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[000bun]

[meatgrinder-0]

(INTERDIMENSIONAL CHESS ISN'T FUN WHEN YOU'RE A PAWN)

[choccychipz]

demjin

[artbymesa]

I'm finally playing Mass Effect (Legendary Edition) for the first time (many years far too late) and

Shepard, probably: I could take him

Garrus, probably:

[ebogosian]

Interview with the Vampire: Part 1 (2022) ↳ First Episode vs. Last Episode

[canon-gabriel-quotes]

Transcript:

Greetings. It is I, Gabriel.

I have seen your... Art.

It is most impressive work.

Yet I cannot help but ponder. Why must you depict me in such a way?

Taking it up my bare assed loins?

I would never submit to such poor treatment. Unless?

[deerspherestudios]

I don’t know if this is where I’m supposed to post constructive criticism, but just a small inconsistency I noticed, I hope you don’t mind:

Mychael winks a lot throughout day 1, but then he doesn’t know what winking means when the MC attempts to flirt with him.

Thanks for your time!

That's fair to bring up! Believe it or not, I did hesitate on whether or not to write that bit, but it was a cute interaction that I liked so I left it in haha!

TLDR; Mychael learned to mimic gestures (i.e winking), but can't tell when someone is being flirty, so he misinterpreted MC's intent. He didn't assume they were being playful either judging from their tone.

So if I were to elaborate, Mychael has been mimicking gestures and phrases humans do and say without really understanding them; winking is another part of that.

He doesn't know why people wink, but it makes sense for him to do so when being playful/cheeky because he's seen people do so in similar situations, especially in drawings and cartoons, a more expressive media. It just feels natural to do it too after seeing it happen enough times.

On the other hand, when MC winked at him flirtatiously, he doesn't naturally connect the gesture with that intent. Given his disinterest in romance before meeting MC, he doesn't pay much attention to couples when he's out and about. Plus, he's never had anyone wink in his direction so that contributed even more to his confusion.

[valtsv]

tbh i think i need to put my foot down and point out that the silt verses has an entire fanbase outside of me. if i'm the reason you got into the podcast or you enjoy my fan analysis and art, that's wonderful and makes me very happy, but i'm not the last word (lol) on all things tsv. i don't want to be put on a pedestal as some kind of authority on it. i really don't want to be considered some sort of "big name fan". i have friends in this community and i admire the creators and actors, and the last thing i want is for their efforts to be overlooked simply because i'm more visible by virtue of a higher folllower count or more prolific posting.

[dingodad]

please god i need to know what U think of the whole “jadebloods are all female!” thing because i got into homestuck in 2019 around the time of friendsim and (retching) Lanque so i always assumed they were explicitly intended to be an all-female caste. however, re-reading the comic this year, i couldnt find a mention of it other than virgo and the Space aspect being really feminine, but i think kanayas journey with motherhood is more kanaya-centric than All-Jadebloods centric??

on one hand, it makes sense given that alternia has very real gendered oppression, so what’s better for that than CATHOLICISM?? on the other hand, i always saw kanaya as being transfem coded, because it connects so well with roxy yknow.. homestuck fans love to insist that certain characters just have to be cis women (kanaya, jade, roxy)

(as an aside; was “long hair was butch on alternia” a one off joke? i like speculation about alternia’s fashion opposing earth, lol)

most all of our basis for explicitly gendered interpretation of Alternia comes from act 6 intermission 3, where Aranea tells us that "jade 8loods were also an almost exclusively female caste". so the door has always been open for there to be "some male jadebloods". but it's a mistake to view this as having anything to do with any kind of "biological sex". the whole idea of biological sex among trolls is a smoke screen. the jadebloods' assigned gender at birth is "jadeblood". this is what makes them a feminised caste.

Caliborn doesn't have a clue what biological sex is. Aranea will tell you that there are boy cherubs and girl cherubs, but for your own sanity you need to cast this idea out of your mind: cherub sex takes place between good and evil cherubs - which is determined by their blood - and anything else is just roleplay. Caliborn's attitude toward sexing is that the ones he likes are boys - that's all the thought that goes into it. and that's the mindset we need to be aware of when we delve into understanding troll gender. there are some trolls who have breast tissue and some who don't, but they aren't "mammaries" in any sense, so there's no reason to believe they're actually sexual characteristics of any kind; maybe this is what Lord English chose to base his gender schema on, but the idea that this means there must be "male trolls" and "female trolls" is completely imagined for the narrative convenience of the human reader.

