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puppyeared · 3 months

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i feel like im not making any sense but does anyone else feel like there are stories that let u run with them and ones that spell everything out for you

#im reading that post that says artists are directors of audience reaction and not its dictator:#'you cannot guarantee that everyone viewing your work will react as you are trying t make them react. a good artist knows that this is what #allows work to breath. by definition you cannot have art where the viewer brings nothing to the table ... this is why you have to let go of #the urge to plainly state in text exactly how you think the work should be interpreted ... its better to be misinterpreted sometimes than #to talk down to your audience. you wont even gain any control that way; people will still develop their opinions no matter what you do #im thinking abt this again cuz i was thinking maybe the thing that lets adventure time work so well the way it does is cuz it doesnt #take itself too seriously that it gives the audience enough room to fuck with subtext and then fuck with them back yknow. i think it was #mentioned somewhere that they werent even planning to run with the postapocalyptic elements that are hinted in the show but changed their #mind after the one off with the frozen businessmen and dominoed into marcy and simons backstory. on the other side there are stories that #explain too much to let the story speak for itself and i think it ends up having to do more with the crew trying to lead ppl in a certain #direction than expand on what they have and i see a lot of this with miraculous. like when interviews and tweets are used as word of god in #arguments and it becomes a little stifling to play around with it knowing the creator can just interject. u can say its the crews effort to #engage with its audience but it feels more like micromanaging. and none of this is to say there ISNT room for stories that spell things out #theyre just suited for different things. if sesame street tried abstract approaches to themes and nuance itd be counterproductive #a lot of things fly over my head so i need help picking things apart to get it- but it doesnt have to be from the story itself. ive picked #picked up or built on my own interpretations listening to other ppl share their thoughts which creates conversation around the same thing #sometimes stories will spell things out for you without being so obvious abt it that it feels like its woven into the text. my fav example #for this might be ATLA using younger characters as its main cast but instead of feeling like its dumbed down for kids to understand why war #is bad its framed from a childs point of view so younger audiences can pick up on it by relating to the characters. maybe an 8 year old #wont get how geopolitics works but at least they get 'hey the world is a little more complicated than everyone vs. fire nation'. same for #steven universe bc its like theyre trying to describe and put feelings into words that kids might not have so they have smth to start with #especially with the metaphors around relationships bc even if it looks unfamiliar as a kid now maybe the hope is for it to be smth you can #look back to. thats why it feels like these shows grew up with me.. instead of saving difficult topics for 'when im ready for it'#as if its preparing me for high school it gave me smth to turn in my hands and revisit again and again as i grow. stories that never #treated u as dumb all along. just someone who could learn and come back to it as many times as u need to. i loved SU for the longest time #but i felt guilty for enjoying it hearing the way ppl bash it. bc i was a kid and thought other ppl understood it better than me and made #feel bad for leaning into the message of paying forward kindness and not questioning why steven didnt punish the diamonds or hold them #accountable. but im rewatching it now and going oh. i still love this show and what it was trying to teach me #yapping #diary

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frobby · 1 month

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** both in town npcs and in the labyrinth npcs count, the party in etrian odyssey untold and 2 untold do not count

#i wrote odyssey so many times it doesnt look like a real word anymore #i feel like 4 is gonna win #people really like logre #i think i like..........V but maybe thats recency bias #cuz i played that one most recently #i like nexus too but i dont like kavsir or persephone #but all the in labyrinth npcs are great #my favorite set of in town npcs is prolly 2 #but 1 is a close second tbh #etrian odyssey #etrian odyssey iii #etrian odyssey nexus #etrian odyssey v #etrian odyssey iv #etrian odyssey 2

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hecksupremechips · 6 days

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My appreciation for iris and ota as characters increases every time I play aitsf like I think the side characters in aini are more likable but they don’t have as much depth cuz you have to remember them in all these different points in time and their different relationships with all the protagonists and it gets really wishy washy but in the first game it’s just like. Here’s iris and ota, they’re fucking annoying and sketchy as hell. Please spend all your time with them 🥰

#aitsf #ai the somnium files #also i think if i put it on paper the general assembly of characters you interact with in the first game isnt much smaller than the second #but in aini it feels like theres too many people? and they dont get enough time #i find myself forgetting them a lot easier and i liked them and liked all their somniums #but idk maybe its cuz the first game is much more secluded and like characters get multiple different somniums #saito date and iris #everyone feels more involved in the case too #but to get into iris and ota more like its no secret that um. i fuckin hated those bitches when i first played #ive really come around on iris in particular but god i could not stand her the first time lol #but now like i think shes a very well written teenage character she does feel like a real teen and her relationships with mizuki date #and hitomi are in particular so so important to me the hitomi/iris relationship is severely underrated #and ota i think is a really good like. annoying stan character akdjsk #but i love his role i love the way he causes trouble for date i love how threatening yet non threatening he is #he has good depth as a character and his design is awesome and i would like to punch him #but i can also imagine myself being in like a strange unexpected friendship with him akdjms

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png-of-a-bat · 2 months

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i know ita cause i like deadly premonition but i see WAY more of its influence in longlegs than alan wake. sorry.

