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I think about it sometimes
Slipping out the back door
Erasing it all
An Irish goodbye to a place I thought I’d fit
Stop trying to make it happen
It’s not going to happen
I think about it sometimes
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Angela Orosco Silent Hill 2
#in anticipation of the incoming remake#i tried my best to imitate the SH font but#silent hill#silent hill 2#angela#angela orosco#theme of laura (reprise)#i've said it before but in spite of its occasionally clunky diction i think silent hill 2 is an unusually emotionally intelligent game#for any year and still today but especially so for where gaming storytelling was in 2001#and for as many pitfalls a story like hers could've dipped into i think it particularly shines through with how they treated angela#not just choosing to depict victimhood as something that can be ugly and fractious and open quote “difficult” but then this#actively rebuffing james for trying to offer hope and dressing him down for it too#“i know you mean well and want to help but this isn't a simple problem"#“and it's really hurtful and a bit insulting that you act like you can”#the switching to a first person view turning it into an address to the player as well#maybe even old videogame tropes too#“this isn't some princess in a castle kind of situation dude this is more serious than that”#it felt like a very deliberate statement about the depth and severity of a trauma like this#and in doing so showing it so much respect#there is no quick easy solution to this and you won't get one#then angela just leaves#and you never see her again#i really don't think it was to imply that it consumed her i think it was to underline what was just said#this isn't your problem to fix#this is where your part in this story ends#there's some strength in that
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It genuinely blows my mind how Red Dwarf has multiple episodes where the problem is that Rimmer has been unloved for his whole life and has a series of genuinely harmful neuroses as a result of his general upbringing. And in one of those episodes (cough cough terrorform) the solution is to make Rimmer feel loved and accepted, and he gets better! And yet! Because it was an episodic BBC comedy from the late 80s they didn’t want to change the status quo too much between episodes so Rimmer just never ever actually gets better. There’s something kind of awe-inspiring about creating a completely insufferable character who usually operates as the punching bag to Lister’s straight man, and then taking a lot of episode runtime to tell the audience in explicit terms that he is the way he is because of a tragic series of life events, and that he could get better if someone bothered to show him some compassion, and then just going straight back to Well, It Is Time to Laugh At Rimmer. It’s like well why don’t you just fucking kill me and be done with it
#to be clear I do not thing that Red Dwarf of all shows would handle Rimmer character development well#I’ve just never seen any other show that frustrates me so keenly because they go: here’s the problem…here’s the solution…anyway moving on#And I’d get it to some degree if they were all uncaring assholes but Lister is usually shown to be compassionate and good-hearted.#There’s even that episode where he says that he’s the one person in the universe who thinks of Rimmer most fondly! OH WELL!!#TIME FOR THE MR FLIBBLE EPISODE#thank GOD that the red dwarf fanfiction goes hard that’s all I can say#(read Easy As Anything by komodobits on ao3 or become the dirt I walk on)#Red Dwarf#Arnold Rimmer#David Lister
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he wants kiss, but he doesnt out right ask for one. (he got one.)
#kamo noritoshi#noritoshi kamo#jjk#jujutsu kaisen#jjk fanart#jujutsu kaisen fanart#first post and jjk is trending#and i really like Kamo Noritoshi Jr#i also really like the thought of Kamo bring unbelievably awkward despite being highly skilled#therefore he causes accidental problems with easy solutions#its one of his many charms#also he seems like the type to be kinda shy but bc of his stoic face it looks like hes tryna threaten you#i love him sm#he should appear more#this is a repost bc i fucked up w tumblr shit arghghghh#null rot
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miss Toskarin you’re not convincing me that Skyrim was the ruin of all western rpgs. In fact you’re convincing me that the issues began with oblivion.
