Cosmo :)

Fullmetal Alchemist - Brother's Lullaby

the hot tub validates humanity’s inherent desire to become stew

"Fire Emblem meets Parappa the Rapper"

@playwardrum.bsky.social is where Fire Emblem’s strategy collides with Parappa the Rapper’s rhythm!

Don’t miss your chance to play the Steam demo now!

You are so fucking good man

An ink and copic marker drawing of Whisper the Wolf.

Whisper the Wolf ~

Couldn't just draw Tangle without her 🫶
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#SonicTheHedgehog #WhisperTheWolf

honestly i think the selling point of romance for me (and where it usually fails to land) is 'can i imagine these people sharing an in-joke' like, are they in cahoots. can they laugh together. do they have a similar enough or at least complementary enough outlook that they can connect over something being funny (even if it's funny in a fucked up way! sometimes those are the best in-jokes!) that's not necessarily true love in and of itself, but it does feel like an essential component to me

tumblr post by pawthorn (15h ago): Was chatting with an acquaintance who was very like-minded politically and we both enjoy ttrpgs and actual play—specifically Critical Role and Dimension 20. It surprised me when she said she loved trpgs because they 'allow people to explore nonviolent solutions. This was honestly kinda confusing considering the properties we were talking about. I know there are plenty of nonviolent games, but D20 and CR are not great examples of that. And it got me thinking about how people approach violence vs nonviolence in games. I've heard people- in person and online- brag that they always just unionize the goblins! They fight the dragon that personifies capitalism! So there's this ideal that that is the better way to play. That there's something morally superior about succeeding through nonviolence and only fighting the right kind of enemies. And if that's a fantasy you enjoy, great! Have fun! But it's still a fantasy. Being a nonviolent sweetheart vs an evil nasty character says nothing about you because it's pretend.

For me, the nonviolent solutions where systems of power and control are deconstructed in a few rolls and a few nice statements can feel deeply hollow and a little insulting. "The goblins just needed these very special adventures to explain that they could make better choices, and it fixed their society!" is just as much a fantasy as swinging a sword to fulfill a prophecy. If your character has power-either social, political, physical, or magical- and they move through the world making changes and achieving their goals, they are exerting power over others, and that is true whether it's physically violent or not. Let's not forget, not all violence is physical. None of this is to say that we should accept all the harmful implications that are rooted in fantasy-specific races being naturally evil sucks across the board. But nonviolent play also can carry harmful implications (white saviorism, noble savage, etc). Both violent and nonviolent playstyles can uphold harmful assumptions and biases, and I think any player with critical thinking skills should interrogate them.

But just as I can enjoy Lord of the Rings while maintaining a critical eye toward how the orcs and non-white humans are portrayed and treated, I can engage in a trpg that doesn't always make the best and most enlightened choices. Because I'm an adult with a brain and it's pretend. We're lucky enough to see in Aramán a great example of how to engage with these harmful fantasy tropes in an honest and constructive-or deconstructive? —way. I honestly think it's one of the most elevated examples of the genre in existence. And it isn't non-violent. The characters have power and wield it to achieve their goals. So let's engage with the story that's being told by the characters in front of us rather than pretend it's something else entirely. Let's use our critical thinking. Let's worry about doing the right thing in real life more than we do when we're playing pretend.

this post is about ttrpgs, but it feels especially relevant in light of discussions on the wol’s actions in later expansions in ff14, and the narrative’s increasing unwillingness to cast their actions in any kind of morally questionable light

1) Twilight Princess
2) Ocarina of Time
3) Majora's Mask

These three exemplify the pillars of Zelda in ways the others fall short of. Excellence in dungeon-design, atmosphere, art, and advancing games themselves. What wondrous works <3

getting really sick of my friends telling me the cursed blade is warping my mind. it's LITERALLY fine. i can stop fucking using it whenever i want. i think they're just jealous. like they know it'd corrupt them but i'm clearly stronger than its influence. in fact, i'm stronger than all of them...

Sonic Hearts

Which likely isn't wise considering where my head immediately takes it, but what else is there to do with noticeable gaps in places

One of my favorite things is analyzing inconspicuous behaviors that may give away what people aren't willing to state outright. Really covering the socmed paranoia I skipped as a kid

Link and Zelda on a picnic #thelegendofzelda #zelda #zelink #ocarinaoftime #majorasmask #fanart #illustration

An illustration of Kris from Deltarune. The imagery is from Chapter 4 of the game. Kris looks at the viewer in their Dark World outfit as they push their younger self onto piano keys, face down. Four swords pierce their torso. Above them, a Dark fountain shoots upward, with the small silhouette of the Roaring Knight in the middle. The text on the bottom reads: The distance between two.

Chapter Four #deltarune

pet the wife #xenoblade

Drawing of Exdeath from Final Fantasy 5

Drew my favorite evil tree Exdeath <3 #finalfantasy

hi guys I know I haven't been very active lately, and I don't talk about where I'm from often, but the government made some really scary announcements today so I thought I'd share to let everyone know what's happening. here are some posts from twt for context

the thing about the guide characters in 3D Zelda is that the games introduced the problem, sure, but they also solved it, and their solution was "make the guide character a goblin girl with a huge ass who sits on you and berates you constantly while you literally get turned into a dog"

dont fucking speak to me while im xenoblade1maxxing

Phoebe Bridgers - Moon Song #feebarding

funny how you can meet someone randomly online and they become such an important part of your life

A fanart of Melia and Nia from Xenoblade Chronicles 3. They are both in wedding dresses, kissing.

Melia x Nia (Commission for @youtube.luxqaer.video)

my weasel

cynthia from pokemon diamond and pearl, holding a white lily on a stem.

#doodle of cynthia for my friend’s bday 🤍

Screenshot from Pokémon SoulSilver. Character says “what’s wrong with a boy dressing up as Janine?”

Utterly disappointed. It’s too late for me to get a refund from Target after 16 years, but if I knew Pokémon SoulSilver featured woke concepts like crossdressing ninja femboys I would have never picked up the game. Tired of seeing modern progslop in my video games

soken texting uematsu after seeing those tacos

Sonic Adventure 2 Illustration

SONIC ADVENTURE 2 #SONIC #SONICTHEHEDGEHOG