the <^> game | v. twenty-three

[folie a deux]

i'm not too bad! i'm nearing the end of the school year which is nice... but also not so nice because i am drowning in exams haha. right now i'm looking forward to the weekend-- going to spend some time with my girlfriend and watch my friend's recital. after that... looking forward to going back home and seeing my parents!

^ spiderverse is gonna be so good!!! hope you enjoy it, the trailers have looked awesome so far.
> feeling sleepy... might go to bed early?! but also want to stay up to watch tv (currently bingeing orange is the new black...). might also play zelda. or could play hades? decide for me?!
v what is your favorite animal? is there a reason why that's your fav? tell me something about it!

[Shnoodle]

Dodo birds, but of ones actually still alive, it would most definitely be the Japanese macaque!! I mean, come on, they're monkies... that hang out in spas all day. What's not to love?! ♡

^ A little bit of Zelda while also watching Orange is the New Black before bed wouldn't hurt.
> I'm having severe brain rot over SEVERAL hyper-fixations that have decided to take back over my mind this week. My brain can only handle so much...
v Anything you really love but never really get a chance to talk about? I'd love to hear all about it!! ♡

[traumereii]

oh i love mahjong soo much but only one of my friends sort of know how to play (and that was bc i bullied her into learning it so we could play together during fall semester last year </3) to be fair it does have a steep learning curve and has a lot of patterns/rules to remember, but they're all variations of each other and are fairly easy to remember once you play enough... long story short funny turn based 13 tile discard rng game go brr. i want to ramble abt it so badly but my brain is currently fried from doing chemistry all day today but there is this one video that i love .... it's super funny to me but idk if it's just going to be incomprehensible to ppl who don't know how to play SFJDLKSDJF oh my god i was about to link the video and then thees a cuss word in it im glad i took the time to watch 7 minutes of it. sorry guys ig none of you will know

^ o severe brainrot is so real.... gws /hj LOL im hope ur at least having fun tho !
> yoppee t200 baybee <3 i've never tiered this high before for this game n. while being a uni student is rough, this event starting and ending when it did basically meant that a lot of high schoolers were suffering w finals while my summer classes r just kicking up
v what's something you've done recently that you're proud of?

edit cs user viles i am SO SORRY FOR NINJAING U LIKE THIS........ you'll always be famous

[viles]

