#ill make a rock shooter

[bettertwin9000]

Treats 🌰 🥜 🐦‍⬛

We humbly accept this gift and, in return, offer to make you an honorary flock member.

There are many perks and only one downside.

People like to throw rocks 🪨 They’ll never be able to fathom.

-🪶anon

NICE!!! Don't worry - I have opposable thumbs so I can throw rocks right back to protect you guys...

[the-kr8tor]

back to back requests, if you are okay with that. r finding out that she’s pregnant, and then hobie finding out? or maybe they both find out at the same time? up to you!!

Another banger request, bestie! Thank you 🫶

Pairing: Hobie Brown x fem! Reader/ Spider-Punk x fem! Reader

Tags: Use of Y/N sparsely, no specific physical description of the reader (except for her clothing), CW vomiting, description of illness, pregnancy talk, Billie and Ramona AU, Dad! Hobie, Mom! Reader, FLUFF

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The portal opens in the living room, from the force of it opening has the boat rocking in the stagnant water. the sounds of your trinkets falling and crashing on the floor has Peter B. Cringing, while Mayday giggles excitedly in his arms. MJ follows close behind, all dressed up and pretty for their anniversary. The portal closes behind her in a mechanical sound.

“Hobie! Y/N?” Peter yells across the small space.

Mayday babbles to what sounds like your names. She tries to escape from her father's hold, kicking and squealing excitedly.

“Maybe they're still asleep?” MJ looks behind the kitchen island, she shrugs, having no idea where you or Hobie are.

Meanwhile, Mayday escapes, crawling across the floors. Upon your request, Peter took off Mayday's web shooters because in their last visit, well, the toddler almost gave you a heart attack.

Peter scratches his head, eyes flicking towards the closed bedroom door. “Do you think they're, you know?” he asks his wife with a slight whisper, wiggling his eyebrows.

MJ side glances, “Come on, really, Pete?”

Mayday points at the bathroom further down the hallway, Peter's enhanced hearing picks up retching and dry heaving inside the closed bathroom, the sound bouncing off the tiled walls.

He picks up Mayday, cradling her head. Looks like date night is postponed when the only person who volunteered to babysit Mayday is sick.

“Everything alright in there?” he knocks softly on the door.

The living room window slides open and out jumps Hobie holding onto a brown paper bag.

“You're early, hey MJ.” He says nonchalantly.

“Hi, Hobie, is she okay?” MJ grimaces after another round of retching continues inside the bathroom.

“Dude,” Peter makes way for Hobie to enter the small hallway. “Is she sick? You know I can't drop Mayday off while there's some sort of infection happening in here–” he gets a thwack upside the head from his wife.

“She's fine” Hobie says it to the couple but it's more of a reassurance for himself. “We both think she ate something bad a few days ago and she's been like this every morning.” He knocks twice on the door.

MJ looks like she's thinking.

Your pained muffled voice echoes out. “I'll be out in a minute, sorry.”

“Don't be sorry, love. I've got your meds, yeah? Come out so you can drink it” he says through the door.

With a click of the doorknob, you reveal yourself to the party in Hobie's jumper and a very old sweatpants hanging on your hip. Your eyes are flushed, sniffing to hell and back.

“Hi, sorry I don't think we can take care of Mayday today.” You say dejectedly, eyes forlorn as you look at the toddler who's equally devastated to hear the news.

“Aww man but we've got reservations–” MJ slaps Peter upside the head again.

Hobie helps you walk with his arms wrapped around your shoulders, thumb massaging comfortingly. He whispers to you. “How do you feel?”

“I feel like my stomach is doing somersaults.” You groggily say. Hobie sits you down on the settee, handing you a water bottle and medicine.

“Y/N, sweetheart, when was the last time you had your period?” You almost did a spit take when MJ asked you the question.

“Honey, what the he–cow” Peter fumbles, realizing that his daughter's still in his arms, watching him with her big eyes.

Hobie looks at you with wide eyes, slowly realizing something. You ate the same thing he eats everyday so why are you the only one with the stomach bug?

“Uh I'm late this month…” you side eye Hobie who looks like he's about to vomit right there and then. “Why? I'm probably just stressed and…” MJ gives you a soft look.

“Are you fatigued?” MJ softly asks, you nod while Hobie observes you and you only. “Any tenderness in the chest” you nod again. Hobie flicks his eyes down to your stomach. “Y/N, darling.” She smiles at you and Hobie, Peter gives you two the most awkward thumbs up. Mayday copies her dad, nodding along.

You chuckle nervously, facing Hobie, your bottom lip wobbling.

“Y/N” Hobie looks at you with glistening eyes. “Love, I think I should swing by the chemist again.” He holds your hand affectionately, eyes never leaving yours as a smile spreads across his face.

Peter's spidey senses warn him, covering Mayday's ears in one quick dad movement.

“Holy shit! Am I pregnant?!” you screech.

One agonizing fifteen minutes later, two lines appear on the small plastic stick, confirming MJ’s suspicion. Hobie was with you the entire time, holding your hand, caressing your back as he whispers ‘I love yous’ in your ear. You know you and the baby will be okay.

[patchiko]

comic!jason todd x m!indie rock singer/guitarist reader

cold weather - glass beach

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🪐⁠☆ﾟ⁠.⁠*⁠･⁠｡ﾟ warnings ; sfw (none)

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🪐⁠☆ﾟ⁠.⁠*⁠･⁠｡ﾟ contents ; hc’s totally not based off glass beach lyrics haha thats so cheesy whaat lololo…

I love the way you make me feel when I’m staring at my screen.

At 4AM, trying not to fall asleep

And you hit me up just to see if I’m OK

JASON TODD CODED SOOO BAAADD

literally how the crushes form for both sides

jason has like an inner psyche where he just fuckin knows when youre awake

if you ask him he’ll probably say something stupid like ‘i can hear your (guitar)/(voice)’ and he’s nowhere around you

and his heart throbs whenever you two stay texting for waayy tooooo loonggg, starts cheesing and shit

NEERRRDD

average jason todd text

When I keep you up sending Mamegoma Lines

You know it's shit like that that makes me wanna be alive

JASON TODD CODED LINE. CANON CANON.

he responds through his helmet while he’s kicking ass

it gets so common to a point where he ends up having a full blown convo w/ you using those stupid fuckin stickers

bug him late at night !!

he’ll tell you to gts but he’d be lying if he says it doesn’t make his heart melt when u send him these little fucks.

