GalaxianExplosion wrote:

Today's funny thing has been me going into a state where I unplug my computer and put the charger in the most godforsaken places.
For some reason, I decided to take out the pot on top of the refrigerator, specifically the one that's hardest to reach for me, stuff the entire cord in there, and then put the pot back in even further than it was before.
And then I ask "Where's the charger?" 
I legitimately had to retrace my steps to get to it. What in the world.

But on a less weird note, I am growing and am coming for y'all's heights lol, be afraid

-Galaxian-

*screams in 5'2 3/4"*

GalaxianExplosion wrote:

Oh yeah, since I'm here, I might as well post this screenshot.

I like how I can be fully aware of this and still feel called out. 
The above is part of an article about MBTI types' fatal flaws in relationships, by the way. :')

I used to be an INFJ. I think I still enjoy the feeling of privacy and secrecy that the article you are talking about touches on.

Though looking at the article I feel that it's fatal flaw for my current personality type, explanation doesn't really fully fit me. Sure some parts, but not all the way. Maybe it's because I'm applying the solution.

Is it me or is it kind of weird on talking about personality types as if they're tokens or smth?
 

Playing the SA game is first remembering all the good moments, like playing multiplayer mode with Fallon or that one time you got hard carried by that level 114 player who you got along well with, and then remembering the pain of being mauled across the face by a lynx or being roasted alive by one of those fire bosses and also how that level 114 player never logged in ever again after that one session

Also, the more I play and remember, the more I become concerned that little me was really dumb when it came to strategizing. Did I even know strategies in multiplayer mode or did I just go with whatever I thought was good? I do remember being helpful (e.g. I ran around getting hordes of animals to chase after me rather than players with lower levels and was pretty good about using skills, and I was good at using the healing bell) but tactically speaking, was I actually being smart about components, like teambuilding and roles? This is concerning.

-Galaxian-

GalaxianExplosion wrote:

@Time - (p.1) I think it's more intimidating if I don't tell you guys. Am I 5' 1''? 5' 2''? 7 feet tall? I leave it to your imaginations. (Mostly kidding here. I actually don't have a way to measure and am going off object references IRL. Plus shoe size. :') )

Awh whatever I no longer care about my height my younger sibling is taller than me how worse can it get

GalaxianExplosion wrote:

(p.2) I honestly dunno what a conversation about tokens would look like, so I don't find it weird personally. Imo it's fun to talk about personality types, even if we don't know that much about them/their validity per se, since it fits with my idea of human traits mostly being shared. 
I've brought this up elsewhere too, but some types are much more mistyped than others, and it doesn't help that being one type doesn't mean you can't have the flaws of another type. I personally find that what type I'm classified as depends on my current amount of optimism/pessimism and perspective towards humanity, so that's there for me. For example, when I'm shutting off my emotions, I tend to get the Thinking component rather than the Feeling component, even if I think that I'm pretty solidly a Feeling person by default. I do think those test results depend on someone's current approach, whereas the type itself is more directed towards how someone is deep inside. For example, maybe you are actually an INTJ but the difference is that you're assertive rather than turbulent, or something like that. 
By the way, if it's weird in a bad way, always feel free to not respond or something like that. I think I can understand where you're coming from, but for me, it's fun, kinda like the zodiac but more oriented towards actual traits rather than just birthday/birth year (in the case of the Chinese zodiac). It might be true, or might not be, but it's interesting to me and gives me a "head start" on how someone might act (if they're a stranger to me but let me know what type they were classified as). So yeah, fun xD.

I suppose that is true. That how you are as a person would largely depend on how you are feeling at the moment, but I feel like what you also said, you wouldn't normally really fall out of that range of type. Though I do wonder how hidden personal bias and that the test is self proctored changes things.

I am an INTJ-A so I guess you did get that example right lol.

