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[melchi0or]

my 3 favorite images atm

[7grandmel]

Character Archives - [FILE-07]

Grand Dad

"Mario seven, uh, was that the one I played? Oh, let's check it out..."

For Walt Disney, it all began with a mouse. But for SiIvaGunner, it all began with a bootleg game, a streamer, and a pinch of insanity. Many have come after him, and many can claim to be funnier - but Grand Dad will forever hold the title as the first ever figment of imagination to come out of the bubbling mind of SiIvaGunner [FILE-01]. As a result, he has come to be a symbol for the channel in its entirety, the very embodiment of the SiIvaGunner ethos, and something of a dear friend in the eyes of its creator.

In 2014, a certain streamer under the name of Vinesauce Joel was going through the motions of his typical streaming routine - playing games of the oddest variety, and bellylaughing at the absurd results they'd deliver. Even as part of this greater whole, however, Joel's reaction to 7 GRAND DAD immediately became a standout moment, a series of events so perfect that the comedic timing couldn't have been coordinated to be any better. A mumbling Joel clicks on the game bizarrely labeled as "Mario 7", and is to his great shock met with the imagery of a garishly discolored Mario, placed onto an equally garish blue background, as bold letters declare the game's name to be "7 GRAND DAD". Before Joel can even properly process the twist he's been subjected to, only letting out a reading of the game's name, the game twists all expectations once again: An 8-bit rendition of The Flintstones theme, originally from The Flintstones: The Rescue of Dino & Hoppy, kicks in - prompting a bewildered reaction of "FLINTSTONES?!" from the thoroughly befuddled streamer.

This is a sequence of events you're all too familiar with if you're a fan of the SiIvaGunner channel, yet nevertheless a necessary one to properly recount to understand just how core Grand Dad is to SiIvaGunner: Through this one 15-second clip of one streamer's reaction to the unpredictable world of bootleg video games, a small subset of internet dwellers on the platform SoundCloud realized that they'd uncovered a whole new genre of derivative audio work. Mashups and arrangements were always alive and well on the internet, yet always delivered with upfront honesty: To play into their derivative nature as part of the reaction, to present these edits as if they were the nostalgic, authentic real-deal video game music that you grew up loving, only to have the edit serve as an unexpected punchline, was the kind of brilliant idea that just had to be capitalized on. Thus, in January 2016, one lone internet dweller by the name Chaze the Chat started the SiIvaGunner (then GiIvaSunner) channel, and uploaded "Wild Pokémon Battle - Pokémon Ruby & Sapphire". The bait-and-switch foundation that laid the groundwork for all of SiIvaGunner, all built upon the concept of a bootleg Flintstones game pretending to be the seventh entry in the Super Mario franchise.

In our world, Grand Dad's debut to the online world is now over ten years old, his legacy on the SiIvaGunner channel being that of a figurehead mainly representative of the simpler times that the channel has long since grown up from. Yet in the SiIvaGunner universe, to SiIvaGunner himself, Grand Dad is the beating heart of the entire channel, the first spark of imagination which binds his whole universe together. Every figment made since the channel's inception owes its existence to Grand Dad, and with every step SiIvaGunner underwent across his original 2016 run, Grand Dad was right there alongside him, an enduring voice in his head steering the channel onward. And even as his creator fell into a deep slumber, as The Voice Inside Your Head [FILE-03] set his plans into motion to extract SiIvaGunner's figments into the real world, Grand Dad was at the front lines of the resistance fighting in his name - and remains a symbol of hope for all figments caught in The Voice's tyrannical reign.

Across eight years of the channel's life, Grand Dad has gone through so many phases in reception: As a novel joke, as a beacon of hope, as a redundant and played-out bit, looping around into being used ironically, followed by a loop-back-around into being genuinely appreciated. Event after event, album after album, Grand Dad has become a genuine symbol of everything the channel does, and continues to appear to represent it across all of its twists and turns. It's no small feat for a figment to have endured in relevancy for as long as Grand Dad has, and no matter where the channel is headed, you can sure that he's here to stay.

