#basically i’m a big fan of

[yellow-yarrow]

have you perhaps a list of readings you would recommend to understand better disco elysium/sacred and terrible air? i wouldn't know where to start and your posts are interesting so worth trying to ask :)

aw thank you! Well, I feel like I’m not really that well-read, and the order I read philosophy/history/etc is all over the place lol

If I had to recommend some reading, there is this essay about the pale, that I think is essential to understanding Elysium. :

https://ghelgheli.substack.com/p/introductory-entroponetics

as for books, I would say Capitalist Realism by Mark Fisher could be a good starting point. And I think it would be worth to read something about these topics:

neoliberalism, capitalism

communism - marxism, history of socialist countries

russian nihilism

christianity - dispensationalism

The devs have said that they were influenced by Hegel, Marx, Slavoj Žižek, Lenin, & they also said they used to be anarchists so I would say reading some anarchist text could be interesting too if you want to really dive into it (idk, Emma Goldmann for example)

You can find a lot of these writings on these websites:

https://www.marxists.org/

https://theanarchistlibrary.org

#I’m going to admit that a lot of my knowledge comes from articles youtube videos and podcasts about marxism. i have not read Capital #it was like. i learned some basic philosophy at uni and then i read whatever i found interesting at the moment #i feel like when reading (political) philosophy it's best to start with something that you think is interesting rather than trying to #go chronologically thought the most important philosophers like you would in school #so like i read mark fisher and because it was interesting then i read about marx's theories and then i looked into hegel more etc #or reading about hegel before actually reading hegel's writings #thats all i have cause im trying to recommend things that are actually linked to de instead of philosophers i personally agree with #(im not a big fan of zizek) #+ anything can be on an elysium reading list if you are obsessed enough lol i was reading postmodernists too for this reason

[starmist]

To me Alchemy of Souls is very much a “they’ve been dead from the beginning” story

Like,,, Cho Yeong died that day with the rest of her family, Master Lee declares her dead and Kim Dojoo even holds a jesa for her.

Naksu dies, if not the moment she shifts her soul/has it stolen, then in ep18 when she lets go of the ice stone and chooses to live a normal life. She herself even says in ep5 that “now Naksu is also dead”.

Hell, she even lives as essentially a vengeful ghost. A cold and empty existence, her only purpose to avenge her family. The entirety of s1 is about her learning to live and want to live which is what makes her fate so tragic.

Jin Buyeon died in the womb and later, the girl that was born through the power of the ice stone, is thought to be dead by everyone save for her mother.

(Nice parallel of Cho Yeong & Jin Buyeon where Jang Gang, like Jin Ho Gyeong, obsessively looks for a little girl thought to be dead by all but him, because of his grief and guilt)

And even her name belongs to a woman’s dead granddaughter. Though I’m only looking at this through a s1 perspective, Jin Seol Ran, Jin Buyeon’s original identity, has also been all but dead for centuries.

A twice over dead girl, inhabiting the body of another dead girl, uses the name of yet another dead girl, and shares a body with a two centuries long dead woman.

She was never going to survive. How much she changed, everything she did, was all futile in the long run because she died long before the story started, there was never any saving her, she was dead from the very beginning.

#personally I’m a big fan of tragedy #yes happy ending are nice and to me the story ended in ep19 but not everything has to have a happy ending to be good #basically that nice dichotomy! what is the significance of the distinctions post #anyways have a (possibly controversial) speed analysis brought to you by AVOIDANCE! get yours now for only FREE.99!! #alchemy of souls

[transformers-bold-bright-brisk]

AHH JUST FUCK IT—ART/LORE-ISH DUMP!!

Literally my last three recently finished(enough) pieces of 2023

Just for a recap—aka officially telling y’all what’s been up with me—

You see, along side my RBA-esque storyline will be other separate stories that kind of take place at the same time. Sort of, maybe, has a Trollhunters kinda timeline, or something? Let me just break it down into the main drafting titles(pending) I decided to give each sideplot:

- Roll Call Rescue Recruits: Some young transforming individuals attend Rescue Bots Academy, stationed on Griffin Rock and get up to some waaakcy hijinks with their new classmates while training to become Rescue Bots.

- Radiance In Disguise: A spoiled brat has to live with a rustic antique collector and his son, ever since her mother was arrested, and now her mother’s old enemies would have to go through giant alien robots if they even want to lay a finger on her.

- Reach Out To Reassemble: There’s a new Delinquent Rehabilitation Program in succession, and now it’s up to two bots to coach two young Decepticon criminals out of their violent habits; or else it’s prison for them.

None of these are in particular order by the way.

At least I think they aren’t.

