#rant rant blah blah. sorry

[spicymotte]

okay uhm. to be honest. when I see whole studios and huge teams participating in the game jam (and their entries are PHENOMENAL, absolutely stunning) I get very very intimidated as well as frustrated because I'm a beginner solo dev and I just can't keep up with teams full of artists, writers and programmers (especially the programming/coding part, I'm a super beginner). I'm fully aware of the fact that it's not about winning, there’s no way I’d win anything at all, but I still feel really bad. I look at my rustical, absolutely beginner VN and feel... ashamed of it. I'm quite confident in my storytelling skills and I'm a really good artist with an eye for atmosphere and setting the mood - but this whole thing just feels like I have no place there. well, I'm gonna opt out of the game jam! I just don't feel like this is a good place for me to learn this new media. I will finish Jupiter Exitus so you guys can play it (and hopefully enjoy it!), but I don't think I'll submit it to the jam.

[remuspenus]

also I hate people implying that Patton somehow changed Janus or is the first side Janus actually cares about and is friends with. as if Janus’s love for the other dark sides isn't deeply important to the story as a whole. The fact that Janus’s role as Thomas self care/preservation leads him to care about EVERY aspect of Thomas, including the most unloved parts of himself, the parts that Thomas was desperate to deny and accept. Thomas wasn't ready to accept them yet, but Janus WAS. It's so obvious that the reason Patton and Janus get along is because of the deep care they have towards Thomas and the rest of the sides, not because Patton changed Janus to be more caring or something

[ohno-the-sun]

Found this old comic in my drafts

[themyscirah]

Complaining abt Suicide Squad yet again but the fact that they have Waller exposing the alien community to space racist attacks and talking abt how she got to her position through deceit and being a terrible person and stuff is just. Ahsfiwueh JUST SAY YOU DONT KNOW WALLER.

Anyways literally the 3rd mission of the Squad ever (and the first framed as smth Waller picked and not orders from above) was the Squad discrediting and stopping a rogue vigilante who was only arresting POC and funneling white people into white supremacy groups (of which he was the most prominent member) in SUICIDE SQUAD #4. and it's explicitly framed as this mission being personal for Waller that she's hiding from the government bc its illegal like. Guys. Please why are we having her incite (space bc comics) racist attacks now

Also the whole "Amanda got her position through deceit and being a terrible person" NO. she KEPT her position through being shitty and playing complicated political games!!! She wasn't always that way like there is a difference and it is IMPORTANT ppl PLEASEEEE. In Secret Origins #14 we learn Amanda's backstory and she used to be a normal, caring person! Like even after she entered into working in government and politics she wasn't automatically morally bankrupt like please people. She was originally given control of the Squad by Reagan (*sigh* 80s comics...) to distract and get rid of her because she was so successful at pushing progressive social policy in Congress. Acting like she's this static pillar of evil is such a waste of her character and so fucking uninteresting and disrespectful to her arc it drives me MAD.

Like I am NOT saying Waller is all sunshine and rainbows, she fucking SUCKS (said w love <3) but like there's a human being there. It's a progression, she has a character arc like please, DC, please!!! They've fucked up Waller so bad and made her so opaque and uninteresting she can't even be the protagonist of her own story for fucks sake!

Like I don't know how many times I have to scream it until DC hears me or remembers but WALLER IS THE MAIN CHARACTER OF SUICIDE SQUAD. ITS HER BOOK. yet right now she's a cutout to be used as the villain wherever the writers please. Even in her book we get none of her perspective really displayed, no exploration of her thoughts with any kind of understanding of the role she traditionally has played and was made to play in the story.

[bananasfosterparent]

An anti-AA account posted a comment akin to "I'm tired of the fandom being taken over by sex pests who are obsessed with abusive relationships" in response to the AA kisses being optimized for evil route roleplayers. They were implying that we "bullied" Larian into "changing the narrative they created". (which is a whole other rant post on its own lol). And some others agreed.

