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saiscribbles · 2 months

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What are your future plans for your channel btw? Although I like your content criticizing Lily, I think it’s best for you to move away from her because her time on the internet is a huge trash fire that never leads to anything good.

I’d personally really like to see you talk more about Hazbin Hotel or Steven Universe! Your streams are really fun and I love having them on the side while I work. :)

BOLD OF YOU TO ASSUME I HAVE A PLAN!

Much like I never actually intended to start a Steven Universe AU series I never actually intended to become a YouTuber in the first place.

Here's the story:

For years now I've been doing a stream weekly on Twitch where I just talk with chat while drawing. One day Hiding in Public/Private released a couple of great videos on old SU hate videos, including Lily's infamous "Steven Universe is Garbage and Here's Why".

Not too long after that Lily released "Was I Wrong About Steven Universe?" as a nakedly obvious response. I thought hey, wouldn't it be funny if one stream I just react to this video? Just for funsies? To see if Lily has actually changed her mind on anything?

What I didn't expect was I'd end up spending like half an hour explaining Shoujo Kakumei Utena of all things during that video reaction.

I was kinda impressed with my own recall of Utena despite not having watched it in full in over a decade. So I thought eh for funsies lemme cut down that part and slap it on my account. Which is the same account I've had since 2006. I've put videos up there just for my friends and small number of fans before, as you can see from this Minecraft video from 11 years ago I filmed and edited for my friend for her birthday.

And then that Utena video got 5k views. On my completely unestablished YouTube channel. And I was like... huh. I knew people are annoyed by Lily Orchard but damn.

By that point I had also already decided to react to Lily's video on the Steven Universe Movie the next stream. Cause obviously the SU movie is something pretty near and dear to me that I know very well. And Lily's video was SO BAD and had so many OUTRIGHT LIES in it I thought well hell, let's cut down the two SU reacts into a video too!

It'll probably get like 10k views tops.

And then I'll just fuck off back into the shadows whence I came.

And I suddenly found myself with 3,000 followers.

And I suddenly found myself monetized.

And that video just passed 200k views now. In 3 months.

So I was like... well shit. Now I have this new audience over here on YouTube. I should probably actually give them something. I mean the added revenue stream is nice but I'm not looking to become a career tuber. Mostly I felt like I owed it to this new audience I now have.

So I started doing my art stream on YouTube as well! And I also have been game streaming, if you haven't checked my Lives recently. I've been streaming I Wani Hug That Gator, of all things, while doing silly voices and we're all having a blast. I already wanted to get back into game steaming this year even before this giant explosion in attention.

So for now that's the only thing resembling a plan! I'm gonna keep art and game streaming and cutting videos from those streams. I'm not a video essayist. I can't write and perform a script, I'm just not good at it. But I am very good off the cuff which is why I'm a streamer. I can explain things when prompted. So hey, come to my Wednesday art streams (2pm EST) and poke me for art and writing advice! Or to pick my brain about Steven Universe and Hazbin. I thrive on chat interaction! And then those can be shorts and videos too.

I do plan to do at least 3 or 4 more Lily reacts in the future just because they're videos I think would be funny to react to. But after that? Who knows!

#Sai-chan #YouTube #Ask Answers

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lifes-line · 1 month

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They're hiding lore in the merch line,,

Now this is a theory for a show I only just started watching and I'm not much of a advertisement person either - but I did notice something suspicious. So I have a few theories about the amazing digital circus like everyone in the circus worked on the game, jax is an npc, ragatha is going to die in the last three episodes, etc you get it- But the biggest thing is there is something off about all the character but more suspiciously Jax. Jax for some reason is labelled as "Deserves to be in the circus the most" whatever the hell that means - and his suspicious reaction to a funeral for Kaufmo.

And I didn't ponder on these series until the glitch digital circus song posted 13 minutes ago as of right now. Look at the pin collection at 2:25. It's everyone's rooms. We see Zooble colorful room with a box labelled "zoobles" probably for their exchangeable limbs, Ragatha has a toy bin in her room because her design is clearly meant to be Raggedy Anne, Gangle has a weird red master bedroom, and we even see Kinger's pillow fort - weird that he lives in that but whatever.

But Jax.

Jax is instead in front of his bedroom door and without a tag behind his name to proudly display it also like all the others, it's been ripped in half. In fact it his name looks like it's been knocked over. And the background depicting his bedroom door is actually torn and ripped like someone is tearing away at it.

The description of the pin on the website reads "Jax pin just lounging around watching funny things happen to people."

And while this could all mean nothing - as we saw in the pilot(where jax rips up the sign that says "SPARE" and in episode two where he is upset at the lack of disaster - Jax tends to lean more towards violence and destruction adventures/video games. But regardless - it's still a mystery as to what the inside of Jax's room looks like. The standing theory is he locks his door and while he has keys to everyone's room it's possible he has a key to his own room and just locks his door from the outside to keep people away. But that just further supplies the biggest question of all; "What is Jax hiding?" It's possible in the Jax episode we get to see what his room looks like - my theory is Jax's episode is actually the minimum wage 9 to 5 episode because it'd be funny.

Anyway I just find it weird - Jax seems to be the attention grabber of practically ever audience member, I don't know if there is an answer to why he does the things he does but we'll see with time. this is just a fun thing I personally noticed.

Edit: YouTube has been recommending me Jax as npc theories(i don't wanna be like "oh I came up with that theory first" because i dont really give a sh*t) but there has been multiple signs to Jax being an npc to discuss. For example in the pilot he is the first character to drop the fact that npcs exist in this game, he's the only character to put the idea of 'being here for years' into the circus members heads and Pomni's head too, he knows that Kinger supposedly has been here the longest, he has keys to everyone's room, he gets excited over digital food. Now a lot to unpack here but the biggest thing is how does Jax know how long they've been in the circus? Also tying into the question - how does Jax know how long Kinger 'supposedly' has been here?

In the second episode there isn't much clear of a sign he is an npc other than his suspicious reaction to Kaufmo's funeral, his ability to steal the key from Ragatha without being seen, AND CAINE ACTUALLY IMPLYING THERE'S AN NPC IN OUR MIDST. He heavily alludes to the fact that if he were to confuse a human with an NPC he doesn't know what that'll do to the programming of the world - much less how that'll change how things run in the circus. But if Jax were an NPC would Caine have not caught him as he entered through the portal? Unless Jax was from an adventure that took place within the circus - and we know very well that can happen according to "Capture the Gloinks" in episode one.

But also if Jax were an NPC why do the circus members not expose him and have him deleted? Well - according to Jax. Kinger has been here the longest - then in the second episode it was confirmed Ragatha has been here the second-longest. So really only those two could possibly know the truth. So that means Jax will never get turned in. Kinger is too far gone to even remember if Jax is a human or not and I doubt he'd care anyway. Ragatha as we see in episode 2 - likes the npcs. She even plays along with their LARPing and is excited to be friends with the candy princess. If she knows what Jax truly is - despite his constant pranks on her, she could be well aware he's just doing what he is programmed to do/be. A trickster and an obstacle and despite how crazy he's making her she's willing to roleplay along with an NPCs antics.

The pin idea - since his walls are ripped apart to show an image leaking into the void- as well implies that Jax isn't a real member of the circus and is instead a piece of AI carefully built from the void, something Caine openly admits to still be working on in the pilot episode.

A lot to think about - I would genuinely be surprised if we find out Jax isn't an NPC because this theory is just too convincing at this point.

