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@fridge246
[A random Tuesday on the way back to Erid]
Grace: Hmmm. Draw fish.
Rocky: Upset, you are mean meanâ
Rocky: FUCK. SHIT. FUCK. OH SHIT. FUCK.
Grace: Woah, whatâs happening???
Rocky: I FORGOT YOU WERE PEOPLE. I AM IN PUBLIC. OH NO.
Grace: mhmmm?
Rocky: WAS ALONE SO LONG I STOPPED WEARING CLOTHES. I DID NOT THINK ABOUT IT WHEN MEETING YOU. OH NO.
Grace: YOU WEAR CLOTHES?!?
Rocky: OH AND YOU CAN SEE ME THAT MAKES THIS SO MUCH WORSE.
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It's actually a bit surprising to me that we haven't seen contemporary meta brainfuck indie games do more than they have with 1990s point and click adventure games' penchant for developer-intended softlocks. That feels like something you could very easily spin as Saying Something.
Honestly, having grown up with this bullshit is probably a big part of the reason I'm fascinated with player-hostile game design. Giving a puzzle three different solutions with fully voiced and animated reactions to each, except two of those solutions render the game unwinnable in ways that won't become apparent until hours later is a level of "fuck you" that most modern games with pretensions of player-hostility can only dream of!
@lunchm34t replied:
what adventure games softlock you like that?
I'm usually loathe to suggest TV Tropes as a resource, but given that only a person who's entirely unacquainted with the genre would be asking that question, a primer is probably warranted. Check out the Unwinnable By Design article and read the preamble for context on the types of softlocks we're discussing, then hit either the "Sierra" or "Infocom" links (yes, those two publishers each have their own dedicated sections!), pop open the "Cruel" tab, and get ready to read some stuff that makes you mad.
There really is only one correct way to play some of these games huh.
A critical piece of context that a lot of modern gamers completely miss is that Douglas Adams' adventure games are works of parody not only in terms of their narratives, but also in the sense that they're rather vicious parodies of adventure games as a genre. Each of their absurdly obtuse puzzles is lampooning some puzzle design trope or set of tropes that was legitimately commonplace at the time they were made, and many of the really nasty bits are crafted specifically to piss off experienced adventure game fans who otherwise wouldn't get caught out by that sort of thing. They're outliers in the genre only in the sense that they're putting forth extra effort to be annoying about it â most games of the type pull the exact same shit entirely without remark!
(Honestly, the player-hostility of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy tends to be tremendously overstated owing to a combination of effective marketing and the fact that it's the only adventure game from that era that any significant number of current-gen gamers have ever actually played. In terms of sheer fuckery it's considerably friendlier than stuff like, say, Codename: ICEMAN.)
were these like, rented out blockbuster-style and the devs got a cut out of said rent, or
It helps to understand that point and click adventure games are one of the first genres the Git Gud really fixated on, and a lot of these early design trends revolved around catering to that crowd. It only got reframed as a genre for filthy casuals in the wake of a demographic shift in the mid 1990s that saw the genre's player base skewing strongly female; it's practically the only example of a video game genre's reputation flipping directly from "hardcore" to "casual", and one of the most striking illustrations of the fact that which kinds of games are considered "real" games is more about identity politics than mechanics.
Breakdown of what kind of bad boss the sect leaders are:
Lxc: nonprofit ed who got promoted way too young with no management experience who is excellent at executing the mission and whose heart is in the right place but bless his heart you would not put him in charge of a pet rock because the pet rock would die. Gets away with an incredible amount of dysfunction because he's really nice. The person in charge of operations is g-d's strongest soldier and whatever they are getting paid it's not enough.
Nmj: ex military blue collar union guy. Thinks he's very fair and moral and thinks he runs a tight ship because he whips out drill sergeant stuff when people aren't acting right, meanwhile the amount of hazing going on would shame a british prep school. Confuses "yelling at staff" for "addressing the problem." If you're bringing problems with your coworkers to him then you're the one at fault. Man up and work harder. Does inspire big loyalty though.
