I think it’s high time I made a pinned intro post on here, so here we go:
Greetings, Programs! I’m “Coupleofdays”!
I might be genderfluid, I still haven't figured it out completely. I go by she/her pronouns on Tumblr, mostly just to see what it feels like. If you see me elsewhere online, I might have other pronouns (most likely he/him). You can read my explanation for this here.
Yes, I’m over 18 years old. I will occasionally be writing post on “adult” subjects, such as sex, but it’s not the primary focus of this account.
My fandoms and other interests
I originally created this account to write mainly about the Tron franchise, including movies, games and other media, but there are many other subjects I will write about as well, depending on what takes my fancy.
For example, I got into the anime Mobile Fighter G Gundam a while ago, and especially the character Allenby Beardsley.
But there’s plenty of other nerdy media I’m into as well. Star Wars, Star Trek, superhero comics of all kinds, various video games, probably too many things to make a complete list.
I also have a great fondness for writing about my home country of Sweden, and describing various fun details, interesting history and interesting parts of the Swedish language, to non-Swedes who might not be aware of them. I’m especially fascinated by how people from other countries might view Swedes (that’s why I’m a fan of Allenby Beardsley, for example, since she’s a Swedish character in a Japanese anime).
My characters
I will occasionally make up Original Characters, though most of them are just intended to fit the plot of some particular story I’m writing, rather than being “all-purpose”.
(Art by @stale-breadcrumb)
One notable exception is my main player character in the game City of Heroes, a superheroine named Princess Pop. If you’re curious, I’ve written a profile of her on this City of Heroes character wiki.
(Art by JuneauPaws).
I have also come up with two different fursonas, though I don’t consider myself to be very deep into the furry subculture, at least not yet. One is a shark girl named Felezz, the other is a lion girl named Felion.
Other places to find me
I have written a number of different pieces of fanfiction (mostly Tron-related), which you can read on my Archive of Our Own account. There are some shorter stories I’ve written here on Tumblr as well.
I run a blog named The Swedish Games (with an associated Bluesky account), where I write in English about games (electronic and tabletop) created in Sweden, or that are somehow associated with Sweden, most of them pretty obscure and probably unknown outside of their home country. One of these games, Kosmopolska, is a particular favorite of mine, and I’ve made a site on Neocities dedicated entirely to it (available in both English and Swedish).
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That’s all I can think of right now! If there’s some other important information I’ve missed, feel free to tell me in the comments, and I might add it.
Here's a strip from the Swedish comic "Ensamma mamman" ("The single mom"), by Cecilia Torudd, which ran during the 1980s. The comic is about a mother raising her two teenage children.
Panel 1: "NO!! I say."
"DAMN IT! You can't decide everything!"
Panel 2: "Old hag! Fascist! Hitler!"
Panel 4: "And Margaret Thatcher!!"
I remember when I read this comic as a kid during the 90s, and I wasn't aware who Margaret Thatcher was. But from this strip, I assumed that she must be some really horrible person!
Also, I kind of like the followup strip:
Panel 1: "What are you laughing about?"
Panel 2: "Did Mia really call you Margaret Thatcher?"
"Yes."
I commissioned the wonderful @vichi60 to draw this lovely picture of my City of Heroes character Princess Pop, holding your hand.
Maybe she's rescuing you from a wicked supervillain, maybe she's going on a date with you, maybe it's something else? Whatever it is, she's having fun, and she hopes you are too!
In Sweden we don’t say “I love you” we say “Kommer aldrig ge upp om dig, kommer aldrig göra dig besviken, kommer aldrig springa runt och överge dig” which is the highest compliment/praise you can give
yeah poor dude wasn't even finished, he was a project Alan was "working on" and "almost ready"
imagine you've been imprisoned and forced to fight and kill for a dictator's amusement and lost your friend and then had to fight and kill the dictator and save the world and save a God, and you're barely even out of beta, if at all
Panel 1: Soon, the fire crackles again.
"How nice it got."
"Yes."
Panel 2: "Hasn't Lille Skutt been away a long time now?"
"Yes!"
"Do you think I should go looking for him?"
"Yes!"
Panel 3: "Skalman, why do I ask when I already know?"
"Some people don't trust their own thoughts."
From Bamse issue 1, 1994. Drawn by Tony Cronstam, inked by Ann Härdefeldt, written by Johan Höjer.
so yeah, there are drawbacks in criticizing a ridiculous thing by using hypotheticals
if you say "the stuff they're doing with A and B is ridiculous, imagine if they did that same stuff with X and Y" ...it will almost always turn out that some people ARE doing that same ridiculous stuff with X and Y, and considering it reasonable
there are lots of people in the world doing lots of messed-up things. no straw man is fully inanimate
however, one must also remember
the people who think the ridiculous treatment of A and B is reasonable are not always the same people as the ones who think the ridiculous treatment of X and Y is reasonable
so, if your goal is to convince the first group that they're wrong about that, comparing it to the beliefs of the second group might still sometimes be effective
(maybe)
(if it's still possible to convince anyone of stuff they don't already believe. That may have changed since the last time i checked.)
What if I was a catgirl outlaw, and you were a cool lady bounty hunter in a trenchcoat, and we were on the roof of a moving train in the post-apocalyptic future, and you were sitting on top of me, and we were aiming guns at each other?
(Art by Lars Krantz, for the Swedish roleplaying game Mutant: Hindenburg.)
I'm celebrating the anniversary of my blog about Swedish games with a post in which I write about some recent personal experiences related to my favorite obscure Swedish video game, Kosmopolska:
Today is the four-year anniversary of The Swedish Games, and as usual, I want to celebrate it by writing something about my favorite Swedish
I personally alan's the only chill one in the encom quartet actually. we already know flynn is a goober, roy is secretly unhinged, but so is lora. lora's actually a rabid creature
