#like there is probably more interesting character work and stuff

[bonsiii-art]

Let us know once you've finished the update, it's REALLY interesting imo. Even I was caught off-guard by some of the stuff Devsis pulled.

I DID IT I FINISHED IT ITS PEAK (Spoilers for Draconic Immortalis CROB event story!)

MY HUSBAND'S HERE (being gay about my other fictional spouse (longan) >:O!!)

TBD involvement hype aside, they have a piece of the egg Longan hatched from?? I wanna see it qwq!! It's the closest I'll be able to see their baby photos! And like, just straight up saying that Longan's fixation on kinship is because they spent their youth alone ouuughhh my poor old dragon qwq...

As someone who was kinda on the fence about Gingerbrave being the one with the cane in the prophecy, I think the way they handled it was actually pretty good! I like this scene in particular because yeah, it acknowledges that other cookies have cane/cane-like objects with them.

It didn't feel forced which was all that I was hoping for. XD

This whole convo between the dragons, man...I have so many different thoughts about it/pos Like I'm afraid of talking too much about it because I'm very much not a pro at character analysis. But I think Longan's motivations and how they feel about is so interesting in that I feel that Longan isn't someone who doesn't care, it's that they cared too much. They took their fear of getting done in by a cookie in the far future and projected it onto all the other dragons. They saw the elimination of cookiekind as preserving the family they've made.

And with their age, childhood, and power of foresight, this bolstered their selfish belief that they're the only one who knows what's best. That they need to step over everyone because it's for what they believe to be the greater good. A greater good only born innately from their desires alone. Not like a child that's never been told no, but more like an elder that never has been questioned on their authority.

And crazy that even when their delusion of this family dynamic broke, they still are striving to have one because it's probably the one thing they wanted most: to not be alone, for someone to stay, even if it's by obligation of blood relation.

Anyways, I gotta stop yapping; this is getting too long of a post SDFGHJK PEAK SNAKEFRUIT MOMENT I love how they've developed throughout this story as a whole (´▽`ʃ♡ƪ)

My old dragon beefing with a child 😔

Technically going by official height measurements, to see Gingerbrave in this shot, Longan's head alone would fill the whole half of the screen; but I understand, it's still an awesome scene XD AND THEN THE ANIMATION OMLLLLLLLL

THAT SMIRK, THAT LIL "heh", INSANE WORK

I didn't think they would animate the Longan eyes dispersing as well!! Longan really did go out with a bang, literally, like a firework-

LYCHEEEE QAQ Our girl really was a goner, she was essentially in a coma. BUT SHE'S BACK NOW AND EVERYTHING'S OKAY

....Okay, everything might not be okay.

Longan, please don't send your couple-hours old baby on a fetch quest-

Dark Choco, Milk, and Yam crumbs with a side of Chocolate Bark, my friend's eating good 🙏 Please, devsis, give us a dark cacao kingdom related update with all of them in it.

GIRL STAY IN BED YOU TOOK A BLAST HEAD ON AT POINT BLANK RANGE!!!!

God, this scene has been a long time coming, literal years of updates coming together for this... I'm glad I was able to stick around the game long enough to see it qwq...

...hey, I recognize those guys-

I'm really glad they remembered about the whole being part of the past thing and while them disappearing would make sense, I'm happy they get to stay <:P they're cute!

[midnight1nk]

So, this week's episode...

[spoilers below cut]

OH BOY, here we go again!! A bit late but I have returned for the latest episode, and lucky for me, I haven't seen any spoilers and not even the thumbnail....

*turns to Team* why is the Castle in the background? Wha? HUH?

(the following is my live reaction:)

ay, the intro!! it never gets old for me 💙 that's my beloved Saturday Morning Cartoon (TM)

looks like we're continuing on from the last one, if it's what I'm assuming here

I gotta say, quite convenient to have a bunch of stuff at their disposal. not that I'm surprised ofc, haha

also in this household, we respect Toomp! (I mean, have you seen the list of crimes he did. Got the queen, that's for sure)

wait, is that…. deltarune chapter 3 music? no, like I swear it is!! heh, I suppose the Team was gonna use this track sooner or later (who can resist tv time?)

I mean, I already suspected Puzzles made her own robotic body, sooooo she ain't wrong

Puzzles: "No matter how dangerous it may be, it's a risk I'm willing to have you take." *WHEEZE*

Ah, looks like WPNZ did manage to get to the junkyard

He's just standing there. MENACINGLY. <- WPNZ, probably

(c'mon, dude. Toomp's just a silly lil guy ^^)

waitwaitwait, hold your horses!! we're not going let that pass by and not talk about it

"death cube"? well, that's new. The only other cube-related thing I could remember at the moment, was the one 4 and Mario were in (the gamecube 2 one)

Was this what Meggy saw in the sentencing? I mean, it's pretty obvious that the tv literally says "sentenced to death cube" but y'know. gotta think about the possibilities here, especially for me

#RespectForToomp (and watch him being the most important character for at least this arc)

dude, it's a junkyard. Not exactly a five-star quality workshop /lh

PUZZLES, YOU DIDN'T KNOW??!?!?

also hi Pauline (love that she's back in the show after so many years, but it conveniently works out in my OC lore, that being they're related/connected to Pauline ^^)

that's shadowy figure is the death cube? oh, I thought it was a contraption but that makes it way worse, huh

WOAHWOAHWOAH hold up

Puzzles' dialogue text is glitching?

