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dagohoy · 3 years

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『 vivoree esclito. twenty. cis woman. she/her. 』 oh heavens, is that PRIMROSE DAGOHOY from MAIN STREET i see roaming around mapleview? minnie may’s always calling them -CAUSTIC & -UNCONGENIAL. i happen to think they’re not that bad! they’re a pretty cool UNIVERSITY STUDENT and every time i’ve seen them, they’ve always been +INTREPID & +ENTERPRISING. i hope i see them around again! 『 thia. nineteen. gmt. she/her. 』

hello sexies and miscellaneous ( whichever applies to you ) ‘tis i, thia, with another character! i love her so much already so please love her too. trigger warnings for mentions of superstition and occult beliefs, corrupt governments, death, calamity, and abuse/neglect. @mapleviewstarters

primrose grew up in the deeply superstitious town of namokot, philippines. ( this is a fictional town, but i grew up in a small philippine town, so i’m not stereotyping or anything! ) namokot, like many philippine towns, had a predominantly poor or working-class population. the corrupt governments used superstition, as well as religion, to manipulate the citizens. whenever there were fatal calamities that were invariably exacerbated by the incompetence/negligence of the local government and/or the nature-eroding infrastructure, the politicians of namokot often blamed it on god’s wrath or sinister ghouls.

primrose was, however, among the batch of kids who would later be known as generation z. this meant that she was raised right alongside the boom of the internet. like many filipino children, she would save a lot of cash to play at internet cafés (it was the norm to be unable to afford your own computer, even well into the 2010s). but from dress-up games and mmorpgs, she slowly found herself being introduced to... political theory. oh, the wonders of the internet. at a young age, she became aware of the manipulations of corrupt people in power. her understanding wasn’t perfect, sure, but it grew refined, steadily. primrose was lucky in that she was bright-minded, in the precise way needed to comprehend academic concepts.

but this made her a bit of an odd duck. they weren’t stupid, no, the rest of the citizens. but they’d been conditioned to be terrified of “god’s wrath” and malevolent ghouls across countless generations; at first, she was angry at what she perceived to be their ignorance, but in time, the girl realized that the residents of namokot were ultimately victims. typhoons and landslides caused ruination and killed many, and the citizens were stuck in mass hysteria, attempting to ward off demons and appease the gods to no avail. because the truth was, the only demons and gods that existed were these powerful, wicked people.

though she has reserves of sympathy for them, primrose won’t deny that her parents never knew what to do with such a sharp-minded, intellectually provocative, ambitious daughter. she wanted to change the world, and they just wanted to beat her into shape, into a decent, low-key citizen. to primrose’s relief, her aunt and uncle who had no children took her away from there, and let her live with them in texas.

texas wasn’t the friendliest place, especially for some born-and-raised asian newbie. but at least she could access greater opportunities in the usa. she didn’t have friends, sure, whatever. who cared? no one did. she didn’t. she learned to be comfortable with loneliness. she had a more caring family now, at least; that would suffice.

her aunt and uncle decided to move to mapleview for reasons ( i haven’t decided yet lol ) when she was 16ish. she was nothing short of shocked and overwhelmed by the much tighter-knit, warmer, more diverse community in mapleview. against her will, i figure she’s been forced to... UGH.. [barfs] have friends... and maybe even some romantic relationships... here in mapleview. dis cos tang.

primrose isn’t the type of person who goes out of her way to be an asshole. but she does come across like that frequently. she just doesn’t have tolerance for bullshit anymore, particularly given what she’s gone through, and so she’s prone to being sarcastic and surly as fuck.

she’s studying pre-law, hoping to become an infrastructure lawyer in the future. she resents how she’s spent so long (in her opinion.... she’s young af, let’s be real!) but she’s still way too young to be... things. despite her blistering intellect, she’s still a decade (AT MINIMUM!) away from becoming a bona fide practicing lawyer. she hates it so much. but once she does become a lawyer, she intends to make life better for poor/working-class people. probably including the ones back home. yeah. she’ll go global.

her surname dagohoy is from the bisaya language of the philippines. dagon (talisman, amulet, lucky charm) + sa (of) + huyuhoy (breeze)... her surname means charm of the breeze, basically. it’s lovely. but more importantly, it came from francisco dagohoy, a revolutionary from bohol who stood up against the philippines’ oppressors (the spanish) in the country’s longest insurrection in history. she likes it. she’s comforted by the thought of her revolutionary visayan ancestors.

but though she likes to be a tough cookie, a brave and brilliant girl, she does have a soft side, as her name hints. she’s just a touch too traumatized and constantly on the edge; it would take really special people to see that side of her.

she’s super ambitious, you can tell. though many, many people would contest the idea that music can’t do anything to fix the world, primrose believes that her own interest in music is pointless and frivolous. she’s damn good at it, though. i beg you all to watch this short clip of her faceclaim being gorgeous while playing the piano, bc this is canon primrose

if you two aren’t close, call her primrose or prim. rose or rosie is reserved for family and friends.

so ummm this got long but!!

please plot with us!!! i’m looking for all the usual. platonic plots (negative or positive or neutral), romantic plots, what have you! (note for romantic plots, though: the girlie is heterosexual. so they’d be open to boys.) there are so many i’d love to see for my grumpy gal.

