the way chic online "neets" latched onto tomoko and konata (and by proxy the way they're depicted in ironic fanart) betrays such a fundamental misunderstanding of both lol

this is so so so SO much worse with lain, but I'm not even touching that. these aren't even the same characters anymore on a basic level

the characterisations just feel so ungenerous. konata isn't mean or dumb, tomoko enjoys her friends' company and wants a better life for herself, and lain is... well in pop fandom, nothing remains of lain and nobody cares about her personality, which is oddly fitting

they're like the gay little weeaboo version of a punisher skull on the back of your pickup truck

which sucks! because tomoko should be the gay little weeaboo version of a "my other ride is your mom" sticker below a lesbian flag

cant even hornypost about falin touden bc im just gonna get dozens of people responding with marcille speech bubble image edits

Oh I’m not going to end his line, but I AM going to make it matrilineal

Mythbusters ended too soon. I feel like The Cask Of Amontillado is exactly the myth they would have tested.

Like, figuring out how long it takes the mortar to dry. Finding the maximum amount of time before knocking down a recently built brick wall. Establishing the best place on a recently bricked wall to topple it and escape.

And then, doing all of that while drunk.

Mythbusters, you left us too soon.

actually, they made that episode – I have a copy of it in my basement, wanna see?

Would I?!

of the Devil is finally gonna be good.

"Meet your newest client, Counselor."

hey everyone its april fools. but dont worry i dont have anything planned. just going to sit here and...

I LIED !!!! GET PRANKED

POST BELOW ME GET FUCKING WET

Hey guys! Check out this block of pure sodium that I got!

i thought i'd have to shuffle things around to get this scheduled for monday but I DIDN'T. we love morgan monday here

original below the readmore

Even if you take away the concept of servants and the fight scenes and So As I Pray Unlimited Blade Works and defenseless derrieres and everything else that turned Fate/Stay Night into one of the biggest names in the otakusphere of all time, it would still have been a novel entry into Arthuriana just for what it says about people as swords.

See a ton of Western-style fantasy and science fiction likes calling people swords to make them badasses because if you're called Bob then you're just a guy with a sword, but if Bob is called "The King's Blade" suddenly Bob is a badass now, he's the shit, Bob isn't just a warrior; he's a true believer, and that means he's exceptional. Nothing more romantic than declaring yourself nothing but a tool for your master.

And then Fate/Stay Night said you cannot love someone as a weapon, and you cannot reach them without an open hand free of steel. A sword only does one thing to a heart.

You know what DOES save people though? Letting the cute girl that tried to kill you twice have gay sex with your hauntingly beautiful lady knight servant please please please Emiya-kun it's the only way we can possibly defeat Berserker I promise you can go next

i never want to animate again

of the Devil 😈

been reposting my tumblr posts on bluesky. don't tell those chumps i'm feeding them my leftovers lmao

One of my biggest criticisms of The Messenger (2018) is that its gimmick whereby your little demon buddy has a topical insult for you every single time you respawn breaks up the flow in an annoying way during the game's frequent die-and-retry precision platforming sequences, but it now occurs to me that with a few small adjustments that framework could appeal to a very specific set of interests. Like, you can't tell me that a Celeste style platformer where your bratty little fairy companion calls you a loser every time you eat a faceful of spikes wouldn't do numbers with a particular crowd.

(Critically, as in The Messenger, the die-and-retry conceit must be explicitly acknowledged in-universe, with the magical companion being responsible for the player character's ability to respawn. Just take the source material's gently implied D/s subtext and make it very text.)

Congratulations on completely recontextualizing what it is I don't like about games which sass you in their failure states.

I have to confess I'm always a little surprised when it's news to folks that contemporary video gaming culture often frames player-hostile design in terms of D/s dynamics – but then, I grew up in the 1990s, where mainstream titles routinely had difficulty settings named shit like "Hurt Me, Daddy", so I guess it's gotten a bit more subtle over time!

when slimegirls are excited they also say "LET'S FUCKIN GOOOOOOOOOO!", which looks the same in writing but isn't