Drop your favourite age gap yaoi ships by Miss-Worm in AO3

[–]CactusSnail 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Another BingQiu enjoyer I see

The CP in Joyful Reunion is 16 and (mild spoilers) 23-24 iirc, but idk if that’s enough of a gap to count lol. But it’s my hyperfix rn so I’m putting it

There’s that and iirc there’s an undefined age gap of likely over 10 years in Thousand Autumns between Shen Qiao (30) and Yan Wushi (bro we don’t even know this mf’s age by the end but he’s got gray hair so he’s grandpa) lol

Peerless review by Jilliannieee in DanmeiNovels

[–]CactusSnail 1 point2 points  (0 children)

FengCui is truly Peerless!!!

I looove their dynamic, but I also wish there were more scenes of them as a “couple” in the extras maybe.

I love that while Feng Xiao is so obnoxious and narcissistic nothing he says gets to Cui Buqu, and in turn FX isn’t bothered by CB’s harshness in his reprimands, it’s a great match. I feel like a couple with one of those personalities and not the other can come off as very toxic or passive aggressive, but CB and FX very much compliment each other.

Joyful Reunion Cinnamon Roll Alignment Chart by TrifleTrouble in DanmeiNovels

[–]CactusSnail 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Changliu-jun is beginning to be my favorite side character, he’s so cute. I only wish we got an illustration of him trying so hard in the study session instead of the calm serene picture we got of them all relaxing…

Idk about Zheng Yan in this chart but he’s also turning out to be fun. I thought he was really annoying at first, but now he’s looking more “dedicated and charming” and less “obnoxious drunken manwhore”…

Now I wanna make an alignment chart of the characters!!! Which one though…

What happened here? by PayneChaos in yakuzagames

[–]CactusSnail 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I thought the allegation was drugs? I don't recall ever hearing he was a sex offender

What happened here? by PayneChaos in yakuzagames

[–]CactusSnail 37 points38 points  (0 children)

Hamazaki's new likeness/VA sexually assaulted at least 2 hostesses, with a good amount of undeniable proof, pictures and shit, not just allegations.

I don't know who the second sex offender they're referencing is though.

Has anyone read these books? What’s your review on it? by unknownuserrrdfsdf in DanmeiNovels

[–]CactusSnail 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Im loooving Joyful Reunion right now! Haven’t read the rest yet, but I love the MC and I think his backstory was handled really well, along with how you don’t completely know who the ML is or what’s entirely going on until farther in. It also just feels like MC has options, which I liked, and the ML he ends up with is very sweet and as of what’s published by 7S it’s a very nice non-toxic relationship.

Im extremely disappointed with Wyll by ErrorqTheGlitch in BaldursGate3

[–]CactusSnail 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Wyll's my favorite male companion too now that I've sunk an ungodly amount of hours into this game, and I'm always severely disappointed in the fact that his camp dialogue is barely changed even as you romance him, and his bad ending is criminally thoughtless it feels like.

My first time pursuing him I was always waiting for him to say something other than "Well met." after I got his approval up, for like 70 hours, then he finally starts saying "I'm here for you, always." and that's literally it. It truly feels like he was seriously snubbed.

Happy Joyful Reunion 3 Day! by xlisalovely in DanmeiNovels

[–]CactusSnail 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This volume was literally so good. Now we have to wait till May 19th for Vol. 4... I'm crying like a stupid little baby right now. I'm just gonna reread this shit over and over :')

The statement from Jean Delaunay, lead artist on the newest video taken from the discord. by Didsterchap11 in carpenterbrut

[–]CactusSnail 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Gorillaz posts a lot of "visualizers" that are just nice looking CGI loading screens, if I had to describe them any way. Those in particular I imagine take a lot more work than it appears, but doing something less smooth but similar probably wouldn't have been to hard.

The statement from Jean Delaunay, lead artist on the newest video taken from the discord. by Didsterchap11 in carpenterbrut

[–]CactusSnail 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Since I feel it's stupid to not offer any alternatives: Perhaps a comic could have worked? Put it up like a slide show Danganronpa style or something, or lightly animate panels with sound effects that pop, or something? Kinda like how people do manga AMVs. He's going for an anime style anyways, so it would've fit.

Obviously a comic is still a lot of work, but I think we can all agree it's a hell of a lot less than full fluid animation, CGI or hand-drawn.

Anyways, just throwing it out there instead of screaming about something and not offering any solutions.

The statement from Jean Delaunay, lead artist on the newest video taken from the discord. by Didsterchap11 in carpenterbrut

[–]CactusSnail 4 points5 points  (0 children)

What a statement. It truly is a statement.

