In that way my half-asleep brain has of presenting me with delicious word structures just as I am waking up, this morning it offered this gem as regards the function of a good summary for a work of fiction: it gives you the handle end of the plot without showing you the blade.

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Humorous anecdote time:

So I'm playing this video game called Arc the Lad. It's moderately surreal, the plot is kind of obvious, but I really like the combat mechanics. And every so often it takes a turn for the completely hilarious. (Some among you will remember the tale of Choco, but I think this one is actually even better.)

First, some background facts.

Every playable character has three equipment slots for "Accessories" that give them combat bonuses not directly related to their weapon (there are three more slots for "Weapon Parts" that do those).

Every playable character also has "Special Moves"/"Skills", essentially spells, which they execute by spending a set amount of "Spirit Stones" per skill. The catch: there's a hard limit on the number of Spirit Stones each character can carry into battle, and another hard limit on the number of Spirit Stones you can have in your party inventory. And they are both pretty small limits, enough that I run into them regularly when I have to use a lot of Skills without a chance to refuel.

This is annoying! Luckily, there is a solution. I just came across a repeatable quest whose reward is an Accessory that cuts the price of all Skills by a third. Fill a character's equipment slots with those, and they can throw their Skills around for free. Hooray! Spirit Stones are totally redundant as soon as I win this tournament about a dozen more times!

...now I just have to figure out a plausible in-character reason why every single member of my team, of whom three are male and one is a robot, goes into battle wearing three pairs of "Romantic Earrings" each. Well, hell, if they gave me infinite magic power I'd do it too.

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how did I live before the ability to arrange a post's tags in arbitrary order and create them in arbitrary quantity??

anyway no

what i'm here to talk about is my confusing emotional state

it is confusing, internet

so confusing

i love you, internet, i really do

i want to hug the whole world

i love everything and everyone

...except myself!

myself i kind of hate a lot.

and it's really weird and dissonant being so filled with love and goodwill towards all creatures and simultaneously having this bottomless pit of self-loathing trying to swallow me whole

i don't like it very much.

i would like to live in cuddletopia with the love and the imaginary hugs

not in despairville with the OH FUCK YOU RADIO ADS FOR MOTHER'S DAY PRESENTS

...oh yes and there's also the brief and inexplicable flares of irrational anger

those are a thing too

if this entry had a point, i probably haven't gotten to it, and it's long and weird and i should put it under a cut, and i have my glasses off so i can see neither the screen nor the keyboard right now, but fuck it all, i'm tired, i'm just gonna post this and go to bed.

*leans closer* oh hey no typos how cool is that

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→ why you play(ed) this character; → your favorite moment in canon for this character; → your favorite piece of headcanon for this character; → something about this character that makes you laugh; → something about this character that makes you teary-eyed; and/or → what you'd miss most (or, if the character is retired/no longer active, what you do miss most) about playing this character.

I will happily answer this survey about any pup of mine, past or present, provided I remember the answers, but I'm not going to list them all because hahahahaha. To jog your memory: binary_heat/binary_heat.

because i'm lazy, a handy textarea: <b>name / nickname / <user name=""></b> <i>→ why you play(ed) this character</i> <i>→ your favorite moment in canon for this character</i> <i>→ your favorite piece of headcanon for this character</i> <i>→ something about this character that makes you laugh</i> <i>→ something about this character that makes you teary-eyed</i> <i>→ what you'd miss most (or, if the character is retired/no longer active, what you do miss most) about playing this character.</i>

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Apparently I ship Hannibal Lecter/the Joker now. I don't even know. That scene came to me while I was putting away laundry.

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???

points to whoever recognizes the preexisting character I carefully snuck in there

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Originally posted by e_mily at Stop the Arizona birth control bill

So Tuesday morning, I managed to cut my hand on a banana. Yes, as in the fruit. The soft, squishy, entirely-the-opposite-of-sharp fruit.

As of today, the cut is STILL OBVIOUS - it didn't quite bleed, but it scabbed over, and there's this line of scabs marching up the side of my hand.

I feel like that banana deserves some kind of medal, although it will have to be awarded posthumously. XD

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internet, i have so much love right now and i don't know why

i just want to pick up this whole planet and give it a great big hug

i want to be the cuddly blanket wrapped around the shoulders of all the world's troubled people

i want to be the leading distributor of snuggles in Ontario

if you are reading this, i want to hug you

♥

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