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Initial Thoughts on Downfall
I think it's fair to assume the following so far: Trist = Sarenrae. Ayden = Pelor. Emhira = Raven Queen. Asha = Melora. S.I.L.A.H.A. = Corellon. The Emissary = Erathis (except not exactly like the others)
The gods literally putting themselves (or parts of themselves) into mortal bodies so they could infiltrate Aeor is so incredibly interesting. I love their art and I love the binary code that clued us all in to each of their true identities.
Erathis not actually showing up is sooooo interesting. Tal is playing a yearning gay so well too. We love the gay drama of it all.
Literally posted on Twitter how I was hoping and begging for a mention, a crumb of Ioun and then literally 10 mins later, we got Arcadia AKA Ioun, goddess of knowledge, my beloved. I love a goddess of knowledge and I love Ioun so much! I could go on and on about Ioun but I'll save it. I'll just say that Brennan is playing Ioun exactly how I'd want, how I'd imagine she would be in this situation. Being so knowledgeable, wanting the knowledge she doesn't have, being a voice of reason. I love it so much!
Laura is playing the Raven Queen so fucking well holy shit. She is literally a child of this era and her knowledge of Aeor and the mages of this time is like no other god's. All the times she's mentioned knowing about the mortals here, every time she talks about death, man it is exactly how I'd think the Raven Queen would be here and I'm living for it.
I have one more thing but I decided to give it its own post. It's about Tal's portrayal of Melora. I have Thoughts™
#they're not bad thoughts don't worry#mostly a theory#but anyway yeah#those are my main takeaways#critical role#cr spoilers#downfall#cr downfall
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maybe unpopular opinion but I'm kinda loving Elias so far? like as a Person I would hate him but as a Character? kicking my feet and giggling everytime he makes a stupid joke or menaces someone. slayyyy old man. terrorizing your employees is so good for the Plot.
#mag 117#i don't want to like him he's just so funny#i think i reverse psychologied myself into liking him. i thought i could make him Die if i got attached.#going off my track record it'll probably work sooner rather than later tbh#my main takeaway from season 3 so far has been that 1) jon makes many questionable choices and 2) i would make the exact same choices#unfortunately i do not have what it would take to survive those conditions and that is okay#tma#elias bouchard#the magnus archives#the magnus archives liveblog#the magnus archives spoilers#tma spoilers#tma season three#tma liveblogging#tma liveblog first listen
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Arctober day 8: BLUEEEEEEEEEEE
#I love her I love her she did do all those things they say she did but she’s ALLOWEDDDDDDDD#my art#arcane#arctober#arcane fanart#jinx arcane#jinx#blue#My other drawings for this challenge my main takeaway is always that I feel like I did too much to it#so here I’m taking it way back to basics nothing fancy AT ALL#not fucking with it too much just letting her be#BE BLUEEEEEEE BABY BLUEEEEEEEE#SHES. My baby girl. baby#digital art
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OBX S4 P2 Spoilers
Sarah and John B’s baby (if it lives) is probably gonna be named JJ and I love that. But also I think Cameron as the first name would work so well. Cause Sarah goes by Routledge right???
Anyways, in Season 5, if we don’t see the toll of the pregnancy on her from all the stuff they are doing I’ll be pissed. Cause why would you have her pregnant if it doesn’t impact her character.
Also great character redemption moment for Rafe would be to have him protect his niece/nephew in some way when Sarah and John B can’t.
