#in a semi related note

[ferncassette]

Fern's acclaimed computer entertainment beginner pak

Last time I compiled my favorite games was 2 years ago, so I decided to do it again. Quite a bunch of newcomers since then, huh.

Some notes:

• There is no real order from more to less favorite. Closest to that would be the top row, but there's barely an order there too.

• If it's a part of a series, I count all the games of said series that I played (Half-Life, Portal, Psychonauts, PMD). Not Animal Crossing though.

• Deltarune would be higher, but since it is not finished, no top row for it yet.

• Newcomers include: Ultrakill, Disco Elysium, Tunic, Chants of Sennaar, Pizza Tower, Cobalt Core. Deltarune used to be in honorable mentions, so not exactly a newcomer.

(List made using Topsters.org)

[uncanny-tranny]

One reason you might not be very "good" about a trans loved one's pronouns or the language you use for them might stem from memorizing what they want, rather than actually changing how you view them.

For instance, my trans friend came out rather late compared to me. However, since internalizing that I wasn't really correct about who she is, because she's a woman and I didn't know that, it was instantaneous to refer to her by her name, to use language that accurately reflects her instead of what I thought she was.

When you actually internalize that a loved one is actually this way instead of what you thought, it makes it so much easier to truly and actually change your perspective on them.

In short, are you memorizing who they are, or are you actually learning who they are?

[kumakuma-circus]

i made the p3 protags version of this like last month but i realized like five minutes ago it fits the hanamura bros too so. yea.

[maidenofcrows]

Missing David Kostyk severely today

[essektheylyss]

Laughing that the Lodge of the Eclipse is referred to as the more hoity-toity of the taverns in the area around the Pentamarket. Of course that's the one Essek opted for. Fancy bastard.

[watermelinoe]

"why do stupid americans call jam jelly" we don't.... jam and jelly are two different things 🤨

[madhyanas]

someone said recently that uncommunicated expectations are planned resentments. shit dude they hv a point w that one

[ghostingkai]

Just some random Touma & Mikuni thoughts that my brain has been chewing on

I hadn't mulled over it much until now, but --

In the mirror world, Jun and Yumi refer to Touma as "director" instead of "assistant director," which implies that not only is he still their boss, he might even be the head of the company this time around.

Meanwhile, Mikuni is getting ready to join and take over the family business, which likely means he's stepping into the role Mikado used to fill in the previous world, including doing a lot of business within C3.

Assuming C3 functions in the mirror world the same way it functioned in the previous world, this would probably mean that Mikuni and Touma actually have to interact with each other frequently -- and honestly, that's hilarious.

I mean, these two absolutely hated each other. Mikuni obviously had reasons not to like Touma, since he was basically trying to do the same thing that Mikuni is currently doing -- use Tsurugi to create the ninth Servamp. And Touma once tried to shoot Mahiru for even mentioning Mikuni's name that one time in the basement of C3, so it's not much of a stretch to say the feelings were mutual.

Yet in the mirror world, Touma (presumably) doesn't realize that things are different -- but Mikuni absolutely knows, considering he's the one causing the world to change over and over again while trying to bring Misono back into existence. And now I can't stop thinking about the idea of Touma and Mikuni having a normal business relationship (WITH TSURUGI ON MIKUNI'S SHOULDER THE WHOLE TIME TOO, AND TOUMA DOESN'T EVEN KNOW WHO TSURUGI IS IN THIS VERSION OF THE WORLD. MIKUNI YOU'RE SO MESSED UP.)

Obviously, I can only speculate about a lot of this stuff, since it isn't confirmed yet -- we have no clue how many details Mikuni changed while altering the timeline. Maybe he and Touma don't even know each other in this world. Who knows.

All I know for sure is -- I so desperately want to see Mikuni interacting normally with Touma and Mahiru, all the while knowing this isn't how things used to be. Like a private little gloating party in his twisted head. I love how completely messed up it all sounds.

