#tyriq plays

[otaku-tyriq]

Housewife Logan.

Anyways domestic poolverine where Logan straight up chops veggies for dinner with his claws

[wagingmywarsbehindmyface]

Jonah’s Upcoming Projects 🎬

RICH FLU (dir. Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia) - thriller (post-production)

Explores how far people would go to save themselves when the wealth that made the world go round then becomes its most dangerous commodity after a strange disease threatens to kill anyone with any sort of fortune.

A BEAUTIFUL IMPERFECTION (dir. Michiel van Erp) - drama (2024)

🧍‍♂️Giacomo Casanova

The passionate story of the life and love of Lucia, a renowned veiled courtesan who is the exception to the rule.

FABIO D’ANDREA: ONE SMALL STEP - short (Jonah plays The Astronaut)

WILLIAM TELL (dir. Nick Hamm) - historical film

🧍‍♂️Rudenz

The film is set in 14th Century Switzerland, where a once peaceful hunter leads his people to rebellion after his family and country are threatened by a tyrannical Austrian King. The year is 1307 and the Holy Roman Empire is crumbling. As its grip on Europe loosens, new dynasties such as the Austrian Habsburg Family encroach on new lands, desperate for power. In Switzerland, the once peaceful country is overwhelmed and bows under the Austrian might as it advances and upends the quiet lives of the Swiss peasants

THE THREESOME (dir. Chad Hartigan) - a romantic comedy (date TBA)

🧍‍♂️Connor Blake

The movie showcases the story of a boy, Connor, who gradually begins to find his way into a relationship with the girl he’s been in love with his whole life, Olivia. That sounds great and everything, except he’s just had a one-night stand with someone else… and that may complicate things. That’s only the beginning of a complicated yet funny journey that explores trust, responsibility and the true nature of love.

DOCTOR WHO (2025)

🧍‍♂️Conrad

I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER (dir. Jennifer Kaytin Robinson) - horror/mystery (the release is set on July 18th 2025)

the reboot of the iconic 90s horror with the new cast Camila Mendes, Madelyn Cline, Sarah Pidgeon, Tyriq Withers, and Jonah Hauer-King. The original film followed four young friends bound by a tragic accident who are reunited when they find themselves being stalked by a hook-wielding maniac. The film became a cult classic, earned over $125 million worldwide and led to the sequel “I Still Know What You Did Last Summer.” Original stars Freddie Prinze Jr. and Jennifer Love Hewitt are in talks to return.

🧍‍♂️TBA

THE EDEN EXPRESS (dir. Daniel Cockburn)

The film follows Mark Vonnegut’s 1970 quest, alongside his girlfriend Virge and a group of friends. to escape Nixon’s America to find a better way of life on a British Columbia commune. It’s a place they hope will be an “Eden” on Earth. However, as this new utopia comes into focus, Mark starts to hear voices and see visions that give him ominous instructions, marking the start of his journey with bipolar disorder.

🧍‍♂️ MARK VONNEGUT

[fyeahvarchie]

I Know What You Did Last Summer is hooking its cast ahead of a planned release next summer.

Madelyn Cline, star of Neflix’s Outer Banks, and Camila Mendes, who played Veronica on CW’s long-running Riverdale, are in talks to lead the ensemble of Sony Pictures’ reboot of the 1997 horror hit.

THR previously reported that Jennifer Love Hewitt and Freddie Prinze Jr. were in talks to reprise their roles from the initial movie.

[destinyc1020]

RE: I HATE REBOOTS SO MUCH WHAT DOES HOLLYWOOD DECIDE TO DO MAKE ANOTHER DAMN REBOOT MAKE IT STOOOOPPPPP PLEASEEEEE hollywoodreporter(.)com/movies/movie-news/i-know-what-you-did-last-summer-camila-mendes-madelyn-cline-1235941319/

Oh gosh please.... make it stop! 😩😭

At this point, Hollywood is just basically using old IP titles to sell films, and just sticking any old new face to the IP. 🙄

And then Hollywood wonders why there aren't any new "movie stars". 😒🙄

They're basically creating their own problem in the industry as far as I'm concerned. 🤷🏾‍♀️ Instead of creating new movie stars by putting them in original content that fans can grow to love and appreciate from the actor, Hollywood is now just using familiar film titles to lure people to the theaters, instead of helping to nurture new talent and get people to come for the ACTOR.

