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Let's talk about Maxie and Archie.
They're live in my brain rent free right now. I can't.
I can't stop thinking about how they're just.. Almost like created for each other. It's incredible. And it's makes my head ache so hard but like slash pos.
I love them. I love how they're the trope about Red Dude and Blue Dude, but at the same time 1) in manga it's the classic: the red one is more chaotic, while blue one is calm and collected, but 2) then there is oras. And now it's red dude is being collected and cool (but he is such a dork sometimes! Look at him! He is on a verge of breakdown) and blue one being emotional and lively
I love how oras just walks in and makes THEM. That's the one of rare pokemon games when the choose of your game version is actually MAKES DIFFERENCE more than just some exclusively pokemon and etc. You play Omega Ruby, and you're being like, woah, Maxie, dude, what the fuck. Dude what the fuck. And here is Archie, who first to realize their final goals are bullshit, and tries to stop Maxie from the fatal error. But then, out of curiosity, you're playing Alpha Sapphire. And it's slaps differently. Now, everything is opposite. And you're sitting here like woah almost entire plot is DIFFERENT. Like, okay, the «bones» of the plot is the same - but «meat», the insides of plot is different. It tastes different. It vibes different.
I love how oras makes them rethink everything. Oras makes them realize that their both positions are correct - just like everything in the Hoenn lives in harmony and balance, their positions can live together, and only in balance between them lies truth.
I think it's hits hard, because Hoenn is the region of duality and balance - different pokemon that makes duos, you're exploring water deeps just like you're walking on ground, even the double battles are first encountered in Hoenn. And then you have two seperate evil teams, and they're represents different things that IS IN Hoenn in balance. Of course it will hit hard when their leaders realizes that their conflict was silly and ridiculous. Of course it will hit hard when they're, two different men, will come to understand that everything here is living in harmony, and they're not exception.
It's hits hard already in Omega Ruby - this gentle feeling, the «coexistence», the «I suppose you may be right», after all that time they spend in conflict between each other. Perfect. (Maxie is just being a bit of tsundere lol)
But I think it hits even harder in Alpha Sapphire.
Because in Alpha Sapphire, Archie just straight forwardly agrees with Maxie - and i think it's something really beautiful. As if it is the point where they're finally ends their conflict and accept each other as they are.
Fucking perfect. Perfect.
(I'm also absolutely in love with this small bits of them calling each other by their names. I feel so much warmth and gentleness in these «Archie.. » and «Maxie..»)
And then there is manga. God fucking DAMN IT here is manga.
I love how they're interacting in the beginning - evil teams, different goals, etc etc.
But then something happens.
And this is the beginning of the end.
They're cooperate for a moment.
It's so fucking funny in retrospective - imagine best person in your life it's the man, which was your enemy once? It's so fucking funny. They're cooperate for moment - and then it hits them both. They're work perfectly together.
«We joined forces once, and we were successful»
It's an important quote for them in manga, I'm sure of it. It's important thing which will hit different once we will be in oras part of manga. It's an important thing for them, because it's the moment, when them, two enemies, realize, that they're work so fucking perfectly together.
And then, in ORAS, here is the moment when this quote hits again - again, it was perfect and good for them, when they're worked together. Again, their cooperation makes best results for both of them.
(Also, can we talk about how in ORAS manga they're talking to each other as if they're was partners all their lifes? As if they're best friends for all of their lifes? As if they're old married couple??? God fucking damn it. Holy shit.)
(And how in «that» world two of them became one? How them, the villains of arc and region which are build up on balance, duality and coexistence, fusion in one thing, while the beginning they was opposing each other? Isn't it funny? Isnt it fucking slaps reader's mind? Holy fucking shit.)
But manga doesn't calm down.
I don't have words for it.
Remember all these pieces with «join forces»? Here. It's the moment when it hits harder than anything anything else.
Imagine dying, and asking this. And it's even worse with that Archie doesn't even finish his sentence - but Maxie understand him without it. And OF COURSE he is going to agree. Because how he can not, when their bond became so strong? How Maxie can say «no» to this question, after everything?
It hits so hard. It hits so hard. They're get through such a chaotic path of life, and now, dying, they're both agree on one thing - that if they're will alive again some day, they need to work together again. They want to work together again.
It's such a beautiful thing. It's so different from the first join forces quote. It's just so... Wow. It's such a funny thing that the duo of enemies in the end becames the most powerful duo with such deep connection to each other. As if it was meant to be this way from the beginning. They're so fucking loving. They're funny. They're sad. They're so.. I don't know. Gentle? Caring? I don't have WORDS for these two. Holy shit
That's so fucking much going on for just «some villains for that GBA game with colorful pets lol»
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why did no one tell me quantum computers looked like that
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Dorian’s department store - Cachanilla, Mexicali, Mexico (1990)
Designed by The Walker Group
Scanned from Stores of the Year 6 (1991)
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#houses womb would be uninhabitable be serious
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as a child being told "the moon controls the tides" with no additional explanation was like. oh okay. you want me to believe in magic? you're talking about magic right now? okay. fine
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Oh my god. Pokemon Masters was really the key to the whole discourse of Volo's team isn't it.
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Good stuff.
#YES all of this#i mean have your own unique style#and dont let this stuff hinder you from writing the first draft#but all of this is soooo important to a piece i think.#esp because it adds that realism to dialogue#keep in mind what your characters pov is#its always really good if you can keep things as logically consistent as possible#try to think of how your character would really react to a certain plot twist#or how they would interact with another character#if they were a real person#and pull the logic and reason and emotion and consistency from there#i also love it when writers remember that characters... are like different people#they have different personalities and reactions#so the way one character would say something is gonna change from the way another character would say it#that makes for very immersive storytelling
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Y'all, the world is sleeping on what NASA just pulled off with Voyager 1
The probe has been sending gibberish science data back to Earth, and scientists feared it was just the probe finally dying. You know, after working for 50 GODDAMN YEARS and LEAVING THE GODDAMN SOLAR SYSTEM and STILL CHURNING OUT GODDAMN DATA.
