Lauren. 19, Colorado, Homestuck, LGBTQWTFBBQ.
I am a citizen of the Internet. I do things sometimes. Some of those things will go here. Yeah.
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
I think it probably says a lot about us as a species that when we thought of what the dead would do upon being trapped here, the first thing we came up with was “terrify the living.”
Jackie Chan has the best story ever about Bruce Lee
(Source: sifu-kisu)
what if we just created a fandom for a tv show that doesn’t exist and we build it up really big and make a ton of inside jokes until the internet just accepts it as a real show and it starts getting included in polls and gets it’s own imdb page and a group of outsiders go crazy trying to find dl links
Please please please can we do this
Sorry to disappoint, but things like this have been done several times. See, for instance, Inspector Spacetime, Disney’s Anne Frank, etc.
Random Question
Is anyone else having difficulties with youtube at the moment? I can’t view anything without it “pausing” (it’s not paused, but first the audio stops and then the video itself does) in the first few seconds. I can’t comment and ask there, because it’s also not letting me do that. I know it’s not a buffering problem, and it doesn’t seem like anything is wrong with my computer because I can listen to music on my computer and it doesn’t pause. Any have the answer?I have no idea what’s going on, but I have the same problem. At first I thought it might just be my connection, but it’s not. It’s really fucking annoying.
Update: I updated Firefox and it seems to have at least alleviated, if not outright fixed, the problem.
Random Question
Is anyone else having difficulties with youtube at the moment? I can’t view anything without it “pausing” (it’s not paused, but first the audio stops and then the video itself does) in the first few seconds. I can’t comment and ask there, because it’s also not letting me do that. I know it’s not a buffering problem, and it doesn’t seem like anything is wrong with my computer because I can listen to music on my computer and it doesn’t pause. Any have the answer?
I have no idea what’s going on, but I have the same problem. At first I thought it might just be my connection, but it’s not. It’s really fucking annoying.
you ever wonder if hussie just sits there and sifts through homestuck theories on tumblr and either goes “yeah sure lets go with that make it canon” or “how can i make this theory as wrong as possible”
since the comic is still heavily reader driven i would say this is not just likely but absolutely true.
Yeah, I mean, I don’t know if he watches Tumblr specifically, but reader expectations always have and still do play a huge role in dictating the events of Homestuck, so I think it’s pretty safe to say that Hussie keeps a close eye on the community and what they’re thinking.
my dick has a lot in common with the sun
nobody likes looking directly at it?
It gives people cancer?
woAh woah woah
i prefer it is 150 million km away from me?
It burns anything and anything in its immediate vicinity?
It’s constantly undergoing nuclear fusion?
Nowhere man, Johann Kraus.
On being “like, 300 pounds.”
(possible mild Borderlands 2 spoilers)
I’ve been playing an embarrassing amount of Borderlands 2. It’s not a perfect game- there’s some weird plot holes, and all of the NPCs seem to have absolutely nothing to do all day, but it has a lot of positive points too.
1. Inclusion of gay characters in a non-stereotypical and normalized way. Only in sidequests, however. Sir Hammerlock is revealed to have dated at least one man, but it’s just a mention in a sidequest. Another sidequest includes an unnamed gay couple being torn apart by Hyperion for experimentation, and one of the experimenters being forced to continue the process by Jack under the threat of her wife being killed. The mentions aren’t flashy or stereotypical, which I appreciate.
2. Ellie. Who is the one I really want to talk about.
I like her a lot for being a fat character who is not burdened by it. She moved out of Sanctuary to make her own way, and is a mechanics expert, able to create a car that the enemy recognizes as its own, so you can infiltrate their base.
I do have some problems with her characterization, though. First, of course, she *has* to mention food. Not to an annoying extent, like many fat female characters are subjected to. But, most of the characters have no reason to talk about food because THERE IS LITERALLY NO FOOD ON PANDORA EXCEPT PIZZA.
AND, she *has* to mention her supposed weight, which she says is “like, 300 pounds.” One, completely unnecessary. Just stop.
Two, I think everybody needs to think about what “300 pounds” really is. I hear that number being used over and over when someone needs to convey that someone else is really-fatty-mc-fat-fat. And I guess it’s possible that if Ellie is really short, her body shape would be as it is with 300 pounds. But, she’s really not that short. (it’s hard to tell sometimes, the player character’s camera tends to be set quite low) For reference, I’m around 300 pounds and I wear US 24. I don’t know if the gravity on Pandora is the same, but it seems to be that way. What I’m saying is: Ellie probably would weigh more than 300 pounds. But for some reason, that number has become this feared territory. A place that, once you are there, you will never be able to escape from. Fat Land. And it’s used so that, a character like Ellie can say she’s 300 pounds and most people won’t be able to refute it. Because to them, that’s what 300 pounds looks like. Not that it’s a bad look- I’m considering an Ellie cosplay. But, I think it shows the seriously skewed ideas of what people think weight is. THAT’S ALL.
01. I think Ellie’s mentioning of her weight is actually crucial to her status as an amazingly progressive character, because it shows that she knows she’s “fat” but that she’s not ashamed of it, nor does she have any complex associated with it. She’s just a normal, confident woman who happens to be heavily overweight and still looks amazing, either despite or (arguably) because of it.
02. Gravity on Pandora is significantly less than on Earth. This is the supposed in-game justification for having no fall damage. This may or may not make a difference to your point of what 300 pounds looks like, but is important to note, since you seemed to suppose Pandora’s basically Earth-like. This is incorrect. The low gravity could also explain how someone like Ellie who is both heavily overweight and very busty can walk around without apparent back problems.
03. I agree that Ellie probably weighs more than 300 pounds, but considering that everything in Borderlands is heavily exaggerated for effect, I feel like having her be the game’s representation of what a person who weighs 300 pounds looks like is kind of fitting, even if it’s inaccurate.