I'd better be careful or else I might convince you of my less loudly-held beliefs
#I liked oblivion well enough but it's got a lot of Very Serious problems that were never solved and instead festered forward into genre norm#although technically if you want to get more specific here#the problems that I complain most often about now actually started under the surface of morrowind's development#and intensified with the reception to tribunal#and then caught on fire with the lessons learned from bloodmoon (which is proto-oblivion in a lot of ways)#as with so many things the damage was more in the wrong lessons being learned from games with scrappy development cycles#and how those became incredibly toxic when applied as the standard for development rather than a freak accident of planning#consider how oblivion passively fucking up your character was a solution to people trying to play off-build in morrowind#and how skyrim being incredibly easy was a solution to oblivion's level-rotting#and how both of these solutions are solving a symptom by removing friction without replacing it#which is further incentivised because the game now has fewer features that would turn off someone who would otherwise not play an rpg
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girl help I started writing down oc thoughts and have started contemplating the logistics of how a city carved into the walls of a ravine would have access to fresh water
#rye.txt#MaVst#'you should do some worldbuilding' I said to myself#'it'll be easy' i said#'just write down the little thoughts you've had floating around'#I AM A FOOL#there are so many bullet points in this fuckign document#and they're all devoted to the minutiae of how the city I have in my mind would function#how the very terrain would influence the culture#couldn't just do a normal city on flat terrain noooo I had to include homes carved into rock#anyway im pretending im upset but this is so much fun#I loveee getting to think about how tiny details all affect each other and influence the greater whole#it's like problem solving but I get to make the solutions as fun and fantastical as I want#if my ocs are my silly little dolls to play pretend with#then the worldbuilding is like getting to build the doll house#which is just as fun imo#anyway im gonna give the capital city an abandoned under-city that's no longer habitable now that the original royal family is#no longer in power#it used to be lit with the light magic of the ruler that was amplified by the crown#but now it's almost impossible to navigate and so big that your torch is liable to burn out before you can explore much at all#and without a light source it's completely pitch black darkness#<- see stuff like this is so fun to think about and I can just slap it onto my world because it's cool
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the goverment is definitely figuring out this alien situation asap right?? cause whats happening currently is not feasible in the long run is it not??
im sure they are trying to maybe figure it out...probably, but part of me feels like it is not being treated with the seriousness it should be by them, which ig is in character LOL
pretty much relying on one guy (who doesnt even wanna be doing this) is actually scary
and the mc still has to like 'encourage' him to do it, tho its much easier in the 'ray ending' for sure. that man just wants to live a regular life with mc (unfortunately for him that means continuing to be binary star and dealing with aliens)
and if i was a citizen and knew this id be panicking
like yea u have these other heroes helping and stuff which im sure looks comforting from an outside point of view! but like the actuality is that its ray keeping things afloat
AND ON THE TOPIC OF THE MC, i was definitely in my head like....wouldnt rays superiors (managers??) get like curious about them? like no way theyre not being nosy about it after a certain amount of time passes. it really feels like something that could be leveraged against him,,, (if there is fic about this pls send it to me lol)
honestly i feel like mc and rays relationship would have moments of high stress. like there will be good times but also the bad times will also be there and its sometimes gonna be because of outside factors they cant control
#like this hero set up for the violent alien invasions....cannot continue forever no?#its like a common hero trope but i love overthinking stuff its my jam!#and this is not me even getting into the possibility of mc dying before him (natural causes or accident)...or him getting too old eventuall#ig they could make another human weapon or something but if that were the easiest solution#there would be more ppl like ray walking around already ig (also this is a messed up thing to do btw)#is there even a solution to this??#see im entering the next phase of my fixation which is#thinking about the world#its really interesting guys!#ray is an interesting character and all the shit hes been through...im surprised he can be even controlled ngl lol#like yea mc is his last link to humanity but also deep down ik he doesnt want to let go of it hence the obsession and love towards them#its tragic that that hope had to be pinned on one singular person tho#wishing the best for him tho#i think he should be allowed to retire rn ACTUALLY#unfortunately everyone will fuckin die so.#again....government do something!?#i dont believe in my heart that theyre trying to actually solve the problem...#ik its not an easy problem to solve either....there might not be a solution at all! but i still feel like theyre not trying hard enough??#but idk enough about what the gov is doing to know. this is literally me just going based off vibes#i hope i stop having th urge to yap about this in like a week cause ill go crazy just making thing up#binary star hero#bshvn#im so curious to actually see how mc and rays day to day official relationship would go#the ray ending one where theyre trying to be healthy about it lol#theyre super cute haha#also its always fun to see a yan type character trying to be 'normal' about their feelings#hes trying okay! he doesnt even read mcs mind anymore without permission#or at least he tries#pretty sure he slips up every once in awhile#god i just...i have a bunch of stuff going on in my head
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Sornieth Pride: Day 4, Pansexual
For day 4, here comes Darling! She is one of the oldest dragons who lives at the outpost, having been an important diplomat before the destruction. Don't go thinking she's out of practice, though! She is still often called upon regarding agreements and the like. Still, she prefers to relax with her mate, Sweetie. They both ran away together to escape their old lives, after all.