#like i see longlegs and im like.. ok there clearly a LOT of horror game influences here #like the biggest i think is undoubtably sh3 #and like not in the way of ooh scary monsters but in kind of just how the world acts around lee #but as far as an alan wake comparison the only yhing i can see is the culty stuff and the fbi agent otherwise i dont see many correlations #now dp. which has so many influences from twin peaks and 80s shlock i can vividly see.#like the autistic fbi agent with Two personalities forged by seemingly unknowningly being connected to the killer #the sigils and cyphers #the other people doing the killing for yhe real killer.#THE PREMONITIONS AND WEIRD PSYCHIC LINKS BRO CMON.#It feels like. and perhaps I am just too into both of them and making these connections (pepe silvia)#but it feels like someone played dp and was like.. “ok but what if we played this straight a bit”#like not entirely OBVI. but.. i think it def inspired it a bit. theres too many correlations i think now that ive seen it twice #and played dp.. like a million times. it is my fave game after all..#but then again maybe i am just looking too into it. but i dunno i see a lot of horror game stuff in there in differeng ways and i think in #this day and age its silly to think games cant influence other media... im just saying.#what am i saying... play deadly premonition its like 10 bucks and is deally fun and easy. and weird!

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autumnfangirler · 5 months

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#im not (physically) disabled nor have i played enough ifs to say but ive been getting into them more recently #and now im curious- are there any ifs where people are able to customize their characters disabilities/mobility aids?#im not talking about ones that are plot relevant (like losing a limb or getting a curse or things like that)#im talking about like. during character creation. like for example a character having constant pain in their shoulders or chronic migraines #and maybe specifying that they use canes/rollators/wheelchairs etc to get around #or maybe sunglasses/earbuds to deal with sensory overload #and if not then why? is it just because potential disabilities and how they affect a person are too vast to fit into character creation #or require too many instances to keep track of? i assume that depending on the severity then itll affect a lot of how they do things #ig thinking about that all the time would be a lot #or is it just a story thing? like most of the stories would be derailed by trying to keep track of it #idk like i said im not disabled #i wouldnt know lol #but im curious what others think of this? like. are there things im not taking into consideration about this #ramblings

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seilon · 28 days

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pro: ran into a coworker at a bar last night who I don’t really talk to usually (he works upstairs, I work downstairs) and we talked and im pretty sure we were highkey flirting and he bought me a drink and the bar merch shirt i was interested in and thanks to the power of alcohol i guess i asked for his number and he gladly gave it to me and. yeah

con: i have the second worst hangover i have ever had and have been fighting for my fucking life just to eat saltines

#it’s getting better but only now that it’s like. 6pm #as weird as it sounds part of why this sucks is that I volunteered to come into work today cause there’s a concert going on nearby which #usually means we’re at least somewhat busy -> make better tips #and I couldn’t go in because well. you know #I’ve been sick and dying in bed all day unable to move or eat or anything #let alone take the bus and go to work #but. as much as I wish I didn’t go this overboard I don’t totally regret last night cause.#yeah. potential thing going on with cute coworker guy. OH and potential job opportunity at my favorite bar in town #apparently said coworker Also has a job at the bar in addition to where we both work and the bar is hiring barbacks at entry-level #so I have someone to vouch for me and the bartender we were talking to seemed to really want me to apply too #one thing that’s kinda funny to me about all this is that the first two places (a bar then a club) we were at felt really mid because they #were packed with way too many straight people (at a gay bar and a gay club)#but the bar we ended up at (where we ALWAYS end up at. it is the oasis. it is the only thing I can rely on) felt. like. not overwhelmingly #straight? at all? I mean part of it’s just luck in a way with just who happened to be there and all that but it’s also that the staff seem #pretty significantly populated with queer ppl #I complained to the bartender about how the club we were at (one of the biggest gay clubs in the city- if not The biggest) just felt kinda #meh because yeah maybe there were some guys dancing in jockstraps and whatever but the crowd itself like. did not feel largely queer #or at least didn’t have the spirit I’d hope for in a queer space if that makes sense. felt very conventional. not enough wild outfits and #makeup and gender fuckery and so on #and the bartender was like dude I KNOW right? I went off outside there once about the invasion of cishets when this space isn’t FOR them #and so on and so forth. and god that was So real.#so the experience at my beloved bar last night was like. 1) guy comes up behind me just to order a drink but i was saving a seat for my #friend who was in the bathroom and mentioned that in case he was looking to take the seat. chatted a little. ended with him pointing out #that a guy nearby was trying to holla at me.#2) I look over and yes. the dj is. in fact. looking directly at me and mouthing the lyrics to whatever song was playing pointed my way.#it was pretty sweet honestly I think it was partly cause I looked like I was shy and alone #3) whatever gay shit was going on with my coworker and i. amusingly he seems to get more flamboyant when he drinks just like i do.#im not 100% sure what his sexuality is but i Am 100% sure it is Not straight. but yeah. if it hadn’t been so close to closing time ive been #hardcore wondering where that would’ve gone. maybe its for the best that i had to go when i did cause i was pretty drunk and who knows when #I could’ve hit the amount of drunk it takes to like outright say hey just so you know i’d suck your dick right now if you wanted

