It's baaaaaack

Tuesday, July 7th, 2026 08:07 pm
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If you want to horrify a long-time programmer today, casually mention that the SCO Unix lawsuit is somehow still ongoing.

Didn't the parties settle like five years ago? some may ask. And they would be correct, but apparently the latest owner of SCO still thinks it can invalidate that.

think aloud

Tuesday, July 7th, 2026 11:20 am
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sometimes really struggle with look back on journal game projects after completion , like see all of flaws and frustrations left by gaps in language , or mechanics that struggle to fully realise .

but heart of stone is definitely exception to that . this is one of favourites by far . probably because channel all of frustrations with ACOTAR into this ! know quality of story would still be so poor , but definitely did wish tamlin and lucien would hook up instead and feyre could cheer on marriage and bring back blessings for family . 

so for sure that game was so nice to write , still love to read back , and really wish could read playthroughs ! 

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Tuesday, July 7th, 2026 07:18 am
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Thanks to [profile] scissorssevered who tagged me!

Last Song: Kuwa no Hana by Kebyo. Listen. The Clown Man Fuckery has drained my soul to a point where I'm not sure I'm capable of positive emotions right now. I need to wallow in my misery for a bit, okay?

Currently Watching: Scavenger's Reign with my boyfriend. So good. So fucking good. I like weird alien environments and characters who are realistically terrible people.

Current Obsession: Fucking visual kei. Again. God help my soul.

Currently Reading: Nothing, sadly.

Currently Working On: Drawing up some OCs for a hypothetical "What if joseimuke app game, but visual kei and Actually Good?" idea/concept that's been rotating around in my head. Also, RPF Crimes, ft. My Icon, because shame is for losers.

Currently Wearing: An oversized Case Study of Vanitas T-shirt and underwear.

Last Search: "how to mute someone using reddit enhancement suite" Why, oh why, do people not realize that when I want to mute someone, I want them gone from my browsing experience. I do not want a clickable tab so that I can see them and click open and get flashbanged with Whatever I Muted Them For.

Favorite Flower: Red spider lillies.

Tagging anyone who wants to participate.

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Tuesday, July 7th, 2026 10:15 am
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i am gonna say something controversial.



green yuri and tsukutabe is yuri made for straight women

Happy 2nd anniversary to Ultraman Arc

Monday, July 6th, 2026 09:55 pm
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Today (July 6) marks two years since the first episode of Ultraman Arc aired.

To me, however, it feels like it's been at least five years 😅 It's a series I still think about so much that it feels like I've just always been a fan of it.

Read more... )

New Nufox

Monday, July 6th, 2026 08:03 pm
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video embeds )

These look like the same video... but one is unlisted, and has a different ending.

New video is going to premier in 54 minutes.

EDIT: Yesterday evening, the newest video had this description:

Text from 10:14 PM, 7/6/26 )

Today (7:44 pm, 7/7/26), it has this description:

it's only slightly different, but... )

Can't tell if this is Sepiatone's known shenanigans with changing video descriptions as part of the narrative, or just them being unsatisfied with the original wording.

not really vibin' with Chou Kaguya Hime

Monday, July 6th, 2026 03:38 pm
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So I just finished watching Chou Kaguya Hime (Cosmic Princess Kaguya) because I decided to give it a shot.

I just want to preface that I don't vibe with the film, and this is just my personal opinion, so if you're a CPK fan or liked the film, it's best to just skip this journal entry entirely.

Read more... )

Rewatch

Sunday, July 5th, 2026 05:37 pm
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I ain’t been doing too much lately. Not the uber-est much.

I’ve been rewatching this older cartoon, “Hero: 108”, which is thankfully all up on YouTube. The best way I can describe it is “neat geometric style” and “unique character designs” and “bullshit just happens”. It is a nonsensical show, and I wouldn’t have it any other way. (Although I am about to hit season two, which took on more of an overarching plot than the more episodic season one.)

It does end up making me think of other cartoons that I’ve seen that were kind of left forgotten: “Kenny the Shark”, “Robot and Monster”, “Boyster”... Obviously, some cartoons are just a product of their time or just weren’t that good or even just finished on their own terms, and I wouldn’t really want a revival or reboot of any of them, but there is something about carrying memories of that kind of art with you, when it’s usually the infamously bad or good art that gets talked about more.

(I consider myself not that nostalgic of a person, and each day I have to wonder if I’m just lying to myself about that, given these type of thoughts. I suppose we all have our hypocrisies.)

