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James is testing the waters
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23. they/them. writer. "'cause i'm too tired, to be honest. and i'm too hurt to pretend." letterboxd for my Art Takes @ JamesIsTired. Extremely Normal about Riverdale. incapable of being anything but serious and sincere. character limits were a bad idea.
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abisexualwriter.bsky.social
been a interesting week
a screenshot of my letterboxd recent activity, from right to left the movies are: Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension (2015) with 3.5/5 stars Disciples of The Crow (1983) with 4/5 stars Children of The Corn (1984) with 4/5 stars U-Turn (2023) with 3.5/5 stars.
October 24, 2025 at 3:49 PM
abisexualwriter.bsky.social
it's been a... interesting week.
a screenshot of my letterboxd recent activity, from right to left the movies are: Presence (2025) with 5/5 stars The Conjuring: Last Rites (2025) with 1/5 stars The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence) (2011) with 4.5/5 stars Paranormal Activity 4 (2012) with 2.5/5 stars.
October 11, 2025 at 7:47 AM
abisexualwriter.bsky.social
and from the second one. this one actually at least does specifically ask for an easy mode but it's still like a conversation starter. the author did nothing except say they would like more options in game rather than hitting walls. but someone who doesn't read beyond headlines wouldn't know that.
screenshots from the second article: Update: Since publishing this, there’s been some interesting conversation on Twitter and elsewhere. Below, I’m posting a Twitter thread from accessbility expert Ian Hamilton about accessibility, difficulty and how developers can think about these issues, as well as this article by game developer Garrick “Doc” Burford about his experience playing From Software titles as someone with a physical disability. Article continues below the tweet. @davethier “easy mode” is a really blunt instrument, there are other ways. To start with it is worth looking at what the designer’s intent is, what they want the players to experience. Many assume that From’s goal is to make games that require a high skill bar; that’s not true. — Ian Hamilton (@ianhamilton_) March 28, 2019 screenshots from the second article: My problem with these is that I don’t think I’d write any of these articles if I didn’t like them so much. There are other difficult games I won’t play, and whatever. But the difficulty is only one part of what defines these games for me, and honestly, it’s not the most important part. From Software has some of the best world building in the business and, I would argue, the best character design. Early on in Sekiro I had to sneak under a bridge, where I found this bizarre, misshapen hermit man that lunged at me with a wicked knife from underneath a broad straw hat. It was gross and strange, the sort of thing you can almost smell, the first glimpse I had had of the malformed underbelly of this world I had only taken my first steps into. That’s what I remember from Bloodborne more than anything: something about the lonely horrible way these characters move is so endlessly fascinating that I could watch them all day, and every time I see one I just need to see the rest. Lots of developers have attempted to imitate From’s style of aggressively spare storytelling that relies on opaque item descriptions and occasional short dialogue to build out worlds that seem so much larger than our own character’s comprehension, but only Hollow Knight ever came close to what makes these games special. screenshots from the second article: What’s particularly galling about Sekiro is that all other From Software games at least had a sort of safety valve to allow you to move past the game’s most difficult boss encounters with a little help by summoning other players into your game. Sekiro removes even that, and so if you run up against a brick wall, that’s it. Either beat your head against that wall or stop playing. It’s the lack of a summon mode that prevented me from sinking too much of my psyche in the game. I was able to beat the chained ogre without too much trouble–even without the fire thing–and so, I don’t know, maybe I could keep doing well in this game. But I do not like the idea of coming up against a boss that I can’t beat without a week of frustration, and so I can’t let myself get obsessed with this one. There’s a lot of talk about “respecting the player” when it comes to not including an easy mode, an idea that all players can and should play this game in this particular, punishing way. And yet I think the lack of an easy mode showcases the exact opposite. It shows an almost stunning lack of respect for players with the idea that they cannot be trusted with their own gameplay experience, that even those who want a challenging game would somehow be lured by the siren song of lower difficulties and destroy their own experience because they’re too impatient or immature to know what they actually want. The summoning system is a perfect example of this: I never used it once while playing Bloodborne, because I knew what experience I wanted. I didn’t get as into Dark Souls 3, and so I used it liberally.
