#i dont know if i would classify this weeks adventure as 'Fun'

[braintapes]

I deeply enjoy Doom Patrol’s method of separating characters for the Plot Of The Week by having one of them go off to deal with a serious, sometimes kinda sad/bittersweet personal matter while everyone else has Shared Group Zany Magic Shenanigans. Like it’s so fucking funny seeing Rita and the Gang in doofy ass sci-fi costumes but also about to be burned to death and then we cut over to Vic playing laser tag with his old friends (but which also turns into a serious emotional moment) like. like I can’t explain it it’s just so good.

And then this week we get Larry separated from the Magic Shenanigans Of The Week once again by going off to find his missing son and having this really grim (at first) sequence of reliving not just his own torturous backstory, but this guy that his son’s trying to hook him up with’s torturous backstory. Which ends really sweetly but like the contrast between THAT and, say, Cliff and Jane and Vic fucking around at some teen party getting high, doing keg stands etc is just. it’s so Doom Patrol and i love it dearly

[pesterloglog]

Jade Harley, Kanaya Maryam

Act 5, page 3314-3320

GG: ok, here is a frog on the screen

GG: on no, is it trapped in ice?

GA: I Would Conjecture That Most Of Them Are

GA: And Will Stay That Way Until The Forge Is Brought To Life

GA: I Think The Event Is Designed To Trigger Drastic Planetary Upheaval Wherever The Forge Is Stationed

GA: It Did On My Planet As Well

GG: was your planet covered in ice too?

GA: No Mostly Water

GG: cool!

GG: anyway, i will try to rescue this frog

GG: so i push this button to appearify it?

GA: Yes

GA: It Probably Wont Do Any Good But You Can Try

GG: ok........

GG: oh god, it is still a frogcicle!!!!

GG: this will not do

GA: The Problem Isnt That The Frog Is Still Frozen

GA: The Problem Is That You Were Able To Appearify It At All

GA: Ectobiology Is Based Entirely On Your Inability To Appearify A Subject

GG: i dont understand!

GG: but i am intrigued...

GA: If That Frog Were Destined To Do Something Else

GA: Such As Become Ensnared In Your Net Later

GA: You Would Not Be Able To Appearify It Because That Would Cause A Paradox

GA: So Instead You Would Appearify Its Slime Imprint

GA: The Paradox Slime Is What Is Important Here

GA: You Can Mix It With The Slime From Other Paradoxically Appearified Frog Imprints

GA: Study The Genes And Selectively Combine

GA: And Then Create Resulting Paradox Clones

GG: ok, that makes sense i think

GG: how can i appearify some frog slime?

GA: You Will Need To Direct The Terminal To Another Frog

GA: And Then You Must Be Sure Later To Interfere With That Frog In Some Way

GA: For Instance By Planning To Venture Out To Capture That Exact Frog As I Suggested Earlier

GA: That Way It Will Be Impossible To Appearify The Frog Before Your Interference Has Taken Place

GA: Only Its Slime Will Arrive

GG: so it is like

GG: a sort of backwards frog breeding

GG: clone first, catch later?

GA: Yes

GG: ok, i will try this

GG: heheh, look at this handsome guy here, hiding in the woods and being sneaky

GG: he looks frozen solid too

GG: so if i go bother him later, that means if i try to take him now i will only get slime right???

GA: Yes That Should Work

GA: Make A Note Of The Coordinates

GA: When You Travel To Interact With Your Cloned Subjects You Are Also Taking The Opportunity To Explore And Discover New Habitats

GA: As Well As New Species Of Frogs For Your Terminal To Track

GA: Its Efficient To Go Adventuring In This Fashion While You Are Waiting For Your Young Clones To Mature

GG: that sounds like fun!!!!!!!

GA: Yes Its A Lot Of Fun

GA: It Is Also Extremely Time Consuming

GA: Unlike Some Appearifiers In The Veil This One Is Locked To The Present Moment

GA: You Cannot Use It As A Window Into The Future Or Past And Isolate Frogs Whose Futures Are Certain And Therefore Most Paradoxifiable

GA: Means Of Expedition Are Limited

GA: I Suppose You Could Use Time Travel To Accelerate The Process

GA: But You Would Need To Establish Weeks Worth Of Stable Time Loops

GA: I Think It Would Be An Overly Elaborate And Dangerous Undertaking Personally And Anyone Who Would Attempt Such A Thing Is Reckless

GA: I Wouldnt Advise It

GG: hmmmmm

GG: k hang on while i clone this fella.....

