CombatLiberalism [he/him]

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Cake day: August 31st, 2023

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  • This one is my number one pet peeve when it comes to capeshit stuff. It's either A: the villains have a point but they're just oh so evil that it doesn't matter anyway (marvel did this at least twice, it's in The Batman and it still bugged me but I do think they pulled it off in a way that I was ok with) or B: the hero(es) are actually villains (the boys, invincible)

    Might be kinda specific, but just once I'd like to see a superhero story where the "villains" are actually 100% right and aren't cartoonishly evil AND the "Hero" is the one who has to come around to their side, going against the status quo in the process. Just once I want "the villains are the good guys" to be played straight.


  • I'm untreated at the moment, it hits me hard but I've somehow managed to get really good at compartmentalizing it and separating the physical feeling from the mental spiral. I still feel it just as much as I always have and I'm not able to change that, but I can give my brain a little kick to make it stop the whole "this person hates you now and you were stupid for doing this" thought train, look at the situation objectively, and realize just how far from reality those thoughts are.

    I do this for anxiety too, I can't make myself less anxious but I can look at a situation that makes me anxious, realize that there's no actual reason for it, and then go and do the thing. My heart still pounds and my hands still shake but I can have a good time anyway.

    I wouldn't call this just ignoring it, but I know I'm gonna feel like ass anyway and if I avoided every situation that makes me feel like ass I wouldn't do anything at all. It sucks HARD though, I may be able to power through it but it's fucking exhausting being in fight or flight for 99% of my day all while feeling like a ghost pokemon used curse on me every time someone uses a slightly harsh tone. I can logic it out to get things done but it doesn't lessen the feeling at all.



  • think-about-it exactly

    These people pick up additional names throughout their life (both given and chosen) with no real upper-limit on the amount. Most mark big life occasions or important events but there's also a non-insignificant number of joke/less serious names and some will just keep adding more and more names to seem more important/prestigious that they start sounding like something between someone trying to meet the word requirement of an essay and a rejected My Immortal character


  • I'm hitting a bit of a mental block trying to come up with names for a story I'm working on if anyone would like to help out a bit. The group I'm naming chooses a name at 18 generally based on things they wish for their future adult selves, such as goals they want to accomplish, traits and skills they want to cultivate, virtues they want to embody, things like that. I'll take any suggestions and reply with what they would be in the language I have set up for these guys.

    Silliness is encouraged, they're in a conlang anyway and most people today don't associate the name Peter with stone so I can handwave calling someone the equivalent of like Hog-Cranker 9000 if I like the name enough









  • When I was like 4 I had an incredibly vivid and terrifying dream that on paper sounds absolutely ridiculous but scared the shit out of me as a kid. I dreamt that a band of orangutans had gotten into our house and were hiding all over the place: in the walls, under the kitchen table, behind the fridge, behind picture frames etc. and every now and then they'd jump out of their hiding spot and attack us. It didn't result in like a long-lasting fear or anything, in fact orangutans are my favorite animal, but to this day when I think back on that dream I feel a little hint of fear.







  • Thanks! I hope your tour goes hard!

    And omg that isn't me, I'm literally on like week 2 of learning how to make games. I'm still only working on the movement HOWEVER as soon as I have something that can be tested I'll send it your way! The vague premise I have is a vampires=bourgeoisie deal and you're a human leading a prison break from the feeding dungeons, the goal is to get to the top of the castle. That's all I have so far though


  • I think I'm going to try to give him one last opportunity to recognize the choice he's making, lay out that it's a choice choice between oil profits and trans rights. I normally wouldn't and maybe I'm being too generous but I don't think at his core he truly values the former more, but if that doesn't get through or it turns out I'm wrong then I'm out. Trans rights are non negotiable.