So I'll call in sick again just to spend the day with you

100% he’ll call a day off to hang with you

whether its showing up to your show then hitting a bar, 100%,

i need jason todd in a relationship where he just drops everything for his s/o,

fuck the mission!! he wants to listen to those fucking vocals for an hour or you shredding ur guitar!!

he’s fucking around in an arcade with you till 11pm

hes a little ass at mario kart, better with motorcycle games,

BRING HIM TO ANY SHOOTER ONES WHERE U HOLD THE GUN AND UR GETTING WAAAASHHHEDD.

he has the most fun with the halo ones or the walking dead ones

weirdly good at the multiplayer pacman games

AMAZING AT GALAXIA ILL DIE ON THIS HILLL

Wanna say I think it's so gay that we really both feel the same way

That I feel like we're more than just friends

It took too long to realize

I didn't miss the cold weather, I just missed you

Jason was never homophobic and or totally against the idea of him being gay

i dont think he was ever in a gay relationship b4 you two

bc most of the vigilante guys he met were trying to fight him or absolute dick heads,

n’ most of the male figures in his life weren’t the absolute best.

so there wasn’t tooo much room for crushing on a guy too easily

if you’d ask him abt his sexuality its smthn like ‘i think im straight but i dunno what if im not.’

heres how i think it starts ;)

you’re preforming at a bar, n’ ofc jason todd can admit when a guys cute/attractive, any guy could do that

and maybe its ur guitar or your vocals but he cant stop watching (he convinces himself its your talent which is reasonably not gay)

maybe one coincidence leads to another and you two chat and go out at times, he pulls up to your shows more.

and the whole time he thinks he’s just acknowledging that your a very attractive person,

notthin crazy to admit ya homie has mad kisssble lips after starin at them for a sec too long. lol. haha. hm.

and i think the thought really hits him when he’s out of gotham for a mission. and he’s craving your presence

he texts you but you dont respond, fuck right you have a show and the timezone difference—

n he gets fuckin, ANTSY and SAD.

he tries to smoke a cig to fuck off

but he cant stop thinking about that one night where he brings you to his favorite rooftop view of the city,

how those sly stupid jokes slip from your mouth like honey,

the way you glance at him and the moonlight on your skin

how he got that random need to just lean into your lips

and— (GAY REALIZATION PANICC) <- link

'Cause I don't need the cold weather like I need you

And I don't need the sweater weather I just need you

Na na na na na na na

Na na na na na na na

Na na na na na na na

Fuck! Hahahaha

hes unlabeled your honor.

[sh1-n0bu]

Ngl, I'm curious if you know about the vocaloid, if so, what's your favorite song?

Mine is Romeo and Cinderella, Feathers Across The Seasons/Feathers of Four Seasons, Evil Food Eater Conchita, Judgement of Corruption, Drop Pop Candy, The Peachy Key, and a lot more but don't want you read all that

FUCK YEEEEEEE VOCALOID ASKS LETSGOOOOOOOOOOO🔥🔥🔥

i have so many favorite songs tbh vut my fav vocaloid is meiko!!! and luka sometimes too and gakupo. but for songs, ill just make a mini list of songs that i remember

- black rock shooter (obviously)

- evil food eater conchita

- judgement of corruption (the violin ughhhhh the viioolinnnnn😫😫)

- god slaying machine

- again

- crystalline

- wildfire

- echo

- how to pretend

- alive of human sacrifice

- kagome, kagome

- dark woods circus

- okaa-san

- secrets of wysteria

- kilmaa (the song bank is utaloid but yknow,,, they all sound robotic n stuff)

- goodbye

- exorcism

- rugrats theory

- some songs of MASA WORKS PRODUCTION (the creator is problematic but his songs slaps😔)

- full course of candy addicts

- dawn (it sounds SO human its kinda scary lmao)

- beheading dance

- circus monster (the amount of LJ and candy pop mmds ive watched to this song is,,,,, embarrassing)

- hold release rakshasa and carcasses

- bad apple

- ikanaide

[pastelkitty764]

Some Smiling Friends headcanons because h

Some are wholesome, some are sad, some are silly. Variety, y'know?

Allan is autistic, and his monotone way of speaking is a trait of it, along with his perfectionism. Cheese may possibly be a comfort food for Allan, too.

Pim actually has depression, caused by things like his less than stellar home life and upbringing, and constantly tries to keep up a happy go lucky personality to hide his inner pain, and also because he doesn't want others to experience the same pain he want through growing up. In fact, Desmond's speech in the first episode triggered a depressive episode for him. (Edit: I'm gonna tweak my Pim headcanon a little bit. While he is depressed, he rarely relapses or has episodes, since he takes medication for it. He was at his worst in his teen years but once he moved out of his family's house and into his own place, and starting working at Smiling Friends, he got the necessary help he needed to deal with his mental illness)

Pim wants to give the love he never received, which is why he even started working at Smiling Friends in the first place.

Charlie's music preferences include rap, nu metal, phonk, heavy metal, lo-fi and breakcore, Pim's include classic rock, folk, 70s-80s music, eurobeat, and muzak (like elevator music) Allan mostly likes jazz, and Glep will just listen to anything, really

When it comes to video games, Pim loves life simulation games, Charlie likes shooter games, and Allan and Glep both like fighting games.

Glep is a huge fantasy nerd, which is why he wears a wizard hat, and he loves table top games like D&D. He'll sometimes even force Allan to play D&D with him.

Marge (Glep's wife) is Asian American.

Charlie and Zoey's relationship is akin to Marzipan and Homestar's- they seem to be in a vicious cycle of breaking up and getting back together. (Every scene Zoey's been in she's either been annoyed by Charlie or not even talk to him, that may change in season 3 but for now that's all I see between them.)