GG: yaaaaaay!!!

GA: Youll Need Somewhere To Keep Them While They Grow

GA: Like A Pool Or A Tank Or Such

GA: Or At Least Something Temporary

GA: Water Wasnt Very Hard For Me To Come By But For You I Dont Know

GG: i will think of something...

GG: i wont let the poor little guy suffocate!

GG: so i am supposed to wait for him to grow up, and then breed him with other frog paradox clones?

GA: Yes But This Isnt All There Is To The Cloning Process

GA: A True Paradox Clone Is An Exact Genetic Duplicate Of The Subject

GA: Later That Clone Will Be Sent Back In Time To Become Itself

GA: In Fact If It Is An Exact Duplicate This Is Guaranteed To Happen

GA: This Is What Classifies It As A Paradox Clone

GA: Any Duplicate Which Genetically Deviates From The Original Is Not

GA: It Is Simply A Mutant

GA: And For Breeding Purposes Mutation Is Desirable

GA: Within Reason

GA: You May Adjust The Settings On The Equipment To Promote Genetic Anomalies

GA: But Its Very Delicate And You Can Go Too Far

GA: Responsibly Guiding The Evolution Of The Genetic Code During The Breeding Process Is Very Important

GA: In Fact It Is The Most Important Thing About This Of All

GG: it is?

GA: Yes

GG: huh...

GG: so what is the actual purpose of all this breeding?

GG: am i trying to make one really special frog with just the right genetic code or something?

GG: sort of like the ULTIMATE FROG :O

GA: Actually

GA: Yes

GA: Thats Exactly What Youre Doing

GG: oh!

GA: Your Objective Is To Breed The Genesis Frog

GG: why?

GA: You Cant Complete The Game Without Doing So

GA: Your Entire Mission Depends On Breeding Him

GG: him?

GG: so he is a boy frog?

GA: Yes

GA: He Will Begin As A Tadpole Like You Have There But Considerably Bigger

GA: And He Will Mature To Become The Speaker

GA: A Deity Like Figure Idolized By The Consorts Who Wait For Him To Come

GG: the speaker?

GA: Hes Known As The Speaker Of The Vast Croak

GG: hehehe

GG: CROOOOOOAK

GA: Yes The Croak Really Is Quite Vast And Is Something To Behold

GA: Its The Most Amazing Thing I Have Seen

GG: then the speaker is like a god, but there are a lot of them?

GG: like one for each session, kind of like the kings and queens?

GA: Yes There Will Be One For Every Session Should The Players Be Successful

GA: And Each One Is A Unique Product Of Their Quest

GA: The Kingdoms Are At Odds Over His Creation

GA: Prospit Worships Him Much As The Consorts Do

GA: Derse Reviles Him And Outlaws Frogs Wherever They Can

GA: Even The Iconography

GA: Their Agents Mock His Name With Slurs

GA: Like Speaker Of The Vast Joke

GA: Or Bilious Slick

GA: Although To Be Honest That Is What We Ended Up Calling Him

GA: Not To Be Disrespectful Though It Was Just A Catchier Name

GG: it is pretty catchy...

GG: if i call him that i will be sure to say i mean no offense!

GA: I Doubt Its Even Possible To Offend Him

GG: thats good

GG: ok then what?

GG: what do we do after i make this big god froggy?

GG: does it have something to do with the new universe we create?

GA: Most Certainly

GG: you said he was a genesis frog

GG: does that mean we bring him into the universe and...

GG: he makes new planets or life or such?

GA: No

GA: Youre Not Really Understanding The Magnitude Of His Role

GA: He Is Not Responsible For Just One Aspect Of The Universe You Create

GA: Hes Responsible For All Of Them

GA: Bilious Slick Is Your Universe

GG: really???

GA: I Dont Mean Hes The Universe You Are From

GA: We Engineered That Incarnation

GA: He Is The Universe That You Are Trying To Create

GG: yes i got that!

GA: Sorry

GA: I Thought It Was Obvious But Then Wasnt Sure

GG: you mean he is LITERALLY a universe?

GA: Yes Literally

GA: That Statement Was As Literal As You Can Possibly Make Words Be

GA: I Know Your Species Is Frequently Insincere For A Variety Of Reasons

GG: but your species is too!

GG: especially karkat, he is incredibly sarcastic

GA: Thats True But When We Do It Its Usually Just Because We Are Trying To Be Jerks

GA: Rather Than By Way Of A Mild Manner Perpetually Dispatching Little Puzzles Of Rhetoric Without Apparent Purpose

GG: but i dont do that!

