#without telling that they're paywalled

[bugsarmour]

Going to be honest, I'm kinda bummed that Smosh put all their lives behind a paywall after ramping them up on Instagram.

Just reminding everyone here that you can find the Smosh Sitcom(+aftershow), Smosh Under the Influence (+Pre Show) on Internet Archive

(imma try to find more)

[sim-berry]

I'm Tired.

I totally get why many simblrs don't want to name and shame and want to avoid drama, but I'm not one of those simblrs. If I see some bs I'm going to call it out. I only have a few followers (who are lovely and sweet) anyway, so it's not like I'll get a crusade against me. So that's exactly what I'm gonna do, because I'm pissed right now.

I know I don't have a big blog so it's unlikely many will see this, but if you do, please reblog it. Spread the word about creators who have stolen content so that people can stop downloading their cc and supporting them.

One of my favorite creators, Toys of Dukeness, has just deleted all their poses from Patreon and stated that they are leaving the Sims community. Their poses have been STOLEN by other "creators" who have locked them behind paywalls. Keep in mind Toys gives their poses out FOR FREE and they've been STOLEN and put behind paywalls! They're making money off of shit that isn't even theirs! How disgusting is that?? And now they don't even feel welcome in the community that they've given so much to.

And it's funny because I just saw a post from the amazing @simmireen (who makes many of my favorite poses) calling out THE SAME CREATOR for stealing their poses!! Simmireen's poses are stunning and she is kind enough to give them out for free, and she's had her hard work ripped off by an early access paywaller. The same one who drove Toys out of this community: simsulani.

This is a screenshot taken from Toys of Dukeness's post (read the whole thing here) that specifically calls out two of the thieves:

If this keeps happening, more of our wonderful cc creators are going to leave simblr. And I don't blame them one bit. Why put hours, sometimes days, of work into creating content when it's just going to be stolen and profited off of by someone else?

And when those creators do eventually leave, do you know what we'll be left with? Scummy perma-paywallers and early access creators who use minority groups to make money. (As a member of the LGBT I can't tell you how fucking sick I am of seeing "Pride Month Collection- Available to the public on June 30th🥰")

We can't let that happen. We need to support and show love to the creators who allow us to have beautiful cc and amazing poses in our games. I can tell you right now my stories would be nothing without simmireen's and Toys' poses. And they aren't the only creators who have had their cc stolen. We're on here about AI stealing art all the time (which is a totally valid argument, don't get me wrong), meanwhile actual humans, fellow simmers, are stealing content right under our noses, right this moment.

I am TIRED of this. Our content creators are being driven off this site and out of the community entirely because their work is being stolen. Storytellers, including myself, have also had their storylines stolen. I once saw someone take my entire NSB Gen 2 storyline, with even the quotes being copied and pasted! If you don't have creativity, then don't make content, that's okay. What's not okay is STEALING from people who have worked hard on their craft, ESPECIALLY if you're making money off of the stuff you stole.

Again, please reblog if you can. And feel free to share some REPUTABLE creators so simmers know who to download from rather than the thieves. They're the ones who need to be driven out, not the hardworking creators. And anyone who is afraid to vent about this on main can come into my anon and rant all they want. We as a community need to stop this.

-Coco xoxo

[zeichannnnn]

⚠️ In regards to the natlan controversy (and Sumeru by proxy)

Do NOT accuse people of being racist just because your skin colour cannot be found in a game. Learn to know that people don't live in the same situation as you.

Please read this fully for the reality of things I'm sorry for getting political, skip if you don't want to interact

I’m kinda sad at the fact that a lot of people are quick to hate, judge, and scrutinise Hoyo without understanding the situation.

With recent teaser of Natlan characters, people are rightfully upset at the fact that the characters shown to hail from Natlan… don’t exactly look the part. With characters lighter than my own skin tone (I’m a Chinese Southeast Asian by the way, heya) people are calling hoyo bullshit and accusing them of being a racist for failing time and time again at giving us characters with POC shades of skin. Now I’m not here to defend Mihoyo for their actions, or to tell you to stop being mad at the situation being the way they are. No, I’m here to shed you some light of how life is as a game company under the rule of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and Xin Jin Ping (XJP cause I won’t be bothered to type his whole ass name)

I've highlighted points of each section

Any pages that requires translations, I recommend using DeepL instead of google translate because you can check the meanings of specific words and it's translation are better (imo)

Skip to the last part if you just want a summarised version

Before we get into the nitty gritty that is Genshin drama, I'll give you a run-down on what and how China works.

check the part "In relation to Genshin's design choices and how China's beauty standard influences it" if you want to go straight on to the point

People’s Republic of China

is a Unitary Marxist–Leninist one-party socialist republic. This means that China is under a one-party (Chinese Communist Party) rule with communism ideology on how they rule and govern the country and socialist standards for how they manage their economy and everything else. [.]

The CCP holds a very nationalistic view

[.] which is commonly used as propaganda [.] for them to garner either sympathy or control over the people of China. These nationalistic view, in its raw and most rudest form, simply states that Chinese people are pure by upholding traditional Chinese culture (that's not even traditionally Chinese, more or less more catered towards communism and the CCP's ideologies which are that they're great and everyone else is wrong) and not mixing themselves or tainting themselves with things that are not pure (i.e. anything that isn't Chinese, from China, belongs to China) This nationalistic views, which glorifies China and detests anything foreign (i.e. culture, language, people, etc.) have led to a lot of xenophobia being built and nurtured inside of China's society [1] [2] [3]

Aside from the CCP's nationalistic views,

China's society is very censored and monitored by the CCP

[.] Google, YouTube, or more specifically, the internet itself is heavily banned by the government, electing the people to use the CCP's private internet that allows them to be monitored 24/7 through IP location and private information. [1] [2] [3] [4] Aside from heavily monitored and controlled internet access, people in the real world are also actively being watched and monitored through CCTV with facial recognition features and an AI that can predict people's action (yes, exactly like the akasha, and yes, Sumeru arc is based on reality, I won't talk about it here but feel free to read between the lines and compare it with the sources and news articles I'm about to drop on you) [1] [2. Behind paywall] [3] [4] [5]

With its censorship in mind, let us talk about what brings us all here:

the gaming censorship in China.

In order for a game to be published in China, whether it's made by an indie or a multi-billion dollar company, the game has to go through a complicated preliminary test made and assigned by the CCP to play, test, and go through your game before publishing it anywhere in Chinese media [.] This test includes you company's paperwork, your game's paperwork, the things you're displaying in your game, and the story it's trying to tell. There are not that many rules on what should and should not appear inside of your game, such as: polyamory, the undead (in both graphic and non-graphic manner), etc. That should be considered tame and should cause no problem, however, we do have a problem with one of the rule given which is: Emphasizing Cultural Sensitivity.