#mapleviewintro

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thenightling · 5 years

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The original House of Mystery (for Sandman fans)

What is the House of Mystery? Or A History of The House of Mystery!

Everything you need to know lies below...

The original House of Mystery comic books were a horror anthology series published by DC. Cain The Caretaker didn’t make his first appearance until issue 175 for the issue “The Gift of Doom.” (Sounds like an Invader Zim episode title, doesn’t it?)

Cain was the caretaker for a strange and spooky old house, VERY similar to the one you see in the opening credits of Tales from the Crypt TV series from 1989.

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Notice how Morpheus describes The House of Mystery when he wakes up there in issue 2 of Sandman, after fainting at Cain and Abel’s feet upon his return from seventy-two-years captivity.

Each issue of the original House of Mystery comics contained one to three short (one-shot) scary stories told to us by the ghoulish and pun-loving narrator, Cain. Since the stories were usually stand-alone stories that means you could read them in any order. So if you want to skip straight to issue 175 to meet Cain, you won’t be lost if you choose to that.

The House of Mystery began as a supernatural horror anthology but that temporarily changed in the 1950s into the early to mid-60s.

During the comic book persecution and censorship era of the 1950s (which killed EC comics) DC tried to make House of Mystery more a crime drama comic or science fiction short stories and avoided the supernatural. But the arrival of Cain in issue 175 signaled the end of all that tiptoeing around the comics code. Cain brought the spooky, supernatural horror with him, back from the proverbial grave.

This is why it’s important The House of Mystery’s roots should not be forgotten. Cain’s very existence was an “F--- You” from editor, Joe Orlando, and directed toward the ham-handed censorship and prohibition against supernatural horror (That the general public somehow seemed to think was the cause of all their ills). For modern writers and game developers to downplay the supernatural horror attached to The House of Mystery and to diminish it in New 52 and in DC Universe online MMORPG is a sin against comic book history.

For a while in the 1960s into the early 80s The House of Mystery was DC’s answer to EC’s Tales from the Crypt. While EC had The Crypt Keeper, Vault Keeper, and Old Witch, DC had it’s knock offs own versions in Cain, Abel, and Mordred AKA The Crone from The Witching Hour (or sometimes Eve).

Nope! No similarities here!

Note: I don’t care if they’re a rip-off. I love them both.

Despite serving the same purpose as The Crypt Keeper, Cain was physically modeled after Len Wein. Both Cain and Abel were physically modeled after real DC writers. But their purposes were strikingly similar to the EC characters.

Len Wein even posed as Cain for a DC staff Halloween party.

Where Vault Keeper got his own spin-off with Vault of Horror, Abel got his own spin-off from The House of Mystery with The House of Secrets.

Cain was so much like The Crypt Keeper that both would say similar phrases such as “Pleasant Screams!” or “Pleasant Nightmares!” and “Greetings, Boils and Ghouls!” They both loved their horror related puns.

EC’s characters of the Crypt Keeper, Vault Keeper, and Old Witch only appeared together in media outside of the comics for the entire second season of the animated Tales from the Crypt Keeper horror anthology cartoon series that ran from 1993 until 1999.

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EC comics fell victim to the mid-50s comic book witch hunts where comic books were blamed for all things from juvenile delinquency to mental illness and violent street crime. EC collapsed but its legacy would live on. Tales from the Crypt would get movies and a popular HBO TV series in the late 1980s, followed by a three season animated series that would run until 1999.

The House of Mystery comics spawned their own legacy. DC attempted several other horror anthology spin-offs including The Witching Hour and Tales of Ghost Castle. The Witching Hour was hosted by three witches who represented the traditional Mother, Maidan, and Crone trinity. Sandman fans will recognize them as the Hecatae. Tales of Ghost Castle was hosted by a certain Lucien, The Librarian.

Lucien’s come such a long way from his humble roots that you might not recognize him now in his current form.

A more dapper suit of clothes and better hairline.

In the early eighties it seemed like the horror anthology comics were a dying genre but Alan Moore kept Cain and Abel in use for Swamp Thing. Swamp Thing began as a story told in Abel’s House of Secrets after all. (issue 92).

