#imma still play tho

[gibbearish]

who else bumped down to profreshional bc of this garbage rotation

[meganechan05]

Addressing the Topic

People need to stop bending over backwards trying to justify why they would call Rita a woman or only using she/her pronouns when there are plenty of reliable sources that states they are canonically gender neutral.

The Producer, aka the one who pitched the premise, The Writer, the one in charge of the story and characters, and The Actor, the one who plays the character. Three people who have outright said that Rita is Gender Neutral or their gender is undisclosed.

An entire episode explaining that you should never make assumptions about Rita other than what they tell the audience via through their interactions with other characters. (Idol Rita isn't even Rita at all, btw. Being an idol was just a dream they had as a kid and moved on from and it was an undercover mission). Heck, if you have some kind of understand of the Japanese language, it's extremely obvious that Rita is never referred to with gendered terms until Episode 38 by Minongan aka the Jesters' Idiot who Rita only spoke 2.5 lines to and fooled by working undercover.

And don't use the "but Rita uses 私 (watashi) when referring to themself" on me. Kaguragi and Racles use it and both identify as male. It's a neutral term and also a formal one compared to the 俺 (ore) that Red, White, and Royal Blue uses.

As for the pronoun thing, you can use whatever pronoun you want for Rita. He/Him, She/Her, They/Them, Xe/Xer. Whatever. BUT it would be safer to use They/Them as that is the most neutral of the options and Rita's neutral. We don't know what English pronouns Rita prefers so play it safe with They/Them. Not that hard. They don't care what you call them, but it's safer to use the most neutral of the terms.

And to address the topic: no, we do not know if Rita being gender neutral is actually tied to their job as Supreme Justice. I vote No simply because of Karras and Morfonia. Morfonia identifies as female as far as we know and the same probably applies to Karras. How Rita identified as a child was undetermined, but considering no one is shown to know what their bio gender is (not even Morf or Karras), I'd say they're gender neutral regardless of their job. Probably poor wording on the production team's part, but who knows?

TL;DR Rita's Gender Neutral and that's that.

Deal with it.

[lyriumsings]

love and deepspace is so wild i went in expecting minimal fan service, a blank slate mc, lots of stuff it wanted me to buy what i got was an insanely fun combat system, tons of ways to earn currency, an MC with: a traumatic backstory, PTSD, heart problems and not one but TWO glocks!?! and yeah the men are there too and are absolutely down bad for the mc LMAOO SKAJSJ

[rintoki]

gonna call my topaz dr ratio follow up team TOP RATIO mhmhm

[giyuulatte]

YALL THAT IS MY SON DON’T PLAY WITH ME OR HIM

[crystalflygeo]

“are you sure you haven’t seen her around?”

“no,” yaoyao said sadly, “i’m sorry, mei jiĕjie… i asked the other adepti and they also said they haven’t spotted spring bringer in a few days now…”

“i see… and you say you overheard the funeral director saying that the consultant on the parlor is taking a few day offs?”

“mhm! but… why do you ask? are they related?”

“…. you could say that.”

meirin’s frown deepened.

were they perhaps just taking a vacation together? but in that case, why…. why didn’t she respond to my prayers? no, something is definitely wrong here. if anything happened to her, there was no way that person would stay silent, after all.

the young child looked up worriedly as the woman’s expression turned darker, the lines between her eyebrows creasing further. her dainty fingers tugged on the adult’s hand, “…. jiĕjie, have you had lunch?”

“hm? oh, not yet… hey, why don’t we get lunch together over at wanmin? my treat, of course.”

“i was about to suggest that! it's always better to think with your stomach full! ah, but i can pay for myself…”

“no no, consider it thanks for helping me with the information gathering. besides, i’m craving some liyue-style meat-based dishes…,” meirin paused, remembering a certain tale - or, well, it would be more proper to describe it as an incident - which crys had told her before.

“…. yaoyao? after the meal, can you show me the way to the nearest post office? i’d like to send a letter to fontaine before planning my next move.”

if the geo dragon is missing, then i’ll try my luck with the hydro dragon….