Grim and Gnarly didn't actually die, they somehow miraculously survived being shot by arrows, which the Smiling Friends don't know yet, but they no longer go around making people frown, they just kinda lurk I guess

Allan is a closeted gay man.

[turianjournalist]

Yall it’s very important to vote and vote blue, especially now, I understand if you don’t like Biden but we’re not in between a rock and a hard place we are in between a rock and barbed spikes, Netanyahu wants trump and those like him in because they’ll open the floodgates of weapons and will not negotiate for a ceasefire, Putin wants trump in because trump will cut all ties with Ukraine and NATO, chronically ill and disabled people will lose their healthcare, trans people will be put on fucking registries and denied basic rights, the trump regime will roll back gay marriage, they wanna destroy public education, they’ll cut access to birth control/abortions/ivf, the environment will be destroyed, the border will be more horrific, the list goes fucking on and outlined in project 2025

The right is gonna use this shooting to martyr Trump, they’ll focus on the fact that the shooter donated $15 to a leftist charity and ignore the fact he registered as a republican 8 months later, it’ll be tough but if we turn out than we can make it a fight that we can win

[stevetonyweekly]

Stevetony Weekly - August 20th

 This week’s list is being prepped early because I’ll be traveling Sunday--so it’s shorter than normal. I’ll make it up to you next week! Remember to leave comment/kudos for the fic you love! 

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Indefinitely by complicationstoo 

Recent college graduate Tony Stark is content with his life. He has his bookstore, a few close friends, and he hasn't spoken to his father in over a year. When Steve Rogers, the actor famous for his role as Captain America, walks into the store one autumn morning, Tony's in for one hell of a ride.

  A Notting Hill AU

Say My Name by citsiurtlanu

Steve reminds Tony that there's more to him than the war his weapons were used in.

The Strangers You Call Friends by Mireille

Stark frustrates Sheriff Rogers, but that doesn't mean he wants to see the man drink himself to death. Timely needs a blacksmith, after all.

A Handsome Stranger Called Death by hopelesse, isozyme

Steve Rogers was an optimist, and he had no sense for the limits of one man with a six-shooter and a strong will, but he was canny enough to know that he wasn’t getting any good done as pig food.

A mashup of 1872 and T. Kingfisher’s Jackalope Wives. You could also call it a vampire AU.

Inevitable Conclusion by ohmyloki

Steve wondered what Tony kissed like. Was it hard and fast like so much of Tony’s life had been? Or would it be something slow and methodical like how Tony was in his workshop, always making sure to dot his i’s and cross his t’s?

Architecture by Sineala

Tony decorates Avengers Tower for the new team's first Christmas, and Steve's standing in a very fortuitous place.

take me away to you by complicationstoo

One perfect weekend. That's how it starts.

stars glued to our thighs by starvels (dinosaur)

Steve’s been out of town for a few weeks, doing the superhero thing. To welcome Steve back home properly, Tony clears some space for Steve to slide right into.

you and I are both page and pen by Missy_dee811

I have a good life. I have wonderful friends. I’ve got more money than I know what to do with, and thanks to that, I have a knack for building elaborate tinker toys. They’ve helped me cope.

Through it all, I’ve managed to help some people here and there.

And I’ve been lucky, so very lucky. I manage a disease from which some never recover, for a scotch on the rocks tempts me daily.

But there’s always been the question of my heart.

[Podfic of] Wilt Thou Exchange by exmanhater

"The first time Steve meets Toni is about a week after he wakes up."

Ice Prince by complicationstoo

Tony Stark bought a hockey team on a whim, having never watched the sport in his life. He decides to take a hands-on approach to being a team owner and starts spending time with team captain Steve Rogers. "Hands-on approach" soon becomes very literal.

Toward the Sun by shinysylver

Steve is exhausted. He's spent a decade just trying to survive and somehow forgot how to live in the process. But is it too late to fix what he's broken?

Tony nearly died, but thanks to Extremis he's healthier than ever. However, just because the battle is over doesn't mean the war is won. He's out of retirement now for good or ill.

The only thing that's certain is that the Earth needs the Avengers and the Avengers need both Steve and Tony.

Enemy At The Gates by AvocadoLove

By the time Captain America was found and defrosted, the Chitauri had wiped out the entire state of New York, and Iron Man was the world’s most wanted villain.

[batb1tch]

I fucking missed his birthday but here’s a belated list of Bruce Wayne headcanons no one asked for 🫡

He’s a walking thesaurus

Begrudgingly takes the time to do general maintenance on the kids vehicles but they know it’s how he shows fatherly love

Genuinely disgruntled/confused by social media culture & language

— “Duke, what does -squints at iPhone screen- thotiana mean?”

“……im not qualified for this”

History buff. Loves the history channel & discovery channel. gets hurt on patrol & just vegges for 8+ hrs. when the painkillers kick in he starts scrutinizing & correcting the narrators. Loudly criticizes naked & afraid. Whole fam finds him unbearable (jay is the same way tho)

Enjoys rlly spicy food. Like shit that should be inedible. Prob from years of inhaling toxic gases & fumes. as embarrassing as it may be he doesn’t have much of a palette anymore. Only way to find out if something’s poisonous is the consistency/density & how it sits on his tongue.

— “clark, dare me to eat this pepper?”

“we’re literally on a different planet that thing could kill you bruce”

“I’ll take my chances”

—turns purple or something—

Total geek on vacations or nature walks, points out every creature it’s Greek name, genus, the whole shebang. Loves fossils and seashells can tell you time period of rocks & what type they are. Same with trees.

100% would blow shit up in the bat cave for “scientific research purposes”

— “it’s for the greater good Alfred”

“even the bottle rockets sir?”

“Especially the bottle rockets”

Really fucking hates the cold. Broken bones & scars ache like a bitch in rainy/snowy cold weather.

