#I'm so tired.

[enbysev]

severus is a better person than me, bcs he could've gone on his cute death eater mask and attire, sorted james and sirius' location, crucio them a bit before murdering them, and yet he never did. people like to talk about severus as though as if he was the worst human being in hp, but he never took actual revenge on the golden boys, or they wouldn't have lived past 18 if he did, duh.

"snape knew more curses when he arrived at school than half the kids in seventh year."

so what, sirius! did you ever die? were you damaged permanently? no???? then shut the fuck up! severus was supposed to be an expert on dark arts, surely had the means to do horrendous stuff with all his knowledge, and he still didn't, even after joining the death eaters he still had more regard for life than sirius did when he sent severus to the shrieking shack.

god, sometimes i wish severus was as awful as people think he was. the same guy who was worried for his soul if he killed the only person he appreciated, which was probably very fucking hard for him to do.

#i actually love severus for being softer than people take him to be #severus was the sort of person whose foul mouth and temper got him in trouble— #but was cautious about life and didn't resort to physical violence to solve his problems. #he had a fascination for a form of magic we don't have evidence of him ever using and yet people hate him for it to THIS day #i'm so tired. #severus snape #pro severus #snapedom

[rathologic]

biggest disconnect in pathologic's reception has kind of always been a divide between "patho is driven by mechanics" and "patho is driven by story" camps where opinions only ever come from one of these extremes... around p1's development and release the developers considered it exclusively a survival challenge sim, not a game marketed for its story (despite story representing a huge fraction of the time and thought put into it). In The Society Of Dead Poets goes into so much detail about this. and it WAS a stunning technical work under the circumstances, but the complex story was what gave the franchise cult appeal, or at least enough so for it to get a sequel... reviews from the period tend to go along the lines of "this game looks and plays like shit but it's extremely thought-provoking". there's a little to be said about the mainstream view of a "Gamer" in 2005 and what they would be interested in marketing-wise not tracking with story games yet; anyway, the one-dimensionality here was consistent with the studio's approach to games as a whole (cf BoneHouse.ppt).

so IPL's perception of their work was what informed p2's priorities, which turned out to be A Way Better Survival Challenge at the expense of things like characters having complex motivations (expansion on this has been omitted; iykyk), and they did an incredible job with that & basically perfected what they had been going for mechanically. which created this weird divide where p2 fans think 1 isn't worth playing because it's less engaging as a gaming experience, and p1 fans (me included, to be clear) see 2's story changes as a spit in the face of everything that made the series work. like, neither of these are fundamentally incorrect, but they refer to completely non-overlapping paradigms of engaging with the material. when hopefully it can be agreed that a Video Game is comprised of Both a narrative aspect and an interactive aspect, and that they need to work together to create the player's transformative experience (again, premise of BoneHouse.ppt).

Anyway. that helps explain a lot of hbomb's stance on the franchise, particularly that he can endorse patho2 without comment as an ostensibly leftist youtuber when even the most cursory playthrough is enough to let players in on its gleeful centering of ecofascism... that game's representation of colonial relations as an unfixable divide employing the racist trope of reciprocal violence, its obsession with maintaining status quo, and its completely tasteless approach to MMIW are all elements of Story and thus all secondary to p2's huge improvements on the survival system. in the same vein, his discussion of p1's changeling's route is limited to the constant reputation decrease and the repeated quests because those are the only mechanical features introduced over the previous routes, even while clararoute text is fundamental to understanding most characters... his video isn't like Bad for getting the interactive experience p1 would present to you, but it sucks for engaging with the story because it's not about the story. and unfortunately, on discussion posting websites, we do usually post about story

#pathologic #I'm so tired. #FAQ: BoneHouse was a presentation given by an IPL writer who will go unnamed here regarding his philosophy to gamedev. ItSODP was a lengthy #interview with the same (there's an EN translation on archive.org; BoneHouse is on the Files section of the archived IPL webpage). #genuinely I do really enjoy p2 as a survival sim and I think the most interesting things done with it (challenge runs) arise purely from #engaging with that half of the gameplay. but there is nothing to talk about w/o the plot it presents to you and that's why hbomb's video #falls so flat to me in applying that same approach to 1; a game fundamentally not balanced in a way that that's a fair take

[lovenpeace-pkmn]

I'm so tired of being powerless...

