#vent saga

[astralcurses]

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[morganbritton132]

Eddie, posting this TikTok: Uh, excuse me? Why are some of y’all saying I don’t know Erica Sinclair? That I don’t know Lady Applejack?? I know her!

Eddie: Because-

Eddie: *aggressively holds up picture of the Scoops Troop eating ice cream together a week after Starcourt to the camera*

Eddie: I-

Eddie: *holds up picture of Steve giving Erica a piggyback ride so her shoes didn’t get wet*

Eddie: Married-

Eddie: *holds up picture of Sue Sinclair showing Steve how she braids Erica’s hair*

Eddie: Her-

Eddie: *shows picture of Charles Sinclair, Lucas, and Steve moving Erica’s stuff into her dorm room. Erica and Eddie are in the background with no intention of helping out*

Eddie: Dad!

Eddie: *shows picture of Steve and Erica on the campaign trail. Steve’s got a shirt that says ‘you can’t spell America without Erica. Eddie’s photobombing in the background to give them both bunny ears.*

Eddie: Also, we played D&D together *shows picture of a Hellfire campaign*

[wis-art]

I argued with some random asshole on the internet a while ago and I noticed I made them feel really bad with my anger, I decided to at least get them some groceries as a apology gift because I know they struggling too, few days ago I went over to talk about the situation while calm and to properly apologize, made sure to let the person know that they don't gotta talk to me that it's ok if they don't want anything to do with me, they agreed and added me to a group chat with their girlfriend and then proceeded to berate me for the next 4 hours straight taking turns to call me names 😭 and I'll tell you what. To be called creepy and obsessed for sending the money and get berated for that too??? Like I know $50 isn't like a huge amount nowadays but it was half of all the money in my bank account at the time. And it was a tough decision to make because I am already struggling to pay rent and because I'm too disabled to work. I snapped out of it immediately, like wow no wonder I got mad at them in the first place.

The moral of the story is, don't try to fix things with the worst people you have ever met, your gut feeling was right, there's a reason why you got angry. It will only harm you and make you harm them, too, when you eventually get emotional and pissed off over how they treated you and then use it against you. Whatever you do won't be enough and taken as the worst possible thing to do. Simply fuck off. That's the best outcome for everyone that will hurt the least amount of people.

[fawnblooded]

im sorry i bore my teeth. i promise i didnt mean to bite. ill roll belly up, ill lay them bare, ill settle for the scraps.

[flesh-of-a-hare]

yeah i finally got around to watching some fnaf help wanted2 gameplay and yeah it hurt my feelies lol

anyway, bitter bones saga continues,, or this is a prequel. idk i just work here

[bapple117]

I’m joking around the leaky heart valve thing as much as I can but I am legitimately scared shitless and stressed as hell and feeling pretty lonely in all of it and just yeah. I don’t know what’s going to happen. I don’t know yet how bad it is or if I’ll need heart surgery or even if I’ll survive the next like 10 years or whatever. It could be minor, it could be awful. I don’t know what to do or how to keep living normally. I don’t know what I did to deserve so many unlucky and difficult things happening to me repeatedly. I try to be a good person and treat other people well but things just seem to repeatedly go wrong for me.

This is the most scared I’ve been in a while. I have to keep a brave face on for everyone else. It’s really hard. I don’t know what to do.

[enixamyram]

Okay, I don't know how many people here listens to Epic The Musical about Odysseus. (Fantastic songs, can't stop listening to them myself.)

But I'm kind of flabbergasted by the TikTok videos I keep seeing where people are more pissed about Eurylochus opening the bag than Odysseus sacrificing six men???

One was admittedly a really stupid move and Eurylochus should be held accountable even if it was an accident but Odysseus literally picked six people to die without them even knowing. Like, if we're gonna compare situations then Eurylochus' mistake is better matched with Odysseus telling the Cyclops his name (another stupid mistake). Why are people comparing a dumb mistake with literal murder??? And why are people saying Odysseus is the better choice in it?!?!

Like, am I the crazy on here???

[insanity-apathy]

So uh… that… that monologue.

You know the one. You know EXACTLY what I'm talking about and if you don't, you'll know soon.

I'm not seeing anyone talk about it, but I literally cannot stop listening to it and I need someone to help me.

[luukka]

Don't know about y'all but Euryloclus really turned out antipathic to me. Someone certainly said all this before, but like, sure he was scared and tired but bro never took responsibility for his actions. Ody asked him to trust him and to not plaint seeds of doubt because OF COURSE this would cost their lives in times like this, and Euryloclus kept breaking his word, first with the bag, then the mutiny then the damn cows, which are BIG mistakes that costed lives and he still has the nerves to be angry at Ody for choosing himself over the one that LITERALLY stabbed him in the back.

You know what, I think Euryloclus stopped trusting Odysseus after Remember them. I don't know why but I'm sure that once we hit the storm saga, that is the moment Euryloclus stopped worrying about Odysseus, stopped believing that Ody was trying all the way he could, even if he tried hard to save as much people as possible all this time. I really hate how Euryloclus just kept pushing, I hate how he thought it was OK to test the honesty of his captain, provoking the death of 548 men for possible money but couldn't bear the idea of six men dead for the sake of the 37 left that could've have a possibility to survive. I hate that Odysseus's last memory of his last crewmates is them, leaded by no one less than his brother-in-law, armed and ready to murder him out of anger and desperation.

