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Andreas Nicolas Fischer; Schwarm VII; [generative Software]; 2013; Dimensions variable;
Gorgeous.](http://24.media.tumblr.com/6a6c36235fc80f56061c82d4b8b65c3b/tumblr_mlwrboKYos1qzp4jto1_500.jpg)
Andreas Nicolas Fischer; Schwarm VII; [generative Software]; 2013; Dimensions variable;
Gorgeous.
girl-who-stole-the-madman-s-box:
“Kate keeps on texting about Skrulls. And cute boys.”
“Two of my favourite topics.”
Oh my god can you not please I cant take the cuteness!!
Heh, Kid Loki in the corner with the stack of fake IDs.
Princess Bubblegum actually works really well if you interprete her as a Craft/Occult-focused Alchemical Exalted who has high Clarity in episodes where she’s more prone to ‘for the greater good’ or ‘strictly Good logical resolution’, and is very low Clarity in episodes where she is a perfect adorable goofy dork.
The candy kingdom could even be the result of purifying candy with vitriol and refining it into a semi-organic basis for life, and for some inexplicable reason the world’s most bored Orichalcum caste decided to settle down and be a princess for a while because that is just how she rolls.
I usually look at Bubblegum as a great example of my No Moon Lunar Path. With Inevitable Genius Insight he also tended to trance out in long spells of undisturbed creativity. It was basically impossible to interrupt him since his brain would naturally just ignore anything that wasn’t “Make the greatest sandwich ever”, which ended up having an effect much like Clarity for purposes of how his poor teammates had to interact with him.
Lunars are also famous for solving problems by using parts of their own flesh or by hosting laboratories in their bodies, which I think would be an interesting comparison to Bubblegum being literally made of the same stuff as her kingdom, and it being essentially interchangeable (like how pieces of her subjects gave her enough mass to be old enough to take the throne again).
But now I am too entertained by the idea of an Autochthonia made entirely out of candy to focus on Lunars (for once).
Wow! I don’t think I’ve ever thought of Priness Bubblegum as an Alchemical, but she fits pretty well.
rule 63 where they sexualize the counterpart, make all the females willowy and attractive despite how gruff and buff the male is, and whitewash everyone
YES! lol This happens when i see most movies, it’s a big NO.
Yeah, it seems like, in mainstream media, when a male character gets a female counterpart, the female character is almost always far more sexualized than the male character. (And when a female character gets a male counterpart, it’s pretty frakkin’ rare for the male character to get the Hawkeye Initiative treatment.)
Wait
Did she paint her eyelid red
And fashion a pseudo eyelid
So she would have the true blind experience
Brilliantyou see what i did there? >;]
because i don’t
i can’t see anything
Wow, cool trick!
(via laits-go)
I think it’s deliberate.
Back in December of 2011, in this Tumblr post, Hussie described the three year journey as “sort of a prolonged narrative hybernation”. I’m pretty sure he’s been deliberately slowing down the pace of character development for the trolls and beta kids during the intermissions. And I’m pretty sure he intends to pick up the pace now that most of the major players are on stage.
I’m pretty sure Jade won’t stay mind controlled for long, Rose was grimdark for less than 1/5 of A5A2, which was followed by some major character growth and significant advancement of her personal storyline. I’m pretty sure Vriska and Calliope are the only major characters who are going to be in limbo for an extended period of time, and I’m pretty sure that both of them have some major pending character development.
(That said, I often worry about the possibility of various authors writing themselves into corners. Several updates near the end of A5A2 had me legitimately worrying that Homestuck might’ve been about to jump the shark by straying too far into sadstuck, horrorstuck or “dude, not funny” territory. And there were a few times between the start of A6A3 and the end of A6I5 when I was seriously worried that Hussie might roll some sort of critical writing fumble with Calliope. But, personally, I’m pretty sure that Hussie was already working on a mental rough draft of Act 6 while he was writing Act 4, and already had a rough mental storyboard of Act 6 and Act 7 by the time he was wrapping up A5A2.)
(Source: unpopular-hs-opinions)
Roxy is not borderline Mary Sue. She is not Mary Sue, she is not close to it— none of the characters in Homestuck are. Mary Sue is not a designation that can honestly be given to any character in Homestuck. Each character and the universe itself sits within definitions and rulesets which allows for differing levels of comparative power to come to the forefront reasonably or at least with due explanation in due time. There is no ‘over-powered’, there is no horseshit romantic subplot between characters that just happens, flawlessly, and forever, without real reason. There’s none of that.
