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[royalarchivist]

Mine: Refer to me however you want!

Mike: Yeah, for me too. I think I use all pronouns too.

[They high-five and fist-bump each other]

Mine:

[via @barbmine]

[raiiny-bay]

some WIPs from the 80s AU i never finished

[drenched-in-sunlight]

TURN ON BOOPS I WANNA BOOP YA

just want you to know that i were feeling a bit of a slump this morning and were staring at the boop button not really feeling festive at all.... but this ask makes me smile, so i turn it on now 🤣

[kylejsugarman]

i love love love how everyone has given alaska jesse a different new name. there was never any consensus, no fighting over one name over the other. everyone just has their own. we don't get to know and that's ok :) this is his story now, his life to live, and there are no more voyeurs. we just give him a name and hope that he—whoever that man may be—is living peacefully now safe from prying eyes

[dao-the-starlight]

Cross your fingers this post actually shows up on the damn tags 🤞

Hello Our Life fans! This is a sort of weird post and I’m hoping this doesn’t break any Tumblr etiquette or something, but I just wanted to gauge something

I’ve had ideas of some long OL fics (1 or olba, 1 or olnf) that are AU type things, one being a Ghibli inspired fantasy and the other a horror/supernatural mystery, and I’m curious if anyone is actually interested in reading them so I thought I’d post the synopsis for each fic and see if anyone’s interested via interaction!

Here’s each synopsis (sorry they’re both long as hell)

I wrote these both a little while ago, so these are kinda subject to change, but that’s the basic gist of each plot! (Yes I’m aware the OLNF one is just stranger things that was the main inspo)

P.S. If I end up deciding to go through with turning these into proper fic series and posting them, uh don’t expect my posting schedule to be even a little bit regular- I have quite a bit of stuff going on irl and I’m really bad at balancing my tasks, so this is just gonna be on a “I work on it when I work on it” kind of project

[nyancrimew]

fucked up sorta intoxicated long vent

cw: uuh mental health, drugs, suicide mentions, very much is just an existential crisis put into post form

this is not a suicide note or anything, im about to go cuddle up with my wife and go to sleep i just had to get my fucked up thoughts out, i might delete this tomorrow

meaning

it's so hard to find meaning in life anymore. i live for those around me, for those i love, those who love me back. yet i keep hurting them, everything keeps falling apart. i live out of spite, i cant let authority win. yet im slowly giving up my cause. i live to prove a point. ive long forgotten what point it even is anymore.

there hasnt really been any new compelling reason to keep going in over 10 years now. i honestly wonder how much it even really takes anymore to drive me to suicide. it can't be that much, im already always living on edge.

i just barely know who i even am anymore, ive largely forgotten the first 20 years of my life, and the last 3 are mostly just fog as well. forced to live in the moment, carrying all the baggage of all the previous moments i dont even have memories of anymore.

how are people just like able to keep living, regularly finding joy. how are people able to deal with bad times without immediately pondering all the ways in which they could kill themselves in?

god i need therapy so fucking bad. i keep dragging down everyone around me. how can i fix all the damage ive done, a sorry won't do. how can i fix all the damage done to me, no sorry will ever do.

why are the only options to just keep going, ignoring all the pain, or ending it all forever. where is the restart button, where can i reset, rewind, apply what ive learned to the situations where i fucked up. how do i go back and undo all the trauma. the trauma i experienced myself and the trauma i put on others.

we're all just lost children in a world not made for us. where is our world. where is the place in which we can find solace. your arms make me feel safe, and at home. but i know you feel the same way i do.

it pains me to know we're in this together, god if only i could bear your pain, if only i could bear everyone elses pain. it hurts me to know you feel this way too. no one should have to know how this feels. i wanna take on all the pain in this world so i can leave and turn the world around.

am i just failing at being a part of this society or is society failing me. i am like one bureaucratic fuck up away from dying alone on the street with no roof over my head. i cannot be self dependent, why does this society fully expect such a thing of me.

is this all worth it for the few moments of bliss, for sparing the people around me from the pain of losing me. would the pain of losing me be greater than the pain i cause every day?

i am lost. i dont know anymore. fuck i need therapy. or just anything that can fix me. the drugs certainly haven't yet, but at least i also have dependency to fight with now i guess.

yea fuck man idk

[alltimefail-sims]

IDK about ya'll, but now that we have the jewelry skill that came with so many create-able assets it made me want even more interactive gameplay skills in future packs. I will say it until this game is dead; we can never have too many interactive activities for our sims, and that's where The Sims 4 has always struggled in comparison to its predecessors.