The House of Mystery is where many DC properties can find their roots. The House of Secrets was a spin-off of The House of Mystery. Swamp Thing was a spin-off of The House of Secrets. I, Vampire (the stories of Andrew Bennett) came from The House of Mystery. Constantine, by extension, began as a Swamp Thing character. This is also true of Matthew The Raven who began as the human Matthew Cable in Swamp Thing.

For a few years in the early 80s Elvira: Mistress of The Dark took over hosting The House of Mystery and took many jabs at poor Cain.

And ultimately all these horror hosts from The House of Mystery and the other DC anthologies found their way to... Sandman.

The House of Mystery gained editor Karen Berger at issue 292 in 1981. She would more or less single-handedly run DC’s horror line into the 1980s. Karen Berger was the editor for Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman and later founder of the Vertigo imprint.

She also once bribed Cain with cookies!

(Fourth wall? What fourth wall?)

In issue 2 of Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman we get “Imperfect Hosts.”

The title is a pun on the fact that not only was Morpheus a guest convalescing in the House of Mystery with Cain and Abel doting upon him but virtually every character in the issue (other than The Sandman, Morpheus AKA Dream of The Endless, himself,) were former horror host characters. Let’s count them.

Cain = House of Mystery Cain’s Gargoyle, Gregory = House of Mystery Abel = House of Secrets Eve (AKA The Raven Woman) = Secrets of Sinister House. (Note: Eve can change her form at will to look like a Maiden, Mother, or Crone. Lucien The Librarian = Tales of Ghost Castle (Turns out that was Morpheus’ castle all along! Don’t you just love retroactive continuity?) Note: Lucien had a love of werewolves and a pet werewolf named Rover.

This is paid homage to in the werewolf issue of Sandman, issue 38.)

The Mad Mod Witch (AKA The Fashion Thing) = The Unexpected

Destiny = (Neil Gaiman added the “of The Endless” and gave him a family) = Weird Mystery Tales

The Three Witches (AKA The Hecatae / The Fates / The Kindly Ones - The Furies) = The Witching Hour

Bonus mention: Judge Gallows = The Unexpected. Neil Gaiman never used Judge Gallows but both versions of The Dreaming spin-off have a version of Judge Gallows. (I am NOT a fan of Judge Gallows.)

Thanks to Sandman, Cain and Abel (as well as many of the other horror hosts) were now established as being loyal subjects of the Dream Lord, Morpheus, and their houses (which could appear anywhere in the world) had their roots in the realm of dreams (known as The Dreaming.)

Cain’s own existence in The Dreaming (Realm of Dreams) could be taken as a pun since the Judeo-Christian Cain was supposed to have been banished (or wandered) to The Land of Nod. In children's’ literature The Land of Nod is an old term for “The land of Dreams”.

Whether Cain is the literal Judeo-Christian Cain, or just a dream-entity created from the collective unconscious idea of who Cain should be, is left ambiguous even though Lucifer, in Sandman, respects Cain’s mark as if it definitely is the real mark of Cain. It could even signify the importance of symbolism and belief that it would be respected even if he was just the collective idea of Cain.

Lucifer is also, apparently, one of the only things that can frighten Cain.

In Judeo-Christian lore Cain and Abel were the sons of Adam and Eve. Abel made an offering to God of a slaughtered lamb. God was pleased. Cain made an offering of fruits and vegetables he had grown. God showed no interest. In jealousy Cain murdered his brother by bashing his head with a rock. A version of this tale is told in Sandman issue 40, The Parliament of Rooks.

When God asked Cain where his brother was he replied “Am I my brother’s keeper?” Though a more accurate translation of the scene had God ask where the sheep keeper was and Cain replied with something like “Do I look like a brother keeper?” Cain was banished for his crime and given a mark that was to serve as protection that others were not allowed to do him harm lest they be punished sevenfold.

In modern lore this has been used to indicate he was also cursed with immortality. A nod to this comes up in Sandman issue 67 during Sandman: The Kindly Ones.

The TV show Lucifer followed an overly simplified version of this lore borrowed from the show Supernatural and its version of Cain the mark just meant he was immortal and served no other purpose. The version of Cain in the Lucifer TV series was very, very different from the version who hosted The House of Mystery and would regularly appear in Neil Gaiman’s Sandman.

In Sandman Cain does have a compulsion to habitually kill his brother fairly regularly. Since they are both immortal beings Abel usually recovers.

The Aunts in Netflix’s version of The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina are modeled after Cain and Abel as they were depicted in Neil Gaiman’s Sandman.

The use of Cain, Abel, and Eve in Sandman could also be seen as a nod to George McDonald’s novel, LIlith, which also entailed a mysterious and ghostly “librarian” known as Mr. Raven and a surreal fantasy world. It’s been told that Lucien was Morpheus’ first raven. And some believe he may be Adam the way Mr. Raven was Adam in Lilith.

