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Fire Force Season 3 | OFFICIAL TRAILER
FINALLY!
I can see glorious Benimaru again!
#youtube#fire force#shinra kusakabe#sho kusakabe#arthur boyle#tamaki kotatsu#benimaru shinmon#maki oze#takehisa hinawa#akitaru obi#my fic is the longest fic in FF with 240k words#good times are on the horizon
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the fact that shakespeare was a playwright is sometimes so funny to me. just the concept of the "greatest writer of the English language" being a random 450-year-old entertainer, a 16th cent pop cultural sensation (thanks in large part to puns & dirty jokes & verbiage & a long-running appeal to commoners). and his work was made to be watched not read, but in the classroom teachers just hand us his scripts and say "that's literature"
just...imagine it's 2450 A.D. and English Lit students are regularly going into 100k debt writing postdoc theses on The Simpsons screenplays. the original animation hasn't even been preserved, it's literally just scripts and the occasional SDH subtitles.txt. they've been republished more times than the Bible
#due to the Great Data Decay academics write viciously argumentative articles on which episodes aired in what order#at conferences professors have known to engage in physically violent altercations whilst debating the air date number of household viewers#90% of the couch gags have been lost and there is a billion dollar trade in counterfeit “lost copies”#serious note: i'll be honest i always assumed it was english imperialism that made shakespeare so inescapable in the 19th/20th cent#like his writing should have become obscure at the same level of his contemporaries#but british imperialists needed an ENGLISH LANGUAGE (and BRITISH) writer to venerate#and shakespeare wrote so many damn things that there was a humongous body of work just sitting there waiting to be culturally exploited...#i know it didn't happen like this but i imagine a English Parliament House Committee Member For The Education Of The Masses or something#cartoonishly stumbling over a dusty cobwebbed crate labelled the Complete Works of Shakespeare#and going 'Eureka! this shall make excellent propoganda for fabricating a national identity in a time of great social unrest.#it will be a cornerstone of our elitist educational institutions for centuries to come! long live our decaying empire!'#'what good fortune that this used to be accessible and entertaining to mainstream illiterate audience members...#..but now we can strip that away and make it a difficult & alienating foundation of a Classical Education! just like the latin language :)'#anyway maybe there's no such thing as the 'greatest writer of x language' in ANY language?#maybe there are just different styles and yes levels of expertise and skill but also a high degree of subjectivity#and variance in the way that we as individuals and members of different cultures/time periods experience any work of media#and that's okay! and should be acknowledged!!! and allow us to give ourselves permission to broaden our horizons#and explore the stories of marginalized/underappreciated creators#instead of worshiping the List of Top 10 Best (aka Most Famous) Whatevers Of All Time/A Certain Time Period#anyways things are famous for a reason and that reason has little to do with innate “value”#and much more to do with how it plays into the interests of powerful institutions motivated to influence our shared cultural narratives#so i'm not saying 'stop teaching shakespeare'. but like...maybe classrooms should stop using it as busy work that (by accident or designs)#happens to alienate a large number of students who could otherwise be engaging critically with works that feel more relevant to their world#(by merit of not being 4 centuries old or lacking necessary historical context or requiring untaught translation skills)#and yeah...MAYBE our educational institutions could spend less time/money on shakespeare critical analysis and more on...#...any of thousands of underfunded areas of literary research i literally (pun!) don't know where to begin#oh and p.s. the modern publishing world is in shambles and it would be neat if schoolwork could include modern works?#beautiful complicated socially relevant works of literature are published every year. it's not just the 'classics' that have value#and actually modern publications are probably an easier way for students to learn the basics. since lesson plans don't have to include the#important historical/cultural context many teens need for 20+ year old media (which is older than their entire lived experience fyi)
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I Saw the TV Glow is such a uniquely, devastatingly queer story. Two queer kids trapped in suburbia. Both of them sensing something isn’t quite right with their lives. Both of them knowing that wrongness could kill them. One of them getting out, trying on new names, new places, new ways of being. Trying to claw her way to fully understanding herself, trying to grasp the true reality of her existence. Succeeding. Going back to help the other, to try so desperately to rescue an old friend, to show the path forward. Being called crazy. Because, to someone who hasn’t gotten out, even trying seems crazy. Feels crazy. Looks, on the surface, like dying.
