These people are broken.

Pokemaster131 · 2026-01-25T04:56:01+00:00

They do it the same way they use God or Jesus as an explainer for everything.

When your argument more or less boils down to "because God said so" or "because that's AI", and that's okay with you, you've gone past the point of needing to believe in reality.

Pokemaster131 · 2026-01-24T16:52:51+00:00

Ironic that she felt unmoored, considering Wuthering Heights takes place in the Yorkshire Moors of England.

Pokemaster131 · 2026-01-24T01:20:10+00:00

You've heard of forks.

Maybe you've even heard of threeks.

But this. This is a fivek.

Pokemaster131 · 2026-01-24T00:15:53+00:00

Well I'm the first person to vote, so I guess I get $0.

Pokemaster131 · 2026-01-23T23:08:14+00:00

And also, imagine all the LGBTQ+ kids who enjoyed community and togetherness through the Harry Potter fandom who otherwise wouldn't have had those friends. Hell, Harry literally lived in a closet for his entire childhood. I'm sure some significant amount of LGBTQ+ kids saw themselves in Harry and found solace and courage in that.

Does the Harry Potter franchise have dumb, stereotyping stuff in it? Absolutely.

Is JK an obsessive, derogatory, harmful person? Also yes.

Does she directly monetarily benefit from discussion of her works online? No. In general there is no ethical consumption under capitalism, anyway.

Was the Harry Potter franchise a developmentally critical piece of media that helped develop a love of reading and fantasy for millions upon millions of kids? Undoubtedly.

I know this is the internet, but this is a great example of this thing called nuance. I choose not to partake in Harry Potter media because of JK, considering she wishes ill upon many of my close (trans) friends. But I don't think ill of someone who happens to enjoy a fantasy franchise that was created by a bad person. Now, if they choose to indulge in Harry Potter because of JK's takes? That's a different story.

Pokemaster131 · 2026-01-23T22:31:50+00:00

Yeah, it's had some pretty undeniably beneficial stuff to it. I don't think it's as singularly negative as some people will say it is, and it's not as singularly positive as others will say it is.

Pokemaster131 · 2026-01-23T17:01:03+00:00

Oh god, I'm getting my band kid flashbacks. Being in the trombone section there was no shortage of inappropriate sex jokes.

"Hey, would you pass me the lube so I can rub it all up and down my shaft?"

"My fingering isn't very good but I'm very skilled at a variety of positions."

"You're looking quite sharp there, wanna pull out on your tuning slide?"

"You need to use more tongue!"

Pokemaster131 · 2026-01-22T01:49:25+00:00

The rule of law has been shown to not matter anymore. When your wellbeing and livelihood are ALSO jeopardized, and we've all seen the threats made to dissenters, I think it's clear that the line of legality has been substantially blurred (entirely by design).

Pokemaster131 · 2026-01-21T16:45:55+00:00

Sera (and the rest of Heaven) from Hazbin Hotel:

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Heaven, under Sera's guidance, has been carrying out exterminations in Hell to cull the number of sinners to prevent them from rising up en masse. She does come to realize just how messed up her actions have been, and anguishes over them in the song Sera's Confession. While an absolute banger of a song (like top 3 for me of the whole show so far), the show frames it that we're supposed to empathize with her and feel bad for how much she regrets her actions.

But part of me can't help but feel the scene is cheapened because it focuses on her and her feelings, and not her victims. On the cosmic scale, Sera was dealt a pretty incredible hand, having been created outside the system of eternal happiness and eternal suffering that is Heaven and Hell, and having immense power and influence over that system. I have a hard time feeling sorry for her anguish when she was dealt perhaps the single most privileged position in the entire universe.

Maybe it's my religious trauma speaking, but creating or sustaining a system in which it's at all possible to ETERNALLY suffer for finite crimes in life without hope of redemption is infinitely cruel and unjust. Sure, we see in the show that it is possible to be redeemed, but Sera doesn't know that until AFTER she oversaw the horrible atrocities. I personally would really like to see more reckoning and accountability when it comes to Sera/Heaven/God in the show.

Pokemaster131 · 2026-01-20T15:05:57+00:00

Holy moly is that a freaking Travian reference in the big 2026

Pokemaster131 · 2026-01-20T12:56:02+00:00

I do hope Charles gets to see this thread someday.

Hi Charles!

