#grem rambles

[gremlingirlsmell]

nonbinary transfem who exclusively uses it/its pronouns: I just think we should be able to discuss transmisogyny in the queer community and how tme people can benefit from their privilege over tma people

some tme asshole: omg that's such a binarist take, you're they're such a binary trans woman. dude.

[gremnda]

Save me 5 Aces | Lifesteal SMP S3 Branzy Animatic, save me....

[cowgremlin11]

various erik doodles cus i wanna get the hang of his many masks (these are just the ones i like lol)

also i never connected the dots that a monster in paris is poto cus i watched it religiously as a child but it makes so much sense now

[gremlin-girly]

The WIP poll

I've seen a few floating about and it seemed like fun so here we are 💜 I am SO SORRY for the amount of WIPs that are here (I've not included fluffcember or some other odds and ends either)

Rules: Make a 24hr poll listing the titles of every WIP you want to work on. (It’s fine if you only have one, still make a poll for the vote count). Whichever WIP title gets the most votes, write 1 sentence for every vote received.

I'm tagging anyone who wants to be tagged and take part. This will be exciting!

[cowgremlin]

me and tumblr mobile are in a loveless marriage but we stay together for the kids (my alts)

[gremlingirlsmell]

"Don't Worry. Everyone will be revived in the Golden Land."

okay 💖

yay 💖

[gremnda]

girls be like ”i'm not in the fandom anymore!” then see a post about the duo they used to be obsessed with and lose their mind. yeajg

[cowgremlin11]

i feel emotions

[gremlin-girly]

Idc if I just finished the last fic that took me WEEKS to finish. And Idc I have 15 fics to post tomorrow...

The collection is here

[gremlingirlsmell]

transmisogynists when they see cold hard data about how underrepresented tma people are: okay but what if we fudge the data, we need to cut out "overrepresented" groups, and redefine what tma means and... voila! see? no transmisogyny, honey :)))

[gremnda]

JHHSAAHG omg actually i lied to the teachers the other day, it was a part of the english exam and we had to write a 200 word minimum essay and there was some requirements on it but honest opinion was not one of them. so i simply lied my ass off. for 250 words. it was so funny, i was actually giggling to myself the whole exam. and THEN we had a speaking exam, and the teacher started asking more personal questions so i also lied my ass off there, it was actually so much fun. i had the best time ever <3 10/10 would trick these fools again

[gremnda]

the new squiddo doodles they added to their video are soo cute 😭 <3

[cowgremlin11]

its all about the yankees, mordecai

(he wants me dead)

[gremlingirlsmell]

hearing that theres at least one member of dropout who started blocking anyone criticizing their transmisogyny in casting. is just kinda saddening. imagine seeing a minority already so small and underrepresented and instead of hearing them out you go "there's so few of them it's easier to block them all, they're trouble".

gremlin bets that this will be the only thing closest to any kind of response transfems will get. it's easier to ignore and block and paint us as demanding and whatnot. gremlin is not really a fan just sees some clips sometimes, but most these criticism come from fans who love the shows and would just love themselve represented more.

whenever ostensibly inclusive things get criticised by us, we just get ignored. when scishow was criticised for pretty bad stuff like dangerous medical misinformation. many people contacted them. they didn't even acknowledge the issue. they didn't even dismiss it. just completely ignore transfem issues and concerns.

because it's easier, 99% of tme people don't even know about these issues, so why bring it up and bring attention to it. when you can just ignore us because we're already so erased and invisibilized. people say we get too much attention, take away too much space or time, for being hypervisible. but that's only in aspect of transmisogyny. but in representation we are the least, we already take the least space and time in almost anything, even when the thing/group/show/whatever is allegedly queer and trans friendly and diverse and inclusive.

it thinks, the problem is transmisogyny is just so ingrained in people, to people not affected systematically, it just becomes invisible. unless obviously bigots shouting slurs, they just don't even know how to see it, let alone fight it. they have ingrained so much to ignore it or pretend it's not there or even argue how it's not real. because to them it's not real, because they're not affected, they think we just make up things to get mad at or something.

is infuriating, irritating and frustrating. to get dismissed so thoroughly all the fucking time

[gremlingirlsmell]

Adding some on, hope is okay!

Cadence Hira - makes video game music theory analysis videos, very in depth and can get complicated like 8-Bit-Music-Theory

pannenkoek2012 - specifically focused on Super Mario 64. Goes extremely in depth how various mechanics and code works and glitches emerging from these mechanics/glitches work.

Retro Game Mechanics Explained - goes more in depth like pannenkoek, but more broadly for retro games. Analyses and explains specifically the hardware and the assembly game code directly. Can sometimes be a bit tough to follow, but extremely fascinating.

Do you have any youtube recs for video game analysis/critique in the vein of gmtk?

I do! Well, maybe not 100% in the same vein as the very focused design analysis that GMTK does, but I follow a lot of YouTubers who do thoughtful video game analysis from various angles.

Masahiro Sakurai on Creating Games - An obligatory rec if you haven't already watched Sakurai's videos.

Errant Signal - A longtime pillar of video game video essays, Chris Franklin focuses on interpreting video games as art and critiquing how design decisions contribute to (or detract from) a game's themes and artistic goals.

Matthew Matosis - Less active these days, but he's another legend of longform, in-depth video game analysis on YouTube.

New Frame Plus - A channel about studying and appreciating video game animation from professional animator (and former host of Extra Credits) Dan Floyd. I love all of his videos, but in particular I love his series about the evolution of Final Fantasy's animation.

Video Game Animation Study - And if that's not enough video essays about game animation for you, here's another channel! I enjoyed his recent video about the animations in the Sonic Advance series, which have always been favorites of mine.

Jeremy Parish (Video Works) - I absolutely love Jeremy's chronological retrospectives on classic game console libraries that put them in their historical perspective, explaining how games of the '80s built on the design ideas of previous works and set the stage for future successors. His main focus is his ongoing retrospective on every game in the North American NES library, but he also talks about Sega and Atari releases from the same era, as well as some extremely obscure old Japanese consoles I'd never even heard of.

hotcyder - A fan of weird and quirky games, with a particular interest in exploring the burgeoning "Wario-like" scene.

8-Bit Music Theory - I will admit that half of what this guy says goes over my head as a musical plebeian, but it's still really cool to see formal music theory analysis of video game music.

Scruffy - And for something perhaps a little more digestible for a general audience, there's Scruffy's similarly good videos about video game music theory.

And that should be enough for now!

[gremnda]

watching bdubs' last life pov and him and etho are so ”live for me” & ”die for me” coded that it's insane. I'M going insane. they make me sick your honor