Malecus

Family-oriented gaming, reblogs of art, & random thoughts.  Avatar by Eric Lofgren.

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Retiring this Blog

So yes, I’m retiring this blog as of right now. I will be turning off the ability to send asks, messages or submissions. The queue is empty so you will not be seeing any more posts after today.

Why am I retiring? Mostly for mental health. I felt like nine years of political discourse has not done me much good. I have clinical depression and I’ve been making progress in combating it but this blog has not helped overall. I found that the constant inquiry about political discussion, getting into arguments, etc, made my mood deteriorate. Even worse, when my mood was already in bad shape, I’d find myself tempted to engage in discourse as a distraction. This might work in the short term but in the long term this only did damage to me.

For a few weeks I was focusing on my art and other creative work and I found that I was genuinely happy with my life during that time. And when politics came knocking again, I found myself splashed with cold water and miserable again. That feeling of being dragged backwards is what spurred this decision.

I want to focus on the things that make me happy; game design, writing and artwork. That is what I’m going to do. Maybe, one day in the distant future, I might come back and this blog might revive. But I can’t promise that.

Since I announced my intent, I’ve been flooded with numerous comments and messages from people who wanted to thank me or wish me luck. Honestly, it’s been overwhelming to experience, and this week has been an emotional rollercoaster for me, having realized I’ve had an impact on so many people. I never really expected to be worthy of such an outpouring.

To everyone who supported me, who wished me well, who worried about my wellbeing and who made me laugh, thank you so much. It wasn’t all bad, lots of my time here was good. And that’s solely based on the people who followed me and who I surrounded myself with. I made friends here who I don’t think I can ever give up.

I just want everyone to know how grateful I am for being part of your experience. I recognized so many of you over the years, seeing the same people in the notes or in my inbox. I remember all the running jokes made about me, good and bad, and I hope at least some managed to make you laugh.

I know that it might seem like a story without a conclusion. I know people have followed me for a long time, wanting to see how it all turns out. I’m sorry that I’m closing this book without any definite answers. I wish I could have posted one day that I got to move and be out of the closet, to heal and recover, but it hasn’t happened yet. You will just have to hope that things turn out better for me. That’s all you can you and all I can do, really.

If there’s one thing I can ask of all of you reading this, it’s this; Please take care of yourself. Find the things you find joy in and do them. Life is too short to have it be spent in misery and anger. Don’t let the negativity consume you because it helps nobody and only serves to damage you. Appreciate what you have and cherish the things you take for granted.

Thank you, again, to everyone. You’ve turned something I was sad to do into something I won’t ever forget. Thank you, from the bottom of my heart.

Take care of yourselves, everyone.

Goodbye.

[malecus]

A reminder for everybody out there: Not all endings require a Disneyesque completeness of everything wrapped up in a tidy package with a neat little bow.  Finally learning to let go of what’s holding you back and rising up to actually follow through is the denouement.

[noahnomore]

[noblepeasant]

Finally, a rival to

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[lew-basnight]

The thing re Weird Al that I think is worth recognizing is illustrated by the Spike Jones Jr quote “One of the things that people don’t realize about Dad’s kind of music is, when you replace a C-sharp with a gunshot, it has to be a C-sharp gunshot or it sounds awful.“ It’s like really good parody has to do it all backwards and in heels, and Weird Al gets in there and counts the syllables and pours over the phrasing and word choices so that it all sounds precisely like the original, and then re-records the song, acknowledging the tiniest details of the recording, and also makes it a highly detailed spoof of an adjacent and absurdly unrelated piece of popular culture. I think really good parody has a love for the source materiel that’s impossible to fake. It takes real musicianship (or craft) to do and it usually gets tossed aside as “novelty” recording.

[icarus-suraki]

You gotta be fuckin’ good if you want to fuck it up.

[radwolf76]

Al will also try to reuse the original music video sets if they’re available, and bring back the same background actors.

I assure you, in the music industry, Weird Al is highly respected. If he makes a parody of your song it’s acknowledged that it means you have ‘made it’ as an artist. Rappers have commented on how ‘scary good’ at rapping he is. His range is right up there with Danny Elfman in terms of how incredibly huge it is. Accordion players have commented that he’s insane on the accordion, and does it while jumping around on stage, I may add. He learns from his mistakes and to top it all off he’s a really kind man (I’ve met him).

[atopfourthwall]

In this house we salute Weird Al.

[randomslasher]

[beardedmrbean]

Devo bit up there reminds me, since “Dare to be Stupid” was a style parody and not a direct parody. Mark Mothersbaugh, obviously in a non angry way, said that Weird Al had done his style of music better than he ever could and he hated him for that. Which is about one of the biggest compliments you can give in that circle I think.

[dangerousyako]

underrated dynamic of spy x family is that Loid has no idea about his own emotions, at all. They formed their little family and

Yor was immediately delighted with Anya and was ready to kill for this new adorable daughter, and anytime Loid does anything she blushes and is super impressed, and she wants to impress him, and

Anya loves her papa and mama very much (it's free family real estate!) and is the only one who really understands that they are a family

meanwhile Loid still believes he's doing all this for the mission. Dude almost maimed a teacher (and risked ruining the mission!) for making Anya cry and has on several occasions talked back to someone for bad-talking Yor and he's still like: "Hm, wonder why i did that"

[sindri42]

Every time Twilight smiles I make a little squeaking noise because it’s obvious that he’s completely forgotten what his mission is and allowed his carefully crafted mask to fall off completely because he’s just so glad to be doing things with his very real new family.

[malecus]

While my daughter considers it to be “the boring stuff”, I find Loid’s emotional reawakening to be the real draw of Spy x Family.  Anya’s antics are adorable, but seeing Loid suddenly remember his original motivation for becoming a spy sold me on the entire manga right then and there.  And I’m deeply satisfied in how well they’ve carried that over to the anime.

[afriendlyblackhottie]

This was riveting

[kotoinari]

Works(Original)

[evilbuildingsblog]

I’m pretty sure a character who betrays the protagonist lives here ?

[evilbuildingsblog]

Dystopian mirrored building in the middle of the desert

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Ominous red sky and spires.

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  Mermaid tail that lights up with LED lights 

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[almostcertainengineer]

it feels so in character that for a second I thought this was an actual movie clip

[vsingers]

nice

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oh yeah here's the link

[bellatrixobsessed1]

Teetering on the edge lol

[stalker-among-the-stars]

Apparently, I'm nearly marriage material.

[emeraldmercury]

Well, considering this test was made by How I Met Your Mother...

[cookingwithroxy]

Hope this posts right, but...

Yeah I am not exactly surprised by this.

[sindri42]

45% hot, 94.17% crazy,  no-go zone.

Honestly I think they’re overestimating my hotness.

[malecus]

In the Marriage Zone.  My wife will be so pleased when I tell her.

[toastbutteregg]

[kingofthebouncycastle13]

The music in water levels:

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The music in snowy levels:

[luna1350]

Don’t forget the desert levels

[heavenlymusickcorporation]

The haunted house level:

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The cave level though

[thespectacularspider-girl]

Are gremlins chaotic neutral?

Gremlins don't fit inside the alignment box. They are gremlin.

[malecus]

Fun Fact: Gremlins are the secret third part of the D&D alignment system, keeping in accordance to Planescape’s “Rule of Three”.  So you can have alignments like Chaotic Gremlin and Gremlin Good. Spidey’s Grem is, naturally, True Gremlin.

[samsketchbook]

washing dirt off a sword that i got out of an alley

[malecus]

Did some strange lady randomly give the sword to you?  Because that’s how you become the ruler of Britain.