#whole friendgroup

[aengelren]

Let me tell you the lore baby

[thefandomexpert]

ok. i see u complaining about how long it takes to get to shb, how are you supposed to get your friends into the fucking WONDER that is shb when they have to get through all of The Other Stuff First

I used to have this problem with Homestuck, people who wanted to skip to the trolls, or pass on the intermissions. I will repeat what I said then now:

The later stuff is mind-blowingly good BECAUSE of the setup slog. which is also fun btw, you’re having trouble selling it because you keep saying it’s a slog. it’s good storytelling! yes even arr and sb (i didn’t say it was the best storytelling!! but i’ve seen way fuckin worse!!!). You need to spend 300 hours with the characters and to watch them grow gradually for a LOT of the little character moments to even register later on, and i’m not even talking about the ascian reveals. estinien is a completely different character. thancred’s deep-seated issues have been brewing subtly since 1.0. the socio-economic political climate of the universe is SO important and SO well set up by the arr random task/fetch quests (BABY INCONSEQUENTIAL QUESTS. YEAH THE STUPID ONES IN THE INTRO PRE-SASTASHA SEQUENCES WITH THE NPCS YOU DONT REMEMBER. THOSE.) and that info is integral to character decisions made in every expansion afterwords, and is built upon consistently. the consistent build-up of the lore is, in my opinion, almost entirely the reason ffxiv’s writing stands out against other games of the genre. and it’s BOLSTERED by the fact that it’s a live service game with a shit ton of expansions you HAVE to play through single file when you start fresh. narrative games are usually 15-20 hours. ffxiv is giving you 500+ in msq alone (won’t get into how much the optional and side quests support the storytelling as well).

It’s like one of those long-running book series. you can’t ask someone to read Just the last book of animorphs and expect them to understand the narrative implications of what’s happening, or to get attached to the characters enough to care. that attachment and understanding is built by spending time and reading the other 1500 books prior. shb should not be treated as a stand-alone. in fact it’d be a bad standalone. it’s good BECAUSE there’s 500+ hours of playtime required to get there.

[shitpostingkats]

Literally the most insane thing yugioh ever did was make Yuya Sakaki taller than Yusaku. There's this theatre girly with sparkly roller skates and trauma and she can just casually rest her elbow on the shoulder of one of the most wanted criminals in cyberspace.

[wifting]

Neil Nordegraf My Name Is Jonas Graphics

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[sundial-bee-scribbles]

inspired by this:

also, here's the fake thumbnails seen very briefly at the end if anyone wants to see wtf moke's up to on his nonexistent yt channel:

[fortes-fortuna-iogurtum]

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[melit0n]

"The more that I grow, the more that I've come to know; it's hard to be someone and it hurts to be nobody."

[meatriarchived]

Danny things:

"Dannys 21" - hes shy of 23 actually, hes older than everyone.

"His name is Danny Gaines" - .....no, its Danilo Alejo-Osorio actually.

"Hes a gemini :)" - no the fuck he isnt, our Dan the Man, our Danathan, our Danjamin, is an aries/taurus/capricorn combo. Boy is stubborn as all fuckin shit.

"Danny & Maria are a Thing" - cute but also consider: Dannys devotion to her being OUT OF HIS FRIENDSHIP WITH HER AND NOT JUST ROMANTIC cause god forbid a guy cant be devoted to his girl best friend without there being romantic undertones right gun-

OH ALSO:

"Danny is 6'1 :)" - ..............no hes 6'5 actually man is tall enough to take on thomas/bubba because i said so :)))

[pechikka]

i really enjoy the understated trend in The Owl House that almost everytime we get a character's flashback to something we saw in a previous episode, the lines are slightly off

it always irks me when in media everyone seems to have photographic memory and latches onto the specific phrasing of whatever was said. TOH sometimes has flashbacks quote the original scene directly, but other times it has them be Just Close Enough that if you yourself probably wouldn't spot the difference unless you were paying close attention; they get the gist of it and maybe some specific turns of phrase that stuck with them, but not necessarily the exact literal wording

i especially like how understated it is. often when showing How The Character Remembers Something as different from how it actually happened, stories have the flashback go very overboard in framing things in ways that are blatantly colored by the character's perception, and while that is in itself usually a fascinating glimpse into how they percieve the world, i really like how realistically Just Subtly Different recollections are in The Owl House

[extraordinarium]

[hadesknockedupintheunderworld]

Every time I watch Sonic Prime I get blasted with embarrassment on behalf of Sonic and Nine, because I forget just how embarrassing they are about each other.

[nicepersondisorder]

turns one of the people who wants to call me a friend called his shitty ex a narcissist despite me telling our whole friendgroup how he should Not luse it as an insult, at least two other people with cluster b agreeing with me and talking how narcissistic absue is incorrect and harmful wording AND me telling him specifically that i have npd after he said some bullshit about bpd and cluster b in general. his ass is not getting my friendship 🥰

[spacestationstorybook]

in‏‏‎ ‎games‏‏‎ ‎ponies‏‏‎ ‎play‏‏‎ ‎the (false) games‏‏‎ ‎inspector calls‏‏‎ ‎dash‏‏‎ ‎"speedy" twice which i think is precious and i WILL be stealing it as an affectionate nickname for astral to call her. btw i'm on season 4 already and i'm very tempted to slow down and take my time more but then i'm also worried i'll never finish it. i'm normal <3

[purpledanti]

dude i have NEVER been happier to have separated myself 90% from the dsmp fandom like the only dsmp cc i still watch is purpled and he runs in an ENTIRELY different circle to most of the others because like. why are none of these male ccs who are HEAVILY associated with wilbur and/or shelby not showing any support cmon girl

[potato-an0n]

Istg, ppl say they want complex characters (esp complex female characters) and wen they get them, suddenly they’re boiled down to only their “negative”/ problematic traits (ESP WITH FEMALE CHARACTERS!!!!)

Also, do ppl know tht in order for stories and characters to grow…..they are flawed in the beginning 😀 right? 😀

Anyways, i found this sc buried in my phone

Also, kinda funny how ppl will defend tf out of complex/ morally gray male characters and make detailed analysis abt their character arcs and what they represent in the real world yet, shit on female characters who are also morally complex and overuse the terms “bad writing” bc some of yall read with your headcanons, not your actual eyes and it shows, even wen yall make your headcanons of ur fav characters.

[rillette]

gl ring comms is just truckers on the long haul talking about their life struggles over cb radio

EXACTLY!! its like an unholy mixture of a discord call and cb radio bc you have some GLs liveblogging whatever they're up to and then some other GLs just talking shit and then occasionally someone will pop in and turn it into a storytime session, and it is never ever quiet unless Real Shit is happening