#not that the fandom wiki is that reliable

[theultimatekamehamehavoc]

Love how this response from Byakuya regarding a gift he loves is just "Goodness! I cannot believe I'm laying my affluent eyes on something so diabolical and garish. That's atrocious... I'll keep it." Like, Makoto just hands this bastard his favorite dark academia shit or some special freaking math problems and this is what he has to say about it before he swiftly nabs it from Makoto's hands like goblin and his treasure, fully prepared to place a new item in his dragon's den. Also, just cus, this is the stuff he's into. Like, the stuff he loves regarding the gifts you can give him in the game. Honestly, very atheistically pleasing.

Shiny stuff too. Which now makes me imagine him as some crow, collecting all the historical shiny things he can get his talons on. Byakuya's territorial like that.

Also like, why are his likes kinda interesting and varied? Like, his loves are WAY more in line with each other on the aesthetics. Not that I mind. In fact, this is great. Definelty adds another layer to his inner being. Gives me thoughts too. For instance, there's the Funplane. Not only does Byakuya like it but hell, literally everyone likes it. I find that interesting. Gasp! Are all of Class 78 gamers?!/hj It's honestly kinda cute though. Like, it brings them all together. Also, now I'm just imagining them all owning their own Funplanes and if one of theirs broke or needed new batteries and they didn't have any, they could literally go to anyone in their class to get what they need. And dang! That's so cuuuuute! Also, side note. This kinda makes all of these guys kinda like, feel more like teens in a sense. Like, again ALL of them like this thing. From Toko to Hina to Celeste and Leon! And sure. None of them play the same games as shown from the 3 we're shown in the game but stiiiiill! Now, before I lose track of the time, I still have some words to say still about Byakuya's other likes too! I give you, the Royal Curry. Like, think about it! Ya boi likes the surprisingly good quality pack of curry in a stinking box marketed towards the children! Maybe Byakuya Togami and Miles Edgeworth are closer than I thought! Like, Miles has his Steel Samurai and Byakuya has... boxed curry that's probably worth a good fortune. Now I'm imagining him just munching on the curry and rice now while filing some papers or something. Also, the Royal Curry packaging now made me remember fucking Kid Cuisine and that's funny to me cus of how different the quality is with this real, shit product and the fictional Royal Curry.

Then, there is the Emperors thong. Very interesting. Mostly cus like, THESE are the folk who are willing to take it and it's honestly fascinating. Like, only Byakuya, Chihiro, Junko (AKA Mukuro) And Jack like it. No one loves it. And dang. If I was smart, I'd analyze all of the loves and likes of these guys and go on a spiel on what that could tell one about their character. I might TRY one day but yeah. Also, here's the link of the website of got some of this info from Cus I have been trained to cite my sources Not sure how 100% correct all the info is but it's better than nothing. One day, I WILL play the first game. I swear! I have no mons though so I can't fully analyze every single line of Byakuya on my own. Cus like, would just look up a walkthrough but it's not the saaaame!

[gregorygerwitz]

I just think it's funny that...

the loudest part of this fandom has been begging for queer!Buck for years. but, the second they actually give the fandom what they want, and Buck has a canon boyfriend, a date he is taking to his sister's wedding, someone he can't stop thinking about, that's... wrong?

you got the rep you were begging for. we have the actor and the rest of the cast openly saying a character is bisexual. we are getting exactly what we asked for.

but now it's not good enough because it's not exactly who you want him to be with?

the definition of bisexuality is not I love every single woman in the world and that one guy. there are a million essays on this very site that go into exactly how biphobic that mindset actually is. it perpetuates the finer details of the patriarchy that everyone hates until it serves their purpose.

you're allowed to not ship something, but to say it's not canon or block a wiki page from being edited to state their relationship is actually extremely biphobic. you got what you want and now you're attacking it. I think that says a lot more about you than it says about the writers who are denying you something they never promised in the first place.

[crows-of-buckets]

The fact that canonically the end of origins and act one of da2 are only a year apart is so funny to me. From what I could find, both take place in 9:31 dragon. So this means Awakening took place in maybe like. Four five months. So Anders leaves Amaranthine, trying to escape warden life, and then immediately falls in with ANOTHER weirdo with a hero complex. And then the guy can drag him BACK to the deeproads which he hates and thought he wouldn't have to do any for a long long time. No wonder Anders and Justice struggle so much they didn't even have a whole year after merging before they went to the Worst Place Possible. Like for all the places for a possessed apostate to go, Kirkwall is probably THE worst choice possible

[snowwtrapped34]

“My ship took 7 years to become canon it had such a slow-burn Omggg 😭”

no no it didn’t no it fucking didn’t

[cosmikazie]

disclaimer: i do not generally condone defacing wiki articles

however fandom wiki fucking sucks in so many senses of the word and considering there is literally a better and infinitely more official option right in front of all of us it's kind of funny sometimes to do this. occasionally. i have restraint and i promise this is a one time thing