Hates taking medicine/cough syrup like a giant baby. Alfred has resorted to hiding pills & sedatives in all kinds of creative ways. Stephanie is surprisingly good at baking them into her “special” cupcakes.

wears those horrible Hawaiian shirts and slacks every time the fam goes on vacation. Looks like a walking pattern violation.

as opposite of a morning person as you could get. drinks his coffee black & cant function until he’s finished at least a cup. The longer he sleeps the longer it takes him to recover when he gets up. Pours orange juice into his cereal & that kind of shit. Most of the kids know better & leave him alone to his morning paper but Steph knows it’s the best time to get what she wants so she’ll hassle him relentlessly at the breakfast table. Morning stubble always makes a cameo

Fucking terrible at most video games. The WORST at 1st person shooters. Does enjoy racing & building games (& Skyrim for some reason)

Really good at crossword puzzles & fills them out in the newspaper when he gets the chance.

Truly is the turtleneck king (you lose a lot of heat in the neck)

Has horrible handwriting for someone who grew up with a top tier education. Drives his secretary nuts.

Has like 5 cellphones, very plug of him. nobody understands how he manages to keep track of everything. the one he uses as bruce to contact the kids is an 02 NOKIA that’s probably been to the moon and back (literally)

Very affectionate towards Alfred the cat it’s definitely that ‘dad who vehemently denies the pet/doesn’t want it & then becomes inseparable with it’ type of relationship. He may or may not sneak him friskies much to Damian’s chagrin.

—*tsk* “he’ll become obese father its irresponsible of you”

“ill feed this cat until he has to roll through my house thanks”

Has one of those fancy watches with like 1000 functions thanks to tim. It’s bulky and black looks like some sort of military electronic.

His kids call him inspector gadget.

Wears blankets around his shoulders like the cape/cowl when he’s sick.

Most certainly keeps track of and studies the colony in the cave. The kids have a theory that he has trackers and mics attached to the bats for snooping purposes. (He doesn’t but he’s not telling them that)

Has a collection of crazy socks, ties, and cuff links (mostly from tim & steph) that he wears to work when he’s feeling worn out. They are all hideous and Alfred tells him so but just a glance at some putrid yellow cotton & he already feels better.

Enjoys going to classic car shows with the kids and Alfred. everyone has an opinion if he’s made a new purchase, he pouts if the consensus is bad

Singe-handedly funded the 24/7 food truck services/entrepreneur program for the entirety of Gotham after getting his ass kicked by killer croc one night & by the grace of god & the pity of a concerned man running a taco truck was given the best meal he’s ever tasted in his life. Jay was very on board when he heard about it & actually the entire team is pretty grateful to be able to grab something delicious on the go all hours of the night

Likes to swim and going to the beach in general. One of his favorite things to do with Clark is deep sea fishing — dad shorts baseball cap and socks with sandals kind of fishing.

Contrary to his stony persona, the mans a crier. Cries when he’s sad, cries when he’s happy, cries when he yawns, cries when he laughs, cries when he’s sick, etc. etc. Sometimes tears come out when he’s upside down, he’s just got very active tear ducts 😪

Definitely has a photo of every kid in his wallet, most of them are blurry and cropped weird cause he cut them out himself but all of them are of the kids smiling or laughing. He looks at them all the time to the point that they’re worn down and faded different colors.

Has severe manic & depressive episodes. PTSD as well.

He’s ambidextrous but primarily left handed

[aryshacore]

went to a con yesterday and came back with this :] (devil grade is a project still under development, that's why you probably never heard of it)

i usually dont cosplay when going to animanga cons (ive been in 4 in my life including this one: two iterations of the smallest thing in the world that you can imagine, this medium sized one and the biggest of all europe), but now i think that if i go back to a big one ill try to do something nice. i have ideas for two cosplays that only hardcore weebs or ppl with good taste ( ´ー`)y~ would recognize but theyd make me so happy. not saying what they would be but they are both music related

ALSO to conclude this i bought supercell's CD/DVD of the same name on vinted for less than 15€ im sososo happy bc it's a super important hatsune miku album both for me and the vocaloid community. having it in my own hands and being able to play it in my house is gonna be crazy. also black☆rock shooter (the song) and its original music video are in it

[duckduckdilf]

Pathologic, an Underrated Work of Art

Pathologic is a video game made by Russian studio Ice-Pick Lodge located in Moscow Russia in 2005. “In Russia, Pathologic was critically well received, winning year-end accolades from five Russian outlets.”(Pathologic). However the game was not as well received in english speaking countries when the translation was released in 2006. Often calling the game a boring walking simulator.

I think too many people miss the point of this game. Even in positive reviews like the one from Rock, Paper, Shotgun written by Quintin Smith, which is an article quoted by almost every dissection of Pathologic since 2008, misses some points. Such as comparing the game to the Dark Souls series just because the games are both difficult. Which just misses the point of Pathologic. Other reviewers bash the lack of tutorials for certain mechanics or the walking speed of the player (Flynn) though I believe that this adds to the game. 

In the world of Pathologic nothing waits for the player before things happen. The other characters are still healers motivated to save this town and so they do. In real life time never slows down so that you may complete your tasks for the day and so neither does Pathologic. The clock is always ticking and should the player fail to complete everything in time, someone important will fall ill which very well may be the end of the game. 

Pathologic is a game that goes out of its way to make the player have a bad time. This is a game about overcoming a plague but just getting enough food to eat is a monumental task. Everything about the mechanics draws the player into the setting. The very gritty and bleak setting where doctors are forced to kill children for a chance to save the town. Pathologic really hammers home this feeling of helplessness. Like how this first person shooter creates situations where it is better to sell the only gun to avoid starvation. Even if the gun is kept, the fighting mechanics are deliberately terrible. “The game has fighting mechanics in the same way that a car being driven off a cliff has flight mechanics” (hbomberguy 11:53-12:01). This game loves to take everything the audience knows about videogames and turn it on its head.

