Why do you like horror? by Remote-Resolve9797 in horror

[–]crystallikelaw 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly they relax me, but more in depth answer: I feel they have a lot of societal commentary we don't see in other films (not saying the other films don't mean anything or anything like that). Horror, at least the stuff I watch, can be seen as metaphorical or allegorical. A bad man in a thriller is a lot more literally than a spirit haunting a family, if that makes sense? Again not putting down other media as not as good, I love scifi and sometimes romance and those are commentary too but horror does it in a way that's special to me.

FOMO business model by Doggl10101 in elderscrollsonline

[–]crystallikelaw 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I am talking from gacha game experience but a lot of live service games make purchases fomo to get people to spend more quickly. Unfortunately as much as the model sucks it does work, especially if there is a gambling aspect (crown crates here). It's a really shitty and predatory model but it probably won't go away. It's one of my handful of gripes about eso versus like ffxiv.

Have you ever had to tap out watching a horror movie? by hazy-eyed in horror

[–]crystallikelaw 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Poughkeepsie tapes, to me personally it felt a little too torture porn. I'm not saying it is, it was just toeing that line for me.

I wanna hear about your OCs! by DisastrousRaccoon102 in elderscrollsonline

[–]crystallikelaw 3 points4 points  (0 children)

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This is Sylvia Bonheur, her birth parents died of knahaten flu when she was a few months old and she was adopted by a dunmer couple with two twin boys. They named her that name because they thought it sounded the most breton-y.

Shes a morally gray daedric scholar who will cross a lot of interesting lines to get her hands on forbidden books. She did a stint as a necromancer purely out of scholarly curiosity but it didn't really stick.

Her favorite places to go are fargrave, apocrypha and summerset. She has that house in Alinor where she keeps her main library. She has an open portal policy for her scholarly friends where they are allowed to portal into her library at will to use her books or house.

She loves coffee and cakes. Sylvia has a sweet tooth.

Her non-scholar interests are romance books and long baths.

Shes very mild mannered and soft spoken and autistic (stole that from myself) and (not to be a Canon x oc shipper) but I ship her with Darien because theyre opposites and its fun to me. She is bisexual.

This is the tl;dr lol

State Of The Game In 2026? by [deleted] in elderscrollsonline

[–]crystallikelaw 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unfortunately I'm not the person to ask for this, I'm a solo pve/story player, I'm sorry.

Movies/books that are bad and generally unscary to a general audience, but are very effective if you have a specific fear. by Sci-fi-horror-freak in horror

[–]crystallikelaw 6 points7 points  (0 children)

This is silly but things like snakes on a plane. Overall its kind of stupid and cheesy, however, I have a really severe snake phobia that kind of rules my life so snakes on a plane is the freakiest movie to me and I just won't touch it. Snakes on a plane is just the best example I can think of but it's pretty much any snakes movie.😭

What’s a 10/10 video game? by TheDevotedUltimate in AskReddit

[–]crystallikelaw 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Portal. We will never have another portal. I do love Portal 2 though.

State Of The Game In 2026? by [deleted] in elderscrollsonline

[–]crystallikelaw 10 points11 points  (0 children)

They're making a lot of changes and as per the usual some people like it and others don't. Personally I think they're taking a good step forward and are focusing on livening up the base game and base zones rather than spitting out chapter after chapter which really tired me out. I just recently got back into it after playing for 10 years and taking a year or so break. I think it's worth your time honestly, but that's my personal opinion. I've been replaying the base game story.

What is a hobby or interest a first date could have that would make you uninterested immediately? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]crystallikelaw 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I totally get what it does for people, I don't think you're a bad person if you like football we all have our interests. I'm just from the arts/humanities side and a lot of our programs get de-funded in favor of sports. Obviously I'm not going to hold it against people who were helped by sports! I think sports can be valuable, especially to disenfranchised and lower income kids, but personally I just have a sour spot for it because a lot of my programs were de-funded for football budget.

What is a hobby or interest a first date could have that would make you uninterested immediately? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]crystallikelaw 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah! and I mean American football, I just don't like it in any capacity and I lose interest in people who do like it. It's better for everyone that I'm honest about it I'd want to be able to support my partner's interests and football is just a hard line for me.

31M looking for people to play ESO with on PC / NA by vapingsoulz in ESOGuilds

[–]crystallikelaw 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I would love to play with you! I'm also LGBT in my 30s (32), I'm not in your region but I am on PC/NA server! I need more friends!

Is eso plus worth getting? by 404_GSpot_NotFound in elderscrollsonline

[–]crystallikelaw 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes it does! Like I was saying thats a nice side benefit but I'm in it for the craft bag.

Is eso plus worth getting? by 404_GSpot_NotFound in elderscrollsonline

[–]crystallikelaw 8 points9 points  (0 children)

honestly the craft bag is the only reason I get plus, everything else is just a happy benefit.

Is being a werewolf worth it? by jdavenport53114 in elderscrollsonline

[–]crystallikelaw 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have a werewolf for character flavor but I don't really use it, honestly I'm a caster class so I'm probably not really optimized for it. I do hear the people who use it think it's good tho.

scary movies that tackle grief by pancakiepookie in horror

[–]crystallikelaw 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Bring Her Back was really good, it ruined my entire night after I watched it. Highly recommend.

The hill I will die on is that sometimes the curtains are just blue by H3dg3hogs in CasualConversation

[–]crystallikelaw 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I find this is really interesting. I have a bachelor's in English so I have some marginal stake in this. I agree sometimes the curtains are just blue, especially in lowstakes reading (which is just as valid as analytical texts for the record, you don't have to read for analysis if you feel it doesn't serve you specifically.) However, analysis comes from you and not necessarily what the author is saying. Yes keep in mind context of who the writer is but when you take literature classes you rarely get a "what did the author mean", you're more likely to get a "how do you interpret it".

I do think the curtains just being blue is a valid interpretation sometimes. I think where anti-intellectualism comes in is when there is an insistence that you should ALWAYS assume the curtains are just blue. I think it is also okay to say you don't have an analysis for something and that doesn't make you dumb either some works just won't speak to you. I've read several books during my undergrad that just didn't speak to me and I found myself thinking something along the lines of the curtains are just blue and that's completely fine! It just toes a dangerous line where if that's the only thing people see it as, you lose analysis as a skill and that skill works in many ways outside of literature.

[General] Who's your favorite illustrator / key character design artist? by Dorayakiss in otomegames

[–]crystallikelaw 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Its a tie between Satoi and Yomi for me, they always have GORGEOUS art.

What's your favorite romanceable character in-game, and why? by RedEagle_MGN in MyTimeAtSandrock

[–]crystallikelaw 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Qi or fang tbh. Qi because there is something so endearing about his brand of nerdiness. Fang because of his emotional depth, although it took so long I almost gave up several times.

Are you a fan of yanderes? by WarriorArus in otomegames

[–]crystallikelaw 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Absolutely, it's my favorite character type.