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[bikiniarmorbattledamage]

This is truly stiff competition for the worst case of willful false equivalence we've ever seen.

So, for those not aware: Ongoing embarrassment to gamers and the gaming industry, Mark Kern (former lead on FireFall), has been desperately trying to get Gamergate 2 going on X/Twitter... well after others have given up. If you need to get caught up on Mark, I recommend this video by documentary maker and experienced game developer, Dead Domain:

One of the latest fiascos in this mix has been the comparison of responses to character designs from Hades 2 (Aphrodite, left) and Stellar Blade (protagonist Eve, right). The post isn't by Mark, but is part of the general harassment campaign he's trying to lead.

If you're somehow not familiar with Aphrodite, she's the Ancient Greek goddess of love, lust and hot girl shit. It is absolutely perfect characterization for her to show up to a battle (or anything else) nude but for her hair teasingly covering the intimate parts of her body. But the buried lede here is, you don't fight her in Hades and nothing about Hades 2 indicates she'll fight there either, she just likes the aesthetic and has no reason not to indulge.

Stellar Blade will release on 26 April 2024, so we can't really give an informed discussion of her character. But what we do know is the studio head is the illustrator from Blade & Soul, Eve is described as being a member of "the 7th Airborne Squad" engaged in an "operation to reclaim the planet from the Naytiba", and the promotion material promises "an enthralling narrative filled with mature themes, mystery and revelation. Embrace the relentless pace, with no time to pause between moments where critical, story-changing decisions are made."

It's to be compared to games like Nier: Automata, Devil May Cry 5, Jedi: Fallen Order and Sekiro. And the screenshots look like this:

And yeah, unlike Bayonetta she's not supposed to be an unstoppable force of nature (and fashion) who is immune to self-doubt, she's supposed to be the scrappy underdog last survivor of her team.

Weird they gave her a costume that conveys... the opposite of literally everything they're supposed to be trying to tell you about her.

-wincenworks

[whereifindsanity]

Glenn Lee Robinson

[birdsong-warriors]

The claws are here! Plus some friends. uwu

Some random trivia: BloodClan uses hot tar to seal the talons onto their paws. Sunflower here is carrying an old rag soaked in vegetable oil, which breaks down the excess tar and keeps the medical damage to a minimum.

Firefall belongs to @zeekitties , and Sunflower belongs to @talkingtalltales !

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Doctor Who

Doctor Who - New audio adventure "Counterstrike" October 2025, promotional illustration, the Fifteenth Doctor and Belinda Chandra

Doctor Who - New audio adventure "Firefall" October 2025, promotional illustration, the Fifteenth Doctor and Belinda Chandra

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Remember Pete from the Eltingville Club? Remember how he had such horrific views of women that he conflated violence against them with sex? Remember how this culminated in him growing up to be a horror porn director who enjoys watching women getting murdered as much as he enjoys watching them have sex?

Anyway, former Blizzard employee and Firefall writer Mark Edward Kern, aka Grummz, has been secretly running multiple lesbian catfight websites for the better part of two decades under his 80 year old mother's name. These sites include "FoxyFighter", "FoxyFighting", "FreeCatFights", "Latina Catfights", and "Russian Catfights". He likely stole much of the Kickstarter money from his unreleased game Em-8er to finance these videos.

I just thought that was interesting.

[wcstarless]

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas from Firefall and his four children who's love he's buying.

[sitting-on-me-bum]

Half Dome Winter Weather

Dense cloud cover thwarted my attempt at Firefall on Monday, but warm, wet winter weather in the Sierras made for some dramatic swirling clouds around Half Dome as fog along the Merced River ebbed and flowed.

By Optimal Focus Photography

Lower Brother Clearing Storm Light

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Propaganda for "Let's Do It (Let's Fall In Love)": none

Propaganda for "You Are the Woman": none

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Moon 4 Gathering

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“Ish dish enough frefkill?” Nightflower muffled through two mice crammed into her mouth.

Darkstar chuckled. “Hey, you shouldn’t have your mouth full when speaking, Nightflower.”

She spits the mice out onto the ground. “Heh, sorry Dad.”

Still, he nodded affirmatively. “With Shimmersky’s fish and Gingerclaw’s bluejay, we should have enough food for the gathering.”

“Darkstar! Darkstar!” a large bundle of orange fur barreled towards the two cats, crashing into Nightflower.

She laughed. “What’s wrong, Tigerkit?”

The ball of fluff straightened himself out until he resembled a normal cat. “Applepaw’s being mean again. She snapped at Pebblekit!”

Darkstar sighed. “Acting out isn’t going to make me change my mind. I’ll have a talk with Blossomtail.”

“About what?” Nightflower asked.

