#so i very easily replaced it

[puddlesl1me]

Actually wild that I once thought my friend was cheating in MTG by playing a card after combat (I had never seen a second main phase before) and so instead of, yknow, a normal reaction of accusing them of cheating before looking it up, I accused them of cheating and then ate their card.

...it tasted ok if you're wondering. No notes really, although I suppose a bit tougher to eat than I'd prefer.

[redzania]

CALLING QUITS.

Helloo!! Hello, hello, hey there!!

I'm Redzania, as you should know. I am the mod of the following blogs: @\fearfulpurple @\knightlybluetwin @\accountantjim @\lost-accountant @\conductornoob

Said following blogs were put on a LONG HIATUS, and seemingly, my Blocktales hyperfixation has been long gone.

I apologize to any of the people reading this, any who were excited for up and coming events, but it's obvious I'll be taking a well long gone blocktales askblog owner.

I would love to thank everyone around me-- especially with how fast the blocktales askblog community grew. I'm happy to see such a small, lesser known community grow so much, but with how much I'm gonna have to keep up and keep my blog known- it has drained me, very much.

Thank you, everyone, for being here with me on this journey. I would love to say that I may be coming back, but in all of honest nature-- I may not be coming back to serve in this blogs.

However, this does not mean the blog will be deleted- only to be archived. There is no set time where I might come back to these blogs, but very obviously-- I should not be maintaining 5 blogs at once.

So, for now, and for many more years to come, I hope to see you all once more again.

Many thanks, Mod Redzania.

[langfield]

one of my biggest gripes about double exposure is that a lot of the writing goes absolutely nowhere, which is a shame because they crafted such a fantastic cast of characters to tell a story with. we have a group mostly comprised of queer poc stuck at a prestigious art school that is currently run by an arab woman — which, for caledon, is a first. and yet yasmin fails everyone under her care because, in a tale that’s as old as time, she stops fighting and starts submitting to white society the moment she gets power, and thus begins shielding herself over the large minority voices she promised to protect. she even goes out of her way to manipulate them ( vinh ) and sweep the victims of such an oppressive society under the rug ( maya ). that right there is such a good story, and so many of the characters in double exposure have similar struggles : it is always a battle of oneself, a battle of activism versus pacifism, of having your own individual identity or being what you need to be in order to survive what is expected of you as a queer and / or poc. add powers, old trauma, and two dead girls in the midst and things ramp up in intensity! although despite all these building blocks, these relationships and characters and prime setting for conflict, double exposure struggles with what exactly it wants to say.

honestly, i think that i could even forgive the atrocious plot writing if double exposure committed to its themes rather than bowing out of them, or worse : completely underutilizing important arcs that do, in fact, say something in exchange for meandering around. there are many themes this game could have, and yet not a single one of them is the actual focus of the game — at least not intentionally. there are yarns i could spin about maturity and immaturity, about trauma and how you need to confront it to heal, about being a marginalized person in a society that claims to be progressive but it never, ever is, etc etc. but did the game actually orbit around any of these ideas? or did they just happen upon them by complete accident? if they wrote down an actual core for their story, i do believe a lot of their plot writing would’ve been stronger for it, even if only to have a singular underlying thread tying everything together. however, de shoots itself in the foot by repeating story beats without having their own unique take on the matter, and they very obviously cut a lot of their story in half for money milking purposes. you can tell de was likely thought of as one whole game initially, only for poor directions to override writers for a sequel none of them thought was wise.

overall, while i do defend double exposure often and give it far more grace than most, i won’t ever pretend the plot writing was phenomenal. it wasn’t and that’s just facts. i think the biggest shame about de is that the characters were beyond phenomenal and deserved a better game ( as well as a better chance in the fandom ) than what they got. so many of them go nowhere despite having strong beats, obvious flaws and good qualities, sympathetic struggles, and intriguing relationships. they’re easily better than most of the franchises’ previous supporting casts and love interests but were given perhaps the worst story in all the games. which is the real tragedy, in my eyes.

[sockdooe]

Every time I think about my AU the more I’m screaming about how much everything could’ve been SO GOOD

[aelisinsims]

i'm so excited!!! i'm learning to make my own custom content

[calamitys-child]

Oh god we're in a "well if x went wrong clearly you don't care" "I have caring so fucking much disorder it just also happens to be clumsy forgetfulness disorder and I can PROVE I cared this time I did it RIGHT and I STILL FUCKED UP and I DON'T KNOW HOW" situation again. Great.

