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arasakas-ronin · 9 hours
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say after me everyone: "It's not for me, but I'm glad that it brings you joy!"
a weird thing is that we got waves of people going "who cares if its cringe or youre annoying! have fun!" but no one really learned how to accept the fact that some people will find you annoying or think your art or your work or posts or anyrhing sucks and thats ok. rather it just became a weird "if people think youre annoying theyre just morally bad. let people enjoy things!". like no i think this yes man only biome sucks and people are allowed to not like artstyles and shows and media and other things
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arasakas-ronin · 11 hours
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"She smiled anyway": words that hit me like a blow
Obsessed with the characters who stay light hearted and joyous but who have stolen it from the darkness. There is blood under their fingernails — there is pain under their eyes — there is hurt in their timeline and they have felt every blow. But they have refused to let it take their joy, their sun, their kindness, their heart. This. This is mine. This is the thing no one gets to touch. The people who are unbeatable simply because they will always look up from the ground with blood on their lip and a light in their eyes. And nothing can ever cut out the light in their chest. Nothing can touch their rebellious, boundless belief that the universe has a sense of humor. I stay silly, I stay open, I stay alive and alive and I lived when the whole world said otherwise. the dandelion in the pavement. The vine on the wall. I lived and I loved the inherent brokenness of a once whole thing and it was me, I was the thing that is whole no longer. I gave flowers to the darkness. I gave my soul to the light. 
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arasakas-ronin · 13 hours
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arasakas-ronin · 1 day
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Honestly, if you don’t like someone’s fanfic, just click out of it. Don’t leave hate. That person worked so hard on it and when you leave hate in the comments it just shatters all self-confidence they had with their writing and makes them never want to write again.
If they ask for constructive criticism, give it. But that’s different.
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arasakas-ronin · 1 day
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apropos of nothing and certainly not my tag rant from a few posts back
did you know that out of 150 popular video games released between 1985 and 2022, only 6% of them feature sole female protagonists?
did you know that prior to mass effect 3, female shepard was never used in any promotional material for the series?
(and there's no hard data available on this, but i very distinctly recall a lot of gamerbro outrage when me3 had an optional reversible cover so you could pick between male and fem shep on your personal game)
did you know that only 18% of players chose femshep in any shape or form (default or customized) during the original release?
(anecdotally, i know a few people who didn't even realize you could play a female at all in me1 bc of how the cc is setup)
did you know with the release of the legendary edition in 2021 the percentage of femshep players didn't even double (despite jennifer hale's seemingly enormous popularity amongst the broader playerbase over the past decade) and is reported at 32%?
did you know that dragon age inquisition has the same breakdown between male and female inquisitors (68% to 32% respectively)?
did you know during the playtests for assassin's creed odyssey, it was a 50/50 split between kassandra and alexios, and ubisoft suits actually thought when the game was released, kassandra would be more popular? and yet once again, about 70% of players chose the male protag
did you know evie and aya were both supposed to have a much larger roles in assassin's creed syndicate and origins but were forced into a smaller role bc the ubisoft marketing team didn't think the games would sell well with a female lead?
cdpr hasn't released data on male vs female v, probably because the game handles gender a little differently than just two strict options like many other rpgs, but it was revealed that panam was the most popular romance, sitting at about 68%, which means at least 68% of players chose the male v body. I'm sure some players did not make that choice as a cis male v, but i would also guess that those who didn't are a small minority of this demographic, and if you factor in kerry romancers, this split is probably very similar to other games in the genre
now i realize that a lot of the male v players who are in more transformative fandom spaces (like tumblr) are not the str8 gamer dudebros of reddit angry about pores on a female character's face and whatnot. i realize that a lot of you are also on the outskirts of the perceived norm and also feel under-represented by mainstream male protags and that's incredibly frustrating and alienating and i genuinely feel for you
but female protagonists and female gamers who want to play as female protagonists and who have a few niche spaces to celebrate female protags are not the reason for your lack of representation
and frankly you don't sound a whole lot different from the angry incel gamer boys when you say shit like "fem v gets too much attention"
so maybe try advocating for male protags who don't fit the generic boring gruff white guy mold without throwing women under the bus. we're should be allies in this fight, not rivals
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arasakas-ronin · 2 days
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Another date in Night City~~~
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I missed her 🥺
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arasakas-ronin · 2 days
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Playing PL really does feel like all consulting work like– somebody finds you and says they’ve heard of you and want you to do some work and the payment is too good to pass up and you’ve gotta keep networking or you won’t make it in the biz and you show up onsite and have to blend in and are instantly glad you don’t work at this shitshow fulltime. Things go out of scope and off the rails almost instantly, but you pull your shit together because you’re a professional and then against all odds not only do you succeed but you get noticed by some executive– just what you need is someone powerful looking over your shoulder while you’re desperately trying to remain cool and pretend you know what you’re doing. (Do I do this a lot? Fight off a tank sized drone trying to crush all of my bones and burn me to a crisp? Physically, no. Spiritually, yes.)
Then of course your original point of contact goes silent no matter how many times you try to contact them, and you end up having to track down some other person semi in charge to figure out what the fuck is going on and then slowly learn about the internal fucked up politics inside this workplace and you go and scream into your arm because goddamn can anything just go right for once? Who’s managing this fucking project? Eventually your contact gets back to you, somehow texting from jail and assures you everything is fine, even when it’s clearly on Fire and you’d like to go home but if you don’t finish the job you’ll probably never work again.