Pathologic is a great subversion of how survival horror games typically use the in game economy. Where typically in games the economy provides a consistent reward system for the work of the player, it provides a security not found in the real world economy. Survival horror almost never has an in-game economy to make things as unpredictable as possible for the player. Pathologic however uses the in-game economy and the mechanics players are so used to from other games, to enhance the fear and insecurity. (Novitz)

Despite the more fantastical and mystic elements to the game it still grounds itself in a gritty reality. In Pathologic it is much more common to starve to death or fall ill than to die in combat. Due to a pollen in the air, everyone in the Steppe is more susceptible to starvation at this time of year. Only being able to survive twelve hours without food. The main place where the player will find this essential food is in the local store. The first day as the player gets to know the town they might stop by and get acquainted with the prices and mechanics. On the second day, when word gets out that there is a plague, prices do not just double, but go up around six times the original price. Bread that originally cost 350 now costs 2240(Grocery). 

Well, that is enough preamble. Please, take your seats, the curtain is about to rise.

When the games first opened the player finds themselves in a theater with three people on stage. These people are the three playable characters. The Bachelor, the Haruspex and the Changeling. They argue about how to best heal the city. They are all right and wrong in their own ways. 

This initial play sets up some core themes of the game being: perspective and morality all while introducing the theater motif.

As the play concludes the player leaves the theater where we see the character selection screen. Each character has their own story set in the same town where we see their perspective on how they try to cure a plague named Sand Pest that ravages the Steppe on the second day in the game. The unique thing about Pathologic is that as you play one character the others still continue their stories. There are several points in the game where the player speaks with the other two and at times works against them. 

As interesting as the full story is, there is simply not enough time to explain it here. There is a reason most video essays for this game are at least two hours long. Here and today the story will only be explained from the viewpoint of the Bachelor. It is important to highlight that this is not everything for as much as this game is about attempting to cure a plague it is also about perspective.

The intended first character to be played is the Bachelor, Daniil Dankovsky.

Dankovsky is a famed doctor with the goal of defeating death altogether. He is arrogant to say the least. He believes in analytical interpretation above all. He sticks firmly to what he knows and dismisses the more mystical explanations and beliefs of the people of the Steppe. 

In Pathologic every player character has a list of bound. These are people important to that character's story and must be kept alive to the end of the game for any remotely positive ending. For the true endings every characters bound must be healthy by the end of the game, this is the story that will be covered here.

The Bachelors bound are called the Utopians, they are: Mark Immortell,  Eva Yan, Georgiy Kain, Victor Kain, Maria Kaina, Vlad the Younger, Andrey Stematin and Peter Stematin.

Andrey Stematin is the brother of Peter Stematin who is the architect behind one of the great landmarks of the town: the Polyhedron.

The Polyhedron is this large structure on the edge of town made of its own blueprints that seems to defy gravity, the only thing holding the impossible structure up is this large thin spike that pierces the earth. The Polyhedron is off limits to the player until later in the game. The place has been overtaken by the children of the town who claim that it makes dreams.

Vlad the Younger, part of the Olgimsky family. Son of Vlad the older who owns the Termitary which is where the workers of the Abbatoir reside. The Abbatoir being another important landmark to the town, it is a large, tumor like hill with an underground facility made for harvesting the meat of bulls which is the town's main source of food and revenue. The place is closed down before news of the pandemic by Vlad the Younger. The Bachelor learns that Vlad had suspicions about the plague but instead of telling anyone he decided to lock up all the workers in isolation. Later in the story the Termitary doors are unlocked at the arrival of the Inquisitor. Revealing that the Termitary was not clean like the Olgimskys had insisted but instead has had most of its workers die off due to the plague. The bodies of the infected are placed in these giant bags hanging from the ceiling. In that time Vlad has been digging into the ground as he believes that the Sand Pest originates from beneath the Abbatoir. 

Eva Yan is a kind woman who provides the Bachelor with a place to stay. She is not incredibly important to the plot but the player will likely talk to her each day. She is one of the only trustworthy people in this town. Even the other bound do not care about the Bachelor outside of what he can do for them. This makes Eva a real breath of fresh air. Which makes it all the more heartbreaking when she kills herself the night before the arrival of the Inquisitor. Her death hurts, even more so because there just is not enough time in the day to think about her passing. By the time that the player reads the letter with the news there are several more letters with very time sensitive tasks to complete for the day. Which is yet another way Pathologic uses its game mechanics to evoke feelings in the player. The clock is always ticking and in a plague one life lost will not stop a whole town from needing the only available doctor.

On the twelfth and final day of the game after the Bachelor wraps up his business with the Stamatins and Kains he receives a letter from “The Powers That Be”. This is not the first time the player hears from them. They send nightly letters checking in on the progress of the Bachelor who, up until this point, was led to believe that The Powers That Be are some sort of government force that resides in the capital who are so disappointed in his progress that they destroyed his life's work. The letter reads: “A Letter from the Powers That Be, Bachelor! We thought we should write because you don’t seem to be listening to what we tell you! You’ve gotten out of hand! As of late you keep doing whatever you please. This is unacceptable. You are spoiling the game…”. The letter then proceeds to give instructions on how to meet them in the Polyhedron.

Upon entering, the Bachelor is faced with two children and a sandbox recreation of the town. He, understandably, has some questions and concerns and the children supply answers.

These kids made the town in this magic sandbox. The characters are just their least favorite dolls. The Sand Pest is a sandbox pest. The kids say the reason that the topic of their game is so dark is because there is a funeral happening. A funeral that has been going on for ten days. The kids believe that the sandbox is magical in a very similar way that the children of the Steppe believe that the Polyhedron is magic. 

There is one thing that really stands out when they are explaining the situation, and that is the use of the word epidemic. Just the one word says so much because remember these are children, children who think sandboxes are magic, why would they know such a word like epidemic? Because there is one where they live. That is likely what the ten day funeral is for. 

Here is some history: in 1770 a plague broke out in Moscow, Russia, the same city this game was made in and that the city was modeled after. In the beginning, the citizens would not believe that there was a plague, ignoring any measures to prevent infection until it was too late. When the citizens finally believed that there was a plague they blamed it on superstition, thinking that it was punishment for not burying the bodies in the proper christian way. (Mitchell)

This is exactly how the town reacts to the plague. From denying to superstition. On the very first day in Pathologic someone is burned alive in front of a crowd as a sacrifice. The children who made this town are living through a plague and the town they made reflects the reality of their town.