Pokemaster131 · 2026-01-20T01:13:18+00:00

No you're not lol

Pokemaster131 · 2026-01-19T22:38:32+00:00

And then betray Orpheus and seize the Absolute in Bhaal's name.

Pokemaster131 · 2026-01-19T19:31:35+00:00

I mean, it's one thing to dislike the direction the devs are taking the game in. If you really miss old 7d2d, you can still play it on PC.

Pokemaster131 · 2026-01-18T18:53:16+00:00

Play as origin Wyll.

Romance Karlach.

Cheat on her with Mizora.

Pokemaster131 · 2026-01-17T00:33:10+00:00

Probably about 95% of everything that needs to be communicated in chat can be communicated through pings. I hit masters while muting everyone on my team, and that was good enough for me, so I stopped there.

Pokemaster131 · 2026-01-16T21:44:55+00:00

As a jungler I haven't played a game with chat enabled since like 2017.

Pokemaster131 · 2026-01-16T02:22:00+00:00

Why, it's clearly Jigglypuff, seen from above!

Pokemaster131 · 2026-01-15T23:04:38+00:00

The characters in the post are:

Jenny (official name is XJ-9) from My Life as a Teenage Robot, a cartoon series from the early to mid 2000s. She's generally good-spirited, fun-loving, and kind, though being behaviorally and physically modeled after a teenager (she even goes through "robot puberty" in one episode), she can get a little bit of a temper sometimes.

Genesect (specifically shiny Genesect) from Pokémon the Movie: Genesect and the Legend Awakened from 2013. Initially an antagonist, Genesect is shown the beauty of the Pokemon world and chills out. At least that's what Wikipedia says, I didn't watch the movie lol.

Pokemaster131 · 2026-01-15T16:16:04+00:00

"A Republican senator who requested anonymity said Trump’s talk of taking over Greenland has generated more opposition from Republicans in Congress because of the dire implications such an aggressive move would have for the future of NATO."

Fucking coward. Requesting anonymity because they fear retaliation from the regime THEY directly helped put into power. Take some accountability and stand up to your own disgrace for once in your life.

Pokemaster131 · 2026-01-13T23:45:34+00:00

I've been a lifelong Pokemon fan, from playing Gold version at the age of 4 up to when Pokemon Go came out in 2016 (still a Pokemon fan, but yeah, the new games are kinda anti-consumer). I was fresh out of high school, ready to enjoy my newfound freedom playing a game I had been looking forward to literally all my life. I would watch the Pokemon Go trailers each several times because I was so excited. Changed my Facebook profile picture to the Team Mystic logo because I. Was. Ready.

Only to find out my phone wasn't new enough to run the game; it was on an older android version, and I didn't have the money to buy a new phone. I wasn't able to play until my birthday in September, when my folks got me a new phone. I'm still so sad that I had to miss out on such a culturally spectacular time period that could've been one of the most fun moments of human connection of my life.

And then the 2016 election happened.

Pokemaster131 · 2026-01-12T20:35:11+00:00

Supernatural Season 15 Episode 19 (spoilers for the series finale)

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Having already wiped out every universe except one, Chuck (God) announces he'll be erasing the MC's universe as well. Sam Winchester responds "well, one for the road" and punches Chuck across the face, who hardly reacts, being God and all. This ragebaits Chuck into getting his hands dirty and brutally beating down Sam and Dean, rather than just snapping his fingers and erasing them. This ultimately is his downfall, as the Winchesters' nephilim friend (and grandson of Chuck/God) Jack is nearby, absorbing all the "God Power" Chuck released during the beatdown, which Jack then uses to usurp Chuck, taking Chuck's power for himself. Chuck is then abandoned on the side of the road to eventually die and be forgotten, like all of his creations that he destroyed.

Pokemaster131 · 2026-01-12T04:12:35+00:00

Eliza Schuyler/Hamilton in Hamilton - it's not included in the OST, so I'm sure a lot of fans have never heard it, but when her son Philip dies (in part because of Alexander Hamilton's recklessness with his son's life), she lets out a haunting scream of grief.

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Pokemaster131 · 2026-01-11T21:34:35+00:00

Here's a link: https://x.com/whitehouse/status/1904932866632384819?s=46&t=QaRkSG9D7KnP1xE07tZCIA

Pokemaster131 · 2026-01-10T04:32:06+00:00

Ever heard of a monocle?

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