#i hope this doesn't blow up

[corvidivus]

I realized I probably shouldn't hop on a post and just will make my own little vent about CGI.

I'm real sick of people shitting on CGI just for the sake of it. It's giving Luddite tbqh.

You guys know that CGI is still painstakingly made by artists, right? It's an exploited industry rife with abuse full of people who care about their craft.

Like, look, I get it, I like shitting on it too- I also like practical effects a lot! Both would be fantastic!

But I also know people in the VFX industry are exhausted from being belittled and invalidated on all sides when they work really fucking hard and make a lot of genuinely amazing things.

I don't want to make anyone feel like shit for enjoying a joke or having a laugh, and I certainly don't want to dismiss legit frustrations with the industry.

But can we like give artists a little bit of a break? Could we stop feeling so entitled and arrogant towards these people? It's hard enough for artists as is.

[seriweewaa]

I hate arriving to fandoms late cause I'm sitting over here dusting off posts from 2022 and screaming about them 2.5 years later feeling like this

[lilpandrea]

You know what's sad? I bet if the opposite happened in which Dorian threw Orym's husband and father's death straight to his face like that, much more of the fandom would've been enraged. Tbh as someone who is a Dorian fan first before a Dorym shipper, some of the reactions to this interaction in the episode has been so frustrating. The downplaying, the invalidating, the hypocrisy of how Laudna/Orym fans are allowed to feel indignant for things because of their favorite character's trauma, but Dorian fans are being too much. (Props to those who have been actually objective and/or are excited to see where these two flawed characters go from here).

Now, as a Dorym shipper it really sucks to see Dorian come back, do many things for Orym: gave all (what happened to the money they got from the heist?) his money for the armor, reassured Orym before Swordgate happened, stood by Orym during Swordgate, gave Orym a piggyback ride (he wanted to princess carry gdi lol), saved Orym's life twice in one fight...only to have Orym throw his brother's death to his face like that...sure it's nice when a ship has complications but really? When his brother just died not too long ago??? Please don't compare this to Imodna divorce arcs, it's not the same. Oh gosh and then Dorian checking out of the conversation afterwards.

God, if his parents are in Vasselheim right now and sees him in gold too would that be his final breaking point until it all finally comes out? (I would love it if Robbie is waiting for the perfect moment for Dorian to finally boil over. Give me that tasteful angst)

No, Dorian Storm isn't stupid and needs to be re-educated, he is a complex character like the others and has his own reasons for thinking certain ways, just because you don't like or agree with his opinions doesn't make him a suddenly bad character, he is his own character and isn't there to prop up another character, he isn't the team's therapist, just because Robbie is newer to d&d than the others doesn't mean he doesn't know what to do with his character, Dorian didn't have to tell all the details of his brother's death for Orym to not throw it to his face like that...

Anyways, kudos to anyone who even reads this since it could've been organized better and written more eloquently but it was a frustrating itch that wouldn't go away until I threw it all up 😅 (and no, I don't hate Orym, I get it, just frustrated w/ fandom reactions)

[quesadilla-day]

I heard the next Version will have an Onsen Event. In this essay I will-

(Extra Silly Version Under the Cut)

[maranull]

there is something pretty neat about this

also hi, ED screenshots dump:

flying just below or just above planetary rings is always really cool

on a moon almost 10k ly away from Earth but somehow still giving arctic vibes

black hole inside a nebula, derelict tourist megaship and two other nebulas breaking through the blue-purple veil. extremely nice location

and a mountain at my current resting place ✌

[kitthenameless]

Do you think I have enough explosives? 😅

[starocide]

Trying to get myself to draw again, so I sketched Dizzy's new design.

[bredforloyalty]

doing my hair for 35 minutes and crying hysterically

[duusheen]

Nothing like the fresh country air and his hat 🎶

anon, you're a genious.

[charlietheepicwriter7]

thinking about a star wars au where, when luke skywalker asks if obi-wan knew his father, obi-wan responded that he didn't, but he did know luke's mother.

[heayn]

quentin tarantino and zack snyder did near irreparable damage to how the general public sees superman and it just makes me

[demodraws0606]

I don't talk about serious stuff like this usually but I do wanna say something since I primarly watch cc!BBH's POV on the QSMP.

His entire response to the grooming allegations while disappointing and definitely stressful, is not something that will stop me from engaging in his content (of course unless the situation escalates to a certain level).

As much as I wish Dream would just shut his trap and people would just turn his back on him already, it's not fair or realistic to expect people who have been friends with him for years to just stop believing him.

It's just an unfortunate shitty situation but I'd rather target my frustration towards the groomer rather than the potential friends he lied to.

It also is made infinitly worse by the fact that people like BBH and others (Sapnap, Skeppy, etc...) have been hit with actual fake allegations which ends up muddying the waters even more.

[rebornofstars]

lord grant me the naivete to dream of something impossible and the delusion to try it anyway 🥳

[unproduciblesmackdown]

"...my one year anniversary being on testosterone!!! I had a vision of capturing my total gender euphoria [...] My trans and nonbinary body is divine I honor my body as it is now, and as it will be as I continue to become more and more myself..."

[immobiliter]

so it's still me vs. trying not to rush the amphoreus quest because i'm enjoying it so much while desperately wanting them to show me herta already, but i stumbled upon this section (among other highlights) of one of her character stories last night and i can confidently say that yes, i will be adding her to this blog

[imposterpuppet]

The conversation you can have with Ortega in regards to the sexual abuse Sidestep can (optionally) have experienced is genuinely haunting to me when you think about the implications of what's said here