#like i'm really not trying to start shit i'm genuinely curious! i'll delete if it turns out i'm the only person in this country not aware of

[unionizedwizard]

i'm genuinely not trying to start shit and i don't doubt people's experiences, but that post about "european christmas traditions are racist" is... baffling to me. i'm trying to think of examples i'd have seen or heard of personally here and nothing comes to mind??? my family is deeply catholic and racist and traditional so i THINK i would know 😭😭 in my experience it was mostly about singing carols about gruesome child murder and cannibalism and baking star-shaped cookies. the nativity sets ive seen were actually "diverse" (aka normal) in a Normal Way because of the three wise men (and melchior especially), ive never seen blackface in this context... like yeah i remember being annoyed about mary & joseph looking white as hell but it's Regular Church Racism more than a christmas tradition in itself (?)

[james-stark-the-writer]

oh btw, letterboxd removed the entry for What If...? so my review got deleted but, here's the review if you're curious.

you are Captain Margaret Carter, the epitome of womanhood and science.

to quote my internet mother ashley:

what is it with Captain Carter? i don't understand. why are we so far up Captain Carter's ass? i can see out of her mouth. it is ridiculous... we need to stop.

but Captain Carter aside, what a fucking glow up S02 is.

now i was coming at this as somebody who thinks <i>What If...?</i> S01 is one of the worst things Marvel has ever made, it lands basically at the bottom of my MCU tierlist (haven't updated it yet but What If...? S02 would go right between Defenders and Iron Fist S01), i hate like the majority of it, i would say like i hate 90% of it. it's genuinely insufferable and looks ugly as shit and the writing sucks, it lacked imagination despite its literal premise, and took as few risks as possible. it's genuinely awful. but i thought similar things about Loki S01, and Loki S02 surprised me quite a lot so i was hoping that S02 was a redemption arc for What If...? as well and. turns out it was.

this was a lot of fun. nothing less than a monumental improvement over the first season, even if there are still parts of it i heavily dislike like all the references to the movies and just how much Marvel is up Peggy Carter's asshole. but besides that? genuinely incredible stuff. S02E06 is one of the greatest things Marvel has ever made, and what every episode of this show should have been, bold and imaginative. gave me chills multiple fucking times, got me to the point of crying over it. genuinely transcendental.

this season started out ROUGH but it really got much better as it went on and i think it averages out to one of the better things Marvel has made. it's certainly no Ms. Marvel or Hawkeye or She-Hulk or even WandaVision, but it's way better than Moon Knight and Falcon and the Winter Soldier and Loki S01. this season is perhaps a little too invested in characters from the Thor universe and in Captain Carter and Steve Rogers, but there's still a lot of fun to be had outside them. i think that's why S02E06 works as well as it does, it's actually taking advantage of this entire show's fucking premise and doing something fun and creative and is actually bold.

there's more thoughts here [this was just a link back to his post] you can go read on every episode that are much more detailed than i currently care to get into, so i'll just leave some brief thoughts here and my ratings for the episodes:

episode 1: 5/10, honestly nonsense premise, shit writing, boring plotting, looks ugly, wasted potential, is annoying and just isn't remotely interesting enough. it tries to go for a neo-noir or cyberpunk vibe but it just doesn't remotely come close to achieving anything serious or affecting. it's just so blah. doesn't remotely take advantage of its medium and it's weirdly shot like it's a fucking live-action movie when it's not, and it just is honestly really boring.

episode 2: 6/10, the episode's title is an outright lie, and the episode is just a build-up to doing a worse version of the climax of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. felt like they were trying to milk the Guardians property for all it was worth given the hype around Guardians Vol. 3 now that James Gunn has left Marvel and we know he will never write for these characters ever again.