#sorniethpride25#flight rising#fr#dragon share#my art#huzzah! a wing!#If you do happen to check her out and look at the tab she is in#dont worry about the amount of tundras. i dont have a problem#i have a tundra solution.#also. i love cherub and seraph. cool genes that are easy to draw!? yes please
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Part of the reason I am so jazzed about the conversation with the Arch Heart is because it has removed the illusion of this being an easy choice. As Orym said, and as he has been operating on the assumption of, the people of Exandria are like ants to something like Predathos, likely to be crushed underfoot. Correct, yeah. But the point of the Arch Heart's responses was that the same is true of the gods. The world is faced with a scenario where one way or another, some power is very likely going to be unleashed and put quite a lot of people in danger. Unless they can somehow very quickly quell the gods' fear*, either the gods or Predathos will be freed and stomping ants.
That refocuses the question. People are going to die. The question is, how long will the danger go on? And what kind of world will be left, after?
Juicy!
#*this is it's own problem too#even if they succeed in buying themselves time to handle the Predathos situation without the gods breaking the Divine Gate#it is pretty fucked that they would essentially need to beg for the lives of how many people died in the calamity? 2/3 the population?#they would have to beg for the lives of 2/3 of the population to even get a chance to save the gods#I have always been team third solution and team they might not have to die but things need to change#so i am very excited to have the narrative more aggressively pointing that out now#things are fucked! there are no easy answers! you have to choose anyway!#tasty#critical role#cr spoilers#cr meta#i guess
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I don't know what I love more, the fact that as rook you can make a statement in NO uncertain terms that you are NOT responsible one way or the other for the theological implications of the shit you're discovering in the 'regrets of the dread wolf' memories. not my jurisdiction. quite simply none of my business. not my chantry circus not my chantry monkeys. irrelevant to the matter at hand here we'll kill that god if we get to him he can get in line. or if the best thing about it is seeing the lone little 'lucanis approves' that pops up right after choosing it. corvid with a knife about to commit deicide keeping it real and sensibly, pragmatically, wilfully agnostic with me here in this magical lighthouse today
#we do not see it. we cannot read all of a sudden.#rye having war flashbacks to watcher conferences and firmly going 'we are *not* getting derailed by the metaphysics here folks'#rare stern moderator/dad hat moment from ingellvar lol. he's Seen Some Shit in his time (debates that raged over the multiple#and not always concurrent life times of the participants involved. ain't no academic rivalry like watcher academic rivalry#because watcher academic rivalry doesn't stop even when everyone involved is dead. and the rest of us have to live with it)#I. do not think the way I'm getting this quest is how it's meant to be experienced so I'm a bit at a loss as to how to pace it out#I've been an annoying little completionist so I have ALL the statues and could just marathon it out#but that does not feel like the best way for the story and upcoming reveals to work. hm. how to do this#I'm supposed to go fail to save weisshaupt right around now I can't be having study group with all of you rn as much of a delight as it is#rye is nominally an andrastian as mainstream nevarrans generally are but as I gather is the case with many of the watchers#what he *actually* believes in is the grand necropolis itself haha#(and the philosophy of history memory death and relationship (as well as responsibility) between the past and the present#and indeed the future that it represents. we have a duty. to what has been to what is and to what will come after us. good shit)#the nevarran/mortalitasi element just makes their lack of care or respect for chantry orthodoxy *mwha* that extra bit special#the nevarran lack of concern bordering on quiet condescending disdain for official chantry doctrine and policy my beloved#dragon age#dragon age: the veilguard#dragon age: the veilguard spoilers#dragon age spoilers#poor harding really is living through the most relentless 'if this is the maker testing my faith he sure be testing me' gauntlet of all tim#good news: god might be real! bad news: god might not even be a real thing but more like a magical accident or vibration or something#honestly tho. if we could get full lovecraftian incomprehensible to human conception the maker -- He is a particle and a wave style --#that's the only way I'd be cool with him or them actually answering the question of his existence. that'd be kind of sick#'yes. but no. but maybe. depends on how you define god. and exist. and he. and does.' *ingellvar sets of the METAPHYSICS!! klaxon#that's a time out folks good game but easy on the jargon and navel-gazing definition of terms next round#rye and lucanis have some slightly differing views about at what exact stage of a problem murder becomes a valid solution#('well you just kill them and then I'm the one who has to deal with the next much longer part')#but they're surprisingly kind of vibing on a lot of other stuff lol. good for them <3#oc: Ellaryen Ingellvar
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how is it that avatar has a beautiful message about listening to other points of view and approaching people with compassion and understanding but the general audience only cares about dick measuring contests over who the strongest avatar is and dunking on korra for making mistakes and going through traumatic events that were not her fault. like first of all how uncompassionate and antithetical to the message of the show you claim to love. and second of all have you people ever thought about considering avatar as a piece of fiction where the characters have to have flaws to create compelling conflicts. why are you all so fucking stupid and boring!!!!!! RAHHH!!!!
