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What did/do you like about Pharah?
Uh, gameplay-wise, I really love characters in shooters who rely on three-dimensional movement techs. Chaining together hover and jump to stay in the air for as long as possible and keep momentum is so satisfying, and picking enemies off from the sky made me feel like a bird of prey. I was a good Pharah main.
Story-wise, there unfortunately isn't much to canonically go off because Pharah is so underutilized and neglected. Her personality's pretty boilerplate "heroic hero" (she's literally inspired by Captain America).
But it's the crumbs/bits and pieces that I really latched onto. Pharah's a confirmed lesbian; her short story with Baptiste implies she harbors a crush on Mercy (fucking thank you.). She's biracial Egyptian/First Nations. She has major mommy issues, having grown up both admiring and resenting Ana. She's the bridge between Old Overwatch, inspired by the idealized heroes who surrounded her childhood, and New Overwatch. She's one of the only inter-generational characters in the cast; someone whose experiences span the gap, which is why I seriously believe Pharah would make a great main character.
There isn't much to go off of, though; she's a very uncomplicated character (she's a soldier for a private military corporation, lol.). But that just means she's a blank slate character, so I've seen fanfic writers run wild and create some really interesting takes on her. My favorite interpretation of her's a dense, herbo gym-bro type (a lot of her liens are about work outs, exercising, and playing sports) who's easily excitable under her seemingly self-serious, armored visage. We see how she tends to gloat and hype herself up when she's on a streak too, so Pharah definitely has a competitive and boastful side under her more professional and militant performance.
Now Mercy? Mercy is a real complex character.
#i was a diehard pharmercy shipper back then btw#the inherent homoerotic experience of pharmercy gameplay.#the homoerotic experience of looking to the skies to fly to safety under the protection of your knight in shining armor#the homoerotic experience of feeling white hot murderous rage at an enemy trying to pick off your pocket mercy#i still kinda despise gency lmao. you cannot convince me mercy would be in love with genji. at all.#he'd make her feel so uncomfortable and guilty. in my head. the canon is obviously different#gency is sexless. absolutely zero bite or tension.#i could go on about mercy and how her character has so much missed potential#i'm no longer in my overwatch fandom phase but#i still think about that new flirty line they added in ow2 where mercy goes “ahh you're like my knight in shining armor!”#and pharah goes “that's what i'm goin for ;)” and i sigh dreamily#really happy that pharah outright says she's a lesbian too but it's hard to feel good about rep when you know blizzard uses it for pr#to be honest i'm willing to bet cash that blizzard's keeping pharmercy in their back pocket as ammo for the next controversy#last year we already saw logs about pharah fretting and taking care of mercy and the two talking about how good it is to see each other#tbh pharah has the same energy/demeanor as applejack. cheerful and competitive in a can of whoopass#but yeah overall pharah's a pretty shallow character. i have IDEAS on how i'd go about deepening her but. whatever#that's sorta what happens when you have to juggle a cast of 40 characters. a lot get left with the bare minimum#ok so i wrote this entire post up saying that pharah isn't in ow2's storymode when she is. she's in the story i just. forgot#because she doesn't do or contribute anything interesting#ok i'm stopping here. overwatch's story is such an interesting narrative mess i could go on for hours#i dunno how you come up with such incredible character designs and give them such an unincredible story#it's also so so so interesting seeing the conflicting takes on characters the writers have#mercy in gameplay and voicelines is peppy and cheerful and optimistic#but mercy in the storymode journal logs is tired. jaded. a total shut in who forgets to leave her room and social#and YES! THAT'S WHAT I WANT!!! THAT'S MERCY TO ME!!! THE DOCTOR WHO FORGETS TO TAKE CARE OF HERSELF#ask me#anon
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The most damning thing I can say about the daredevil reboot is that I watched one of my favorite characters get tragically gunned down in front of his best friends and felt absolutely nothing besides vague bemusement.
