GreenTrickster's Den

This blog is my place to laugh and enjoy all that is good and fun in fandom and on the internet, and to forget about real life problems for awhile. I'm currently in multiple fandoms, including Ace Attorney, SVSSS, and Pokemon, amongst others. You can find info on my clone troopers by searching the tag 'clone names' and my figure photography with the tag 'strike a pose!' I will accept any pronouns you care to grant me.

[greentrickster]

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[fullbattleregalia]

Revisiting Hollow Knight now that I can play it on my DualShock instead of killing my hands with the Switch buttons.

And I’ve… apparently gotten a lot better at video games since the very first time I tried playing it. Like damn.

I’ve only died three times so far.

I’m only on Green Path, but, dude, I was stuck in the opening area for AGES originally. This time, once I got my eye in (and stopped being ruled by hubris from restarting on my Switch Lite briefly before my PS4 copy arrived), I took out the False Knight on my second try.

[greentrickster]

To be fair, one of the big reasons you were stuck in the opening area for so long is because you watched the opening cut scene, dropped in, learned you could bounce, walk, and swing your nail, and then proceeded to hit the grass and nothing else with your nail for at least ten minutes straight.

Though yes, your improvement is impressive. Hollow Knight's one of those special games that schools you all the way to university, only then you start a new run and breeze through it. The game's genuinely not about your character's stats getting better, it's about your own skills improving as you play. ;) And I'm proud of you too. :)

But I'm still never letting you live down the fact that you were put in a scenario with three things you could do, and you pretty much entirely ignored the one you actually needed to do to progress. <3

[digitaldiscipline]

This is the 85 year old creator of Roger Rabbit:

[greentrickster]

1) Absolutely flawless take, no notes.

2) Let's also keep in mind, Jessica Rabbit herself also likely wouldn't judge a person cosplaying her based on their looks. She's a toon. And by toon standards and perspective in this setting, Roger's the catch and she's the average girl next door who somehow snagged a total baddie. The only thing she'd even potentially feel self-conscious about if she met someone cosplaying her? Is probably if it turned out that they were funnier than her. And even then, I doubt she'd hold it against them. To quote the woman herself, "I'm not bad... I'm just drawn that way."

[cryptids]

I can't remember if I've already said this on here but it genuinely makes me cry whenever I start thinking about how much of a "sold to one direction" ship dynamic constructiprowl is dbdsjsbsjbvds

[greentrickster]

Extremely accurate, but also, please consider:

Ouran High School Host Club constructiprowl.

Prowl broke something valuable on base, and he's gestalted to the constructicons until his debt's paid off. He then proceeds to do his darnedest to pay off his debt while utterly oblivious to the fact that the rest of the gestalt has fallen helm over peds for him.

[greentrickster]

@gaia-is-here-now #istg u are in every fandom

I mean... not every fandom.

Just enough to give that impression and to ensure that no one is ever truly sure if I'm going to show up or not.

Like, I'm not everywhere, but I do have over a hundred and twenty (120) disparate fandoms that I can casually discuss at any given time. More if we're counting ones I need to brush up on a bit. More if we're counting ones I used to be in but left at some point. (That's not a flex, btw, that's the data I can confirm just by checking the internal memory for my laptop; I don't feel like checking the stuff that's only on the external hard drive currently.) I am what it looks like when a neurodivergent's special interest isn't one piece of media in particular, but stories and storytelling in general.

[cryptids]

I can't remember if I've already said this on here but it genuinely makes me cry whenever I start thinking about how much of a "sold to one direction" ship dynamic constructiprowl is dbdsjsbsjbvds

[greentrickster]

Extremely accurate, but also, please consider:

Ouran High School Host Club constructiprowl.

Prowl broke something valuable on base, and he's gestalted to the constructicons until his debt's paid off. He then proceeds to do his darnedest to pay off his debt while utterly oblivious to the fact that the rest of the gestalt has fallen helm over peds for him.

[beardedmrbean]

[theman]

I GOT A FUCKING RAISE THE POTATO WORKED WTF

[tattooedzombigirl]

This potato works. Every. Fucking. Time.

[secondlina]

Reblogging because it’s a damn potato and I want to encourage people to assume potatoes are magical.

[sinksanksockie2]

w-what if potato is actually lucky

[greentrickster]

If nothing else, I'm down to have a picture of this potato on my blog; that's a good potato, that is.

[greentrickster]

So, turns out my iron levels are at about 12%.

Typical healthy ranges are 35.5% to 48.6%, depending on size and sex.

The doctor has confirmed that is a very strong contender for why I am tired ALL THE TIME.

