#this is my 'old man yells at cloud' moment
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I know everyone on Tumblr and Twitter regards people who are 25+ or god-forbid 30+ to be in fandom for nefarious purposes only and should be doing adult things like having a shitty 9-5 office job and then getting home and staring at a beige wall.
I'm here to tell you that my experience being 30 is largely unchanged from being 20, except I now have better communication and empathy skills from years of therapy and also from gazing into the void. Also I have more bills and stress, which means I value my time being able to enjoy a hobby like playing with metaphorical Barbie dolls.
Also, I can offer you such gems of lived-experience advice like "you may have a quarter-life crisis in your twenties as adulthood comes stampeding over you, it will suck absolute ass but you are not alone and you can do this."
Anyways shout-out to the age range who are not-elders-but-regarded-as-such-online-for-some-reason. I met a 60+ person playing my cool new gardening sim game and he's legit af. I am baby compared to that guy and he's still vibing. You're allowed to be part of online communities at any age as long as you respect the people around you.
#shea muses aloud#this is my 'old man yells at cloud' moment#i get the fear really im not naive i know there are bad actors online and you should exercise caution everywhere#straight up it can get dangerous out here#but also dont let that cause you to go extremist in the opposite direction and decide to ostracise everyone older than you#idk man go outside and join communities#my larp regularly had ppl in their 40s and 50s#youre allowed to be a nerd who *gasp* ages#fandom#ageism#anyways learning a lot in my year and a half of being active online#mostly the usual of 'there are people who suck and there are people who dont'#thats life babey#find the people who dont suck#also good luck with your quarter life crises everyone i believe in you
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I know this makes me sound super old but my god, enough with the tone indicators, particularly the ones that use already established abbreviations to mean something totally different!
'/hj' half joking????? wrong, handjob
'/pos' POSITIVE???? incorrect, you are calling me a piece of shit and my brain will never not read it that way
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I’m so tired of people not being able to treat Giorno’s character with any degree of nuance. Why are the only options either “he’s the perfect golden child who’s never done anything wrong ever and he’s my little baby uwu” or “Giorno is a monster who ruthlessly uses everyone around him for his own personal gain and he doesn’t actually care about anyone”?
Like I’ve seen so many bad takes that start off looking like they’ll be an interesting discussion of his character because they correctly point out that Giorno is definitely flawed but then they take a sharp turn into “Giorno purposefully killed everyone around him for his own personal gain.” There has to be a middle ground here. Giorno can be blinded by his ambition while also caring for his friends and their loss can deeply affect him. Those two things aren’t mutually exclusive.
I think that sometimes we forget that while yes, he’s Dio’s son, he’s also Jonathan’s. Yes, it’s impossible to deny that Giorno inherited some qualities from Dio. His charisma, his intelligence, his drive and passion to achieve his goals, but I think it’s also fair to say that he also has some of Jonathan’s qualities. There’s a gentleness to his character that just flies in direct opposition to who Dio was as a person and to me, that’s what it means to have the heart of a Joestar. I’m sorry but viewing Giorno through lens of pure Machiavellianism feels really pessimistic and like it goes against the spirit of the series and I just have no interest in it.
#jjba#giorno gionvana#b talks jojo#character analysis#sorry to have an ‘old man yells at cloud’ moment but I’m just tired#as always there’s room for everyone to come to their own conclusions and develop their own interpretations#these are just my thoughts
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god i wish they hadn't retconned maul's death. i get wanting to explore more of his character because he was, objectively, one of the coolest star wars characters to ever hit the big screen and didn't get much screentime prior to his death, but also his role was fulfilled perfectly within those constraints so i wasn't too upset by it.
but by retconning it and making it so he never died it's like. okay. what now? the whole point (well, to me, ymmv of course) of the theed generator fight was that it was the first ever fight between the jedi and the sith in thousands of years, and that in the end even though the jedi (obi-wan) won the fight, a jedi (qui-gon) and a sith (maul) still died. a master and an apprentice dying together to herald the start of a new age/the return of the sith. perfectly paralleling the way in rotj a master (palps) and an apprentice (anakin/vader) died together to herald the return of the jedi. in both instances, a father figure (qui-gon/vader) dies in the arms of their son (obi-wan/luke) as a sith (palps/maul) is cast down into the abyss to their deaths. (palps being alive in the ST and retconning his death in rotj is also annoying for this reason)
i mean i like maul. don't get me wrong. he's an incredibly compelling character and i enjoy seeing more of him... but there's always the thought hovering in my mind like "he should be dead though. he should 100% be dead. this wouldn't be happening if he was dead, but i honestly would rather it not if it meant that maul was dead."
like the tpm fight just doesn't hit the same knowing that canonically he's just. going to become a robot octopus at some point. (shoutout to palps becoming sith glados in the ST) it cheapens the moment for me. it was supposed to be a moment of triumph marred by the deep and soul-crushing loss of a loved one and it's just... not, anymore. or at least not to the same extent. AUGH i'm just. frustrated. wish star wars as a whole wasn't constantly reframing/retconning what's been established. just puts a bad taste in my mouth.
