valerierowan

[valerierowan]

People on twitter have been saying this website is extremely white and tbh its making me very curious what the demographics of this site are (of my own reach anyway) so

DISCLAIMER: Race is a non scientific concept with no exact definitions. It is a social construct primarily characterized by how society treats you and thus this is an imperfect poll. If you feel none of the options here reflect you and your experience I implore you to reblog this with your experience as I am curious about that and want to hear about it.

[valerierowan]

American Southwest.

ok i absolutely need to know what accents u all have pls reblog and tell me or comment or whatever I must know

[valerierowan]

ran through Phoenotopia Awakening after you posted the trailer for Star Iliad, do you know any other games like it? Closer than just "a metroidvania", I think. Would love that kind of exploration, rewarding for exploration, hidden rooms... I used to be in the Knytt Stories community, I think some of the stuff coming out of there (and to be sure, some of Nifflas himself's games) was along the same lines. I've played Celeste but I don't think it's quite the same style.

Phoenotopia: Awakening is an odd duck; it's basically the product of the developer trying to imagine an alternative history where Zelda II rather than Castlevania II had ended up being the second major codifier of the metroidvania genre. You're not going to run into too many other games like it for that reason.

However, citing Nicklas Nygren's body of work definitely helps to narrow down what about Phoenotopia most appeals to you, so taking that angle we can range a bit further afield.

If you're extremely into cryptic secret-hunting you might give Animal Well a look; in the interest of full disclosure, I'm personally not a big fan because a lot of its secrets are gated by poor visibility, which is a design pattern I dislike, but that's a me thing. Otherwise it's excellent.

Conversely, if you're more about routing and don't mind a bit of mandatory speedrunning, you might have a look at Treasures of the Aegean. It's a time-loop game where progress does not persist between runs; all progression is purely knowledge-gated, which gives it something in common with the Knytt series.

Ranging a bit further afield, if Yume Nikki style brainfuckery is a flavour of secret-hunting you enjoy, but you'd prefer to have it in sidescrolling platformer form, Dreaming Sarah (and its decade-later sequel, Awakening Sarah) might be your speed. This one's a bit of a long shot, but the first game at least is cheap!

If you're willing to go full retro, Alwa's Awakening might be the ticket. Like Phoenotopia: Awakening, it takes strong inspirations from Zelda II, albeit with more conventional world design. (Contemporary gamers may find the NES-style platforming annoyingly unforgiving, but if that wasn't a dealbreaker for Phoenotopia I don't expect it to be one here!)

Shifting gears from metroidvania-esque titles to pure puzzle platformers, Leap Year might scratch your itch. It initially appears to be a frustration platformer whose gimmick is that you take falling damage from your own default jump height; it quickly evolves into something else with some fascinating and very well-tutorialised knowledge gating.

If any of those grab you, let me know and I can see what else I've got in my library along those lines.

(Also, I know for an absolute fact that some joker in the notes is going to ignore 90% of your stated criteria and just plug Rain World. On the off-chance that you're not already familiar with it, take that rec with a grain of salt; basically the only point of intersection with what you've asked for is that it's "exploration-based", and the particular type of exploration it features is very different from what you're describing.)

[valerierowan]

TOTK - Eternal (part 2)

part 1 here

[valerierowan]

TOTK - Eternal (part 1)

part 2 here

[valerierowan]

[valerierowan]

Indie Cartoon Series!!

