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Halloween Town Sora, revamped
This is the drawing I made for the VanVen vol1 Zine back in 2019-2020, this and the Ventus one where some of my first full illustrations so they were a big challenge for me back then (also cause I was working on both of them while having classes eh)
I still love them both =v=
The littlest things we know to be small = debut literary fiction
The dark wife: thriller, adapted into a Hulu original
The mailman’s niece = historical fiction
The mailman of Warsaw = also historical fiction but about war
The gate of wind = fantasy
The gate of wind and bones = young adult fantasy
A gathering of pelicans = mystery, part of a long running series that takes up a whole shelf at the library
The Group Project Partner Gambit = romance with a cartoon cover
Wendy Jenkins is Scared of Commitment = romance with a cartoon cover of gay people
some of y’all didn’t have a bootleg dvd guy your dad somehow knew growing up and it shows
The vast difference of how Sora gains Oathkeeper vs Oblivion is pretty telling of Riku's feelings towards Sora during KH1. The lucky charm given to Sora as a gift vs him finding Oblivion abandoned after Riku is lost to the darkness.
Nomura: Its (Oblivion's) development name was the "Riku Keyblade." In early stages we planned to have Riku give you a keychain, just like the lucky charm, which is why the keychain is a different colored version of Sora's necklace.
Heya! The name’s Axel~ I’m new around here so why dontcha gimme a nice warm welcome and send some questions to my inbox?
Hey, if you're a minor and you're following my blog, I just need you to be aware:
You have been on this earth for fewer years than my cat has.
She turns 20 this week, everyone please say happy birthday 🥳💖
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The Classics
Browse works by Mark Twain, Joseph Conrad and other famous authors here.
- Classic Bookshelf: This site has put classic novels online, from Charles Dickens to Charlotte Bronte.
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- The Spectator Project: Montclair State University’s project features full-text, online versions of The Spectator and The Tatler.
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Textbooks
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The Faded Page, which has books that are in public domain in Canada. Lots of Canadian lit, but also lots of mysteries and other works! I recommend the Sayers Collection in particular.
I. AM. FLOORED.
literally what are we gonna do if it turns out skuld isn't subject x
i'm half convinced that the reason it hasn't been confirmed is because nomura hadn't decided who it was yet either. excluding that possibility, there's just NO REASON to be coy about it
thought too hard about it and got worked up
but this is the core of my issue with how ux was handled. so much of the storytelling was done in choppy, sporadic updates that left WAY too much up to interpretation. which wouldn't have been a problem if it had all been self contained, but it's NOT.
and it's not just the one game either. all of the current ongoing story threads—nameless star, yozora, verum rex, quadratum, strelitzia, subject x, ava, master of masters, luxu, black box—have been teased over and over and over without resolving anything. it's all set up and never any pay off. and when there is pay off, it's abruptly swept under the rug because nomura stopped caring about those plotlines years ago.
between 2002 and 2012 we had games that delivered complete, satisfying stories, with a beginning, middle, and end. but since then, all the actual games turned into pay to win mobile experiences or awkward cutscene collections or dlc or cut content that got revived as a kh3 demo. the only full games we've got in the last decade are kh3 and a rhythm game, the latter of which had a main plot development implausibly grafted onto the end of it, like it's just another one of ux's updates where information is unceremoniously dumped.
and now we're (theoretically) going in for another round of this with khml sometime this year, assuming it doesn't immediately get delayed and canceled like the last mobile game did. see this post for my thoughts on that.
like do you see the problem?? at some point the games and stories were gradually stripped apart for their raw components and now they're just plot and characters and buttons to press.
following the story feels like playing a gacha game now. press the button and maybe you'll find out what happened to skuld. or maybe you won't. but at least we still have your attention.
i want to be clear that my point here isn't that nomura is apathetic about the series, it's that the nature of the video game industry now means that we're never going to see another era like the mid 2000s ever again, where there was a new release practically every single year for a decade—but more importantly, where every entry had the space to meaningfully tell its own story while also building upon the stories that came before.
you can't do that in a live service mobile game that's built upon a framework of exploitation and mindless filler as its development priority. and when all you're allowed to make are live service mobile games that are, by their nature, designed to prioritize profit at the expense of narrative cohesion and satisfying game design, then it's not exactly surprising that that's what we got. it won't be surprising when that's what khml is at its core either, no matter how many polygons they shove in it.
the root of the problem here isn't nomura. it's that the video game industry that supported the vision for good games doesn't exist anymore.