Emphasizing Cultural Sensitivity

in the article I've mentioned before, describes it as "Games should impart “correct” information on politics, law, and history, as interpreted by the authorizing agency." Now what does "correct" information entail? Who fucking knows because truth is relative. Facts, when in the eyes of the CCP, are relative to what they believe is to be right and what they want us to believe is right.

Now with that out of the way, let us get into the main deal.

MiHoYo

(not to be confused with Hoyoverse/Cognosphere which is their international branch) is a is a Chinese video game development and publishing company, founded by three classmates from university Cai Haoyu, Liu Wei, and Luo Yuhao [.] That means that Genshin Impact's development, ever since it was at its infancy, first-established days, and updates until the near future, are all subjected onto that game censorship law that I mentioned earlier. Now you might all be wondering, what does all of those rules have to do with genshin characters having dark skins? To that I point you towards the fact that MiHoYo and the CCP are and have been actively working together ever since around September 2021. [1] [2]

Cooperation between MiHoYo and the CCP

Ever since Genshin Impact's massive hit both nationally and internationally, its massive fanbase has hit the internet no one has ever seen before. It is the first ever Chinese game that has gotten world wide acclaim and with that, new eyes begin to look upon China. It is no surprise to anyone that Genshin is very particular about showing and promoting Chinese culture to the outside world. Genshin has somehow become the face to Chinese culture in just a year, with limited events such as Lantern Rite and Moonchase festival to showcase China's cultural beauty. With world-wide acclaim comes a price, wherein the CCP no longer treats Genshin as "another game" but a tool that they can use to promote and advertise themselves into the global population.

Begin the censorship and micro-manipulation of things in Genshin

New gaming censorship dropped after the Genshin Impact became a hit in the industry, with even Venti and Gorou as examples of characters that should not appear in media published in China (effeminate man) [.] In additional to the list I've linked in the "the gaming censorship in China" section, a lot more additional rules have been added to that list, such as: queer representation, morally grey character, but I what I want you to look at more is the section where "historical elements, including characters, maps and clothing, should conform with mainstream accounts." in addition to that, a self-regulation pact was made between game companies and the CCP that bans any and all content that is deemed "politically harmful" and "historically nihilistic." Now focus more onto that "historically nihilistic" point, what does that mean?

Historical nihilism

is a term used by the CCP and many Chinese scholars to describe research or discussions deemed to contradict an official state version of history in a manner perceived to question or challenge the legitimacy of the CCP [.] TLDR; it's a term used for when what you're saying clashes or goes against what the CCP said. Why is this important you may ask? It's because that now, at this point, if anything Genshin does something—whether that'd be plotline, design etc.—that the CCP thinks shouldn't exist or be represented, they have the lawful right to block or stop it from reaching the final product. Now this, this is what happened to Genshin's Sumeru and Natlan cast.

In relation to Genshin's design choices and how China's beauty standard influences it

white has always been a predominant part of modern Chinese beauty culture, for some reason (I don't know and I'm not going to go that deep into it, research it on your own if you're curious) In fact, it's not only China but also Asian culture in general. White skin has always been hailed as pure and beautiful here in Asia, where the line "as pale as the moon" is a common compliment to give to someone. Skin colour that are tan or even darker are connected to being dirty or stinky. Despite the younger generation not really adhering to that view, the older generation (calling out the CCP here) upholds that standard till this day. Pin straight hair, round eyes, pale white skin, and a thin figure are the standards put upon those born as female. Their male counterpart are not that different, with lean and fit being the preferred body type rather than big muscles or bulky forms.

The reason behind why this is the case is because of Asia's strict social code in rules and appearances. We must appear prim and clean, that means no dyed hair, no tattoos, no piercings, and minimal make-up. Anyone that goes against those rules are regarded as delinquents or deviants that usually break the rules and do criminal activities (despite it not being the case) Having a bulky stature also applies to that list, regardless of what gender you are, and especially for men. You're regarded as dangerous, criminal, bad influence if you look like that in public (this is why we don't have that much bulky characters gang and why we were robbed of heavy muscles Itto orz) (he deffo was very bulky in the original design, probably similar to the Nobushi but it got nerfed in final product)

Given all of that in mind, it's no wonder that Sumeru's and and Natlan's casts are mostly white... but were they always that way?

The original skin colour design for Natlan cast might've been darker than what we have in the final product.

As a lot of people have mentioned (especially with the many beautiful edits I'm very fond of) the character designs for Natlan's new up-coming rosters looks better with darker skin tone. Take for examples this edit right here:

taken from @ rarepairz on twitter [source]

Their designs (with darker skin tones) seem to pop more, giving highlights onto their clothes and accessories in comparison to the original design. Here are more examples of this happening:

taken from @ Wabs_nabs on twitter [source]

It is especially clear to anyone with basic colour theory that the colour used for designing the clothes and accessories and highlights in the hair look better with darker skin colour. There is *intent* on making it this way in comparison to woeful ignorance of making them look white as hell. If they were to intentionally to make the characters look white, they would've chosen a better colour for the clothes, less bolder ones and eye-popping ones to contrast with the already luminescent light that's emitting from the skin.

And this is not the case for only Natlan, by the way! The same thing happened when the Sumeru cast was first leaked. Case in point this:

taken from @ animuswonder on twitter [source]

and my personal art of Cyno and Nari:

Look at how much contrast there is between their colour palette or how much resonance there is, with Cyno his more cold-colour attire and hair, in comparison to his deep dark warm skin or Tighnari that's the epitome of a "spring girl" like come on man. There's INTENT in those designs, to have more darker shades than they are in the game. Sadly, they just can't do it due to censorships. Why? Because, as I have mentioned before, darker shades of skin are represented as dirt here in Asia as we glorify pale skin more.

The representation of uniqueness and differences in Chinese game is not common due the fact that most Asian countries are homogenous, which means they prefer everyone and everything to be the same, to look the same, and follow and do the same things. They do not advocate for uniqueness, they do not advocate for individuality, they advocate for us to conform and to follow like a sheep in a herd. Because of that, most people spend their whole life trying to whiten up their skin, keeping them light, and those who are darker than most are shown prejudiced and scrutinised.

Mentioning again the fact that MiHoYo and the CCP are working closely together, Genshin Impact is currently being used as a cultural weapon by the government. With MiHoYo showing numerous time that they've donate and support Chinese cultural heritage, the CCP is using that fact and holding control over Genshin as a way to promote and advertise sympathy towards Chinese culture and the Communist regime by proxy. It's like how your parents are getting you to eat broccoli brownies in hopes that you'd eat normal broccolis and other vegetables by proxy. Everything and anything that Genshin shows in its game are now under close inspections of the CCP and colourism especially will not fly-by their radar.

