Wow, this was quite a heartwarming comic.
OMG I envisioned this, like I was going to make a post requesting some fanart of Mario hugging Megaman and telling him that it’ll be o.k. now.
Can we please just tell every middle schooler this instead of making them feel embarrassed by their existence and their need to try new things? It would be much nicer to hear this through middle school and high school than it is to hear about how dumb your phase or whatever is and how much you’ll regret it in a year.
God. Yes. This. Stop telling kids they don’t know because they’re too young, that they’re wrong in the way they feel. In reality, you don’t know how they feel, because we all feel differently about things. And don’t forget, this was you when you were this age. You didn’t know. Stop acting like you knew what your life was going to be like at this point. Stop acting like when you were that age you weren’t confused about something, or scared, or frustrated when someone told you, “you don’t know because you’re too young.”
I am so thankful I have the parents I do. I was completely different from the people in my age group. I wasn’t interested in dating, I was interested in DBZ. I didn’t want to go to the dance, I wanted to stay up and read fanfiction. I had a great mom who got me that Nintendo 64. I had a dad that let me play Mortal Kombat and realized that it wasn’t going to warp my mind. I have parents who still have the crappy drawings of Goku that I did. They watched me go to conventions in college and dress up like different characters, and they complimented me. They spazzed over my art, they were happy when I said that I was going to conventions to try and sell it. They’re reading my books as they come out and laughing over the geeky references.
They’re also fully prepare to dress up for my Mortal Kombat themed wedding in the future, in fact, my mother insisted. My almost 60 year old mother wants to dress up for my Mortal Kombat wedding, wig and all. I was thinking of having a geek wedding where the geeky references were hidden and my dad was like, “We already know it’s going to be nerdy. So what.” My mom, too. So it’s fatality cake for all!
My mother is such a good example on what to do when your child does something you don’t understand. She doesn’t like anime, at all, she doesn’t get it. And she’s not into video games either. But you know what, she saw that I was, and she was like, “I don’t get it, but that’s your thing, so it’s o.k.” She would get games for me, she would buy those DBZ tapes, she even tried to sit and watch some episodes with me. The fact that she was trying for me and letting me do it even if she didn’t like it means the world to me. My dad was the same way, we’d play Mortal Kombat together and he’d complain when I beat him, he sat and watched me try Metal Gear Solid and Dead or Alive. It’s just the little things like this that mean the world to a kid.
And you know what? I’ve never been happier. I don’t think adults realize how important their opinion is to kids, even if kids are like, “Shut up I can do what I want,” or whatever, that parental unit is vital. It’s so easy to break a kid down by bashing what they like and telling them they don’t understand because they’re just too young. Teenage is such an important age period. You’re developing, and feeling things, and you’re around a bunch of other people who are, too. You’re trying to fit in when you don’t even know who you are yet. There’s pressure all around you from friends, family, school, everywhere you go. And let’s not even get into when you hit 16. Suddenly, you need to start thinking about your future. At 16. ”College? Job? What career do you want?” Career? At 16 I wasn’t even sure what jeans I wanted to wear, let alone a career. And it better be a career that makes you money, because if you say something else there’s a chance of getting a, “That’s not a real job” speech. ”How are you going to support your family with that,” speech. I’m 16 you just asked me what I wanted to do, so I turn to what I like: writing, drawing, whatever, and you say, “No that’s not a career.”
You should never, ever listen to those people. My mother told me over and over and over again to go into writing. My dad wanted me to go into art. They both wanted me to take on a creative field and I didn’t listen. I was scared, you know, because, “Not a real job.” I almost failed out of college until I finally, finally picked up Women’s Studies, ended up writing and reading and remembering how much I loved it in high school, then picked up Creative Writing. Best decision I ever made. But after graduation I ended up making the same mistake again, taking any job I could find because I needed money and the economy is bad you need a job now hurry up. I stayed at GameStop for 6 years, thinking one day I’d become a manager. Thank goodness for the review jobs I found on the side and fanfiction for having me keep up the writing, because as the job started to tank I started to write more. Now I have a book out and my mom is like, “… I told you so.” Yeah, she did. And I didn’t listen because I was too busy listening to discouraging people.
Don’t. Don’t do that, ever. Like this post says, be who you are, and if you don’t know who that is that’s o.k. You’re young, try things, always try things. Never stop trying things, even when you get older. Life is about trying things. And, most importantly, have fun with it.
Rambling about growing up and life and things this morning ^^
All done with my commission for the promo art for Press START to Play! I’m SO THRILLED with how this came out!
An art commission for my gay romance short story, “Press START to Play.” These are the two main characters. I am so incredibly happy with how this turned out. I’m going to be making postcards for conventions and posting it wherever I can. Seriously, this is more than I could ever ask for :) You know you have a good artist when they read the story and give you a game screen in the background without you even saying anything ^^
Guuuuuuuuuuuuuh my brain is in a happy melty place of pretty things.