episode 3: 8/10, still absolutely loathe all the stupid pointless voids in the dialogue that are just references to movies we've seen and mean nothing to the characters, but honestly kind of a fun episode. the basic fucking premise of this episode is just a stupid Hulk Hogan joke and a Die Hard reference and it's so ridiculous and gonzo that it's actually kind of fun and respectable, even if they make some characters really fucking boring (Justin Hammer, sweetie i'm so sorry) and have the fucking audacity to nonchalantly put Maria Hill back on my screen as if they didn't fucking massacre her in Secret Invasion.

episode 4: 6.5/10, this felt like a mashup of the episode they cut from the first season because of covid and also just a new episode they were already making and it kind of makes the episode feel pretty divided and uneven, and i still hate all of the references to the movies and just how imitative this is of Thor: Ragnarok, but it almost comes together cohesively because of how they write Gamora, and there are some fun sequences in it, like the racing stuff.

episode 5: 6.75/10, honestly, this opens with a sequence that is just the climax of The Avengers but with Peggy Carter in it instead of Steve Rogers, and then the plot of the episode is just Winter Soldier meets Black Widow, and honestly it kind of sucks but it kind of fucks too. had more fun with this than Winter Soldier, and this does its plot points better, had less fun with it than Black Widow, and Peggy Carter's presence definitely drags it down (the opening quote is from this episode), but it's got some fun action sequences that actually take advantage of the medium and a few neat things that make it a fun time for the most part.

episode 6: 9.8/10, honestly, it's not a number higher than 10 because the ending is kind of shit. like i honestly was going to give it a 15/10 like it's genuinely fucking incredible. could not believe i was watching something made by Marvel. it's kind of Marvel's Prey (2022). genuinely fucking incredible stuff like i was stunned how 85% of the episode was not in english and just let us breathe and live with these characters in their native language and how they weave their culture and vocals into the score and soundtrack itself, and just how much the protagonist rules, and that she gets to kill some fucking conquistadors. i wish the ending was her killing the queen of Spain but Marvel reminds you that it only holds liberal politics at best so the Indigenous Natives go to the queen of Spain and tell her they're going to make peace, right after killing a bunch of Spaniards and destroying their ship. it's fucking irritating. but the rest of the episode is still incredible and i love it.

episode 7: 7.25/10, even more Asgard shit and the plot is just Thor meets Shang-Chi which sucks given the literal fucking premise of the show and sucks even more so after how incredible last episode was, and the episode doesn't even understand the basic fucking emotional point to this making because it tries to portray Odin as this evil warmonger who abused Hela and then the conclusion of the climax is him being proven right because she's worth of her crown, like it's just a mess, and the emotional theme is kind of a paraphrase of an MLK quote lmfao, but there is interesting stuff here and Cate Blanchett makes it mostly fun. the politics of it are still shit and i hate them but it's fun enough.

episode 8: 8/10, the forced references drag this down quite a lot but the rest of it is wacky enough to work and feels like at least it's trying to take advantage of its premise. still so much fucking time taken up by Peggy Carter and it's clear that she's basically the protagonist of this show at this point, which is irritating, but fine, whatever. the dialogue and characters and the plot is fun enough to basically carry it and make it still interesting.

episode 9: 9/10, honestly just a pretty great finale. brings together both the first season and this season into something great, cohesively. kind of does Civil War better than Civil War, both the comic and the movie. it doesn't have the splash page still-frame imagery like a comic panel, but it does have the right energy for one of those comics where everybody is fighting everybody. and the ending genuinely feels like a bunch of kids playing with toys, in a fun way. the visuals get a little busy when everybody's fighting and it got a little hard to keep track of some characters but it was mostly pretty fun, and i enjoyed it both on a singular narrative level and as a satisfying conclusion to the season. it was just good.

season as a whole was a 7.75/10. genuinely a massive improvement over S01. there's just so much fun shit in here that feels like a gonzo comic run, and like it's actually taking advantage of the premise, at least when it's not recycling plots and imagery with slightly different characters. and tbf S01 had some interesting ideas but almost all of them were terrible and execution so it doesn't really matter bc it just wasn't fun or interesting to watch.

