Erben

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[erben1260]

So Timejump huh

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

if I wrote a dystopian novel where the corrupt evil megacorporation that controls society has a fucking smirk for a logo, my editor would tell me to use a less heavy-handed metaphor

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

and yet

[twinkiefairy]

I love this because if I were to write a literary novel in the Western cannon that described the image of an apple with a chunk bitten off, any high school English student would tell you it is a Bible reference meant to represent the source of all evil and downfall of humanity and YET 

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

[s1r3n-slacks]

Today I discovered that melting ice makes a sound— it cracks, pops, fizzes and hisses like demonic Rice Krispies. Apparently it has to do with pressurized air bubbles and fractures from expansion, but this leads to a question which National Geographic already answered for me:

Which is similarly heavy handed but also extremely freaking metal

[anniflamma]

It's the Numbskull and the Funny one!

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I need to tell you that designing Contrarian was pretty tricky. The first major decision was whether he should be white or the same black silhouette that the other designs have. The idea of him being the opposite from the others isn't that original, but it's a sweet idea nonetheless. But I can tell from here that when (or if) I do an animatic including Contrarian, it will be hard to keep him readable with the same backgrounds as the other voices. Luckily, Slay the Princess is a very dark visual game... Sooooo who knows! But I really wanna push Contrarian's design to be more of a simple shape/silhouette like the others. But from now on, he'll have more outlines to make him more readable on lighter backgrounds. So there is a possiblity his design will change in the future.

For Cheated, it was pretty easy. Making Contrarian and Cheated echos each other's contrasts yet also parallels just makes sense. Cheated being spiky and small, Contrarian being round-shaped and big. Yet they have some similar characteristics, they have the same tail and round wing shapes.

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Also! I have a sweet headcanon that Contrarian being the only voice that is light is due to him representing the rough tear of TLQ and Shifty. Kinda like, he is the part of the Princess that is inside TLQ. ^^

I also have another visual storytelling design that the Contrarian is the only one who doesn't have a 'void monster' form or whatever you want to call it. I've shown it before with Smitten and Cold in my Burned Grey animation, and now here with Cheated. The monster forms are supposed to show when a voice feels an extreme emotion, (for Cold is like any kind of emotion at all XD ) OR to put it better, is close to their own way of untethering. Contrarian never really has that mental spiral, except in the Fury (kinda...)

[octaviaabadassblakee]

I need fat female characters in tv whose weight is inconsequential. It means nothing to the story.

She's fat and gets the guy and no one bats an eye.

She's fat and the hottest chick in the sorority and that's normal.

She's fat and an actress and she gets good roles.

She's fat and she's funny and she has character depth and growth.

She's fat and the main character and no one mentions her weight once.

I'm fat and my weight doesn't play a part in my day to day conversations, or plans, or friendships. Why can't I have that on tv?

[kaledo-art]

Joe Hills building based on The Groove Record Store in Nashville which was demolished without a permit, but then thankfully the destroyers were ordered to rebuild it brick by brick.

Also best place to find alphabetised bones.

Joe's version and the original building

[komaedalovemail]

i fucking hated your shoelaces this entire time

[butterfirefly]

for the uninitiated

[ozempicofficial]

[mellosdrawings]

Yurifies your trolley problem <3

[ultrainfinitepit]

Finished a second playthrough of Baldur's Gate 3 today, which got me thinking about all the Origin characters, especially in Act 3 and their endings. I had a lot of fun revisiting Wyll's quest in the Wyrmway, Karlach's heartbreaking dialogue, and Shadowheart with her parents. This time around I got Ascended Astarion and God Gale, they are so insufferable and funny to talk to in the epilogue LOL What a great game!! Let me know if you have ideas for future playthroughs...

[myashmyash5]

🪲 - My first entomology collection!

All of the animals were found by me already dead. I did not kill any of them.

This text has been translated from my native language into English using a translator. Errors are possible

Here is what’s inside:

• Two cockchafers that I kept as pets 5 years ago. I preserved their bodies, and they’ve been sitting in my box ever since. Now they’ve found a place in this frame.

