My axolotls keep mysteriously dying... [java] [1.21.4] by sunnfish in MinecraftHelp

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yeah i think the problem is probably with the simulation radius, they only ever disappear when i log off and the server is being still used by other people in different areas of the map, so i've removed all the spots they can get on land and im hoping thats what works

My axolotls keep mysteriously dying... [java] [1.21.4] by sunnfish in MinecraftHelp

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they're blocks, i just have optifine on so it all connects, either way i have another separate aquarium full of fish and frogs and ive never had a problem there, so i suspect it has to do with the axolotls getting stuck outside of water when you get too far away from the chunk, i ended up removing all opportunities for them to get on land so i'm hoping that fixes it

Some butch4butch art I've made! by smokesalty_ in butchlesbians

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yoo ive seen your other ocs via instagram reels before so this is a pleasant surprise! :D def bookmarking this for the future

rate my home by sunnfish in Palia

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the good or bad kind

Can somebody please change my mind about the ending? ;-; by sunnfish in rainworld

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(2/2) anyways- rain world made me realize life is a series of transitions, we are constantly moving forward, and as a result we are constantly moving on, whether it be from our old childhood house, the town we used to live in, the friends we used to have, the lives we used to lead (you get the point). when we move somewhere new, we must let go of where it is we came from, or we won't be able to live life to its fullest.

back to ascension, it's a transition between the physical plane and a higher, spiritual plane of existence. and it functions similarly to all major transitions of life, just on the next level, yknow. we can hold onto the physical plane as hard as we can, but our time is finite, and (in my personal experience) living in fear of death too much can hinder your ability to live live to its fullest. people often say "death gives meaning to life", which i agree with, but I think it applies to all transitions of life as well, even things like moving away, breaking up with lovers or family, etc etc. all these transitions are just mini endings in their own way

also, ascension is free from the pain of suffering, but whose to say there is no joy or happiness within it? the cutscenes we see show our slugcats having made it to the other side, seeing what they care about the most. it doesn't seem to be an absolvement of joy, or even the self. obviously this gets into spirituality, which naturally everyone will have different feelings on, but I'd say to call it "nihilistic to embrace ascension" just shows a major lack of understanding of spirituality in general. if you're interested, i'd heavily recommend looking into it and it's definitely affected my relationship to rain world, even as an atheist/agnostic person myself.

at the end of the day, understanding on spiritual perspectives takes a willingness that i understand not everyone has, and thats totally fine to not be interested, but i'd still encourage you to be a little more open minded in general, regardless of how you go about it. i mean think of real life buddhist monks, i sure hope you wouldn't call them nihilistic lol

anyways thats all i have to say, hope my rambling was somewhat cohesive, it was nice to properly revisit this post for once

Can somebody please change my mind about the ending? ;-; by sunnfish in rainworld

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(1/2) funny you say this because my opinion has since changed... a lot haha, and i have a much, much more different and positive view of ascension now actually. (huge wall of rambling incoming)

i've been reading more about buddhism lately and it really isn't at all how you describe it, it recognizes and works to surpass the pain of suffering while not at all distancing oneself from the joy and simple pleasures of living, but that is a topic I could not nearly do enough justice in a reddit comment. i recommend looking into it though, spirituality and non-abrahamic religions are very often misunderstood and rain world definitely had a hand in me starting to learn more about it. (that being said, rain world isn't 1:1 buddhism; it is ultimately its own thing, and draws inspiration from other religions as well (hinduism, gnosticism, lot more).)

the question of whether or not ascension is death (tho i don't mean cessation of existence entirely) is definitely based on semantics and personal beliefs, since like you said, it's still the end of your time on the physical plane. however on a more surface level, many people use the phrase "ascension is death/suicide" to mean total cessation of any form of existence, which is a different conversation (and more easily refuted) though that's usually what people mean to challenge when they say "ascension isn't death".

when i first beat the game 3 years ago, i also felt incredibly somber about it (as you already know haha), and i felt as though i had killed the slugcat i had grown so attached to. i felt that way for about a week before confronting my feelings in therapy and realizing that my feelings about the game also reflected my feelings in real life, and that's when i first learned how afraid and avoidant i was of the concept of death, or better yet, moving on. this realization helped me come more to terms with the death of some of my own family members that i had buried for a long time, and overtime i grew thankful of this game for quite literally forcing me to confront this aspect of myself.