so excited to watch Echo now, and glad to be done with this, even though i had fun. Don't think I will ever be revisiting it (outside of S02E06) simply because i'm fucking tired of seeing Captain Carter. let her fucking rest. glad Haley Atwell keeps getting paid, but i'm tired of fucking seeing her. unless you're making Agent Carter S03 in which case bring her back and give me that third fucking season. anyway, onto Echo and hoping it's as good as Hawkeye. and soon onto Agatha All Along.

so, i just finished What If...? S02.

now i was coming at this as somebody who thinks What If...? S01 is one of the worst things Marvel has ever made, it lands at the bottom of my MCU tierlist (What If...? S02 would go right between Defenders and Iron Fist S01), i hate like the majority of it, i would say like i hate 90% of it. it's genuinely insufferable and looks ugly as shit and the writing sucks, it lacked imagination despite its literal premise, and took as few risks as possible. it's genuinely awful. but i thought similar things about Loki S01 and S02 surprised me quite a lot so i was hoping that S02 was a redemption arc for What If...? as well and. turns out it was. this was a lot of fun. nothing less than a monumental improvement over the first season, even if there are still parts of it I heavily dislike like all the references to the movies and just how much Marvel is up Peggy Carter's asshole. but besides that? genuinely incredible stuff. S02E06 is one of the greatest things Marvel has ever made, and what every episode of this show should have been, bold and imaginative. gave me chills multiple fucking times, got me to the point of crying over it. genuinely transcendental. this season started out ROUGH but it really got much better as it went on and i think it averages out to one of the better things Marvel has made. It certainly no Ms. Marvel or Hawkeye or She-Hulk or even WandaVision, but it's way better than Moon Knight and Falcon and the Winter Soldier and Loki S01.

anyway, here's my thoughts and some notes on every episode. under the cut bc it's a long post and i have a lot to say.

episode 1:

episode 2:

episode 3:

episode 4:

episode 5:

episode 6:

episode 7 and 8:

episode 9 and final thoughts:

[salt-volk]

(to the mod who sees this, i understand if you simply delete this instead of posting it, as it got very long and i imagine you may want to cut this discussion short, particularly if you think aizlesyracuse may be troll or something?)

buuut your condescension could use some work.

i'm really sorry. i honestly wasn't trying to be condescending, but i apologise if it came across as talking down to you, please know that was never my intent! i struggle with judging tone (and sometimes wording too) because i'm autistic (which is why i mentioned specifically at the start that i was being sincere), so i apologise in advance if anything is poorly worded or comes across as hostile. nothing is intended that way!

for you to assume me ignorant, which is itself out of ignorance, is pretty hypocritical of you, especially while you are condemning the same ignorance in your post.

i genuinely didn't assume that, i simply wrote what i did in case that was what was going on, and for anyone else who might be confused as to the situation. and i'm certainly not condemning anyone! everything i said was only in an attempt to help people understand. after all, everyone is ignorant about some things, because no one can know everything. i openly admit that i'm ignorant about many subjects. i'm afraid i don't understand how it makes me a hypocrite to try and educate others about something i do know about because i may not know about other things, though. (perhaps someone in the comments can help with that?)

that being said, if you weren't ignorant of it being a dogwhistle, then i truly don't understand why you'd use it, much less why you'd get upset when others are made uncomfortable and afraid. surely you expected at some point for at least one person who came across it to be put off? perhaps i'm misunderstanding, sorry if that's the case.