[danidoesathing]

I like to differentiate the Arcane versions of Jayce and Viktor from their League Counterparts by what TMA Entity they'd be an Avatar of. Like, Talis and Giopara wouldn't be Avatars of the same Entity, nor would Arcane Viktor and the Machine Herald.

Jayce Talis is a Buried Avatar. Not only is he literally buried in a cave for six months, but he's also buried by all of his regrets, Responsibilities, and the Expectations people have of him. Arcane Viktor is Flesh. He could easily be Stranger as well, and an argument could be made for Extinction or End, but I'd argue he'd be a Flesh Avatar specifically due to his self-loathing over his failing body, and the nature of his transformations-both his own, and those of his followers. (The Arcane's almost organic aesthetic ties into this very easily.) You could easily argue Web for both of them, but I think Buried and Flesh relate more strongly to both their arcs and their characterizations.

Jayce Giopara, meanwhile, is a Lonely Avatar. He has few friends and isn't happy with constantly being treated as the hero, despite his ego-yet he pushes everyone away with his personality and attitude. He helped exile away the one person he felt a genuine connection to, and despite everything that happened between them, he still yearns for that friendship despite them being opposed on an idealogical level. (This one is... Pretty self-explanatory, actually.) The Machine Herald is the most Extinction Avatar to ever Extinction Avatar, and I will hear no arguments otherwise.

(Extinction is also called Terrible Change, its fears often center around technology, robots, and transhumanism, a major component of Extinction is humanity either being replaced or changing to become Something Else, it has a heavy association with pollution and industry... Yeah, no, League Viktor's 4000 percent an Extinction Avatar.)

ooooh Buried and Lonely for those two are spot on. Talis spends most of s1 under this immense pressure, the burden of being the face of hextech, being half-pushed into a position of a councilor and taking on the weight of the city. and then in s2 he literally falls into a dirt pit and comes out a different person. Giopara with him constantly lashing out and driving people away. his own fame just being a reminder of how isolated he actually is. the one person he ever felt a genuine connection with he literally exiled from the city but he still keeps chasing it down just to feel something. oof

HOWEVER i will argue on Arcane Viktor's fear. like yes Flesh is good with the body horror and self loathing and all, and yeah he could fit like five separate fears (Web, Spiral, Corruption, etc) but that man is PEAK Extinction. The moment he comes back to life it's like. game over for that timeline. the only reason the world didn't end this time around is because Mage Viktor dropped the right rune that led to Ekko's last minute nuke-a-herald and buying time for Jayce to win with the power of love. his touch literally mutates everything he comes to contact with. machine herald has only ended one timeline as far as we're aware, but the arcane herald has ends literally every single timeline he's existed in EXCEPT for one. he's very extinction.

(one could also argue that the Extinction extends to Talis as well due to his necessary part in causing the apocalypse, but thats kind of a technicality and he's more Buried so)

[asinglesock]

I am overcome with gratefulness that I don't have to take my Bible quizzing team to regionals. like I think the next five months will be infinitely more bearable now that I don't have to plan for regionals and take time off for regionals and register for regionals and pay for regionals and drive to Oregon for regionals.

[autisticlee]

I hate when I tell someone I miss them and try my best to reach out and they don't do anything about it. there's several people who were part of my life for a very short time who I really liked and enjoyed being around and doing things with. but those people leave so fast. and they never take me with them. they move on and don't keep me in their lives. to me they feel like "the right people" but i'm not their person, so they don't care or try. they make excuses about being busy. I tell them many times to let me know when they have time for me. let them know i'm here whenever they need someone to talk to or hang out with. let them know I want them in my life still and again. but they just say "thanks" and usually dont even agree to reach out to me. i'll try several times and give up. them years pass and I think about then again and reach out and it's the same thing. they reply a few times but make no effort to bring me into their life again or try to stay in mine.

these people always have partners so maybe that's why. maybe they think i'm being too "clingy" and they can't have a best friend and a partner living together at the same time. or don't have time for me and think I ask for too much. they can't figure out how to have a best friend and a partner. they don't understand how my aroace queer platonic weird ass works. i'm the only weirdo that doesn't have close friends or a partner and try to make them my best/closest friends. but they only want to prioritize their partners in their busy lives (or sometimes other best friends if they had friends before me) but this is just a guess. because its true everyone prioritizes their partners first before friends. and i'm not allowed to have a platonic partner if they already have a romantic partner. because society it weird and built against me.