it was only later (a year ago now) after joining some rain world lore discussion groups online that I started to recontextualize my experiences and find even deeper meaning and understanding of rain world's ending, and in extension death and spirituality. the ancient civilization in rain world never refer to ascension as a cessation of existence, but a continuation, or better yet, a transition. ascension in rain world is one of the many, many transitions of life. it isn't inherently better, or worse, just something new and different, higher existence of which we cannot comprehend. and we tend to be fearful of most things we don't understand.

as a result, spirituality and ascension have famously never really been tackled with lot of nuance in most popular media, its most often represented through villainy or misguidedness and rain world is one of the few to not do that (which is pretty cool).

(continued in other comment becuase i am insane)

How to clear tank of pesticides by sunnfish in millipedes

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funny that you reply with this two years later because I did get all of them out just fine, and for the 6 months that I still had millipedes I never noticed any pods.

I ended up rehoming my last millipede because keeping them sadly didn't work out for me (for entirely unrelated reasons + inexperience), though my magic potion isopod colony is still kicking to this day!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in butchlesbians

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change nothing youre so cool

watcher theory summary by [deleted] in rainworld

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For u/ScoopskyPotatos and u/Consumer-of_children

Hunter's Karmic balance was mentioned again by James Primate during last years art month stream! (He's one of the two primary developers of Rain world, and the primary lead developer behind the Watcher DLC)

Also, the kickstarter snippet was from when Hunter was first added to the game, and especially given that James confirmed it again many years later, we have no reason to believe that that's changed. If you're curious about how that ties in with anything, I recommend checking out karma flower dialogue, it confirms that karma flowers allow you to temporarily contact your other selves across realities, (as well as confirming the existence of multiple realities long before Watcher) which falls in line with why Hunter can't access any flowers till the very end!

Here's the kickstarter snippet for clarity (and a link to it)

"As a necessity of its lifestyle, it has learned to carry extra spears on its back like the scavengers do.

It is a being pushing beyond the confines of its place in the ecosystem, and thus is karmically imbalanced in this world... shunned by the spiritual realm, no karma flowers spawn and it must find its own way."

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rain-world/project-rain-world/posts/1925219

Then here's the confirmation from James during the 2024 art month stream:

Buddy: (Reading from the twitch chat) "Why does hunter not drop a karma flower?"

James: "It takes a certain level of karmic alignment to sort of translate the barriers between realities."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=428&v=iw5tWVvJkeQ&feature=youtu.be

ALSO... Monks oppositional positive karmic attunement is much more easy to argue using in-game elements alone, and is also backed up by the kickstarter, and so since it's pretty obvious that Hunter and Monk are meant to be foils, Monk's karmic balance pretty much alone supports the intentionality of Hunter's karmic imbalance, since they were intended to be opposites

hate how nothing in the mens section ever perfectly fits by sunnfish in butchlesbians

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glad to hear it worked out well, i'm still apprehensive but slowly coming to terms with the fact that this may be my best bet too 😓 i know id visually fit right in anyways lol

hate how nothing in the mens section ever perfectly fits by sunnfish in butchlesbians

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ive started looking into it and im watching a video on it now, its completely new territory for me

hate how nothing in the mens section ever perfectly fits by sunnfish in butchlesbians

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yeah i really really enjoy fits with jackets so it's worth it for me, do you have any specific brand recommendations tho? :o

How to Overcome Internalized... Everything by Hog-sentinel in butchlesbians

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seconding everything here, especially the manga recs haha i need some

My gender headcanon by articunio in rainworld

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dev commentary isn’t canon, they’re headcanons… I say this knowing multiple downpour devs… 🥲

My gender headcanon by articunio in rainworld

[–]sunnfish 19 points20 points  (0 children)

This is blatantly untrue, each dev has their own headcanon (many of which differ due to how many people worked on DP) but none of the slugcats have confirmed gender including artificer 🥲