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Weren’t We the Salt in the Sea?

@dorothylarouge

Dorothy. 29. Marxist-Leninist transgender stone butch dyke. Charter member of the Central Gaming Committee. Do not follow if you are a minor.
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Howdy y'all! With my upcoming return to doing regular streams, assuming everything goes well, I've decided to create a schedule since I'll be expanding to doing streams 2-3 times a week instead of just one. Most streams will be from around 4:45-8 PM Pacific Standard Time.

MONDAYS: The Dot-Jordan Power Hour begins with me and @brucebocchi setting sail for the Grand Line in the swashbuckling JRPG based on my favorite manga, One Piece Odyssey!

WEDNESDAYS: We're doing our first Pokemon game, and it just so happens to be my favorite one! Help us build our team and listen to us do funny voice acting as we take on Pokemon White Version!

ALTERNATING SATURDAYS: Did you know that @lakemojave has never experienced a Fire Emblem game? We're fixing that! Join us as we become the least-qualified professors of all time in Fire Emblem Three Houses!

On most Saturdays I'm not streaming, you can still catch me as Janica Halcyon in Star Wars: Tales From the Rambler, our tabletop actual play streaming on @lakemojave's channel. I'll also be on that channel in voice chat most Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Sundays!

#rfd#psa
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Like Ben 10 is great for what it is and its fine to be derivative as long as you do something new and interesting but it is notttt an original premise lol

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The wildest thing about Ben 10 is that it took until 2005 for someone to have the idea "what if a kid could turn into a bunch of aliens" like this isn't obviously the coolest and most marketable premise for anything ever. Each design is a new toy. A new powerset. Come on.

But to prove that it wasn't a fluke, they continued to have the best ideas for every aspect of it. How does he transform? A cool watch you can also sell as a toy. That watch's name? Omnitrix. Say it. It's so satisfying. How many aliens? Ten. Nice round number. The kid's name? Ben. The show's name? Ben Ten. His full name is Benjamin Tennyson, a normal, plausible name, but he also turns into 10 aliens.

Bigger brands dream about this synergy. Better writers would kill for this coherence. So holistic. So intuitive. The identity alone!!! The retro alien sound motif? Chilling. The green? Any other color would be wrong. The kirby krackle pattern? It seems so obvious in retrospect. The roadtrip format? Genius. Lesser writers would've done the spider-man high school thing. His arch nemesis being Cthulhu darth vader? Inspired, iconic, intimidating!

The execution has its highs and lows, but the idea??? Game changing. So self-evident that it seems inevitable. If Ben 10 didn't exist, it would be necessary to invent him.

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The basic premise of “kid with a device that turns him into a multitude of superheroes” has existed since 1966 in the form of Robby Reed, star of Dial H for Hero.

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“the Pam to my Jim” “flirt to roast ratio “fluent in sarcasm” “not political” “hobbies: travel” “debate me: the office or friends” “just here for your dog” “like Chandler and Monica” “girls on lexapro” “helen keller wasn’t real” “looking for a goth mommy” “pineapple does not go on pizza” “i’m a slytherin”

#for the love of g-d please help me
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earlier my husband opened our snack cabinet and something fell out and he put it back and then a second later i heard him say very quietly “no, it chose me” and then he took it and walked away

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