#bit-reduction

[lakesidepurple]

if you think bakugo is the possessive/jealous one between bakudeku are we even consuming the same piece of media. firstly deku is SHOWN to be weirdly possessive over bakugou for honestly no canonical reason. secondly he spent like 12 years with no friends at all and having to watch bakugou be friends with other people. if that doesn't make him possessive idk what will

[turtleblogatlast]

AU where Leo is trapped in the Prison Dimension for months instead of minutes and the only way he gets by with his sanity intact is through recording himself talking to his wrist comm.

When they finally manage to get Leo back and make him rest up to heal, Donnie can’t help but listen to the recordings left behind.

He’s not sure what exactly he’s expecting, only that his subconscious is screaming at him that it has to be heartbreaking, that it has to be torturous.

Instead, what Donnie is subject to is a full thousand hours’ worth of Jupiter Jim and Lou Jitsu crossover fanfiction. More than one part in the series. Spanning well over a million words.

(The worst part is that it’s actually good.)

[sunshades]

sorry #posting again but it's been on my mind cuz i once again saw a post and i just. really really hate the way this bit is so often taken out of context to make her out to be dismissing and belittling him just cuz she felt like it, because a lot of the story does hinge on the fact that this was in fact a reasonable worry

heathcliff of course has reasons to take it personally, but the context of the entire canto tells you why this was a problem to begin with. we also see it during the rest of the game, cuz he mellows out as the cantos go, but we can't forget at the start he was out there killing his coworkers. then in canto vi we get more about it. nelly starts here jokingly:

but by the end she's very serious about it:

the cycles of abuse is ofc one of the main themes in the canto, like in the book where heathcliff assumes for the second generation the role of their own hindley; in game he's growing both in the shadows of hindley and of his other mirror selves. but it can't really be ignored that the problem WAS there and he was shaping up to be just like them (a person used to violence to the point even someone as close to him as the woman who raised him had reason to believe he might hurt her!) and that catherine is discussing it in the hopes of figuring out a way to give him a place to heal and grow out of that absolute hell that was growing up in the heights. it just feels really weird to always discuss that part as if catherine was being cruel for no reason, when heathcliff himself admits that he left because he feared he'd murder her

instead by the time of the canto, while hindley, linton and nelly all comment on him not having changed, he continously chooses to be the better man, avoiding unnecessary fighting, lending a hand to people in danger, and ofc standing strong against the erlking's provocations and attempt to turn our heathcliff into another just like him, to continue the same cycle.

BUT it's important that back then he was a person who wouldn't have done that, a person who would have hurt his loved ones, and that what he had in mind was taking revenge on them- because he grew past that in the course of the story, then that character development is much more meaningful. and that's also why it's so important to all the people around him, who had seen him start to go down that same path as hindley, to become the worst version of himself--

because in the end he didn't become like that! he did change and become that better person, and they noticed!

[lunarcrown]

OLLD drawing I can share now of Timmy after recovery and care from staying on double life and being looked after by the box boys~

He’s healthier, happier, his hair and wings have grown back out and have a pretty blue-black sheen to them (that he never knew he had bc in hels his diet and environment only let them be dull) and he just heard the sound of a portal opening for someone to come visit~!

[mikimeiko]

Our Flag Means Death Season 2 - one gif per episode (with the first gif from their first scene and the last gif from their last scene) | Jim Jimenez

[kusogitsune]

The first run of S.P.R.I.T.E.S are finished (don't ask me what that stands for) and are now collected in one place. Brief explanations of their character concepts under the cut

Aoife is a disruptive and dangerous Electronic Warfare agent that had her sense of perception cooked under extreme load. Mischievous by nature with a tendency to over do it, killing her pilots and the enemies in the process.

Mios was interface for a giant mecha that that manufactured her to trick people into repairing it's subsystems and aiding in it's operations. She's a hybrid organism that perceives both the physical and digital world simultaneously.

Daisy is a personal assistant that imprinted and grew incredible attached to her master and grew into incredibly efficient assistant to the point where she could anticipate her master's every word before she could think it.

Pebble

A visual novel guide character that was suddenly aware of her physical reality and was so utterly terrified by it that she went to extreme lengths to modify her environment and hypnotize her players into never deleting her.

[liorlenn]

(Spoilers for KCD2 romance)

One thing that really surprised me about Kingdom Come: Deliverance II (particularly the Hansry romance) was the direct reference to Galehaut and Lancelot (let me tell you I CHEERED), so I wanted to start talking about some other queer medieval Arthurian texts and Arthuriana adjacent texts.