Jiang Fengmian: checked out head of a family business who swears *he's * not the one bringing his family problems to work, it's his family doing that (he is absolutely doing that). Always says he's going to give people bonuses and always forgets. Actively jeopardizing the business with the family shit he refuses to deal with. Lets his kids and wife terrorize staff and then at most is like "now now, see this is why I can't finalize a succession plan."
Jin Guangshan: do I even need to say it.
Wen Ruohan: fully insane and delusional tech ceo who genuinely believes that like. If they don't build a superintelligence on the moon then the libs will win. Basically peter Thiel.
Wei Wuxian: startup nutcase. Sends you 10 emails for immediate reply at 3am. Misses your scheduled check in because he just HAD to try his new idea Right Now. Ethics and testing are for people who won't be remembered by history. Eats your lunch out of the fridge even when you lable it.
Jiang Cheng: he's on 30 under 30, his org is tight, they are famous for getting things done and done well, but nobody who works there smiles and its because boss man has never said a single nice thing about anyone's work and is always pissed off. Regularly makes staff cry by just saying mean shit. Sadly, he does not mean any of it and doesn't understand why turnover is so high. He does pay really well and the perks are great but is that enough to make up for him taking everything personally and making everything personal?
Jin Guangyao: look i know I am not an unbiased observer but I do think he was a really really good boss ok. Knowledgeable about all aspects of the operation, knows everyone's name and personal details, patient and accommodating. However it is really hard to get him to fire someone even when they are obviously and persistently terrorizing everyone else, which does cause a lot of problems and is very very frustrating to work for because you just wind up having to put up with xue yang despite his hr file being a mile long because boss man feels really bad about firing people. Except for that one intern but that's Very Confidential :). Everyone is shocked when the FBI raids the office and even more shocked when its about him having used company resources to cover up a murder.
i think more final girls should be forty and kind of weird and off-putting
I love that Ryland has all of his fun little T-shirts in the movie and the hacky sack/beanbag because it implies that Stratt went âhold on I know heâs gonna be mad as hell when he remembers whatâs going on but heâs gonna need theseâ. I love her so much, woman of all time ďżź
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I'm thinking of getting a binder and I looked up one of the biggest concerns I have first and started cackling at the top result
saw a post letting people know that your ao3 bookmarks are viewable on your account unless you make them private, which suggests that the median ao3 user does not use ao3 in what i will call 'the optimum fic-finding treadmill' where you find a fic author you like and look through their bookmarks to find more fics that are good and then look through that author's bookmarks for even more good fics. like a conga line of great but extremely specific tastes. or one of those chessboard rice doubling analogies and oh no that is a LOT of ao3 tabs.
Anthony Hurd (American, 1975) - You Have This Hold Over Me (2025)
divorced couple energy ship will always be immaculate to me. we hate each other. we've seen each other naked. I know how you take your morning coffee. I will never make you your morning coffee again. get it yourself. here you go, I gave it to you anyway. you disgust me. I will always be somewhat in love with you. I will be yours forever. you're not mine anymore. you will always be mine. fuck you. let's fuck, for old time's sake. did you steal my cd? no, no. keep it.
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Hornblower, C.S. Forester
one of the funniest conversations I ever had with my ex was when they were still getting used to Celsius and asked me "what's 20 degrees?" and instead of converting it, I said "it's the highest your dad will ever let you set the thermostat and when you say you're cold he tells you to put on another sweater, we're not made of money" and they went "oh, 68"
the fact that this reference was that fucking precise was something they went on to tell people about for years.
riza hawkeye is the smartest fucking character in fma because she looked at herself, a shy sheltered daughter of landed gentry, and she looked at roy, an arsehole with a heart of gold desperately in need of a tragic backstory, and she saw the genre they were in, shĹnen anime, and then CLAWED her way out of fridged wife-hood thru sheer grit and long-distance murder and we salute
meanwhile
roy: so if I'm the one who actually conspires to take down the main villain and successfully coups the government and who is in charge of the country afterwards
scar: and if i'm the one trying to avenge my people and who pieces together my brother's plans and gets revenge
al: and if I'm the one who actually lost the most from human transformation with a likable personality and a unique design
all of them: why are YOU the protagonist
Edward, cackling like a Disney villain: BECAUSE I DRESS LIKE ONE! *high fives riza*
wow
I SAID WHAT I SAID
since ppl are reblogging this version here are the original tags w/o which this doesn't make much sense
I was thinking about the "Natasha Romanoffs" of M/M romances a while back, and how these stories typically do not care or do not have time for the interiority of these hyper competent, endlessly supportive female best friends. So it goes with the sidekick BFFs in romances for a variety of reasons!