I would love to see skills/activities such as:

Bands. A whole "Making Music" GP would be amazing, one that adds in just more instruments in general, not just "rock band" instruments. There are so many jazz artworks, signs, and statues in this game so I have no idea why we have 0 brass and 0 woodwind instruments. Also, harps!! Harps would be amazing to use with the wedding pack!!! Also no marching band in High School Years? Wild! Fumble after fumble that could still be remedied with a music-themed GP. They could add a jazz band and/or marching band after school activity with this pack and maybe a band career that starts with being a garage band that is compatible with Get Famous... it could be so good!)

Rug Making. This is a super trendy art/craft activity right now and it is super cool to watch. I would love to see this done in the sims, especially if we could make cool funky custom pieces and sell them! With GTW you could literally make your own store just for your rugs like come onnnnnn!

Pottery. Again, the selling possibilities and maybe even a new art studio lot type would be sooooo awesome for our creative sims!!!

Basket Weaving. PAIN because this should have been included in Horse Ranch or even For Rent and I'll die on that hill. It's unlikely it will fit in future packs, but I'm putting it on here nonetheless.

Sewing. Especially for quilts and stuff, how cute would it be to make baby/toddler/child clothes, quilts, etc.!!!

Skateboarding. Oh how I know we'll probably never get this... but I'm holding out hope.

Adding on to skateboarding, just some more group sports and games in general like tennis and pool.

If we get cars - a mechanic skill. They could even just consider this a part of the handiness skill and create an object like from TS2 Freetime when you could buy a junker car from buy mode and fix it up!

Obviously they might not do any of these, but these are just some dream elements that I would personally love to see in game.

Please feel free to share your dream skills/activities/game additions!!!

[stealingyourbones]

Ok! You've convinced me! If I want to be part of this community, I should explore the source material. I don't know if I'll like the artform, but if nothing else it's a cultural juggernaut I can research. My mom grew up watching Batman the Animated series, so I know that's an entry point I can try out, but I do like webcomics and manga, so I know that I might like comics better. It's an odd criteria, but is there a batman comic I can start with that's aesthetically pleasing?

Ooo aesthetically pleasing? That’s one I haven’t heard before. I’ll throw you a handful of choices of my favorite pretty comics!

Also I do 100% reccomend Batman The Animated Series which is my favorite interpretation of Batman to this day as it is for many, that and Justice League and Justice League United are WONDERFUL gateways too! (My favorite animated DC series of the time is Superman The Animated Series tied with BtAS)

I always recommend in order: Batman Year One, Batman Long Halloween, and Batman Dark Victory as it’s how I got into Batman in the first place and it’s a pretty good jumping off point. They also have movies of all 3.

mAN ok this is hard because aesthetic comics are SUCH a personal preference. Comic artists will constantly change around all the time. The current Batman/Superman Worlds Finest comic run is INCREDIBLY aesthetically pleasing and pretty as it’s drawn by Dan Mora so that could be a good go to.

- The Dark Knight Returns. It’s has a very fun gritty artstyle that I adore and it’s a comic that changed comics as we know it.

- Batman Universe is a wonderfully fun comic and his artstyle is fun so definitely check that one out.

- All Star Superman (2005-2008) has… ok artwork. But you get used to it and it’s story is one of the best written for Superman modern day.

- JLA Tower of Babel. Art is nice and the story is about Batman’s contingencies falling into the wrong hands. Good shit

Onto some Elseworld stories that aren’t canon but I LOVE the artstyles:

- Batman White Knight’s artstyle is BEAUTIFUL but isn’t a very good interpretation for your first time reading comics as it isn’t normal characterization of everyone.

- Batman Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth drawn by Dave McKean. It isn’t my favorite comic with it’s very edgy “hey what if batman is insane” (which yeah no shit he is insane) but the artstyle is uncanny and disturbing and beautiful.

- Kingdom Come. You have to know a bit about comics beforehand, I’d just recommend reading an article or blogpost critiquing 90s comic books, and behold the genuine beauty and glory that is this story. Painted by Alex Ross it’s one of the most beautiful comics out there.