[obsidianstrawberrymilk]

oh fuck im gonna have to reread the mha manga to make sure i'm getting ochako's trauma responses right

[fennecfics]

When you go on the Khonjin House fandom wiki so much every time you type in the letter ‘k’ on the search bar it’s the first suggestion-

[miyagi-hokarate]

I know some people take the birthdates (for the Cobras in particular) given from the Karate Kid Wiki as convenient headcanons to adopt — but as someone who's obsessed with dates and finding every scrap of material about canon, I cannot help but want to scream at the thought of info without any source to back it up being treated as fact

[yellow-n-blue-hyperfixation]

I once saw someone use the summary of s4 in the stranger things fandom wiki as anti byler proof and I was torn between laughing or crying like out of all the excuses you could use, you pull out sources from a wiki that literally ANYONE can edit?

[vulpiximisa]

i think its an interesting choice to have all the characters names spelled out in katakana. with their japanese first names and english sounding last names, i think its a fun way to bridge the gap between the east and west. though it does make me wonder if the rain code world does take place in japan (kanai ward and etc having japanese sounding names) or just its own world

[ohfugecannada]

I would give anything to have those guardians movie scripts with Groot’s translated dialogue leaked…

[xanfeursel]

It makes me a little sad that the fandom for bg1/2 is so small that it's probably not worth it to work on an entirely new non fandom wiki for it, because godddd I hate having to use the fandom wiki for resources

[every-character-ever-poll]

happy birthday!

Jill, Drill Dozer - no canonical birthday, but was created in 2005 and is described as a "young girl".

[rassicas]

today on splatoon mythbusters: is Agent 4 a country bumpkin?

no lol this is probably the funniest widespread misconception to come out in recent years A big part of it is because people misunderstood this map.

I came across this trivia point on the wiki page for agent 4 while making this post LOL agent 4 has better access to public transportation than 95% of you With all that green on the map and nothing marked in between, It seems that people have been assuming the population density of inkopolis looks something like the image on the left. While it's unclear exactly how big the population is of inkadia and the surrounding area is, going roughly off of how irl east Tokyo and neighboring Chiba prefecture look, i think its safe to guess were dealing with an urban area that looks more like whats on the right.

(side note about population count: i take the account of the Low Water Party with a grain of salt since that isnt even a real number they used. something that is more reliable is that graffiti artist Sally has over 240k followers on social media. while followers can be from anywhere in the world ofc, it sounds like her fanbase is largely in inkopolis. i think its safe to say inkopolis is a very big city!)

If we're to look more at the irl equivalent of the area, it seems the Inkopolis Coastal Connector is based on the Keiyo Line. Following that line roughly to where 4's house is lands us in a ward in Chiba city. It doesn't look like much, but about 100k people live in that area. Not a super crazy urban area like tokyo, but still urban.

(incidentally, a major landmark on the Keiyo line is Makuhari Messe, where 3 of the irl splatoon idol concerts have been held. maybe a coincidence but maybe gives more credence to the idea that that's what the coastal connector is based on?) Apparently on the Japanese side, there's a theory that 4 is from Yotsukaido, which is a little further north of the area i circled. why there? Yotsukaido means "4 town street"...4...haha

Ok enough guessing based on "vibes" and real maps that may or may not be accurate to how things are in the splatoon world. The Actual lore: On Splatoon base it's confirmed they grew up about 40 minutes away from Inkopolis by train, close to the city. That's like a nothing amount of distance.

Another developer interview from 2017 goes into more detail.

Inoue: Agent 3 had a very "I've finally made it to the city" feeling, with a strong desire to become fresh. 4 on the other hand, not so much. Rather than being someone from the countryside, they're more like someone who came from a commuter town within the greater metropolitan area. It's like a place where the limited express trains wouldn't stop at, but the semi-express trains would (laughs).

so agent 4 is very clearly, a city kid. agent 3 is the country bumpkin, from an area so far away its not even on the map. According to splatoon base...

Far enough away that they moved to inkopolis alone. meanwhile 4 lives close enough that they could just go home to their parents after battling.

Also this is something that I never see brought up. Amidst the dubiously canon early concept comics in the back of the artbook, there's a comic about agent 3 leaving their hometown, mentioning they live in a seaside town called [REDACTED] with a population of 5000.

Again, these comics are dubious since theyre so old. but there are ideas in these comics that have carried over to the final games in some form, and this is consistent with agent 3's final characterization that they come from a far away small town and had a longing for the city.

anyway tldr i think its funny how agent 4's fandom characterization/backstory got swapped with 3's all because of a misread map

[subjectsix]

KIP'S BIG POST OF THINGS TO MAKE THE INTERNET & TECHNOLOGY SUCK A LITTLE LESS

Post last updated November 23, 2024. Will continue to update!

