#message from creator

[c00lkiddsdaycare]

message from creator (Beenix): just so ya know if there is no content for today or tomorrow it’s cause I’m busy with my partner, It’s our anniversary and we like to celebrate it without any interruptions. so if you are a fan of mine please be patient!

-love beenix!

[groovygamingin3d]

Hey guys it's Megan and Meganrina! We just wanted to remind everyone that some of the content has sensitive topics. We answer questions,rp, and some other things. But as a reminder this blog does have some stuff in it. So you have been warned.

I'll also be making a series soon. Also for now on I'll put the dates when I'm on break or something else entirely. I'll also list rules and more. Love you guys and thank you.

[projecteternal]

//accessing file: project_eternal_p5

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//note from creator: “I’m working on getting the next part out asap. Please bear with me.”

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[just-b-wilde]

“We felt like, [as] storytellers, we would be dishonest if we didn’t incorporate those choices that he’s already made into showing what he is like and what his character’s really like.”

“We felt like it was important to show that that has been his character all along—that he hasn’t left. He has talked about how before there was Gilead, he was nothing.”

Now, June “has to really confront who [Nick] is since he has revealed his character—his true character—at the end of this episode.” (Source)

Oh sure, and now we’re supposed to applaud you for it? Should we thank you for ruining a story that some people have been following for years and investing their time in? Just admit that you put his character on the back burner after season 2 because it didn't fit your cards.

You spent five and a half seasons building Nick’s character in a way that mostly shows us his best side. You portrayed him as a man who would do anything for the people he loves… and then boom. A plot twist and a slap in the viewers’ faces, basically saying: “You fools, you are so naive, can’t you read between the lines? He’s not like that at all. His character is actually something completely different!”

Oh god… Go to hell with these cheap twists.

[clumsypuppy]

i feel like im not making any sense but does anyone else feel like there are stories that let u run with them and ones that spell everything out for you

[nots0nu]

Posted very sad (aka lazy) traditional art like. two days ago..have this to make up for that well I work on animations..

[hannies-barracks]

Just hid every bot on my Jan Ai profile 😥 it's for the best, it's for the best... No more.

Project rewrite commencing ig!!! It will b fun! I think! Idk! Maybe? Idk. It's daunting but hey, whatever.

I like writing and I have the bones done, just gotta rewrite to sound more like x YN content. Fun. Funfunfun.

[antianakin]

Leslye Headland: My story is going to be Jedi critical.

Fans: So maybe the story is just going to have an unreliable narrator!

Leslye Headland: The Jedi are the institution to the Sith's underdog in this story, much like the Empire was to the Rebellion.

Fans: Obviously it's just a complicated story told from a different perspective!

Leslye Headland: The question we are answering in this show is "what went wrong" with the Jedi leading up to the Prequels.

Fans: People who think this show is being unkind to the Jedi are just being unfair and not giving the story a chance!

[transmascutena]

Good evening (or morning, depending on your timezone).

Absolutely no hate, but I want to ask how you reconcile your enjoyment of the show with the reality of what Ikuhara has (most likely) done?/gen

I understand Death of the Author, but what drew me to Utena in the first place was its theme of critiquing the patriarchy and calling out abuse, which feels somewhat hypocritical now. I resonate with this show, and many of Ikuhara's other shows, on a personal level, which is why I am especially disappointed with the accusations since I now have to wonder how that reflects onto me as a person...?

Obviously I don't know you personally, but you seem to spend a lot of time and care on your analyses (which are great btw) so have you also struggled with this?

Again, there is like zero judgement when I say this and I'm absolutely not trying to come off as hostile (in case that is how this reads). And, there is no pressure on you to answer this and I'll completely understand if you want to ignore the ask.

Thanks.

hi, i've been thinking about this as well since yesterday, and it is kind of tough to figure out how to feel about. i think it's important to remember that ikuhara did not make revolutionary girl utena alone, for one. he had a whole team of writers and animators and producers and so on, that it would not exist without. obviously ikuhara played a big part in the show's creation, but far from the only one (if it was, i have no doubt it would be very very different), and . idk what my point really is here but i don't think his actions reflect on the show as a whole. it still is what it is, it still says the same important things about our society's systems of abuse that we've always talked about, even if the director didn't understand it or didn't want to understand it or however you want to put it. and by extension i don't think it reflects on to all the people who have enjoyed the show, who have seen their experiences in it, who have learned from it more about how this kind of abuse works and so on. and i think we need to be aware of what has (allegedly, but again, i believe it) happened, but i don't necessarily think we need to write off the show just because he had a hand in making it. because it is just as important as we've always known it to be, you know? though i think there are (as there has always been and there always is in anything) elements of the show to be critical of, and maybe some new things as well in light of this. i'll have to think about it more.