In conclusion

Your anger and hatred towards the new characters’ designs are justified, however the person you aim those anger and hatred should not be towards Mihoyo, or Liu Wei, or any of the staff members but towards the situation and the laws and the local government MiHoYo has to adhere to.

We're already lucky to have MiHoYo even wanting to represent and shpw different cultures from different parts of the world, telling us engaging stories, and incentivising us to think more and to be be more of us instead of following the crowd and to judge those in power (if you are literate and have the ability of a 6th grader, you know the theme Genshin Impact is showing in its story). In a world where they aren't able to live as freely as people outside of mainland do, they shouldn't have to put their life at risk by creating a game that goes against the CCP's laws that will lead to a deduction to their social points (yes, those actually exist, WAKE UP). Yet they do, they update every month, telling stories, creating characters with many characteristics that goes against Chinese gaming laws, just for us to enjoy.

Do NOT accuse people of being racist just because your skin colour cannot be found in a game. Learn to know that people don't live in the same situation as you.

You are right to be mad, you are right to be upset, but do not condemn them for something they hold no power to. It's between their lives and your fantasies and if you choose to value your delusion over their livelihood then that just shows what kind of a person you are.

Where's this conviction towards other game companies aside from MiHoYo? Where's the rightful air when it comes to companies that breathe much fresher air? Do they not have the same responsibility? Or is it because you actually do not care and merely want to point your unbridled emotions towards something or someone? If so, you're pointing at the wrong person.

[genericpuff]

I'm sorry, but this should come as a shock to absolutely no one.

Just a little bit of 'insider info' (and by 'insider' I mean I was a part of the beta testing crew a few years ago) Webtoons has been messing with AI tools for years. You can literally play test that very same AI tool that I beta-tested here:

Mind you, this is just an AI Painter, similar to the Clip Studio Colorize tool, but it goes to show where WT's priorities are headed. I should mention, btw, that this tool is incredibly useless for anyone not creating a Korean-style webtoon, like you can deadass tell it was trained exclusively on the imports because it can't handle any skin tone outside of white (trying to use darker colors just translates as "shadows" to the program, meaning it'll just cast some fugly ass shadows over a white-toned character no matter how hard you try) and you just know the AI wouldn't know what to do with itself if you gave it an art style that didn't exactly match with the provided samples lmao

And let's be real, can we really expect the company that regularly exploits, underpays, and overworks its creators to give a damn about the ethical concerns of AI? They're gonna take the path of least resistance to make the most money possible.

So the fact that we're now seeing AI comics popping up on Webtoons left and right - and now, an actual "Webtoon AI" branding label - should come as zero shock to anyone. Webtoons is about quantity over quality and so AI is the natural progression of that.

So yeah, if you were looking for any sign to check out other platforms outside of Webtoons, this is it. Here are some of my own recommendations:

ComicFury - Independently run, zero ads, zero subscription costs (though I def recommend supporting them on Patreon if you're able), full control over site appearance, optional hosting for only the cost of the domain name, and best of all, strictly anti-AI. Not allowed, not even with proper labelling or disclosure. Full offense to the tech bro hacks, eat shit.

GlobalComix - Very polished hosting site that offers loads of monetization tools for creators without any exclusive contracts or subscriptions needed. They do offer a subscription program, but that's purely for reading the comics on the site that are exclusively behind paywalls. Not strictly anti-AI but does require in their ToS that AI comics be properly labelled and disclosed, whether they're made partially or fully with AI, to ensure transparency for readers who want to avoid AI comics.

Neocities - If you want to create your own site the good ole' fashioned way (i.e. HTML / CSS) this is the place. Independently run, offers a subscription plan for people who want more storage and bandwidth but it only costs $5/month so it's very inexpensive, and even without that subscription cost you won't have to deal with ads or corporate management bullshit.

Be safe out there pals, don't be afraid to set out into the unknown if it means protecting your work and keeping your control as a creator. Know your rights, know your power.

[zekyrith]

Chromatic Cabaret [Gay Bar/Club]

Hey, Simblr peps!

Here's a gay bar/club that I created, and wanted to share with you all. I call it the Chromatic Cabaret. It's a 40x30 lot, that I built for 28 Civic Circle in Lucky Palms. I built it with guys in mind because they're my favorite , but feel free to change if you.

This is pretty exciting, as this is the first time I ever shared anything I built, and I've been playing the Sims 3 for 16 years (by the gods, has it really been that long?).

Download: Google Drive | SFS

TOU:

None! Do whatever you want. Just credit me, and maybe don't put it behind a paywall.

Disclaimer: Please, please tell me if something is amiss with it, as the last thing I would want, is to share something that's broken. Also, maybe confirm it's free of bad CC. I ran it through Custard, and it looked fine, but I'm hardly an expert with it. Lastly, you may have to reapply a couple of patterns.

Content Used:

Official Content:

Expansion Packs:

Late Night

Into the Future

World Adventures

Generations

University

Showtime

Ambitions

Stuff Packs:

Town Life Stuff

Master Suite Stuff

70s, 80s & 90s Stuff

Worlds:

Lucky Palms:

Nectar is Necessary Barstool

Casino Column

The Wong Way Bistro Table

The Wong Way Bistro Chair

Yucca Plant with Blossoms

Yucca Plant without Blossoms

Palm Royal

Sectional Cement Fence

Roaring Heights:

Liquid Light Neon Tubes (all pieces)

Store Content:

Mid-Century Modern Dining and Style Set:

Countdown Sconce

Three's a Crowd Ceiling Light

Future Shock Living:

Botanists Nightmare

Ultra Lounge Bedroom:

Mirror-Mirror

Ultra Lounge Dining:

Grove Cone Ceiling Light

Viva Las Vegas Bedroom:

City Never Sleeps

Custom Content:

Custom Content by @aroundthesims:

Neon Lights:

[Link]

Neon Light - Line

Neon Light - Circle

Neon Light - Cocktail

Irish Pub Drinks:

[Link]

Bottle of Syrup

Whisky Bottle (don't remember which one)

Vodka Bottle

Porto Bottle

Martini Bottle

Gin Bottle

Bailey's Bottle

Custom Content by @murfeelee:

C2077 LGBT+ Mini Set:

[Link]

C2077 Male Neon Light

C2077 Love Neon Light

C2077 Misty Inspired Set:

[Link]

C2077 Tube Light - Vertical

Custom Content by @simcredibledesigns:

Teach Me Passion Mirror:

[Link]

Funny Lamps Drink Table:

[Link]

Invisible Dance Floor Rug (5x5) by Superstorm:

[Link]

Serious Bartender (Invisible Bar) by @aa6x7:

