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ha! i mean, this is a legit concern but i don’t wanna prepare them to pay taxes either

Ooooh. I like both? If I gotta choose though, it’s gonna be the decker. For magic I prefer shamanism simply for the ability to run off my Charisma (which Elves can pump way better than anyone can pump Logic), and for the fact that the Charisma skills flow more naturally with magic than Logic skills do. If I’m going logic-character, it’s more likely to be a Decker, even if 5e Deckers don’t live up to the all-powerful hacker fantasy.

it’s kinda hilarious that this is one of the only notes i got on that gifset, which i spent HOURS on 

AW YOU GUISE! thank you all, it helps calm my anxiety about it. <3

thanks a lot for MAKING IT WORSE

well, it’s a 2016 horror movie, written and directed by Anna Biller, who is a feminist and an artist. beyond that, it’s kinda hard to explain! it’s an homage to 60s and 70s technicolor films and an exploration of gender dynamics, focusing on sex and love as sources of power. it’s very explicitly made for women, and overall, it’s really well done. (aside: imo, it falls into the very common trap of trying to critique the fetishizing male gaze through the camera but mostly failing and slipping into the gaze instead.) i will have to watch it again because there are so many layers. it’s incredibly carefully and deliberately crafted. most of it is in the aesthetic - the colors are overly bright, the mise-en-scene makes it seem like it takes place outside of time. it’s hard to pinpoint the exact era it takes place in, but i think it’s meant to be within the last 20 years, which is very jarring when you realize it. the story is of a woman, who is the perfect embodiment of a monster created by the patriarchy, who uses sex magic to make men love her. i was also really floored by the acting style, which i think makes it really stand out. i’m still not sure what i think about it, really, but it made me remember that film is still in its infancy - 200 years of an art form, compared to millennia of writing or painting. there are certain movies that make you realize how much more potential there is. we’re basically still in the cave-drawing stage of film! this is one of those films that takes us a step closer to painting on canvas. 

Drop five letters of the alphabet in my ask box, and I’ll give my favorite characters whose names start with those letters.

@academicchris i can always count on you to appreciate my stupid punny jokes. <3