#lighting controller switch

[mayasaura]

one problem with a theatrical adaption of tlt is htn, where the reveal that Gideon lives on works because of the change of second person to first.

the only way i can think of it working is that the actor playing gideon works backstage, like the lights system (but is hidden from the audience aside from subtle hints)

the biggest hint is when when wake breaches pal's river bubble she 'breaks' the lighting system and the stage goes dark. harrow is ushered into the wings by pal so she doesn't see anything, but the lights flick back on just before the curtains drop for a scene change, and pal looks directly up at the light box in surprise and smiles. if the audience is quick to turn around they can see a flash of a black robe.

Oh boy my friend, have you come to the right place!!

So, fun fact about ninja. Bear with me, I am going somewhere with this. The image of a ninja covered head to toe in black, with a hood and mask, comes from Kabuki theatre. It was originally a stagehand uniform. Like stagehands in modern theatre, stagehands in Kabuki would wear all black to signify that they were not really there, and whatever effect they were causing (carrying a prop, creating a breeze, ect.) was to be taken as happening on its own. Basic stagehand stuff, a lot of productions in many styles around the world do it, especially if they don't have fancy rigging systems.

Someone (I don't remember who now, or in what play) had the idea to dress the ninja in a production up as a stagehand. In the convention of the theatre, this made them invisible. The audience was already so used to ignoring stagehands, they didn't know any more than the characters that the ninja was present, despite the actor being clearly visible on stage. Which meant when the ninja struck, it was as if out of nowhere. I can only imagine the uproar in the theatre the first time it happened. It worked so well as to become commonplace, and the rest is history. The popular image of a ninja is still a kabuki stagehand.

So, back to the stage play of Harrow the Ninth. I think you've hit almost exactly on how to incorporate the Gideon twist into a theatrical production. But not as a lighting tech. Gideon is a stage hand. Maybe there would be more than one stagehand, maybe she would be the only one, but she would operate in full view of the audience, literally setting the scenes. I think it works best if she's the only one, but if the production needs more, she should subtly stand out in some way. As the play went on, we would notice that this one stage hand... increasingly interacts with Harrow, though Harrow never acknowledges it. At first it might look like she's playing Harrow's necromancy, because that would be the main special effect she would need to help with. When Harrow is unconscious at the end of a scene, it's always the same stagehand carrying her out. But we all know she's not really there. Until Palamedes acknowledges her. Turns to look right at her, and speaks to her. I can see the scene clearly. He would look at her, stunned, until Gideon finally took off her mask. The line "Kill us twice, shame on God," would be addressed to Gideon, and then he would turn back to Harrow, kiss her on the forehead, and tell her to go. Gideon, always out of Harrow's line of sight, would guide Harrow away while Harrow looked back at Palamedes.

[ganondoodle]

the idea that demise controls not just ganondorf but really anything deemed 'evil' seems to be very widespread in the fandom and im wondering where that came from?

demise was one throw away end boss that, even with the unfortunate lore implications and damage it did to any other antagonist even in retrospect, was never associated with controlling others? (isnt it mostly ghirahim that summons or corrupts things in skyward sword too?) is it just bc he is the (said to be) the ultimate origin of all things "bad" so clearly he is the one controlling everything even post mortem? he is never relevant again and plays an honestly tiny role in the very game he is introduced in (the only one too)- we dont even know what he is capable of given how little he does even in his own fight- he very clearly dies at the end, doesnt fi even say whatever is left of him will be fully eradicated within the master sword??

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is it bc of the one line he is always reduced to? (its the damn line he always gets reduced to isnt it..)

[velvetjune]

The Lake House | Alan Wake 2

Oceanview Motel & Casino

Control / Alan Wake II

[modmad]

im so upset (I was playing sky cotl and-)

AND VEE IMMORTALISED IT IN THIS SO NOW I HAVE TO SHARE

[tovaicas]

↳ ꜰꜰxɪᴠ — ʀᴏᴜᴠᴀꜱᴛʀᴇ ᴅᴇ ʟᴇᴜᴠᴇᴄʜɪᴇʀ ⇄ ᴇꜱᴛᴇᴇᴍ

Today, tomorrow — forever on, from one war to the next. Have you ever wondered when our war ends? Does it even matter? Were we not meant to be nothing but weapons from the day we were born, our edges kept sharp and bloody when needed and hung up and set aside like good, obedient little soldiers when not?

(Steel Temper! Heavensbreaker! The Warrior of Light! Our Weapon of Light!)

Look in the mirror. Do you still feel him crawling up your spine, setting within your bone? Do you feel it gnawing at the edge of your soul? Feel the blood in your fingers again. Remember your purpose. Remember the grind of the bone beneath your fist. Remember. Remember. Remember. Stare into my eyes and REMEMBER.

(Even now, you continue to deny it. Well. Deny me all you want. You cannot deny what we have done.)

You feel it, don’t you? There’s no point to hiding it. I know you. Feel the furious pulse of hot blood in your head. Feel it in your teeth. Feel it in your throat. Feel it in your heart. Feel my hand on yours, cloak it in scale, and grind it deep into where it needs to be. Again, and then again. One broken shield exchanged for another. It’s never enough. It will never be enough.

(Or you could beat every single one of them to death with your bare hands. You would like that, wouldn’t you?)

But you know as well as we — that it was never the Eye.

(I knew you would.)

It was always just you.

[featherystims]

Mr. SyS from Nintendo stimboard !!

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[skitskatdacat63]

2010 Australian Grand Prix - Jenson Button(ft. Robert Kubica & Felipe Massa)

[occknow]

[kathrynmjaneway]

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[animalgobrrr]

sometimes I forget I'm a guy and then I'll just be like HOLY SHIT IM A GUY and all is well in the world for a while

[carbonateds-oda]

just made an impulse buy 😜 [spent a whole week agonizing over whether I should get it or not and kept taking it in and out of my shopping cart until I finally caved]

[imitor]

houyi ..... i think i love all my bsd ocs on a degree that has me frightened

[velvetjune]

“The story needed many beginnings. Many springs. Streams that turned into a river, a flood, and then, an ocean.” — Alan Wake (Control)

[lillazyboithings]

No drawings for today, but I did spend the entire day stressing out over my research paper and making paper stars + a paper crown for my little brother's birthday

[wavetapper]

two quastion

1) do you use keyboard or controller

2)if you use keyboard, do you do it staggered or linear; and if you use controller, what controller?

HI smiles

1) I use a controller! part of the reason I got into bms was because I wanted to improve at iidx so I figured a controller would be my best option, but I did play a bit of keyboard before I just. prefer my controller it's comfy

2) I have an FPS from djdao/gamo2 which is considered entry level but arcade cons are fucking expensive regardless of what you get. very high quality can vouch for it though. only "drawback" people mention is the size of the turntable but its honestly very convenient for me bc its small enough that I don't have to move my keyboard out of the way when I play LMFAO

as for keyboard keybinds I tend towards a staggered layout (specifically caps + a for scratch, then z s x d c f v for keys 1-7) since most charts I've come across are mapped for either a controller or staggered like that (I don't play with scratch off and I DO NOT want to deal with consecutive scratches on one key) HOWEVER if your keyboard doesn't have good key rollover then a linear layout is probably a better idea. plus it's more comfortable outside of scratches