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fore-seer · 9 months

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it occurs to me ive never finished a real playthrough of awakening that wasn’t like. for the support log or constructing a main file where i cap everyone’s stats and break the game. i’ll admit all the grinding was kinda fun for me but i’m very excited to experience this game without doing all that

#like. ive never played endgame without a completely busted team. so i have no idea how hard it’s actually supposed to be #i will not be putting robin into sorcerer bc thats boring #i WILL be putting owain into mage/sage and letting him and morgan and lon’qu!laurent game with magic vantage.#no one except for sumia and cynthia (and cordelia if i use her) will be getting galeforce bc honestly im bored of it #as much as i love swordmaster i might also run wyvern lon’qu again bc i had a good time with it in my main file #and i never use cherche anyway so it’ll be good to have another flier especially if i end up dropping cordelia for the valm arc #(which i usually do bc honestly i just don’t like her quite as much as i do a lot of the other shepherds)#(i love all of them but just. some of them less so)#maybe ill put sully into wyvern too while im at it. we’re getting silly with it. her bulk in the cav line is hard to resist though #i don’t run many tanks so it is VERY important that sully can take a hit #its gonna be FUNNNNN (<- girl who will have no time to actually play before needing to return to fates battle points hell)#tactician's log #awakening #eva plays awakening

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danielnelsen · 1 month

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well i guess i can play bg3 now, assuming it finishes downloading sometime in the next 2 months

#personal #despite following many people who are very into it i still know absolutely nothing about what it's about #like i know the premise of the brain tadpoles but that's it #i definitely need to do something fun after the last few days of supervising peach #(update: after not eating or sleeping for 3 days she is now doing both! she's very hungry and very tired and im very relieved)#but also after the last 6 hrs of just non-stop downloading and installing things. windows is sooo bad for upgrading #all the dai dlc probably has another 20-30 mins left and then ive finished all the da games and also all my modding tools #i think im actually not bothered even transferring my old saves for the da games. i never go back once ive finished a playthrough #i guess the only thing is if i wanna play da2 before next playing dao and have to use a custom worldstate hm #the only other thing is that dao doesnt connect online anymore so i have no achievements or rewards for completing dlc #it wouldnt be too hard to find my user profile file on my old hard drive but i almost wanna start from scratch and see how long it takes #the thing with that tho is that it's probably the worst (or maybe best lmao) game to have my achievements reset #because it takes a minimum of 6 playthroughs to get all achievements (assuming you finish every game you start)#for da2 it's 3 (reach kirkwall with each class) and for dai it's 1 #but dao has an achievement for each origin and even other than that there are achievements for filling each ability tree #(min 5 playthroughs of the base game or 3 with awakening) and all romances (4) and all endings (3 i think)#anyway. whatever i'll decide later. the only utility of achievements are the dlc ones that unlock items #huh this is a post about bg3 and i spend most of the time talking about da #anyway bg3 currently says 2 hrs remaining but that'll probably speed up once the dai dlc finishes. only have trespasser left #and whatever tf 'english voice over pack' is??

