Junebug

25, girlthing. I like looking at things and being anxious

[knucklecurve]

filthy, filthy read

[nogaynolife]

[talos-4]

I think Ebert's kind of a dick, but he's close to the very interesting way fandom overlaps with religion. I'll say this, too, conversations with fans get way less boring if you know how to ask pointed questions.

Hollow people fill themselves with meaning by falling into the embrace of Luke Skywalker or Jesus Christ in much the same way. A pointy question might be "why do you believe in god?" or "what makes you think Star Wars is worth paying attention to?" We often sketch these types of questions as rude, but they really don't have to be.

In deep fandom as in deep religion, you become an "expert," you buy the merch, you debate canon over trivia you've already made up your mind about, you master the lane and then stay in it. It's a parallel social process, turning towards a known cultural institution for comfort in the face of a cruel & unfair world, and I think it's facinating.

We can meet these folk with more compassion than Roger manages to muster up here, but I also think we need to be aware of when someone's so wounded it's not the time to pull their covers back, or whether we even can or should. Sometimes you just leave these circles because you're a bigger, healthier person than those who stay in them. You can criticize fandom like this and not be wrong, but Ebert's only scratching at the surface level of a really interesting phenomenon.

It's actual insane how much fandom and religion overlap. For example, "canon" is a term that's originally about which interpretation of scripture is correct. Fandom & religion even become similar in terms of their insular cultures and exclusion of others. Look back on the history of church schisms and tell me they aren't showcasing the same kind of drama that plays out in fan communities today.

For me, a really neat piece of this is how fandom and religion both attempt to define culture within certain lines, and those definitions are ultimately destined to fail if you read too literally. You can learn from Jesus as much as you can from Yoda, but if you treat anything they have to say as literal, gospel truth, you're putting too much authority in the hands of one fake guy. I think embracing the mystery & the ambiguity is empowering, but it's not without some peril of its own.

A literal interpretation of a text is certain, it's rock solid, it's well defined and safe. But we very much lack the tools to be that literal about anything, and scientists will be the first people to confirm that for you. Our condition is inevitably one of ambiguity, and it's quite telling how uncomfortable that makes us.

[self-proclaimed-himejoshi]

This post is the entire philosophy behind my blog

[dumbdoegirl]

another night of doing the exact same makeup look and going to the exact same bars to drink the exact same drinks and talk to the exact same people

[dumbdoegirl]

the look in question btw

[dumbdoegirl]

i should have took pictures after i cried it all off. whatever. maybe next time.

[transparent-plastic-robotgirl]

Help! My Wife Turned Into a Trilobite!!: The Anime, The Yuri, The Manga

[iby-dysphoria-queen]

[sagaofthevalley]

Arrogant dirtbag nerd pervert older sister butch with sinister intentions

[sagaofthevalley]

(I'm describing myself)

[lolierrant]

[aikawaforehead]

aikawa doodle i did in a car ride

[miraclemaya]

dress up is one of the most important pillars of gameplay that is often ignored by game developers to disasterous results

[revelware]

If I see one more person who is into butchfemme call tma/tme a regressive binary I'm going to start welding your carabiners shut

[revelware]

treating 20th century american lesbian bar culture as a universal queer experience and pillar of our culture while simultaneously discounting contemporary theory of gender dynamics is just straight up conservative... you are just trying to conserve a different culture than the usual breed.

[revelware]

I am unimpressed by drag. I am unimpressed by butchfemme. I am unimpressed by so many of the hallmarks of the queer queer culture of the previous century being used as a bludgeon against a fledgling mode of material analysis.

I am unimpressed with transgression being the yardstick by which we measure the value of our culture, rather than the material liberation of our people.

[were--ralph]

Mods asleep post greedy gay wario

[poopballs]

[postpunkindustrial]

Noise sculpture by Tobias Bradford.