Oh yeah, Happy Turkey Day! I feel like I'll forget this tomorrow so yeah lol
Eat lots and live well :D as you always should me ruining my own sentences by adding stuff lol, just like cooking

-Galaxian-

mood

The chapter's title is: "The End with Her" (more accurately it would be "The End That Has Her" but that's more context-based), and in this screenshot, Susu is saying, "I'm waiting for someone." So, putting the two sides together, Bai Yuechu is seeking the path that has her at the end, while she's at the end waiting for him. 
I just jfoksdijfkkdsjfosd.

-Galaxian-

Last night's dream was meeting a character that I haven't really designed and asking him, "Why are you sad? Why are you sad?"
Waking up was wondering how stupid that question was because it is pretty clear to me why he is sad, and of course it is because of me.

Back on the cycle of being able to remember dreams/having a lot of them every night btw,,, I feel like maybe I should be keeping a log just to prove that the cycle exists (to myself, not to y'all lol), but also I'm lazy so...no.

-Galaxian-

I honestly forgot about Guiyi Fengjiu for a bit and had to reread the whole thing 'cause I forgot which chapter I'd left off on
I hate the male protagonist with a fervor. He is honestly so creepy, not to mention bland. 
How can you manage to exist solely for the sake of being the love interest of the female protagonist yet still be such a bad romantic interest (outside of kinda being cool in terms of design, I guess)? Yikes.

Anyways I'm here for the family wholesomeness and guy disguises that the (female) protagonist pulls off. And by "family" I do not include the male protagonist. Yikes x2

-Galaxian-

I've forever been trying to figure out if recommending Romance of the Three Kingdoms (TV series, original version) and Hongmao Lantu Qixia Zhuan would be appropriate
For the prior, it's the cultural context + violence (I can't remember if a guy is legit sliced in half on-camera or not 'cause my mom blocked me from seeing it), and for the second it's the fact it looks like a kids' show plus the technically extensive violence
Idk if the latter has English subs too lol that's also an issue (though ig I could recommend it to y'all and proceed to explain nothing about the lack of subs lol that'd fit with my characterization for sure) 
[I also need to find a way to abbreviate HMLTQXZ LOL. Legends of the Seven Heroes? LSH? Lol?]

-Galaxian-

Post a bunch of QXZ (Qixia Zhuan,,, decided abbreviating the original Chinese would be better) fanart [humanized or whatever]. Leave

You watch QXZ, you ship Lantu and Hongmao. You can maybe ship Hei Xiaohu and Lantu as a side ship (though I would not concur), but you ship these two. No exceptions.


Hongmao appreciation! He is pure boi (as some would say), <3


See? Even their friends ship them.
I think QXZ really makes a good example of how you can do romance without romance. We don't see Lantu and Hongmao canonically kiss or whatever, but you're just led to shipping them because you see how much they care for each other and what they do because they care for each other.

Shali appreciation!

The scene itself is actually kinda angsty but hey. 
Lol this is QXZ's variation of fanservice lmiao

Continued Shali appreciation lol.

Hei Xiaohu fanart!
Idk if it's actually a Chinese trend but generally speaking, a Chinese character standing on the edge of a cliff with a huge moon in the background cannot go wrong (unless you go wrong with the perspective lol)

I'm pretty sure this is Daben fanart. He's raising a toast to the moon
He's not one of my favorites but he's nice, so Daben appreciation xD

-Galaxian-

Onto more plotty art! 

Probably the most iconic pair of enemies in the series, especially since Hei Xiaohu is Hongmao's antithesis in some ways.

This image is also interesting. I think they never really fought all-out like that in the series, so this is almost startling to see. 
Though after I saw this image I saw some pretty cursed art. Like man, I don't mind LGBT+ ships, but in this case it blatantly goes against the point. Censorship aside, QXZ is very...straightforward in the relationship circles. So. Lol
Also I just realized, where is Tiaotiao appreciation. I've only seen one art piece with him in it and his face was shrouded lol

Now for a series of spoilers/key moments in the series

Starting off on a lighter note. This is Lantu's first encounter with Dada (lol I know the names are weird but this was a kids' show)
I really like the mysteriousness around Dada (referencing the role he occupies) and the general scenery. It encapsulates the original moment very well.

