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re: that HEFTY siffrin sweep on id5’s isat favourite blorbos poll — this might sound silly but i do actually think it’s kinda fascinating that isat, as a game so inseparably steeped in (for lack of a better way to describe it) queer fandom culture, managed to so completely sidestep the common Fandom Phenomenon that i suspect was behind the poll in the first place by creating a main character that is also overwhelmingly the fan favourite character for once.
obviously there are any number of factors we could point at to explain the extent to which siffrin nomiddlenames nolastnames manages to grab people and absolutely not let go, but personally i think one of the most interesting ones to consider is the one specific to the medium — that is, how siffrin subverts the “silent blank slate video game protagonist” archetype in such a way that happens to be primo brainrot breeding grounds.
like, when a video game dev makes a silent protagonist it’s usually a bid to maximize immersion by closing the aesthetic distance between player and character as much as possible, right? which is especially true of rpg video games — players find connection in the generic, as that is what gives you the freedom of motion to insert yourself into the story in whatever unique shape suits you best. you are your character and your character is you.
(as ever, post ran long. yall know the drill. tossin in a quick header pic before thoughts on blank slates & blorboification continue under the cut)
and then you’ve got siffrin, who is expressly pointed out to be the taciturn type; who when initially giving the player exposition about their journey so far doesn’t seem to hint at a life or history or even really any motivations outside the journey; whose every thought and action is narrated in second person so as to keep tracing and re-tracing the connection between him and you.
even their design — all darkless and shapeless, bundled up in that big cloak, as if an invitation for you to fill it in with whatever lets you relate to them most! at this point they are their own character for sure, but they also have enough very clear parallels going on with the silent protagonist archetype to feel more than accidental.
of course, as you keep playing you start to recognize that his blankness is much, much more than just a grab at immersion; his apparent lack of backstory, itself a fundamental piece of backstory. this is where he flips dramatically in the player’s perception from “generic vessel for story delivery” to “thoroughly multidimensional character trapped within endless torment nexus custom-built to target and exacerbate all his very specific worst traits rooted in very specific traumas”.
yknow, the good stuff !
but by then you have also been playing enough to be feeling the effects of the thing isat’s design does best of all. i’m talkin bout that ludonarrative lockstep baby. every piece of isat’s gameplay is designed to make you feel what siffrin is feeling — you understand by now that he is not a stand-in for you, but all the same you share in his frustration, his grief, his rare moments of joy and the subsequent heart-in-your-shoes devastation when that joy is inevitably poisoned — and through it all, the desperate grasping for anything new — all as if they were every bit your own.
so in this way the connection is maintained, even if you were someone for whom siffrin’s particular traits & struggles might not otherwise cause you relate to them at all if you had encountered them elsewhere, in a setting where you weren’t actively controlling them as a player. siffrin still gets to carry all the “just like me fr” impact of the blank slate protagonist in the tropes he embodies and in the game mechanics’ design, while totally free to evolve completely into his own character and keep you relating to closely them all the same. now toss back in the fact that said traits & struggles very much ARE of a flavour that a great many people Would Tend To Relate To and just like that you’ve got a perfect storm cookin.
too individual and compellingly written to be an empty vessel for plot delivery. too closely connected with the player’s emotional state to be a story observed impassively from the outside. he has 92 mental illnesses and for the low low price of free u can give him yours to carry too. nobody is doin it like him. congratulations on your well-deserved nose sniffrin nomiddlenames nolastnames <3
#isat#in stars and time#isat spoilers#isat siffrin#sniffrin#been trying to write this post for the past two days straight but it kept escaping me for some reason#luckily we got trapped in airport hell round 2 and apparently there’s just something about these spaces that gets the post juice flowing#& i wanted to be rid of it#shrug#i don’t think i’ve necessarily vocalized much that’s really new here but sniffrin poll just has me thinkinnnnn#also i am making an active effort to not apologize for writing words on the Writing Words website. thank u for ur understanding mwah#atlasisms
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happy pride month fo3 folks
@valen-dreth ,,,,
#ahzrukhal fo3#charon fo3#fallout#fallout 3#idoindeeddraw#if this gains traction like my other version of this meme did my notes will be unuseable... so wish me luck o7#also fawkes hope u like my ahz rendition... ive never drawn him before.... and this was in ms paint to be loyal to the og#also fuck this website it posted this to my hI blog originally for some reason even tho the last post i made on my laptop was to my mainblo#thank god i caught it before it got notes or i was gonna throw up
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also in the face of people deleting their blogs, that's another reason why you guys are supposed to reblog stuff. if somebody deletes a post, your liked version will disappear, but the reblogs remain. i'm insane about preservation and archival, every single piece of art i have ever enjoyed is reblogged on my 450k+ posts main account so if the artists leave I still have their work. i even tag things (though just with the main fandom tag) so I have years and years worth of fanworks saved that the terrible general site search will never show you.