#the amazing digital circus #tadc jax #jax

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technobladestanblog · 6 months

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I never really talk about it but the only reason I got into dsmp was cause tiktok kept showing me clips of technoblade in the dsmp and I was like that's the funniest minecraft youtuber I've seen in a while. then I found his potato war videos and said great I guess I'm watching his whole backlog (also mutuals on here saying technoblade was where it's at) so then I'm introduced to philza and Wilbur and Tommy and I'm like yeah they're fun too and now im watching dsmp but only really technoblade streams. so most of my plot knowledge is techno and philza centric and then I'm like I guess I'll check out dr*ms stuff and the videos were ok but I didn't really like the editing so I stick with technoblade n friends and as time goes on I just stayed watching dsmp and interacting with fandom but more in a I wanna know more about this guy and his lore. and all that to say is that with the reignited discussion on "dsmp made (anyone who wasn't dr*m and friends)" I just thought I'd share my own experience. like the only thing that brought me in was the tiktok clip I saw. and dr*m wasn't even in it I think it was just a clip of techno talking to his audience. and then when I was watching I'm I only really caring about techno and his closest friends. like I would compare it to watching a survivor/big brother and only caring for one or two contestants, like in not watching for the show I'm watching for the specific person. idk this became a rant/ramble sorry for the long post this Christmas eve lol

#philza #technoblade

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▌┊What made you pick up this character? ☇ as asked by : @sozokami

Other than the obvious fact that Micah and the Starwake System are the primary protagonists of Antineon Hieraeon, writing them as taking great opportunities to explore and expand more of their series and universe along with themselves and their connections, the Starwake System bring endless joy and comfort to me. I love each Starwaker so much, regardless how significant to small their role is as both a character and alter. If they exist, they're more than good enough to us and me. With Micah in particular, there's everything about them that I find infinitely endearing and inspiring. They're my most joy and comfort character who gives me so many lessons and reminders. The idea that even when the universe and the world is full of pain and horrors, love will always exist in every little form and detail. The message that despite everything that any genuine good people had faced and continue to endure onward, we are still lovable and loved to the end. The Starwake System is supposed to be a symbol of devotion to me while their love and light inspires me every single day to try to love not just the people and places and things around me even after everything, but especially myself with Sunhound and our starmates as well. Writing the Starwake System is like loving the universe and ourselves despite it all.

▌┊How did you get into this franchise / fandom?

Answering this question as to how did we create Antineon Hieraeon, metafiction is one of my special interests as I've always been so fascinated with the concept of the narrative itself with how the characters and audience interact with it and are part of it. I extremely enjoy storytelling and I'd love to have my own original series that is vast and comprehensive, regardless either they become well known or remain as niche as it is now, and I want to have a series that contains as many aesthetics and themes / motifs and concepts that I am passionate of as possible. Hence, Antineon Hieraeon is able to tell its story in many genres and styles and even mediums ( as each saga is carried in a specfic media style, such as saga 1 being a show, saga 2 is a movie, saga 3 is a music album, saga 4 is podcast, etcetera ) Jujutsu Kaisen, Chainsaw Man, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Dorohedoro, House Of Leaves, Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint, Everything Everywhere All At Once, Adventures with Markiplier, Undertale, and the Magnus Archives are Antineon Hieraeon's most prominent inspirations. If I was into the franchise / fandom as a fan, it could likely be from fanmade video edits or animations on YouTube since I enjoy watching them a lot while that's how we got into most medias.

▌┊What’s the best and worst things about the series?

The best thing about the series fact that it's manifold with about every aspects from the plots and settings, themes and motifs, tropes and archetypes, etcetera. It's just an extremely fun and interesting series that is able to explore all sorts of contexts, characters, etcetera; but overall, it have a strong balance of comedy and tragedy, as this series is a tragicomedy work. While it does touch upon the positive aspects of living and the universe, it doesn't hesitate to explore the darker ones as well. It's about everything and everyone and everywhere, all at once. The worst thing about the series though is the character deaths... There's a lot of characters, both with prominent and minor roles, who will die in this series, and there are a lot of characters that we see are lovable, but are doomed to the Narrative. Even as a creator myself, I get really upset at the idea of killing certain characters off, and we wish we can keep every lovable characters only alive to the end, but the entities from the beyond need blood and death for this story to move on.

▌┊What’s the best and worst things about the fandom?

If there is a fandom for Antineon Hieraeon, I feel like a lot of folks would make insanely good analysis and art contents. There’s a lot of themes and scenes that can make one reflect or be inspired to create any arts or analyses of them. I think the passions that people would express in diverse forms of creativity would make the fandom more enjoyable to be part of. I think the worst is some people will likely tend to reduce the importance and high depth of the contexts and characters, especially with the Starwake System being the primary subject to this treatment even as each Starwaker is with their intentions and system role are complex. Micah and Phobos would be the main subjects to this treatment, with the former being infantilized and the latter villainized excessively. Antineon Hieraeon as a whole is chaotic and complex, so it often does require great time and effort to grasp and cover over, but just as highly possible we can see people would be able to make great metas on Antineon Hieraeon, the likelihood of many people seeing any characters and contexts in a more simpler way is quite high as well that we can see be the worst attribute of the fandom.

▌┊What’s the best and worst things about the canon you are writing?

Micah is certainly known to be the most lovable character in the series that even somehow, most of the more reserved and snarkier characters would eventually form a liking of them. They’re sweet, passionate, and optimistic; and Micah is just so endearing and inspiring. Their capabilities to be most loving and hopeful and kind despite everything and anything is the best part about them while it is an extremely important aspect of their character and the series. The worst thing about Micah is how extremely emotional and sensitive they are. Their vulnerability often remove their capabilities to make judgement or choices, so it places them in a dangerous position that a great amount of people would take to their advantages. I also personally find these aspects of Micah extremely draining to think about and write out. I'm not an angst lover and I do feel quite awful when the Starwake System, especially Micah, would go through a negative event. But Micah is wonderful overall. They're just the best constellation to exist out there.

▌┊What would you say is the most unique trait about your character? ☇ as asked by : @sozokami

I think the significant power that Micah’s love holds is the most special trait about them. Antigods have the abilities to be aware that they’re in the Narrative while they’re able to manipulate it in some ways to some degree, depending on the order power they’re in ( from Order 1 being weakest and Order 4 as strongest ). Micah is capable of manipulating it as well, although what most individuals don't realize and themself starting to see is their ability to love entirely and endlessly is what bends and breaks the laws and barriers of reality. I extremely enjoy characters who are kind and hopeful and determined despite it all, and to have Micah be like this, yet their love and hope and determination are what actually alters people and places and even the reality with time and space themselves is something I find it incredibly unique to their character.

▌┊Have you tweaked the character from canon? If so, what did you tweak? ☇ as asked by : @sozokami & @primordyalsoul

The only thing that's been tweaked with the Starwake System is lowering their level of omniscience solely for roleplay purposes, and it's not for improvement, but just to avoid the metagaming that we can understand most writers wouldn't want, while we don't feel like having to ask constantly if it's okay that the Starwake System can be aware of who and what they are entirely, and if so, what details can they know and can not. ( We do plan to eventually create a consent post for this while eventually reaching out to discuss the limits and potential plots from that knowledge. ) The Starwake System is originally at Order 4, even their dossier currently says they are, meaning they are aware of everything that happen in the storyline, but while metagaming is considered, it's also hard to write them in the roleplay context where the storyline is continuous and generally unplotted, so it makes sense for them to be at (Semi-)Order 3 at the very least for roleplay. Regardless, it's still interesting to write the Starwake without being entirely omniscience.

▌┊Would you say that your portrayal is canon divergent or not?