Now we go darker.
This is the only fanart I've seen of Ma Sanniang, and I really do hope that means everyone hates her guts
This is the scene after the waterfall trial where she finally gets the real Ziyun sword. Shali is temporarily brought out of her brainwashed state, so you can see her reacting to this entire ordeal. Honestly this makes me so freaking angry, I hate this bastard.

Shali being comforted by Lantu after they attempt to unite the three swords and fail because Shali's arm has been disabled thanks to a certain bastard. This is one of the defining moments of Shali because it really represents her at her lowest. Her destiny and entire cause of living has been wrenched away from her by a snake, and beyond that, she doesn't see a future for herself because she can't wield her sword anymore. It's only later through more development that she regains hope and ultimately makes a comeback at the end of the series.

I'm actually not 100% sure if this is the right series fanart, but I think this might be Daben and Liu Xuanfeng. This is the scene where Liu Xuanfeng sacrifices himself trying to save Shali and dies in Daben's arms (they're sworn brothers, by the way, even though they're on different sides).
I really wish we could've seen more on Liu Xuanfeng's backstory, like why he continued staying with Hei Xinghu, but I guess that wasn't too important.
This also represents one of Daben's worst moments. His sworn brother dies to save him, and Shali (the woman he swore to protect) also seemingly dies.  He enters a depressive/vengeful state because of this, and honestly it might have been this happening that makes him stronger and able to react when his foster mother dies for his sake as well later on.

This scene is pretty darn clear if you watch the series. And it's the one where Lantu lets out her blood for the sake of a flower blooming. Also pretty sure this is where Hei Xiaohu falls in love with her.
Notably, this scene showcases her willingness to do anything for her comrades, not just Hongmao, so that's nice. (She's doing it for Shali, in hopes of the other being able to be treated by Doudou.) 
I think this scene was probably what made me see her as truly being pure. A lot of other series have their female protagonists as being "pure," but they seem to prioritize the male protagonist. For Lantu, she cares for Hongmao, but she also cares for her friends. And that's why she has a pure heart.


Two interpretations of the same scene. Nice.
It leads up to the next moment.

One, I do want to make clear that I admire how straightforward Lantu is. She doesn't swerve around the topic; she knows that Hei Xiaohu likes her, but she also doesn't reciprocate the feelings, so she makes it clear. They're enemies, they walk separate paths, and him being ambiguous about his intentions helps neither of them.
Unfortunately, this dialogue was also what sparked the final arc of suffering for the Qijian. So yikes. Not to mention, despite her demarcating the boundaries so clearly, she didn't seem to expect him to actually take them to heart. So. Oof.

-Galaxian-

I also just realized that the guy Zenitsu reminded me of was Doudou lol. How quaint. 
That really wasn't a very deep connection lol. Just two guys who both have to work to get ahead of their fears. But that's super generally speaking.

-Galaxian-

Seems like the perfect opportunity to mention that my recurring thought for the past few days has been that the Alternate are good (likely Lawful Good for the majority), but if Nagesh in that one dream had straight out killed Zouken (and yes Shu-san can also do that) and stuffed his body in a bag, the other Alternate would just help, and that just kills me for some reason
Like no one talks throughout the entire process from the beginning of the beat-up to the evidence incineration and for some reason that heals my soul

-Galaxian-

Some corrections

One, technically not my mistake, but Ma Sanniang is 31 lmiao does she look 31 in that fanart? Maybe late 20s but that,,,
there's also the entire canonical thing of her being older than the Qijian lol. Even Dada is probably like mid-twenties at most
Also, Doudou is an Aquarius (: I forgot how young he was though lol. He's like a teenage prodigy.

Second actual correction: I just remembered Liu Xuanfeng was impaled by multiple arrows while protecting Dabeng, so the wounds on that fanart don't match up. Therefore: Probably not the right series.
But lemme have my fun, I guess, lol.

-Galaxian-