See more at Instagram HERE

[yaldabaothadeez]

(source - timbougami on twitter)

[mockva]

Man notices an Eagle eyeing the fish he just caught

[mexicain-sans-frontiers-v2]

[the-davest-of-uncles]

*gets back to the nest* baby you are NEVER gonna believe how i got this fish

[virtualgirladvance]

this has to be some eldritch horror shit for the fish

[swagophile]

I, Morrigan Nightshade, Princess of Darkness, Mistress of the Endless Night, solemnly swear to never masturbate to undertale porn ever again. Amen.

[swagophile]

Update: Still staying strong. None of you could ever match me in a test of strength or character. I always stay true to my words.

[swagophile]

you say that like its a bad thing :(

[osakanone]

Hi, I'm Osaka

I'm a hobbyist designer, and I research esoteric concepts on the periphery of mecha to find new views nobody else is writing about. I also am obsesed with trying to push the genre forwards.

I also took up programming to build a game faster than ACFA, more airborne than Ace Combat, and more "art of the blade" than Zone of the Enders 2 by studying mecha games through the lens of published declassified military grade airwar and psywar human factors engineering and psychology concepts.

I want to make this game about mechposting and the trans experience, but I need your help: not money, but to speak with you about mecha.

The writing is simultaniously equal parts thesis to microfic a lot of the time, so your milage may vary.

Scroll through the mess below and find what suits you best.

Please.

Mecha Theory Writing

A comprehensive explanation of the evolutionary path from conventional ground and air vehicles, including a comprehensive outline of a functioning control-design based on the inceptor/software model seen in unmanned drones and 5th gen aircraft, complete with explanations.

The evolution of the walking thing called “mecha"  (original)

Chapter 0: Establishing terminology & Concepts Part 1: Defining "the mechaness" of something: the 8 principles of mecha Part 2: Feisability: Mecha aren't realistic, but not for the reason you think

Chapter 1: How does "mecha" come into existence/why would you want one? Part 1: An evolution from ground vehicles of today Part 2: Skating, to walking, to running, to flight Part 3: “Why transform in the vacuum of space?”

Chapter 2: Cockpit & Software Design Control Theory Part 4: On Mecha Control Theory: Considerations Part 4a: On Mecha Control Theory II: OKAWARA Part 4b: On Mecha Control Theory III: TOMINO  Part 4c: On Mecha Control Theory III: NAGANO

The World of Armored Core

An exploration of the world of Armored Core, using research into real phenomenon and engineering systems to infer how the world may itself function

Kojima particle physics (part 1): What are they? Kojima particle physics (part 2): The Human Consequences NEXT cockpit design (part 1): AMS and Lynx NEXT Cockpit Design (Part 2): G-force Tolerance Technocrat is SpaceX, and the legacy of Musk’s father (lmao) I am a 4th gen douchebag, and I love it (love-letter to ACFA) 4th gen shitpost: white gopnik

How To Domesticate Your Pilot

A husbandry guide for handlers, consisting of opinions and thoughts from various trainers and operators, as well as pilots. Includes practices, procedures, articles, stories and snippets.

I'm currently testing the waters with snippets and will likely be posting it out of order. I am extremely hungry for any and all possible feedback

If anybody knows the original source of the image of the eyes (which I first saw in a youtube ad) I'd love to know. I very much would like to commission them.

Inspired by mechposting

Chapter 3: Do not Abuse Your Wolves (Psychological patterning) Part 1: Action patterning (Initial Phases) Part 2: Action Patterning (Risks) Part 3: Once upon a mechanism

On mecha design: My personal thoughts on the assemblies of shape, form in the context of motion, action and function 1. Does anybody else have physical characteristics they find the most appealing? 2. Thoughts on self-altering dynamic form, and proportion designs 3. Shoji Kawamori and Armored Core: designers hallucinate, but do they hallucinate too? 4. Why is Gundam Gquuuuux called Gundam Gquuuuux?