Coffee Social Sunday

Sunday, July 5th, 2026 10:31 pm
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Coffee Social Sunday is a weekly post for low-pressure chit-chat about anything on your mind in the Dunmeshi universe! Is there anything you're currently reading, creating, thinking about, considering creating, watching or rewatching? Tell us! But remember to hold onto your specific fanwork recs to instead share under the current Quick Recs post.

If you're new, this is also a good place to introduce yourself! We have a suggested template for this, but we emphasize the 'suggested' part. Disregard it if you'd like!

Please note that the comments on this post may contain spoilers for anime-onlys, per our spoiler policy. As for everyone else: if possible, try to mark your spoilers clearly!

Share your thoughts, ask for help, and cheer your fellow fans on! Now, what monsters would be good ingredients for coffee...

do something

Sunday, July 5th, 2026 03:26 pm
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wake up in bad shape and just feel like get worse , so decide to pull ritual out of ass and just do ... something . not that this was totally meaningless ritual , just kind of cobble together from disjointed thoughts rather than follow anything in specific , because definitely did not feel in shape to follow something elaborate .

good news was that actually help - shake off some pressures and banalities , and spend little bit of time just dick around in rusted moss . not sure if up for much artfight today even so , definitely still need to pace , but at least better than how wake up .

Language routes

Sunday, July 5th, 2026 01:19 pm
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It's been over a year since I've used Duolingo due to lack of time and energy, but I might start picking it up again. Where to start, though? There are a number of possible language goals I have in mind, someday, maybe:

  • Maintain and learn Mandarin, after finishing the Chinese course for English speakers.
  • Learn enough Polish to read Stanisław Lem in the original, because not all of his work has been translated. I am aware this means a lot of Polish, and should include the sorts of additional cultural information that come from taking proper classes. But I don't have time for classes right now and I could at least get started with the basics on Duolingo.
  • Learn enough French to read up on pre-colonial sub-Saharan Africa, since the detailed information I'm looking for appears to only be getting published in French. For this I just need a start with the basic grammar and vocabulary and then can move forward if I have a good dictionary.
  • Refresh the Japanese I learned in college. I took 3 years of conversational classes, then it all decayed because I hadn't found my way to anime fandom yet. I retain a lot of individual words and continue to pick up new ones from watching anime with subtitles and the Japanese soundtrack, but I desperately need to refresh and expand my knowledge of verb forms.
  • Learn a little bit of Chinuk Wawa, the primary language of business and trade in Oregon (even for white people, yes) before statehood, just out of historical curiosity. Okay, Duolingo isn't going to help me with that one...


There's a technique called laddering, where you can work on multiple languages at once by first learning language A, then doing the course for language B for speakers of language A, and so forth. At the time I had to put it aside, I was doing the French course for Chinese speakers and thinking about changing my approach because there were not enough words in common with the Chinese course for English speakers. I could figure out the meaning of the new words from context, but not the pronunciation, so it wasn't helping me much with Chinese.

At this instant, I feel like prioritizing French, so I'll start with English->French. French can lead to either Chinese or Japanese, as does Polish, but there's no route to Polish other to start from English again. Hmm.

Weekly summary: June 28 - July 4, 2026

Sunday, July 5th, 2026 08:18 am
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Good riddance to June, which was not a great month for me. But July has started off on a good note, so hopefully that'll continue!

I have plenty of things to share this time:

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green yuri thought

Sunday, July 5th, 2026 12:49 pm
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So I saw a post about how green yuri anime will be popular (of course) and hoping it would make yuri popular. Errr, I kinda doubt it, because if Gwitch & Tsukutabe didn't improve yuri manga sales, I don't think green yuri can either. Not because I'm a pessimist, but because I think the idea that one series can elevate a whole genre and medium is pretty naive tbh.

JJK & KnY being popular doesn't mean the entire WSJ lineup got popular.

Gwitch is one instance where yuri got popular mainstream thanks to being in the Gundam franchise, but yuri manga is still stagnant. And Tsukutabe's live-action being extremely popular in Japan hasn't elevated a lot of the yuri manga published under the CandleA label. So I think green yuri will maintain the status quo of the yuri genre honestly — like, it'll be one of the popular yuri series, but not enough to cause a huge sales boom for yuri manga.

Ironically, I think Citrus is the one that actually elevated the yuri genre, because its adaptation drove yuri manga sales, and the Yagakimi adaptation just elevated it further lmao.

