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unreadpoppy · 1 year

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RPDR Season 15 ep 4 review

now that I found a way to watch the episodes, i wanna give my thoughts.

I think putting snatch game this early on was a BIG mistake. Huge. Not only are there too many queens, which makes it harder to keep track of stuff but because the episodes are so much shorter, we do not have time. In other seasons, Rupaul usually does 3 to 4 questions in SG, in this one, which was supposed to be the Supersized SG, we only got 2 questions in each group, the queens have barely any time to shine. Like seriously, I canno for the life of me remember what half of the queens were for SG. Also, the fact the cut out Rupaul talking to them on the werk room, which is one of the best parts of the episode, ugh, why MTV why???

Anyways onto the performances themselves. I think it was definetly an improvment from last year´s Snatch Game.

Loosey, Mistress and Marcia x3 had me in stiches! I think all three of them really knew their characters well and they knew when to interact with other queens and how to answer Ru. All three of them also nailed on the voice for the impersonations, I was really impressed and happy with them. I also want to give a shout out to Amethyst. I didn´t know who her character was but she made me laugh a lot, and it was definetly a redemption after the previous two episodes.

Sugar, Spice, Aura and Salina for me were the worst. Sugar and Spice were really cringey and annoying and if I laughed, it was out of confusion. Aura had no clue what to do and when she started singing.... Salina was not funny and her gag of being pregnant felt out of nowhere.

About the other queens, we got shown so little. Sasha was barely there, I though Jax´s accent was funny, and for the life of me, I cannot remember who Luxx was impersonating.

For the runway, I liked the prompt but I think most looks were a miss. I was expecting something that was a mix of spooky with glamour, but most were neither, or just something pretty with a different makeup. Also, so many spiders, and as someone with arachnophobia, I wanted to die.

The higlights for me were Sasha (who is ALWAYS mothering), Luxx (her look was exactly what I wanted and when she opened her mouth and it had some like black goo, I was gagged), Loosey (love that she brought a slasher character, it was kinda like Bride of Frankenstein but make it Jason), Amethyst (love the Gaga reference, and I was so happy she was able to include the blood).

Marcia x3 was basic but after her explanation that she had to come up with that in 24h cause her designer bailed her, I giver a pass. Salina was just bad, the makeup didn´t look good, and her outfit was a mess. Sugar and Spice´s looks felt basic as well and so did their makeup. Malaysia, although her look itself was stunning and she surely did reach the beautiful part of the prompt, the nightmare was lacking. Shout out to Aura, her look was good but I personally didn´t vibe with it (and also something about the facial expressions she does on the runway always kill it for me, it always comes off as way too goofy).

Loosey wins the challenge and I´m happy for her, it definetly made sense not only with her performance, but also with her storyline (being in the bottom 3 on the 1 episode, being high last week and finally snatching a well deserved win here). The bottom 2 end up being the twins.

Listen, ever since they were cast, I knew production would make the twins lip sync against each other, it´s just so obvious. However, I thought it was going to be later into the season, because this feels so early. I was not a fan of the lip sync song, and I think they did the best they could. Also, the fact that they choreographed a number, props to them.

I´m sad to see Sugar go, and I´m interested in how Spice will fare on her own.

Also, I wanna talk about untucked as well. I think it was the first time I ever teared up with untucked. Sugar and Spice being scared of being separated is something I can definetly vibe with. The connection you share with a sibling is something really unique, and it´s really hard to be separated from them, and for the girls it´s even harder considering they´ve been together since their literal womb. Also, Sugar opening up about how their family was not accepting of them so they had to rely on each other for support is something a lot of us queer people can relate to, and it makes me understand their drag and their connection even more.

The other queens also supporting them and saying that even if their separated, they´ll have the other queens for support was really special. Sasha talking to them and having this very motherly feeling really touched my heart, and when Loosey´s voice broke I cried a bit.

Overall, I think it was a good episode, but it would be even better if we had more fucking time. I feel like some queens are fading into the background and it´s because we are not being given enough time to get to know them.

#drag race #rpdr #rupaul´s drag race #seasons 15

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lifestylelaguna · 2 years

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It’s Super Month at SM!

veryone’s invited as SM Supermalls throws an exceptional supersized party this October with Super Month– a month-long spectacle filled with surprises for kids and kids-at-heart.

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And get your carts ready for the Super Charge 3-Day Sale from October 28 to 31! Shop as early as October for holiday gifts and grab amazing discounts and promos from your favorite brands at SM. All these and more at SM Supermalls Super Month! So, what are you waiting for? Enjoy super deals, super eats, and super treats this October at the SM mall near you!

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supersizemeplz · 3 years

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We Meet Again

Incubus!Erik Stevens x Black PlusSized Female

Another #supersizedfic Halloween fic. I know, I know. It isn’t October yet but I wanted this to jumpstart my writings for it. I definitely want to push out more creepy/scary fics around that month. Let’s call this practice. Also, I’m calling him an incubus but I’m not sure if he fits that category fully in this. Idk. Enjoy!

Song suggestion: Algorhythm by Childish Gambino

"Come on down to Moreen's Super Savin-" The commercial was clipped short as the screen went black. It had to be the millionth time it'd came on in the past two weeks and it was becoming repetitive. The young woman sat the remote on the glass coffee table before she stood. Her adoring pet took that as her cue to hop down as well and follow her owner close.

"How about a snack, Mina? We deserve that right?" She spoke to the puppy as if she'd reply. Well she kind of did with a bark and shake of her tail. Sierra made her way to the fridge and pulled open the freezer. Only to be met with ice trays and frozen meats. Frowning a bit, she looked down to her animal companion.