Here are my favorite things to use to navigate technology my own way:

A refurbished iPod loaded with Rockbox OS (Rockbox is free, iPods range in price. I linked the site I got mine from. Note that iPods get finicky about syncing and the kind of cord it has— it may still charge but might not recognize the device to sync. Getting an original Apple cord sometimes helps). Rockbox has ports for other MP3 players as well.

This Windows debloater program (there are viable alternatives out there, this one works for me). It has a powershell script that give you a little UI and buttons to press, which I appreciate, as I'm still a bit shy with tech.

Firefox with the following extensions: - Consent-O-Matic (set your responses to ALL privacy/cookie pop-ups in the extension, and it will answer all pop-ups for you. I can see reasons to not use it, but I appreciate it) - Facebook Container ("contains" Meta on Facebook and Instagram pages to keep it from tracking you or getting third party cookies, since Meta is fairly egregious about it) - Redirect Amp to HTML (AMP is designed for mobile phones, this forces pages to go to their HTML version) - A WebP/AVIF image converter - uBlock Origin and uBlacklist, with the AI blacklist loaded in to kill any generative AI results from appearing in search engines or anywhere.

Handbrake for ripping DVDs— I haven’t used this in awhile as I haven’t been making video edits. I used this back when I had a Mac OS

VLC Media Player (ol’ reliable)

Unsplash & Pexels for free-to-use images

A password manager (these often are paid. I use Dashlane. There are many options, feel free to search around and ask for recs!). There is a lot that goes into cybersecurity— find the option you feel is best for you.

Things I suggest:

Understanding Royalty Free and the Creative Commons licenses

Familiarity with boolean operators for searching

Investing in a backup drive and external drive

A few good USBs, including one that has a backup of your OS on it

Adapter cables

Avoiding Fandom “wikias” (as in the brand “Fandom��) and supporting other, fan-run or supported wikis. Consider contributing if its something you find yourself passionate or joyful about.

Finding Forums for the things you like, or creating your own*

Create an email specifically for ads/shopping— use it to receive all promotional emails to keep your inbox clean. Upkeep it.

Stop putting so much of your personal information online— be willing to separate your personal online identity from your “online identity”. You don’t owe people your name, location, pronouns, diagnoses, or any of that. It’s your choice, but be discerning in what you give and why. I recommend avoiding providing your phone number to sites as much as possible.

Be intentional

Ask questions

Talk to people

Remember that you can lurk all you want

Things that are fun to check out:

BBSes-- here's a portal to access them.

Neocities

*Forums-- find some to join, or maybe host your own? The system I was most familiar with was vbulletin.

MMM.page

Things that have worked well for me but might work for you, YMMV:

Limit your app usage time on your smartphone if you’re prone to going back to them— this is a tangible way to “practice mindfulness”, a term I find frustratingly vague ansjdbdj

Things I’m looking into:

The “Pi Hole”— a raspberry pi set up to block all ads on a specific internet connection

VPNs-- this is one that was recommended to me.

How to use computers (I mean it): Resources on how to understand your machine and what you’re doing, even if your skill and knowledge level is currently 0:

This section I'll come back an add to. I know that messing with computers can be intimidating, especially if you feel out of your depth. HTML and regedits and especially things like dualbooting or linux feel impossible. So I want to put things here that explain exactly how the internet and your computer functions, and how you can learn and work with that. Yippee!

[thatsnotmygunflash]

Okay so it is very confusing because yes DC Comics are very unreliable and they love to rewrite history and thanks to Flash and other speedsters changing the timeline all the time it just messes up everything so the problem is that yes Jason did dig himself out of his own grave and Talia did find him later on and helps him but the reason he woke up is because of Superboy and his prime punch which basically rewrote history and made it so Jason was alive. My best advice for getting his timeline straight is to read the comics and Google the order you should read them in.

To anyone who is up to date with or at least knowledgeable enough about Batman lore/comics, what was the official explanation for Jason coming back from the dead???

Wiki's telling me that he was dead for sixth months and then Talia just grabbed his corpse from underneath the earth and tossed him into the Lazarus Pit. But I've also been seeing some people say that he somehow woke up in his coffin and dug his way out of the grave, and then Talia found him wandering around in a zombie-like state before tossing him into the Pit.

I know that DC comic lore often conflicts itself, but I'm just looking for any explanation at this point. 'Cause the idea of Jason just randomly coming back to life while in his grave and Bruce or Dick just not noticing there were some signs of life prior to putting him in the ground just seems ... like DC comics can be hella silly/extra sometimes for sure. But this just feels like a bit of a stretch to me.

Anyway, thanks to anyone who knows what's up and is willing to fill my dumb ass in lol