#personal#star wars is HUGE#there's a GALAXY'S worth of stories to be told#and we're always for whatever reason focusing on this ONE PARTICULAR TIME PERIOD#it's suffocating#this is partly why i'm so excited to see the acolyte#it's a break from the skywalker saga#i love the skywalkers. i love the skywalker saga.#but that's also why i want them to STOP ADDING TO THEIR STORY#sometimes a story has a beginning middle and an end and that's okay!#that's fantastic!#we don't need to see between the lines! or behind the scenes! what if we just LEFT IT ALONE#AUGH#anyways. i don't know. i'm just frustrated with the state of star wars as a whole#it feels so claustrophobic right now. just because the space is there and undefined doesn't mean it needs to be filled#this constant push to canonize the years leading up to an event with content is so frustrating#negative space in an image isn't a bad thing it just helps guide the eye to what's most important#otherwise it gets too cluttered. too noisy. too DISTRACTING.#this was supposed to be about maul being alive but it's really about my ongoing grievances with how star wars is cannibalizing the movies#i'm tired of it........ tired i tell you#anyways that's all. real old man yells at cloud moment rn lmao
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i need to get this off my chest i’m so sorry y’all 💀
if you’re gonna use images containing text on your site please, please, please include alt text… honestly, you should include alt text regardless but it’s especially important in this case imo.
keep contrast in mind when picking font colors and background colors. make sure your fonts are readable. avoid font sizes that are too small.
and if you’re gonna include flashing/blinking graphics or eyestrain in general, please use some sort of window alert() that people have to go through before they enter the site… or maybe have your index/first page list the potentially dangerous content (with none of the graphics in question on it)… basically something that gives people a chance to stop and leave before they’re exposed to anything. 100% doesn’t count if the warning is on the same page and is visible at the same time as the graphics/eyestrain/flashing lights.
aesthetically pleasing and accessible should not be mutually exclusive. make your website as aesthetically pleasing as you want, but keep accessibility in mind as you do.
#neocities#geocities#blinkies#blinkie#buttons#deviantart stamps#glitter graphics#webdev#webmaster#old internet#webcore#web graphics#accessibility#absolutely no one is gonna see this lmao#my ‘old man yells at cloud’ moment#scara rambles
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Send me a number between 1 and 100 and I'll do fuck all with it because Spotify sucks
#old man yells at clouds moment number 3050#footnotes#I COULD do a variant of this where I just pick a song from one of my three Massive Lists based on the number but ehh don't wanna rn#maybe later. bc drawing challenges are fun lol I just hate Spotify. doesn't even have the good shit on there
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The quorra problem | Programs, isos and the real world
Disclaimer: This has nothing to do with Quorra as a character! It’s more of a story element critique if anything, please read and don’t jump on me for the title. Quorra is adorable and I enjoy legacy- even if it doesn’t look like it from how I keep tearing it apart.
It’s a damned if you do damned if you don’t situation. On one hand you can’t leave her inside the grid when Flynn decides to literally go nuclear but you can’t leave her in the real world either. They have to because they wanted Flynn’s self sacrificing ending or wrote themselves into a corner (this isn’t about reintegration but I will still complain) and this was there way out. But they didn’t consider the implications of it at all.
Cosmic horror-
I’ve made several posts about it and still want to write something with this idea but to a program— the real world wouldn’t be so miraculous like how we see theirs. The minute you’re outside you’re Imediately bombarded with sensory overload and just too much information to process. The grid, which is much more human in its design than the ENCOM system, is still infinitely more minimalist than our world. One of the best scenes is Clu and his team raiding the hideout and not knowing what a single thing is and freaking out, she seems too well adjusted for someone who’s spent a few hours max here— look I know it’s the end of a movie and they can’t do that whole arc, but I digress.
