#at least from what I've seen so far

[gierosajie]

Ngl, I hadn't expected just how similar Venti and Nahida turned out to be. Like sure I was kinda speculating about the tree cutting thing, but their other similarities was a surprise

[hollenka99]

The Island North of Vaugarde took colours in the divorce.

[balsee]

kurt really looked around, saw that they were in a completely different time period and went, "guess we're here now lol." what a trooper.

[e-adlirez]

“I’m gonna give you a chance to run, and go tell every single person who you know about what just happened today. I want you to tell Rat, I want you to tell everybody. This… this is what I’m capable of now.”

Crappy drawing I made as quickly as I could, I dunno exactly all the lore in the Content SMP but one too many @doctor4t videos has done this to me and my curiosity—

c!Lux belongs to @luxintrus and c!Blake belongs to @winsweep

[the-busy-ghost]

Me normally: Let people love what they love

Me, after a Test Match Special commentator expresses their belief that the new All Creatures Great and Small is somehow "better" than the 1978 version: This is pure insanity and TMS can no longer be trusted on anything, how can they even be trusted to know about cricket, do they have no TASTE

[pokestine]

I can't tell if the cops in Agito are deliberately wildly incompetent or if this is what Inoue thinks a competent police force looks like

Actually this is a common problem I have with Inoue's work, I can't tell if my reaction is the intended outcome here

[riiye02]

the decisions that koffin observes... youtube videos under the cut...

Shayy - TS!Underswap - Full Playthrough (Pacifist)

Teach Tale - TS!UNDERSWAP Pacifist Gameplay (No commentary)

(blank name) - TS!UNDERSWAP DEMO V2.0 *PACIFIST* FULL PLAYTHROUGH (FAN-GAME) [ No Commentary | Secrets | Quests ]

Phisnom - TS!UNDERSWAP FOR CHARITY! | 🍉 Pacifism for Palestine 🍉

Merg - Showdown Against Blue Sans… TS!Underswap Ending

Andrew Cunningham - TS!Underswap blind playthrough [2] - The Part Where Sans Kills You?

TheStoryPainterLIVE - VOICE ACTORS Play TS!UNDERSWAP! (Part 4)

Cosbat VODS - the ts!underswap supercut (it's long)

Chiken - TS!Underswap Pacifist: The Movie

(the reason there's a question mark in the Crossbones column is because it was cut out of the video, both the action itself and it being referred to in koffin's fight)

OddityJimbo - TS!Underswap V2 Bosses (Pacifist)

TropicalPunch - TS!Underswap: Pacifist - Episode 3

CiblesGD - TS!Underswap Demo 2 - Full Pacifist Route

CiblesGD - TS!Underswap, but it's a Developer Commentary…

Drama Josh - PLAYING TS!UNDERSWAP DEMO 2 (With Friends!)

EeveeGaming - TS!UNDERSWAP - Pacifist Bosses No hit

AcethePixel - TS!Underswap: Demo V2! (Pacifist Run, No Commentary)

Vikt3211 - playing ts!underswap because everyone else are #7

Zemete - TS!UNDERSWAP Demo v2.0 Walkthrough Pacifist Route Full Game - No commentary

pixel - TS!UnderSwap Compassion Route | Full Playthrough (Pacifist)

[paperglader]

hacks feels like an amalgam of glow, dead to me and grace and frankie IF each of those had leaned into the gay properly (regarding the two mains) and hadn't gotten canceled abruptly.

[tribow]

I'm about a week and a half into Violet Detector. I'm so bad at teleporting.

Anyway, I'd like to just talk about Sumireko a bit. Back in Urban Legend in Limbo she was cocky. She had this superiority complex and thinks she's hot shit, but she gets a big reality check from Gensokyo. (Which is kinda funny considering Gensokyo is literally Fantasy world). When playing through Sumireko's story, she's running from one youkai to the next. She's "winning" the fights, but none of the opponents (besides Shinmyoumaru, ya hate to see it) seem to actually lose since she has to run away from them. The goal is to scare her after all, not actually kill her. (Side note: Losing to Shimmy implies that she's actually going to kill Sumireko, which is very funny)

By the end of all of it she's able to briefly escape back to the Outside World, but it's temporary. She will be pulled back in and as far as she knows, one of those youkai might actually kill her (she doesn't know Reimu was going to protect her once she gets pulled back).

Now that she knows she has no control over the situation she decides to go nuclear. She'll unleash the full power occult balls to become the literal key to Gensokyo's barrier. She has fully resigned herself to her death by youkai, but she will at least have achieved her goal.

Perhaps she was lost in her own theatrics, but Sumireko gave up here. If the situation played out like she thought it would, she would have achieved her goal without seeing it through. Her cocky attitude was gone. She didn't refer to herself as some important girl with psychic magical powers. She's just some highschool girl who was way in over her head.