Not only did Neil Gaiman salvage nearly all of the old horror hosts who were falling into obscurity after Crisis of Infinite Earths (DC’s first major reboot) but he made these old horror hosts important characters within Sandman lore as either being servants of or (in the case of Destiny) relations of the main protagonist.

Neil Gaiman, in a way, saved their lives in preserving them as fixtures of DC canon in a now beloved “ever-green” story that is Sandman.

The Sandman issue Imperfect Hosts (which can be found in the graphic novel The Sandman: Preludes and Nocturnes) is a treasure trove issue for lovers of old school horror comics. There are even subtle nods to the artwork of the late Bernie Wrightson (A favorite of mine).

Imperfect Hosts also gave us Abel’s adorable baby gargoyle, Goldie.

Goldie was named after Abel’s “imaginary friend” that Abel and sometimes Cain would tell stories to. She was very likely not imaginary at all but real and a ghost who was haunting The House of Secrets.

It is said this cover is depicting the original Goldie.

In the original House of Mystery comics Cain would sometimes torment his brother. It wasn’t quite as brutal as it got in Sandman. And Cain had a soft spot for children, reveling in stories where those who mistreat children get their comeuppance. (Side note: I wonder what became of Cain’s pet cat, Oskar / Oscar. Cain still has his gargoyle but not his black cat.)

Thanks to a repeated running gag that was featured in (and outside of) Sandman,, which carried over into the 2008 House of Mystery volume 2, we can safely assume Cain’s voice is a great deal LOT like Vincent Price.

Cain and Abel appeared in some of the Sandman spin-off comics of the late 90s and early 2000s but those have since been de-canonized (no longer acknowledged as having happened).

During New 52, DC higher ups decided that they loved the concept of The House of Mystery. This was during a spike in Doctor Who’s popularity in the US. They saw The House of Mystery as a mysterious old house that is apparently bigger on the inside and can appear virtually anywhere and latched on to this TARDIS-esque aspect of it (as that is the nature of The Doctor’s ship, The TARDIS, in Doctor Who). But they seemed to have no love for Cain the caretaker or The House of Mystery’s spooky ambiance... The House of Mystery became the base of operation for Justice League Dark, and home of Constantine and Zatanna.

Cain the Caretaker was nowhere to be found but a new Cain, the supposed “real” Cain and “Sire of all vampires” became the main antagonist of the 2012 reboot attempt at I, Vampire... (it only ran for twelve issues and if not for DC Universe Online MMORPG name dropping him, that vampire version would probably mercifully be forgotten by now.) I usually like vampires in fiction but I hated this.

At one point those who were unhappy with the New 52 changes to The House of Mystery were told “Oh, this is a different House of Mystery from the one in The Dreaming. There are multiple Houses of Mystery.” but readers were, needless to say, skeptical, especially considering Cain’s pet gargoyle, Gregory, was IN the House of Mystery that was being used for Justice League: Dark in New 52! Did Gregory just randomly wander into the wrong House of Mystery?! No! Because we were told he “came with the house.” That means it IS Cain’s House of Mystery. Nice try to save your asses there, DC.

DC, through their Vertigo imprint, tried to placate fans of the original Cain and Abel and House of Mystery by having Cain and Abel appear briefly in the 2016 Lucifer comics (Now no longer canon) with their own House of Mystery and House of Secrets in the realm of The Dreaming but this only served to confuse readers further...

Especially since, at the time, Hellblazer was referencing a very different Lucifer (New 52-ified and based on the old and generic idea of The Devil) and a very different Cain.

Finally Scott Snyder decided to fix things. Scott Snyder discretely brought Cain and Abel with The House of Secrets and House of Mystery (as well as all of Sandman lore) back to mainstream DC continuity during the event known as Dark Nights: Metal.

That’s Cain in the bottom left. And that’s Abel in the upper right. Separated so Cain cannot commit casual and compulsive fratricide (Abel always recovers) during the meeting of the immortals.

In late 2016 Cain The Caretaker made his very first appearance in television animation. He appeared in the show Justice League: Action for the episode Trick or Threat. The episode merged the classic Cain’s House of Mystery with the continuity of Constantine owning the House from New 52 by having Cain giving Constantine a key to The House of Mystery by the end of the episode. Letting Cain essentially be Constantine’s roommate / landlord, It was a fair compromise of merging the lore. And it was done expertly by the great Paul Dini, with love and respect for both The House of Mystery and Sandman.

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In February of 2017 The House of Mystery would also appear in the direct-to-video animated movie Justice League: Dark. Though a decent animated feature, unfortunately this was the version from New 52 so no sign of Cain and the house was a little less... spooky.

