MachInTheMachine

I'm here She/Her Not for Honor But for You

[godlessondheimite]

In 2026, the chicest thing a gay actor can do is never explicitly come out as gay but also make it abundantly clear that he is. Coming out is too modern. Staying closeted is too old fashioned. But this method merges contemporary freedom with Old Hollywood glamour and allure, and it weeds out the dumbest people who truly don’t get it. I call it the Pascal Method.

[nobodys-odyssey]

Taylor Swift does this

[godlessondheimite]

no she doesn’t

[nobodys-odyssey]

You clearly don't go here or to queer history and signaling, or both, enough to have this conversation and I'm not going to explain it to you. You could have asked questions, you could have done even a modicum of research. You didn't and you made yourself look ignorant. Goodbye.

[dancinbutterfly]

#I'm fucking crying#this is an instant classic#this is the next meme#i can't believe I'm here to see a baby copypasta nary two hours old#I can't#lol#i laughed way too hard#iconic

[chimerakisu]

ik nobody's talking about these songs anymore but I've been thinkin about this ship ever since ERB came out so... I call this "Confessions of a Rotten Ego Renegade Boy" because it's dumb and it fits them

genuinely obsessed w this concept now might draw these gay sillies more

[sapphymayeyeplease]

@h4rl3qu1n-r4t

[boomer-mythology-destroyer]

[fictionadventurer]

The Phantom of the Opera: I was born with facial deformities that are so horrific that even my own mother couldn't bear to look at me.

Me: So that's why you have to live as an outcast in the basements of the opera house?

The Phantom, who has been an admired performer, palace architect, royal executioner, and chief contractor of the opera house who is able to go out in public with no alteration to his face except a false nose and mustache: No, that's a separate choice that I've made.

[markovchaingang]

libertarian jesus is fine with the whole betrayal thing because judas was simply acting in his own rational self-interest but suddenly becomes agitated upon hearing he got sold out for less than market rate

[edgebug]

"grace. grace! grace give attention. rocky perform human ritual of escape closet now. statement."

"come again?"

"i learn more from thinking machine. human gender preference. attraction to same gender, means word 'gay.' all eridian same gender." rocky stands straight up. "rocky come out to grace now. all rocky plural gay, statement."

"...wow, that's... rock, i'm not sure it makes much sense to apply human ideas of sexual orientation to a monogendered species."

a long and judgmental pause. then:

"grace HOMOPHOBIC, question????"

[rice-mue]

Hi! Thank you so much for your question earlier! I was curious: what are your shenmue hot takes? Do you have any head cannons/theories? Also, how did you get into shenmue? It's so fun having a new person in the fandom so I've been curious what got you interested 😁🤔🫶

Hello!! I'm glad you liked the question I sent your way!

As for my Shenmue hot takes >:D :

1.) Ren would be the best love interest for Ryo ❤️ this is mostly because their dynamic is the most interesting in the whole game, like I'm always happy to see to see them on screen together! Ren shows how much he cares all through hi actions and I love seeing that side of him, like a scary gang leader because so silly when he's with Ryo (um long story short I love them and I could yap for hours about them XD)

2.) this isn't really related to the game but more to the fandom, but in my opinion the fandom would be so much bigger and popular low-key if we had more people outwardly talking about ships or just making AUs or OCs which will lead people to make more art or write more for it! If the fandom was more like this then I feel like more people would be exposed to shenmue and become interested in it! But that's all my pov 😂

As for theories...I don't really have any 😭 not anything cool at least, the closest thing I'd have to a theory is that Ren is somehow tied to Ryo's prophecy or fate, literally only because he pointed out the Big Dipper while on the roof with Ryo XD and there's symbolism of the Big Dipper through out the lore so that's about it XD

OH! and how I got into shenmue...well I've always seen the game around! The very first in depth explanation I got about the was from Super Eyepatch Wolf video about how S3 ruined his life XD and it's actually a really good video and it brought up a ton of good points (even though I've actually never played a shenmue game...I just don't have a console or pc 😅) but that's how I learned about it! And how I REALLY got into it was watching Brutal Moose's playthrough of the 3 games! God they were so good and after that I was hooked! And when I had a hard time looking for fanart or fics I decided to start making my own! And here we are! (⁠≧⁠▽⁠≦⁠)

Thank you so much for the ask! I had so much fun talking about this to someone! I'm so happy to see this fandom still alive and kicking, the game is so amazing and it definitely deserves its loving fan base!

