• Katana314@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    1 day ago

    I have a particular term for certain kinds of edginess I just call “Shadow the Hedgehog writing”, where it’s more likely to come from a teenager trying to seem grown up/cool than an actual adult.

    Plenty of anime/VNs have fallen in this category, giving early content warnings that the content will be dark; and then just having non sequitor turnouts like “And then the heroine stepped in a trap that severed her spine. She screamed for hours, praying for help, but none came.”

    There’s a particular game whose name rhymes with “Tomato” that did this for me once. You bring some children to safety, and then go fight the attackers sending tanks after them. I came back to the kids, joking to myself “Sorry, hero, it’s too late; we already drowned in our own fear and sadness…!” And then I laughed out loud when my joke turned out right.

    Worst part is, there is some grim and depressing stuff in the world, and yet so many grimdark writers don’t see any nuance in it.

  • NONE@lemmy.world
    66·
    3 days ago

    First photo: immaturity, longing for status.

    Second photo: maturity, longing for happiness.

    • UnfortunateShort@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      3 days ago

      I only watched S1 and the very start of S2, but I would say there is clearly a much worse one. If he just picked her the series would have been over immediately, another big plus.

  • mlg@lemmy.worldEnglish
    10·
    3 days ago

    Another day of weebs trying to vindicate themselves within the gamer community smh my face

    • Broadfern@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      3 days ago

      Join us in the world of cozy/puzzle games, where quick time events can go to die and you don’t have to treat a game like a full time job to be good at it 😄

        • Broadfern@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          3 days ago

          Stardew Valley (and its many farm sim clones), Slime Rancher, Balatro, and Chicory: A Colorful Tale are just a few off top of my head. I can delve into my games libraries and list a bunch more lol

          Edit: From my Steam library alone, mostly what I’ve played lately:

          • Hello Kitty Island Adventure

          • Power Wash Simulator

          • Unbox the Room

          • Wanderstop

          And my Switch library:

          • Moonstone Island

          • both “Mario + Rabbids” games (puzzle/strategy)

          • Ooblets

          • Animal Crossing

          • Sun Haven

          • Cattails: Wildwood Story

          • Sprout Valley

          • Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles

          • Calico

          • The Ace Attorney Trilogy

          There’s more in my Steam library that probably fit the bill but I haven’t fully played them yet. All of the above have minimal real time combat/platforming or accessibility options to mitigate it. All can also be played at your own pace, as well :)

          Further edit: almost forgot my epic library too!

          • Bear and Breakfast

          • Toem

          • Garden Story

    • Die Martin Die@sh.itjust.works
      21·
      3 days ago

      Do you like voxel sandbox games? Luanti is quite nice and relaxing depending on game (Luanti is technically a voxel game engine, and you can find various types of games in the built-in content browser)

  • Die Martin Die@sh.itjust.works
    41·
    3 days ago

    The first pfp I used was a cropped FF Advent Children walkpaper of Cloud with sunglasses.

    I still use Panty from Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt in some places. In other places I have an anime style OC character from a game I was developing (for which I lost the code to a hard drive crash). Some places have my photo (which I regret).

    Now I use a photo of my cats.

    I don’t think I have a pfp on Lemmy

  • KernelTale@programming.devEnglish
    3·
    3 days ago

    I wanted a pfp of what I wanted to be and now it is what I am. I wanted to be read as cool but now I have Many from Honzuki no Gekokuji, because I love literature and I see myself as a small girlie.