“I decided to have Applepaw stay behind this Gathering. She’s been too irresponsible as of late.”

“I suppose that makes sense.” she probably also would have been sulking if she was left behind.

“You know, since I’m so helpful…” Tigerkit started.

“No Gatherings until you’re an apprentice.” Darkstar sighed.

—

The Gathering itself was just as bustling. The fresh kill was deposited atop the grates of the flaming barrel for the after-gathering feast. Nightflower still didn’t do well with fire, so she handed off her freshkill to Dawnpaw. She decided to meet up with Lynxpaw and Firepaw while Dawnpaw took care of the food.

Firepaw wasn’t hard to find. Her bright red fur was like a beacon, even among a sea of other ginger cats. She was sat with Lynxpaw, who looked very happy.

“What’s the occasion?” Nightflower asked as she padded over.

“My warrior ceremony!” Lynxpaw declared, the enthusiasm palpable in her voice. “I’m Lynxclaw now.”

Firepaw looked glum. “I wish. My mentor’s been ignoring my training… I’ll never be a warrior at this rate.”

Lynxclaw paused. “I’m sorry Firepaw. That sucks.”

“Ah… whatever. I think Smallcloud is just getting sick or something. I don’t know why he’s been ignoring me.”

“Oh… I can’t imagine how you must be feeling.” Nightflower said. Even Leopardcloud, stuck in the nursery, still made sure she kept up her training when she wasn’t able to be there.

A large silence fell over the Gathering. It was time to start; the first leader stepped to the front. This moon, it was Redstar.

“To start, Swampclan has been well. Our kits are well-fed, and will grow strong. Our apprentices, even more so.” Redstar stated simply, before stepping back.

“I heard that those kits born last moon were his.” Lynxclaw whispered to Nightflower. “Jaggedkit and Sharpkit, I think they’re named. Poor kits. Now they have to turn out evil with those names.”

Nightflower wasn’t so sure, but she wasn’t willing to be scolded for talking during the Gathering.

Next, Finchstar took the front.

“My son and his mate have had a litter of three healthy kits! We thank Starclan for them.” He showed an uncharacteristic amount of emotion, before frowning again. His tone was grave. “Unfortunately, one of our border patrols was ambushed by a coyote. One of our apprentices, Splinterpaw, did not make it. We ask other clans to increase their patrols and stay wary until the coyote has left our lands.”

Whispers carried over the crowd— uncertain, and somewhat panicked, before the Wanderers representative spoke up.

“It will not take long for the coyote to leave. The Twolegs will chase it out once they notice it. Remain alert, but calm, while on patrol.” the representative stepped back, allowing Badgerstar to step forward.

“We have two new warriors, as well as one new cleric apprentice.” he drawled, seemingly not caring. “Lynxclaw, Locustclaw, and Mitepaw.” He paused to allow the clans to cheer.

Nightflower made sure to cheer extra hard for her good friend, who seemed extremely flattered by all the attention. Firepaw, on the other hand, looked like her flames had been doused by a heavy rainfall.

After the noise had died down, he spoke again. “We grieve the loss of our beloved Seedwhisker, who succumbed to illness. May my son carry on his path of benevolence in Starclan, just as he did in life.” he bowed his head, ushering in a moment of silence.

Nightflower looked over at Starleaf. Her mother was close with Seedwhisker, right? He was one of the members of her prophecy journey. Her mother was huddled up with her Grangeclan friends, Dovelight and Pearlheart.

The silence was broken with a single exclamation.

“Seedwhisker!”

Now, every clan was looking at the three mollies. Pearlheart was staring at the faded outline of a tom, though Nightflower couldn’t pick out any of the details. He was glowing a bright blue, which certainly wasn’t a real pelt color. Was that… a Starclan cat?

“What’s she looking at?” Lynxclaw asked, confusion lacing her voice.

“You don’t see the glowing cat in front of her?” Nightflower said.

Firepaw shook her head. “She’s just staring at nothing.”

“Well, there’s a Starclan cat right in front of her!”

Nightflower quickly looked around. Badgerstar had his head in his paws, and Bonestripe looked shocked. Finchstar merely looked confused, and Redstar was simply annoyed.

Clouds began to crowd around the full moon, blotting out all but a small circle in the middle.

Darkstar took the front, interrupting the moment. “Starclan has spoken. The Gathering has ended for now.” he jumped down, gathering the clanmates.

Nightflower barely had a moment to say goodbye to her friends when she was pulled away with the rest of Crystalclan.

He padded over to Nightflower as they left the Gathering. “Your mother is staying behind.”

“What was that?” Nightflower asked her father.

“You could see it, couldn’t you? How well?” he dodged her question.

