#i've always loved the 3ds too. never got to own one as a kid so this is like healing my inner child or whatever

[timedyne]

back at it again at krispy kreme (will probably be hacking a second 3ds soon so i’m rereading 3ds.hacks.guide as a refresher) (by the time i receive it the eshop will have closed so i am reading the non pokemon picross option) (i love hacking 3ds’ and i would hack everyone’s 3ds for them if they wanted) (i am super knowledgeable of 3ds) (i am normal about the 3ds)

[bigfootsboytoy]

A lot of people love to talk about teacher!Steve and I've seen people speculate about him teaching History, or English or Gym. But hear me out...Art Teacher.

Steve Harrington, who took art as an elective in highschool thinking it would be an easy grade, but who ends up actually really enjoying it. He likes the satisfaction of making something and the methodical process of doing it. Later in life he knows he wants to work with kids, but he doesn't think he would be happy trying to teach any of the core subjects like math or English, he never cared for them much himself, and even the classes he liked he wasn't super skilled in. Then he thinks back to that art class, remembers how much he enjoyed himself, and he finds himself taking classes towards a teaching degree a few months later.

After a while, Steve finds himself with a job teaching art at a local middle school. He loves it. He loves working with the kids, even though most of them are little assholes. Apparently, that isn't unique to the party. All young kids are kind of assholes. But they're also funny, and they put thought into the projects he gives them. He always gives them a lot of wiggle-room creatively, giving assignments that focus on certain techniques like painting or working with clay, but allowing them to choose the subject matter themselves. He works alongside them, making his own little projects. He isn't VanGogh by any means, but he kind of likes that. It helps show his students that they can have fun with the art and really make something they can be proud of without worrying about it being perfect or looking like something they would see in a museum. His students adore him. They tease him and make fun of him, but at the end of the day, almost every student who takes his class ends up raving about it to their friends. Parents he meets on occasion love him too. And only partially because he looks hot as hell with his glasses and his paint-stained apron.

At the end of a project, he has everyone go around and talk about what they made. He isn't picky. They can talk about their favorite part of making it, the story behind it, why they chose certain colors, and parts they struggled with. Any little bit of extra information about the project is enough to get the points. He wasn't expecting them to rope him into it when he first started. Now, he fully expects the questions they ask whenever he shows off a project with them.

The first project is charcoal drawings, and Steve draws a weird looking bat with a crazy mouth and no eyes. He tells the class that a bunch of his family play DND, and they have really vivid imaginations. It isn't a lie.

Next they do sand-art and Steve makes a set of patterns comprised of bright, vivid colors. Oranges and pinks and greens. He tells the class it represents his best friend, who is one of his favorite people in the world. A week later he tells the class that he showed her the sand art and she declared it the ugliest thing she had ever seen, then proceeded to hang it in her room with a bright smile on her face.

During the sculpting unit, he makes a homemade mug, with little fish carved on the side. He tells the class his father-in-law collects mugs, and this one is going to be a birthday gift.

The class seemed to like sculpting, so he does a unit on wire-art. He makes a small wire guitar and a wire ring. The class ask, with shit eating grins, if he's got somebody he's planning on proposing to. He happily tells them he already proposed, this ring is just for fun, since his partner loves to wear them.

Steve's small apartment fills up over the years with tons of art projects gifted to him by his students, paintings and drawings hanging on the walls, and a whole bookshelf dedicated to the 3D work. He remembers that first part class he took sometimes, back when he was just a sad kid who's friends were all assholes, he was a bit of an asshole himself, who didn't know that horrible things existed just under his feet. He thinks back on it fondly enough, but he couldn't be happier that he isn't that kid anymore. He's pretty damn pleased being the teacher now.

[doe-prince]

I love Golden Shrike! I've had my own comic idea for about a decade now, but I'm wondering, for you, how long did it take you to be confident enough with your art to start your comics? had you attempted panels and backgrounds earlier and didn't put them out because you weren't happy with them yet? I'm almost done with my characters and writing but I'm worried I'm not good enough to actually start doing panels

(these are just my views and experiences! there's as many approaches as there's artists)

I was BAD when I started comics, but then I again I was a kid who didn't care if my bunny-cat-digimon comics weren't good enough, it was just fun to do. Which is what it should still be, fun and a fulfillment to you. I think the happiest an artisit can be is when they can draw like they have no audience.

My comics stopped in my teenhood when I actually wanted to make something good. I made so much groundwork but VERY rarely got to the actual page production because I thought everything should be perfect, but we all know there's no such thing. When I noticed all my attempts were doomed, I stopped making them for like ten years until I was zapped with Fuck It We Ball-mentality. And it's the best thing that has happened to me. Childhood whimsy. Make your own toys.

Did I make test pages for Golden Shrike before starting production? Well, the first page of the comic is a test page. And the second page. And the whole first chapter. I just never stopped. Not smart but it's what works for me. Starting these 'test pages' has kickstarted two bigger comics for me, Golden Shrike and Jet and Harley.

Sure I made couple of style tests for GS even though I had a clear visual vision from the start, but Jet and Harley I just started to draw without any real practice pieces, just based on couple of CSP brushes I wanted to use. This isn't very smart as you'll likely find out later that MAN, this style takes too much effort, but if you're unlike me and don't care so much for consistency, you can always simplify it on the fly. And even I've had to change it: I stopped shading after chapter 5, briefly used 3D assets in upcoming pages, now I'm gonna shrink the font a little. They're teeny tiny things for readers, but huge for me.

There's many comic authors who like to plan every little detail before getting to work, but it doesn't work for me so I can't say much about it. I have a skeleton to follow, but I fully flesh out each chapter one by one when I reach them with pages, because I like to revisit my old visions with fresh brains. When you actually get to work, you might realize some scenes aren't needed, or they'd be better changed. Don't be scared to crack some ribs off your story skeleton. Being too loyal to your old vision can often hinder you.

Starting production is the biggest monster in comic making, but after the first step you'll mow over it leaving it in your dust and create a baby you can be so proud of. I wish you, and everyone else on the cusp of their projects GOOD LUCK, HAVE FUN, LOVE YOUR WORK.

[sensei-venus]

So I always see Eli fics where he worries about the baby having a cleft, I've don't this too, but what about Eli and Reader finding out the baby does have a cleft?

- gemini sensei

(unedited) (I cried writing this, because I'm a pussy-) ( @gemini-sensei )

He crys a lot. Like he sobs when they get home from the 3d ultrasound.

Hawk isn't upset that his baby may come out looking a little different and needing extra help with things like surgery and extra care with feedings. He doesn't mind any of that, he loves his baby so much already. He hasn't even got to meet them yet but he already loves them so much it hurts.

He's upset because he feels liks he did it, like he caused their baby to have the cleft lip/pallet. He's the one that will cause them to possibly hate themselves, to hate the way they look and think of themselves as not pretty and even ugly. He thinks about the possibility of them being bullied like he was. He remembers the way kids messed with him, the way Kyler picked on him.

Memories of Kyler picking him up, messing with his head and squeezing at his face. Laughing about his scar, making scenes all around school. Making him into public entertainment for the student body.

Calling him a freak.

Telling, yelling, drilling into him that no one was ever going to care about him or even love him, that he would be alone forever because he was so unattractive and ugly.

All because of a scar.

Reader is crying as well in the other room, she’s crying because she doesn’t know how to comfort her hurt husband. She knows his feelings she knows his past, the pain, the embarrassment, the self deprecation, years of hurt he went though. But she doesn’t know how to help him. She doesn’t know how to make him feel better after finding out this big news that will effect their soon to be born baby.

This wasn’t about him, this was about their child.

She walks into the room and sits next to him. She gently places a hand on his back as he lets out a shaking sob into his hands, Readers face is still wet with her own tears.

“I just didn't want them to be like me. I didn't want them to be treated like how I was because of a stupid scar.”

His hands are shaking but he lifts one from his face and runs it over his wife's bump. His fingers ghost over the tight flesh of her belly, his thumb rubbing over the underside. One of her hands reach for his, her warm hand placed over his on her belly.

“We don't know what will happen in the future for them. We didn't know how their life will go, but we can prepare them for what they might face out there in this world. We can make sure they know they are kind and beautiful, that they are the most amazing person out there and that people love them no matter what.”

Hawk looks up at her, his eyes wet and glazed over with tears.

“I love them so much. I can’t express how much I love this little thing. I just don’t want them to hate themselves like I did. Like they won’t ever be loved because of a fucked lip.”