The Bachelor leaves. After all of that, he receives a letter from the Makers. Asking to talk in the theater. The makers are stand-ins for the actual developers of the game and they do not speak with the Bachelor, they speak to the player. “The hero is a doll, but so are the children. The real game is what’s happening between you and us”. This is very literally speaking about the video game. The tragedian puts it more bluntly  “I am exactly what you think I am. A collection of poorly rendered polygons on a screen…”.

 “Perhaps not all is lost yet. Let's wait for the finale and see if the day brings any surprises. We still have a chance to play in a drama with an unpredictable story.” The player: “Watch me act”. This is just fantastic writing. The whole conversation is so unique to Pathologic. There still is not something quite like this since this game came out in 2006. Where else do the game developers speak directly to the player and give them subtle hints to not follow the choices that the main character would make.

There is a true ending that is much more positive after all of this but because context of the other routes is missing the Bachelors choice of finale will have to do. 

The military are in town with guns and bombshells. They are leaving the final decision up to the Bachelor. As he is the only doctor in town he must know by now better than anyone whether or not the town can be saved. The Bachelor looks at the town that he spent twelve days in. Being lied to, infected, starved, robbed and beaten. He looks to the Polyhedron, a beacon of hope. The only place untouched, untainted by the people and the plague. It's a symbol of a better world to come, a utopia. 

What was once a city, now a crater that the Polyhedron looms over like a tombstone.

Pathologic is undeniably art. It is not very often that a game is so well realized and affects its players so profoundly yet seems to have had zero impact in western gaming. Perhaps the sequel will gain more traction so that others will come to understand the masterpiece that is, Pathologic.

Mitchell, Jared. “A Body, Divided: Pathologic.” Heterotopias, 18 July 2017, http://www.heterotopiaszine.com/2017/07/18/body-divided-pathologic/. 

“Grocery.” Pathologic Wiki, https://pathologic.fandom.com/wiki/Grocery. 

hbomberguy. “Pathologic Is Genius, and Here's Why.” YouTube, YouTube, 21 Nov. 2019, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsNm2YLrk30&t=721s. 

Flynn, David. “Pathologic 1 & 2 Review --- to Suffer Is to Know.” GAMING TREND, 10 Feb. 2022, https://gamingtrend.com/feature/reviews/pathologic-1-2-review-to-suffer-is-to-know/. 

Bailey, Andrew. “Pathologic.” Critical Distance, 5 Aug. 2020, https://critical-distance.com/2020/07/01/pathologic/. 

Smith, Quintin. “Pathologic: Why It's the Best Game You've Never Played.” Rock Paper Shotgun, Rock Paper Shotgun, 5 Oct. 2014, https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/pathologic-review. 

“Pathologic.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 24 Jan. 2023, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pathologic. 

Novitz, Julian. “Scarcity and Survival Horror: Trade as an Instrument of Terror in Pathologic.” Transactions of the Digital Games Research Association, http://todigra.org/index.php/todigra/article/view/64/112.

[latenightgasstationwalk]

My number 1 album of 2013. Queens of the Stone Age were in full effect on this one. Known for making significant thematic and stylistic changes to their sound, approach and delivery with almost every subsequent album, QOTSA saw the most drastic change in their sound yet with like clockwork. In my opinion it was their most ambitious move musically still to this day. 

Coming out a whopping 6 years after “era vulgaris” (another all time favorite of mine, and the only record I own on vinyl) a lot of fans were left wondering where the queens sound would go next.

As a musician who is constantly consuming, studying and obsessing over different styles of music, I’ve come to find that my standards aren’t high at all when it comes to what I’ll listen too. I know this is like a joke sentence people make fun of, but with the exception of music that has harmful political overtones I really will listen to anything and everything. And in my time doing so I discovered there’s really only 2 criteria I look for in an album to gauge its quality. So long as it sounds good and so long as it sounds new to me.

Like clockwork is an enigma in mainstream rock music in my opinion. With the title track “keep your eyes peeled” which as far as I know (I’m fairly certain) is the only song on the record that was recorded in C standard tuning, in line with a lot of their earlier albums where josh would play guitar tuned down way low, in C standard, through ampeg bass amps. But the song starts with an oppressive and looming rhythmic chug on that low C string that gives you the feeling an insurmountable force is striding towards you with ill intent. And the song only continues that way up until the very last second. The song sounds like a theme song written for the scariest guy in a place you’d never want to be. Only to completely blindside you with the next track “I sat by the ocean” that has this dreamy, optimistic yet melancholic post-beach rock sound too it.

And if you’re a budding guitarist? There is so many hidden guitar riff gems on this album. “I appear missing” and “my god is the sun” have some of the most infectious guitar riffs of the 2010’s. As well as some of the most hypnotic and addictive bass lines. I’ve always said queens of the Stone Age is one of those bands that you get so much out of if you’re a musician that loves to absorb every kind of musical sound you can. I think most people would be hard pressed to find a band that has such an inconsistent approach to music, but rock steady consistency in quality and sound. (Maybe king gizzard and the lizard wizard)

Every track is a pleasant surprise, I seriously think the band was at their best here, as I said my 2 number 1 criteria for any music is a simple “does it sound good?” And “does it sound new?” and I can’t stress the second one enough, excluding other genre’s and speaking exclusively on modern rock music, it’s very hard to find an artist that’s releasing versatile albums that expand into a wide array of other sub-genres or at least takes influence from them to create a rock track that is adjacent to another genre ever so slightly. QOTSA does that flawlessly here and every track is worth so many listens. One of the only albums I’ve found that has 0 skips. Even their most critically acclaimed album “songs for the deaf”, which I love very dearly, has a song I always skip on it. (It’s called 6 shooter, it’s just too fucking loud and annoying) and it’s kinda hard to give a 10 to an album that has a song that you always skip because it’s that bad.

But on like clockwork, every song is substantially different, well written, perfectly executed and so well thought out. every song keeps you guessing where it’s going next. Like being lead through a labyrinth by a guide who makes you wonder if he even knows how to read the map. But you follow anyway, because the adventure keeps you longing for whatever comes next.