And to have that other queer kid be so terrified of the internal revolution that is accepting himself that he inadvertently stays buried. Stays in a situation that will suffocate him. Choke the life out of him. Choke the joy out of him. Have him so terrified of possibly being crazy that he, instead, lives with a repression so extreme, it quite literally is killing him. And still, still, he apologizes for it. Apologizes over and over and over, to people who don’t see him. Who never have. Who never will. Because it’s better than being crazy. Because it’s safer than digging his way out. Killing the image everyone sees to rise again as something free and true and authentic. My god. My god, this movie. It shattered me.
#i saw the tv glow#I saw the tv glow spoilers#it is SUCH a queer story#the disassociation. the hiding in fiction to feel alive.#the horror of watching time tick by and knowing you’re not who you’re meant to be#the unique paralysis of staying put in hell because it’s safer than what might be over the horizon#the tragedy of trying to help someone who isn’t ready to be helped#god it’s so much. god. rarely do I walk out of a film and just stare soundlessly into space#anyway. please see this movie. although I sort of hope if you’re reading this post it’s cuz you already have#eta: I used he because the main character never quite vocalizes another pronoun#but this is SUCH a trans story. suuuuch a trans story. it is not even a little subtle#it’s so good and so so painful
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crossing my fingers and wishing upon every star that chapter 10 finally brings us the tweel cards 🤞🤞
#art#twisted wonderland#twisted wonderland spoilers#just because of the context and what i'm about to wildly go on about#twisted wonderland episode 7 spoilers#twisted wonderland book 7 spoilers#twisted wonderland episode 7 part 9 spoilers#twisted wonderland book 7 part 9 spoilers#god i wish this turns out to be a spoiler#anyway#i think it's safe to assume at this point that the next story card will be one (or both??? 👀) of the twins#do i DARE hope#i mean chances are just as good it's gonna be jade wearing a big mushroom costume or something#but you know what i'll take that too#and as long as i'm sitting here at the corkboard for crack theories#i have noticed that vil and jamil's dreams both got their use out of their travel event backgrounds#like tapis rouge HAD to have been specifically timed to come out before vil's chapter so we would have some context for that#and look. we know who's coming up next.#so...is it possible that maybe...coral sea event is finally coming?!#are there fishboys on the horizon?!#i don't want to get my hopes up. but also i very much do#august schedule is gonna come out with two training camps and a master chef rerun and i'm gonna dissolve on the spot
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blasting your comfort album on full volume through your headphones on a bad day is a must
#yes this is about wake up sunshine#music#album#pop punk#all time low#a day to remember#blink-182#every avenue#fall out boy#green day#good charlotte#jimmy eat world#my chemical romance#mayday parade#paramore#panic! at the disco#simple plan#three days grace#black veil brides#bring me the horizon#falling in reverse
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horizon zero dawn (remastered) | thunder's drum
#horizon zero dawn#hzd#the frozen wilds#wish i had a few more to make a nicer photoset but HECK#lookit that volcano!#i'm sure my computer isn't even able to make those clouds look as good as they could but they still look pretty awesome#there's lightning in there too - i mean there was before‚ but the way it lights up the smoke/ash is intense#(if you check my “tfw scenery” tag you can see another shot of the volcano from a similar spot at a similar time#i will say i miss a lot of the color from the original game. it was so specific and recognizable...)#anyway still haven't started a new playthrough yet but i did visit one of my favorite spots :)#horizon zero dawn remastered#hzdr#hzd landscapes#tfw scenery#thunder's drum
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Horizon Forbidden West launches on PC tomorrow.
Enjoy the ride, PC gamers!