“I fell in love with you because you where you Eli. Your lip has never bothered me, your lip has never made me question how attractive you are or if I was attracted to you. Your scar is just apart of the package that I fell in love with. I love your lip and I love the story it brought with it, the bad and the good, the pain and the pleasure. I love your lip because it’s apart of you. Our baby will know that too, because one day they will get to experience the love we have, the love I have for you. They will feel how you feel when you look at me everyday.”

Hawk leaned over and kissed her belly. He rested his ear on her bump and listened to the soft sound of her heartbeat. He could feel the slight movement of their baby inside her.

A few months later when he is holding his baby for the first time, watching them squirm around in the hospital blanket. Eyes squeezed shut with little wrinkles on their forehead. Reader is laying the the bed resting, tired and completely worn out from delivering their baby.

The baby's eyes aren't even fully open. The baby yawns and then sneezes. Their fresh and pink.

The large hole between her lip and nose is open, starring right at him.

But he didn't care.

Because his baby was the most beautiful thing he had ever laid eyes on. He wondered if this was how his mom felt when he was born, why she fought so hard for in in school.

Because he was beautiful to her.

Like his baby was to him.

[kuromi-hoemie]

10 and 24?

10: About someone I think is funny: random tumblr users and kids lmao 😭 and me..

further out of my sphere i love Kennie JDs personality so much. fellow black woman rawdogging ADD

she has a YouTube channel and has a “Bad movies and a beat” playlist where she talks about bad movies while putting her makeup on. she's so gorgeous and her looks come out beautiful and her personality is a huge part of the draw 😹 she's sorta got a series within that series too called “Good movies and a glam” which is the same thing p much but she talks about movies she enjoyed.

we don't fully overlap in our interests but she talks about horror movies sometimes and i love listening to her talk and watching her reaction to things. there are definitely some videos that have me stopping like 5-10 minutes in like wait let me go watch the movie first bc this sounds like it's gonna be an Experience. i think it's very validating and fun to see how she feels about things I've seen, and even if it's stuff I'm not interested in i still think it's fun to see her do her thing :3

sometimes she does a good analysis, sometimes it's more of a summary w some thoughts and reactions here and there, and for some she's just does a straight reaction to it bc she doesn't think there's really anything to talk about. the worse the movie is the funnier she is 💀 but she's just funny period. Atlanta queen 🫶🏾

comedy is a hard one for me.. there's a lot of jokes and comedians that don't really land for me but i think it's bc I've always been surrounded by ppl i think are funnier or more outta pocket offline and online.. something something ppl who try to be funny vs ppl who just are.

24. An unusual talent I have: o: i don't know.. electrical engineering i suppose? as an end to end process w schematic design, 3d modelling and printing, soldering n circuitry etc. i think it's very rewarding to have a bespoke thing that's the only one of its kind.. technology that does exactly what u want it to do nothing more nothing less no unwanted upgrades/planned obsolescence/privacy policies/cloud bs etc. u can make technology do plenty off of ur home network alone, if u want it to be controllable/accessible from a network at all. i only call this strange in the sense that it's not common.. but in another perspective i think I'm v good at tinkering with stuff in general!! I've built and taken apart enough things in life that a lot of stuff feels very intuitive atp, more so for furniture or something more.. mechanical, than electronics but I'm good at tinkering w that too :3

not good enough to be able to tell which specific part of a complicated circuit board stopped working (unless there's obv physical damage or a disconnected cable), but i can put stuff together from scratch or bypass certain things for more desired behavior. like i built an ebike once but instead of using its pedal assistance i bypassed it and just made it full throttle. it did like 32mph lol 😭 i made that when covid first hit and i didn't want to bus anymore but i usually otherwise make stuff for taking care of my indoor gardens, when i have them (i do not rn). a simple and handy one to do is replacing a battery source with an AC adapter so u can get full power and the thing will never die on u. or at least when it does it's in the way that all electronics will eventually stop working after enough use, but nothing's died on me yet :3

also making web tools for data analysis! (or just something u can use in the browser basically but it's on ur computer not The Internet™). i don't have the time to educate myself in other fields fully but i do like looking at the data they produce and learning more about things that way!! my favorite visualizations to make are maps but I'll make utilities that i can use to strategize for my games sometimes too.

oh and i also like modding games :3 i have made my own mods for 13 games so far. playing the game is already nice but to me it's about really fine tuning the experience to be how i want it to be and making it my own. sometimes I'll start modding before even starting the game 💀 like hmm let me take a peek at what y'all got going on here, then being like eh that sounds annoying I'll just do this instead. my favorite game to mod is elden ring, their spell system has a LOT of different pieces and phases and effects of spells that u can mix and match and chain together to make ur own spells. in this way getting a new game can be like getting a new project at times, and when i don't wanna do that i just use WeMod and call it a day :3

[kouhsuu]

hii hello who are you whats your lore!!

MY LORE okay that's a new one

*THIS IS GONNA BE LONG AND RAMBLY*

Who I am? 17 year old genderfluid digital and traditional artist 👍

For my lore as an artist: My dad is a painter so from a very young age i was surrounded by art materials literally taking up half our small living room because of the easles, giant canvas rolls, wood, cabinets full of paints and brushes, etc.

Essentially I was very encouraged by him to draw lol, and it also came out of me just finding art so much fun in general. I knew that if I got good enough at it I could draw almost anything I wanted if i pushed myself to learn.

I get verrry engrossed learning anything creative and visual, whether it be making my own website, sewing, sculpting, video editing, 3d modelling, painting, woodworking, etc it's all SO! MUCH! FUN!! I also have to specify visual creativity because oh boy can i not stand trying to make music as much as i want to.

In school I was very obviously the art kid and one of the weird kids, but luckily never got bullied because i was charismatic enough and generally there weren't major major assholes at my schools somehow. I usually was involved with the special programs in my schools because of my enthusiasm to learn and participate, so I got an opportunity to enroll into an early scholarship program for LaGuardia art school in middle school which... i ended up turning down because i thought it would be too much work being in a college like that... which honestly only kind of regret because honestly now i'd rather get into drafting and architecture.

Speaking of drafting and architecture! The reason my dad became a painter is because my grandma couldn't afford to send him to school to become an architect, so he pushed me to go into the field as well now that I have the opportunity. I didn't really feel like it but it seemed kind of interesting designing buildings because if i knew how buildings were made, i could more accurately put detail into my art xD Most decisions I make are to improve my own artwork because it's my life and soul, and luckily i ended up getting interested into working with more drafting.

My first social media i posted art on was google plus, then came deviantart, then came youtube, then twitter, and now tumblr (and cohost & itaku). I still use twitter but my main account (@/hamunako) is essentially inactive, I don't care enough to keep posting there nor do i have the motivation NOR do i want to have the anxiety to feel like I have to keep posting because uh oh people wont interact with me otherwise!!!!! Now I just use a private account with less than 25 followers and its the best. I made this Tumblr account though just in case twitter finally deleted itself off of the face of the planet, and also because i've always wanted to figure out how tumblr works & instagram confused me even more than tumblr...

As for why i've been drawing SOOOO much lonely wolf treat lately??? Short answer: ADHD (possible autism too?), Long answer: A long long time ago I watched manlybadasshero's playthrough of lonely wolf treat and loved it, then i forgot about it until i went on itch a while ago and saw that nami had posted mochi in frosting so I was like WOAH THERE'S STILL NEW CHAPTERS?! I got even more into it when it turned out one of my new friends ALSO had played lonely wolf treat so we drew the characters and it allllll spiraled from there.

Can't think of anything else interesting to share regarding my lore but yeah!!! Also I take commissions, just message me and i'll show what I can do and my prices! Don't have a formal post yet but i'll get to it at some point, i'm not very formal in the first place xP

[kogameh]

I don't know where else to post this so. Uhh. All Nintendo systems we've owned!

We never had any real console and have always been strictly handheld haha. We also missed out on the 3DS because of, uh, tregic backstory™ reasons, we just couldn't afford one at the time (same story on why I never owned a drawing tablet growing up lol)...so uh, character development? I guess? It's gonna take me multiple occasions to even tell the story behind them so I'm just gonna dump them under the cut \o/

GBA Micro - Actually the first legit game system we owned! A friend of my late dad was selling it with Pokemon Naranja (yes technically my first Pkmn game is a bootleg cartrige'd romhack...), which is kinda surprising because my late dad knew nothing about video games at all- He only wanted to give a Pokemon game to the 10-years-old me and struck gold with this haha. I didn't even realize this model existed after the SP until years later, it's so small and sturdy! The screen is noticeably more vibrant and crisper than the SP even. This later got passed to my twin sis after we got a GBA SP.

