#Selection Of Values

[llewelynpritch]

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[fightingwithallreality]

The Enchanted Horse (1992) written by Magdalen Nabb, illustrated by Julek Heller

For @horsefigureoftheday

[waywardsonsandaughters]

“Do I get to be a god again?”

Because David the Demon gets to control Crystal, or because Crystal’s powers are just that immense?

[toupee-or-nottoupee]

yk i brought omi at first bc i personally thought he'd be funny to take along to the headmaster's office after the polyjuice. i did not intend for my brain to turn the quest into one big bonding time (and foreshadowing). it's fun for me but it was coincidentally a great choice esp with Niamh talking abt what darkness is and its value despite what it is. It's all very foreboding.

Also, just to note. my ravenclaw run is a no dark arts run so Ominis does trust the mc rather implicitly on such matters is how i perceive this. she's vocal abt not wanting to learn it despite still wanting to help sebastian.

Pt 1 / Pt 2 (you're here) / pt 3

[murdocs-sweetheart]

NVM IM NOT HAPPY ANYMORE IM SCARED. BIG FUCKING FIRE QUICKLY SPREADING TOWARDS WHERE I LIVE. Not close enough to start evacuating but it’s a very real possibility now. Idek what to say or how to feel. Like. Am I really gonna have to leave behind most of my life here?? All the sentimental belongings I’ve accumulated? I’m fucking scared man/gen

[emersonfreepress]

How did you decide which characters would be gender selectable vs fixed? That’s always been so fascinating to me!!

I actually couldn't decide 😅 I knew I wanted to have an even amount of gender ROs and needed 1 more boy and 1 more girl. But I couldn't decide: did I want to stick with writing Vivian or explore Vincent? Did I want R to be the rebellious bad boy or bad girl?

So I didn't decide! I wanted to write both versions of those characters 😄 and here we are. Overwhelmed lololololol

I initially had the silly idea of having all the cisgender ROs be gender selectable. Then I started learning how to code this shit and realized that was NOT going to happen 😆 I still kind of love the idea of f!Gabe, f!Jack, and gender-swapped Emersons... but it was scrapped way before it was ever serious. Nothing about personality would have changed, but too many backstories and childhoods needed to be assessed and changed depending on gender. Like, fascinating stuff that I would love to write and explore — but it's just too much writing. There's a whole crime plot waiting on me!

Like, the childhood Gabe had would spit f!Gabe out quite differently... I kinda don't wanna think about it 😐 since I won't commit to writing it anyway. m!Jessie's childhood would be super different from a spiritual standpoint... f!Jack would be under a lot of pressure from her dad's side of the family to fit in and be popular... The Emersons would have to be completely — just completely rewritten oh my gosh. This I actually do kinda wanna explore on my own 'cause I think it'll give me a fuller read on their parents. Plus, how does m!Heidi's character develop since his dad actually gives a shit what he does and invests in his future?? What's a f!Curt like with basically no familial attention and oversight??? I have no idea but I kind of want to!! 🤣

[lamonnaie]

hv u seen that twt post of a fan asking sky abt a bl w nani and he said if the script is suitable/appropriate he may consider it.... yknow we just need a GOOD script n everything would b fine.. his older fans said that sky is rlly known for picking scripts that is best for him. 🙏🏻

yess i've seen it !! honestly love that response, it's awesome that he really considers the scripts and projects before he chooses them. that's how you get quality works, when everything behind it is intentional and you know thought was put into it :) and we know that if (when) we get the skynani bl, it WILL be a masterpiece 😌

now we just have to manifest for that script to come along 😩 p'aof p'boss i'm counting on u 🙏🙏

[icepoptrio]

At this point watching all the PR fuck ups, hacking, data leaks, and general mismanagement of everything is more entertaining than actually playing the game.

[hotwaterandmilk]

I'm still not well so this isn't going to be articulate, but I wanted to say something anyway.

In the wake of Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies (amongst other titles) being purged from streaming I've seen countless posts saying "This is terrible, we need to stop this practice -- they might purge a good show next!" and yeah, for sure a lot of titles being impacted by streaming purges/lack of physical media/a decline in archiving right now aren't going to be remembered for changing the world.

However, I think it is vital that we fight to preserve these titles for their own sake not just because "What if next time it's something we actually like?!" There is value is preserving things widely regarded as "bad" not just because I have firm beliefs about the absurdity of taste, but because who gives a shit if something is deemed "good?" Actual human people put their time and energy into realising these artistic visions. Even if the results are arguably not "good" or "popular", should the efforts of these artists be lost to the sands of time? No, no they fucking shouldn't.

I share a lot of art on this blog from titles very few people consider culturally important or valuabe. However, I don't look at the things I collect & share like that. Even some of the most objectively absurd titles I own are still pieces of art that were developed, published, and consumed by humans in the real world. Whether they've turned out to be broadly memorable or not is irrelevant because they existed and that in itself makes them worthy of preservation so that others can choose to familiarise themselves with them long after the original creative team is gone.

So yes, we should all be trying to preserve the media that's important to us and not let corporations try to stamp out every trace of a financial (though not necessarily artistic) misstep. However, it shouldn't take the threat of something we, personally, like being taken away to stir us into giving a shit.

Even the demise of less admired works should concern us and make us start to burn copies of Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies because it might not mean anything to you or I right now, but to some kid in 20 years it could be a seminal experience that leads them to follow their dreams. Or it could become a cult classic that people reflect on at watch parties years in the future. Or it could continue to be a footnote in the history of television that nobody really cares about.