"Looks like we're out, mamas." Closing the door, she made her way to the dining room table. Grabbing her keys from atop a local Moreen's Super Savings ad paper. She took a quick look in the hallway mirror and made a quick 180 to head up the stairs to her bedroom. "I guess I need something to cover up, huh."

Keys jingled in a hurried dance as she moved, sounding along with the calmed patter of the loyal four little paws. Out of the bedroom once she'd grabbed a hoodie, through the hallway, and down the stairs. Sierra slipped her braids into a bun atop her head, adjusting the silk headband that protected her edges.

Turning to the eager little bichon frise at her feet, she squatted to talk to the puppy. Mina. "Mommy will be back, ok? I'll get us some snacks from the store." She chuckled as Mina barked her reply. With a soft head rub, Mina turned away satisfied as she went back to play with her toys.

Locking the door behind her, Sierra made her way to her car. She was craving vanilla wafers and ice cream. The wind was a bit chilly as she got further from the house, picking up just a little. Fall was slowly making its way and she was amped for the holidays to start rolling in.

With a soft close of the car door, her right index finger pressed the start button to bring the car to life. The time on the radio read twenty minutes until ten o'clock which was just enough time for her to make it before the store's closing. Once she'd set the radio to a slow R&B jam, she was on her way.

A quick ten minute ride was all it took to reach the store since traffic was basically non-existent. Weird but not impossible. She pulled into the nearly empty parking lot without a second thought and turned off the car. "Out and in, two minutes." The words were a mumble as they left her lips, more so a reminder that the store would close soon and she needed not to slow poke.

"Welcome to Moreen's Super Savings." A lone cashier spoke to her as soon as she entered. She smiled with a polite greeting in reply before heading off to the frozen section. Her house shoes made little noise as she found the ice cream selection with ease. A glance to her watch showed she had eight minutes until closing. She had to hurry.

"Hi, how are you?" Her southern hospitality showed as she passed a man that occupied the aisle as well. Not really paying attention to any of his details. Her mission was ice cream, not a man. He gave a polite smile and simple reply, looking over to her once he heard her voice. From her quick glance, she could see his hands were empty though he seemed to be looking for a frozen dessert as well.

The moment between them came and went as she began her quick search once again. "Ah-ha." She spoke the small victory, grabbing the last personal sized vanilla blue bell pint. "Now to the cookies and then something for Mina." With a quick stride she went over two aisles to find the large variety of cookies.

Squatting down to look at the vanilla wafers on the bottom shelf, she saw someone standing at the end of the aisle out of her peripheral. She thought nothing of that as well until a weird feeling fell over her. And the figure was still there. Raising a brow, she looked over to where the figured stood. Or where it should've been. No one was there.

"Hmm." She gave a quick hum of confusion as she stood from her current position. With her choice of cookies in hand. Her head turned both ways to see if she was just imagining things and after seeing that no one was really there, she decided she was. A quick shoulder shrug ended the paranoid thought and she went on her way to get her last items. Coming to the end of the aisle, she stopped to look for the overhead sign to direct her to the pet aisle. Moreen's was kind of new to the town and she had only been here a total of three times, including now.

"Household, paper products, pets." She began her lengthy walk across the store, passing three aisles before she noticed that someone was mirroring her from the other end of the aisles. It could be ignored and pushed aside as a coincidence until she stopped to pretend that her sock needed adjusting. Only for the figure at the other end to stop as well. "What the hell?" She stood quickly to see who was the asshole sending her paranoia through the roof. She knew this store gave off weird vibes. Just as she looked up to see his face, the store went dark and its usual cheery pop songs went silent.

Her gasp was caught in her throat as her grip tightened on the old container of ice cream. She didn't even register the thought of it slowly attempting to escape its containment. Those big brown eyes of hers kept looking to the spot where the man had stood before the power cut.

"Shit." A short curse left her lips as the once frozen dessert made a mess of her hand. Giving one last glance to the spot, she slowly stepped backwards towards the registers before hurrying to it. Her eyes darted around the area to make sure she was still alone as she attempted to rid her hands of the sticky sweet. "There is no way they closed this damn store with me still inside. The cashier literally spoke to me when I walked in the door."

The door.

Sierra discarded the paper towel that was little help as she looked to the large glass double doors. Her exit. She almost scolded herself for getting so worked up, letting her fear of being in the dark affect her sense. Putting pep in her step, she made her way to the door with a quickness. A quick tug to the handle was supposed to ease her heart rate but it sent it soaring. Locked? Why in the hell is it locked? Oh no. She was trapped here, in the dark with her paranoia. Her back turned to press against the doors. "I just had to watch those damn scary movies today."

The dark aisles seemed to mock her as she scanned across them as quick as she could from where she stood. The light that came in from the windows of the store front could only reach so far. With a shivering hand, she fumbled to pull her phone from her pockets. "No, no, no!" She whisper yelled, holding the side buttons to try and make the screen come to life. Only to be met with the screen that told her that her phone was dead. "You were just on fifty percent. How the fuck could you be dead?"

A loud thud from her left caught her off guard, causing her to tense up and her phone to fall to the ground with a soft clap. She looked frantically to the direction of the noise as it's echo sent chills over her. "H-Hello?" Her words stuttered out as she slowly bent to pick up your phone. Maybe it's an employee? "I think you guys locked me in by accident.."

Still like a tree planted by the water, she didn't move. No one answered her call but she had an eerie feeling that she wasn't alone. "Come on, girl. You're stronger than this, remember what Dr. Hamina said.. Fears are nothing more than a state of mind. You're ok." Finally pulling her feet from the invisible glue that held them, she took a slow step forward. "There has to be an emergency door around here somewhere."

