Waxen Whimsy

All that and a whole ball of wax. Maintainer of the SIFAS Daily Theatre Database. In case of tumblr implosion, I'm Taper on Twitter, or you could try ham radio — I'm KI7VJX.

[achanartist]

A Letter for You ✉️🎆

[heycallmered]

people will really come into kink spaces and say you can't forcefem women like there wasn't a feature length movie about an elderly gay man forcefemming a woman as part of scheme to thwart an elaborate assassination attempt before the killer even determined their target

[llama2237]

What... What movie is this.

[heycallmered]

[heycallmered]

ain't no way in hell this post even breaks 500

[marmoset-marmoset]

i was trying so hard to remember the nonexistent assassination subplot in My Fair Lady

[sifasdt]

SIFAS Daily Theatre Classic: 2020-07-19

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SIFAS Daily Theatre for 2020-07-19

Kotori-senpaai....♡

Kotori: And~ it's done! Kasumi-chan, have you looked in the mirror? Kasumi: ! C-, cute! Kasumin is too cute....! Kotori: Everything fits you, Kasumi-chan, so it was hard for me to pick an outfit~. But, this is Kotori's summer style! Kasumi: Uwaaa~! Cute, cute! It's really cute, Kotori-senpai! Kotori: Fufu, I did a little bit of makeup too ♪ Bright colors looks good on you, Kasumi-chan, so an energetic summer makeup suits you Kasumi: I've never seen myself like this before.... Kotori: So, would the cute and adorable Kasumi-chan take a walk with Kotori now? Kasumi: Eh! Can Kasumin go outside with these clothes? Kotori: Yeah ♪ Since you already look this cute, let's go out and play~! Kasumi: Kotori-senpaai!!

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[taperwolf]

This is just sweet. Kotori really dotes on Kasumi in these episodes.

[sifasdt]

SIFAS Daily Theatre Classic: 2021-07-19

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SIFAS Daily Theatre for 2021-07-19

The Loser's Treat!

Ai: Gooo, Ai smaaash! Riko: Uwaaa! I couldn't get it.... Ai: Yaaay! Ai guesses that makes it 7 to 3. Riko: Uuuu, you're really good at table tennis, Ai-chan~ Ai: Hehe, well, Ai has also been helping the table tennis club, so. Riko: Mmngh.... I'll also show you a beautiful smash finish like yours and get one point, okay! This is just the beginning, Ai-chan! Ai: That's the spirit! Then, you'll serve next, Riko. Riko: I'll give you a special serve that even you can't respond to, Ai-chan. After all, I have post-bath fruit milk on the line, so I'm definitely going to win! Ai: Fufufu, would you be able to win against me, Ai wonders~ ♪ Ah, if Ai wins, it's coffee milk, okay? Riko: Fufu, got it ♪ Alright then, let's continue the match, here I go~~!!

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[taperwolf]

I've always liked the way that Ai is basically omnicompetent, especially in anything athletic; it's sort of an extension of her friendliness superpower, that she can basically do anything that her friends need her to fill out a team for. (It's also a big part of why she finds being a solo school idol so challenging and rewarding; it's the first time she's had to stand on her own and work beyond her native talent. I mean, she's been in solo competition before — one of the sports clubs she's shown to have helped in the Tapestry comic is the kendo club — but always as a part of the team.)

[retrocgads]

CD-ROM Today magazine

Imagine Publishing USA 1995

[neppomu]

Q: Tell us about any funny incidents that happened because you didn't know how to use modern technology))

[sifasdt]

SIFAS Daily Theatre Classic: 2022-07-19

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SIFAS Daily Theatre for 2022-07-19

Horror Game Conquering

Kasumi: Rinako, Rinako~! Kasumi is in a tight pinch right now~! Rina: What's wrong, Kasumi-chan? Kasumi: Kasumin's senpai are all playing this one game, and Kasumi wants to play too, but...... Rina: Ah, you mean that horror FPS game? Kasumi: Yeah~ that one! It's so scary. Kasumin can't handle it! What should Kasumin do!? Rina: If you're too scared, then you shouldn't...... Kasumi: But, Kasumin wants to play the same game as her senpai...... Rina: Then, what if you play the game without seeing any of the scary parts? Kasumi: There's a way to do that!? Teach Kasumin! Rina: When the monsters come to attack you, just take them down. Rina-chan Board says, "Determined." Kasumi: Huh? Rina: If you remember the places and the timings where the monsters come out, then you'll be able to take them down and finish the game without seeing the scary parts. Kasumi: Hold on. Remembering the levels would mean that Kasumin would have to see the scary parts! Rina: ......Good luck. Here, go practice now. Kasumi: Noooooo~!!