October 3, 2025 at 8:03 PM
abisexualwriter.bsky.social
literally from that first article he uses lol. like come on.
screenshots from the first article: ...player with constant death, something I—as a parent with limited gaming time—remain very uninterested in. But I wanted to try Elden Ring for a couple of reasons. First, FromSoftware previously addressed the difficulty concerns, noting that while there wouldn’t be difficulty levels (no easy mode!), the game’s open world wouldn’t be quite so challenging, because you could simply avoid a fight until you were ready. (Uh, OK.) Second, I was intrigued by the environment of Elden Ring, which creator Hidetaka Miyazaki built with George R. R. Martin. Then I died five times in 30 minutes and gave up; the frustration completely negated any fun there was to be had. Elden Ring just isn't for me—but I wish it was. I want to explore this open world that people are lauding, to experience its story. I also wouldn’t mind a challenge. (Just because I like easy mode doesn’t mean I crave zero adversity.) But FromSoftware’s insistence on keeping the game nearly impossible for non-elite players feels foolhardy. There’s a lot more to Elden Ring than dying all the time; why not allow a wider audience to experience it? screenshots from the first article: In many ways, the discussion about Elden Ring isn’t actually about Elden Ring at all. It’s about who’s allowed to have a voice in gaming, and which segments of gamers are catered to. It’s about the very existence of difficulty modes being abhorrent to a small but vocal subset of gamers, and the toxic discourse over easy mode. If you can’t “git gud,” as they say, you shouldn’t be gaming at all. Many people believe the difficulty in Elden Ring is crucial to the gameplay, and that it creates a community around these incredibly hard experiences. I respect that—especially anything that creates a nontoxic community, because that can be hard to find. But I also can’t help noticing that a large swath of gamers, the “filthy casuals” as we’re often called, are pleading just to be included at a basic level—and being ridiculed and attacked for it. (I haven’t even addressed the plight of disabled gamers, who often need accessibility settings to be able to play at all.)
October 3, 2025 at 8:03 PM
abisexualwriter.bsky.social
what prompted this btw. what a fucking LOSER.
October 3, 2025 at 8:03 PM
abisexualwriter.bsky.social
a screenshot of my Letterboxd recent activity. from right to left, the movies are 1. Conjuring Baba (2022) with 3.5/5 stars 2. Heart Eyes (2025) with 5/5 stars 3. House on Eden (2025) with 3.5/5 stars 4. Dark Nuns (2025) with 2/5 stars
September 12, 2025 at 7:57 PM
abisexualwriter.bsky.social
me @ his tits
a photo of Goya's Saturn Devouring His Son.
August 28, 2025 at 6:23 PM
abisexualwriter.bsky.social
#ShaitaanWeek was a fun project :)
a screenshot of my Letterboxd recent activity, from right to left the movies are: Shaitan (2011) with 4.5/5 stars Shaitaan (1974) with 3/5 stars Seytan (1974) with 4/5 stars Sheitan (2006) with 5/5 stars a screenshot of my Letterboxd diary from August 1-6, from bottom to top the movies are Shaitaan (2024) with 4/5 stars and a heart Kaatteri (2022) (aka Shaitaan on Netflix) with 2/5 stars and a heart Shaitan (2011) with 4.5/5 stars and a heart Shaitaan (1974) with 3/5 stars and a heart Seytan (1974) with 4/5 stars and a heart Sheitan (2006) with 5/5 stars
August 8, 2025 at 4:04 PM
abisexualwriter.bsky.social
been a mid week tbh
a screenshot of my Letterboxd recent activity, from right to left the movies are: 1. 7 Women and a Murder (2021) with 4.5/5 stars 2. Heeramandi (2024) with 1.5/5 stars 3. The Buckingham Murders (2023) with 3/5 stars 4 Ascharya Fuck It (2018) with 3/5 stars
August 1, 2025 at 1:02 PM
abisexualwriter.bsky.social
a Victorious meme that has an image or Victoria Justice on the left and says: TORI VEGA: I hate gay people so much it's unreal FEELING: homophobic
July 28, 2025 at 5:34 PM
abisexualwriter.bsky.social
this is the worst feature this app could've added. fuck off.
a pop up of a new Bluesky feature advertising that the app now has notifications for accounts. the pop up has an image of the account "The Athletic" and says: Get notified when someone posts You can now choose to be notified when specific people post. If there's someone you want timely updates from, go to their profile and find the new bell icon near the follow button.
July 8, 2025 at 3:16 AM
abisexualwriter.bsky.social
hell, Tallboy, you're the tallest guy in this room, you wouldn't even need a ladder!