Is... is this really how they see us? lmao

I am just baffled because so many loud Anti-AA people are:

constantly going on and on about how it's supposed to be an abusive relationship

constantly reminding AA fans of all the abuse AA supposedly does

writing fanfiction and drawing comics showcasing AA as an abusive partner to Tav/Durge

making absolute statements that AA is locked out of healing and only able to treat Tav abusively

making absolute statements that everything good AA says is narcissistic lovebombing and only everything bad he says (after Tav insults him) is to be taken as truth

only ascending him to get AA romance scene screenshots (with an "I hate AA but..." disclaimer usually attached).

thirsting after AA's romance scenes in general while condemning actually playing/enjoying the ending as a whole because... *drum roll* abuse.

brigading Larian on their Discord with messages to "protect their narrative" to drown out AA fans just asking for rp-friendly animations.

AND YET....AA fans--who actively avoid and reject the abuse narrative headcanon and enjoy AA as a whole and not just for the sexiness--are apparently the sex pests, obsessed with abusive relationships. Out of all the AA stories, comics, and things I've consumed from AA fans, none of it ever seems to include the abuse narrative or glorifing him solely for sexual reasons.

Huh...

[the-crimson]

I don’t remember who suggested to bbh that he should get a face cam or vtuber “so the stream is more immersive” but it still annoys the heck out of me. Bbh doesn’t need that shit to make his streams some of the most immersive and intense character dramas I’ve ever seen executed in Minecraft. A face cam or vtuber would honestly probably be distracting for both the audience and bbh. Bbh is a master of Minecraft body language and voice acting. Without a facecam or vtuber the audience is completely put into the shoes of his character and immersed in Minecraft.

Just the idea that you need a face - real or vtuber - to be successful is extremely annoying.

[veganymph]

at a certain point some people need to realise it’s not enough. they need to realise that they should feel some slight guilt for how much useless things they consume or how much plastic they throw out or how much meat or dairy they eat. at a point you have to look in the mirror and actually ask yourself if it’s necessary. capitalism is an evil system that thrives off of your human condition to feel guilt for your actions. it wants you to feel like the problem. however, that doesn’t execute individual responsibility. that doesn’t mean you don’t have to try. you are responsible for your actions and frankly if you don’t feel a bit bad about wasting money on something harmful, that’s concerning. you don’t get to say ‘no ethical consumption under capitalism’ and then do exactly what capitalism wants you to do. you should feel bad for unnecessarily consuming unethical products because you have a responsibility to be kind to others, not because you’re responsible for climate change and so on. you have a duty to give a fuck about others

[cosmothealien358]

Not now, kitten, daddy is, well, heh… let’s just say daddy is grappling with the realization that one of the worst possible scenarios has just occurred and it’s possible that one of the most influential world superpowers is going to turn into a Christo-facist country within the next year and entire groups of people are already experiencing fear they haven’t felt in years…

[tunabesimpin]

biblically accurate Tuna

[rubenesque-as-fuck]

Your post. About being at a different place in your life than your friends. Particularly a place where you don't think you're doing anything meaningful. I feel that shit so hard.

I could ramble at length about how and why exactly. It's irrelevant. I just wanted to let you know I see you.

And also to point out that have you seen the economy lately? Having the ability to actually settle down, get married, buy a house, have any kids at all, whatever. These aren't the result of just one privilege or helpful circumstance. They're a pileup of many. These things are available to a rapidly dwindling minority, and if you should already not be ashamed of being in a different place in life, which you shouldn't, then imagine how much less shameful it is when so much of it is due to systems specifically designed to exclude the many.

Write "capitalism" on the next pumpkin you crush. It won't help, but it'll be funny and poetic.

Hey, I appreciate this a lot. Thank you. I know I'm not the only one who feels frustrated and left behind. It all sucks. It's just harder to ignore when I'm spending multiple days listening to my friends map out all of their great life plans, usually I can just retreat into weed oblivion when I don't want to think about something that hurts 😂 instead I have to be a good friend joke around and tell them how great it all is, because I don't want to be a dick.