[cirque-celeste]

[misterradio]

The Quatermass Xperiment (directed by Val Guest, 1955)

[dearest-wildthing]

[gingerwithcamera]

Hello! (Again)

Wow. Tumblr, I haven't seen you in ages! But literally, its been probably over a decade. I'm glad to see much hasn't changed, it still has that appeal that my wanna-be hipster self liked about it the first time around. I missed you.

This time I'm writing to you a lot older. Maybe not so wiser, but definitely older. With some more experiences and life events under my belt. Some scars, too. So much has happened in our time apart. But don't worry, I wont bore you with the details. Maybe we can talk about it later. I don't know. Let's get back into it!

I wanted to start GingerWithCamera because I feel like I needed something new and fresh to rebrand my identity as a photographer. Not that anything is wrong with using my name, I just always wanted something fun, and I guess GingerWithCamera is a suitable name for a blog. Ginger was the only thing I could really identify with as a basic, practically almost middle aged white woman. Who knows, maybe I'll change my mind 50 more times.

After not picking up my camera for years, I wanted to create a blog to document and share my work with others without posting on traditional social media. I enjoy having the option of being vulnerable and creative without the side eyeing family and ex high school friends. To be honest, my work just isn't keeping up on ratings alongside the baby mama drama and failed divorces. (Ouch.)

I can't promise much but I can promise that this blog will most likely be a chaotic mess of my work and dramatic journal entries nobody cares about. So lock in and follow along! Maybe proceed with caution, too.

[xovera-toz]

something I'll never finish

[queer-as-used-by-tolkien]

Hot take, but I don't think making criticisms of a character strictly "as they appears in canon" and saying they's shallow or bland or in any way lacking in qualities or traits (as opposed to making judgments about qualities or traits a character DOES have or debating which specific traits or qualities a character has) - makes any sense in the context of consuming media.

Because by the sheer fact of excluding anything not said or implied in canon, you are thoroughly breaking suspension of disbelief. By suspension of disbelief, the audience sees a character and assumes that traits are there, even if there are very few onscreen. This not headcanon because the audience is not coming up with what those traits are. The audience is only assuming that traits of some kind must exist that make this character a Real Person, because in suspension of disbelief we are behaving as if this is Real Life. And if you knew a person who was bland or shallow you wouldn't say they were bland or shallow; you would say you didn't know them that well.

So. Character A is not bland or shallow, they simply haven't been shown on-screen enough. Perhaps the creators haven't come up with any such traits yet, perhaps because they're not good at their job or perhaps because this character isn't built to do anything besides exist as a plot device. But the traits still exist, because suspension of disbelief is a superpower that makes everyone a Real Person with hidden struggles and secrets and flaws that they don't let anybody see or that the audience has just so happened to never see or that the screenwriters and producers carefully edited out to be just offscreen bc they don't know what those traits are either!

Now suspension of disbelief does take effort and not everyone is willing to put out that effort to reach a place where they enjoy the character. Maybe the character has very few redeeming qualities regardless.

Saying a character is two-dimensional, bland, boring, etc. is not a valid criticism of the author. It is only a valid criticism of your ability or willingness to suspend disbelief. If you want to enjoy the content, why aren't you enjoying it? And if you enjoy it for other reasons 'but this one character - ' why are you shattering other people's suspension of disbelief for them?

(Rabbit-holey and incomplete rambling about the mechanics of suspension of disbelief and how much people are willing to suspend disbelief and how much work the authors have to put in versus how much the audience puts in, below the cut.)

Some characters do require more suspension of disbelief than others. Major characters with too few traits are a turn-off to some ppl bc they don't want to have to put in the work of assuming traits where there are none (because there aren't; the person isn't real). If someone dislikes a character already that puts them further at risk for losing their suspension of disbelief. If a character isn't compelling or doesn't evoke an emotional response? By all means. Characters who don't naturally evoke responses need more work put into them by the authors.