#OOF #I’ve been trying and failing to hold this stuff back in my big ol brain basket for a bit #I was like ‘I’ll wait until I’ve fully fleshed it out and bla bl blah’ #of course I naturally derailed and just said fuck it #here’s the basics of what I’ve been thinking about #also I’ve just completely given up on the war backstory cause I’m an indecisive little punk #that’s not true #I’ve just dumbed it down to — #THE WAR ENDED AFTER OPTIMUS AND MEGATRON DIED #and that’s about it #also yes I do have a certain appreciation for alliteration #sphny arts (𖦹w𖦹)•*°⊹ #sphny alternates universe (𖦹ㅁ𖦹)•*°⊹ #sphny speaks (𖦹<𖦹)•*°⊹ #tf fan continuity #transformers bold bright brisk #transformers #maccadam #maccadams

[white-weasel]

Thinking intensely about how Luke, in his final moments, trusts the force only for it to do nothing for him. He was betrayed by it just as he was betrayed when his chance to study under Obi Wan was ripped away from him and given to another. He gave one last chance to this force which was promised to save the galaxy, to save him and yet when he called out for it, it abandoned him

#(posts that make no sense to ACTUAL Star Wars fans lmao) #film reroll #the film reroll #rogue two #I also like the other interpretation I’ve been thinking about #with how Luke went after the TIE fighter that killed Bigs and in doing so basically opened himself up to his death here #in his quest for revenge so full of rage and grief those emotions still flowed through him when he called upon the force #and that emotion ultimately ended up quite literally destroying him #(I have no idea how the force ACTUALLY works nobody come for me I’m just thinking about frr Luke too much) #(gonna have to write something for him because he is making me go CRAZY)

[sweetandglovelyart]

I didn’t have time to draw something for Halloween, so here’s this old drawing I did a while ago of Meta Knight as Captain Picard/Locutus of Borg from Star Trek: The Next Generation that I feel somewhat fits the Halloween theme. I call him Locutus of Borb.

#Kirby #Kirby fanart #my art #Meta Knight #I don’t think this looks very good this was one of my first Kirby drawings and I was still figuring out how to draw everyone #I’ll probably redraw this eventually but still wanted to share this since I didn’t have time to draw anything for Halloween #aside from being a Kirby fan I’m also a big fan of Star Trek I’ve seen all the shows and movies #and I see a lot of parallels between Star Trek and Kirby #literally the whole plot of Planet Robobot is just the Borg storyline in Star Trek lol #for Kirby fans who don’t follow Star Trek the Borg are a collective of cyborgs that can essentially mechanize other species #they appear as recurring antagonists and attempt to assimilate other species into their collective against their will #and once they’ve assimilated a person they can influence that person to do their bidding #in The Next Generation they assimilate Captain Picard and turn him into Locutus of Borg so they can use him to try and assimilate Earth #it reminded me a lot of what Susie did to Meta Knight in Planet Robobot so that’s where the idea for this drawing came from #I’ll have to draw more Star Trek and Kirby crossover stuff there’s a lot I can work with for crossovers lol #like Star Trek straight up has a mirror universe full of evil versions of the characters that’s literally just Amazing Mirror #and the episode of the anime where Dedede gets the Scarfies as pets is basically just the Tribble episode from Star Trek #anyways happy Halloween please enjoy Locutus of Borb

[lynx-tales]

#lynx tales #basically #80s doing 30s #or 90s doing 20s #I’m a big fan of 90s floppy hair so I’m probably go the mummy route #but I am curious what people think #of course I am not attractive enough to pull either of them off #but

[charliemwrites]

!!!!!!omg I’m also an age regressor!!!!!!!!

If you’re curious about age regression at all, I’d be happy to answer questions!! It’s something I do frequently but literally never get a chance to talk about lmao

To reaffirm what that anon said, yes, age regression is completely sfw! Generally, a regressor literally enters the headspace of a child, so obviously nothing spicy should be happening during that. That said, agere can have many faces, some less ‘palatable’ than others, because it is a trauma response.

anyway if you have any questions about it, ask away!

~🦋

Hi, 🦋 thank you thank you for chiming in on this and adding a little more! If any question come up I’ll def post and ask, I like to learn! I’m glad that people who age regress can (from what I’m understanding?) relate to Feral or any of the other kept pets!!!

#asks #🦋 anon #age regression #this is super interesting! especially since I’m not… a big fan of kids? #I hope that’s okay to say because trauma responses are valid! age regression is valid and reasonable! #I just know nothing other than basics! #so thank you so much for reaching out and sharing this stuff!!