GBA SP - My late dad also bought this from a friend months after we got the Micro just so all 3 of us siblings would stop fighting over the Micro- Okay kidding but. Yeah. (Ironically we never tried multiplayer with both GBAs because no shops ever sell GBA Link Cables here-) Actually has a Lot of Pikachu stickers, though obviously the ones on the top lid peeled off. The only reason it has...uh, seen better days is that my older bro keeps playing in bed and most often than not he always fell asleep mid-game so yeah... Imagine the number of times it fell off... I'm still too scared to even touch it anymore because the hinge feels like it could snap off any day now jkasghsgfhasj

DS Lite - Let's just say I got this as a sort of "graduation" gift from my mom as we finished our final elementary school year haha. The funny story is: I never bought a legit game for my DS since day 1. The seller we bought it from bundled it with an R4 card being all like "oh yeah pick 10 games from our catalog and we'll "install" it on your DS! But ofc if you want to add any new games, do come back :D". Didn't take too long for me and my bro to discover the R4 has an SD card... And can be attached to our laptop...And we found out DS ROMs from the interwebs work with it....... So we never came back........... To this day I have 0 ideas if the seller underestimated us or is sabotaging his sales like this. This still works like a charm even today after I replaced its batteries :D Also this might as well be the first ever red-colored gadget I've owned and kickstarted my obsessions with them ig haha.

Switch Lite - Uh, my twin sis bought this with her own pocket money months ago. Long story short she basically bought it because her friends really wanted her to play ScarVio on launch with them lol. Of course I got stuck in that FOMO too haha-- Plus it matches her baby blue/turquoise laptop and Intuos tablet! Albeit the "turquoise" in this one is more Miku Green™ leaning-

Pokemon Switch OLED - Ah yes I hope you guys know that I worked 3 vacation-less weeks for this knowing that I'll never ever be able to afford this from commissions alone ahahhahahahhahahahhahahahahhahahahahahahahhhah 😇 Okay. Well. On a lighter note. At first, I was more interested in the Lite because I didn't like any of the colors from the reg Switches but then this ver was announced when I'm still saving up so I'm just "Eh. It has mine and my sis' fav colors (red and purple respectively) so why not." Didn't regret though because I LOVE how nostalgic the sticker bomb pattern at the back!! Reminds me of how I decorated my GBA even!!!! And the dock is so cool!! My attachment also adds up unexpectedly as I ended up liking ScarVio more than I thought euhuhuhu....

Honorable mentions: The PSP 1000. It's the only Sony we ever have and we never even bought it because..........someone left it at my parent's workplace and they never claimed it back for months so. yeah. played the hell out of W/inx Club out of it 7.5/10.

Also the N-Gage which was my bro's "GBA" when we had ours. The N-Gage was so damn cool y'all I've seen more people with an N-Gage than the DS around my area as a kid. Fucked up.

[femmeleatherface]

Spooky Movie Marathon 2024: Week 5

Day 27: J'accuse ! (1919) - French version; unknown restoration info

Day 28: 13 Ghosts (1960) - 2D version :(

Day 29: Un monstre à Paris (2011) - English dub; loosely inspired by Le Fantôme de l'Opéra by Gaston Leroux

Day 30: The Werewolf (1956)

Day 31: The Tingler (1959)

BONUS! KIND OF! Day 32: Coraline (2009)

closing thoughts:

J'accuse ! (1919) - it is... so long... and because it's a silent epic i can't even work on something else while i watch because i need to pay attention to the intertitles so i know what the heck's happening. aghGHGh. but okay. it is an interesting film! there's early use of a moving camera, quick cuts, and montage editing, which is all really neat in a film history way. there was also a lot of location shooting, including in real ww1 battlefields and of the battle of saint-mihiel, which is both extremely impressive and extremely unsettling in a "how much of this is an unintentional snuff film" kind of way. and in terms of its unsettling aspect, it's far more of a romantic war drama than a horror film, but there's certainly horrific elements. i'd classify it in the vein of social horror akin to freaks (1932), where it's primarily a human interest social drama but when the characters are not permitted to pursue their own needs and desires due to larger societal issues, horror elements are drawn on toward the end to leave a final lasting terror in the audience for their own complicity in those issues. (let's call this "horrific social drama.") in freaks the larger issues are ableism and the eugenics movement, in j'accuse it's the devastating impact of ww1. this is scattered throughout in the film's hilarious repeated shot of the grim reaper and his dancing skeleton minions, then culminates in a proto-modern!zombie "return of the dead" sequence at the end. idk, i don't love it as entertainment since it's not really my thing, but it's interesting. also, random note, but i like how they handled françois's character... he was a scumbag abusive husband but got decent character development and felt like a fully-dimensional person. still a scumbag, but a well-realized one.

13 Ghosts (1960) - oh shit, new fave movie dropped. this movie is so fun!!!!! genuinely creepy but also with a goofy 3D gimmick that combined doesn't always work, but is presented with such classic william castle ballyhoo that i can't help but be charmed. i should be irked by the completely ridiculous ending where the (blissfully not annoying) kid watches a man who was about to kill him gets freaking MURDERED and is clearly traumatized by it and then the next day is just like "wow :) this house is great! i hope we never leave!!! :D," but i am too busy adding "watch this in the original illusion-o vision" to my cinematic bucket list.

Un monstre à Paris (2011) - felt kind of lousy and decided to go for something light. got exactly what i needed <3 this movie is really cute! the human characters are all either kind of boring or not very original, but francœur the monster has all of my heart, which combined is pretty standard for monster movies so i am okay with this. the music was also really good, and as poto-related media goes, i really love that the voice they picked for francœur is a very high, soft voice. not only does it make me feel great about MY voice, but if i remember the book correctly that's the voice erik has (or at least how i interpreted it) instead of the deeper "sexy" voice he tends to get given in adaptations. i've only ever seen/heard one erik with that kind of higher and gentler voice before, peter straker in the ken hill musical, so this was really exciting for me and i loved it a lot. that said, this movie SHOULD have been a 2D animated film oh my god. the concept art and storyboards they had in the end credits were SO gorgeous and i think would have really made the film pop much more than the pretty standard and unappealing 3D animation we got.

The Werewolf (1956): puts my grubby gay fingers all over the celluloid. this movie is a metaphor for being gay in the 1950s! you've got this average family man doomed by an encounter with two mad scientists who work and live together in a tooooootallllllyyyyy heterosexual way who then infect him with evil gay werewolf disease (that is related to nuclear stuff because it's the 50s and everything needs to be about nuclear stuff). he forgets his hetero identity and the wife and son he has waiting for him at home, promptly goes into a bar where a man asks him to buy him a drink and then attempts to rob him, leading to them lying on top of each other in an alley while a little old lady gawks and screams at the horrible sight of their entangled man legs. then mr. average family man kills the evil propositioning man and goes and kills more men, turning into an evil gay werewolf by his emotional reactions to them. he doesn't want his wife and son to see the monster he has become and avoids them, seeking solitude so he won't shame them and be tempted to murder by the sexy murderificness of men. and then of course in the end he dies by mob violence, forever doomed to never return to the non-lycanthropic heteronormative life he once knew. A+++++

The Tingler (1959) - my favorite vincent price and william castle movie ever... an underrated masterpiece of meta horror. i've seen this movie before, and ugh! everything about it is perfect to me. if ever anyone wants to understand me better they should watch this because it's got everything: vincent price, a goofy concept played completely straight, meta filmmaking, a really amazing partialized colorized sequence... this is a movie i need to see in a theater SO BAD, but only so long as the percepto gimmick is in place for peak experience.

