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dykedvonte · 3 months ago

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You ever just see a Mouthwashing take that makes you want to bang your head into a wall? I literally just saw someone claim Curly couldn't have been emotionally abused by Jimmy before the crash because he was in a higher position of power than Jimmy.

-Shrimp Anon

The mouthwashing fandom has shown me that people genuinely do believe that certain types of abuse are not as detrimental as other types especially when they deem those immune/resistant, ergo, believing one is objectively worse no matter how it affects the person nor the intersections of power, history and dynamics at play.

Get ready cause this is a yap session:

Cause like it's heavily implied that Curly and Jimmy's friendship was toxic and abusive, pointedly in the direction of how Jimmy uses Curly's belief/comfort in him. Curly wasn't forced to enable Jimmy but he was emotional and mentally on edge around him in almost every scene in some way. Mental and emotional abuse are not contingent on what positions you have at work. Yeah, he's Jimmy's boss but he was Jimmy's friend first and it's like getting into Psych discussion to talk about how social power tends to overshadow any perceived organizational power in the human mind. People are concerned about their jobs ofc but they tend to hang onto and put more value/investment into their personal relationships, hence why there tends to be laws and restrictions around mixing the two.

I always see the sentiments that "Curly is a grown ass man", "Curly is bigger than Jimmy", "Curly is Jimmy's boss", "He just needed a backbone" as criticisms of Curly and while I do agree that on the surface level all of these to be true and viable ways Curly could've taken more control of the situation, I often look at the parallels of Anya and Curly as victims of Jimmy pre/post crash.

The way Jimmy talks to Anya post crash is how he talked to Curly in the pre-crash segments. It's hard to pin-point mainly because we know he hates and wants nothing to do with Anya compared to his contrary but similarly handled obsessions with Curly. It's a weird sort of "honey-moon" effect of abuse Jimmy does in terms of emotional and mental victimization. He is always horrid to Anya, always talking down or questioning her abilities and thoughts in a situation, this of course includes the harassment and assault. However, he has a moment of attempted gentleness/conditioning when he question her about the mouthwash when she's contemplating drinking it at the table. The key difference is he has no personal investment in Jimmy outside wanting nothing to do with him, meaning there is no sort of romanticized version of him that he can condition her off of. He knows this, hence, why he always reverts to trying to make her to scared to oppose him.

This sort of give and take of "kindness" doesn't work on her because she knows he is just doing it to take more from her than whatever he could possibly give but it reflects even the "softer" scenes between him and Curly where he always rewords or rephrases Curly's sentiments and concerns to sound more shallow. He is feigning a deeper understanding by reworking Curly's emotions into something bad and needing to be hidden. Everything is laced with envy and resentment, an outburst just around the corner, I mean he even slams the table in the birthday party scene, a tactic in emotional manipulation to set the victim on edge and cloud their ability to respond. Even if Curly knows Jimmy won't get physical in that moment, the physical actions is intended to make him back down in the confrontation in case it does. This is something that is just not person specific. It ingrains itself into how you interact with the world and life and it shows in major and minor ways with Curly.

Post-crash, the abusive nature is more in tandem to the physical victimization Anya went through and the stripping of voice and autonomy we see take place. Like the parasite in HFIM, Jimmy speaks for Curly most of the time and puts words in his mouth, similarly to how he takes Anya's plans as his own. He very commonly, with the both of them mind you, supplements the worst aspects of himself into them; pettiness, selfishness, lack of understanding... And tries to cover himself with their best qualities; kindness, planning, initiative, etc...

These parallel are just to say that positional power has little to do with if a person can be abused and how it can even be flipped to further the abuse. There is no doubt that Curly could've picked up on Jimmy's envy of his position hence another reason he never confronted him as a Captain but as a friend as doing so would immediately put Jimmy in a space to be confrontational/combative.

I think the disdain some people have when they talk about the heavily implied if not implicitly stated emotional/mental abuse Curly experienced being Jimmy's friend is when treating it as an excuse to why he didn't do more. I can understand that completely because it is not an excuse to why he didn't do more but is a very real reason people in his position in these scenarios can experience whether in the context of a work or social environment. However, I also think the way people talk about it really does demonstrate a bigger problem when talking about abuse when somehow who is/was abused is either part of the issue or enabled it.