• hmm. idk im probably not the target audience for this question BUT oh well im gonna talk about tgwdlm
  tgwdlm is like,, the musical that made me love musicals, which is a bit ironic. like,, starkid has been known for parody musicals. their very first musical, a very potter musical, was a fan tribute to and/or parody of the harry potter series, and like, idk i feel like because of that their musicals have always just,, not been taken seriously (reasonably so, i might add. much of starkid's work is humorous but not much else ykyk,, that's why twisted and tgwdlm are my favorites bc they have the Silliness while also having a bit of emotional elements,, like im sorry but some of twisted's ending makes me cry every time???) and you might think 'oh tgwdlm is taking itself kinda seriously???? so it must not be a parody' and you would be WRONG!!! it's a parody of musicals themselves and thats why its so good!!! idk,, the main character paul is made to be like,, the antithesis of what a musical's protagonist should be. not only is he the titular guy who didnt like musicals,, he has no real motivation through the beginning of the show other than staying alive. the world itself has to try to force paul to have a motivation, through 'what do you want, paul?' which is a parody of an i want song (if you dont know, i want songs in musicals are like,, where the main character explains their motivations, basically. they're all about what that character wants, hence the name 'i want'. disney movies have a ton of em! almost there from the princess and the frog is one of my favorite examples) and its Very Funny but also so important from a narrative standpoint!!!! also tgwdlm is genuinely creepy?? idk i think the concept of musical zombies is a bit silly and would quickly lose the horror element if not written right but throughout the show the hivemind feels like such a genuine threat,, like idk ive read that some people did not feel the full effect of the Horror of the zombies bc paul being boring and not a great guy,, but like idk!! there are so many points where i felt genuinely scared and still do (the ending song especially im trying not to spoil anything but OMG inevitable is just,,, the live recording makes me cry bc i do not how to process emotions it's so creepy i want to draw one specific image from it but there are WAY too many people in it for me to draw) also side note: i totally understand paul not being a likeable protagonist! idk but to me thats kind of the point? like hes not supposed to be super kind or likeable,, he's just some guy ykyk,, ig its like,, sort of the reflection of the writer's pessimistic views about humanity ykyk? like, ig the writer assumes that the average person wouldn't be very kind,, which i dont agree with btw but i do understand that line of thinking. BUT idk i like paul bc he's very awkward and anxious and some people, including myself, hc him as autistic and OH jon matteson's audition was uploaded to youtube and in it it's revealead that paul was originally supposed to be incredibly passionate about film so many people consider that to be his special interest,, and it's really cool!! i relate to him a lot even though i don't think i have special interests,, he's probably one of the few characters i would consider a kin, just bc like,, idk he feels like Some Guy in a very not just some guy type of way!!! BUT ANYWAY going back to like,, talking about the musical as a whole, part of what makes tgwdlm so good is that it's a diegetic musical, which basically means that the songs are actually happening within the universe of the musical. a lot of musicals are set up so that we know that the songs are not actually happening ykyk? like,, for example, i'm gonna use two songs from the hit disney movie high school musical to explain what i mean. so for the most part, hsm is a diegetic musical,,, look at the first song, the start of something new. the characters actually sing this!!! during a karaoke party!!! everyone in the room can hear and see them singing BUT then take a look at the song gabriella sings when she's having an Angsty Moment, when there was me and you. while there is no proof that that song is non-diegetic, it certainly feels like it is, bc the song is just there for gabriella to express her internal thoughts and feelings of angst. the plot screeches to a stop so that this song can happen in its own little bubble, yk? a starkid example of a non-diegetic song would be what tim wants, which is from the sort of sequel to tgwdlm, black friday. tom has an argument with emma and so then he gets Angry and has to sing about it and once he's done the story can continue. musicals like that can feel Slow and Boring,, but tgwdlm doesn't ahve to worry about that!!! the audiecne- well,, idk i cant really speak for the audience as a whole but at least for myself, i remained invested throughout the entire show bc the story felt alive, largely due to how woven into the story the songs are, yk? making tgwdlm a diegetic musical was such a great choice, bc it really feels like it's contrasting what a musical typically is, like it's an anti-musical of sorts, ig? idk i think there are some Questionable Choices in there like,, WHY ON EARTH DOES JEFF BLIM SING SO MUCH???? the show could really be retitled the jeff blim show and no one would tell the difference??? LIKE kjsdfhkjdfh idk it is kind of amusing bc he is the one who wrote the music but like,, it just comes across as very self-centered KJSDFHKH especially after trail to oregon??? he might have sang less in the one i dont remember. BUT YEAH jeff blim needs to sing less??? his voice isnt bad but like,, once you notice how many songs he's in it's kinda just like 'oh...there he is again -_-'. like,, they have enough songs to give jeff like,, six or seven songs BUT NOT ONE FOR COREY DORRIS?????? like they did right that wrong in black friday,, which is like okay I GUESS bc like,, our doors are open is so good and i love frank pricely's mr krab energy but like, we were ROBBED of not having bill sing in tgwdlm??????? or even like,,, i would have preferred a ted song, bc like,, idk i think it would be great to give some more humanization to him. like, he's just such a Jerk through the show,, and like it was only when i rewatched the show and read through the comments, that like i began to get an idea of like,, what was going on in his mind and why he was acting the way he was acting,,, idk im not great at like,, Reading People so sgfsdkfjhjh that could just be a me issue,,, yk ig now that im thinking about it like,, ig it makes sense that jeff had so many song,, bc like,, they are musical zombies,, so in order to sing,, the main characters have to die ykyk??? so like,, i do understand it ig BUT mariah and robert were like,, not main characters really??? (well robert was kinda with prof hidgens) IDK maybe i'm just taking issue with the show's small cast. like, there's only eight people in the cast ykyk. like this was starkid's first musical since their move to la in twenty seventeen, so i understand why maybe they couldnt have the biggest cast BUT like still idk it is a bit comical how many numbers jeff has sdkjfhskdfh anyway its a good show and i love it a lot it has its issues but aaaa,,, it just makes me so ahppy???? i love it <33333
  
