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i am constantly complaining about how much i hate the gameplay + ui of skyrim, most of my issues with it boiling down very overtly to "this isn't how it works in oblivion and i don't like it >:(", but i gotta say that the objectively inferior alchemy system for skyrim does excel at incentivizing you to play the kind of character who is just constantly and immediately shoving random shit in their mouth
#original#the hate is exaggerated tbc i just genuinely like the way oblivion does things like lockpicking and alchemy and in-game menus better#WHY is the list of quests on the fucking settings menu instead of with the map. fuck that#i did download a mod that changes food in oblivion to be restore health like in skyrim instead of restore fatigue#that was a good innovation#OH YEAH#WHY DID THEY SPLIT FOOD AND INGREDIENTS#I WANT MY NIGHT-EYE CARROTS BACK
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Timothée Chalamet speaks onstage at the WSJ Magazine Innovator Awards on Nov. 1, 2023. 💥
#timothee chalamet#he looks good#timothée chalamet#November 1#WSJ Magazine Innovator Awards#wsj magazine
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top 3 things about disenchanted (2022):
Love Power sounding like Defying Gravity at the end
Giselle's "I Wish" giving Into The Woods vibes
That villain duet
#disenchanted#disenchanted 2022#thoughts#disney#into the woods#THE WAY AMY SAID IT TOO#i thought hey haven't i heard this before?#not as good as the first (innovative plot for a disney film) but still entertaining#100#200#300#absolutely crazy how this post is doing numbers in this day and age?#500
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#good news#environmentalism#science#solar energy#clean water#water desalination#salt water#environment#nature#innovation#green technology
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Every time i look at 1992 uwe tod i come away thinking that tod just..... should be weird. We can't be having normie tods running around... I want him to be this completely inhuman figure who tries to get close to humanity (because how do you personify death??) but deeply misunderstands some things, especially things like human behaviour and emotions. Máté is good at this too, he just did it in a different way, but after those two the effect is never really potent enough again. I mean, there is something to say for prods with humanized or gentle etc tods, at least theyre doing something else than mrak seiber, but it's not quite it for me at least. He needs to be weird because Elisabeth is weird and, dissatisfied with her life, craves a poem in the flesh.
And for me personally (this is not me saying gender non conformity is weird or inhuman btw, it's not, it's just hot and looks good) i want back the mayerling dress and all that, and the actors should be styled accordingly, if he's not going to put on eyeshadow and blush and get dolled up to kill rudolf then don't fucking cast him?? There are enough musical actors out there who like straying from the mold, the overlap between drag performers and musical artists is not insignificant. Hell, if despite your best attempts macho guys are still the only guys you can find, then cast a woman (trans or cis - for a trans woman the role might be easier/not require rewrites, because of vocal range), cast a nonbinary performer. You don't really have to change stuff in the script, someone who's not a man can still be a "prince" if the styling is androgynous. It really is that simple...
also this should maybe be a separate post but 1992 is so iconic for portraying mayerling as a romance, rudolf running to embrace tod, twirly dancing, Big Damn Kiss (rudolf barely notices the actual act of shooting himself, he's so busy making out) - up until the very end, when rudolf is dumped unceremoniously on the floor. symbolism. It's such a better deeper way to tackle the subject. Suicidal ideation doesn't just beat you over the head violently, mental illness/depression lures you in with promises of a "solution" but actually only offers a miserable nothing.
This is also why it's so important for Elisabeth to get dumped on the floor as well - there's more care in that than in how Rudolf is treated, Tod is obviously distraught, but that's the point and the tragedy of the show!!!! Freedom is fleeting, dreams are fleeting, emotion is fleeting, but yearning for them is what makes us human!!