Technically it wouldn't be the first time glitching happens to Puzzles when overwhelmed, most recently being WOTFI '24. The text tho, that's interesting. hmmmmm [Transcript added to the Court Record]

Puzzles: "YOU CAN'T RUSH ART" <- true true 😌↕️ (I pretty much say that about my 20+ WIPs)

THE MARIO BALLOON BODY *WHEEZE* I just imagine WPNZ being held onto by a single string... and potentially floating away

why do I feel like the child of divorce here? /silly

uh. anyway, I present to you this:

la creatura :)

(but I gotta say, what a great scene)

WPNZ: "Hah! You tell 'im, slimeball" aw, that was actually sweet. I mean, look at toomp, he looks so happy like "^^"

whoop, so that's why Puzzles disconnected

A phone call? Is it Meggy?

FRENCH 🫵

IT'S MEGGY

how on earth did the Team capture my phone-call-anxiety perfectly with that? /lh

ah, so it was that. Makes sense, being death row and all. Crazy that Hal came up with this idea, but then again, this isn't the SMG4 universe which you can't exactly "die" the normal way

now, about Meggy's scene here. I do have thoughts about (which ofc I'll talk about them later) but I will say this: I stand by what I said previously about mixed feelings and I do understand what Meggy's doing, while still concerned about meeting up at the Castle. But in the good sense, this arc has me invested

back to the plot in hand... *toomp looming over wpnz* oh hey toomp!

ough, that was like a punch right in the gut

like it really hits when you start learning about the complexities for not only WPNZ but Puzzles too, especially if you were around the time reading the redemption talks I posted

AND and, even more that WPNZ truly opened up about his emotions like that, to Puzzles who he just met for at least a few days

THAT LOOK, I gotta say that wowed me

Puzzles doesn't exactly know how to express her emotions, that much is true, and certainly wouldn't know how to respond to what WPNZ said. The last part, specifically, considering y'know. Puzzles' past. She wouldn't be fond of remembering it so I can see this as coping(??). For the very least, Puzzles could tell that WPNZ meant it tho

back to expressing emotions thing, a lot of characters reacting to Puzzles' said action are confused by it. Or they don't even care at all. WPNZ, other than Leggy ofc, reacted differently. Positive, almost like he's charmed by it

(checking up on the gunshow shippers: how yall doing?)

ALSO also wait, did Puzzles say "play"? It may be a coincidence by the writers themselves, and maybe that's my theorist mind sounding the alarms as usual. But I am also reporter, and I don't forget about the teasers the Team posted

"but the play has just begun" they somehow brought this back, the teaser was relevant after all. I gotta say, Team: well played, either way

so enough about be rambling, let's get back to work!! *passes out dead tired*

oh hey toomp :) I suppose it's time to execute that idea he was holding onto

"I don't trust him" and I would go to war for him, so what? also no need to jump the gun that early (ba dum tsss, I'm not funny)

Puzzles saying "young man" and WPNZ surprised by the talent truly has me convinced that Toomp's their son now ADJK;JKL

break-out time? 👀

"one more task"? perhaps one more episode (before the movie)? :D

oh boy, here we go!!

Puzzles: "Sure...pal" oop, is that complex emotions I see? conflicted thoughts, hmmmm??

YOU CAN'T JUST END IT THERE, I WANT MORE!!

Congrats to BerzackLike for your art being featured at the end credits!! 🎉 fantastic fanart btw ^^

.・-: ✧ :--: ✧ :-・.

Yet another banger episode!! Team, it was so well done, especially the writing. I love the dynamic between our villain team. That recurring bit with Toomp appearing more and more menacing really got me crackling. Some of the lines got to me tbh.

also, gunshow shippers: how were yall holding up? 💙

And y'know me, I've been doing a bit of theorising myself. Some curious stuff indeed. I gotta say: the arc has been going pretty solid so far, props to the Team for that.

So... about Meggy and my thoughts on that particular scene. Immediately after watching that scene, I could sense that there was gonna be some discourse over it. Not only did some of it return from the "Split" episode, but also bc Meggy set the meet-up at the Castle. As a long-time viewer of the show and one to talk about character exploration, I do want to share my perspective on it and hopefully, it'll help some of yall understand it too.

And for our sakes, I'll leave the first part of the scene bc I think it's absolutely crucial:

Yall must know the biggest part of all this, and it bears repeating it: Things aren't as black and white as they seem. They're complex, even complicated/conflicting at times, and we tend to forget that people can have mixed feelings about certain people. This, just as good storytelling pursues, is grounded in reality. Sure, these characters are fictional and it's a silly lil meme show, but viewers can resonate with the characters bc they can see themselves in them. Perhaps having mixed feelings for someone isn't something everyone can resonate with, but for some it does. To feel seen, to feel understood.

I can tell you, from personal experience, I have mixed feelings for certain people in my life. Some have done unforgivable things, others I'm willing to give a second chance to. Ultimately, while I can offer as much help as I can, the choice to change is up to them. After all:

redemption ≠ forgiveness ≠ forgetting

Now, back to Meggy, I've seen people's reactions over this. Believe me, a lot was toxic, saying that "she was stupid for meeting up at the Castle" or "how could she forgive Puzzles after all the pain she went through" <- and that's just the lighter stuff. So, here I say it: Meggy considering (which isn't outright "accepting the job") to be legal rep for Puzzles DOES NOT MEAN she forgives him. As she said, she needs proof that he's changed and only then, she can accept the job. One consultation. Besides, it's not like they're gonna go their jolly way and everything will turn out happily ever after. Puzzles still has to face the consequences, she said so herself. On that note, in this ask I answered previously from my inbox, I have talked about her consideration and character if yall wanna know more.

"Why would she set the meet-up? Couldn't she tell he was faking it?"

She wants the truth, and it isn't the same getting it through a call or a video. It'll have to be face-to-face, and I can imagine it that once she does, she'll make her choice. As she said, no tricks or schemes. The truth, just as it is. While she is offering a chance for Puzzles to prove himself, there is a difference between "receiving help" and "wanting help". Again, that choice to change, it falls on Puzzles.

"Why would she do it at the Castle? Why not in prison, where it's more secure?"

