A Not-So-Hidden Mess

This is just a place for me to get things out my head, or to show off something I found. Mostly pictures I've taken from games I play... or writing. Mostly the game pictures, because my brain is slug-slow with stories. Run from the Chaos... or don't. Whatever. I can't control you.

[nagalias-mindscape]

Been playing Cat Mail Co. and... I gotta wonder about some of these mail generations.

What kind of (probably mushroom) spores weigh that much? How many did your mother get, kid? Should I even be handing out parcels to (probably) underage kids? More to that- why am I not asking for some kind of ID when doing this?

[nagalias-mindscape]

See also:

"I'm here to pick up my parcel. It's fragile. Also a letter."

"Great. I've got five fragile letters... Wanna give me more context?"

"It's fragile. And a letter."

"Great. Is it this one?"

"Can you focus? Does this look like mine?"

"How about this one?"

"Can you focus?"

"... This one?"

"Can you focus?"

"... This one?"

"Can you focus?"

"... It better be this one, because it's the last-"

"About time. (-_-)"

[nagalias-mindscape]

Been playing Cat Mail Co. and... I gotta wonder about some of these mail generations.

What kind of (probably mushroom) spores weigh that much? How many did your mother get, kid? Should I even be handing out parcels to (probably) underage kids? More to that- why am I not asking for some kind of ID when doing this?

[nagalias-mindscape]

Moonlight Peaks lets an NPC buy an entire building from a wine-addicted drunk vampire to renovate into a museum. Is it legal? Well, it's not illegal is the excuse the new property owner is using. And I love that for her. 10/10.

[nagalias-mindscape]

That moment when your bike gets tangled in reeds because the people who work for the mowing company are on strike (good for them) and you tumble into on-coming traffic (not good) because the sidewalk is literally the only path you can take that's safe and a car driver honks at you because you're wobbling, struggling to get your bike upright, in the way, and forced them to make a sudden brake lest they get involuntary manslaughter charges.

Like, I'm sorry. I'm trying to get my bike back upright after eating asphalt. I know this a two-lane road and you want to get the stoplight behind me before the light turns red, but you can wait the full minute it takes me to stumble around to get oriented. I'm bleeding, covered in mud and dirt and possibly ants, and trying to move my limbs which are protesting every single movement. You've got the AC in your car- I've got the sweat from my scalp running into the scrapes on my face, not to mention everywhere else that's not covered in mud, grass, and ants, and am trying to get my limbs to stop locking into place everytime I try to use them. Please wait the (nearly?) minute and a half it took me to stumble myself and my bike over the curb and back onto the sidewalk.

No, nono. Keep honking your car horn, it's not going to make me move any faster good sir.

[nagalias-mindscape]

I love watching the rain roll in. Especially when the weather forecast says hot and cloudless.

[nagalias-mindscape]

I finally had enough time to watch Project Hail Mary.

[nagalias-mindscape]

You have no idea how long it took me to solve this puzzle. Not because I was confused and didn't know what to do, but because the fucking controls weren't working. Light click to swap lenses? NO! It's U to swap. Why did it show me the left mouse button? No idea. I thought I had to find the lenses to swap to, and the the light was telling me what symbol to look for to find said lens.

So stupid.

[nagalias-mindscape]

Incidentally, it's a VERY good thing I did this side task before trying to finish the game. That 'shoot the tanks' sections was... brutal. I press U to shoot because the mouse isn't working, and then get retaliated by two tanks, knocking me off. Then, by the time I manage to get myself back into sitting on the seat and moved my finger over to the U key, I have enough time to fire off one shot before getting knocked back out of the chair. Rinse and repeat, and yeah. That was annoying. P2 was useless because the NPC script apparently doesn't include 'fire at enemies after sitting in seat'.

Also. I gotta be honest. I kinda saw that 'plot twist' coming a mile away. Make post-game a little awkward.

[nagalias-mindscape]

You have no idea how long it took me to solve this puzzle. Not because I was confused and didn't know what to do, but because the fucking controls weren't working. Light click to swap lenses? NO! It's U to swap. Why did it show me the left mouse button? No idea. I thought I had to find the lenses to swap to, and the the light was telling me what symbol to look for to find said lens.

So stupid.

[nagalias-mindscape]

So, I was playing Lego Batman: Lecacy of the Dark Knight and I needed my second character for a puzzle. No biggie, just gotta swap to them. But because I had just been inflight, I had to wait for the path finding of the second character to get to me because I get so dizzy and disorientated when swapping to an inflight character. No Biggie, I'm in no rush. I can wait.

I got to witness the slowest path-finding ever. It also wasn't enough, because I watched the second character slowly fall into what I think was a tubine / vat of chemical acid / something and magically get an updraft- which is so unfair- and re-orientate himself to face me, and then fly at me in an equally slow, unabashed pace like he was just enjoying the Gotham-Chemical Breeze.

But then I notice something. He didn't get quite enough height from his Cheating Air draft. So I watch as the second character falls and falls and...

manages to grab the ledge, thankfully.

But then he just... hangs there without trying to pull himself up. Like "Peek-a-boo!".

... Which in hindsight, having my second character be Nightwing makes this 100% fitting and 200% funnier.

Ladies and Gentlemen, Nightwing. Just hanging out.

[nagalias-mindscape]

I. I had Catwoman as my partner and watched her drop out of a glide and land on all fours, look left and right, then stand back up.

Okay, this is amazing.

[nagalias-mindscape]

I am having way too much fun with abusing Batman since he's the one character I cannot take out of the party. I wanna test a gadget? Hit 'im with it. This has led to me learn a few things. Such as: He can dance and run while fast asleep.

