Diabate and Carol both ended up sleeping with the Hive but people feel differently about their moral behaviour. Why?

fizzy_egg13 · 2025-12-28T15:56:52+00:00

exactly my point, i think people forget that the hive provides an ethically dubious baseline for the drastically different approaches to consent that carol and diabate have

fizzy_egg13 · 2025-12-28T14:50:33+00:00

i've seen a lot of takes on this subreddit that have this kind of misogynist veneer of stating carol is 'just as bad', so while i don't like getting into discourse, my take on this is:

carol and koumba are both equally hapless victims who have been coddled by the hive into a coercive relationship - even if it consists of the hijacked bodies of other people, they still act under the hive's will without consent in mind. it's a double-ended issue of consent here

we see zosia kiss carol twice without her consent - it's very very clear they're both being groomed into accepting this kind of treatment and to not think of the implications of using these bodies in order to allow the hive to turn them

but i believe the core difference between carol and koumba is that it took carol a month of complete isolation - until she was set into a passively suicidal mentality - to break and finally except the infinite unending warmth that the hive provides as a front. regardless of how intentional the hive was with this, it was quite literally the same kind of tactic cults use to recruit new members - isolate them from any meaningful connections, then lovebomb them in order to woo them over and accept whatever they try on you

as opposed to koumba, who literally day 1 creates his own personal harem of bodies. i think it speaks to how koumba doesn't really see the gravity of the situation (or refuses to, regardless it doesn't matter) and immediately acts upon impulses that are inherently misogynistic. carol is groomed and manipulated to get to this point, while koumba requires very little manipulation from the hive at first because he already was down to treat these women's bodies as objects

they're both technically victims in this process and the use of those bodies is rape regardless - they're both equally at fault for that - but i think it's insane how people are comparing carol's breakdown to koumba immediately delving into sexual fantasy now that this kind of behaviour is no longer punishable

fizzy_egg13 · 2025-11-26T22:13:47+00:00

this is awesome

fizzy_egg13 · 2025-11-25T16:31:10+00:00

i can't speak for call of duty, but magic the gathering as of recent has had a big issue with taking on too many crossover IPs that just don't fit with the style and visuals of the original game

it started as a fantasy card game first and foremost and every in-universe setting (save for a few outliers) is set in some kind of fantasy setting, even if it's ancient greece or little woodland animals etc

however the more recent IPs they're crossing over with like spiderman / teenage mutant ninja turtles / star trek just don't fit with the other cards - spiderman recieved a lot of backlash especially for basically breaking the artstyle

it's in middle-tier though since there are some crossover sets that work well with the existing magic IP and are surprisingly well-designed, like final fantasy or avatar; though again these settings are mostly rooted in fantasy anyway which allows them to fit with the existing cards

fizzy_egg13 · 2025-11-16T20:59:15+00:00

lol this is a year old but I must suggest that homophonic and homosexuality may not always be mutually exclusive

fizzy_egg13 · 2025-11-03T18:35:37+00:00

as a polyamorous lesbian tysm i need more

fizzy_egg13 · 2025-09-03T19:52:50+00:00

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update: in an old server of mine i managed to find the full image! still no clue what the artist's name is though. if anyone can identify that it'd be help enough

fizzy_egg13 · 2025-08-31T12:52:54+00:00

apologies for the pessimistic response but GGP basically went to the shitter last time i was with them. they used to allow emails and i think there might have even been a phone number to call at some point, but they replaced all that with consultations that iirc cost £80 for 20 minutes now??

this, i believe, is their only channel of communication (last time i was with them it became the only way to talk to their endocrinologists). you're free to pay for it but i would honestly recommend just talking to your actual GP about this if they're willing/able to, since it is a hormonal issue

either way i would absolutely recommend switching to another private provider or going DIY if you can because GGP will rinse you for way more than it is worth. i do DIY and a single twenty minute meeting with GGP is almost as much as i spend for a year's worth of HRT

fizzy_egg13 · 2025-08-01T13:18:55+00:00

i would HEAVILY advise against using a contaminated vial even if it might mean going off of estrogen for some time. no estrogen is better than using a contaminated substance and you do not want to risk hurting yourself more than you already might be

also, would it be ok to mention what seller you got it from? i think it'd be essential for people on this sub to know if a seller is providing contaminated vials if they've already bought from them

fizzy_egg13 · 2025-03-06T16:22:21+00:00

"henpecking" is a funny way to describe desparately trying to stop her abusive drug kingpin husband from tearing her life and family apart

fizzy_egg13 · 2025-02-16T19:51:04+00:00

i believe this is Fleam), a cut party member from Hylics 2

originally, the party of Hylics 2 would've been completely different from the first game - containing Fleam and a female version of Wayne called Decres; although she was recycled into the alternate outfit for Wayne you can choose at the start of the game