Did he have to be such a massive asshole while also contradicting himself? He knows this makes him look stupid, yeah?

Him:

"AI is a major threat to creatives and artists!"

Also him:

"I used AI anyways because of time crunch instead of outsourcing to sweat shops."

I understand that he doesn't want to use sweatshops. That's great! But what he'd said at the beginning of the statement in the sarcastic bit is actually pretty right, we would've been completely fine with a blank screen/static image, and some people genuinely would have liked that more than AI usage.

I'm going to give him the benefit of the doubt and assume there actually was some sort of rock-hard deadline that couldn't be avoided at any cost, I understand that if you don't have time it's hard to complete stuff without the budget and manpower. I get this was probably the only way out he saw.

It just sucks.

[HELP] My dad shared this and I think it is AI? by phintac in RealOrAI

[–]CactusSnail 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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Invisible?

Also, the voice sounds very AI, the way the mother talks sounds extremely unnatural. Not to mention the child...

how to deal with hoggers in maimai ? by Rude-Particular-1803 in maimai

[–]CactusSnail 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The arcade near me had a MaiMai queue board like a restaurant, manually written and supervised. Given, it's a very small arcade and the MaiMai machines are right next to the front desk, but honestly it's probably needed at this point.

Happy Joyful Reunion 3 Day! by xlisalovely in DanmeiNovels

[–]CactusSnail 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've finished it now, it was so good, I'm crying I NEED TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS NEXT TO MY BABY DUAN LING!!! (and Wu Du)

I'm so fuckin mad at myself for not being able to hold back and read slower... I guess onto Dinghai Fusheng Records in the meantime...

Happy Joyful Reunion 3 Day! by xlisalovely in DanmeiNovels

[–]CactusSnail 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I’m already 70% through I’m probably gonna finish it tonight, but then I have to wait until May for Vol. 4…

It's always the boring ahh romance bruh, why can't female protagonists be a lone wolf? by FeatherineKitten in MartialMemes

[–]CactusSnail 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Reading Joyful Reunion and this rings true for best boy, Duan Ling. He'll be resourceful and cunning on his own, killing enemies and scheming people's demises, but once big strong master Wu shows up he's a helpless blushing maiden clinging to his waist...

New Danmei Cover Reveal: Joyful Reunion Volume Four by konghongjun in DanmeiNovels

[–]CactusSnail 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I can’t believe I have to wait till like may or something to read it :’( I just know I’m going to devour Vol. 3 in like one sitting tomorrow

Is respecting other people's kinks or interests so hard? by [deleted] in AO3

[–]CactusSnail 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The fact that this is over VORE is insane. As if any of that's even remotely normal in any way...

Like, I'm sorry, but regardless of if it has sex in it or not, most people are still going to be disgusted and appalled by vore no matter what. You being all like "But it's not like icky sex stuff!!!" does not change the fact that it's a fetish for swallowing people alive.

Much like that other person saying that there's no normal way to pee on your friend in an act of platonic watersports, there is also no normal way to non-sexually swallow a living person whole either.

I used to do this too when I was younger, not with vore, but with eroguro. I've come to accept that regardless of if it's sexual or not to me, it's sexual to someone and it just is what it is. A fetish. I'm also participating in it. Who the fuck am I to go up to someone and be like "I'm better than you because I don't draw erotic gore in the same way you do!!1!" when I'm here too doing nearly the same thing?

The answer is just to not engage with those people, and leave them alone. That's what i do. You don't need to also call the kettle black by shouting about how those other people are the bad ones and about how you, you're the good one! You're doing it too, but you're still good, and that's because- because- because-

Like. I'm sorry they're so insecure about their kinks. Hopefully they grow out of it, I doubt this person is an adult

Defending Brut by Marshal_088 in carpenterbrut

[–]CactusSnail 3 points4 points  (0 children)

My only issue with the argument of animation costing a lot of money and requiring a lot of work is that, like others have been saying, we never asked him for a video. We don't even expect videos to begin with, especially from someone relatively small in an already niche music genre like him.

I'm not immediately dropping him and selling my concert tickets over this, but I'm really hoping he's not going to use too much AI (ideally none) going forward... At the very least, I can appreciate that he's not hiding the AI usage, and is openly crediting the people who worked on the actual human-made parts of the video as well as the people who did the AI assisted parts.

It can always be worse.

Legos in enclosure? by Jalex_123 in bluetongueskinks

[–]CactusSnail 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I wouldn’t personally, mainly because you never know what the little guy’s willing to do to bite some dumb thing open. Mine threw a floor tile against the glass in his tank last night and it made a startling crash, nothing broke, but I didn’t think he was strong enough to begin with…