In the distance, just barely behind a faraway aisle, those four familiar red letters caught her eyes. "Exit." Hope sparked in her mind and she was happy to know there was another way out. The trick now was getting to the other side without being caught by the man that lurked in the shadows.

As if he'd known she'd thought of him, his voice surrounded her like a cloud. "Sierraaa. Don't be afraid of me, beautiful.." A sudden, single light cut on in the center of the aisles. Close enough to the back that she was directly across the supermarket from him. The soft buzz of the light could faintly be heard from where she stood. She squeezed her phone this time to cope with the fear piercing her as she took another step backwards towards the door.

"How do you know my name? W-Who are you?" She couldn't hide her fear if she wanted to. The waver of her voice gave it away and she hated that it. Because he chuckled at her. His back was to her and she could just make out him looking over his shoulder back at her. In an instant, the light cut out and it was darkness again before a different light popped on. This one was closer than the last but she still couldn't make him out fully. It was only his clothes that gave away his identity as the man that she'd spoken to on the ice cream aisle when she'd came in earlier.

"You don't remember me, sweetness?" He pretended to be offended, finally turning to reveal his face before the lights turned off. It popping back on with him closer. "All the nights we spent together during your college years, just as you were finding yourself. The nights we spent together.. in your dreams, sweetness." That name, that voice. That face.

"E-Erik?" His voice suddenly found its place in her mind. In those memories she'd locked away. "You're not real? H-How are you-? How did you-?"

She'd went through a weird patch in her early stages of youth and adulthood. Her grandmother had called it 'spirit soaring'. The gift ran through the women in her family, but she seemed to be the only one who couldn't keep her control of it. The first few times were innocent during her teen years with short trips around the home for just a minute. That soon crept up to her soul venturing around her neighborhood to see what night could bring. Snowballing into a faint obsession.

Her grandmother had warned her plenty times before of the addictions of her lucid dreaming. But she'd assured herself she could control it. Then she'd met Erik, the man of her dreams, literally. He'd resembled an actor she'd adored and that was his bait. Everything was perfect between the two until it would inch closer to her having to leave him. And he didn't like that, he wanted her company full time. He'd began to find ways to prolong her visits with him.

She began to notice that he wasn't under her control like everything else in her dreams. It honestly scared her. His demeanor changed and he became obsessed with her, finding ways to pull her under when she'd fall asleep. Passive aggressive and manipulating were his sudden traits. The last time she'd seen him ended with a scuffle. Scarring his left eye and her getting away by a hair.

"How I found you?" He spoke her thoughts, finally allowing her to see his face. That familiar scar was healed now. Making him look like a monster from some horror film. "I never lost you, sweetness. I've just waited patiently.. watching you from the shadows..." He took a step towards her, taking in the sweet scent of her fear. "Never..out of..reach."

The lights began to flicker and her adrenaline started pumping. Sierra began to rack her mind for an escape. The exit sign. It was the same escape route she'd use in her dreams long ago. Her feet started their movement before it fully registered in her mind. "Just make it to the door."

Erik's laughter filled the air around her, loud and mocking as she kept her quick pace. "You can run, but you can't hide. Escape is inevitable.." His words were chilling to hear. He really wanted her for himself.

The door seemed to be getting further away. Like she was running backwards. Tears began to gloss her eyes as she became weaker. Her legs were getting tired, but she pressed on. Just make it to the door. Still the door grew smaller with every attempt to reach it.

"Nooo!" Her knees hit the ground below her, meeting the cold tile floor. "It can't end like this.. Leave me ALONE!!" She screamed into the darkness. A last effort to fight her attacker.

The air was still once her echos silenced. Her eyes moved around as best they could in the darkness. The light above her popped on and the slow echo of footsteps in the darkness came towards her. She trembled where she sat, trying to crawl to the door as best she could.

Erik emerged from the darkness like a villain and stopped just before her. "When will you learn sweetness? Running will only tire you out.." He squatted before her, bringing a hand to her cheek to rid it of a stray tear. "Stay with me and we can spend this life together. Happily. Forever."

"This moment.." He spoke lowly, eyes glazed with lust. "I have been waiting for this moment for so long, my sweetness, to have you all to myself.." He rolled his shoulders as he hummed. "..And here we are. Alone, at last. Destined to be brought together as one."

Licking his lips, he held a smirk at the corner of his lips. "Isn't this what we once dreamed for? To be together forever?" His smile widened at her drooping eyes as they fought to stay open. "Well, I did. At least."

Her lips tried to speaks but all her energy was being drained. His voice began to sound distorted to her. She didn't want him to win this time. Have to..stay..awake. Darkness.

"Ma'am? Ma'am? Can you hear me?" The voice was far off in the darkness, barely audible. Sierra fought to make out the words on her mind. Please don't let him win. Her body wouldn't listen to her in her struggle. She screamed internally at herself to wake up, wanting whoever was trying to talk to her know that she could hear them. It seemed to take forever. "There you go. Breathe."

She had shot up to a seated position, breathing heavily and looking around to see if he was still there. Her eyes held worry as she was only met with two E.M.T. and a small group of employees in the distance. The female E.M.T gave an assuring smile to ease her nerves, though it didn't help much. Though it did calm her a little to see a friendly face. "An employee found you laying in the aisle, nearly unresponsive. So we're gonna take you to the hospital and make sure everything is okay. Are you alright with that, hunny?"

