I apologize for nothing.
I've noticed an uptick in Bobs Burgers posts the past few days, and gotta say im fucking here for it
I have never deliberately sat down to watch Bobs Burgers because I don’t really like comedy TV shows, but every time I see a clip from it or an episode happens to be on nearby it’s fantastic
It's about a struggling family making it work. They talk a lot about being broke or missing rent payments. It's just kind of nice to see characters have conversations you could have in some form.
It's like night and day compared to dreck like the Simpsons or Family Guy, even before they went bad
Everything Frank Grimes said about the Simpsons was right and Bob's Burgers is the answer to his criticism
I will give Family Guy a bit of credit for being more self aware than the Simpsons, they know they're trash and they've accepted it
It’s really good. The scene I always think of is when Bob’s teaching Tina how to drive and she just drives straight towards the single car in the parking lot lmao
It's a very... like... relatable and good-faith kind of comedy. The characters are funny because they're flawed weirdos, but the show invites you to enjoy and identify with their weirdness instead of mocking them for it. You're supposed to empathize and identify with the family while also laughing at their antics. It's very sincere.
Please believe me Alistair, Leliana means nothing to me.
Leliana mistaking my friendly banter for a serious romantic relationship like
She was originally boy but they gender swapped her because he would've been too creepy.
She really is. Her writing really shows there's a lot to the adolescent experience that gets overlooked.
tfw every last Single in stardew valley is also bisexual
Ehh, not exactly. The game changes them to fit you. They make no mention of liking the same sex unless you've started trying to romance them as the same sex.
And there's one girl that has an ex-boyfriend when you play as a guy, but an ex-girlfriend when you play as a girl. It would have been a great opportunity to include just a bit of actual bisexuality, but instead it changes the ex's gender to match your own.
Here's a good video about bisexuality in games that uses Stardew Valley as an example for the first ~10 minutes.
With the "everyone's sexuality depends on yours" approach they should at least have the courage to make characters who are never into your gender. Like a woman who is straight if you're a woman and a lesbian if you're a man.
I'd love that. Just a character made unavailable in reaction to your choices. They just have to not cave to fan pressure.
Romance in games is usually to some degree a wish fulfillment fantasy. Giving the players what they want gives the player what they want, which is the whole point of the game. But on the other hand I understand why people want a character who is "authentically", canonically of a fixed sexuality. You want to feel like the character was written for you, instead of just written for a generic protagonist who won't understand your unique culture and circumstances.
Ehh, not exactly. The game changes them to fit you.
nope they're bi :gator-bi:
it's canon. sorry i dont' make the rules
Someone should make a game where if you surprise polyamory your partners, they come to you with "So we've been talking" and kick you out of the polycule they formed behind the player's back.
Witcher 3 does have repercussions for trying to romance everyone
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If you romance both Triss and Yen they invite you to a threesome, chain you down to the bed, drink a glass of wine and tell you to fuck off then leave you there
Ah, the good ol' Alan Moore
With his first wife Phyllis, whom he married in the early 1970s, he has two daughters, Leah and Amber. The couple also had a mutual lover, Deborah, although the relationship between the three ended in the early 1990s as Phyllis and Deborah left Moore, taking his daughters with them
There's a close one in Stardew
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They find out, but they don't get together without the player.
I would love to see an episode where Tina finds out that polyamory is a thing.
"You can do that? Woah."
:shocked-pikachu:
I think there's one where she suggests to the two boys she's going to two different dances with that they become a throuple but they're not into it.
My headcannon is that 15 years into the future Tina is the only main character not in a polycule
I'm the opposite - I pick one person to romance and then romance them through every playthrough because it feels like cheating if I ever pick anyone else
I just create headcanon where I'm poly as a character. But I don't often run into multiple characters I like. Games like Dragon Age Inquisition or Dream Daddy have that
This is me. It feels almost worse than cheating on the second playthrough because there aren't any consequences.
A post-millenial riddle:
Which came first, Tina Belcher or the :spray-bottle:
Haha. Games with romance arcs should have an ace character that the PC can hang out and go on ?friend? dates with while commenting on all the horny behavior from the rest of the cast.
Just restarted Stardew Valley with that cool Junimo mod somebody mentioned a couple days ago. So this is me right now.
I mean yeah but a game that lets you get away with dating several people at once without them know you’re in multiple relationships is flawed, to say the least
That's why every Bioware game should have a "My girlfriend's girlfriend" option where you're just explicitly in a polycule.
Agreed. I just mean it's hard to choose. I get too anxious about characters' feelings to actually cheat or try to deceive them.