July 2, 2025 at 9:14 AM
abisexualwriter.bsky.social
eventually turned into less "top 10" and more "games you'd be doing yourself a disservice by not at least playing through once" so. yeah.
a list of 25 games along with their posters, arranged in groups of five. from top left to bottom right, they are: 1. Prey 2. The Last of Us Part II 3. Disco Elysium: The Final Cut 4. Pentiment 5. Return of the Obra Dinn 6. Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 7. Wars and Warriors: Joan of Arc 8. Dark Souls II 9. Until Dawn 10. The Case of the Golden Idol 11. Control: Ultimate Edition 12. Quantum Break 13. The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall 14. Hollow Knight 15. Life is Strange 16. Bully 17. Styx: Master of Shadows 18. The Talos Principle 19. The Talos Principle II 20. Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice 21. Dying Light 22. Doom 23. Lorelei and the Laser Eyes 24. Dishonored: Definitive Edition 25. Strange Horticulture
June 26, 2025 at 8:35 AM
abisexualwriter.bsky.social
separate alt text bc Bluesky won't let me upload the proper description bc it "must not be longer than 1000 graphemes"
a video of a sequence from Pentiment, Andreas and Illuminata are talking to each other about the book Wretched Guerrin. Andreas and Illuminata are standing inside an illustration. Andreas has taken the position of a man on a horse who seems to be jousting, and has toppled the other man from his horse. Illuminata is standing next to the man who is falling over. outside is illustration is pieces of the text of Wretched Guerrin in Italian. Andreas: he reigns as a king and dies a pious hermit. what's not to love? Illuminata: Benedictines should be dreaming of reconciliation with our Lord, not... lusty adventures! Andreas: what's the harm? redemption will still be waiting for them when they put down the book. Illuminata: yes, always, but they still must choose redemption. should we go on sinning so grace will increase? of course not. fantasy leads to temptation. temptation has led to the downfall of many men. and women. Andreas: sometimes, yes. but books like this... it's all the same type of fantasy, isn't it? Illuminata: to die better than we are born. Andreas: and what's the problem with that? why shouldn't a peasant dream of being a king? Illuminata: "There is neither Jew nor Greek, neither slave nor free, neither male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus." Andreas: Paul's words can be hard to recall when you're suffering because of your station in life. Illuminata: That is exactly when his words are most needed. but... the book, Andreas. we must return it. or would you like the Abbot to receive a fourth letter? Andreas: i understand. i'd hate to loan a book and never get it back. it would be like losing a limb. well, perhaps a small limb. or my little finger. Illuminata: regardless of the size and importance of the body part in question, i understand and appreciate it. it is not my goal to deprive the brothers of their joy, but to return Amadea Rusco's property. the book, please. source for the clip: https://youtu.be/mHAPNIRnaU8?si=ObSeOiKqIBMducbo
June 14, 2025 at 10:01 AM
abisexualwriter.bsky.social
thinking about PEAK again........ come back to me, Andreas.......
June 14, 2025 at 10:01 AM
abisexualwriter.bsky.social
honestly had much worse weeks. this is fine.
a screenshot of my Letterboxd recent activity, from right to left the movies are: Halloween (1978) with 4/5 stars, this is a rewatch Zombivli (2022) with 3.5/5 stars Belarusian Psycho (2015/2016) with 5/5 stars, this is a rewatch Superboys of Malegaon (2024/2025) with 3/5 stars.
June 13, 2025 at 1:40 PM
abisexualwriter.bsky.social
Chappell Roan made me read Brigitte Bardot's wiki page to see what she'd been up to since her glory days, imagine being so giga racist the government of FRANCE has to fine you MULTIPLE TIMES for inciting racial hatred. FRANCE!