[Link]

Useless Hand Dryer by Cyclonesue:

[Link]

The Sims 2 Wall Decor - Part 3/15 by @martassimsbookcc:

[Link]

Sims Must Wash Hands Sign

Recessed Light AF709 by DOT:

[Link]

Rack for Cues by Simalia. Thanks @sims3lostsets:

[Link] (it's in the casino set)

Colorful Horizontal Pics by Lamare:

[Link]

Male Paintings - Part 3 by @venusprincess-ts3:

[Link]

Male Paintings - Part 1

The Perfect Night | Miranda Mocktail Drinks by @artvitalex:

[Link]

Rainbow Geometric Collection by @wanderingsimsfinds:

[Link]

Diamonds 4

Geometric 5

Patterns by @omfgingers:

[Link]

R5

R8

Male Angel Statues by sim_man123:

[Link]

Male Angel Statue 1

Male Angel Statue 2

Male Angel Statue 4

[moonbiscuitsims]

Cyberpunk 2077 - Oda Cyber-Ninja Set (Sims 4 cc)

This set includes the following Cyberpunk 2077 Conversions: 🐱‍👤 Oda's mask with light emission (hat category):

2 variations with and without hood. One is Oda's mask with Arasaka logo with glowing red emission. The other is a plain cyber-ninja mask with no logo and with white light emission in all colours (I couldn't have different coloured emissions in one package so chose white as neutral for the glow). The without hood one is for if you wanna use it with a different or no top, the hood one is only for the jacket version since it looks weird on its own.

🐱‍👤Oda's Outfit:

🐱‍👤Oda's Cyber-ninja jacket (jacket category):

Includes a swatch with all the logos for Oda, and then a lot of plain no logo swatches with coloured buckle detail in all colours. 🐱‍👤Oda's Cyber-ninja pants + shoes (see above picture, pants category): 2 swatches, with logos and plain. The shoes are attached to the pants 🐱‍👤Addon recolour of @hamsterbellbelle 's mantis blades (left bracelet category)

Oda's one has arasaka logo (you can't see with the jacket) glows red and all the colours that glow white, matching the mask and the jacket. The glows are synced. I got explicit permission by hamster to modify the uvs for some things (just so the arasaka logo on oda's one is not backwards lol), but I cloned their package/mesh, so please download the original too to not cause any issues like it missing. I don't know it it requires it or not since I made changes but thank you @hamsterbellbelle o(〃＾▽＾〃)o 🐱‍👤DOWNLOAD HAMSTERBELLBELLES BLADES

🐱‍👤Info, and Issues: -Has normal and specular maps. - Pants are a bit stretching weird between the legs, I couldn't fix it. You see it when sim separates the legs. I think I accidentally merged it somewhere during the process. Sorry - Blurry logos (not all just some). I didn't have any uv space left, and I don't know how to do transparent decal meshes for cas. So i just put them in the texture image and therefore they're a bit blurry on areas where the texture was small. - Textures are hq but I don't play with that mods so no idea if it made a difference. - HIGH POLY, especially the clothing and the jacket. Be mindful of use if you have a crusty laptop that struggles with sims 4 :( I tried my best to optimise the mesh but it is just a very complex outfit and that is after deleting tons of details and things. In my game it runs fine, so hopefully should be ok. - The hood version doesn't perfectly align with jacket where the fabric connected, since I made the hood a separate hat, but you can't tell much. - Cloned package for helmet from Battuu for emission to work, but it shouldn't require this pack since I imported all Lods and textures. I tested without the pack and it appears. However it won't appear if you use the filters, so just find it in the menu with no filters. Any issues or it doesn't show up pls tell me. - weird distortion on buckles on jacket, I tried fixing weights and such but couldn't fix this little bit, it's very small. - Don't forget mesh for the mantis blades and check out hamsters stuff :) one does not play cyberpunk on sims without it 🐱‍👤PLEASE READ AND RESPECT MY CC TERMS OF USE: - DO NOT REUPLOAD - DO NOT PUT BEHIND PAYWALL OF ANY KIND - DO NOT INCLUDE CC IN ANY DOWNLOADS (link to my download) - DONT CLAIM YOU MADE IT 🐱‍👤If you would like to consider supporting my work, you can donate to my PATREON , all content is free, but donating would really help me create more

🐱‍👤DOWNLOAD GOOGLE DRIVE 🐱‍👤DOWNLOAD PATREON There's a merged file, don't download both merged and separated or you'll have duplicates.

‼‼‼AND REMEMBER!!!! WATCH THE DISTANCE; HE WILL SLICE YOU LIKE FISH!!! 🍣YOU WILL BRING DEATH TO YOUR DOOR 🐱‍👤 🐱‍👤 🐱‍👤

[tobiasdrake]

Not saying that it's doomed to fail or anything, but if Brave New World ends up being a bust box-office wise, do you fear Disney will blame DEI and start making moves to replace Sam as Captain America? Normally I wouldn't be nervous about stuff like this, but given the political climate right now it's a genuine worry to have...

No, I feel ya. I'm nervous too. The return of RDJ is already a clear indicator that they're becoming desperate to recapture past glory.

Unfortunately, Disney is a corporation. Their ideology is to follow culture to wherever the profits seem to be. For a time, LGBT representation was improving because of cultural shift. Art both reflects culture and reinforces culture.

This is why Disney's always flipflopped on exactly how much to support LGBT rights. Because the answer is, "The exact amount of support that will sell tickets to LGBT people but without alienating the customers who hate them." And everything Disney does is an exercise in negotiating where exactly that line is.

The main problem Marvel's having right now is that the Multiverse Saga just isn't any good. The multiverse can be interesting as a mechanism for telling individual stories. Everything Everywhere All At Once certainly proved that.

But as a substitute for the Infinity Gauntlet storyline? It sucks. There aren't any interesting moving parts to it. There's no sense of progression the way there were with each time a new Gem was established or we learned a bit more about them and Thanos. The only thing the multiverse can do is exist, so every time it comes up, it's just characters pointing at the multiverse and going "LOOK. An interesting movie's going to come out of that some day!"

Worse than that, they made the boneheaded decision to break up their universe into more isolated and disconnected stories in Phase Four, which completely destroyed the ongoing audience investment in their universe as a whole.

And then there is the box office poison that is the shadow of Disney Plus looming over their enterprise. A lot of people around the world subscribe to Disney Plus. But a lot of people don't. And they don't want to watch a movie that they think they need to have done homework in a separate medium for first.

I get that. I dropped Kingdom Hearts when they came out with two gacha games for mobile phones that are plot-critical to understanding future games. I did not get into this series to play gacha games on my phone. I could forgive the occasional genre shift on a handheld video game platform but that was a bridge too far.