GG: i try to say what i mean as much as i can

GA: Yeah I Think Ive Been Discerning That

GA: Its A Nice Change Of Pace

GG: from what?

GA: Oh Its Not Important

GG: haha, you mean from rose?

GA: Well

GA: Not That It Wasnt An Enjoyable Exercise In Xenocultural Inculcation

GG: yeah, rose and dave are like that all the time!

GG: they inculcate that stuff like crazy

GG: so you have been talking to her a lot i guess?

GA: Sort Of

GG: are you best friends now??

GA: I Guess As Mutually Friendly As The Time Has Permitted Two People To Be

GA: I Wont Be Speaking To Her Anymore Though

GG: why?

GG: oh yeah, because you said she is blacked out?

GG: what the heck does that mean!

GA: It Just Means In A Few Moments From Your Perspective I Wont Be Able To See Her Through My Viewport Or Talk To Her

GA: I Dont Know Why Exactly But Its Not That Hard To Guess

GA: She Has Been Relying On The Powers And Counsel Of Dark Gods And Other Sources Of Ambiguous Intent

GA: And She Has Consequently Devised A Plan Which Sounds Very Dangerous To Me

GG: yeah, i didnt like the sound of her plan either!

GA: You Are More Sensible

GA: Its Probably The Influence Skaia Has Had On You

GA: Having Spent Much Of Your Life Awake On Prospit

GA: Like Me

GG: you did???????

GA: If Were Alike In Some Ways Maybe Its Because Of This

GG: yeah! :D

GA: I Woke Up A Long Time Ago

GA: I Had Trouble Sleeping When I Was Young

GA: The Sunlight Was Unnaturally Invigorating To Me I Guess

GA: My Lusus Could Do Nothing To Help

GA: And When I Was Supposed To Be In My Cocoon I Would Often Wander Out To The Desert

GA: Where One Day I Was Visited By A Stranger Who Dressed And Spoke In White

GA: He Put Me To Sleep And I Awoke On Prospit

GA: Where I Have Dreamed Ever Since

GA: He Said He Was My Guardian

GA: And Though He Visited Rarely I Did Regard Him As That

GA: Then Later He Stopped Coming

GA: In Time I Began To Believe He Was A Figment Of My Mind

GA: Like An Imaginary Friend To Give Me Reassurance When I Needed It

GA: But Then While Playing Our Game I Learned He Was Real

GA: He Had Spoken To Others From Our Party

GA: And Had Been Manipulating Us All To Advance His Schemes

GA: It Was Saddening To Learn My Fortuitous Awakening Had Been The Product Of A Nefarious Ploy

GA: Youre Lucky That Your Awakening Probably Had No Such Entanglements

GG: jeez, i hope not...

GA: But I Guess Its Only A Minor Contamination Of Something Otherwise Great

GA: I Was Allowed To See What Skaia Would Show Me

GA: And To Prepare For Dangers Ahead And Try To Protect People

GG: me too!!!!!

GG: wow kanaya i did not realize how much we had in common

GA: Youre Right We Do

GA: I Feel A Bit Silly That It Took Me So Long To Engage With The One Corresponding Closely With My Role

GA: It Must Be A Certain Madness Im Afflicted By

GA: To Orbit Those More Reckless And Dangerous Than I And More Daring For It

GA: I Guess I Want To Help Them But They Never Can Be Helped It Seems

GG: well, it sounds like helping people is something that is in your nature

GG: i can understand that

GG: are you saying rose is reckless and dangerous?

GA: Yes Definitely

GA: We Have Our Share Of Dangerous Players Who Seem To Do Nothing But Cause Problems

GA: I Believe She Is Yours

GA: And If Her Insane Plan Wasnt Alarming Enough

GA: She Has Been Communicating With The Stranger I Mentioned

GA: And Unsurprisingly She Has Not Been Forthright About The Nature Of Their Conversations

GG: you mean your guardian?

GA: Yes

GA: And Hes Not Merely A Guardian

GA: Im Very Sure He Is A First Guardian

GA: Like Your Lusus Was

GG: uh oh...

GG: im not sure why, but the sound of that makes me really nervous

GA: I Feel The Same Way About It

GA: The Involvement Of Any Such Entity Strikes Me As Quite Inauspicious

GA: Even When Seemingly Benign

GG: she didnt mention anything about this when we talked

GG: but then she seemed preoccupied

GA: She Was

GA: Youll Have A Chance To Determine More Soon

GA: After Which Hopefully You Can Tell Me

GG: yeah, i will!