Just like Anthony Mackie said.... the IP has now become bigger than the actor. People are now going to the movies NOT to see the actor, but to see the rebooted IP.

[alexbutrandomthoughts]

https://www.tumblr.com/otaku-tyriq/717309186598469632/hiif-you-dont-mind-me-asking-who-are?source=share

Random ask, if you don't mind me asking. It's kinda like Bingo game, from the post above, how many ships that you also love?

1)Vanoe (peak queerbait and i don't even care atp, they have more chemistry than Vanitas and Jeanne ever will)

2) YUURI AND VICTOR (Fuck Mappa)

3) Wangxian (i prefer Hualian honestly but these two are pretty great)

4) Renga (sunshine and sunshine protector never fails)

5) Daisuke and Haru (now this is blast from the past haven't seen these two in ages)

6) Asoryuu (never finished the game but i did play first couple of cases and these mfkas with the whole "partner" talk might be even more gayer than narumitsu)

7)Noel and Susie (absolutely adorable)

8) Lumity (ah the first time that cursed mouse was out and proud)

9) Sokka and Suki (the only actual canon relationship that didn't cringe me out in Atla)

10) Rapunzel and Eugene (couple goals, love these two, everyone watch Tangled the Series)

[jrueships]

sorry

THE Waldo Geraldo faldo JR!!!!, THE girl. Culinary genius. My everything. im obsessed. The fact that he used to be evil

Dex and Johnny Gat, saints row 1. Dex my beautiful lil nerd. Yall he did not look this ugly before.. i swear.. they must've updated it smthing. Anyways r u guys gays

Bill specifically was my everything. I love Bill and Ted. I did a movie presentation on it and wrote a literary 9 paged essay on it. I loved the cartoon's style too. I draw alpey and Josh allen with the ted eyes sometimes. Also just any of alex winters characters are my fav. Marko lost boys / any Alex winter character ever (especially the one from his movie Freaked) pls.. pls... pls . When he played a gay twink in a movie abt Mary Shelley and her stupid ass husband

THE RADIO ♡♡♡♡ the lamp's nasal tone! THE VACUUM. needed them bad. they were a gay found family trying to raise a blanket and a toaster

Tyriq Johnson, son to winky Johnson, forever forgotten side character of prince of bel air season 2, i miss you forever. He is so dumb .

FAT ALBERT, I FUCKING LOVE FAT ALBERT!!!! i hate b*ll c*sby for what he's done to FAT Albert, fuck him, FAT ALBERT FOREVER !!!!!! i have so many favs from FAT albert , i can't even name them all. Otis is my favvvv, he's the one with the hat. Weird Harold and Rudy were my favs from the main cast. Larry too. I fucking love fat albert bro. Watch the movie

the girlboss

His nerd Era is immortalized in my mind. Also i love lamar, sweet, and Ryder too. Wu Zu. OG LOC. all amazing. Mwah

Smoking weed when you're bald must be like damn i'm so fuckin high and i'm bald

i literally bought this game just for ornstein, completed 98% of it, somehow got lost, and ended up back at the start of the game with all the mini bosses respawned and gave up

im bored, here's some characters i had a crush on/aspired to hang out with/wanted to be/it's complicated... as a kid. Part 1 cus there's a lot. Idk what this says abt me .. let me know

don't know if i wanted him or his gender tbh but she so fine

both the book and the movie version, he was my fav. when he got his hand crushed 🥰🥰

i would never aim for his face, idc, that's my baby

um. i rlly like interesting voices

Jason and Julius (guy on the phone who attempts to beat the shit out of jason), my loves. Julius is my final girl idc

listen. i was rlly young. OK. rlly young .

I hate Michael Bay but sometimes the .02 seconds of screen time the transformers got in the transformers movies was kinda cool. Specifically sideswipes

my goth gf forever and ever

gifted athlete himbo with people pleasing disease, the it girl of the show

...

[whitepassingpocs]

Some representations of mixed and white passing/presenting characters of colour played by actors of colour.

Ruth Negga as Clare Kendrey in Passing (2021). Dir. Rebecca Hall

Darren Criss as Raymond Ainsley in Netflix's Hollywood.

Shari Sebbens as Kay in The Sapphires (2012). Dir. Wayne Blair

Tyriq Withers as Aaron in 'Rich Wigga, Poor Wigga,' Atlanta: Season 3, Episode 9

Darren Barnet as Paxton Hall-Yoshida in Netflix's Never Have I Ever.

