echospool

when you think about it, it’s crazy how rocks were probably the first things humans began collecting (we know our prehuman ancestors moved them from place to place if they found one that was an interesting shape) and 200,000+ years later, rock collecting is still a common human hobby

"Every janky indie EarthBound clone has amazing music" is an illusion. Most of them have average music at best; they just get extra credit for bothering to have a discernible musical identity at all, as opposed to most contemporary big-budget console RPGs' aimless "atmospheric" drone.

yes and this is similar to the problem I have with Elden Ring. why would you ever settle for generic soulslike orchestral/choral drone when there is no AAA game in history that has ever been more clearly in need of power metal

In response to the folks quibbling in the notes about whether power metal in Elden Ring is a bad take, consider: Elden Ring instrumental jazz OST.

as per my last straw,

Being like. Post-suicidal is so strange. Like hiiiii everybody im new I spent a good chunk of my life languishing and have like 3 or 4 lived experiences. But now I'm ready to fuck and party or whatever. Can we be friends. Im so happy to be here. Can we be friends

my little cousin confidently declared that mother nature had a counterpart named daddy electric and i feel like this concept needs to be explored

NYT article abt goncharov has comments like 'what is the purpose of this film's existence these kids are just lying' motherfucker how do you think our ancestors survived. how do you think folklore formed. culture. music. art. PURPOSE????? do you think everything must be commodified? sold? weighed to be valued? has the rot in your soul spread so far you cannot find value in anything not spoken in numbers??? it's FUN. THAT'S WHY. THE PURPOSE IS THE ACT, THE MESSAGE IS THE MEDIUM, THE SYMBOL IS THE STORY. it brings people joy for its mere existence and that IS the point. existence is its purpose alone

I think the debate about whether Goncharov stuff on AO3 is fanfiction or original fiction is really highlighting the fact that the term “fanfic” is presently pulling double duty to describe both a particular legal relationship with the text, and a particular creative stance toward the text, and we don’t really have a word to describe the latter independently of the former.

Being a graduate student in sociology, anthropology, media, journalism, communications, or film and being on Tumblr right now must feel like some eldritch entity reached out from nth dimensional space to give you a fully formed thesis subject.