radio414 Posted July 24, 2025 Share Posted July 24, 2025 a lot of people i follow on bluesky are doing 1like/1take threads but i think i would get more engagement here. liking this post optional what will the takes be on? will they be hot or cold? who can say Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiri Bedhead Posted July 24, 2025 Share Posted July 24, 2025 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radio414 Posted July 24, 2025 Author Share Posted July 24, 2025 27 minutes ago, Chiri Bedhead said: pom poko (1994, dir. isao takahata) is underrated, a generational story (that is, a story about a generation) about environmental decline, with two of the best fantasy sequences ever put on film, gets dismissed as "the weird raccoon scrotum movie" and i think that's rather quite sad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordCowCow Posted July 24, 2025 Share Posted July 24, 2025 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radio414 Posted July 24, 2025 Author Share Posted July 24, 2025 3 minutes ago, LordCowCow said: stories with bespoke, formalized power systems, whether that's mistborn, worm, or anime like so i'm a spider so what? are weaker for them because they're tied to being, you know, a cohesive story. there's always a "the system is abuseable" moment and always to the point that the author might as well have just let the characters do whatever the fuck they want anyway. like they're backdating an all-powerful being with "nobody else was like this because they weren't smart enough, i guess." just skip the middleman imo. (in games this is solved by either the system being the point or, in roleplaying games there's someone whose job is partly to say "no" to such things -- the system being more flexible is baked into the conceit) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yui Posted July 26, 2025 Share Posted July 26, 2025 omg a hit tweet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radio414 Posted July 26, 2025 Author Share Posted July 26, 2025 5 minutes ago, yui said: omg a hit tweet i never did/still need to do a full write up but my top 10 albums of last year were 10. Charli XCX - BRAT 9. Fat Dog - WOOF. 8. Wand - Vertigo 7. The Reverend Kristen Michael Hayter - Saved! The Index 6. KOKOKO! - BUTU 5. JPEGMAFIA - I LAY DOWN MY LIFE FOR YOU 4. Vampire Weekend - Only God Was Above Us 3. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - “NO TITLE AS OF 13 FEBRUARY 2024, 28,340 DEAD” 2. Cosmo Sheldrake - Eye to the Ear 1. Geordie Greep - The New Sound Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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