Danielle Hall as Lena in Beneath Clouds (2002). Dir. Ivan Sen

Isabella Gomez as Elena Alvarez in Netflix's One Day At A Time.

Fredi Washington as Peola in Imitation of Life (1934). Dir. John M. Starl

[indiegamesofcolor]

Atgtha in Absurdia is a roguelike game about seeking the Amulet of Yelt’neb! Play as Atgtha as she descends into a dark, twisting, and unfathomable world of puns and strangeness to save her brother Atlxander. 

For free on Windows.

Developed by Tyriq Plummer, who created the game in 7 days for the 7-Day Roguelike Jam of 2020. 

[taboohqs]

stop what you’re doing! i just saw TYRIQ FRAIZER leaving ( TABOO ), i think they are a TWENTY-THREE YEAR OLD — PROFESSIONAL ATHLETE. word around town is they’re from HAMILITON, but made themselves at home here in MIAMI.

𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐎𝐑 𝐈𝐍𝐅𝐎!

gated community: ( gable estates club. )

status:( rookie. )

alias:  (‘riq. )

𝐏𝐇𝐎𝐍𝐄!

instagram notifications: ( @BLEACHERREPORT tagged you in their story!  )

text notifications: ( 450 UNREAD MESSAGES. )

last played song: ( SHOTTAS — MONEYBAGGYO. )

[otaku-tyriq]

Born of Bread - Journey to the West Reference

[parley-o-4]

Prelude: Recognition/Conception

Where do I begin?

I guess where it all started would be a good place...its fall about August I'd say. And Im getting ready to go into my sophomore year in college and of course its the school fund shuffle trying to get my financial aid settled. However, this year for some reason its exceptionally hard to get my usual loan. Come to find out I would need a private loan this go round meaning I needed to find a way to cover nearly 5 Gs by the end of the year... So per usual I needed to defer my payment and figure it out later on that semester... something not foreign to myself or my parentals. But something foreign in the form of "New Policy" migrated its way into my life, this new piece of literature dictated new terms to my deferment requiring me to un-ass more than the standard amount of money...

"What the entire fuck?!? This is a lot more than last time what gives?"

I asked fightin my damndest not to look like an adorable chubby cheeked cat. To which the lady only responds, in an exasperated tone over her glasses, "Its just new policy, they are testing out."

"New policy my ass! When were yall gonna tell us this?" an angrier femaled version of myself exclaimed being accompanied by a towering shadow of null demeanor.

"I know, they tell us this the week before school and expect us to be familiar enough with it to be able to explain it all to parents like yourselves," the woman responds adjusting her glasses. "Im terribly sorry about all this. All you have to do is fill this paperwork out and I can log your deferment as usual and we'll wait till your student loan comes in. I hastily sign this paperwork and leave out to go deposit my fundage onto the cashier's office.

"Dont worry bout it son we'll figure this out like we always do," bellowed the towering man that was Daddy flashing that signature dimple to sooth my worries followed by a pat on my head...but those butterflies lingered still even after warm hug from my Mama and they had gone home back to Dallas it stuck in my head 'where are we gonna get this money?'

It rattled around in my head....

They are always figuring it out for me, its my turn to figure it out for myself. So day in and day out I thought of what I could possibly do to help as no private loan wanted to give me enough to cover it all...I just needed two maybe two and a half Gs to be squared away but how would I get it.

No job folit my schedule for class, I don't have enough stuff to sell to count...I thought I could sell drugs *jokingly at first...then it became a real suggestion* "Man hell no!" I couldn't sell that stuff I don't even know where to get any nor do I wanna get in that deep with it..."Plus who would I even get it from?!?!" I laughed to myself while unconsciously flipping through my mental rolodex of names. "Well there is...nah we werent really that cool to begin with but he did say he liked how my mind worked and offered me a little work," I shook my head as if to erase the thought like an etch-a-sketch.

It wouldn't be too hard for us... (fade into an echo from a seated shadowy figure in a hood)

I swear it was my voice but it couldn't have been...I had already erased it from my head. I shook my head and returned to the outside world.

A few weeks later...

The max I could get fell short about the two stacks I predicted.

"Damn it!!! What are we gonna do?"

That loan is still short...what else could I possibly do.

