#i thought that i heard you large

[shoku-and-awe]

Good evening, everyone! Let's banish our Sunday Scaries with Day 7 on the advent calendar of THE LATEST LITERACY WALLCHART FOR CHILDREN. And, not to oversell it or anything, but it's a good one. A really good one, actually. I think I might make you scroll for it.

I am aware you haven't seen every fact yet, but let me assure you that this cabbage fact specifically has been commented on by *everyone* who has ever visited THE LATEST LITERACY WALLCHART FOR CHILDREN. It is so poetic and resonant and pleasant on the tongue. Almost meditative.

"so large the cabbage is." I wouldn't want to diminish it with excess chatter, so let's just leave it there. I've already said too much. I haven't said enough.

[literallyjusttoa]

Left this abandoned in the drafts (which is a bit ironic) but it's a spin on this post, where instead of Apollo just being locked in some room on Olympus somewhere, he's bound to the ruins of an abandoned Ancient Greek city. Maybe somewhere near Delphi, maybe Troy, idk.

[shalom-iamcominghome]

Converting-in-a-small-towncore:

-Getting stopped in the middle of the street or store

-Everyone talks about you behind your back (and you only find out when your goyish friends/family mention it)

-Closest shul is at minimum forty miles away

-The closest place for conversion is another one hundred miles away

-It's not unlikely you're the only one like you in the whole town

-Where is the kosher section.

-Having to sacrifice aspects of practice that literally can't be done because of where you live and learning how to accept that

-You're going to be so happy regardless, relishing in the offline, yet equally tiny jewish community you've found

[kindahoping4forever]

Ash IG Story

[britneyshakespeare]

i can't believe how much this company apparently does not want my money

[anghraine]

I was backing up some old Tumblr posts, and ran over one that was babbling excitedly about the original Divinity: Original Sin and what an interesting job Larian (whom I otherwise didn't know) had done with it and how fun it was.

And not to be all "I liked them before it was cool," but it was kind of heartwarming to read something from before I had any idea what was coming down the pipe with D:OS2 and BG3.

[quilleth]

texture and makeup for the ask game :3

Texture: Does your OC favor any specific kinds of cloth or textures? Is there anything they can't wear or don't like? What sort of fabrics do they prefer?

Vanora generally wears and prefers light, airy fabrics that are good for hot, humid climates like on Elo. Linen and other plant based fibers especially. She might have something special from silk, but that's a BIG might, depending on what was available and if she was successful at saving up for it xD Probably something small though. She doesn't like anything too stiff or restrictive feeling, so she wouldn't like taffeta, and she's cranky about needing to wear boots and close toed shoes in the Empire xD She does like velvet though; she'll give the Empire that one.

Makeup: Does your OC wear makeup? How often? What kind? Why do they wear makeup, and do they like it?

Sometimes! She doesn't generally wear a full face of makeup, but she'll wear eyeliner or eye shadow on occasion and for fun. Often it's a basic black kohl, but she likes brightly colored ones if she can find them (especially pink). She thinks it's fun and cute, and she likes fun, cute things and also eyeliner sharp enough to kill a man. If she had it, she might wear a bit of blush or lip tint too, but that doesn't cross her mind often enough to bother with searching for it.

[jikigo]

you ever just see a post and just

. 😭

.⬅️🫀⬅️

[fructidors]

standing directly in front of (under?) john during the spontaneous unplugged performance of memories due to technical difficulties from this show was honest to god one of the top 10 musical moments of my entire life. the moment at the very end when the sound kicks back in just as he hits the final chorus? i genuinely think i understand what it felt like to be in the crowd at the newport folk in 64 when dylan went electric

[lightblueminecraftorchid]

Not nonbinary as in “third distinct gender” or “lack of gender”, nonbinary as in “pressure’s off; I don’t have to label whatever the fuck is going on in there”

[acollectionofcuriousreblogs]

*opens Google Docs* HERE WE GO AGAIN

[villainsidestep]

fawniel thoughts hour….

[isfjmel-phleg]

🤐

[300iqprower]

Sorry if I had to say this: *Takes a deep breath while sweatdrop* Sakurai deserve better.

I used to be a sakurai defender like you, then I took an Olympus to the Frontal Lobe. Followed immediately after by a Heian Kyo to the Occipital Lobe.

I stand by everything I said in this post. I never said in that post Sakurai was competent. She was not, is still is not. She's long proven to be an extremely capable writer when given some guidance and/or when someone else is there to keep her fangirling in check. We have proof* of this in Summer 5, Little Big Tengu, Babylonia, and LB4. We also have proof that she's the world's most prolific character assassin when left alone for more than 5 minutes as shown with Shimousa, Septem, Summer 4, and the two aforementioned lostbelts.

*or as much proof as a game that refuses to properly credit its writers can be

It is fairly well documented that part of the reason Sakurai got immediately put so high up at Delightworks is because she was a Nasu superfan and Nasu pretty much just handed her the Prototype and Extra casts to go nuts with. That's not me saying she has no talent or merit and doesn't deserve a place in the industry - those claims are provably untrue. But it's also provable that she got where she is through Nasu's nepotism and that lack of qualification has shone through time and time again.