The downplaying of the Gothic ambiance of The House of Mystery is a crime against the history of this comic and what it stood for in the 60s when it was used an act of spooky rebellion against the comics code and irrational persecution and censorship. It was an act of defiance that should be allowed to stand.

Abel’s House of Secrets made a brief appearance in an episode of Young Justice as a magick shoppe. It was likely the last thing a little girl ghost saw before she died as her spirit seemed only able to utter the word “Secret.” (Secret is a heavily modified ghostly character from DC comics.)

In 2019 the Justice League: Dark event was added to DC Universe online MMORPG. And though the game has Dark Nights: Metal content the game is more heavily based on DC’s New 52 so the House of Mystery in The Justice League: Dark raids does not have Cain The Caretaker and it looks more like the Plaza Hotel in Home Alone 2 rather than anything truly gothic or spooky...

It was very disappointing to me.

In 2018 Cain, Abel, and The House of Mystery and House of Secrets yet again became regular entities in DC comics with the Sandman Universe comics. The House of Mystery is back to being a creepy old haunted house with a small graveyard separating it from it’s companion, The House of Secrets. Both are still kept by Cain and Abel respectively within the realm of The Dreaming.

May The House of Mystery always revert to the spooky old house where Cain will tell spooky stories to frighten his guests!

#Neil Gaiman #Karen Berger #The House of Mystery #DC Comics #Vertigo Comics #Cain The Caretaker #The Sandman #Neil Gaiman's The Sandman #Horror Comics

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mediawarninglabels-blog · 7 years

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FAQ

Why Media Warning Labels?

This blog was developed for one very important purpose: to prevent my partner and all people with photosensitive epilepsy from seizing.

My partner has not had a grand mal seizure for almost two years. This has been accomplished through careful visual navigation and life management, and it’s far from easy.

Most of her seizures have been a direct result of entertainment media, but I’m not blaming the creators. It’s hard to keep up with everything that can be dangerous, especially when every individual with the same diagnosis can be vastly different. Also, 1% of United States Americans have epilepsy, and 3% of those with epilepsy are photosensitive. If only 3% of 1% of the population might be triggered by flashy sequences, but the vast majority of the country expects those sequences from large-budget productions, who are you going to appease to make a profit?

So, the burden falls on the consumers. Food comes with a nutrition label. Prescriptions come with warning labels. If media can carry similar risks for people with medical conditions, why shouldn’t they have labels too?

Can you explain your rating system?

My partner and I rate things subjectively as whether something is “friendly” or not. Epilepsy-friendly means my partner can navigate it without much difficulty. Our boring counterpart is not-epilepsy-friendly, so I beef up the intermediate ratings for comedic effect.

Here are some examples in order of decreasing friendliness:

If media could adopt sick, elderly animals, this one would Give it a “Nicest Person in Town” sash already Friendly Awkward acquaintance material Don’t poke it with a stick It made an insensitive joke and didn’t apologize It literally took candy from a baby right in front of you Mean Unabashedly evil

I don’t have epilepsy. Why should I follow you?

Even though my main motivation is helping people with epilepsy, I cover other triggers as well. Also, photosensitivity isn’t limited to epilepsy. The same patterns that can trigger seizures can trigger migraines and other physical reactions. If you know somebody with epilepsy or somebody who will have a reaction to certain stimuli, then this could be a resource for you to help them safely enjoy entertainment.

If you’re a media creator, I hope this helps you craft friendly art :)

What triggers do you cover?

Whatever I can. I will obviously be biased towards my partner’s photosensitivity and my personal reactions, but I accept submissions and will reblog constructive additions to the posts.

Here are some additional warnings I want to cover in the future:

- sexual abuse - animal abuse - torture/gore - medical scenes

What is your partner’s epilepsy like?

My partner was diagnosed with photosensitive epilepsy 10 years ago and has a history of grand mal and absence seizures. Photosensitivity and hormonal cycles have been primary triggers for the grand mal seizures, but the cause of the diagnosis (genetics, hormones, or head trauma) isn’t clear.

She has not had a grand mal seizure in almost two years. It’s harder to keep track of absence seizures because she’s pretty spacey in general. She manages her epilepsy through medication and lifestyle.

What has your partner seized from?

Immediate seizures:

- strobe lights - old school film effects a lá Charlie Chaplin - the movie “Rent” (strobe lights again) - grainy film effects a lá poor quality color video circa 1960s-1980s - MMORPGs a lá MapleStory and Fly for Fun - The Sims 2: Nightlife Expansion Pack (did we mention strobe lights) Delayed seizures:

- prolonged flash photography - Final Fantasy X - prolonged computer use - melatonin - birth control

Not yet a seizure but really annoying:

- harsh lights, especially at night - firelight - weird coloring a lá “Across the Universe” - repetitive patterns a lá driving past street lines - driving under tree shadows in the middle of the day - facing oncoming car lights - police/firefighter/construction lights - the opening sequence before Marvel movies - Sasuke’s Chidori (not Kakashi’s, apparently)

Do you have any triggers?