All Sierra could do was nod, needing to get out of this damned store. She'd never come back here, that was for damned sure. The medical duo eased her onto a stretcher and gave her a water for her throat. Since she hadn't uttered a word since she came to. "We'll do a few check ups in the truck on the way there. You just let me know if anything feels weird suddenly or hurts. Ok..."

Tears blurred Sierra's vision as she was lifted into the ambulance, listening to the distant sounds of the medical personnel that assured that she would be just fine. Her mouth didn't open and their words didn't register as she looked forward. Not directly looking to the group of employees that watched her being taken away, but more so to what was behind them where he stood. He was relaxed as he watched her with a smirk. His words rung off in her head as she noticed him vanish behind the passing of employees heading back inside. "Alone, at last. Destined to brought together as one.." She was stuck with him forever.

#black reader #erik stevens #erik x reader #oneshot #halloween fic #supersize the spooky

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shirley-nietzsche · 3 years

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Scariest Halloween idea in 2021. Sticker available here: https://www.redbubble.com/i/sticker/Spooky-Halloween-Dr-Now-from-My-600-lb-Life-Get-on-the-scale-by-shi-RLY/88167807.EJUG5

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dailycryptodrawings · 6 years

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803: Bakunawa

This was done in the haze of a fever, that is why it is just a goofy dragon style, definitely going to revisit later.

IT. SWALLOWED. THE. MOON.

#Bakunawa #art #Digital art #doodle #paranormal #supernatural #folklore #spooky #moon-eater #Philippine mythology #philippenes #giant serpent #dragon #supersized #space monster #sorta #supernatural saturday

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sponningnipplesyndrom · 6 years

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Life advice

Buy coffee from a store

Buy pumpkin spice from a store

Buy whipped cream from a store

It’s cheaper than a trip to Starbucks for your psl every morning. Trust me I’m gay.

#lgbtq community #lgbtq #the best pumpkin beauty products because psl season really is here #this green pumpkin spice smoothie is a healthy way to satisfy your psl cravings #pumpkin spice latte #starbucks #gay #life advice #supersize meme #meme #if you smiled it was worth it #popular #fanfiction #halloween #october #spooky scary skeletons

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goldenpinof · 3 months

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Wait do we not even like SuperSeizer’s editing? I thought the worst edits by far were CasualGuyy’s and those seemed to calm down a bit with the last ones, but i found them more busy than fast. Seizer just has the best jokes, she really seems to me like she shares their brand of humor but can contribute her own Gen Z jokes. I think I’m used to Kris by now sfsgd. Like i think the thing i enjoy most about him is how much dnp clearly trust him.

This was long i would actually most of all love a concrete example of what you guys mean by “fast” editing, especially if you have an old video to compare it to. And only if you (or someone reading this) feels inspired!!

i personally don't like SuperSeizer's editing. can't speak for everyone, though. i agree that she puts funny jokes, but i hate the way she cuts moments. too many jumpcuts, a lot of them are unnecessary right in the middle of the sentences just to make the pace go faster. her editing took me out from the beginning. that spooky golf video? hate the editing so much, i couldn't even make myself gif the video because of the jumpcuts. stopped watching the sims videos partially because of that as well. wii sports was fine though, gonna give her that. others? too fast, too many jumpcuts. and from a gif-maker pov, very hard to gif. too many moments ruined by zooms in/out or just, like i said, cuts in the middle of the sentence.

overall, even though i also like Kris' editing the most (and here his ap videos are not as fast as dnpg videos). still can't make myself rewatch anything because it's just not the vibe i'm looking for. the editing of all 3 of them makes me anxious. and i'm not particularly a fan of the sims series but i'd rewatch pre-hiatus just fine, because they are kinda slow and i don't have to worry or pay attention to every second of the video.

dnp's editing on the other hand.... don't scream and poppy playtime 2 — bro, could watch it again and again. but i can see that even they are trying to go faster now. not to the extent of their editors, thankfully.

can't really give you examples right now, because it would mean rewatching stuff. and i can't :( if anyone wants to contribute, feel free <3

edit: speaking of Kris. the push the button video is edited awfully. idk what happened, but if you compare it to the pre-hiatus push the button, the difference is scary. i can't for the life of me understand what is going on in 2024 video.

#i feel like i complained about Seizer's editing quite a lot here #i just stopped recently because blah blah negativity and it won't change anything #im not a huge fan of gen z humour lol #and the way they are shaping the internet. editing in particular #and i LOVE crackhead editing when it's actually focused on memes and stuff. dnp's videos aren't focused on that #so this weird mix isn't my cup of tea #dan tried to do this with the Halloween baking. and THAT was appropriate. he didn't push it too far though #answered #editing #(new tag dropped)#calvinahobbes

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phenomenalgems · 5 years

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😍 I had to repost the shot @skytreemusic captured of this gem—Chibuku Amethyst from Zimbabwe never ceases to amaze, and this supersized stunner is the best of all. Elestiated, double terminated, and available for adoption! Dm for details, and see it go up on the shop in tomorrow’s new item drop! 😍 #Chibuku #amethyst #hematite #elestial #zimbabwe #africanminerals #crystals #crystallove #crystalmagic #crystalsofig #naturesgifts #mothernature #bohostyle #hippie #goodvibes #naturelover #witchystuff #spooky #crystalcollector #mineralspecimens #goddessvibes #prettycrystals #rocksandminerals #naturephotography #crystalsforsale #crystalcollection #phenomenalgems #etsy #etsyshop #etsycrystals https://www.instagram.com/p/B2r4KGLHgmk/?igshid=1s2zu5tfbuhy7

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pixelgrotto · 6 years

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The horrific Resident Evil playthrough, part eight

This post has been a long time coming, because my entire schedule of playing through Resident Evil games was dramatically disrupted two months ago when my life turned upside down and I moved back to the United States from Hong Kong, which had been my home for six years. It’s been chaotic, but I finally got internet in my new place the other day, which means that I can finally write something up about Resident Evil 5, which I did manage to complete in the midst of the chaos that comes with a big international move.

