it is so stupid that ultrakill literally has easily the most tragic videogame lore/story i've ever seen. there was never any hope for anyone in this story. life and the universe itself loop upon themselves until a horrible end. they were abandoned by the only one who once cared for them, and they fell. they perished brutally, forgetting their own compassion and replacing it with efficient torture for others. no one wins in the horrors of war. it's a complete, utter lose-lose for all. their curiosity got the better of them, and they all paid the ultimate price. everybody loses except for the one rigging the game itself.
AND AT THE SAME TIME
SOMEHOW ULTRAKILL IS ALSO THE MOST DEEPLY UNSERIOUS GAME I HAVE EVER PLAYED. TWINK ANGEL BELIEVES HE MAY OR MAY NOT BE HOMOSEXUAL AND IT'S FUNNY. GAME BECOMES CRASH BANDICOOT FOR THE FUNNY. FUNNY SIZE 2 FISH NOWHERE TO BE FOUND FOR THE FUNNY. FILTH IN THE CLOCKTOWER GOES "HOOOOONK MIMIMIMIMIMIMIMI" AND IT'S FUNNY
Once I choose what distro I want to use on my main drive, I'll probably set up my secondary drive as a media backup drive. I like *owning* my stuff, so having them stored with me would be a good idea.
Shows you should save physically immediately
Over the Garden Wall -- It's being pulled from HBO Max on August 31 and knowing HBO, there's a chance it'll be pulled sooner. *I have now made a Google Drive of all the episodes of OTGW. Please, please, please, PLEASE, save these on a physical device.
The Owl House -- Disney has tried to bury this show many times (giving it a weird release schedule, cutting the budget, etc) and has even cancelled the show. Also, Disney+ is going to nuke their catalogue soon and I doubt TOH will survive*I have now also saved all the episodes of TOH. Click here for the posts with all of the episodes
Amphibia -- I know less about the behind the scenes BS than TOH but Amphibia was screwed over by Disney mainly by poor promotion. Also since one of the protagonist is openly bisexual*, like TOH, I really can't imagine this would survive.
Steven Universe -- Cartoon Network cancelled Steven Universe and gave it a weird release schedule, it has also just been pulled from HBO Max.
Gravity Falls -- Once again, Disney+ is going to nuke their catalogue at some point in the future and between Wendy being canonically bi, Sheriff Blubs and Deputy Durland being in a relationship, and Alex Hirsch (being the amazing man that he is) constantly calling Disney out on their BS, I imagine that Disney would be more than willing to nuke Gravity Falls.
and most importantly
Every single show, book, game, fanfiction, movie, etc you've ever loved
We now know that at any moment's notice, streaming services can and will just nuke their catalogue without hesitation. If it's digital, it can be removed and there's a likely chance you'll never see it again.
So, please take some time to save anything you love on an external device. It could be a box set (it can be official or fan-made one), a USB, or anything.
If you have a physical copy of something, it's yours forever and no one can take that away from you.
*Edit because I’ve seen some confusion about this. Read this again, it’s “one of the protagonists” not “the protagonist.” Sasha is the one who’s bi, Anne’s sexuality hasn’t been confirmed.
Also in addition to this, people have reblogged this to say Steven Universe is still on HBO. Since I don’t have HBO, I’ve been going off of what people have been saying and I’ve seen it mentioned that HBO was taking off SU. You should still save it though.
*Edit 2 if any of the links here don’t work, check the original post as I might’ve changed/updated them. If that still doesn’t work, send me an ask or DM I’ll give them to you.