Harkening back to the sentiments about Curly's inaction regarding Jimmy, I think the exact phrases I used/have seen show how there is an inherent belief that it is easier to overpower the effects of emotional/mental abuse that go in tandem with the perception of Curly as someone who should be able to. There is not an age you suddenly stop being susceptible to abuse nor a set point or low where you realize how it has affected you. You don't suddenly know to stand up or put a face on to face your abuser nor admit that you inadvertently enabled them to subjugate someone else to the same treatment. Maybe it's my psych brain but their is this growing belief that direct action is somehow easy or always the best method with the game shows you instances where it is not always the case. In real life that rings true too. He should have done more, but it's not impossible to see why he struggled to find a way or didn't even if it makes us mad.

It's not easy to suddenly gain a "back-bone". You don't immediately want to resort to aggression, especially if it mirrors the type you were a victim to. You don't want to believe you allowed yourself to be treated this bad, let it get that bad or allowed something bad to happen to someone else. It is easy to be in denial, to retreat to your thoughts or make excuses to avoid the painful truth. It's frustrating but in a way we know is relatable. It why we both hate and love Curly for it. We know we'd be better, we think we'd be better, we like to think we wouldn't falter in the same ways but it's always easier to say that from the outside looking in. It's easy to see what he was doing wrong because we are seeing it, not him, but the game really does make you picture what you would do if this was your raw reality and it's why this debate about Curly seems so never ending/contradictory. We can all say what we'd do but bottom line is that's much different when you're in the moment with all the emotions and human feelings attached.

I personally think Mouthwashing tackles the themes of rape culture, enabling, toxic masculinity, types of abuse and patriarchy in ways that are meant to deconstruct the typical straightforward views we mostly have of these concepts and how little subtilities of them are just as, if not more, detrimental than the overt/obvious parts. The game deals with the idea of little details and bigger picture in a way to show that sometimes the bigger picture is not the issue but the little details that make it up. It's why I have a personal dislike of depictions of Jimmy as the typical horrible person who would of course do something like this because the game is about noticing the little warning signs, the foreshadowing and foresight.

It's why I dislike the typical discussion of "bro code" and "boys will be boys" for the game because the game makes a point to avoid the standard depictions of such. It is about the type of men who still enable despite not condoning, agreeing or even perpetuating harmful beliefs because they can't see the little details or the ways it seeps into their everyday. The severity is not obvious to them as it was not obvious to Curly, Swansea or even Daisuke the way it was to a woman like Anya. There are little details about Jimmy that should ring alarms but if you are too naive like Daisuke, too distant like Swansea or too conditioned like Curly, they are just off markers.

There is 100% more constructive/concise ways to say "Curly was a victim of Jimmy's abuse on an emotional and mental aspect that clouded his judgements and perceptions in the scenario" while also critiquing on the side of "Curly still had a responsibility to protect Anya as a crew mate and Captain that he failed to do due to biases and stigma's he failed to surpass" without the weird condemnation people give him about should've knowing better than to let himself be manipulated by a person he considered a close, if not family/best-friend and had his own reasons to trust initially. Also stop being weird about victims of abuse in general with this fandom, like sorry not everyone has a like social epiphany the moment someone's nasty to them. People are treating it like you immediately know when you are in a toxic relationship immediately or comprehend when a person is actively dangerous and either it's your fault for not knowing how to leave/cut them off or you deserve it. Like the hypocrisy of people believing how certain fans treat the story reflect their irl views but not their own is crazy.

End statement is: I honestly don't even know man, I've been writing this too long and just like no man on that ship was perfect or really helped Anya when it mattered and I feel like pitting them against each other in discussion on who did the least or most or how it was justified sucks cause in the end Anya always did the most and best thing for herself.