when we read that there are "male-dominated" highblood castes and therefore by implication female-populated lowblood castes, it's not by some coincidence of biology: the highblood castes are male-dominated BECAUSE they are highblood castes. each caste has a role to play in Caliborn's Alternia, and just as the highblooded roles are those of patriarchal domination, the lower castes must take on roles of feminised submission; and in the case of the jades in particular, this means breeding duties. the fact that this also comes with the expectation to wear makeup and pretty clothes is just more roleplay.

so tl;dr what i think of "the all jadebloods are female thing" is that it is very obviously true but in a way more 5 dimensional gender studies way than anyone else tends to mean when they say it

my pet "long hair was butch on alternia" headcanon - which is a joke but in the way all headcanons about alternia should be jokes of some kind - actually kind of relates to this lol. bc i figure that if gendered expectations of female trolls includes working in disgusting underground caverns filled with genetic material, it's going to be practical to keep your hair close to your head where it won't get dirty, in much the same way the feminist image of the short-haired woman became popular in the west during and after world war 2, wherein a lot of women had to start wearing their hair close to their heads to avoid scalping themselves in the factory machinery they suddenly had to start working with. hence kanaya dedicated to her assigned feminine role and wearing her hair short vs. porrim rebelling against it for feminist reasons and thus wearing her hair at a length that would be totally impractical for wading through gene pools.

[holmesunenthusiast]

Do you ever watch a Sherlock Holmes adaptation, and the moment John Watson comes on screen go:

"Yup. That's a John Watson. That is, 100%, no doubt, a John Watson."

YES ABSOLUTELY, personality aside Watson's appearance is super important for me to get immersed. I just become so hyperaware of the fact that it's an ACTOR when he doesn't look like Watson. For a specific case, one of my fave Watsons (outside of 1 to 1 depictions) would have to be Himesh Patel in Enola Holmes. As SOON as I saw that guy I was like 😮😮😮🫵🫵🫵🫵 YOOOOOO WAAAAATSOOOOONNNNNN

But in general, my criteria is as follows:

Have kind eyes. Not sure if it makes much sense but you've got to see some zest for life and love for humanity in Watson's eyes. Yeah, it can be tinged with sadness, but it's GOTTA be there (I think BBCs Watson failed on this front, but Miss Sherlock's Wato-san nailed it).

Be well dressed. Watson is always describing what people wear and how they look, he's a very aesthetically involved man. He once said he was happy a dude got murdered cuz the guy was just THAT butt ugly. If he's wearing some wack ass clothes im NOT watching 🤦🤦 Holmes can look crazy, but Watson absolutely cannot

Be handsome, but fluffy. I feel like CBS especially has a problem with the second half because Elementarys Joan and Watsons Watson are literal supermodels and I just can't get past it. (I haven't seen either, but a gif of CBS Watson came across my dash and in it he was literally like flexing??? In his SLEEP 😭😭?? enough is enough). I appreciate the effort to overcorrect after years of goofy, cartoonish Watson depictions but I'll take that over this tall mewing gigachad any day of the week.

THE FUCKING MUSTACHE Oh my god why the fuck would you even adapt Watson at all if you're not gonna give him a mustache 😭😭 it's the EASIEST FUCKING THING TO DO. GET A MAKEUP TEAM THAT CAN DO A WIGSTACHE I SWEAR TO GOD I dont wanna see some bald lipped hoe come onto my screen and try to tell me they're Watson get out get out GET THE FUCK OUTTTT

[alien-slushie]

Danny: If anyone asks, I'm pregnant.

Sam: Okay.

Tucker: Gotcha

Valerie: Really? You're not even gonna ask?

Tucker: No.

Sam: I really don't want to know.

Valerie: Well okay then.

[sonknuxadow]

its so frustrating how a lot of scu fans cant handle other sonic fans not having the exact same taste in sonic media that they do. like i feel like you can say something negative about literally any other sonic media on here and people generally wouldnt care that much but the second you say anything less than positive about the movies people start getting all weird about it and trying to argue with you ive had it happen to me and seen it happen to others as well .... like the sonic franchise is very big and has many different media types and writing styles not everyone is going to uncritically love everything. get over it ? im not trying to be mean but idk what else to tell you

[ndglt]

dc pls give us this line up in an animated project im begging you

[allgremlinyaps]

streets are saying the next Avatar is a girl

[orbitprism]

respectfully, what?! ↪ chan

[mispelled]

I like alpha trudy I think she's cool