Coraline (2009) - this was unplanned but we needed to endurance test a room over an extended period of time at work, and the best way to do that is by watching a movie, and this is what got picked! i had to step out to run and errand in the middle of it, so i didn't technically see all of it, but that's okay, i've seen it before. definitely need to see this one in theaters someday when i get the chance--just watching it on a large projector screen with all the lights off and blinds closed was great, the colors and stop motion really really really POP and are so gorgeous and UGH. i love it. this movie shows in theaters every year in the area where i live, but never at good times so i constantly miss it and then am all >:( because everyone i know keeps getting the chance to see it instead of me. someday, though! someday...

okay. phew. this was fun. i don't normally put this much thought and attention into all the things i watch, or watch movies back to back like this, and for good reason because it. is. exhausting. fun, but EXHAUSTING.

no more! i return now to my vegetative tv viewer state... at least until i do my pride movie marathon in june. but that's another story <3

concluding rankings, ratings, and lists (bonus extra sorting into needless categories for my personal amusement):

top tier masterpieces, faves or new faves

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) (duh)

Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)

The Tingler (1959)

Planet Terror (2007) was good! will definitely watch again

The VelociPastor (2018)

The House on Haunted Hill (1959)

13 Ghosts (1960)

The House on Haunted Hill (1999)

Coraline (2009)

The Black Cat (1934)

The Skeleton Key (2005)

The Curse of King Tut's Tomb (1980)*

Son of Dracula (1943)* glad i saw it, might not watch it again (at least for a while)

Un monstre à Paris (2011)

Witchcraft (1964)

The Werewolf (1956)

Der Golem, wie er in die Welt kam (1920)

The Comedy of Terrors (1963)

Willy's Wonderland (2021)*

Lyle (2015)*

Return to House on Haunted Hill (2007)*

J'accuse ! (1919)* could have been better except for one thing...

I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)

White Settlers (2014)

The Mummy (1959)

Bijo to Ekitai-ningen (1958)

Prometheus (2012) eugh

The Creature with the Atom Brain (1955)

XX (2017)

Mary Reilly (1996)

Death Proof (2007)

Encounter with the Unknown (1972)

[lttleghostlemon]

(Long post sorry lol..)

Not one to post a long sappy rant after crying about the exact topic for a few minutes but just something I wanna get off my chest.

We all know that "The world is moving too fast" with its development in electronics and the internet, and i'm not that old. My dad grew up with the original Nintendo while I was born close to the first iphones being made. I'm still kinda baby in the world but, all of this does still upset me.

I was messing around on my Nintendo 3ds, just checking up on my Miis when I noticed there were some new "themes" (kinda just wallpaper backgrounds) and they were free so I decided to grab them. Theres always been a couple of free ones but some of them I never really liked the look of so i never downloaded them, but I always liked to look at them all just cause. Today I learned you no longer can download them. Oh- no sorry, you can't even see them anymore.

I knew awhile ago that the Nintendo eshop on the 3ds/ds was shutting down earlier this year, but it still hurt to see that when you opened it, it was all cleared out.

A few years ago, Youtube on the 3ds was no longer available, along with Hulu.

I own the Wii, plenty of games, even got a new one today at this shop selling old used games, but thats still obsolete and I know it.

I have an old cd player that no longer works because I forgot to take the batteries out once and it leaked acid everywhere.

We own plenty game cds for the computer that I used to love.

We still have that old Nintendo my dad grew up with, and even the Atari, though we still haven't set it up to play. We own an old boxey tv my dads work had no use for anymore, since on the newer tv's you're no longer able to play Duck Hunt on because the technology in it is different.

We own at least 100 dvds and still actively use them, I even bought one today. Dvds that we've had for so long some of the covers went missing and its just a sheet of paper with the title on it. But computers are no longer coming with a dvd drive to play them.

We even own a few VHS tapes, sitting right on a shelf I see everyday, though we haven't had any way to play them for years.

We have photobooks of me when I was younger, yes the pictures with the date in yellow on the corner.

I used to take one of those phones with a little keyboard on it to school with me so my mom could check up on me.

The dvd player i've had for who knows how long is sitting right in front of me, along with my 3ds and my Wii, all with my alexa right on the shelf above it all.

All of these things (other than my dads) i have grown up with, learned how to use them, played with them till they grew worn or dirty, yknow- kid things. They are all obsolete. Yea people still use dvds..but i doubt the majority of people do. And people still have their old Wiis or Nintendo ds, maybe even an old Nintendo and Atari. But no matter what, most of the world has moved on. I don't think i've ever stopped and thought about how fast we're moving in the world, and now that I have I wish we'd just slow down a bit cause we're gonna miss so much

By the way, the Atari came out in 1977. Which was only 45 years ago. The Nintendo? 37.

[insecateur]

Okay, I didn't want this to be in the main body of the art LOL but I wrote a whole lot of words about Pokémon X&Y's 10th anniversary. If you'd like to read them I'll put them under a read more. Whatever you decide to do, thank you for your support always 💗

Wow, can you believe it? It's been ten years.

I see people say these kinds of things a lot when it comes to milestones like this. It's been ten years… I feel so old… I can't believe it's been that long. It feels fake, it feels wrong. All of that.

I've felt like this with a few things, of course. Even a few games I liked in my teens or in my childhood. But I've always kept track of Pokémon X&Y's anniversary, so it's never felt like something that took me by surprise. Year after year, I knew Pokémon X&Y was getting older, just like me. The 3DS was slowly falling behind, then the e-shop closed, and now it's been announced that the online features will be deprecated, too. It's been ten years…

A lot can happen in ten years, you know?

Starting my transition journey has taught me to be kinder to my past self, I think. I'm more at peace with myself. I look at my face in the mirror and it's no longer a stranger staring back. I've found people who love and care for me for who I really am and want to be and not who I was trying to be for the sake of appearances. If I went back to ten years ago, do you think the twenty-year old kid I'd find there would believe that? I'm not sure he would.

In 2013, I was in a rough shape. I think I was in denial about it. I was still carrying wounds I didn't want to look at. I'd put bandages over them and tell myself I'd be okay. It worked, mostly. I was making new friends. I was rebuilding something that was closer to who I wanted to be. My life had been torn apart; it had only been two years. I thought I was stronger than that, that it didn't matter to me anymore, that I'd moved past it. I was wrong, obviously, but it would take way too many years for me to realize it.

Telling it like this now, I feel a bit embarrassed, like I'm making myself out to be worse than I was… I don't want you to picture some tragic mystical figure or anything… I was a kid who'd gotten out of a very bad situation and couldn't entangle everything that had come out of it as a result. I sought out support that I didn't get. I had reached a realization about who I was and nobody in my real life was ready to hear it, as far as I could tell. The world was a very scary place. Twenty-year olds feel so young to me now, but at the time I felt like such a loser for not having my life together. How silly…

I'd been a Pokémon fan since I was seven, back in 1999. I wrote a whole post about it for the 20th anniversary of Pokémon as a whole, but some of it kind of stings now, so I'll give a quick rundown. I got into the series first through the TCG, then the anime, then one of my childhood friends' copy of Pokémon Gold. For reasons I still ignore to this day, my parents wouldn't let me get a GameBoy and only relented when the GBA came out.

Pokémon became one of those things that were in and out of my life, always in the background. I was a fan, but most of my love for it came from how good it was as a sandbox for creative endeavors. I'd make OCs, roleplay with friends, invent stories that featured my own ideas and creations and rarely left any room for existing characters to be involved. I had other series where I cared about the characters a whole lot, like Final Fantasy or The Legend of Zelda or Ace Attorney or even TV shows like House MD or Prison Break, but Pokémon was all about the setting and the creatures, and not much else.

I had a short-lived passion for Eusine in HGSS, and then I had a very bad time playing BW that put me off the games for a little bit. I told myself I'd outgrown it, after all, these things happened, and tried to move on. When the XY games were announced, I was wary, unwilling to pour emotional investment into something that could very well further stain my good memories of a childhood favorite. (I'm being a bit dramatic here, but I was 100% in that mindset back then, unfortunately.) That the games turned out to take place in Pokémon France only made it seem even more as if they were mocking me. I was so needlessly sarcastic and negative about it. (I was twenty, so I'm practicing self-forgiveness, but damn, boy, chill out!!!)

What was it that ended up grabbing me, in the end? I think it was a combination of things. Something about Pokémon X&Y, its characters, its story, its setting, reached me deeper than I expected. I think some of it was timing, some of it was themes, and some of it was the overall vibe at the time. Everyone was playing and discovering the games together; it was the first time main series games were coming out worldwide at the same time. To this day, this is one of the most important aspects of Pokémon X&Y, to me. That feeling of playing it with others even through kilometers and kilometers. Those early fandom memories, especially those spent alongside Japanese fans, are some I still cherish to this day.

I still think the catalyst was beating Team Flare though. Something went on that day. I wouldn't even be able to tell you what. I still remember where I was; I almost remember exactly where I was standing. I beat Team Flare and stopped playing for a week and just marinated in that feeling. For a week.