If you told me that the next Captain America movie is going to be connected to the video game Captain America: Super Soldier for the Xbox 360, that would adversely affect my willingness to pay ticket prices. Marvel was insane to think that every filmgoer would be comfortable crisscrossing platforms between the theatrical films they're comfortable in and a paywalled set of television miniseries.

This is why Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and the Netflix shows originally had an exclusively one-sided relationship with film canon. Where the movies are canon for them, but they aren't canon to the movies. Where Sif might show up for an episode of Agents, but you will not see Agents Fitzsimmons popping in to Thor: Ragnarok to pitch in and fight Hela.

It was to avoid exactly this.

There's a lot of things going wrong for Marvel these days.

But. When a minority led movie does badly, the minorities are the first on the chopping block. Even when other minority-led movies did spectacularly. So. Yeah. I do worry about what lessons Marvel's executive team will learn from the recent performance of their films.

[badass-queer-couples-battle]

Don't you think it's funny cause actual canon gay characters in BL manga will say "I love you" but only the shounen bromance can spew out some of the most romantic shit akin to a 19th century poet writing a letter expressing his surpressed love for his lover 😭.....

Genuniely can't tell if it's bait or not, but I'm going to treat this ask seriously anyway.

Here, have some examples of beautiful and poetic expressions of love in BL media!

I'm going to start with my favourite murder husbands, Wen Kexing and Zhou Zishu from Word of Honor/Faraway Wanderers!

This happens in episode nine, less than one third into the story- it's that early, they've known each other for like a week and are already able to tell they're meant to be. They've made their decision to be together, and over the course of the story:

They defend each other multiple times and fight side by side in multiple episodes, sometimes protecting their adopted kid/mentee Chengling as well

Zhou Zishu is willing to go against the whole martial arts society for his boyfriend. With zero hesistation, might I add.

They both know the other has done horrible things (lots of murder on both sides here) and that's not only okay, it's a big part of why they're soulmates and get each other so well!

Zhou Zishu is slowly dying (poisoned nails in his chest, long story) and Wen Kexing can and will risk his life to save him. Don't worry, they get a happy ending both in the show and the novel even if the show's last episode is behind a paywall and Netflix didn't even include it for some reason?

But enough about them, let's move on to the immortal fantasy genre boyfriends Hua Cheng and Xie Lian from Heaven Official's Blessing!

Please note how Hua Cheng is ready to accept Xie Lian in whatever state he's currently in- as a god, a fallen outcast, even grieving and angry and at his absolute lowest. He's stood by Xie Lian in his worst moments, even if at the time Xie Lian had no idea it was him.

Hua Cheng has loved Xie Lian for 800 years, ever since he was a boy Xie Lian saved from falling to his death during a procession.

Xie Lian became a god, then fell due to horrible circumstances, almost committed a war crime against another nation that destroyed his country, spend 800 years wandering the mortal realm as a poor cultivator with his powers greatly reduced, and eventually ascended to become a god again. Throughout it all, Hua Cheng loved him and did his best to help him and then find him.

They're both adorable and the definition of a power couple once they're reunited- no spoilers, but they eventually fight an incredibly powerful god side by side and win & the last scene in the story is them reuniting for good since there's no more obstacles to their immortal love.

Let's move on to my favourite Japanese BL, Our Dining Table (also available as a series that came out semi-recently, but the examples below are from the manga.)

Yutaka is a lonely salesman who meets Minoru, a restaurant worker and his much younger brother Tane grieving the death of their mother.

Yutaka and Minoru hit it off by bonding through food they cook and share. The series is incredibly heartwarming, and as seen above Yutaka becomes a much happier person thanks to both his new relationship and big brother-like bond with little Tane.

As a little bonus, the whole found family together!

This post can't be complete without Golden Stage (or Golden Terrace, as the English official translation calls it).

Fu Shen and Yan Xiaohan aren't even in love at this point! This is at the beginning of the story, when their marriage has just been arranged by the emperor and they're still bitter rivals.

Yan Xiaohan is already protective of his future husband- later on, he also builds him a mansion meant to accommodate his disability (nerve damage in both legs, which requires a wheelchair and/or crutches). They're both incredibly powerful military generals, and the emperor was an idiot thinking an arranged marriage would humiliate them.

Of course they fall in love, of course they're a power couple, of course they send each other letters through trained geese when they're separated during the war, of course they run to each other as fast as they can across a wide cold river when they're finally reunited! Of course they're important to me!

....Aaand how about some Wangxian to wrap up this post? They need no introduction, an absolutely wonderful and complex relationship in a complex fantasy/intrigue story available in several forms - the books, the animated series (as seen above), the live action series, the audio drama, there's so much!

Some of their most beautiful moments:

Lan Wangji writing a song for Wei Wuxian and naming it Wangxian. Years after it's composed, Wei Wuxian plays it and LWJ is able to recognise him even in a different body.

LWJ begs WWX to come with him to Cloud Recesses, to safety, after WWX makes himself an enemy of the whole cultivation world for protecting innocent people.

They confront the final villain together, and work together to expose his crimes. This is also when their final love confession happens, and it's hilarious- in front of everyone's salad, WWX declares he also wanted to sleep with LWJ.

Despite censorship, the animated series was still able to allude to their wedding, showing them in red wedding robes (unfortunately can't find a gif rn)

Respectfully, if you genuinely think BL doesn't have beautiful love confessions and displays of romance, you need to find better BL.

[mayvnwrites]

So I complained about Etheria Restart, and now I'm gonna replace that with a game I think is underrated.

I don't really like anime gothic vampire aesthetic, but Silver and Blood: Requiem uses it in a way that draws you into the world they're building. The story telling is pretty phenomenal as well, and even if you can tell what's happening, you're still kinda invested because you want to see how the characters react to the reveal.

It helps that there's a lot of gray in the characters, and honestly neither of the opposing sides feel like they're on the protag's side, technically.

As for our protag, he is a guy who wakes up with amnesia, but considering shortly before he was just *spoiler spoiler spoiler*, it kind of feels like memory loss is at least a little expected? And his mysterious past seems at least a little bit involved with spacetime shenanigans, so some of it is actually future and not past... it's complicated.

I also enjoy the "yeah, defy fate yada yada, but we don't even know what fate is so maybe we should figure it the fk out first" vibes.

As for gameplay... um, well, it's not going to be easy for people who don't have some sort of sense for who to prioritize and how to party build, but it's also not stupidly prohibitive for people just messing around and trying things.

The level sync is always nice to see, which lightens the load a bit, and level resets cost barely anything if you really need it, but resources are slow to accumulate.

That said, they're at least not locked behind a paywall, and there's an idle resource collection system, so if you're stuck just set the phone down and coome back to it later when you get more resources.

