#connosieur

[vypridae]

HI!!! Sorry this might get long but I need read your thoughts on this 💕💕💕

Ok so u probably have seen Viv confirming that Vox and Val are at this point in the story not actually dating, right? I already sorta assumed that because Velvette called Valentino Vox’s boytoy kind of implies they’re closer to being fuckbuddies than being a couple, BUT WHAT I CANNOT HELP IS WONDERING IF THEY WILL ACTUALLY START DATING EVENTUALLY!!!

Because Viv did specify “at this point in the story” (tho arguably she was talking more about how the characters currently are and less about their relationship, but still) so it definitely doesn’t close the door for a future possible relationship.

Like I am conflicted because VoxVal is the only toxic relationship I can bring myself to enjoy in media because they’re BOTH just so goddamn awful. They lack this power imbalance and there is no actual victim like how there is with Angel and Val, but for some reason my brain always imagines how nice it would be if Vox and Val actually like fell in love FOR REAL and became more healthy?? Almost?? And thats just so stupid because why do I want that so badly???

Pls tell me your thoughts I’m actually super curious!

OUGHGH NO BECAUSE EXATCLY !!!! since they're just in a fwb-esque relationship, theyre still in a relationship, and i feel like her wanting to progress the characters could mean that goes further than just fwb!! theyre already close, we can see that (i mean fuckers literally made out at the end of ep 8), and i can imagine that gets to a point thats not just sexual anymore

also viv specifying that "at least in this point of the story" and because she says she's excited to get into their relationship, makes me feel like something more is gonna happen between them (WHICH I REALLY HOPE IT DOES)

but for now they're just two fuck buddies with a lesbian bestie thats going Fucking insane over them 99% of the time

ALSO UR SO RIGHT IN THE LAST PARAGRAPH. theyre so awful and toxic but not to each OTHER. they have an almost equal power balance and that could make them a lot healthier than you'd literally ever think they could be . which is SO something i want

[garyfischy]

webcomics screenshot compilation (2001/2006/2011)

'war on terror' / 'trans day of remembrance' / 'Stop Online Piracy Act'

[unprocione]

since everybody else is posting you cant tell me leon control issues kennedy wouldnt be into chastity belts. he owns at least three in different styles.

[circuitousmoths]

Turning a friend into a furry by spritzing them with water when they post anime girls with cat ears and giving them delicious steak when they post actual furries.

[monmuses]

"Okami-kun, Okami-kun!" and she's happily plopped down near him. "So I went to this really awesome place to eat, but I ordered way too much. Do you want some?" and the reaper lady is offering Death part of a rather large sirloin steak

UNPROMPTED ASKS - Always Accepting!

     The big wolf had a sickle in one hand, wiping it with a cloth in the meantime before perking his ears up to Botan’s voice, sniffing the air. It was a freshly cooked sirloin steak that was presented in front of him. He was a little hungry... and he couldn’t help but lean in for a bite. Human food was quite delicious, after all.

     A lick of his lips was given, eating up the part of the steak in his jaws. “Delicious,” he purred with a smile. “Thank you for that bite, cariño. If you were leaving to lunch, I would have come with you myself. Where is this place, anyway?”

[ofglories]

He's made his favorite kind of bread today. A loaf filled with chopped walnuts and dried berries. The perfect companion for honey and tea.

[cacaitos]

i still dont like the godfather 3.

[catlokis-blog]

Oh hey speaking of gubby I found this fic and thought of you https://archiveofourown.org/works/44086743 It’s kinda meh? Author has wiggle room to grow and do research next time but it is gubby!

this was actually written by someone i know!! you can see me in the comments and i did rag on them a little in call for the inconsistencies in escape rooms do not fear

[petrichorium]

Are the “thickest juiciest thighs” you’ve ever seen in the room with us now

Men r so lame I’ve been subjected to so many comments for a month straight about how thick topaz’s thighs are and meanwhile she literally has like a three inch thigh gap 😒 get real

[mephitidae]

Literally best day ever for me (Moon connosieur and chimera fan) Don't know if I'm going to add her to the chimera list yet but here she is, my beloved!

[mappapapa]

Made a community for old man uke connosieurs, come share your favorite old man (gender neutral) bottom 👴🍑❤️

[huevobuevo]

Whoops

hello generation loss enjoyers. it has been several months since the release of ranboos project, how have yall been? im going to be insane.

Many folks have known me as the lminal space connosieur, dead malls and fucked up houses in particular being my strongsuit for both their sex appeal and the amount of symbolism they can all hold.

Watching Gen Loss with my friends through a hostage situation was a wonderful experience! upon the reveal of the Showfall Media offices being inside a rented out mall, there was a split second where I was a bit unamused at the lack of effort put into integrating the mall's architecture into the studio's office. There were only a few empty stores being used with at the bare minimum some chairs and desks, half the mall was still closed, the mini maps stands were still up, and the food court's usage as the streamers hub was very just. like. thats a whole ass food court. without the people walking around the only way to actually know what the hel this was being used for was the giant white banner that just said showfall media like a fraternity's house claiming its territory.

But then, as the episode 2 closed out, almost instantly it hit me why. why the mall was still a mall, why there was little to no integration for the set- it was on purpose. it was supposed to just be a studio crammed inside a mall. a dead mall, to be precise.

first lets get into the anatomy of what makes a dead mall dead. Around the 1980's a rise in popularity of the commercial supermalls began to spread, the american consumerist dream was rampant with a greater demand of fast fashion, merchandise, and all kinds of strange trinkets for the average american to waste their money on. It was capitalism's wettest dream, but as the years went on there came a steady decline in popularity. Sometimes the competing businesses ended up putting each other out of stock, maybe the trends began dying off, and in certain areas consistent crime rates drove away costumers.