90% of the times us cluster with Sunhound are canon improvising, meaning that we're just coming up with these canon events as time goes on in most aspects, so even we don't know what will happen with most upcoming scenarios and events of the Antineon Hieraeon's storyline here. Although, regardless, there really isn't anything of the Starwake System or their series in particular that our portrayal diverged as we want to stick close to our canon as much as possible, even if we go to the certain parts that I and / or Sunhound isn't quite happy with.

▌┊Are there some things you dislike about how the series portray the character you have picked up? If so, what?

I had to ask any of my starmates about this and and receiving a thought from an anonymous starmate, there's a concern that I can agree with that this series tends to make Micah be the " loser " of the situation, for a lack of better wording, while there are a lot of scenes, especially with brawls involved, where Micah couldn't achieve. Because of this, the series does make Micah seem like an extremely weak and vulnerable character that makes them be targeted to being heavily demeaned and underestimated from the audience ( and some characters being like this to them can also encourage that treatment and mindset ). There are several good reasons why the series is like this to Micah, but, we can certainly see that the series' treatment to Micah's failures can be seen as demeaning if those reasons aren't caught on and reflected upon in mind.

▌┊Are there any other characters from the franchise you’d like to play? ☇ as asked by : @primordyalsoul

Actively writing Micah's close friends and Hierokoinonia partners ( their closest work partners ), Sweetsilence and Steelstorm would be really cool. The former is a phantom while the latter is an android, and there's a lot of themes in terms of their identity and lose / regain of humanity and (dis)connection with the world are something Sunhound and I would've love to explore and expand on. Angelparadox, the Vice Head of Break Beyond Force as the institution itself, is another character I'd love to write more actively as well. He's an extremely enigmatic and interesting character who is the " black sheep " of the Antigodeus society. There's more to him than what meets the eyes and he offers a lot of scenarios and discussions that would be really fun and fascinating to write about.

▌┊Are there some characters from the franchise you can’t stand? ☇ as asked by : @primordyalsoul

Personally, I'm not the biggest villain characters lover, so, at the moment with the characters who has appeared in the series thus far, it's just the Infernal Infinity as a whole, the main antagonistic group of the Antineon Hieraeon with Devileye being its leader. The group hurt and killed a lot of Antigods pre and during canon series, including physically and emotionally injuring Micah several times, and anyone who is actively hurting Micah is on my " can't stand these motherfucking bitches " list.

▌┊What are your thoughts on the canon ships for the character, if any?

Micah and Adoniram... To be honest, while we haven't really been able to explore Adoniram's character and the relationship between it and Micah as much as we'd like due to my and Sunhound's heavier interest in Micah and Warlock to spend more of our time and energy with them than other characters in general, but there are reasons that we can't share yet that I'm just not deeply connected with them together as a couple the way I am with Micah and Warlock ( if I consider them as a canon ship ) that I currently don't have much concrete thoughts to share. What I can say though is they're simply a complicated couple who makes me very emotional and teary eyed at them together and the fate of their relationship.

Micah and Phoebus is extremely special and meaningful and personal to me. Phoebus never cared about relationships in general, as they didn't think they're capable to have them, but they always hold infinite love and care for Micah that they would want to be with them in a romantic way one day, even if Micah would be upset and dismissive with them for a long period of time at first due to their goals and roles as a system alter clashing each other. But I get really emotional thinking about how far they've come both individually and together. They had a very rough start of their relationship, but to see it improves over time while they are willing to trust each other more and communicate, it's just extremely nice. I think it's important to portray every parts of OSDDID, including general relationships between alters along with the romantic aspect of it, so seeing them with Phobos and Philos ( and then four of them eventually ) brings me and Sunhound infinite joy. I love them so dearly much and I wish them every happiness alone and together.

With Micah and Warlock, believe it or not, but despite the extreme closeness they hold, the ship between them isn't currently an official thing since their relationship at the moment is in such disarray that either of them, even Micah, can't find the most fitting term to describe them together. Warlock loves Micah, but it dreads the idea of being an actual partner that it believes it can't be for Micah. As much as Warlock does love and care for Micah, it still holds a belief that it isn't good enough for Micah who can abandon it in the end, hence, there's still that fear and uncertainty in Warlock on changing its relationship with Micah to the romantic status, hence why we don't count them as a canon ship just yet, but they will be my and Sunhound's most favourite canon ship ever.

▌┊What is your personal ship bias for your canon character?

One of the things about Micah that I love so much is they're so lovable and shippable in Antineon Hieraeon, that it is actually possible that a ship between Micah and an antagonistic character in the series. But as my personal ship bias for Micah, the ones who come in mind and I do very much enjoy the idea of Micah being with are Sweetsteel and Steelstorm, Detective Myster Strange, Daniel Darling, Ophis Cosmoboros, and Byte.

▌┊Are there any ships you can’t stand, why?

Not that I can find anyone with Micah as a ship unpleasant at the moment, but I wouldn't be comfortable with Micah being shipped with any of the Break Beyond Force Heads due to power dynamic, especially Angelparadox for many reasons.

▌┊How long have you been writing the character?

Seven months, amazingly! Very much looking forward to reach to the Starwake System's first anniversary here on April! And hoping to get to continue to write them in many more years then. ♡

▌┊Should people get into the franchise your writing from, yes or no?

Yes, for sure. If the person highly enjoys the genres of metafiction along with dark fantasy and supernatural or any of the Antineon Hieraeon's inspired medias that we mentioned, then they are most likely going to enjoy this series as well. As said before, the series is extensive and comprehensive that it holds a lot of the different plots and characters and themes / motifs that people can find the series enjoyable to get into.

▌┊If you could sum up your character with one sentence, what would it be?

" I don't believe in Fate— none of us do— we've only ever believed in ourselves. " is a sentence Micah said at some point in the series that sums up Micah and the Starwake System as a whole perfectly. The existence and rebellion of Fate is one of the things that Antineon Hieraeon emphasizes on a lot across the series, and Fate plays an important role in the Starwake System's life since they had all come into existences, but this sentence is most fitting to the Starwake System because it indicates the fact that they are still alive, not because they must be so, according to Fate itself, but it has always been because of each other and themselves, with their love and care that they all hold together in one and another of the Starwake System.

▌┊Which song do you feel describes your character the most and why? ☇ as asked by : @p0pestar

The top song, FAR LIGHT by Crywolf, is the most perfect song for Micah while the bottom song, TRIALS by Starset is so for the Starwake System. Can't even explain why, just perceive the lyrics... They're just so perfect for them!!!

#𓁹 ༑ ࿐ྂ ⩇⩇ : ⩇⩇ ⚠︎ [ 𝙴𝚇𝙸(𝚂)𝚃 : 𝙶𝙾𝙳 ] * ‹ OOC . ›#𓁹 ༑ ࿐ྂ ⩇⩇ : ⩇⩇ ⚠︎ [ 𝙴𝚇𝙸(𝚂)𝚃 : 𝙶𝙾𝙳 ] * ‹ ANSWERS . ›#𓁹 ༑ ࿐ྂ ⩇⩇ : ⩇⩇ ⚠︎ [ 𝙴𝚇𝙸(𝚂)𝚃 : 𝙶𝙾𝙳 ] * ‹ META . ›#[ FINALLY HERE WE FUCKING G O! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ]#[ thank you so much to those who asked us the prompts out of interest and anyone who's been eyeing at the answers!!! ]#[ had so much fun answering these and thinking about Antineon Hieraeon and the Starwake System... ]#[ I love ANHA and TSS so mcuh I'm so so so beyond grateful and happy they exist 💖✨💖✨💖✨ ]

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ashen-sky · 9 days

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Red vs. Blue: Restoration

Writing this as I watch, Spoilers ahead

Doc and Wash's conversation feels like an exposition dump, and I can't tell if it's because Wash is being interrogated or the dialogue really is that clunky.