Hidden under spoilers because I am playing around with one of the last characters you unlock, and this came has only been out for about a month. I think.

Small side note: Alfred appears to be immune to the disco. And the sleep. And the spice. Which... fair. It's Alfred.

[nagalias-mindscape]

So, I was playing Lego Batman: Lecacy of the Dark Knight and I needed my second character for a puzzle. No biggie, just gotta swap to them. But because I had just been inflight, I had to wait for the path finding of the second character to get to me because I get so dizzy and disorientated when swapping to an inflight character. No Biggie, I'm in no rush. I can wait.

I got to witness the slowest path-finding ever. It also wasn't enough, because I watched the second character slowly fall into what I think was a tubine / vat of chemical acid / something and magically get an updraft- which is so unfair- and re-orientate himself to face me, and then fly at me in an equally slow, unabashed pace like he was just enjoying the Gotham-Chemical Breeze.

But then I notice something. He didn't get quite enough height from his Cheating Air draft. So I watch as the second character falls and falls and...

manages to grab the ledge, thankfully.

But then he just... hangs there without trying to pull himself up. Like "Peek-a-boo!".

... Which in hindsight, having my second character be Nightwing makes this 100% fitting and 200% funnier.

Ladies and Gentlemen, Nightwing. Just hanging out.

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

today I found out my mother doesn’t know what dandelions are and now I’m wondering what other strange secrets she’s been quietly harboring

[krystal-prisms]

Where do you live that you don’t have dandelions?

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

we have dandelions EVERYWHERE, they are basically our State Weed, it is absolutely impossible that my mom has never interacted with a dandelion before, this requires further investigation

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

So after extensive interrogation I have an update:

my mom is in fact aware that dandelions exist. she temporarily forgot the name and there was some miscommunication.

the truth is actually weirder

she’s aware dandelions look like this

she is familiar with this flower. she knows the name of this flower. she declines to believe, however, that these are also dandelions

she does not believe these are the same plant. I tried to explain, and she thought I was either misinformed or lying. so I asked her what exactly did she think the yellow ones were called?

she answered, with complete confidence: Daffodils.

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

gosh I enjoy this website

[authoratmidnight]

For comparison, this is a daffodil

[quietlygrousing]

See, folks in the southern US will tell you up and down those are buttercups, actually.

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

i don’t think so? i’m southern and buttercups are what we call these things (much tinier)

[maejacrezz007]

Wait I thought those bigger cup ones were Easter Lillies???

[fractiousrvt]

This is an Easter Lily. It is an actual lily and therefore deadly to cats.

[blood-trip-god2]

They’re marigolds and I know a bitch when I see one!

[delphinidin4]

This is a marigold:

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

….we need to start taking the phrase “go touch grass” more literally. go outside and examine a flower i beg u

[jmtorres]

“buttercups” is a name applied to MANY flowers. in my part of the south it was this one:

imo there’s correct identifications of dandelions, daffodils, easter lilies and marigolds in this thread, but buttercups are simply impossible to agree on and the only solution is for everyone to post pictures of their local buttercups

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

*squints* is that a motherfucking EVENING PRIMROSE?!??

[demon-and-human]

Hello I would like to add to the confusion:

That purple fella is a Morning Glory as told by my mothers (texan)

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

⬆️ morning glory

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

#amazing work everyone hit the flowers

[nagalias-mindscape]

I. May have answered the phone as the wrong character. Oops.

[nagalias-mindscape]

I did 3-jokers mission recently and talked to the second one as Nightwing. That was a nice touch, going “I think Joker thought I was batman. Also, the parade thing was before my time, but I think I recall it being down south” or something like that.

It’s the little things. Because Batman is always in the party, it would have been very easy to just have Batman pipe up in the background like they do with the vehicle dismount.

But they didn’t. And I love that little detail.

[nagalias-mindscape]

Sister: Is that... a wind tunnel just... hanging around that tower?

Me: Huh. Looks like it.

Sis: Bet you can't get up there.

Me: Well, it's got a radio tower... So I'll have to get up there eventually with the right character.

Sis: But right now? Bet you can't.

Me: Bet.

-- Five Minutes Later --

Sis: Fuck you.

Me: I'm a little sad there doesn't appear to a 'be in the highest place in Gotham' achievement. ... or maybe I've already gotten it... Am I in the wrong place? This feels right.

[nagalias-mindscape]

I. May have finally unlocked Batgirl. Out of curiosity I went to a radio tower. Kinda figured it would be her thing. A nod to oracle.

Um.

I did not expect to see (that section of) my map just populate like there had been a hidden infestation of mites. What the fuck.

Babs. I love you. You have made my little collector-hindbrain go 'ahhh' in the nicest way possible.

[nagalias-mindscape]

Batgirl: A frozen cop isn't the only thing you've dropped?

Batman: I ran out of storage.

My sister, upon hearing that: And your choice of storage location was a bloody waterfall? Really, now?

[nagalias-mindscape]

Sister: Is that... a wind tunnel just... hanging around that tower?

Me: Huh. Looks like it.

Sis: Bet you can't get up there.

Me: Well, it's got a radio tower... So I'll have to get up there eventually with the right character.

Sis: But right now? Bet you can't.

Me: Bet.

-- Five Minutes Later --

Sis: Fuck you.

Me: I'm a little sad there doesn't appear to a 'be in the highest place in Gotham' achievement. ... or maybe I've already gotten it... Am I in the wrong place? This feels right.

[nagalias-mindscape]

I. May have answered the phone as the wrong character. Oops.