#i also think it is because mouthwashing is first and foremost a game about rape culture and the patriarchy especially in work spaces #regarding women and centering conversation around Curly a man rubs people wrong because it does overshadow that commentary #but it still mixes other topics into its initial theming and message on how abuse conditions you to accept certain things that are harmful #and how getting used to a culture/enviornment does not mean you are happy healthy or most importantly safe in it. I personally like to #explore those aspects where it mixes all the themes so we can discuss the ways you have to watch out for things because there is a differen #in the idea Curly enabled Jimmy just because they were bros and because he was an example of another man afraid to step out from what #is a still oppressive system that does try to punish those who act against it even if they fall in the category of those who would benefit #from it as Jimmy and PE 100% represent that sort of misogynistic system where men that would be “good” are altered until they follow line #in a way both on the personal and professional level as PE is the corporate lock out and Jimmy represents the social and its just the issue #that the discussion of it sounds like “in defense of men” when I am more so trying to discuss how it is much deeper than men being scared t #upset other men but complacency is rewarded by not becoming another person subjugated hence as all the moments Curly does try to do #something we can tie it back to how Jimmy reacts and a possible penality from PE where we now need to address the ways to combat those #two concepts so we dont get cases like Curly or Daisuke or Swansea where male avoidance of the issue is considered neutral or even good.#i think most of this boils down the perfect victim mentality to where if someone who underwent or is being abused is not a perfect example #or accpetible type than their abuse can not be considered a valid or substantial reason for effects on their behavior compounded with the #fact that Anya's abuse at the hands of Jimmy is a systematic issue that Curly is a part of even if unwillingly and was more physically #violating and topical cause sometimes i have to remind myself that all media is still critiqued through the lens of the culture it came out #in cause i do think about what if this game came out inlike 2014 like the conversations would be sooooooo different could you imagine it?#but back the before statement Curly isn't perfect but I feel like boiling it down if hes a good person or man is not the point of the game #but more so good people can still be part of the problem and the idea of condemning a person for one act creates a false sense of #rightouesness and justice that does not aid the victim and in fact aids the abusers in escaping blame for their mulitple behaviors as we se #how the men on the ship tend to blame Jimmy for just one act against them including himself while there is a plethora of things Anya is #concerned about with Jimmy #and its not that Curly just made one mistake with Jimmy but more so we consider his actions more damning because he didn't stop Jimmy #instead of focusing on the fact Jimmy did what he did regardless of Curly and the consequence because we already know he's bad n maladjuste #which is problem in the conversation where the individuals are blamed but the system and perputrator are overlooked in a sense of acceptiab #complacency as we know how they are and the lack of tangibility to personally affect them on a larger scale like I should just make a post #on like cutting out the face when it comes it confronting systems of oppression rather than tag talking but just ask me to clarify if #you want that like im jus trying to say we avoid talking about Jimmy and PE so much cause it is obvious what they do wrong that we make #the initial and inherent problem out to be one aspect someone in this case Curly does and the the constraints they use to force actions

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itseghost · 8 months ago

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sketch of my warden :] really enjoying origins so far

#dragon age #dragon age origins #grey warden #da:o #dragon age fanart #da: origins #boooo boo another half body with a color square in the background tomato tomato #anyways im like 8 hours in but the learning curve is crazy #im so bad at tactical combat LMAO #IM MAKING IT WORK THOUGH!!! and its super fun to figure out im just built for action combat systems #im kind of deeply obsessed with alistair so far #silly silly guy and im actually really into his voice performance #one of the most real sounding video game characters ive heard #the voice performances in general are actually really good lol #i like playing elf mages it seems also.#im a sucker for spellcasting and just generally never pick humans #also this game's dialogue trees are SO in depth???? love it #itseart

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sergle · 8 months ago

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yall are about to piss me off by not having any PASSING basic knowledge of the way the u.s. military manipulates its recruits into joining by typing up one of your uninformed, unresearched, unempathetic, individualistic, unbelievably annoying posts about how 100% of the people in the military ended up there because they just Love America So Damn Much! they're extremely mature and informed at time of recruitment, they can totally leave anytime they want, they totally had tons of other avenues in life they could've taken, there was no rush at all to get income as fast as possible, and everyone in the military also totally is part of the combat divisions and personally enjoys being IN the military very much, big believers of violence. everyone in the military is shooting guns all day, that's how that works. they LOVE BLOODSHED. also I love the "amewicans haha" twang to this type of shit because you're actually TOTALLY stealing our Thing, which is turning systemic issues into Individual Issues. Instead of talking about the powers that be, it's so Personal Choice up in here. It's, "well you shouldn't have done it then. I totally wouldn't because I know better." you don't wanna talk about the military industrial complex as a whole, and you don't want to talk about recruiters, you just want to pin the blame on Specific Individual People one-by-one, as if they're responsible for the system that they're being ground up in. someone was in the military? bad person, no matter what. it's easier to believe that, I guess, than to acknowledge that Normal People (with high school educations) are manipulated and incentivized into joining a system that is Bad. at like age 18. but yeah no that 18 year old should have just been smarter lol haha anyway here are some screenshots for no particular reason

side note this reply of someone going "umm just get loans and go into a high paying field it's easy XD" as a direct response to someone trying to explain how most americans joining the military are being funneled in that direction out of a need for money.

and another person who Decided that americans join the military just CLENCHING their teeth thinking of other people, and not thinking completely selfishly about their own selves and their own income/housing/healthcare.

