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audreyh002 · 48 minutes
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semi-annual tradition of roasting HeR's questionable fucking merch because all their designs are bad again let's goooo ->->->
remember how for a bit there it felt like HeR was putting some effort into making their merch good? desirable? well-designed?
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welp it seems pretty clear they're done with that, because i'm sorry but this just looks awful. the font? bad! the horse/lasso clipart? bad! the layout? very, very bad!
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"I left my at Shadow 💛 Ranch" are you serious rn? bad! i don't think you tried at all!
actual Mystery of the Seven Keys merch ffs why isn't it called Case of the Seven Keys that sounds so much better has dropped - and while it's nothing special (though some of it is weird - hey do you want an 8x10 metal print of the game 'cover' awkwardly centred on a blurred, indistinct background? 'cause HeR made 'em!) it seems like they can't decide what nancy silhouette to use? because while most of it uses the new exorcist-head-turn pants-y drew silhouette, they've also got a couple pieces with the classic silhouette - the one they haven't used since Stay Tuned for Danger. because who needs brand consistency.
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(the nancy silhouette use from mhm to sea - aka for nearly 90% of the games - has not resurfaced.)
the presence of actual KEY merch raises the spectre of who they think is gonna buy all the merch they made during the lead-up to the game - seriously is there any reason someone would buy this now?
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i would also argue there was no need for anyone to buy any of these before, but now? $60 for a hoodie with your fucking launch date?? really???
does anyone know what separates the 'classic' icons on the left from the 'deep cut' icons on the right? also wow they're really just never going to acknowledge ran at all anymore huh.
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ah yes. noted 'deep cut' references. like henrick. and ethel. and hotchkiss.
these next designs are clearly not the worst things in the store and while I guess they're not awful though I don't like the font they are blatant Bess and George erasure and thus I hate them on principle.
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Bess + George > Deirdre. Also, Bess + George > FrankenJoe. hope that clears things up.
the 25 year anniversary merch is a whole load of bad - the 'and all i got was this lousy _____' trend is lame, and has been for 10,000 years, but there are worse crimes. the mug is just boring in a way that looks unfinished rather than minimalistic. font crimes from the magnifying glass - every time i see it i think it says 'snoopers' not 'snooping'. i actually thought the teal callback designs were kind of neat in a nostalgia-bait kind of way until i realized the necklaces were the only option without all the text under the magnifying glass? maybe folks who were more active on the boards get a nostalgia kick from that last one but i'll be honest, it does nothing for me.
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i don't mean to be an exhausting pedant but. no sassy detective until trt, no koko kringles until ssh, no easter eggs until dog, no horse shirt until ddi, can't call carson until clk, no lost luggage until dan. also the placement of the text is just. weird. doesn't look right.
and jenna's whale t-shirt still isn't available in green. bye.
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audreyh002 · 50 minutes
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real question is whether or not i can make it out of the first place we get dropped into in this key game, unlike midnight in salem where i spent two hours trying to figure how to get out of the austrian puritan prison
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audreyh002 · 2 hours
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i gotta say, KEY has become a hyperfixation (/pos) for me rn and I am not mad about it in the slightest
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audreyh002 · 7 hours
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Apparently I only like one type of man and it is Triangle Face + Beard
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audreyh002 · 7 hours
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STEVE ROGERS in THE AVENGERS (2012) 🥊
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audreyh002 · 7 hours
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Just some random gifs for a gloomy Friday afternoon
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audreyh002 · 7 hours
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Steve Rogers + Aesthetics
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audreyh002 · 7 hours
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I really appreciated this post this morning because last night after I pulled into park I was sitting in my car outside my apartment and scrolling Tumblr thinking “Man, I’ve really only posted X Files content lately, I really need to switch it up.” And went “What other fandoms do I like? Oh! Yeah! Cap!” and searched, and after a few more minutes of scrolling went “Why is everything on this site just gay fanfics” and closed the app, got out of my car and went upstairs.
listen. i know it's not 2014 anymore and i know it's just a throwaway line and that the russo brothers didnt intend for marvel action blockbuster captain america the winter soldier to become the tragic gay love story that never was but man. having steve say "it's kind of hard to find someone with shared life experience" in a conversation about romantic relationships right before the bucky reveal is so cruel. it's not just about steve and bucky obviously having the shared experience of being "out of time," it's the fact that they've both been stripped of their humanity in opposite directions. steve is a legend, he is an american hero and a national icon before he is a human being the same way that bucky is a weapon and a killing machine before he is a human being. steve knows that anyone who falls in love with him in the 21st century fell in love with captain america first, and that's just not him. but then the one person who knew him first and knew him best and loved him (not captain america, that little guy from brooklyn) so much he died for it is alive, impossibly. and it's a miracle because he's back and it's horrific because he's back under the worst possible circumstances. but to steve, the winter soldier is worth tearing the world apart for because he's always been bucky first. they find each other and suddenly they're human again. and maybe, despite it all, being "out of time" becomes a blessing, because in this century they'd finally be allowed to love each other the way they've always wanted to. like real people do.
like. no. the captain america trilogy isn't about two queer men traumatized and alienated by war and modern life rediscovering and reclaiming their humanity through their love for each other. but. i mean. it couldve been
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audreyh002 · 19 hours
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Happy mothers day to myself and everyone else out there who raised themselves, and at times even parented their own parents. You deserve to be celebrated for getting through that shit. Fuck anyone who tells you you have to give credit to your birth mother just because she gave birth to you. Being a parent is earned through actions and not through some inherit ownership of ones child. It's hard to stomach at times I know I struggle to remember it, daily questioning my feelings and memories, but we worked hard to survive. Acknowledge that today.
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the miracle job tells us so much about what nate was like as a young man. this priest sees a miracle in his church a few days after telling his old friend from the catholicism factory that there's nothing to be done about his troubles and immediately goes "nathan ford you wiley coyote-ass bitch you stop helping me right the fuck now"
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audreyh002 · 1 day
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NICOLA COUGHLAN and LUKE NEWTON — Town & Country Magazine (May 2024)
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audreyh002 · 1 day
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Big hug today to all of the people with complicated feelings towards their mothers and Mother's day in general.
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my favourite thing about the X Files is that time they ended an episode with Scully crying in a confessional booth saying 'I'm afraid that God is speaking and no one's listening' and the very next episode is about killer cockroaches
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audreyh002 · 1 day
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My first ever x-files text posts hope I did good
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