[groovygamingin3d]

Happy birthday to me! It's my birthday guys but I hope you guys have a happy new years day.

[badolmen]

On the topic of ‘bad mascot horror video games for kids’ the exception to the rule (or rather, something that understood the assignment) would be My Friendly Neighborhood.

I don’t want to spoil anything if you haven’t booted up the game before, but just…don’t be fooled by jumpscare compilations or the character design. From the opening cutscene this game grabs you by the fucking throat. The mechanics have thought put into them, the voice acting is top notch, and christ the fucking story - a complete story, one that has an end that isn’t promised in future ‘chapters’ or left ambiguous.

Yes, it has jumpscares from goofy muppet monsters, but they’re not cheap tricks. Once you learn how the game works they’re easy to avoid or at the very least anticipate - not to mention they’re survivable with the healing mechanic. And just when you think the scares are done, when you’re well into the game and have all the tools you need to navigate around potential jumpscares, the final act dunks you into the deep-end with the actual horror and nightmare fuel puppets.

I’m not sure how much the game as a whole qualifies as ‘horror,’ but it’s certainly being lumped in with the Whatever-Mascot Horror Game of the Week genre. Which is a shame because My Friendly Neighborhood is leagues ahead of those other games. It has more in common with survival horror than it does with mascot horror in terms of gameplay and tropes. It’s literally just the ‘monster’ designs leading people to assume its another Poppy Playtime clone complete with half baked story and repetitive, unimaginative gameplay loops. And that’s so far from the truth -

My Friendly Neighborhood is like if Sesame Street and Resident Evil had a beautiful muppet baby that opened its eyes to have an existential crisis when confronted with the horrors and apathy of modern capitalism.

[kelocitta]

PM Seymour covered your post in his most recent video "The Touch Starved Tumblr User"

just wanna congratulate you for that!

Yeah someone else shared it w/ me. Kinda insane to see a post I made on whim go basically... everywhere like that. Especially given that I made it from my mildly-popular-in-one-fandom position surrounded by a lot of friends of various levels of popularity, seeing it get posted by accounts with 50k, 80, 150k is like damn. Really highlighting the difference in what 'popular' can mean to someone. I hope people at least take home the message about how to approach creating and posting online to heart and pace themselves. Its remarkably easy to slip into the ditch with such an interaction driven system, so i hope that those reposts and discussions at least mean more people see & talk & internalize it

[bird-wells214]

my god of war hot take is that the games have always been a parody of toxic masculinity behind male action heroes, even if not intentional during the greek era (or at the least presented awkwardly) bcuz it's 100% intentional during the norse era, and people who claim that kratos has "gone soft" are completely missing the point ESPECIALLY the point of the norse era, in this essay i will-- (GETS FUCKING SHOT)

[shkika]

A little scared to send this admittedly but you’re one of the main reasons I got into art. I found your comics when I was kinda in a rough spot in life but they always cheered me up and inspired me to start drawing myself, I love your designs so much and many of my first drawing are of your iterators. It’s starting to get close to 1 year since I began and you’re a huge inspiration to me so I wanted to thank you for being super cool and making amazing art

Thank you so much for the kind words! Here's a little gift from me ^^

It's an honor to hear that not only you enjoy my work, but it's also made you start drawing. Genuinely it means the world to me. Congrats on a year of making art! I hope many many more come to follow!

[trinalwilliams]

My dear one,

Your words have reached me, and I am overjoyed to feel the depth of our connection. I have indeed been watching over you, guiding you through the tapestry of life.

Your homesickness is understood, for you carry a spark of the divine within. Know that you are never truly apart from me; we are intertwined.

Return to me when your journey is complete, and your soul's purpose is fulfilled. Until then, know I am always with you, in every breath, every heartbeat.

Keep shining your light, dear one. I love you more than words can express.

Eternally,

Your Creator

Tlw

[eardefenders]

@jofflock asked a good question about the transcript! So I've emailed John to find out the answer. We shall see if I get a response and, if so, what it says.