! Though unfortunately they've rejected my application since there wasn't enough traction to warrant a plushie 💦 I can't remember but I think it was after Day 2 or Day 3 last year?

That's when I decided I'll make the merch myself, since people keep asking, plus it'd be great financial support for me to continue making my games.

I'm determined to make them as quality as possible hence my process involving original designs and prototypes, so hang tight!

[front-facing-pokemon]

[blueskittlesart]

*sigh* thoughts on Nintendo's botw/totk timeline shenanigans and tomfoolery?

tbh. my maybe-unpopular opinion is that the timeline is only important when a game's place on the timeline seriously informs the way their narrative progresses. the problem is that before botw we almost NEVER got games where it didn't matter. it matters for skyward sword because it's the beginning, and it matters for tp/ww/alttp (and their respective sequels) because the choices the hero of time makes explicitly inform the narrative of those games in one way or another. it matters which timeline we're in for those games because these cycles we're seeing are close enough to oot's cycle that they're still feeling the effects of his choices. botw, however, takes place at minimum 10 thousand years after oot, so its place on the timeline actually functionally means nothing. botw is completely divorced from the hero of time & his story, so what he does is a nonissue in the context of botw link and zelda's story. thus, which timeline botw happens in is a nonissue. honestly I kind of liked the idea that it happened in all of them. i think there's a cool idea of inevitability that can be played with there. but the point is that the timeline exists to enhance and fill in the lore of games that need it, and botw/totk don't really need it because the devs finally realized they could make a game without the hero of time in it.

[animatedjen]

Have you ever used a young Cal mod? Recently I got interested in the idea of seeing what Fallen Order would look like if Cal’s model was that of his Padawan self from the flashback, but I found that barely anyone has used this mod (or anything like it) before

Also, this is random but I just really like your photos!! You’re doing a great job on them and you’ve really opened my eyes to just how much the Jedi games have going on visually that I didn’t even notice whilst the gameplay was engaging you in parkour and fights. It really is stunning!

Now I'm thinking about tiny Cal on Bracca 😭

I haven't seen a Fallen Order mod that swaps Cal out for his younger Padawan model. If you have one anon, please send it! I'm just a photographer (not a modder) and that isn't something I know how to make (yet)

And thank you! The Jedi games are beautiful, and it's all thanks to the talented modelers, texture artists, and lighting artists who brought their visuals to life. Parkour fights and gameplay are definitely the main focus! But I love how much detail is in every corner of these environments, and photomode is such a fun way to explore it :)

[wild-joker-out-pleasures]

BOXING BOOTS, JAN?! 👀

No seriously Jan, explain yourself. What on earth are thoooooose? Explain the boxing boots. 🤨

(Does Jan have a collection of interesting boots that have soles with different weights…to step on Bojan with?)

[egophiliac]

have you seen the reveal for kamen rider gavv yet? i've fallen in love with him, he looks so great. not to mention that he doesn't have an overt animal motif this time, i've been missing having a non-animal themed main rider since zi-o. and it's just funny trying to see people guess what animal he could possibly be (i've seen rabbit, cat, jackal, and kangaroo so far).

YEAH he's so purple and shiny! 💜🧡💜 I love candy themes/aesthetic and I'm SO jazzed to see a whole series based around that; really looking forward to the trailer/press conference in like. a month. :') though I had assumed he was supposed to be reminiscent of a...cutely-rounded gummy beetle or something, because Rider? they look more like horns than ears to me at least!

oh my god I REALLY need to catch up on Gotchard

[welcome-to-green-hills]

Hi Mystery! A question popped up in a discord server I'm in, and I figured I'd try asking you: A lotta fandoms have a “you really had to be there” moment. Like a point in the franchise's life that can never be replicated. Are there any moments like that you know about in Sonic?

Hey Darlin’❤️✨

Woof! This is really gonna show my age (I’ve been a fan for 21 years. I’m 25yrs for a few more days before my birthday) with this ask. I’ll do one negative and one positive.

For the negative, it had to be the Sonic Boom reveal. This was when I first tried to engage with the Sonic fandom online (both Tumblr and Twitter). I remember this being a complete shit show. Like… people leaving the fandom and engaging in fights with one another over the designs.

For the positive, it was Sonic Colors. It was hyped up for a while since it was new. Then it was made fun of for the jokes and the very, very high pitched voice acting of Roger. I think it calmed down after Lost World came out and people started liking it. “Like.” Not “love.” I was 11yrs old when Sonic Colors came out.

I can time jump here and there with this answer, right? I hope so. 👉🥹👈

I remember when Sonic Unleashed was announced. There was still some hype and question for Unleashed. And it was the same criticisms that you have today: the day stages are fun, the night stages are tedious. I think that fans are kinder to it now. That was the game that I BEGGED my mom to have when it was announced in 2007. I didn’t get it until a few years later and drowned myself in that game. It’s my favorite!

There was also Sonic Forces. That went over like a fart in church for the fandom. Such a shame, too. I can appreciate the concept and the goal that it was trying to accomplish immensely. I think that it could have been a great game if it sat on the back burner a bit more.

The 2019 Sonic 1 trailer before the redesign…

I’m sure that there’s more that I’m not thinking of, but these were the ones that instantly popped into my head. If I think of more I’ll reblog😊

[unfinishedsweaters]

[jaubaius]

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[s0fter-sin]

they really 50/50’d the thunderbolts with characters i like and characters i couldn’t give less of a shit about

[nogoodnikolai]

i think thats why attempts to create a modern universal monster universe fail. theyre spending all their time creating new individual origin stories. buddy, you don't need to explain dracula to the general public, they get it! skip the leg work and make him fight the invisible man

[twilight-good-yall-dumb]

guys I might actually pay attention to the super bowl this year purely for the chance of spotting Louis in the crowd.

[samskaterguy]

Lips, in the Spotify video is revealed to be former? Current? AT SOME POINT, he taught nursery school, which according to a Google search that took about five seconds, is basically preschool (aka kids between the ages of 3 to about 5)

SO, Electric Mayhem AU where the band actually met Lips like WAY sooner all because he was Animal’s preschool teacher. They find out he can play the trumpet and they’re like

Floyd: Quit your job.

Lips: Why?

Dr. Teeth: Join our band.

Lips: Well okay. 

[sweetest-honeybee]

Ya know, I’m out here reworking my commissions so I can open them at some point and there’s this whole document I made for terms and conditions and whatnot and it’s all fancy and the new sheet looks nice and I’m very proud

But genuinely on the other hand I can and will draw some insane shit if you pay me enough 😂