#blahs#atla#lok#like do NOT get me wrong i have a lot of bad things to say about lok's writing when it comes to politics#and i'm happy to critique it with that lens. but that's never what these people are talking about!!!#it's always 'korra's the worst avatar because she lost the past lives' 'korra's weak she would get washed by aang'#genuinely who gives a fuck!!! my god!!!#if there's one thing i think lok unequivocally did right it's korra. she has a great personal story and arc#she's supposed to be flawed! it's what makes her great! and yet you people still exaggerate those flaws for no reason!#another good thing about lok is how it tries to ask difficult questions about the role of the avatar in society actually is#korra's an avatar in a time where more power is being invested into the hands of the people and they question her authority#and an avatar in the time of a globalised media industry where she's critiqued like a celebrity and politician#she makes more mistakes because in many ways the hand she was dealt was a lot more complicated than aang's#it's easy to be viewed as a hero when your legacy is defined by one morally uncomplicated achievement#it's harder when the writers have specifically designed most of your problems to lack morally simplistic solutions#people keep roasting her for leaving the portals open but can you honestly say you don't think aang would've done that?#he never had to make a choice that complicated. i adore him but he is intentionally easier for the audience to adore#anyway korra they will never ever EVER make me hate you
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am i having a resurgence in The Eating Disorder because i tried seeing a nutritionist recently or was it already happening prior?? either way ... lol
#i think its a combination of both - i didnt go to the nutritionist FOR ed stuff i went bc im iron deficient and have appetite problems#and wanted to work on creative solutions#somehow she ended up being like both unhelpful ('you seem to be doing great!') and possibly re-triggering at the same time lol#she also told me to ask chatgpt for meal plan ideas for easy breakfasts which like. why am i paying if ur just gonna outsource ur own job
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Blocking and muting non Americans making fun of the election.
The bullshit might be funny to privileged fuckheads who don’t live here but as a Black American; I just don’t see the humor. 🤷🏾♀️
#us politics#us elections#kamala harris#donald trump#if you’re not part of the solution then youre part of the problem#it’s very easy to actually shut the fuck up tbh
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Just had something happen to me which was very close to a situation I often have nightmares about, and I thought those nightmares were a bit over the top, like, you know, the way dreams tend to be...
Well turns out the dreams weren't exaggerating at all. In fact it's worse in real life. The nightmares were the game turned on easy mode. :)
#untaggged#Definitely not the worst part of the thing but...#...tbh i'm very unnerved because a friend kind of knows about it cause i was supposed to see her and cancelled because of the situation#and i'll see her tomorrow and she's going to ask about it and i'm going to explain#but#she tends to give all too easy solutions to every problem i mention#and put the blame on me in a way i don't always find fair or make me wish for a bit more clemency#so i'm bracing myself for that and i can't help but kind of see it as a test and i'm kind of scared she is going to fail said test that i#don't even want to be a test in the first place...#because she's a friend and i like her but if she finds a way to blame me or tell me how i could have done things better as if it was easy#i'm going to be uncomfortable#and my trust will be a bit eroded whether i want it or not#But also maybe she'd be right to blame me? I *am* disappointed in myself and i do see that i could have done things differently...#not all my actions were particularly smart
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I just think if the world was better, I would be better
#just sayin#pretty easy solution right now#or not#considering the state of#the world#and#the us#™️#us politics#Donald trump#Elon musk#<two pieces of the problem
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i miss the era of silly ask memes such as 'write this message in your handwriting' that would just micro-expose random ppl to me where i'm like "ah, you put your dots are really high, huh?"
it's not a dead art, i think 90% of my following are inactive and all i have are just niche serious accounts on my dash instead of just anybody
#dni problem solvers#dont tell me the easy solution of cleaning up my following and looking for other blogs#thats hard (not really lmao)#can u tell that im writing this when i cant do anything else? XD (standing in a packed train)#blabers
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