#I had a longer post w more bullshit in it but ukw nobody's even gonna read THIS one. so.#dumb ass cunts seriously LMAO just the individualism of it all....#we're all just selectively forgetting that most people join the military straight out of high school / after failing to kickstart #their lives so they don't know shit yet and they are categorically not educated and don't have money #you NEED money and have been groomed by recruiters ALREADY into believing this is #The Best and Only to make a survivable amount of money without a college education-- bc they can't afford college btw #and they don't want to take on student debt either bc everyone already knows what a big fuckeroo that is #recruiters WILL DO ANYTHING TO GET YOU TO JOIN. they will KEEP CALLING YOU. they'll answer your questions #to make it sound like this is going to be a GREAT life decision. you can get all KINDS of jobs (true)#they love to say the thing about how only about 15% of the military will actually see combat in any way #they love to list all the jobs where you will literally just be working at an office or a pharmacy or in tech etc etc etc #the recruiters are offering housing healthcare steady pay and BONUSES if you sign on for longer.#so you let your guard down because you were so scared of the actual fighting. BECAUSE YOU'RE 18 IN THIS SCENARIO BTW.#you cunts will not meet anyone who hates the military as much as people who are NOW DONE working in the military #you don't know enough when they get you and then either you stay placated by the benefits or you scramble away as fast as possible #the number one military haters are people who know what goes on bc they already did it #source: I LIVE NEXT TO A MILITARY BASE LMAO PEOPLE HATE IT HERE!! they are NORMAL PEOPLE #I need you to get it into your head that the people committing atrocities in war were NORMAL when they joined #and that for every person in the military who's actively shedding blood there's 20 who do PAPERWORK #and they both are being put in the same category by you!! and they are BOTH being controlled by the same system!!#sergle.txt #I hate yall I really do.

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keywhole · 5 months ago

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so hows everyone feeling about love winning in nevada

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nicorobinphd · 22 days ago

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stg, being an enjoyer of jane twdg is like being forced into an expert-level course on the way misogyny manifests in video game spaces.

god forbid a woman be complex or difficult or provably mischaracterized (see tags) at the end of her arc to service the culmination of a man’s storyline.

#“kenny was harrowed by loss in his family” so was jane. that is part of them literally being foils.#“kenny teaches clem more!” literally untrue a lot of clem’s combat style is rooted in what jane taught her (targeting the knees & basically #everything clem knows about knife combat- jane is also mirrored with lee in this sense as like was previously stated knife combat later goe #on to become a major element of how clem fights only outweighed by her use of firearms)#she teaches clem the gut trick & we see the innovative thinking that comes with being more independent & proactive influence the way clem #handles sticky situations & deals with feeling disempowered. like this is going to sound odd but the fact that her behaviour mirrors jane #at her best (even though her relationship with aj is more maternal the way she approaches him much more as an equal & capable of holding #agency over his own life is much more reminiscent of the way she was treated by jane & luke positively + the rest of the adults negatively #than how kenny or even lee treated clem [though lee did start to view her this way after the train] + her people reading skill.) & at her #worst (isolating herself + becoming cold + the fact she is [based on player choice] willing to leave aj behind for both their survival +#struggling with her need for community vs her sense of distrust in their lasting stability + her tendency to be unfeelingly pragmatic to a #fault except when it comes to aj + the fact that clem- at her worst is self-serving & somewhat uncaring in comparison to kenny’s possessive #hot-headedness etc) indicates that on some level- regardless of a player’s second season ending- clem considered jane to be a better #behavioural role model- this isn’t to say kenny was unimpactful but rather that his impact was different- where behaviourally we see elemen #of lee luke jane & even carver in clem’s later behaviour kenny’s impact is more so that of a cautionary tale- somebody clem cared for who #she witnessed lose himself entirely to his worst character flaws due to an inability to cope with the world she now lives in- something he #even admits to her in multiple endings iirc. kenny becomes the fate clem must strive against at all costs.#similar can be said of the ending where you go with jane regarding how it analogies clem’s fears & low self worth as a result of being #unable to maintain what she had with aj (in a manner that mirrors jane’s story in that she’s choosing to leave behind a living relative due #to no longer being able to be what they need- again depending on player choice*)#*my exact memory of the third season is hazier tbh. iirc it is dependent on player choice whether she is complacent with the decision to #make her leave the new frontier.#like the way the ending was handled was sloppy & jane was mischaracterized as a result of being shoved into a conflict that we know for #certain was not intended to go to her. calm down & just enjoy your man without being weird & misogynistic dear god.)#(also if you like clem & jane you will like holly robinson & selina kyle dc)#twdg jane #jane twdg #twdg