--------All Series are found on YT!--------

On-Going Series:

Hellva Boss(@Vivziepop)

Monkey Wrench(@monkeywretchseries)

Oille & Scoops(@Nico Animation)

Bravest Warriors(@CartoonHangover)

Bridge Kids (@Mike Carf)

Sublo and Tangy Mustard (@Aaron Long)

God School (@GODs' School: The Olympian)

Bob's World (@wizzymmd70)

The Earth Guy (@Aninamated)

Big Top Burger(@Worthikids)

Necro-Nancy 64 (@Macabre_1031)

House on the Outlands (@makeoriginals)

The Amazing Digital Circus(@Glitch & @gooseworx)

Punch Punch Forever (@Speedoru)

Dream Catchers (@TheDreamCatcherShow)

Day Job (@Georghiou2D)

DudeGuy & Dr.jib (@CheetohStudios)

Nimberly (@Nimberly)

How 2 Be Cool (@Piemations)

Crocodile and Cube (@CusackCreatures)

People Still Live Here (2005) (@kanepixels)

Theratpy (@beetlerat)

Shermy’s Forest (@shermysforest)

Massacre (@fellon1003)

Mammal Squad! (@mammalsquad)

Pop-Ocalypse (@BeaJumpup)

Itchy & Pinchy (@JellyboxStudio)

NOXP (@JellyboxStudio)

Murphy & Mitzi (@AJMarekArt

Hiraeth (@calcicrawn)

Krugson (@KRUGSTON)

Shave Your Head (@CelirDoor)

Completed Series:

Murder Drones(@Glitch)

Pilots:

Lackadaisy (@LackadaisyComic)

Hugo's Mind Palace (@Alistcrat)

Port by the Sea (@Georden Whitman)

Godspeed (@Olanrogers)

Mech West Show (@Mechwest Show)

The Art of Murder (@chocchipanimation)

Hullabaloo (@james lopez animation)

Load Aim Burn (@Asha Phaedra)

Revamped(@revampedroses)

Tales from Scorchwater Valley(@Alex Henderson Animation)

Strawberry Hill (@Green Tea3)

In Limbo (@5wordsman)

The Dead Shift (@Zattdott)

Long Gone Gulch (@Lopside Animation)

Ramshackle (@Zeddyzi)

Dungeon Flippers (@dungeonflippers2970)

Catching Up (@LSMark)

The Gaslight District (@Glitch)

Pretty Pretty Please I Don’t Want to be a Magical Girl ( @kianamaiart )

Epilogue of Endings (@Rainbott)

Obituary (@belatedmedia)

When It Rains (@EntirelyConspiracy)

Animation Station with Millie Martins (@shockwaveanimation)

Cliffside (@LiamVickersAnimation)

Project Parasomnia (@Cyaboron)

Welcome to Showside! (@@Z2_Media)

Happy land Incorporated (@egoraptor)

Oddjobs (@punchhhyyy)

Outsider Trading (@azfk)

Ultra Jump Mania! (@Glitch)

Maven (@EpochSonder)

Class of ‘09 (@WrathClub)

Valerian High (@goodbyellow)

Espresstoe Beans (@tinyhatsfortinycats)

cf:br (@crossfireofficial-avenoir1212)

Good Girl - Girl in her room (@butterflygirlanimations)

Skifters (@wafellmaker_)

Get Fatter Now! (@binkophrenia)

Narrows (@thad_carlile)

Cloaked (@BumpkoStudios)

The Rose Garden (@fabbritoons)

Gig Work (@gigworktv)

Guys Next Door ( @guysnextdoorofficial )

MILKY☆SUBWAY THE GALACTIC LIMITED EXPRESS (@milkygalacticuniverse)

Spice Frontier: Escape From Veltegar (@SteamrollerStories)

Psycho Cuties (@STSsmalltownstudio)

Olive Place, Luxury Inn (@yanis0061)

Cameraman (@montanamations)

Frootz: Ghoulish Behavior (@p1nkgu1n)

Ultrakill Reimagined (@DumAdvent)

Cassini (@BingBingsHobbies)

Shorts:

Hell To Pay (Pilot) (@misseligon)

Ena (@JoelG)

Puzzle & Sling: Boredom Killers (@toastcrumch)

Midnight Vampire (@takena)

Hellva Boss(@Vivziepop)

In The Works:

Far-Fetched (@farfetchedshow)

In Limbo (@5wordsman)

HETHENS (@Nezhahah)

Trailers:

Hearts of Titan (@kappaponstudios)

I Wanna Eat Your Guts (@shockwaveanimation)

‘Punk Ass Pirate Donkey’ (@JazLyte)

Wizard Incidents (@UnscaryGhosts)

Penelope Penrose (@David_Burt_Art)

Mandelbrot Hall (@StudioFlimpo)

Flims:

PxAY OFF! (@marcocardenas2D)

[valerierowan]

Hey, I was the one who suggested this to you a year or two ago on twitter, when you were asking for new au ideas! I’m glad to see you’ve done so much with it!