THE AIS ARE BAAAACK. Also poor Tucker, being conscious through it all and knowing Sigma wants to kill him.

I feel like Church's animated explanation feels kind of out of place, not because it's not something he would do but because it feels so modern compared to where the Chorus reds and blues left off. Like it feels more like a dig at the audience than a joke in universe because up until this point they got by with verbal explanations. It would have felt more natural for Church to day "Since we don't have time for you guys to not understand, I made a video" instead of "Since no one can understand anything without fast moving pictures" (or whatever the exact line was).

Also, Church's inability to predict what Caboose says is so funny.

This whole thing is just Valhala and the hunt for the director all over again. Which is fine because at least there's no cyclops. This isn't a complaint, just an observation.

Anyways Church should have withheld Omega, not the memories of why combining is such a dumb idea. Like, one of the pieces that build the basis of his sanity (I.e Delta, Theta, ect.)

Was the pilot supposed to be 479er?

Lmao, Simmons getting "Shut up Caboose"'d and Caboose apologizing.

Caboose still has the confetti gun!

"It looks more like they're making fun of the last four years, which is fine because that's what it started as" -my dad, who I agree with when you look at it like that

Anyways, that was prompted by the security team working from home, which was a funny bit

It was 479er! Pretty sure the VA is different, do love her re appearance.

Love Tucker taking control, Caboose telling him not to blame himself, and Sarge going back was a really nice sequence.

... THEY KILLED SARGE, NOOOOO. I mean, I guess it's character growth for him but... the idiots were all supposed to leave together.

Why does Blood gultch look a bad 3D rendering?

Griff finally got discharged and he stuck around!

It kind of feels like this was roo focused on being the end. Like that campfire scene? It was cute, and the memories were nice, but it felt too final.

Nothing will beat Church's hero speech, but Caboose's speech? The story of Allison and memory? Definitely a favorite

It's also fitting that Tex and Carolina took Meta down, along with the reds and blues, because the Meta exists because of them. And it tormented them. It was their closure, and Carolina getting to fight with her mother made it necessary and not just a rehash of Alpha letting Tex go and the director dying. Also, Tex finally got to do what she wanted. She got to choose her fate.

Also, that twist with Doc made that clunky conversation make more sense. Seeing the freelancers made me happy, and holy fuck finding out Doc was dead was sad.

Wait, I never saw past s16, is one a reference to something? Also, one sounds like 479er, is that the real 479?

Tucker’s after credit scene was sweet... Bow-Chika-Bye now!

All in all, this wasn't a bad finale. I definitely think it would have been better as episodes because the tone wasn't consistent enough for a movie, those Wash bits early on felt a bit shoehorned in. But I don't really think anyone's characters were butchered, even Sarge dying is understandable.

Red vs Blue is about cycles, and this put an end to them all. The AIs are gone, Wash isn't letting the memories of the dead control him, Sarge isn't stuck in endless search of battle, and Griff is free of the military.

The show definitely isn't worse off with this finale, and the memory speeches (both Caboose's and Carolina/Wash's halucinations), are definitely in the top 3 with Church's hero speech for me. I am kind of glad they did this though, because the end of s13 did sort of imply that the AI fragments would be back and this finally and truly put them to rest.

EDIT: I FORGIT THE MOST IMPORTANT PART! Tex being able to kick Meta's ass because she was the Reds and Blues memory and not Alpha or Leonard's was a nice touch. I thought when Caboose was telling the story of Allison it was because it was such a huge driving force for Chruch, but it was because it was Tex and she needed to know who she was.

#anime devil's thoughts #red vs blue #red vs blue restoration

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starlene · 8 months

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Assorted Moulin Rouge! Stockholm thoughts:

I think it was Thalia's guidance that led me to the front of the balcony in this performance. You see, I've never been a fan of Moulin Rouge! the movie (mostly because of the way it's edited – the music video kinda style is too fast for me; it already feels like that inside my brain all the time, I don't need any more of that in a cinematic format), and though I've listened to the Broadway cast recording a lot, I wouldn't call myself a fan of the musical either. And yet, when they announced the Stockholm production, I knew I had to go to see it.

So, thank you, Thalia, for your guidance and blessing. The show absolutely slapped all the way through.

However... as I said, I'm not a MR! fan, so this point has probably been made a million times and I just haven't seen it, but: the love story in this is... kinda awful, right? Like, I know it's the whole point that Christian is young and naïve and goes mad with love, but oh man, when he goes full young werther near the end and the dying woman has to talk/sing him out of committing suicide in front of a whole audience of people... dunno, I just think he could've handled Satine's rejection a whole lot better, right?

Also, to me, the story would actually be more touching if Satine wasn't dying quite so actively. I know it's an adaptation of La traviata, I know their use of the dying courtesan character archetype is very deliberate – but even so, to me, it would feel more tragic if Satine had to leave with the Duke in the end, living a rich but empty life as his mistress, with only the memory of her and Christian's song left of her true love. There must be fanfics like this, I gotta go read them.

Anyway, I'm not watching and loving this for the story, I'm watching and loving it for the vibes. And the vibes were 100% right in Stockholm. It's not a serious show or something to be taken seriously at all, it's just kitch and glitz and glamour and fun, but with just enough of a dark edge to keep it interesting to me.

Speaking of Satine, though: as @veilingofthesun wrote, Marsha Songcome was made for the role. I don't really have any insights about the character or the performance (it's hard to analyse perfection), I just want to point out that she was just right for the role.

I promised you Harold Zidler posting, so here goes: I'm in love with Morgan Alling in the role. Like. It's not very girlboss feminist of me, but can't help it, middle-aged musical men are my kryptonite. I knew this was going to happen, and here we are. Alling has such a kind energy somehow, and it suits the role surprisingly well! We're creatures of the underworld, we cannot afford to love my ass – he so clearly loves Satine, not romantically of course, but loves her nevertheless. There was something so real/human about the character to me. I gotta see this again just so I can analyse him further.

Also loved Alexander Larsson as Toulouse-Lautrec. What a voice! And Fred Johanson as the Duke of course – he does a great villain and his voice is to die for, just shame about the awful wig.

Currently, MR! the musical is running in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark. They're not Broadway replicas, but they're all replica productions of each other, directed by Anders Albien (+ co-directors from Norway and Denmark, I think). Seeing how they've all premiered a couple of weeks within each other, I'd love to hear about the logistics of the thing – how did the creative team manage three simultaneous productions? (Also, why is Finland not a part of this so-called "Nordic production"? Or might we be getting our share later on? I've no doubt whatsoever that MR! is coming to Finland soon, but I'm curious to see if it'll be this production or something else.)

They sung in English but spoke in Swedish. I understand this musical must be an absolute nightmare to translate, and here, since both of those are foreign languages to me, it didn't bother me too much. But if they do the same thing in the eventual Finnish production of MR!, I think I'll have a bigger problem with it, since having to switch between my native language and a foreign language feels more awkward.

tl;dr: Moulin Rouge! Stockholm slaps and I have to see it again, who's coming with me?

#Moulin Rouge!#Nordic musical theatre

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blockgamepirate · 4 months

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I've been thinking about how much I enjoy the way roleplay allows stories to live and grow as they're being told, how it creates such unique narratives that nobody would probably have come up with just writing a conventional story

To some extent this is also something that happens with serialised storytelling, like with many TV shows and audio dramas and comics and even serialised novels, whenever a piece of media isn't fully written in advance, where often the story changes along the way, actors might leave, audiences might latch onto a character nobody expected to be popular so the writers have to quickly write them into more stories, storylines might be so unpopular that they get retconned or otherwise redirected, or the writers might straight up change their minds about something in the middle, etc.

