Is Polaris Still a Mutant or Not?

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Short story: Lorna is definitely a mutant

I needed to cover that right out of the gate because the wording of the title makes it sound like it’s uncertain and open to debate when it’s really not. She’s definitely a mutant.

Once you get past the clickbait-y title that could cause misunderstandings, this is a very good explainer of what happened. Cronin doesn’t just give the answer and leave it at that, he shows pages of how the loss of her powers affected her, which is perhaps the most important part of the article and that period for her.

Lorna’s time without her powers wasn’t just “lol she doesn’t have ‘em now so what.” It devastated her and really ripped up her sense of identity, and it led to some very painful moments for her (Lorna getting tortured while in space didn’t come up, but it had no bearing on the core question of the article either, so it makes sense it wouldn’t come up).

So as I said, overall good article. Worth reading if you haven’t seen the history yet. Only downside was the potential impressions made by the article title.

Also thought it was cool that Cronin’s friend Michael is a big enough fan for Cronin to write this article for him. Happy birthday, Michael!

This was passed to me by @lordtimeblogposts by the way.

Is Polaris Still a Mutant or Not?

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ugly:

Me: *makes a small irrelevant mistake*

My Brain, banging pots and pans together: YOU FUCKED UP YOU FUCKED UP YOU FUCKED UP YOU FUCKED UP YOU FUCKED UP YOU FUCKED UP YOU FUCKED UP YOU FUCKED UP YOU FUCKED UP YOU FUCKED UP YOU FUCKED UP YOU FUCKED UP YOU FUCKED UP YOU FUCKED UP YOU FUCKED UP YOU FUCKED UP YOU FUCKED UP YOU FUCKED UP YOU FUCKED UP YOU FUCKED UP YOU FUCKED UP YOU FUCKED UP YOU FUCKED UP YOU FUCKED UP YOU FUCKED UP YOU FUCKED UP YOU FUCKED UP YOU FUCKED UP YOU FUCKED UP YOU FUCKED UP YOU FUC

Me: *makes huge mistake that will directly affect my future horribly*

My Brain, lounging on a lawn chair with shades on: ….acknowledged

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gayatreus:

farm-lesbian:

i’m starting to hate pride month because literally every other post on twitter and tumblr is like “happy pride month to everyone except terfs, terfs should go die” or some variation of that and they all have thousands of likes and reposts. like, get some new material dudes y’all are so unoriginal lmaoo. i’m getting so bored, you need to find more creative ways to express that you hate women who don’t agree with you.

pay what you want commissions my dudes

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bikenesmith:

doing pwyw ko-fi commissions for the style shown below (colored headshot sketch) to help me in a transitional financial period

(to be extremely frank, i’m too mentally ill + disabled to hold a food service job w/o losing my mind entirely and i am trying to get a new job in something less mentally destructive. i’m very low on $$ and i need to stay afloat in the time being)

so. shoves that embarrassing and largely negative anecdote to the side.

get yourself something like this:

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for $3+! my ko-fi is here. (see more of my art here). 

let me know what you’d like in the ko-fi donation description. (no ocs, furries, n*sfw, mecha) (if you want 2 characters its $6 minimum – max characters in one commission is 2)

if i can’t do a commission for any reason i’ll refund you asap

i’m going to be doing this until i don’t need to. if you’d like something more detailed or painted refer to my proper commission page; if you’re looking for something for games, animation, or other commercial purposes, please message me, as i’m 100% open for freelance work.

please reblog. cheers

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salarta:

It’s day 2 (or day 1 depending on your thoughts) of E3.

  • Looking forward to more on RAGE 2 during Bethesda’s conference.
  • Sekiro looks good like all From Software stuff does, hoping it’s on PS4 so I can play it.
  • The latest “Tomb Raider” game with its “Lara Croft” that isn’t Lara at all continues to annoy me, and I want it to just get its junk done with ASAP so I can focus on better things.
  • I’m indifferent to Ninja Theory getting taken over by Microsoft given what they did to Devil May Cry with DmC and how they behaved toward fans in the process.
  • Female character in Devil May Cry 5 had very cringy dialogue and actions, but I remain open to her. I find a lot of good characters aren’t given a real chance. Only thing I can think of right now that would put me against her is if she’s supposed to be Kyrie and she’s not that way due to a curse or something similar, cause she’s way too much unlike Kyrie.
  • Pretty cool of Battletoads to get a new game after all this time.
  • Jump Force is basically The Avengers: Anime Edition. And I can see myself buying it even though DBZ is the only anime represented that I actually watched and know much about.

Those are my thoughts for now. I remain eternally demanding of Squeenix to make a new Parasite Eve/Aya Brea game that sets things right and makes 3rd Birthday completely noncanon, but that’s expecting Squeenix to have some actual standards and integrity. Which is asking too much from a company so obsessed with their own ego and pride that they’d rather kill franchises than admit they ever did anything wrong and try to fix them.

Next set after Bethesda and Devolver.

  • Good to see more RAGE 2 and get a little story, but disappointed they didn’t show many NPCs, particularly female NPCs.
  • That intro musical number with Andrew W.K. for RAGE 2 was excellent though. E3 has a tendency to do reeeeaaally bad with musical numbers (e.g. Glee for Konami, Wii Music for Nintendo). This actually worked.
  • “And you beat the living fuck out of those Nazis” Aw yeah.
  • Looking forward to Youngblood. Twin sisters is a cool new dimension not seen in games for protags that I can recall. Also, wow is everything out there going hard 80s nostalgia lately.
  • Skyrim Very Special Edition skit was great.
  • “Roll the garbage” is now a meme.
  • I need to get my hands on some loot box coins.
  • Devolver Digital was a lot shorter than I expected, and I’m disappointed by that, but also not surprised given how late it was and how worn out most people (especially industry people) probably are for today.

And that’s everything until tomorrow, which will probably be a whole new post if there’s anything worthwhile to talk about.

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It’s day 2 (or day 1 depending on your thoughts) of E3.

  • Looking forward to more on RAGE 2 during Bethesda’s conference.
  • Sekiro looks good like all From Software stuff does, hoping it’s on PS4 so I can play it.
  • The latest “Tomb Raider” game with its “Lara Croft” that isn’t Lara at all continues to annoy me, and I want it to just get its junk done with ASAP so I can focus on better things.
  • I’m indifferent to Ninja Theory getting taken over by Microsoft given what they did to Devil May Cry with DmC and how they behaved toward fans in the process.
  • Female character in Devil May Cry 5 had very cringy dialogue and actions, but I remain open to her. I find a lot of good characters aren’t given a real chance. Only thing I can think of right now that would put me against her is if she’s supposed to be Kyrie and she’s not that way due to a curse or something similar, cause she’s way too much unlike Kyrie.
  • Pretty cool of Battletoads to get a new game after all this time.
  • Jump Force is basically The Avengers: Anime Edition. And I can see myself buying it even though DBZ is the only anime represented that I actually watched and know much about.

Those are my thoughts for now. I remain eternally demanding of Squeenix to make a new Parasite Eve/Aya Brea game that sets things right and makes 3rd Birthday completely noncanon, but that’s expecting Squeenix to have some actual standards and integrity. Which is asking too much from a company so obsessed with their own ego and pride that they’d rather kill franchises than admit they ever did anything wrong and try to fix them.