#because the answer is just 'computer'

[spookdoodles]

kinda sucks that 'cgi bad' is the prevalent opinion about special effects in films these days

[sergle]

(re: sssniperwolf and jacksfilms) It's laughable that she escalated it that hard. Don't get me wrong, I'm pretty sure stalking him like that is illegal and it's terrifying regardless, but Jack said in a stream (can't remember which one) that he wasn't about bringing up past controversies of hers or cancelling. And now she shows up outside his house (wtf!!!). Like he was willing to only call her out for stealing and freebooting but she's gone and stalked him and Jack doesn't seem like the type of guy to take that shit. Actual WTF moment from her part. wild

omg long post below bc apparently I have opinions: YES!! THAT'S WHAT'S SO INCREDIBLE ABOUT THIS... Jack has been genuinely diligent about keeping things on-topic in his streams, and hasn't brought up any of her other Stuff, or anything Personal. Despite the fact that she kickstarted the whole thing by making it INCREDIBLY personal and attacking his physical appearance... His goal has been to call out and bring attention to content theft, and he's stuck with it. Dude's also cared about this for years, and she's not the first content thief he's criticized. He just hates the way that freebooting has become so accepted-- to the point where youtube praised her for "coming up with such creative video ideas"? Hey! Ew! Dude wasn't trying to get her cancelled though, there was no smear campaign of her character. He's been rallying to get her to CREDIT the creators that she relies on for all of her content. It would set a precedent for all other "react" channels on the platform for one of the biggest channels on youtube to actually give credit where credit is due. Or, god forbid, get permission first? It's not hard. It's already done the job of making some other people who do "react content" self-analyze whether or not their content is transformative, and to maybe care about crediting the creators they rely on for their genre to work. There is a way to make this kind of video that isn't so slimy. And making fun of her lackluster-at-best reactions is so far from even being a big deal. Bc she literally does just sit there and say nothing. Plus, his goal has a clear End built into it: if she started shouting out the creators she takes content from, and put links directly to their pages in her video descriptions, the job would be done! That's what he's asking her to do. Real bare minimum stuff. It legit would have been easy to steer away from the content theft and to also talk about her history of lying to her audience! her ghosting a dying kid with cancer who was a big fan of hers! the fact that she's been arrested for armed robbery! her history of transphobia! He would also get more clicks that way, which is what she claims is his sole goal- to get more clicks. I'll bring it up though! She's been a terrible person the whole time, and has kept a steady course of manipulating her audience of young children and/or, let's be completely honest, simps- into thinking that she's a Wholesome creator. (And now, into thinking she's an innocent victim.) All of the actual effort put in by her has gone toward optics, not the content she puts out. A carefully constructed online persona, for one, but also literal appearances. Jack totally can't say this, bc she already went off the handle and said the only reason he doesn't like her is bc he Hates To See A Woman Be Successful. But I can! That was a cheap shot for her to use that argument when, for once, it's not applicable! Much the opposite, even! Dudes online wouldn't go to bat for her if she didn't look the way she does. And it weakens any case she'd have against him by making baseless claims like that. She banks hugely on being an attractive woman to get her clicks/following. A massive amount of effort is put into her appearance. The makeup, the lip fillers, putting her hair in little pigtails, the chokers and tube tops, the big non-prescription Nerd Glasses, the thumbnails where she has her mouth open in That Expression?

I don't even have to say anything. But making a weird facial expression and putting your hair in pigtails aren't moral failings. Showing up at someone's real life home (whose address you shouldn't even have access to), filming the front of their house at night, doxxing them to your audience of millions of people? Because you were mad at them online? That is fully scary! Yeah girl I'm pretty sure that Jack can press charges! There is absolutely no way to take the moral highground now that she's literally stalked him, and doxxed his home. She tried to goad him and Erin (Jack's wife) out of the house, also, which creeps me out even more-- because what was she planning to do? The fact that she's been arrested for violent crime before does pop into my mind! lmao! Jack was streaming a game at the time that she was outside his home, and these clips of him, his friends, and Erin reacting in real time to what is genuinely a scary situation have been taken down in case he needs to use them in legal action. Shit is legitimately serious!

[front-facing-pokemon]

[anonymouspuzzler]

in the world of Villain Coded, are there still superhero comics? Leaving aside 'creepy promotional comics about real life people'.

oh there's absolutely still fictional superhero comics. they probably fill a little bit of a different entertainment niche than in Our universe - the vibes are wildly different but I imagine VERY roughly analogous to how, say, something like Columbo exists as a story and character even though he is Not a real human live detective. or maybe as an even more fictionalized version of something like True Psychic Tales (stuff like True Psychic Tales where it's sensationalized versions of Real Hero Exploits also definitely exists, but that's a different question). (god the in universe discourse about Superhero Comics As Propaganda is probably rancid)

this is tangential to the original question but thinking about it also made me realize there's probably a HUGE underground/indie comics scene around both real and fictional superheroes/supervillains. "supervillain as the protagonist" indie comics are probably a particularly big niche and probably just as controversial as a lot of Underground Comix of the real life Back In Da Day, especially if your Evil Guy Of Interest is inspired by/actually Is one of the big heavy hitter evils. anyway all this to say if you go looking I'm almost certain you can find at least One zine about The Invincible Bulkhead that's pretty openly Comic By and For People Who Like Bears

[the-guild-codex-and-other-things]

Sociology textbook: *Mentions the Turing Test*

My brain:

[lionfloss]

I want to mass answer these if that’s okay :’) you all are so wonderful and kind! It really warms my heart to know that so many ppl felt inspired by all the photos cause I know I did/do too! I’m kissing all of your foreheads!!!