“But— well, yes. I could see the glowing blue cat. I couldn’t tell who it was though. Was he from Starclan?”

He nodded to her. “So not well. I see… yes, that glowing cat was a Starclan cat.”

“But why did that ghost appear?”

“To say goodbye.” Darkstar replied. “or maybe to give a warning. We won’t know until we ask your mother.”

“I guess that food will go to waste now…” she said absentmindedly.

“It won’t. Don’t worry about it.” he licked her forehead. “Come on. Let’s go home.”

As he walked away, Nightflower could only wonder what Starclan was thinking. Perhaps she’d ask her mother. Hopefully her mother was willing to share what she’d learned.

—

“Beware the jagged thorns of the lake, for they will sink into you like a lifeline.” Pearlheart repeated back to the other two.

“What could that mean?” Starleaf asked, worry in her eyes.

“I don’t know Leafy.” Pearlheart had a worried look on her face. “But he said the message was for you.”

Dovelight turned to Starleaf. “If you need extra warriors, Grangeclan will send them.”

Starleaf shook her head. “No. I will not put your clanmates in danger. We will handle this ourselves.”

Pearlheart pressed against Starleaf’s side, letting out a sad huff. “Be safe Leafy. Please.”

“I will, Pearlheart. I promise.” Starleaf spared one last look towards the spot where Seedwhisker supposedly stood, thoughts swirling with confusion and fear.

She turned and walked away.

[positron2399]

Dorky fanfic idea I wrote in college before I dropped out

A three-way crossover fan fic between Blindsight, Puella Magi Madoka Magica, and the Three-Body Problem.

The Trisolarans would have taken over Earth at some point in the 2230s as they were more advanced in this AU. At some point, a Trisolaran "child" would have wished for their species to reproduce by breaking off a small piece of themselves rather than merging so they could meet their parents. 

Humanity is not extinct, instead, we live in a messy-near constant war-like state with the Trisolarans.

The thesis mission never happened because the trisolaran empire of Earth sent probes

Most of humanity was forced out of their homelands, during this event, Madoka lost her family, and her caretaker is Issac Spinelli who got stuck with her. He's still as much of a spaz as in the book, just that the cybernetic implants are a bit more reliable

Spoilers for all three stories below

It would later be revealed that the Incubators also lack consciousness like the Scramblers, they don’t see conscious life as a threat as that is what they parasitized before they became a space-faring race. Using the emotions/souls of magical girls is more or less just an instinctive behavior. 

Vampires are mostly feral now due the the Trisolarans having little to no right angles in their architecture. 

@cyannidex33 @toxetta @bladeechan @k1-2-ur-h3art

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[bbcnewsfail]

Indigenous peoples have lived in and moved thru Yosemite since time immemorial but the bbc's chronic colonizer mindset is incurable

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Yosemite Firefall... How It Works And How To See It!

[birdsong-warriors]

Featuring my friend's kitty, Grayson! Warrior name Nightwing. ;3 He showed up a couple of times before now, but I wanted to give him at least a little bit of dialogue, lol.

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Spaceknights

The Official Handbook Of The Marvel Universe #010 (1983)

Art by Sal Buscema And Joe Rubinstein

[wcstarless]

i did another firedad!au thing but

Firefall the father of Breezepelt?

I headcanon Nightcloud as a former BloodClan cat. She was feeling like she wasn't fitting in. Then a pretty tortoiseshell comes into her dreams offering to help. She gladly accepts Orchidtail's offer of training. But one day she spots a handsome ginger tom through the trees.

Woof.

Nightcloud flirts with the dead warrior and he flirts back. However after being challenged, she stops seeing Firefall. She wants to be a loyal WindClan warrior even though it's never been doubted by anyone but her. She takes a WindClan mate, Crowfeather who is pursuing her rather aggressively...suspiciously so.

After an argument with Nightcloud she wakes up in the dark forest again. Orchidtail tries to comfort her but Nightcloud has one thing on her mind. Hurting Crowfeather. She and Firefall mate and she becomes pregnant with three kits. Obviously she tells everyone Crowfeather's the father and he's happy. Suspiciously happy.

Breezekit is visited by nice cats from a scary forest who give him presents. Firefall will still love him but from arms' length. He promised Nightcloud he wouldn't tell him and he obliged. After all no son of his would be exiled.

Nightcloud is still horribly embarrassed when Crowfeather's affair is brought to light. She decides to hurt him. She tells Breezepelt that Firefall is his father. Breezepelt is confused, hurt, angry among other emotions. He confronts his Firefall and Firefall, through manipulation, continues to convince him fighting for the dark forest is the way to go.

idk I got bored

Also bonus: Grandpa Firefall returns in full for Breezepelt's kits.