#this was a lovely breath of fresh air

[bixels]

She hates robots. She fucking hates robots and she's coming to kill you.

[figthefruitfaeth]

obsessed with the way that Lisa Frankenstein answers the question of “how will Lisa overcome her trauma” not with “by putting her morbid tendencies aside and rejoining society as a normal girl” but having her relive it as the perpetrator instead and being rewarded with a messy codependent husband

[st4ngray]

Some more proper fanart but mm this series is so,,,

[shannonallaround]

ok but can we talk about Sonic's characterization in Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog for a minute?

Spoilers ahead

Sonic only appears in about a third of the Murder of Sonic game, but his characterization in there is one of my FAVORITE characterizations that I've seen in him in years. Yes, even slightly beating Frontiers (and I adore Frontiers, just for the record). Sonic here embodies all the things I love most in him. It's amazing. Here's a list of why he's great

He is unassuming.

From the very beginning of this game, Sonic is so humble. Like, actually humble.

When the conductor speaks with him and thanks him genuinely for fighting against Eggman, Sonic doesn't make a snarky face and be like "all in a day's work!" or something humble-braggy like that (which frankly is something I feel he would do in the comics). Instead, Sonic is surprised and genuinely expresses how it's no big deal and that he's just glad the conductor and his family are safe.

Sonic is just a guy who loves adventure. He's not trying to get attention or impress anybody—he's just happy people are safe and well. I love how that is shown here. He doesn't need to tell people how selfless and kind and good he is, he just is. Sonic doesn't need or want to tell people what he stands for. He doesn't care what others think. He doesn't think about his identity constantly; he just is. (In my opinion, people who feel the need to constantly tell you what their character is like rarely actually have the traits they describe. If they actually are those things, it will come out naturally in their speech and actions.) In this game, Sonic simply is. What is this, late 2000s Sonic?? It's amazing.

2. He is encouraging in a private way.

One of the biggest reasons Sonic felt off to me in Forces (even though I have a soft spot for that game) is because there, he constantly spouts off in a very public way stuff about friendship and not letting fear own you and how 'we can do anything if we stick together', etc. Sonic does believe all of those things, and he is definitely optimistic, but it's largely internal. It's instinctive. Sonic loves to encourage people around him, but he does it on an individual, one-on-one basis. He does this with Shahra in Secret Rings, with Merlina in Black Knight, regularly with Tails, and here with the main character when they get concerned about how they weren't assertive enough when they first felt Sonic was in danger.

Sonic doesn't just brush off the main character's concern either. He addresses and recognizes it for what it is, empathizing with them and helping them feel understood. Only after that does he recommend a way forward in his wonderful Sonic way, which encourages the main character and helps them find strength. It's so natural and it's awesome!

3. Sonic is selfless, also in an unassuming way.

When Sonic starts coming to, after briefly confirming Espio hit him with the dart (since Tails asked), Sonic instantly focuses on the safety of his friends.

He hasn't fully recovered yet at all and he IMMEDIATELY focuses on protecting his friends and it's AWESOME. He can't even fully speak at this point and just ajsahdfjadsjlajf. This aspect of Sonic is much more consistently done in the games and was beautifully done in Frontiers, so it's not nearly as big a deal here but I am still so happy about the consistency.

4. Sonic is SO AMAZING AND SWEET WITH HIS DEAR FRIEND AMY.

Need I say more? :)

This game was released as a joke, and yet it was incredible??? EVERYONE was so well characterized in this! I'm gonna be thinking about this game for a very long time.

If any of the creators see this, thank you so so SO much for making this game awesome! :D

[lifemod17]

I have still not moved on from this. Therapy happened for Andrew, the interviewer, and me.

I'm still processing all of *gestures broadly in the general direction of the video* THAT

[willowser]

aww you know, i actually really do like the idea of double boy dad bakugou 🥺

your first son being a little angel and you and katsuki are both perfectly satisfied, and then maybe another bug comes as a surprise a few years later and he turns out to be a heinous little menace — and katsuki didn't think he'd love having a brat of a child so much 🥺

[spop-romanticizes-abuse]

while i do ship glimmadora, i think that adora staying single in the end would have been a powerful statement too. she has her friends by her side and maybe she finds her family as well, and her arc is resolved by her finding peace within herself and not needing a romantic relationship to validate her existence.

carmen sandiego does this pretty well tbh, while carmen did have romantic tension/coding with some of the other characters (especially julia), in the end, her search for her family is prioritized over her relationship status. the series ends with her finally finding her mother, giving us a satisfactory resolution to her arc.