it sucks so much because they're always people I feel super comfortable with. which is EXTREMELY RARE for me. they feel safe like a home i belong in???? we get along great. have stuff in common we do together. work well together. have similar future wants/goals. fit togther well in different ways. have a deep understanding (or it feels like we understand each other). they accept me for me and don't make me feel bad or uncomfortable things most people do. they help me out with things and are there for me when able.

and the best part is, they were always excited to see/talk to me. they'd reach out first. they'd invite me. they'd tell me they had fun and liked doing things with me and want to do it again and tell me about their excitement to hang out and stuff. it didn't feel one-sided like 99% of my relationships with other people. they'd make sure I was in their lives or choose/include me in whatever activity we shared together. I didn't have to do all the work and it felt comfortable and natural.

but it was always short lived. either they moved away, our shared activity ended, school ended, or they simply stopped talking to me one day and basically disappear. I don't know why they suddenly stop trying. but it's so hard for me. how cam things go so well and then just. nothing. they don't ignore other people. like their partners 😒 everyone is so obsessed with habing a partner. i'm never important enough for anyone. they could make my life so much better just by including me in theirs amd trying to be part of mine. but they just won't anymore. and I can't keep trying. I can't make them. but I miss them so much and want what we had back again because it's so rare in my life it's only happened like 2 or 3 times ever in my entire life. no matter how many times I reach out, it's the same every time and the more years that pass the less likely they'll ever come back. I don't know what to do besides give up 😭

[sequencefairy]

Opened a bottle of nail polish in order to paint my nails and the brush has?? disintegrated?? fallen off inside?? disappeared???

Have never had this happen before.

[breakingthewordcages]

Every therapist I've ever had: You need to be less hard on yourself! Learn to take pride in your accomplishments!

Me: What accomplishments?*

Them: Literally anything that was hard for you! Was it hard to get out of bed this morning? That's an accomplishment. Did you have a shower today? Did you brush your teeth before bed? Those are accomplishments!

Me: Sounds fake but okay.

[koushirouizumi]

Digimon Adventure / 02 / tri. / Kizuna / Adventure: [2020] A.M.V {Anime Music Video} (Un-finished PRE-VIEW) ~ O V E R T I M E + Koushiro{u} Izumi & Taichi Yagami {KouTai} / Taishiro{u} (as Semi canon Compliant) {Minimal spoilers for Tri through Kokuhaku, Kizuna up to partway through Final Battle, DigiAdv 2020 36 - Koushiro specific Moments}

Notes: This is what I was working on all up until November! I wanted to finish it in time for a fan event, but, it didn't quite happen in time that way. (Maybe I can finish it later this year?!) For now, please enjoy the preview! I was also working on this together with a mutual - the track choice was mainly their idea, but I was trying to help find scenes that'd fit, and I managed to make quite a few moments work; You'll notice it's slightly different from my usual styles, but I'm also trying to relate specific moments and framing rather clearly here!!

(I'll admit theres a couple lines I thought were harder to work with; I'll figure those out later, but the track was overall fun for them regardless and I really enjoyed trying to make this!!) {As usual, a bit of manipulating scenes does happen, but its not ultra-heavy edits; all of these scenes come direct from canon formats for the most part, with some simple scenic manipulating otherwise!}

Digimon Adventure Franchise (C) Toei Animation Track (C) The Strike THIS IS A FAN MADE WORK; NO $$$ IS BEING MADE OFF THIS WORK.

{DO NOT R E P O S T} {DO NOT RE P R O D U C E My Editing UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES WHATSOEVER} (Trust Me, I WILL Know)

If the embed doesn't show at any time; Please check back to this post later on, as the site's player has been having issues at times!! (If it continues to not show, please feel free to ping me!)

[itspileofgoodthings]

see i have all these spicy takes in the drafts that i don’t post out of self-restraint but then i see a spicy take that i hate SO MUCH and then i want to post mine out of revenge. it’s a terrible cycle tbh.

[ereh-emanresu-tresni]

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[tovaicas]

not me importing my anti-air defense worldbuilding h/cs into ishgard bc I can

[luvisia]

sometimes i feel like i haven't gotten anywhere and then i think, "well, even though i'm sitting in the same room, i'm not crouched over a folding table with a computer that's falling apart to do college assignments anymore," and that's tangible progress i guess.