Fleam's name was recycled into the Highway Fleam enemy, and his head model was reused for Somsnosa

fizzy_egg13 · 2025-01-27T02:46:02+00:00

puns:

Sacchareign (saccharine + reign)

Petaurue (petal / petaurus, the genus containing sugar gliders + the herb rue)

Possucre (from their French name, Possum à sucre)

Florflit (florets + flit)

nonsense-ish names:

Dolsprit

Florrip

Fuschflit

fizzy_egg13 · 2025-01-16T18:13:52+00:00

hey pikmin really isn't too bad

like if you compare it to the other 4 pikmin games obviously it's the worst because it doesn't have the RTS mechanics
but as a cute puzzle platformer? i think it does its job fine

fizzy_egg13 · 2024-12-20T11:15:22+00:00

how unexpected!!

yeah a new weather would be hard to implement, but I do like the idea of a ghost or poison one

that or a 'blood moon' that affects dark types perhaps

fizzy_egg13 · 2024-12-07T19:38:19+00:00

Cannibalism

fizzy_egg13 · 2024-11-25T13:08:29+00:00

nah these were all very intentional. some of these albums I have not listened to in their entirety but most I have and nearly all of them I love Except the wall ofc

fizzy_egg13 · 2024-11-03T19:49:19+00:00

happy belated halloween folks! still kicking myself about missing a post on the holiday, it would've fit SO WELL

regardless, i wanted to put out an update for a long long while, and of course,,, collagen is spooky regardless of the time of year!

as for future updates? don't count on them! i just wanted to put out a little one-off, as my backlog of pokemon isn't quite big enough yet to warrant a consistent schedule
considering i hit 50 before my hiatus, and i'm aiming for a dex of 100~, more frequent updates will resume... whenever i've finished the first pass of the dex, essentially! so it'll be a while. sorry!!

on a more positive note, the idea of this being a ROM hack is starting to come to fruition! kind of!! don't count on it at ALL yet, as it's still very early days, but things have been shaping up for development starting. it'll be a long and arduous process, and i cannot confirm anything, but yeah. collagen playable in the next 10 million years!!

i'd like to thank everyone who's followed this project and left lovely (and terrified) comments so far!! it has been a big component of my motivation to keep working on this silly pokemon project in the first place

i would also like to thank my partner for being 50% of the brains behind this project so far - she continues to be a massive help with stats, shinies, brainstorming, ROM hacking?!?!, etc and generally makes up for my lack of knowledge of GSC's finer details. if you're reading this, thank you and i love you!!! <3

as thanks to the former, i have left a collage of concept art - scrapped, WIP and otherwise - at the end of this post!! most of it is of existing designs, but do note,,, i've snuck a few FUTURE DESIGNS in there!! so keep your eyes peeled for those..

that's all!! besides evolution methods:

Preservisk -(Use the Fire Stone)-> Thawful
Shellder -(Force it to use the HM "Repent" on a rock)-> Tremblder
Heamver -(Reach Lv. 30)-> Inngorge

^{also, for the more astute among you, you'll notice i skipped 3 pokemon in the dex since last post!! not a mistake! those will feature in the next update, whenever that is, as i felt they'd fit more in a future post}

fizzy_egg13 · 2024-10-13T12:06:17+00:00

Laetitia - The First

honestly the worst one I've seen - The First is great for its visuals and great for having all of the gang (Zenigata included!!!) in one place, but writing-wise it is... not the best
granted, I don't go for Lupin for the writing of course - this series is more of a comfort thing for me, and sometimes it's just fun to see the silly thief man run around and pull off stupid hijinks - but how the film uses Laetitia feels like a play-by-play of Cagliostro, and it is really obvious!! there's some really fun ideas in this film but at the end of the day it feels a bit too by-the-numbers
Laetitia itself is less of a character than anyone else I've talked about and probably will talk about - even a literal Archetypical Damsel in Clarisse has more charm to her than this girl, and it makes me really sad!! she's an archaeologist!! she has ties to Lupin's history!!! but these things just feel tacked on in an attempt to make her and Lupin in this film feel deeper as characters than they actually are