#outer banks#obx season 4#sarah cameron#john b routledge#I think those are my main takeaways from the season
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“but they didn’t have luke say ‘sixty seconds percy’—” womp fucking womp
#ik damn well not a single one of those fangirls remembered that from the book#it wasn’t even a big deal the main takeaway is that luke is the lightning theif#like y’all just wanna hate#they did the betrayal scene so good don’t lie to urself#ep 8 quite literally ate#maybe even my new favorite ep#pjo tv show spoilers#pjo ep 8#pjo ep 8 spoilers#the lightning thief spoilers#percy jackson#pjo tv show#pjo#percy jackon and the olympians#luke castellan#riordanverse#lynx talks
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The array I've got here is so fucking wild, I swear to the gods. I get whiplash going from some muses who will smite you if you even look at them wrong -- and then there's other muses that fuck all the goddamn time with varying levels of needing to be invested in someone before they get nasty
And sometimes I have to fill out little sticker charts for when they go thirty minutes without having sex with their partner. 😐
#sorry for being weird last night. it's just because there's a bunch of shit wrong with my brain // mobile.#Muses I thought were v ambivalent towards sex originally: Amis#Muses that are the actual worst example of this bc they fuck like rabbits: Amis#Man's hornier than my cute little 'was originally a succubus' devil#APPARENTLY it's just a matter of him vibing with the right freak#Adopted children be warned: you can NEVER read ANY of the letters he sends to Ashen when they're apart#They might have their sweet moments but I PROMISE you you will regret having eyes when you get to the raunchy bits#Bc those always exist#Legitimately the funniest shit ever to me#Also ironically I think Asmo is my most ace muse#( I would say Methil but I'm not sure how much is cultural repulsion and how much is personal repulsion )#It's ironic bc he's v sex positive and is probably considered the embodiment of lust in some spheres#( pulling from the demon he takes his name from )#But also don't you DARE level any of that nonsense at him#...... Which is an exaggeration actually but??#You cannot fuck him#That's the main takeaway here
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hey i read going postal. moist is so bitchy lol he's cute. why are we older than him.
Help I swear I answered this but. Perhaps not. Anyway yeah GOD the idea of him being younger than us. FRIGHTENING... it's one thing to overtake YA characters but now it's the adult ones too...... mad ness luv x... lich rally mad ness !
He's so fun I love Going Postal and I LOVE Making Money too, would definitely recommend that if you enjoyed Moist. For some reason (probably just whichever happened to be in the library at the time tbh) back in the day I read Making Money first so I have a special place for it in my heart in some ways I think. Anyway. Love Moist. One of the guys of all time to me for SURE.
#he's the reason I own those gold boots I wear all the time#I imprinted on him like a very confused duckling as a teen and my main takeaway was Buy More Gold Clothes lmfao#so when u see me stomping around the family function in my silly little boots. now u will know why.#its my guy moist von lipwig. still influencing my style choices to this day
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Had a really weird weekend and now I am ill which always makes me depressed so if any depressed posts happen later I apologise in advance.
#the weirdness and the illness are unrelated lol#i had a weird chaotic time at a pride event on saturday and i think my main takeaway was#that i really hate the way my friend is when she's with her gf#they are one of those couples who rarely seem to like each other and enjoy being around each other :(#and you end up missing your friend from before this relationship#it wasn't a great event overall honestly
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lolololol the taylor tattoo is still there
#that’s my main takeaway from those photos#no comment on the rest 😶#bravo alex u really hid it for five years
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Ranking the 10 Showtime transformations because why not
Note that this is based on gameplay. If it was based on design, this list would be widely different. Mild spoilers as I mention the number of levels + a few elements in some of them.
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10. Swordfighter Peach: The more trailers I saw the more I expected this one to be rather dull and repetitive, and yeah it was. All you do is run and press a button, sometimes having to wait before pressing it. It probably doesn’t help that I’m not into beat 'em ups. The design and aesthetic are really cool, but the gameplay really gets dull.
9. Mermaid Peach: Ok so while I absolutely adore this game and would buy a sequel/DLC in a heartbeat if Nintendo released one tomorrow, there are two big issues I have with it. You can’t skip the in-level cutscenes and dialogues (which makes going back to collect everything very tedious) and the game is way too short.
Tbh I would’ve loved to have at least eight levels per transformations, but regardless I do think we should have had at least five, that way not only would the game be longer but we could also have had more game mechanics for each transformation, as there was a lot of potential here and it feels like the game only scratched the surface of what could be done with them (ngl I’m very curious about the scrapped content of this game).
The way I see it, the first and second levels stay the same, third you start in the transformation and it introduces a new mechanic, fourth is the Sparklas rescue level, and fifth is a play done fully with the Sparkla by your side, as I feel like having one long/full level with each Sparkla would have made one specific cutscene more effective since we would’ve seen more of them as a result.
