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Over and out

[rpgsitenet]

Final Fantasy XIV 1.0 launched today in 2010. While it fell short of its potential, Square Enix sure decided to end things spectacularly.

[ethaneightbit-deactivated201807]

“game’s bad nuke the planet”

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For full context I really reccomend the documentary by noclip about what was going on at the time:

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[captorations]

i wrote a short taz/homestuck crossover back in 2018, just the IPRE crew running into Earth C, and obviously it’s not up to my current standards but i’m still not sure i’ll ever write a joke funnier than this one

right at the beginning:

and then, lup meeting terezi:

and finally, right at the end, having had a whole year to investigate:

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[warlockwhore]

i trust tumblr info more than i trust twitter info

[deathwarlock]

i heard theyre making a show about a pansexual whos an introvert and an asexual whos an extrovert

[warlockwhore]

get outta town

[youforgivehowgodforgives]

[cottoncandyrhythmqueen]

[artofmaquenda]

Did a long hike and met some sheep :>

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[tanadrin]

I love games where stupid cheese strategies have even stupider counter-cheese strategies.

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[oursidae]

making myself emotional abt how much i love my dog

[oursidae]

thinking about how this little animal coexists in my home with me, and decided that I'm His Person makes me want to commit atrocities for him

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[ritavonbees]

Untitled Gelt Game

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[eugeniedanglars]

it’s wild to me how there is literally ZERO correlation between what a piece of media is like and what its fanworks are like. 2014 captain america fans were out there writing poetry and full-on academic papers inside of their fics. sonic the hedgehog and my little pony fandoms are both famous for drawing fetishes you’ve never even heard of. les miserables fans spent most of their energy on college aus. there is literally no consistency or observable pattern and it’s incredible

[eldriitchmurmurs]

#my theory is that fanworks reflect what people found missing in the canon#so like. sonic and mlp. obviously#les miz want les amis to be happy and alive and goofing around#and uh. mcu fans want the mcu to be well-written (via dicaeopolis)

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#and uh. mcu fans want the mcu to be well-written 

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[keplercryptids]

i’ve been on hold at my library for a book about asexuality for a few weeks and i just read an article about some concepts in the book re: consent. and holy shit. blew my mind. i’ve NEVER read about consent in the context of a relationship with an ace and an allo that resonated so strongly with me, and as a person in such a relationship!! it’s so!!! i’m even more excited for the book now.

for anyone interested, the article is How to Negotiate Better Consent: An Asexual Perspective and the book i’m waiting for is Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society and the Meaning of Sex.

[keplercryptids]

god okay, just to gush about this more, the author suggests using the categories of enthusiastic, willing, unwilling and coerced consent (rather than just “enthusiastic consent” or “no means no”). i really recommend reading the whole article linked above, but what blew my mind is the distinction between enthusiastic and willing consent. it gets broken down like this:

Enthusiastic consent:

When I want you

When I don’t fear the consequences of saying yes OR saying no

When saying no means missing out on something I want

Willing consent:

When I care about you though I don’t desire you (right now)

When I’m pretty sure saying yes will have an okay result and I think maybe that I’d regret saying no

When I believe that desire may begin after I say yes

and like!!! it made me realize i may have never actually enthusiastically consented in my life, but like, that doesn’t mean i have never or cannot consent! i almost always fall into the “willing consent” framework and i’ve never seen that….validated anywhere. anyway, it’s just given me this perspective about my sexuality and consent in general and better ways to relate to my partner and!!! idk!!! thank goodness for other ace people, is what i’m saying.

[queeranarchism]

This is very useful and a lot of sex work can also be best understood as willing consent, where the indirect consequences of having sex (getting paid) are what is desired and the direct consequences (having probably-mediocre sex with someone you don’t actively desire) are not considered so negative that they outweigh the indirect consequences.

Which is a definition of consent that gives sex workers agency and sees their consent as a choice made again and again based on the pros and cons, not something that is coerced and also not something that always exists by default simply because they are sex workers.

Recognizing willing consent is probably validating for a lot of people who have consent to sex without meeting the definition of enthusiastic consent. 

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I can not believe I actally have a use for this incredible skit.

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Drawing again for the first time in about a year, and of course its to do an October drawing challenge. Based on the prompt list by DinDuarte that can be found here: https://twitter.com/DinDuarte/status/1310782084177440768

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List 5 things that make you happy, then put this in the ask box of the last 10 people who reblogged something from you!!!!!

1. Getting other people to laugh

2. Knowing my bills are paid

3. Trying something crazy/risky in a Tabletop RPG and getting a Nat20

4. Listening to someone speak passionately about anything they are interested in (Infodumping is adorable even if I don’t know anything about the subject. Its always great to see someone get really excited about something they love)

5. Comedy and romance tropes in Japanese media. I can’t explain why but all the jokes, characters, and sappy romance always lands with me. I am a complete mark for this junk.