“marginalized people” as if i don’t know? you don’t know my life, homie, you have no clue what kind of ‘oppression’ and 'marginalization’ i’ve experienced.

i apologise, i'll admit i did make an assumption here. i just rarely if ever see people who are oppressed using such terms belonging to the people oppressing them, particularly such dangerous groups as the alt-right. however this leaves me even more confused.

you’re not gonna agree with me on this i’m sure, but throwing around the term 'dogwhistle’ on the internet is the dumbest shit. to ASSUME someone is a crackhead extremist without any REAL evidence is MESSED UP.

i only used the term dogwhistle because that's very literally what it is - it's not meant as an accusation, it's a statement of fact. and i assure you i wasn't throwing it around lightly. i also didn't assume you were an extremist - that's actually the entire reason i wrote my previous post, because i thought perhaps you were confused as to why people had the reaction they did. unfortunately, people will consider dogwhistles counting as evidence against you until proven otherwise simply because 99.9% of the time their usage is by extremists, so it unfortunately immediately comes across as incriminating. and while yes, people didn't know for sure, no one could just ask because it's against DV rules to discuss such topics. most people also likely didn't feel safe to do so. if there's even a tiny chance you were using it because you're an extremist, that makes you far too dangerous for people to approach about the subject.

you wanna ostracize and condemn someone for making a pop-culture reference when you yourself didn’t originally know what people were upset about either? bruh. that type of shit can fuck someone up. why not… i don’t know, ASK if you’re curious???

i can't speak for the original poster, of course, but i certainly wasn't trying to ostracise you. i believe (but may be wrong ofc) the reason people brought it up to begin with is simply because, as i said, it very much is a literal dogwhistle, and it was done for safety purposes. whether or not you were using it that way, things like that immediately make people extremely cautious and most often scared, and it's very, very common to share that information with others affected by groups who use such terms so if they would wish to block/avoid a certain user for their comfort/safety, they can. (and i already mentioned why people didn't ask above.)

it is important to deal with bad people i.e. murderers, ACTUAL REAL pedos, abusers, etc. that’s the point of a justice system, but the jumping to conclusions like this is insane.

again, i can't speak for everyone, but the reason people reacted the way they did is because this is just the normal way people react to seeing things like this, it's upsetting and even scary, because the overwhelming majority of the time the person using them is an actual extremist, which is why so many jumped to that conclusion.

i didn’t accuse anyone of anything, i’m making an observation. it was poorly worded, but man. i am. tired. are you SERIOUSLY telling me that someone going behind my back and starting shit about me is a victim? dude. what. the fact that you can even entertain that thought is insane to me.

i'm glad to know it was just poor wording on your part and you didn't intend to accuse anyone of anything. thank you for clarifying that! the reason i considered it victim-blaming was only because i misunderstood what you'd said and thought you were accusing others, now i know that was a misinterpretation on my part, i better understand.

been here before, this is online bullying. i don’t care how you justify it, it is what it is AND i know i’m not the only one. that’s why i messaged you, not to “defend myself”. right now, i’m messaging you kinda hoping you might take your own advice and LISTEN. society as a whole uses cancel culture as a crutch and it’s fucked up. you gotta stop. you ARE NOT PROTECTING ANYONE. you are hurting people.

i'm sorry, but here i have to disagree. as someone who's experienced plenty of bullying, both online and off, it is just not online bullying to warn others that someone has a sign that is used 99.9% of the time to mean they are part of a genuinely dangerous group. it's a very, very common safety precaution taken by people online by people who need to look out for these things as just that, a matter of safety. (and absolutely no one was trying to "cancel" you; you can't even "cancel" someone without a platform. and you're really, really not making yourself look better by using terms like "cancel culture," as that's another term used by bigots, abusers and most commonly alt-righters as a way to criticise the idea of simply holding people accountable for their actions when they engage in harmful behaviour.) i also don't believe it is bullying to be upset by the way you reacted to it; people are allowed to express how something has made them feel. that being negative doesn't automatically mean it's bullying. i understand that you worded things poorly, i myself have worded things poorly many times in the past and will probably continue to due to being autistic, but you just have to accept that people are entitled to their reactions based on their (mis)interpretation of your words, and through the misinterpretation of yours, it appeared as though you were accusing people who were already upset of some rather nasty things. i'm not saying you shouldn't correct the situation and explain that's not what you meant, that's absolutely essential for any kind of communication, and it's normal to be upset at this, but people being upset because they thought you said something awful about them isn't bullying.