...... i hope al haitham has some new information when we regroup later.

“Survival skills like those become very much a necessity when you’re wandering all over the world. The wind can tell us many things including the coming of rain or the presence of danger.”

“I still think it’s impressive! You have very keen senses…”

The pair chats calmly as they eat, this time enjoying a meal at one of the village’s restaurants, sitting side by side at the counter, taking small bites with their chopsticks and enjoying fragrant tea. A ship set to Liyue will sail early the next morning and agreed to take them for a comfortable price (With Crys promising she’d pay Kazuha back ASAP and once again thanking him profusely)

“So, you’ve been to Liyue and Mondstadt before, any other place?”

“I’ve wanted to visit Sumeru for a while… hmm, what about you? Mentioned Fontaine for a… business meeting? And the Ministry of civil Affairs… I’ve heard before of an adeptus working there.”

“Oh! Well… I do… I travel a lot too I suppose. Though I cannot recall much, and specially not being here in Inazuma before.”

“Hmm.” Kazuha remains pensive, statements like those does make it sound like she’s probably important, most likely people will quickly recognize who she is as soon as they steep on the harbor, or at least he hopes so. Or that at least going back to a familiar place her memories would come back easier.

“Oh! I want some of th-”

“Do you think-”

Crys stretches a bit in front of him to pick a piece of sashimi, at that moment Kazuha turns back to her and both end up faces mere inches apart, noses almost brushing.

Kazuha’s cheeks get warm with a healthy blush spread while Crys immediately turns scarlet.

“I-I’m sorry-!!”

“No! i-it was me I-!”

“Um…!”

Both sit back a little apart, Crys practically shrinks into her seat looking at her lap while Kazuha pointedly stares at a wall. There a short silence.

Awkward…

Crys feels bad, her ears droop. “I’m sorry Kazuha, it was my bad.”

“No worries…”

Oh.

Great.

“Well, if it isn’t my favorite diplomat.” A female voice purrs with amusement. “I thought you’d be long gone back to Liyue, dear.”

The pair turns across the counter, there sits a woman with long flowing pink hair, fuzzy ears hanging low adorned with jewelry, and a stylized shrine priestess’ outfit. She rests elbows on the table, chin propped at her crossed hands with a mischievous glint.

Crys stares and blinks.

“Ah… Guuji Yae.” Kazuha murmurs.

“Hm, I thought after your business at Narukami a couple of weeks ago you’d be right back home, how interesting to find you here in such unique company.”

“I’m sorry I… we know each other?” Crys asks embarrassed.

Yae Miko stays silent for a few moments, her eyes sharp and unreadable as she seems to calculate a million things at once. Finally, she speaks again, her tone completely serious. “What happened to you?”

“She’s… lost. She lost her memories it seems, can’t remember a lot of things, flashes come and go in the past few days” Kazuha explains. “I found her passed out outside Chinju forest almost a week ago, Lady Guuji.”

Yae Miko hums, eyes narrowing. “Any aggressiveness? Has she passed out again since then?”

“N-no…” Crys mumbles.

“So probably not erosion. Anything particular?”

“Um… I can’t… remember people close or important to me, their names, faces, my own names… it's like just out of reach, I have them at the tip of my tongue but”

“But,” Kazuha pipes in. “Whenever she does remember a name, other memories seem to come back along with it.”

Miko’s eyes widen a fraction. “I see… allow me, just a moment.” She stands up and gets closer, much to Crys’ nervousness. Her gohei materializes with a glow and she waves it around a couple of times in slow precise movements before almost tapping the illuminated beast on the head.

Her expression turns severe.

“Hm. As suspected.” She sighs and dismisses the item again. “You my dear, have been ‘pranked’ by a powerful youkai.”

“W-what?”

“It’s an ancient and difficult technique, usually meant to… ensnare others and force them into subservience. You’ve had your name stolen.”

“My… name?” How can one steal a name?

“That’s right” She drawls, sitting back again across from them. “Your memories, your experiences, your identity, they are all tied to your name, it’s who you are, and so long as you don’t reclaim it, you’ll continue being lost…” She explains calmly.