Unfortunately I already filmed a new pumpkin crush video (I'll probably post it next week after it drops on my OF) but maybe I'll try to do a bonus one too for the capitalism idea 🎃

[cnl0400]

Don't you think obey me has enough characters?

Under Read More because it's a bit incoherent and lol. Sorry anon

It's not that I need more characters and more that RAD itself feels empty, I don't really think there's a point in the SF If you know the brothers are going to win anyways, it feels rigged, the brothers are the student council, the "top" but there's nothing to compare them to, because all students are either SC members or exchange students (who have certain "privileges" as mentioned in OGS2, like having easier clases and the like). Only exception to this rule Is Mephistopheles. Idk, you can't really feel how powerful the SC Is If you don't have a point of reference in how the 'lesser demons' act.

There's has been games with fewer characters that make more livid schools, but to do that you have to distribute their roles so It doesn't becomes numbing. Having more than one (in this case, two) perspectives makes things interesing.

Something I have talked before Is how in certain point in S4, Diavolo makes a survey about what the student body thinks about the exchange students. The result are... Really negative. Like, most of the students either don't care or hate the EEs. But why do they hate them? Or why should *we* care about what this faceless crowd thinks of us? What have we done to them to even warrant this response????

Another example, in the lesson from today, Asmodeus being sabotaged in the SF feels so out of nowhere, why did this demon do that in the first place? Just to win? I don't care that this random demon was punished because it feels the equivalent of moving a rock out the way. Obey Me in general would benefit from having some kind of antagonistic force for cases like these.

A good compromise would be like they did today with Blackjack/Red Devil/Nancy and just have them be a textbox (If you are cheap and don't want to invest in background characters) Michael has been like this since the beggining, Queen Rose was a niche character that had certain following when the dame events happened, and every scene with the Butcher in S3 was comedy gold. No mention of characters like Helene, Griselda, etc. So I think you can nail characters like these If you make the effort.

Hell, Mephistopheles before having a sprite had cult following just from chats and mentions in the main story. OG at least used to namedrop demons that existed in-universe, now it's "a demon" everytime something happens.

RAD just feels small, empty, barren, etc. and I have skipped most RAD related events since before Nightbringer was announced, lol

[littleliterarylesbian]

Oh my goddddd. Do people not know fandom edict??? If you want to talk shit on a ship you don't go out of your way to make sure people who like that ship see it, you're not going to change their minds just by adding in the fact it 'wouldn't make sense' or 'isn't realistic'

You know what also doesn't make sense and isn't realistic? Fucking wizards. Get off your JKR high horse.

[solazu1]

“You think you’re so fucking funny huh?” Yeah why else would I be giggling at my own joke 😒

[thatshappinessforme]

truly have hit a wall. it was going so well and nothing has necessarily went wrong, but i am BURNT out on this whole studying abroad thing. like it’s lovely & it’s a once in a lifetime experience…but i’d be chill w going home rn tbh…

[absolutelynotsanebaby]

grr yk what fuck it this is my blog i can rant about whatever. tbh I wish it was easier to express not liking DR really without feeling judged lol. I dont really like the concept of the merge, and I don't like how it seems like the ninja just got shafted so hard, except lloyd of course, cuz when is lloyd ever going to not be overly present. it's just vaguely kinda sad to think about how opportunities for more exploration of the ninja isnt really possible in the same way because of the time skip. i like a lot of the new stuff ive seen (like Euphrasia, i actually really like Euphrasia and even Ras) but idk. ive been feeling vaguely frustrated.

[lottieurl]

me realizing some people were emotionally hit by the twist that it's a dream sequence while i was watching it the whole time absolutely sure it wasn't real but still worried it might be and thinking about how the true horror was shauna being all touchy feely towards the baby