That's how they get you!! That's how the brainrot set in!!

Anyway… I'm not going to go over everything that happened after that year by year; this isn't an autobiography. It's just a silly post about a game that changed my life. The fact that I got my name change confirmation today of all days feels so pointed, though. Perhaps it's even making me a little emotional.

All throughout this year, I agonized about how I could make something that would perfectly encapsulate all that Pokémon X&Y has given me. It's the ten years anniversary! It's a big milestone! Wouldn't I be betraying my love for the game if I couldn't pull off something incredible? I had many ideas, that all fell to the wayside when I realized how exhausted I was. Which was the answer to my problem all along, I think.

Because the reason I'm exhausted is that I'm making a lot of big changes in my life.

I've met people I love and want to be a better person with. And I've met them through Pokémon X&Y, too! Isn't that a celebration in itself? Building a better future together… That's what Pokémon X&Y was all about, wasn't it? I don't need to prove anything to anyone. I'm making my own beautiful world, right now.

…AND ALSO MY NAME IS LEGALLY SAMUEL LYSANDRE NOW SO THERE'S THAT.

If you read all of this, I hope you have a good day. I'm having a good day right now. That's already a lot! That's already something to be thankful for! Let's keep at it! One day at a time!

🔥🧡 joyeux anniversaire pokémon x&y!!! 🧡🔥

[scorpionyx9621]

The Inevitable Dick Grayson Retrospective: Hero, Childhood-Crush, a Paragon of Comics Characters

I've talked about making this deep-dive for a while now. And I've been really excited about doing it. Nightwing is easily one of the most recognized and beloved characters in all of superhero media. Dick Grayson is the original sidekick all grown up transformed into one of DC Comic's greatest heroes whom, even though he's almost always associated with Batman, can stand on his own two feet easily. He's impossible not to love, with decades of beloved portrayals and an almost universal admiration amongst comic fans, as knowing him first as Robin in Teen Titans, I fell in love with the character and when I finally got re-introduced to comics last year, I fell in love with him just as much as I did Jason Todd and Red Hood.

And then it hit me. I was trying to write a thought piece on one of the literal paragons of comic heroes. One of the most beloved characters in western hero media, and I was going to criticize him?!? Me? I originally wasn't trying to put Dick Grayson on a pedestal and say he's above the big three of DC Comics, Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman. Now that I had thought about it more, the more I realized that yes, a lot of the younger fans and generations prefer Nightwing to Bruce Wayne, clearly, but even above Wonder Woman and even Sups. I mean we are talking about the original sidekick character in comics media. It all originates back to Dick Grayson. I looked at the monumental task in front of me and realized that this was going to be no light task. So I, as I usually am one to do, just stayed in the drawing board, never really trying to actually write a thoughtful analysis out of fear of criticism or just not doing the character justice. It really wasn't until recently that I truly wanted to revisit this character and just give an honest analysis on why we and myself included, hold Dick Grayson with such high regard.

Please be advised, I am not going to be heavily criticizing the writings of any comics book writer at DC or any artists. This is mostly just a tangent about love and appreciation for a character. Based heavily upon his design, characteristics, representation to the people/fans as a whole and just my personal takes. I don't want to bash anyone because this is art, and art is subjective. Writing and character development is just as valid of an art as a fancy spread in a comic. There's a reason why in primary education it's referred to as language arts. (I know that's kind of missing the point but writing/speech/storytelling/communicating all fall under that same general umbrella as English/Language Arts teaching in the American Education System)

Tangent asides, enjoy!

TW: Violence, mentions of SA, discussing sex in general: I'm going to generally say this post is 18+ because while this isn't pr0n, it does contain heavy simping for a fictional character. You have been warned.

So I like many people in that weird late-millennial/early Gen-Z grew up watching this boy on cartoon network in the 2000s when we were kids. (I was born in 1996, give me a break) This is Robin. Leader of the Teen Titans from the eponymous tv show, Teen Titans. Robin was that character who fit nicely into that mould formed by mid-2000's media in an obsession with edgy, dark, spiky-haired boys who brooded but we're still cool and above it all. Think your Price Zuko's, your Shadow the Hedgehogs, your Sasuke Uchiha's. Robin fit nicely into that mould and became a lot of people's fictional crushes. I too fall into that category. Robin was the leader of the group but portrayed a very cold and stern front, one who was deathly serious but knew how to have fun and kick back when the moment called. Savvy and smart but full of drama and edge, jealousy and even pure anger. Robin was a fully realized and 3D character who had great development but felt so very real and even personal.

I've been avoiding calling him Dick Grayson because while it's very heavily implied that this is Dick Grayson, it isn't outright stated. We're 99% sure this is Dick Grayson because of an episode where they meet their future selves, this Robin does become Nightwing in the future. That being said, a lot of his traits, most notably his bowstaff usage, is taken directly from Tim Drake. So there's been some debate on whether this is Tim Drake or Dick Grayson, but looking retroactively at the earlier Teen Titans comics and Tim Drake's teen Titans comics. It's pretty clear that the intention was to have this Robin from the TV show be a more anime-centric, edgier Dick Grayson. This asides, this is what made me fall in love with the character of Robin. And yes, characters change and evolve, sometimes it's good, sometimes it's really not. What I am here to say is though, that Dick Grayson only gets MONUMENTALLY better from here on out.

So my introduction to the comics is really not logical. Granted trying to find a congruent spot to start in DC Comics is like trying to break bad news to someone. There's no right way to do it, it's just do it. Sometimes you stick the landing and land on a good one, sometimes you don't. And I landed on Red Hood and the Outlaws as my first DC Comic series as I was introduced to the comic side from Jason Todd, but this isn't about him. This is about Dick Grayson and a celebration of him. I already have enough thought pieces on Jason. When I first landed into a Dick Grayson-centric comic it was actually Grayson. Which I know is a weird starting out point but honestly, as an analysis of Dick as a character and who he has become as an adult, this was a fantastic introduction to him as a character. Not to mention, Mikel Janin is CRIMINALLY UNDERRATED as a Dick Grayson artist. I mean come on. I could stare at that face for literally HOURS.

Speaking of, I think now would be a good time for me to define who Dick Grayson is to me. My broad overview is that Dick Grayson is the sidekick who grew up. The one who was seen as the best there was after all those years and he's still the best. Robin was defined for being the light side of the bat. The light side of the moon so to speak. Dick Grayson is the true representation of the idea that dark is not evil. Dick Grayson is the hope and dream that our children end up better than us fully realized. While Batman is 'The Dark Knight', Nightwing is the hopeful beacon towards the future. Dick Grayson is what everyone strives to want to be. He's truly the idea of a hero encapsulated around a veil of horrific darkness and trauma and intimidation. I'm a person who is obsessed with duality and its themes, and I absolutely adore the duality of Nightwing. His means and methods are just as harsh and even more brutal than the bat's, but he also is the one who steps into the light and prioritizes the little guy. He's witty and funny, vibrant and full of life but he's also extremely brooding and downright malicious if pushed far enough. He's probably the biggest proponent of the Bat family's 'no kill policy' second only to the Bat himself when in actuality Bruce thought if he let Dick go unsupervised, he would want to and probably would kill Tony Zucco. For the majority of his time as Robin and well into his time as Nightwing, Dick did have every intention of killing Tony Zucco. Dick has also killed The Joker in a fit of blind rage. Dick has powers and skills to match and even surpass Bruce, he has genius intellect and in many ciminal cases is seen to be even faster on his feet than Bruce. But Dick is so human, he is THE exception to the saying "Marvel is the story of normal people learning to live with the power of the gods. Whereas DC is the story of God's learning to live amongst humans" No, for all intents and purposes, Bruce is written pretty much as omnipotent. Dick is the human extension of this omnipotent hero. I mean hell, it's even stated by Superman that the multiversal constant is that Dick Grayson/Nightwing is beloved and is a good person no matter what universe he's in.

