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Oh look, it seems like there's a Republican-led movement to purge voter rolls in the lead-up to the election! It's almost as if your vote matters and they don't want you to vote! Anyway, I whipped up a quick map (based on this) that shows when the voter registration deadline is in each state. There are a few deadlines coming up in the next week or so.

If you live in a state that regularly purges voter rolls for infrequent voters (the orange ones in the first map), or if you moved recently, it's good to check if you're still registered to vote.

Vote.org makes it super easy to check your registration: https://www.vote.org/am-i-registered-to-vote/

Just put in your address and DOB and they'll tell you whether you're registered. (And they give you a quick link to register online if it turns out that you're not! Only the 9 states in white on my map don't have online registration, and for those they provide instructions on how to do it via mail or in person.)

So yeah, give yourself peace of mind -- do a quick check. :)

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Alden, Diligent Student of Wings

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Final Fantasy VII Rebirth - Battle on the Big Bridge ~ Rebirth

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I was just kinda curious. I spent a good chunk of the lead-up to DQM3 doodling DQ monsters everyday until I couldn't, and also tried to add recolors as a bonus for each one I did, so I spent a long time looking at them.

During that time, I've noticed that the colors used for certain monsters in older titles used to be different, probably because of the hardware limitations at the time, and yet whenever a remake happens, the DQ devs like to remain consistent with what the monsters looked like back then.

Boss Troll was one such case, but for another example, my favorite DQ monster is Wrecktor. Back then, he used to be purple. The current modern day coloration used to belong to Whackolytes.

This philosophy of retaining outdated stuff in remakes sometimes even extended to designs, like the DQ2 remakes still having the old Sabrecats despite them being superseded by DQ5's Great Sabrecats, or DQ6's DS remake having the different pose for the Walking Corpses, and using the old SFC designs for Duran and the Loss Leaders.

Anyways, just a tangent from someone who has been looking at monsters and their palette swaps for probably longer than he should.

btw this was a little while ago but a few short videos on dq3 hd-2d remake posted by official accounts revealed something.

did y'all also always feel a little uncomfortable around the troll monster designs cause they had exaggerated lips that brought to mind racist caricatures?

cause if so, you'll be as relieved as i am that they removed the troll's lips in this game.

just be wary if you look in youtube comments and twitter replies where the worst kinds of people hang out and there are people who are angry about this

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So I went on the Dragon Quest wiki to double check the coloration on this to make sure it's a Boss Troll (because I usually see the color palette on the left) and noticed something interesting.

This change was actually made last year in DQM3, the Boss Troll (and by extension their recolored cousins)'s lips were changed to match their skin tone.

And (as far as I'm aware) THOSE people didn't raise a stink over it. Never let them make you believe that their outrage isn't a grift.

btw this was a little while ago but a few short videos on dq3 hd-2d remake posted by official accounts revealed something.

did y'all also always feel a little uncomfortable around the troll monster designs cause they had exaggerated lips that brought to mind racist caricatures?

cause if so, you'll be as relieved as i am that they removed the troll's lips in this game.

just be wary if you look in youtube comments and twitter replies where the worst kinds of people hang out and there are people who are angry about this

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"Hellen, what does your mouth look like?"

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I completely forgot this part of the story so this caught me so off guard I started laughing immediately

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I... I don't think it's supposed to be this small

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With great power (aromanticism) comes great responsibility (destroying romance with my bare hands)

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Like to charge, reblog to cast

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if it sucks hit da bricks <- litany against sunk cost

take it easy but take it <- litany against burnout/apathy cycle

fuck it we ball <- litany against perfectionism

now say something beautiful and true <- litany against irony poisoning

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