If he carries her away the moral of the story becomes "if you die you get a hot supernatural partner that's obsessed with you!!!" No!!!!!!! The romance narrative is a big lie, suicidal ideation is a big lie, history is a big lie, it's all connected, but we always cover shit up with kitsch because some people prefer a simple romantic reading to the degree that they warp the rest of the story around it. I stg people have just replaced sissi movie trilogy fairytale prince FJ (1950s) with elisabethdasmusical fairytale prince modern peugeot king mark seibert leather tod (2020s) or insert whatever other boyfriend death you prefer
#tw suicide#mayerling is discussed#musicals#theatre#1992 has deeply dysfunctional people/entities obsessed with each other#also everyone looks like a porcelain doll#also to reiterate i hate fun and love misery :) yall need to put more romanticism (19th cent) and fantasy into your romantic fantasies#i have little faith there will be a truly good elisabeth production again in my lifetime jajskdkg#it's just all a matter of waiting for the next thing that may be less horrible than the previous one and trying to like it#xD#i did that with brussels 22 - it was very innovative and stimulating but in all honesty it needed more todolf maiming and weirdness
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Crowley invented gay sitting in the Garden of Eden. That’s why no one else sits quite like him-because every iteration of ‘using furniture to sit in a way that it isn’t quite made for’ was done first and foremost by him and him alone even before furniture existed.
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My main thought watching the hbomberguy plagiarism video.
Original art by @ajthebumblebee ; https://www.tumblr.com/ajthebumblebee/709893248470106112/this-seems-to-be-what-ive-learned
#misogny#ajthebumble#Sourcing information is my passion#hbomberguy#artist on Tumblr#youtube#you tube#drama#lgbtqia#queer#Gonna copy down what I wrote in my YT comment.#Seriously there comes a point where just citing your sources is so much easier than the hoops these people jump through.#And it can be fun! I love looking at sources and just knowing who told me these ideas.#It makes me feel connected and in community; which I assume is the fear of every business major in marketing.#ALSO the fact that what got Illuminaughtii caught was that someone was stealing her editor's ARTSTYLE is not a coincidence IMO.#She wasn't mad because someone stole her creativity. She was mad because she thought someone stole her branding.#That's all an artstyle is to a buisness. It's sad that younger artist are taught that you're worthless without unique style.#It isn't plagiarism to innovate or add to it in a way that feels good and right to YOU.#Plagiarism isn't paraphrasing. It's saying you didn't when you did.
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coming up with new and innovative ships that no one has even thought of before (nal x kelas)
#of course. it's only innovative bc maybe a dozen ppl know who these characters r. but yk#anyways uhmmm imagine a universe where pythas sucks ass and kelas shows nal that she doesn't have to suppress all of her wants and needs and#personality traits in order to be loved. and she gets to learn and grow as a person outside of pythas's shadow#and maybe she turns kelas transgender idk#I don't like imagining universes where pythas sucks for nal but that's like a possible if not probable reading of the text. yk#anyways even if pythas doesn't suck. nal deserves other friends. and kelas would be good for her#maybe endgame is pythas/elim and nal/kelas. I think that would make elim worse though#narcissus's echoes#pythasposting
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after a long pause i finally finished my newest oc batch ^_^ this time for owl feather: the scholar's guild. the members are more or less different types of academics, or just nerds, with their own different niches. as usual, more specific info+closeups under the cut <3
Name: Mercury
Name Origin: The planet named after the messenger god
Pronouns: She/her
Age: 28
Guild rank: Guidmaster
Weapon: Caduceus
Ethos (Power): Aileron (Enhanced speed and levitation)
Flaw power is based on: Her evasiveness- Though her power has evolved (the levitation) once she became guildmaster as she became a pillar for her guild, and successor to the former guildmaster.
Notes: I can be your angle... or yuor devil
Name: Keid
Name Origin: A star whose name means eggshels
Pronouns: He/him
Age: 19
Guild rank: 3 star
Weapon: Chicken sickles
Ethos (Power): Computative prognostication (He can calculate the outcome of events in his own head, but he can’t see outcomes beyond the one he calculated)
Flaw power is based on: His overly cautious and ruminative habits, though he tries to play it off like he's way more chill and not constantly existentially overthinking
Notes: But which came first...?