#horizon forbidden west#hfw fanart#Aloy#hfw aloy#sunwing#I wish I could erase my memory to play it like it’s the first time#and I wish I could have a good PC to be able to play it too lol
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cant believe astrobot got sylens kicking his feet in the air omg
#hes so silly#astrobot#horizon zero dawn#horizon forbidden west#hzd#hfw#sylens#hzd sylens#hzd hades#horizon#ps5#playstation#my clips#rambles#glad hes having a good time#anyway i love the horizon stuff in this game#wish we would have got more characters tho#if anyone wants i can post a clip of what the other horizon bots do too
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working on this area lately on nordsea🪴
#its been relaxing to work on this island!#im taking it slow bc i want to make something i’ll love for a long time#its both good and bad bc i do feel like i wont ever visually burn out on this island but im also not being as creative as i like to be kinda#nordsea forever island💛#acnh#animal crossing#animal crossing new horizons#new horizons#acnh island#acnh exterior#nordsea#acnh nordsea#acnh fall#acnh autumn#acnh neighborhood#acnh villager yards#acnh inspo
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#love drawing aloy hate drawing her armor 😭#horizon forbidden west#hfw#aloy#doodles#was gonna hold onto this for a couple more days but apparently its the hfw anniversary so good timing on this one#this was just a daily doodle havent drawn her in a while
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Burnt out
#initially this was meant to be something else entirely#but i wasn't really liking how it was going so I scrapped the idea and opted out for something a bit more personal#ive been really suffering from burn out for the last few years and just barely keeping my head above water#there are times where i seriously feel like ive failed in every aspect of my career#like if i were good enough i wouldn't have burnt out#i love my job and i love my trade i love every skill ive gain up until this point#but its been hard not to take it personally when all the effort you've put into honing those skills#are abused or exploited#life is difficult enough already and and time is fleeting#taking time for yourself is above all the most important thing you can do to help your work flourish#taking a break isn't failure#its health#we aren't machines despite our industries treating us as such#just waiting and hoping that itll pay off#ive certainly learned my lesson#and im looking forward to brighter horizons#and healthier more respectful ones#ill be okay ive learned how to love my art in my personal time again#but i certainly need to let my mind rest and my body to recover#these tags are lengthy anyways#unionize and dont work for nothing from large companies#be gay do drugs love your friends make art for yourself too#my art#scuttles out of here#i hope these long ass images actually show up in full resolution#i did draw them fucking TOLL as hell
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'and your points make salient sense re: the potential for romance choice'
but how can guerrila do it?
I'm assuming this is relating to my tags on a "romance choice in Horizon" post--I've posted about it myself at length before, so I won't go into too much detail here, but here's how:
while Aloy is not a blank slate character, her arc can be carried through in the same way through a romance with any host of characters, not just one
while we know your choices in Horizon don't affect the overall narrative (like the big choices in ME or DA or BG3), romance isn't in and of itself a narrative-altering choice. It might alter a side quest and a few cutscenes--exactly like the Desert Clan commander quest in HFW, so there's already precedent
GG wanted to do it in HZD but (rightly!) decided it wasn't the right time--and now clearly it is. Aloy's clearly grown in her arc, and now the devs can bring their initial ideas forward into her culminating game.
The way to do it is the same as you see it in other games. Keep the choice pool small (4 max). Conversation options and choice points, culminating in a romance scene. (much like we saw in HBS itself, fwiw.) We're talking a handful of varied dialogue and cutscenes--not worldstate-changing stuff like "cure the Genophage or don't" or "side with the Mages or the Templars." It'd be a simple mechanic to add to Aloy's story and a way to increase the player's immersion. Horizon isn't a full-on RPG, but it also isn't a linear game. It exists in a central space in which romance options still completely fit. GG is amazing at writing and changing details based on what order you do quests in, so why not this?
Hope that answers a little bit for you!!!
#should I tag this one?#sure. why not.#horizon zero dawn#horizon forbidden west#have a good day nonny!#haven't talked about this in a LONG time
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To be honest, a big part of why I dislike the fact that YR doesn’t explicitly address ableism is because I think this fandom in particular would benefit a lot from the sort of discussions a show that takes so much care with these topics could produce.