Also don’t get me started on the rumored Ares plot and how they totally forgot quorra is already a program(technically iso) in our world- also it’s not really a “tron” movie plot— where’s the allegory?! The metaphor?! The symbolism?!
Another thing is that…Sam can’t tell anyone about her. Maybe Alan but her mere existence in our world is brain shattering. Trying to explain a advanced humanoid being that’s not here to harm us and is totally cool guys almost never goes well. It also leaves people a LOT to grapple with…like everything we know being forever altered.
This whole situation should be terrifying from both perspectives, however I love the theory that the only reason she was able to get out into the real world at all was because of Flynn’s data stored in the beam. That’s a great thought that almost makes me like her being in the real world just from how much impact that is.
Infectious-
What happens now? She can’t be revealed to the world (yet) and to put her back in the remains of the grid would be cruel. Putting her in another system would be wildly irresponsible because- do we even know what ISOs do? Across all media its “they’re special” but absolutely squat on their actual function or what they’re capable of. We see they have some kind of digital dna that’s literally a miraculous occurrence but that’s about it. Did Flynn even know? Are they just there- existing but not effecting/having a real world computer impact? Or worse - what if clu was right and they did contribute to the crumbling state of the grid? (I think it was a combination of his own fear and scapegoating—I’m just tossing the idea out there).
Sam transferring her over to another system without knowing what she does or how she could effect it would be disastrous. Am I saying she’s dangerous or would have any intent to harm? No not at all that’s now who she is, but it’s sort of a “releasing a domestic cat into the woods a state over” you don’t do that.
Does she get a regular job now, does Sam hire her at ENCOM? She’d likely be some sort of computer smart…in that she come from one. Or does he like —- set her up at a McDonald’s? How’s she get energy does she get plugged in- being in the real world isn’t going to magically give her a stomach. Sam just takes her to a power grid and she causes SoCal to blackout lmao.
Open portal-
I’m aware most of this post is just me overthinking the implications of everything they didn’t intend us to think to hard about. It’s supposed to be “yippee they’re safe” and I’m worried about digital ecosystems and what the human brain can handle. I think my problem mainly strives from this trope where the character brings home their friend from the other world/ is the reverse situation and no one bats an eye at all. It’s because they want the characters to still be friends no matter how many rules it breaks or sense it makes. It happens most commonly in cartoons. (There’s at least 3 in recent memory)
I’m not saying I want quorra to have been caught in the blast but that there’s a way they could’ve kept communication without world breaking. Open portal situation where he goes back to visit, he chats with her on the screen, both stay in their own worlds its sad but logical etc (I’m not writing a new ending but you get the point).
I guess it annoys me so much because it’s left so open ended, ride off into the sunrise while ignoring the implications™️. “I guess, We’re going to change the world” ok how 🧍♂️. The movie did not nearly give me enough information about ISO’s to see what changes they exactly do besides taking over ENCOM. “They[Iso’s] changed everything” ok how🧍♂️. Yeah it’s immaculate conception but what do they do I am shaking your shoulders Disney what do they do!
It’s not quorra I’m mad about or even the concept of ISO’s but it’s how the writing just falls short in these HUGE areas that require a lot of lore and information to be given that they just do not. And consistently don’t In the other media forms like betrayal (I haven’t seen uprising maybe they explain something). If you’re going to have beings that shatter your ideas of reality you sort of have to explain that!
#my old man yells at cloud moment#quorra McDonald’s au when?#tron#tronblr#tron legacy#tron lore#quorra tron#Sam Flynn#quorra#isos#programs tron#incomplete world building#critique#otherworld trope
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Less than 5 minutes into the next arc and Naruto's daydreaming about protecting a damsel in distress Sasuke.........okay
#sakura's all: they've been weird since we got back from the land of the waves#oh you mean where sauske died in Naruto's arms while his all his moments with naruto flashed before his eyes???#where naruto held his dead body and went absolutely sicko mode and transformed into the monstrous beast that's trapped inside him????#where they both said “i thought i hated you” ??????#they've been weird since then Sakura??? they have???????#and don't think i forgot that when sauske woke up#with sakura crying over his DEAD BODY#he said “ow you're hurting me. where's Naruto.”#WHERE'S NARUTO#im insane#sakura: “oh my god you're alive!”#sauske: “where's naruto”#im#i#!!!!!!!!#what am i supposed to do with this?#huh?#im old man yelling at cloud#but no right its#naruto doesn't like being upstaged by sauske#uh huh#that's what it is#sure kid#what are you? 12?#right ok cool#good for you#meanwhile sauske is just staring at him like 👁️.#👁️.👁️#i have never needed a side characters internal monologue more#Naruto (2002)
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#i hate gacha gamessss#like i want to grind for the mika card so badly. soooo badly#but the scout they put with the bonus cards does not interest me in the slightest. i am making -26 points in the event every time i play#and i will not spend diamonds in this<3#now i have more urgent problems in my life but idgaf i'll complain here#old man yells at cloud moment#this is some evil game design 😒#lazutxt
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Lately I've been thinking about how tik tok has some odd views on friendship. Lots of people complain about not wanting to burden themselves with anyone else's problems and whatnot (in relation to friends sharing their issues, and asking for help and/or support) and like I get it to an extent sure, but it feels so individualistic, egotistical, self centered even.
