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ALSO if you’re still in the mood for drawing I think that Rick probably went to multiple dimensions to check in on different versions of baby Beth as she was growing up. Maybe him sat by her crib and talking to her as her version of Diane and Rick are asleep.

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if i only had a heart

I started this blog almost three years ago and I’ve been watching Foodfight! pretty regularly ever since. The weird thing is… right around my most recent viewing, I think I’m finally starting to get a sense of the movie’s “heart.” That or I’m just very, very tired.

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“we need more complex female characters” you couldn’t even handle her

So the Megamind sequel came out and, uh, yeah. It feels so weirdly disconnected from the first movie and I don’t mean because the animation is lower budget and the voice actors are different. That’s to be expected for a direct to streaming sequel. I mean it feels like it was written by entirely different people which I thought was super weird because pretty much the only people who returned are the original writers! 

So I did some digging with my writing partner and learned that, apparently, Megamind was *heavily* tinkered with between the OG script being written and it being produced. Justin Theroux and Guillermo del Toro were creative consultants and I think, despite not having writing credits, they and maybe others must have edited the story in a big way because I found the original script and…

You can check it out here if you want (or check out a recap post here) but it’s very clear that what they wrote was a raunchy adult comedy that through the movie making process got transformed into a family-friendly flick. 

So the disconnect, imo, is two guys who are probably more interested in writing for Adult Swim than for kids being told to write a movie with no R rated jokes and without any of the other writers who worked on the first movie behind the scenes. I just wanted to put this out there because a lot of reviewers seemed confused at the fact that the writers were the same and I was too until I learned all this info.

I don't think we've really grappled with affini biorhythms, and their impact on society. We've all heard stories about them from overeager florets, or the urban legends about what happens if an affini decides to stay near you for too long. It's honestly kind of terrifying, knowing that our wills can be so easily subverted on the whim of our benevolent overlords.

But at the same time, I can't think of the last time I saw the parks on Tyriador-IV this crowded. Or the bars and restaurants, the bookstores and museums. Yes, some of that is undoubtedly that the old pollution has been scrubbed, transit has been made cheap and affordable, outdoor spaces have become vastly more pleasant, and we no longer need to work long hours just to survive. The affini claim that it is simply due to that, the fruits of their social reforms and alteration of our material circumstances. That is the easy narrative, one I haven't even heard the most rabid feralists question, though they see it as far more sinister than I believe it to be.

I think otherwise. If you're reading this post, I'd ask that you look, really look, at the spaces where people tend to congregate. The spaces and venues that fill up day after day. I'm willing to bet that, regardless of the planet or vessel you're on, you'll see the same thing I've noticed--people go where the affini are. Even with all the complaints I've seen independents make about their incessant flirting, or how unsettling it can be to be surrounded by florets, the majority of the humans here spend significant amounts of time hanging around areas also filled with affini. Even I've found myself doing it.

Nobody I've asked has even been conscious of this bias in their own behavior. Most seem to think I'm some feralist grasping at straws, or just plain crazy. But I'm not. I am as grateful as anybody that they got rid of the old fascist Accord and replaced it with this utopia. I just need people to take me seriously when I say that I think we're all unconsciously dosing ourselves on their biorhythm. Not to the point where we're getting tied to any one individual affini. But collectively? Our entire species is drifting towards subservience in ways we didn't even realize. I tried to avoid all affini this last week, staying in my hab to avoid any biorhythm exposure, and I almost had a panic attack. It was only after my Hab AI called for a crisis vet that I realized I used to have panic attacks all the time, and they'd stopped after the affini took over. Just being around them is subtly soothing, and we're slowly waltzing our collective way towards dependency.

I wonder how much easier to domesticate we've gotten after years of daily exposure. Not everyone is as on-the-brink as I am, and obviously there are still plenty of stubborn holdouts. But please, search your feelings. See if you enjoy being out and about, and then test whether you enjoy it as much if you're still outside but away from any affini. Everyone needs to be aware of this, even if I myself can't resist how much I enjoy their presence.

It's hard to even fall asleep without a biorhythm subtly pulsing through me these days. I'm very grateful that Phiola has been letting me sleep firmly nestled in her vines. But please, don't discount my words because I'm a ward, and will likely be a floret soon. This feels like important information to share, if just so all the rest of you wannabe independents can know just how deeply ensnared you already are.

-Eric Statler, he/they

noelle skips class with the stoopids ❤️

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tea time approaches

and we’re sitting down to eat and my dad wants milk in his tea. Cant get a moments peace round here.

little guy alert!!