#so that would make it easier

[sagau-my-beloved]

Okay but imagine showing Venti memes and viral videos and doing try not to laugh challenges xD

I wonder what he’d think about modern humor

Modern humor is just so broken, not that I'm saying that's particularly a bad thing, but with the amount of slang you would practically have to act as a translator, and everyone knows that a joke isn't as funny when you have to explain it-

I'll be honest, as somebody who didn't really get into internet communities and modern humor until I was in early high school, mainly due to strict parents (I wasn't allowed on YouTube till like 8th grade, that was also the same year I learned "fuck" had an alternate meeting than just an announcement of displeasure), I have a bit of a different perspective on it all

Like I literally had to learn it, and that includes even slang in texting, it used to take me a couple minutes to respond because I actually had to cross Google search what exactly some of those words were, for the longest time I thought ftw stood for "fuck the world", legitimately, and for some reason the definition for smh had a hard time sticking, so I translated it more to just a feeling than an actual discernible sentence, meaning now whenever I see that phrase I mentally pronounce it as the letters sound together instead of the actual sentence

So my point in all this is that I can kind of interpret, just based off of my learning experience, which really wasn't that long ago—, what that process would be like for someone else who knows next to nothing

And the biggest struggles were 1: things that referenced other Internet culture things completely flying over my head, a lot of those jokes are like three layers deep, even the ones that you wouldn't think are because slang is an entire level by itself, so I wasn't kidding about that translator part

And 2: it was kind of hard to get into because of how crude a lot of is was, I wouldn't call myself "heavily sheltered" or anything but it really did surprise me, I'm all for stupid jokes but I really felt like there should have been at least a level of nuance when the punch line was simply some form of "sex", "sexual act", "porn", "disgusting imagery that's funny for shock factor" etc., of course I'm way more used to it now so that's not really even a factor anymore, but it was definitely a barrier because a lot of it was kind of cringey, like second hand embarrassment level, and then dark humor is a whole nother topic—

I do think Venti is probably the only Archon, and really one of the only characters, that you might actually be able to get invested in that because of how he's versatile, he has a lot of experience changing with the times and I think he would pick up on that stuff pretty quickly

I mean imagine how much language changes in a couple centuries, and he's kind of known for going into long periods of sleep and then waking up a couple hundred years later, then just refitting into the local population, I highly doubt this would be the first time he's had to pick up on new terminology in order to seem normal

Neither Zhongli or Ei have a whole lot of experience constantly having to refit themselves into a modern society, Zhongli is obviously trying now but his whole traditional mindset hinders that a bit, and Ei has been shown numerous times to seclude herself entirely from her people, and then all of the other characters are too young to have had to do that multiple times

So I think there is a very good argument to be made that Venti would be one of the best people when it comes to integrating him with your world, Internet trends, humor, slang, and all

Idk why but Venti just fits that role so perfectly like,,, I could probably go on another multi paragraph tangent for all the reasons why but I really think he is the perfect character in Genshin to come to our world if there ever was one

[anarchopuppy]

I, a hearing person who likes subtitles just as a preference, shouldn't have to read a subtitle that's obvious nonsense, go back a couple seconds, and listen again in order to figure out what's going on. An accessibility feature should not be the most half-assed part of a professionally made production. Scripted media has absolutely no excuse for not having subtitles or having subtitles that aren't perfectly verbatim. Professional captioning services should be ashamed of the shoddy work that they put out. Captions should be treated as a part of the production, just like filming, editing, audio balancing, etc - and anything that releases with missing or bad captions should be seen as unfinished

[lazylittledragon]

do any other artists feel like. yeah you're a 'good artist' because you draw things that look nice, but like. TECHNICALLY? you're really not great

i really hate that i can recognise that yes, my art is good, but is it VARIED? is it dynamic?? is my anatomy good? is it full of texture and colour theory? do i know how to do This? can i do That? no, not really. and that's quite painful actually

[inkskinned]

i keep thinking about hobbies and how i often spill over myself to pick up new ones. i have adhd, i end up trying something for like a month and then just getting far enough in it that i move on, satisfied.

and that should be fine; but it's never fine.

i am a pretty decent artist; but i can't just make art for my dnd campaign, i should be selling dnd maps and character designs and scene setting pieces. i can't just make my friends matching earrings, i need to get an etsy and ship them internationally and take bulk orders. i make pretty good props and decorations and use them to throw my friends parties - but i should be running a party planning business and start taking paying clients and networking and putting my skills to actual use.