Ultimately I don't think it matters what level of value we arbitrarily assign to media now or in the future, we should be trying to preserve as much of it as possible so that generations from now people can enjoy the option of engaging with these titles should they so wish.

[justletmemakeapage]

Positive attack!

Hey! You! Yes, you! I believe that you are a good person and deserve good things!

It doesn’t matter who you are, where you are. It doesn't matter what kind of person you are. Perhaps you were having a bad day? Or a bad life? Or someone did something bad to you? Or you did something bad? This doesn't mean you're bad. I believe that you deserve to live and be loved. I believe that soon everything will change for the better. I wish you and those who matter to you all the best.

Distance hugs, if you allow it! Never give up and love yourself.

[b1rdbra1ned]

“it’s important to remember that aromantics are not loveless or lack emotions. they can still seek out platonic love and relationships”

SHUT UP you do not get to talk about us or for us if you refuse to talk about ALL of us.

aplatonic and loveless people deserve as much respect as anyone else, stop ignoring them.

[loderlied]

at least i get to say that my hypochondriac delusions about dying soon weren't delusions at all lmao. small w

[clericofshadows]

broke: killing off garrus in 2 so you get an alternative character experience on menae and in other scenes in 3

woke: killing off garrus in 2 so he's not your forced bestie in 3

bespoke: killing off garrus in 2 so that kaidan is first in line in the character select screen

[auguryofjellyfish]

so. today's stream. did you see it?

yessir! and i liked that one very very much. chapter 5 as a whole is chock-full of react-able moments, even moreso after the motive starts. it was super fun to see their reactions to, gestures vaguely, everything.

some fun moments i noted down before we get more serious:

a comment in the chat during wada's interrogation: "mom and dad are fighting again (Shigeki is mom, Mai is dad)" all of these, during [defense game] i think, "please tamba, don't do something stupid…which is like asking tamba to not do anything" "this isn't the stupid olympics" and something something "ohh the slash is not so bad as these other things" i was like yeaah, you'll see! first drunk ojima ep, bubbles talking about what's currently ailing everyone: "and mai has back problems cause she's been carrying the entire group!" and. ngl. not gonna repeat it but, that one off-colour joke bubbles made about hayashigeki in the cage game made me HOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWLLLLLLLLL!!! not exactly a fun moment, but i liked how moved TA was by hearing sasaki's voice again. "we interrupt this wild goose chase for a student spotlight!" "yknow what. YKNOW WHAT. YKNOW WHAT! you two are EXACTLY THE SAME!!"- TA about tamba and hiroaki arguing in [loyalty game], that was some great delivery.

there were a LOT of fun and exciting moments. but my absolutely favourite part of the stream, hands down, was during mai's spotlight, when they talked about what they miss about the dead students alongside her. it was super touching, and it made me reminisce about them as well...even okazaki, cause TA said some nice words about her that i agreed with. i liked her a lot before chap 3, she was fascinating, unconventional, and endearing. i miss that about her.

i also realized that i really, really miss tsuno, our brightest star, more than i'd known, and hama. hama... he was so kind. he thought he was damned, that he deserved to go to hell... and he read someone a bedtime story, in the softest and lightest voice he could make. ...i miss all of them, really.

the stream was very enjoyable overall. i really needed that rewatch too, it gave me some new insights. for example, it was interesting to watch [defense game] with what we know, cause it turns out that wada is not that bad of a liar, his "it wasn't mine either!" sounded pretty good. after the game, hiroaki and mai were grilling the bodily integrity person to reveal themselves. during an opportune moment, wada piped up to ask tamba softly what her sacrifice was, and luckily, she had the halved investigation time which you could argue is worse, and the focus immediately shifted towards her. ngl, that was pretty cunning of him, it surprised me. it's intriguing. i still don't think he's mai's killer tho.

speaking of mai... because of this stream it finally, finally hit me that she's truly gone, and that her death was a horrendous tragedy. the hayashigeki episodes became very painful to watch, the things she was saying in them... i hope to make an entire separate post about mai, so let's leave it at that. but, shigeki...shigeki, shigeki, shigeki. jfc.... he JUST said that he was the one most deserving of death in that building. a month ago he offered himself up to be executed instead of sasaki and that was for sasaki, they weren't even close, what he felt for her was shallow infatuation, but he knew mai and loved her. he felt sasaki killed someone because he didn't support her enough, and he woved to never repeat the same mistake again with mai. he was going crazy from worry, even when it lead to stupid as fuck arguments all the time, he tried, he begged her to let him help... and in the end? he was right. she died because she was alone. and he wasn't there to protect her. .....i'm extremely worried about him. for real this time.

[s00mia]

[hagnanimous]

I was going to make a post about how the line “Science can take us to the moon, but it can’t stop us from hating ourselves once we’re there” has no right to come from a YouTube sketch about putting a skeleton on trial for being dead.

But then I realized you can say that for literally any Value Select video. That guy’s videos are guaranteed to have an absurd premise, an extremely catchy song, a sentence that will live with you forever, and at least five different wigs, all in the span of 3 to 5 minutes.

I don’t keep up with his channel as much as I used to, but I still check in somewhat often, and he’s still going after all these years. Mr. Select has a green screen, an extensive wig collection, and absolute boatloads of talent, and he uses them to make such iconic ballads as Fish Hunt and Hit Me With Your Car. This is turning into a Value Select promotion post and yeah. It is now.