But again, I cite this album as a massive influence on me and the music I make, and I can’t think of another rock album from that time that stuck with me for this long. Highly highly highly

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

[pigtailpoll]

BRACKET FINALLY DONE !!

bracket finally sorted , 128 characters ( out of over 500 submissions ) . i tried to make things as even as possible , but some pairings are a little lopsided because unfortunately things dont match up ideally liek that irl ^^;;

most ppl wanted to either include iconic characters or have them in an adjacent bracket . i agree that you cant have a pigtail poll and NOT include these icons , but i also agree that its not very exciting to have them in tha main race -- liek , you know theyre just gonna crush all tha little guys and make it to the end . so what we'll do is have tha eight most iconic pigtail wearers ( decided by highest number of submissions and also liek . generally popularity / we know theyre icons ) compete in their own bracket against eachother , and tha winner of THAT bracket will face off tha winner of tha main bracket in a final showdown . so basically this'll be liek what they do in real sports ( or so im told lol ) , where certain teams will get to skip some matches and move straight to tha finals

i cant zoom out far enough to take a screenshot of the bracket , it physically wont let me ( i used bracketfights dot com on desktop because it kept crashing on mobile ) . so i will put the pairings in order , going straight down the left side and then straight down the right side , in a bracket that looks like this ( ill purrobably edit this template with the names later but its almost 3 am and im dead tired , i just wanted to post tha update orz )

LEFT SIDE

RIGHT SIDE

1 asa mitaka ( chainsaw man ) 

2 izumo kamiki ( ao no exorcist ) 

3 ashley spinelli ( reccess )  

4 creepie ( growing up creepie ) 

5 bloody eye ( bloody mary ) 

6 boo ( monsters inc )

7 choso ( jjk ) 

8 muffet ( undertale ) 

9 sakura hanazono ( kaichou wa maid-sama ) 

10 mikan sakura ( gakuen alice ) 

11 shizuku mizutani ( my little monster ) 

12 retoree ( show by rock ) 

13 chiyo mihama ( azumanga diaoh )

14 maka albarn ( soul eater )

15 black rock shooter ( brs )

16 lyra ( pkmn ) 

17 jill ( drill dozer ) 

18 penny ( inspector gadget )

19 elizabeth midford ( kuroshitsuji ) 

20 anne halford ( sugar apple fairy tale ) 

21 lilie ( princess tutu ) 

22 jess ( badanamu ) 

23 yaya yuki ( shugo chara ) 

24 sana futaba ( magia record : pmm ) 

25 sana kurata ( kodomo no omocha ) 

26 makima kirameki ( re : creators ) 

27 cherry cookie ( cookie run ) 

28 twintelle ( ARMS ) 

29 bubbles utonium ( ppg ) 

30 yokune ruko ( UTAU ) 

31 entrapta ( she-ra and the pop ) 

32 ling xiaoyu ( tekken ) 

33 garu ( pucca )

34 sarasa watanabe ( kageki shoujo )  

35 mio naganohara ( nichijou ) 

36 joon yorigami ( touhou ) 

37 eleanor miller ( alvin and the chipmunks ) 

38 gosalyn mallard ( darkwing duck ) 

39 mallow ( pkmn ) 

40 love momozono ( fresh precure )

41 nadeshiko kagamihara ( yuru camp ) 

42 lotta zehybe ( charlie and lola ) 

43 gretchen grundler ( reccess ) 

44 angelica pickles ( rugrats ) 

45 pinky cooper ( pinky and pepper forever ) 

46 brat plutonium ( ppg ) 

47 dynamo ( ppg ) 

48 jinmay ( super robot money team hyperforce go ) 

49 xinyan ( genshin impact ) 

50 miyuki hoshizora ( smile precure ) 

51 hu tao ( genshin impact )

52 sal fisher ( sally face ) 

53 natsuki mamiya ( gogo sentai boukenger )

54 dee dee ( dexter's laboratory )  

55 princess morbucks ( ppg ) 

56 trixie carter ( american dragon jake long )   

57 popuko ( pop team epic ) 

58 biscuit krueger ( hunter x hunter ) 

59 celestia ludenberg ( dangan ronpa ) 

60 kagami hiiragi ( lucky star ) 

61 juliet starling ( lollipop chainsaw ) 

62 ruru amour ( hug itto! precure ) 

63 aki narukami ( misao ) 

64 rabi en rose ( di gi charat ) 

65 brianna dulce ( rainbow high )

66 aria blaze ( mlp : equestria girls )

67 ame-chan ( needy girl overdose )

68 aoi kanzaki ( kimetsu no yaiba )

69 sylvia christel ( no more heroes )

70 ginger breadhouse ( ever after high )

71 kohane azusawa ( project sekai )

72 bronya zaychik ( honkai impact 3rd )

73 saki tenma ( project sekai )

74 riruka dokugamine ( bleach )

75 draculara ( monster high )

76 ichigo momomiya ( tokyo mew mew )

77 ann takamaki ( persona 5 )

78 yayoi takatsuki ( THE iDOLM@STER )

79 hana makihatayama ( ojamajo doremi )

80 nina sakura ( ultra maniac )

81 rise kujikawa ( persona 4 )

82 shushang ( honkai star rail )

83 mei kusakabe ( my neighbor totoro )

84 lily hoshikawa ( zombie land saga )

85 dj cookie ( cookie run )

86 pippi longstocking ( pippi longstocking )

87 pink ( mahou shoujo magical destroyers )

88 piper pinwheeler ( robots )

89 valerie amaranth ( magical warrior diamond heart )

90 twin turbo ( uma musume : pretty derby )

91 tart ( tokyo mew mew )

92 nagisa shiota ( assassination classroom )

93 drossel von flügel ( fireball )

94 najika kazami ( kitchen princess )

95 chinatsu kuramoto ( flying witch )

96 vendetta ( making friends )

97 sorano appare ( appare-ranman! )

98 sunny madison ( rainbow high )

99 jenny wakeman ( my life as a teenage robot )

100 barbara ( genshin impact )

101 nico yazawa ( love live! )

102 ichika usami ( kirakira precure a la mode )

103 ruli ( aikatsu planet!)