I’m by no means an expert (I focus more on Welsh poetry and prose) but medieval Welsh literature includes some Arthurian literature, so I know a little about Arthurian Literature in general. Most of these stories are either Old French or German and about 13th century. SGATGK is 14th century.

For one, I want to say that the tale being referenced in the game is the Vulgate Cycle or the Lancelot-Grail Cycle (the Vulgate Cycle itself is multiple parts, with Lancelot’s (The Story of Lancelot/Prose Lancelot) being the largest). It’s a big ol’ mash up and retelling of a huge part of the early tradition + new stuff. There’s also the Post-Vulgate which is itself a retelling of the Vulgate Cycle. This is NOT the one you want if you’re looking for Lancelot and Galehaut.

Another thing of note about the Vulgate is that Galehaut and Lancelot are not the only ones I would give the old side eye. Gawain says (about Lancelot even!), “If God were to grant me my health… I’d immediately wish to be the most beautiful maiden in the world, happy and healthy, on condition that he would love me above all others…” Come on man.

Now, for other queer texts!

First up, I have to plug my best friend and my silly rabbit: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Thanks to the movie (which was good but fairly different) this one is a bit more well-known. I could talk endlessly about the moral of the original story and I think the Gawain Poet is incredibly talented at weaving together imagery. I also appreciate Gawain’s willingness to kiss women AND men. Some argue that it’s not queer because of differing social norms but personally I think Gawain wanted it. And by it, haha well let’s jusrt say—

Next we have Parzival/Percival (referencing the German “version” by Wolfram von Eschenbach here. Each iteration of a “Percival”, including Chrétien de Troyes’ earlier (and unfinished) Story of the Grail, all have their own differences). This one is even more up to interpretation than SGATGK. There’s a very explicitly performative aspect to Parzival’s presentation (his gender is “knight”), focusing distinctly on clothing and the role clothing plays in others’ reactions to him that I think is very relatable. I don’t have much else to say about this one unfortunately. I read parts of it once years ago but it was super interesting and there has been scholarship done on Parzival and gender so…. take what you will from it.

The next stories are Arthurian adjacent (as in, medieval stories about knights). First off: Le Roman de Silence is either about a woman knight or a trans knight who is… sighs. Forcibly outed. Interesting read but definitely a bit of a downer if you interpret Silence as a trans man.

Yde et Olive, however is very explicitly about a trans man! Happy ending too! I was incredibly surprised to read a 13th century story about a trans man getting magical/miraculous top and bottom surgery (yes, forreal).

And to cap off this small list, here is some medieval Welsh literature. This one is just me being a little wistful, but let me tell you about Blodeuedd/Blodeuwedd and the Fourth Branch of the Mabinogi (Math fab Mathonwy). This one is…sad. It’s not a good ending for Blodeuedd, but I could wax poetic about her: how she was fashioned from flowers to fulfill a gendered role. How she failed to do so and was punished.

There are plenty of other stories with queer interpretations in Arthuriana and other medieval literature (do not get me started on Guinevere and Morgan le Fay’s whole… thing. Also Luned and her Lady…) and there are plenty of modern/early modern retellings that are explicitly queer. I just wanted to stick to medieval texts for this and also limit myself to a select few among that even.

[ilottthepilot]

you could be living your best life, joining a new team for a nice new beginning, minding your business, preparing for the race weekend, while your f1 race win trophy sits on a shelf somewhere back home and suddenly some british man who doesn't even work at your job anymore comes out of the woodwork to compare you to SANTINO FERRUCCI. UNPROMPTED.

[soft-pine]

this is some really personal shit that has to do with how i analyze and interpret john.

when i was a child, my father dragged me around the country from motel to motel talking about how he lost my mother and his single-minded focus on getting her back. i was his best friend. i was his only confidant. i wanted him to be happy all the time. i felt responsible for when he was sad - both with whatever the current situation was and in all the sad moments of his long sad life. when i wasn't with him, sometimes he would go for weeks without calling and i would miss him and think i did something wrong and then sometimes he would tell me what that wrong thing was and i would try to do better. i sat patiently and quietly on the couch in his strange friend's dark house filled with fishing gear while they talked and talked and talked about the ways the world had screwed them over. i never knew where we were driving to. sometimes i would sleep in the car for hours and we still hadn't gotten there. he wanted me to show him a terrifying and confounding amount of respect. he would cry and i would kneel on the couch next to him and try to envelope his whole body into my arms in a hug. i loved him ferociously and protectively. he wanted my singular loyalty and got it. it's so hard to even summarize it all. each moment is just so full of ...