[electr0-charged]

Honestly, one of my favorite things about Transmasc Furina is that I'd hardly change anything about his design. Unless he's shirtless, the only notable difference in how I picture Furina is that I really like the Shark Teeth look I've seen some people give him. I just love Furina's design so much. He's just so Gender.

[sincerely-sofie]

I’m the anon that sent in all the Ruby stuff! It makes me so happy that you love her so much. I didn’t expect her to be such a beloved character to you and I was kind of nervous that you would have hated her tbh. ^^;

Something Ruby related — I had a fic about Twig and co. confronting the siblings before I ultimately scrapped it because I could not write villainous characters without making them feel cliché. I do remember this one line said by Ruby’s sister when she lashes out towards Twig:

“You wouldn’t get it. You have a cushy life style and you baby your daughter instead of actually raising her. We’re doing that ungrateful, spoiled brat a favor ��� we’re teaching her how to survive. You wouldn’t know the meaning of that with that silver spoon in your mouth.”

I don’t blame you for struggling with not making the siblings feel cliché— writing villainous characters gets 900x more difficult the second you don’t want to make them sympathetic. Ark was fairly simple for me to write, even in scrapped scenes where he was all-in with his villainous role during the events of the post-game. Twig’s aunt, meanwhile, gave me a heck of a hard time while I was developing her backstory.

[thetwilightroadtonightfall]

super quick doodle of a costume I think Charis would make/wear (Nami from One Piece)

[niccage]

Honestly though sometimes im like What if 15 year old susan time traveled to me rn and was pissed abt where we are now. And literally every time it’s like Well I’ll just tell her what kevin spacey did and ruin her day more. Lol

[umahumahumah]

philippines doodle he just "woke" up 🤯 darn liberals!!!! 😡

[aleeyenn]

Fireafy shower thoughts that I realized for this story I'm trying to write #1

I remembered that Firey gave / built Leafy an whole ass ferris wheel for her twice

Now of course, the ferris wheel would lead to the downfall of the two, but ya know, for just for a friend... that seems like a big ass gift and work for just a pal Like Firey doesn't do anything similarly big to any for his other close friends

:thinking:

YES OH MY GOD I THINK ABOUT THIS SO MUCH… and the end part about how firey doesn’t do stuff like that for his other friends… have you ever thought about who his actual friends are? just think about it… everyone he associated with in bfdi were almost just acquaintances… he was super focused on challenges and usually worked more independently when he had the chance He didn’t really make time for friends and stuff.. he had minor friendships with certain people but he mainly stuck to his objective of winning dream island whereas leafy liked to work with people during challenges that didn’t require teamwork (like ice cube and sometimes bubble) or random people she would help during challenges) if you think about it hard enough… leafy was fireys only true friend (at least in bfdi)!!! she was the only one to establish a friendship with firey and it seemed like firey needed that push to see someone as a real friend instead of a fellow competitor (or enemy LOL). she was the only one he ever really stood up for he really really saw her as a friend he has never done any of that for anyone else before either (at least up until then) and he also changed his challenge strategy of independence with her at least a couple times… he stuck with her through the challenge in bfdi 20 (for as long as he could…) and occasionally stuck with her through bfdi 23. firey also really passionately defended her and demanded for her to be back when she died and announcer told him that he sold the recovery centers. and yeah of course the ferris wheel GAH but you already mentioned that! and of course firey saving leafy from her punishment of what they thought would be permanent death even tho they were punishing her for something she did mainly to firey … but to wrap up my point! firey has never expressed compassion the same way he has for leafy with anyone else. she was his only true friend in bfdi she was like the only one he ever really had to consider a friend for that whole season of competition … of course there’s much more to discuss for later seasons but i’ve been typing for like over 30 minutes now so i’m gonna quit HAHAHA SORRYYY there are so many words i am really enthusiatic about them

[floppydiskorigami]

John Larroquette on JLS for the Associated Press, 1994

[herearedragons]

in the White March art Edér seems to be casually petting Itumaak, which could mean one of two things:

by the time of TWM he has successfully won Itumaak over

pictures taken seconds before Big Chomp