“We’ve already had this discussion remember?” the hooded voice whispered...”You’re just denying what you are already know to be truth...WE are good at just about anything.”

Bruh...I know I’m not tripping...maybe its just my mind tricking me but either way there is some truth to this suggestion. It wouldn’t hurt to ask for a little help.

*Takes out phone and dials number*

Hello?...yeah its me Jackson. Do you still have Tyriq’s number?...Yeah cool shoot it to me.....nigga stop being nosey I need to ask him something.....Thank ya.

*Hangs up*

Niggas....

*starts texting* {Yo wazup? It’s JT I need a huge favor...one that involves me taking you up on that offer you made once if its still on the table...}

Well he’ll probably never answer is what I thought as I continued my trek to the back of campus....Imma have to figure out how to get the rest of this....

*Phone chimes* {YO!!! JT!!! You damn well that offer stands man I meant it when I said I liked how your mind worked...your random thought in class paid off more than you know LOL but I can tell you more about that in person}

Oh shit...he answered!

*Texts back* {Oh damn lol I’m not even at in Dallas no more dawg I was just thinking bout the good ole days in coach’s class and shot you a text lol}

Shit I think I played that off good...that nigga not getting me caught up in his daddy’s shit.

*Phone chimes* { LMAO I’m dead ass serious bro I really can help if you need it but of course thats in exchange for your help....when the next time you town? We need to link up on some shit anyhow.}

FUCK!!! This nigga here...”Just go for it...whats the worst that can happen?” True True I thought to myself....AHHH what the hell.

*Starts texting* {Thats wazup but I wont be back till around Christmas}

*Phone Chimes* {Perfect! I got some things around that time I could use your brain on...hit me man}

Hmmm...You need that help....

*Starts texting* {Aight bro I’ll hit you up when I get in...but whats the things you got going?}

*Phone chimes* {I’ll tell you once I see you my nigga....}

What the hell is so secretive? Oh well we’ll see once I get home in a little over a month I guess....

That nigga aint bout shit tho....So I thought....

[mikenips]

Together Now

Fuck.  People better start showin’ up soon.  Ate the tab too early.  Already did my Johnny Thunders makeup.  Shirt with a missing sleeve Dylan tore off.  And the classic shredded denims around my waist.  Even wore a dog collar this time.  Jake better have been serious about gettin’ people to dress up.  Hope he was able to find one of those oversized greeting cards.  Went to three places and couldn’t find one for Brendan.  Even rearended someone in the process.  Some Vietnam vet that didn’t even bother to take the cig outta his mouth while gettin’ my info.  That’s what I need to calm these nerves.  A cig.  Bought a second pouch in case I start chiefin’ ‘em.  That’s how the acid goes.

Take a shot of etizolam.  Half dose.  Don’t wanna kill the trip.  But definitely need to slow it down.  Would’ve been fine if I had waited another hour.  But wanted to peak during Brendan’s last Toeheads set before dippin’ for the Navy in Rhode Island.

Blink and the living room is startin’ to fill with bodies.  Jake’s orange wool hat clashin’ with his costume.  “Brendan isn’t here yet is he?”

“Nah.”

“Cool.  Pass around this poster board.  Have everyone sign a goodbye card for him.  Couldn’t find a real card.  So we’ll fold it in half.  You got any good photos of him?”

Tear the one off the wall.  Stimmed out in the cig room at the end of Summerfest.  Tape it to the center.  Not a bad turn out so far.  For a show thrown together in a couple days.  Luckily Wednesday is my off day at work.  Devil’s Night.  Fifteen minutes after start time.  Hour after load in was supposed to be.  Jake never did clarify what time music was gonna start.  Just asked to use Belmont for the occasion.

“We’re on first right?”  Chuck says from the front door behind me.

“Yeah.  Go ahead up and you can start settin’ up.”

Jake hides the card in the coves upstairs where 208’s gear is already tucked away.  KQ adjusts Jordan’s kit.  While Owen and Ben plug in amps.  Chuck sets a pumpkin on the ground.  “PHARMA” scrawled over the front in Sharpie.  A large pill bottle with the label torn off next to it.  They dip for the front porch for a preshow cig.  Cig room already hotboxed by Dee and everyone at Ham House.  They do this shit everytime.  Just need to step in for a minute.  And the second hand smoke smothers the urge for the cig you just rolled up.