And the result is going to be different from what you'd get if you rewrote the whole thing from the start with the changes in mind. The latter will probably turn out more polished and maybe even actually better, but it won't have quite the same kind of organic charm

Conventional, carefully edited storytelling can be great, and I often appreciate it a lot and strive to achieve it myself, but I also tend to find it kind of boring. Sometimes even when it's great, even when I find it to be a really special and revelatory experience, even if I enjoy it a lot in the moment, I just don't end up going back to it. It doesn't occupy my mind the way more flawed works do (and after all, flaws often create texture and style and what would art be without those)

And like I said, often you don't get the truly unique and strange kinds of narratives in conventional fiction because the strangeness gets edited out and polished out of existence, or just never even comes up because people set out to write a Good Story that follows certain concepts of what makes a story good. Concepts that serialised storytelling often completely ignores, because it's always moving ahead and can't look back

And of course improv storytelling is that but even more so because in improv the whole thing is "written" live. Roleplaying can be fully improv but it can also be somewhat of a fusion of serialised storytelling and improv when there's some sort of GM guiding the story to an extent. (Also of course even in improv you can sometimes have some pre-planned story beats that you're trying to hit)

I really enjoy that sort of middle point between full improv and serialised storytelling where a lot of roleplay series in general live, but of course I particularly enjoy MCRP because there's something really fun about having a setting that the players are able to freely move around in and interact with in real time. I mean I guess the same could be said about other video game roleplay too but I haven't watched any lol (also I think in some ways Minecraft could be uniquely flexible because you really can interact with almost everything)

That's also why I tend to find it really frustrating when people try to make Minecraft storytelling more polished and pre-planned. I enjoy how organic it can be, that's its main charm factor for me

I have more thoughts but I gotta go now do real life stuff so idk maybe I'll continue later (also don't have time to proofread this, sorry, there might be typos and weird wording choices)

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waywardmillennial · 5 months

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update on me

what I've been up to the past few months -- that'll end up being mostly a fandom update bc that is my life (no joke) and also some insights into what I'll be blogging about more now

✰ dan and phil games returned!

anyone who follows me on discord knows I love dnp and I was shocked when they made their dramatic comeback last October. that funeral video was so extra, in the most dnp way! I'm so happy that they're already making the channel whatever they want it to be, and can both be out and make so many gay jokes now

✰ ofmd s2

it was beautiful. it was sad. it was joyous. those first few eps were so much darker than we were used to, but I trusted Jenks and he did a great job (esp when you think of max cutting so much of their budget -- bugs bunny meme to those twats). but I was given so many Izzy feelings that I never asked for T_T doing what I can to help get s3 renewed and I have some hope

✰ loki s2

this one was also beautiful, and heartbreaking, but in a good hurt kind of way. this season was made with so much love and honestly one of the best things marvel has ever made. s2 also gave us O.B. (Ke Huy Quan I love you!) and it was even gayer than s1 which I didn't know was possible. I want more (kinda?) but also don't want them to mess up what was practically a perfect ending -- and the most canon lokius we could have hoped for. if they decide to let the old men kiss, then they can greenlight s3

✰ doctor who

the end of the year really kept given me more fandom content than I could keep up with -- but having Tennant and Tate back together again was such a joy! and following the trend of everything else I've been excited about recently, DW came back loudly declaring "gay rights!" I'm unsure if disney being so involved is a good thing (I'm inclined to say it's not) but I already love Ncuti and I can't wait for more of Fifteen & Ruby. and I'm still crying about Wilf tbh

✰ the marvels

solid movie. so much fun. Kamala and family stole the show! and god bless they made Carol gayer

✰ holiday times

I put more effort into celebrating halloween and christmas and enjoyed both of them more than I have in the past few years, so that was really nice.

✰ creative writing

I have only started to get back into doing anything creative but I have a few ideas. I'd like to finally post a stony fic this year. and maybe lokius. and probably skippypants (I have a few others that are very rare pair, so who knows)

EDIT: I can't believe I forgot a big one!

✰ gf live

what an amazing show! the boys are so good with a live audience and it was a treat to watch the show with a whole theatre full of people. it's the best way to watch it imo and I would do it again. and at my show Mari came up to wait in a line near me so I talked to her for a bit. I didn't ask for a photo or anything, just had a normal conversation. but I definitely melted into a puddle right after and she is even more beautiful in person!

#blog psa #this'll be pinned for a little while #sorry if that annoys you #I'm also still very much into Watcher content and anxiously awaiting what the new Steven show could be (pls say Andrew is joining!)#if you see anything on this list that you wanna fan out about feel free to message me #I won't publish any asks that are marked PM [Private Message]#I also accept prompts #esp for lokius bc I wanna write for them but I have less ideas #and could use a set of beta eyes on my stony stuff

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pandor-pandorkful · 7 months

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The folly of being multifaceted strikes again.

I think maybe I just gotta stop trying to make art streams work for me, at least until I'm an Affiliate and/or can get some better internet...

So if you don't know, twitch has a timed achievement system that tracks your various stats from your streams. The requirements for the Affiliate achievement, which allows you to apply to get paid, are as follows:

Get 50 followers

Stream for 8 hours

Stream on 7 different days

Have an average of 3 viewers

That's it. Sounds so easy right?

Welllll... no....

Gaining followers is a very, very slow process. (I get it, I was incredibly choosy about who I follow on twitch at first, too.) It's maddening, but it's also the one statistic that doesn't "drain" over time, assuming people STAY followed.

8 hours streamed is probably the easiest requirement to hit. But you can lose it if you don't keep streaming, twitch only counts the most recent 30 days of activity.

7 days is the same deal as hours.

3 average viewers is the one that's got me worried about doing art streams, however. My game streams are the only reason I'm coasting by on an average of 3.5... every low turnout art stream I do chips away at that average.

I've had two good art streams so far in the past 30 days: one on a Wednesday afternoon/evening where I was making sticker designs and @shiftythrifting raided me with their audience (💜🧡💜🧡💜), and last Saturday/Day 2 of Frankentober, where I was doing a prompt randomization drawing challenge (of my own weird design) and had basically bribed people to watch with promises of giveaways. ^^;;;

Those streams still had lower passive view counts than my game streams, but they were over 3 at least. The rest of my art streams have been trending worse than that.

Why?

It's harder to vamp when you're actively trying to work on a drawing. That's the main reason speed draws are the norm on youtube-artists dub over the footage after they're done. Drawfee's an outlier, managing to vamp to live drawings by being a multi person team. (So 1 person draws and the other 3 vamp.)

Games are easy because even if you're failing to be entertaining at least the game itself is entertainment.

I'm not completely used to drawing for an audience yet, so generally I tend to come off as overly nervous or low energy. The more art streams I do, the better I get at them... but....

My internet connection is terrible. I can only stream crunchy, 480p video. Which doesn't do my art any favors. (A chatter said on Saturday, upon winning a sticker sheet of my Merfolk: "OH!! You're a GOOD artist!!!" Which made me laugh! ...and despair, a little bit. ^^;;;;;;; I am a trained and practiced artist, but fuck if my crunchy streams aren't doing their damnedest to obscure that.)

So. What to do.

I could switch to making speed draws on youtube, and just game on twitch. But there are several reasons why I really, REALLY wanted art streaming to work out for me:

Having a set work schedule really helps my ADHD, and having an audience helps me focus better

When I manage to get some active chatters it's REALLY fun!!

