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'When the Flower burst out' by Ivar Arosenius, 1904.

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From the Wikipedia page on loons

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Bionicle is a reverse-Pinocchio story, in that it's about an entire species of artificial beings who are sentient, but one of their creators (who is also the being that gave them said sentience in the first place) wants to reverse that.

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My top three rules for world building:

How are these bitches eating?

How do these bitches stay warm at night?

Who is paying for all of this bullshit?

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Wasn't that platformer hybrid Loved by Alexander Ocias, or am I thinking of something else?

It's a rough world out there for people who were teenagers during the exact slice of gaming history where indie video games had become feasible to develop and distribute globally, but the definition of "indie" didn't yet encompass corporate studios and million-dollar budgets. They'll tell you their favourite game when they were a kid was, like, a point-and-click visual novel whose protagonist dreams they're a vast formless sea monster that learns about the concept of colours after finding a discarded helium balloon, or a hypertext fiction/precision platformer hybrid exploring gender as a mechanism of social control, and you think they're either being pretentious or deliberately fucking with you, but no, that's just what the indie gaming scene was like for a couple of years there. The sea monster thing got a front-page feature on the same site that made Bloons Tower Defense a household name – it was literally played by millions of people.

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five snakes in a suit

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“ bye bye, all of evangelion. “

NEON GENESIS EVANGELION SENTENCE STARTERS

“ god is in his heaven and all is right with the world. “ “ no one can justify life by linking happy moments into a rosary. “ “ as long as one person still lives, it shall be proof eternal that mankind every existed. “ “ humans constantly feel pain in their hearts. because the heart is so sensitive to pain, humans also feel that to live is to suffer. “ “ humans cannot create anything out of nothingness. “ “ after all, humans are not gods. “ “ are you afraid of other people? “ “ if you know pain and hardship, it is easier to be kind to others. “ “ that doesn’t mean it’s okay for you to give up! if you do, i’ll never forgive you as long as i live. “ “ god knows I’m not perfect either. i’ve made tons of stupid mistakes and later i regretted them. and i’ve done it over and over again, thousands of times. a cycle of hollow joy and vicious self-hatred. but even so, every time i learned something about myself. “ “ those who hate themselves cannot love or trust others. “ “ mankind’s greatest fear is mankind itself. “ “ this is the impenetrable wall of jericho. step over this wall and you will be a dead man. “ “ it is simply the duty of the elite to protect the ignorant masses. “ “ i’m so fucked up. “ “ my mind is being eaten away. it’s unraveling my mind. what do i do? it’s defiling my mind! “ “ the interaction of men and women isn’t very logical. “ “ this is your home now. “ “ man fears darkness, and so he scrapes at the edges of it with fire. “ “ you mustn’t run away. “ “ sometimes you need a little wishful thinking just to keep on living. “ “ living alone is fine by me. i’m alone anyway. “ “ never underestimate the human animal to adapt to its environment. “ “ singing brings joy and revitalization to the human soul. “ “ man cannot erase this sadness because all men are fundamentally alone. “ “ the one who deserves to survive is the one who has the will to make it happen. “ “ after all, you are alive, so you will always have the chance to be happy. “ “ you are not the existence which should die. “ “ even though i felt pain, at least i knew my feelings were true. “ “ you’re all you have and you never even learned to like yourself! “ “ humans found a god, and, in their joy, tried to make it theirs. “ “ what’s wrong with running away from reality if it sucks? “ “ all you’re doing is sitting there and waiting for someone else to bring you happiness. “ “ the fate of destruction is also the joy of rebirth. “ “ i am not a doll. “ “ i might have been born just to meet you. “ “ are you afraid you will lose your identity if others leave you? “ “ _____ said he loved me. i loved him too. “ “ i feel sad, but the tears won’t come. “ “ thank you. my life was meaningful because of you. “

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It's waiting for you.

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Yearly reminder to everyone trying to find alternatives to tumblr/social media in general: go make a Neocities account and teach yourself basic HTML and post your art/writing/shitposts there.

It does take extra time to set up (but there are templates out there!) but it is so so worth it to have a site that is 100% YOURS!

You don’t even have to be that good at coding. I’m not. My site is not very accessible via mobile devices but that is fine with me (keeps me off my phone) but there are plenty of ways to make your site mobile friendly. There are plenty of bare bones/accessible sites I adore purely for the media on it.

Imagine having your site on your phone and showing someone- hey! I coded this from scratch. And I didn’t even have to pay a company like squarespace. All your images, links, writings, in one place. I have my fandom edits, memes, fanart, and custom graphics there.

Neocities has a very bare bones follower and comment system, but you can disable this if you want your site to truly abstain from any social media-isms. I use it because its a great way to meet other webmasters and get help with coding problems. Neocities isn't an exact replacement for Tumblr (no reblogging here) but html coding is an invaluable skill to know, as is keeping a personal website in this day in age.

The awesome thing about having your own website is if, god forbid, Neocities goes down, you can move your site to any other number of hosting platforms (like Teacake.org). Your site is truly YOURS, and no one else (shitty tech CEO cough cough) can take it away from you.

If you need help getting started, I recommend checking out sadgrl.online. (More links to resources in the comments section of this post).

I know neocities has been talked about before, especially within my follower circle, but I thought I'd bring it up again for anyone unaware of this awesome platform.

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Bionicle is a reverse-Pinocchio story, in that it's about an entire species of artificial beings who are sentient, but one of their creators (who is also the being that gave them said sentience in the first place) wants to reverse that.