#norman wise

[mcbride]

#reasons are everywhere [insp. by DawnGlen] DARYL DIXON - THE BOOK OF CAROL 1.01 L'ame Perdue // 2.04 Le Paradis Pour Toi

[r0zzk1ll]

"this man, is weird.. CRAZY weird.." "he was always very bright.."

[loganlostitall]

My taste in men is so all over the place all the time

But sometimes there are similarities

[drallimylime]

shows up to the hairdressers with a photo of steve harris circa 1982, begging for the same treatment

[undeadvinyls]

tech friends

[reel-fear]

Honestly, every single time the whole 'poppy playtime is a bendy rip-off' stuff ever shows up I find it all extremely unconvincing and silly.

For one thing, rip-off usually is meant to imply that it's a cheap lazy copy of a better more polished thing, and uh. Sorry but even from chapter 1? Poppy Playtime is a better game than Bendy, it has a simple but understandable story, the game manages to be thrilling, creepy, and very intense at times... I mean that Huggy chase in the vents ALONE puts it way above Batim for me.

I mean BATDR had the most slow stupid chase I've ever seen [and every other encounter with the ink demon is text telling u he's there and then a timer goes down and u get jumpscared] and batim's chases were either silly or just not nearly as theatric or terrifying as that.

When making the vent sequence I mean not only is it absolutely horrifying to realize how fast Huggy is in there but also it's so theatric and cool? The fact that you round a corner after thinking you escaped only to see a terrifying animation of that thing crawling toward you is awesome! I wish Bendy had stuff like that!

And all the stuff it shares with Bendy are generic things Bendy ripped from other horror games/media anyways. I'm not saying Poppy Playtime isn't inspired by Bendy I for sure think it is but Bendy is such a generic story that somehow fails to do tropes 100 other horror games have done any comparison only makes Poppy Playtime look better.

"It has employees being sacrificed for their company" That is not a concept Bendy invented, literally look at any of the sci-fi horror series Bendy is very inspired by. This is literally a twist in the original Alien.

"It has a scary woman forcing you to do tasks for her" Once again, not a concept Bendy invented, a scary mysterious person forcing you to do fetch-quests is a concept found in tons of horror media. And at least Poppy Playtime gave you a chase with her and let you defeat her, look at poor malice. She's barely on screen for more than 10 minutes before she gets stabbed.

"It has a cult worshipping the monster" This is something tons of horror games and media have done too. I mean In The Tall Grass has a guy who worships a giant magical rock in the middle of a grass maze, Bioshock [which Bendy has only been taking more and more direct inspiration from while failing to grab any of the compelling parts] also had a lot of themes of religion and cult-ish behavior, almost every horror media franchise has at one point done a cult thing.

Bendy couldn't even come up with a reason Sammy worships the ink demon, the best motivation we've ever gotten is just that 'he's crazzyyyy the ink made him insaneeee'. Who is the cheap rip-off here?

At least Poppy Playtime gave their cultist a motive for worshipping the monster + a proper boss fight that feels intense and looks awesome! Bendy didn't even let you kill Malice [she got stabbed in front of you and then just collapsed on the floor how thrilling] meanwhile you get to kill three of the villains in Poppy Playtime and the gameplay and action in those scenes have only gotten better as the game went on.

I mean Sammy walks into a room and goes "AAA SCARY I'M BEING MURDERED" then later shows up and for NO REASON sees a normal human man and assumes it's the ink demon before once again someone else kills him for you. In Poppy Playtime you defeat Catnap as he floods the world with this horrible nightmare-inducing gas that intensifies the color palette and his design. Fight off versions of him that are illusions that you need your flare gun for, then watch in a wonderful animation as he mistakes the monster for his savior before getting killed by it, in a brutal way I might add, which game are we accusing of being cheap, lazy garbage again?

I just find this argument to be people who Really Really need to find a reason to hate Poppy Playtime which I think is silly. The devs being weird, shady people is already enough reason to dislike the game, you don't need to invent reasons why secretly every part of the game is malicious or bad. But esp when I see Bendy fans saying they don't support Poppy Playtime or dislike it bc of its devs or even saying its cringe ummmm.

I have bad news about the fact Bendy's devs are worse and it took not one, but TWO over an hour long videos to cover it all. Plus the Bendy games are just the worse games in every aspect, if I could sell my batim copy for a copy of Poppy Playtime I wouldn't hesitate at all.

Saying this as a bendy fan, we have no right to be super judgy towards Poppy Playtime. If Poppy Playtime is embarrassing cringe, Bendy is too and is way more embarrassing of an interest. We shouldn't spread misinformation just because we all want to hate Poppy Playtime, you can dislike Poppy Playtime without making up a bunch of nonsense to justify it.

Honestly seeing people just blatantly be unfairly mean to Poppy Playtime only makes its critics look worse and makes it hard to take any backlash to the games seriously. Because surprise surprise if you spread misinformation to make a point people will quickly stop listening to Anything you have to say bc they won't trust you're telling the truth anymore.

[nnato]

[sesiondemadrugada]

A Game of Death (Robert Wise, 1945).

[poeticmusingsblog]

“Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars.”

- Norman Vincent Peale

Beautiful words like these can heal the broken and inspire the hopeless. They can be the spark that ignites your courage and resilience. They can be the fuel that drives you to overcome any obstacle. They can guide you to the next step that you need to take to reach your goals.

[mariocki]

Man in a Suitcase: All That Glitters (1.10, ITC, 1967)

"But I understand that. Cos I help people too."

"Out of kindness."

"For money."

"How much money?"

"Well, how much help do you need?"

"My friend told me that you were difficult. And rude."

"Well, you have very well informed friends."

[downtobaker]

La rivincita degli spostati

di Romeo Vernazza (da Mr. Hyde – Frammenti, 2021) Dov’erano i diversi, nella seconda metà degli anni Sessanta, quando andavo alle elementari? Non ricordo nessun bambino problematico, disabile o svantaggiato in tutta la mia scuola. C’erano barriere e tanti scalini, classi maschili e femminili, gli insegnanti di sostegno erano ancora nel mondo dei sogni. Era un brutto posto per soli normodotati,…

[gbhbl]

Horror Movie Review - Dracula: Voyage of the Demeter (2023)

The doomed crew of the merchant ship Demeter attempt to survive the treacherous ocean voyage from Transylvania to London while being stalked by a legendary vampire known as Dracula.

Dracula: Voyage of the Demeter (also known as The Last Voyage of the Demeter) is a horror film that was directed by André Øvredal, releasing in 2023. It is an adaptation of “The Captain’s Log”, a chapter from the 1897 novel Dracula by Bram Stoker. Its plot follows the doomed crew of the merchant ship Demeter led by Captain Elliot who attempt to survive the treacherous ocean voyage from…

[uhhtcaru0]

Living is hard

Especially when no carp

is this about ghost and pals?

[borom1r]

Welcome Home is making me think abt my puppet boy Albie now..

[flatstarcarcosa]

how you gonna include lindy but not bob himself and also ares and also