I was hoping I could use the vods to make shorter vids for youtube... but due to the low settings I'm forced to stream at, it's pointless.

I don't have much disk place on my pc for recording videos, and it's been 7 years or so since I last did any video editing and I'm not looking forward to looking uo tutorials to try reminding myself how to work a video editing suite. >_<

So idk. I wish I felt confident I could afford better internet, cuz that's the big linchpin here.

But random ideas I could try:

Try streaming art at a bunch of different times on a bunch of different days and see if that helps... (tedious, and more likely to hurt my view average even more.)

Give up on 2d art streams for awhile and embrace the mad science angle: stream trying to learn Blender instead.

Also I still haven't tried setting up the webcam to do needle felting yet. If I can find an angle where my boobs stay out of shot, that could be something? (Difficult, there's a reason I want them chopped off. They get in the way for everything. )

Set up a Discord server for my patrons and ko-fi supporters and do work streams of my 2d art there, so that in theory I can still get some of that precious audience-created focus my adhd-addled brain needs so badly

Stop streaming art on twitch and try art-focused streaming site Picarto instead

Ahhhhhh it's all just... maddening. Idk.

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I don't engage with the object show community anymore but I learned a lot of important things from there.

this is an important read and i'd suggest, even if you have no idea what i'm talking about, to at least skim it.

i think the best thing the OSC did for me was, by far, reignite and reinforce an interest in tangible creation and taking part in ideas that might not be entirely my own. I learned how to voice act, I learned how to write scripts, I learned how to audio and video edit, I even made entire fucking "animations" (a series of png images lol) for camps. the most valuable skills I learned in content creation that I hope to employ in the future came from group sourced work, where I'd be paid nothing to lend my voice, but I genuinely enjoyed my time doing so. sure, it was all "for exposure", and I wouldn't suggest anyone to do anything for no pay if they're putting countless hours into it, which I did. but this was all under the notion that these were silly projects between friends, and I was volunteering to help. If you've ever seen "Quio", "savingSoliloquy", "alorazoriia", or "c00kiecache" on a voice credits list, you've heard my voice. hell, even working on Battle for the Respect of Roboty was fun at the time, as... awful as it turned out to be. i'd say all of that was worth it. it led to a lot of good things in my future, and will continue benefiting me in times yet to come.

However, I also learned something about being platformed, especially between the ages of 15-16. It's... really fucking hard. i was nowhere near "famous", or a "celebrity", or an "influencer", not by a longshot. but even with my small glimmer of reach, i abused that power without realizing it. i was severely mentally ill and seeking any kind of validation, and my search brought me to a bunch of like-minded people. we ended up feeding off of each other's negativity, bringing each other deeper and deeper into being terrible people, then we were suddenly thrust into the spotlight. I did and said terrible things to this day I think about constantly and regret with every ounce of my soul-- i was vindictive, spiteful, and highly aggressive, with a disgustingly dark and cruel sense of humour. (if you've heard about the OSC squad, I was definitely a proponent and enabler of their toxicity. and also please keep in mind that, although I can't say for certain on everyone, it's been years, and these people have made leaps and bounds in term of improving themselves, myself included.) but it taught me something very important that's stuck with me since the day I realized it: Before you get to know anyone, get to know yourself. if you refuse to get to know yourself, if you refuse to look even an inch below the surface at yourself, your actions, and your thought processes, you're only going to reinforce all the bad ways in which you act. it's never too late to take a good look at yourself and start working towards improving yourself. I'm now comfortable saying I'd be okay with taking the spotlight again, which is why I'm going to try and build an audience on platforms like YouTube. mostly, it's so i can continue giving to the world everything I have to offer, whether or not I succeed in "making it big". as long as one person sees it, i'll be happy. but i encourage anyone, especially younger people, to approach this with extreme caution. attention can bring out the worst parts of yourself, even if it's just in a niche community.

and, too, i learned the other side of this "speaker, audience" dynamic. and as a speaker, how your audience engages with you is highly important. while yes, it is highly important that the speaker does their best to cultivate an audience that's appropriate and respectful (i.e. if your audience is composed of 90% hateful bigots, maybe take a closer look at your content?), i'd say it's also on you, as an audience member, to help inspire and uphold that environment as well. As scary as it is, it only takes one viewer or fan to ruin a content creator's life. It only takes one stalker, one harasser, one doxxer, one person of any nature to drive a real human being to the point of unending fear. and you might not think you're that person, you might not think you're that extreme. but even if you don't ruin their life, it still only takes one person to make someone wildly uncomfortable. this is why i'm so against the shipping of real people and RPF, even if you're talking about someone mega-famous. (and keep in mind two things: consent and intent. consent is by far the most important, obviously, but a lot of people are far more comfortable with this stuff being done as obvious satire than as a real, serious thing.) you might think it's harmless fun. and if all parties genuinely consent to it and continue to uphold that consent, maybe it is. but I know first-hand how fucking awful it is to have it done to you without your full consent. if someone says "yeah, i guess" or "whatever", err on the side of caution. please. these are real people. especially if those real people are minors.

there's so many more things i want to say that would make this post too long to read (and might also crash my phone lol), so I'll just make a quick bullet point list of things I've learned.

unless you were extremely hurt in irreparable ways (for example groomed by an adult or abused), talk to people before making assumptions about them. communicate your problems. if things don't improve, and if you feel other people can be genuinely hurt by this person's actions, only then should you make a callout.

and if the person in question is a minor, especially a young minor, and especially if you yourself are an adult AND ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE A LARGE PLATFORM, don't fucking do it. end of story.

please, always learn from yourself. learn from your mistakes. don't run from them, they'll just snowball.

also please for the love of god learn how to make a proper apology. explicitly state what you did, why you know it was wrong, what you're doing about it, and take a fucking break from the internet. maybe just for a little while. you might think it's useless, but it'll actually do you a lot of good

likewise, don't be a dick to people. this should be common sense, but stirring the pot never resolves issues, and even if the person is entirely in the wrong for what they did, it'll give them ammunition to claim being the victim. don't give them that satisfaction, just block them and move on.

some of this stuff i learned from experience, some of it it i know from observations. this of course isn't exhaustive, nothing here is, but i think hearing these things might be important for sowing the seeds of self-betterment in anyone.

i bring all of this up because the fifth anniversary of BFTROR is coming up this summer. i was 15 when i was helping make it. I'm in my twenties now. it's insane to think about, but to me, it's more insane to not think about. i place great importance on remembering where i came from, how i got here, and how I've changed. i, and my situation, have gotten so much better since then. and to anyone who's currently where I was then, or looking back on a past you who you hate, just look at how far you've come. and you'll continue to grow.

ok peace out

#object shows #object show community #osc #self improvement #rambling

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this may be a silly question but. what does an editor Do. I ask b/c I might need that service but don't even know I need that service.... hope this doesn't come across rude I'm just genuinely curious

Not silly or rude!! it's a fair question cause there are a bunch of different kinds of editors.

Basically, if you're working on something, (written work in my case but there are like video editors and audio editors and all that too,) you can send it to an editor and they'll help you get it ready for Whatever You Want To Use It For.

.....this got long lmao so i'm putting the rest under a cut ig

I'm very freelance (bc i'm disabled and don't have a degree 🥴) so i take whatever projects come my way, which atm means a lot of Masters and PhD level dissertations/theses, because my mom works for a university that has a lot of international and first-higher-education-degree students but DOESN'T HAVE A WRITING CENTER for some reason, so I'm usually like half editor half writing coach. Which is to say, an editor for a publishing house probably does much different work than I do and tbh I don't know Anything about what they do lol.

but how *my* job works is:

you send me a draft of your project.