(also sorry I wrote a whole essay 😭)

[machinthemachine]

1) I absolutely agree! Ren's already (imo and tbh most of the fandoms😅) one of the best characters in the game, and one of the few that actually works off of Ryo. I love all the characters, but I really feel that the story doesn't come alive until Ryo starts getting some push back from the characters in Shenmue 2. Once Ren shows up its just more fun! And yes!!! I adore how the entire game everyone like "don't mess with the heavens, rens the scariest dude you'll ever meet" and then with ryos he's Like That. Incredible, the character of all time. Plus in Shenmue 3 when he just shows up and tries to pretend like he wasn't kind of worried and invested in ryo🙄🙄🙄like okay, sure you just left your criminal organization on a whim, I believe you. I really wish there were more fanworks for them, but I'm so grateful for what we do have🙇🙇🙇the crumbs from my forebears kept me fed until the shenmue anime came out and the fandom (briefly 😭) was super active again.

2.) I agree! We've always been a pretty small fandom(at least from my memory as someone who started stalking the tag around 2020) but we used to be a lot more active, and I really miss it. Ik I shouldn't mourn deactivated accounts, but two of the really big shenmue accounts deactivated and I really miss seeing their theories and fics on my dash🥲I would love to see people's shenmue aus and ocs, and I'm SO down to see more content for my fav ships. I feel like people think Shenmue is one of those games everyone talks about but doesn't play/engage with, so showing them that there's a really good story and interesting characters would hopefully spark interest where the accolades sadly haven't.

Man that would be so cool! I really feel like they're made out to be fated somewhat in the way Ryo and Shenhua are, like the framing of them at the end of Shenmue 3 and some of the retroactive decisions in the anime really give a like "making your own fate" kind of feel. Like maybe the role Ren's taken on was open but now Ren's taken it, you know?

That's so real! SuperEyepatchWolf is how I found out about Shenmue as well(it cracks me up that he also ships renryo)😁 when it went on sale I figured id give it a try and well, here I am🥳 I'll have to check out that playthrough, any excuse to see Ren is a good one😤💪

Thank you so much for responding! It was really interesting seeing what your thoughts are on the game and on the fandom🥺🫶and I feel the same way, seeing all the people who care about this game makes me so happy, and I really treasure everyone in the fandom, past, present, and hopefully many more in the future!

(dont apologize, I low-key did the same😅)

[vhsveris]

shenmue stuff bc I accumulate a lot of them (last one was me messing with the vmu sprites)

[rice-mue]

He dropped his 🐦‍🔥🪞

[rosie-toast]

What's up Jack?

(Happy april 30th!)

[squiddemons-deactivated20210324]

happy electric feel friday

[bootlicker42069]

Yall cant fathom how happy i am to be back on my metal gear bullshit genuinley

[machinthemachine]

My fellow Ren/Ryo shipper I have a question for you!!❤️

Do you have a shenmue hot take??👀

(btw I've been loving all of your shenmue post! They always brighten my dashboard)

Omg thank you so much for the ask and the kind words! Ur art & posts always brighten my dash and the community 🥺🫶 as for a hot take🤔🤔🤔it's probably not a secret with some of my posts but I'm def a shenhua x joy shipper and I'm really really hoping they'll get a chance to interact at some point😖🤞as for renryo, I'm not sure if I have hot takes so much as I have like a ton of head cannons and aus😅though I will say Ik theres been theorizing that Ren will end up sacrificing himself for Ryo and as much as I love angst, I personally feel that Rens story will go in a different direction(at least I really hope so!) I do hope that as the story continues, Ren, Ryo, Shenhua(&joy🤞) will also visit places outside of China. Going from shenmue 1 to 2 was amazing, Hong Kong felt so different and was so fun to explore! Shenmue 3 still totally had that, but I hope there's more to explore in places like Taiwan and korea and the like, or maybe even more places in Japan, though that's probably not in yu Suzuki's plan😅though I do hope Ren can come to ryos hometown at some point, I think the HK gang in a sleepy suburb would be absolutely hilarious!

[robinstome]

there's no fucking way

[starrynet]

[urktola]

so many feelings~

and the bonus looked like recognition from the outside

[segamascott]