104 hay lin ( w.i.t.c.h )

105 teto kasane ( UTAU )

106 marnie ( pkmn )

107 robin ( f ) ( fire emblem awakening )

108 hikaru hoshina ( star twinkle precure )

109 hilda valentine goneril ( fire emblem : three houses )

110 falulu ( pripara )

111 kagura izumi ( ressha sentai toqger )

112 nico niiyama ( kiznaiver )

113 tsunade ( naruto )

114 lucia nanami ( mermaid melody pichi pichi pitch )

115 raki kiseki ( aikatsu on parade! )

116 ranmaru kirino ( inazuma eleven go! )

117 emiru aisaki ( hug itto! precure )

118 q84 ( hello charlotte )

119 nozomi tojo ( love live! )

120 klee ( genshin impact )

121 mimi valentine ( vtube )

122 gerti giggles ( spy kids )

123 kitty cheshire ( ever after high )

124 orange blossom ( strawberry shortcake )

125 miku imamura ( denji sentai megaranger )

126 agitha ( loz : twilight princess )

127 glenda ( petite princess yucie )

128 pepper ( pinky and pepper forever )

[stephenjaymorrisblog]

Doo Better with Anarcho-Laxative

Stephen Jay Morris 1/29/2025 ©Scientific Morality.   Fascists throughout history chose any mentally ill dictator that came their way. The great artists were mentally fucked up, as well. To normal authoritarians, insanity is a sign of intelligence and strength. The ignorance of psychology is why the religious Right, and the Nationalists, always lose their battles. Adolf Hitler, Germany’s 1930’s dictator, was insane. The Brown Shirts were social-deviates, drunks, street thugs, child molesters, and homosexuals. They admired Hitler and made him their leader. They saw something charismatic about him. His spasmatic motions, maniacal facial expressions, and screeching voice inflections were a spectacle to all who were in his presence. He was the first 20th Century rock star. His theatrics recruited an entire nation to join the fascist movement! The major fallacies of the fascist movement included not only masculinism, but also the fallacy that the movement could control its leader. Eventually, however, the leader starts making major blunders. Most reactionary leaders are egomaniacs, so everything they do is infallible. They see themselves as perfect. The movement’s fascists soon realize that they made a fatal mistake in electing a certified lunatic to lead their country. They know that this leader must be eliminated. On July 20, 1944, the Nazi Army generals tried to assassinate Hitler. They placed a bomb in a briefcase that sat in the Reserve Army headquarters meeting room. The bomb went off, however Hitler survived. Fast forward to present day.  As the well-cited cliché dictates, history repeats itself. In Trump, the American fascist movement found a rich nut case whom they thought they could control. One thing that fascists depend on is a heartless leader. The rank-and-file saw in him an abusive German father who enjoys beating his children. Perfect. The disciplinary father figure persists in white people’s childhood memories. Whoever it was, his secret adviser was smart in having recruited a Christian sect to portray him as a prophet of God. The members of this Christian sect must never question decisions made by the church and/or God. Once again, perfect loyalty. On July 13, 2024, near Butler, Pennsylvania, then-candidate Trump was holding an open-air campaign rally. Some Gen Z, would-be assassin was pointing a rifle at him from his position, face down on a building roof, about 160 yards away. Moments later, the guy, who was packing an AR-15-style rifle, got off several shots. One grazed the top of Trump’s right ear, but another killed a retired Fire Chief after he’d placed himself in front of his family members, shielding them from harm. Additionally, eight others were critically injured before the SS agents fatally shot the guy.  Later, it was learned that several Trump supporters had informed Secret Service agents, circulating the grounds, about the shooter they’d seen. They appeared unconcerned. Investigations later revealed that Secret Service Counter-Sniper teams there had received texts from other agents about the man observed on the roof. The so-called MAGA movement has been divided of late. The now-dead shooter was found to be a Trump supporter. However, we will never know the entire truth about him. A minority of Americans thought the whole thing had been staged. One more point about Trump’s regime:  Hitler had the backing of the German Army. Here in the States, Trump lacks the support of the Army, Airforce, Navy, and Marines. Only Space Force supports his leadership. I must point out:  Hitler had 56 days to get Germany under control. Trump had four years to take over America.  Trump is a failure as a leader and a dictator. He is a loser. So, unless Karma takes hold and he suffers a stroke or a heart attack, or the American people start an armed revolution, there ain’t shit anyone can do unless they take Ex Lax!

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★ Intro ☆

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Name: Clout/Gasper

Age: 22

Autism and ADHD

hyperfixation/things ill draw: Genshin Impact, Honkai Star Rail, Zenless Zone Zero, Black Rock Shooter, horror slashers (Michael Myers, Brahms Heelshire etc) or horror in general, Resident Evil 8, Death Note, Silent Hill (im trying to get more into it my so knowledge about it isnt much 😭🙏) Team Fortress 2, Breaking Bad, Highschool DXD, and My Little Pony.

Other hobbies: writing, cosplay, makeup, watching anime, TV shows, movies and youtube videos, and bed rotting ♡ (joking on the last part but i do have that issue)

Art style: Anime-ish with muted colors

Note: i dont draw too often so dont expect consistent posting 🥲 i also have a lot of things i enjoy a ton so if theres anything there u like too PLZ rave with me about it, i like making friends but do keep in mind i may come off awkward and weird i apologize 😭🙏 i hope we can be friends!

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[berrymeter]

a lot of vocaloid songs have marked me actually but if i start i'll never stop

[deadmaidclub]

since ur last ask was about udg, as someone who has played it and it was the first game I've ever 100% completed, I am here to tell you the story is shit and not worth it, doesnt make much sense, and has lots of very sensitive (triggering) material in it that's played up for jokes (worse than the other 3 games) with 0 warning, and it's genuinely one of the worst things spike chunsoft has ever made. gameplay rocks though I liked the shooter aspect.

yeah ive heard its complete shit. ill probably end up playing it just for the experience and for the characters that i like but i definitely dont have high expectations. either that or ill just read a plot summary and pretend ive played it lol.