To me it's like wanting all the fun of having a friend but without the responsibility of caring for them and their well being in any way other than superficially. Like, the moment someone wants to get real for a minute, needs help and is not all fun and games anymore they're suddenly being disrespectful, they're not caring for your peace and are instantly a bad friend like ?????????????
#and I'm ofc aware most ppls don't think this way and that a lot of this discourse comes from a place of hurt and projection yes#but it doesn't make it any less jarring to me#saw a girl get mad at her friend bc friend was talking about dealing with body image issues#girl said friend was low key shading her and basically saying girl should feel bad and inadequate#???????????????#the mental gimnastics my guy#im having an old man yells at cloud moment i feel like lol#non sims#dl#ramble
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not to sound like an old biddy but handing kids ipads and phones from the minute they're born does such a disservice to them.
#ive been working in schools for over a decade now#and i can say that the current batch of year 7s are unequivocally the worst behaved i've seen#they've never had to be bored in their lives because someone always gave them a screen#and it fucking shows#also i think they're all so used to being able to voice their every thought and opinion online#that they have no idea how to keep quiet while other people are speaking#i genuinely love working in schools#and ive had some great interactions with the year 7s in smaller groups#they are lovely kids#but my god in a classroom setting they're the fucking worst#i just think that being bored is hugely important for kids development#anyway#thats my old man yells at cloud moment for today#about me
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the only tim eim doing this but i just have to mald without QRTing and feeling bad about iT...
U HAV HEARD 1 SINGLE B52 SONG... 1 SINGULAR SONG u kno noTHINK
#100 gecs sounds like if you threw a record in a garbage disposaL#my old man yells at cloud moment is always set off by ppl who just#think that they can pair two things of different quality and pretend its the same#oh b52's is the 100 gecs of the 80s ' liKE NO IT AINT.. youre jsut sayING THINGS so u can pretend 100 gcs is listenable ITS NOTT
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i don’t wanna use any height sliders or presets on any of my heirs bc the animations will irk me to no end, but canonically i believe bruno is 5’9”, diego is 6’0”, avani is 5’10”, and luna is 5’7”.
despite albie not being an heir, or even in the araújo universe yet for that matter, i also think it would be important to mention that he is 6’4”
#im in the middle of preparing for a thesis defense#and this is the kind of shit that pops into my mind while i write my script#do any of my new followers even know my heirs or is this an old man yells at cloud moment for all of you
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I’ll be trying to reblog other people’s hard work more regularly and “|| The Neverending Journey” is my tag for it. OC related content especially.
#|| Out Of Touch#because namazu nuts the fandom on this site needs a shot of adrenaline#when it comes to promoting and sharing#it’s all npc fanart or ships#the same tired memes about free trials#my old man yells at cloud moment here#use my follower count for powers of good
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i haven't been back to the dentist in like two years because i know he's gonna tell me to eat less sugar and i just don't have it in me to pretend i agree. we've had teeth and sugar for a bajillion years, surely it's on you guys to figure that one out at this point. i won't stop. i won't. oreos after dinner are a human right!!! 😡
#it's all 'oh you should eat carboard for breakfast instead of your chocolate froster sugar bombs'#orrrrrrr. i could enjoy my life?#last time i went he was like 'you need to eat sugar at meal times and not snack cause your teeth will count it as twice the sugar'#which was a very 'that doesn't sound right but i don't know enough about dentistry to disprove it' moment for me#also they fucked up a scan of my widsom tooth and then made me pay for the second scan. just do it right the first fucking time????#how is that on me?#i miss my irish dentist he was a homie fr. never got a bad grade in dentist when i was with him 😞#old man yells at cloud
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Can't wait for the new live action avatar to come out and remember why this story fundamentally works better in animation.
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