a screenshot of Brigitte Bardot's wiki page: In her 2003 book, Un cri dans le silence (A Scream in the Silence), she contrasted her close gay friends with homosexuals who "jiggle their bottoms, put their little fingers in the air and with their little castrato voices moan about what those ghastly heteros put them through," and said some contemporary homosexuals behave like "fairground freaks."[101] In her own defence, Bardot wrote in a letter to a French gay magazine: "Apart from my husband—who maybe will cross over one day as well—I am entirely surrounded by homos. For years, they have been my support, my friends, my adopted children, my confidants."[102][103] In her book, she criticised racial mixing, immigration, the role of women in politics and Islam. The book also contained a section attacking what she called the mixing of genes, and praised previous generations which, she said, had given their lives to push out invaders.[104] On 10 June 2004, Bardot was convicted for a fourth time by a French court for inciting racial hatred and fined €5,000.[105] Bardot denied the racial hatred charge and apologized in court, saying: "I never knowingly wanted to hurt anybody. It is not in my character."[106] In 2008, Bardot was convicted of inciting racial/religious hatred in regard to a letter she wrote, a copy of which she sent to Nicolas Sarkozy when he was Interior Minister of France. The letter stated her objections to Muslims in France ritually slaughtering sheep by slitting their throats without anesthetizing them first. She also said, in reference to Muslims, that she was "fed up with being under the thumb of this population which is destroying us, destroying our country and imposing its habits." The trial concluded on 3 June 2008, with a conviction and fine of €15,000.[107] The prosecutor stated she was weary of charging Bardot with offences related to racial hatred.[103] a screenshot of Brigitte Bardot's wiki page: In 2014, Bardot wrote an open letter demanding the ban in France of Jewish ritual slaughter shechita. In response, the European Jewish Congress released a statement saying "Bardot has once again shown her clear insensitivity for minority groups with the substance and style of her letter...She may well be concerned for the welfare of animals but her longstanding support for the far-right and for discrimination against minorities in France shows a constant disdain for human rights instead."[110] In 2015, Bardot threatened to sue a Saint-Tropez boutique for selling items featuring her face.[111] In 2018, she expressed support for the Yellow vests protests.[112] In January 2018, Bardot called all the actresses claiming to have been victims of sexual harassments "hypocrites" and "ridiculous" in an interview with Paris Match : “Many actresses flirt with producers to get a role. Then when they tell the story afterwards, they say they have been harassed … in actual fact, rather than benefit them, it only harms them.” [113] On 19 March 2019, Bardot issued an open letter to Réunion prefect Amaury de Saint-Quentin [fr] in which she accused inhabitants of the Indian Ocean island of animal cruelty and referred to them as "autochthones who have kept the genes of savages". In her letter relating to animal abuse and sent through her foundation, she mentioned the "beheadings of goats and billy goats" during festivals, and associated these practices with "reminiscences of cannibalism from past centuries". The public prosecutor filed a lawsuit the following day.[114] a screenshot of Brigitte Bardot's wiki page: Bardot's husband Bernard d'Ormale is a former adviser to Jean-Marie Le Pen, former leader of the far-right party National Front (which became National Rally), the main far-right party in France.[36][97] Bardot expressed support for Marine Le Pen, leader of the National Front (National Rally), calling her "the Joan of Arc of the 21st century".[117] She endorsed Le Pen in the 2012 and 2017 French presidential elections.[118][119] Bardot has been convicted of inciting racial hatred multiple times, having received six separate fines for the offense as of November 2021.[7]
June 13, 2025 at 3:40 AM
abisexualwriter.bsky.social
98% confident about all my last gueses, literally just need the photo to confirm it, i cannot find it, i am basically stuck lol.
a meme of Doomguy in hell killing demons with the caption "Where is Tessa Roottree's photo?????"
June 4, 2025 at 12:52 PM
abisexualwriter.bsky.social
i guess my repeats have decided my favorites. surprised California isn't on there yet bc i feel like i've been playing it so much since i heard it.
a screenshot of my "on repeat" playlist on Spotify, from top to bottom the songs are: 1. Couldn't Make It Any Harder by Sabrina Carpenter 2. Super Graphic Ultra Modern Girl by Chappell Roan 3. Younger And Hotter Than Me by Selena Gomez and benny blanco 4. SKINNY by Billie Eilish 5. 15 Minutes by Sabrina Carpenter 6. Picture You by Chappell Roan 7. Sunset Blvd by Selena Gomez and benny blanco 8. LUNCH by Billie Eilish 9. Where The Boys Are by Mariya Takeuchi 10. Femininomenon by Chappell Roan 11. I Lied (with Allison Pontheir) by Lord Huron and Allison Ponthier 12. Hot Together by The Pointer Sisters 13. The Ocean Waves by Shigeru Nagata. a continuation of my "on repeat" playlist, 13. The Ocean Waves by Shigeru Nagata 14. Ojos Tristes (with the Marias) by Selena Gomez, benny blanco, and The Marias 15. Save Your Tears by Hildegard von Blingin' 16. BIRDS OF A FEATHER by Billie Eilish 17. Dream A Little Dream of Me by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong 18. Call Me When You Break Up (with Gracie Abrams) by Selena Gomez, benny blanco, and Gracie Abrams 19. Hard Times by Ethel Cain 20. Dumb & Poetic by Sabrina Carpenter 21. I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little More Baby by Summer Walker 22. KATAMARI by femtanyl 23. Good Luck, Babe! by Chappell Roan 24. Something In The Way by Nirvana 25. Thoroughfare by Ethel Cain 26. All I Ask Of You - Live At The Royal Albert Hall/2011 "by" Andrew Lloyd Webber (i do not understand why he gets the sole credit) 27. Red Wine Supernova by Chappell Roan 28. Please Please Please by Sabrina Carpenter 29. The Wizard And I by Cynthia Erivo and Michelle Yeoh 30. Romeo and Julie by Dire Straits.
