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Saturday, 7 February 2026

Iron lung (2026)

Watched it at the cinemas with friends. It was awesome :D

Tuesday, 30 September 2025

Media I actually like

(I'm still adding titles, trying to remember some faves I've forgotten or adding new ones as I enjoy new things)

VIDEO GAMES

Carrion
*Cave Story
Chants of Sennaar
Doom (2016)
Dredge
.Flow
Ib
Iconoclasts
Kero Blaster
Khimera: Destroy All Monster Girls
Limbus Company
Mega Man (classic series)
*MOTHER (series)
Path to Nowhere
Rain World
Risk of Rain (2013)
Road 96
The Sims (2, 4)
Subnautica
The Witch's House
Tomodachi Life
Yume Nikki

Enjoyed with family & friends

Mario Kart (Wii & 8)
*Spectrobes (series)
*Streets of Rogue
Spirit Hunter (series)
*Vagante
Wii ___ (series)
Your Turn to Die

Enjoyed only through let's-plays

Anatomy
GOHOME
It's Just A Prank
Mouthwashing
No I'm Not a Human
Swallow the Sea

FILMS (LIVE ACTION)

*The Blues Brothers
The Good, The Bad And The Ugly
*The Magnificent Seven (1960, 2016)
Seven Samurai
*The Thing
Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Enjoyed with family & friends

The Hunger Games (+)
Jurassic Park (films 1, 2 & 3)
Kill Bill Volume 1

FILMS (ANIMATION)

Over the Hedge

Enjoyed with family & friends
*April and the Extraordinary World
*The Incredibles
A Bug's Life
Monsters Inc
My Neighbour Totoro
Ponyo
Shrek (+)
Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse (+)
Megamind

TV SERIES (LIVE ACTION)

*Red Dwarf
Black Books
I'm Alan Partridge

Watched with family & friends

Victorious

TV SERIES (WESTERN ANIMATION)

Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends
Ben 10 (classic)
Mega Man (Ruby Spears)

Enjoyed with brothers & friends

Adventure Time
The Amazing World of Gumball
Total Drama
Steven Universe

TV SERIES (ANIME)

Gurren Lagann
Joshiraku
SAMURAI 7

Watched with brothers & friends

Astra Lost in Space
Attack on Titan
Nichijou - My Ordinary Life
School Live!

WEB SERIES

BFDI
Don't Hug Me I'm Scared
Claycat Cinema
Gemini Home Entertainment
Inanimate Insanity
Monument Mythos
Object Overload
Plainsville
The Simpsons couch gag (Lee Hardcastle)
Skitzo
White Stag Education

Enjoyed with brothers & friends

The Mandela Catalogue

WEB SHORTS/FILMS/ETC.

The Boys Are Back in Town (to kill you)
I Heard It Too (Eden)
The Kid and the Camera
Kiss Me (Kill Me)
No Through Road
The Oldest View
Portrait of God
The Ningen (1991 Deep Sea Video)
THingu's The Thing
This Is My House (jordan go to sleep)

Enjoyed with brothers & friends

Saturday, 7 June 2025

Kind of random

For many years, I've avoided first-person shooters because I sucked at them. But it turns out I just hadn't played them enough. Played Quake II and playing Doom (2016) and I really enjoyed them.

Monday, 26 May 2025

Gushing about Road 96

Main Story/Game in general

Encounterable Characters

ALEX

This kid belongs more to the MOTHER series, I'm not even kidding

(Well, either that or The Goonies in place of Data. Think somewhere it said that the film was one of the inspirations for the series too...)
(Also fun fact, I learned that one of the
Oh, and look at that, EarthBound is set in the 90s, too xD
He's super smart and nerdy so he, Lloyd & Jeff would make an unbeatable trio

Also, there's no telling what he'd do if he were a teen in the 2020s -- he'd be thriving off of all the tech we have now

Speaking of which, I really liked that conversation with him contemplating the future of technology
Like having small computers that you can ask to give you directions or ask food from
Or like having 100 people playing the same video game at the same time
To be honest, I love this trope, where characters in an earlier point in time discuss what life could be like in their future world (i.e. our present)

Oh, the bad ending with Alex... I CAN'T BELIEVE WHAT HAPPENED! HE WAS THE ONE ,THAT GOT SHOT, WHATT]?!?!? Also unrelated, but in that scene where I had to use the nail gun to help find a generator, I was like, "Haha, what if I could shoot him," remembered that ending, and then went "Wait... NO..."
It's kinda funny, I thought he was just an annoying 10-11 year old at first, but he eventually grew on me.
And then it turned out that he was 14 years old? That's crazy! He barely hit puberty, nobody would've guessed he was older than 11 haha.