While it is concerning, I can understand why she might've done it. Her last encounter with Puzzles was when she was home alone, and after the trauma she went through being forced to be Leggy, her home's out of the question. Now prison wouldn't be a problem except for one: no one knew about the deal she had with Leggy. Maybe there are some hurdles she can go through to meet a potential client in death row, but if someone finds out she was meeting with Puzzles, they might tell the others. The Castle isn't a bad option, and I could imagine Meggy waiting until 4's out for the day or something. There would be plenty of space, someplace where she's comfortable in, and the Crew would be nearby if things went south. I mean she was careful enough to have her number as "private ID". Yes, it could be understandable, but it is concerning too. Meggy is going behind her friends' backs and likely bc it'll be hard to explain why she's doing it for them to understand. And then on top of that, she lied about not doing the deal with Leggy at all. I had a sense that it's gonna spiral out of control and the Crew might misinterpret it, ironically how the audience toxic discourse has been talking about it. And worst of all, if 4 found out about it. Next to Meggy, 4 went through so much trauma and pain so to see that one of your friends invited the person who caused said thing into your own home, I could see him feeling betrayed. Therefore, causing a rift in the Crew when they need to be more open and understanding.

Also concerning that (1) the Puzzle Park rides 4 got are stored somewhere in the Showgrounds and are the same ones with a goo, (2) Puzzles is certainly aware of the Castle's layout/electricity grid bc of the PV saga, and (3) WPNZ, who Meggy never met, probably believed it is an actual hut on the Crew. Again, it's a "they don't know what we know" kinda thing.

This meeting is going to go wrong somehow, and eventually what happened at the start of the arc is gonna circle back now. Which also means Meggy might face some repercussions for it. What can I say, it's complex, and it's what's getting me invested in the arc!! I know it's what the Team intended too, ever since the end of SOTC:

"Character exploration", it's what the Team are doing with this arc too, with complexity of redemption and characters. Well, these are my thoughts, but I'd say: LET THEM COOK

I tried my best to explain it the way I see it, and do hope it isn't me going about it in circles. Again, while there are actions I don't condone and believe in accountability, it's understandable why. Regardless, I am very excited about the rest of the arc and I honestly don't know what to expect so I can't say I got expectations at the moment. Other than the security cam, but yall know me already. That's all I have, I'll see yall in the next one, and remember: numbers always go first.

....but seriously, I can't be the only one hung up on the security camera from the last episode.

Like, are we not gonna talk about this? Why would the Team do an ominous shot on that cam if it's not gonna be relevant? Something's up, and I swear it's gonna be another "that door..." situation for me. No, I don't need an intervention—

[gowerhardcastle]

A very interesting, at least in my opinion, has crossed my mind. For all that I’ve ever written, there has always been some underlying theme, or rather a point, or even multiple points, that I’ve wished for readers to get from my works. And so I was wondering, in all of your works, have they all been created that way as well? Do your stories have those underlying points, and also, do you think that stories can be created without some hidden meaning behind them? Some message, that authors wanted to portray in an artistic way?

I had to think about this one for quite a while.

My first impulse was to just say, "No, nothing in particular. I just want to write a funny story."

But then I thought a little more, and here is the actual answer.

Some of you probably know that I'm an English Professor and have been for quite a while. My whole life has been about the written word--about cultivating it, showing its value, teaching about it, and trying to create beautiful prose.

If my games are about anything, they are about how much I love language. I know my games are not for everyone: when I read articles about how the typical university student has trouble getting through thirty pages of literature in a *week* whereas it used to be more the norm to assign 100+ pages, that tracks with my experience as a professor. And I know that a game like mine, which is very, very long, has a very mannered writing style, has a highly literary sensibility, and asks a lot of time from the reader is never going to be a breakthrough hit the way some games are.

I'm okay with that, because I'm writing the kind of game that I love, and it's meant to appeal to people for whom reading millions and millions of words is not an intimidating thing, but a treat.

As a professor who also teaches first-year writing, and, alas, some online classes, I am also deeply, deeply in the trenches dealing with AI writing, and it makes me very sad for people who are depriving themselves of (what I think of) as one of the most beautiful and human things you can do, which is to write. I don't want to make it more of a thing than it is, but when I feel feelings like this, writing my game is the thing I can reliably turn to as the antidote.

The slow process of creation (I've been at this sequel now for five years) and a lot of attention to detail and to the beauty of the writing is how I resist. The essential innocence and joy of the world, delight in language, and the laughter it inspires is my small resistance to things.

When I sit down to write, practically every time, I hope that someone will read it and laugh. Whether that's a hidden meaning or an artistic theme, I doubt, but that's what I hope for.

If you would like to play a very long demo of most of the first two chapters, read stories, short essays on game design, and read various rambles on interactive fiction, and in the process, fight the system (?), why not visit The Noble Gases Club?

Here, you can find stuff like a discussion of frame narrative, a sample of a character design of Juniper, and a discussion of my "straight shot" approach to the current chapter I'm working on. All free (for free members)!

It's highly literary 1930s England, in a P.G. Wodehouse inspired world where all shall be well.

[bullet-prooflove]

Shawnstown: How To Write a Compelling First Chapter

By now you’ve probably read a few of my first chapters for Shawnstown, we’re going to be using these as the basis for out case study on how to write a compelling first chapter.

This works for both plotters and pansters, you just have to go into it with an open mind for each.

Here's the previous parts you may find useful:

How To Start A Series

Plotting A Series And How It Connects To Future Publishing Stratergy

Why Is A Compelling First Chapter important?

Creating a compelling first chapter is really important to a story as it’s the thing that stops the reader from DNFing it at the first hurdle.

If your book is on Kindle Unlimited you’ll be getting paid by page read so it’s vitally important you keep the reader invested throughout the novel and that starts with the first chapter.

