the fact that generative A.I. has created a completely new fundamental doubt in reality (checking to see if an artwork we see is manmade or not) and doubt in the instinct of enjoying art is unforgivable. its sickeningly tragic, and i mean it. NOTHING is worth this price and i hope that everyone will one day realize this.
Yeah…its annoying. I go on pinterest to get reference photos. Then I find out how much AI is crap dumped into it and it made me doubt my pins.
It’s not fun. I hate hearing how artists are being accused of doing AI when AI is the one that steal from artists.
LOOK AT THE HANDS. I heard that’s where most AI screw up. If it blends with the art, it’s most likely AI. Although, I question that sometimes 😑 *sigh*
I can’t stop reading this story; I’m so hooked. There’s so many things I like about it that I hardly see in other stories. I don’t want to go into detail because I want people to enjoy the story as they read it.
If anyone decides to read it, or don’t care about spoilers, dm me! I would love to yap about the story, lol. Or any story.
The MC is amazing. I really like him since I relate in a very specific area of his, and that he’s similar to the character he’s transmigrated with and other things I won’t say related to that.
He’s petty, funnily so. He also lives for drama, lol. I added him to my favorite protagonists.
The story is written well (besides occasional typos, but it’s not crazy) and I laughed several times just by the one liners of the Mc’s dialogue.
What I like about it is a mixture of the humor from “The martian” by Andy Weir, and “The Assistant to the Villain,” with its banter and romance aspect.
Some people might not like it…I would kind of call it dubious consent, to…farther. It’s not like it’s not being addressed (the main character is awesome that way), but I understand how some people wouldn’t want to read it.
Maybe some would find it satisfying how it’s being addressed or treated, but the fact that it’s happening could be a deterrent.
It has major angst/comfort vibes. All the right ones. I’m a sucker for it.
Heterosexual relationship culture is so alien to me and I don’t know if it’s the fact I’m not cishet or the fact I’m autistic but I hear so many things that make me go “Am I insane or are they?”
There’s a lot of hate on widowers and I saw a woman say “You cannot compete with a dead woman.” which is perhaps a reasonable statement to say if he’s constantly comparing you to his dead partner but that wasn’t what the post was about. And I realized “Oh my God, these people genuinely feel like they’re constantly in competition with their spouse’s exes and the ex being dead makes them feel insecure that they cannot best her.”
There’s also been an uptick in the ‘men and women cannot be ‘just’ friends’ rhetoric which I feel like is extremely dangerous and reflects the rise of fascism and sexism. Some of these stories of women feeling threatened by their husband’s female best friend have some merit and others are like “I feel angry that my husband still talks to the girl he grew up next door to and she and her wife are invited to family gatherings and included in family photos sometimes. Am I right to be suspicious?” No. No you’re not. I cannot imagine being you and living with that high level of stress and paranoia and constant torment and jealousy about your husband having a positive relationship with anyone who isn’t you.
okay look i know this isn’t relevant to this post past the second paragraph but. here’s the thing. the facts of the case are as follows:
1) I am widowed. my Beloved Wife of Blessed Memory™ died in 2019
2) I got together with my current partner about 18 months later
3) when I am committing acts of Foolishness my current partner loves to gesture at the sky to my dead wife, like “do you see this shit, my liege” and regularly says to me things like “[wife’s name] was right about this” when my Foolishness inevitably comes back to bite me in the ass
4) this happens. all the time
more importantly:
5) my current partner is on tumblr
6) they love to incessantly send me posts
WHICH MEANS:
7) they just sent me this post with this commentary:
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8) they really, really are ganging up on me with her. god help us if there’s an afterlife and those two ever actually meet. “eternal rest” my ass, i will never know peace again
I don’t know if I’d like to stay in a relationship where I’m that scared of my partner cheating on me or whatever. It just seems miserable.
I live for the second post, though. This is the type of fun dynamics I would think about for stories.
The joy of Shakespeare is that even if you see the same play dozens of times, each production is its own, unique experience.
Having said that… there are certain bits of stage business that often crop up in numerous productions. One of my favorites is Malvolio’s revolve.
Just for fun, here are various examples of Malvolio’s revolve that have been captured on film. (If the gifs don’t work, check out my original post here.)
Alec Guinness in the 1970 ITV Saturday Night Theatre production does the classic dubious, self-conscious revolve, although Sir Toby and his gang are safely behind a hedge and don’t have to hide.
Nicholas Pennell in this 1986 filmed production at the Stratford Festival of Canada executes a confident and rarely-seen double revolve, forcing his peanut gallery to duck out of sight.
In this filmed version of the Renaissance Theatre Company’s 1988 production, Richard Briers executes a very slow , dubious revolve that is notable for being counter-clockwise. In my experience, most Malvolios revolve in a clockwise direction.
Finally, this Stratford Festival production milks the revolve for all it’s worth, with Tom Rooney’s Malvolio turning at just the right speed to miss Sir Andrew’s desperate dash across the stage.
Some productions choose to have Malvolio turn the letter around, rather than himself. Others either blow past the line without acknowledging its comedic gag potential, or cut it in its entirety. All are valid choices, but honestly… why look a gift gag in the mouth?
