#then present the solutions

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

[RHETORIC - Legendary 14]: Convince Kim you are in a timeloop.

(ISAT side of the swap)

#disco elysium #harry du bois #kim kitsuragi #ISAT #in stars and time #If you put HDB in a timeloop I truly think he would spend the his time trying to convince Kim he was in one. #The extra funny bit here is how counter it is to the *main plot of ISAT (*I HAVENT FINSHED. JUST STARTED ACT 4) #In which Siffrin is so strongly against letting anyone know they are trapped in a timeloop. #HDB would be doing everything in his power to try and get people to believe him. #and just like with the amnesia talk - Kim would pull the 'Detective we have a case to solve. Can we get back to work?' card. #How long would HDB last in a timeloop? If we make this loop the week that the case is...maybe a dozen loops? #He has the mystical detective angle on his side so I think he would stumble into the solution eventually. #Now. Odile could figure out someone is in a timeloop. I think It would take a *lot* for Kim to believe. #Anyways. [clicks on my powerpoint presentation that reads “Why Madame Odile could solve the deathnote case”]

[yellowocaballero]

The actual problem I'm having writing Kim Dokja is that I know KDJs here, on Tumblr.com. This website has thousands of people whose sole link to sanity is badly written media and their overly masculine and emotionally repressed comfort character. KDJ as a person is bugfuck insane but he is not as bugfuck insane as everybody on here putting their blorbos in jam jars and shaking them or sticking them into a blender. To be remotely representative of the KDJs in the real world you would have to make him so insane that he goes beyond his unhinged canon nature and straight into serial killer using cutsey talk category. It's unsustainable. KDJ is the voice of the people but the people's voices could call YJH a meow meow and make fancams of him in a fight.

#omniscient reader's viewpoint #orv #kim dokja #kdj #yjh #joke partially stolen from bytebun thank you #the solution to this is to obviously just write KDJ as he's presented in story and not #as if he was actually on tumblr.com or something #but counterpoint: that's less funny #also i have a vision.

[prokopetz]

Inadvisable video game premise #137: Time-travel parser fic where it’s the narrative viewpoint that travels in time, not the player character, shifting the verb tense of the narration accordingly. The narrator is always describing the same “present moment” for the player character, but from different temporal perspectives: looking back from the future, speculating about it from the past, or describing it in the moment.

Past-tense narration is the most restrictive in terms of what actions you can take because the narrator can say “no, that’s not what happened”, but is more informative than other tenses because the narrator may provide information that the player character couldn’t possibly have known at the time, or explain why certain requested actions were not taken.

Future-tense narration, conversely, offers nearly unlimited freedom in the player character’s actions, and allows you experiment without risk (i.e., because the narration is describing what would happen if you took the requested action), but the information gained thereby is unreliable on account of being speculative.

Present-tense narration has no special features, but serves as the temporal foundation for the other tenses; for example, if you do something in present-tense narration, that becomes What Happened, and you can then shift into past-tense narration to get more information about it.

Opportunities to shift tenses are limited, and many puzzles revolve around figuring out how to swap tenses in the correct order, or being stuck in an inappropriate tense (e.g., a looming disaster which you can’t do anything about because you’re currently stuck in past tense, and the disaster is What Happened, thereby ruling out any past-tense action that would prevent it).

#concepts #gaming #video games #game design #interactive fiction #parser fic #one of the late game puzzles involves the description of a room being completely different in past tense than in present tense #the solution involves realising that the past tense (and thus narrating from the future) narrator is misinformed #and figuring out what has misled them

[ministarfruit]

simon blackquill peaking at age 17 is so funny because it's only downhill from here, buddy. enjoy it while it lasts

#ace attorney #simon blackquill #bucky whet #juniper woods #athena cykes #uendo toneido #geiru toneido #he looks like a generic anime boy and it makes me laugh #I'M KIDDING ABOUT THE PEAKING BTW. he'll find happiness regardless #I just think it's incredibly amusing for him to be a neighbourhood Good Boy #his corruption arc hasn't hit yet #just a polite little man. he'll babysit for you. he'll help you cook #simon's generic anime boy era is so funny because present day simon would feel the primordial urge to attack him #(athena) hey simon remember when you were nice #(simon) let me make one thing clear. I am not nice #I have never BEEN nice #if you even INSINUATE that I would commit niceties... #(athena) when I couldn't decide what ice cream I wanted you'd buy me all of them #(simon) a practical solution.

