#just my two cents on this whole thing

[royal-misfit]

The main reason I think Goncharov worked better as a piece of mass produced fiction over Zepotha really does come down to the basic concepts of each piece. Goncharov had a concrete idea from the start, it was a lost 1973 mafia film directed by Martin Scorsese. Meaning that people new to the joke could more easily understand how to add to the story. Martin Scorsese has an unique style to his films, he has directed multiple mafia/crime dramas that people could pull from to create a cohesive story that sounds plausible for him to have made. People were able to come up with characters (and the actors who played them) and an actual plot by just studying the genre and finding what would work. Zepotha is just marketing a single artist's work under the idea of "an 80's horror film", no director, no actual genre other than "horror" (what kind of horror? Slasher seems to be the most popular, but Zepotha sounds more like a giallo style supernatural horror to me). There's no director listed, so no one knows how this film would play out or look. Because horror is such a vague descriptor here, people are throwing just about everything to the wall to see what sticks, which slows down the actual storytelling potential. People are making up characters first, before a plot leading to there being like 50 named characters, but any actual story is lost. Tldr; Goncharov found it's footing much easier and faster by starting out with a concrete idea, while Zepotha is stumbling because it's vagueness makes it hard for anyone to agree on basic things like story or characters.

[bubblesxo]

I’m sorry but the flat way that the fandom tackles the Enji Todoroki problem is so blegh. Yes, how he treated them (especially Shouto—we don’t 100% know if Touya’s training was the same, especially because he actually liked his training) was wrong, the way he treated his wife was wrong, the way he ignored his other kids is wrong. HOWEVER, him cutting Touya off from training was NOT 100% wrong. Should he have treated it more delicately? Yes. Should he have been more considerate to his kid? Yes. Should he have gotten him some kind of therapy to help him cope with his obvious mental issues? Also yes. But cutting him off from training when he gets hurt doing so and it’s unavoidable is NOT wrong. He was trying to prevent exactly what happened in the end. Maybe he could have revisited it a few years later when training isn’t all Touya is and looked into support items, idk, but Enji’s approach was the right decision in the wrong way.

[ravensroleplays]

"As someone who was tricked and corrupted into a soul-stealer, the idea of someone willingly selling their soul is one of, if not the, stupidest thing I think someone could do. Most normal people live for...what? 70? 80 or so years, give or take. So unless you made a deal for immortality--and even THEN, it's not like there's a guarantee you won't end up being killed somehow eventually, maybe even by the being you made the deal with, so they can collect on their end of it faster, you're going to die eventually, and then what??! You'll spend the rest of eternity being tortured in some sort of hell. Sounds like a raw deal to me."

[fadelikeclouds]

Diving into Tai’s mind: actions do not speak louder than words

First of all, I will say that I was upset with Tai at the end of episode 10. I am fine that Tai didn’t want to talk to Patts outside on the street. He was probably shocked and frightened by Patts angry outburst, and he wanted to put some time and distance between them so that they could cool off and talk more rationally later. What I’m less fine with is that Tai still refuses to say anything after Patts shows up at his door. And yeah, Patts probably shouldn’t have shown up drunk outside Tai’s door, but he is in pain and needs some comfort, and he tells Tai this. So why doesn’t Tai say anything to reassure Patts?

And now we come to the reason I am writing this. I don’t like staying upset at people, so I try to understand them. After thinking about things I am still frustrated with Tai, but a little less so. Here are the results of my musings.

Tai has been struggling with his parent’s divorce for over 2 years now. It’s easy to say that, but what does it mean? He is a romantic, and seeing his ideal of love crumble before him was frightening because it made him doubt the existence of love and happiness. Soulmates guarantee nothing. Love doesn’t last. Families can break apart. That’s a pretty dismal view of the world. Despair is never easy to cope with. He had his faith in love broken, so of course he wouldn’t talk to his soulmate, because why create a relationship that will only break your heart?