Going back to the topic of Mermaid Peach, thing is, while each transformation had more potential, I’m still very satisfied with what we ended up having for all of them, including Swordfighter. Mermaid is the exception tho, as unlike the others it feels like an actual waste of potential, not helped by the first level being a complete slug in its first half and the Sparkla level being ridiculously short.
Like that transformation is just a whole lot of nothing. You either move some fishes or do a not-actually-a-rhythm-game concert, both of which aren’t the most interesting thing. Tbh I should probably put it below Swordfighter but I do like controlling the fishes, especially in the second level, so it gets some points for that. But it’s still a very “nothing” transformation.
I think the issue is that they didn’t fully commit to their ideas for it. Like we get a few puzzles but they’re way too short and easy, same with the concert that isn’t much of a minigame. I feel like had they pushed for longer or more complex puzzles and done something different for the concert, it would have been a better transformation. Or at least make the puzzles of the first level better, as I do like the way they handled the second level’s fight-oriented section.
And unrelated but huge props to whoever did the opera singing bc some of the notes they hit are high!
8. Mighty Peach: It’s basically the same issue as Swordfighter. You run around and attack, rinse and repeat. But this time it’s more satisfying and there’s more gameplay variety. Also the boss of the second stage had so much effort put into them and I can’t help but love it for it. Still all about running and punching, but it’s more fun.
7. Kung-Fu Peach: Same deal as Swordfighter and Mighty. Now I’m putting it above the other two bc they do try to give you different ways of fighting on top of some platforming, and going down the polls is very satisfying when there are tons of enemies. I also find the bosses to be better than Swordfighter, even if in both cases it’s just “press the attack button at the right time”. I think it’s the animations, it’s just more fun. The boss for the Sparkla rescue is especially enjoyable. But yeah ultimately it’s still a lot of running and punching.
6. Figure Skater Peach: This one was weird to rank bc I do really like the gameplay, they did a really good job at mixing up minigame with fighting, plus the boss is fun. But at the same time the levels themselves aren’t all that good imo.
I think this transformation might suffer the most from only having three levels. Like I wish we had more exploring/"platforming" the likes of the first level (the section after the performance but before the boss), but at the same time I like the parade float idea of the second level. The first level also has a fairly long “tutorial” (the performance section) but at the same time I get why it’s there. So yeah, I guess the issue is moreso how little levels they are, making the flaws of what we have stand out more.
On that note, I found the controls to be a bit janky at times, especially when it comes to turning around, but I’m willing to forgive some of it since it’s ice physics + gives some more difficulty (even though I’m not the biggest fan of when the difficulty comes from jankiness rather than lack of skill)
The sparkla level is amazing tho!
5. Patissiere Peach: The transformation I expected the least of and ended up genuinely surprised by how enjoyable it is. You don’t even do that much, there’s only two minigames that are played out three times, but for some reason I still love it. And I like how tight the timing on the cookies is on the second level, in general they don’t leave you much room to mess it up which I like.
4. Cowgirl Peach: It’s basically the opposite of Figure Skater. I don’t find the gameplay itself all that interesting but the levels are so good and manage to use said gameplay very well, which really makes up for it! The second and Sparkla level in particular are really good, I really enjoyed them!
3. Dashing Thief Peach: Look I grew up playing Mario games, of course I’m going to enjoy the 2D platforming levels. But yeah those are really fun! Love the vibes, cool levels, and I especially like the Sparkla one as it really feels like they’re testing you on every ability with the four different rooms + the escape. Really enjoyable transformation!
2. Detective Peach: I had no idea what to expect of this one and am still surprised by how much I love it. I don’t know if this is the mystery angle, the fact you can skip dialogues and even go straight to the answer if you want to without needing any clue (which makes replaying the levels way less tedious), the Junior detective that I can’t help but love, the fact you can check on everything which makes my monkey brain happy, Peach’s “I’m smarter than everyone else” face when getting the answer that I find hilarious, or level 2 as a whole (especially the very beginning and “cutscene” at the end), but yeah I adore this one!
The only negative I can say is that there’s little replayability once you know the answer, which I’m assuming is an issue with the genre in general so it’s not like the game could have done this differently, and the Sparkla level which is way too short and easy. Other than that, love it!
