#now that's a human conversation

[moran-with-a-g]

What I do instead of going to sleep

[itadooori]

well. i started thinking about the dynamic between s2 gi-hun and sang-woo (last seen in this post). then i blacked out and all this got drawn

[crunchybeards]

I'm sure this has been beat to death by now, but my favourite aspect of Sam as a character is the fact that he truly does encapsulate one of the most pervasive themes in the game, the theme of being humane. Sorry for the really long ramble but I just wanted to get this off my chest and just genuinely commend the game for what it does with its protagonist. Be warned for spoilers for the whole game and some endings.

From the begining, Sam is shown to be an empathetic character, despite being a pseudo-silent protagonist. As different as every route can be, Sam always feels some form of very human remorse. He feels remorse over killing cursed individuals when he reflects in the mirror. He feels remorse for fucking up the ritual and damning the astronomers. He feels guilty over taking the resources of people who have become cursed, even though he knows that they won't be using them anymore. At least once per playthrough, he experiences some form of remorse towards another party.

As far as a reach as it is for me to say this, I personally saw the dialogue options that players can pick as Sam's own thoughts and the specific thoughts that you choose to pick are the thoughts that become fully realised and are added to his overall character for that playthrough. There are often a lot of dialogue options that are negative or reactionary. Yet every single time, there's at least one positive one, one where he feels empathy, one where he believes there is hope for an individual despite how bleak the situation may seem. Or at the very least he chooses to be civil and non-discriminatory towards a cursed person.

As grotesque as the game is and as twisted as the Cursed become, they're still human, they're still people even if not physically apparent. And 9 times out of 10, they still behave like people. My favourite aspect about the game is that there are some characters that seem like they're too far gone, that they only wish to hurt people and yet if kindness is extended towards them, they can still be saved. We see this with the hidden-away garage. The fish and chips shop. The Cursed are still willing to trade and salvage the situation as best as they can. They're making the most out of a shitty situation despite struggling interally with their sanity and adjusting to newly formed bodies.

Choosing to be humane at the end of the world is one of the best things about Sam's character. Nobody would hold it against him if he were to kill cursed individuals indiscriminately. There are several characters that he can befriend who have done the same like Hellen. But being given the option to negotiate, the option to talk and to extend an olive branch, he takes it. He talks to cursed individuals who are lucid, he even befriends a few like Joel. Even in the ending where he becomes a swarming mass of arms and feels overwhelmed by his new ever expanding form, even though he is so scared, he took a moment to calm himself down, pick himself up and get to work helping people. Even as a borderline Lovecraftian being, he actively chose to be the driving force for good. Even though the prior examples I listed are choices that can be made by the player, this ending proves that Sam is a genuinely good and humane person. In the 104 Gods ending, the gods still destroyed parts of humanity and even divided it further. In the Screaming Sky ending where the astronomers ascend into a unified god like entity as the Exhaulted Four, they were actively destroying the planet and killed random people in an unpredictable bloody purge. Every other instance of people being presented with this awesome change, they were destructive, unintentionally so due to insanity, but ultimately destructive. The sole exception to these realities is Sam. When he's aware of what he's become, he helps, he becomes the Saviour of Humanity. He could've been like any of the 104 Gods, start his own cult/ community, be the supreme ruler of Earth because like with the gods, who could stop him. But he didn't, and that's what truly does differentiate him. The Gods could've been lucid and with how they actively do rule over the earth in their respective zones, it appears as though they are. And yet we have Sam, a god in his own right, but is a good person (well except for the Perfect Ritual ending where he overwhelms the earth Xin Amon style but I attribute that to losing himself completely as opposed to his character's intention).

As corny as it may sound, Sam truly does choose to be kind as opposed to choosing the 'right' option of caving into fear and attacking enemies/ isolating himself. To Sam, being a kind person is not dependent on appearance, it isn't dependent on what you can personally get out of helping another person but it's about being a helper of your fellow man, regardless of everything that is happening. No matter the route, no matter the player's input, that humanity is always there and I admire that about him.

Tldr:

[merryfight]

big fan of musicians smacking sense into their listeners with songs like caramel. the way this track addresses the double-edged sword that is fame is an important reminder that neither entitlement nor idolization can lead to anything good. vessel really said tl;dr: can you people please be normal for five whole minutes

[popfizzles]

been rotating more human au stuff in my brain... today, my boys <3 tomorrow? maybe the same.

wonder what they're talking about !

[lemonduckisnowawake]

You know, it's a tragedy that there are no (or very little) Vampire x Christian stories out there, not for angst or theology or forbidden seductiveness or whatnot but for the sheer comedy of it all. I mean, the Christian would technically be immune to all of the vampire's shenanigans, like for example...