#your additions have literally articulated exactly what i’ve been struggling to say for YEARS#i love lots of things about khux. but i also knew when it happened that it was sort of a death knell in its own way.#for an era where games were different. where this SERIES was different.#i think it’s quite obvious nomura still has visions that are bold and interesting. but it’s really fucking hard to appreciate.#bc the industry pushes toward live service and microtransactions and FILLER bc you can charge more for less#i cannot bring myself to be excited for missing link bc i just…i know. it’s going to have like 2 compelling threads.#but the rest is going to be mindless ‘content’ to try and make money#and it. it sucks right? when you know what khux could have been. what khml COULD be.#when games like days and bbs and coded and com exist specifically to tell these sorts of connected but separate stories#it really makes it so obvious how shitty it is that khux and khml are relegated to live service gacha games#there’s characters and stories worth something there. but they’re STUCK there.#except for strelitzia ig she broke free but like shit man#anyway. this was rambly but that’s all to say you put this really succinctly imo.
—tags courtesy of @akari-hope
you. you get it
The first couple of captain america movies were good. I know. I know. I hate the mcu too but the first couple of captain america movies were good I'm Sorry. I have to speak my truth
The mcu wasn't ALWAYS completely soulless. Like it was never high art or anything it's always been kinda silly action movies but the first couple of em were good. I'm not gonna let the first avenger + winter soldier get memory hole'd Never forget what we once had. Me & like three other people are left standing in the stucky trenches in 2023. I am cringe but I am right. Remember what we believed in
Anonymous asked:
Feels weird leaving an ask, like I’m walking up to a sage on a mountain and asking advice but that sage is likely just some guy in his pj’s eating cheese. Anyway any advice for how to be okay with being perceived? It’s hard to not feel like everything I do whilst in someone eyeline is embarrassing
teaboot answered:
I’m actually eating Pierogi in the bathtub right now so this is perfect
Okay first off, currently working my way out of the wet paper bag that is Social Anxiety that once had me agoraphobic and melting down on my way to buy groceries, just so you know what you’re working with
- Care about how you dress, but not in like, a fashion way. Just a “I like how I feel in this shirt” sort of way. And not so much, “I look good in these pants so I will wear them to be perceived Correctly”, as, “I feel great in these house slippers and when I feel good I’m confident and when I’m confident I give less of a shit what the haters might think”. Wear what feels good. Cut your hair and do your face and nails whatever way feels good. Appearance is secondary to vibes.
- Lean into the funny. I waited 10 minutes in line for a coffee order that had already been set out for me this morning, and when the barista noticed, we both had a good laugh. Five years ago that would have killed me. Now I’m glad these poor workers will have a funny story over their bland ass shift. When I was in retail that would have been adorable and hilarious! And so, my goofemup is a gift. I am full of blessings
- Get louder and watch as nothing bad happens. Take up more space and watch as nobody yells at you. Wear brighter or skimpier or janglier outfits and bask I the glory that is “Nobody gives a shit except the nice strangers who give me compliments”. Marvel at how far you can push the envelope before anyone so much as comments on it. This will free you.
- Say yes to terrifying opportunities to be Seen. Karaoke, dance, improv. And if you can’t do it sincerely, embody a caricature of yourself. It’s terrifying and it sucks eternally and forever and ever and ever like hellfire until suddenly it doesn’t. Then have fun.
- Be honest. Not unkind, but blunt if you need to. “I’m having a bad time”. “This kinda sucks for me”. “I know you hate this song but you can deal with these last 30 seconds because I need it to live”. Mostly people will think it’s a joke but respect it anyway. God bless
Please keep in mind that I am flying by the seat of my pants here and this is just stuff that’s worked for me. I am still a nervous disaster crying into the void. Good luck space cowboy
self-care phrases to boost your confidence
- this shit ain't nothin to me man
- I'll fucking kill you
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