If they’ve bought your book, (ebook/real book) this can be the thing that prevents them:

a) getting a refund that bites into your bottom line

b) giving you a shitty review

Your first chapter also sets the tone for the rest of the story, it gives the audience insight into the character, highlights future plotlines and provides a gateway into the novel.

The Anatomy of Writing A Compelling First Chapter

Here’s what makes up a compelling first chapter:

The Hook - A killer first line that immediately draws the audience in.

‘In Medias Res’ which means putting the reader straight in the middle of the action from the minute they open the book.

Meet The MC - An organic introduction into the character as well as their situation.

Leave Them Wanting More - Leave the audience with more questions than answers, driving them to keep reading. (anyone whose read my work knows I’m a fan of a good cliffhanger)

What You Need To Accomplish All Of This:

It doesn’t matter if you are a plotter or a pantser, there is one thing you need to accomplice a compelling first chapter and that is to know your main characters intimately as this will help you with all of the above.

Now I’m not talking one line summaries like ‘Juliet is a prosecutor with brown hair’. That is not going to get you anywhere with writing a first chapter or a book. I’m talking details.

You need to know why Juliet became a prosecutor, did she witness a violent crime? is it a family job – she was expected to follow in her father’s footsteps?

Already these give you two types of opening and possible storylines for the book.

Juliet witnessed a violent crime  - The first chapter can be a flashback of a ten year old Juliet watching her father get beaten by a gang in his bodega – which shows us her origin story and makes us more interested in her as character especially if you follow up with her in court in the second chapter, prosecuting a defending for doing something similar to someone else. – This shows us how the event affected her and gives us insight into her day to day job.

Juliet’s following in her father’s footsteps. – The first chapter could be her father asking her take on a case, an important case the kicker… he wants her to lose it. This leaves the audience wondering what Juliet will do, hence spurring them to read on.

Both of these are examples of cause and effect and how it helps develop your stories/characters. You have to use it for everything you write about these characters as that’s what brings them to life.

If we had just gone with the initial thing which was ‘Juliet is a prosecutor with brown hair’ we would have had a very boring book, where Juliet was sitting at her desk, flipping her hair.

You need to know your characters before you can create a first chapter, you need to know what makes them tick.

The First Draft:

If you already know your characters you’ll probably have an idea in mind for this first chapter. Run with it!

Don’t worry about any of the above stuff for now, like first lines and such just write down everything you have, let it be as messy as it has to be. For now you’re just throwing that lump of clay on the table for you can mould it in a minute.

My first drafts are always horrendous, half dialogues, people doing random things, spelling mistakes. None of that matters, what matters is getting the idea out of your head so you have more space for the details and so that you can look at it objectively and go ok, I can see the shape of what we’re making, now I need to develop it.

Once you start working on the second draft that’s when your hooks will start to emerge, the little things you think might be something, lead into something.

The Hook:

In Dead Man Walking, I just had this idea that every Thursday Charlie would get a phone call from Voight, because Voight would want to rub it in that Charlie is in some small town doing fuck all. In my rough draft it was literally like every Thursday at 9pm the phone rings  - it’s not too exciting.

During the second draft was when I came up with that first line:

If there is one thing that Charlie Reid can count on since taking the Chief of Police position in Shawnstown, it’s the fact that the phone on his desk will ring at precisely 9pm every Thursday night.

This line now draws the audience in because it does several things:

It introduces us to Charlie, the Chief of Police

It gives us a mystery – why does the phone ring at exactly that time?

In Custody we have this:

The baby is crying, he’s crying because his mom, Tammi is banging so hard on the window beside his car seat that Sammy’s terrified the pane is going to shatter, showering their nine month old in glass.

What it does:

Introduces us to 3 characters simultaneously establishing their roles.

Puts us ‘In Medias Res’ – in the middle of the action

Creates tone – Sammy is scared for his son – should he be?

Leaves the audience with questions like – is the glass going to shatter? Why is she doing this?

All of which make the audience want to read on. Once you’ve written the scene in the second draft, you’ll already have an idea of hook from the context of what you’ve written.

‘In Medias Res’

Putting the action is a really great way of drawing them in. When I say action it doesn’t have to be all guns blazing, it means putting them in the midst of the inciting incident we discussed in another post.

For those of you that didn’t get to read that one here’s the definition:

Inciting Event: The thing that changes the status quo, that disrupts the MC’s bliss – it’s what gets the story going.

In Clay’s story Big Dick Energy, it’s the fact he walks out of his house to find a dick scratched into his car so he has to drive to a town meeting with it.

In Sammy’s story Custody, it’s Tammi banging on the window because she doesn’t want Sammy to leave town with their son.

The point is in both stories the audience are thrown immediately into the action, they are watching it unfold in real time, they're experiencing it with the characters which makes it more exciting and more stimulating. They are being shown the story, they are not being told it, which makes it more immersive.

Meet The MC:

It’s important for the audience to meet the MC in the first few chapters, my personal recommendation is in the first line of Chapter One as straight off the bat the audience know who their dealing with.

This does not mean info dumping. Info dumping is something a writer does when they are still learning the characters and it’s fine to do with a first draft but when you refining the story you need to show these things to the audience, not tell them otherwise they won’t engage with the character.

The way to do this is explore them through things such as surroundings, actions, dialogue and thoughts.

I’m going to use Charlie’s Dead Man Walking, as an example:

Charlie making sure he’s on time for the phone call shows us he looks forward to confronting his nemesis, that he relishes this tete et tete.

Charlie looking at the clock and it being utilitarian tells us what is current surrounds are like and shows us what he’s used to, indicating he was a man of importance in his past life.

