Sandfall really made the bold choice to say "in our beautiful and devastating game the primary function of our cosmetics will be to make our characters look stupider"

I really feel like Xena: Warrior Princess should be even bigger on here than it is. Like, there's a fantasy-action-adventure-comedy show based around Greek (and, increasingly, other) mythology, and the main character is a former warlord who's only just woken up to the error of her ways. Her name is Xena and her favourite things in the world are fighting, fishing, horses, and booze flamethrowers. And then she meets this woman Gabrielle, who is all the things that Xena isn't: sheltered, optimistic, excited about the concept of experiencing the world, and above all a deeply good person. And they start traveling together, so now Xena's favourite things are fighting, fishing, horses, booze flamethrowers, and Gabrielle, not in that order.

They go on adventures, encountering monsters and greek gods and people Xena knew ten years ago. And also sometimes pirates, vampires, and various incarnations of Jesus. In the meantime, Xena struggles with what it means to try and redeem herself after doing incredible harm, Gabrielle grapples with what place violence has in her life and her identity, and the two of them (at least, implicitly) fall in love. Also, the show experiments wildly with both form and content, doing things like a mockumentary episode, a modern timeline where Xena and Gabrielle are historical figures, and various musical episodes, bodyswaps, clip shows, and alternate timelines. The only thing that's always consistent is that Xena and Gabrielle are soulmates. It's goofy, awesome, and basically tailor-made for tumblr's userbase, and you should watch it if you haven't.

"Why didn't Renoir just--"

Part of the tragedy in Clair Obscur is that the 33rd expedition enters a situation on the continent where all the parties involved have been atrophied into their respective roles. They've been playing these parts for so long that they don't intend to deviate and they don't trust change.

Painted Verso doesn't trust enough to reveal his true intentions, so he keeps secrets. Painted Renoir doesn't trust enough to risk making new allies, so he doesn't negotiate. Painted Alicia doesn't trust enough to believe a better future is achievable through her own actions, so she offloads the duty to act onto others.

It's like joining a play where everyone else has the script, and you don't. Even though another story is possible, the people with knowledge are too blinded by their own history and tragedy to push for that alternative.

Painted Renoir is the most striking example of this. He could've tried every single year for 67 years to reach out to the Expeditioners. He could've spent decades guiding Lumiére directly towards knowing the truth and fighting their real enemy. He could have min-maxed his way through the situation like he was in a litRPG trying to optimize his chances against the Artist Renoir.

But he does none of those things because he's an old man who loves his family, and he's scared of losing more than what he's already lost.

we should globally ban the introduction of more powerful computer hardware for 10-20 years, not as an AI safety thing (though we could frame it as that), but to force programmers to optimize their shit better

I reblogged this like 9 times kinda jokingly, but software should be able to run on older and less powerful hardware, and consume less power on newer hardware. Like, this is a real problem imo

I completely agree with this but I do need you to understand that the image above is 32 times the size of the lunar mission’s memory

This is my secret santa gift, part of the @clairobscursecretsanta for @aviss! It was really fun making and hoping you like it!

The prompt was the siblings having an adventure in the canvas as children.

@introvertsnation

ik we love them but its time to admit that the black eagles are some of the most unapproachable and offputting people at the monastery. i just know half of the school hates them based off vibes

heres ur proof

edelgard: talks and acts Like That

hubert: hubert

ferdie: superiority complex and bad at social cues

bernie: literally runs and screams if u approach her

petra: On That Grind in a disturbing way while also being a foreign princess

caspar: On That Grind in a disturbing way and always yells about it

linhardt: will say to ur face when ur boring him and everything bores him

dorothea is like the only outwardly polite AND nice person but shes a literal celebrity like-

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- Richard Beale, 1784

Thank you, Richard Beale, for making our opinion of the past slightly more ridiculous.

Today! Look look look!!

Look at their poofy heads!

recently my friend's comics professor told her that it's acceptable to use gen AI for script-writing but not for art, since a machine can't generate meaningful artistic work. meanwhile, my sister's screenwriting professor said that they can use gen AI for concept art and visualization, but that it won't be able to generate a script that's any good. and at my job, it seems like each department says that AI can be useful in every field except the one that they know best.

It's only ever the jobs we're unfamiliar with that we assume can be replaced with automation. The more attuned we are with certain processes, crafts, and occupations, the more we realize that gen AI will never be able to provide a suitable replacement. The case for its existence lies on our ignorance of the work and skill required to do everything we don't.

you know. i must say that this is true for me as well