Name: Alasia
Name Origin: A star whose name references Idalion Tablet, one of the oldest known contracts
Pronouns: She/her
Age: 15
Guild rank: 2 star
Weapon: Shovel
Ethos (Power): Erudition (Psychometry- The ability to read the past of any object by touch)
Flaw power is based on: Her extreme curiosity, while her inquisitiveness on it's own can be admirable she can often get obsessive about it.
Notes: She's an archeologist <3
Name: Dimidium
Name Origin: Exoplanet whose name means "half"
Pronouns: He/She
Age: 22
Guild rank: 4 star
Weapon: Double-ended flail
Ethos (Power): Vice-versa (Healing and reverse healing)
Flaw power is based on: His simultaneous obsequiousness and brashness- Two extremes that she fluctuates between in a way that's both unpredictable and unhealthy.
Notes: Generally stoic either way so it's hard to tell...
Name: Navi
Name Origin: Informal name for γ Cassiopeiae- A navigation point for Apollo 1
Pronouns: He/they
Age: 19
Guild rank: 3 star
Weapon: Arm
Ethos (Power): Kefi (Energy direction- He can channel his energy into powerful attacks into his weapon of choice, which they designed to be their own arm)
Flaw power is based on: Their over-zealous nature. Though passion is a good thing, their ferventness can absolutely make him lose track of himself.
Notes: A weaponsmith who’s figuring out more technological approaches
Name: Talitha
Name Origin: A star system, whose name means "Spring"
Pronouns: She/her
Age: 13
Guild rank: 1 star
Weapon: Plastic wand
Ethos (Power): Metamorphosis (Magical girl transformation. She can shoot beams out of her wand now.)
Flaw power is based on: Her extreme tendency for escapism, especially in idolizing fantasy.
Notes: She's a magical girl 💖💖💖
Name: Misam
Name Origin: A star whose name means "wrist"
Pronouns: They/them
Age: 28
Guild rank: 5 star
Weapon: Wrist blade
Ethos (Power): Rigor (Enhanced precision)
Flaw power is based on: Their surprisingly to-the-point, often cold-blooded nature.
Notes: Nerds can be cool too, guys.
Name: Perwana
Name Origin: An exoplanet whose name means moth
Pronouns: She/her
Age: 27
Guild rank: 5 star
Weapon: Lantern
Ethos (Power): Callous luminance (Physically palpable hard light, created from her lantern)
Flaw power is based on: Her tenancy to place the burden of guidance onto herself- Literally a guiding light for others. Mostly in regards to erudition, the symbolic connection between illumination and knowledge. She wants to illuminate everyone. But this can be at the cost of herself.
Notes: These are her summer clothes.
#finn's ocs#finn's art#oc references#YAY finally posted them#the smart guys set....#i was excited for this set regardless bc they all have their own like specific reasons theyre in the scholars guild#like different things theyre following. except for arguably talitha but shes like. a baby#shes more geeky than nerdy. but she would hang out in their huge library a lot and just sort of ended up joining#mercury herself is obviously the leader but her thing is moreso about spreading the message of the previous guildmaster (minerva)#while keid is more of a philosopher (so good at rumination might as well make a passion of it lol)#and like i said alasia is an archeologist (and historian!). and i describe navi as a blacksmith bc thats the title theyd be given-#but hes more of an engineer. doing cool new innovative things. so they and alasia have this sort of future/past passion thing#dimidium is a medic lol but bc of the way her power works its a bit more complicated#when i say reverse healing i mean he can literally just make you worse. Injury Power.#misam is like the edgiest of the batch for sure but dont be fooled theyre still more nerd than edgelord#the reason they can be so ruthless is because theyre very calculative about their choices#not in the same overthinking-type way keid is but in the sense that they can be a bit... ends justify the means?#not that they dont care about ethics at all but unlike keid they wouldnt get caught up in them#the most direct approach is the best one and all that. theyre a utilitarian.#(misams top was also more risque at first but i decided to have them button up a bit lol)#and perwana is an acolyte (aco-light. lol) in the sense that her goal really is just to spread knowledge#shes the most similar to mercury in that sense which makes her probably the first candidate for the next guildmaster rn#bc thats also the thesis statement of the guild itself!#they have a big open library for a reason. well. mostly open#but thats them :)
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I have a big google doc thing where I keep track of media and stuff (putting everything in loosely ranked categories), which is mostly just for my own reference so I know what tv shows I've already seen before, etc. and I never really look back through it, typically just a quick "okay, watched two movie in the past 8 months, need to quickly slap them somewhere in the lists. okay. done. save document. exit". But today I was actually reading through some of the old notes and there are like... MULTIPLE places where my comment is basically "It would have been good if it were about elves" or "I wish there was a fantasy show made in this same style" or "It's well made, but I just keep thinking about how I would like it more if everyone was an elf or was in old 1700s costumes" or etc like...... lol.... Most biased media ranking system on earth blatantly made by someone with an extremely hyperspecific range of narrow interests. It'd be like if a food reviewer only had 5 foods they actually liked, so they'd just go to a pizza place and be like "eh, the pizza was okay, but I just think it would be better if it was cereal instead. :/ ...2 out of 10"