#im not even kidding thats how quickly i checked out and realized the show wasn't going to work and wasn't real to me#they had me for a second w the matt foggy and karen dynamic ngl but the second that fight scene started i knew the sauce was gone and this#series wasn't going to be it. gunning foggy down 15 minutes in was almost comical at that point. not even the actors could save it#i dont even know if ill bother w episode 2. maybe ill circle back when the full show is out but i have zero interest rn#which like. the fact that one of my absolute favorite canceled-before-its-time shows has a new episode and the idea of turning it on feels#like a chore is wild to me yet here we are#anyway time to rewatch the original series#daredevil born again#daredevil born again spoilers#daredevil spoilers#foggy nelson#like im not even trying to be a hater or just angry they killed foggy its just clear that the heart is gone.#best way i can describe it is it feels like it was made by someone who had the original series explained to them. like they had a checklist#of all of the stuff the include and knew the general vibe but didn't actually understand what made it so good and elevated it beyond#a generally competent/cool comic book show#it's missing the sauce
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My meal worm farm setup (for chicken treats). Super easy, takes a few minutes of maintenance in the morning and a slightly more involved one every few months (still only takes a hour).
Has a drawer for pupae, one for beetles, and the rest for various stages of meal worms plus one extra to sift frass (poop) into. Other equipment is a stainless steel colander for sifting and a plastic spoon for transferring pupae and beetles to their new drawers.



I use either bread crumbs or rolled oats for bedding/dry food and carrots or cabbage leaves for moist food. Sometimes they get other stuff, but that's mostly it. Started by ordering a 5000ct pkg by mail and fed out at least half of that while the cycle got started.
The chickens get a "happy hour" on Fridays where they get a half handful of adult worms. They also get all the debris and any dead beetles (crunchy!) when I do the major maintenance.
I keep this setup in what functions as a mudroom for me because it's right next to the kitchen (I do the daily maintenance while waiting for the breakfast skillet to heat) and also so that I don't have to hear them constantly. It's a pretty loud dry rustling/chewing sound--okay periodically but continuously would drive me batty.
In addition to chicken treats, I also get significant amounts of frass:

(Roughly two cups from one sifting)
Frass is an excellent plant fertilizer, like most manures. High in nitrogen. I use it in my soil mixes and sprinkle it into the containers that I grow peppermint in to help with leaf production.
Anyway, was just starting on my big maintenance (which is why there's so many worms in the beetle drawer and very little bedding) and thought I'd share.

#been going on 10 years now with this set up and haven't added any additional worms#probably should add a cup from the local bait shop or pet store at some point for genetic diversity but eh#mealworms#mealworm farming#small scale#there was a concern a while back about the big bags of dried worms possibly being contaminated with lead and stuff#and the chickens like them live better so#they're fed on scraps so it has zero ongoing cost#which is how we like things here#chickens#chicken treats
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[ *peeks ever-so-cautiously out from the rock I've been living under & wordlessly chucks This out at your feet before scuttling back into the darkness once more* ]
...man isn't it just absolutely wild when a rogue art demon suddenly possesses your body out of the blue one day and decides to necromance the ancient bones of a couple of multiple-years-old askbox requests & synthesize them into a fully actualized Something™ that they never would have even come close to being all those years before? Yeah? You know what I mean? ...........................No? x'3c well,,, anyways—
(they're secret-dating at the time of this scene so that's why they're sneaking around in the woods like this, in case anyone was wondering lol)