Vampire: Fool, I am the most powerful vampire in the West. Nothing but the force of an entire holy temple could even deign to scratch me

Christian: Idiot, I AM a holy temple. 1 Corinthians 6:19, fear me and the Spirit inside that can burn you to ashes

[dewwshi]

princess of mithral hall

[posts-from-pluto]

humans are weird -rollercoasters

*if you're seeing this and do not have a rank of at least 2 stop the recording now or there will be consequences* *This is audio excerpt 00-2 from the ongoing intergalactic relations project*

Quinn(A): Hey, Edith?

Edith(H): What?

Quinn: I was looking at that thing you called the internet right?

Edith: Okay???

Quinn: Well I saw these videos of what looks like people getting in line to be tortured and I know that doesn't make any sense so I thought I'd ask you about it before jumping to any conclusions. I even saw one of the humans asking their parental figure to go again afterwards and I cannot understand it.

Edith: uhhh, let me see what video you're talking about.

*rollercoaster video*

Edith: Okay soooo that's just a attraction at a theme park. People go on rides like that because It's supposed to be fun.

Quinn: ...but the humans on it are screaming and don't look like they're happy????

Edith: Oh yeah they look scared because they are, that's a key part of enjoying the ride.

Quinn: WHAT?!? YOU MEAN TO TEEELLLL ME THAT AFTER ALL THIS TIME OF ME JUMPING TO REASONABLE CONCLUSIONS BASED ON THE INFORMATION I WAS GIVEN AND BEING TOLD I WAS ABSURD AND BEING RIDICULED FOR MY "INSANE JUMPS IN LOGIC"-

I WAS RIGHT THIS TIME!!!

YOUR SPECIES ENJOYS THE TORTUOUS CONTRAPTION???

Edith: Well, not all of us. I'm personally not a fan of them, I've heard too many stories of them breaking down mid-ride and causing accidents to get on them.

Quinn:...THEY'RE NOT EVEN GURANTEED TO BE SAFE!?! DEAR LORDS HOW HAVE YOU PEOPLE LIVED THIS LONG-

*end of excerpt*

*post recording*

Upon furthur investigation, rollarcoasters induce the release of a hormone called addrenaline in the human riders. Despite this hormone having once been crucial to the species early survival it is no longer as commonly produced in their natural lives as it once was. One scientist has theorized that rollarcoasters and other "thrill-seeking" behaviour might be the species way of fulfilling some sort of instinct but more research is needed to confirm or deny this theory.

*end of post recording*

[starssoblue]

"the reason adrien is just instantly good at everything he tries is because he is programmed to be that way as a senti" aside from the fact that i don't think that's how it works (and also while he was decent at everything he tried with marinette he wasn't instantly good at all of them, and what marinette actually said to him was that he could improve in anything with practice but it was a great first attempt) did we all collectively forget about how adrien actually canonically isn't the best singer?

[not-so-superheroine]

Jesus is my older brother, not my dad.

other christians don't seem to feel the same?

am i missing something where he insists on such a thing except perhaps with actual little children?

[watermelonsloth]

One of the most interesting parts of Naruto that I haven’t seen talked about nearly enough is the concept of offering a hand to someone who has done you wrong and you have no reason to like.

Naruto hardly ever offers help to or has meaningful conversations with anyone who… for lack of a better term, isn’t an asshole. From condescending Neji to serial killer Gaara to fascist dictator Nagato, Naruto primarily redeems people he has no reason to respect, let alone like. Yet, save for maybe Haku and Nagato, Naruto is the first person to open a line of communication and offer sympathy where they don’t offer him any. This is all based on a core principle of the Naruto series:

Bad People Are Still People

They have reason behind why they think and act the way that they do, they have feelings and fears and interests, and they have both the capacity for good and to change. Naruto’s “talk-no-jutsu” is him appealing to an enemy’s humanity and inspiring them to do better in the same way he inspires his friends.

[whump-in-the-closet]

hmm sorry generative AI isn't another trademark use of progress it's qualitatively different the tradeoff isn't efficiency it's your independence

[cyanide-sippy-cup]

Video by shesasolarbeing on Insta cause apparently unlike TikTok they don't like putting watermarks for their creators. Go check them out!

Friend sent me this and my first thought was @kianamaiart 's magical girl series. Or rather, AIKA REAL??!?1?!1

[yo-yo-yoshiko]

Decided the thing to do is to drop into rando servers, put down a couple of drawings, and smoke-bomb outta there.

Peace, love and fishing on planet Earth.....

[thefastestclockintheuniverse]

I think she just wanted to be believed.

Shucks buster, I wonder why?

[qoldenskies]

people have asked me if canary continuity is indicative of anything in my home life and i think its funny because its not. do you wanna know what a ventfic about my issues actually looks like ? because brother i am about to be hilarious