That aside, no yuri anime will top Kamiina Botan, honestly. Kamiina Botan has actual soul in it and was made by people who genuinely love the material, while green yuri seems so corporate-made, tailored for mainstream audiences.

also kitakawa anime when


sky cotl ~ oops

Saturday, July 4th, 2026 10:54 pm
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just run through eye of eden today . originally pick up 6-star moth friend , but fear-quit game before big climb . which is fair for new player , but kind of shame . on other hand , kossai like to play eye of eden very ballsy , and new players kind of restrict that . not by any malice of course , just do not want to put in harm's way :P

did meet up with another player though , cool puzzle director ikejou ! help each other through whole storm , and end up as friends :) unfortunately did not get to finish together , kossai was behind , but still nice to have that .

currently at 89 base wing , and now need to actually go through all of winged light run ... ah , well , such is game !

faces , somas , and frustrations

Saturday, July 4th, 2026 01:23 pm
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kossai is very visual . there is one bare minimum that need to connect with any given courtier effectively , and that is picture . take concentrated effort to establish hook without picture , and so that is first part of record someone new - if not full picture , then at least description of traits to build one later .

of course courtiers with multiple regular forms can throw spanner , but usually prioritise preferred form , " generic form " that encapsulate most common traits like hair colour or number of fingers , or if practical to do so , include all forms - exact approach is down to courtier preference .

often kossai make these pictures , no harm no foul there . where things can get more dicey is when find random pictures which line up incredibly well with someone . sometimes this picture is specific character , and courtier's identity line up with stated character whether mainstream or niche .

sometimes , identity do not line up , but still look similar enough to adopt picture . even if redraw with that courtier's specific personal quirks , will still look very similar . ( one courtier , for example , use picture of mass-market BJD - only major difference is that add rabbit ears . )

in any case this all pose another good reason for anonymity and non-reveals - people show up and exist regardless . can not just change essence of self to avoid violation , but can avoid public connection and identification . fortunately already prefer that anyway , but real shit predicament for collectives who prefer publicity . risk use of true-to-heart pictures , or come up with some cover form that is less comfortable ?

Zombies, again

Saturday, July 4th, 2026 01:12 pm
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Potentially useful widget? Not updated for chapter 5 yet, though.

(I will say, I've never been more frustrated by my lack of good reflexes and information processing... there's a reason I've always skewed towards either turn-based games, or real-time games with a slower pace. I might want to replay the older chapters and get better gear. Not the main point of this post, though)

While the majority of discussion has been about the shocking turns in the Weird Route, and Ralsei Trans Girl stocks rising dramatically, I feel a silent vindication at the confirmation that Kris, in fact, needs the SOUL to live — despite all the understandable reasons they have to hate and resent it. They are noticeably grey and zombie-like at the beginning of (non-weird) Chapter 5, before they shove the SOUL back inside themselves.

Generally, I've noticed that people often are... unwilling? To do disability-related readings of fandom-nucleus texts, or to talk about disability as a serious experience beyond, like, a particularly sanitized image of autism. Even when people call out bigotry in fandom... people will at least pay lip service to misogyny, racism, and at least one type of queerphobia (usually either homophobia or transphobia) as the "big three." When a commenter brings up ableism (either broadly or in any of its numerous subtypes; the way people treat people with psychosis, people with intellectual disabilities, people with chronic pain, people who need mobility aids, etc all have their own discussions worth having), they get ignored — even when OP is directly replying to the person who commented.

Spoilers, caretaker abuse, and TLDR )

Toby Fox has stated that he can't play the piano or program as much as he used to, because his body doesn't work as well as it used to. This is part of why Deltarune is made by a large team, where as Undertale's programming was handled by Toby alone.

I'm extremely grateful to have a team helping me carry out my design especially because of my disabilities, which have also made development more difficult.

Although I have long suffered from wrist and hand pain, about five months ago my wrist was the worst it's ever been. I could not play the piano, use the mouse, and barely could use the keyboard. I navigated everything through voice to text.

Through weightlifting, exercise, and various equipment I have been able to somewhat increase the stamina of my wrist to an extent. Various solutions have included trackball mice for each hand, using voice to text whenever possible, using a foot pedal to click the mouse, etc.

Now I can use the mouse and keyboard for a certain amount each day provided I take frequent breaks. I wish I could work without stopping. Once the world situation improves I would really like to take physical therapy again and/or investigate surgery to repair my wrist.

Kris' piano playing — their ability or inability to play like they used to — is a small but recurring concept in the game for a reason.

dream journal ~ about right

Saturday, July 4th, 2026 11:28 am
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dream was pretty weird overall with lots of cluttered nonsense , but favourite part was probably how start .

kossai work on film something in which take role as antagonist who steal away and terrorise humans . notably , all of humans' reaction was real , because just create random faerie terror on streets !

this might funnily enough relate to last night in sky cotl , as get drone camera upgrade and immediately decide to cause chaos . unsure if drone camera is visible to other players , but figure probably should be since regular camera is , so yes perhaps did fly camera around just to see what people would do . 

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