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[taperwolf]

Yeah, just memorize the jump scares! Git gud, Kasukasu.

It's suddenly occurring to me that one "solution" is to wholesale mod the game: replace all the models with non-scary things and the cutscenes with relax-o-vision; that should be within Rina's skills. Of course, then you can't meaningfully discuss the game with anybody who played the unmodded version. "Oh, what about when the zombie burst out of that ruined locker?" "Oh, when I played it was a bunny rabbit jumping out of a gift box." It kind of loses something.

(A real-world suggestion I've heard to defang jump scares is to turn off the sound. The tension from the soundtrack and the sudden noises are integral to the scare; without them, supposedly, they're much less affecting.)

[st-just]

I do sometimes feel like 60% of the more tedious fanfic discourse boils down to people of mutually incompatible tastes all trying to elevate 'characters are Good when I am sexually attracted to them' to the status of urgent cause or universal principle.

[baltharino]

Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club 1x04 - "The Uncharted Path"

[oldguydoesstuff]

are u bi?

Binary? No.

Octal-curious though.

[starlitsecrets]

Remember when joining fandom as a younger person meant lurking for a bit and figuring out the vibe and etiquette instead of coming in on day one and calling people weirdos for liking weirdo shit in the weirdo factory.

[tetrix-anime]

Kimi no Koto ga Daidaidaidaidaisuki na 100-nin no Kanojo 3rd Season (The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You Seaslon 3) - Heroine Visual of Naddy

[prokopetz]

Reverse love triangle where character A is trying to play wingman and set character C up with character B, and character B is trying to play wingman and set character C up with character A, and neither A nor B realises what the other is doing.

[cute-girls-from-anime-manga-vns]

[gallade-x-treme]

THIS FREEDOM FASHION SHOW IS ABOUT TO EXPLODE 👀💘

[an-ruraiocht]

there's a lot of talk about reading comprehension and one thing i think is the biggest barrier to people on this site getting better at it is simply... rushing. rushing to share something you haven't understood, rushing to have an opinion without taking the time to think about it, rushing to declare that you don't understand something

take these tags, on somebody else's post (condolences pip)

the thing is. this is what i would call an inside thought. nobody would have known you didn't get it if you didn't tell them that. if you recognised that it was important but didn't have the headspace to process it, you can reblog without commentary for others, or to come back to later. or you can save it somewhere and wait until you DO have the capacity to read it over a few more times, ponder it, consider what it might mean, figure out how to understand it, and THEN reblog it

but no. rushing to reblog while it is still opaque. rushing to admit to ignorance rather than spend the time to achieve understanding. perhaps hoping that somebody will break it down for you more simply, though to my mind it was quite simply phrased in the first place. never stopping to take the time first

comprehension is not always instant! sometimes it takes a bit of time for something to percolate after you read it; sometimes you need to read it a few times; sometimes you realise you don't have the context for it and either go and get the context or accept that it's not for you right now

please just simply slow down. you don't always have to respond to everything within a second or two. it is okay if it is not an instantaneous understanding. we all need to get more comfortable with thinking more slowly and more deeply and more carefully, and not letting our instant split second responses drive us all the time, because they are a barrier to genuine reflection

[prokopetz]

Game that initially appears to be a porn VN starring a Perfectly Generic Male Protagonist, except when you get to the "here's how the sex mechanics work" portion of the intro the girl has a Magnitude 10 klutz moment and accidentally kills him, upon which the viewpoint switches to her and the rest of the game is a reverse investigative procedural about trying to cover up the fake lead's death.

[prokopetz]

(To be clear, while the game's narrative tone is moderately satirical, the non-fakeout lead herself isn't played for laughs, and she's actually pretty traumatised about accidentally killing a random hookup. There's a bad ending if you max out her mental stress meter where she ends up confessing to a murder she technically didn't commit.)