Re: Gay Wrath

I should probably say that my husband's family, despite living in an insane part of the Middle East, is totally normal, and my relationship with them is totally normal. I'm not, like, crying alone over the holidays because my family doesn't love me or whatever. It's just that, because I'm surrounded by good and decent people, I sometimes forget just how weird and bigoted other people can be.

And there's not much to be done about this, you know? If nothing else, being kind and friendly and agreeable to bigots doesn't really seem like the way to go. Idk, I kind of want to start drawing art with a cartoon version of myself saying things like ✨ I LOVE ABORTION ✨ and see where that gets me.

Retro JRPG Lessons from Final Fantasy Mystic Quest

I tried to play a few retro JRPGs during the past year, and I bounced off almost all of them within the first hour. Meanwhile, even though I’m now able to see more of its limitations, I’ve been having a lot of fun with Final Fantasy VI Pixel Remaster. I know that not everyone has the resources to create FFVI, so I started playing Final Fantasy Mystic Quest in order to think about why this simple-as-bricks game works while so many contemporary retro JRPGs don’t. Here goes:

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