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Active Hoper
@activehoper.bsky.social
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*I want to change the world, and I know that I can.*

Longer posts of mine: https://active-hoper.tumblr.com/.

Some posts may be NSFW.

Don't contact me privately if you're under 22 and not at all if you're sexually into creepy things and/or hateful.
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activehoper.bsky.social
Thanks for the data leak, Discord:

#discord #datasecurity
A paragraph made up of white text that's in front of a dark-grey background reads: "Hello, We’re reaching out to you because of a recent security incident on September 20 involving your personal data. Specifically, an unauthorized party gained limited access to a third-party customer service system used by Discord. We have confirmed that some of your personal data associated with your contact with our Customer Support or Trust & Safety teams was exposed in this incident. This may include: Your name, Discord username, email and other contact details if you provided them Limited payment information, including payment type, last four digits of your credit card, and purchase history if associated with your account IP addresses Messages and attachments sent to our Customer Support or Trust & Safety agents." The above list's points are separated by light-blue bullet points in this image.
October 4, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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09/27/2025 Update:

#deadbydaylight #dbd #behaviourinteractive #bhvr #disabilities #accessibility #accessibilityingaming #videogames
A paragraph made up of white text that's in front of a dark-grey background reads: "To BHVR's credit, the ability for Killers to see Survivors' hook phases has since been added to DbD (for now). That said, BHVR still deserves to be criticized for taking so long to make DbD more accessible time and time again." All mentions of the abbreviated title of the video-game Dead by Daylight are italicized in this image.
September 27, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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White text that's in front of a dark-grey background reads: "ALT: In this clip from the video-game A Few Quick Matches, the spellcaster-hat-wearing lavender stick figure named Eureka, whom I am controlling, combos to death Rend, the red stick figure wielding a silver two-handed sword, whom my opponent is controlling. Their fight takes place in a low-poly forested area that has 'Dim theme' color choices." The title of the video-game in question is italicized.
September 27, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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"A You Know What Moment" - An *A Few Quick Matches* Eureka Combo Clip

#afewquickmatches #platformfighter #fightinggames #comboclip #indiegames #videogames
August 6, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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I already shared my submission to this project via a reply to the post announcing its release, but, seeing as it's been a day since it was released, I want to share said submission via a proper post now that spoiling it for others is no longer a concern of mine:

#undertale #indiegames #videogames
Two black, pixel-art text boxes with white outlines are shown. The top, bigger text box contains pixelated white text that reads, "* With *UNDERTALE*'s blunt depiction of existence's horrifying hollowness when apathy or antagonism take hold of you, way was made for subdued compassion to finally take hold of me." To the left of this text in the top-left corner of the top text box is a small version of my rough near-full body pixel-art recreation of my red-and-white sapient canine avatar from WEBFISHING. The bottom, smaller text box contains pixelated white text that reads, "Active Hoper." A rough near-full body pixel-art recreation of my sapient canine avatar from WEBFISHING is shown. They have red ears that are pointy and long; a head that's red on the top, sides, and bottom and white in the center; a face with black eyes with white pupils, a downward-facing pointy nose, and a stoic expression that's paired with two fangs sticking out of their mouth at downward angles; a medium-size body; and red paws. In the top-left corner of this picture with a black background is my watermark (for now?), which is a purple "A" and H" that are written in cursive. For reference, the original version of my sapient canine avatar from WEBFISHING is shown. They have red ears that are pointy and long; a head that's red on the top, sides, and bottom and white in the center; a face with black eyes with white pupils, a downward-facing pointy nose, and a slight smile that's paired with two fangs sticking out of their mouth at downward angles; a medium-size body; and red paws. Around them are white sparkles. Behind them is the spherical boundary of an area that has been exited using unintended means. This all is meant to give the appearance of my avatar being in a snowglobe.
July 27, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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Two black, pixel-art text boxes with white outlines are shown. The top, bigger text box contains pixelated white text that reads, "* With *UNDERTALE*'s blunt depiction of existence's horrifying hollowness when apathy or antagonism take hold of you, way was made for subdued compassion to finally take hold of me." To the left of this text in the top-left corner of the top text box is a small version of my rough near-full body pixel-art recreation of my red-and-white sapient canine avatar from WEBFISHING. The bottom, smaller text box contains pixelated white text that reads, "Active Hoper." A rough near-full body pixel-art recreation of my sapient canine avatar from WEBFISHING is shown. They have red ears that are pointy and long; a head that's red on the top, sides, and bottom and white in the center; a face with black eyes with white pupils, a downward-facing pointy nose, and a stoic expression that's paired with two fangs sticking out of their mouth at downward angles; a medium-size body; and red paws. In the top-left corner of this picture with a black background is my watermark (for now?), which is a purple "A" and H" that are written in cursive. For reference, the original version of my sapient canine avatar from WEBFISHING is shown. They have red ears that are pointy and long; a head that's red on the top, sides, and bottom and white in the center; a face with black eyes with white pupils, a downward-facing pointy nose, and a slight smile that's paired with two fangs sticking out of their mouth at downward angles; a medium-size body; and red paws. Around them are white sparkles. Behind them is the spherical boundary of an area that has been exited using unintended means. This all is meant to give the appearance of my avatar being in a snowglobe.
July 26, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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"A Couple of Additional, Miscellaneously Formatted Suggestions"