A compilation of all my favorite art from my Chaggie "Archangel" AU that I've posted on twitter/bluesky

Charlie is an "archangel" raised by Adam and the seraphim, Vaggie is a sinner/moth demon working for Carmilla Carmine as a bodyguard. Their paths cross shortly after Charlie learns some hard truths about the exterminations and vows to make it right. It’s kind of a role reversal, kind of an Anastasia/Tangled AU, and a LITTLE bit of a Star Wars AU. 

At this point your guess is as good as mine as to what the actual story is. I'll figure it out one day, trust.

[valerierowan]

Make him listen to self help seminars.

He's right behind me, isn't he?

[valerierowan]

>First, we’ve discovered that about a quarter of all the internet connection in or out of the house were ad related. In a few hours, that’s about 10,000 out of 40,000 processed.

>We also discovered that every link on Twitter was blocked. This was solved by whitelisting the https://t.co domain.

>Once out browsing the Web, everything is loading pretty much instantly. It turns out most of that Page Loading malarkey we’ve been accustomed to is related to sites running auctions to sell Ad space to show you before the page loads. All gone now.

>We then found that the Samsung TV (which I really like) is very fond of yapping all about itself to Samsung HQ. All stopped now. No sign of any breakages in its function, so I’m happy enough with that.

>The primary source of distress came from the habitual Lemmings player in the house, who found they could no longer watch ads to build up their in-app gold. A workaround is being considered for this.

>The next ambition is to advance the Ad blocking so that it seamlessly removed YouTube Ads. This is the subject of ongoing research, and tinkering continues. All in all, a very successful experiment.

>Certainly this exceeds my equivalent childhood project of disassembling and assembling our rotary dial telephone. A project whose only utility was finding out how to make the phone ring when nobody was calling.

>Update: All4 on the telly appears not to have any ads any more. Goodbye Arnold Clarke!

>Lemmings problem now solved.

>Can confirm, after small tests, that RTÉ Player ads are now gone and the player on the phone is now just delivering swift, ad free streams at first click.

>Some queries along the lines of “Are you not stealing the internet?” Firstly, this is my network, so I may set it up as I please (or, you know, my son can do it and I can give him a stupid thumbs up in response). But there is a wider question, based on the ads=internet model.

>I’m afraid I passed the You Wouldn’t Download A Car point back when I first installed ad-blocking plug-ins on a browser. But consider my chatty TV. Individual consumer choice is not the method of addressing pervasive commercial surveillance.

>Should I feel morally obliged not to mute the TV when the ads come on? No, this is a standing tension- a clash of interests. But I think my interest in my family not being under intrusive or covert surveillance at home is superior to the ad company’s wish to profile them.

>Aside: 24 hours of Pi Hole stats suggests that Samsung TVs are very chatty. 14,170 chats a day.

>YouTube blocking seems difficult, as the ads usually come from the same domain as the videos. Haven’t tried it, but all of the content can also be delivered from a no-cookies version of the YouTube domain, which doesn’t have the ads. I have asked my son to poke at that idea.

[valerierowan]

At the risk of attracting the wrong people to this blog - I think the reason why some of you get really offended when people call you, celebrities you like, organizations you support, companies you buy from, etc., zionists, is because a lot of you actually don't know what zionism is.