Perhaps it’s appropriate that my time with RE5 coincided with a trip across the globe, because with a story set entirely in the fictional African country of Kijuju, this Resident Evil is certainly the most international yet. Gone are the special police agents who infiltrated Spencer Mansion and battled zombies in plush Victorian corridors - with the fall of Umbrella, now the battle has spread across the globe, and Chris Redfield, looking impressively jacked up, is now leading the Bioterrorism Security Assessment Alliance (BSAA), an organization that spans the Earth and is fixated on the sole mission of preventing bioweapon tech from falling into the hands of terrorists. Unfortunately, Kijuju’s become infected, and Chris and his West African partner Sheva Alomar (who looks really Blasian to me, perhaps a sign that she was designed by a Japanese company) have a job to do and they’re gonna see it through.

It becomes immediately evident that RE5 is more Black Hawk Down than Night of the Walking Dead. Infected Kijuju locals with splitting heads might still be the enemies coming your way, but most of the game’s set pieces are giant shoot ‘em up arenas set under the bright African sun where you’ve got to kill ten, twenty, maybe even thirty guys at once. It’s clearly designed to emphasize the series’ first foray into fully co-op multiplayer, a beautiful dream that Resident Evil has always harbored since the days of the first game, and it’s occasionally clumsy and dull to play through solo, especially after the fantastic single player experience that was RE4. Still, I’m able to forgive this since I’m almost kind of proud that RE finally made it into the "big leagues” of co-op. (These are the sorts of emotions you feel when you play an entire franchise in release date order!)

But the focus on wild gunplay with a buddy is a jarring cry from the dark corridors of spooky solitude that filled previous Resident Evil games, and it’s part of the reason why this title is a controversial entry in the franchise. “It’s not scary at all!” the detractors cried when RE5 was released a decade ago, and they’re kinda right, though the game does have an excellent DLC chapter called Lost in Nightmares which makes up for this by taking place in a creepy European mansion filled with fanservice.

“Not scary” was nothing compared to the other major criticism leveled at this game prior to its release, though. At that time, all the general public had to go by when assessing RE5 were images and short videos of Chris Redfield - a white dude - killing lots of black and brown Africans. The “it’s racist!!!” narrative made RE5 blow up on a level like nothing else, and even my survival horror-snubbing weenie self became aware of the controversy back in 2009.

Upon playing the actual game, though, you quickly realize that Capcom kinda just wanted a cool setting for players to shoot zombies in, much like how they chose Spain for Resident Evil 4. As a Japanese company, they were ignorant of the imagery behind a Caucasian man killing dark-skinned locals, and while the game’s portrayal of Kijuju is unfortunately stuck in the Hollywood stereotype of depicting most African countries as third world hellholes (a side-effect of RE5 so slavishly imitating that Black Hawk Down template), there are enough solid black characters in the game - like the aforementioned Sheva and the very cool West African BSAA chief Josh Stone - to make it clear that racism was not the intention. There are even some in-game story bits that delve into how Umbrella and other international corporations run by white people have been pillaging the resources of Africa for centuries, which has the potential for very intriguing social commentary. Unfortunately, the game’s not quite subtle or skilled enough to expound upon this potential, especially when the plot turns into a 90s comic book in the last few hours as Albert Wesker makes a glorious return and starts throwing missiles and backflipping around like Agent Smith from the Matrix movies. Ah well.

Nevertheless, despite the nosedive into silliness that is the final few hours of Resident Evil 5, the majority of the game’s plot plays it straight and offers up a real sense of progression, which is something that I truly enjoyed. After playing all of these games in a row, it’s kind of amazing to see how the same characters and threats have evolved. Chris Redfield and his posse started out as lone survivors in a haunted mansion, fighting for their lives and barely able to make it out by the skin of their teeth. Now, they’re hardened and experienced members of a tactical SWAT team policing the world for mutated threats. The sense of amplified scale is very, very cool, and the game successfully pulls off the hat trick of feeling bigger and more awe-inspiring than any other entry in the series thus far...even if the gameplay isn’t quite up to standard.

Therein lies the complexity of Resident Evil 5...mediocre in some ways, filled with problematic imagery in others...but at the end of the day, still a game that provided a surprising amount of enjoyment by advancing the lore and scope of a series that, by this point in time, has come to mean quite a lot to me. Resident Evil 6, from what I’ve heard, continues this trend, and most people vehemently seem to agree that that one went too far into supersized action movie territory. We’ll see when we get there.

Prior to RE6, though, we have a brief side story stopover...into the territory of Resident Evil: Revelations!

All screenshots taken by me. For more, check out this Twitter thread showing my step-by-step progress through the game.

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radramblog · 2 years

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VGC Spooky Tournament Report

I suppose this is a little overdue at this point, but I might as well get it out there. Pokemon teambuilding is currently on the mind, seeing as series 11 has just arrived (here comes the new series, same as the old series) on our doorsteps and I’m trying to figure out what abomination unto doubles I can unleash next.

