Happy Pride Month Everyone And A Big Shoutout To People Who Use It/its Pronouns!! Using These Does Not

happy pride month everyone and a big shoutout to people who use it/its pronouns!! using these does not make you less human (unless you jive with that, then hell yeah), less worthy of basic common decency, nor does it make you "delusional" or weird in a bad way for using them. it's a very underappreciated pronoun set and i think it needs a lot more love and awareness because it goes so hard and deserves to be respected just like any other pronoun!!

me when i've been put into a social situation i really didn't want to participate in and i have to pretend that i'm actively enjoying it until i can go home

rewriting the Age Of Zombies kiss scene for funsies and because it's.... bad........

so there's this scene in the original version of AOZ and subsequent mobile releases that has been kinda bothering me lately, and it's the scene in the bonus Western level where, after Barry completes the second wave of zombies, Barry meets Ruby's sisters and mistakenly kisses Prince Runningunin thinking he was Ruby because he was dressed as a saloon girl (which is never explained... he probably did it for shits and giggles which is so based). when i first saw this scene, it kinda... irked me a bit. i think this is best explained if i just show the transcript of the scene itself (lovingly copied from the JJ wiki).

Ruby's Sister 1: We're free! Thank you kindly Mister! Ruby's Sister 2: Our sister Ruby will be ever so glad. Runingunin: Ah, Mr. Steakfries - I've been looking for you! Barry: I know you have baby... now come get some fries to go with that shake! Runingunin: Wait Barry, you don't underst.. Runingunin: Mmmhnnsffgghh! Runingunin: MMMGGHGFFGGHHHH!! Runingunin: $X@S MMMMMMGGHHHHHGFFFFGGHHHH $X@S Barry: Darn baby, you sure do squirm around when kissing. Ruby: Who's your friend, Barry? I sure like his dress. Barry: PRINCE RUNINGGUNIN! [sic] Runingunin: I hope that was your gun digging into my hip Barry! Barry: Argggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!! Barry: Wait...why are you dressed as a confusingly hot saloon girl? Runingunin: No time for explanations, Barry! Runingunin: I've traced the source of the outbreak. Follow me! Barry: Wait... are you wearing Cherry Lip-gloss?

now, i have a lot of... problems with this scene, the main one being that Barry just fuckin. kisses Runingunin completely without his consent??????? that is????? assault???????? that is LITERALLY sexual assault. and i hate that. i hate that a lot. Barry kissing someone without their consent makes me like... really uncomfortable and i don't find this scene funny or amusing in any way. it just makes me feel gross and i hate that one of my favourite characters ever did something like that and that it was played off for laughs. AOZ has had a lot of dialogue changes over the years, but this scene remained completely unchanged until the Halfbrick+ version of AOZ where the kiss was written out entirely, with Barry instead asking Runingunin if he's seen a giant hat anywhere, which i definitely prefer a lot more.

but i still feel like this scene is missing something. when i realised how gross the OG scene was, i wanted to rewrite it so that the kiss stays in, but it's, like, not weird. i had an idea in my head that Barry gives Runingunin a polite lil' kiss on the hand before he follows him to the abandoned mine that Mad Dog is hiding in. here's a draft of how this scene would play out, with a combination of dialogue from the original and new version:

Ruby's Sister 1: We're free! Thank you kindly Mister! Ruby's Sister 2: Our sister Ruby will be ever so glad. Runingunin: Ah, Mr. Steakfries - I've been looking for you! Barry: I know you have baby... Say, why don't you and I have a little time to ourselves in the Saloon? Barry's treat. Runingunin: Psst, Lord Steakfries, it's me. Barry: ... Runingunin? Oh hey! What are you doing here? Barry: And why are you in a dress? Runingunin: It was necessary to disguise myself because of all the zombies. Barry: You sure had me fooled! Well, in that case... *Barry kneels down* Runingunin: ? Barry: Wouldn't such a pretty prince like you mind at least a kiss for your troubles? Runingunin: If you wish, Lord Steakfries. *Runingunin holds out his hand, Barry kisses him and then stands back up* Barry: So, where are we off to next? Runingunin: I've traced the source of the outbreak. Follow me! i like this. i like this a lot. this is mostly a self-indulgent thing but i really feel like the OG scene could have gone a lot better if Barry didn't like.... do that......... i'm honestly surprised the scene went unchanged for as long as it did. it's odd because you KNOW Halfbrick would never put anything like that in their games today lmao. i might fix this up a bit more later but for now i am quite happy with my rewrite! gay people in a zombie apocalypse real

i've been thinking of making a playlist dedicated to Data Soong, here're some songs i have on the list right now :D

Spiral Staircase - Patricia Taxxon

Systemic Lover - De Staat

Yours Truly, 2095 - Electric Light Orchestra

If I Were Human - BNNY RBBT

Like Humans Do - David Byrne

Are 'Friends' Electric? - Gary Numan

Geocities - Lemon Demon

Within - Daft Punk

Hello World - Louie Zong

Human After All - Daft Punk

Kokoro - Toraboruta

One More Robot / Sympathy 3000-21 - The Flaming Lips

Remember - Air

Touch - Daft Punk

i was watching the 'Happy Birthday Garfield!' special and these clips of these old Garfield and Odie costumes are so funny they oughta be memes

i love the classic early 80s style these costumes use, they're very unique! to my knowledge this is the only time we've really seen these costumes used (unless there was something else i don't know about), and i really wonder where these things are today! are they in a warehouse somewhere or were they auctioned off? i need to know.......

(also Jim Davis celebrating his own character's birthday is one of the sweetest things ever)

barry steakfries' initials (BS) stand for Bisexual Shithead thank you for your time