Octo expansion was better tbh

not to be a woman womaning all over the place but i feel like if you genuinely like. do not have friends that are women then you have something to work on. if you cant think of any female characters that you treat the same way you do male characters then you have something to work on. if you cant handle even seeing "i dont like being called a guy/bro/lad/etc because it doesnt feel gender neutral to me" but can understand when one of your masc besties is uncomfortable with being called girlie or sister then you have something to work on. if your default in regards to how you handle other people and even characters is to assume masculinity then you have something to work on. if you cant even let women and otherwise feminine people speak about our experiences without bringing up how you suffer too then you have something to work on.

it doesnt matter if youre queer or a poc or a minority in whatever which way, if you do not include women in your life and cant even stand a fucking inch of genuine feminism (and i dont mean terfs but god is it fucking agonizing that thats all you people can think of when you hear feminism anymore) where the point is to treat women, all women, equally then you have something to work on. listen to women, even the ones whose experiences completely dont align with yours (hell ESPECIALLY the ones whose experiences completely dont align with yours). just like how we all have to check ourselves for racism, ableism, queerphobia, we all have to check ourselves for misogyny too. stop acting like it got solved at some point. it still exists and it exists within you and you have to actually fucking work on that. "women should be included in your life and you should listen to them" shouldnt be a hard goddamn pill to swallow.

I hate you game companies who sell games in stores who are nothing but a download code, I hate you game companies who won't allow me to truly own a game myself because it would be cheaper for you, I hate you game companies who only give you DLC's seperate even if you bought a GOTY edition/includes DLC version and it's not on the disc, I hate you game companies who force everybody to download game one patches just because you wanted more money, I hate you game companies who don't care that not everybody has a wi-fi connection and even less a really good one, I also and I especially hate all companies who make online only games even if they can be played Solo

I also also hate all of the above because they make game preservation so much harder for everybody involoved no matter if they do it so others can play them or just for themself in case their console/game breaks or the support for the stores get shut down

im watching a playthrough of Dangan Ronpa (the third game) with my partner and i have thoughts. its definitely one of those things that were ruined by a fandom because they were too young for it. dont get me wrong, the characters are so out-there and unique they lend themselves to be perfect shipping war candidates, but there is seriously a wealth of artistic value to the games. watching through it ive been delighted with the artistic direction and sound design. the OST is dripping with personality and whimsy. its all around a fucking hoot to watch. its goofy and leans into the absurdity of it's setting without sacrificing sincere moments of the story. the murder mysteries are solid and engaging. Monokuma and his kubs are the stupidest motherfuckers ive ever seen and are hilarious whenever they show up. Ouma is there. ive had the most fun interpreting the ultimates as different flavours of neurodivergent and even if their role is short (i.e. theyre an early game victim/culprit) they have complexities. DR is genuinely cool as hell, if youve ever been interested in it i recommend tackling the playthroughs to enjoy the art of it - there really is nothing like it and i think we're all grown up enough to see the beauty in the absurd.

Anyway, another AU where Doflamingo is adopted with Rocinante by Sengoku.

Except it wasn't an happy adoption but Doflamingo was kidnapped by Sengoku (after a few months Sengoku found Rocinante) and nobody is happy about the situation. Sengoku doesn't want to keep him and he's enough desperate to ask Garp and Tsuru to re-home get rid the little devil, but they say "lmao, you brought him here, now he's your problem."

Jokes on them.

Three old idiots with two traumatized kids, while Doflamingo plays a 3D chess game trying to take his brother away from the marines, passing as one, keeping his baby evil empire afloat on the other side of the world (he still has this dictatorship dream), meanwhile meeting Dragon by mistake deciding to be a sugar daddy (at 13yo) for the Revolutionaries, because he has a big bone to pick with the World Government and surprising being in the marine headquarters worsened his hate.

he's trying to get this hard headed ass little boy to understand he can't body slam people even if they're being bullies (boys got too much strength)

If you’d told me that I’d be shipping a bunch of classic lit authors with each other say like, a year ago, I would’ve laughed in your face

Hi Liam!  (⌒‿⌒) for the ask game: 🧡 and 🔮 ^^

ヾ(^▽^*))) HIYA!!! Thanks for the ask!!