#indigopark #indigoparkchapter1 #accessibility #accessibilityingaming #contentwarnings #subtitles #indiegames #videogames
A paragraph made up of white text that's in front of a dark-grey background reads: "There should also be warnings for how Chapter 1 contains jump-scares and flashing lights on its store page (and perhaps in-game, too). Ideally, there'd also be an option to disable its flashing lights and, mature-content-wise, its depictions of blood." All past and future mentions of titles of pieces of art have been italicized. A paragraph made up of white text that's in front of a dark-grey background reads: "On a related note, subtitles for longer lines of dialogue are not fully displayed on the screen when its resolution is set to be at 1280x720p." A paragraph made up of white text that's in front of a dark-grey background reads: "Problems like these oughta fixed in the future so that more players can comfortably experience Chapter 1 and Chapter 2."
June 22, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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(2/2)
"You were caught by MOLLIE MACAW" reads white text in the bottom-left corner of this illustrated game-over screen. The rest of its space is used to depict that light-blue-and-green-feathered aviator lifting her beak up as blood drips from it after she fatally bit the protagonist, the corpse of whom she stares at with her void-like eyes brightened only by her dim yellow pupils. This all is portrayed in front of a red background. A paragraph made up of white text that's in front of a dark-grey background reads: "If these elements were limited to having a moderate presence like they do in this chapter's sole jump-scare and game-over screen, then them existing without a warning would not be (as much of) a problem as it is now. So, here's to hoping that how it is now will not be how it is in future chapters."
June 21, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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"Asinine Inaccessibility: *Indigo Park: Chapter 1*"

**Warning(s) for: intense violence, blood, gore, and spoilers.**

Here's the Tumblr, account-required version of these thoughts with past (and future) edits: www.tumblr.com/active-hoper....

Below is the BlueSky version of them.

(1/2)
A paragraph made up of white text that's in front of a dark-grey background reads: "Despite how developer UniqueGeese deserves some credit for keeping players prone to motion sickness in mind by including options in Chapter 1 for them to disable the first-person camera's bobbing and a 'camera delay effect' that moves the camera and the protagonist's flashlight at different speeds, the omission of a content warning on its store page for its mature content is too egregious for it to be written about positively." All past and future mentions of titles of pieces of art have been italicized. The decapitated head of Indigo Park mascot Mollie Macaw lies in front of the vertical-moving silver, slightly rusted metallic door that was shut on her. Large splatters of blood are on said door and the grey floor near Macaw's head. All this is has a light shined on it by the protagonist's black flashlight. A paragraph made up of white text that's in front of a dark-grey background reads: "Specifically, Chapter 1 contains intense violence, blood, and gore which rear their ugly heads the most in a scene where an antagonist gets bloodily decapitated shockingly, shock that could have caused me, someone with heart problems, to experience chest pain -- as has happened when playing other titles with unexpected levels of horror like Minecraft -- and could trigger players who are sensitive to seeing such content."
June 21, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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"Age Is **Not** Just a Number - My Thoughts on *Life is Strange*"

**Warning(s) for: topics pertaining to drug abuse, sexual abuse, and age-ranges as they pertain to romantic relationships; and spoilers.**

The Tumblr version of these thoughts: www.tumblr.com/active-hoper....

