A Disturbance In Agustria

Hi! This is @22degreehalo's sideblog for anime, video games, and anything else colorful and fandomy that I wasn't so sure fit on my main blog! :) I like: Ensemble Stars! / Fire Emblem (FE4, Heroes) / 100Kanojo / A:TLA

[wrigglewormz]

Quite frankly yall need to be projecting more on the doms. Make the DOM have guilty sexual fantasies !!! Maybe the DOM is shamefully staring at the ceiling after waking up from a dream!!! Yall are cowards. Do none of you have any appreciation for the noble dom identity crisis. Do none of you have any respect for guilty sadists with control issues and who desperately want autonomy for once in their damn lives and who just want to Keep someone, for once, who want to be allowed to Want and Take . Do NONE of yall have any respect for sadists realizing with horror how badly they want to hurt the person they would do anything to protect and take care of and make smile? Cowards, all of you.

[9ofspades]

@mumblingsage

[damaramegido]

you could construct an entire theory of the sapphic gaze based on how much the camera in steven universe focuses on pearl’s hands

[damaramegido]

an episode literally called rose’s scabbard has six separate fragmented shots of pearl’s hands in its eleven minute runtime. which could mean nothing

[festivalofthe12]

As always taking inspiration from the OGs:

[thismousedraws]

happy birthday to final fantasy x

[marxism-leninism-utenaism]

there are a lot of reasons why someone might become transgender but the most common one is to acquire more powerful sword techniques

[ericvilas]

@theothin

[melonramune]

@/glyvees

[quelmdn]

would you be willing to repost this art (https:// twitter. com/ quelmdn/status/ 1748316502309167239) onto your tumblr? ty!

omg 😂 sure, this bunhe is now here too 🥺🍵💦

[quelmdn]

Impressionable mind 🥄🐇 (2020)

[quelmdn]

Part 2 : Meng Mo didn't sign up for this kind of recurring dream (2020)

[quelmdn]

Impressionable mind 🥄🐇 (2020)

[ririohlily]

bunhe is thinking of becoming bunhe…

[self-loving-vampire]

A lot of people mention that Outer Wilds is an amazing game that is best experienced completely blind but then don't try to elaborate on that. I will elaborate on it while still not spoiling it.

Let's start with why exactly spoilers matter for this game. I am someone who normally doesn't care too much about getting spoiled and can even build anticipation and interest from hearing story spoilers, but there are a couple of areas where I think spoilers definitely matter even for me: Exploration and Mystery.

Outer Wilds is an open world mystery platformer that not only focuses heavily on exploration and mystery, it is easily in the top tier of games I have played for both elements. The system you explore in the game is immaculately crafted and dense, and it quickly introduces several enigmatic things for you to pursue with layered clues that have you venturing around very unique places so you can discover both clues to how to find other clues and also piece together the greater story.

And, notably, the game does not gate your progress by making you accumulate objects or reward progression with items. The one currency you accumulate as you play is knowledge. You have every tool you will ever need from the moment you complete the "tutorial", but there is a lot of information you don't yet have that will be necessary to progress.

(But something else that's pretty cool is that the game is truly open. You can explore any planet or space structure you wish as soon as you launch for the first time, so you can discover clues out of order or even solve certain puzzles without finding the clues for them by getting lucky, experimenting for a while, or being particularly observant).

This is why going in blind matters here. Spoilers for Outer Wilds don't merely ruin a surprise twist, they change how you experience the game on a very fundamental level and somewhat play it for you. This is also why that first playthrough is so different from any subsequent ones, to a much greater degree than with most other games.

The game's objectives are all tied to your own curiosity. You notice strange or interesting things, you feel curious about what is going on with them, you investigate, and your curiosity is both rewarded and expanded. It's pure joy for the part of you that loves to explore and discover.

I know for some people it might be daunting to be thrown into a star system with a handful of (small but dense) planets plus several other objects to look at with no clear objectives, but just give it an hour and you'll probably find your own way, especially if you paid attention at the museum in your home planet.