Mary Sue, as a concept, does not, in any form, exist in Homestuck and if you think it does you’re a goblinoid shitwhistle fuckpie who can’t comprehend jack shit and just wants to be angry at a character for reasons they’re too dull to flesh out properly.
The fuck are you doing comparing someone like Roxy to a concept which can famously be identified as that Raven Way Demntia whatever girl.
Come the fuck on.
Compare napalm to matchsticks why not.
Well Hussie, Doc Scratch and the Cherub twins could all be interpreted as deliberate parodies of super-special self-insert characters (especially Doc Scratch, a nigh-omniscipotent author who rewrote troll history to suit his tastes and inserted himself into it).
IMO, people these days tend to throw around “Mary Sue” way too much.
As I understand it, long ago, in a galaxy far far away, “Mary Sue” used to refer to a character with the following three distinctive traits:
- Mary Sue is an author self-insert.
- Mary Sue is too powerful / important / perfect / successful / tragic / whatever compared to the established canon characters.
- Mary Sue is badly written.
These days, the criteria have been stretched to the point where any character a writer seems to like can be labelled a Mary Sue for outshining some other character a reader / viewer likes more in some way that the reader / viewer doesn’t like (For example Kirk, Spock and McCoy could all be labelled as Mary Sues because they’re “more special” than eachother in different ways. The same goes for every major member of the Justice Leauge including Aquaman and Green Arrow.). Also, the “Mary Sue” label has become intertwined with pre-existing sexist narratives, and is frequently used to attack female characters who step outside of traditionally female roles and archetypes.
TL;DR: The “Mary Sue” label is overused, especially by sexist assholes, so please, if you insist on using it, try to exercize some caution.
(Source: unpopular-hs-opinions)
Happy Fibonacci Day, everybody! It won’t happen again for 3019 days!
The best Fibonacci day
Mathematical!
(via serpentchild)
Link and Navi at some con. THIS IS THE MOST ADORABLE THING EVER.
“Hey Link!”
“What.”
“Hey Link!”
“What.”
“Hey Link!”
“WHAT.”
“Watch out!”“Omg, nothing’s there, Navi.”
Perfect Navi voice!
(via jammies-and-chips)
thestarsgowaltzingout:emilytea10:invisiblecashews:
Actually, the photographs are spaced ten years apart, not sixteen.
1912 to 1922.
The young, homeless (but no less dapper) wanderer shown in the first survived the sinking of the Titanic and swam to the shores of West Egg. There he built a life and a large, empty house, in an effort to win the heart of the wealthy, upper class woman he’d fallen in love with a decade earlier and had been separated from against his will.
He shed his earlier identity, and changed his name to reflect his new station. Jack was now known as Jay Gatsby, the eccentric millionaire who threw parties every night in the hopes that one day his love would show up and spin with him as they had long ago in the dance hall of the lower decks.
holy shit
And then, at the beginning of Inception, he starts out washed up on a shore.
still no oscar
Leo’s entire film career of unrelated projects has better continuity than glee.
are we going to ignore the fact that both Rose and Daisy’s names are names of flowers..no okay..
Heh.
(Source: margaritka2005, via jammies-and-chips)
Gaming in Color: A Documentary About LGBTQ Gamers, And Why It’s Important
Excellent article about why supporting a documentary about LGBTQ gamers is important, even if you’re straight.
Being privileged isn’t something to beashamed of, but rather, something to be aware of. [..] Highlighting these issues isn’t about shaming people for having advantages within a society, but encouraging them to be aware of the disadvantages of others. [..]
There’s a difference between a straight guy being subject to homophobic slurs [because ha, ha, gay people are gross, right?], and a gay guy being subject to homophobic slurs [because fuck you, homo]. It’s the difference between basic, if not problematic, shit talk and deliberate, vitriolic hate speech.
That’s how it affects people.
There’s still a few days left in the Kickstarter campaign, and a few more dollars to go. So donate to the fund!
AHH THEY’RE REALLY CLOSE and there’s only three days left!
Signal boost!
Current Kickstarter status:
- 682 backers
- $41,198 pledged of $50,000 goal
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- This project will only be funded if at least $50,000 is pledged by Saturday May 11, 11:59am EDT.
