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this setting being on for default for every. single device/browser you use is severely obnoxious

Screenshot of the bluesky content language setting page, with english set as the default selection, and a description reading: "Select which languages you want your subscribed feeds to include. If none are selected, all languages will be shown."

November 25, 2025 at 3:18 PM

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this could save kim soleum

November 23, 2025 at 3:03 AM

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found the legendary xb2 gamefaqs 'leak' again (original post was deleted, but thankfully someone copied it in a pre-release thread on serene's forest)

I love this goofy thing with my whole heart. its funny how it sorta got close on some aspects

>The blue Torna girl is Lithra, and Jin's blade in disguise, and is controlling him

>Elysium is a world computer, with Blades as its sensors to understand the world; hence why they all eventually want to return to it

>Torna acquired that knowledge through Lithra (who's gone renegade/become fully self-aware) and hope to prevent Elysium from gaining too much information about the world, less it decide to reset everything/pull a Zanza and grab the energy from all life forms. The Titans slowly dying is due to Elysium already testing this out and to try and speed up the blades' return to it

>Pyra/Mithra acquried too much information and went unhinged in the past; Torna is interested in her to try and stop Elysium

>Core crystals are "unopened applications"

>The term Driver comes for Elysium needing them to "drive" its hardware-- the Blades

>Elysium uses the Driver/Blade connection to gather data. The blades provide "organic" lifeforms with new ways to tackle their environment and the Drivers interpret the data through their emotions-- which Elysium lacks but tries to emulate through his Blades

>The more information a Blade has acquired, the better they are at mimicking organic life. Hence why rare blades generally look more organic and generic blades are clearly robots.

>Pyra acquiring too much information resulted in a personality split that brought about Mithra

>Lithra also acquired too much information-- hence her decision to side with organic lifeforms and go rogue

>Jin was originally a scientist like Shulk. He encountered Lithra while injured and she took over his body to try and heal his wounds-- while also unintentionally taking over his body

>Elysium finally takes notice of Lithra's rebellion mid-game, weakening her and temporarily freeing Jin form her influence

>She doesn't want Pyra to re-connect with Elysium, believing nothing good can come of it

>Titans were originally there to provide support/sustenance for organic life, but Elysium also has limited energy (Ether) and has gotten more stringent on how he distributes it due to information gathering taking too long, resulting in Titans drowning in the sea of clouds

>The sea of clouds is just the exhaust fumes of Elysium. There's a bottom

>A big twist is where Pyra/Mithra discover their emotions are nothing but a mimicry. Pyra goes into depression and becomes unusable in gameplay, leaving you with the "sassy and determined" Mithra

>Through Lithra's revelation that its possible fore a Blade to develop a will of its own by rebelling against Elysium, Pyra regains confidence-- finding meaning for her existence, coming out again, joining hands with Mithra and fully unleashing their potential as a Blade

>Final boss has three stages: Elysium -> Elysium controlling Jin after deactivating Lithra ->Elysium on its last legs using all ether in the world

November 20, 2025 at 4:30 PM

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@herridot.bsky.social

I know i wrote it the other order but realistically speaking

image of a oreo cookie ice cream sandwich, with a transparent image of malos edited onto the cookie, and jin onto the ice cream filling

November 15, 2025 at 2:38 PM

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@herridot.bsky.social

they're doing this to him

Screenshot of instructions for the tasty.co recipe '8 Desserts in 1 Pan', including making rectangles of pie crust in a sheet pan, adding pumpkin and apple pie fillings, spreading banana bread and brownie batters, and laying down sheets of graham crackers to form the crust for a cheesecake section.

November 8, 2025 at 3:36 PM

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thinking about them

Malos and Jin edited over a screenshot of a series of texts reading
Don't be sad ok
Sad is for losers
We're not losers
We're worse than that

October 29, 2025 at 2:10 PM

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@herridot.bsky.social

whys he yapping out

October 25, 2025 at 3:36 PM

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@herridot.bsky.social

deltarune playthroughs have been my default background noise choice for a while now. so anyways you can tell a lot about a streamer by how they pronounce this

October 17, 2025 at 4:30 PM

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@herridot.bsky.social

malos xenoblade

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October 12, 2025 at 2:29 PM

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@herridot.bsky.social

happy day. To all malosers

October 12, 2025 at 1:45 PM

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@herridot.bsky.social

this is the essence of gsgw ch208 in my mind

Creepy Crawlers Workshop 'real molding oven' toy box. The tagline on the box reads "It's easy to create ucky, yucky, squirmy, wormy creepy crawlers." The image on the box shows a child inserting a tray with filled molds in the shapes of various insects into a molding oven.

September 25, 2025 at 8:39 PM

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@herridot.bsky.social

like it's very much spelled out but. I didn't think much about this at all the first time through but now it's all I can think about. Man

(The agent rambles on with personal excuses and parting words considered to be a will.)

September 16, 2025 at 8:16 PM

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@herridot.bsky.social

drifting soul everywhere for those with eyes to see

Screenshot of text reading:

To find myself again

A vague, impractical statement.

September 15, 2025 at 12:49 AM

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@herridot.bsky.social

this is why hes so fuckin imporgtant

September 12, 2025 at 1:00 PM

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@herridot.bsky.social

this was marginally funnier in my head

September 9, 2025 at 11:14 PM

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@herridot.bsky.social

I forgot about the fucking album art

September 9, 2025 at 10:29 PM

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@herridot.bsky.social

heropon riki one apple tall

closeup of the alternative cover art for the wii version of xenoblade chronicles. Dunban and Riki are standing together, and Melia is sitting nearby. Riki is very small

September 9, 2025 at 7:59 PM

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Assorted Submarine Mischief

screenshot of a xenoblade 2 trailer with the subtitle 'And last but not least, Torna,'

screenshot of a xenoblade 2 trailer with the subtitle 'carrying out secret operations under the Cloud Sea to achieve their mysterious goals.'

September 6, 2025 at 12:32 AM

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@herridot.bsky.social

I was looking for the xb2 trailer that showed gormott face on and wtf. I never knew there were colored versions of the nation emblems

screenshot of a xenoblade 2 trailer with the subtitle 'Many great powers rule over regions of Alrest'

September 6, 2025 at 12:28 AM

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@herridot.bsky.social

like okay. google machine translation disclaimer could be completely inaccurate or missing nuance, take with a grain of salt etc. but wtfffff

August 29, 2025 at 11:14 AM

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@herridot.bsky.social

shes so naruto coded

susie deltarune grinning with love and joy and everything good in the world

August 19, 2025 at 8:05 PM

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@herridot.bsky.social

anyways totally unrelated but I think this npc dialogue is interesting haha

* (It's a statue stand... it has your name on it.)
* Yes, you will be a fossil too, won't you?
* A huge fossil, falling down, breaking, smashing EVERYTHING!
* HAHAHA! I myself, will be crushed as well!

July 9, 2025 at 2:05 PM

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@herridot.bsky.social

both ralsei and (unused) noelle also having dialogue abt not wearing the gloves is the thing here

so it's not just a susie thing (not like susie ever needed an excuse to say she's not wearing a particular piece of armor, anyways)