#Which.. I mean... I am allowed to be biased because literally it's just for my own personal reference (or occasionall#y to send to friends or something if we're discussing the topic) so like.. nowhere am I saying 'I am the god of perfect taste and these#rankings are objectively the absolute truth and everyone should have my same opinion' or anything#BUT still.. it's funny to me sometimes#'Succession would be 100x better if it had the same cast/character quirks and shaky camera style and#acting choices/weird dialogue and general concept etc. EXCEPT it takes place within an elven noble family or something#managing the family business and everyone is in fantasy costumes now'' like.....okay...... but it's NOT that way..soo... thats not the show#''I like the acting style/general tone of Fleabag but i don't care for any of the characters or any of the subject matter and I wish it was#set in the 1800s and had vampires and was about magic instead'' okay..... again... you are making up an entirely new show in that case lol#OR my other beloved typical complaint ''The concept is good but theres too much plot and action and not enough people just sitting#around doing nothing and exposition dumping world and character lore'' ''this needs more goofy sideplots and filler episodes''#''this Drama was too dramatic I think it should be more lighthearted & people need to sit around doing nothing just being weird more often'#''the Action Movie was ok except for the action scenes - which I skipped through all of- but I liked the costumes and worldbuilding'' etc.#ERM sorry your plot has too much plot. also elves have to be included somehow. bye#BUT SERIOUSLY!!!!!! I literally genuinely believe that any show I like (or even dislike) could ALWAYS be improved greatly by#putting people in fantasy or historical costume/setting/etc... why the FUNK would I want to see bland jeans and cars and cell phones#when I could see elaborate velvet cloaks and fantastical landscapes and interior design and innovative takes on historical or#magical technology or etc. etc. etc. I LIVE in the modern day. I see it all the time!!! BORING! stinky!! boo!!!#ANYWAY... another social divide for me.. People love to bond by discussing media. which is hard when I'm like#'I literally will not watch something at all unless it fits into one of these 10 extremely specific categories which are all i care about i#the entire world''.. I say this and yet I still dislike most fantasy or historical things I've watched lol. ok TWO main criteria then!!#it must 1. be in a different world or time period. 2. be goofy silly. Nothing ever has BOTH. It's always overly serious boring drama action#fantasy/history stuff OR it's comedic lighthearted but with modern day characters... WHY.. anguish and woe and so on..#ANYWAY jhjnk... at least I can make that divide. Some people seem to project their own personal preferences and get really emotionally#defensive if you say you didn't like something - as if the fact that they DO like it is some Objective Truth or something rather than just#opinion/preference based. I can still easily say ''this is well made/well written/acted/good in a technical sense/has a lot of#points of appeal that most people would be drawn to/etc'' and admit that it's a GOOD show probably. I just PERSONALLY think its#bad because my tastes are very narrow. Some things ARE actually made badly but. things are not bad INHERENTLY just bc they dont suit ME lol#Better to recognize/accept whats odd about you and be peacefully aware of it than just being mad at everyone all the time for not fully#agreeing with you even when you're the one with the Weird opinion in that case lol.. I am right though :3 but.. lol... still. i get it
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this just in from my tiktok comments
the only opinions you’re allowed to have about a show are like and dislike, otherwise just don’t watch it and keep it to yourself
#like wow “don’t like it don’t watch it”’ oh my god i hadn’t thought of that#what an innovative take#like we can have conversations about things loser#and the video it was commented on was like asking other peoples opinions on it too#and everyone who disagrees only commented this shit#like can we get some opinions maybe?#i’ll change my mind if someone has some good points but no they just have don’t like it don’t watch it#star trek#star trek tos#spirk#tos spirk#tos spock#spock#star trek snw#also who told y’all it was a different timeline?#because i’ve seen no confirmation on that
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just got sherlock queerbaited by women. it was amazing. please watch deadloch on amazon prime.