Mechsploitation thoughts

#Mechposting

My personal thoughts on piloting culture, and mechanical design

1. The eroticism of the machine: Megastructures 2. Beyond pilebunker: The Grind-blade and the legacy of Overweapons 3. FLAT/Touchscreens are an act of hate: I will teach you love 4. You do not need to pick between a big hammer or daggers if you are a robot 5. O'Socks combat mix (tw: substance abuse) 6. Team dynamics, addiction, conflicts of interest and marketing 7. Commuication is hard, and mecha feet are cool 8. Morrigan Aensland is mecha and you cannot change my mind 9. re: Last Exile is not dieselpunk; its post-steampunk deleuzian dreams 10. Mecha PMC promotion is back, in pog form 11. Bodies, corporeal schema, and the body language of pilots 12. The blessing of the hounds; main system engaging combat mode 13. Exotic doctrine: Grappling & Booster-fu // torsion, aspect and control 14. Osaka, why do you always want to talk about ACFA? 15. You walk, so they can run

# Miscposting: Immacullate vibe-topia Pilot, for you: Love. Love. The sound of the ideal cockpit Left Hand/Right hand [gone]-- Mechposting vibes soundwall 🇸​​🇮​​🇨​​🇰​​🇧​​🇪​​🇦​​🇹​​🇸​ ​🇹​​🇴​ ​🇸​​🇪​​🇪​​🇰​ ​🇦​​🇳​​🇩​ ​🇩​​🇪​​🇸​​🇹​​🇷​​🇴​​🇾​ ​🇹​​🇴​: A #mechposting playlist [ongoing] Cicatrix: A writing playlist Sounds for violence: Mecha games vs FPS games

# Pilotcore: Dress & attire 1. Attire concept (includes #mechposting patch list) 2. Crew attire for things other than piloting a giant robot 3. Singleton over-jacket 4. Radios, straps and whips 5. Wearable keyboard for pilots 6. What color should a flight-suit be? (#AskOsaka from @siveine)

The smart stuff

Reading this will help you grow as a person, or ask questions

"I experience depression as a failure of resource allocation systems" Adult social skills 101, because the world broke our ability to understand eachother Mental health: Things I wish I knew in my teens, my 20's or even my early 30's ​Sex-positivity, associations, critical thinking & deradicalization Crossing the hrt libido event horizon without libido heat-death by making biscuits Fool!: Your nostalgia isn't real: Your past has been stolen from you! Why Linux diehards are morons, and so is everybody else too On the ecology of slurs and the evolution of language Individualism can mean many things. The three fetishes of the human condition The real meaning of "you will not be an anime girl, you'll be your mom"

The dumb stuff

Insightful, but stupid.

The collapse of the anime ecology's biodiversity Cycles of Nostalgia: Nobody is going to be nostalgic for Corporate Memphis Europe doesn't teach the Odyssey: Americentricism's fetishism is already its downfall Feeling used: The eternal disappointment of the Sawano Drop Lame? Bitch please: Clubbing deserves to go extinct every pmdd transmasc is that badass hot painting of satan crying The reviewer made a major error The Maid's Paradox Bread real

The horrors

Robo ComBAT: Cactus Jaque (original)

The Fear

Concerning plunges into the ne plus ultra culture of tomorrow

Humbert complex: When people prefer what they imagine to what's really there White Diamond, fascism, projection, ego, how Steven Universe botched its end. Sandwich names: the internet sucks now and smartphones are to blame! Gatekeeping is weird and knowledge-checks are arbitrary nonsense "The internet feels gross now", a trajectory of human events Providing feedback is also a skill and not everybody has it. AI isn't evil but it does embolden the worst people economics is just twitter brain for worth Do you?

My actual projects:

Art (I'm kind of private about my output and don't post often, sorry)

Pixelart: A very silly computer design that makes me smile idk

Games:

Project Force: 6dof aerodynamic high speed robot action [ongoing] Inspired by Armored Core For Answer, Freespace 2, Zone of the Enders 2 & Ace Combat 3, this game aims to merge their elements into a high speed mech sim.

e: yeesh this pinned post is getting kinda huge, I should break it into sub-pages or something so nobody can ever see any of it lol

[weepingwidar]

Rodrigo Angel Jimenez-Ortega (Mexican-American, 1994) - Chun Li vs. Karin (2025)