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[magical-game]

I DO love Agrabah, don't get me wrong. I love the music, the vibes, and of course Aladdin is one of my favorite Disney movies of all time (the original; the live-action was good, much better than most of their nostalgia-bait, but I'm sorry, there's no topping the original animated motion picture).

I just dislike Agrabah as a world in KH1 and CoM because of the annoying Heartless (and Cave of Wonders in 1 always annoyed me).

KHII fixed things by making the town less... rigid?, making the Cave of Wonders much more fun, and of course, adding one of my top ten Heartless, the Luna Bandit (I love you so).

I'm STILL so angry that we didn't go there in KHIII. It was the perfect setup! We played through the first movie in KH! We played through Return of Jafar in KHII! KHIII we could've played through The King of Thieves and finished the trilogy and it would've been AWESOME! They blew their chance to have the game trilogy match the film trilogy! How rare is it that a movie has two sequels that are not only good, they're AMAZING? Come oooooooonnnn!

...

Anyway, while Sora is shopping at the fruit stalls, why don't we have a little poll?

Did you watch the animated series of The Little Mermaid and Aladdin as a kid?

Yes! (The Little Mermaid)

Yes! (Aladdin)

Yes! (BOTH)

"As a kid"??? I still watch them NOW!

Never seen either

They have SERIES??? And nobody told me??? I need this NOW!!!

Voting ended onJul 18

Yes, I know, there are tons of other classic Disney animated series worth mentioning. I didn't forget them! But these are the two I think of the most when I play through Chain of Memories. For obvious reasons...

I only ever caught random episodes of these growing up, when I visited cousins who had satellite waaaaayyyyyy before the rest of us did. But what I did see, I LOVED! I always wanted to watch them when I stayed over. This was like two decades before you could pause TV and all that, y'know. If you wanted to catch something you had to CATCH IT.

Anyway... Cast your vote~ And tell me about your childhood experiences with Disney~ Or with Kingdom Hearts, if you're that young~

[magical-game]

So idk if I'd mentioned, but I got sick again. No, not that time I went to the hospital, this is a NEWER one. Yes, AGAIN. I feel like I've been sick all month long.

Bleh.

Aside from that, Chain of Memories and Time Stranger are both on hold for now 'cause I had a MIGHTY URGE to continue my most recent replay of Final Fantasy IX (my FAVORITE out of the # FFs), and I followed that urge as soon as the weakness/sickness BS subsided enough for me to sit up without being in pain/discomfort all the time. I'm telling y'all, it was BAAAAAD this time....

Anyway so yeah FFIX! I may blog a little about it, I may not, all I know is I've gone from the end of Disc 1 to around the middle of Disc 3 in just a few days (maybe a week? idk). And the farther into the game I get, the more I nod and smile and cry at my old memories of doing this the first time.

IX truly has the best characters out of the series (The conversations in this game, dude! The CONVERSATIONS!!!!). Some not as great as others, sure, but I love how there's more to them than what you think when you first meet them. Some of them, like Zidane, you have to peel back the layers slowly but surely to see what they're truly like, while others, like Steiner, change like day and night as you progress through the game and they end up introspecting or opening their eyes to things they couldn't (or wouldn't) see before. And they all grow so much throughout the story. Well, Quina is pretty much exactly what they say they are: They're hungry, and they want food! (but don't sell that one short, either!)

Okay, let me cut myself off before I type mountains again. I'm gonna get back to it. Just know that I'm doing well. Love & hugs~

[magical-game]

I miss the whole put-the-credits-at-the-beginning thing, like in the really old Disney animated feature-length films.

You get treated to the credits in a fancy font that are on the screen long enough for you to properly read them all (!), plus maybe some art sometimes (!!), and to top it all off, some nice music (!!!), maybe even a song that'll become ingrained in your mind forever!

[the-prophesied-disco-gay]

A friend stopped by

[creditednature]

Wild turkeys captured on Trail Cam in Michigan's upper peninsula

[narche]

The world he destroyed - June.2026 (original:2024)

[magical-game]

OH MY GOSH

[therobotwig]

One year ago today I posted this practically shot Iron Giant photo I created using real figures, lighting, miniature sets & my trusty old tin foil for water technique & cotton wool for the splashes.

[magical-game]

That's... AMAZING!!!!!

[rederiswrites]

Turns out the horsemen of the Apocalypse now prefer to go by Shareholder Profit, Private Equity, Corporate Personhood, and Workforce Optimization.

[jottingprosaist]

Shareholder Profit: War (the casus belli for attacks on workers' rights)

Private Equity: Pestilence (they are parasites that voraciously strip the value out of a healthy business until it withers and dies)

Workforce Optimization: Famine (cutting hours and employees until the business is starved of staff, barely functioning)

Corporate Personhood: Death (a hollow, shambling mockery of a human with rights and needs)

[rederiswrites]

Yeah I can work with that.

