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Mod @ lobste.rs RPG, SFF, and Mystery enthusiast Enjoyer of many cinnamon lattes. I write too much Rust and Erlang to the sadness of my coworkers. Really into Battletech Currently reading: The CRPG Book Currently reading: Hello My Name is Ice Cream

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Solaire (@7.5!)@solairelunaire.bsky.social · last mo.

a great dissection of why a lot of fandom drama doesn't only boil down to "these people are thinking too much about [insert series here] and need to touch grass." there's another layer to the way folks get obsessed (for parasocial/self-important rewriting/clout reasons, etc) that gets glossed over

by asneakyfox on tumblr: one big thing i think people outside fandom (like, all fandoms, fandom in general, not any particular one) tend to misunderstand is they know it's a subculture of people who are weirdly deeply invested in fictional media, and they hear about drama caused by people in those subcultures being unhinged in not-fun ways, and they think the unhingedness comes from the fact of being overinvested in works of fiction. which is a natural assumption, but in my experience that's not really the case? like in my experience the drama llamas in fandom are usually not the ones who are just genuinely very deeply into the fiction. i've known people who are basically thinking about star trek or x-men comics or supernatural pretty much 100% of their free time and ime that type of person is usually very nice and surprisingly functional in their regular life. when someone's a constant nexus of fandom drama it's usually not that they are obsessed with the actual work of fiction the fandom is about, it's at least one of the following: what they're obsessed with is not the source material but their unhealthy parasocial relationships with one or more of the people who created it what they're obsessed with is not the source material but some elaborate shared-universe subset of fanfic about it that's only barely related to the original at this point, and/or an esoteric reading-against-the-text reinterpretation of the source material (often if the canon is active and ongoing this leads to becoming actively hostile toward it for its inevitably increasing failure to conform to their preferred fanon) what they're obsessed with is not the source material but the fandom itself and gathering clout within it, so that the source material basically only exists to them as a tool for scoring points in increasingly arcane fandom disputes and very often you get the same person doing 2 and sometimes even all 3 of these, and that's where the trouble really starts.
scumhead@scumhead.bsky.social · 2w ago

Ringwyrm is an immersive action horror game with survival elements. Explore a nonlinear interconnected world, meet a large cast of memorable characters, slay sickly monstrosities and avoid myriad diseases. Coming 2027.... wishlist below!

A matryoshka of successively older wizards@chatsubo.cafe · 2w ago

Rocky Horror was absolutely amazing. Glad I finally got to see it. Subway back to Penn was weird though, either got groped twice as a sexual thing or they were trying to see if I had a wallet to lift? Either way the fuck people, I just wanna go home.

A matryoshka of successively older wizards@chatsubo.cafe · 2w ago

Pretty decent work trip into Manhattan, comped my train and my lunch. Decided I've got the day time for a leisurely stroll through central park and then about to finally see Rocky Horror Picture Show in play form. Been a long time coming.

A matryoshka of successively older wizards@chatsubo.cafe · 3w ago

Welp that's chapter 2 wrapped up, grabbed all the intel, did all the simulation fights and side jobs. Only took me a cool 8hr lol? In fairness I spent so much time just walking around and staring at everything in the grasslands. They really hit it out of the park with Final Fantasy VIII Rebirth.

A matryoshka of successively older wizards@chatsubo.cafe · 3w ago

Truly Final Fantasy XV walked to Final Fantasy VIII Rebirth could run. I've spent so much time just looking at every detail in Kalm, and exploring every nook of the grasslands. I almost didn't wanna leave Kalm, it had that distinct cozy feeling Nomura gives to hubs. 10/10 so far.

A matryoshka of successively older wizards@chatsubo.cafe · 3w ago

Truly Final Fantasy XV walked to Final Fantasy VIII Rebirth could run. I've spent so much time just looking at every detail in Kalm, and exploring every nook of the grasslands. I almost didn't wanna leave Kalm, it had that distinct cozy feeling Nomura gives to hubs. 10/10 so far.

catherine@oizys.kindgirls.online · 3w ago

[VOLITION - Difficult]: Failure is a part of the process. Let it teach you a lesson instead of keeping you down. [HALF LIGHT - Easy]: Remind him of the primal brutality that lurks in the fabric of human civilization. Rip his dick off.