#it's also just too rambly for my taste

[sawthatmountainburn]

it's kind of wild seeing people trying to cling to "if you're not part of this minority group, stay in your lane" and "if a minority tells you something is bigotry, then it unequivocally is and you shouldn't argue" takes when not only have they increasingly lost overall popularity as we've seen more and more people use their minority status as a shield against criticism for reactionary politics or actions (see: conservatives queer people, the guy who defended working for a weapons company by bringing up his transness and disability, the thread insulting doordash workers under the guise of quirky misandry, etc. etc.) but during this particular time it's so blatant that many people, including and especially those with authority, are willing to call any and all solidarity with Palestine antisemitic. anti-Zionist Jews are being arrested the world over, while simultaneously being called "not real Jews" by Israel and its supporters, which frankly reads as a threat by the people claiming to be the only safe haven for Jews, but this is given less air time than random people putting a call for Palestinian freedom on their protest signs and social media bios. hell, I've seen calling Israel a settler colony being touted as antisemitism because it bares a vague resemblance to the "rootless cosmopolitan" talking points. to anyone with eyes and a brain, it's obvious the pro-Israel side uses accusations of antisemitism as a silencing tactic. so you have to actively shut off your critical thinking to accept this argument that only Jews and Palestinians are allowed to say X or Y, rather than arguing why X or Y is bad on its own. and if people are unable to argue the latter well, tough shit, their point was bullshit anyway.

[lazylittledragon]

obsessed with people saying “it’s cool to be weird now” fucking WHERE and how do i get there

[sskk-manifesto]

Proof that bsd would be a lot better if they just let it pass the Bechdel test more often

[sn0wbat]

sparkle on, tiberius ✨

[seventh-district]

not even gonna tag this properly bc i don't wanna get Involved but i do have some Thoughts i need to get out into the void so here we go

(aaa quick edit: CW for mention/discussion of Boothill leaks)

[mushroomjar]

I don't know why exactly but that last post got me curious: Saw blogs, what music do you listen to? One of my favorite things about the franchise is the soundtrack so it feels appropiate to ask

[critter-wizard]

this is my lil grumpsona... theyre just a lil guy!!!!

i didn’t like my initial more porportioned design so i simplified it down a bit !

[fangomango]

Any weather that isn't super hot is rather romantic to me

Like it may be heavily pouring but all I want to do is take you outside and absorb the rain like a cactus

Texas for the sake of my now single life make every day not hot so I can think about my otps

:) thank you

[akashicpoint]

From my knowledge, the director for NMH2 wasn't Suda and had just gone to him asking for some permission to use some things. The cutscene w Nathen w the two (black) women being brutally slashed to pieces without regrets only to FF a bit to Travis feeling sorry about blowing up a group of (white) cheerleaders def didn't sit right with me. (Then again, Shinobu isn't treated very well in 3 either, but i think that's bc Marvelous cut out 3hours worth of Game content, PLUS us fighting with Bad Girl and Shinobu, so either way, Girl cant catch a break)

Yea! It was Nobutaka Ichiki who directed NMH2.

Also thankfully, I think it's a common sentiment that the Nathan scene was super weird and out of character. NMH2 is such a weird weird game in how it handles its characters. It's one of my biggest issues with the game. Travis has already shown that he's not one to attack those that can't fight back like we see with him chastizing Shinobu for killing her classmates and again with Bad Girl for killing the clone gimps (calling her a perverted killing maniac). So, for him to just kill these two black women without a second thought (as if he doesn't have good reflexes/shadow step to just dodge) is so weird and has made him worse than how he was in NMH1, but that's really how I felt the whole game tbh. Minus some moments like with Alice.

And you could say "Oh he's just struck with grief he's not thinking clearly", but like you said he later shows regret for killing the cheerleaders (even though they were ACTUALLY ASSASSINS) so it's just a moot point. It leaves such a bad taste in my mouth on top of having to see how Shinobu is treated throughout NMH2, another black woman. This isn't to say the other girls in nmh2 aren't treated poorly or very weirdly (minus the syndrome sisters) but when every scene with Shinobu is someone berating her, calling her weird, or throwing weird sexual threats at her, it becomes tiring.

NMH2 is just...a very very weird game and I can only really compare it to Drakengard 2, but I will say that at least Drakengard 2 is a bit more respectful of the characters from the prior installment. Both games get so close sometimes to their predecessor but just fall flat. Both had good soundtracks at least :'^). (both games were the only ones to have someone else as the director before their respective directors stepped back in).

I think TSA does well with her character (I'm replaying as her rn so I can't fully comment on it) and gives her backstory/treats her better. As for NMH3, it seems a lot had to be cut from that game (I feel a lot of Henry's happening was cut as well) so I can only be disappointed that she and Bad Girl took the backseat in that game and hope that maybe we will finally get that Shinobu side game Suda has mentioned wanting to make.

[arolesbianism]

Breakcore may not be a super strictly defined genre but I swear ppl will call anything that has noises at all like y'know music has like just normal ass music from any other genre breakcore with a straight face and I just have to sit there and try to not reveal I'm a pretentious fuck when it comes to this stuff

[arti-cat]

how do people find rainworld discord servers to talk in.......,,

[jeannedarcgerard]

not to immediately move on from my hockey-induced revelations about human connectedness and also no one asked but my hand-me-down favourite hockey guy is adam lowry of the winnipeg jets. if you were curious.

[silverselfshippingchaos]

welp... he's on the f/o list now!

[thecryoftheseagulls]

me in my bathrobe at 8 am, hovered over the kitchen counter horking down bread that's a couple days old & slathered in butter for breakfast, having called in sick because I didn't get enough sleep and am just about ready to go back to bed: ah yes, the transmasc experience

[lux-scriptum]

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[hofudlaus]

Just finished netflixs Wednesday show and, spoilers ahead

I have mixed feelings about it, most of which I can look past n excuse since it's not really a type of show I enjoy normally anyway

BUT uhhh, can I just say,,,, it feels Very weird and Bad when,,, in the show thats all about, hey, monsters n weirdness should be accepted! That the big bad plot monster is like, made through trauma/torture (and is then controlled by the person who makes them) and its the only monster that's never shown any compassion??

Before the twist with Tyler being into all the murder, where, as far as we knew, he is a victim of abuse and manipulation(if not full on mind control?(idk I don't fully remember what the lore was)),,, he's still treated like he's evil??