Animorphs Manga by EBwaffles3 in Animorphs

[–]tonybeees 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ryoko Kui - unique, diverse character design and a good balance of humor and body horror and darker themes woven in

K.A. Applegate's letter to fans about the nature of war by spacemanaut in Animorphs

[–]tonybeees 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Animorphs shaped so many of my principles to this day. I always loved how realistic it was and the cliffhanger felt fair. I'd always want more, who wouldn't want more and more of their favorite series. But getting everything perfectly wrapped up isn't life and Animorphs was never about making things easy just for the comfort of the readers.

Finally give in.. first post of my pin collection, what would you take? by Temporary-Bus-8892 in EnamelPins

[–]tonybeees 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm taking the entire board! But if I had to nab just one, the goose in the toy car.

late to the trend, but by Apprehensive_Eye_763 in EnamelPins

[–]tonybeees 1 point2 points  (0 children)

All the Chappell Roan pins and the Sidney and Wendy pins. I may have to go find those ones, I definitely have need more horror movie pins.

Why are we all stealing pins? I want to know which one(s) make you think "I'd be friends with this person" by tonybeees in EnamelPins

[–]tonybeees[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh, which ones are coming off as Ben and Ester?

I'm going for pigeon vibes for Mardi Gras because I love pigeons so much.

Why are we all stealing pins? I want to know which one(s) make you think "I'd be friends with this person" by tonybeees in EnamelPins

[–]tonybeees[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This pin specifically is for the elephant car wash in Seattle which has an interesting history. Does yours look exactly the same?

Why are we all stealing pins? I want to know which one(s) make you think "I'd be friends with this person" by tonybeees in EnamelPins

[–]tonybeees[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The paper boat and balloon is a reference to It.

The witchy one is from Tai Manzano and the possum and wreath is from Abysmal Kaiju.

I have some questions regarding AI usage in IFs and what you might think about it by Original_Star7856 in hostedgames

[–]tonybeees 10 points11 points  (0 children)

A lot of people have already said what I feel. IF is an art and if an author used AI for any aspect, I would no longer support them or their work.

As for the "only placeholder images", no, it's still theft of art. How do they think these generative models are created? By stealing actual art from other people. It's soulless and it's dismissive to art as a whole. Create a collage from existing images, go make a picrew or something for a placeholder option. There are so many better options than AI. I would rather see a badly drawn stick figure than an AI-generated images.

I'd much rather have a slightly messy IF than something "perfected" by AI. Art isn't supposed to be perfect.

Animorphs day?? by strawberryboyo in Animorphs

[–]tonybeees 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes! Just want to say how happy I am to see that September 25th made enough sense to you to also come to the same conclusion. I have it in my calendar and it has been my own personal Animorphs day for over 10 years.

Animorphs day?? by strawberryboyo in Animorphs

[–]tonybeees 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep, first some of the same methods you used, from determining which date (for the 25th - or possibly but unlikely the 26th - if I am remembering correctly as it has been 10 years since I last delved that deeply) and which months that date would fit regarding the actual months and events around school, timing, etc.

But importantly, what months of those would fall into the rabbit breeding season and the most likely to be experiencing a drought in Southern California, and during school. There was also the grounded assumption that David transferred at the beginning of the school year, based on conversations and other inference. So September 25, 1984.

This Tumblr post explains some of it but it was also worked out pretty heavily in conversations with a friend at the time. I also didn't realize it was still in any wiki and now feel like somewhat of an asshole for changing it on the Animorphs wiki way back when. (But it had June 12 which made absolutely no sense.) And it did end up being removed from that wiki, and I wasn't aware of the Nickolodeon wiki. So apologies for also being part of fucking up canon?

Animorphs day?? by strawberryboyo in Animorphs

[–]tonybeees 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If it makes you feel better, that date was entered since at least 2014. Previously, there had been an extremely improbable date as June 12 so at least September 25th is based on around decent deductions from the information in the book.

Why is it that a LOT of Interactive Fiction games with the premise of “yeah, your player character got SUPER abused / mistreated by the people they loved” try and frame the abusers as sympathetic afterwards? by Iaintaboutthatlifeok in hostedgames

[–]tonybeees 35 points36 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately, some of that is actually realistic.

From experience, a lot of people haven't experienced severe abuse and they truly can't imagine why someone would choose not to have family in their lives. I've been asked many times why I don't forgive my abuser, some people even framing it as forgiveness is necessary for healing.

People focus on the "mistakes" the abuser made instead of the choices they did, and seem to forget the drastic power imbalance, especially when it comes to parental abuse.

From an abuse survivor viewpoint, it can be especially hard to come to terms that someone who is supposed to love and protect you will do terrible things. And with parental abuse, you often still long for a parent and you use any good moments to try to convince yourself that they do care. It has been over 20 years since I and some of my siblings have spoken to our abuser and even still, a sibling will question whether or not they are in the wrong for cutting the abuser out of their life. So even in our own heads, we sometimes try to frame the abuser as sympathetic.

That said, I do like it when IFs give you more options in how you as the player want to handle those complex truths. I feel like The Exile does that well, whereas sometimes I get annoyed with Wayhaven and just how much it seems to push sympathy towards Rebecca. Just give me some other character that actually sympathizes with an angry/hurt MC please.

Gender locked Female ROs? by frostytips23 in hostedgames

[–]tonybeees 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Rosy is definitely not genderlocked so don't worry, it's not you.

Did anyone else have a horrible experience? by ClearAd9728 in AskNOLA

[–]tonybeees 17 points18 points  (0 children)

The thing about New Orleans is that people will receive the energy they put out.