Then he sees Patts, and he starts to hope again. But he’s still hesitant. He’s still scared. He knows that there is no guarantees in relationships, soulmates or not. This is how he goes into his relationship with Patts, fighting against his doubts and fears the whole way. Throughout the beginning Patts is patient, kind, charming, and Tai begins to be more open to the idea of a relationship with this soulmate of his. Then the whole situation with Nara happens, and his fears and doubts about love come up again.

He talked with Nara; he knows how much she loved Patts, and he even cheered her on when he didn’t know Patts was her ex. They honestly loved each other, and seeing them kiss makes him question, again, what makes a relationship last. Confused and panicked, he decides to talk a walk to the Doi Mae Pliang in an effort to figure everything out... which doesn’t work. But he talks with Patts after he finds him in the ditch, and after being reassured that Patts does love him and would choose to love him even without being soulmates his mind clears. He knows he loves Patts, and all of Patts words and actions make him believe that Patts reciprocates that love. So he (nonverbally) agrees to officially date him when Patts asks him the next morning. At a glance, what’s the big deal? That’s only natural. This is a romance, of course they’re going to start dating. But as a character, this choice means that he is willing to face all his fears about being in a relationship, a big shift for the guy who ran away from his issues by remaining silent for 2 years. To be clear, I don’t think his fears go away, but Tai has the resolve that this relationship is worth it, that Patts is worth the risk of heartbreak.

And even then, he’s not ready to go the final step and have sex with Patts just yet. That is another level of vulnerability that Tai eases himself into, something that he doesn’t take lightly. In this episode, when he says he’s ready, to him it’s another way of showing how serious and committed he is to this relationship. He loves Patts, and is willing to face all the fears that comes with being in a relationship with his soulmate.

All of this is a big deal to Tai. These are very large steps that he has taken forward as someone who chose to very litterally suffer in silence every time it rained. Now, does he talk about this with Patts? Not in any great detail. That’s part of the problem.

To Tai it’s not even a question of whether to choose Patts or Lomfon. He loves Patts. All of his actions show just how much Patts means to him. And I think it hurts Tai that Patts doesn’t understand him. Because in Tai’s mind, he’s crossed oceans of fears, fought uphill battles against his skepticism, just to get here. Having Patts doubt Tai’s love makes him feel that Patts belittles all the pain and fear Tai’s endured to get to this point in the relationship. And that hurts because in a relationship, you want to be understood by your partner so that you can share in the joys and pains with them.

But what Tai doesn’t see is that Patts is in pain right now. Patts is scared and needs some words of reassurancs because he is human. He has his own fears and insecurities. He watched as his last relationship fell apart because he has a “soulmate”, something entirely out of his control. And with the appearance of a second soulmate, having Tai lie about seeing Lomfon, catching them at the perfectly wrong moment to see them kiss, Patts loses it. He’s angry and afraid because again, he could lose someone he loves because of this soulmate thing that he has no control over. That fear grips him, and when we’re like that, we can’t think calmly. Sometimes we need the support of others to help us through the dark avenues of the mind.

But instead of helping him, Tai feels like he’s said everything Patts is asking him to say, and he’s upset that Patts can’t hear him. And I get that. It’s frustrating when you feel like you’ve been saying something over and over again, and the other person just doesn’t seem to get it. What’s the point in trying to communicate when nothing you say will be understood? It feels as if all your efforts are just futile. But communication is a two way street. Being understood is an important part of a relationship, but it is equally important to try to understand the other person, which is what Tai is missing here. Tai has spoken through his actions, but what Patts needs are words. He needs to hear that Tai does love him, that he does choose him. We say that actions speak louder than words, but at times words are absolutely necessary.

[that-wizard-oki]

I know im a baby and just want my game play to be Easy Peasy Lemon Squeazy, but when i see people asking to make w101 content harder i simply want to pass away

[numerolock]

Doesn't matter if the anchor loves the ship or if the ship loves the anchor (personally, I do think they love each other), the anchor and the ship need each other. They would not exist without each other.