Charlie pouring himself a drink – shows us so many different things in one simple paragraph: that Charlie has a thing for Scotty from the way he compares the colour to her hair, that Scotty is an old school whiskey distiller who knows that she’s doing from the cask she uses, that it’s autumn from the flavour profile, that Scotty may have a thing for Charlie from the way her fingertips trial over the bottles. Also that Scotty likes to come up with funny names for the whisky she distills.

The conversation with him and Voight tells us a lot about the nature of their relationship, the fact Charlie killed a man tonight, that Charlie has a bullet in his heart waiting to kill him, that despite his position Charlie still has the upperhand in this situation speaking to his character.

All of these are shown to the reader, instead of being told to them which gives them a much more enriched experience than:

‘Charlie stepped into his office where the walls were painted green, there was a desk in the middle of the room, and whiskey in the bottom drawer.’ – which is very basic information, boring and doesn’t give us any insight into Charlie at all.

Again this is why you need to know your characters.

Leave Them Wanting More:

By including details such as the ones discussed above you’re generating lots of tiny hooks that are already getting under the readers skin and leaving them with questions, questions that they have to read the rest of the book to answer.

You want to leave the audience wanting more which is why you should always begin the chapter with answering questions from the previous chapter and then leave them with questions for the next one.

An example of this would be Charlie Reid’s work Dead Man Walking.

At the end of the chapter we’re left with questions such as:

Where is Charlie off to that’s so important?

Will that body ever be discovered?

Who is Scotty?

Will Voight send someone else after Charlie?

Why did he chose to do it now when he’s a dying man already?

In Chapter Two some of those are answered:

We learn that Charlie is off to the distillery – partially to see Scotty but also for another illicit reason – we learn who she is and what she’s about and also what Charlie gets up to on a Thursday.

However we’re also left with more questions:

What is in those boxes that Scotty won’t let him see?

Who is the mysterious man she was arguing with?

What do Charlie and the Mayor have in common?

By doing this the reader will be compelled to keep turning pages because they need to know what happens next.

[wooahoe]

ykw. i’m just gonna say it. i just saw a video where someone said ‘stop gatekeeping korea, especially when people have a genuine interest in it.’ those weren’t her exact words but i think u get the idea.

and you know what? i love that people love korean shit but i also don’t and it’s eating me alive.

i grew up in a pretty heavily ethnically diverse community in the late 2010s. but even then i wasn’t a stranger to kids pulling at the corners of their eyes and making fun of mine, or saying that my food looked disgusting and ‘smelled weird’. kpop was weird, my non-korean friends asked if i was chinese, nobody knew what a kdrama was and nobody wanted to be in a ten mile radius of someone remotely fobby (iykyk)

so to have an animated kids movie, made for people like me? not just a movie catered to the generalized asian population or even only having chinese representation?

i fell in love instantly. the disney princess movie that me and my friends always wanted as a kid was finally here, but even cooler and more badass than we could’ve ever imagined.

but kpop demon hunters has also shown me how far we’ve come from my early childhood.

because nowadays it’s weird. all of a sudden everyone is obsessed with miffy (no, she’s not asian but hell we love her and she’s ours now) and hello kitty and a number of other popular asian characters and i don’t even know how the fuck they found out about them. east asian food isn’t considered weird anymore but something to be sought after. you go to los angeles’ koreatown and there used to be absolutely zero non-koreans there. now? all of the restaurants that sold traditional foods and dishes are gone, replaced by the surge of 외국인s in search of tteokbokki and instant ramen and bbq. there aren’t any koreans in korean restaurants anymore.

which lowk pisses me off. i can’t find good places to eat anymore because all anyone wants is kbbq. traditional dishes are being lost to the appeal of tteokbokki, ramen (which isn’t even korean by the way!), bbq, fried chicken, corn dogs, everything that i never ate as a kid is all of a sudden everywhere, and all of the dishes i love aren’t sold anymore because those restaurants aren’t making any more money and have to close. WE DON’T EVEN EAT THAT SHIT THAT OFTEN GO FIND THE NON-AESTHETIC GOOD STUFF.

and now nearly everything about the korean culture, my culture, has been commodified; whether it’s the food, the clothing styles (both traditional and modern), the music, the media, the makeup, the people, to even the fucking language?

and yeah japan and china have this problem too…but it is definitely not as bad as korea.

look. if you’re into the korean stuff, i don’t blame you. that shit is amazing.

But.

please try not to contribute to the commodification of my culture. i am sick and tired of my livelihood being turned into a fucking “trend”.

in the wise words of kim namjoon: “People in the West just don't get it. Korea is a country that has been invaded, devastated, and torn in two. Just seventy years ago there was nothing. We are getting help from the IMF and the UN. But now, the whole world is looking at Korea. How is that possible how did that happen? Because people are working fucking hard to improve themselves. You are in France or in the UK, countries that have been colonizing others for centuries, and you come to me with, "oh God, you put so much pressure on yourselves, life in Korea is stressful!" Well, yes. That's how you get things done...”

korean culture, whether they live in another country or not, is very fast paced, no time for rest. we call it a 빨리빨리 culture. this is why the idols within the industry never get rest. the rest of the country doesn’t, why should they? like for example, yes, those carats who are always saying woozi is burnt out are right, he probably is. but do you seriously think he’s going to rest? he’s not, because he’s a fucking korean man and y’all don’t fucking realize it.

this is why we have one of the highest suicide rates in the world.

but you also have to realize that korea is losing itself to westernization. it’s not just the choreography or the english words mixed into the songs. korean is losing its fucking language to english loan words. hell, some of the words that i say AREN’T KOREAN. THEY’RE JAPANESE.

look. my point is that i don’t think namjoon is just talking about countries with a history of colonization. he’s talking about people who don’t understand korea because all they want to understand is the mirage of pretty boys and beautiful girls that shine under the global spotlight…not realizing that what they hide is far, far worse than diets and weight loss and company mistreatment.

i’m not asking you to step away from korean culture or media. I’m not asking you to stop being a fan of idols or actors, or to stop enjoying korean food.

all i am asking is that you be mindful. don’t just obsess over the saja boys (yes, yes, they’re hot but remember what they represent. remember why they’re called the saja boys) or your favorite idols, but please remember how hard it has taken us as a people to get here. please don’t acknowledge us just because we’re a fad, but understand where we come from. that means the korean kpop stans and the 교포s.