• Young Formica queens that I found near an anthill during the summer a year ago.

• Formica workers.

• Messor structor workers and three soldier heads. I keep this species at home.

• A Lasius niger colony that I raised 3 years ago but that died for some reason.

• Ramshorn snail shells that lived in my aquarium about eight years ago.

[theconcealedweapon]

[maarvarq]

Always bear in mind that there is absolutely no legitimate evidence that Luigi was actually the one who killed the insurance company guy.

[theconcealedweapon]

Of course he wasn't. He was at a party with me that day.

[tiny-space-whale]

No but like literally, actually. All bits aside.

He didn't do it.

The cops very clearly planted evidence on him because they had to make an arrest because all eyes were on them and whoever actually did the deed was making them look stupid.

Why would the real killer hero have kept the weapon on his person and traveled two states over while carrying it and a manifesto in his bag, conveniently turning the crime into a federal matter? The same guy whose bag they found in a park, filled with monopoly money? Why did the police turn off their bodycams, take Luigi's stuff, drive a block away, turn their bodycams back on, go back into the restaurant, and then arrest him?

From the moment of his arrest, even left-of-center media has been presuming his guilt without examining anything (e.g. calling him "the killer" instead of "alleged" or "accused") and then when I say he didn't do it, the nearest person chimes in with some quip that tells me they think he did do it but should go free anyway. Don't get me wrong, I would have the same attitude if he had done it. But he didn't. It makes me feel like the only sane person in the world, even among my staunchly leftist friends.

[cuunos]

being a kid and hearing adults say stuff like "woah 2011 was 4 years ago haha" didn't really convey the fucking horror of a youtube video crossing my recommended labelled "9 years ago" and it's from 2017. that's not true. 9 years ago is 2010 or something. don't lie.

[copepods]

playing mostly indie games really spoils u in some ways. what do you mean tomodachi life costs 60 american dollars. resident evil 9 is 70 dollars for 18 hours of gameplay? that's like 25% of silksong for 350% of the price. how do people live like this

[niraheist]

Golden hour picnic

[mamawasatesttube]

the thing about media literacy is that understanding why the author chose to specify that the curtains are blue is the same skill set as understanding that the way the author characterizes all black characters as angry or all chinese characters as meek and silent is racist. it is the same skill set as being able to identify when a news source is biased or when someone is feeding you propaganda. the ability to ask "why did this person choose to present this premise in this specific way?" is a critical skill in a world full of misinformation. why are the curtains blue? maybe it's a characterization detail. maybe it's extraneous worldbuilding. why is this character written as being right all the time? maybe you're intended to disagree with them. maybe it doesn't matter. maybe you should still ask why.

[orphetoon]

go watch project hail mary NOW!!

[baraphalloplastyclinic]

I actually do think we should discourage women from becoming housewives. Do not become financially dependent on a man. That's how a lot of women ended up dead over the years. A man gets violent suddenly and you have to choose between homelessness or potentially dying at his hand because you have an enormous gap in your resume and no degrees or certifications or anything that will help you pursue a career that will allow you to be financially independent. He owns your bank account. His name is probably the one on the car. Try and leave and he can report it stolen. Where will you go then?

Don't become a housewife.

[ladyfoxfire]

And if you do become a housewife, take steps to protect yourself. Make sure you’re legally married, for starters; stay-at-home girlfriends have very little legal recourse to claim their partner’s assets in a breakup. Make sure your name is on the house deed/rental agreement, and have your car in your name, even if your spouse is paying for it. Have your spouse transfer money every month into an account solely in your name, so you can buy yourself things without needing permission, but also so you can save up to leave if needed.

If your spouse fights you on any of this, then don’t quit your job. The tradwife to poverty pipeline is real, and so is financial abuse.

[dressedupliketheking]

also, many women/people experience controlling behaviour and domestic violence from their partner for the first time during pregnancy. don’t risk thinking “he’s just stressed, it’ll get better when the baby comes” because it won’t. neither you and your child will ever be safe with that man. get out as early and safely as you can