-which leads into your next point. yeah, you guys are attacking me. i say “you guys” because YOU did participate. i can feel the judgement from AAAALL THE WAY over here. and… then you go and ASSUME i must have 'responded’ to something in some way that warranted this? i grew up in abuse, this is too fucking familiar. don’t do this shit. what you are promoting is not self awareness, it is mob mentality and bullying.

i'm really, genuinely sorry if my previous post contributed negatively to the discussion. i wasn't at all trying to judge you or anyone else, nor do i. i've been in a similar situation of being called out in the past, when i was quite young, and it was so overwhelming and i had no idea what to do. so i just hoped to provide some insight into why things played out the way they did and why people were responding the way they did to help you, or just anyone who was confused, to better understand. i'm also sorry for my misinterpretation of what you'd said. i also grew up with a great deal of abuse, and that along with being autistic can make it very hard to judge others' intent. i most often take things very literally, so when someone else miswords something it can lead to a lot of confusion, which i believe is what happened here. (though i sincerely am not judging you for that, either! i also struggle a lot with wording, as i said.)

i like the matrix. what the fuck. i never imagined anyone would notice the little note i left for myself on my page, nevermind the drama. it’s disgusting and pathetic, do you guys not have hobbies? we could’ve had a moment of appreciating a cool movie, but instead it turned into a mini online struggle session.

the reason it didn't lead to appreciating a cool movie is because it's not just a matrix reference. it was was created specifically by incels/alt-righters as a dogwhistle. and perhaps i'm misunderstanding (apologies again if that's the case), but you said you're not ignorant of the fact it's a term overwhelming used by incels/the alt-right rather than a movie reference? so why not use the most common matrix reference that exists ("there is no spoon") instead of something that is inseparably connected to dangerous radical extremists? and please...please don't call people disgusting and pathetic at having a negative reaction to a phrase that is used primarily to signal someone believes we don't deserve human rights. even if you didn't know that at the time, you do now, and it's cruel to say such things.

tl;dr you gang up on someone, accuse them of some crazy shit, and then avoid responsibility by framing yourselves as victims in your own minds. you assume that anyone who doesn’t conform to your standards of behavior is not worth kindness. this is not what 'community’ is supposed to be like. i’m not “open to learning” about the sick ways that people justify this behavior and i do not care who i ideologically offended. please, grow a spine or better yet some real empathy.

hopefully i've already explained well enough why it's not "crazy" to think the use of something used the absolute, overwhelming majority of the time as a signal between members of the alt-right was used as just that.

and i cannot emphasise enough that this isn't "cancelling," this isn't trying to force you to conform to behaviour of some kind: this is people telling you that you're using a phrase that is used by alt-righters to signal to one another, and that seeing that is uncomfortable and frightening.

there's also a...striking amount of right-wing rhetoric in what you said here. a scary amount. if you're really, truly being genuine, i urge you to seek out information explaining in more detail what common arguments and dogwhistles are for the alt-right, because you're unknowingly in the pipeline. i hope you manage to get out, however i no longer feel comfortable discussing this with you further as a result.

i sincerely wish you the best.

[noodlepai]

(OKAY okay so I've come to provide more information on the AU, I'm still working on it a lot so things might change or be added but I got a basic idea of what things are like rn !!)

Info dump moment rn, also TW for slight trauma mentions/hints

• Sam had managed to save the Wii from melting itself all those years ago, and is a pretty big person on tech, so she likes to experiment and try new things, and actively tries to help Eteled out or transfer him through devices so he isn't just stuck in one place all the time, with lots of trial and tons of error, especially since she knows the Wii's getting old and that it can be unstable occasionally with glitches

• Kyle has also taken a liking to learning more about technology through Sam's influence so he sometimes comes over and they both will just study and brainstorm ideas