[arthursfuckinghat]

"Religion is just a word. Hearts are rarely pure, but equally are they rarely impure either."

[hyacinth--girl]

Noah Kahan collecting friendship with young female singer songwriters like infinity stones is the most wholesome timeline yet

[death-himself]

there’s something so refreshing about how MFN didn’t give any sort of explanation as to how the puppets are alive

because how or why they’re alive isn’t important to the story they’re trying to tell, the story’s about growing up and the effects of war on civilians, for once it’s not about child murder and souls stuffed in toys

[mymitochondriaforpresident]

light of my life tbh✨

[archgabrielangel]

magnus chase and the gods of asgard is refreshing in a way where no one is actually chasing after magnus and magnus isnt actively chasing after anyone else. like yea he drops subtle hints that he has feelings for alex but he doesn't even recognize or understand these feelings until the last 100 pages of the last book and he's a real one for that tbh

[nutakuro]

WOOHOO!! I LOVE GUY NAMED OJ !! AND CANDLE !! I’ve been thinking about what their interactions would be like an awful lot lately .. and that’s because they’re my favorites ever… This is a lot of art to post at once but here is some payjay (ofc), yin thoughts, some doodles, and @mr-payjay ‘s lovely paper gijinka I just had to draw :)

[senadimell]

One of the most surprisingly delightful things about BBC Ghosts is just how much of a gem Pat is. Going off of appearances, it would be really easy for the narrative to make a bunch of jokes at his expense and make that the sum total of his character, but no. Yeah, he’s the middle-aged scout leader with an arrow in his neck with an out-of-fashion haircut, but he’s more than that.

He led boy scouts and was genuinely passionate about it, and what does that mean? He’s patient and used to dealing with kids calmly, socially and emotionally aware, generally unselfish, and good at building people up. And the fact that he’s got all of the badges means that he’s got a whole wealth of genuinely interesting competencies that means he’s interesting to be around. And then he also delights in so many things, which sparks life into everyone around him. In life or death, you really want to be around people like Pat!

[simmingonthelow]

Happy Simblr Gratitude day!

I don't wanna say much cause I talk too much 🫠!

You guys are soooo extraordinary on this site, and I live for it!

I wanna thank all you wonderful people for being so amazing and soo creative making the few years I've been on this side of tumblr amazing!

I wanna make this a thank you to @cinamun , @coatedinhoney , @crsentfairy , @moonfromearth, @m0ckest , @bibliosims , @latte-trait , @lilypixels , @nightlifeseries , @wileyfern , @duskbats , @adrasteamoon , @clumsyalienn , @void-imp , @shittyysimblr , @blackskorpi0n, @aniraklova, @gunthermunch, @thegrimalldis, @emzchaos , @citylighten, @pralinesims, @xldkx, @uiakodoesstuff, @liliumsims, @zynoox, @simarcana, @ezra-trait and everyone else I forgot to mention (I'll keep adding as I remember....I hope)

Thank you all for making this simblr experience something so special to me!

🥺♥️❤️‍🔥 I love you All!

[clownprince]

i've been trying so so hard not to get my hopes up too high for knight terrors: the joker but the preview just dropped and... lord forgive me i cannot help but be absolutely fucking out of my mind hyped. i don't usually just post full pages but just for convenience's sake i will

i was expecting something more adjacent to the current plot where it's like their relationship was already deteriorating and joker war finalized the divorce but this is even better oh my god. so instead of it being a "i broke up with my boyfriend and now i'm going to try and live my life without him for better or worse" it's more of a "the only person in the world who gave me any sense of meaning or purpose just died what the fuck do i do now"

my original hope for knight terrors: the joker was that it would involve batman dying or disappearing or the game otherwise ending bc to ME that's one of the few things that scares him but i didn't think dc would have the balls to do it. and i was still excited for the office comedy thing but now i'm absolutely fucking ecstatic

this could go a lot of ways but i'm much more confident that this'll be good now. and tbfh if they don't even mention batman for the rest of the two comics that's fine these 4 pages are enough for me