Also it's pretty deep in but if you haven't figured out by now that Dick Grayson is my favorite character in comics 2. Because all of this and 1. That I am a SIMP for this 2-dimensional man, then now's your chance to turn back because this is where I get downright thirsty because all jokes aside, I'm down cataclysmic for this character. But this man is physical perfection. Easy on the eyes is an understatement with Dick Grayson and to say that I'm attracted is also an understatement. He's that dark edgy boy we all crushed on in middle school all grown up and he's aged like fine cognac. He's literally famous throughout pop culture because of his behind. He's at the same level of popularity in his respective universe as Spider-Man but darker, edgier, and sexier. I know there's a lot of people here who are very protective of his sexuality and sex appeal but Dick Grayson is very famously known for getting down with an actual space alien. There was a whole controversy surrounding comics and homosexuality in the 40's/50's and it was started by him. He's a male gymnast with the physique of a Greek God and has been portrayed as even a stripper for a comic. DC Comics is not afraid to sexualize him and Dick Grayson has been sexualized for literally DECADES now. Dick Grayson has been sexualized before my parents were even born.

I'm not here to judge people for their attraction to a fictional character, nor am I here to justify my reasoning for liking said fictional character. DC Comics is well aware of their blatant sexualization of Dick Grayson. They utilize it almost every opportunity they can get him on a panel. The angle of which varies, like how in Grayson they have him be not only oggled at/inspected while naked and even touched and groped, to which he vocally and firmly voices that he didn't give permission and that he's not comfortable in this position, to certain villains pondering what kind of steroids he's taking because he's in that pique of physical condition and many even making lewd remarks about his physicality. To the infamous Devin Grayson run of Nightwing. Now truth be told, I don't completely hate this era of Nightwing. It shows Dick at his lowest of lows, and shows that even the brightest and happiest of people can fall to the lowest of lows, but that it is possible to pick yourself back up again. That aside, that's not what Devin Grayson is known for. She's known for being the writer who allowed Dick Grayson to be fully R-worded when Dick was in the middle of a nervous breakdown, and the fallout of it isn't handled the best even for a comic run that took place in the 90's. Devin Grayson to this day has a pretty unhealthy view on what she did to Dick Grayson. DC Comics as a whole is not afraid to utilize every opportunity they can get to sexualize Dick Grayson and I understand the sentiment behind wanting to protect him from these types of writers, but at the end of the day, it's almost as if that this really is just a part of his character now. I can't think of a piece of media that he is in where he isn't a child that he is not sexualized. This is neither good nor bad. An adult or person who is of consenting age (Because yes different states/cultures practice different ages of consent and I'm not opening that can of worms) you should be allowed to look at and enjoy looking at media of sexy men in tight costumes and who have rippling muscles (if you're into that)

I'd be remiss if I didn't talk about Dick's portrayal in Young Justice. Because for many people this is their favorite portrayal of him. I didn't get into Young Justice until about the summer of last year and ho-boy, when I tell you I was not expecting this group of teenage superheroes to have House of Cards/White House Drama levels of manipulation, backstabbing, lying, and deceit. Part of what made Dick Grayson such a poignant and watershed character of the show is how transformational he is. He starts out as what I can only define as an immature goblin of a boy with insane fighting abilities and his hiding years worth of trauma behind witty catchphrases, when he steps into a leadership role for the first time and follows what he knows, Bruce's instinct, in finishing the mission no matter what, he's mortified, and swears he never wants to be a leader like Bruce.

Then season 2 and onwards happens. I wouldn't quantify Dick's transformation from smartass goblin to a literal Adonis of a young man puberty hitting him like a brick. I'd say a more fitting comparison would be puberty hitting him like the Chicxulub meteor hitting the Yucutan peninsula and literally triggering a mass extinction event. I cannot imagine the crushing chokehold this man had on the fandom once they revealed how he had aged from S1-S2. Part of what makes him so interesting as a character in S2 and onwards is that he knows exactly how attractive he is and he fully weaponizes it, hell, Dick has literally come into his own as basically a vigilante assassin who doesn't kill and he's only 18 in season 2. Even more than that, we see Dick fully blend into the leadership role and despite his previous horrors at Bruce and his methods, we see him so easily resort to his methods, and end up being almost exactly like Batman in terms of a leader and a hero, just more bubbly and talkative. When he realizes what he's become he steps back and abdicates his position. The storytelling in YJ is god tier and we see Dick truly as a fully fleshed 3D character, who, while is very confident, cocky, and physically handsome but also very kind and supportive. We see him fall down and make mistakes. We watch him backslide into becoming the one thing he promised himself he'd never become when he was put under pressure. All the while looking absolutely jawdropping while doing so. Also mad props to Jessie McCartney for voicing him. He goes from what I can only describe as chipmunk going through a pubescent crisis in terms of voice in S1 yet somehow does it in a way that's not downright obnoxious, to smoothly transitioning to how Jessie McCartney actually talks normally in real life and it blends so well.

I also need to touch on the DCAMU. Some of the movies were good, some were pretty awful. Yet I find their portrayal of Dick Grayson to be very interesting. It's this iteration that a lot of people cite when it comes to Dick's "player" tendencies. When in reality they should be sourcing Young Justice over this but hey. I've seen a lot of people disliking this take on Dick Grayson because he's not the best at fighting and he splits the absolutely cataclysmic power he holds between his brains and beneath his pants. This design is pretty iconic (and also very hot) for what it is, he's never looked bad in any DCAMU movie in my opinion and he lends well to a more 'adult' Dick Grayson. I know I just fawned and gushed about Jessie McCartney but we really need to give credit to Sean Maher, Dick's VA in the DCAMU. It's not as iconic or recognizable as McCartney, but it's a bit more adult while still having the lighter, chippier tonal inflection that Dick Grayson is usually associated with having and still sounding cool and above it all. Which is really interesting considering Maher edits himself quite heavily to voice Dick. Many may not know but Sean Maher is an openly out gay man who does have a prominent 'gay' "lisp". I'm not trying to offend anyone but just listen to how he talks during an interview and how he voices Dick Grayson. All this being said, Sean Maher is easily my favorite voice for Dick Grayson. He has a very comforting and reassuring voice that's both soothing and attractive. Which is funny because the DCAMU'S take on Dick Grayson tends to be a bit more light hearted but also focuses heavily on his humor and sex appeal. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing. It's just more of the emphasis.

I'm going to touch on it lightly, mostly because you can find numerous biopics and analyses' on Dick Grayson and his anger. It's such a fundamental part of who he is as a character and it's often brushed to the side for the fact that he takes on the more 'adult' or 'first-daughter syndrome' roles that are assigned to him in the comics and fandoms. But it cannot be understated that Dick Grayson is a brutal vigilante. He's not the strict Kantian that Bruce is, nor is he murderous utilitarian that Jason Todd is, but he falls somewhere in between. I've stated before that Dick is very versed in all of Bruce's tactics and is even a better fighter than Bruce in some matchups. This makes Dick not only one of the like, top 5 fighters in ALL of DC Comics, but it also makes him one opponent you cannot underestimate. Yes he's talkative and nice on the surface, but Dick Grayson is an active decade volcano of a man (think Mouth Rainer in Washington State) he's this huge, towering force that is generally calm and majestic. However, with the right trigger or if pushed far enough, Dick will erupt and erupt VIOLENTLY. Dick's rage is white, searing hot and deadly. It's as frightening as it is beautiful and captivating to watch. If you have Dick Grayson truly angry at you, I'd debate you have more to fear from him than you do Batman. I mention it all the time but I'm going to keep mentioning it until it sticks. Dick Grayson literally mauled the joker to death with his bare hands and rage alone. This is the same kid who has every intention on doing the exact same thing to Tony Zucco. To this day, no media with the exception of Titans and Brenton Thwaites has really addressed this topic in a meaningful way (which can I say got-damn. Brenton can get it)

In conclusion. This has been a love letter to Dick Grayson as a character as a whole. I know there are still decades of media of him for me to consume and I did broadly generalize a fair deal. Dick Grayson is a literal mountain of a character. Breathtaking and full of such life and vibrancy. There's a lot that Dick Grayson is, and there's a lot that he isn't. He's a miracle and he's a menace. There's a tale of two cities playing out when talking about Dick Grayson and Nightwing both figuratively and literally. The story of the orphaned circus boy who grew to be the original sidekick and was so good eventually took the mantle on himself and performed brilliantly in Gotham. He's also the man who was the rebel that fought back against a strict parent and ran off to find his own way and become his own hero. Truly stepping out of the shadow of his predecessor, and became a full-fledged hero of his own accord and merit in Blüdhaven. We now are watching him as a fully fleshed-out adult man who has come unto his own as a billionaire (albeit he inherited the money from Alfred) and we're watching him try to use the money in a way to actually benefit society. Now comics are known for their progressive leanings but it's really interesting to see them be so on the nose with Nightwing and Dick Grayson. I'm interested to see where they take this plot because this is pushing very hard against a glass ceiling during a time of high political tension.

