BirdEnjoyer

Do remember- it really is trying to help. Negative self talk really is a useful social animal trait that’s just going a bit haywire, so figure out what its trying to do and be nice to it.

Also, pain can be experienced first as emotional distress, especially if its pain you’ve lived with for a long time, and its just hurting extra bad.

Sometimes its easier to do self-care when you picture it as outside of yourself.
So when you’re really feeling like shit, try acknowledging its concerns, rational or irrational, and then tell your little red cat its doing a good job and its safe to take a nap.

It isn’t a magic fix, but its an actual process to go through. And that feels better than just stewing.

https://ncase.me/anxiety/

Play this and get back to me on your fearsona. Mine is a little whippet.

Happy cartoons!

I’m sure you’ve heard of Bluey by now. Its so good, wholesome, and heartfelt. Everyone’s watching, regardless of age.

Here’s one of my favorites for happy feels: Kipper the Dog
Its a Pre-K show that’s just super chill and pleasant. Feels like a warm blanket and cocoa. This one is definitely more for children, but its ok to indulge your inner child and tell it that things are okay.

For a more sophisticated palette, Hilda is the most criminally underrated animated mainstream cartoon in recent memory… that somehow got a full run regardless!
Three seasons and a movie on Netflix. Its beautiful and kid appropriate but definitely for all ages, and pretty damn serious a lot of the time. But its still rather uplifting in how a lot of things aren’t problems, because Hilda is so spirited and determined in a way you can truly believe in.

My little Pony, new and old, really does the trick for me, but its not for everyone, of course. Pound Puppies and A Pup Named Scooby Doo also hit that vibe, though of the old shows mentioned, its probably the best written. (Never got into Care Bears, but it could probably work too, if you’re looking for Sunshine and Rainbows)

Technically, random race/class/etc upon a new life is really more common with Roguelites. (You kinda acknowledge that, but roll with me. Trying to be facetious with the Roguelike snobbery thing, not sure if I pulled it off lol)

Traditional Roguelikes usually let you pick what kind of fresh Hell you’re setting yourself up for.

…So maybe this is Roguelike rules.

You fuckin chose your species, religion, and class.
Just not how much food you get to eat, what books you get the chance to read (without tremendous effort on your part) and when you will die.

Oh, sweet heavens, this is so much worse! We did this to ourselves

Yeah, it is a good song, and I get why people love the movie, but its not one of my personal most favorite things ever.

Which is why its good I didn’t have it ruined by the meme- I can still go watch the movie and enjoy it with people who really are that into it and have a good time.

I love a good fanwatch with super nerds, (recently watched Revolutionary Girl Utena with my sibling who is a huge fan, and am trying to get through a reading of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms because of a friend who is a big fan, but that’s gonna take some time) and I feel bad for Frozen fans, because one of their favorite things has a bit of a stigma attached. I really like My Little Pony and considering the reputation of G4, I get it.

Generally, this. I feel like its my fault if a joke on the Internet is getting too old.

I’m pretty proud of the fact that I self-moderated my internet use so well, I never learned the words to “Let it Go” until someone decided it was good to start playing it as holiday music at my workplace a while back.

And i that case, I got paid to get frostrolled, or whatever it was called

(Still though, there’s limits to this kind of thinking. its a useful coping mechanism for dumb shit, but a therapist did point out that its actually pretty unhealthy with genuinely abusive situations. So be cognizant of blame assignment!)

Well, I got a phishing call from Ohio so that’s not a problem anymore…

A game about the hover boots from OoT if they were the shit instead of just involuntary ice skates.

Like, everyone loves your kicks. The bad guy loves your kicks. They’re fun to use, so the player loves your kicks

Buahaha, that got a laugh outta me

I mean, I would unironically dig that aesthetic updated with the bluejeans meme. The coat could be super comfy if it didn’t get paired with aweful breeches/bloomers or whatever you call those janky ass knickers.

…But the meme would probably just Jeg up the lawn and wig

I choose to try not to pirate, and thus this kinda thing absolutely pisses me off because this is so disingenuous, because I dig into the nitty gritty of how to do all this stuff legit.

Randomizers alone make Nintendo games in particular so much more alive, and all but require the use of ripping software and quite often emulators.
These emulators can make even current titles look even more beautiful and play more smoothly than their native platform, too.

Yeah, people are going to pirate using this stuff, but its wrong to treating the tools themselves as being inherently bad. They are quite often used by people who care very much about these games, and do give fair financial support to Nintendo.

Can you take that last part, put it to a cool font, add some vaporwave and a filter, and make it the stylings of an Cyberpunk 80s movie?

With a bit of rewording, it would be rad for a pixel indie game or something. It goes hard.

And its uncomfortable so I want it in a more palatable form lol

“Keep Circulating the Tapes” of the current era

Not totally related, but in the mid 2000s, I had thought that being made an NPC in a video game was a really kind honor- that someone probably really cared about you.
(usually if they didn’t, you’d get relegated to a humiliating gag or antagonist. Technically also NPCs, I guess, but not what you think of as “NPC”)

…And then the internet went and turned NPC into an insult.

Makes me feel sad for all those loving tributes and Make a Wish kids.

I never got to play this character very long, but I had this idiot rich draconic bloodline Sorcerer whose parents had hidden the fact that they were a Tiefling from them.

As far as they knew, they were a half-orc with a skin condition, born when their father was shamed and banished, and their mother was swept off their feet by a gallant orc of the hinterlands. (lol, no, the parents are evil AF demon worshippers spawning teiflings into the bloodline, and they’re too dumb to realize it. No hot orc babydaddy to speak of)

They cut off the tail and cauterized the horn buds really early, and basically the plan was to see if they discovered the Draconic Bloodline before or after getting hit by a strong enough healing spell to restore their demonic features.

They probably wouldn’t be able to understand the idea that they could be both part demon and part dragon, and part Good aligned and part Evil aligned creature, to boot. Comedy gold in the right party.