FANNY

Alright, so I'm gonna admit, it's real awkward to like a cop character, especially in the 2020s haha

The game seems very aware of this too, and has implemented some dialogue options that reflect all that when talking about or to cops, including Fanny

But enough of that xD
So, the game lets us know that Fanny's on Tyrak's side, at least professionally/career-wise

Like, she's helped guard him during Petria's wall opening at the mountain
And she was shown to work with cops at the pits during election day. It's not known how often she does this.
And if our protagonist reveals that they're on Florres's side, all she says is that our preference has been noted. Dunno if she means this in a suspicious manner, but it's not hard to interpret that she's not too fond of that opinion. I might be wrong...
What is clear though is that she has a more conservative stance on life & politics

Despite that, her relationship to Alex is pretty tragic to hear. I just couldn't not sympathise with her in that respect
To be honest, I do like the complexity of her character

First, there are her prominent relationships with other main characters in the game

I mean, there's Alex who learnt that he's the bio-son of members of the Brigades, and cops and the Brigades are natural enemies.

And because of this, he ran away and sought members of the Brigades for info on his bio-parents

And then, there's John, a member of the Brigades who looks after Alex

His connection with Fanny started with when they were chatting and flirting with each other over the radio without knowing eachother's identities.
The different ways the endings play out with this sub-story, man, it's intense!

I have no idea how conflicted she is with her career -- I think the level of her conflictedness depends on which angle you want to take the ending, and the amount of impact you let the Brigades have in the story.

I mean we have seen her at the pits, and while out on the road, she's denied their existence
She said at one point that she couldn't imagine even sending kids there because she's got a son
Actually, in one of the endings, she has discussed her conflicted thoughts with her career.

She's stated her awareness of what Tyrak's done to teens and how she "[hadn't] wanted to do [her] job for a long time"

But she doesn't seem to like many of her co-workers

She doesn't like how arrogant they get, or the power trips they have
She's not as harsh to the protagonist as the others, and lets us go on multiple occasions, even knowing that what we're doing
Also, I don't know much about Petria's situations on racism & sexism, but knowing this was based off of the west, and set in the 90s, it's really likely Fanny's a major underdog in her workforce
And this makes her really push herself, take her career seriously, try not to make a mess of things, or even quit her job.
To be fair, quitting a job is not an easy thing to do. She's never mentioned a partner/spouse, so there's that factor, too. She’s gotta support a family all on her own

JAROD

It's kinda funny how, since my first encounter with Jarod was the one at the old Brigades place -- the one with the tower -- I didn't see him as the danger that he was in the remainder of the game
Sure, I thought he was weird and scary, but I didn't learn he was a serial killer until a little bit later, so I was quite shocked xD
That was also the time he sincerely vented out to the player character about his grief over his daughter

Don't think he mentioned anything about wanting to kill Sonya either
And I actually forgot that detail, since I actually started this game before I encountered him the first time. I saw the intro, left it for a couple weeks, and then continued playing.

Yes, a few of his jumpscares did get me
Interesting how some of his chapters can change up the genre of the game in an instant
Also, it's interesting how he's seen when he's either a background character or any other kind of non-main character

I feel like you don't get that kind of effect much in fiction, since normally you follow one point of view, or one version of a story

How freaky would it be if we got to see him like actually interact with Robert, though? I haven't seen it, but if there is such a scene, I'd be so tense

Maybe it exists in one of the books
I mean, I read that apparently in one of Jarod's encounters -- one set in his taxi -- Robert is the one kidnapped instead of the random brigade. You can also see this in one of the endings, too.

Didn't know this guy would be the "tumblr sexyman" of the game, haha. But he does tick off nearly every box for the classic archetype/trope.

Guess the "young" part can be cancelled out because I think it's more common nowadays for tumblr sexymen characters to be older, haha

Also, I actually really love Flower Duet, so I liked how it’s his leitmotif.

Hearing it now, I can’t help but feel a sort of sinister undertone now, haha. Don’t worry, it hasn’t “ruined” the piece for me at all.