#Radmond#OK KO#hi i havent drawn Anything in ages so how about easing myself back in by Fully animating not 1 but TWO characters spinning 360 degrees? :3#hm? what? 'that sounds like an absolutely ridiculous & unsmart plan of action'? yeAH YOU'RE TELLING ME--- x333333#but alas the demon SpokeTM and so now here we are just under 2 weeks later sdjghsfjg x'3c#p.s. pls ignore the lack of frames and also all the parts I gave up on kthx i rly appreciate it~ <3 >w<;;#......is there even anyone else left on this site that still ships these two dorks these days gsdhsjgjsfk#yadda yadda if Radmond has zero fans that means I'm dead yadda yadda handwave. anyways lol#skribbles#skribblemations#gif#shut up Wisp
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I am breaking through my artblock with the force of a thousand suns because Kissy Missy is coming back in chapter 3 of Poppy Playtime and that's all I needed to see in the trailer tbh-
(I've said this before but to avoid possible drama, I'm aware the devs have made some pretty bad decisions in the past. The only thing I know for sure happened was the NFT situation. I'm not 100% sure of what drama actually happened since I've heard a bunch of stuff online, but this is case all I know is - with the NFT situation - they said sorry and haven't done them since. I do genuinely love this game and the character designs but otherwise I do not condone any past behaviour from the devs)
#That explination aside KISSY IS BACK#I never expected to fall in love with a pink gangly sock monkey with zero spoken lines#but here we are#I love Kissy so much#I need her to be safe by the time ch 3 ends otherwise my trust will never recover#Poppy Playtime
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personally i can’t wait to see all the “and they were roommates” jokes 🤭 cause yeah we know they’re gonna live together especially after eddie made that couch comment BUT ALSO that damn couch isn’t gonna be a sustainable option for eddie to sleep on for more than a week and then there’s only one bed—
#eddie will start complaining of neck or back pain or something then they’ll rationalize them sleeping in the same bed#and it’ll be something like; it’s not weird buck! we shared during quarantine! and buck will be freaking out#because eddie might start thinking he’s in love with him! it’s already bad enough that he lives in his house even if he’s just a renter#but he can’t say any of that because then he’ll be admitting he’s in love with eddie so he agrees#and they wake up cuddling#and then i will die on the spot—‘here lies em. they perished when their favorite buddie fanfic trope became canon’ 🫠#the odds of this happening are slim but definitely never zero okay#i mean really…#they paved the way when eddie said he would use his couch!#sighhhhh#buddie
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Noticing that TV and film will often have a character either have had an abortion in the past that isn't showcased on screen (and just used as part of the character's ~fucked up and twisted backstory~) OR contemplate getting an abortion in the present day but not to through with it. Just once I want to see someone delete that fetus within the events of the plot and not be like. Extremely majorly punished for it and/or be in the wrong
#ramblings of a lunatic#was watching a tv show w the fam recently and it's the 2nd series of a show that was clearly written with only 1 in mind#so in the 2nd season a character gets pregnant (bc ofc) and contemplates getting an abortion#only to do the whole 'omg she thinks she's lost the baby and realizes she wanted to keep it all along!'#which like. fine and valid and happens to ppl irl I'm sure#but like. this season doesn't establish if she wanted kids prior or if she has a stable job (she was struggling career wise-#-last season and the timeskip this season doesn't go into it)#AND has this fucking bizarre scene w/ her boyfriend (whos mostly been irrelevant and occasionally annoying up til now)#where he says it's 'our pregnancy' that she was going to terminate and when she (rightfully) bites back-#-saying 'you mean MY pregnancy?!' he just. storms off and deflects#which would be one thing but we have to wrap up the main plot so she just apologizes to him (for other plot stuff)#and we're never given any indication that his opinion has changed and they're just happily parenting at the end of the season#which just. left a bad taste in my mouth#like I KNOW i know not every bad thing said on screen needs a big blinking arrow that points out that it's Bad and Wrong#but idk how I'm supposed to feel in a series that has