They’re available online, your local library, or at your local comic shop! I hope you have a blast checking out the cool things comics have to offer!

[thestalwartheart]

Okay so this quote from Black Doves is so good I wish I’d written it:

“You have a warm heart and blood on your hands, and that’s not a good combination.”

But the brainrot is so real. A second after I heard it I went: “Fuck, that’s Q.”

Thinking about that time Ben Whishaw said Q was warmer than anyone would expect him to be. Thinking about him saying care and concern is at the core of Q and Bond’s relationship, despite all the aggravation. Thinking about him saying Q was just trying to find some sort of balance between home and work life.

This man has a real knack for playing morally grey characters who have a strong, beating heart.

[technovillain]

Okay fine I'll play psychonauts again. and make more psychonauts merch for you all...

[stiffyck]

You know what I think hermitcraft would be a very queer space. Like everyone is queer in some way. Some hermits don't care about labels, other hermits do, it doesn't really matter.

I like the idea of hermitcraft just overall being a safe space for all of them.

Oh you got kicked out for being gay? Hermitcraft will welcome you.

You're trans and no one else in your life will support you? The hermits will.

You're ace and/or aro and people keep trying to tell you just haven't found the right person yet? The hermits don't care, they will love you anyway.

Like the idea of a server where everyone feels safe and accepted makes me so soft okay. No one cares and no one is really afraid to actually say or show who they are because no one will judge them.

[overlymetaromantic]

IS KARIN AROMANTIC OR AROACE? IDK IVE JUST BEEN SEEING THROUGHOUT THE COMIC THAT SHES VERY CLEARLY NOT INTERESTED IN ROMANCE SO IM JUST WONDERING AS A FAN (and an aroace individual :3)

So the 100% honest answer is I'm not actually sure LMAO 😂 I'm honestly so, so happy people do read her this way, especially since I'm aroace myself!!! But I can also admit that her relationship with relationships ended up developing in a direction I didn't initially expect, and I worry a bit about how much of the aroace-coding is actually her own character versus me inadvertently projecting in my writing ahahaha 😂 Honestly she probably will end up somewhere on that spectrum as she grows up and experiences more, but at this point in the comic, Karin herself would not recognize herself as/identify as aro/ace. No matter what, though, I do want to explore this particular question about her own sexuality a bit more in season 2, so that she has the space to develop towards whatever identity if any suits her best by the end of the story!

[razberrypuck]

want to start listening to another jrwi campaign soon so uhhh

[callmegaith]

Barney nation

I'm leaving this here till the morning but... HL1 Barns with some inspo from blue shift

[internetkatze]

posting this here after much self-debate bc i dont want to actually Start A Discussion about it but i need to get my thoughts out Somewhere

I watched Jacob Geller's new video about Fear of Dark with some mild interest; personally the subject is entirely unrelatable to me, I've never been afraid of the dark, I actually find it comforting mostly, but I watch videos about things I don't relate to all the time, that's fine. And Jacob, of course, is a fantastic writer, and his videos always have excellent thoughtful presentation, so they're just a good thing to watch anyway.

Which is why I am deeply bothered that never at any point he mentioned anything about blind people or how an absolute lack of perception might actually be someone's normal. He talks about people going into caves and blindfolding themselves and hallucinating visual input but not what might be happening in the brains of people for whom light has never existed. For a lesser essayist I might give it a pass, but this is the kind of careful extrapolation of a subject I might expect him to at least give a nod to.

And I find this especially salient, for an essayist who talks about games, because I watched another video a while ago from someone talking about games that were accessible to blind people (that is, you can get through them solely using hearing and/or tactile input) and how the vast, VAST majority are horror games. Because sighted gamedevs can't seem to conceive of "find your way around the dark" as anything but terrifying. And how this sucks for blind players both bc the lack of options if you happen to not be a horror fan and for the intrinsic assumption that your daily normal is horrifying.

I don't know, I don't have a neat conclusion to wrap this up with, but I can't help but notice that so many of the things he cited as "fear of the dark" are actually fears of other things (fear of being in the wild, fear of being underground, fear of being trapped/tied up, fear of being vulnerable while unconscious).

The actual dark? As in, lack of visual perception? While certainly there are things that are made dangerous by it, there are plenty of people in this world without one or more senses who are just having normal-ass lives (as normal as can be given general lack of disability accessibility/acceptance)