I have trypanophobia, a severe fear of needles and injections, and I experience physical reactions to seeing, feeling, or talking about either. I have other things I would prefer not to watch, but they do not consistently cause me to experience an intense physical reaction.

You don’t have reactions to my trigger. Why should I trust you?

Frankly? Don’t. Always trust yourself and your knowledge of your body over anything I say.

The purpose of this blog is to point out when media contains sensitive or potentially dangerous material. The rating system is subjective to my partner’s experience, my experience, and the experiences of whomever I can speak with.

That being said, I have a background in science, I research like crazy, and I always err on the side of caution when saying something is okay to view. My partner is completely forthcoming and let’s me know immediately if something is unpleasant. If it’s potentially triggering at all according to my research or if someone contacts me with their experience, then I will update the label.

Can you cover my specific trigger for this specific title?

Send me an ask and I will do my best. I will also keep your condition in mind for future ratings.

Can you give me medical advice?

No.

Can you give me lifestyle advice?

No, but my partner and I can share our experiences through private messaging. Also, my partner was a counselor for the Epilepsy Foundation and welcomes any questions about living with epilepsy.

Why isn’t your partner writing this blog?

While my partner believes this blog is very important, she would rather contribute from a distance because knitting is nearly as important. Also, I’m funnier.

Really though, she can’t watch the mean scenes long enough to describe what’s happening. So, when we watch something together, she closes her eyes, and I keep mine wide open. #partnership

How do you find your media?

Legally. This includes DirecTV Now, HBO, Netflix, Google Play, legit YouTube (primarily for music videos), Crunchyroll, and going to the movies. I haven’t found a need for Hulu, but if this ever takes off to the point where I get requests for Hulu-exclusive media, I’ll consider getting an account.

What about video games?

First off, I will never ever ever ever recommend someone with photosensitive epilepsy to play a video game. Focusing intently on any electronic screen for a prolonged period of time is an immediate risk that can be very dangerous for someone with photosensitivity.

Secondly, video games are much better at having photosensitivity warning labels.

On a personal level, video games present a significant financial and time burden. I can give fast ratings to games my partner can play. If my partner has seen me play the game, then giving it a rating is still no problem. If I don’t own it, then I suppose I could review gameplay videos, but again: time burden. I’ll do my best and consider every request.

What’s your social media?

I have various personal accounts that I would rather not share, and this is the only official page for MWL.

What are you reviewing right now?

Please visit the In Review page for the current list. [in progress]

What have you reviewed already?

Please visit the Label Compendium for the current list. [in progress]

#faq #epilepsy #photosensitivity #photosensitive epilepsy #trigger #triggers #trypanophobia #actually epileptic #actuallyepileptic #chronicallyfabulous #chronic illness

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ginnyzero · 4 years

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Babysitting a Computer Game

The face of the computer gaming/app landscape has changed so much in the last five years or more that it's almost unrecognizable from where it started. The thing I hate the most, the pay to play game/app. These games are advertised as "free" to play. You can download them and get involved right away, no purchase required!

Oh, the lie it is. When you get into the game, there they are, all the micro-transactions, the movements limited by an energy bar or even worse, "this is actually a timed demo." (Then label it a demo!) My favorite types of games have been hit by these micro-transaction, pay to play models the most. I love building cities. I love raising animals. I like MMORpgs. And there are lots of these types of games on the internet.

All these tiny little studios creating carbon copy variations of the same game with different 'skins.' (Horse Park Tycoon, Pony Park Tycoon, Cat Park Tycoon.) Then you can pay $.99 to get rid of adds. Pay more money for special currency to buy special horses that give more bonuses! Pay to make things build faster. Pay to get a bunch of food.

And to a certain extent, I can ignore the micro-transactions. What I can't ignore is that in order to justify these micro-transactions they've had to fundamentally change the way these games are structured. I'm going to sound old and cranky here for a few minutes. Computer games when they first came out were something that you came home from work or school, you played them for a few hours (this was before WoW mind you) and then you had dinner or watched television or even changed computer games and played that for another few hours.

