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proof of tiger politeness

WHAT omg i love them holy shit 💜💜💜💜

an unfortunate side effect of traditional roguelikes being philosophically at odds with the design of roguelites (especially modern ones) is that sometimes you'll hear someone say they hate roguelikes and, when they're explaining why, you've got to read the social etiquette on whether it's appropriate to go "hey those are genre norms of roguelites, the ideal version of this you're describing is the older one"

"I wish I liked roguelikes, but I hate it when I get to the end and have to start over because I didn't complete enough runs to unlock the ending" feels a bit like hearing someone say "I wish I liked rock music, but I need vocals to enjoy a song"

the thing about media literacy is that understanding why the author chose to specify that the curtains are blue is the same skill set as understanding that the way the author characterizes all black characters as angry or all chinese characters as meek and silent is racist. it is the same skill set as being able to identify when a news source is biased or when someone is feeding you propaganda. the ability to ask "why did this person choose to present this premise in this specific way?" is a critical skill in a world full of misinformation. why are the curtains blue? maybe it's a characterization detail. maybe it's extraneous worldbuilding. why is this character written as being right all the time? maybe you're intended to disagree with them. maybe it doesn't matter. maybe you should still ask why.

I would let her kill me for sport

Middle Earth doesn't even have plate tectonics. All the mountains were placed there by the Ainur or some shit. The shape of Mordor isn't "unrealistic" the world was intelligently designed by Catholic elf gods.