[unreachedgalaxy]

forever thinking about how the good place, in an effort to escape the reductive binary of heaven and hell, simply invented purgatory and called it a day

#i am AWARE that this is reductive and the ending was far more complex than that #however i also just finished the divine comedy and i was legitimately struck by the parallels between his conception of purgatory #and the solution the good place presents #the good place #eleanor shellstrop #chidi anagonye

[mchi22]

#presented without commentary #rtvs #hlage #radio tv solutions #wrtv #wayneradiotv #half life alyx gnome edition

[guiltyidealist]

It should be a criminal offense if an insurance company is responsible for a delay in a policyholder's necessary health care.

Withholding prescribed treatments, even for just a day, can be anywhere from inconvenient to catastrophic for the victim. Medical providers may not withhold necessary treatment from any patient on any grounds, as it is their duty to provide it-- it should be justly illegal for any "middle man" to interfere with a medical provider's legal and ethical obligation to treat a patient.

Severity of the charge and its legal consequences should depend upon the scope of the offense (length of delay) and its consequences to the victim (impact on the person).

The testimonies of the victim, the pharmacy, and the medical provider who prescribed the treatment should be key considerations for the determination. Additional important testimony should come from the victim's other medical providers, housemates, family, educators/mentors, colleagues/coworkers, or employers.

The charge should become criminal record for the company. The company (perhaps the agent's office) should be fined per day delayed.

Some taxation can be applied; just to pay off the folks who do the filing, advocacy, testimony, processing. A hefty majority of the fine should be compensation owed to the victim.

If delays became a criminal charge on companies' records, then companies would have a strong motive to terminate agents who aren't performing with punctuality. It would become their best financial interest to invest only in timely agents who would, in turn, gain a best interest to invest only in timely subordinates.

I posit that insurance delays would wane significantly, resulting in more timely delivery of treatments to policyholders, and many people's qualities of life would improve drastically for it.

#of course. this is an idea that sticks /within/ the overall capitalist framework. #the purpose is to promote the welfare of the people /while/ they are trapped within the structure #hopefully helping enable them to -- among other things -- abolish and emancipate themselves of the structure altogether #i know that the ''real'' problem is the /existence/ of insurance companies #the privatization of health care. the profitability of health care. #the fact that money is power in our system. the fact that whoever has it is allowed to control the lives and deaths of others #the true solution to the problem presented here is the abolition of the capitalist system that manufactures it. #what i provided is a sort of ''meantime mitigation'' strategy #*sigh* #rant #psych major rants #fuck capitalism #guillotine the rich #health care #insurance #pharmacy #socialism #leftist #leftblr #anticapitalist #ableism #healthism #classism #medical abuse #medical neglect #systemic inequity #accountability

[mikazukinika]

if kaveh's gonna complain about having to clean up around alhaitham's house then he should put that big brain of his to use and invent a vacuum cleaner. then patent it and sell the production rights to dori so he can pay off his debt once it explodes in popularity with teyvat's moms and dads

at first kaveh would be doing this to make alhaitham lose his edge over him but by the end of the journey kaveh realizes alhaitham wanted his financial freedom just as much as he did and their home would not be their home without both of them in it

#nikas thinkies #this presents itself as a crackfic but u have to write it with the same enthusiasm as those reincarnated into a romance novel manhwas #where the girls make big money by figuring out how to introduce some convenient concept from their original worlds to their new ones #and free themselves from the financial restraints of their times #im saying the solution to kaveh's debt problems is to girlboss #kavetham #haikaveh #kaveh and the vacuum

[uncanny-tranny]

Two things that are simultaneously true:

1. Gender and sexuality are complex and can be fluid. An identity isn't always fixed and can change with time for many reasons

2. It is not acceptable to force others to change their gender or sexuality and the mantra that they (queer people) can change if they only "try hard" is both cruel and homophobia and/or transphobia

#queer #lgbt #lgbtq #homophobia #homophobia tw #transphobia #transphobia tw #when i first came out as trans i was told this story about how my dad's therapist had a lesbian client with homophobic parents... #...how her parents were *so close* to coming to terms with her lesbianism and she got a boyfriend and look! she changed so why couldn't you! #the thing that was so fucked up about that story was that it was presented as 'oh you don't know who you are! you'll change!' #and i was never listened to until i went 'so far' in my transness that changing was impractical... #...it never enforced that my sense of self is dynamic but that who i was is something to be 'fixed' #i think a lot of queer people are hostile to the idea of gender/sexuality fluidity because it's framed in such a way... #...that tells them that their queerness will eventually be 'cured'... #...so any notion of 'identity can be fluid' reads like 'your queerness is a flaw and a horrible thing'... #...but that's not the solution to people whose identity has fluctuated and changed... #...it isn't their fault that queerphobes latched onto them as 'case studies' to prove that queerness is curable... #...a queerphobe would latch onto ANYTHING in order to prevent you from living... #...'oh lesbians married men in order to protect themselves? why can't you do that?! why must you insist on marrying a woman?!'... #...that's an example of how they'd just latch onto something else if 'identity is dynamic' didn't exist #the context of 'identity is dynamic' is often one of the most important factors in if it is meant as queer-afirming or not ime