So they analyzed the gibberish and realized that in it was a total readout of EVERYTHING ON THE PROBE. Data, the programming, hardware specs and status, everything. They realized that one of the chips was malfunctioning.
So what do you do when your probe is 22 Billion km away and needs a fix? Why, you just REPROGRAM THAT ENTIRE GODDAMN THING. Told it to avoid the bad chip, store the data elsewhere.
Sent the new code on April 18th. Got a response on April 20th - yeah, it's so far away that it took that long just to transmit.
And the probe is working again.
From a programmer's perspective, that may be the most fucking impressive thing I have ever heard.
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Being a young adult is so strange. You enter a coffee shop. The 20 year old girl waiting behind you cried all night because she just came to a new city for university and she feels so alone. That 27 year old guy over there works a job he is overqualified for, he lives with his parents and wants to move out but doesn't know what to do about it. That one 24 year old dude already has a car, a house, and a job waiting for him once he graduates thanks to his dad's connections. The 26 year old barista couldn't complete his higher education because he has to work and take care of his family. The 28 year old girl sitting next to you has no friends to go out with so she is texting her mother. That couple (both 25 years old) are married and the girl is pregnant. The 29 year old writing something on her laptop has realized that she chose the wrong major so she is trying to start all over. We are not alone in this, but we are actually so alone. Do you feel me
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interesting to me that ppl are surprised when the economy is not doing well in america when the major tech companies have not produced anything innovative since like 2009 and are still riding the coattails of "the world wide web" which by the way WE made valuable by putting the content on it that people wanted to see. the fandoms people of 2006-2017 who were around were the real ones who produced, for no cost in the majority of cases, Youtube videos and amvs, gifsets, fanvids, fanfics, fanart, meta postings, hosted a plethora of both in person and virtual events and organized zines, big bangs, conventions, contests, giveaways and about a million other things out of a simple desire for finding community and a passion for the media that they cared about. there are so many stories that have changed our lives that we wanted to pay homage to. many fan theories of the time have found their way into the media that they spawned from. that's how "fertile" the ground was around tumblr and LJ and ffnet in those times. there was the actual opportunity to build and create something with like-minded people. of course there were flame wars and trolls but nobody mocked each other needlessly. it was rare that you wouldn't find somebody who shared your view on a piece of media and you could just roll with them and ignore the haters. people wanted to be positive and friendly and constructive for the most part. they valued their fandom friends because they knew the value of having friends in the first place. many of us were complete outsiders/losers/floaters in school and had nobody to talk with about any of this outside the internet. as a result of that, we valued our internet friends more and there was just less negative talk and less directed bullying. it was far from perfect, but the overall community vibe was very welcoming and supported creativity and new ideas above all else. i remember being encouraged to post my first fanfic after seeing so many go before me, and the positive comments and messages they got. i was like, "wow, someone might really like this." and, i feel like people did.
what was this post about again? oh yeah. not saying we need to be necessarily monetarily compensated for fanworks but we should at least be given a say in where the web goes from here and how we can create spaces and sites that do not have a financial/monetary component to them again. being able to pay for an audience is not a technological innovation, it's a change to a business model that has enabled unscrupulous individuals and businesses to utilize the web for their own gain and we're not talking enough about that. anyway the other reason why the economy sucks right now is that businesses refuse to take chances on real creative ideas. you see this in tech and in the entertainment industry. we've been here before and came out of it in a big way though so we'll see.
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15 Questions for 15 or maybe 5 or 6 Friends
tagged by @andromedaholic, thank you!
Are you named after anyone?
Not sure, but I don't think so. There is one actress at the time who might be a possible match.
When was the last time you cried?
It's been a while
Do you have kids?
Nope
What sports do you play/have you played?
In terms of serious sports I was pretty much focused on tennis for awhile. But after school, I dropped it and am now sedentary
Do you use sarcasm?
No, of course not :-)
What’s the first thing you notice about people?
Probably their eyes/smile.
What’s your eye color?
Bluish greyish
Scary movies or happy endings?
Happy endings for sure
Any talents?
How good do you have to be at something for it to be considered a talent? I've been told I'm quite funny both on the Internet and irl. Maybe I should become a humorist.
Where were you born?
In America somewhere!
What are your hobbies?
Gaming, Internet, anime, writing, drawing, studying.
Do you have any pets?
1 dog, 3 birds
How tall are you?
5'1''
Favorite subject in school?
Lit
Dream job?
I don't dream of labor.
Tagging anyone who wants to do it!
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real life: sorry im just not a social media kind of guy… i wanna live in the moment y’know…. im like really private i like having secrets
on tumblr at 11:41 pm : guess whose period just started while watching fraggle rock season 1 episode 17
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Look SO many things are better as an adult, but I do so very genuinely truly miss the childhood experience of going completely insane over something at the drop of a hat. As an adult you need the right cocktail of drugs weather humidity feng-shui and job prospects to feel like a piece of media can rip you into orbit. As a 14-year-old all it took was the worst Naruto reruns in the world playing at 10pm in your childhood basement. Unmatched experience. Irreplicable. Truly a once in a lifetime gift as an apology for the experience of being 14.
#i feel this so much#your imagination was such a hair trigger at those times#it just felt like all of your emotions were just bubbling under your skin#and seeing certain characters would just brighten up your entire day#what is it about being an adult that blunts us emotionally
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