  ^ having severe brain rot :eyes: i do not know how to respond as i cant tell whether youre excited about that or not??? maybe a lil bit of both??? idk skfjhkf anyway i wish you luck
  i started hrt!!! well, i'm going to start hrt. i take my first dosage tomorrow. it's not really an Accomplishment of mine or anything but like still. it just feels like such a milestone that i can't believe that i'm actually gonna be doing it ykyk!!!!
  
  ^ mahjong player!!! omg i used to love that game?? idk i'm more of a card game person so i switched to playing solitaire some time ago BUT i have many a fond memory of playing mahjong from when i was younger
  > pepperoni sandwiches are so yummy!!!! i love a good roni!!!!
  v tell me about something you like.

[pandaa]

lately ive really been liking making headcanons about my ocs, that are technically canon cause i made them but
anyway it just gives me so much serotonin pouring out little details about my ocs :3
^ MOLCAR MOLCAR / i never though of the idea of a pepperoni sandwich but it sounds kinda good actually!!
> going to a big car meet with my dad today!! it’s 2 hours away but im so excited! there’s gonna be the car show bit and races and stuff too!
v random headcanon(s) you have about any character?

[sapphic]

i headcanon that bethany and lazarus from tboi are siblings. the sins are all siblings too. i also like to think the gurds are all related (mama gurdy is the mother of gurdy and she is the mother of gurdy jrs, chimera, and the gurglings)

^ sounds fun! i hope you enjoy it.
> how is it already 6:30...... where did my day go
v tell me something. anything you think id like to know.

[trilli]

Hmm. I think the science behind echos and echolocation is interesting. Maybe that’s something you would like to know, along with this: x

^ We live in different time zones. I wonder how many #1 Till Lindemann fans there are.
> I was supposed to pick someone up after they were done at work, but I fell sleep. They ended up walking home after midnight. I couldn’t keep my eyes open…
v Show me an image that reflects your current mood.

[folie a deux]

this is me. so tired so sleepy. falling asleep at my computer (have to stay awake until my laundry is done in the dryer).

^ apparently you're also incredibly sleepy. looks like it's bedtime?? also, don't whales use echolocation as well? i wonder if/how echolocation differs between species (especially aquatic vs aerial like whales vs bats). isn't it cool that multiple species that have never interacted before have this same trait?
> currently studying for my physics exam on monday... however i am feeling more enticed by my switch and breath of the wild. i should not be held responsible for anything ever.
v do you have a favorite recipe? or something you enjoy cooking? (looking for some more recipes for my cookbook :p )

[Chevalier]

I made ratatouille yesterday and I did quite enjoy cooking it! It's very simple but it goes lovely with some chicken. The recipe here is in French, but it's quite simple; if you chuck it into Google translate it should be fine (or, to be honest, you could probably find a recipe online easily in English).
^ I feel rather similarly, except with a language exam and Tears of the Kingdom. It's also nice to find someone else who likes to cook!
> I'm so sleepy and it's only 4pm here. Hopefully with dinner and tea I'll perk up a bit to get some art done this evening.
v What did you do over the weekend? Anything nice?

[sapphic]

well, im about to go out with my mom! we always have "girl time" on sundays.
^ good luck! i hope you do get some art done ^_^ can also cook
> i need to get dressed but im so lazy rahhh
v what are you wearing right now?