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mail-me-a-snail · 2 months ago

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i much prefer animating in gmod as opposed to sfm bc the workflow is easier on my soul. plus it's kind of nice to be able to walk around the model as you're animating it, instead of guiding a bodiless camera around like in sfm

#i have this weird...thing #brain thing? idk what it's called #but if im making something and it doesnt feel as if it has “weight” to it #i feel like im making nothing at all #like i had to install louder keyboard sounds for when im writing to combat this #same with video games honestly. if combat feels airy or weightless #i have a really hard time with it #my post

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xxplastic-cubexx · 3 months ago

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Why is Erik taking a shower and is fully prepared to fight naked in that panel 😭

my man turning into a baby is a typical tuesday activity but the second he wanna little naked shower fight NOW its suspicious 🤨

#snap chats #cant a man be a lil hostile and naked in his home ... 'his' home ... w/e ...#this is the part where i reward tag readers CONTEXT TIME #i mean. it's not crazy context but anyway #erik went for a swim and As You Do went to shower off once he was done. cant have chlorine in the hair.... gon damage his beautiful locks..#he was shavin in the shower when he hears someone come in so Naturally he assumes the worst as this is Xavier's School For Gifted Youngster #never a moment of peace not even to shower and shave ..#'whyd he go for a swim' I Dont Know he really just decides on that. maybe it was a complex way to give him a weapon #maybe they just wanted to draw him naked and in a speedo I Dont Know 2x sounds like something id do frankly #the context is pretty much isolated from the story- like it's more of a scene starter and reintroduces tom and sharon into the plot #CONTEXT: tom and sharon are Effectively erik's coworkers at the school who caught one of emma's students- empath- acting a fool on site #empath- as it may be assumed- has the ability to mess with people's emotions and so. how we say.#'had tom and sharon distract each other' for a few hours while he fucked around the mansion and more specifically #fucked with erik's emotions to make him depressed enough to give up the new mutants to emma #Hence the mansion was virtually empty bar danielle and warlock which probably didnt help make erik Less paranoid of sudden noises #hence .... razorblade combat time ... but yeah once he realizes its just tom and sharon he's like Oh Fuck The Hell Happened #and then he gets super pissed once he realizes empath kinda tricked him into giving up his kids 🥰#god i love this issue i really do .. cant wait til next month where i can read what happens next ..#'snap you have the internet' OK AND I LIKE MY PHYSICAL MEDIA. plus i like this arc so far i want a physical of it ...#but yeah thats why eriks naked and prepared to cut someone with a razor. you can learn more in The New Mutants number 39 :]

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ghostorbz · 1 year ago

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Hyperfixation merge of the year

WELCOME TO UNDER THE (DEEP) CUT WHERE I SHOW UOU COOL BEHIND THE SCENES STUUFFFFFFF

I tried my best here to replicate the splatoon art style, I'm not sure if that really shows but I tried! Either way this was really fun, especially doing the shading on Deis hacker jacket. The tentacles were also very fun!!! I love drawing splatoon tentacles :3

When I had this idea I thought it woulldd be a good idea to have like image things AND IT HELPED A LOT!!! I tried making their outfits and stuff match them, this process took 2 hours,,, although I am VERY set on the weapon choices. They would all use these no doubt in my mind. 2B charger main canon and you cannot convince me otherwise!!!!

