Devin Weaver

the lights in the sky are scars

[#BOSCHBATTALION @blkcatgirlsplz]

I say this as a ritualistic user of bad Pokémon that Mega Malamar is poorly designed. in order for something to be so bad that it is incongruent with how it is supposed to function, it is bad design. bibarel Is a better designed Pokémon purely because The fantasy remains intact

[Devin Weaver @orbdweaver]

@replaceable_1 What would a properly-guided frame of mind look like?

[Devin Weaver @orbdweaver]

@VesselOfSpirit 24 is prime, but only because "24" are just the glyphs I use to symbolize the number 92

[Devin Weaver @orbdweaver]

@riteofspirit this should be displayed in the louvre

[ᴠɪᴋᴛᴏʀ ⏾ ݁ ۪࣪ ִ @riteofspirit]

behold my tier list

[Devin Weaver @orbdweaver]

@DetectivEsse we can fix all of this with a mega malamar ass shot

[woke brazilian sisyphus 🏳️‍🌈🇧🇷 TADC SPOILERS @deliharrr]

I got mad so I made this image. I’ll start using it from now on

[Devin Weaver @orbdweaver]

@MoxieBoosted Talonflame speed stat btw

[Devin Weaver @orbdweaver]

@moonlitmusical @_0blige_ @DJDocSmurf @TesloboVGC pyroar, unlike zard, outspeeds sneasler

[Devin Weaver @orbdweaver]

@VictorbrineC I don't think speed-boosting Eel would be *better*, it'd still prob run attacking boosts most of the time, but it'd be more flexible & more interesting. just kinda lame they didn't give it the option

[Devin Weaver @orbdweaver]

@moonlitmusical Pyroar can also click solar beam, you know

[Devin Weaver @orbdweaver]

why does mega malamar exist

[Devin Weaver @orbdweaver]

31 SpA (neutral-nature) Pyroar-Mega Fire Mane Helping Hand Overheat in Sun vs. 31 HP / 0 SpD Toxapex: 138-162 (87.8 - 103.1%) -- 25% chance to OHKO

[TM02 @TM02_pokemon]

We copied the wrong description. The actual description of Fire Mane:

Boosts the power of the Pokémon’s Fire-type moves by 50%

[Devin Weaver @orbdweaver]

newcomb's problem is the easiest thought experiment of all time. if you one-box and then don't get the money you get to make fun of an arrogant dumbass """predictor""". literally win-win

[Vessel Of Spirit @VesselOfSpirit]

causal decision theorist who one-boxes on the grounds that omega, as an omniscient being, can use the 1000 dollars more effectively than a human can

[Devin Weaver @orbdweaver]

@constans youve got it backwards, aella's the type who would start escorting *because* she thinks it's the ethical solution to sexless marriages

[𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚜𝚙𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚎 @hellspatisserie]

At some point in mental illness you stop going “I’m so sorry it’s because of the depression/autism/adhd” and start going “I’m not well in the head. I do what I want. Stay out of my way” and this, ironically, will massively improve your day-to-day mental health

[Mauthe Doog 👁️ @mauthe_doog]

People see Mary as more innocent than Clark, not as much of a bad person, but I'm not sure that's the case. She's less obviously destructive, but...

Mary's treatment was a loop I think, as in, she probably used the same style treatment for everyone (as suggested by her tapes, being literal copies of her message.) Clark came to her for help, and she kept on the same treatments over and over that clearly weren't working. In particular, she kept roleplaying as his wife, who (he thinks) took everything from him, making him relive a terrible memory.

Of course he hates the roleplay! It's just bad memories and positioning himself as the bad guy. And maybe he was, but why would anyone like that? Mary doesn't ever seem to even give him a little slack about what happened, when if what Clark says is true, it would have been a very stressful situation to live with.

But she forces him to roleplay and relive a terrible night multiple times, so in the dinner scene he forces her to do the opposite: roleplay again and finally see him from his own perspective. Mary wanted to act as his wife, so he rubs it in by forcing the hair on her to make her realise how horrible the whole memory/situation is.

This isn't to say that Clark isn't shirking responsibility (he is) and that he's actually a good man (he isn't), but Mary didn't really try to engage with Clark despite him begging her too. Clark reached out to Mary for help and her treatment only made it worse. It's no wonder he took a chance to escape when he could. Mary was right to be terrified when entering the Backrooms, being a reflection of his mind, because she hadn't really entered it before.

I think she does it because of her mother. Her mother was delusional, and you can't entertain those delusions at all when interacting with them. Clark is angry and shirks responsibility, but he isn't delusional. Mary, stuck in her own loop, treated him like she would her mother. At best her blind treatment of Clark just didn't help him, but at worst it actively made him worse.

It's probably (at least partially) why she smiles at the end during the interview/interrogation. She's finally understanding what it's like to have someone try to analyse you without really engaging. It's patronising and probably going to make everything worse. We even see a Still Life of her sitting utterly terrified and distressed in that exact chair, suggesting that was how Mary was feeling, while all that Phil had to offer was questions he already knew the answers to and a vague threat that she'll be taken away.

I don't think Mary is a good person, honestly. She's not that different from Clark in the end, although her method of coping is at least (usually) more helpful than his. But it's more destructive when it isn't, because as a therapist she works with damaged people and helping the wrong way leads to real harm.

[Devin Weaver @orbdweaver]

@Juhelde You saw more 1k-page PDFs & 1-time gigaposts & amateur vids, bc undertale was a nuclear bomb that triggered even non-fandom non-gamer smart people into inventing media literacy from first principles just to try to explain wtf happened to them. deltarune is not at that level yet

[Devin Weaver @orbdweaver]

@Juhelde Don't get me wrong, I love those (I will take recs; here's one from me https://t.co/pJDOh4RRwv )

My point is simply that undertale had a lot more of them, and from people and in contexts you wouldn't expect to see that kind of thing.