#asktheseventhhuman

http://bloodrizer.ru/games/kittens/#

Oh my gosh. I did it. I kicked the habit.

That awful game that Blue introduced me to. I have a horrible addiction to these kinds of games. It’s a purely text game involving time and resource management and technological upgrades, but I can’t help but become incredibly obsessive about maximizing my efficiency. THat means I check the game practically every 10 minutes to make sure all my resources are managed properly.

And considering it was getting so bad that I’ve actually switched from an 8-hour sleep schedule to a 4 and 4 schedule, I think it was time to stop. So I deleted my save (but kept the export) and decided to put this game to rest until the next time I get the urge to play it. 8\

> wheeze

P.S. And since I’m a horrible person, I left the link for everyone to enjoy. 8)

A Random Fact about the Mun / PSA - Accepting

I suffer from a tiny bit -okay, make that a large bit - of social paranoia. For those unaware, social paranoia is described as the tendency to believe that people are talking (or laughing) about you in a negative way. 

Since most of my socialization is on the internet, my paranoia often manifests after no one seems to be responding to what I write whether it be in a chat room or a private message - because it naturally begets the question of why people aren’t talking to me. 

The first thought that pops into my head is that someone is talking bad about me and is spreading their negative view to me onto other people.

This can easily turn a good day into a crappy one, the belief that there’s someone whispering bad things about me to both my friends and complete strangers. It’s a source of constant stress, and I’ll be the first to admit that this belief is hard to beat - primarily because you can’t really disprove that people aren’t talking about you behind your back.

Because I’ve dealt with this for so long, I post this in the hopes of helping those who’ve experienced similar things. This small list is my mental checklist that helps me deal with these thoughts.

People get distracted. Chances are if people haven’t responded to your message, they’re probably doing something else. People aren’t online all the time, and when they are online, they’re probably doing many things at once. Like even now, I have over 20 tabs open including Youtube and Tumblr and 15 active Discord chatrooms. 

People just don’t feel like talking. People sometimes just don’t feel like talking. Some get these moods more often than others; some prefer talking to specific people when they get in those moods. If they don’t seem responsive, just give them a day or two: it’s probably because they’re just not in a talkative mood.

Don’t invite trouble. I’d like to think that I’ve been pretty clean and straightforward in my online career. I keep the things that should be kept private private, I don’t talk ill of others, and I don’t go looking for trouble. Though it doesn’t stop the truly malicious, being able to answer the question of “what have I done to make people spread bad gossip of me” with a fairly confident “nothing” does help alleviate a tiny bit of worry. 

Trust your friends. This is especially important when you’re worrying about that dagger in the dark. Remember that your friends are not stupid. If someone’s spreading bad things about you, they know that someone has bad intentions. Even if what’s said happens to be true, when it comes to their friends, people will try to listen to both sides of the story. If it’s not true, even better - because your friends will likely be able to detect that it’s out of character for you.

Bad gossip rarely stays a secret. If a rumor about you is so big that people are avoiding you because of it, it will not stay a secret. It’ll always come out to light whether it be from someone publicizing it or a friend informing you about it. So don’t worry - in the end, you will always have the chance to defend yourself.

I hope this helps people who suffer the same thoughts I do.

Remember that you’re not alone. And remember that often enough the reason people don’t respond is either because they’re distracted or just not in the mood to talk to anyone. 

just two weeks, actually !!

// so I suppose you mean you are patting the Steel because I’m not cute >:3

Unless you mean you pat yourself >_> That’d be weird, but you’re also cute.

“What is it? Did you find your lost brain?”

so, like, steven universe does have a history of having shifting art due to multiple storyboard artists taking turns at outlining episodes. in the first couple seasons, this did lead to a noticeable shift in character expressions, but overall the characters were still proportionally about the same.

steven’s face for example would have more exaggerated expressions or more frequent comedic model breaks depending on the artist, a good example is “together breakfast” (i think it was called that its been a while!!) and the frybo episode.

but, the recent season in particular is struggling with lending storyboard artists too much obvious off model drawing. while old episodes retained a sense of scale, from how steven interacted with stuff at home to how much garnet towered over everyone and the various characters with their body types, recent episodes have lost that. steven interacts with the environment in inconsistent ways, he now needs a step stool to reach counters he was able to freely use in season one, peridot’s height is varying wildly, lapis’ hair is an enigma, neon bright skin is popping up everywhere, belly pudges are disappearing left and right, everyone is turning into what used to be just cutesy figures used for distanced shots.

it feels like there’s no longer a desire to make a cohesive work. the charming light differences in early episodes were charming because the drawing difference was just enough to hint towards an artist, overall the art direction felt solid.

[TheSeventhDemeanor]: If you ignore the hidden bodies in most of them, then yes they are all paradises