[todayisafridaynight]

sister saw me wearing the puffer that i use for my daigo cosplay since im cold all the time and sweaters arent enough and she was just like 'i really like it :) you look so. 👊💥' and after going What she was like 'you look real cool :) is what i meant :)' like thank you sister of mine youre too silly for this life

[teddybearty]

What did the Euphoric Brothers DO other then make a bad game? cuz i haven't heard of any drama

You know I thought that way at first. Like, BanBan was BAD (not to mention they made a brand new game and immediately plugged a merch store) but you know there wasn’t anything entirely wrong with the game.

That was…until I learned about Introvert.

Introvert is a game that ONE of the brothers (Faris) made as a “passion project”. But there’s nothing passionate about a game around school shootings, especially when it was labelled as a “comedy”. And ESPECIALLY WITH HOW BAD IT IS.

I watched someone play the game and as bad as BanBan is, I RATHER SIT THROUGH SOMEONE PLAY THE CANNON MINIGAME FROM GOB 2 a THOUSAND TIMES than sit through Introvert again.

It is insensitive, not funny, and just nonsensical.

If you want more info about how bad the brothers are, you could just watch this video or find other videos about the devs.

Everyone can come up to your own conclusions but these devs feel very scummy. The BanBan designs are so LAZY and UNINSPIRED and they wanted to make a profit off of that. It just…not good.

[cowboycunt]

i see so many posts with people arguing whether or not it’s worth it or ‘leftist’ to vote and i’ll be real all i can think about is when i told my housemate i wasn’t allowed to vote here he was like ‘damn i could never move to a place i wasn’t allowed to vote’ and honestly i do think a lot of naturalized us citizens just sort take it for granted? like if you don’t wanna vote then whatever go you. but maybe go ask a local immigrant or a felon or a puerto rican about what policies they feel strongly about because i bet a lot of them really wish they had a say in things. then just vote on their behalf.

[atopvisenyashill]

everyone’s been talking about “what if lyanna had survived” and to be honest my stance is “ned is forced to go to war with robert.”

everything we know about Lyanna’s willfulness and “wolf blood” makes me severely doubt she would be willing to marry Robert OR be parted from her son after Ned rescued her from the Tower of Joy. It’s not just that Robert’s idealism of her and temper will be much worse after the war, but that she has been through hell trying to get away from him, and she likely understands he’s now a threat to her son. At odds with that is the fact that short of Lyanna publically humiliating him or a maester declaring she can’t have more kids, Robert is not gonna put her aside. her best bet is that she can’t have more kids bc it frees her from Robert. however, there’s still the problem of Jon.

Because again - i don’t think it’s likely Lyanna would want to be parted from him! I know nobles often don’t raise their bastards but the one two punch of “a war accidentally started in part because Lyanna ran away and had Jon” and “her brother and father died attempting to rescue her and all the Targs are dead now too” PLUS the possibility that she knows something about why Rhaegar wanted a third child, it just makes me highly, HIGHLY doubtful she is letting him out of her sight. And while Robert can be talked into not murdering babies, Ned is not likely to be in the frame of mind to talk Robert into not murdering his nephew.

And that’s best case ie “Lyanna can’t have more kids and the lords pressure Robert to take another wife” - which, I think is kinda likely, honestly? Howland is dedicated to Lyanna (and I think Ashara and the Daynes know All About Jon, but you don’t even need their help, really) and would be more than willing to help cover up shit, as we already know. If Ned says they should tell Robert it was a stillbirth and then they can get married, and Lyanna says “I’m STILL not marrying your dickhead bestie, Ned” I do think Ned is going to try to get her out of it. He’s already sympathetic to her issues pre-kidnapping, adding all this trauma on yhere, he’s gonna give it The Old Eddard Try which means hardcore and secretive - just have a Maester declare her incapable. Howland (or Ashara) offer to hide Jon while they deal with breaking the engagement, and maybe Lyanna is okay with this initially, but eventually she’s turning to Ned and going “i want my fuckin kid back” and the Daynes/Howland just can’t have this random Stark looking baby running around forever, someone is gonna find out and then…what lyanna hides in essos with jon until robert chills out? they stay in winterfell while robert sulks in anger in KL and hope he doesn’t realize Jon is her’s? it’s risky as fuck.