painted itself as explicitly feminist up til this point#presents the outcome of a woman dating and bearing a child for a man w seemingly zero respect for her bodily autonomy as happily ever after#w no follow up#like the whole series is centered on a group of sisters and this pregnancy story happened to the youngest one#who's always seen as needing to 'grow up' in season 1. so assuming this is meant to be building off that arc it's so WEIRD still#bc yes being a parent is an opportunity for many ppl to mature emotionally but that's not really something the character-#-reflects on all season. it's more abt her burying her past relationship w a season 1 guy (who was infinitely more interesting than new guy)#-than anything to do with that#AND EVEN IF IT WAS the notion of pregnancy as a punishment/reckoning meant to make her grow up or take responsibility-#-which is secretly a blessing in disguise i. god the show fell apart so hard here for me#and my mom and sister were just cooing over the baby at the end and i didn't speak up bc i didn't want to be a bitch#and in all fairness I'm probably being a tad uncharitable in this post but like. don't piss me OFF man#anyway. normalise abortion storylines that aren't backstory fodder and aren't fakeouts for baby plots. please
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visiting the naming cliff
#horizon zero dawn#hzd#aloy#hzd the naming cliff#hzd the sacred lands#i forgot how fun being able to pull the camera back reallllll far is lol#(not just zoom out)#thank u pc modders#still wish we could get here on console :( :( :(#hzd out of bounds#out of bounds exploration#hzd pc#(remove reload boundary mod)
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i was so excited for venom 3 and was so unimpressed 😭 when it ended i was just like “…oh” and i have so many thoughts but i need to watch it again before i fully form them
#and i won’t be paying to see it again in theaters#a quick informal ramble ab my thoughts tho#i feel like what makes any venom media fun and interesting to partake in is the relationship between venom and eddie#like their relationship is the foundation of the plot and everything else happening is in parallel/connected to what’s going on between them#and this movie focused on their relationship like zero percent#like ofc there were a few moments here and there maybe but in all honesty the first time we see any emotion about how they feel ab each#other is at the end of the movie when they realize one of them will have to die#and i feel like we lowkey focused TOO much on the area 51 b plot#like i definitely liked the alien invasion vibes and that aspect but we spent too much time there to be having the same#fun as the first two movies#i feel like they could’ve used the codex as a source of tension between them bc they both were too uncomfortable not being able to mesh#fully whenever they wanted like they’ve spent such a long time together#and this would be removing an aspect of their relationship#esp when the whole thing that makes them special is that they’re symbiotic and have a unique and incredible bond#but ur telling me they can’t fully venom out and they’re both just like darn inconvenient#and then do it anyway a couple of times flippantly like for the dance w mrs chen#which was like such a random plot point to draw the creature back to them#clearly i have more thoughts than i initially believed#venom the last dance#venom 3#venom#symbrock
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so i found a recipe in the dark magic for dummies handbook that called for a handful of demonic spores but instead of summoning a tasty tasty soup i'm now friends with a demon that wants my soul ????? wild shit man
got carried away with Ideas & Concepts & redrew a panel from the absolute zero manga,,, panel below + a slight color alt of the redraw above!
// do not tag as papa/isa nor interact if you ship them
#uwu art#Hatoful Boyfriend#Hatoful Boyfriend Absolute Zero#Absolute Zero#Hatoful Boyfriend: A School of Hope and White Wings#blood cw#Wallenstein#Shuu Iwamine#Isa Souma#Ryuuji Kawara#Lute Infini#HERE WE ARE BACK AGAIN TWINKIE'S REDRAWING DAMU SHIT. i can never escape it#i did not even mean to do a whole panel redraw i was just Thinking about doing a whole panel redraw & got carried away#wallenstein brings me joy he's so stupidddd
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A relic from the archives – Puffin c. 2016.