Lostbelt 2 is what best sums up Sakurai. It's both so bad that I "skipped" about 40% of it and got an empirically better story experience for doing so, and yet it's also so good that it has not one, not even a couple, but several of my favorite moments in the entire story to date.

Characters that have been directly credited to Sakurai like Douman, Tomoe, Xu Fu, Quetz, Sigurd, Napoleon, Surtr, Caligula, Gorgon, and more prove that Sakurai is capable of incredible writing.

None of that changes her track record of not only making the EXACT same mistakes every time she's called in to take the lead in writing a non-event chapter (and more than one event chapter), but arguably been worse about those mistakes every time she's put wholly in charge of a chapter, from Septem to London to Shimousa to LB2 to Olympus to Heian Kyo.

TLDR: Sakurai is not some objectively good or bad character. She's a real person who is not 100% consistent in anything. She's clearly talented but that doesn't change the actual work we've been presented, which has repeatedly indicated she needs someone to reign her in or her work inevitably tanks in quality due to her eccentricities that range from harmless to outright problematic. She is frequently derided as a scapegoat which is not only unjust and typically just how people try and shield Nasu himself from criticism despite her being part of his responsibilities as the one with the final say in everything, but also detracts from the genuine criticism Sakurai still deserves given some of the truly awful content that has been directly attributed to her.

Honestly I just wish she'd stick to writing events. Her style of heavily leaning into certain tropes and hamming it up more than other writers lends itself perfectly to events and lets her strike a balance of drama and comedy that other writers typically go too far in one direction to land, something that again is best exemplified by Summer 5, which was led by Higashide with her [implied to have been] heavily helping with things hence so many of her characters making up the central cast.

[giantchasm]

Just beat Mario Odyssey. It was cool but I dunno if I’ll do the post game stuff or get all the moons. This definitely made me realize I’m definitely not much of a platformer guy. My hand eye coordination is just NOT good enough for it DHJDHDHSJSK

[hiiragi7]

Not my usual content, but I made something I wanted to share...

Edit: Now with an ID from @a-captions-blog! Thank you for writing it!

[Art description: A Pokémon-themed comic featuring OP as a Pikachu. Long description follows.

1. The tips of Pikachu’s ears are shown with text that says, ‘I’m a Pikachu / My world is filled with lots of cool stuff. Sometimes it feels like anything is possible!’ Under this is a collage showing a Charizard, a Pidgeotto, a Nidoking, an Eevee, and an Ivysaur, all in the background as the Pikachu looks up in wonder. Text reads, ‘All sorts of types, all sorts of attacks, all sorts of Pokemon.’

2. Text says, ‘But...only two ways a Pikachu’s tail could look.’ Two boxes in the upper corners show the male and female Pikachu tails, respectively. The male has a rectangular end to his tale, and the female has a heart-shaped end to hers. Text continues, ‘So then, what am I?’ A large drawing of the narrator Pikachu is shown, with an arrow pointing to their tail, whose end is split somewhat like scissors and doesn’t match either the male or female drawing above.

3. Text says, ‘Too pointy to be [female], too much of a V-shape to be [male]. I thought there was something wrong with me.’ Under this are three cascading panels showing the Pikachu from below at an angle emphasizing their tail. The second panel shows mel further away, and in the final panel she have disappeared entirely. Text on the panels reads, ‘I felt / very, very, very / alone.’

4. Text says, ‘But then, something happened. I found others like me.’ The art shows the narrator reaching out to another Pikachu. Under this are three other Pikachu. One has a rounded tail, one has a tail that has been stitched up to be rectangular, and one has a tail with a slight spike at the tip.

5. Closeups are shown of each of the tails from the previous panel, with text that says, ‘Round tails, scarred tails, spiky tails.’ Under this is a drawing of the Pikachu all hugging with lightning coming from their cheeks. Text reads, ‘They told me nothing was wrong with me, and I wasn´t alone anymore.’

6. Text says, ‘There are many ways a Pikachu’s tail can look. I’ve heard there’s at least over 30 different variations.’ Under this are two panels. The first panel shows the narrator lying on their back on a background of male and female symbols. Text reads, ‘Some days are still hard.’ In the second panel, the Pikachu with the scarred tail is shown with text that says, ‘My friend tells me her tail used to look just like mine. It was taken from her.’

8. The narrator is shown sitting and looking upwards. Text reads, ‘Some trainers won’t accept Pikachu that aren’t [male] or [female]. They alter our tails without our consent. But things are getting better. We are making change. We’re fighting so that our tails will be left alone.’ Under this is a panel showing the four Pikachu running happily towards the right. Text reads, ‘We’re all on a spectrum. Every tail looks different; anything is possible.’

The final text reads, ‘This is a comic about intersex people.’ The watermark in the lower right says @ PostManic. \End descriptions