Author and audience meet halfway. Sometimes a character evokes a response by being compelling or emotional, and then the author can get away with less filling-in of the blanks bc the audience is invested enough already. But if the audience isn't invested, the author needs to provide more content about the character so that the facade - that this ink on paper is in any way equivalent to a real person - can be maintained.

Now the more important a character is in the story, the more work the author needs to put in. If a character has two lines in the story, the author only needs to write the two lines, and the audience assumes this is a full-fledged person with a full array of traits, without question, because those traits never become relevant or impact the story in a meaningful or compelling way that would require explanation.

But if the character is a major love interest, the audience needs more substantiation of the claim that they is a real person with traits, because this character is impacting the plot and other characters. A love interest needs more than two lines to be accepted as a valid love interest. A main character can only swoon for an unexplored love interest with two lines so many times before the audience asks, why does she like him anyway? We don't know anything about him! At least tell us what he looks like or if he's shaved today or if he's done anything swoon-worthy for her!

A character may also have traits without them being related to the impact they has on the plot; e.g. the love interest used to have a stamp collection when they was five (and this never becomes relevant and the main character who is falling for him does not herself have an interest in stamp collections). That's a trait, but it is not a helpful one insofar as understanding the impact a character has on the plot.

And in addition to giving substance to the claim that a character exists, traits enable the audience to relate to and care about a character, which is the real bread and butter of enjoying a story and being impacted by it. I won't go into that tonight bc that's a whole new topic.

My point is that of course characters need SOME traits, and relevant ones, and preferably in proportion to their role and impact on the plot. (Just as a major love interest with two lines is unsatisfying, a two-line character with pages of backstory is similarly boring.) The line can be hard to strike for an author, but we can help them out by developing a robust ability to suspend disbelief.

So an amendment to my hot take: sometimes characters CAN be criticized for their trait-to-relevance ratio. And then the question is yours: do you put out the effort to suspend disbelief or not?

If we're not willing to put that level of work in for the level of enjoyment that would generate, well, maybe find a different story or at least stop criticizing other people's fav characters for being boring. (It's a lot harder to suspend disbelief when people are actively breaking it. But! That's what unfollowing and/or blocking is for!)

Remember everyone: the secret to enjoying media is suspension of disbelief. If someone shatters that, remember you can get it back if you're willing to try again.

[anotheruserwithnoname]

LOL

[herpsandbirds]

BIRD IN A SUPERMARKET!!!

Virginia Rail (Rallus limicola), family Rallidae, order Gruiformes, found across much of North and Central America

This image of a rail in a supermarket went viral a few years ago. I do not know where this happened. Virginia Rails are usually found in marshes, and do not normally feed on dark chocolate.

original photograph source: unknown

[liaisun]

has anyone said this is jean yet

[hellokittyish]

★ thinking about ex!satoru who still stubbornly refers to you in conversation as his girlfriend, even after a few long months have passed since your breakup.

he simply can't (or won't) acknowledge the fact that the two of you are no longer an item, even going as far as to frequently send you texts updating you on his daily life and then spamming you with facetime requests that you have to keep declining until you eventually give in and respond to his original messages.

and when you inevitably block his number? that's okay, he'll just pop on down to the nearest electronics store and purchase a new phone. no biggie!

so later that evening when your screen lights up with a suspicious looking notification from an unregistered contact, you unfortunately already know exactly who it's from.

unknown: can't a guy talk with his pretty gf anymore? :(

unknown: oops, that was a typo! i definitely meant ex gf

and you're rolling your eyes in annoyance, finger hovering just above the oh-so-tempting bright red block button before the sight of a photo appearing in the chat captures your attention.

unknown: sent [1] image attachment

unknown: i think he misses u almost as much as i do

curiosity overtaking your rational thinking, you find yourself clicking on the picture... only to be greeted with the overly familiar sight of satoru's lengthy cock, hard and leaking between his legs.

unknown: see? he's cryin for u and everything

unknown: [incoming facetime request]

and this time; instead of just simply pressing decline like your muscle memory frantically urges you to — and in what can only be described as a moment of intense weakness... you answer.

part two here.