[camels-pen]

some sun and moon coded boys for eclipse day (inspired by this)

bonus: crimes from beloved bib that i graciously illustrated

"do you think it makes a sproing sound?" - bib

#one piece #sanuso #usopp #sanji #eclipse #doodley doots #love u friend #also thank you for the microdose of psychic damage #the crimes were thanks to me trying to figure out the angle of their heads considering the long nose & friend gave me this solution #which funnily enough reminds me of a lu/sopp comic i saw once where luffy assumes the same thing kdfjhgdfg #not tagging the actual ship since they're not present n i dont wanna give false hope kdjfhgdf #edit: MOON NOT MOOD- IT WAS A TYPO AAAAA /dramatic

[hecksupremechips]

To also go off of the point about cop!akihiko being annoying to me I gotta say that Akihiko as a character is very hit or miss with me because of how different adaptations of p3 will subtly alter his character. I felt like in portable with the femc route he comes off best, he’s a bit of a hothead with an obsession with fighting, but he’s overcompensating his strength so he doesn’t feel as weak and helpless as he’s been in many situations. He defines strength in a very literal sense, being physically strong and using that to protect others, but he’s lacking in emotional strength as a result. And in particular in this version I think he’s portrayed as a bit more goofy and sweet in a sense. He cares deeply for you as a friend and leader but he struggles with finding the words to describe how he feels. Hes kinda naive and gullible and has trouble noticing his surroundings. He has no clue what he’s doing but his heart is in the right place. I think he just comes off much more human and he has flaws, many many flaws, and that makes him all the more lovable

But then in other adaptations and spinoffs it’s like. They look at him through some hetero male bullshit filter and seem to view him as a lot more admirable and cool. Like in p3 dancing, theres literally an event where he’s talking with Junpei and Minato and they’re gushing about how perfect Akihiko is and how he doesn’t seem to have ANY flaws at all. And it becomes clear his inability to flirt with women just gets added as a way to make sure you, the Straight Male Player, don’t get insecure being next to such Perfection because at the end of the day, you’re still more charming and sexy than he will ever be because you’re better. It’s a “flaw” that’s only there to shield a sensitive male ego. And then in arena I mean, come on. He’s overly beefy and is a damn cop and travels the world and loves Protein™️ it’s his whole personality and he’s so clearly meant to be seen as hot but like, he’s just some shitty hetero male fantasy. Hes what the writers deem to be a Perfect Man that every guy wishes he could be, but don’t worry he’s still bad with women so you don’t gotta worry about him stealing your property- I mean, girlfriend!

And though I’ve not played reload and don’t really plan to anytime soon, judging from his social episodes they seem to have a similar problem. Akihiko comes off as a lot less approachable, like the year age gap is just too much of a barrier to get to know him properly. And he doesn’t have that dorky sweetness he has in portable, he’s just that perfect hetero male fantasy guy and don’t you fucking worry- he still has his protein powder with him

#persona #persona 3 #akihiko sanada #does this make sense like i feel like im going crazy cuz okay #akihiko isnt in my top 3 characters (shinji ken and fuuka lol) but hes teetering on the edge hes number 4! #i really loved him in portable i worked my ass off to get his social link i had him on my team the entire game #i found him really cute and endearing and hilarious but then like i played dancing #and er well i never got all his events cuz im bad at that game but i noticed that subtle difference #and then watching reload clips i felt it again i was like good god i hate this guy i wanna beat him up #which is so weird since hes one of my favorite characters so like what the hell is that #but i really think it is just this filter hes being presented with like when hes supposed to be a love interest #hes allowed to be more flawed and adorably pathetic and sensitive #like hes the one who wants to do the protecting but you end up protecting him you know? #so yeah this is what i mean when i say that if any straight person looks at akihiko sanada i will melt them with lasers #my mitsuru rant is a lot longer but its very similar just that ughh disgusting filter shes presented through I HATE IT I HATE IT SO MUCH #i think having kotone as the protagonist fixes most problems so i consider that the solution lol but i think Aki not getting a real social #link is a major disservice and creates that super annoying upperclassman divide that makes him unapproachable and idolized

[sincerely-sofie]

Celebi watching her friends' inability to communicate romantic intent and trying desperately not to scream and/or break out into laughter (depending on who and what it's in reference to at any given time)

At least Twig probably won't get a direct confession, say "neat," and immediately resume what they were doing to never think about it again for years like I did to someone once.

oops.

You underestimate her power, suspiciously Grovyle-coded anon.