Interesting how he’s both so focused on his grief over Lola and on killing Sonya & Robert that he got so out of touch with the politics of Petria

Figured this out when taking either one of the voting route or revolution route, where I asked a question for advice, he answers and I respond, then he goes “oh that guys still our president?”
Guess when you’re busy contemplating the murders of multiple people, you can’t really think about the law & who runs it, haha

Maybe it’s just Sonya’s plot armour, but I was quite surprised when Jarod almost immediately changed his heart about to kill Sonya after she vented her regrets to one of her coworkers

Like a normal person would be highly conflicted after learning that the person you thought was highly responsible for the death of a loved one turned out not to be responsible at all (and instead tried to help), That you were wrong about a huge part of something you felt so personally about for basically a whole decade
That would’ve made me seriously shocked for a while. But he was just like “Oh. Sonya’s innocent.”
Jarod seemed more pissed off at Sonya because he always mentioned her first before the brigades. But that’s probably also because it’s just easier to single her out compared to the brigades, which is a whole organisation...
But at the same time, he’d also know that most people he’d come across would not know the name of the brigades leader, or at least the one who recruited Lola, So while he already knew Robert beforehand, he figured he wouldn’t want to waste time with the specifics of his goal.
Guess Sonya’s a famous enough public figure that you’d know which Sonya if you just said her name

JOHN

One of his encouters is pretty absurd, the one where he's upset about his "Mama Bear" being a cop

Like imagine you're a teenager, all alone in the middle of nowhere
And then you see a big & beardy older man drunk out of his mind -- who could easily tear you in half -- running aimlessly, and crying out "Mama Bear" and "Goddamn cop"
And while the logical thing to just run away, you approach him and ask if he's okay and "Who's Mama Bear" x'D
We're just incredibly lucky it's John and we can trust the guy

John's cool, but I'm not gonna lie, Omen Vitalities sound like they taste awful

I have no idea what ginseng tastes like, but the cucumber bit sounds like it tastes bad. I normally love vegetables, but cucumbers are just not for me

I like how this guy actually cares about kids and their wellbeing

Guess that's where his main inner conflict comes in with the whole situation with Alex and his bio parents
And also his fallout with Robert was because of this. Said that Robert uses kids, radicalises them, and allows them to put their lives at risk for the revolution, which John doesn't like

SONYA

I love this propaganda woman so much LMAO

...
...
...
I can fix her

Although I would definitely hate her in real life, haha

Only like her 'cause she's funny
I mean, there are multiple characters that I like that I would definitely not in real life
One good example is Arnold Rimmer from Red Dwarf. Arrogant, neurotic, rude, cowardly, and subscribed to a magazine titled 'Facscist Dictator Monthly' x'D
Ha, maybe Sonya and Arnold would get along with each other on that last part
Now I just wish there was a 'Lister' to be her other half

Anyways
I actually started this game long before I encountered her the first time. So, as I said earlier, I saw the intro, left it for a couple weeks, and then continued playing...

Because of that, when I encountered Sonya for the first time, I immediately thought she was a musician
That's because I had just been playing a lot of Streets of Rogue and I love the bouncer & musician's dynamic (The musician tells the bouncer what to do while being escorted to Mayor City, all while the bouncer suffers silently as their bodyguard, haha)

God knows what she'd be like in the age of social media

She's be a monster, no kidding

As much as I love Sonya as a character, she's clearly one of the antagonists, both in the main narrative and the way she treats the player and most others around her

So you'd usually expect her to either (a) realise her wrongs and try to better herself, or (b) face some kind of consequence
In the hotel encounter, I think that if you let Adam fall to his death (even if he survives by falling into trash), he gets genuinely pissed, and the picture of him and Sonya eating out together doesn't show up in the credits. So, I guess there's that for mistreating Adam, even though that's less on her end

I've discussed this more in Stan & Mitch's section, but it's interesting how you can't let Sonya die in this game, either

STAN & MITCH

If you know me enough, clearly these guys were going to be my favourites.

They're not very smart, not very competent, and they're not very boy-next-door material
I love incompetent ~~wannabe~~ petty bad guys that belong more in 80s-00s Saturday hero cartoons xD
And also, I should definitely say that these two -- at least in terms of attittude, exchange of dialoge, and relationship to the law -- remind me so much of a certain shady three-man team, just without a boss
And yes, I have imagined crossover scenarios. Maybe I'll make a post for my ideas on that, not that anyone would care, haha

I was trying to get the scenario where Stan & Mitch don't find out who Sonya's would-be killer was, and when and where he was going to attack, once.