That and having low vitamin D and B12 as well. Which also makes you tired when you don't have enough of them. >_>U

[2devils]

Hey you know..? With the fact that companies are saying they want to stop doing physical copies and instead 'save money' and only do digital downloads.. shouldn't that mean the games cost less?

Like you're saving money by not making a physical copy. I am not paying for a physical copy. Thus It is less money put into the game, it should cost less.

[greentrickster]

When the situation being spoken of is terrible but the take is absolutely fire:

[kamil-a]

i dislike "formerly powerful character now stuck in human body experiences the limitations of human body" trope basically across the board i guess . which is annoying because it seems to be many peoples favorite trope. no fun allowed sorry

[kamil-a]

a lot of people like this so i try to intentionally practice seeing it from their point of view. but just personal instant kneejerk reaction is to get real sad

[greentrickster]

It can be interesting to see someone used to being extremely (or even all) powerful suddenly have to deal with limitations, and putting them in human form provides a set of limitations the audience will immediately and intuitively understand. At the same time, it also provides a set of good stuff that's easy to understand. Ex: getting to try food for the first time, or even just a different type of food than they usually can eat.

It's also usually meant as a lesson of some sort for the powerful character, to understand the value, advantages, or good aspects of being human, as well as to have more appreciation for their own power. This also allows them a new understanding and/or appreciation of their human companions once they regain their original form, which generally leads to a deepening connection with them and the human(s) they're close with. This, in turn, reminds the audience that, while being a human can be really, really hard at times, there are also aspects of it that are wonderful and that can make life very bright. Sure, needing to sleep so often can be frustrating, but getting all curled up and comfortable in bed is a near universally-recognized pleasure, as is waking up with nothing to do and getting to just drowse comfily until you actually feel like getting up. At its core, it's often a trope that's either stealthily reveling in the act of being human or punishing a being who looks on humanity as 'lesser,' for whatever reason, and often having them learn a lesson or grow as a character in the process.

If it's a trope that makes you feel sad, it might be because you're looking for a more escapist or power fantasy sort of narrative. Something wonderful and strange and so very different from the powerlessness that is so often felt in modern society. It could also be because you enjoy seeing characters be powerful and also allowed to revel in that power they have, without needing to be 'brought low' or 'taught a lesson' about it. Regardless of which, if either, of these is the reason, or if it's something else entirely, it's fine if you don't like this trope. I don't like horror, but, as with the trope we're talking about, it's a lot of peoples' favorite flavour, and I just have to live with that. You're allowed to not like it, it's okay.

You did express interest in understanding why people like me enjoy it, though, so I hope this helps make it all a bit clearer for you. ;)

[fullbattleregalia]

Me: Man, I started playing Hollow Knight again but I’d really rather be playing it on my PS5 than my Switch - the Switch buttons are hell on my wrists for this level of platforming. …Well, I’m always happy to give Team Cherry more money for their excellent work, and it’s only $15 in the PlayStation e-store-

Sony: We will no longer be producing physical games starting in 2028 as we have definitely never before broken the public trust by deleting purchased digital movies that people paid us for off their consoles without permission! :)

Me: …

Me: On second thought, fuck your e-store, Sony. I’m going to hunt down a physical copy of the PS4 release of Hollow Knight instead. Thanks for confirming yet again that I won’t be buying a PS6.

[greentrickster]

Ooooor... there's always Steam... (waggles eyebrows)

Though seriously, oof, I heard about that, it sucks so hard, I'm sorry. :/

[greentrickster]

Okay, so, we've all seen the posts around here about ye olden peasantes trying Doritos, but I just had a thought last night, and now I'm genuinely curious:

What would ancient Greeks and/or Romans think of modern wine?

Because it's relatively common knowledge (in the circles that discuss the ancient Greeks and/or Romans, at least), that wine in that era was very different than the stuff we make today. Like, you had to mix it with water, because of the potency of it. But there was still good wine and bad wine and a variation in flavours. And so I'm genuinely stumped, because I can see it going multiple ways. Like,

"This stuff's weak as frick, it is an affront to Dionysus/Bacchus!"

"Bro. Bro. There are so. Many. Flavours. Brooooooooo~!!!"

"...this doesn't taste like real wine, wtf, what is this barbarian nonsense?"

"Wait, you can make it in different colours? Oh man. Oh man, this is a total game changer, this is gonna change the entire meta of the drink, oh my gosh-!"

.

(Interaction with this post highly encouraged, I crave knowledge!)

[sentimentalslut]

"very guilty and problematic client" holy copaganda batman

[sentimentalslut]

let’s start parsing who does and doesn’t deserve representation and assign moral weight to agreeing to protect their rights I don’t see how this could possibly go wrong

[anarchistmemedistro]

[bitch-duck]

This is the endpoint of assigning morality based on ontologies of people. You wind up with the simplest ontology: good or bad.