Someone asks you if you mind dressing up so you can go to some party and you ask does it matter? Does it matter? All of you people are insane. If I survive this it’s going in my memoir. Alligator skin is fine, yeah. Sorry. Your underground lair is pretty cool. 4/5. The last guys had a pool table and didn’t keep telling me stories about how their colleagues tried to get them killed.
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arasakas-ronin · 3 days
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arasakas-ronin · 3 days
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Please check out the amazing preview screenshots, they're so good!!
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arasakas-ronin · 3 days
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studying smasher's in-game model trying to figure out what his biggest weaknesses would be and so far the only thing I can come up with is someone putting a little sticky grenade to the inside his little neck hollow or destroying those slutty hip cables. honestly the most effective way to attack him would be like one of those uhhh fucking gloo guns from prey lol. just gum up his joints and then retreat out of missile launcher distance and nuke from orbit. or drop him in the ocean. how waterproof is he do you think? he definitely can't swim.
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arasakas-ronin · 4 days
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Love the shot - love seeing people go nuts with those props. I'm happy every time when I see them in the wild <3
Mod Spotlight: PhotoStudio Lite
HEY AMM users!! I asked @mana-vortex and they so kindly provided a LITE version of the mod with walls, surface cover, and hemisphere! I love this mod for various backdrops, from plain black to the glow pink you've seen in my recent photo. <3
The link for the Nexus page is here.
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arasakas-ronin · 4 days
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So... I made another mod :3
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🌻🌻🌻🌻
⚠️ do not reupload or edit my shots without my permission ⚠️
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arasakas-ronin · 4 days
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WEIRDLY SPECIFIC BUT HELPFUL CHARACTER BUILDING QUESTIONS
What’s the lie your character says most often?
How loosely or strictly do they use the word ‘friend’?
How often do they show their genuine emotions to others versus just the audience knowing?
What’s a hobby they used to have that they miss?
Can they cry on command? If so, what do they think about to make it happen?
What’s their favorite [insert anything] that they’ve never recommended to anyone before?
What would you (mun) yell in the middle of a crowd to find them? What would their best friend and/or romantic partner yell?
How loose is their use of the phrase ‘I love you’?
Do they give tough love or gentle love most often? Which do they prefer to receive?
What fact do they excitedly tell everyone about at every opportunity?
If someone was impersonating them, what would friends / family ask or do to tell the difference?
What’s something that makes them laugh every single time? Be specific!
When do they fake a smile? How often?
How do they put out a candle?
What’s the most obvious difference between their behavior at home, at work, at school, with friends, and when they’re alone?
What kinds of people do they have arguments with in their head?
What do they notice first in the mirror versus what most people first notice looking at them?
Who do they love truly, 100% unconditionally (if anyone)?
What would they do if stuck in a room with the person they’ve been avoiding?
Who do they like as a person but hate their work? Vice versa, whose work do they like but don’t like the person?
What common etiquette do they disagree with? Do they still follow it?
What simple activity that most people do / can do scares your character?
What do they feel guilty for that the other person(s) doesn’t / don’t even remember?
Did they take a cookie from the cookie jar? What kind of cookie was it?
What subject / topic do they know a lot about that’s completely useless to the direct plot?
How would they respond to being fired by a good boss?
What’s the worst gift they ever received? How did they respond?
What do they tell people they want? What do they actually want?
How do they respond when someone doesn’t believe them?
When they make a mistake and feel bad, does the guilt differ when it’s personal versus when it’s professional?
When do they feel the most guilt? How do they respond to it?
If they committed one petty crime / misdemeanor, what would it be? Why?
How do they greet someone they dislike / hate?
How do they greet someone they like / love?
What is the smallest, morally questionable choice they’ve made?
Who do they keep in their life for professional gain? Is it for malicious intent?
What’s a secret they haven’t told serious romantic partners and don’t plan to tell?
What hobby are they good at in private, but bad at in front of others? Why?
Would they rather be invited to an event to feel included or be excluded from an event if they were not genuinely wanted there?
How do they respond to a loose handshake? What goes through their head?
What phrases, pronunciations, or mannerisms did they pick up from someone / somewhere else?
If invited to a TED Talk, what topic would they present on? What would the title of their presentation be?
What do they commonly misinterpret because of their own upbringing / environment / biases? How do they respond when realizing the misunderstanding?
What language would be easiest for them to learn? Why?
What’s something unimportant / frivolous that they hate passionately?
Are they a listener or a talker? If they’re a listener, what makes them talk? If they’re a talker, what makes them listen?
Who have they forgotten about that remembers them very well?
Who would they say ‘yes’ to if invited to do something they abhorred / strongly didn’t want to do?
Would they eat something they find gross to be polite?
What belief / moral / personality trait do they stand by that you (mun) personally don’t agree with?
What’s a phrase they say a lot?
Do they act on their immediate emotions, or do they wait for the facts before acting?
Who would / do they believe without question?
What’s their instinct in a fight / flight / freeze / fawn situation?
What’s something they’re expected to enjoy based on their hobbies / profession that they actually dislike / hate?
If they’re scared, who do they want comfort from? Does this answer change depending on the type of fear?
What’s a simple daily activity / motion that they mess up often?
How many hobbies have they attempted to have over their lifetime? Is there a common theme?
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