1. Ninja Peach: Like I said for Dashing Thief, I’m a big fan of platforming. And this level is all platforming on top of really fun infiltration. They also somehow managed to make auto-scrolling sections fun, which I really like (I think it’s the speed that makes them enjoyable).
Speaking of infiltration I’m also a big fan of all the silly animations Peach has when sneaking around (the two branches clearly not made of grass, the wall disguise that doesn’t hide her hair, the bamboo, the shoes when walking on water, the log with hair when spotted, trying to walk sneakily in that one section from the second level), you can tell the people working on the game had fun with those!
Also the “scroll usage” sections are incredibly satisfying, especially the one from the second level. The Sparkla level is also very fun, tho not my favorite. But yeah, it’s just a very fun and satisfying transformation!
(Note that I’m aware of how dumb it is to complain about some transformations “not having much going on gameplay wise” or “only being two buttons to push” when literally every single one of them is just pushing two buttons, but the difference lies in how much variety they were able to get out of each transformation on top of the genre for each, both of which make for a more or less enjoyable experience depending on the transformation.
For example, both Swordfighter and Dashing Thief only have two buttons you can push, but Swordfighter ends up being exclusively about fighting enemies, while Dashing Thief has a few puzzles, some quick action moments, a gliding section and some “rail sliding” (no idea what else to call it). It’s still just pushing two buttons, but they got more variety out of it, hence being more interesting.)
#Princess Peach#Princess Peach Showtime#Princess Peach Showtime spoilers#Super Mario#Flor talks#there's something funny about me putting all the fight-oriented ones at the bottom given my previous Peach posts#but in all honestly this really has less to do with Peach and more to do with me not liking beat 'em ups#on that note the main takeaway here is that I need to play more puzzle games#making this is tempting me to rank all Sparkla levels; but it feels kind of useless to do so#one thing I'd say about a Sparkla levels list tho is that the shortest ones like Mermaid and Swordfighter would be at the bottom#while my top 3 would be 3. Patissiere 2. Figure Skater and 1. Dashing Thief#bc A. these levels make full use of everything you do with those transformations#and B. you get to work alongside the Sparkla which I greatly enjoy
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Can’t tell you guys how irritating it is to have an idea of what is going to be in a given source for my research and then I go to source and it does Not Say what I want it to say
Of course if I were a literature scholar or someone more invested in “theory” I could just write whatever I wanted regardless
#my main takeaway from hanging out with literature scholars is that they just say whatever the fuck they want#as long as it is aimed at dismantling heterosexuality/racism/sexism it gets a pat on the back#I sound like a boomer but sadly I have Seen It With My Own Eyes#But Ivan don't YOU want to dismantle heterosexuality/racism/sexism?!#I want not to write whatever the hell I want and pass it off as true#if you want to dismantle those things you can go about it in a more above-board way#man I can already hear their counterarguments though#sigh#I need a new career
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i was sold on a movie mostly bc edward norton was in there and im so mad bc i didnt end up liking it, but edward norton was still such a good fucking actor i wanna kiss him with tongue
#BUT IM STILL MAD AT THE MOVIE#tani's personal shit#maybe its bc in this day and age the 'plot twist' was to be expected so it would be a MUCH more interesting movie without it!!!#like ugh!!! bro ive already seen this!! on a the mentalist episode!!! dissapointing!!!#edward norton can still get it tho#THOSE TWO ARE MY MAIN TAKEAWAYS FROM THE FILM
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Me, reading the first thirty words of this post: Yes. Mm hmm. Exactly.