[spiffybits357]

Here's a big project I've been working on for a few weeks: a phylogenetic tree of everything in Minecraft! It would take ages to explain everything here, so if you want an explaination of any inclusions, exclusions, categorisations or Latin names PLEASE PLEASE PUHLEASE ask me I would love to answer any questions :3

Here's the slides I used to make it since i'm aware the text on the image there is pretty much unreadable.

Reblogs appreciated!

Edit: there are some problems with the image on here aside from the quality, so please check the slides for a slightly more accurate version! Also, if you have a question check the notes first! Odds are someone else has asked already.

Edit 2: PLEASE check the reblogs before you ask a question, most of the questions I'm getting now are ones that have already been answered. But I of course really appreciate how much people care :3

Full image description:

At the bottom is the Origin of Life, which branches out into five kingdoms - amoebozoa, animalia, fungi, algae and plantae.

Amoebozoa is in pink. It branches into Sculk (latin name sculk sculk) and then into slimes (scindo uliginosus) and magma cubes (scindo igneum)

Animalia starts off in orange. It branches off into the five types of coral (Fire - millepora, horn - rugosa, tube - tubipora musica, bubble - Plerogyra sinuosa, brain - diploria). The second branch of animalia branches off to the sponge (in the phylum demospongiae) and then to molluscs and arthropods.

Moluscs first branches off to the shulker (duopartes purpur) then to the nautilus (latin name nautilus), the ghast (Exspiravita inferno) the heart of the sea (unknown latin name), the squid (Immiforma caeruleum) and the glow squid (Immiforma crepuscula). The heart of the sea and nautilus are both marked with a dagger symbol, indicating they are extinct.

Arthropods branches off to the enderman (gracillis sapiens) and the ender dragon (draconiforma finis). It also branches off into insects, featuring bees (bombus enormus) and silverfish (Lepisma saccharinum), as well as to arachnids, featuring the endermite (terminus limina), the spider (rufoculos nocturnis) and the cave spider (rufoculos caverna).

Carrying on from the branch of animalia is the sea pickle (Pyrosoma) and then the vertebrates, which are coloured in reddish orange. The first branch contains the Queen angelfish (Holacanthus ciliaris), the emperor red snapper (Lutjanus sebae) and the moorish idol (Zanclus cornutus). the second branch contains salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka). The third branch contains the yellowtail parrotfish (Sparisoma rubripinne), the clownfish (Amphiprion percula) and the dottyback (Diadem pseudochromis). The next branch contains cod (Gadus). the final fish branch contains the triggerfish (Abalistes stellatus), the pufferfish (Arothron meleagris) and the yellow tang (Zebrasoma flavescens).

Next the branch transitions into tetrapods. coming off this are amphibians, which includes the frog (Lithobates thermochroma) and the axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum)

image desc currently unfinished, would appreciate help

[ano-malie]

The original passenger species were likely another abiological one, absorbed into the trains' own anatomy as they evolved. They are theorized to have become what we know as the engines, which were originally fueled by pure heat and pressure but differentiated either as the passengers evolved within the trains or some trains absorbed other species of passengers that gave them the ability to process other types of power.

Trains’ current passenger species regard this theory with skepticism and/or a healthy sense of dread, and some humans avoid them despite their anatomy being incompatible anyway. If that were to happen again, it would be millions of years in the future, and only to those who spent their entire lives aboard trains. 

But as the environment becomes ever more polluted and hostile, doesn’t that natural air cooling and filtration seem...inviting...?

op sorry for my piss on the poor reading comprehension but when u said "trains came from the mines" in that post i thought we just like. found them down there.

Oh yeah nah that's how it happened. In our hubris we dug too deep and found beasts of fire and iron, you know how it is.