The BlueSky version:
A paragraph made up of white text in front of a dark-grey background reads: "Why that title is the case largely comes down to three different factors: Studies about brain development that generally agree upon how the brain tends to fully physically develop in multiple regions at the age of twenty-five while having the noticeable chance to do so earlier or later by a few years. Legal statuses enforced by restrictions on gambling and the consumption of alcohol that differentiate inexperienced adults ages eighteen to twenty from experienced adults ages twenty-one and up. And, society's trust in those studies and subsequent restrictions." A paragraph made up of white text in front of a dark-grey background reads: "Life is Strange recognizes this all, spending so much of its time on letting the player unravel a conspiracy that leads to the discovery of how a famed photographer turned teacher has drugged then exploited the looks of multiple senior students - vulnerable inexperienced adults - to create what he deems to be special works of art. He has even manipulated a male high-schooler with father issues into viewing him, an experienced male adult, as a trusted father figure, all to victimize more students and have a scapegoat in case of failure. Showing how easily status, experience, and trust can be abused, Life is Strange has powerful messaging. But, that's no excuse for it perpetuating a form of the very abuse it justifiably villifies." All prior and to-come mentions of the title of the video-game in question are italicized. A paragraph made up of white text in front of a dark-grey background reads: "Max, the protagonist of Life is Strange's October, two thousand thirteen-set events, is an eighteen-year-old high-school student born on September twenty-first, nineteen ninety-five who the player is given the option to romance with two other people: Warren, a seventeen-year-old student born on November twentieth, nineteen ninety-six, or Chloe, a would-be-expelled graduate born on March eleventh, nineteen ninety-four. Assuming the player does not decide to have Max friend-zone Warren and Chloe, her options are to enter into a romantic relationship with a minor or a more-experienced inexperienced adult who is no longer bound by the same institutional structures and dynamics as Max." A paragraph made up of white text in front of a dark-grey background reads: "To see Life is Strange, a sentimentally, inclusively told story about the dangers of abuse and the hidden forms it can take, romantically support variations in age in age-ranges where such variations are inherently abuse or, at the very least, easily lead to it, is a hurtful betrayal from a piece of art that I care about deeply."
March 20, 2025 at 5:26 AM
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"The Answer Is '**Yes!**' - My Very Lengthy Thoughts on *Slave Zero X*"

**Warning(s) for: topics pertaining to abuse, mature themes of mental health, and the intersection between fictional violence's and real-world violence's places in the world; and blood.**

T: www.tumblr.com/active-hoper....