I learn as much as i can about the end destination and audience of your project.

(this is a lot easier if you're writing, like, a Memoir or a Pamphlet For An Art Show, and a lot harder if I have to Read The Chicago Style Manual) (Chicago Style is probably fine but their style manual is fucking wack and i stand by that)

I read your project and i mark anything that is either a.) unclear or b.) Against The Rules Of Your Intended Destination

So like, if you're writing a masters thesis, I'm strict with grammar and with formatting. The style your institution is using probably has rules about whether you can use first person, and when you use italics, and whether your citations go in a bibliography or in footnotes or w/e.

If you're writing a Novel, I can be a lot looser with the rules and just look for: is this effective? what is this line Doing? is it doing it well? Does What It's Doing Actually Need To Be Done Right Now?

(editing fiction/creative nonfiction is WAY more fun but i don't get to do it very often. sigh)

I put my suggestions in the document you've sent me, with Track Changes on so you can see everything I've changed. I add comments to the doc wherever I think they're necessary/helpful.

I send the doc with my edits back to you

You (hopefully) read through and decide whether each edit makes sense to you. (this is the most important step, honestly)

If they make sense and you're happy with the resulting draft, my job is done and we shake hands and depart as friends.

If you have questions, or the edits require extensive rewrites, we ideally meet over zoom or w/e and I explain my suggestions to you, and we figure out how to Make The Words Do What You Want Them To Do. You send the doc to me again and I do as much of a second pass as you want/Will Pay Me For.

It's worth noting that there are different *levels* of editing, too. I've done jobs where I'm just checking grammar, or where I'm just checking formatting; I've also done jobs where I meet with the author and we basically write the piece together (which is really fun, actually, I like sitting down and asking, like, "okay, what are you trying to say," and figuring out how to help YOU figure out how YOU want to say it. it's like detective work :3 or therapy possibly). Those all take different levels of time and energy, so for student papers I end up with a lot of, like, "this could really use a thorough content edit/rewrite but it's Due In A Week so we're gonna make sure everything's spelled write and the footnotes are formatted correctly." (which i HATE doing btw, it's a perfectly reasonable thing to do but it Hurts My Brain bc it feels like I'm not Doing My Best which is Hell.)

anyway, the tl;dr is: editors take writing and suggest changes that will make it Perform Its Intended Function Better. the actual act of editing takes a lot of work, and often a degree of background research, too. tip your editors, is what i'm saying.

#editing #writing community #I Guess idk #again: my disabled non-degree-holding ass is just doing my best and learning on the job for a lot of this lmao #this was fun writing though :3 and a good break from my current editing job lmao #so thanks for the ask!!!! mwah #also disclaimer i have Not Edited This Post lmao. thats my job i aint gonna do it for free

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responding to kpop twitter drama bullshit under the cut

I don't trust literally any entertainment company (in any country) under the sun. I don't think KQ should be blindly defended just because they're smaller than the Big 4. I don't like how they handled the THANXX music video situation in that I think they should've done more to edit the video and reshoot for the album, and I think they should've discouraged some of the dieting happening for promotions during the FEVER arc.

However, I also think that when fans are engaging with artist statements, they should consider the cultural and social context of those statements rather than just reading the literal translation and interpreting it from their own cultural context. (I don't think the translators were wrong in not including this context in the translation because they likely thought that fans were familiar enough with statements like this to understand what was being meant.)

Also disclaimer that I'm just barely starting to learn Korean and most of my knowledge of the language/culture is through media so my own interpretation of what was going on might be super wrong, please correct me if it is

But it seems like a number of fans read the translation for Hongjoong's statement on fancafe and immediately took it as an apology for the setlist not working for the festival. And maybe in, say, the USA, it would be, since an expression of "we'll be better next time" tends to be an apology here. But I've read translations for a number of music show, concert, and award show speeches (from Hongjoong and ATEEZ, particularly, but also from other Kpop artists) saying "we'll do a better job/show you more and better sides of ourselves/keep working on our performances in the future" and it seems to me that it isn't an admission that they didn't fulfill expectations. It seems like a cultural idea of continual self-improvement instead, along the lines of "thank you for supporting us, we're glad you enjoyed the performance, and to express our appreciation we'll work hard to do even better next time."

And again, I could be super wrong, but I feel like that's what this is: Hongjoong expressing his appreciation to the venue for inviting ATEEZ and to the audience for attending and supporting them, then acknowledging that ATEEZ isn't super experienced with outdoor festivals yet and implying they can use this experience to prepare better performances for future festivals. Because that's how any pursuit works, really: you try something for the first time, learn from the experience, and then use it to improve your craft, and keep going with each successive experience. It doesn't necessarily mean the first try was bad or insufficiently prepared if you want to keep learning and improving. It's a good thing.

So idk why twitter fans are using this to rail against kq for in their eyes not having a fitting setlist or whatever. From the photos it looks like ATEEZ had a ton of fun up there and I bet the audience did too. I think this is the kind of thing that happens when you only read/listen to statements in your own sociocultural context and don't consider the one that it's coming from, and I hope that the group and their staff aren't burdened by it.

Basically, KQ does have their issues, but this isn't one of them.

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struggle-but-its-all-ocean-floor · 2 years

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Itzy's Boys Like You has subtitles in 51 languages! Meanwhile, Hybe struggles to even add English subtitles to their videos... Tbf, though, the song's in English so it's easier to translate.

Anyway, I didn't even know Boys Like You would be an English single, but I guessed it before the song even began since Itzy just had both a Korean and a Japanese cb, and the MV seemed so American. Kpop companies really don't know what Western audiences want - not that I'm an expert, but the lyrics and concept of this song are so juvenile, more so than Sneakers, even. Olivia Rodrigo's songs are relatable to teenagers, but they're more angsty and also have a wider appeal. The lyrics to Boys Like You are probably too childish for even teenagers to enjoy or relate to. It's also no The Feels, though it tries to be - it's just not as fun, as cute, or as memorable. But the chorus of Boys Like You is very catchy. I can still hear it in my head.

I think Chaeryeong fit this song like a glove. They even gave her a lot of lines, including a high note! She has this innocent yet sexy look that really fit this teen crush concept - is it even teen crush? I don't know... Her voice is high pitched and girly too which fit the song as well. She did great! Her parts were my favorite. Yuna's so cool and an actual teenager, so this song was made for her too. Ryujin did good as always; Yeji too, but she didn't shine as much as usual imo... And, for some reason, I thought Lia didn't fit the concept that well though she's the best English speaker.

Also, the MV reminded me of What Is Love because of the Romeo + Juliet inspiration, but I didn't get it. It kinda seemed like it was pitting the girls against each other? The lyrics dissed the boy, but in the MV the girls were the villains too? Odd choice to appeal to teenage girls... And those lyrics... riming "pissed" with "dismissed"... The English was a bit awkward and also grammatically incorrect a few times... Weird for an English single... After Blah Blah and Can't tie me down, this song feels like a step backwards for Itzy, a downgrade. I'm sure kpop fans are complaining already, but at least I don't think the song will do worse than Sneakers, and it's for sure a grower. But I don't enjoy the direction Itzy are on right now. Overall, their music keeps getting worse, imo, and even their choreos, while good, are always kinda the same? I want them to wow me and surprise me.

Edit: I take back what I said. I don't think Chaer fits the song that well anymore, and Yuna and Ryujin's verses are the best ones. Lia and Yeji don't fit the verses but they fit the chorus and other parts. Lia doesn't fit the first half of the chorus, but she does the second? Also, the song's embarrassing to listen to.