Games today, you baby sit. If you want to grow an item of food in a computer game app today, the first few "levels" of food will be reasonable times, 5min, 10min, 15min. By then, they've got you hooked on the game (or so they hope.) But in order to progress in the game and get to the next level or fill requests and orders, the food growth times start increasing to 1hour, 2hours, 12hours, 24 hours. Okay, you're going, sure, there is strategy involved and you can use water and fertilizer and pesticides and such to lower the time it takes to grow. (If you can make or access these things without paying more real money.) Or you can pay real money and have it grow faster. However, it still takes more than 5 minutes to grow. You end up babysitting, or closing out the game, and going to do something else because there's nothing to do in the game for more than five minutes of harvesting what you've grown and planting the crops and then leaving.

Instead of having a few fun hours playing a game, you're baby sitting a game. And sure, you can put hundreds of dollars into a game to make everything go faster, get the coolest items, expand your map or whatever. (Be the baddest gamer in the history of the game I guess.) Now, you're just out of a bunch of money. I mean, wouldn't it be better to spend twenty bucks on a game you can spend hours in doing stuff, rather than spend hundreds of dollars on a game in order to do that stuff in the same time frame?

Not to mention, there is no idea where that money goes, especially if the company folds. And a lot of these little game developers fold but somehow their game is still on the internet. To make matters worse, you can put money into one of these cute little "Free" apps because the game company is promising to expand it, only for them to stop developing that game and go on to develop new games (of the exact same type) or expand other games. I'd rather know where my money is actually going.

Now, with owning a full game it doesn't matter if Sierra folded, as long as my computer can play the program, I have that program and the full content of that program.

(And just think how awful this whole pay to play and be the biggest baddest gamer gets on a sandbox MMO or citybuilder style game whose primary purpose is a 'war game' player versus player with absolutely no option for players to play versus the environment. That is a power gamers' paradise. Get in early or don't get in at all.)

Making a game is not a 'get rich quick' scheme. For every player that pays for premium content of your game, there are going to be ten players who refuse to pay at all. (The same with blog websites.) Those ten players are still taking server resources if your game is on the internet. It still costs the company money to host them in the scant hope that they'll pay for something. (This is the risk that MMOs make too. And why in the beginning games like WoW and Guild Wars didn't really offer a demo period. You played on someone else's account if you were nervous about putting down 60 bucks and/or a subscription to the game.) Then there are gaming companies that have you pay for the game and still litter it with micro-transactions everywhere. I paid for a full game. Not to pay and pay and pay again. (Subscriptions are different because those go to defray the costs of running servers.)

Unfortunately, games like the original Star Craft and Caesar IV have stopped working on our current versions of Windows. And I know that Blizzard is focused on making MMOs for the most part and I think Sierra went under or was bought out.

Oh well. I means that I'll be playing less games. (Mainly because no one has come up with a combo of a city builder and horse riding game yet that actually has different skins and let's you choose where to put your own buildings. I would pay for something like that. And yeah. I am not a game dev. I am not a game dev. Ugh. I so wanted to be a game dev when I was a teenager. I blame playing Myst and watching the how to videos.)

Anyways, it is the National Day of Prayer and Star Wars Day. I'm sure this means something. May the Force be with all of you, whatever or whoever the Force means to you!

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Things, Stuff, and What not

"I'll answer questions given to me by my former account followers"

Why did you stop writing?

Since I don't know what to write anymore. Science and facts just killed my imagination. I'm not even inspired and my vocabulary's been tinted because I've let myself go and watched/read many unintelligible shows and books.

I've given up on many of my books and I'm quitting my accounts on writing apps. Eh, don't care If my followers get mad because I don't update. Psh, don't even care if they think I'm dead. It's not like they know me personally, they're like, from other parts of the globe. Question to myself: Why Drafting?

I don't even know why I took this course, it's not like I'm going to be an engineer or an architect. 'Cause I'm either gonna be a surgeon, lawyer, or a police officer. Meh, if I got lucky, I might be a detective for headquarters.

There's many things people don't know about me. I'm pretty distant and blunt, I'm "kind" and give them money. They pretty much think I'm nice, not really though. I'm sharp mouthed and cusses a lot, I easily get annoyed quickly when I'm part of a stupid conversation.

First thoughts I had when I got in this section? Well, in brigada, I saw familliar faces and I think I'll get along with them. Some of my classmates are my former ones. Let's start with D, a classmate of mine when I was in first grade, yeah, he's shorter than me. G, yep, I like her art creations so much and I think she's awesome. M, my best friend when I was in seventh grade, glad she's my classmate cause at least I'll get along with someone.

What do you think about you’re art?

People say I'm "artistic" pft. This part makes me laugh, I'm not at all artistic. I don't know what they're thinking, 'cause as far as I know, I'm not. I'm just resourceful, is all.

Sports?

I like baseball, soccer, and swimming. Though I'm pretty much banned from swimming cause of my condition. I'm not allowed to swim even though I freaking want to! This part makes me cry. (Not in real life though, cause I'm basically typing this with a blank face)

Hobbies?

