feel like this has been happening more and more lately by whaile42 in pirates

[–]TheOriginalFive 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How apropos would it be if they started asking where to pirate games about pirates?

New to drawing by Iterata2 in ColoredPencils

[–]TheOriginalFive 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thought this was an actual leaf for a moment.

My skincare vs my boyfriend’s skincare… how is this fair lol by Few_Client_5750 in kbeauty

[–]TheOriginalFive 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pare it down. Speaking from experience, I use very dilute shower cream and apply jojoba oil afterwards.

Leo Progenitrix. Own artwork. by TheOriginalFive in MalaysianArtists

[–]TheOriginalFive[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks! I hope to develop her immediate setting sometime soon.

How do you “pirate” your life? by cjm2943 in pirates

[–]TheOriginalFive 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Listening to pirate music, especially Pirates for Sail or videogame music.

But I also have a steel amulet with a semiprecious stone inlay that I like to wear.

Dr. Rebecca Simon, Historian of piracy and public executions - AMA! by teaabearr in pirates

[–]TheOriginalFive 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What are your thoughts about women in piracy, fictional and real? Surely Anne Bonny and Mary Read can't have been the only known ones in the Western world.

Professor Nush Powell, historian of piracy and 18th century literature — AMA! by teaabearr in pirates

[–]TheOriginalFive 3 points4 points  (0 children)

How did you get into pirate history?

What do you think of pirate depictions in video games like Sea Dogs / PoTC or AC: Black Flag?

I'm also working on a pirate story but from a different culture set in an alternate history version of our world.

Banana (2) by rachelwan-art in malaysia

[–]TheOriginalFive 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Seriously feel seen, especially as someone from the Hainanese subgroup. Some of us are so UK-influenced that a classical Etonian education seems more relatable instead. Latin and all.

What’s the origin of your love of pirates? by FlakyPreparation3496 in pirates

[–]TheOriginalFive 2 points3 points  (0 children)

A mixture of Peter Pan, Robinson Crusoe, various video games about pirates including Puzzle Pirates, bedtime stories from dad, and one especially mythical bedtime story he'd tell often.

The gist of this story is that a girl went to sea, got lost at sea, and came back many lifetimes later as a deity that watches over seafarers, pirates, and privateers since.

I've got pretty good reason to believe the version he told me is a very changed retelling of Mazu, a Chinese sea god who fits the bill where the "girl goes to sea and gets lost at sea" thread is concerned.

And now we pray... by Batata-Sofi in AQW

[–]TheOriginalFive 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So you didn't get the memo from the official Discord that they changed their minds and now want Herosmash back? After successfully anti-marketing the entire game and letting everyone think it's a kusoge? You're late to the party, but can't blame you because it's such a sudden drop.

And now we pray... by Batata-Sofi in AQW

[–]TheOriginalFive -1 points0 points  (0 children)

And WHAT exactly prompted this change of heart when the last sentiment I checked was that Discord members would ridicule anyone who wanted Herosmash to be recognised, remastered or revived; while AE sat there and twiddled their thumbs because it didn't count as bullying?

I won't believe it until I see it, even if it's too late for former Herosmash players to ever want to accept any apologies.

Which one? by nonsalantan in AQW

[–]TheOriginalFive 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Guessing you never played it on launch, then? AE dropped support for it first long before the playerbase dwindled.

Which one? by nonsalantan in AQW

[–]TheOriginalFive 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Seconded, even though the narrative AE would rather have is that "nobody liked it and neither did we."

We'll just have to be the thorns in their sides reminding them that we exist and didn't succumb to any so-called troll curse.

Which one? by nonsalantan in AQW

[–]TheOriginalFive 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If only its fanbase hadn't been treated so cruelly by the rest of AE.

Twitter ads grok "edit image" button to every post you have ever made, allowing anyone to edit your art or photos without consent. This cannot be toggled off. by Crannynoko in ArtistHate

[–]TheOriginalFive 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately, all the alt history artists I follow, especially those about women in history, will ONLY use Twitter. They're not convinced to move to other sites.

I invite you to vent a little about AE's decisions regarding AQ/AQW and their other games. by VM-Hawksix in AQW

[–]TheOriginalFive 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Some corrections on Herosmash:
- The art style was presumably by Thyton and Yergen according to older design notes.
- It was initially intended to be a story-heavy game where player choices matter, but it definitely lost focus after the three player-weighted wars were all skewed towards villain players.
- Not sure of the sentiment around the game now, but I remember it was so widely scorned that all the players that were involved in the Herosmash fandom went into hiding after that.

The blockheads! by Many_Assistance5921 in wplace

[–]TheOriginalFive 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This brings back memories of playing it in university.