I think there is a preconceived notion that a zionist is someone who calls Palestinians slurs, openly supports genocide, chants death to arabs while getting their coffee or something along those lines, and granted there are a lot like this, but a zionist is someone who supports the existence of the state of Israel - and if you know your history of al-nakba, al-naksa, Palestinian land theft, settler colonialism, massacres, displacement going back over a century - you'd know why this is inherently a bad thing.

It's why statements like "I support Israel and Palestine", "I support a two-state solution", "I want peace for both sides" or "Israel and Palestine both have a right to exist" are always intrinsically zionist. Actually learn what these terms mean because some of the things I see you guys calling 'pro-Palestine' are still rooted in zionism.

[valerierowan]

Oh god doing farm work in a binder sounds like hell.

Hey, do you think Nell would ever wear a binder? I'm a woman-ish person with breasts who recently got one for the odd boy-person days and it feels super cool to wear. However, I can't imagine doing farm work in one 😵‍💫

I think Nell probably owns a binder and used to use it more often when they were younger + lived in the city and worked for Joja. They tried to use it upon moving to Pelican Town too, probably, but I think they quickly nixed the idea of using it as frequently, both because of the farm work and because they just felt a little more comfortable in their own skin by that point.

[valerierowan]

Fixed it.

[valerierowan]

My mother absolutely refuses to believe that it’s normal to feel your own blood moving through your body. At one point when a bone in her hand was broken it was quite swollen, and she remarked upon how strange it was that she could sense her own pulse in her hand.

I informed her that I could always detect my pulse in my hands, as well as everywhere else, and she decided that I am simply an aberrant case.

insanity that they trained us to dislike body hair. body hair. that's just fuzz. that is just FUZZINESS!!! humans being fuzzy, it's one of our most adorable traits????

[valerierowan]

I’m about to save you thousands of dollars in therapy by teaching you what I learned paying thousands of dollars for therapy:

It may sound woo woo but it’s an important skill capitalism and hyper individualism have robbed us of as human beings.

Learn to process your emotions. It will improve your mental health and quality of life. Emotions serve a biological purpose, they aren’t just things that happen for no reason.

1. Pause and notice you’re having a big feeling or reaching for a distraction to maybe avoid a feeling. Notice what triggered the feeling or need for a distraction without judgement. Just note that it’s there. Don’t label it as good or bad.

2. Find it in your body. Where do you feel it? Your chest? Your head? Your stomach? Does it feel like a weight everywhere? Does it feel like you’re vibrating? Does it feel like you’re numb all over?

3. Name the feeling. Look up an emotion chart if you need to. Find the feeling that resonates the most with what you’re feeling. Is it disappointment? Heartbreak? Anxiety? Anger? Humiliation?

4. Validate the feeling. Sometimes feelings misfire or are disproportionately big, but they’re still valid. You don’t have to justify what you’re feeling, it’s just valid. Tell yourself “yeah it makes sense that you feel that right now.” Or something as simple as “I hear you.” For example: If I get really big feelings of humiliation when I lose at a game of chess, the feeling may not be necessary, but it is valid and makes sense if I grew up with parents who berated me every time I did something wrong. So I could say “Yeah I understand why we are feeling that way given how we were treated growing up. That’s valid.”

5. Do something with your body that’s not a mental distraction from the feeling. Something where you can still think. Go on a walk. Do something with your hands like art or crochet or baking. Journal. Clean a room. Figure out what works best for you.

6. Repeat, it takes practice but is a skill you can learn :)

[valerierowan]

reblog to teleport your mutuals to a massive party when jkr dies

[valerierowan]

INFORMATION I WAS NOT PREPARED TO LEARN. MAYBE WE *ARE* ALONE. BECAUSE WE ARE SO *EARLY*. IF THERE IS EVER GALACTIC CIVILIZATION THEY WILL NOT REMEMBER US AT ALL. BECAUSE WE ARE NOTHING. CELLS, JUST BEGINNING TO FORM LIFE. SORRY FOR SCREAMING. BUT ARE YOU LISTENING. ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT IT.