Dylan is on the front porch with a sheet over his head.  Makin’ everyone guess who the ghost is.  Drew and Tina drinkin’ Buzzballs in the kitchen.  X’s on their foreheads.  “They taste like a flat Four Loko.  Not good.  But named appropriately.”  Pop the empties on the shelf in the kitchen with the memorabilia from after parties and other sets here.  Glad people actually wore their costumes.

Everybody’s here and the benzos are makin’ the night extra surreal.  Like this night is somethin’ from a dream we all avoided sleepin’ through.  The King of the Scene arrives.  Different pair than his normal octagon sunglasses over his eyes.  Stroh’s already cracked as he walks in.  Peter’s upstairs testin’ the projector setup.  His hazy visuals on the ceiling and the Peanuts sheets on my mattress propped against the wall.  Time to uncork the liter and a half wine bottle.

The feedback whistles from Owen’s cranked amp upstairs.  Whistlin’ everyone into the dark bedroom.  The neighbors only complain about the noise when the hardcore bands play.  So tonight might not be their favorite show.  But after this Belmont is closin’ for the season.  Gotta clean the bathtub for my landlord’s property inspection next month.  Can’t believe I’ve been here for two years now.  And averaged a show a month this past year.  Couldn’t pick a better closin’ ceremony the King’s departure.

The crowd stands anxiously against the wall as Pharma plows through their first song.  Chuck pacin’ around the room with mic in hand.  Scoops the pumpkin from the ground as KQ beats the sticks together.  One two three.  And on the fourth the orange splinters on the blue carpet.  Tyriq shoves Joey mid kick as Chuck’s screams clip the speaker.  Everyone’s flesh collides.  Oozes against each other before slidin’ off the sweat.  No amount of AC or open windows able to stop the humidity of body friction.  Bones crack and disintegrate to the marrow of our lives.  Rail the line and jump in.  Bottle in hand.  Joey’s skull makin’ contact with the base.  Spewin’ a geyser onto the wall from the palm of my hand.

The red wine paints streaks on the white drywall that still stands defiantly against our chaos.  Drops run down at a fraction the speed of Owen’s blurred hand makin’ the strings wail.  And in ten minutes, the masochistic treatment of our eardrums unfortunately ends.  Light flicks on.  Showin’ a mess of pumpkin guts.  Seeds.  And capsules of an unknown drug woven into the carpet by our feet.  When did that shit burst?  “Nips, you want me to clean this up at the end of the night?”  Chuck pants.  Red in the face.

“Nah man.  It really ties the bedroom together.”

He smiles as Kyle drags his amp from the cove for their set.  Shelby adjusting the kit.  Walks away as Jake towers into the room.  Emptyin’ a Stroh’s into himself.  “Thanks for askin’ us to play Jake.  Super stoked to get to play a show with Toeheads.”

“Man.  Thanks for comin’ here from Florida.”

“Well thanks for acceptin’ us into this.  We didn’t know anybody here when we moved out here.  But you all made us feel so welcomed into this family.”

Gotta get a cig in before this set.  Once 208 starts you’re gribbed in.  As tight as the stranglehold Kyle has on the neck of his guitar.  The reverb slaps back with the thud of Shelby’s drums.  Bouncin’ you from wall to wall.  Body to body.  Drowns out the thoughts reverberatin’ off the walls of your skull.

He’s gotta have the shoes off every show.  Release the hounds!  Let the brutalization of instruments begin.  The things we do for tone.  He mumbles almost incoherently into the mic behind shags of hair.  “This next one’s ‘Hotel California.’”  Shelby’s tom thumps in the background as Peter’s lights pulse on the walls.  Kyle droppin’ to the floor.  Body twitchin’ with each crunch of distortion he bends outta the amp.  Until it gives out.  Forcing a finale from the duo.

“I forgot the tambourine!”  Drew yells to Joey.

“Fuck.  Should we run down the street to grab it.”

“I got bongos.”  Pass ‘em to Drew while the three Toeheads debate their setlist.  Gonna play the full EP that drops at midnight.  Cassettes from Remove Records comin’ soon.

Grab a beer from the fridge.  Drew standin’ in the kitchen.  Joint tucked between lips.  Greasy hair falls on the shoulders of his bright shirt.  Tappin’ the bongos surrounded by women with X’s on their foreheads.  “That’s gotta be the most cult leader lookin’ thing I’ve seen in my life.”  Joey passes by.  Tosses a beer can in the sink.  And grabs a plate to set upstairs.