B:
Two paragraphs made up of white text in front of a dark-grey background are shown. The first paragraph reads, "'You are a slave who needs a master.' These are the paraphrased words from an exchange with my abusive father from years ago that preceded a physical confrontation between us that left me with deep mental cuts. The most relevant of them are the worsenings of my depression and previously-undiagnosed PTSD and a dramatic increase in once-misunderstood intrusive thoughts that imagined brutal fates for those who harmed me and enabled that harming to be done, confusing me as to whom I was and what I wanted." The second paragraph reads, "Attempts to heal through therapy sessions tragically ended in a corrupt hospitalization due to my therapist contacting my abusive family after I got fed up with them while saying, 'Fine, I'm not gonna kill myself,'" with the word "not" being emboldened, "...and them mishearing it as, 'Fine, I'm gonna kill myself.' What followed is an agonizingly slow, shame-inducing loss of control over my life where I had no one to talk to outside of patients I empathized with yet felt isolated from because of why I was with them to begin with... as well as my therapist and family." A paragraph made up of white text in front of a dark-grey background is shown. It reads: "In spite of this and over the course of a few years, I somehow very slowly but surely navigated the mental fog I was lost in toward a clearer-skied headspace that promoted agency and assertiveness. Yet now, with actions such as the Trump administration's efforts to erase LGBTQI+ people from existence by even shortening the written representation of that community to 'LGB,' I'm left feeling like I'm slowly but surely regressing into '...a slave who needs a master,' though not without a fight, and, most pertinently, not without having happened across motivators that keep fighting back an option, like Slave Zero X." The section that reads, "...by even shortening the written representation of that community to 'LGB,'" is underlined and links to the following source from MSN entitled "Trump administration removes transgender references from federal government websites": https://nypost.com/2025/01/31/us-news/trump-admin-removes-transgender-references-from-federal-government-websites/. All prior and to-come mentions of the title of the video-game in question are italicized. Shou/X, the symbiotic, red bio-armor-clad, and detailed pixelated protagonists of Slave Zero X with long white hair and a silver sword, slash through a fascist -- who is in dark blue and black armor and wielding a mace and shield -- from up above with a downward slash by the right side of the screen, causing a moderate amount of blood to spill out from where that monster was positioned in a low-fidelity, predominantly grey, run-down city. Other fascists stand to the left in darker shades of the same colors, waiting to be slaughtered as dark blue, black, and grey drones with golden mantis-like claws fly by. At the bottom of the screen, a line of dialogue from an antagonist named Thorman reads, "He will not escape justice. The blood of the Great American Empire surges through my veins!" Two paragraphs made up of white text in front of a dark-grey background are shown. The first paragraph reads, "This deeply cathartic experience is, at its core, about a rebel warrior who was well past tired of waiting for change to occur in the fascist society he inhabited and so took it upon himself to cut down the oppressors who have made the lives of so many be without hope. Difficult as it may be due to the opposition being able to easily overwhelm him, and, by extension, me, with one misstep, so too could I overwhelm them, inviting me to a test of will, with the incentive for passing it comprising the emotional release it gave me. All at once, I was capable of both vicariously surpassing the growing limits my disabilities place on how I can resist against fascism in real life and temporarily pausing the resentment I feel toward those of the able-bodied and minded demographic who are not pushing themselves to do more despite having no such limits and thus needing to be relied on. The second paragraph reads, "And then it ended. And desperation started to creep in. It gets harder and harder to keep it at bay as people are seen resisting by following the rules that fascists break. But, whenever my memories of playing Slave Zero X are recalled, a small amount of hope gets restored with the accompanying rememberance of the question it posed to me through the emotions it let a victim of abuse and oppression who doesn't want to fulfill that role again feel: 'Violence?'
March 20, 2025 at 4:09 AM
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"Emotional Spiraling - My Thoughts on *Longlegs*"

**Warning(s) for: references to fictional intense violence, topics pertaining to real-world violence, the morality of it, and ethics in art; and spoilers.

Tumblr version: www.tumblr.com/active-hoper....

Below is the BlueSky version.

#Longlegs
White text in front of a dark-grey background reads: "Is it right for an actor who is a minor to be allowed to play a character in a scene where strong language is used by an adult-played character who, in addition to another character of that sort, are bloodily shot in the head, even after an earlier scene where said minor's character expresses that the film industry 'messes up kids' has played?" White text in front of a dark-grey background reads: "Did those adult-played characters deserve to die as a consequence of individually sparing one life at the violent cost of many others while being subjected to a higher power's whims and upholding selective yet existent aggressive apathy? Do people in real life who must make impossible choices that nevertheless come at the expense of others or choose to not care about the former persons' decisions and their need to engage with them deserve to die as a consequence of their actions?" White text in front of a dark-grey background reads: "Am I a bad person for crediting the subliminal cuts and nonlinear narrative of the film in question that both mirror the distressed mental state of its special-agent protagonist who's working a troubling case of a serial killer with bringing this stream of consciousness out of me when considering my first question?" White text in front of a dark-grey background reads: "I don't know, so I'm gonna stop writing about this film now that this post has run its cathartic course before I attempt to answer these queries and who knows what else all at once."
March 20, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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"Self-Indulgent Rubbish - My Brief Thoughts on *Alien: Romulus*"

**Warning(s) for: violence, blood, and spoilers.**

Here's the Tumblr version of these thoughts with past (and future) edits: www.tumblr.com/active-hoper....

Below is the BlueSky version of them as they are as of 03/19/2025.

#film
White text in front of a dark-grey background reads: "Imagine an archer preparing to shoot three personally significant arrows crafted from the finest of materials at a person standing still with an apple on their head. Upon shooting their arrows, the archer misses that apple and instead hits the person with all three arrows, causing them to slump over and blood to start dripping from where the arrows hit them. Then, the archer walks up to the person, rips out all of the arrows from their body, tosses those arrows aside, and watches as blood sprays out of the openings they left in the person's flesh. That's Alien: Romulus." The title "Alien: Romulus" is italicized.
March 19, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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"So Many Players, So Few Lobbies - My Thoughts on *Lethal Company*"

**Warning(s) for: strong language.**

Here's the Tumblr, account-required version of these thoughts with past (and future) edits: www.tumblr.com/active-hoper....