Crys pales, she feels anxious, sick.

“Can’t you undo it, Lady Guuji? After all you are… very powerful.” Kazuha clears his throat. Miko gives him a look.

“Unfortunately, only the bearer of the curse can break it you see.”

“B-But-!” Crys stands up, she’s shaking slightly. “Y-You know who I am, you know me, you know my name, my real name… don’t you, Lady Guuji?”

Yae Miko sucks in a breath almost imperceptibly. “It’s been… centuries since you called me that.” She murmurs. Then shakes her head, and Crys’ feels her hope drop. “I have always known you officially as Spring Bringer and for several centuries you have gone simply by ‘Crys’ I’m afraid I am not privy to your true name.”

“That… can’t be…” Crys drops back into the chair, crying. Panic rises in her chest, how did this happen? How can this be? How does no one know? What if no one knows? How does she herself not remember her own damn NAME!!

This time Kazuha stands up, placing his hands on the crying woman’s shoulders trying to comfort her as she sobs. “But then how did some random youkai know her name?”

“Simple, to steal a name you need it to be written down. Literally ripping out or destroying it seals the deal. You must have had some document or letter on you with it perhaps.” She shakes her head. “Regardless, Spring Bringer, listen to me, do not fret. Go to Liyue. The other adepti will know, they will help you.” She reassures.

Yet, the distressed adeptus continues crying.

Kazuha steels himself. At least they now have answers… and a solution.

Lost in the forest, so deep In solitude’s embrace, shroud of mystery A deer wanders, and softly weeps     

no drawings this time but ayyy biggest lore bomb drop 1k words

@i23kazu ebg Jan 19-26

[corpse-nymph]

me knowing i’m not going to get my cross progression link for probably like a week so i’ll wait

[plumbhoney]

a non-exhaustive list of bugs the sims team has yet to even acknowledge

sims talking to themselves on social bunny

sims autonomously posting on social bunny

friends with good relationships being mean on social bunny

social bunny automatically activating

social bunny in general like can we please get it together

also not a bug buuuuuuut can we please get an option to turn off social bunny notifications without deactivating it entirely???

children can't age up using birthday cakes on tables

also not necessarily a bug but does anyone else feel like the HSY events happen way too frequently??

this one hasn't happened to me, but apparently the aging bug is still happening despite them saying they fixed it

elders can't retire

they also never really fixed the neighbors constantly making cakes in your house even though they said they did

mail carriers not being able to reach the mailbox, when the mailbox is unobstructed and easily accessible

fears repeat themselves WAAAAAY to frequently

like why am i conquering their fear of dead end job just for it to come back the next day

the whole fear system needs a rework tbh, why is someone at the top of their career getting the fear of dead end job??? why is a sim getting a fear of unfulfilled dreams when their wants are consistently met???

he LIKES COOKING and he is LEVEL 10 in the CULINARY CAREER

this might be a feature and not a bug, but i don't understand why you can't conquer a fear at any time?? instead u have to wait until they get the want for it

maybe this one is just me, but i pretty much only get "listen to X music" wants. there's got 2 be more 2 life

teen sims still get acne even with acne disabled

auto loft beds placing ladders on the wrong side

[cherryozyi]

Finished Miitopia's Main Story and got some bonus stuff including adding more characters/teammates.

So I immediately had to do this

Planaria finally became a warrior/knight.

[sherlock-is-ace]

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[supercreig]

[the-rat-of-all-time]

fucked around and accidentally got spoiled on persona 3's ending which sucks but also

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[zeeph-containment-zone]

WOW it's a bad week to play bemani games huh

[kimboobaggins]

have you every played a videos game where you think it's okay and then the minute you lose super fuckjng bad you want the world to exploded

👍

I love. games.

I play games on the easiest possible difficulty and I still fail super hard so ur not alone LOL

like currently, I failed to unlock the final chapter in kh:bbs and it's looking like I have to beat the final boss for each character again 😭

[kuiinncedes]

fucking finally tested my code and it worked 🥳

[crystalflygeo]

Finished Fontaine AQ and I'm VERY unwell