“In my experience, most Malvolios revolve in a clockwise direction” is my new favorite blind of Shakespeare analysis
I need everyone to know that in The Public Theater’s 2025 Free Shakespeare in the Park production, Peter Dinklage puts the rarely seen double revolve to shame, opting for a traveling multi-spin, WHIRLING himself across the stage as he CONTINUES TO READ THE LETTER
I love specific things that people enjoy such as this xD.
And I love it when things that are interpreted in a certain way becomes a solid constant in a fandom or in this instance, a gag in a stage play.
Tumblr is super big on the “I didn’t say it was good, I said I liked it” but really need to discover the value in its opposite of “I didn’t say it was bad, I said I hated it”.
You can acknowledge that something is good, great, a masterpiece even, and just straight-up not enjoy it.
This is me with Re: Zero. I started watching it, hated the loop and no break of the pain. I understood why it was great (afterall, my brother loves it, and he tells me why), but I DO NOT enjoy watching it. So I don’t.
They won’t leave my head bruh I love pathetic scared freak men and their silly little make shift not related daughter
also Sofia has that freakish blue eye stare no one can tell me otherwise
I’ll add them to the “scared pathetic freak men and their silly little make shift not related daughter” pile.
I couldn’t find a lot of people talking about Twinkle Stars by Natsuki Takaya, the creator of Fruits Basket, and I think that’s a crime. It should have an anime adaption, too.
It’s a real good story so far. It does have similar stuff that’s in Fruits Basket, family drama, dealing with trauma, and all that.
I also like the love story part in it. It’s kinda wild how the male love interest is introduced, so it’s definitely fun. Got all the angst/comfort you need.
So, definitely read Twinkle Stars, especially if you loved Fruits Basket. And yes, there’s a lot of mentions about stars and constellations. The main characters are in a stars appreciation club :3 Another aspect I love about the manga.
While I know that the prevailing theories about the Phone Voice right now are that it’s the Knight or at the least Carol, in a conversation last night I was jolted to a new consideration that I’m feeling pretty gobsmacked by the thought of:
What if that voice is Ralsei, calling from the Dark? Hence the noise– it’s not exactly garbage noise, but it’s distorted, with darkness as it’s text box.
Honestly my biggest piece of consideration for all of this is:
Everyone has been using this to suggest the voice is Carol, because she shows up shortly after this phone call. But here’s the thing: She shows up even if Kris doesn’t call her. In the Weird Route, Kris is raging against the soul for whatever it did to Noelle. There is No Way they called Carol between whatever ultimately befell Noelle and Carol arriving home. She was going to come home early regardless of our or Kris’ actions.
I propose instead that this was Ralsei saying the he will be right there, at the Sanctuary. He is ALREADY there when Susie and Kris arrive. We know that in the kitchen the voice mentions the fountain at the church, so for Kris, “there” is not ambiguous, while to us as the Soul audience it is vague, and we’re tricked to use recency bias.
Additionally, this lets us further add meaning to the closed eyes scenes in previous chapters, where Ralsei is telling Kris something outside of the knowledge the Soul is given.
Has Ralsei been explaining pieces of the prophecy to Kris without the Soul present? Or maybe just been counseling Kris on what the Soul needs to do next? Or what Ralsei needs next alongside Kris? Kris doesn’t hate Ralsei– every option especially in Chapter 4 to be mean to Ralsei results in Kris maliciously complying to the will of the Soul, mumbling, covering their mouth, keeping their mouth shut, etc– so if whatever Ralsei was telling Kris in these scenes was upsetting, we would know by how they allow the Soul’s choices to come through.
Ralsei also tends to use Kris’ name A LOT when he speaks to them directly. He does the same with Susie, too, but I think it’s a very specific character voicing choice to establish that he uses Kris’ name almost every single time he begins dialogue with Kris. I combed through Chapter 1 text data and every time that Ralsei begins talking specifically to Kris, their name is used somewhere near the beginning of the interaction. Likewise, the voice in the phone uses Kris’ name A LOT. This isn’t something people normally do when talking directly to a person, but it is an established verbal quirk of Ralsei’s.
It begs the question, though, what is the promise Ralsei would be referring to? Why would Ralsei call specifically when he does at the end of Chapter 4 to say specifically what he does? And to the counter point, why would Carol or the Knight call Kris that late just to say “don’t forget …. You promised”?
There’s 2-3 more chapters to learn about this, and I could be heavily overlooking some key details, but part of the joy and beauty of being on the release floor of thjs game is not knowing what pieces are important yet! Would love to hear from others if this speaks to you or you have any further considerations on it!
I love this theory! It’s more interesting to me then believing Kris is working with the villain of the story.
I like that this theory makes it so Kris just has beef with the soul for controlling him.
this is not a babygirlifying kit rant. this is not a bitchifying jentry rant. this is not a hating on michael rant.
this is mostly trying to analyze jentry and kit’s relationship throughout the series and looking at some points that ive seen discussed online either vilifying kit, or that aren’t really addressed at all in regards to jentry, in a different way.
and, by the way, this will have spoilers for episodes 1-10, i think, so just be warned!
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