Below is the BlueSky version of them as they are as of 03/19/2025.
Lethal Company's "Community Hub" page on Steam is shown. Relatively close-ish to the top-right corner of said page is, in green text, Lethal Company's player count at the time this screenshot was taken, which reads, "8,656 In-Game." White text in front of a dark-grey background reads: "I've seen the player count for this game range from ~8,500 to ~21,000 players, and still there haven't been enough lobbies when I've played it to entirely fill the lobby-search box. Not to mention, when lobbies seem like they'll be worth joining, I end up getting barred from connecting to them. So, in actuality, there are fewer lobbies than the meager ones already on display. I'm fed up with feeling stuck with prejudiced cunts and repugnant freaks due to how such a severe lack of alternative lobbies exists. Suffice to say, this problem eclipses any desire I may have otherwise had to really engage with Lethal Company's contents, be it as a player or a writer." The title "Lethal Company" is italicized.
March 19, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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Gaming is often employed by me to reach out to others because of my anxiety. In that regard, WEBFISHING, a low-poly Animal Crossing-themed social space that disarms me with its modest visuals, relaxed ambiance, and humor with just enough edge to safely challenge its casual atmosphere, aids me well.
My avatar in WEBFISHING waves "Hello!" at the screen while in front of a yellow chalk-drawn version of the word "Welcome!"
October 16, 2024 at 7:40 AM
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This scene from Riku's story in KINGDOM HEARTS Dream Drop Distance draws parallels between the in-game concept of Sleeping Worlds remaining in dream-like states due to succumbing to darkness, never realizing its absence, and persons' traumas' tendency to mask the past as an endless present. (1/3)
Riku, after defeating the Nightmare that was helping to keep their world stuck in perpetual sleep, sees Geppetto and Pinnochio joyously reunite with one another. Image source: CGInferno. "Kingdom Hearts 2.8 FCP - KH Dream Drop Distance HD: English - All Cutscenes - Riku." YouTube, release date: 22 Jan. 2017, access date: 22 Sep. 2024, relevant timestamp: ~32:00, https://youtu.be/OfRpOti0Y30?si=ll8qYQmM3wyrUazv. Riku then thinks about his journey thus far aloud and remarks that, like another Sleeping World before this one, this "...world was freed from darkness, but has yet to wake from it." Image source: All information is identical, except for: relevant timestamp: ~32:20. He finishes his thoughts by realizing that this world is, "...trapped in a never-ending dream." Image source: All information is identical, except for: relevant timestamp: ~32:24. With nothing else left to say, Riku uses his Keyblade to seal this Sleeping World's Keyhole, supporting it and giving it the chance to recover. Image source: All information is identical, except for: relevant timestamp: ~32:41.
September 23, 2024 at 2:35 PM
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However, since this game is currently set to be delisted on 07/15/2024, I would much rather defend its right to exist by contextualizing my negative remarks on it as one example of how it still has life than say nothing about a growing trend that is affecting multiple Adult Swim Games titles. (2/5)
An announcement on Steam from Adult Swim Games that reads, "Adult Swim is no longer able to continue as publisher for this game and the developer is not available to take over as publisher at this time. As a result, Mega Coin Squad will be shut down on July 15th, 2024."
July 6, 2024 at 1:16 AM
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Happy Pride Month!

I celebrated it this year by playing a few games with LGBTQIA+ aspects. One was Frogsong, which casually represents that community, helping me feel normal in my own skin. The other was Sticky Business, which I used to celebrate myself and those in said community. Details in ALT.
I call this sticker, "Worldwide Pride." Along its sides are all of the pride flags that I had unlocked at release time. In the center of it is a globe -- the globe's oceans are yellow, and some of its land is blue while the rest of it is magenta. Below said globe is yellow text that reads, "love wins." All that has been mentioned thus far has black outlines. In the bottom-right corner of the screen is outline-less lavender text that reads, "made with STICKY BUSINESS." There is a small yellow star to the right of said corner text. Everything that has been mentioned is on white paper.
June 25, 2024 at 6:28 PM