The pulls add up quick, too, and after 150 in standard you can choose an ssr of your choice.

For tips on who to build in early game, Jestel is good enough for an early tank, and Bella is a great cheese to help delay mobs and spread out enemy's damage to avoid overwhelming your tank. Both these units are free, although Bella is a 7days mission clear reward. Then you probably need a ranged character and an aoe, most preferably a ranged aoe.

Only level 5 chars, because you will open up a level sync eventually, allowing you to progress without spending level up resources on more than 5 chars (which is probably why the level materials are scarcer than expected, in retrospect).

Other than that, have fun and check it out if gothic vampires and story emphasis interests you.

[sysmedsaresexist]

do you have any sources documenting programmed DID?

You know, when I was in school for social work, in order to take the 3 classes on programming, cults, and treatment, I had to have a police check and go through three interviews with faculty. Each semester, this had to be redone. Three interviews, each semester.

There's a reason that a lot of the research and articles about this are hidden behind paywalls and found in specific journals by order to clinic only.

I do have sources, and several are available through Google with proper search terms, if you so desire.

I'm sorry, but I will not be linking any.

TW for the rest of this post. You can stop right here. There's zero reason to keep reading if you already agree.

This is the most I've ever said on this topic and it'll likely be the last.

Remember to mind your spoons and take care of yourselves.

Anyways, support organizations like NCMEC! Let's bring these children home!

Some of the things from my education are still burned into my brain to this day. People can be very sick. The world is a horrible place. The mind is far more malleable than people give it credit for (without even getting close to conspiracy theories).

I would love to offer sources, but this isn't a game I want to play.

I will leave it at this. Dissociative responses start small, and are caused incredibly easily. Training this response in others is easy. This can be accidental or purposeful.

Yes, it is so easy, it can happen accidentally. This is why we needed to be interviewed, because it's so easy that anyone who took that class could go and start fucking people up royally.

I am not exaggerating, I'm not telling a story. If you think it's not possible, you don't understand dissociation at all.

You don't understand how easy it is to plant that first seed of, "just relax," how easy it is to stretch that type of dissociation, and how easy it is to mold it once you notice it happening to your victim. These abusers don't start out trying to cause DID, they're trying to create silent, discrete victims by having them dissociate the discomfort and/or memories away. That happens in a lot of ways and can take a lot of sharp turns.

And so, it happens.

There are organizations that have been doing this for a very long time (particularly within trafficking, that have been in battle with various international police forces for decades) and have it down to an art. The vast majority of the time, DID is an inconvenient accident that they'll still take advantage of, because what else can they do? They want amnesia, not alters. They want complacency, not unpredictability. They want your strength and will to be crushed, not broken off.

But they still want the money. They want the work they put in to pay off.

A lot.

And more often than not, people don't go on to tell their story, unfortunately.

[lurkingshan]

Cherry Magic Episode 10

They tried it again this week with adding another restriction on this show, but we shall persevere! The rest of the episodes are apparently going to be behind a paywall on Viu on air date, and then become free access the following day. The upside to paying the small premium membership fee is we can finally see Tay Tawan in 1080p as god intended (and pro tip: there do not seem to be any screen limits, buy one account and split it amongst friends).

With all that figured out, we got to another excellent episode of this show! Big, big relationship growth for Achi and Karan this week, as they learned that hiding their real feelings and desires from each other doesn't help them (and gave us an A+ forehead kiss parallel). I loved the nuance of it all, too—Karan was lying about sitting outside Achi's house every night and trying to hide how sad he was about Achi missing Loy Krathong, but he also genuinely had no anger toward Achi about it and was just trying to make things easier for him. And Achi was telling Karan he wanted the practice time apart (honestly, horrible idea boys, your time together is precious) while secretly hoping Karan would come see him anyway. In relationships, you can't claim to want one thing while secretly hoping for another and expect that to pan out for you.

And I love that Achi did realize that, and that he does trust Karan even despite these little white lies, and that this time, he had to step up and be the one to make the grand gesture to make sure Karan knows he loves him and will miss him. Roping in the office gang to help pull off the surprise was a fun turn of events, and I love that his confidence has grown enough that he can ask for that help without being embarrassed. They're going to be fine through this separation, and when they are back together I look forward to the show addressing the elephant in the room, because when they were walking together on their date I couldn't help but notice that they would have been holding hands were it not for the barrier Achi's powers present. They need to be able to have intimacy while maintaining privacy and mental space, and we know what needs to happen to get there!

I also loved the Jinta/Min story this episode, and that we got to see Jinta do a much less dignified version of Karan's pining. The plot about fans shipping Min with his dance partner was new and felt like exactly the kind of thing that would come up in his career, and that Jinta would flail over. I like that Min saw exactly what was going on and called him on it. The irony of Jinta being the one who can read minds but Min being the one who actually understands everything happening between them is delicious. And Jinta showed up for him in a big way after his loss by not only affirming how he sees Min, but showing Min that he still has fans who feel the same way. Excellent boyfriend behavior from our friend Jinta.

As for Rock and Pai, it looks like we'll be getting our final answer there next week, but given that Pai continues to be uninterested in romance and focused on her work and her hobbies, I don’t think it will go the way Rock hopes. He is barking up the wrong tree (his instincts for romance are clearly NOT strong, given he had no idea Achi and Karan were a couple), and I am hopeful that Pai will tell him so next week.

[marta-bee]

News of the Day 7/2/25: Trump, Foreign Affairs, and the Art of the Deal

Paywall free.

During the campaign, Trump promised to solve both the wars against Ukraine and Gaza "on day one." That's hyperbole; fine. But we're now nearly six months out, and we're not seeing meaningful progress in either conflict.

Iran's slightly different because there wasn't an obvious war against Iran proper before a few weeks ago, but again, he jumped in with no real understanding or plan, expected a quick victory (or at least what he could call victory), and when that didn't happen he was eager to move on to talk about nearly anything else. You can see it in the way he was so eager to claim "total obliteration" of Iran's nuclear program long before any reasonable person would expect the intelligence groups to know what had been destroyed, whether Iran had squirrelled away uranium and centrifuges elsewhere, or anything of the like.

Put more simply, our president has both the patience and understanding of a toddler.

It actually makes some degree of sense when you remember he's first and foremost a businessman, particularly the kind of businessman. The first few chapters of The Art of the Deal are telling.