#anthea post #pkmn irl #pokeblogging #can't ever fix any of the problems. all i can do is try to mitigate the effects. #soothe the fevers stitch up the wounds try to talk my family out of tearing themselves apart. #and meanwhile the world's still burning and those rotom are still suffering and my sister still hates herself. #I'm so tired. #ic vent

[spout1nk]

Evandrin and Tempus. :)

not my usual style but this started as a doodle bc of the sole line of "Tempus and Evandrin operate on Studio Ghibli animation physics" from the notes to what endures beyond the silent edge (by @ultraviolet-eucatastrophe).

I think i gave up on it when it came to the coloring but it was still a fun sleep-deprived doodle i just finished. Evandrin's face i tried my best to draw in the style of ghibli films and then i just had fun with coloring.

#what endures beyond the silent edge #critical role #critical role exu calamity #exu calamity #evandrin alterra #critical role fanart #I'm so tired. #it's almost 5am. #and I'm drawing. #I'm going to sleep now. good night. #my art.

[vividstardustrevolution]

Do I enjoy learning about law? Yes. Do I regret going to law school? Not really. Do I have an intense love-hate relationship with US law? Yes.

Am I burnt out on law school? Also yes. I want to be here, but I'm so, so tired.

If you're considering law school, there are four questions you need to ask yourself. 1) Do I like learning about law? (If you answer "no," do not go to law school; law school is tolerable for me because I enjoy learning about law, even subjects like property and torts.) 2) Am I prepared to read a lot, write a lot, and want to yell at certain judges and justices without being able to do so? 3) Do I have a social support system or mental health support system? 4) Am I prepared for the sheer workload and the bullshit that comes with law?

If you don't answer yes to at least two of those questions, do not go to law school. I'm begging you.

#lawblr #real lawblr #I'm so tired.

[maxphilippa]

naw man not my mom telling me to kill myself man

#sui mention #sui ment tw #i'm so tired. #maxposteo

[jittyjames]

y'all lost anon privileges again.

#just ignoring and blocking atp bc I'm tired. #i'm so tired. #sorry to the people who genuinely used anon for sweet stuff and requests #but i don't think it's coming back for a while #does everyone get these really weird anons or is it just me??? bc idk if this is a spam bot type thing #or genuinely someone being an asshole

[lionydoorin]

#i'm so tired. #ma ur rambling

[d-structive]

Dunno. I was bored AND I can't sleep. I'll steal your sleep.

#fish shitpost #d-structive #late night sketches #Can't sleep. HELP. #I'm so tired.

[strawberrysamara]

One Shabbat is not enough. I need a full week of Shabbats in a row

#samara speaks #pls hashem. week of rest? as a little treat? #jumblr #i'm so tired.

[irawhiti]

man. life really wants me dead, huh.

#cancer scare moment i am living through haha. #i'm so tired.

[weirdsketcher]

Hermittober: #9 Betrayal

#hermittober #limited life fanart #limited life #bdubs fanart #bdoubleo fanart #skizzleman fanart #tw eyes #Lots of eyes #fuckton of eyes if you will #i'm so tired. #exhuasted if you will #but have this beloved thingy #my art #tw trypophobia

[mademoisellesarcasme]

in your charity, please pray for my family and I as we look for somewhere to live. again.

#a day in the life of mlle sarcasme #prayer request #i'm so tired.

[gendertrickster]

feel like i'm constantly having to defend my position on vriska. it's almost like having to defend my own right to existence. i wonder what this could remind me of

#ado post #i'm so tired.

[jeromesmith]

Hi, Jerome! Uhm- I heard you're the person to speak to for this. How much would it maybe possibly take to maybe be ALSO taken under your wing like...well..anyone else? I don't need to be under immediate supervision, but I could maybe use some non-gang connections.. That don't want to kill me ever? That would be really chill.

- Abigail Thomas ^^ (from the fangs. im so cool and chill btw)

I- You know what? Sure. I've been watching over so many kids lately, one more couldn't hurt.

#I'm so tired. #just role(play) with it #jerome jrwi #jrwi jerome #jrwi rp #jrwi the suckening #in character #jrwi suckening #the suckening

[kagedbird]

I'm sorry in advance but I'm going to be quiet on here for a day or two, so no TESSDE AU + Lucia for a little bit. Thank you for your understanding, I'll be back soon!

#kb rambles #heartbreak hurts. knowing it was my fault is worse. #i'm so tired.