#here lies: you

[x-tempura-x]

"thing" gets happy with mc holding hands. Probably hides pics of mc and smiles in true form?

He won’t admit that he gets just a little bit flustered when you ask to hold his hand, but he’s definitely happy about it!

As for keeping these moments with you memorialized, majoring in photography has its perks.

[samble-moved]

post itself

false flags

trans/adjacent tags

accessibility features

tumblr live post (thanks for the link, @problemnyatic)

flashing / strobing / lights

unblockable flashing ad

buying ad free

staff @/macmanx guilt trip

list of staff + more issues

[forgettable-au]

END OF CHAPTER ONE

FORGETTABLE-AU (Page 65-72)

* Time to put this puzzle together.

[BEGINNING] [PREVIOUS] [CONTINUE]

[gimbapchefs]

butterflies...BUTTERFLIES?! 🦋

[inkskinned]

the thing is there's like, a point of oversaturation for everything, and it's why so many things get dropped after a few minutes. and we act like millennials or gen z kids "have short attention spans" but... that's not quite it. it's more like - we did like it. you just ruined it.

capitalism sees product A having moderate success, and then everything has to come out with their "own version" of product A (which is often exactly the same). and they dump extreme amounts of money and environmental waste into each horrible simulacrum they trot out each season.

now it's not just tiktokkers making videos; it's that instagram and even fucking tumblr both think you want live feeds and video-first programming. and it helps them, because videos are easier to sneak native ads into. the books coming out all have to have 78 buzzwords in them for SEO, or otherwise they don't get published. they are making a live-action remake of moana. i haven't googled it, but there's probably another marvel or starwars something coming out, no matter when you're reading this post.

and we are like "hi, this clone of project A completely misses the point of the original. it is soulless and colorless and miserable." and the company nods and says "yes totally. here is a different clone, but special." and we look at clone 2 and we say "nope, this one is still flat and bad, y'all" and they're like "no, totally, we hear you," and then they make another clone but this time it's, like, a joyless prequel. and by the time they've successfully rolled out "clone 89", the market is incredibly oversaturated, and the consumer is blamed because the company isn't turning a profit.

and like - take even something digital like the tumblr "live streaming" function i just mentioned. that has to take up server space and some amount of carbon footprint; just so this brokenass blue hellsite can roll out a feature that literally none of its userbase actually wants. the thing that's the kicker here: even something that doesn't have a physical production plant still impacts the environment.

and it all just feels like it's rolling out of control because like, you watch companies pour hundreds of thousands of dollars into a remake of a remake of something nobody wants anymore and you're like, not able to afford eggs anymore. and you tell the company that really what you want is a good story about survival and they say "okay so you mean a YA white protagonist has some kind of 'spicy' love triangle" and you're like - hey man i think you're misunderstanding the point of storytelling but they've already printed 76 versions of "city of blood and magic" and "queen of diamond rule" and spent literally millions of dollars on the movie "Candy Crush Killer: Coming to Eat You".

it's like being stuck in a room with a clown that keeps telling the same joke over and over but it's worse every time. and that would be fine but he keeps fucking charging you 6.99. and you keep being like "no, i know it made me laugh the first time, but that's because it was different and new" and the clown is just aggressively sitting there saying "well! plenty of people like my jokes! the reason you're bored of this is because maybe there's something wrong with you!"

[tls123]

— who can fully understand a person?

[sidras-tak]

Reporting this to the unaware masses lmao: Thailand released the first episode of a moderately-highly-anticipated BL today, about professional racers, and revealed (with absolutely zero hint of it in any trailers and marketing) that it is set in the omegaverse. And the main relationship is Alpha/Alpha.

[lunacias]

but we'll never be rid of each other

[ca-3]

something something, maybe Sumi shouldn't have been in P5S 😔💔 /hj

Collection of Sapporo based comics that spawned goofy doodles too... because people's twt comments make me laugh

[laniidae-passerine]

There’s a very easy way to get around the fact that Assad is unable to pass for a teeenager if the show wants to adapt TVA and that’s to rely on the theme of unreliable narration. Armand begins retelling his history and according to him, he looked like he was in his early adulthood. No older than twenty four, for sure, but also not any younger than twenty. And then, just when the audience has bought it, just when this version of events has been presented as the truth for long enough, someone questions it. Asks if he really looked like that. Asks if he’s being honest with himself. And for the briefest moment, we flashback to Amadeo, the age he was when Marius first saw him. Beaten, shackled, afraid. And undeniably a child.

[xxplastic-cubexx]

what kind of underwear do you think Erik and Charles wear (i'm not asking this to see them half naked) ((please believe me)) (((PLEASE)))

My Personal Belief is charles is a briefs guy while erik's a trunks guy. trunks/briefs kinda couple because i can

and idk just a lil bonus or somethin. as i do.

[x-tempura-x]

Some concept sketches of Thing in his human form!

This is the form he’ll be seen in the most, still trying to think of a proper story for him and the scenarios of which the player/reader will get to see his other form, which looks like this.

Thing is something I ramble on about a lot, so I hope I can do something big with him

[bunabi]

Davrin is my favourite character, so im kinda scared to ask, but what Assan comment? (Sorry in case you dont want to discuss it more, feel free to ignore the ask :))

dav spoilers

You have a choice to sacrifice Davrin or Harding during a quest. If Davrin dies, Assan dies with him.

I've known about this for over a month but I've been waiting to hear the dev's intent for this choice before deciding how I felt about it. :(

Fans are more bummed by a bird's death than Davrin's. The devs can't control that. But the fact they knew this would be the case, that they went in that direction regardless and purposefully, makes me so frustrated.

It's not just the optics of an animal giving the black companion's death emotional weight. It's Veilguard's approach to stakes and attachment and consequence as a whole.

The writing feels so impatient, like it's rushing to get to the good part already. Sticking wholesome companions in cozy situations to endear them. Killing the cute griffin for guaranteed feels. It's constantly taking the easy way out.

They played it so safe it feels dispassionate. Disinterested in complexity, disinterested in giving characters faults and biases and fears that are messy but resonate. Interested in having beloved companions and big moments, but not in the build-up to get there.

It's not just that Davrin and Assan are a package deal death. It's how cheap and uninspired it feels.

I feel so torn to have to say all this. And on DA Day no less. A day so magical templars are forcing it into the Circle. But the writing in Veilguard is so polarizing for me. I get that there were many many internal issues that led to this. A shortage of time and manpower to lore check. But some things I just can't rationalize.

It's just a game etc etc but I'm so in love with Dragon Age I can't help but mourn a little. Sorry I kind of just unloaded the yap clip lol I'm done.

[rythyme]

is anyone gonna tell f1 tumblr that the first ever live action omegaverse show is a sports drama about gay racecar drivers. because that feels like something they'd want to know.

[reality-detective]

We ARE the "de" in populate. 🤔

[demaparbat-hp]

Oh, Lala...