GA: In The Meantime I Will Go

GA: I Would Like To Return To The Core To Situate This Orb

GA: It Seems You Have Your Own Orb To Care For Now

GG: lol yeah i guess so!

GG: ok, you can go do that, and i guess i will check on rose, but...

GG: theres still so much i want to know!

GG: i want to know more about stoking the forge and breeding the frogs, and about your time on prospit and all that!

GA: Okay I Will Definitely Help You As Much As I Can

GA: The Young Prospit Wakers Ought To Stick Together

GG: yes! <3

GA: Ill Message You Again In Your Future

GA: And You May Reply If You Have Cause To

GG: if i have cause to?

GG: oh!!!

GG: that reminds me, i was thinking of implementing a system to keep some of these confusing conversations simple and linear

GA: Does It By Any Chance Have To Do With Passwords

GG: yeah! i guess someone told you?

GA: Yes You

GA: You Delivered News Of The System By Demanding A Password From Me

GG: aaaaa you see??????

GG: you nearly just gave me the idea for the plan in the first place paradoxically from my own future self!!!

GG: i just find that kind of thing annoying for some reason, it doesnt feel right...

GG: i would rather ideas came from the place they actually came from

GA: Thats A Reasonable Attitude

GG: ok lets put the system in play starting now!

GG: i will give you a password, and you give it to me in the future when you want to pick up this conversation again

GA: Okay

GG: the password is...............

GG: CROOOOOOOOOOOAK

GG: it must be in all caps, and must contain precisely ten Os!

GA: Ten

GA: Im Counting Eleven

GG: whoops!

GG: eleven then :p

GA: The Password System Is Already Paying Overwhelming Dividends Of Ease And Rationality

GG: kanaya :o

GG: that sounded

GG: just a weeeeeee bit

GG: sarcastic ;D

GA: Oh

GA: Wow Yeah

GA: I Hope Im Not Falling Prey To A Crisis Of Sincerity

GG: you are just becoming multicultural, thats all

GG: i think i am learning to be more multicultural through karkat as well

GG: it mostly involves saying fuck a lot

GA: Oh No

GG: heheheheh, its ok, hes really not so bad

GA: Yeah I Know

GG: ok! go hatch that orb!

GG: i will be waiting

GA: Yes Ill Do That

GA: Bye Jade

GG: later!

-- grimAuxiliatrix [GA] ceased trolling gardenGnostic [GG] --

[ajhhand1101]

Wk 9

Favorite video game franchises and games PART 1

This is part 1 of 2 detailing my favorite video game franchises enjoy this list, IN NO ORDER.

Super Mario

Mario has almost always been one of my favorites for a long time now. I think everyone knows who he is because the series is just that big. I love platformers so I really like the games, also the characters are great. My favorite 3D mario game is Super Mario Odyssey and my favorite 2D Mario games are Super Mario Bros 1 or Super Mario World.

The Legend of Zelda

I really like the Zelda games because of the story and the depth and adventure of it all, it just feels so grand and it's like you actually are Link going on this big adventure to save the princess. The series also has great gameplay and lore so that's also really cool. My favorite 3D Zelda games are Breath of the Wild and Ocarina Of Time, and my favorite 2D Zelda games are The Minish Cap and Link to the Past.

Mega Man

The Mega Man series has been known to be notoriously Difficult and "hard as nails". Now I think the series is difficult but it's a fun kind of difficult if that makes sense. I really love the story of it, how it involves evil scientists and robots and stuff it's just sooo cool. There are different series in mega man such as the Classic series, X series, and Z/Zx series and I've played the 1st of each of the first 2 series. I would reccomend it if you like difficult and hard games.

Kirby

Now for the total opposite of Mega Man its Kirby! While Mega Man was known for being a hard series, Kirby is known for being an easy series of games. I wouldn't classify them as just easy because they are more than that. There is some challenge to it like any video game, but for the most part it is relaxing and laid back. Oh and especially cute with the world designs and the design of the pink puffball himself. My favorite kirby games are Kirbys Adventure and Kirby in The Amazing Mirror.

Conclusion of part 1

I didn't expect myself to make a part 2 to this but I will, i dont want it to take sooo long to read because it's more of a list and not a telling of a story. See you next week for my Part 2 of my favorite Video Game Franchises!!