With the way people talk about Sara’s auDHD, Micke’s addiction, Kristina’s breakdown, and even August’s ED/addiction, it’s clear a lot of you view mental illnesses/disabilities as a choice someone makes or a punishment they can deserve/earn. There’s a difference between one’s disability being used as an excuse and it being a valid reason/explanation for actions the person still has to take responsibility for that few of you seem to recognize or care about, and treating these characters’ disabilities and mental illnesses like something they earned/deserved bc of something they did implies very harmful beliefs about real disabled people.
On top of those implications, the only disabled/mentally ill character people treat with nuance and care is Wille, the main character who gets all the excuses/explanations. To a disabled person (i.e. me), it appears that some of you refuse to care about/empathize with disabled people on your own. Instead, you view us as morally bad and alien at the first sign of symptoms, and you only change your mind when an explanation you deem satisfactory makes us palatable or relatable to you. Since it's currently Disability Awareness/Pride Month, it's a good time for some of you to learn how to see both us as people and our disability without lengthy justification or respectability politics.
#shimmer's thoughts#young royals#sara eriksson#prince wilhelm#august horn#queen kristina#micke eriksson#also these two things are probably related#bc if you view disabilities as things a person earns by being bad in some way#it makes a lot of sense that when you see a disabled person you default to demonizing them#now i'm not very good at talking about this kinda thing off the cuff but i think sara and i have similar styles of autism#or at least i interpret her that way#so maybe i can go into detail about why i think she is the way i think she is to help people broaden their horizons#and consider disabled perspectives and stuff#i already have posts about her and i will also answer asks as long as they're not the shitty ones i get every time i talk about her#edit: when i queued this i thought i would have rewatched the show by now. whoops#gimme like a week
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You know, finally taking the time to play through Horizon Forbidden West properly and not rushing through made me appreciate a lot of things more. But also made me real sad about some parts, ie missed potential.
Playing slowly through HFW made me appreciate the Gaia Gang even more, but it also made me jealous, because the gang in itself, esp the Varl-Zo-Erend triad, feels a lot closer to each other than to Aloy, so, to me.
I mean, I GET IT. Aloy is out there, running around saving the world while the others are hauled up together, studying, so they get to spend a lot of time together.
I just find it sad cos I wanna feel that connection between them and Aloy as well. Esp cos we see how much Aloy learns to value these bonds over the game and there's just, kind of a disconnect.
I know it would be hard to integrate it well. Guerilla cant make us go back to the Base constantly. I would have loved though if your companions could call you throughout the game just for small chats. They already do that to notify you of available Sidequests, I wish they would have done that for random chats too. Like, just make it an optional function, and they can only contact you when youre not in settlements or fights. If you happen to enter either of them during the call just make Aloy say "Gotta go, sry!".
I just wish we got to talk more to them. Heck, just put some of the Companion or Training voicelines as those optional overworld chats. Not only would Aloy not feel as disconnected from the group, we could also learn more about our friends and actually bond with them organically than just rushing through all available convo options after Main Quests.
TLDR, I love the Gaia gang but Im sad I dont feel as close to them as they feel to each other, and I wish we had more opportunities to spend time with them.
#horizon zero dawn#horizon forbidden west#hud#hfw#thoughts#ramble#gaia gang#i love them all a lot#i want more time with them#this came from listening to zo and erend between the Gemini and Singularity Quest#they feel so close now#Erend is so careful with her#and Zo sees his strenghts and points them out#even Alva and Kotallo talk rly highly about each other#i wanted to feel connected to them#have a good time#like the drink scene with erend!#just give Aloy a moment to bond!!!
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Another pen piece!!
#i wanted to do aloy on a machine for some time i figured itd be a good one to do with a pen#aloy#hzd#horizon zero dawn#hfw
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I'll stop buying concert tickets when I'm dead
#music#concerts#pop punk#all time low#a day to remember#blink-182#beartooth#bring me the horizon#black veil brides#every avenue#fall out boy#falling in reverse#forever the sickest kids#green day#good charlotte#bowling for soup#hey monday#mayday parade#my chemical romance#panic! at the disco#simple plan#the story so far#neck deep#three days grace
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