[yioh]

genshin player’s switch up on sumeru characters will haunt me forever honestly i’ve never seen such a large amnt of people act so utterly fake in such a small period of time😭

#everyone really pretended they cared abt the colourism and racism HNDBDJXBXXJ #sumeru as a whole still makes me feel so uncomfy to this day with the weird ass storyline and colourism and whitening of several characters #but now everyone is just fawning over how sexy al haitham and kaveh are or how cute nahida is like #😭 idk man i can’t stand it #it annoys me soooooooooooo much #even worse how sumeru characters are plastered all over my social media everywhere #the switch up of how big of a deal everyone made the sumeru design reveal to be at the start only for their banners and character popularity #to be some of the highest ones #like . likeeeeee ………….. #feels so gross #anyways rant over i’m gonna stay in my lil mondstadt liyue bubble forever lol #not that those nations are perfect either but at least it isn’t tinged with the feeling of disgust towards fans 😭 #also the amount of racism and colourism i saw people blatantly show with the release of sumeru was so crazy it makes my skin crawl #anyways i rly hate like 99% of sumeru ships and i don’t get how everyone can just brainlessly enjoy this region’s characters at all #esp when they are all SO white it bugs me to no end in hate it i hateeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee #still so disappointed with kaveh’s design especially i think he was my last straw #i was hoping so bad he wouldn’t be some basic white bitch but he came out looking like btec howl PLEASE 🤨 #and the way everyone loves him just makes me hate him more lmfaooo #the most basic and boring design in the whole world it makes me feel Nothing at all

[rottmntficbattle]

Oook I think I landed on a date to close submissions!! Because I’m boutta be real busy/won’t have time to look at them until said date, plenty of time for you guys to go push your favorite fics in, and also because I should’ve decided this date earluer so it doesn’t sneak up on you guys..

Submissions will close on June 20th!

Go rush and get as MANY fics as possible in there bc you better beleive I’m gonna try to cram as much fun as possible in here :3

#rottmnt fic battle #rottmnt fic #rottmnt #poll bracket #rottmnt fanfiction #ok but there’s this one fic #Not naming stuff yet #YOU GUYS HAVE SUBMITTED IT #9 #TIMES #ws have 105 submission currently #THIS FIC HAS BASICALLY ALMOST TAKEN 10% OF THE SUBMISSIONS SO FAR LOL #Anyways seeing so many fics I’ve read or heard of #And then going bonkers (/pos) over seeing more bc YESSS LETS GET THOSE HIDDEN GEMS IN HERE!! #And then we have another at 6 submissions that I’m actually a big fan of (even though I’m still reading it hahahaha-) #Just yessss love seeing you guys love your fics #:3 #i currently have a fic and can’t wait for it to someday possibly have a lil fanbase #This fandom is awesome

[mossflower]

as if i have to make an entire presentation about nikola tesla tomorrow. bc i procrastinated it for two weeks. ew

#it’s fine it’s fine!! i watched a doctor who episode about him so i’m basically an expert #my guy worked for edison then quit was a big fan of AC built a big tower and failed to build a deathray #hmm. yknow on second thoughts i do not think i’m an expert #morganposting

[aletheialed]

also, unrelated to ace attorney, but. I do actually have a pokemon multimuse (currently inactive), and since I have a few pokemon centered blogs following me here I’m kind of tempted to start using it…

the problem is that I don’t know if I’m invested enough in the fandom to be very active on it at all?? and I’m not sure how to fix that…

#ooc #I really like the big cast + designs/basic personalities of pkmn characters to mess around and develop #but I suppose it’s that I’m a big fan of angst writing and characters having Secrets #and it feels. weird to involve those things with pokemon muses somehow??? #idk WHY though. or if that’s just irrational lol

[x-ladydisdain-x]

The more I think about good omens 2 the more I hate it tbh

#this is not coming from a casual fan dedicated hater btw #I’m allowed to say this #I was/am Thee biggest good omens fan #this used to be a good omens fandom blog #I also have a David Tennant side blog most of you probably don’t know about #I had the most massive good omens hyperfixation #I was crowley for Halloween #I own three copies of the book #plus the script book and the big behind the scenes of the show book #I love crowley and aziraphale with all of my heart they meant the world to me #seeing myself in aziraphale literally got me through some shit #so basically what I’m saying is I am no fake fan when I’m saying I hated that season. what the fuck happened. #sometimes opal says stuff

[glasseswearingrabbitdetective]

🔥

Block button >>>>>>>>>>> engaging and starting arguments. Seriously, why don’t more people just block and move on?? :/

#ask #ty for asking! #Kanna speaks #I’m a BIG fan of the block button basically 😂👍

[mochiwrites]

sure

#big fan of my mom coming home and basically ignoring me #while Actively talking about me in a neg way #while I’m already depressed #lmao Okay 👍 #delete later

[sweetandglovelyart]

Are there any other Kirby fans on here who are also fans of Star Trek? I know of a couple people already, but I’m trying to see if there’s anyone else. I personally see a lot of parallels between Kirby and Star Trek, and some of my Kirby fanart is Star Trek-inspired, so that’s why I’m asking.