[madlori]

Getting tired of saying this but

THE POINT OF A DEFENSE ATTORNEY ISN'T TO GET THEIR CLIENT OFF. IT'S TO MAKE THE STATE PROVE THEIR CASE AND DO THEIR DUE DILIGENCE.

IT'S TO PROVIDE A CHECK ON THE POWER OF THE STATE TO JUST THROW PEOPLE IN JAIL.

If someone "gets off" because of a technicality that means the state DID NOT DO THAT.

[greentrickster]

^ This is why Phoenix Wright and Miles Edgeworth from Ace Attorney are both presented as protagonists, depending on the circumstance, in spite of one being a defense attorney and the other being a prosecutor. And also why they're at their best when they're facing off from each other on opposite sides of the court. It's because they both want the guilty party to go to jail, and to do that there needs to be a fair, well-handled trial.

It's also why the two of them work well as a shield and sword motif; it's the defense attorney's job to defend the innocent, it's the prosecutor's job to see the guilty punished. If you're being accused of committing a crime you didn't do, you want your defense attorney to win. If a person who you know for a fact robbed you is on trial, you want the prosecutor to win. Who you're cheering for at any given moment is all about circumstance.

[fullbattleregalia]

I work a hybrid job, where I work from home two days a week, and the neurospicy honestly makes it harder for me to focus at home than in the office, so I have printed myself off a motivational poster:

[cocainesocialist]

[manynamedshe]

“They’re not smarter or faster they’re buying up others’ lifetimes to do their chores”

“They’re not smarter or faster they’re buying up others’ lifetimes to do their chores”

“They’re not smarter or faster they’re buying up others’ lifetimes to do their chores”

[thequeerwithoutfear-deactivated]

[images: series of tweets from @realavocadofact. tweets read, “they’re not elite they’re rich”, “they’re not better they’re better supplied”, “they’re not smarter or faster they’re buying up others’ lifetimes to do their chores”, “there is nothing wrong with you; you’re doing your best in a game rigged against you, probably not enough people and fruit tell you that”]

[butts-bouncing-on-the-beltway]

I see this reaction a lot, and I gotta say, it always makes me a little sad. Whenever the conversation of exploitation of labor comes up, inevitably someone finds themselves struggling with the guilt of “It is so important to me not to contribute to exploitation but I cannot do this thing myself and need someone else to do it for me, so how do I even approach that?”

Exploitation isn’t in the hiring of a service worker. Exploitation is in the respect you show them for their ability to perform the service you need from them.

I have been on a cleaning service staff before, and also been someone who hired a cleaning service, and I can tell you for sure that a lot of cleaning crews (especially worker owned ones) absolutely LOVE their clients and are genuinely happy to be able to make their lives better. The clients they don’t like? Those are the ones who disrespect the workers.

When I was involved with a cleaning service, we had everything from little old ladies living alone to McMasions with five cars as clients, and I can assure you that whenever there was someone who clearly hired us because they were overwhelmed or unable to keep their space clean, those were the households where you put a little more elbow grease in and did a deep clean even when it wasn’t paid for, because you could see how much these people were trying and struggling, and they were always so kind and generous and often embarrassed when talking to you about the job.

I only hired a service a couple if times in my life, but whenever I did, I worked with the same people as often as I could, tipped as well as I could afford, and tried to be the kind of client I would want to have, and that’s how I often ended up with my baseboards cleaned too, or my fridge scrubbed and organized or a restorative clean done in a high use room even when that wasn’t what I had scheduled or paid for.

I’ve heard the same thing from all manner of service workers over the years. Many of us like our jobs! We enjoy the work. It’s the customers that can do a number on you.

I think a lot of people are afraid that by needing a service they are inherently exploiting or harming the people who perform that service, and they really aren’t. But it does benefit a capitalist system for us to all be burnt out and overwhelmed because we’re too afraid to hire the help we need. Be upfront and honest with service workers about what you need and why you need it, and treat them with dognity and kindness while they perform your service, and I promise you they will always be happy to answer your call.

[headspace-hotel]

HIRING A PROFESSIONAL TO CLEAN YOUR HOUSE ISN’T MORE EXPLOITATIVE THAN GOING TO A DENTIST OR ORDERING A PIZZA

We all fucking depend on each other, it’s about respect and treating one another as fellow humans instead of seeing them as below us

[greentrickster]

I freaking loved being a cashier. I adored working at Build-a-Bear. It was never the work itself that made me quit, it was the assholes I was serving and/or working with (and the crap wages) that made those jobs untenable for me. Something I'm genuinely sad about to this day. If I could be guaranteed properly livable payment and baseline respect from the people I interacted with, I'd be back in a flash. And they'd probably have to force me to eventually retire.