please reblog art. not just to support the artists who make it and share their efforts, but also so you have your own copy of their works saved for yourself, and the future users of this site.
#reblog art#artist support#so basically if you dont reblog art i do not want to hear you complaining about your fav artists deleting and leaving lol#if you used this site like you were supposed to it would be at least Slightly less of an issue because you'd still have it all#save the shit you like!!! i never delete my art personally but i Want my art to be out there. just in case something happens to my blog#save my art. save everything. just dont upload it to entirely different websites like instagram cuz that makes u a prick#if your favorite artist deletes tomorrow. what evidence do you have that they were here at all?#reblog. for the love of god reblog#i lost so much great art from deviantart thanks to eclipse and the Al bullshit that i didn't save. but on tumblr i dont have to worry abt i
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The shit himself ❤️
#🐛VIRUS OFFERINGS#sketches#gonna be less active this week bc I have a lot of work#or at least try to be (I will fail)#but also erm I’m spending too much time on this website#anyways thank u for understanding!#turbo#turbotastic#wreck it ralph
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MICHÈLE MOUTON at the 1983 RALLYE AUTOMOBILE MONTE-CARLO
#thank u random japanese website because um HELLO ?? MOTHER ???#1980s#wrc#motorsport#world rally championship#michèle mouton
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finally completed my first crochet blanket❣️❣️❣️ (minus the tedious task of weaving in the ends... forgive me)
thank you to everyone for the love along the way :') there's somewhere around 95ish hours in it so far, but i think it's turned out so nice. that's a queen size bed for ref, and the pattern can be found here if interested!!
#crochet#theres no way this post is doing numbers like the other one but LKGJFKDSL FHERES SOME BETTER PICS FOR MY 15 LOYAL FOLLOWERS GOD BLESS#dear diary today#cat afghan#so i can rmr the pattern myself later lfdjksklf thank u waybackmachine#fiber art#yarn#idk fljskldfjkl is there a crafting community on this website. im sure there is#anyway thanks for the love on my last post gjfkvdlx truly has blown my mind
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the rest don't matter
a.k.a. an overly earnest entry for spncarfuckersweek
#supernatural#dean winchester#impala#a#thank u chevrolet car manual website that tried to make me pay $5 for a pdf but i didn't. i pirated the car. downloaded the car (photo)#SO!! i did NOT draw the car photo (obviously) or the car part diagram. they are stolen from the manual.#first of all i do not own a car i have never driven a car i do not have a drivers license#however. and this is vital. i am a carfucker purist.#also a boatfucker purist but that's beside the point#none of that human version of the car by curse stuff or whatever. that's weak. you have to want to fuck the actual car.#also enjoy this amount of art while it lasts i.e. while i'm still on holiday haha
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Happy Valentines, Akira. Happy Valentines, Asshole.
If you can’t read what Akechi’s secondary inner-dialogue says cause I obscured it too much behind his regular dialogue, here’s a transcription in panel order: Hello, you fucking- Ah- Hello, Akira! Fuck off, why should I tell you- Just a soda- there’s a new flavor.
I don’t want your shitty gift. Oh- haha! You’re so sweet.
I hope I choke. They’re lovely, thank you.
Like hell. Likewise. There’s no way it’s just a coincidence. Still though, it’s a funny coincidence.