And just wanted to say, unrelated to these messages, that a combination of some big but positive life changes and general burnout/being bored of being on here is the reason I’m taking a break! Although my mental health is not negatively effected by being on tumblr, I appreciated everyone looking out! 💞💞💞

[indiepressrevolution]

I’m somebody that’s been working on a pet project TTRPG in my downtime, and I have been wondering something. Do you know of any discord servers or communities that would be full of similar people, people that have already or are currently working on TTRPGs? This might not be the best place to ask, but I thought I might as well shoot my shot.

Extremely good question!!! I know of a couple off the top of my head but I am certain that there are more. If anyone knows of any others or if you want to promote your own TTRPG Discord or TTRPG space please add it to this post!!

The first up is Possum Creek’s Public Discord which is filled with wonderful TTRPG-oriented folks, the Possum Creek crew have done a really good job of fostering a community there. They’ve also got their Patreon Discord, which you do need to back their Patreon to access (which you can do for just $1 a month) and it is also absolutely fantastic.

Secondly there’s the Brain Trust Discord, which is run by Adam Vass and Will Jobst. If you listen to their Brain Trust podcast (which you should) you may have heard of it already but its a really good space filled with a lot of super cool people all talking about and making TTRPGs.

Another one is Reliquary Street Station, which is run by the lovely @stargazersasha. It was originally created during Trans Fucking Rage Jam and has continued to be an incredible creative force in the indie TTRPG and trans community. It is a space specifically for trans artists so please make sure to respect that.

There’s also the Clawhammer Games Discord, Clawhammer Games being the publisher of Gravemire, a Gilded Age tabletop horror game about mortality, growth, and the Louisiana bayou that is going to be available at IPR very, very soon!

Lastly, @jeeyonshim has her Patreon Discord, the Dirtgoblin Community Center. Which, again, you do have to back her Patreon to access but it’s an incredible community, plus there’s so much other cool stuff you get access to by supporting the Patreon that I really recommend checking it out. 

Again these are just the ones I can think of, if anyone else knows of good spaces for indie TTRPG creatives please add them on!

[coldswarkids]

i only wrote 194 words today, but that is 194 words more than i have written in the past 3 weeks so i am telling myself that is good enough so that i can go to bed on time. 😭

[set-wingedwarrior]

I can't believe that in the same semester I got to work in two different group projects for two different subjects, and in one we got to work together flawlessly, always comunicating and dividing tasks and stuff equally between each other, and the other where we divided each other in two sub-groups and the other subgroup does shit without ever comunicating with us and then complain because "they did so much work, so they shouldn't do the oral presentation in class".

Like, come on, do you think I'm stupid? Me and Uni Bestie are the oens who did the bibliographic research to find the articles to work on, I asked to meet up in an online call to discuss together and NOBODY answered me, then you appear a week later with everything done (badly) and demand not to do anything else, while me and Uni Bestie also had to edit yous shit because it was so painfully opbiously a copypaste of shit with repetitive sentences badly written.

Don't you think I didn't notice it was just so you could avoid the presentation, because you did all of this behind our backs without consulting anyone about anything. What if i didn't agree in your article choices? What if I wanted to partecipate in writing? I didn't even know you were doing it because you purpusefully avoided telling us to save your ass and say "oh no, but we did work so hard, the 7 of us did all this writing, it wouldn't be fair to make us present it!" and it's even written shitty.

Come on.

[aboxthecolourofheartache]

inquiring minds want to know:

what is a formation anyway?

[aeolianblues]

I'm not an extrovert. At all. In everyday life, I'm a yapper, sure, but I need someone to first assure me I am okay to yap, so I don't start conversations, even when I really want to join in sometimes! It's just the social anxiety acting up. God knows where from and why I lose a lot of my inhibitions when it comes to talking to people about music. I don't know where the confidence has suddenly sprung from. I've made a crazy amount of friends in musical circles, either just talking to people about common music or (since it is after all in music circles) talking to bands about their own music. I let out a sigh of relief any time an interaction goes well, because in truth it's going against my every instinct. I wish I could do that in everyday life

[jennilah]

how long did it take to get that package??

i dont remember 😭 it was almost 6 years ago!!

[buwheal]

You said he's going to piece together what happened? Has he forgotten things? Does he remember what sent him into the breakdown? What has he forgotten?

Yep. Complete (lens) blackouts and fries can do that and more often than not do. Its kindddddd of hard to remember things if you cant process them...Literally. That and he involuntarily pushes things like that away as uhhh like somewhat of a self preservation kind of thing. He does remember enough to know what it was. He wont look at it again to completely fill that gap in though. Not sure if "what has he forgotten" is in general or not, but if specifically those events,, i cannot say. Thats for you guys to figure out.

[sophiethewitch1]

hey... when's part 6 of that Isekai batfam tfic ? 😞

When I can think through the constant crippling pain I'm in. Hope this helps!

[isfjmel-phleg]

😱