[throatgoatgeto]

°•°☆WELCOME TO MY PADDED CELL!!! ☆°•°

(image from pinterest lol)

hi!! my name is bea, i'm 20 years old and kinda new to tumblr. i have had accounts and lurked around but i never really had my own blog or anything like that. i don't really understand how this site works so please forgive me if my posts are a bit odd, i am probably just going to treat it like twitter for now 💀

i don't really write ffs or draw well enough to post on here yet, but maybe in the future i will. for now i'll probably just be shitposting or ranting lmao. however, if you are an artist or writer i would love to interact with you and reblog your work! i'm just looking to make friends and have fun 😋

dni list: bigots of any kind (boo 🍅🍅🍅), if you post/reblog smut or any explicit content of canonically minor characters (jail), rude weirdos who start drama and think they're regina george reincarnate (you're not her), if you are under 16. if a minor over 16 idrc, this isn't an explicit blog per say, but i do interact with smut or talk about nsfw topics sometimes so keep that in mind.

i am mostly here for jjk content, especially geto or satosugu stuff but here are some other interests of mine/fandoms: nana, tomie, death note (i love lawliet), kpop (nct, enha, ateez, aespa, xlov, and more), fashion, jewellery, makeup, cute and girly stuff, puppies, astrology, manifestation, singing/music, drawing, working out (i'm trying to get back into it lol)

PLEASE BE MY FRIEND PLEASE PLEASE I PROMISE I AM HILARIOUS AND REALLY NICE 🙏🙏🙏 MY IRLS ARE SICK OF HEARING ME TALK ABOUT SUGURU 🥀🥀🥀

[ballad-of-birdy-lamb]

Helloo(⁠◍⁠•⁠ᴗ⁠•⁠◍⁠) Could I request for Bill Dickey x childhood friend!reader? where Bill and Y/N have been close since they were little kids (before his parents' divorce and before he got completely hooked on comics) You can go with either angst or comfort fluff, or both! whichever you feel works best for Bill’s character. I just really want to see how he’d act around someone who knew him before everything started falling apart.

It’d be a bonus if the reader is female, since Bill is known for being misogynistic, and it’d be interesting to see how he handles a long-time female friend. But totally up to you! I hope I’m not overwhelming you. Im guessing you probably get a lot of requests. Please take your time, and thank you so much for considering mine ^^

You were clearly meant for more.

Bill Dickey x Fem! Childhood friend! Reader angst/platonic headcanons Summary: You were one of the only people that had watched Bill change. Content warnings: misogynistic behavior Word count: 1k. AI was not used for the writing, please do not use any of this for AI. Welcome board Eltingville Club masterlist

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Being friends with Bill Dickey wasn’t something people wanted to be known for. He was annoying, mean, and gross. But you knew him for so long that it didn’t matter that those titles existed. You had met Bill in kindergarten, long before his obsession with comics began. He was a sweet kid, a little loud, but he was nice overall. You’d spend your time playing together, and at some point, were almost inseparable. You would help each other with schoolwork, random things you couldn’t do on your own, and personal issues. If there was a picture of close friends or best friends, it would show you and Bill. 

As the years went on, not much changed. Bill gradually got into comics more and more, simply telling you which ones he had recently read and how cool they were. Eventually, the Eltingville Comic Book, Science-Fiction, Horror, Fantasy, and Role-Playing Club was created; bringing Josh, Pete, and Jerry into your life. 

There’s isn’t much to say about the friendship after that, you didn’t always go to meetings once you realized that it wasn’t fully your thing. It’s not like you were forced to go or were invited. The meetings were the same thing over and over. They would say what they did over the week, what they got, what they made, what they agreed on, what they disagreed on. It was rather boring, and you didn’t fully understand the situation. 

You were “friends” with the other three, of course you could talk to them if they said something to you, but you weren’t proper friends. They had their obvious flaws; at times it was like they never interacted with any girls at all. Pete was weird about it the most, trying to flirt but it was really bad. Jerry was just quiet and kind of awkward. And Josh tried talking but was so inept that he would say something then get picked on by Bill for it. 

Several years went by again, Big Sal turned out to be a child molester and left the comic book shop up to Joe, some weirdo that would overprice everything and wouldn’t take anything but hyper specific types of currency. Hell, you don’t even think he takes coins. You never went into that shop unless you were forced to go with Bill. You didn’t think the prices were accurate to the piece, it felt warm and wet all the time, and sometimes the older guys that went there would smell funny. It wasn’t your thing... but it was Bill’s. 

People change over weeks and months, of course that was found with Bill. You didn’t fully know if it was Joe’s doing or Josh or Pete or even Jerry’s, but he kept saying weird stuff. You would be sitting with him for lunch, and he’d go on his usual tirade about how so many comic-to-film adaptations were terrible these days. He’d suddenly turn to you and ask if you thought a new superhero movie was accurate to the comics, and you’d just have to shrug. It would quickly be followed by a mumble about how you were a girl and wouldn’t even understand it like he could. 

The comments would get more prominent, even when you tell him to stop talking like that. Bill would find a loophole in your logic and say that it was general knowledge that girls didn’t know as much about comics and if they were into them, it was because they wanted someone. As much as you liked Bill, you couldn’t deny how weird he started to become. 