• Sam moved out of her home and now lives in her own apartment, is in college to pursue her dream of working around and creating technology, hasn't really considered making a job out of it since she mostly does it for fun and likes to achieve her dream goals, Nathan and Kyle also occasionally visit to just hang out and do whatever, usually resulting in the three staying up very late into a movie or game night, and Eteled having to talk Sam into getting sleep for the next morning

• Even though Sam is big on all tech, consoles and video games, she still has a soft spot for old generation consoles in particular

• Sam, Nathan and Kyle had all gotten pretty close growing up so they're like a dumbass trio /lh

• Will moved out of state or some shit

• Kyle wakes up from his villain arc and makes a truce with Eteled /J.. FR though Kyle softens up and becomes more understanding of Eteled's side after they start talking it out, while what happened did bother him at the time all those years ago, he just kinda grew up to the point where it didn't have such of an effect on him anymore, I mean all he saw was a Mii get slice and diced, no need to go beast mode over it, so they forgive each other of the past

• Kyle and Nathan are besties to homosexuals, homie love

• Sam made a Mii of herself from when she was younger to keep Eteled company when going out or having to attend school, Eteled appreciated it but wouldn't wanna admit how it wasn't the same and about how much he would miss Sam when she had to get off the Wii

• Gives Eteled abandonment issues because I love being evil

• He's actually clingy on the inside but would never admit it to anyone

• Also views Sam as a sort of daughter figure besides just a friend but is too nervous to mention it, he wants Sam to be safe, loves whenever she talks or rants to him about anything or shows him something she made or is proud of, or even just anything at all, father Eteled is proud of his child/bestie

• He like, genuinely feels loved around her and would definitely cry about it but would never show it, or at least try not to

• Eteled has the favorite Mii pants because Sam put them on him, with quote "I think it's about time my best friend gets to rock a new style", and yes it did make him almost cry on the spot

• Austin is like, mentally conflicted as hell

• Austin and Eteled both feel guilty for what they've done to each other over the years, aren't sure they can or are ready to forgive the other but they're very slowly learning to tolerate each other

• They're like enemies to kinda friends in a way

• They're traumatized mfs

• They still sometimes fight but it's usually just yelling or saying shit now, they don't do the chair, deletion or axe really anymore since they at least got to the point where they respect each other's boundaries and triggers, and there's no point to keep doing the same old for over 10+ years, for the most part, they still slip up sometimes

• They do fuck up though occasionally so that's why Eteled has scars and Austin is a bit more bashed up

• They still have a rooted dislike for each other they're trying to get over but they sometimes chill out or talk, usually when Sam is asleep or off the Wii for a while, the two just will maybe visit or sit around to at least try to understand the other better

• Sam knows Austin is still around, and it took a while but with time she grew to accept him when he didn't seem like a big threat anymore, and that he was just as important of a soul as Eteled was, she still didn't like the fights and didn't know the full story

• She'd probably section them away from the other with a child gate if she could

• Austin of course has an ego and would never tell another soul that he has many nightmares of the server room and about what happens if he gets caught off guard or is sleeping when Eteled decides to attack him again, Eteled wouldn't do that, and Austin knows it but it's just the deep rooted fear he can't get rid of, even though he's much taller and technically more powerful than the smaller Mii

• Eteled is just tired, usually just sleeps in the Mii channel, especially when under stress or tires himself out if he's going through a moment, like triggered memories or emotions

• From all the deleting and the chair, and more crap from his early life, Eteled is just terrified of it all so even the idea of them scares the fuck out of him, so as a natural response he just tries to defend himself with his axe even if he would be shaking like a chicken, he really tries not to pull it out but he can't always stop himself

• The axe itself would probably also bother Austin a bit, but he would still try to cautiously calm Eteled down since he knows he's just afraid, so afterwards they'd probably have to awkwardly apologize for what the fuck happened at that very moment

• Sam sometimes offers them both to play a game together with her, or plans on playing with Eteled and invites Austin along, as a way to make them bond, they do end up having some fun though

