andrew W

so sick!

OHH I TRIED TO PLAY THE OLDER GAMES BUT OHH THE CLUNKINESS I CANT STAND THE CLUNKINESS

you're right to say it, the clunkiness nerd meme is a thought terminating cliche

Cold Steel is definitely a low point from a writing perspective...

like I've played 10 trails games and read 1100+ chapters of OP I can't allow myself to think they're anything but gold or else I'll have to start asking myself questions that I don't want answers for

I've just been laser targeted by this post and I cannot abide

no

I hate to be like "just wait" but like... all roads lead to the biggest bullshit

That fight is cool as hell though. One of the hardest bosses in the game whose difficulty still feels very fair

I feel like it remains pretty damn good

Thiel reading 1100 chapters of one piece and somehow not grasping that luffy would instantly and brutally beat him up bugs bunny style

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lean into it brother

Ground pounding through a tall tower of crates would fix me

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except this one old lady named like Judith. she was mad because Tater Tot kept sneaking into her house specifically and no matter what she did he kept coming back so she would furiously post in all caps complaining about him and everybody would just comment like "fuck u Judith we love tater tot"

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Today’s poem is selected by Tomás Q. Morín as part of the 20th anniversary of Read A Little Poetry.

“Meditations in an Emergency” appeared in Dispatch by Cameron Awkward-Rich, published by Persea Books, 2019. Shared here with deep gratitude.

down catastrophic

this is why I only ever say normal stuff to people

just think of all this fame and fortune I coulda had for myself

dammit I had this same fucking thought last night but made the mistake of not #posting

wait that's so fuckin brutal lmao

that's good, you wouldn't wanna waist those precious few moments having to dial one number after another

im going to spend more time saying crazy things to my family

"Implicit in the 'let people enjoy things' mindset is the argument that people need mindless pleasure and distraction during terrible times. But what if those terrible times were a product of our dumbed-down, money-fixated culture in the first place?"

ⓘ 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘧 reading manga. 𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘴𝘶𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘳.

the axe gets the distinction of being the first weapon I successfully beat a run with and that says a lot imo

I like the base aspect too like flat damage and health upgrades is all I ever truly want at the end of the day

ok ill bite who the fuck is keir starmer!? is that what you guys call homer simpson?

"There is a bliss when ego dies that can only be found in the solace of the pain cave."

real and unfortunately further proof that this game is indeed catholic