thevalleyisjolly

[thevalleyisjolly]

It seems to me like there's a particular element of hatred that ties in with the rage from the rage crystals. Anyone can be angry and it's literally the defining feature of barbarians that they learn how to harness their rage in service of a goal. But with the rage crystals, it's as if it stokes up existing feelings such as discontent, jealousy, inferiority, or perceived unfairness directed at a particular target, and heightens them until it becomes full-on hatred. You're no longer just angry about something or someone in your life. You hate it with an all-consuming, personal ardour that eclipses any attempt at moderation or abatement. Anything connected with the object of your contempt is guilty by association; every action appears through the most bad-faith lens regardless of intention or truth. It isn't a mindless rage, but rather a targeted personal hatred that feeds off of a person's existing feelings and spurs them to take aggressive action. It's not enough just to stew in silence or work out your anger by yourself. You have to do something about this problem in your life, and you have to specifically do something to the problem because they are the reason why everything is wrong. If only they were gone or dead or humiliated or dethroned, everything would be better. At least until the next problem comes along. Because that's the thing about being a D&D adventurer. There's always going to be another antagonist once this quest is over.

#dimension 20 #fantasy high #fantasy high spoilers #fantasy high meta #something something kipperlilly hating the bad kids but also the bad kids hating kipperlilly on sight #and how it's the structure of most d&d quests to have a bbeg figure responsible for most of the problems the party is dealing with #because it's easier in stories when there's one or two tangible and defeatable bad guys to direct all your efforts towards #and on and on it goes; always another bad guy to fight and defeat #until you combine a d&d quest with a growing up narrative #and realizing that all the problems in your life are more complex and multivaried than a single cause #there are academic challenges and tricky interpersonal relationships and demanding commitments and so many stresses #yes there often are big bad guys who are responsible for many problems in the world and you should be angry and you should fight them #but getting rid of one bogeyman does not mean all your problems will be solved or even that any problems will be solved #don't mistake eliminating an enemy with fixing what's broken in the world

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RANDOM DASHBOARD INSPECTION!

#game changer

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finding out that people either choose to be consumed by the rage god or die makes lucy frostblade all the more tragic to me. like jesus this kid had to decide between the fire that warmed her in the dark and death and she chose to die.

#dimension 20 #fantasy high #fantasy high spoilers

[thevalleyisjolly]

online communities are so strange because people slip away so easily. you can be on here for years, folding people you've never met into the fabric of your daily life, and then they disappear, leaving only ghost posts scattered across tumblr behind. or their blog stays dormant, for weeks, months, years, until you're only still following them because you remember that they love sunflowers or they were kind to you when they didn't have to be or the last thing they posted was sad and raw and you still worry about them sometimes.

and sometimes they come back when you least expect it, years later, even, and there's this sudden rush of relief like there you are, there you are, even though you barely knew each other.

there's a strange kind of love to it. i don't know you and i want to hold your hand across miles and time zones and oceans. i can still see the imprint of you in this community you left. you don't think anyone will notice or care when you're gone, but we notice and we care and we wish you well.

i hope you're all okay out there. i hope the sun is shining on your face and you are breathing deeply. i miss you.

[thevalleyisjolly]

Congrats to Mike Trapp for getting a good grade in the time loop, something that is normal to want and possible to achieve

#game changer

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Shout out to all the Black ppl that can no longer participate directly in the fandom they love because of the stresses of racism 👍🏾 you contain multitudes of value and I'm sorry that the color of your skin and the power of your voice makes people not want to acknowledge that.

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🎶 everybody do the wenis 🎶 the wenis is a dance 🎶 everybody is a genius 🎶 who knows it in advance 🎶

#game changer

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When people talk about needing to network/know people in showbiz. They're actually talking about "i need a cheerful, polite young man who is good at playing up the "horrified beaurecrat" while in a mildly sinister role in a premise that steadily gets more horrifying" and Sam Reich going "Oh I can get Brian David Gilbert!". They're talking about "I need a someone willing to completely straightfaced create a gag video parodying classic youtuber formula with a ridiculous premise but completely deadpan tone' and Sam Reich going "Oh I can get Sungwon Cho!". They're talking about "I need a guy who is willing to just be the creepiest most sinister clown with the goofiest voice and mannerisms" and Sam Reich going "Oh I can get Josh Ruben!". They're talking about "I need the goofiest guy possible to incompetently eat spaghetti and scatter it all around the set and onto my competitors podiums while doing witty banter" and Sam Reich going "Oh I can get Grant O- he has WHAT. Shit. Zac, Zac Oyama, where are you-"

#game changer

[thevalleyisjolly]

hey sorry we put your players in a time loop. yeah they can only win by learning, and they can only learn by playing. yeah grant o’brien is carboloading next to their podiums. yeah they know that x equals 8 so y must equal 6. no they can’t use the ladder. yeah now they’re doing the wenis. sorry. 

#game changer

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you can butch4butchify anything if you have the warrior's spirit

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GAME CHANGER WEIRD SHIT

- zac, bdg, josh and kevin aren't credited in the episode description, but ash, nico, and kaylin are.

- the clown's name is roscoe, until it's no problem.

- trapp's prize is samuel dalton's watch.

- solzhenitzyn's nobel prize speech is about the endurance of art, the ache of the soul, the ineffability of the bigger picture - and reminds me of Sam's obsession with recursion, callbacks, and nesting doll structures.

??????????

#game changer

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I desperately hope that next season Sam brings back Mike, Ify, and Siobhan for "Deja 2." Remember what X stands for in nine months to half a year, suckers

#holy shit he would wouldn't he #game changer

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#he's got a fucking ladder! #game changer

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“i can’t do this anymore” says a girl who is not only going to do it but do it well

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Sorry for being incapable of answering a question without like 900 "It dependssss" prefaces. Unfortunately too many things depend on too many things

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I wish literally any other one of the nominated movies this awards season won instead of Oppenheimer. No offence to the actors (although really, what the hell did RDJ do that was so exceptional), but I'm physically upset that they rewarded such an Oscar-bait movie.

#the valley is posting #it's how the suffering of japanese people is used to show the poor opie's moral complexity but japanese people are never allowed a voice #it's how us americans get to be tormented about the ethical consequences of their genocidal decisions #while the people of hiroshima and nagasaki and los alamos never get a face or a name or even a scrap of respect as human beings #they are simply not present in the narrative except as objects for us americans to debate over (and celebrate the suffering of) #and yeah sure; you can argue that this is oppie's story and not the story of hiroshima or nagasaki #but did we really need a 3 hour film talking about poor oppie's guilt over his complicity in the nuclear arms race #which manages to completely dehumanize and ignore poc suffering except as a plot device in oppie's internal torment #the AUDACITY of this bitch

[thevalleyisjolly]

hey sorry we put your players in a time loop. yeah they can only win by learning, and they can only learn by playing. yeah grant o’brien is carboloading next to their podiums. yeah they know that x equals 8 so y must equal 6. no they can’t use the ladder. yeah now they’re doing the wenis. sorry. 

#game changer