and that’s IF he’s talked into giving her up. again, i think it’s unlikely ned rocks up with lyanna with zero plan to get her back to winterfell safe with him, but if they can’t convince robert to set her aside, lyanna is stuck in the capital, parted from her baby, forced to have robert’s baby, and that’s not a situation lyanna is gonna take lying down. feels less likely benjen goes to the wall in this scenario; he may very well opt to stay with lyanna to protect her, and the north has a bigger presence in KL to watch over their girl, but Tywin is still there jockeying for power and LF is still going to show up wanting to fuck things for his grand plan, AND that’s not to mention Varys. So many variables and none of them are good for Lyanna.

i just feel, no matter what scenario, lyanna is not marrying robert nor giving up jon and in this specific case, a grief stricken and desperately relieved ned will fight for her. if ned can get robert to see sense and set her aside, maybe after a decade or two, lyanna and jon can come home from essos, or ned can have jon “foster” with lyanna and howland where robert can’t easily reach them. maybe lyanna gains a sort of elaena targaryen reputation, where the dubiously consensual relationship she had with a targ that resulted in a son is seen as a thing of a past, a silly mistake a young girl made, and she marries later in life to a man of her choosing. or maybe not, because elaena didn’t have viserys plumm and the waters kids hanging around her at every moment while lyanna will still have jon around. and a jon raised in such a volatile environment is very likely to be protective of his mother.

idk. it’s complicated and sad, is the answer. as they say in the books, ned loved jon’s mother very much. he has faults, and he has very big issues with misogyny that are sometimes glossed over, but i do believe that when pushed, ned would have fought for lyanna’s independence after the tower of joy, and it’s going to bring him into conflict with robert big time. all his anger over robert’s approval of the slaughter of elia, rhaenys, and aegon are going to collide with his habit of sacrificing his honor to save his family much sooner than it does in the books.

[starsaught]

Regarding my posts whenever I mention Via drinking, I wanna clarify this real quick.

Can Via drink alcohol? Well, a couple of factors play into the answer.

She's 17, yes, but if we're going off demon age timelines & the fact Stolas may be well into his thousands by the time Via was born, it's likely that she herself may be in the early hundreds regarding her age. I personally see her in her early two-hundreds, still young but capable.

They're?? Literally?? In?? Hell?? I don't think they have a legal drinking age, & even if they did--she's royalty. Who the hell cares if a royal brat drinks???

& she's always with a trusted family member ( Andre, Stolas, hell, even Stella-- ) I don't see her making a fool of herself in public.

[unknownarmageddon]

hi let me send some more about the dance act

the like. end routine? thing? i have Thoughts on it right at some point theres like a pose like like this

where killer takes one of cross's swords where cross has it on his hip, draws it, and twirls it and cross takes the other out, and mirrors it and it's like

they both just flip the swords after a few spins, cross swings killer around into a low dip, and then back up, and the swords spin around them and then they both neatly slot the swords back into cross's sheathes

another thing i'm thinking of is like. this would be like the razor blade bit

and they like play with it on their tongues and then killer hides it again in cross's mouth and they break apart enough for killer to twist and cross pulls him flush to his chest and makes a whole thing about drawing the razor blade over killer’s shoulder and then killer like. is lifted, turned over and flips around cross over his shoulders and lands behind him and cross’s arms cross over his chest in an x and he pulled his swords free, they link hands, and the dancing begins, they slash each other strategically and slam the swords into the floor at some point, and then cross dips killer really low, and killer has to arch his back because cross is lowering him over a sword point and it ends with cross holding killer in that dip

like... kinda like this? but there's a big ol sword jutting up from the ground and it's like. very close to killer's spine