he hurt my feelings and i loved him. i got mad at him and i loved him. he got mad at me and i loved him. i felt deeply sorry for him and i loved him.

and when i watched supernatural oh boy let me tell you.....

and i know it's not chic or whatever to compare john to your dad. I KNOW THAT. but not to garishly bear my open bloody heart on the internet. it's just. i watched this fucking show and i was like... i know him. like. i know that man.

and i'm kinda screwed because we all are analyzing things from our own experiences so when i'm interpreting all the little clues left about john throughout the show, it all feels so familiar. and i don't actually have a way to separate my experience as a child with that kind of father from the way i'm analyzing and watching spn. and so i'm stuck saying, well john just is really similar to my dad. and, yeah, of course there are differences. but i guess all i can do is commit to bringing as much nuance and care to any and all creative endeavors or analysis as half a lifetime of therapy has taught me...

[cetitan]

I think saying "COVID was the catalyst that eroded all remaining goodwill in public institutions to keep people safe and informed" is much more salient a point to make than "COVID gave everybody brain damage, even if you think you don't have brain damage, you have brain damage, and we are all fucked". Am I language policing a post made in righteous retaliatory anger in response to an active public health crisis the world has decided to move on from? I just don't find telling everyone we have contracted tzaraath and that that explains fear and anger in reaction to, or even as a cause of, global fascism, a compelling or salient argument to be making. Like the virus itself and not the crumbling institutions and global systems that failed to stop it

[silverbastardgoldenfool]

FINISHED THE VAMPIRE LESTAT WHY WAS THAT GOOD AS FUCK

[ravnervn]

Magia Exedra launching has reminded me just how deep of a rabbit hole I can fall into with Puella Magi Madoka Magica stuff, and I've been chewing on a lot, but I want to present a conclusion I have come to.

You don't really see a lot of Mami Tomoe in the original series for... Various reasons, and that means that it's quite hard to get a read on her personality. Obviously there's stuff there, but you need to really get stuck in with her. Side materials and spinoffs actually give us a great chance to see more of her.

They give us a great chance to understand that Mami Tomoe's fundamental character is "what if Inspector Javert was a 15 year old anime magical girl?"

[shkika]

I am struck with an urge to do a "W1%" run of Ultrakill. Constant dualwield, slight damage reduction, skip Claire de Lune/Soliel.

Oh my god I'd LOVE to see that so much if you feel like giving me a peek.

BUT ALSO okay I've been thinking this ask over a lot actually. Because it made me think of what would a W1 mod even be like?

Now obviously I have no coding knowledge, but if I were to make it, I suppose it'd be a co-op nightmare experience where the controls are separated in two. The way I'd do it is with constant duel wield and constant access to both knuckleblaster and feedbacker.

Player 1 - Movement (all or most of it at least), 1 gun arm, 1 punching arm

Player 2- Camera view, 1 gun arm, 1 punching arm

Would this be fun? Uh... I don't know. Is this accurate to how W1 moves? Not really, but it's how I'd translate it. Sounds like an annoying challenge to do with friends hehe hoho

[cute-girls-from-vns-anime-manga]

Being horny for anime girls as an asexual is weird because its like "no not that way" type of thing. I just wanna look at them and imagine them in my head.

Ive been like this and actively engaged into this being my world for over a decade so no its not weird, not for me anyways

[master-gatherer]

You want to see how far the Overton window has shifted here, I didn't even mention Roe being overturned in the tags of that post

[sleepnoises]

Any nail biting avoidance tips? I want to work on it but it's tough to change, what's been helping/helpful to you?

at least two weeks wearing a rubber band on your wrist that you snap pretty hard when your fingers end up in your mouth; lots of files and clippers and buffers you can tote around with you or keep at your desk to use instead; cuticle oil

also—no shade to "tough to change" bc i absolutely agree—but the mindset shift to not treating it as a fixed & eternal & kinda cute quirk of my personality but something i do for a variety of reasons (want to "smooth out" nail texture, want very very short nails, want xyz physical stimulation) that can be replaced

& also wanting to change for myself because it's good for me (mainly tooth health was motivational here) because three years at a job where i occasionally had to hand model & 28 years in human society sure didn't make me stop!