#p5#akeshu#akechi goro#kurusu akira#wow- me?? posting a valentines comic... actually on?? valentines????? wack. absolutely wack#it's a short one! I purposefully tried to keep it short. it was a challenge and it still ended up being 3 pages. but i blame my canvas size#also in case u can't see what akira is holding out to akechi: theyre chocolate covered strawberries on sticks!#i saw them irl and was like oh god i want those. i am going to project that feeling on my favorite characters so help me god#and now! here we are! but my shitty-ass coloring & line quality make it hard to discern them so. sorry about that lmaooooo#ANYWAY i don't do enough post-maruki stuff so. i made this one a little bittersweet. :)#why did i put akechi's scarf in a bow? honestly i dont know! i think i saw some art a while ago that did that too and i thought it was cute#well. plus i guess there's the symbolism of 'akechi being alive and reciprocating your feelings (however involuntarily) IS a gift' part#hence that hes wrapped up in a bow. like a present. :)#also god. the first panel is supposed to be akechi's reflection in a vending machine window. I could NOT get it to look right#so for reference!!! just so you guys understand!!!!!! thats what that panel is supposed to be!!! he is NOT in fact a ghost. (sigh)#hope you enjoyed and had a lovely valentines!! for my part i have eaten nothing but sweets today and hoo boy will that have been a mistake#ALSO in terms of the audience-participation comic...hopefully coming soon. if i can ever gain the will to draw it.#but at least tumblr has polls now so i can do the audience-choose-y bit without needing to use a separate website! so thats good i guess#anyway anyway anway thanks for listening to me ramble if you made it this far! have a lovely rest of your day and hopefully see u again soon
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i've returned from the shadow(ban) realm
which is the good news. i guess? on strange news - i have no idea how? i just opened tumblr and suddenly i could see my posts in gen tags again.
tumblr support never contacted me back after i sent my ticket. so. like? was i just put in naughty shadowban bucket for a week or so as punishment and now i was let out??? ok i guess????
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also just wanted to say thanks to everyone for kind words and extra thanks to everyone who reblogged my stuff while i was in shadow(ban) realm ;) it made me happy to know that even if i stayed banned, my stuff still could be found thanks to you guys <3
#[personal.]#does this website even function normally anymore#i mean it never did i know that. but my confusion is just immesurable#maybe some passing tumblr mod saw my ticket and quietly lifted my shadowban in that case thanks bro u r a real one#wouldnt it be funny if i instantly get shadowbanned again. i dont even know man#on another note: ive been in art slump limbo since ive been unable to finish anything and instead dedicating my energy to writing#but hopefully i will find my groove back and finish and post my wips soonish? so like ;)
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Luke in Stuttgart
#this succession of photos is possibly the most stressed I've ever been thank u for ur time#5sos#5 seconds of summer#luke hemmings#luke#the 5sos show tour stuttgart#ryan fleming 2023#Instagram#band ig#kh4f post#what the FUCK#why was this necessary#omg i am not well rested enough for this 🤸🏻♀️🤸🏻♀️🤸🏻♀️🤸🏻♀️🤸🏻♀️🤸🏻♀️🤸🏻♀️#i cannot keep tagging this one bc i might say something so unhinged i finally have to flee this website#and second bc i need to keep staring at these photos thanks#literally who asked tho#goddd his chest I have to Leave#him buttoning the suit i am actually going to resort to violence 🤪👄🤪#the 5sos show tour
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me getting a full computer science PhD just to change my dragon age character's first name
#so many websites to find the solution... thank u 14 year old forums and dragon age toolset#dragon age#not a reblog#dragon age 2#dragon age origins#dragon age inquisition#potes chats gas tag
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hi yeehawpim i just wanted to let you know ur comics are really awesome and inspiring, im gonna be majoring in sequential art at college next year and ur comics are really inspiring and motivational!!! i hope you have a good day/night!!!
hi here is a picture of my eyes exploding in tears
thank you that's such a compliment I'm glad smth I did could do some good hope college goes well!! remember to eat that's very important
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hoh nancy wheeler
(tagging @netflixnormalthings for their awesome research and screenshots and @lumaxramblings bc we had Many discussions abt hoh nancy)
so a few weeks ago i made this post, about nancy not wearing earplugs and using the shotgun (and guns in general over the seasons) and how this affected her hearing. but then it really did get me thinking: why don't we see more content about hard of hearing nancy wheeler?
i see hoh steve all the time, which is fair! steve has gotten his fair share of head trauma and no doubt has problems from this. (and i do love hoh steve! don't get me wrong!) but i rarely see anything about hoh nancy, even though she has consistently dealt with firearms since season 1 without the proper ear protection.
just for reference: whispering is around 30 decibels, normal speaking voices around 60 db, and anything above 70 db for extended amounts of time will start to damage the ear, and anything over 120 db will cause immediate damage to the ears.