It was only when Bill went crazy with Joe’s comic book shop that you weren’t allowed around him anymore. At least it was easier to lose a friend like Bill that way instead of having to explain that he was annoying and not a good person. It wouldn’t have ended well anyway, he wouldn’t have understood. 

The final time you ever saw Bill was when you were a lot older, at comic con, to be exact. When you stopped talking to Bill and the rest of the Eltingville Club, you made your own time to settle into some “nerdy” hobbies. Whether that was comics, studio ghibli, or something beyond that, you found something new and fun. So, when Jerry found you at one of the tables, he couldn’t just leave you behind, you were occasionally there with the Club meetings, but it was enough to make an impact on him and the others. Josh and Pete weren’t too different than when they were teens; one had less hair, but that wasn’t important. 

You sat at one of the tables of the giant food court, adding in on Josh and Pete’s conversation from time to time. And then Bill arrived. The men had already turned to arguing, making you sit in your thoughts, reminding you of the group meetings. Finally, a deal was made to let him stay but it didn’t last long. When Jerry’s girlfriend, Mandi, tried getting Bill to shut up or own up to his own actions, it brought his immaturity again. 

By the time the con was over, Bill was left alone in the Ecto-1 with you. The silence was deafening and quite painful to sit in. You tried speaking before Bill interrupted you, going on about how you’re still the same or that you were rubbing your own success in his face. He went on and on about how you weren’t better than him, how you were just a dumb whore that liked acting like your success wasn’t because of your looks or your body. It hurt, obviously, but it made you realize something. He was still the same. There wasn’t anything that came out of his mouth that he didn’t say in high school; it was the exact same. Though you were forced to end your friendship with Bill by your parent's hand way back when, you were ultimately forced to end it now, stepping out of the car, and leaving Bill alone. 

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Thank you so much for requesting!! I'm sorry if it's OOC!!!!

[ghastly-artist]

WE'RE BACK BITCHESSSSS!!!!! I HAVE THE INTERNET AGAIN AHHH! 🥺 🩷 🩷 🩷 🩷

Sorry for being absent, I see that my scheduled post worked as indented!

Glad ya'll didn't think I fled the ship or something 😂

I will program the same once more just in case it ever happens again, but hopefully not😂

Thanks for sending me messages, asks, and not forgetting me while I was away 😂 🙏🏻

I will now go through the hundreds of notifications I have gotten as well as the DMs I got while I was away 🩷

(Bear with me while I try my best to juggle responding to DMs, asks, comments and draw at the same time 👀)

ALSO while I didn't have the internet, I was able to draw a little ^^ So expect a couple of finished wips soon.

And some new stuff in a couple of days maybe.

For now tho, I'm focusing on finishing the keychains and stickers of Erik 👀 and there probably will be new buttons too 😏.

By the way, would anyone be interested in Tryst keychains /Stickers? Or of any other Richard characters? Like Alex Taylor or anyone else? 🤔 (I love almost ALL of his roles ) If so, please write them here in the comments or perhaps DM me if you're too shy 😂 (But honestly I never judge! 🩷)

Anyway, I'll talk to you later guys! 🩷

[blackcatxmagic]

Now that it seemed like Koda was interested in this, Davis didn't try to hold back his enthusiasm anymore, smiling brightly. "Paladin would be fun, and you can also take a lot of damage and heal your team in a pinch. The magic classes are fun, and I've played them before, but they're pretty unpredictable, and they can't take as much damage. I'm actually usually a monk. I like the idea of fighting with a staff or with my fists. Once I went as my character for Halloween a few years back, and...well, it was a cool costume, I made it myself, but it was pretty cold." Davis laughed at the memory before realizing Koda might not understand it. "Oh, monks don't wear a lot of armor," he explained, "which is why I was cold. I was covered, but the costume showed a lot of skin. A friend helped me make it, and she kept insisting I remove some of the components of the costume, covering less and less. She said it really emphasized how badass monks are even without armor. I'm not sure that's the real reason though. I think she just wanted me to be cold. It was still fun though." Davis was already thinking about his costume for next year, and he was deliberating between a few ideas. "I can help you make sense of it all," Davis promised Koda. "It can be overwhelming at first, but that's why there are books and stuff. Still, it's easier if you've got someone to help you get it all straight." At Koda's remark, Davis smiled a little sheepishly, admitting, "Yeah, I've got some ideas I've been kicking around. The problem is I almost have too many ideas, and they don't really work together. I've got to get them organized before I even think about starting my own campaign.

"I probably actually have a couple comics I don't want anymore, but I usually keep them," Davis told Koda. "I like to collect them, though I've got duplicate copies of some that I don't need, like gifts and such. My grandparents are always buying me comics, and it's nice of them, but sometimes I have them already." His grandparents bought him a lot actually; it was like they were trying to make up for the fact that Davis's parents had basically abandoned him. They had though, more or less - Davis hadn't seen them in over a year and hadn't spoken to them in nearly six months, and even then it had been literally a two minute phone call. "It used to be really nice," Davis said when talk turned to his hometown in Sri Lanka. "It's really resorting. That's actually where my parents met. My dad was...uh, 'finding himself' I guess, and my mom was a local. But then a huge storm came through about 13 years ago, and even though they rebuilt everything, it doesn't feel the same, not for me." There was no reason for Davis to ever return to Trincomalee as far as he was concerned; the only thing there for him were heartbreaking memories.

Davis noticed the way Koda kind of evaded the question, and he understood the desire to keep things to yourself; he was doing the same thing after all. "That was probably kind of cool but also kind of hard," he said, leaving the topic open for more discussion if Koda wanted to but not pushing. Not wanting Koda to feel awkward, Davis asked, "So do you want to do this now? Or we could do it later. We could meet back here, or you could come to my house if you want."