The ceiling and wall covered in shots of the trio performing on the front porch.  The same front porch I first spotted Brendan and Jake from at the first show I threw a year ago.  Just two goons sittin’ in a red Dodge.  Drinkin’ Labatt.  Heavy.  And the one hidin’ behind octagon shades tells me about this tape label he started.  Remove Records.  “King of the Scene!”  Drew yells perched on the head on top of Joey’s 8x10.  Jake cuts his goodbye speech off early.  Don’t wanna get too heavy before the heavy music.

The chords crunch under his fingertips.  The brass crashes under Brendan’s sticks.  Joey gettin’ some futuristic fuzz from the bass.  This is the future of garage.  Happenin’ right before my dilated pupils.  The noise ceases as Jake’s mumbled first line grows into a scream.  Then pounds faster.  Harder.  Sloppier.  How can Peter’s camera even handle this noise?  “With a knife!”

Standin’ by the stairs the group begins a cover of “Anna (Go to Him.)”  The crowd dances with each other.  Belts the chorus in unison as the peak takes my brain into this dream.  Everybody gathered in this sweaty bedroom.  Vibin’ together.  What more could you dream of?  One last night for all of us to be together.  Together right here.  Right now.  Hidin’ the makeup streakin’ under my eyes in the cig room from Rae and Kyle from the Waterheads.

The group ends the onslaught of feedback.  Screeches.  Of both instruments and vocal cords.  Reverb.  Thuds and crashes.  Hi-hats through the wall.  And every jarring sound your ears dream of bein’ berated by.  Joey trades the bass for a second guitar.  Yells for a pick.  While Jake begs for some noise to stop him from continuin’ a corny speech.  It is Devil’s Night after all.  Brendan trades his sunglasses for the pair of octagons in his leather jacket while takin’ a bow.

“Burn down Midtown!”  From Drew.

“Has anyone seen my wallet?!”  From Dee.

“It’s not fuckin’ workin’!”  From Joey who can’t rail a line through the humidity.  Gives it up before his ode to DMT and a rambunctious cover of “Blew My Mind” to close the set.

“Don’t we have a bunch more?”  Joey yells across the room.

“Well some of us working class folk have a job to go to in the morning.”  Evan jokes.

“Alright.  We’ll do an encore for Brendan’s last ride.”  Jake plugs back in.  Drew stands in the center of the room.  Pulls back up the bongos in sweaty, red hands.  “This one’s called ‘Demon House.’

“I’ve been livin’ in a demon house!”  None of the notes are distinguishable in the final barrage of sound.  But the bodies crash into each other.  For one last connection to the King that gave everybody somethin’ to show their parents.  I can still hear him behind the bottle of Stroh’s at Painted Lady before we bootlegged the Milk Bath gig at Outer Limits.  “Just somethin’ to say ‘you guys might not be into this.  But somebody out there thinks it means somethin’.’”

As the party filters out, Jordan video calls me on Snapchat to say goodbye to Brendan before he sets sail.  Says the broken hi-hat stand was the least he could offer in return to the King of the Scene.  Joey spills the bottle of wine next to me.  Looks up from rollin’ around on the floor.  “That’s the difference between me and Jay Retard.  I know when not to break shit.”  The words fill the holes the acid burns into my brain as he dips to prep Ham House for the after party.  Leavin’ his shoes behind.  The picture of me and him in his underwear will surface in a few days but doesn’t help fill the gaps in the night.

Sittin’ next to me, Brendan dents a Stroh’s can in his hand.  Hood over his head.  But no octagons to hide the tears in his eyes.  “It’s just…  For the first time…  I feel like I finally got a family.  And now that I have that feeling.  I gotta leave my home behind.  Over a mistake I enlisted in months ago.”  He sniffles and kills the can.  Somethin’ about the way that last drop of beer hits makes you puke it all up.  “And I don’t know how long until I’ll be able to get back to that feeling.”

“But that’s the beauty of it.”  Take a swig from the remains of the wine bottle.  “No matter what happens now.  You got the security of family.  We’re all still gonna be here.  And whenever you get back, the empty space you left will still be here for you.  Ya know now no matter what you always got a family somewhere.  Forever.  Maybe the scene ends.  Maybe Joey moves somewhere like New Mexico or some shit.  Maybe I finally clean the bathtub like my landlord and Jake keep askin’.  But no matter where any of us are or what’s different.  You’ll always be able to show up and have people and a place where you belong.  No matter where we are we’re all together now.”