#text post #Kirby #just asking because when I eventually get around to drawing my Susie redemption arc comic #it’s going to have a lot of Star Trek references in it and I want to make sure people understand them lmao #also I see a lot of parallels between Kirby and Star Trek in general #I think the biggest one is the parallel between what the Borg do to Captain Picard and what Susie does to Meta Knight #context for Kirby fans who do not watch Star Trek: the Borg are a collective of cybernetic organisms #they assimilate other organisms into their collective against their will to gain those organisms’ knowledge and abilities #in The Next Generation they assimilate Captain Picard and use him and his knowledge to attack Starfleet/the Federation #it’s basically what Susie does when she mechanizes Meta Knight and turns him against Kirby #the episode of the anime where Dedede gets the Scarfies as pets also reminds me of the Tribble episode from Star Trek: The Original Series #another big parallel between Star Trek and Kirby is that both franchises have a mirror universe with evil versions of the characters #also Magolor as a character reminds me a lot of Quark from Deep Space Nine not sure if anyone else sees it lmao #anyway if there are other Kirby fans out there who like Star Trek what’s your favorite show from the franchise? #my personal favorite is Voyager but I also really like Deep Space Nine too I’m rewatching it right now with a friend #I’ve seen all the shows and some are definitely better than others but they each bring something new and interesting to the franchise #I wouldn’t say that there are any shows in the franchise that I hate or think are awful #it’s kind of like Kirby too in that just as there are no bad Kirby games there are no bad Star Trek shows lmao at least in my opinion #there are some shows that are weaker than others or have some annoying features but I wouldn’t say they’re bad

[themirokai]

I got this comment on a story from my Other AO3 Account this morning.

(Info redacted because I prefer keeping these accounts separate but no one follows me on the side blog I have for that account.)

The story was posted almost a year ago and is relatively “popular” by my average statistics even though it has tropes and themes that are big turnoffs for a lot of people (hence separate accounts). This popularity is undoubtedly because it’s a Marvel Loki story and that fandom is massive.

So there is obviously an algorithm or a bot scrubbing ao3 statistics and leaving this comment on fics that meet a certain metric with the main character of the fic inserted into the comment.

I had a little time to kill this morning so I decided to investigate further. And y’all this is so predatory. Come on this journey with me. It made me mad. It may make you mad.

First, if you go to Webnovel’s website, you HAVE to choose between male lead or female lead stories before you can go any further. WTF?

And that’s weird, but this gets so much worse. This is basically a pay-to-read site that has different subscription models. Which… okay BUT! The authors don’t get paid! Look at that comment again. They’re promising a supportive and nurturing community, but zero monetary compensation. It’s basically, “post your stuff here so we can get paid and you can get… nice vibes?” I mean look at this Orwellian writing:

Using the phrase “pay-to-read model” in the same sentence as “qualitative changes in lifestyles for authors” deliberately makes you think that you can get paid and maybe even make a living on this website. But that’s not actually what it says and authors will not receive one red cent.

Oh but wait, the worst is still to come. In case this breaks containment (which I kind of hope it does) this is where I mention that I’m a lawyer in the US.

I don’t do intellectual property or copyright law but I do read and write contracts for a living. So I went to look at their terms of service. It was fun!

Highlights the first, in which Webnovel gets a license to do basically whatever they want with content you post on their site. This is how they get to be paid for people reading authors’ writing without paying them anything.

Highlights the second, in which Webnovel takes no responsibility for illegally profiting off of fan fic. This all says that the writer is 100% responsible for everything the writer posts (even though only Webnovel is making money from it).

Highlights the third which say that by posting, the author is representing that they have the legal right to use and to let Webnovel use the content according to these terms. So if a writer posts fan fiction and Webnovel makes money from people reading the fan fiction, and the House of the Mouse catches wise, these sections say that that’s ALL on the writer.

So that’s a little skeevy to start off with but the thing that is seriously shitty and made me make this post was that these assholes are coming to ao3. They are actively recruiting people in comments on their fan fiction. And they are saying they are big fans of the character you’re writing about and that they share your interests.

They are recruiting fan fiction writers and giving every impression that you can make money from posting fan fiction on their site and hiding the fact that you absolutely cannot but they can make money off of you while you try, deep in their terms of service which no one but a lawyer who writes fan fic and has some time to kill will read.

I see posts on here regularly from people who don’t understand how this stuff works, don’t understand that they (and others) can not legally make a financial profit from fan fiction. And there are tons of people who will not take the time to dig into the details.

Don’t deal with these bastards. Fuck Webnovel.

#went down a rabbit hole #got mad #webnovel #this is a scam #how to ao3 #fan fiction #please spread the word #long post