As someone who has read Homestuck through its entirety and has friends who also did, I can confirm that if it wasn't for the fact that it accidentally became one of the biggest (if not THE biggest) fandoms out there in the early 2010s, it does NOT seem like the kind of thing that would be that profitable, at least not the original.
As someone indifferent to Homestuck I'm amused by the twitter discourse I keep seeing that "it turns out all hussie really cared about was making money" like okay some of what I'm hearing sounds like he was also a bad employer and that's something but they're still emphasizing him being profit driven as the BIG problem and like....did they really think Homestuck of all things was that much deeper, for that matter do they all assume every movie and video game and TV show they consume is baked with love by a little grandma
reminder that palestinians do not need to meet certain criteria for you to care about them, i see so many posts where people are picking out the "good palestinians" we should be caring about because you believe that having something in common with them is needed to earn your sympathy. there is nothing on earth a civilian could possibly be doing to justify the actions taking place against the palestinian people, they do not have to align perfectly with your values to care. some of you are unwilling to let go of your islamophobia to care about human life
Indie game protagonists will look like this and then have the most mind bafflingly cool game mechanics. Good for them.
"Oh the media being biased/silent on Gaza is a conspiracy theory"
I am a literal journalist and this is what happened when I pitched an article to a magazine I write for:
We covered conflict before. We denounced PMs' positions as wrong before. But this is where the editor balks - anything that makes it look even vaguely like we might, possibly, support Gaza. Even if the article itself would not have been an opinion piece, but a news feature about events on the ground.
We have free press, baby! But avoid the matter entirely if you can. It's delicate and depressing, why would you talk about it? Don't rock the boat. Be quiet. You don't need to go there.
Self-censorship is alive and well.
Soon enough everyone but the Execs will be striking, and honestly that's a good thing. Worker's rights.
Hey yeah in the midst of all the hype and the strikes, can we PLEASE fucking talk about this
Happy (possibly belated, I don't know your time zones) kicking fascists in the ass day to all the Portuguese and Italian people reading this
original: https://twitter.com/Manda_like_wine/status/977299937963765761
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