The Halloween tourney for our little gaggle of clowns used a theme borrowed from one of the official tournaments from gen 7- that is, a restricted list of “spooky” pokemon to choose from, along with a requirement that every single team has to have a pumpkin- specifically, either Gourgeist or Pumpkaboo- with the move Trick-or-Treat. In addition, the tournament was run with Series 10 rules- that is, no Dynamaxing with one Restricted…but no restricted Pokemon were allowed, so it was just kind of like a Gen 7 tournament with Gen 8 mons/mechanics. Which was kind of nice.

The list of acceptable mons may have been somewhat questionable, as you will soon see.

I suppose we should get the elephant in the room out of the way. Except instead of an elephant, it’s a jack-o-lantern that I was required to run by the rules of this land.

In retrospect, it turns out I was literally the only person at the 8-man event running a Small, speedy Gourgeist. This I believe was partially due to the specifics of the set I was running, and partially due to a couple people not fully reading the rules beforehand and having to hastily grab whatever gourd they could find minutes before we started. Which is kind of a shame, because this thing was clearly built as an anti-meta answer for the incredible niche we found ourselves in.

I have some regrets with this particular set. I kept struggling with the moveset- I knew I had to have Trick-or-Treat, and Imprison/Trick Room was my intended combo as I assumed most people would be running a bulky Supersize Gourgeist to set up slowmode. This left me with exactly one moveslot which I wanted 3 things at once in- Destiny Bond, Shadow Sneak, and Ally Switch- I ended up landing on Shadow Sneak for reasons I’ll get to later.

The other issue was…even a Small Gourgeist has 122 base Defense, and my max HP investment (because to be fair what else was I investing in, Attack?) meant that it was way bulkier than I was expecting. The Focus Sash never, ever popped on this guy. Perhaps I was better off actually doing that Attack investment and keeping the sash, or maybe a different item would have worked better, but I’m not sure what- a set like this doesn’t have that many items that work well on it anyway.

The second idea I had, after anti-meta Gourd, was to try out Quash Sableye. It’s a combination unique only to it and Liepard (man maybe I should have run kitty) to my knowledge, and the ability to effectively “Fake Out” multiple times was super cool. Add in a suite of Prankster Classics (+ Foul Play), along with a fully defensive investment (because the speed was kind of irrelevant), and you have a solid support mon.

This ended up also being kind of a mistake. What it turned out was that the sheer number of Dark types running around meant that Prankster was way, way less useful than it would normally be, and combined with Foul Play it meant that the team (and especially this Sableye) had a major weakness to that type in particular. Definitely in one round (I think the 3rd one?) I had a lot of trouble dealing with a Krookodile that kind of countered most of the entire team. But it worked well enough a fair bit of the time, and Quash is a very powerful move. I’d also quickly like to shout-out the bloke who brought non-Prankster Quash on his astonishingly bulky Persian-Alola- I wouldn’t have thought of that, and I think he came second, so it seems to have worked out for him.

Also wait what was I afraid of getting Taunted by? It was immune to Prankster itself already… bah, half the items on this team are a mess anyway.

Ideas for supports in place, I scanned the list of permitted mons for ideas, and found a bit of a strange addition- one that a fair few people noticed, I think, because there were 3 of them in the 8 teams in the event.

That idea was Gigalith. I’m not sure what’s so spooky about our rocky friend, but it’s an extremely good Pokemon- of the 3 Sandstorm setters, it does manage to actually compete with Tyranitar, so you know it’s doing something right (and there was no Tyranitar to be seen at the event). Giggles served as a great anti-Trick Room tech if I didn’t think Gourgeist was going to do it, as well as enabling the next Pokemon and both protecting the squad and dishing out absolute chunks of damage.

This was another case where I was unsure about the item, but I kinda just wanted to punish people attacking my rock on either side of the field. Heavy Sp.Def investment to go with the Sandstorm on the special end, natural bulk and chip damage on the physical end. At the end of the day, though, Gigalith is one of those mons that ends up being synergistic just by showing up- what you actually put on it is less relevant than having it in the first place.

Didn’t ever get to do a superpowered Stomping Tantrum, though.

Next up was Gigalith’s partner in Dracozolt. I’ve been through this mon time and time again, but I just love the goofy idiot so much, and having access to Sand Rush as of The Crown Tundra has breathed new life into the dino-bird-dragon. Sure, you lose a little power without Hustle, but you also gain so much speed and the consistency is lovely.

Dracozolt is as Dracozolt does, but it was powerful enough that I honestly wondered if I should have been running Dracovish as well (I considered it ahead of time, didn’t do it because of the Fairy weakness). Its power was a little lacking when it couldn’t spam Bolt Beak all the time, because Dragon Claw just isn’t good enough in 2021 VGC, but it is what it is. Also I definitely lost a game to Fire Fang missing, because of course I did. Not salty btw.

With two support mons and two physical threats, I figured I’d be best off rounding the team out with a couple Special things. Scrolling once again through the permitted mons list, I stumbled upon an unexpected guest that I thought might be interesting to run with.

I think it might just have been the specific meta, because it’s not like Exploud is normally a particularly notable Pokemon. It’s stats are mediocre, it’s design works poorly in 3D, and it usually just ends up being Yet Another Pure Normal. But it has one thing going for it, and that thing is going AAAAAAA, but like, with power. Specs Boomburst with Scrappy to get around Ghosts is certainly something, especially when you have enough protection on your side to ignore it, and the typing matched up nicely against the meta- despite all the Darks running around, there was only 1 Fighting type in the tournament, likely due to their bad matchups against the common Psychics, Ghosts and Fairies.

With that said, this thing completely overperformed on my expectations. Even when I clicked Hyper Voice instead to try and preserve my own side, it just did so much damage. I gave it Flamethrower/Ice Beam for coverage, but sure never clicked those moves- Boomburst just did more anyway. In one game, Exploud KOd all 4 of my opponent’s Pokemon and 2 of my own in a scant few turns, it was disgusting.