You might be thinking where my drawing of 2B and Hank are since I have references of them, so here it is in an unfinished state. I didn't have the energy to finish it as the first drawing took 5 FUCKING HOURS,,,

2B looks very cunty. At first Hank looked cunty it was so so bad,,,

Here's cunt inkling Hank aand Sanford with his eyes showing more, look how cutie pie he is :3

I had SO much issue with Hanks tentacles. I mentally debated giving him tentacles for over 30 minutes. Ultimately deciding to give him them but it didn't look right,,, I might not even finish the second drawing anyway though

Here's some more screenshots I took whole drawing, if you're wondering I was watching lavendertownes creepydrawsta series and a video playlist of every deep cut song!

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cannibalgender · 8 months ago

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I just realized that for all my gripes with the art style and the Guardians of the Galaxy ass tone BioWare’s true crime that I have legitimate beef with is making my choose between the Lace Harding romance I’ve wanted for a decade, the female Qunari love interest I’ve wanted even LONGER, and committing to the bit of fucking evil old men

#BioWare #dragon age #dragon age dreadwolf #dragon age veilguard #I still hate that name btw it makes it sound like a morning combat centered dude game #lace harding #scout harding

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brofightiscancelled · 1 month ago

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ok kind of an insane ask so feel free to ignore but would you be able to translate "友達バリア" by deco*27? i can't find any translations online and i wanna see if i'm right about the song kind of fitting the matsus... it's also a banger imo

- vocamatsu anon

omg.... tbh i have a feeling deco will make a video for this one which means we'll get an official english translation of it, rendering this completely redundant, but i'm really cheesed to have been asked, so i gave it a shot for you anyways <3

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Friend-zoned, love fire, sparks flying HIBANA We're ready, set to lock horns, love's ultimate showdown I'm outmatched- but it's not over yet! I won't let this end! With a dazzling, never-give-up attitude, I'll break through your defenses!

The despair of never getting anything more of this Your behavior, nor what's going on in your head- I can't read it at all! I can't help but envy the kindness you radiate Omnidirectional compatibility- it's just not for me

Carefully-picked down-played words The outcome: A bloody heart True feelings double-crossed by embarrassment; how frustrating, I'm changing sides But that won't fill up my heart What I want is nothing more than to be by your side If you've got something to say, then say it- 'til I defeat you, that is! 3, 2, 1!

I want you to like me! I want you to like me! Friend-zoned, love fire, hey, say "I give up"! With a dazzling, never-give-up attitude, I'll break through your defenses!

Fun things, good feelings- without you, they have no taste at all Sadness, jealousy- if they're cuz of you, then I don't mind them Let's throw down, bro! Better to regret doing it, than not doing it at all! A feeling like I won't need any special moves, YEAH I'm sure everything will be OKAY With an endless supply of love, you're undefeated, AYE Play dead, BYE BYE I'll be the one to throw the first punch

Friend-zoned, love fire, sparks flying HIBANA We're ready, set to lock horns, love's ultimate showdown The lonely and timid me is already no more! With a dazzling, blazing flair, I'll burn through your defenses!

Do you like me yet? Do you like me yet? Friend-zoned, love fire, now, let's immerse ourselves in love! With a dazzling, blazing flair, a never-ending HAO sweetener battle!

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my notes:

my overall interpretation of this song is "I'm trying to break through the friend zone (friendship barrier) so that you like me instead of thinking of me as a friend", so any vagueness in translation went in that direction

The use of "lock horns" in the official translation snippet + the HAO motifs give me the mental image of like, a hand-to-hand kung fu battle, so I leaned towards that imagery whenever there was vagueness (as opposed to like, a military campaign, for example)

deco's official english translations tend to be very liberal, so i tried to keep my translation a little more literal

