cozed and comfypilled

~pizza~ i hate water - 24

[cobaltboba]

Baby's first vocaloid cover!

I worked on this for a stupid amount of time

[natalieironside]

Due to my weird childhood and my weird brain, I have this very unhelpful compulsion to conceal Everything I do from Everyone. I Cannot be observed performing any action, no matter how mundane. My nervous system is convinced I'm gonna, like, Get In Trouble for eating food at dinnertime or sleeping in my bed at bedtime.

I've taken to asking myself, "Okay does this task actually require subterfuge or am I stealing a balloon on Free Balloon Day"

[natalieironside]

I see from the notes that we're all havin a normal one 👍

[natalieironside]

#i cannot be listening to music or watching tv in my own home!!

If anyone sees me reading a book they will hunt me for sport

[triangleguy]

does this happen to anyone else

[xalatath]

You misused thou/thee in a joke post and provoked my ire.

[knifefightscene]

[autistobrat]

this too shall pass but the fuck was that for

[asteraden]

i realize i commonly make the mistake of assuming that everyone i meet has played undertale. in my eyes undertale was a biologically mandated event. like puberty. like wdym you're on the internet if you've never played undertale. yknow

[hotniatheron]

tumblr users aged 25-35 when you bring up bucky barnes:

[botanyshitposts]

scientists in the 1990s, putting a Get More Purple gene attached to a harmless plant virus into an already purple petunia: please get more purple

the petunia, sensing an apparent honest to god Get More Purple Disease, using the previously undiscovered RNAi antiviral ability to shut down all other purple genes along with it just in case: you put VIRUS in petunia? you infect her with the More Purple?? oh! oh! her children shall bloom white! jail for mother, jail for mother for One Thousand Years!!!!

[flipocrite]

[clickityweasel]

[catboybiologist]

Btw the thing this discovered is like. A foundational lab technique now and has revolutionized genetics

[kosmogrl]

my beautiful bestfriend called ibuprofen

[muppethole-deactivated20240312]

[wander-in-arda]

how i back up in the target parking lot after my car is 15% out of the space and it’s now legally not my fault if i get hit

[archosaurians]

it’s been weeks but everytime I put my car in reverse I think about this post. i thought nge couldn’t damage me further

[castellankurze]

U-Haul worker getting the truck out of the parking line for the customer that showed up fifteen seconds before close

[starvulture]

Collecting these rn

[charlesoberonn]

"We're Not So Different, You and I" - Part 71

(check out the other parts here)

What do these four have in common?

[twoidiotdetectives]

They all become monsters? Tho I've no idea who bottom right is and I would say the vault dweller is in more of a metaphorical sense.

[charlesoberonn]

Correct!

Jasper from Steven Universe turned into a corrupted gem

Dr. Connors from Spider-Man turned into The Lizard

The Vault Dweller from Fallout turns into a Super-Mutant in one of the bad endings

Sayaka from Madoka Magica turns into a Witch

Next:

What do these four have in common?

[airprime7]

Immortal?

[charlesoberonn]

Correct!

Mr. Immortal from Marvel Comics can't ever die due to his mutant ability

Elrond and all of the Elves from Middle Earth are ageless

Princess Bubblegum from Adventure Time is an ageless mutated bubblegum creature

C.C. from Code Geass cannot die so long as she has the Code

Next:

What do these four have in common?

[webste43]

Nocturnal.

[charlesoberonn]

Correct! They all hunt at night.

North American Raccoon

Saw-Whet Owl

Gray Wolf

Virginia Opossum

Next:

What do these four have in common?

[scifikimmi]

Hypnotic eyes?

[charlesoberonn]

Correct!

Discord from My Little Pony uses his hypnotic eyes to invert the personalities of the main characters

Thulsa Doom from Conan the Barbarian uses his hypnosis against Conan's mother

The Master from Doctor Who uses his hypnosis to recruit people into his various schemes

Kaa from The Jungle Book uses his hypnotic eyes on Mowgli

Last one:

What do these four have in common?

[rocking-space-dragon]

Sharp Teeth?

[charlesoberonn]

Correct! They all have hidden sharp teeth

Katakuri from One Piece has sharp teeth hidden under his scarf

Tenna from Deltarune has sharp teeth in his true form

Flippy from Happy Tree Friends has sharp teeth when in his killer mode

Eddie Brock from Venom sports sharp teeth when wearing the Venom symbiote

Bonus question: What's the hidden theme connection all of the previous questions?

[sympathischeufos]

Vampires?

[charlesoberonn]

Correct!

Vampires are usually humans who become vampires by being bitten by a vampire

Vampires are undead, ageless, and immortal except for a few weaknesses

Vampires are weak to sunlight and hunt at night

Vampires are often depicted with the ability to hypnotize people into becoming their thralls

Vampire famously have fangs they use to drink blood

That's all folks!

Don't forget to check out the other parts here!

[so-many-ocs]

*voice of someone craving even the tiniest sliver of control* i could make a spreadsheet,

[recursivewitch]

I've never read Homestuck but there's a type of media that I call "a Homestuck" and I think it's a useful categorization. The main criteria are:

long enough that the time investment is a serious barrier to entry

irrevocably changes your personality

brings something genuinely unique to the table. there is no real substitute for reading/playing/watching it in its entirety

Fate/Stay Night is a Homestuck. Worm is a Homestuck. When They Cry is a Homestuck.

Undertale has cultural impact similar to a Homestuck at first glance, but the fact that it's a pretty short and accessible game means that you don't get the particular mix of sunk cost fallacy and an intimate experience with a piece of media that results in you needing to connect with others who have already put in the time investment. You can buy your friends Undertale and expect them to play it if they're not too busy; telling a friend to read Homestuck is giving them a quest that, if accepted, will spark an odyssey. to read someone's Homestuck is an act of love without true equivalent.

[onlinebeast]

What was your obscure chatroom/forum that you used before social media? Don’t say Gaia Online or Club Penguin. I’m talking obscure.

[ratblazer]

reverse gatekeeping. I am on my knees begging people to engage with the source material