Me, reading everything after that: HWHAT WHAT WH HAT WHAT W
WHAT IS HAPPENING ON THAT SHOW????? THIS IS INSANEEEEE
It’s so frustrating that so many people don’t know or realise that Jughead Jones is actually weird, he is a weirdo, and it’s not just because of that stupid hat - it’s because of the way he mines the real life tragedies of his friends and loved ones for his own personal gain, the fact that he’s died at least 4 times, that there is at minimum 3 of him and you could make an argument for there being 6, that only like 4 of the people he’s ever met have liked him and those 4 people do not include his parents, that he trapped his friends in a perpetual cycle of being 17 because he can’t move on or get over anything, that he was asked to film his high school’s production of Carrie and ended up filming a true crime documentary and that isn’t even half of the weird but true facts about my friend Jughead
#as someone who reads the OG comics#but has not interacted with the show at all#this is WILD out of context#tv Jughead exploits his friends’ problems for his own gain?? instead of helping them and giving advice and support?? crazy#the perpetual cycle of being 17 forever is so real though. going on 80+ years of this nonsense#OG jug is plenty weird too but apparently for an entirely different set of reasons than his tv counterpart#fascinating#archie comics#riverdale#jughead jones#‘those 4 people do not include his parents’ oh BUDDY 🥲#I would say that this show is the darkest timeline but I think that’s already obvious#I skimmed the notes on the OG post and they’re full of even MORE craziness#but my main takeaway is that he had rabies once (happens to the best of us)#and now I really want to know more about the Rat King
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wait this looks fun
#ts#the thing is making this i can so feel the general turn of her discography#bc like for the first . 9 albums. making every list i was like OH that album really fucking was that bitch#like damn remember speak now. remember reputation. remember folklore#and then midnights theyre all bonus tracks or like bonus bonus tracks or rerecorded versions of bad songs on the original#and ttpd . even looking at that list i was like wait do i like Any of these?? before i was able to get my head on#and the thing is i have been coming around on a lot of ttpd!!! i have been building relationships to it!!! but it's. it's just not magic.#anyway i have great taste that was my main takeaway from making this list#fearless and evermore were the hardest to choose a third track for there are just so many goddamn heavy hitters that i genuinely#do just love equally#meanwhile folklore speak now reputation it's like well obviously those are The Guys. the in crowd. the gang#have i mentioned i love speak now reputation and folklore <3
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#tag talk#you ever genuinely have a dreamthat 's sdreally meaningful? I really never have those but last night? damn#I think my main takeaway is that I say no to immediate experiences and try and delay them until they're perfect#try to say “hold up I have a better way to do this” and then I miss out ojn the experience entirely.#also I'm definitely into guys. idk if I still count as gay but I'm gonna keep calling myself gay until I no longer feel at all like a man.#but yeah. I do in fact like guys and I have to figure out what I do with the girlfriend I currently have.#also we started a new med and slept for fourteen hours the first time we took it and I woke up completely fresh and feeling incredible#and I feel really grounded and pensive and thoughtful now and I like it.#I like the sedated feeling. I know a lot of people hate mood-altering meds becuase they don't feel like themselves#but I really like it. most of my coping skills and habits are just stuff that bring me down to ground level when I'm sky high emotionally#self harm. alcohol. meditation. these things ground me when I'm going a million miles an hour. so if I can get a med that consistently does#then I"m very happy with that. It means I can be slow and quiet and calm and thoughtful instead of hyperactive all the fuckiang time.#but it's still the first week so we'll see if it holds true long-term or if it's more a medication shock thing.
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Review for The Traitor Baru Cormorant: if you’re queer don’t read it, read An Empire Called Memory instead
Longer review, might be disturbing: I feel like I have to give some kind of review about the Baru Cormorant book. The book portrays itself as having a “Machiavellian” lesbian protagonist fighting against a homophobic eugenicist colonial state but the story deals with this with a cruelty that no queer author would.
There’s almost a voyeuristic glee in the frequency in which it recounts the way queer characters are mutilated and murdered. “For sodomists the hot iron, for tribadists the knife” is almost a mantra. The main character is only Machiavellian if you have a teenage boy’s interpretation of Machiavelli: otherwise she’s just a sociopath. The theme of this story is incredibly centrist and weirdly homophobic, like a goyim author writing a story about a Jew deciding the best way to take down the nazis was to become a nazi general. The ending felt gross. I don’t see how this series can play out that makes reading the rest of it worth it.
#queer lit#the author appears to be a straight man and while I wouldn’t say straight people and men can’t write queer stories#my main takeaway when reading this was that no queer author would handle the narrative this way#it reminds me of how game of thrones treats women#although I admit I only heard about those secondhand
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