#IT’S REALLY GOOD BUT GET PAST EP1#also the two leads should kiss oh my GOD.#at the end when. well I shan’t say. but. 😵💫😵💫😵💫#it’s literally a crime parody while also being so so so so good. anyway#endorse.#s2 MAKE THE LEADS KISS#kira for ts#innovation now women die for your ship can be for wlw#deadloch#I😵💫😩 like.
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Researchers at the City University of Hong Kong have developed cooling ceramic tiles that replicate the bio-whiteness of the Cyphochilus beetle to deflect heat, reduce home air-conditioning usage, and combat global warming. The ability of their cooling ceramic tiles to repel heat depends on how they interact with light, and they can be effective in two ranges of light, namely the solar range, which comes from the sun, and the mid-infrared range.
#biomimicry#good news#insects#beetles#arcitecture#engineering#innovation#albedo#albedo effect#science#nature#environment#animals#bugs#hong kong
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theres a post going around like "if you think slow burn fanfic is unrealistic, just wait till you hear about my real life, where i met someone on a tour and we spent all our time together and cuddled and went out for picnics and talked for hours while staring into each other's eyes and then never said ANYTHING or even HELD HANDS........... for TWO WHOLE WEEKS!!!!" (... "then after a month he sent me a letter saying he'd been in love with me the whole time.")
and like. i'm sorry. two weeks? two weeks is your example of 'an astonishing and ridiculous length of time for two people with an intense emotional connection to spend knowing each other without admitting romantic feelings?' two weeks? two weeks.
#depending on how you want to define your terms i was silently romantically obsessed & doing all that with 🌸 for between 1.5 and 3 YEARS#it would be deeply inappropriate to respond to that person's post with ''get good''. but my god#box opener#i mean my own experience aside i cannot even imagine trying to confess love to someone i'd only known for two weeks#not because i couldnt develop an intense crush in that time. but like. my god. not even REMOTELY enough time to consider your angles#determine whether it's a good idea long- or even short-term#contemplate the rammys#etc.#even if god came to me the moment we met and GUARANTEED the person would return my feelings id still want more than two weeks#just to evaluate#my god. life is varied#normally people complain about things labeled 'slow burn' being inappropriately short in reader time#but this person has introduced the concept of wildly inappropriate slow burn in terms of in-universe time. innovations
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Y’all have no idea how much I love ancient history, prehistory and natural history like hhhhghhh
You also have no idea how much I loathe ancient alien theories and young earth creationist theories it’s the stupidest ass shit ever
#I’m watching a lotta stuff right now and it’s real good#I love researching so goddamn much#but MAN I have had to learn how to get good at finding reliable sources because there’s a lotta dumbass armchair archeologists out there#HUMANS ARE A CRAFTY AND INNOVATIVE SPECIES#stop trying to explain amazing human innovations as the work of alien intervention it makes me so mad#it’s also high key racist at its roots#it grinds my gears so much y’all#humans are neatto and cool and complex#anyways conspiracy history videos may seem intriguing and all but most of them are absolute uneducated bullshit#anyways rant over I just wanted to scream about how jazzed I get about ancient dead humans
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