for reference: in season 4, nancy fires the shotgun four times while blasting vecna out of the window. in season 3, she fires hoppers shotgun a few times during the fight at the cabin, and this doesn't include firing at billy or the fireworks they all set off inside starcourt (which, should've given them all a little hearing damage, if we're honest).(fireworks decibels + info under the cut!) nor does it account for the times she shot at the demogorgon in season 1.
anyway, the point is: there is no way that nancy is not hard of hearing. firing a shotgun once without protection is enough to blow your hearing out, but four times? and it's not even the first time she's dealt with firearms. she's shown to be one of the most, if not the most, proficient with guns. noise induced hearing loss is a very real thing, it damages the hair cells within the ear--these cannot grow back. and shotguns breach the threshold where just one close and sudden exposure can cause instant and permanent hearing loss.
there isn't much else for me to say here, this was really just a comprehensive guide, or even "proof" that nancy should be hard of hearing, or at least a wider accepted headcanon than it is. give me nancy, who, after even season 1, starts to have a hard time hearing what other people are saying, and learns to read lips instead. give me stubborn nancy who won't admit that there's anything wrong, that she can hear just fine, thank you, and she doesn't need help. i know nancy typically has the best hearing out of the main cast, usually the one who hears the danger first, but i don't know...it just seems more plausible to me for nancy to be hard of hearing.
#stranger things#nancy wheeler#hoh nancy#idk i just think it should be a bigger headcanon! i've only read one fic with hoh nancy in it and :((( it makes me so sad.#uhhhh i don't really know what else to tag this as lol#st headcanons#i guess?#anyway. it's just something to consider!!!#not going to tag this as ronance bc it's not but i know yall would Get It#also i added links to like the cdc and a few other websites just to back it up so if they don't work pls lemme know!!#ok thank u <3#i also feel like i should make this disclaimer again lmao: i have shot a shotgun b4 without ear plugs. IT WILL BLOW YOUR HEARING OUT
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dead boy detectives 🤝 the umbrella academy
having a BANGER trailer w a BANGER
bgm by none other than MCR
#seeing as gerard way himself wrote tua so thank u vm sir#dead boy detectives#dead boy detective agency#the umbrella academy#tua s4#idk how this aligns on tumblr website but
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PUT ME IN A BOX, BOY, PUT ME IN A BOX! PUT ME IN A BOX AND CALL ME ANYTHING YOU WANT, BOY! - Worth it by Haley Heynderickx
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Uh oh mr. citrus clementine.... someones in a pickle (been trapped in his own mind for months after having to lobotomize himself to gain critical information that would have otherwise killed him and wiped out any memory of his existence)
commission info || ko-fi (tip jar)
bonus: was messing around with finishing details and accidentally made this which i thought looked sick as fuck
#art#illustration#oc#ocs#oc art#city of mist#ttrpg#citrus clementine#god ive had SUCH a need to draw citrus with this song becuase of what happened to him LMAO thank god its finally drawn out of my brain that#song goes brr in my brain on repeat that part of the song esp is soooo good#(drawn out of my brain... unlike. citrus LMAO)#yipppee!! ive been on such a drawing kick lately cause im really trying to narrow down what my illustration process is/what i want it to be#im in the process of redoing my commission website which is taking longer than i want but i really want to get a better idea of what im#offerin u know? n so i can price it accordingly etc#which means a whole lot of drawing n experimenting hehe thank god for blorbos#this one didnt take as long as the candle rapier illustration n i did it a lil more quickly/casually; still turned out p good i think!#digital art#my art#i dont have a piece in mind for castor... sorry castor orz Hey he got the seeing red piece from last year shshshsh#sigh it'd just be fun to have all three drawn recently beside each other u know ?? but alas the brains not finding smth to spin around for#him atm :((
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THE MAIN PAGES OF THE NEOCITIES SITE ARE COMPLETE!!! CLICK HERE TO EXPLORE AND CHECK IT OUT!!!!!!
#my posts#wren's website#my art#website#neocities#house of leaves#dungeon meshi#wow!!!!!!!!!! thank u everyone for ur support!!!!!!#i have all of the main pages complete PLUS two shrines PLUS the 404 page!#i'm really glad :]#i have a lot more ideas for what i want to do including making a page for my plushie collection#and making a page for fun pins#and if u have other ideas let me know!!!!#also the graphics page contains all of the images used on the website with their sources#so yayyy
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