The final member of this squad was a late coverage-based pick in Volcarona. Series 10 saw a lot of usage for this mon, but it was largely on account of it getting Rage Powder- redirection is both powerful and uncommon, after all- but that was not what I was doing. None of this fancy bullshit, we were going for raw power on this thing. Like, did y’all forget it had 135 Special Attack? As far as its inclusion here, it was kind of mostly a hole-filler defensively/offensively, with its typing complementing both sides and the Assault Vest providing a Sp.Def wall to complement the mostly physical bulk on the rest of the team.

I kinda tossed and turned on the moveset for a little bit- I still maybe think I should have had Heat Wave- but the bugger performed. It simply removed things from the board that I otherwise struggled with. I think? This is genuinely the member of the team I don’t remember how I performed with- like I remember it being good, but not really much specific on its usage. I recall it working well next to Exploud just on account of tanking stray Boombursts well enough? Iunno.

And that completes the team. I think it worked well enough- like, there wasn’t a huge synergy play aside from the Gigalith/Dracozolt pair, and I probably could have used a bit more speed control, but it worked out in the end. The plan I alluded to earlier with Gourgeist was that I wanted every single Pokemon on the team to be able to kill Shedinja- I was expecting more than literal 0 people to be trying to pull off that sort of shenanigan, but it didn’t happen, so my paranoia was ill-founded.

(names censored to protect the innocent)

I ended up placing third, only losing to the player who would eventually win the tournament. I’m fairly proud of this result- the first round was a crushing victory I felt a little bad about, the second I got repaid that in kind, and the third was like…actually pretty close and more than a little bit lucky (matt probably shouldn’t have been trying RNG strats when the gods had apparently cursed him), but it was a fun time overall. No complaints here.

I think limited metas like this are a lot of fun! You get to see unusual strats and picks all over the place, and I kinda wish they were more popular such that I could get to have dumb ideas more frequently. As opposed to the dumb meme strats I force in regular formats, I suppose. Catch Telepathy.team coming to you soon, if I ever end up actually making it.

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pixelblock · 7 years

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Happy Halloween ! Here's Spike from b-movie classic 'Killer Klowns from Outer Space', rendered in a 160 x 160 canvas. A supersize treat for a spooky night. Got em !

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dailycryptodrawings · 7 years

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740: La Bête du Gévaudan

BIG BOY. REAAALLY BIG BOY.

Requested by: rhubiarb

Me and Mr. Wolf by The Real Tuesday Weld

#La Bête du Gévaudan #La Bete du Gevaudan #cryptid #cryptozoology #art #Digital art #doodle #paranormal #wolf #supersized #maneater #French folklore #French cryptid #scopophobia #werewolf #wolfman #spooky

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dippedanddripped · 4 years

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Mila Docheva faced down the camera, her contours camouflaged by an outsize hoodie raucously inscribed with neon graffiti. Her turnout, which she posted on Instagram, was a homage to her idol, the pop star Billie Eilish.

“When I dress like Billie, I feel just a little bit closer to her,” Mila, 14, said through a translator, in an email (she lives in Silistra, a town in northeastern Bulgaria). “I’m not a girlie girl. I am curvy, and I ride a skateboard. Feeling comfortable in my skin is important to me. Billie’s style gives me the courage to do that.”

Swarms of girls and young women ranging in age from under 10 to their early 20s are echoing those sentiments. They are smitten with Ms. Eilish, who took home an armful of Grammys this week, remodeling themselves in her image, posting gaudy makeovers on Instagram and other social platforms, from places as far-flung as Tbilisi and Nashville.

Ms. Eilish’s following has swelled since her first single, “Ocean Eyes,” went viral on SoundCloud five years ago. Her style clout has grown alongside it, on infectious display on Instagram, where she has millions of followers. It recalls the kind of fashion fervor rarely seen since Madonna’s early videos incited throngs of very young fans to shimmy their frames into merry widows and pile on stacks of bangles and cataracts of chains.

The enthusiasm of Ms. Eilish’s devotees denotes a striking turnabout, a new generation’s rejection of the flirty babe aesthetic embodied by contemporary idols like Ariana Grande in favor of something more crazily improvised and less strenuously sexual.

At 18, Ms. Eilish, who often goes without makeup, favors a pastiche of outsize 1980s and ’90s hip-hop and skater looks. That look speaks assertively to a Gen Z crowd chary of artifice and aggressive displays of sensuality.

“Her look is not about vanity,” said Lucie Greene, a trend forecaster and brand strategist. “She is flipping the idea of beauty to something surreal, something influenced by gaming and the cyberculture.”

“These are not the filtered images of millennials,” Ms. Greene said.

Since arriving on the pop scene, Ms. Eilish has underplayed, and even willfully sabotaged, the vampiness that has long been deemed a prerequisite to stardom. To some she is the anti-Ariana, a tomboyish naïf.

Her look, paradoxically standoffish and in your face, is punctuated by shocks of blue or green hair, riotously patterned tops and tracksuits, and thorny punk and goth references. It is, in Mila’s phrase, “an act of rebellion,” as provocative as it is protective.

“She has an armor that’s bright and loud,” said Rachel Gilman, a fashion stylist whose clients have included Bloomingdale’s and Adidas. “It’s dye your roots green and wear the baggiest clothes in the room. It’s good for girls to see that they can succeed without wearing a push-up bra if that isn’t their vibe.”