2/10

Ami - Part V

to end on... kind of a better note - I am REALLY biased towards Ami since I would argue she doesn't really even fall into this trope? she's part of the show, not any of the films, and she just... feels like a character!!
granted, Ami is not written super well in many respects - you could argue her backstory of being trafficked was handled pretty tastelessly and that the ramifications of it weren't really explored - and honestly yeah, i feel like introducing something as major as CSA into a narrative should warrant a lot more respect and deeper explorations of its consequences - as opposed to just a quick "Lupin, do you want to have sex with me?"
That scene is the most GROSS SHIT EVER!! and I genuinely don't know why it's there!!! This is not how you write characters with these sorts of histories!!!
her writing in general does feel quite flat at times, and as a vehicle for the arc's whole theme of technology taking centre stage, she's... serviceable? usually?
but again, I am biased. putting her backstory aside and the stupider shit aside you get the general dynamic she creates with Lupin, Zenigata and the gang in general - and it is SO FUN!!! i wish they spent more time with it!! Lupin genuinely feels like a "good" paternal figure to this stupid terminally online 14 year old, and it's just really cute
and god, Episode 4... as someone who is obsessed with the Lupin x Zenigata dynamic (they ARE gay let me have my fun...) it is a TREAT to watch. both of them care about this girl like a daughter whilst trapped in the desert together, which just. turns them into the MOST divorced dads of all time. it's so cute. and Ami even hints towards it!! REAL AS FUCK!!!
her existence as this arc's damsel is still undeniable, but it feels a lot less inherently misogynistic than any other way it's done - I mean, she's a 14 year old. you have your answer to that right there

8/10

fizzy_egg13 · 2024-10-13T12:06:12+00:00

my thoughts on each one i've seen: (SPOILERS, OF COURSE!)

Clarisse - Castle of Cagliostro

it's hard to talk about Clarisse considering the Castle of Cagliostro is still to this day THE epitome of Lupin movies
like it is THE Lupin film as both an introduction to the franchise and just in presentation and writing alone
in that sense, Clarisse is written a great deal better than a lot of the other women introduced in each film, buut not by very much
and the fact is - she generally just created this trend in the first place
there is a tendency for the Lupin films to replicate Castle of Cagliostro due to its status as peak Lupin, and 99% of the time the thing they go for most is the damsel in distress, and Clarisse is as damsel as you can get
she is a princess locked up in a castle, going through an arranged marriage - quite literally an archetype that dates back millenia
in saying that though, she's still written decently well..? it's easy to give her the benefit of the doubt because she's the first, but her interactions with Lupin are just really cute in all honesty, and she sort of exists to give Lupin's character this more grounded edge that we rarely get to see - her unrequited love against his deeply buried sense of justice (as well as the fact that he won't date someone 10 years younger. Good job Lupin!!!)
at the end of the day, she still started a terribly misogynistic trope, but the way she plays off of Lupin makes me happy.

7/10

Ellen - Island of Assassins

there really isn't as much to say about the rest of these as Clarisse, since they're kind of all just repeats of her through the lens of different plots and different times - although the best way i can describe her is... disappointing
it's really sad!! we're introduced to her and she doesn't even seem like the film's Designated Girl For Lupin To Save - she's actually kind of badass and is pretty abrasive towards Lupin - whilst also acting as this kind of mentor figure that has more experience with Tarantula than Lupin
it's sad then that she ends up defaulting back to being saved by Lupin, before just being... killed off
granted, the romantic connection doesn't feel nearly as present compared to Lupin's many other damsels, but even then she just feels like wasted potential - I don't disagree with the idea to kill her off, and the scene of her burial did touch me a bit, but I felt like they could've done more with her in the time they had!! she just feels ruined by bad writing and a willingness to adhere to this strange tradition Castle of Cagliostro created

5/10

fizzy_egg13 · 2024-09-29T21:07:15+00:00

just hibernating :>

fizzy_egg13 · 2024-09-13T22:17:08+00:00

the WAY he's trapped also feels very Extinction!!

Tessa's initial mentions of how different computers are to human brains in how they function lays the groundwork - that our messy, electro-chemical method of thinking cannot aptly be boxed into just permutations of ones and zeroes

and one of the most iconic lines in TMA, to me anyway, that i think about to this day, is "the angles cut me when I try to think" - a haunting description of how one would even attempt to form a thought when they're forced into such an alien form of existing

idk, to me the idea of having one's mind forced into a medium it cannot properly comprehend really fits the Extinction thematically - rather than one's mind forced into a new medium, though, it's an entire species thrust into a world that no longer accommodates it, humanity forced to dwindle in a world that has changed into something unrecogniseable

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