[self-loving-vampire]

Also, while the game does not have realistic physics its setting does follow a consistent set of rules you can learn through experimentation, observation, and learning about the discoveries other characters have made. Mastering these laws feels very rewarding and they are also intimately connected to the core questions of the game. It's very well thought out.

[self-loving-vampire]

Really good comparison. Information does more than just recontextualize the events of the game, it is your progression.

Knowledge is why you play. Your reward for exploring is knowledge. The tool you use to overcome most obstacles is knowledge. The one thing you have that grows or improves as you play is your knowledge (and I guess your muscle memory and skill at flying?)

Already having the knowledge is a completely different experience. There's still things to enjoy about the game even then, but the experience of discovering things is one of the things the game does best and there really isn't much else like it.

[self-loving-vampire]

Me explaining why the expansion is amazing, with very minor spoilers about it.

[gravityjunior]

Starting a collection

[jonathankai]

I wonder how many times Shen Qingqiu was wildly shaken awake in the middle of the night, because Luo Binghe woke up for whatever reason and saw familiar shape in the darkness, and his poor sleepy confused brain momentarily decided that it was all just a dream and he's still at Huanhua palace with shizun's dead body and he got really scared as the result and just did the first thing that came to mind to check if Shen Qingqiu was truly alive or not.

I think Luo Binghe would chill eventually, but this seems like a thing that could very well happen in the beginning of their relationship, especially given LBH"s unstable mental condition.

They probably had to leave enough light so Luo Binghe could see the moment he wakes up that Shen Qinqiu's cheeks are rosy, his hair is messy from turning, maybe he has a hand under his cheek or his mouth is slightly open.

Shen Qingqiu probably wished he could learn to snore and do it really fucking loudly.

[eveh-koko]

Shizun can never say no to Bingpup

[mxvendetta]

oh brother

[worst-roommates-ever]

[nicesided1sh]

The Avatar tends to the Firelord

[atlaculture]

Hii! I was wondering if you could make a post about the etymology of the name Druk (Zuko’s dragon)? I googled it but the result was kinda confusing 😭

What's in a Name: Druk

According to the Korra artbook, Druk is the offspring of Ran and Shaw, the dragons that taught Zuko and Aang the Dancing Dragon forms. Meaning the golden egg that Aang and Zuko found was probably baby Druk.

I bring this up because Zuko's dragon is actually named after the thunder dragons of Tibetan and Bhutanese mythology. Druk is also the Tibetan/Bhutanese word for thunder; this is due to thunder being attributed to a dragon's roar in Tibetan/Bhutanese folklore. In fact, a more literal translation of the word druk would be "cloud voice". Considering the cultural inspiration for the Air Nomads, it's likely that Aang had a hand in naming Druk.

In general, Druk's name creates a lot of interesting cultural and thematic connections:

Zuko's Blue Spirit mask is a "Dragon King" mask. The Dragon King is a rain dragon who can conjure up storms. Since Zuko's alter ego embodies a dragon of rain, it's fitting that he would name his animal companion after a dragon of thunder. Zuko clearly likes weather dragons.

Until Korra's time, lightning bending was a skill reserved only for the Fire Nation's royal family. Since there can't be thunder without lightning, Druk's name also alludes to his connection to Fire Nation royalty. It's even possible that Druk is also capable of lightning bending; after all, dragons are the original firebenders.

While Chinese culture attributes dragons to the cardinal direction of east, Tibetan culture attributes dragons to the cardinal direction of west. Druk's name is a subtle nod to Iroh's "Dragon of the West" legacy.

The name Druk is also significant in Vajrayana (Tibetan) Buddhism. Drukpa or "Thunder Dragon Lineage", is a school of thought in Vajrayana Buddhism. Also, the name Vajrayana literally means "The Thunderbolt Way" in Sanskrit, in which lightning is used as a metaphor for the "jolting" nature of enlightenment. Considering that Druk is the offspring of Ran and Shaw, who "enlightened" Aang and Zuko on the true nature of firebending, his name is quite fitting.

All in all, Druk is probably one of the best named characters in the entire ATLA franchise.

Like what I’m doing? Tips always appreciated, never expected. ^_^

https://ko-fi.com/atlaculture

[foxpunk]

do you all see my vision here