THERE'S ALSO.

this kinda dip, like. it's LITERALLY putting killer's soul in Danger, because sword tip inches away from killer's soul

anygays that's my thoughts enjoy /silly

OUGHHH ohh my GOD. holy shit. like i already said top ten things that make me wanna draw holy fuck

what if there’s a bit where like,,, cause maybe they’d use killer’s knives too,, so there’s a bit where like killer slides one of his knives out of its sheath and he like drags it slowly across Cross’s throat. and they’re like right close to each other, kinda like how the kiss bit would be. uhh i had more for that scenario but i lost my train of thought WAILING but yeag

[arthrobug]

Gob I hate socializing so much dudes

An accident just happened to the house directly next to mine (its America its no surprise a drunk guy crashed into a house at 9PM) and my mother's best idea was to WALK ACROSS THE WHOLE STREET TO GO TALK TO THE CROWD

Eventually I get over there and I think one of them comments on me coming over is already making me nervous and I find out they're not even talking about the frackin crash they're talking about the latest gossip??

I'm just standing there like a fish out of water thinking what the frack am I going to do

And then she decides -because we brought out our tiny dog- to go talk to our other neighbors,,, who in fact don't speak a lick of English but are generally very friendly and every ounce of latino in me left me a long time ago

It is now 11:00PM. I am so tired and feel so awkward cuz I was starting to have an autism moment and twitching a ton they def thought I was on drugs

[lady-zephyrine]

Honestly the thing that bugs me about AI is that no matter how "good" it gets, it'll never be able to replicate what a human can do.

Like, if you asked me to draw a black cat, the first thing that would come to mind for me would be my own black cats, both with their own distinct personalities and everything.

And if you asked someone else to draw a black cat, their drawing would have some kind of meaning or personality even if they don't own a black cat.

But if you asked an AI to draw a black cat, you'll get what you asked for but there won't be any thought or meaning behind it. There's no thought or meaning behind it, it's just a black cat.

[keikakudori]

There are some things that are just not okay to write. Historical accuracy my ass. It's vile. Like of all the things I've seen in this RPC, this kind of thing is absolutely ... not at all okay to write! There's some things that should just not be put out there and some things that are not your place to write on or touch at all. Forcing one's own viewpoints onto others without any care or regard for how your words or behavior can impact others is terrible. Ignoring the boundaries and comforts of others does not make you a good person; it just makes you absolutely disgusting. It should not be that hard of a concept to grasp, that maybe some things are better left being kept to yourself rather than saying them aloud.

[swallowtail-ageha]

hey i saw your post about vaatividya and i was wondering if you could explain your reasoning? i already kinda disliked some of his interpretations but i wanted to see your evidence before just confirmation biasing myself into believing you blindly.

Eeeh, it's not really about liking/disliking his lore interpretations (i think that every interp is valid as long as it doesn't explicitedly contradict the few confirmed canon elements) it's just that his videos have really... gentrified the lore community?

I think the beauty of soulsborne games is that you make your own lore interpretation and said lore interpretation is going to be different from the one of another fan, making the fandom very varied and keeping it alive. However this has kinda died down since the rise of big lore channels like Vaati because nowadays when someone searches for the lore other people in the fandom are just going to point you to him or repeat what he says without a dash of own interpretation or without encouraging the new fan to make their own spin on the story which imo defeats the whole purpose of the way the story in soulsborne games is told

And tbh i can't even blame him for doing these videos and people for following his interpetation, because soulsborne lore is obscure and hard to understand if you are more of a casual player, but my main issue is that usually (mostly on reddit) people see his lore interpretations as the set in stone truth and what miyazaki interpreted, and you get downvoted to hell and back whenever you try to have a more lax or bizzarre or out of fandom approved canons view of the lore