[zxid]

collection

[fishlung8877]

[gryffon]

[baryonyxtrainor4]

*plit plit pippippappip plit*

*wit plit pippip plit*

[operating-potato]

[silvermoon424]

Bro absolutely COOKED with this.

[ohnoitstbskyen]

If you ever hear the phrase "fascism is aesthetics as politics," that's what this post is talking about.

It's not about being tough on crime, because the absolute toughest most brutal measure you could take against "crime" as a social problem is to alleviate poverty, and increase access to education, healthcare and social mobility.

It's about performing "tough on crime" as an aesthetic by enacting violence against a prop, i.e. minorities and the impoverished, who are fetishized and objectified to represent "crime." They are brutalized as punishment for crime, but never with the purpose of alleviating the problem of crime.

This is why a lot of conservatives and other right wingers can get straight up angry when you suggest things like reform or social measures to reduce crime. They don't want crime to be reduced, they want an eternal war against "crime" because it provides an arena for the righteous to demonstrate virtue by brutalizing their enemies.

[belzebubsofficial]

Long time no comic, huh? My apologies for the unintended hiatus, I’ve been too busy to translate and edit new strips online, but now I thought I’d jump back with a little series of summery strips. Part two will follow next week. 🤘😉

Also, thanks so much to all of you who’ve grabbed our enamel pins! Both sets are almost 80% funded, so fingers crossed we make it to the finish line and beyond! All income will go into financing our new music videos from the upcoming album. 🤘 You can still pitch in here: https://www.makeship.com/shop/creator/belzebubs

[magical-game]

I'M OFF THE RAILS!

Still limited in where I can go, but like, to a REASONABLE extent. They're letting me roam around the city! AHHHHHHHH THIS FEELS SO GOOD.

In Cyber Sleuth I always complained about everything being the same. I got bored of either city in the real world, or blue (or green) vague bland dataspace in the net. But right now, after the hours and hours (AND HOURS) of underground tunnels and ruined skyscrapers and sewers, I'm like... A CITYYY!!! YAY! CITY!!! SHINJUKU, I LOVE YA!!!

Alright, now let's do some treasure hunting... :D

I'll continue the story when I'm good and ready.

My overall approval rating is now... 6%. LET'S KEEP IT UP, GAME.

[teaboot]

what annoys me about explaining evolution to people who don’t think it’s real is that everyone’s idea of how it works seems to be from this

Whereas the reality is far more like

[teaboot]

Was not expecting this many of you to resonate with Millennium Death Plinko

[sufficientlylargen]

One of these days the horse is gonna come out of pinko with opposable thumbs, and then we're all in trouble.

[magical-game]

Horses only have one finger. There is no thumb to become opposable.

I suppose they COULD regrow the other digits... given plenty of time... But I don't think they will because they don't NEED to. They're getting by perfectly fine with just the middle finger.

[magical-game]

FINALLY

Like I figured, it's easy with two Vaccines, especially if they have Fire or Holy techs. They REALLY expect everyone to have an Agumon at this particular point. Well, sorry, I went for Shoutmon because he's my King. (I DO have an Agumon, but I'm not using it; it's that special DLC one that evolves to the ugly-ass Bond of Bravery or whatever from that dumpster fire of a movie Kizuna. I'll probably end up using it and its buddy for enhancements.)

Now I've converted even more DNA Digimon that I didn't want, that will have to stay in the box for who knows how long. Anyway, Piyomon, Kudamon, thank you for saving my behind. You're the stars of the show this time.

10 hours in and finally out of the sewers. But still on rails and probably soon to be in more trouble.

Yes, I said TEN HOURS.

*sigh* I'm just glad the sewer is no longer my home.

So far I can't recommend this game to anyone. Especially when Digimon World Next 0rder is right there on the Switch eshop and that game starts off a million times better than this one. Please, if you haven't already, please get Next 0rder and play that instead. You will have fun. I cannot promise you'll have fun with Time Stranger. I'm 10 hours in and we're still not having fun yet. I keep going only with the promise of getting to the Digital World AT SOME POINT. Yes, I am but a simple donkey chasing a carrot on a stick.

[magical-game]

Okay...

Giving Time Stranger another shot.

Gonna do it the game's way, because I can't really afford to do it my way. I'm stuck in the sewer forever until I can beat this boss. That I just GOTTA have a Vaccine type or two for. And more Rookies than I had planned on. And maybe a Champion or two. Ugh...

And it's already going to take forever because the experience gain in this game is SO STINGY.

Well, let's get kraken...

[existennialmemes]

I don't think it's unreasonable for our public officials to be expected to prove they're alive and not in a coma to be able to retain their office.

If someone were, as a random example, say hospitalized for over two weeks with no explanation, I think that should automatically trigger a special election to replace them.

If you're still able to do your job, then prove it. And if you're not, then you're actively obstructing democracy by not stepping down.

Which is to say, that if a public official were to pass away or into a coma, and their handlers choose to obfuscate that fact, this should be seen as intentionally obstructing democracy.

And there should be, you know, consequences for the people who would do such a thing.