Most people are surprised by the way I work. I play it very loose. I don't carry a briefcase. I try not to schedule too many meetings. I leave my door open. You can't be imaginative or entrepreneurial if you've got too much structure. I prefer to come to work each day and just see what develops. There is no typical week in my life. I wake up most mornings very early, around six, and spend the first hour or so of each day reading the morning newspapers. I usually arrive at my office by nine, and I get on the phone. There's rarely a day with fewer than fifty calls, and often it runs to over a hundred. In between, I have at least a dozen meetings. The majority occur on the spur of the moment, and few of them last longer than fifteen minutes. I rarely stop for lunch. I leave my office by six-thirty, but I frequently make calls from home until midnight, and all weekend long. It never stops, and I wouldn't have it any other way.

Try to get past the disjointed sentences and that farsical statement abut reading the papers each morning if you can. What strikes me is the pace of it all. Fifty calls a day is six an hour; even if he's doing ten in the evening, which is a lot, that's still one every twelve minutes. There's no time for research, or strategy, or planning, or even long negotiations where you go back and forth. This is just calling someone up and seeing what you can get, and if it doesn't shake out quickly you move on. As he says, "just see what develops."

He actually comes off as an adrenaline junkie here. (No offense to all the John Watsons out there.) And to be fair, you can probably make a lot of money doing that, but you're only going to make deals where the other person is already pimed to move. There's no sense that he was ever responsible for solvng all the problems in a certain sector for any company, for managing a certain workflow well.

Looking at it this way, his approach to foreign conflicts makes a lot more sense. He wants quick victory, or what he can call victory. If it doesn't work out, or takes too long, or risks making him look bad, he just wants to move on. The problem is he's the president, he wants to personally negotiate for what used to be the leader of the free world, and you can't just grab the low-hanging fruit and make it in volume while you leave the trickier problems to rot on the vine.

On Iran, it does look like we did real damage to their nuclear program, and without serious blowback (so far). The world's probably a bit safer than it was last month, again so far. It's still too early to know how much damage is being done, what Iran's plotting, or whether they're currently building an a-bomb at some other facility.

I hope it works out, of course. But at some point, if you're committed to actually managing things well for the public interests and not just getting whatever you can out of a certain crisis, you've got to find common interests and gain peoples' trust. You know, do the leg-work. And if Mr. Trump's own account of his "art" is anything to go on, that doesn't seem like his style.

More on Iran

Fox's pro-war drumbeat is deafening — and Trump is listening (Paywall Free)

On Iran: "Trump Changed. The Intelligence Didn’t." (PF)

New U.S. intelligence report suggests Iran’s nuclear program only set back by months after strikes (PF)

A Letter From a Young Iranian-American as We Head to War (PF)

Prof. Jack Goldsmith (Harvard) on "Was the Iran Strike Constitutional?" (PF)

MAGA Isolationists Are in a Tailspin on Iran (PF)

Trump Threatens to Force Journalists to Reveal Sources Who Leaked Iran Intel Report (PF)

Trump says he’s ‘not happy’ with Iran and Israel, but insists ceasefire deal is still in effect after initially faltering (PF)

Trump Keeps Siding With Israeli Intelligence Over the Pentagon (PF) Dejavu Russia and Trump 1.0…

Trump Unloads on Reporter Who Broke Iran Strikes Report in Wild Rant (PF)

Leaked Iran Call Further Shreds Trump’s Narrative: Report (PF)

Hypermasculinity Is Driving U.S. Foreign Policy (PF)

Trump’s One-and-Done Approach to Military Force (PF)

'Trump is discovering that a country cannot be run like a business' (PF)

[vellichorom]

Thoughts on the iOS TSP port and that exclusive paywall content?

" You're just a poor baby boy playing checkers with his thumbs & I'm a GOD! "

-surely vindicated those who believe the narrator as a divine being & vindicated my belief of his god complex. we all win, also why on god does he talk like that. " rat boy, baby boy " who are you

JOKES ASIDE, i genuinely find it fascinating. this is like- what. the third technical demo under the game's belt? if you consider the mod a technical " demo? "

have you guys noticed that since ultra deluxe's release, we've been seeing an influx of stanley parable stuff SINCE? where ( assumedly; i wasn't following the game pre-UD unfortunately ) there was a bit of radio silence inbetween the initial release of the game & the release date(s) of UD?

& NOW it feels like every other couple of months, we get something new regarding the game? ironically befitting with the themes introduced by UD, as though the narrator is trying to milk his game to the nth degree, as though he's trying to stay relevant after his & the game's rise from the ashes, begging for our attention ( as well as our money ).

can we talk about how he advertised the skip button ending like " ooh what's going on here I BET YPOU WANNA FIND OUT HUH " king SHIT advertising his DEATH. is he okay. can we get someone to check on him

this isn't me dunking on crowsx3's product & saying that THEY'RE milking the franchise of course, & if anything, i'm really truly impressed by the way they come up with these kooky marketing tactics that Really tickle our balls, KEEPING the stanley parable relevant in innovative & exciting ways, without ever making it feel like the game has overstayed it's welcome. it keeps with the same humor & attitude it always has too! which always begs for your reaction, & yet EARNS it with it's outlandish EVERYTHING. i'm considerably new to the world of games, but this is the first i've seen something like it & i REALLY enjoy it.

uh YEAH! i hope kevan is getting paid well for telling me what's going to happen to my butthole. can't forget how his game is going to lubricate me. 👍

you know what. maybe he's actually getting paid too much

ANYWAY I THOUGHT IT WAS GREAT FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO PLAY IT FOR MYSELF. DAMN YOU OLD MAN I DON'T HAVE AN APPLE PRODUCT

[cy-cyborg]

So I'm one of those writers that falls into the trap of world building super hard. I have so many projects I spent months or even years creating, writing lore, doing art for, all kinds of stuff, but never end up telling any actual stories in so they just end up going ultimately unused. One I'm working on right now is likely to fall into this category.

The thing is, I've recently come to the conclusion I enjoy world building more than actually writing in a lot of cases. Don't get me wrong, I still love to write and tell stories and make comics, I won't stop doing that lol, but I also really love making worlds and settings just because I can.

The problem is though, without a story to attach to these worlds, I don't know how to go about actually sharing them in any way. It's fun making things, but to spending so long working on something that no one will ever see is starting to feel... I guess a bit tiering. A few I tried to use little slice of life stories or comics as a way to share the worlds and settings, but they never actually stay slice of lifey. The big comic I'm working on right now, Voidstar, was supposed to be one of these and at some point it went from "cozy space slice of life" to "gay aliens get imprinted on by a baby dragon god and travel the galaxy to fight the government" Needless to say, Scope creep is a bit of an issue for me lol and nothing ever gets done. I also tried making websites on a few occasions or showing stuff off on my portfolio website related to the worldbuilding projects, but that didn't end up working for a bunch of reasons (mainly that my portfolio is on Wix and they're stingy with space for pages/uploads). I also tried World Anvil, and used to really enjoy that, but they've locked way too many features now behind frankly ridiculous paywalls, so It's not really worth it now. Not to mention it was really hard to make WA sites decently accessible.