Robin was my childhood crush and one of my subconscious gay awakenings. He's a monument of a character who stands tall even despite numerous bad portrayals. With news coming out that a Nightwing live-action movie is in the works in the DCEU and potential leaks that we may see him as early as the Bat Girl movie. There's a lot to be excited for. With Dylan O'Brein being the rumored favorite for the role, I have a lot of feelings. Mostly mixed. He's proven his worth as an actor but there's a certain magic that Dick Grayson has, and truth be told I don't know if Dylan O'Brein has it. I don't want to count him out, but honestly, I'd feel as though Brenton Thwaites is probably the perfect live-action Dick Grayson because while he plays a darker, snarkier, more serious Dick Grayson. He has the look and that extra bit of oomf that makes Dick Dick. We'll just have to wait and see I guess, but like Nightwing himself, I'm looking at the future with optimism.

[umbralstars]

Ship that you can never see happening: 👎

Ship that is unpopular but you still like: 💘

Ship that needs more love: 💖

Ship that is most misunderstood: 💢

Ship that you didn’t expect to ship but now do: 💓

This one got way too long I apologize:

👎

I'm sorry I'm going completely out of left field of this one, but holy moly I do not like romantic C/lo/ti from F.F7. I really really hate shipping this one romantically at all. For personal reasons this ship makes me deeply uncomfortable, but also just looking at the canon I really cannot see this happening for more than 0.2 seconds.

Sure they have the "childhood friends" thing (even though they didn't really know each other beyond a few, admittedly extremely important for both of them, interactions in childhood and C.loud probably had a crush on her (even though I never took the whole "I wanted to impress her" sentiment as being romantic in any way). While I will admit T.ifa most likely has romantic feelings for C.loud in canon, I just think any romantic relationship between them would just be really unhappy for both of them for a lot of different reasons. This is not angst in a good way for me, this would be "two best friends actively ruin their relationship by being in a romantic relationship and causes irreparable harm to them both" and that is just too real for me specifically.

Also the fans for this ship have really turned me off to this ship cause a lot of them (especially from what I can gauge the BNFs for this ship) are some of the rudest motherfuckers I have ever seen. They will actively tell you you're playing/interpreting the game wrong and harass people for it. They'll make up shit about canon and treat their fanon like it's the fucking gospel. Heavens forbid if you ship those two with anyone else especially The Bad Ships TM. This fandom has had an ongoing ship war between two of the biggest ships for 20+ years and it's so stupid as a new fan. I don't care that it's part of the ✨Fandom culture✨ it's idiotic and constantly pulls in people who don't want to be a part of it.

Other ships do this too don't get me wrong, especially the other half of the ship war, but this one I actively dislike compared to the indifference I feel towards the majority of the other ships from this game.

I like them platonically exclusively. They make me very happy being a found family who adopted one kid and are helping to raise another when her dad is away. They don't need to be romantic to be close. I much prefer enjoying this game as a whole from a platonic found family angle. I have romantic ships that I do like for this game. I have a few I really like for T.ifa (A.eriti and R.ude/T.ifa especially), but like romantic one I genuinely like for C.loud (S.efikura, particularly cause it's gonna stay fanon forever and I like it that way) but everything else for him is platonic ships all the way.

I'm sorry that turned into such a long rant, I love this game but the Fandom makes me so tired.

Uhhh other than that? L.íf/T.hrasir. I really just don't care for it.

💘

I.GNATZ AND M.ARIANNE! I will never stop with my agenda pls read their supports they are so fucking good!

💖

I.gnatz/M.arianne—

But other than them:

L.issa/M.aribelle: please they are so good together I love them so much.

P.anne/O.livia: The other main reason I hacked my 3ds so I could get Gay Awakening on there. Taguel Inigo my beloved seriously.

L.ucina/Y.arne: Actually the only paired 2nd gen ship I did during my first playthrough, and I almost always have them together in my other playthroughs. Their supports are genuinely really sweet what can I say?

R.yoma/S.carlet: /holds them gently/ Y'all deserved so much better.

K.ris/M.arth: Hello these two are so good, but I've talked about them briefly before. Also mostly based on my own characterization of Kris, but he does line up pretty good with Heroes so that definitely makes me happy.

💢

R.healeth: Both platonic wise and romantic wise really. I don't think I really need to elaborate why if you have any knowledge over the discourse.

B.aroR.yuu: This is for my fellow connoisseurs, and if you like this ship you've seen things cause people love putting hate in the tags.

A.zurrin & Corr.iander: I am not repeating the discourse and the experience that was being a fan of these both when Fates was big. If y'all wat to know why I'm so against harassment over fictional things (especially for something as dumb as ships in a niche community) A.zurrin is why besides common sense.

I know these aren't funny misunderstandings but certain things have made me very tired.

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K.iral.fonse. I did not expect to come into a mobile game and have my heart stolen by an OC/Canon ship. Seriously they are my joy and dopamine and 99% of the reason I play FEH's story (slightly exaggerated). A.lfonse has come to just care for and love K.iran so much when originally he didn't want anything to do with them. K.iran dreamed themselves as A.lfonse in the vain attempt to let him exist when he was taken away from them, and did it so successfully they were able to fool everyone even themselves (I hate that the ending took way such a poignant and heart-rending plot thread). One of the main components of A.lfonse's grief in the Doomed Timeline was K.iran's death and led to L.íf being honestly extremely unsettling and so horribly sad during points of Book 3 but that care is still there.

They're just so good and I have become far more attached than I ever thought possible going into this game (I mean look at my icon, he's never gonna be changed lads, lassies, and enbies).

[mysticmistral]

I just beat Pokemon Sword, haven't started the DLC yet. Have some memes about one of my favorite characters.

Totally not based off of real life events.

Just my thoughts and opinions on the game below....

Bede deserves to have a good life not under Chairman Rose, make is own goals and not think about appeasing someone who forgot his name even though apparently Rose took him in. He probably sees Rose as a father figure after loosing his parents and is trying to get the chairman to acknowledge his achievements for once and not focus on the champion Leon. It must suck to lose your chance at proving yourself to someone endorsed by the very being you want to defeat just to get your father figures attention.

I felt bad for beating Hop. Not as bad as I did defeating Wally back in ORAS but still. Hop gives off the feeling of someone who was always in his brothers shadow, who's just known for being the champions little brother. I feel like his family didn't help much at all with now much Hop is obsessed; he breaths to become the champion to just feel equal. Maybe he wants his family to notice him for once, no longer neglected. He loves his brother clearly, but he's a bit over obsessed. I like that he becomes a Professor Assistant for Sonia and doesn't focus on trying to be Leon, but to be himself.

Leon is an okay champion, I kinda got tired of everyone being 'undefeated' this and 'undefeated' that. If I was at the legal age to buy alcohol and swore to start a drinking challenge, I would be dead. It was his only trait, and a trait shouldn't be your accomplishments. His little gimmick of getting lost is fine, it was mildly amusing at times. He seems to treat Hop like another Galar citizen, not his little brother. Like another person who idolizes him. I don't know if he was just never around, but I would think an older sibling would try to tell the younger to follow their own path and make their own goals, not allow an unhealthy about of idolization (is that a word?) He got the champion title at the age of ten, so what did he do for the years after? Never see his family?

Sonia is okay, but she's more of a book than a character, that and a Revive giver. I think we as players should be the one discovering the lore of Galar, not her. She got an arc more than the player and she did literally nothing but point out The Darkest Day, something I feel like the player could've done and it would've added a bit more accomplishment for the player in figuring out.

I miss petting Pokemon. That's kinda weird, but it added a bit more bonding to the whole thing, not just swinging around a toy or throwing a ball. Why would some Pokemon even find that amusing?

Chairman Rose is eh. I liked how he wasn't all 'take over the world evil' like others, he had good reasonings but nevertheless, he is a businessman and political figure who the people look up to. They know how to cut corners, but Oleana is there for that. He's too busy and focused on work, like how he doesn't care about the champions words or spend time with Bede, as he forgot the kids name at one point. He's so passionate about this future like Lysandre was in Kalos, and yet he just gives up after you defeat him? Never to be seen again? Lysandre died after standing his ground for his beliefs (cool motive, still murder), no matter how flawed they were. I mean, Rose is a bit more... Mature I guess, to accept the Jail time, but I think one last conversation would have been great. Oleana is just boring, her theme is great along with Rose's but we don't know anything more than she's the party pooper assistant who does the more extreme stuff to make sure Rose's goals are achieved. One Marcos Cosmos (Is that the groups correct name?) guy asks if he have dang LIFE INSURANCE. As in, you die and your loved ones get money. Sure the after conversation is he had some other kind, but Oleana would definitely kill people. The company would do something about it.

