#*meat

[alliluyevas]

i would like to point out tho that khrushchev did not have some kind of fervent desire to actually EAT corn or to have soviet people eat it, he was primarily concerned with raising corn as feed for livestock to increase the amount of meat average soviet citizens were able to eat. hence the corn pig propaganda image.

[bananonbinary]

some epilogue thoughts

i still havent finished the epilogues but i read most of meat and tbh as a dirk fan, it didnt really bother me? i dont think he was acting ooc or it “ruined the character” or anything. like we’ve always known dirk was capable of some really dark shit, and his connections with his friends are what keep him from going down that road. when the sprites^2 became aware of their ultimate selves, it was easier for them because sprites are literally built by the game as vessels of information. when alpha rose tried to do the same thing in the epilogues, it fucked her up because she could barely even keep track of which timeline she was in. Dirk pretended he wasnt affected by it but like, you know who’s a part of him ultimate self? who would’ve started influencing his actions and thoughts as soon as dirk became aware of him? fuckin bro. i dont think it’s too out there to say that bro’s 30+ years of bullshit kinda subsumed poor alpha dirk’s attempts at not being a piece of shit.

overall, the epilogues (which i still havent finished but im not gonna do that until im in a better headspace for downer endings so here we are) don’t seem out of place to me, cause it’s just sort of the natural conclusion to the ongoing theme that sburb doesnt care about its players. that skaia pretends to be benevolent but its only an attractive facade to ensure that the players join the game. that the land quests and classpects and ultimate reward are some bullshit that promise that if you do everything right, you’ll get to be the best version of yourself and fully realize your potential or some shit, but in the end skaia’s only purpose is universal reproduction.

also it doesnt even really feel “final” to me. like that’s realizing one specific theme, but the ao3 format, the unreliable narrators in the most literal sense, the lack of hussie as an in-universe narrator, it all just feels like one possible outcome of many. i dont think it invalidates the hopeful end of act 7, i think it just shows two possible ways things could go, that elaborated on some of the darker themes of the comic.

iunno, call me insufferably positive, but nothing i’ve read felt like it was out of nowhere or ruining the comic

[thelaziestbro]

* you: nomf * me, an intellectual: gompf

[auto-vivisection]

meat pics

[catastrophic-crisis]

I eat something even vaguely homemade and my love meter is restored. Hell when you bring home restaurant food to eat. Also good. Food is love you hand me a chicken nugget and suddenly all is well in the world.

[plavi]

chugging my morning coffee for some art theory time

but first, the morning essential:

memes

[vlr0]

hi please watch this guy try to engrave ‘hey whats going on’ on different stuff with his homemade laser cutter