All of this to say, I want to start sharing these worlds (if nothing else so I stop vanishing from social media for months at a time when I get hyperfixated lol) but I have no idea how. Does anyone have any ideas or suggestions?

[theghoulboysblog]

We can pretend that all fans are equally welcome but that's not the case when some people get content a month early and spoil it for others wether intentionally or not. I think the airing of ph really shows it especially with the boys on the podcast being like 'there are spoilers out there! beware!' and as a fan who subscribes to them I think they should have at least one paywalled series that's not a bts thing. They're doing their best but at this point you have to acknowledge that there is resentment here and it ends up being the minority who has to tag extensively spoilers for others. That's not a solution and if someone on their blog wants to share an opinion that it would be fun to get any exclusive content besides 10 minute bonus videos a week then that's their right.

(This ask was a response to this post I made a few weeks ago. Also fyi, this post is was specifically about people BELITTLING PPL WITHOUT A WATCHER TV ACCOUNT or BEING INSUFFERABLE ABOUT WANTING A PAYWALL TO SPECIFICALLY “PUNISH” PEOPLE!!!! I thought i made that fairly clear but maybe I didn’t. So yeah. Not about people who want any exclusive content on watcher tv. Cause duh.)

Been holding on to this ask for a while cause I don’t really like online argument, but now that I’m going through and answering all of my asks, I figured I needed to get it out of the ol’ box! So here ya go, Anon!

“We can pretend that all fans are equally welcome but that's not the case when some people get content a month early and spoil it for others whether intentionally or not.”

- I am not exactly sure what you mean by this, Anon. What I comprehend from this is that you’re saying fans aren’t equal because some get an extra service and others don’t? The line of reasoning I assume you have here is that: People pay for service -> Some people get early access and post content *spoiling* it for YouTube watchers -> Fandom is not equal.

But like huh? 😭 That is equality like what? Everybody has the same opportunity to access the services, just not everybody wants to/can afford it. That doesn’t equal inequality. If somebody doesn’t pay for the service, they have to understand that they might be subject to spoilers. That’s the trade-off that’s occurring. Like they still CAN browse fandom spaces, but there might be spoilers. And that’s perfectly reasonable!

“I think the airing of ph really shows it especially with the boys on the podcast being like 'there are spoilers out there! beware!'”

- Again, not sure what you’re saying here. But I assume you’re making a point that the boys saying that people need to be mindful of spoilers is somehow an example of WatcherTV members having to cater to YouTube members, but that’s not what’s happening at all. They told them to be aware. They didn’t tell us to stop posting early content. They didn’t tell us to mark with spoilers.

“They're doing their best but at this point you have to acknowledge that there is resentment here and it ends up being the minority who has to tag extensively spoilers for others.”

- Actually, no you don’t! In fact, you can post whatever you wanna post in whatever fashion you would’ve post it, Anon! Nobody is forcing you to do anything! The thing is, that is the trade-off for not paying. I PERSONALLY tag for spoilers cause I WANT TO and I want people from YT to look at my blog and know that it is partially spoiler free cause I WANT TO HELP THEM. But nobody is forcing you to! You can do WHATEVER you wanna do, Anon. No reasonable person is gonna sit there and be like “Omg no spoiler warning?!?” It’s literally just a YT series. I GUARANTEE you it is not that serious. 

“I think they should have at least one paywalled series that's not a bts thing.”

- Okay, when I said “You have no right to say certain shows should be paywalled” I should’ve been clearer. First off, I shouldn’t have to used the word “right” cause anyone can do whatever the fuck they wanna do. That’s is their right. And I also should’ve specified that I don’t mean that nobody should want an exclusive series, but rather the aforementioned ppl who said "watcher should just paywall everything" "well if you really wanna see the new watcher content go pay for it" "watcher should paywall *insert series* to get back at people upset the paywall" should in fact shut the fuck up about what shows they want to paywall and and leave it to watcher. Those specific types of people.

Again, I do indeed pay my 6 bucks a month 😭 I’d like to be paying for something other than what I can get on YouTube. Like duh. But the difference between me and the people that post was about was that I’m not an asshole!!! I want exclusive shows. So don’t think I’m anti-exclusive, cause I’m not. But I am anti-assholes who are petty and annoying on their blogs. THAT’S who that post was about. No one else. 

“That's not a solution and if someone on their blog wants to share an opinion that it would be fun to get any exclusive content besides 10 minute bonus videos a week then that's their right.”

Again, shouldn’t have used the word ”right,” and again I’m not anti-exclusive content. Personally, I want an exclusive Minecraft series. And in fact, I don’t even like the behind the scenes content most of the time! I’d like to have a little bit more for my money’s worth! but again, I don’t sit on my blog and post like an asshole constantly making digs at people who don’t pay for the content. Because I like how inclusive are fandom is and I’m not gonna sit here and try to put anybody down like I’m better cause I pay. 



[tsel-bas]

Uhhhh

So, Sorry For Disappearing For Over A Month 😭

We Had Been Sent Into The Eternal Blender And Have Just Finished Mixing.

The Blender Has Taken Everything It Feels Like And Our Mental Health Isn't Doing So Hot At The Moment.

(Not A Vent But We Tread Into Some Sensitive Topics To Describe What's Going On)

TW / CW: Family Issues, Mention Of Homelessness, Dissociation, Amnesia, Self-Fakeclaiming (That Could Be Similar To Reality Checking?), Potential System Collapse / Reset (?)

We've Been Having Some Family Issues In The Outside World And Might Get Kicked Out Of Our Dad's House Soon... So Uh Yeah. That's Fun I Guess. Especially Since We'd Be Homeless If Our Mother Sides With Him.

Dissociation And Memory Loss Has Been Through The Roof And Depression + Executive Dysfunction / Lack Of Motivation Has Been Kicking Our Ass.

We Have Also Been Having A Bit Of System Trouble. I, The Host, Have Been Feeling Lonely As Of Late. I Cannot Hear, Feel, Or Sense Anyone Anymore. It's Hard To Tell If They're All Still Here, If They Really Ever Were. The Soup Has Taken Hold Of Me So That Sometimes I Forget Even Myself. I Am Scared. I Am Devastated. And Most Of All, Lost.

I Miss Them Dearly, And I Hope They Come Back. But If They Don't I Can Build Up From The Remnants Of The Glorious Realm They Left Behind And Move Onwards.

But Enough About Me, This Blog Is Not Meant For My Woes. Just Know, That Even Though Tommy Is The Face Of This Blog. He Might Not Ever Come Back. It Will Be Me (Starry / Z) For A While Even Though I Will Use We/Us Pronouns Often.

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