Ghost Girl Paula. Rest in Peace. Kid in Frank's house.. Who da HECK you talking to?

There's no Absol in the game, I refused to get the game until I could get my hands on one. Once I get through Crown Tundra I'm getting an And I with Super Luck, get some eggs from them, put them in Pokemon Home, get them out and use an Absol for my journey when I restart.

The animations are... Ehhhh. I love that you can't see the pixels and stuff like the 3Ds. I wish the game had a flying animation for the Flying Taxi, not gonna lie. But Hop's animations are just Hau's from Sun and Moon. But the Pokemon still are stiff and just hop??? There's no turning animation??? The Pokemon can't follow you even though there sprites are in the game? The SCALING! A TREEVANT IS NOT SMALLER OR EQUAL HEIGHT THAN A LUCARIO! Everything is so dang out of proportion! Treevant looks like the size of a kid!

I personally would've liked to see some familiar faces. I liked how Looker appeared in all of the 3Ds games and had a major role in XY and Sun and Moon. Or maybe that was Ultra S/M, I can't remember. I want to see Lillie as a fully fledged Trainer, or Lusamine back in the good light, or Emma from XY who was left to look after Looker Bureau or AZ, or fricken Zinnia from Oras who left! I've been wanting to see Zinnia for so long! Those after story characters who grew on you, unlike those annoying Sworbert and Shielbert guys. I wanted to kill those guys. The only -bert I care for is Siegburt.

And I wish they had color wheels for skin tone, hair and eyes.

That is all I have to say about it. It's a good game, just not one that sticks out. Kinda sad about Megas being gone but I guess Dynamax and Gigantimax is fine too...

[punkscowardschampions]

Tess & Ali

Tess: I need you to look after your brother this afternoon. A few hours max. Ali: Can't Bea and Fraze do it? Where's Ro? Tess: They could but I'm asking you. Ro can help if you insist Ali: Fine, how long do I have to get back Tess: How long do you need? Ali: An hour should do it Tess: You've got 30 minutes Tess: Nowhere you should be takes longer than that Ali: I mean, you're the one asking me, mama Ali: leave the key in the plant pot if you must, I wouldn't trust him unattended personally but Tess: You and I both know I'm not asking, Ali. Tess: Be home in 30 minutes or less if you know what's good for you Tess: I can't leave until you show up Ali: I'll bike as fast as my little legs can carry me Ali: Sir yes Sir! Tess: Get your girlfriend to give you a lift if you're that far from home Tess: She can come in, she knows she's welcome Ali: About that Ali: I've gone solo ✌ Tess: Alright Tess: Anything we need to talk about? Ali: How to get rid of a body? Tess: Good one Ali: Thank you thank you very much Tess: Ain't mad you're single, but I did like her Ali: Aww, she liked you too, dollface Ali: Single, mingling, living the dream Tess: You'd bike faster if you stopped taking the piss Ali: ain't how I was raised babe Tess: Not your babe Ali: I get it, you only got eyes for Marlene Ali: bit rude but there we go Tess: You've done worse, kid Tess: Weren't gonna have eyes for Ronan, was I Ali: Its the shit ink, ain't it? Ali: Art snob 😉 Tess: 'Course Tess: What other complaints could a mother, or self respecting woman, have, like Ali: are you accusing me of having no self-respect? Ali: i'll have you know i think very highly of myself Ali: too highly if you ask my teachers Tess: Hence you had your own complaints about him Tess: Your da is gonna wanna give you a chat now you're single again, hurry home so you don't miss that, yeah? Ali: maybe I'll bring my new squeeze to meet the parents Ali: shut him up, have you pining, polishing a picture of Lene like Tess: You reckoned you were solo a minute ago Tess: How long's this ride home? Ali: You know Ali: I work fast Tess: Anyone I'm gonna to need to run checks on? Tess: Or do more than stare daggers at Ali: 🙄 That's illegal, or at the very least, highly frowned upon Ali: Don't you love the surprise? Tess: I'm joking, bab Tess: And you know I ain't loved a surprise since Rocky Tess: Especially yours Ali: 😘 its not Ronan doing a rerun Ali: everything's coming up roses, yeah? Tess: I'll take that Ali: high five Ali: just finding my shorts Tess: I'm not asking why you need a full scale search Tess: I'd rather not know Ali: Your loss, s'a great story Tess: Save it for the next bonfire Tess: Your da would love that Ali: 💚 Someone in this fam needs to appreciate my comedy genius Tess: Your little brother will if you ever get your arse here Tess: Do you want food ordered before I go? Ali: Can always rely on his toilet humour Ali: Hmm Ali: Hold on Ali: Get us pizza, pleaseeeeeeee Tess: your new love ain't veggie are they? Tess: Rock wants nothing but meat and cheese, of course Ali: Nah Ali: 1 meat feast for the carnivore kids, me and Ro can share a veggie Ali: assuming she's there Tess: She is, but she said she didn't want anything Tess: Save her some though Ali: 👌 Tess: Whoever you wanna bring is fine, but check in with her, yeah? She's quiet even for her this summer Ali: Duh, of course Ali: Maybe we'll go out Ali: on the town, see a show Tess: I'd love to see your brother last 5 minutes Tess: Won't even go cinema when its 3d Ali: 😂 lock him in a cage and call it a night Ali: well, I'll think of something fun for all the fam, Ro included, don't worry Tess: Thanks Tess: I'll leave extra money in the hiding place he hasn't found yet Tess: You remember which one, yeah? Ali: trade you a clue for a song Ali: or anything else within reason Tess: Do you actually need a clue? Ali: I'm not on my best alright Ali: was a night Tess: Then you're fine to stay in with Ro tonight Tess: She'll be chuffed Ali: are we not asking again mother? Ali: sounds good though Tess: Not as much of a slug as you reckoned Ali: just using my allotted half an hour effectively Ali: only 10 mins away, like Ali: do I know how to misdirect or what haha Tess: Do you want me to make myself scarce when your soon to be ex comes in or what? Tess: I can use the 10 minutes to hide and sneak Ali: How rude Ali: This is so serious Ali: pick out your fanciest hat Tess: I'm not trying to be accused of being the one to scare them away Tess: Alright, but none of the beanies of my youth were in a fit state to be kept boxed up the loft so I'm gonna need more warning Ali: Yeah, don't actually tah, kill my street cred stone cold with your hilarious parent antics 🙄 Ali: ooh, we can go hat shopping, fun, won't that be a treat for you mumsie? 😘 Tess: That's what Ro's for. I ain't trying to break my no shopping with you rule for some sham marriage Ali: 💔 Ali: I know you're hurting but there's no need to be cruel Ali: Wish I was bringing back some 50 year old biker with a beard and tats now Ali: your 1950s housewife brain is gonna be so underwhelmed Tess: Well I wish you were in your room all summer like your sister but we can't always get what we want Ali: Preach it, Mick Ali: but you know you don't really Tess: I know I just said it Tess: Already wasting my breath don't need to waste my words like Ali: 🤐 Ali: you love the drama Ali: where would you be without me Tess: I know if you were here I'd be out of this house already Tess: I'd love that Ali: I'm coming Ali: keep ya wig on Ali: I'm within the time limit still Tess: keep it moving and you will be Tess: and put your bike away for Christ's sake Ali: 😂 Ali: i reckon if it was my bike vs your tin wagon, my bike would come out on top Ali: like my odds Tess: In a race, probably, in a game of chicken, nah Ali: the way you drive, you'd probably miss 😉 Tess: Good thing you've got your bike and your two feet then, ain't it Ali: So mean Ali: how are YOU more capable of operating a motor vehicle than me? unfair Tess: You'll get your shot soon Ali: can't wait Ali: then you'll never know where i am 😈 Tess: Watch it, kid, that's a while off but my wrath need not be Ali: yeah yeah yeah Ali: hope the pizza gets here first Ali: hank i am Tess: as a death row meal goes you could've been more extravagant Ali: you know, thinking of the mess when i exit my bowels Ali: always thinking of you, ma Tess: Cheers Ali: prepared some cracking final words tho Ali: 'course Tess: Expected nothing less like