One by one people nod to sleep at Ham House.  People find their way back to their beds.  And don’t have to dream about a home.  Cause they got a place to be free.  Like Manson sang about.  Brendan hugs me goodbye.  And I find my way to the after hours where my friend Josh asks sincerely if I’m doin’ alright tonight.  Cause he knows it’s not just the acid and benzos makin’ everything feel surreal.  But at least when I get home.  There’s a pair of octagon glasses in the explosion of pumpkin seeds and prescription strength anti-inflammatories.  I’ll end up losing ‘em in a few months.  Life’s cruel that way.  Even all the shit that means somethin’ to us will pass.  But at least we got it together now.

[octodaddy]

wtf is queerbaiting: a summary

@otaku-tyriq​ (in ref to this post) "I don’t even understand the concept of queerbating like, I never understood what that is and why it pisses people off.”

ok actually you should probably know this just in general:

queerbaiting is when the writers of any media imply a queer relationship very heavily and don’t deliver in full. this happens a lot in TV shows, because it’s easy to watch episode after episode thinking “hey maybe they’re actually gonna do it” (aHEM sherlock)- and it’s easy for the writers to keep dragging viewers along teasing at a queer relationship without actually writing one in.

it’s really gross because usually along with that, there are often jokes made at the queer characters’ expense. this doesn’t always happen, but it happens a lot. (again AHEM SHERLOCK)

for example-- in the first two movies jedediah and octavius were pretty close and had that cool enemies-to-friends dynamic (which arguably actually makes their relationship the most interesting one in the whole trilogy because they actualy, yknow, change)-- and so the first two movies are pretty much harmless, they’re just portrayed as people who become friends.

now, the third movie is where things change. octavius is never explicitly written as gay, they never actually go out of their way to say it, but it’s pretty clear that’s what they’re implying. he has lines about other men being attractive, and those lines are written as jokes, with pauses for people to laugh. he even almost makes a pass at jedediah with the first “take my hand” scene, which is also played off and then given a quick “hey bro were u bein gay”/”NO” scene afterwords

(i will say in natm’s defense:

the thing about natm3 that sticks out to me is that unlike other queerbaity material (....sherlock) natm never seems to be maliciously anti-queer in their writing. they have a scene at the end where jedediah says “I’ll take that hand now”, which could really only be interpreted as him now being fine with holding octavius’s hand, which they already coded as octavius being gay (again this is hard to talk about because it’s all implied and none of this is explicit)- and all the jokes about octavius being gay don’t feel like the fact that he’s gay is a bad thing: when jedediah first asks if octavius asked to hold his hand and octavius refutes him, jedediah isn’t relieved or grossed out, he’s just smug and happy. octavius isn’t seen as any less of a character for being queer, the joke seems to be more that he’s just really, really bad at hiding it)

that doesn’t mean that it’s 1000% okay or anything,   I just think natm3 is probably one of the less disgusting examples- queerbaiting is still a shitty thing to do, keeping queer people from getting the representation they want and deserve, promising them something and then never delivering. It’s a problem with a lot of media out there.

but that’s the thing, it’s a problem with media.

whether or not I write jedtavius fanfic or talk about jedtavius ideas on social media sites- that has nothing to do with whether or not I support the idea of queerbaiting. of course I don’t. of course I’d rather have seen them go for it and make the relationship explicitly queer. of course I’m sad they didn’t and I think it’s wrong. but the point of fic and art is that they are transformative works, and taking something like jedtavius, a pair of almost-queer characters, and making them explicitly queer in every way i possibly can- is transforming them into the characters I wished they could be. 

and i think that’s beautiful

[aurelliocheek]

GDC Summer starts

GDC Summer starts on August 4. We show you what to expect at the first all-digital Game Developers Conference.

Taking place Tuesday through Thursday, GDC Summer will have an expanded schedule that goes from 6 AM Pacific to 8:30 PM Pacific each day to better accommodate attendees in different time zones around the world.

That means you can look forward to both morning and evening sessions, separated by a long lunch break reserved for networking and special features. There will also be experiential events scheduled at the beginning and end of each day to jumpstart or wrap up your day at this unique digital event.