The star’s advent, some say, could not have been more timely. “It feels fair to describe Eilish’s aesthetic as both an antidote to and a queering of the hyper-feminized pop-star archetype,” Amanda Petrusich wrote in The New Yorker last summer. Her style resonates, Ms. Petrusich said, “in a cultural moment when we are all trying very hard to sort out real people from the ones who are merely savvy and ambitious enough to know the right way to curate and present an authentic-seeming vibe.”

Ms. Eilish’s apparent realness has inevitably snared the attention of marketers as well. Her appearance last spring in the “I Speak My Truth in #MyCalvins” ad campaign contrasted sharply with previous Calvin Klein campaigns modeled by scantily clad boys and girls.

Only last month H&M sought to cash in on the impact of her socially conscious, street-inflected message, releasing a line of sustainably produced sweatshirts, supersize hoodies, bucket hats and beanies.

Ms. Eilish presents as audacious and spontaneous, if a bit candied at times. “She dresses like a Disney princess, but she doesn’t sound like one,” said Giana, a 10-year-old social media personality from Dallas with a shock of emerald-tone hair and an Instagram following of her own. To Giana, who goes by her first name only and dresses in Eilish-inspired clashing plaids and colors, Ms. Eilish is the mistress of brash self-invention.

“She knows you can make a look fearless,” Giana said, “and she makes me feel it too.”

It may jolt her to learn that Ms. Eilish once scorned wannabes, venting that resentment in her lyrics. “Copycat trying to cop my manner/ Watch your back when you can’t watch mine,” she taunts in “Copycat,” released in 2017.

She has certainly vaunted her originality. “I could easily just be like, you know what, you’re going to pick out my clothes, someone else will come up with my video treatments, someone else will direct them and I won’t have anything to do with them,” she said in a profile in The New York Times last year.

“But I’m not that kind of person and I’m not that kind of artist,” she said.

She seems happy enough, all the same, to exploit an ever-widening fascination with her fashion bravura, entering into partnerships with Freak City, an online platform based in Los Angeles, and with youth-oriented stores like Urban Outfitters and Hot Topic. She has introduced a children’s line on Blohsh, the Billie Eilish online store that sells vinyl albums and CDs, along with fleece blankets, socks and sweatshirts with spray-painted logos.

Some fans may chafe to discover that she has worked since she was 14 with Samantha Burkhart, a high-powered stylist whose clients include Katy Perry, Christina Aguilera and Mark Ronson. Her outfits are excessive, Ms. Burkhart said.

“She enjoys the uncomfortableness of not fitting in,” she said. “That appeals to a generation that grew up sick of manufactured pop music produced in a way that follows algorithms.”

Attuned to her charge’s extravagantly whimsical outlook, Ms. Burkhart insisted that she doesn’t impose a look but simply functions as a kind of a personal shopper, gleaning items from the marketplace, which Ms. Eilish puts together herself.

The devout seem unfazed either way. “In most of her songs she talks about being alone and afraid,” said Alisa Gordon, 18, a college student and aspiring actress in Nashville. “When I’m watching her music videos, everything makes more sense. It all comes together like a puzzle.”

Some fans react with a more diffuse anxiety, the sense of a world in peril. “Why not respond to news that the planet is warming to uninhabitable levels by matching your hair to your parka to your nails to your sunglasses to your shoes and socks,” Ms. Petrusich wrote, not altogether facetiously.

But admirers perceive a more earnest intention underpinning Ms. Eilish’s over-the-top appeal. “She makes ethical choices in her everyday life, from wearing ethically produced fashion to leading a vegan lifestyle,” Mila said. “Many people don’t take outspoken young girls such as Billie and Greta Thunberg seriously. They diminish them as being just children. But I’m grateful to have them as role models.”

There are times, of course, when a look is just a look. It can be a plea for attention — or signal a healthy self-regard. Karin Ann Trabelssie, a 17-year-old high school student from Jelina, in Slovakia, feels an emotional and aesthetic solidarity with the star. Like Ms. Eilish, she has long sought refuge inside baggy shirts and hoodies, but until recently she tended toward the dark or nondescript.

“I was bullied,” Karin said. “People tried to discredit me for being young, or sometimes just being a girl.” In recent months she ditched her somber camouflage in favor of brightly colored tracksuits and matching shoes.

“I used to be anxious about people looking at me,” she said. “Now I realize when they stare, it doesn’t have to be in a bad way.”

Jessica Cropp, an 18-year-old high school student in Verona, N.D., has adopted a more consciously stylized appearance since discovering her idol, and now peacocks on her Instagram feed in blue hair, shrill hues and many-layered silver chains. On occasion black tears course down Ms. Cropp’s cheeks, a spooky reference to the video for “When the Party’s Over,” in which Ms. Eilish swallows a murky liquid and weeps ink.

Ms. Cropp herself has not gone full goth. “Wearing bold colors boosts my confidence,” she said. “Now when I walk into school in the morning, it’s like everyone is going to look at me, and I’m going to love it. It’s like, I want those eyes on me.”

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mastcomm · 4 years

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Billie Eilish: Gen Z’s Outrageous Fashion Role Model

“These are not the filtered images of millennials,” Ms. Greene said.

“She knows you can make a look fearless,” Giana said, “and she makes me feel it too.”

“But I’m not that kind of person and I’m not that kind of artist,” she said.

“She enjoys the uncomfortableness of not fitting in,” she said. “That appeals to a generation that grew up sick of manufactured pop music produced in a way that follows algorithms.”

“I used to be anxious about people looking at me,” she said. “Now I realize when they stare, it doesn’t have to be in a bad way.”

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