I like having a job.

I like working.

Heck, I like having my rote little tasks that have no originality, they just begin and end, and then going home with unused creativity bubbling out of my ears to use on my own hobbies and writing projects!

I like this kind of work!

Unfortunately, it tends to be the sort of work that makes a lot of other people see you as a subhuman entity that exists to be abused and exploited as necessary. It sucks. I don't want to be a high-power CEO or entrepreneur or anything like that. I want my nice, enjoyable service jobs back, where I get to go take the store's trash from the day through the mall and down the service elevator, to the basement that looks like a Tony Hawk Pro Skating level, and feed all the cardboard to the cardboard compactor.

[greentrickster]

...yeah, I miss hotels too, they're weirdly comforting in a strange way since they all have a similar vibe. now I just wanna wander around in one :(((

Yes, exactly! Just... wander. Exist make my own fun, perhaps with a group of friends.

...

...hands up everyone who wants to do HotelCon. It's just a bunch of us checking into a hotel and living in it for a weekend. Cosplay, fan merch, and cool outfits you never get a chance to wear anywhere are encouraged, but not required.

Main event: breakfast buffet.

Main attractions: climbing the stairs and passively riding the elevators (like, just getting into one and not pressing any buttons, just not getting off again until you feel like it).

Meet 'n' greet: The receptionists - everyone who joins HotelCon will be guaranteed two personal interactions with a receptionist, one when they arrive, and one when they leave.

Special guests: The hotel staff, who will be wandering the hotel at their own discretion. Guests of HotelCon who see them are encouraged to thank them for their hard work, but otherwise politely maintain their distance.

Side event 1: Midnight Meander, in which guests of HotelCon congregate in small groups and wander the corridors after dark, conversing quietly and communally enjoying the nighttime liminal space.

Side event 2: Cosplay on the Town, in which HotelCon guests are encouraged to dress in their aforementioned cosplay/fan merch/cool outfits, and strike out beyond the bounds of the host hotel to get meals other than breakfast, and potentially look at any shops or locations of interest.

Guest limit: HotelCon is a small, locally-run con that can only handle maybe twenty or so guests maximum at any given time. However, unlike larger conventions, HotelCon welcomes, indeed, encourages cons of the same type, name, and even timing and location. HotelCon is a state of mind that involves only the appreciation of a nice stay at a hotel, and being very polite to the hotel's staff and other guests.

[part-time-zombie]

Having seen both Superman and Supergirl I realized I love them both for a very specific reason: they've both given me exactly what I wanted.

Superman let Clark be caring and human in a way most superhero movies don't seem to let their protagonists get, and the movie prioritized life and humanity as the core of why Superman does what he does. He values every life no matter what and does everything he can to save people, with a level of kindness and compassion that is often overlooked in the majority of big blockbuster action movies that care too much about cool explosions to worry about how many casualties they would have created in the process.

Supergirl let Kara be a flawed and messy character, as someone who makes mistakes and isn't always perfect but still tries to do the right thing. Kara wasn't sexualized or made into a #girlboss at all, and she had no romantic love interest forced into the movie. The bond she does form is with a young mentor and the relationship isn't framed as maternal or motherly in the slightest. She was written as a complicated but caring individual who is dealing with her trauma as best as she can.

In Superman I got to see a hero who actually cares about the lives he saves, and in Supergirl I got to see a hero who actually got to be a person with depth and flaws.

[greentrickster]

Can we also credit the writers for being absolute geniuses by looking each other in the eyes and going, "Who should be the de facto Damsel In Distress in this franchise and why is it Krypto?"

Even beyond appreciating that they didn't do this to Kara or Lois or one of the usual crowd, it's such a genuinely brilliant move. Because all you have to do is the following:

Movie: Here is a doggo.

Audience: We love the doggo.

Movie: Oh no, the doggo is in danger!

Audience: Oh no, not the doggo, we are 1,000,000% invested in the doggo being okay!

And that's it. Which, like, simple, yes, but its simplicity means that so much time usually devoted to establishing a character and why both the audience and the other people in the movie should care whether they live or die can instead be used towards literally anything else it's needed for. Like I said, it's genius!

[greentrickster]

Is this site safe to buy on?

Okay, greater understanders of such internet wizardry, is https://store.islemora.com/ an okay, safe site to buy goods on? Because there are some tempting offers on there, but also things that seem too good to be true often are.

Thanks!