I go over all this because it's a bit clear through her own actions that despite how she presents herself to others, Sumireko does not place herself as important. Her superiority complex is a complete front. Its a display of what she wants to be, but she doesn't believe she can be it. This is a trope that chuunibyou characters tend to have, but Sumireko's case is an interesting one. She is a special person, those esper powers are legit. Her delusions aren't necessarily fake, but to the rest of the world around her, it is.

That's her real issue, she's just a lonely kid. She tries to use her experiences in Gensokyo for clout, but it's an unsatisfying endeavor. Clout doesn't necessarily net you any friends or close relationships. Plus, it's not like anyone is going to believe her. As far as the Outside World is concerned, Gensokyo isn't real. Luckily for her, she has been able to become friends with several of Gensokyo's residents. She may not belong in Gensokyo, but the people there accept her and appreciate her for who she is.

So, this all comes to a head in Violet Detector. The events of this game (so far) are very reminiscent to her chapter in Urban Legend in Limbo. She's stuck in the dream world and everyone is attacking her. It's like she's fighting for her life all over again. To make it worse, Doremy tells her that it doesn't matter if she ends up dying in the Dream World since Sumireko's dream self will just wake up in the real world and it will be as if nothing happened.

Sumireko is functionally worthless in the dream world. Her death would serve nothing. Yet, when faced with a reality where she holds no value, Sumireko gets motivated. She resolves to fight back.

This is not the Sumireko from Urban Legend in Limbo that would have just let life run its course on her. Her self confidence isn't a front, she is earnestly deciding to struggle against the odds with her own power.

I really appreciate this character development. Gensokyo was harsh to her at first, but it showed her the value that she has in the world around her. Sumireko is something to fight for.

Well, that's enough rambling about Sumireko. I haven't even beat the game so I don't know how this ends. I just like her dialogue with Doremy and wanted to talk about it. Sumireko's perspective on Gensokyo (and the Dream World) is very interesting.

[amygdalae]

started watching Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities, watched the first three episodes, if you like short horror story anthologies like me I think it’s well worth a watch! It’s scratching an itch for me for sure

[toasteaa]

Lied again, thinking about Manu's folklore au fic once again -

[skullzy20]

The tiniest part of me hopes i get at least one gift for tennobaum this year

[helpimstuckinafandom]

Yet another year of women serving absolute cunt at the met gala and the men giving nothing

[magentagalaxies]

going to a comedy open mic tomorrow mostly to watch my friends (it's at a cool venue that my improv troupe performs at once a month and a few improv troupe friends are doing standup there) but when these friends were asking if i'd be interested in coming they were like "btw there's usually a ton of open spots on show days if YOU want to do something... and they're not strict about it only being standup either, people have done character pieces and sketches etc like they embrace the weirdness... and they're not strict about time limits you could probably do anything between three and eight minutes... sometimes if there's not enough people signed up they'll even let you go twice..." and i'm like god damn it i thought i was gonna take a break from aubrey but this setup is like tailor made for an aubrey appearance lmao

[unproduciblesmackdown]

bonus thing i cherish in this shot is that it's the one time it's immediately noticeable that her hair length is uneven....let's go Cutting One's Own Hair (With Or Without A Mirror) look havers irl (b/c of cutting one's own hair with or without a mirror, maybe) & even when it's recreated on purpose like so

[iwanttobepersephone]

So, I was lying down in bed, and I had the thought of "what if Halt was actually vulnerable with Will? Like, what if Will asked for help from Halt after they came home from Skandia, like mental help, and Halt responded with stories of his own. What would that sound like?" And I came up with this:

"When you've been through as much as I have, Will, you learn to find happiness in the mundane. I grew up basing my entire personality off two things. Eventually, I was forced to leave, and I had to completely re-learn my sense of self. I didn't have any access to what I used to think was my only purpose in life, and I was homeless in a brand new place with a brand new culture and a language that I only kinda knew. But, being homeless in Araluen, you have a lot of access to nature. And, when I was young, my love of nature was the second of two personality traits. So, I took that, and I ran with it. I would only stay in taverns when it was raining out, and I would spend as much time as I humanly could in the trees, by the river banks, climbing hills, making friends with foxes and birds, and generally just finding who I was. It took me way longer than I'm making it sound, trust me, but I think it helped me once I settled down in this cabin. You, Will, have grown used to trauma being the default, and the downtime feels uncomfortable to you. You need excitement and variety. The mundane makes you feel depressed. But trust me, Will, there is beauty and excitement everywhere here. You just need to find it. And I can help you, if you'd like, but I think it's best done on your own."

Yeah, this is a normal thing to do. Writing entire essays of one character providing comfort and support to another character all while lying flat down on my bed and then retyping it all out onto my phone. I am a sane and normal human being who totally isn't way too obsessed with writing for her own good.

@an1d10t sure I'll tag you. How boutcha read this? Lol