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The way he talked was with an enthusiasm most people lacked. Koda would argue everyone but found a few of the hidden gems. She'd always wanted to be a hero, a real one, and maybe creating a character to make up for her lack thereof was the perfect solution. "That'd be rad, I have no idea what I'd be doing," the blonde confirmed with a laugh, bookending her words. "A monk is badass too, just not as much my style. You'll have to handle the serious magical shit for sure." Koda preferred to use her fists, and a sword would've been her weapon of choice if she were in medieval times. He had knowledge she craved and a creative outlet that in any other circumstance she might not have considered. Koda didn't know enough people to have a real group or have the know-how to create a campaign of any kind. It seemed obvious that Davis would, causing her jaw to unhinge slightly when hearing the opposite. "Me? A Dungeonmaster? Oh no way." Her head was shaking in disagreement before she'd even finished speaking. Koda didn't consider herself a creative person per se and thrived off the energy brought by others. That's what made her so excited to meet someone like Davis, who beamed when he spoke about what he cared about, unable to contain his shine. "I think you'd be good at it, though, don't know if I believe you saying you couldn't think of a sick campaign. You've got to have something you've wanted to try before."

Koda gave him a look of uncertainty at first, then nodded in agreement and brought the comic to her chest, where she held it tight. "Well, thanks, and if you ever want to get rid of any old ones, you know you can throw them my way." Handouts weren't something she accepted emotionally, pity was not a good look on her, but she took any item she could get her hands on. In her youth, Koda couldn't get attached to objects, not even being allowed to take her favorite stuffed rabbit with her on some trips. Now that her parents didn't have a say in her life, she clung to the things she loved most, and that included the disheveled toy that still sat on her bed. "Maybe I won't put it on my list then," she thought out loud. "Not a bad place to grow up. It's got that real small-town feel without feeling restricted by a lack of options." It hadn't been a bad place to settle down for the time being. Nothing good like this lasted forever, but she'd enjoy it while it did. "Ah, my parents moved around a lot for work. I've lived in a lot of places, but the States the longest," Koda explained without giving away enough details to get her in trouble. The last thing she wanted to talk about was herself, especially the parts of her world the blonde preferred to keep to herself.

[sidekick-syndrome]

"Bruce is the tallest in the bat-family" this, "Jason is the tallest in the bat-family" that. Wrong. All wrong.

I follow the canon of the 1966 Batman show. And the 1966 Batman show says:

[gothmikewheeler]

girl i have fanfics in my head u wouldnt even dream

[stellar-collective]

Opinion on Ricardo Morales?

ooh… my opinion on this guy is… ehh, complicated? we have so little info on him that i don’t want to jump the gun on making assumptions, but tbh… i don’t trust him.

i don’t think that he’s actively malicious, not by a long shot. i mean, as far as we know, he’s at least TRYING, and that counts for a lot against an opponent like Doctor Zor, but he’s certainly got his fair share of faults. most of what we know about his character comes from his interactions with Prism, and he sure as heck did not handle that situation well even a little bit. did he MEAN to drive Prism out of the Agency? i doubt it. is that what happened? yes. and i think that he is fully capable of doing the same to Agent Phoenix. (it’s lightly implied he already did that to another head agent, after all. at the very least, he didn’t help) would he? i don’t know, probably not, but i believe he could, which makes him dangerous

i have my fair share of theories on the subject, but i feel that Morales may be an evolved version of Reginald from the first game: obviously he doesn’t WANT anyone to die, but… he’s expecting it. so he doesn’t care as much as he should, and that hurts people. if presented the choice (and idk if he will be, i don’t have the faintest idea where the series is going next) i think he could just as easily throw us to the wolves or become a true and vital ally that helps finish this for good and all. i don’t really have enough info to form a more solid opinion tho lol

[quietwingsinthesky]

(@transmasc-rose) I am so glad you love Lucy too because she is making me chew on drywall. LUCY WHY IS EVERYTHING HELL FOR YOU FOREVER.

how could anyone hate her <3 rip to anyone who played the games and did not get obsessed with her, but she is living through a nightmare and i love that for her <3 she’s soo!!! everything is awful for her always but then you compound that with the fact that she has this sliver of power over first clay and then desmond, that she’s at least a little aware of that and it both stresses her out and is also probably the only real control she can feel like she has over anything… A fun little detail made even more fun by the fact that it’s Something Else that has more control over desmond than she ever could and kills her about it. fucking wild character. every single thing they added to her each game just makes it even more fucked up and im convinced that none of it was intentional. like. look. look. i am Convinced that the reason the timeline works out the way it does is purely a result of the accidental factors of them giving rebecca that line about seven years AND someone on the writing team being fucking terrified of having a woman over 30 in their video game when she might end up the love interest of the main protagonist, because god forbid, so she’s 24. i genuinely don’t think they thought that through to the horrifying conclusion of “oh god she was isolated with the intent of making her an abstergo mole at seventeen”, but that’s what the conclusion is!!! whether they intended that to be the endpoint or not of these decisions!!!!

[beneaththebloodylake]

when you get so bored you start reading fanfic for a ship from a game you know nothing about just as generic stories but the game sounds actually sort of interesting, and then when you look it up on tumblr it seems like the ship are actually sort of just like that in canon and theyre not just being shipped for the sake of shipping something. how has this happened twice now

[bi-panic-at-the-disco]

I like how whenever I watch AstralSpiff or Backseat play a new Poppy Chapter it’s pretty clear what game that they devs had been playing before hand lmao,, Chapter 4 being very clearly referencing to the Resident Evil 4 underground factory insect fights with how it was framed

[arolesbianism]

Sometimes I just look at Isabeau and just know that if isat came out and I got into it when I was like 16 he would be my favorite character and I would've gone absolutely buck wild over this man and feel like he was laser targeting me. But alas Odile has a grip of steel on me rn due to her virtue of being a middle aged woman