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rearranging-deck-chairs · 2 months

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"until i realised you wanted me to be doing what was right for some reason beyond the fact that you wanted me to"

#hang on just thinking master thoughts #no not really but #idk. still cooking #there IS a doctor-like quality to laura's black and white heroism i think #and there IS a thoschei-like quality to her wanting carmilla to......play along with that story #the difference is - i mean theres many differences but one of them is - that carmilla is like no i am a monster. ive done monstrous things #you cant love me if you refuse to acknowledge them #i have to live with them so if we're gonna spend our lives together youre gonna have to too #while the doctor obviously is very aware of the master's monstrosity. accepts them. likes them even maybe. their denial is about their OWN #laura doesnt have that so much. bc shes literally 19 and her transgressions have not been all that big in the grand scheme of things #she does also put herself in the story as the hero. but more as like a 'im a good person so i cant do bad things' kinda thing i think #which she grapples with over the course of s2-s3 #the doctor will play the hero but doesnt believe in their own goodness like that #anyway. episode of all time. 'you want the kind of love that clicks. like a key into a lock'#'it's not enough' it's such a good dynamic i love it

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deoidesign · 10 months

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Hiya, I wanted to share a kinda weird story and ask a question. Just wanted to say you’re a very talented storyteller and I’ve been thinking of your work a lot. I ended up having a dream about time & time again last night where Steve tries to steal the American flag for a bunch of children. It was a pretty angsty dream but I still found it kinda funny because it seems on brand for Steve lol. Also, for those who can’t afford to buy the books on kickstarter, will there be other options to help fund? If the kickstarter succeeds will you list the books on your website or are they one and done? I hope you’re having a lovely day!

I love how the way you've approached this makes me unable to ignore the first part to be able to answer the second.

To start with the questions though, I'll be making a PDF people can get to help support (that will be included in all tiers)! It should be a fun item for any fan of the series... You'll also be able to get just one book instead of all 4 from season 1. I'm trying to plan some other things, but it's all still very much in development so I'm wary of committing too openly to it!

And I am planning to have the Kickstarter goal fund extra copies for me to put on my site and take to conventions, yes! So if someone can't support when it comes out, if it funds then they can order the books later, or find me at a convention with some copies!

I'm planning to be incredibly up front about the costs and processes by which I came to all my decisions, because I've made quite a few strange choices but I assure you they're all just in service of getting books out as soon as (and as fun as) possible!

And for the first bit, it's incredibly flattering to hear that you think about my work... And to the extent that it's invaded your subconscious! Wow! Depending on the context it's definitely something he'd do, complete with angst in a silly situation. Thank you for sharing this with me, I hope your day is kind to you.

#the pdf is going to be an activity book you can print out at home!#it's designed to be activities that line up with each arc #so youre meant to 'play along' as you read!#which of course is something that can be done without the books ^^#but im planning on paper dolls #maybe some crosswords #mazes #stuff like that!#no promises i haven't made too much of it yet... ive been uhh #busy with making the comics and prepping the books for print #its all been nearly a month of work so far #and ive nearly a month of work more to go #but im right about halfway and i think things are settling down!#as for the books... im planning to ship them out one at a time.#so its a bit more expensive for this...#but my reason for doing so is that I'd have to either do a Kickstarter for each book #which is WAY WAY WAY too many kickstarters theres gonna be like 10 books or something by the end of this comic #OR id have to wait a year to do them all at once.#so im going to put the shipping costs for one at a time #and then explain 'if you wait a year to get them all at once shipping will be approx this much'#again trying to be very very transparent about the costs of things #cause im trying to make it as inexpensive as it possibly can be...#but 4 books is like $100 pretty much any way you slice it :(#so im very nervous about it all succeeding #so im trying to add in as much as i can to hopefully help ease it towards success #cause also 4 books... thats like a 10k goal minimum.#very big project and incredibly scary!!!#anon #asks #Kickstarter stuff

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tkbrokkoli · 4 months

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i think a thing im v passionate abt is music. or rather, listening to music. i listen to it when i work, when i drive, when i clean, when i walk. i spend several hours every day listening to music. once during a trip i didn't have the time to listen to music for several days and when i finally turned on some music it felt like the world was suddenly filled w more color and life. i once was so overwhelmed w awe and beauty listening to a song for the first time that it caused me to have a panic attack. in, like, a good way, like, wow, look at that song, it touched me so deeply that i lost control of my body for a moment. i sometimes get teary eyes or goosebumps when listening to music. i listen to the same song for hours on repeat. i don't know anything abt making music btw. i took guitar lessons for some time but im not talented or good at it and it took too much effort to continue. i love the sounds a guitar makes though. i also don't remember any music theory. i have a friend who's naturally talented at playing the guitar but they didn't enjoy it but even after years of not having picked up a guitar they can still play songs at birthday parties. i think it's funny that they are naturally good at it but they hate doing it and i love it but im not good at it at all.