#translation #i dont really like the use of 'friend-zoned' for the official translation of this #in general deco's english translations seem to favor localizing over keeping original meaning which i usually support wholeheartedly #but i feel like their en localizations sometimes lack a colloquial understanding of how these terms come across to english speakers #like the Vibe. i dont know if they grasp the Vibe #like on the surface 'friend-zone' seems like a reasonable localization for this concept #(Actually why is the localization the adjective form? shouldnt it be the noun? tomodachi barrier = friend zone? well anyways)#term for when you can't advance a platonic relationship to a romantic one + the term 'zone' is often used in fighting and battles #but colloquially i feel like this term has more of an Incel Connotation #due to its use being most popularized among men who see women as a prize they can win if they put enough effort in #+ its usage furthering the underlying expectation that women should date a man because he likes her regardless of how She feels abt it #of coures i know this is not the literal definition but again. the colloquialism. the Vibe. i really value the Vibe in localization #it gives off more of a pathetic desperate entitled vibe than a determined lonely feisty vibe which is what i personally got from the song #but vibes are subjective of course and dependent on one's personal experience #and who knows maybe that IS what deco's going for. i may very well be missing some japanese colloquialism as well #anyways as to if this fits the matsus.... well. they dont really have any friends in the first place do they #except totoko who repeatedly and easily beats them in hand-to-hand combat #i guess it could be atsutodo if you were full of whimsy #(suddenly coming back into the room) BY THE WAY I HATE HAO #I THINK HE'S TRYING TO DO THE THING WHERE HE JUST MAKES UP WORDS/MEANINGS BECAUSE IT'S THE KANJI IN SUKI #IT'S JUST AN EXTREMELY COMMON CHINESE WORD AND HE'S USING IT IN WAYS THAT SOUND SO DUMB AND WEIRRDDDDDDDDD #“a never ending HAO sweetener battle” <- WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? WHY ARE YOU TRYING TO MAKE HAO HAPPEN? DONT PISS ME OFF #IM LIKE PRETTY SURE HIS TRANSLATOR IS EN/CN/JP TRILLINGUAL TOO SO WHAT'S YOUR EXCUSE HERE #anyways thank you for the ask. mwah. i hope u enjoy this

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newvegascowboy · 8 months ago

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I think part of the reason why the Doom movies have sucked so bad is because they've been from the POV of UAC security guys and not Doomguy (also making it aliens and not demons, which i think is what doom 3 did? Which, incidentally, is partly why doom 3 is also Not Very Good). And like the thing is, from the POV of anyone who isn't Doomguy, it absolutely is a survival horror. Those people are scared for their fucking LIVES. From Doomguy's perspective, this is just another Wednesday. He's barely breaking a sweat. And this is where the experience diverges, because the Viewer expects a movie to be a gore fest rip and tear delight, but these random UAC idiots are just not equipped to handle a demonic/alien invasion. You came to see a demon's chest get cracked open with someone's bare hands, but instead its the demons doing the cracking.

The other reasons the movies sucked so bad is because they weren't animated.

#not fallout #kal talks #i dont think you could tell a good doom story in live action. animation is 100% the way to go in order to portray the kind of combat #that would make it fun and interesting to watch #also the thing is like. i think it would be really interesting to have a survival horror offshoot where youre some random uac security dude #just trying to make it #because the tonal shift when doomguy shows up sounds like it would be funny #you hear distant heavy metal and youre like...... huh #hiding in a closet and theres a chainsaw revving in the distance like oh jesus #idk i feel like both doom movies had potential #even in annihilation where they imply that doomguy is a woman which i didnt actually mind. doom annihilation felt very accurate to #the first doom game #because in the first doom game doomguy just WAS that random uac security guard just trying to make it #he wasnt special or anything at that point in time he just had a shotgun and determination #i dont even know where inwas going with this. I just wanna talk about doom lmao...#doom rambling

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distressedwalnut · 2 years ago

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Emi ref before her bday :)

#madness combat #madcom #madness combat oc #madcom oc #madness combat art #madcom art #mc art #mc oc #Madcom Emilia #art #my art #oc #my oc #oc ref #once again just #pray this is her last ref #I'm betting it is because of how uninteresting making a new ref for her sounds #anyway see you in two days

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saint-hymn · 7 days ago

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st. anon you'll be the death of me

#[you press your ear into my blog and hear a comically loud cacophony of clanging sounds #like someone shaking a jar full of nuts and bolts]#studying anon #hold on i need to catch my breath and actually get out of bed you are a right endearing menace do you know that #on my knees beggimg you for a better avenue of communication than tumblr ask turn based combat #scalpel in hand #i bought spares for you #if you're uncomfortable however that's fine too i can make do. no pressure in this house

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duckapus · 8 months ago

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Pikachu: *stuck headfirst halfway into the ground, occasionally twitching, with Lichtenberg figure scorchmarks all over the ground*

Ash, Tulip and Elanore: *slightly dazed with frizzed out hair and covered in soot*

Mario, clearly in Dad Mode: ...What exactly happened here?

Elanore: SCIENCE!