• Eteled has seen and/or been around or within newer Nintendo consoles, but personally prefers being in the Wii since he's used to it the most, and it's the most comfortable and homey to him

• Oh yeah, if Austin or Eteled is having an episode or is deeply upset then the other will try to help sometimes if it's really bad, Austin tries to hide it more but it doesn't always work, yeah they have reasonable reasons to not like the other, but they aren't complete assholes

• They both got trauma memories and aren't gonna just watch the other suffer through it

• Austin may or may not have taken in what Eteled had said all that time ago about "Learning to move past the past", even though that technically makes Eteled a hypocrite when he's constantly beating himself up about shit mentally, even after years, they are both doing it tbh

• Also Kyle doesn't know about Austin 100% but is curious to know his story and who he is and used to be, and how he got in the Wii, especially after the passing of his family member of the same name, little does he know..

• Sam also doesn't know about any of it, neither Sam or Kyle know of what happened or Austin's story, Austin being in a tight spot since he doesn't wanna reveal his identity yet, knowing the possible reaction, for Eteled's sake, Sam's and especially Kyle's, and Eteled being absolutely fucking terrified since the fear of losing someone like Sam could become real, and the small but growing friendship he was slowly making with Kyle could go right back to hatred and wanting the small Mii deleted, not including the fact that he still eats at himself for his past actions so it being brought back up again would be a ✨mess✨

• Austin doesn't know if he forgives Eteled or not, but wants to try to move past it and not be reminded in any way

• Nathan is still a little lowkey scared of Eteled ngl, doesn't wanna upset him or anything and Eteled can tell, he probably sighs to himself but he can't blame the guy

• Kyle has thought about making another Mii of himself on what is now long been Sam's Wii, now that he's older and him and Eteled are rather chill, but decided against it since he wasn't sure, not because he didn't trust Eteled, but because he figured it could potentially remind the Mii of the past, so whenever he plays on it he just uses Eteled

(That's all I can really recall on the top of my head for now, whenever I remember more or add on things I'll probably make a new post about it)

[sparrowchute]

Can we see your game changes in bugsnax? I like the hat swap idea

YES OF COURSE I LOVE TALKING ABOUT THIS!!!! Here's my personal favorite lil changes I've done so far, which I've already mentioned: normal limbs Snorpy, flower crown Chandlo and Wambus' hat Beffica :D

Again. Cannot stress enough how much I hate working with code. It is a deep rooted grudge that I don't think I'll EVER fully get over. However it has been so worth it to just pop open these files and do whatever silly shit I want!! Originally it started as me just wanting to be able to set the characters back to their default models, because there's no way to do that in game!! But from there it escalated into me deep-diving for asset names in the code because Snorpy's "default" model has him still with a snackified arm and leg and I wanted a no-snack Snorpy!! From there I also found asset names for the other characters, and found out via using Beffica as a guinea pig in my hardlocked save that you can swap hats around to different characters!! Also I already tried it bc I was curious, but it looks like hats/hair are the only really character-specific asset you can swap between characters; I can't like, give Wambus Cromdo's legs if I wanted :/ but I can do stuff like I did above where I pass around hats to whoever I want :D There was another incident where I managed to open debug mode in my hardlocked save (I used that save to test basically everything before dragging it into my main save lol) and attempted to find asset names through that (did not work very well), but whenever I spawned a character in it'd throw me into an empty void and make the character spawn in, fall to their death, and spawn in again on an infinite loop lmao Here's a pic of that, though it's kind of unsettling, fair warning!! It features a fully snackified Snorpy in the void space, I managed to grab a screenshot before he fell this time lol

Overall though i've loved dissecting this game :D normally I'm just following guides, but so few people have done Bugsnax code dives and posted their findings that I just kinda had to do it all myself after learning the basics!! Genuinely it's not that difficult to do if you ever wanna try it out!! Just be careful not to accidentally delete something important, I'm not positive but I'm pretty sure that's how I managed to hardlock my original save lol