Eh? Hmm... Drawing, sculpting, carving, writing, (swimming), playing my guitar, listening to music, and playing video games.

Things I like:

Cosplay, fashion, art, culinary, world history, countries, flags, Greek mythology, myths, legends, creepypasta, vocaloid, anime, manga, video games, food, chocolate, sweets, world wars. (Anonymous)

Things I dislike:

My weaknesses, poison, criminals, injustice, liars, manipulators, scammers, corruption, fakes, shrimps, squids, spiders, Barbie.

Love life?

Pft- Hahaha!- No. I've had crushes, but they turned out to be creepy jerks. For example, a certain stalker of mine. If you don't think sending you things like "I'm gonna look through your pictures", "I’m gonna sleep next to you" , "I saw you today" isn't creepy then what does? The only person/character I will ever like is Len Kagamine!

Secrets?

*smiles*

Personal information?

... Isn't these stuff personal enough? Well, my zodiac sign is Aries, or Pisces if you would include Ophiuchus. I like Ophiuchus and Scorpio. My birth date is April Sixth. My name was supposed to be Kim. According to my records, I'm a boy (Because of my birth certificate), I have a taste for male fashion, I'm making a manga, I get sick a lot, and I'm a different person at certain events. I’m supposed to have a twin brother.

My weaknesses?

Lol, nah.

Make a poem on the spot about crows: Kay Birds that have black feathered wings Have a hobby of collecting shiny things And unintelligible when they sing Mischievous outcomes are what they bring Their eyes that are sensitive to light, Wings that take flight, No mercy when they fight, Fearless creatures of the night.

Say something about crows and cats...

"Ang labanan sa basurahan"

Give a corny joke: Kay

"Did you hear about the cake who's entire left side was eaten? It's okay, there's nothing left now!" *wink wink* *nudge nudge*... I ate it.

What is "Panty and Stocking"?

*searches* *watches show* Dafaq!

What types of games I play...

*smirks* War games, mystery games, online games, MMORPG games, otome games (Hahahaha!), puzzles.

Games?

Yes? Uhh, if you mean the games I played then: War Rock, Counter Strike, Dota, Dota 2, Minecraft, Warcraft, League of Angels, Wartune, Star Era, Battle Realms, Mage Realm, Assasins Creed, Growtopia, Mob fish, Brothers in Arms, Brothers in Arms 2, StickWars, Shadow Fight, etc.

Type the lyrics you think are interesting: Kay

"Just be friends, all we gotta do, just be friends, it's time to say goodbye, just be friends-" lol, jk. "The clock stopped ticking, Forever ago. How long have I been up? I don't know. I can't get a grip, But I can't let go. There wasn't anything To hold on to tho...” from Echo

Yay! One more!

"You think by now

That I would have learned Not to play with fire If I don't wanna get burned But I'm a pyromaniac And your veins are full of gas You're burning higher, higher I'm storming this wildfire

One look at your face Brings down the human race To their knees, to their knees Begging please, spare mercy Then there's somebody As charred and burnt as me On their knees, on their knees Begging more gasoline

My lungs are failing from inhaling All the charcoal of this circle Of the hate and the lies Gosh, how dare you It's unfair you Deny, ignite and Closed your eyes

Strike a match and watch it burn I'll set the world ablaze But I'm the one that you blame Fuel the flames and watch me burn 'Cause you have branded me Scorched me Burnt every inch of me

Strike a match and watch it burn I'll set the world ablaze Since its this game that you play Fuel the flames of the pyre And I will burn higher Burn brighter Fight fire with fire.” from Wildfire

Phew! Okay, next question.

Ever dated anyone?

Uh, no? I'm 15, I'm only gonna date when I'm 40. Jk, that was an exaggeration. I'll date when I'm 18? But I currently don't date. Egh! I only like Len. I’m asexual, and don’t currently like anybody at the moment. Well, sometimes I fake having a boyfriend because of the pressure of society.

Any human crushes?

Dafaq is with these crush questions Jinx! Omahgosh, since you're my friend then... Y-No. Len, remember?

Have you ever almost died?

.... Hah? Yes, multiple of times. When I was a kid I had moments where I almost get ran over by vehicles. I almost drowned. I...nevermind, you get the drill.

Who's Michael?

... He doesn’t exist. He’s the fake boyfriend I was talking about. When someone asks, I say Michael, is all.

Sebastian?

No, Ciel Phantomhive or Adrian Crevan/Undertaker

Capital of America?

Ah, thank you for that wonderful question. It's Erevan or Yerevan.

Weapon?

A gun or a baton/police's club. I'll probably own a gun or a baton when I'm finally a police officer. But right now, a pepper spray.

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