#i don't usually participate in munday but here we go#back when i had a job i was passionate about#... back when i had a job even 🤣#( tbh i'm being uncharitable because i've never worked harder than i do now it's just for zero pay )#⚘ ooc
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Skyrim NPCs seemed kind of bland to me at first but the more I play and the more characters I meet, the more I love them all??? this game slaps and I am once more partaking in that thing where I show up 15 years late to something and go 'wow this is great, why is nobody talking about this???' (they did) (15 years ago) (extensively) (I ignored it) (people told me to play it) (I didn't until I felt like it) (here we are)
#skyrim#my favorite characters in skyrim have zero rhyme or reason but there's so many great ones.#Farkas. Brynjolf. Neloth. Marcurio. Aela. Ralof. Viriya. Milore Ienth. etc.#weird mix but I love them all your honor#Farkas? Werewolf himbo. enough said. love that guy. he did run into my knife though (but he is alive through the power of reloading a save)#Brynjolf? He calls me lass in a scottish accent and that's all I need tbh. idc what else he has going for him. that's enough.#he is unmarriable which is unfortunate but we stan an aroace king#Neloth? Fucked up scientist. we love those! does weird experiments on your dragonborn! he's a weird guy! big fan!#Marcurio is a killing machine. dear god. he has bloodlust and he kills enemies while I hang back and loot them.#he's also snarky and I can appreciate that. he's got a snide remark for everything lmao#Aela? she is STRONG she is SELF SUFFICIENT she is MAKING HER OWN CHOICES she is also a PUPPY and I LOVE HER.#Ralof is just here because he was nice to me and he's in the opening cutscene tbh#Viriya's here because I love her weird pet mudcrab that she walks all across riften like a pomeranian. queen shit.#Milore Ienth is a SWEETHEART and if anything happens to her i'm killing everyone in raven rock and then myself#skyrim spoilers#tes spoilers#i am so bad at this game but i love it so much
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hi guess who really likes the concept of daemons
#entropy zero#entropy zero 2#i read a daemon au fic and thought the idea was REALLY cool and the source material [his dark materials] only confirmed that so#here we are . entropy zero daemon au /silly#aiden’s daemon is a maned wolf and wilson’s is a house sparrow#temper’s name is vaguely based on the temporal headcrabs but also. yk. reflects aiden’s personality#and shutter is named that because an aperture is part of a camera i believe and. and so is a shutter. u get it#also something something since daemons are just the physical manifestation of someones soul theyll come back if that soul is-#-transferred to another body even if they technically died before#OH ALSO YEAH THIS IS FOR MY ANTHRO AU BC I HATE DRAWING COMBINE NORMALLY
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me, tapping the mic on a stage: ''elizabeth swann not only was and is the confirmed primary protagonist of the pirates of the caribbean trilogy, but also is an incredible example for female characters to be flawed with complex inner conflicts while still having clear desires and goals; she's morally ambiguous yet simultaneously is a beacon of bravery and hope; in subtext representing an audience of admirers of piracy but also standing out as a believable, organic character with her own evolving relationship to what being a pirate means. She got and still gets unfairly bashed for doing nearly the same things the rest of the male cast does and is constantly demeaned and insulted in the most misogynistic and myopic, bad faith lenses. You may not like her personally, but it's important to consider that her role is factually very important and meaningful to the franchise and to many many fans who felt inspired by her, the truest of pirate kings.''
people start booing me off the stage, I start to step down. Three voices stand out in the crowd while clapping instead, silencing the ruckus made by wide-eyed self-proclaimed 'mega-fans' of the franchise.
everyone turns to see to whom the voices belong to...
gore verbinski, the director, terry rossio and ted elliot, the scriptwriters of the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy say: ''they're right, you know.''
#elizabeth swann#pirates the caribbean#potc#pirate king#if elizabeth swann has zero fans that means I'm dead#and that gore terry and ted also are dead#but we're alive bitch#thankfully the vitriol towards her character seems to have died down in contrast to when the movies first came out#but i still see it here and there (specially on reddit ugh) and when i look back at how terry rossio defended her on old fan forums#i felt inspired to make this#thank you every and all elizabeth swann defenders#we shall keep fighting for our king's honor
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Do you start using dating apps when a new season of bridgerton comes out or are you normal
#i've read it's pretty common#PLEASE my brain is completely rotten at this point#i have zero rizz like tell me why i'm here discussing IKEA MEATBALLS with a dude on tinder on a tuesday night#i think we should destroy society and bring back the ton#or just. hunt men down for sports
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gay son 🤝 mildly fruity mother 🤝 thirsting over bikeriders promo in preparation for giggling like schoolgirls in the theatre together
#i'm so excited for thursday for the movie in general but also bc we're gonna pee ourselves trying to be Normal#if young closeted gay zero relationship with his mother sam could see how we talk now he'd pass out cold LOL#the joys of growing up and moving out and healing mother–son relationships with the power of Distance amen#also sometimes i wish so badly she knew how to use tumblr bc she talks like all of us half the time. she'd Thrive here lmfaoo#johnslittlespoon yaps#okay back to writing for REAL for real smh#LMAO just realized this was my 666th post. perfect
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