Then in the mid 2000's the stock market crash ended up pushing several people into poverty, the lower class unable to afford the luxury goods offered at shopping centers. Then online shopping took society in a deathgrip, further pushing away the desire for in-public purchasing. Brands took notice and began selling online-exclusive products. In the late 2010's the sightings of several "dead malls" were on an alltime high, some being left to rot while others were demolished all together in favor of empty concrete spaces.

Corporate response to this was one of two things; continously invest in the "Anchor Stores" (big chain stores like Macys or Forever 21 that brought in more customers, usually stationed at the ends of the mall). Meanwhile the smaller businesses inside would be shut down one by one to save costs, until eventually the anchor stores themselves would be forced to leave. Sometimes the Anchor Stores would leave beforehand, not wanting to waste money investing in a deadend location. the decline is faster, the mall rots quicker. The company sells the lot to the biggest buyer and destroys what little remains.

Then there are times where the mall itself is sold off to another bigger company, in hopes of more funds to rejuvenate the center. Majority of the time the mall will enter a large reconstruction designed to look more appealing, mor modern. In actually, the personality of the malls architecture is stripped like the skin of prey. The colors and vibrant shapes of the late 1900’s, the waterfalls with rocky beds and marbled beige tiles, all replaced in favor of sharp black on white edge and stainless steel fencing. The occasional shrub here or there, maintained by automation. Lights too bright, all glimmer, all space. Sometimes it works, sometimes the mall is reborn as the pinnacle of luxury again! Sometimes it rots in shiny chrome, a corpse dragged along in the hopes of attracting attention. All it does is stink and bloat, a miserable display.

I hope you begin to catch what im saying.

In Generation Loss, the Showfield Social Experiments are commentary on streamer culture and the damaging relationship between a content creator & their platform. Visualized by Ranboo being pushed into dangerous scenarios for the sake of entertainment, their disposable friends forced into the flat archetypes the fandoms have labeled them as.

They were all vibrant young folks once, bright with personality and that raw humanity filled with flaws and voice cracks. Shitty microphones and inconsistent uploads, some were barely finishing high school. Then they became big, almost too big. They were characters now, and just like Ranboo’s teammates the perception of them as humans were dumbed down to memorable trademarks. Streamers and Content Creators alike had to be marketable now, and when the time comes where they lost their popularity sometimes they sign off to groups and organizations to help boost them up again. They are stripped of their rawness again. Theres a reason their artforms are called “content”.

So it makes sense that Showfall Media, the personification of the content creators downfall, would do the same to a Mall. The corpse of the center is repurposed loosely to fit the studios purpose. It is empty, it is hollow, it is dead. Low costs, big risks- just like Gen Loss Ranboo.

basically

Content Creators are Dead Malls.

[juney-blues]

stupid idiot wand connosieur won't know what fuckin hit it

[froody]

do you watch the dollars trilogy on VHS or DVD or blu ray or streaming or pirated or what. i'm asking you, as a professional cowboy movie connosieur, so i can watch it in the correct format which appears to be "on MeTV at 2 am" but i will take other options

Ideal format is definitely DVD as these movies have insanely good cinematography. Like these are masterpieces. Like I watch a lot of bullshit movies really bad westerns that don’t need to be viewed in HD but I would love to see this trilogy on a widescreen TV with surround sound.

But I’m a broke bitch so I watch the Dollars trilogy for free on archive.org. and you can too, here are the links.

A Fistful of Dollars

For a Few Dollars More

The Good, the Bad & the Ugly

[vonlipvig]

the cuntistry was off the charts!!!

saw v time YIPPEE!!!!

[johnslittlespoon]

HWLLO. pls as dogcoded!bucky connosieur . pls walk w me. timeloop au bucky where gale has to die in his arms again and again

timeloop anyt cleven ... i need more ppl to rot w

my buddy my pal... i'd actually rather take a nap in a cement mixer xx

WSHDGH KIDDING fine i'll walk with you on one condition (on my end): eventual happy ending, even if it's very drawn out </3 sometimes i can handle mcd but atm if it ain't canonical i am avoiding it like the Plague sry to be boring lmaoo

i haven't written/read timeloop aus so i'm not sure what the usual 'rules' or like tropes are but what about a good old classic 'john's in love with gale but gale dies in john's arms over and over again until john figures out how to make gale fall in love with him too.' and john never knows if he's succeeded or not until gale. yk. dies. and he realizes he's failed. :(

idk if the timeloop vibe ur feeling is one where they wake up in the morning and the same day replays? or if we're talking like, multiple universes and in every universe john has to live out his full life and he loses gale, then john eventually dies and jumps to the next timeloop, rinse and repeat until he gets it right in one of them, and his memory of each life either does or doesn't carry over to the next? and if it's the latter, is it the same era/setting etc in each timeloop, just jumping a universe over? or is it a different era in each timeloop, like in one they're in wwII, in another it's some modern coffee shop au, in another they're in medieval times loll so many questions >:)

curious to hear yours/others thoughts and input bc i feel like i'm not super creative when it comes to more like 'fantasy'(?) based aus!! but there's gotta be some good tropes for timeloops out there, i feel like there's so many ways an au like this could be twisted :-) (also u are always welcome to rot w me, i'm terrible at responding to msgs consistently but i'm always so down to yap together SJDKG)