In doing so, I just felt AWFUL because the whole process was so slow, letting my actions just sink in
It hurt a little more because I LOVE sibling characters
It's kinda like dramatic irony, the way you know something that the characters in the story don't, and Stan & Mitch are some of my faves, so it was kinda painful to see their reactions to not finding the information they needed
It's not like the time where I decided to let Zoe die, because that was a one-time, one-action decision, so it all happened in a flash.
It made me scared when Stan & Mitch didn't show up at the wall near the end of the game to try to see Sonya. If they knew about the killer, this was before they would attempt to take him (Jarod) down (despite the fact that he already decided to stop killing Sonya anyway)
So thankfully, and also kind of not so thankfully, Sonya doesn't die either way!

Honestly, I think it would be kinda funny if, despite mentioning that they prefer to be apolitical, they've been secretly hoping for Tyrak to not be the president anymore, mostly because of his extreme use of cops

I mean, I remember when we were discussing cops patroling Petria during my playthrough aiming for a legal victory...
I answered that there would be less cops with Florres as the president, and Stand & Mitch were something like, "We were discussing that, actually!"
So if that were the case, that would be kind of funny, especially considering how much they care for Sonya and how she's very much on Tyrak's side.
And they're like "Sure, if Tyrak weren't around there'd be less cops, but what about Sonya?! She'd kill us if she found out we wanted that!" haha

ZOE

Of all the characters here, I think Zoe's the most vital to the main plot. She's just down last because I decided to do this in alphabetical order xD
I haven't yet played Mile 0 yet, so I don't think I'll be able to talk about her WHOLE character at the moment, so here's what I've got so far
Not gonna lie, I really thought she was going to be a "love interest" for the main character, but then I realised that wouldn't make sense since we play multiple characters who she'll never see again x'D

Other Characters

ADAM

Justice for Adam

MAX

ROBERT

Saturday, 25 January 2025

Fanfic - Flora's calendars

DESCRIPTION: Flora gives away her leftover stock of firefighter's calendars.

CHARACTERS: Flora, Ignis, Kelvin (feat. Che, Bai Yi, K.K., Oliver, & Countess Chelsea)

KEY WORDS: Slice of Life, Comedy, Very mild romantic undertones

1, CAFETERIA - DAY

Various sinners eat their breakfast.

FLORA: (Through the PA) GOOOOD morning MBCC! It's Flora again!

A few sinners look up to the speakers. Many others ignore the noise and continue their breakfast.

FLORA: Now, before continuing the reading of chapter 8 in the fire safety manual, I'll also wanted to make an announcement! Today I'll be giving away FREE firefighters calendars! Feel free to drop by in front of my room to check them out!

2, CORRIDOR - DAY

Che and Bai Yi flip through a calendar. KK leans on a wall behind them. Flora patiently watches them.

BAI YI: This is an interesting collection you have, Flora. I just don't get why you'd just give these things away for free.

FLORA: I'm just-- Hm... I don't really know how else to say this without it sounding like a *bad* thing, but I'm just trying to get rid of them.

CHE: Where do they even find "firefighters" like these, man?

FLORA: Where? I think that should be obvious.

CHE: What, the fire department? Are these even real firefighters?

FLORA: Hm... I think some of them SHOULD be. I can recognise a few of them!

Saturday, 8 June 2024

Imagine like a horror game where during a jumpscare/chase scene there's heavy metal instrumentals playing in the background, so when lets-players freak out or scream it sounds like they're being remixed xD

Wednesday, 5 June 2024

I 100% Lily's Well!

Monday, 15 April 2024

Replaying EB again

I let my nieces name the characters xd Now everyone's calling Ness ugly

Thursday, 11 April 2024

Ness & Poo as rivals is the perfect concept for me

SOURCE: https://www.deviantart.com/anniemae04/art/EB-Perfect-Poo-513464151

By anniemae04 on DeviantArt

MORE OF THIS, PLEASEEEEE

Anyone who's known me since 2014 KNOWS how I feel about rivalries xd

Friday, 15 March 2024

Y'know I always wanted to get into Sonic

I think the art style is cool. Tails also reminds me of my OC Kamilla xD

You know that feeling

You ever have that feeling when you're either watching a TV or film series, reading a book, or playing a long video game, and you're in the middle of it and you want it to never end, but at the same time, you want to know what the ending is? That's me playing Iconoclasts right now. I'm pretty sure I'm about to reach the climax ;-;

Tuesday, 12 March 2024

Dreams of Spectrobes X Astra

I just had the tought of the possibility of the Spectrobes fandom and ALiS fandom merging, which will obviously lead into some crossover content, ending up confusing newcomers (unlikely) by forcing them to believe that the all characters belong to the same universe. Need me some more obscure as hell soft-sci-fi series about teenagers flying through space.