Best posts made by Ganymede

@derp said in Good TV:

They don't appeal to me, regardless of whatever emotional content they might have for others.

As a Canadian, I of course understand McLuhan's theories on media. And, as Gadsby points out, Picasso's failure is not in his perspective, but in his arrogance.

It is not from arrogance that I suggest we all diverge from what we are comfortable with once and a while in order to enjoy the profound; it is simply from experience. I think sometimes we reinforce what repulses us about art styles rather than question why we are repulsed. Because, frankly, I was very skeptical of She-Ra in particular, like everyone else, because of its art style.

It's not that I wasn't familiar with Noelle Stevenson's work at the time; it was just that I was skeptical that her style would translate into what I understood to be a heroic, action fantasy geared towards children. In that skepticism, however, I had the answer for not only why I was initially repulsed but also why I needed to question that repulsion. And it's hard to remember, given the carefully-coded narrative that explores very dark and desperate themes that this show is rated TV-Y7-FV, which means it was found to be appropriate for children 7 and up with a warning of some fantasy violence; contrast this with the new Masters of the Universe series which is rated TV-PG.

I can't help but contrast the content and style of the show with Steven Universe, which was also rated TV-PG. That show's transgressive themes are a little more overt, but its emotional content, in my opinion, is not quite as visceral. The only thing I can conclude is that She-Ra somehow qualified for a younger crowd because it was calculated to do just that. And given what is discussed, the only conclusion I can make is that the rating is tied to how the show appears, along with how well they code their messages (along with changes in attitude from 2013 to the present, no doubt).

Me, I love A:TLA, TLoK, B:TAS, and all of the action-y goodness there. Yes, I still get the feels from those too. And I don't begrudge anyone their opinion on what they like to watch and don't like to watch. After a hard day's work, who wants to watch something unpleasant? All I can suggest -- suggest -- is maybe to give it a shot because maybe -- just maybe -- y'all can find something you do enjoy, like seeing an autistic character portrayed as something other than a Sheldon Cooper clone or a so-obviously-Canadian character that's so charming that you can't help but feel sorry for her.

And, of course, Sea-Hawk.

As for close friends, it's nice when people who trust me with their deep, dark secrets make an effort to watch things I appreciate and learn from.

@magee101 said in NOLA 2: Back in the Vieux:

Wod is not a relationship simulator, Monster Hearts, or anything like that. Is a dark gritty environ filled with Bad Things and bad people and bad shit is supposed to happen to and around your character

I long ago stopped worrying about what others wanted from their RP, and focused on what I wanted from mine. I see no cogent or reasonable explanation why a World of Darkness game must be something dark and gritty. To the contrary, the best and brightest moments of RP in this world have occurred where things were not at all dark or gritty, but, rather, horrifyingly absurd.

@greenflashlight said in Good TV:

I was excited for it from the beginning, maybe because I knew enough about the original series to be able to contrast the feeling of these are people I want to get to know versus the feeling of this (because let's be real, they're all the same character) is what others want me to be.

Maybe.

Maybe this is a little too personal for me, and made a little more so because my girl looks more like a young Glimmer (half-angel, half-Asian) and recently started to complain that she's too fat.

Like, I want to throat-punch her "new girl-friend" so bad, but she's going to school in a couple of weeks and therefore will be removed from this influence shortly.

I'll get by.

@magee101 said in NOLA 2: Back in the Vieux:

Because that is comic... relief? Disposition? It is at odds with the overall intent of theme and makes memorial moments, but if it was just always absurd would it be as memoriable?

I don't want to get into a divergent argument regarding the intent of the game's themes and settings.

Simply, I try not to wrongfun others when possible.

Sassy flight attendants.

I think Arkandel is implying that changing settings may not solve underlying issues that made Reno unattractive to some players.

@tinuviel said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

Well maybe if you kept the pantry stocked with all the random bits and bobs I might hypothetically need, we wouldn't be in this problem!

In my household, I keep the pantry stocked, the kitchen operational, the dishes washed, and the household clean.

To no one's surprise, my PCs tend to be very good at keeping shit in order, but generally enjoy hurting others physically and emotionally.

@scorn said in Reno is closing! ....Or is it?:

One of the issues we ran into with Reno was that our generous XP policy led to a heavy population of 'dinosaurs.' We're going to be toning that back, at Portland. Things will be more challenging. People won't be able to sneeze in the general direction of a Rank 5 ephemeral and wipe it out of existence. Risk will return as a prominent factor, and along with it, we hope, more of the 'darkness' that's supposed to be a core theme of the World of Darkness.

For the love of everything holy, please implement an XP cap.

@aria

You know, a lot of ERISA violations can result in awards of attorney’s fees, so many attorneys take such cases on contingent upon such awards or on a contingency fee. So you could look one up, and work it out.

Worth a shot.

@ominous said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

Just be sure to send back the bourbon that's going to arrive on your doorstep, since you don't need it now.

After today, this is all I want to do:

Bourbon will help.

@Wizz

That argument makes sense, but it overlooks that the Dead Wolves originate from a particular wolfblood, and were not meant to account for all wolfbloods that were Embraced.

@greenflashlight

Do you have a cat?

Cats are assholes.

@Auspice

@arkandel said in Good or New Movies Review:

It's not that I just don't know anything about them from the comics (I barely knew who the Guardians of the Galaxy were after all before the first movie came out) but dropping a bunch of characters on us in one movie sounds like it won't work.

Well, it worked for Shang-Chi, right?

Have you looked at Arx?

Take a look, and you will see how building a game from the ground up with systems to keep players from ripping each other apart physically can create a semi-cooperative world-building game that a large number of people seem to enjoy.

So, like, don't just start with "what era should we start in?" or "should we use WEG or Saga or FFG?" All of that is irrelevant if you don't have code to build the game you want to see.

And if you want to see people not go after each other with their pew-pew stats, I'd suggest providing them other mini-games to e-peen with.

@wizz

Hey.

You’re one of us.

And we’re so fucking toxic.

@Botulism

Oh, no worries about that.

But making me work?

@greenflashlight said in Autism and The MU* Community:

Wait, what? Are there people who like clothes with tags, or at least people who don't cut the tags off as soon as they get home?

That's me. I like tags and use them to figure out how to wash my shit properly.

@RDC

I'm not going to argue that, no, but I will say that racism, queerphobia, transphobia, and pro-genocidal garbage has no place in an earnest conservative or centrist agenda.

Maybe that means I'm not as conservative or centrist as I think.

Doesn't matter. Did the right thing, 1000%.