#the worst part of his predicament of Twig inheriting Grovyle’s IQ rating #is that Celebi’s solution would actually WORK #this does not change how unwilling he is to be the one to suggest a relationship #(the only reason he was bold as he was in that one comic was bc he’s been pining for YEARS now and is slowly losing his mind over it) #but it makes him even more upset that if he had the guts to pull Twig aside and say ‘I ENJOY YOUR PRESENCE IN A ROMANTIC MANNER BRO. #PLS GO OUT ON A DATE WITH ME DUDE.’ Twig would understand #sofie answers asks #stuff by sofie #the present is a gift au #pokémon mystery dungeon #pmd #pmd sky #pmd explorers #pmd eos #pmd2 #pmd darkrai #pmd celebi #pokemon mystery dungeon #pmd au #pmd comic

[bluesidedown]

Gratitude time

#today im doing it because it's easy and im overflowing with thankful things #very often i do it because it's hard #probably good to remember it CAN be easy #anyway #thankful for my team im gonna be travelling with and the enciuragement they are #its good to remember i am not on this ceazy ride alone #thankful for a genuinely good rich fulfilling day of class/prep #and the stories of God’s amazing provision from an incredible middle eastern guy who shared with us #and for the moroccan lady i met who now somehow is cooking us lunch tomorrow so now i get to try moroccan food #and her hospitality #and for a good comfy bed and the gift of a private room this qeek #and wifi cuz hey that's a bonus (not to be taken for granted this next month) #and a remarkable number of solutions for dumb lil problems #and for the fact that my goodby with The Boy tonight (the big goodbye. for 8 months) #which both of us were dreading because yknow the Big Sad #didnt actually hit either of us emotionally while we were together #which was such a gift. we got to spend 3 hours together just being peaceful and present and having good conversations #and thinking about how to do dating well this year #and praying together #and it was just. so good #and i am so so glad i get to date him this year and share this crazy thing with him even though itvis gonna be really really hard sometimes #and he made me a bracelet to take with me 🥺

[figofswords]

anybody remember the stephanie brown essay I was working on under a research grant fully last summer? yeah it’s not done yet it super needs to be done and I’ve been avoiding working on it for weeks. someone tell me to just do it already

#the problem is. actually there are several problems #1) I’ve been out of the Batman/dc comics phase for almost a year so I don’t care that much about the topic #2) I am fifteen pages in and have not touched it in months so I’ve completely lost my train of thought #3) I can’t just reread it because I hate first five pages or so and I know I need to change it but I was trying to finish before editing #so now my only solution is I need to open up a new doc and completely restructure the whole thing by splicing together the existing writing #so that I can figure out where the hell im going with this and make sure things fit together better #unfortunately that sounds fucking exhausting #but I told my mentor I would have an update for him by the end of the week and. well. it’s the end of the week #I have to present it in April. I have to write and submit an abstract in March #the school gave me $1500 for this stupid essay and if I don’t have anything to show for myself. #well. I don’t know they can’t take the money BACK but it’s not a good look #and also I would feel bad #I did the research!!! i interviewed comic writers even!!! I just haven’t finished WRITING IT DOWN #and I KNOOOOWW once I get started it’ll be fine once I’m going I’m going #but STARTING is hard because I feel like I have to finish it in one go which makes it so huge and daunting #I’m like. slamming my head into a wall. just write a couple sentences Jess something is better than nothing #just start it you don’t have to finish just START just MAKE the new DOC #I know!!!!! that is what my therapist would say!!!! Jess you’re trying to oneshot it bc of your dumb adhd brain!!!! #stop looking at it like that and making it scarier!!! #but even tho I know that logically I’m still like oh I should put away the dishes o should make bread #I should work on my six different art pieces I should do laundry i should play with the puppy I should go for a walk I sh

[chiropteracupola]

I wonder if audiobooks would resolve some of my difficulties with bernard cornwell's writing style?

#em is posting about sharpe #currently I am in that soup called 'needs something to listen to but only wants to listen to things they are already interested in #and also all the things they can think of have no appeal to their presently ooze-filled braincase' #well. having no solution to this I guess I am off to listen to fall out boy at the grocery store

[angeltannis]

I love how the post-game interactions between Frey and Cuff are like

Frey: What do you think of that sick jump I just did

Cuff: I yearn for the day I plunge you into madness and burn the pathetic nation of Athia to cinders with your bloodied hands

Frey: Not what I asked, Bozo

Cuff: [long-suffering sigh] …It was mildly impressive

#forspoken #forspoken spoilers #I will just never be over this game presenting a solution to ‘how do we stop the world’s most unlikeable entity’ that’s just #‘have him befriend the world’s most unlikeable New Yorker’ #Statler and Waldorf asses