I don't know where I wanted to go with this but you get what I mean right ? I'm just very angry with him

[a-bottle-of-tyelenol]

my toxic trait as an EPIC stan is that I think ppl who criticize eurylochus are objectively wrong 9 times outta 10 and I get so annoyed by it that I actively block accounts with negative posts abt him bc I’m tired of seeing the same six opinions that leave me questioning if we even listened to the same musical

like peace and love!!! he isn’t real so dislike him if u want but I’m so tired of “his hypocrisy in mutiny is annoying” “he loses credibility when he calls odysseus captain” “I hate him it was all his fault bc he opened the windbag”

no thanks goodbye u missed the point of everything i fear idk

[sweetiebriar]

I really shouldn’t get involved in this debate because, first, it's utterly absurd and immature, and second, it will likely earn me a few enemies and drag me into conflicts, which I despise more than anything… Yet, I can’t stay silent. My anger is boiling over because creators and writers like myself are being bullied by so-called fans with narrow-minded perspectives, forcing us to bow down to politically correct foolishness just to be able to continue our work in peace.

¡Swearwords Alert!

What the fucking, shitty, bloody heck is wrong with these people?! This is a work of fiction—a story set in a fantasy, medieval Slavic world. The rules of the modern, real world do not apply here. Why on earth is representation being demanded in a context where it makes no sense?

¡Swearwords Alert End!

For those who’ve wisely avoided this whole debacle—and I congratulate you, keep doing so in the future if possible, let me fill you in: our dear RC team, along with the author of "The Thunderstorm Saga," Alexander D., were recently pressured (and in some cases harassed) into changing the main character sprites, which originally consisted of various elven races—forest, moon, and dark elves—into human representations (Asian, Caucasian, African, Latin, etc.).

AS: I didn’t get involved in the uproar about Volot’s skin tone in "And The Haze Will Take Us" being a player choice, because frankly, it was ridiculous for a portion of the community to react negatively, as if RC’s decision was some kind of racist move. Let me remind you, we’ve had this kind of choice before, like in "Vying For Versailles" with King Louis, and no one complained. Also, if you weren’t aware, book covers are often altered in their Russian versions. A main character who is Black or Brown in the American/European editions is frequently depicted as white in the Russian versions, except in rare cases where the character’s ethnicity is central to the story, like in "Garden of Eden" or the "Kalis". This change is due to the narrow-mindedness of the Russian community, and RC makes these changes to avoid backlash from its largest player base. Perhaps the decision to change Volot's skin was made with the Russian market in mind, and they decided to keep it consistent for all players. But frankly, I don’t care, and I don’t want to know.

Now, back to the main issue:

I’ve been a writer for most of my life, and I cannot stress this enough: a writer’s vision is theirs and theirs alone. While we might choose to revise certain aspects of our stories or find new ways to tell them, the opinions of readers and fans should never dictate those decisions. We are the creators of the content you enjoy. You read our work because you appreciate our vision. If we start crafting stories the way you want, it ceases to be our vision, and the magic is lost. Instead of venturing into the unknown, the story becomes a mundane reflection of everyday life. People read books to escape reality, not to mirror it.

Frankly, I find the elven races in this story quite representative, if you ask me—certainly more so than in LOTR (And remember the backlash about the Black dwarf queen? How ironic…).

- Forest Elves One have very fair skin, which can be linked to Caucasians. The Forest Elves Two can be more compared to Mediterranean people.

- Moon Elves One & Two, with their warm, brownish skin, can be connected to Hispanic or Latin people.

- Dark Elves, as you might expect, are associated with people of African descent, with group One being darker than group Two.

Sure, not every community is represented here—where are the Asians, the Eastern Europeans, the Arabs, Indians, and Indigenous peoples? There are more than just three skin tones, after all.

But this debate is utterly ridiculous. This is a work of fiction set in a fantasy realm. These characters are elves, not humans, and they don’t need to represent human diversity. The vast majority of players enjoyed the story as it was, and do you know why? Because they chose their main character based on who they found most appealing, not because the character resembled them. Contrary to what some believe, representation isn’t always necessary in fiction. Yes, there were fewer Black and brown-skinned characters in the past due to racism and segregation, but today, in a diverse and cosmopolitan world, young writers incorporate their modern perspectives into their work, and people generally don’t complain about representation anymore. So stop making a fuss over something that was never an issue to begin with. Let writers do their work. Criticising elves for not being "human enough" is not constructive; it’s just nonsense. And if you want to argue with me over this, don’t bother. I refuse to debate anyone over a fictional world, and especially over a game.

[astralcurses]

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[deoidesign]

Guys you're not gonna believe this. The books are wrong again

At least this time I didn't even get half of them and half of what I did get was damaged...? So I only have another 70 books to deal with... This time they're soft touch......

I've got so many of book 2 it's not even funny

[bog-teeth]

tonight i have you (or what its like to get mauled by the campus bear) - june 2024

[woahrarepairsagemare]

My mental health has deteriorated so much along with my grades and I'm writing this while crying to let you know that im gonna be on a hiatus

It'll be 1 month or 2 months , not sure , but I'm not gonna post for a long long time

I've been contemplating suicide over this and it's awful

I'm sorry

[aniverse-x]

GiggleShitter

My parents think that I dont smiling bc I’m self-conscious on how I look, but that’s only the smallest part of it. I hate smiling bc it makes me feel vulnerable and uncomfortable. Sometimes it even hurts. It also wastes energy, which I need my energy for different things like exercise. I also hate smiling bc I do it too much. I do it at the most random times, too, and I can’t control it and I despise it. Like what if I smile at a funeral? Wonder what kind of message that’ll send.

this definitely isn’t the first time my parents assumed random shi without talking to me abt it but I’ll complain abt that later. :/