for some reason, i never figured out the specifics of pottery. it was a fun class and i enjoyed myself - and still, i'm embarrassed, years later, that i put in all that useless effort. everything i make has to be stunning. stellar. i should have applied myself more. maybe i'm too lazy. maybe i'm broken and selfish and needy. actually creative people would have kept going; they would be bettering themselves at every possible opportunity.

we find ourselves in this trap, even accidentally: we need to commodify our time, because it is a commodity. if we spend our efforts and our time not earning, isn't that the same thing as burning free money? and god forbid you ever take up a hobby that ends up being more expensive than you thought. you sit in your car and you look at the receipt and in your head you hear a conversation that isn't even happening - your mom or your friend or your partner all saying oh great. not this shit again. it's always something with you, and it never actually means anything.

i have realized this horrible thing, recently - i'll get excited to start a project, pick up a new hobby. and then i just... stop myself. i start thinking about the amount of time it will take, and how it'll look in my monthly budget. what if i can't even produce a good enough final product. sure, it's exciting to think about how i could make my friend her own custom dice. but i'm just polluting the earth if i don't get it right. better not bother. better not try.

restless, i get caught in the negative space. the feeling that oh god, i want to create. and that horrible sense - yeah, but i don't have the time to just put to waste.

[rainbow-taishi]

Gudetama Knight

[andthebeanstalk]

Me: hm, I want something to put on the TV as background noise... Huh. Looks like YouTube is recommending something called The Last Unicorn. That's perfect, it's probably some old shitty animation that has aged poorly! I can watch it ironically!

Me, 2 hours later as the credits roll: *crying, cheering, buying the book, composing the songs*

Me, 2 weeks later: So I have compiled all of the quotes from the book that I think could make good tattoos, and also, HOW HAVE I NEVER LEARNED ABOUT HOW THE LAST UNICORN FUCKING SLAPS??? This gay-ass little fairytale fed my soul! Watered my crops! Transed my gender! Can't believe I heard of this story from youtube recommendations, of all places!!

[shimmershy]

Buttercups and Golden Flowers

[pineapplesaresweet]

they are talking !!

[buglaur]

my favourite posts from 2023

[samijey]

Jey Uso "apologizes" to Drew Mcintyre (RAW 04/03/2024)

[nerdy-hyperfixations]

I just want to remind everyone that Wallace is canonically the worse one to sleep in the same bed with.

Scott can be a bad roommate in every other aspect but GUYS Wallace is the one that canonically snores and kicks in his sleep.

Scott sleeps like a princess with his back against the sheet lying perfectly straight (and also taking all the covers) and Wallace sleeps semi-on-his-side and apparently just fucking punting Scott in the leg every so often (not to mention he talked in his sleep too) and I don’t know why this is important to me but it is.

Because when people draw them cuddling in their sleep it’s always Wallace being normal and Scott turning and snoring and shit but you’re missing out on sleepy-cuddly Wallace turning and snoring on Scott. Let that cringe-fail 25 year old be annoying. Istg.

I’m talking to the Mobillace people too btw. Not that I’ve seen anyone draw them cuddling in bed (which is a CRIME btw. Draw that. For me.) but like imagine how funny it would be: Mobile stays the night for the first time and the hot-weirdo is a bed-menace, snoring and kicking and tossing and turning and suction cupping for warmth and Mobile is like “I want him to be my boyfriend” THATS FUNNY! LIKE-

[sofastuffing]

a wire-tailed manakin, based on this post by @todaysbird

[magician-under-the-m00nlight]

aptx!kaito au in which Shinichi doesn't know aptx exists and feels insane that his leading theory is "a six year old is the mastermind behind Kaitou Kid"

[tricoufamily]

i wish ts4 packs would stop making such a huge part of the gameplay “this makes this part of the game easier! gain skills 10x faster! never get hungry! make $5000 every minute!” the game is already too easy please i don’t want a magic tree i want a clinically depressed man in a band who lives in the world’s shittiest apartment in gotham city i want him to suffer

[moeblob]

New farmer (for 1.6 update reasons).

His name is Death and he's really death. He's pretty quiet and just wants to live in peace with his chickens. Tries to interact with the town as little as possible but is really curious about them and how they live and is super satisfied to simply watch them - but as the new person it seems no one wants to let that happen.

[miabrown007]

the summer after finishing university in New York, Marinette gets invited to a camping trip with Alya and Nino and his best friend. which, honestly, is for the best. at least she has more time than the four years she's already had to figure out how to reach out to her one-time superhero partner, with whom she fell out of touch after the reveal.

only, it's Adrien Agreste waiting for them on the meeting point, beaming so hard at her that it's blatantly obvious they know each other well. in her panic, what is Marinette supposed to tell Alya and Nino to protect their identites, if not that they used to date?

(fake exes AU x there was only one tent)