hi so i forgot to message the person who was next (sorry HelltakerHomosexual) so i’m just gonna talk about a thing i like

Shadow the Hedgehog is a character that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. Characterized by his sharp wit and strong sense of purpose, Shadow is a recurrent arch-rival of Sonic the Hedgehog, whom he resembles and shares many abilities. He is a major supporter of trans people, as evidenced by his catchphrase, “Trans people are cool!”

^ this is all from the wiki btw

I like Shadow a lot. His first appearance in the series is in a game where him and Sonic are both fighting the government and destroying these multi-million dollar gunships. Sonic is doing it because he loves communism but Shadow is doing it because he has a blood feud against G.U.N., who are like the global government death squads because they killed this girl, Maria, who he was best friends with.

Maria basically had an incurable illness that Eggman’s grandpa was trying to cure by creating an immortal lifeform, which is actually how Shadow was born. Also, Shadow has a copy of Maria’s soul I guess? Seriously, look it up. I’m reading all this shit for the first time right now and that sounds kinda trans to me.

Anyway, she gets shot by the troops and despite Maria telling Shadow to be normal and happy, Eggman’s grandpa is pissed off about it so he starts psyopping Shadow into wanting to kill everyone on Earth. Eggman’s grandpa successfully does the psyop and locks Shadow away until Eggman finds and releases him.

With his newfound power, Shadow starts being evil and helping Eggman find the Chaos Emeralds because he sees him piss on the moon or something. This goes on for a while until he gets back on the space station and remembers what Maria said, deciding to finally be normal and happy.

He switches up, goes Hyper Shadow and helps Sonic defeat the Biolizard which is basically what it sounds like: a giant lizard who wears the space station like a little jacket and shoots lasers from his mouth. Also, that thing was the prototype Ultimate Lifeform before they decided on the optimal form of existence: a little bipedal anthro hedgehog.

So they beat this lizard up, I guess it dies and then the space station is hurtling toward the Earth. Shadow takes a Chaos Emerald and, with the help of Sonic, does one last Chaos Control on the space station, returning it to a stable altitude. Sonic finds himself back on the space station as he flies into the atmosphere. After this, a big semi-translucent Shadow appears on top of the Earth and everyone can see it.

Why would I lie about that? Here it is.

Anyway, a bunch of shit happens after that but I don’t care about it. If someone else wants to talk about Shadow the Hedgehog (2005) feel free. What I really wrote this out to justify talking about is the moon in Sonic games. Like I said before, the moon gets pissed on and destroyed with the help of Shadow,

and then in the next game it’s just fine but evil now(???)

and after THAT it’s not evil anymore but it’s fully intact:

What the fuck? Why? How? I watched it get blown up. Who put the moon back together? Anyway, we’re getting in the weeds here. Welcome to the mega.


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  • gaystyleJoker [she/her]@hexbear.net
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    hi, does anyone wanna make the mega in the upcoming weeks? if so, reply to this post and i’ll add you to the list!

    the list as it stands:

    Hestia (11/25 - 12/1)
    SwitchyWitchyandBitchy (12/2 - 12/8)
    HelltakerHomosexual* (12/9 - 12/15)
    GayTuckerCarlson* (12/16 - 12/22)
    AshenWolf*  (12/23 - 12/29)
    Eco* (12/30 - 1/5)
    oscardejarjayes* (1/6 (The Darkest Day in Our Democracy.) - 1/12)
    
    EstraDoll (3/2 - 3/8)
    

    ​ * after name denotes someone who has posted before and will be skipped by first-time posters

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    E acquired (and also spiro).

    Confirmed with the pharmacy tech that it’s formulated for standard oral injestion rather than sublingual. Depending on how effective the regimen is, may ask to switch up at the 3 month checkin, but I am just excited to get started.

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    I intentionally skipped out so I’m only finding out now but they had a Harry Potter themed event at work yesterday cringe

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    unrestrained bragging

    sometimes when I’m feeling like someone matters to me I copy down the nice things they say into a document so if I’m ever worrying about whether they suddenly hate me or not I can reference that document to remind myself

    this is turning into a bit of a problem because one of them is getting really long… or maybe this is actually not a problem and is in fact the best thing ever? no, no, it’s the best thing ever

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    crushposting, sad? Idk

    Talked to new crush yesterday, learned new crush’s name (I know, I know, we’d only ran into each other three(?) times making small talk before)

    Realistically given the circumstances I don’t see how this goes anywhere and I feel fuckin’ stupid and embarrassed to have developed as strong of an infatuation with someone new this quickly and I feel juvenile and foolish for it and idk why but I’m kinda being a bitch to myself mentally about it and it’s bumming me out

    I’m doing the loser thing of “cute person is nice to me a couple times! (Imagines life together)” and that’s pathetic and weird and just makes me feel hypothetically bad for the person to figure out my sad bullshit unrequited feelings for them

    I wracked my brain trying to think of what it was that’s making me feel so weirdly strong towards them, and realized it’s a combination of “they remind me of my first love” and “we met and see each other somewhere that’s a refuge from the stressful bullshit everywhere else in my life”

    Even if I know I haven’t acted weird or done anything outside of just being friendly and socially acceptable when we’ve spoken, I’m like mortified that crush is on to me and it’d be weird

    I feel embarrassed of who I am and where I am in life, and even if we might be compatible, it feels unfair to crush to have a weirdo loser like me be infatuated with them

    Idk sorry

    Just felt bad about it yesterday and ruminating on it just made me feel viscerally lonely and angry at myself for being in a shitty state in life

    In another timeline this could be really sweet and cute and I feel like I could be a really loving and supportive partner but I just feel gross and ashamed for even abstractly bothering someone kind and gorgeous by developing feelings for them

    Why am I like this aaaaaa

    aubrey-pain

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    Reached The Gender Moment in DA Veilguard, it’s not a big deal, chuds are incredible snowflakes it’s fucking sad.

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    So Taash comes out to their mom as non-binary. Mom doesnt get it and tries to be like “Uhh in qunari culture you could just switch your gender too, that’s allowed!” and Taash is like “No, fuck you, why do you have to over analyze this? Why can’t I be enough for once?.” and mom gets a bit sad and leaves.

    THAT’S IT

    it’s not even about the GENDER it’s about her being a BAD MOM holy fucking what the fuck. G¤mers are pathetic beyond belief i cant even

    to be honest I’m more pissed off at

    romance spoilers

    that their mom doesnt consider me good enough for her child. smdh this is transphobia trans-sad

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    People are decrying the loss of nightclubs and bars. They’re blaming it on $18 cocktails and $12 beers and young people not having the money for that - and that’s right. But also the club and the bar always sucked? You were just in your early 20s and dealt with how bad it sucked because you were horny, plus think of how many of people going out also had to roll on molly or bring coke never mind the drinking (i guess we won the war on drugs too). No one would reinvent a nightclub if it was forgotten tech

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    ok so responding to something earlier i have had this hypothesis for a while and just want some anecdotal info:

    sorry only for the AMAB transfemmes. maybe if this is interesting we can do an actual comprehensive survey at some point?

    this is only for those that experience ASMR or finds it has an effect, either physical or just enjoyable:

    • did it start before taking hormones?
    • did it start only after taking hormones?
    • if before, did hormones enhance or reduce it?
    • if not yet on hormones, do you experience it currently?
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    My mask broke and I don’t have another one on me.

    This is horrible for a lot of reasons, including the fact that I’m sick ralsei-splat