The Adventures of Tulip, Part Two
Jun. 7th, 2022 06:55 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rynlingTulip is currently spending a lot of time with someone called the Capra Demon.
The Capra Demon infamously functions as a gatekeeper who blocks the player's access to the majority of the game. It's impossible to beat him without knowing exactly what you're doing or getting help from real-life friends, and the game makes getting help difficult for complicated reasons I don't care to explain.
The Capra Demon exudes Pyramid Head energy in that he's extremely fit, shirtless, and carrying two heavy meat-cleaver swords in such a way that his shoulders are pulled back, his chest is thrust forward, and the muscles of his arms are bulging. I made a stupid pastel-colored sketch of him and put it on Twitter (here), and I immediately lost five followers. I lost five more overnight.
When I say that I hate Pride Month - and I do hate Pride Month, like kind of a lot actually - what I mean is that I hate the commodification of queer identity, and I hate how this commodification necessitates the sanitization of queer sexuality. Everyone is happy to see cute Disney animals with hearts and rainbows, but nobody actually wants to see gay people being gay. And the Capra Demon is just about as gay as gay can be, which I think is charming and delightful. Even though I'm getting to the point where I'm literally considering paying someone to kill him for me. Which I would never actually do, because I want the satisfaction of killing him myself.
And I know the history of Pride Month, and I know why it's important. Still, I wish people were able to accept difference not because it's fun or attractive, but because... Idk, because it's the right thing to do? Because we're not animals? Because we're capable of moral reasoning and extraordinary flexibility concerning what we're able to accommodate into our worldview? And I just don't feel that corporate rainbow merch and police-sponsored city pride parades are really helping people outside the community understand that being gay isn't like Christmas, meaning that it isn't a "special" thing that we collectively tolerate because it only happens once a year.
Like, being gay is being thirteen years old and playing Dark Souls because your friends are playing it, and then you get to this one boss, and you don't know what's going on but there's just something about him, and the next thing you know you have your pants down and a wad of Kleenex, and then when you go to school the next day, maybe the way you talk about this video game character is a little weird, and your friends would never say that they're homophobic, because of course they aren't, but there's just something about you that they don't like, so they stop talking to you.
Tbh I don't really have a thing for the Capra Demon myself, but as soon as I saw him I saw what was up with him. The Pride Month version of "this is for the gays" is some sort of wholesome children's cartoon, but I don't think that's an accurate reflection of reality. The Capra Demon is for the gays.
Anyway, I've scheduled some time this afternoon to sit down with Tulip and watch a few YouTube video walkthroughs. Apparently the game opens up a bit once you've gotten past the Capra Demon. I don't enjoy these boss fights, but I really love wandering around and enjoying the architecture.
The Capra Demon infamously functions as a gatekeeper who blocks the player's access to the majority of the game. It's impossible to beat him without knowing exactly what you're doing or getting help from real-life friends, and the game makes getting help difficult for complicated reasons I don't care to explain.
The Capra Demon exudes Pyramid Head energy in that he's extremely fit, shirtless, and carrying two heavy meat-cleaver swords in such a way that his shoulders are pulled back, his chest is thrust forward, and the muscles of his arms are bulging. I made a stupid pastel-colored sketch of him and put it on Twitter (here), and I immediately lost five followers. I lost five more overnight.
When I say that I hate Pride Month - and I do hate Pride Month, like kind of a lot actually - what I mean is that I hate the commodification of queer identity, and I hate how this commodification necessitates the sanitization of queer sexuality. Everyone is happy to see cute Disney animals with hearts and rainbows, but nobody actually wants to see gay people being gay. And the Capra Demon is just about as gay as gay can be, which I think is charming and delightful. Even though I'm getting to the point where I'm literally considering paying someone to kill him for me. Which I would never actually do, because I want the satisfaction of killing him myself.
And I know the history of Pride Month, and I know why it's important. Still, I wish people were able to accept difference not because it's fun or attractive, but because... Idk, because it's the right thing to do? Because we're not animals? Because we're capable of moral reasoning and extraordinary flexibility concerning what we're able to accommodate into our worldview? And I just don't feel that corporate rainbow merch and police-sponsored city pride parades are really helping people outside the community understand that being gay isn't like Christmas, meaning that it isn't a "special" thing that we collectively tolerate because it only happens once a year.
Like, being gay is being thirteen years old and playing Dark Souls because your friends are playing it, and then you get to this one boss, and you don't know what's going on but there's just something about him, and the next thing you know you have your pants down and a wad of Kleenex, and then when you go to school the next day, maybe the way you talk about this video game character is a little weird, and your friends would never say that they're homophobic, because of course they aren't, but there's just something about you that they don't like, so they stop talking to you.
Tbh I don't really have a thing for the Capra Demon myself, but as soon as I saw him I saw what was up with him. The Pride Month version of "this is for the gays" is some sort of wholesome children's cartoon, but I don't think that's an accurate reflection of reality. The Capra Demon is for the gays.
Anyway, I've scheduled some time this afternoon to sit down with Tulip and watch a few YouTube video walkthroughs. Apparently the game opens up a bit once you've gotten past the Capra Demon. I don't enjoy these boss fights, but I really love wandering around and enjoying the architecture.