“If you’re not in any of these 21 countries, you won’t be able to authenticate your discs”
Guess you’re fucked if you’re from anywhere that Microsoft doesn’t consider “first world”. A console for the ONE%…How fucking boneheaded do you have to be to think this is a good idea
is this fucking real. because according to the xbox 1 map japan isnt even highlighted
Here we go, it confirms it on xbox.com
Supported regions:
- Australia
- Austria
- Belgium
- Brazil
- Canada
- Denmark
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Ireland
- Italy
- Mexico
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Norway
- Russia
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- United Kingdom
- United States
I…
… what?
Just…
I mean everyone should be included, yes, definitely, but if you’re going to be stupid enough to exclude places on day one launch (in November, holiday shopping season extravaganza no less), why the hell are you excluding Japan? I mean sure, Sony usually sells the best there, but… I mean… Japan? Really? Isn’t that video game capital of the world? How did they even decide on which countries it would work for, draw names out of a hat? Throw darts?
I swear the Xbox One is like, a troll console, and I keep waiting for launch day to come and for Microsoft to be like, “Ha ha ha just kidding here’s the real console!” -_-
When a character death is so sudden you just sit there in shock for three minutes wondering where the hell that came from
do you mean finnick odair?
do you mean sirius black?
I think you mean Fred Weasley
No, they mean Neji Hyuga
They are definitely talking about half of House Stark.
This is the autobiography of my fandom life.
I feel like Microsoft is now that stuffy sophisticated guy who speaks with a thick accent and sips wine and tells you what art is. And they’re trying to explain it, and we’re all just sitting there like, “… yeah… um… not really into this…” Then instead of trying to have a reasonable discussion and understand why we’re not into this grand painting they’ve created, they call us unintelligent classless clowns who don’t understand the finer things. We’re not looking at it right, you know? We’re not even trying to understand and give it a chance, and that makes us stupid little peons who are going to miss out on something great.
Meanwhile, Sony is like, “Hey guys we tried doing that with the PS3 when it first launched by making it $600 on day one. We’ve learned our lesson. Why don’t you stop looking at the fancy art over there and sipping wine you don’t like and come hang out with us. There’s a marathon of that show you really like going on and we’ve already ordered a pizza with your favorite toppings. We’re you not in the mood for pizza? We’re sorry, we can put it in the fridge and order something else.”
Yeah this is where my head is right now ^^;;;
This is why we can’t have nice things.
I wanna hit my head on something, hard and painfully.
Fat shaming? Really? Um…may I remind you the body structure of Nintendo’s mascot/world renowned hero?
Mario has been chubby since he was created and he’s just as capable as any other character! Instead of seeing it as “shaming”, I think it’s awesome that they’re including a female character that totally kicks ass without her being sexualized! So what if she’s from a fitness game? Fat or not, fitness moves are healthy for you! It relaxes and strengthens the body! Just look at her:
SHE BLEW THREE MALE CHARACTERS AWAY WITH A MERE STEP! NOW THAT’S POWER!
So yeah, poopinthespeedforce, your arguments are just biased nitpicking.
I have nothing to add, this makes every point I would’ve made.
Guys. Seriously.
Like if you look at your clock and see it’s around dinner time, can you message me and ask what I’m watching? Because we decided to try an episode of “Attack on Titan.” Just… not cool, like I wasn’t prepared, not at all. I thought it was this show with spiffy animation and battles and a wicked epic opening. No one mentioned the feels!
First Gameplay Footage of Kingdom Hearts III
I love the last two gifs, like, “Oh, stuck in the corner, oh fuck it let’s do this,” and he goes in for the attack. I also can’t stop staring at how pretty the graphics are *__*
Wow. Really. REALLY?! You’re bringing back a franchise after 18 years and THIS is what you decide to do?! According to an article on IGN in regards to Killer Instinct being exclusive to the Xbox One: “Killer Instinct is a day-one digital-only release on Xbox One, and features – get this – one character. Jago is free to play on launch day. Everyone else – unspecified returning characters as well as original fighters – will cost money. Price is to-be-determined (of course).”
So… let’s review.
1. It’s digital. This franchise won’t even get a disc release after 18 years. Really? Like as cheesy as this game is I loved it back in the day. 18 years and no disc, no box, no nothing? That would be like, “Final Fantasy XV IS HERE BUT YOU HAVE TO DOWNLOAD IT GUYS! No pretty box art, no collector’s edition, no nothing. Download it.”
2. I only get one character? Really? And I don’t even get to choose? One character for free, then other characters come later? How much later? Like do I have to wait a week to get a different character to play with? And I have to PAY FOR OTHER CHARACTERS?! You realize a fighting game roster has, normally, 20+ characters. I have to pay? I have to pay?! Could you imagine them doing that with Street Fighter? “Hey kids Ryu is awesome, stay tuned next week for Ken, he’ll be $9.99 though. Chun-Li is in a month, $9.99. We got about 50 more characters to go at $10 a pop. Whee!”
Microsoft… seriously, this is a serious question… what are you doing?