And don’t worry about disrupting your schedule to attend everything live; all live session broadcasts will immediately be archived on the event platform for on-demand access the week of GDC Summer, so you can create your own conference schedule.

Here’s what to expect from all the different options available to you when you attend virtually this week!

GDC Summer Schedule, August 4-6

6:00 am – 7:00 am PT Wake up/Wrap up with GDC

7:00 am – 7:00 pm PT Conference Sessions, Interactive Sessions, Sponsored Sessions, Community Channel Sessions, Student Channel Sessions*, GDC Pitch, Daily GDC Summer Puzzle Challenge, GDC Podcast Live! hosted by Gamasutra

7:00 pm – 8:00 pm PT GDC After Hours

* Student Channel programming will only take place on Thursday, August 6

Conference Content

Sessions: GDC Summer sessions will be live broadcasts delivered by a single speaker or panel, with live speaker Q&A during the presentation. After their “first run” these sessions will be archived for on-demand access during and after the event.

Sponsored Sessions: These are your opportunity to hear from leading game technology companies firsthand about the latest products, tools, services, and techniques.

Student Channel: Learn from industry experts and professionals to help jump start your career through lectures, interactive sessions, and small-group discussion.

Community Channel Sessions: Taking place on the Community Channel and available to all pass holders, community channel sessions will address topics ranging from diversity to accessibility to quality of life within the realm of social advocacy in the game industry.

Interactive Sessions

Ask Me Anything (AMAs): GDC Summer will also host live, interactive 30-minute “Ask Me Anything” sessions featuring industry experts answering questions related to specific game development topics. A number of luminaries have already signed on to take part, including Funomena CEO Robin Hunicke and award-winning composer Winifred Phillips!

Skill-Building Series: 45-minute instructional presentations from expert instructors as they take attendees through an exemplary project and review the tools and techniques used to create the work. You’ll have the chance to quickly get up to speed on “Pixel Art and Animation in the Hi-Bit Age” with experienced artist and game designer Tyriq Plummer, for example, or bone up on “How Game Studios Should Plan Fundraising – Learning Best Practices” with veteran investor Teppei Tsutsui.

Roundtables: 45-minute live and interactive peer-to-peer discussions on open ended topics, facilitated by moderators who keep the flow of discussion inspired and moving. Constructive controversy and debate are welcome in these discussions, which include a Marketing & Discovery roundtable led by Kitfox Games communication director Victoria Tran and a Building Your Live Service Team roundtable facilitated by veteran producer Grant Shonkwiler.

Networking

Meetings & Networking: With advanced filtering and AI-driven technology, GDC Summer gives attendees access to identify, contact, and request and receive meetings with fellow attendees and sponsors via chat or video meeting. Mentoring & Portfolio Reviews: Find and connect with a seasoned game development professional at GDC Summer to gain invaluable guidance or a portfolio review via chat or video meeting. Simply use the filter options in the networking tool to identify willing professionals in your discipline, or those seeking mentoring.

Showcase Features

Sponsor Showcase: Expand your professional network and join leading companies in game development ready to provide solutions to your business challenges from 11am – 3pm PT.

Indie Showcase: Learn about innovative projects from emerging and independent developers and meet the people who created them. Visit the studio’s dedicated pages and don’t miss their game demo sessions!

University Showcase: Meet with colleges and universities featuring some of the best and brightest students and education programs in the games industry. Learn more about their offerings by visiting their pages and setting up an exploratory meeting.

Special Events

Community Channel Special Events: From yoga classes to mixologist tutorials, we’ve programmed three exciting days of experiential events to help fill in the gaps and get you out of your chair (or at least into a more relaxing headspace) so you can keep learning.

GDC Summer Puzzles: Play through the GDC Summer event platform (alone or with a small team) to solve the daily puzzle, gaining in complexity throughout the week. Submit your answers for a chance to win GDC merch each day, or the grand prize of GDC 2021 All Access passes! Note: completing the puzzles may require some interaction with our sponsors, resulting in your profile information being shared with them.

GDC Pitch: Selected studios will pitch their games to a panel of investors and publishers followed by questions, advice, and feedback before the judges declare the day’s “Best Pitch”.

GDC Store: Grab your GDC Summer products at the all-digital GDC Store!

For more details on GDC Summer, scheduled to take place virtually August 4th through the 6th, visit the show’s official website, or subscribe to regular updates via Facebook, Twitter, or RSS.

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