[nanamisgirly]

imagine nerd!Choso, you both are in the same degree. he didn't really noticed you at first but, for some unknown reasons, he kept bumping into you— wether in the hallway or you'd be few rows in front of him during lectures. And just like that, he developed an obsession toward you. and might god forgive him, but he couldn't help jerking off his cock at the thought of his length disappearing between your lips, eyes flickering up at him with a teasing glint. he was kind of sad you didn't even know he existed :/

but how lucky! in one of your lesson, the teacher assigned a partnered project. and fortunately, the duo were made with a randomized system!! Choso did not think twice, with some quick manipulation on his computer, he paired himself…with you! almost too easy

on your side tho, you had never heard the name Choso before. So when you reached out to set up a time for the project, you didn't expect much of it. But now…sitting across from him…his wide figure looming over the table, inked arms straining against the ridiculous tightness of his shirt…that was another story. How hadn't you noticed such a pretty face?? sharp eyes lined with kohl, two messy buns with some rebellious strands framing his beautiful features, and perfect dark purple painted nails tapping against the table. ‘am i blind or sum?’ you wondered. 

nerd!Choso was originally awkward with social interaction but more so when it came to you. He clears his throat "I- uh," he started, voice trembling "f-for the work, would you like t-t- to…" his cheeks flushed an adorable pink as you stared at him, giving him time to formule his thoughts ‘such a cute boy’ you mused.

"we can do it at my home!" he suddenly blurted out, words rushed, as if the poor man hadn’t said it now, he never would have :( "i- i mean, t-the assignment! o-of course..." he was so embarrassed of himself, his hands nervously cupping his warm milk chocolate "if— if you want to.." his eyes darted anywhere but yours, unable to hold your gaze. not when you were looking so intently, like you were seeing right through him. because what if you had some superpowers, the kind to read his horny thoughts, the kind to know exactly how many times he fucked his fist to the image of your pretty mouth stuffed full of his aching cock. catastrophe!!!!

nerd!Choso was blushing furiously, messier, stuttering over his words more than usual when you were unconditionally giving your best to give the man a gooood ride. “p-p-please” he whined, voice breaking. You leaned in, your breath warm against his ear “tell me, my pretty shy boy…what are you begging for, hmm? use your words, pretty". 

choso's hands gripped your thighs like a lifeline, fingers digging into your skin. “y-you— mngh, it's— it's too good. i can't last— i— please,” he choked out, eyes glossy as you slammed your hips down harder. His happy trail rubbed against your clit with every grind. the friction giving you as much pleasure as him.

“preeetty boy," you cooed, trying to maintain your composure despite having his fat dick stretching you enough to see stars. “is this what you've been thinking about the whole year? me riding you? or even better,” your mouth went for his neck, licking softly, contrasting with the pulsing grip of your cunt, milking his cock. "touching yourself to the thought of my glossy lips wrapped around your pathetically big dick ?" your voice was so sensual "tell me, tell me and i'll give you what you want” that man was moaning, the sluttiest moans escaping his throat. in response, your walls clenched harder, trying to suck him in even deeper at this point. “i— i was— i mean, i- fuckfuckfuck" choso were sure he lost the ability to form a simple sentence, his head falling back as he felt his tip kissing your cervix. but he tried his best to continue "i— i was…pumping my— my cock at the- mngh, thought o-of you..t-takin' me…d-d-deep,” poor boy was losing his mind. You've never seen a man being that pussy drunk, so openly lost into you, that was addicting.

your fingers trailed over his inked pecs, moving along the curves of his tattoos making their way to his nipples, and you pinched. not too rough to hurt but enough to send jolts of pleasure through his body. “look at this good boy," you sighed, feeling choso throbbing inside you. "earned the right to cum inside me… would you like that?”. 

you loved teasing him. he was a total whimpering, fucked out mess beneath you. ‘so cute’

nerd!Choso was as sure as the sky is blue that you had superpowers, somehow. and you both sure as well scored a beautiful A on the assignment.

(*ᴗ͈ˬᴗ͈)ꕤ*.ﾟ

[treybadu]

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