June 3, 2025 at 3:33 AM
abisexualwriter.bsky.social
as always,
screenshot of a private YouTube playlist titled "videos that actually (kinda) understand Riverdale. the creator of the playlist is blacked out. the playlist has 12 videos, they are, in order from top to bottom: 1. The Madness of Riverdale by Lily Simpson 2. Actually, Riverdale is the Best Thing on TV by Kennedy Hamblem 3. The Secret Genius of RIVERDALE (Video Essay) by iamroby 4. Friendly Space Ninja is Wrong About Cheryl Blossom by Secrets and Sins with Saber 5. Rethinking Representation/ The Queer Subtext of Jughead Jones by Sebastian Brand 6. Riverdale's Weird History: Homophobia, Lawsuits, and Censorship by Sebastian Brand. the list of videos continues in the second screenshot. the second part of the playlist in the previous image, the videos are 6. Riverdale's Weird History: Homophobia, Lawsuits, and Censorship by Sebastian Brand 7. But WHY is Riverdale's Writing so Cringey? by Quinn Curio 8. Why Riverdale is Better than Sherlock (sort of) by Zero Woolfe 9. Riverdale: The Show That Went Completely Insane by Super Eyepatch Wolf 10. Watching ONLY the FIRST and LAST Episode of *Riverdale* by Dylan Is In Trouble 11. Watching The FIRST, Middle, and LAST Episode of *Riverdale* Time Travel, Witches & Justin Gingerlake by Tyler Alexander 12. You're Wrong About Riverdale by emily (this is the newest addition and the video linked in the original tweet).
May 30, 2025 at 10:40 AM
abisexualwriter.bsky.social
still friday goddammit, anyway, it was a fun weekend.
a screenshot of my Letterboxd recent activity. from right to left the movies are: Sinners (2025) with 5/5 stars Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005) with 4.5/5 stars, this is a rewatch Until Dawn (2025) with 4/5 stars Pride & Prejudice (2005) with 5/5 stars, this is also a rewatch.
May 3, 2025 at 6:18 AM
abisexualwriter.bsky.social
i haven't had a chance to watch anything in the last few days, but i'm happy with these last 4. especially Sinners. :)
a screenshot of my Letterboxd recent activity: from right to left, the movies are: Freddy vs Jason (2003) with 4/5 stars Regression (2015) with 1.5/5 stars The Black Nun (2021) with 4/5 stars Sinners (2025) with 5/5 stars.
April 25, 2025 at 6:18 PM
abisexualwriter.bsky.social
LOSERRRRRRRRRR
April 17, 2025 at 11:03 PM
abisexualwriter.bsky.social
a photo of shot from the first episode of The Good Place. the camera is behind a couch, there are two tall stands with flower pots at the edges of the frame, Eleanor is sitting on the couch in the center of the frame, she is facing the wall and the back of her head is visible, right a over her head, on the wall she is facing, is the text "Welcome! Everything is fine." is written in green ink and a unassuming, basic font that feels like it wants you to believe in the words and that the person writing it clearly didn't believe in them.
April 9, 2025 at 1:08 AM
abisexualwriter.bsky.social
so. the pc port of TLOU2 is out, apparently. anyway, this review made me laugh.
a screenshot of a steam review for The Last of Us Part II Remastered. It was posted April 3rd, and says: SPOILER ALERT!!!!!! I don’t understand why some people hate this game so much. I mean, I do—but just because Joel dies and Ellie is a lesbian doesn’t mean it’s a bad game. The storytelling is 10/10, the visuals are absolutely stunning, and the gameplay is pretty good. People say only gay or lesbian people like this game, but I’m completely straight, and The Last of Us Part II is still my second favorite game of all time. I’ve completed the game before on a PS5—I even have the platinum trophy. But does that make me gay? No. Red Dead Redemption 2 is my number one favorite game of all time, and what I often see from the RDR2 community is senseless hate toward The Last of Us Part II. Their main argument is that Joel dies and isn’t the same, and of course, that Ellie is a lesbian —which is just so dumb. Like, can’t you just like both games, like I do? It feels like every RDR2 fan is a TLOU hater for no reason, and every TLOU fan is an RDR2 hater for no reason. If you’re straight and like both games, like my comment—I want to see how many people think the same way as I do. After all my rating for this game is 10/10.
April 3, 2025 at 11:21 PM