#thou art dead

[heyitspizzaking]

Video Game Horror FanARTS 2024

Day 13: Thou Art Dead

(????, Arcade, 1983)

There was a pizza place growing up that had this and Golden Tee. I remember it being quite the quarter muncher, but there was some weird dude who worked there that could get to the end screen.

[doodoobug3000]

Are you enjoying your journey, "hero"?

[digitalfossils]

[millionsknives]

thara celehar commissioned by @soldier-poet-king 🌒🌑🌘

[sweaty-toothed-mad-woman]

“I will be with thee straight” is the biggest lie Todd has ever told

[m1kyweeds]

a study in grief // (i love Shapes)

[geminison]

*throws this into your hands*

*immediately runs away*

[roseaesynstylae]

Star Wars: Republic Commando: Triple Zero, Chapter 6

I had a nice vacation.

I visited family. I soaked up the sun. I created an AO3 account and have been collecting bookmarks and posting short fic, so when I feel confident enough to link it, there'll be something substantial. I began reading my way through the High Republic. I started refining OCs that I might post fic about in a year.

And now I'm coming back to this.

(Hand to God, instant burst of rage when I opened the book.)

"In five millennia, the Mandalorians fought with and against a thousand armies on a thousand worlds. They learned to speak as many languages and absorbed weapons technology and tactics from every war. And yet, despite the overwhelming influence of alien cultures, and the absence of a true homeworld and even species, their own language not only survived but changed little, their way of life and their philosophy remained untouched, and their ideals and sense of family, of identity, of nation, were only strengthened. Armor does not make a Mandalorian. The armor is merely a manifestation of an impenetrable, unassailable heart.

-- Mandalorians: Identity and Language, published by the Galactic Institute of Anthropology"

That right there is complete bullshit.

No culture exists that long and interacts with others without being influenced in some way. Whether intentionally or unintentionally, they would pick up something. I know Star Wars doesn't necessarily involve itself with the nitty-gritty of worldbuilding, but...

Part of this feels like I'm overreacting to something small, but over the course of my vacation, I have lost what little willingness I had to be nice to Karen Traviss, her Mando Sues, and all the bullshit in this series. I'm sorry, but I'm going to be a bitch going forward.

Anyway.

There's something about this excerpt that really makes me feel like it's lording its (unrealistic and impossible) linguistic "purity" over everyone else. This is a case of "If this were a different author/book/series, I wouldn't be bothered."

Mando-Shilling: 2

I haven't even gotten to the actual content of the chapter yet and I'm metaphorically throttling this book. This is a bad sign.

"'General,' he said. He paused to nod formally at Etain, which -- given Skirata's general contempt for anyone not in armor -- seemed quite an encouraging start, Fi decided."

We are not pleased.

"'In here, ma'am.' He could make ma'am sound like girl somehow; he could do the same with General. But as a Jedi she had no right to feel affronted by the lack of deference. She realized that she simply wished he would like her. 'Just a little chat and you can find General Jusik and catch up on events.'

Yes, Skirata gave the orders."

Okay!

This isn't lack of deference; this is just being an asshole.

Oh, he can make ma'am sound like girl? Well, I can make Kal Skirata sound like eat shit and die.

"'In urban operations, a woman is always useful, Jedi or not. Another aid to invisibility -- old di'kute like me and females like you.'"

I hate you so fucking much.

It's a Man's World: 2

Like I said above, I have lost all patience for this series' bullshit. I'm going to go look at some pro-Jedi/Bad Batch content (my version of touching grass) and possibly assemble romantic prompts.

My last comment on this chapter?

Jedi-Bashing: 9

Mando-Shilling: 2

It's a Man's World: 2

Shut the Fuck Up, Kal: 1

Deltas, Move Out: 4

Mird, My Beloved: 3

Is This The Bad Batch?: 2

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[futuresoon]

lead me not into temptation (buying p3r even though i was planning to wait until the inevitable re-release with femc and the answer but apparently the answer is dlc and femc is never coming back)

[blackbatcass]

i’m not crazy though the jason & bruce/haemon & creon parallels are literally there they’re right there

[mistandshcdow]

trying to find active firefly fandom is like trying to find the secret second season of firefly

[gearsofmetal]

trisona that i simply never posted!!

[lab-gr0wn-lambs]

My dad: I'm so glad you're watching my fav show. It's really great for about 6 seasons but I think you should stop before a guy called Negan shows up. Too many people start dying, people who didn't even die in the comics, I couldn't deal with it

Me: Yeah right sure, this show's BEEN killing people, that's what it's about! The Walking Dead? Bitch, The Dying Dead. The Dead. I can handle anything! Here's Negan! Oh no Glenn and Abraham! It's cool though I got it, barely even winced! Looks like I'm just too tough t-

CARL

[butiambatman]

"Yet did I love thee to the last As fervently as thou, Who didst not change through all the past, And canst not alter now. The love where Death has set his seal, Nor age can chill, nor rival steal, Nor falsehood disavow: And, what were worse, thou canst not see Or wrong, or change, or fault in me." - Lord Byron, "And Thou art Dead, as Young and Fair"

[thecandymaticart]

Having been playing Twisted Wonderland, really like this guy

[cartesianu]

Byron on the brain