#this is legit so jarring

[ninjasmudge]

last night i had a dream that i was playing minecraft and i noticed i had 77 blocks of cobblestone in one slot instead of it being capped at 64 and it was so jarring to me that it literally booted me out of the dream. like sure you can fly now and your childhood home is a pharmacy but 77 pieces of cobblestone? unthinkable. wake the fuck up.

[skallyeen]

GLaDOS's insults are interesting. Because they're so clearly prejudiced, right? She's making fun of Chell for being fat and adopted. These are scummy things to make fun of someone for, and things that would realistically be punching bags for prejudiced people interacting with this character.

But I don't think GLaDOS actually holds the sentiments she's expressing. Rather, they're a means to an end.

I get this mostly from her lines in co-op on the subject:

"Did you know humans frown on weight variances? If you want to upset a human, just say their weight variance is above or below the norm."

She calls Chell fat not because she thinks she's fat or that she personally finds anything wrong with weight variances, but because she knows calling humans fat makes them feel bad, and she's bitter about being killed and wants to make Chell feel bad.

Same goes with her being adopted. As soon as it doesn't emotionally or pragmatically benefit GLaDOS to make fun of Chell for being fat or adopted, she actively refutes Wheatley's attempt at bullying her for these things:

"And...? What, exactly, is wrong with being adopted?" "Also: Look at her, you moron. She's not fat."

She walks back her previous derogatory assertions as if they don't mean anything to her, because they don't. She never believed them in the first place.

She treats Rattmann's schizophrenia much the same way. She uses it to try and manipulate him, to make him doubt himself enough to come out of hiding where she can kill him, the same way she tries to make Chell doubt herself and turn back when she's escaping the facility back in Portal 1. The ableism she expresses is not a genuinely held belief, but a means to an end that she has no qualms about using.

Whether that makes it better or worse, I have no idea! I'd say worse on account of the intention to cause doubt or hurt to the target. But it's a very unique combination of values, isn't it? You're much more used to seeing the inverse: people being insulting, with no actual malicious intent, as a result of unchecked biases. Like, for instance, friendly little Wheatley unintentionally being super condescending about Chell's brain damage and muteness.

[leaf-in-a-flower-garden]

Allumos redesign because why not

[madforhoran]

honestly playing as Astarion you lose sooooo much.. his personality and Neil’s voice is what makes him h i m

[danzafila]

*sobbing* why do companies insist on making jars with lids too big for my hands

[constantvariations]

Instead of Cardin being a generic cartoon bully who spouts unambiguously racist things for the lolz, he could've been the introductory face of casual racism against faunus

Have him quote studies that "prove" the faunus are better suited for hard labor rather than more intelligent (read: higher paying) jobs. Let him talk about how it's in the nature of the faunus to be submissive to humans because "that's the natural order of things." Have him hit harder against faunus opponents because they can take it due to thicker skin or he believes they have less nerves meaning they don't feel pain

This lays a lot of groundwork for how the system works against faunus and opens the door for rebuttals from other characters that expand on these ideas. You can go even deeper by having subtle differences in the treatment of faunus types, such as rabbit faunus being oversexualized while scorpion faunus are treated as dangerous criminals from day one

[ct-hardcase]

elzar illustrations are wild because he always has a completely different look every time he's drawn

[itsohh]

what the fuck is this?

[ano-po]

Reminding my babaylan girlies here to change your salt bowl or salt cup in your room.

It already absorbed all your bad energies from thoughts and social media and is now saturated. If you're feeling like shit this october, maybe do that.

[nycnko]

[the-brainrot-central]

Last night I had a dream and for some reason Jolyne Kujo was in it and she was. also pregnant. while in prison

[punkinspice]

You know what.

I'm gonna say it.

BoTW and ToTK should have simply been a new unique IP from Nintendo.

[cerealmonster15]

tried 2 get over my Fear Of Color Schemes by doodling tiny guys by colorpicking from berries

[covenofthearticulate]

No offense but nothing has been more heartbreaking than hearing Jacob Anderson describe Louis as “He’s human. The most human vampire of them all.” and then immediately put his head in his hand and say “Rolin’s gonna be so mad at me, he’s a vampire, not a human.” 

like asfdgfacghvdfcshg someone PROTECT THIS MAN from that evil fucking showrunner

[jackinalex]

I can’t look at that video from the other night and not think Jack and Alex haven’t hooked up before. Jack looks ready to swallow him whole 😂

Bro, look. I joke and kid a lot, but that video was something fucking else. There are times when Jack gives Alex legit heart eyes (and vice versa) but that was absolutely an I-want-to-tie-you-down-and-fuck-you horny look. Like there’s no other way to describe it. Ready to swallow him whole seems correct, though. Lmfao.

[scalproie]

Shape of eyes & eyebrows are the general same. Similar noses kinda? Similar builds. Also the mk12 models are less detailed/polished compared to the mk11 ones anyway so... The bandana of mk11 make it kinda hard to get a good feel of the hair implantation but it could very much work... mmmh.