🧡 A color you can’t stand?

I don't like pink. specifically hot pink... im not sure why but the colours make me want to rip my eyes out and it kinda hurts to look at... i know this sounds crazy but i just really don't like hot pink range. _(:з)∠)_

🔮 What’s your dream job?

not exactly sure.. i'm torn between wanting to be a film crew but i also want to be a storyboard artist/illustrator/any job that will let me draw. i love the chaos of being on set but i also love being able to let me do my hobby as a job. both are my passions but there's pros and cons on each side

Happy 5th anniversary to Kingdom Hearts 3, the game that fucking ruined my life in all the worst ways

as dusk falls, interior night / homosexuality in "dog day afternoon" (1975) : televisual surfaces and a "natural" man, christopher r. brown

My roommate loves Night in the Woods and he knows I don’t and he keeps pushing it trying to get me to say shit about it and I am so so so nice to him bc if I actually said my thoughts on it he’d get ill

Ableists: think for yourself

ND people: Ableism is bad

Ableists: No! Not like that!

Not to get on a soapbox abt how much i fucking haaaate AI art but like

Man

It'd be nice for a wider understanding that like. Unfortunately the silley meme generating gay sex cats img machine is also the same thing companies r gonna look at and see it as a cost cutting alternative to hiring actual, professional artists for a living wage to Do Their Job bc AI can just spit out subpar (but passible to the everyday guy as long as u dont look at it for more than 10 seconds) imgs in a quarter of the time and at twice the output said artists could do it at. B/C we live in a society.

And how much places like ArtStation and dA are just. Clogged with AI art entries, esp when the former used to be a common portfolio type website for artists to use.

And how many MASSIVELY underqualified AI "artists" are applying for jobs out of their league bc they either don't understand the parameters of the job they're applying for (eg Concept Art is a LOT more than knowing how to. Input in word prompts into an img generator to get a Highly Rendered Final Output) or like. Basically swindling money out of their clients by banking on the fact they don't know what they're getting is AI work (this has been a MAJOR issue with authors and book cover artists for a while now and uhhh fun fact! AI generated imgs cannot be copyrighted! There was also a recent debacle with Grey Delisle having commissioned an "artist" for a con signing print and it turned out what she got was AI slog).

Im speaking from personal/secondhand experience I see as an artist myself, but this doesnt even cover shit like when people would use ai to "finish" fics that take a while to update or the unethicality of using AI voice generators for song covers and the like (ive seen a LOT of VAs on twitter express their disapproval of having their voice used like that w/o their consent)

piece of crap fucking idiot shitass computer fucking cant even charge or turn on fucking little bitch i hate you

You have to do our boy Gavin for the unhinged bingo meme

Gaviiiiiiiiinnnnnnnn!!!!!!!! Listen, he sucks!!! Canon Gavin is a piece of shit who gets off on flaunting the minuscule amount of power he wields. However, I am the biggest Gavin apologist out there and am now far too entrenched in all the explanations for why he behaves the way he does, so I have trouble thinking of him as truly unhinged anymore, lol. Even though he quite literally can try to murder one of the protagonists (for trespassing, but I digress). Honestly, not even taking headcanons into account, he just seems like kinda a generic asshole but nothing more? And lol, I don’t wanna get into a whole-ass essay trying to excuse his actions or justify them, but know the thoughts are forever encircling my brain, oh dear. So yeah, pretty average bully/antagonist. Has the potential to majorly fuck an MC over but only if you suck, lol! So overall… pretty tame. XD

(That bring said, some headcanons were consulted when I filled this out, lol.)