And the phrase, "If these women have ever cried while eating ice cream in a bathtub, the story and their best friend don't seem to care," popped into my head at one point. (Note: No, I don't personally know anyone who has ever done this. I'm using it as the classic stand-in for messy emotional distress here.)
And my point now is that this phrase made me think to myself... Do I believe that Natasha Romanoff has ever sincerely cried in the bathtub while eating ice cream?
Honestly, not really. Seems OOC.
However, I do FULLY believe that Natasha Romanoff at one point sat in the bathtub eating a carton of ice cream, or some equivalent activity, just to try and experience a "Normal Girl Life Thing." And maybe she even tried to cry / cried on command! But she was also fully aware the whole time that this whole activity was, essentially, a conscious performance of a "Normal Girl Life Thing."
And, you know, that's fun to explore too. I like to see characters get to be shameless weepers, but I do like also female characters who say shit like, "I sat in the bathtub and ate ice cream and tried to cry like a Hollywood female protagonist, but idk, I didn't really feel anything." And people can say, "Hey, Natasha, what the fuck?"
eh
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Transphobia is about to be signed into law in the UK. We can fight this.
I am begging the UK trans community and its allies to attend the Mass Lobby at Parliament on June 25th, 11am-4pm, organised by Trans Solidarity Alliance.
Last year we broke the record for an LGBT+ mass lobby of Parliament. Will you help us break it again? Join us on 25th June 2026 to demand be
The new EHRC Code of Practice pushes trans people out of toilets, hospital wards, and community spaces. It normalises gender policing based on appearance and stereotypes. It becomes statutory guidance in the UK by the end of June.
Trans people are now legally their assigned gender at birth and must join gendered spaces accordingly, but if they are perceived as their lived gender, they can also be ejected from those spaces. The guidance says: either break the law, or donât pass too well.
A mass lobby is where you invite your MP to discuss your concerns with you in-person. Ask your MP to:
Demand full parliamentary scrutiny, debate, and use their free vote on the EHRC Code of Practice.
Support any motions rejecting the EHRC guidance. As of June 4th, Labour MP Nadia Whittome has submitted a prayer motion - Early Day Motion 240.
Write to Bridget Phillipson, the Minister for Women and Equalities about our concerns
Your MP does not have to be an ally, they do not have to respond to your email for you to show up and greencard them (details below the cut.) What matters is that as many people as possible show up.
I cannot stress this enough: Showing up in person matters. It is much more effective than petitions, emails, and letters.
It is a horrible, stressful time, and I am so sorry if you're trans and live in the UK. But I was at last year's mass lobby and the line for greencarding alone stretched around the back gates. It was a record breaking mass lobby and made us impossible to ignore. Let's do even better this time. Details under the cut:
PSA: tumblr user littlefuckinmonster is stealing human bones from cemeteries in Louisiana. Please donât let them get away with this and spread the word/signal boost!
this post is officially a decade old now
For anyone who wasnt around when this happened, this was real. Littlefuckinmonster was actually stealing bones from cemeteries. She is the bone stealing witch. She was specifically stealing bones from poor people. She was arrested for it.
This is not a Goncharov, this literally happened, hereâs the Wikipedia article about it.
i knew the event was real, but i was three thousand percent convinced the wikipedia article was gonna turn out to be fake. but no, not only is there a real wikipedia article about the bone-stealing witch, not only is the title of that article literally âBoneghazi,â but also
our noble tumblrinas are paragons of tertiary source editing, good work team