Mario: *sends her a Look and directs his attention to Ash*

Ash: ...We were experimenting with Magnet Rise and Arial Ace to see if Pikachu could figure out Fly.

Tulip: In our defense it was mostly his idea, and there have been Pikachu that know Fly before.

Pikachu: *says something too muffled to properly make out that sounds a bit like "I have some regrets"*

Mario: Well, as long as nobody's hurt beyond a little slapstick. Just maybe do it in Ash's world next time? They don't have as many power lines for you to overload there. *nods pointedly at the nearby sparking downed power lines and on-fire electrical pole they used to be attached to*

Ash: *winces* How bad is it?

Mario: Blacked out about a quarter of the city. Have fun explaining this to Peach, kiddos! *walks off with a cheerful whistle*

Tulip: ...well, shit.

#smg4 ocs #incorrect quotes #ash's pikachu #ash ketchum #tulip #elanore haltmann #mario #he may be the responsible adult in this situation but none of them are actually hurt and he is still mario #their logic is sound. pikachu just needs a LOT of practice to make it work at all let alone be viable in combat #just because peach is working on being a better person doesn't mean she can't go raging demon bitch mode when the situation calls for it so #good luck there kids!#three mad scientist avatars and an asshole that shoots lightning. we're lucky themselves and a telephone pole is ALL they blew up

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sfarxuri · 3 days ago

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Meet Patchwork! He is the final boss of my fanfic story CD Saga; he activates when CD Sfarx leaves the Centralis Eye Scanner in the simulation during one last brawl with his counterpart at the Orbital Ring after misuse over time during their brawls to make CD Sfarx more powerful. Patchwork awakens stuck in the simulation having a body but not the means to travel outside of the Simulation like how CD Sfarx does so he waits for him with his minions to comeback to the hidden base that links both the sim & real world together while also doing redecoration of said base. After coming back CD Sfarx is very angry at the sudden remix of his base & gets ambushed by Patchwork (something that CD does alot not liking the tables turned on him). His minions CD Oscuri & Sfarity try to help him but they are all out matched & in a last ditch effort CD Sfarx teleports all of them back outside the real world. Having to bite the bullet they all realize they need help from their counterparts to defeat Patchwork, who plans on continuing Clarity's plan of keeping GPAs & Formies into the simulation. Not liking the sound of this Sfarx, Oscuri, & Osarx agree to a truce but only because they want to stop Patchwork from achieving his goal. However they have to go through this new base to reach Patchwork, once they do they are ambushed & the fight officially starts for the team. During the boss fight Patchwork unlike most enemies WILL NOT GLOW AT ALL. Everyone has to pay attention to sound & visual cues to properly dodge/attack/parry him. If the Team's HP gets low then Patchwork will start to crack jokes & leave himself open, sometimes will be seen laughing in place. He's just like the other combat datas where if the counterpart is struggling then they taunt alot which is a hubris that Patchwork has. Theres 3 phases in total however, in the last one Patchwork will be more focused on CD Sfarx so he will ignore the rest of the party, thats because he wants to possess him to be reborn as a new being. One that can assimilate anyone in the real world while teleporting to the sim to take care of them in his "utopia" (pretty much same thing Clarity was doing but doing it with alot of goofying around/menacing feel to it). So the sooner he can weaken the copy the better since CD Sfarx killed Fark & Spark he gained control over the simulation but instead of carrying on what the Claritas wanted he uses the powers for his own to create a power up booster (that being the centralis eye) to mess with Sfarx Neo & kill whoever he wants on Luna much to Patchwork's disliking. The battle is very close, ultimately the one who lands the killing blow is CD Sfarx which was a huge mistake because he basically ends up destroying himself, data starts to scatter but CD Sfarx manages to latch on to Patchwork's before disappearing into the out of bounds area of the Simulation. Something that the heroes are unaware of until way later in the future when these two return merged as one.

#spark tej #spark the electric jester #sparktej #sfarx stej #spark tej ocs #oscuri the formie #medic of luna #osarx the cyborg #sfarity #combat datas #combat data sfarx #combat data oscuri #patchwork #I went feral thinking of how this guy works hehehoo #patchwork is both silly & scary at the same time #the sound cue thing was taken from how horror games make you focus on that #I love doing concepts & thinking how they work in game makes brain go brrr #cd oscuri #cd sfarx

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