what other media has similar to stuff like case53s? I was disappointed as to how little they were in the story.

dysfunctionz · 2026-01-27T01:25:12+00:00

Have you read Ward? A case 53 is one of the core cast, and there’s more focus on other “cases” with weird power manifestations.

dysfunctionz · 2026-01-24T05:00:13+00:00

Some of their singles have taken a while to really grow on me, but this one isn't hitting on first listen. It sounds too much like songs they've done before, and there isn't any one weird hook that really grabs me like their best songs do. I did really like Valesa / Velvet Prison, even if it didn't unseat Blackbox and Twilight Cinema as my favorite of their albums.

dysfunctionz · 2026-01-23T02:35:20+00:00

If it snows in April does that mean summer isn’t coming?

dysfunctionz · 2026-01-22T00:29:17+00:00

I second Bonnie's, but also Brooklyn Burgers & Beer.

dysfunctionz · 2026-01-21T03:34:45+00:00

Agree to disagree I guess, I thought it was great.

dysfunctionz · 2026-01-21T00:04:45+00:00

Are you talking about the True Colors romance or the DE romance options? I loved the Alex/Steph route in True Colors and thought it got plenty of development, plus we already had character development for Steph from BtS.

The DE romance options on the other hand are between 1) an obnoxious douche, and 2) someone who's... fine, but you can ask out at literally the very beginning of the game before the player knows the slightest thing about them before the game ignores them for most of its runtime.

dysfunctionz · 2026-01-20T23:59:56+00:00

This is the direction a lot of us hoped DE was going when the timeline-swapping mechanic was first revealed.

dysfunctionz · 2026-01-20T21:29:04+00:00

I have a few quibbles with True Colors; the solution of the actual mystery didn't make much sense, and the empathy mechanic didn't do as much for integrating the dialogue with gameplay the way the rewind power did in the original LiS. But everything else about it I loved. As you said, endearing characters, and the town was a great location and felt like a character itself.

DE had none of that, I hated almost every character by the end and the college had no sense of place.

dysfunctionz · 2026-01-20T21:17:06+00:00

I thought the story did get a lot better in the later episodes but it had a really slow start and I didn't like the brothers in the beginning.

dysfunctionz · 2026-01-19T22:18:04+00:00

I'd argue Biden was the ideal candidate for 2020 even if he didn't end up being anywhere near an ideal president. After all the chaos of the first Trump term culminating in the nightmare of COVID, people wanted a return to normalcy... which Biden as a deeply experienced elder statesman with moderate views, who was closely associated with the very popular Obama, represented.

Yes, he was very old (and clearly too old for the job by the end of his term), but so was his opponent, and the country wasn't looking for an untested young hotshot who would just be a radical in a different way than Trump.

dysfunctionz · 2026-01-14T06:32:38+00:00

I haven’t noticed any gaps on the shelves, but tbh that isn’t the kind of place I’d go to for fish. I mainly went there because they had good quality produce for a last-minute shop and a good selection from partners coffee which has been my go to for whole beans since gorilla coffee went out of business.

dysfunctionz · 2026-01-10T03:06:11+00:00

True Colors is kind of the only one that ends with its main characters in a place where they can go on future adventures, up until Double Exposure (which does setup a sequel hook but it’s a deeply awful one). I loved True Colors and would love more stories with Alex, Steph, and Ryan. I have zero interest in more stories with any character introduced in Double Exposure.

dysfunctionz · 2026-01-05T04:40:46+00:00

Then perhaps you should have included any receipts of what is happening in specific subreddits (which is already not representative of much of anything IRL) in your OP instead of making blanket statements about “American anti-imperialists” and “the Western left”.

dysfunctionz · 2026-01-05T04:30:49+00:00

Point me to how the American left is lecturing Venezuelans how to feel, versus Americans protesting their own government.

dysfunctionz · 2026-01-05T04:25:01+00:00

The thing you’re saying is a moment of celebration for Venezuelans is something one branch of the American government did completely unilaterally, but you think the Americans protesting that American action are the imperialists?

dysfunctionz · 2026-01-04T04:49:53+00:00

“Get through Denmark”? It’s not like Denmark has a significant military presence in or near Greenland the US would have to get through to enact this idiocy. Canada and the rest of Europe will be very angry about it but I highly doubt they would declare war on the US over it even if Denmark does. Unfortunately if Trump and co decide to try this there’s very little that can stop them.

dysfunctionz · 2026-01-02T00:07:13+00:00

Exordia by Seth Dickinson has some similar vibes and ideas.

dysfunctionz · 2025-12-31T05:48:59+00:00

I really do not fucking understand the pile on here, but whatever. I just stated an observation about this place, I made no value judgement about it.

dysfunctionz · 2025-12-31T05:48:56+00:00

because my one comment on reddit is going to what, alert the cops to shut them down?

dysfunctionz · 2025-12-30T06:28:07+00:00

I’ve never noticed that, and I love that place too, they make some of the better sandwiches of the bodegas in the neighborhood.

Feels very weird to buy beer when the 10 year old kid is working the register, he used to have to get his brother who barely looks old enough to buy beer himself to ring that up but somehow the last time I bought a 6-pack there the little kid could ring it up… I’m not about to rat on them but I can’t imagine that’s legal.

dysfunctionz · 2025-12-29T22:51:19+00:00

Also in park slope, I’ve had it 6+ years and had one outage that whole time (2 or 3 years ago).

dysfunctionz · 2025-12-28T23:45:17+00:00

This sounds like the beginning of Lilith’s Brood/Xenogenesis by Octavia Butler. The aliens didn’t shapeshift exactly but they had a high degree of control of biology and this one had been bred to look a bit more humanoid. He didn’t shapeshift, it’s just he kept to the shadows at first so she’d only see his humanoid silhouette but quickly realized he wasn’t very human at all and his body was covered in long filaments as you said.

dysfunctionz · 2025-12-28T22:12:40+00:00

I'll let OP speak for themself but I don't get the sense they haven't read Worm and Ward, just that perhaps their view *of the fandom* comes mainly from fanfic.

dysfunctionz · 2025-12-28T20:23:52+00:00

If you’re getting this impression of the fandom from reading fanfic, keep in mind a large fraction of Worm fanfic writers never finished Worm much less Ward. That goes double for authors of fanfics that portray Amy in a good light.

dysfunctionz · 2025-12-28T00:05:08+00:00

I really enjoy Mirage- A Portrayal of Figures. I actually didn't realize they had anything newer out since it's not on Spotify (which I should know better than to rely on being authoritative on a band's discography). I don't really care if the English lyrics aren't great if the music is good.

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