#itzy

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papirouge · 10 months

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Papi, I need your wisdom. Lately, I've been checking some channels that stream games and for some reason I've been really wanting to do the same on Youtube. Truth to be told, it seems sort of fun, and it's not like talking while you play a videogame it's too difficult. I guess I'd like to do something different in my life, even if its something small like this, and I'd like to try Youtube and get comments and engagement.

I do admit though, that another thing that I find compeling it's that you can also win money. Like if you open a patreon or through ad revenue, you could monetize your content. It'd be nice to have some money for myself aside from my usual job.

The thing is, I don't know if it'd be worth it at the end. i really don't want to show my face, I'm pretty shy and with all of this ai porn it really scares me that something like that could happen to me. But it seems that for a lot of female streamers, showing your face and how you look in general its part of the appeal. I don't know if I could get a following only because I talk about stuff while playing games without revealing who i am.

I feel like I could get somewhat popular because I'd be filling a niche that's not really very popular in my language, which is retro games. But I don't know how well received a female gamer would be, like its not like gamers are the kindest of demographics, lets be honest.

I've also thought about playing those games that are aimed at girls, because that's also something that tends to get ignored, and if it is reviewed or played, its by a male gamer that makes fun of it. I think if I go for this, I could have a bigger female following, and perhaps other girls could feel more confident in also exploring these kind of endevours...

I'm gonna be honest, anon:

Gaming is a nest of scrotes, groomers, pedo, perverts and there's hardly a way for women to make a place for themselves if they don't A)whore themselves out OR are B)extremely good at what they're doing. And even when they dl, they still get sexualized.... Are you A or B ?

If A : sexualizing yourself online is a very slippery slope and you will inevitably end up regretting later (especially if you already have self awareness issues showing yourself online). Don't do it.

If B: if your skills are good enough, you might as well not show your face altogether. Plentiful of streamer are very lowkey with their face, and some HUGE walkthrough channels NEVER show their face. But you'd have to be EXTREMELY productive and regularly update. As a YouTuber wannabe, I can tell you that filming and editing is EXTREMELY time consuming and that you'll have to dedicate a lot of effort that won't necessarily translate into view/engagement.... That's a very long and one-sided effort that you'll have to provide before finally reaping the fruits of.

The only way to bypass this long process is finding a niche. Do something that might not be for everyone, but will stil attract a committed audience. Exactly like some Tumblr have a very limited amount of followers but who still engage a lot with their posts (it happens when most of their followers are friends or mutuals). For example I follow a male french YouTuber (which is quite exceptional bc male YouTuber feel like nails on a black board) but dude is committed to a very defined theme of video : Five Nights at Freddy's, Hollow Knight, The Binding of Isaac, Minecraft, One Piece and Berserk new chapter analysis. That's it. I like his channel because it feels like what YouTube early days : passionate, rough but authentic. His biggest video is a 2 hours analysis of Fnaf timeline (825k views, when he only has 32k followers) - that's how I knew his channel.

Dude hardly shows his face and I think covering a very limited range of games helps him stay focus and upload more frequently. I think if you want to start on YouTube, you should take a few pages of his book.

But making videos is marathon anon, I wouldn't advise it to you if you want short term results. You should really to it because you *like* making videos, not only what you *do* on video. Like yeah playing video games is cool but do you like talking for hours? Even when no one's watching? Maintain a regular updating schedule? etc etc

Filming is only 20% of the work. Editing is A LOT. ...unless you only want to do streaming? But it goes back to point B and how to detach yourself from the gazillion of other streamers. Tbh I'd recommend you to do something no one else can. That's why I decided to do YouTube/podcast imo In the long run I'd like to show more of my unhinged Christian side but also vulnerability (see my laster video talking about my hair issues). I'm just struggling to find a way that's not to weird or cringe bc video format is very demanding.

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stupid-idiot-gamer · 2 years

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The scrybes as influencers

This is the dumbest set of headcanons I have to offer to you all: Streaming AU! You can interpret them as human or as some sort of weird 'characters irl' au, its up to you tbh

Also I may have come up with some daft usernames to go with these headcanons...

Magnificus_45:

Generic 'name_birthyear' username, only started a channel for the sake of teaching but continued it as his audience expanded.

Provides '"advice and critic'" for art he finds online (think channels like Solar Sands/Kitchen Nightmares, that kind of style) Pretentious asshole but clearly passionate about his work. Also does art tutorials and 'paint with me' streams but his advice videos are the most popular.

Once accidently revealed a folder/wall collage full of fanart for him and will ban anyone who brings it up. Frequently cancelled, mainly for being a jerk, but always maintains an audience somehow.

TheScrybeOfBeasts:

Whimsical username with a grandiose title, would have also gone with 'name_birthyear' if it weren't for some outside intervention. Started streaming for remote DnD sessions, continued for the fun of it.

Mainly does DnD streams featuring the npcs of the forest, occasionally the others might pop on as special guests. Sometimes does audience streams too where chat votes on the character choices. Has a side channel for nature walks, survival tips and photography.

Intimidating streamer energy but he's actually a huge sweetheart especially to fans. Has a friend in the games industry who gives him first looks at new card and board games (A grand thank you to Kaycee Hobbs for providing us with early access)

GrimoireGraveyard:

Named the channel after her bookstore, afterall that is why it was created in the first place. Started making audiobook videos and book reviews on the side for business but it became a fun hobby instead.

Mainly focuses on supernatural and horror genres but will dabble outside of these themes on occasion. Reads a variety of different horror stories (creepypasta, classics, poems, etc) and reviews them. Also regularly participates in online chess tournaments.

Fans enjoy her soothing voice and relaxing vibes but also her fierce attitude when she really gets riled up. Calls her audience a variety of different pet names like 'my dears' and 'darlings'.

P03:

Username is just their name, plain and simple. They've used the same channel for years, just changed the name and privated some videos not that they're hiding anything beyond the usual 'embarrassing cringe'.

Surprisingly rarely streams so is more well known as an egotistical powermod and/or editor for the others. Wrote all the bots for everyone's chat and discords. Does speedruns and geogesser mostly, boasting about never needing to cheat because they're just that great.

Argues with people on twitter but mainly over stupid gaming opinions on alt accounts. Will ban people for even the most minor of offenses (and is then subsequently banned for being a dickhead)

---Bonus---

TheWizardPupils:

They all used to mod for Magnificus but after a bunch of mistreatment and disagreements they cut ties and left. There was a drama and callout video but unfortunately it never gained any traction. Goob still mods and attempts to maintain a good relationship with Mganificus, the other two aren't surprised but still voice their concerns.

CaptainRoyal:

All the ghouls frequently end up on Grimora's as additonal voices and contributors but Royal in particular also makes regular guest appearances on Leshy's streams, mainly as one off/gag characters but that's usually enough for the fans to go wild.

G0ldenG1rl:

Uses a vtuber avatar, streams variety content but mostly focuses on editing streams. Thanks every new follower and subscriber regardless of how busy the stream is. Plays up her own innocence but will call out bullsh!t and sometimes slips up and swears. The other uberbots sometimes show up too and will try to steer stream in their own directions.

The Lucky Carder:

Mostly the same as he is in canon minus the 'whole being dead thing', doesn't just do card openings anymore though: he also does variety gaming. Got raided once by one of the others and since then exploded in popularity. P03 sometimes edits videos for him and adds its own 'witty commentary' but Luke usually doesn't take it too seriously.

#stupidbabbles #inscryption #this has been in the drafts for over a month now #these are so dumb but i am free~#also i thought it'd be kinda funny if the bit was the one to stream the least of them all #IdiotIdea

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