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Dec. 27th, 2010 12:45 pmPokemon Black & White have an official release date: March 6th.
FUCK YES.
FUCK YES.
Dec. 27th, 2010
The 4th Wall and Me... and You.
Dec. 27th, 2010 03:28 pmIt's kind of strange, really. As a wannabe novelist and a horror writer, I always keep an eye out on things that bug me in video games/cartoons/books/etc. I've complained about Tonio's eyes from the Darkrai movie a billion times, trying to pinpoint exactly why they bother me, owing it to Uncanny Valley or something. Now it's Dent's eyes that are giving me with creeps due to their lack of schleras. Again, blaming Uncanny Valley. Something that should be there but isn't, and it's disconcerting. But I think it's something else. Tonio's eyes probably wouldn't bug me as much as they did if he wasn't always looking directly at the screen and droning plot babble at me like he was talking to me. But no, I don't want to talk to you, Tonio. But he goes on and on, staring at me with those eyes. He's talking at me and doesn't listen to me when I want him to turn his head or go away or fit back into the background like the rest of the cast.
Maybe it's something taken for granted by most people. But as a kid, I'd read children's books and get uncomfortable whenever anything outside a Choose-Your-Own-Adventure book suddenly switches to the second person, like "Bobby hopes he can have a picnic with Jane today. Do you?" I even have a super vague memory I just recalled of me taking out one of my books and crossing out the "you"s with a marker or a crayon. Things like Bugs Bunny making commentary after outwitting Wily E. Coyote didn't bother me, mainly because he's speaking to a general audience I guess. But it bugs me when the little girl in the "Enchanted Square" cartoon looks at me with those empty Uncanny Valley eyes, says something, then just... stares. Stares at me through the screen, doing nothing else. It gives me heebie-jeebies. Or else, I'm making an argument with the character breaking through the 4th Wall to talk to me. Woe is you, you're so lonely and upset that your best friend left you for another woman. You're confiding in me, so why the hell won't you listen to me when I tell you your boyfriend is a douchebag and that it's no reason to mope in bed and whine and literally die of a broken heart. I always feel bad in the stage version of Peter Pan 'cause he's asking the audience to save Tinkerbelle, and while I do believe in Tinkerbelle's existence, I can't hide the part of me that says outside of her drinking the poison meant for Peter, she's been a humongous jerk. I don't think my thoughts would've helped bring Tinkerbelle to life and I feel guilty for that 'cause it makes me feel like an asshole.
I guess I'm more of a fan of indirect/subtle cracking of the 4th wall? I like it when Pikachu turns to wave at you when you send it to battle. Nice change of pace from the usual roars and flailing of arms. I love Earthbound's wall-breaking, and it and Earthbound 0 made the best execution of the Clap-Your-Hands-If-You-Believe trope of all time. Anything else, I would've cringed. Come on, I was silent during "SWIPER NO SWIPING" yet he went away. Dora why are you congratulating me. :/ (Though there's something to be said for messing around with Dora the Explorer. "What was your favorite part?" "The part where you and Boots died horrible gory deaths!" "That's mine too! :D") Maybe it's 'cause EB's clever. Maybe it's because they always shared the jokes with Ness aka The Player, as opposed to everyone dropping their things to stare at you for five minutes. Or hey, when they are staring, that's before the joke even took place and everything's flowing naturally anyway. I don't know why some 4th-wall breaking bugs me and some doesn't. It's one of those things I have a hard time describing or putting into words, I guess. It definitely bugs me less in books (all the mentions of "dear reader" and whatnot) 'cause I like feeling involved. And there's no creepy eyes to stare at me like Link's elegy statue. Words don't bug me at all. Soulless eyes do.
Maybe I just don't like being stared at by lifeless puppets who talk at me but ignore me. It makes me feel violated.
...AND YOU. /Hotel Mario YTP Meme
Maybe it's something taken for granted by most people. But as a kid, I'd read children's books and get uncomfortable whenever anything outside a Choose-Your-Own-Adventure book suddenly switches to the second person, like "Bobby hopes he can have a picnic with Jane today. Do you?" I even have a super vague memory I just recalled of me taking out one of my books and crossing out the "you"s with a marker or a crayon. Things like Bugs Bunny making commentary after outwitting Wily E. Coyote didn't bother me, mainly because he's speaking to a general audience I guess. But it bugs me when the little girl in the "Enchanted Square" cartoon looks at me with those empty Uncanny Valley eyes, says something, then just... stares. Stares at me through the screen, doing nothing else. It gives me heebie-jeebies. Or else, I'm making an argument with the character breaking through the 4th Wall to talk to me. Woe is you, you're so lonely and upset that your best friend left you for another woman. You're confiding in me, so why the hell won't you listen to me when I tell you your boyfriend is a douchebag and that it's no reason to mope in bed and whine and literally die of a broken heart. I always feel bad in the stage version of Peter Pan 'cause he's asking the audience to save Tinkerbelle, and while I do believe in Tinkerbelle's existence, I can't hide the part of me that says outside of her drinking the poison meant for Peter, she's been a humongous jerk. I don't think my thoughts would've helped bring Tinkerbelle to life and I feel guilty for that 'cause it makes me feel like an asshole.
I guess I'm more of a fan of indirect/subtle cracking of the 4th wall? I like it when Pikachu turns to wave at you when you send it to battle. Nice change of pace from the usual roars and flailing of arms. I love Earthbound's wall-breaking, and it and Earthbound 0 made the best execution of the Clap-Your-Hands-If-You-Believe trope of all time. Anything else, I would've cringed. Come on, I was silent during "SWIPER NO SWIPING" yet he went away. Dora why are you congratulating me. :/ (Though there's something to be said for messing around with Dora the Explorer. "What was your favorite part?" "The part where you and Boots died horrible gory deaths!" "That's mine too! :D") Maybe it's 'cause EB's clever. Maybe it's because they always shared the jokes with Ness aka The Player, as opposed to everyone dropping their things to stare at you for five minutes. Or hey, when they are staring, that's before the joke even took place and everything's flowing naturally anyway. I don't know why some 4th-wall breaking bugs me and some doesn't. It's one of those things I have a hard time describing or putting into words, I guess. It definitely bugs me less in books (all the mentions of "dear reader" and whatnot) 'cause I like feeling involved. And there's no creepy eyes to stare at me like Link's elegy statue. Words don't bug me at all. Soulless eyes do.
Maybe I just don't like being stared at by lifeless puppets who talk at me but ignore me. It makes me feel violated.
...AND YOU. /Hotel Mario YTP Meme
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Dec. 27th, 2010 07:13 pm~SURPRISE LATE CHRISTMAS CHILLARMY PLUSHIE FROM MOM AND DAD AND SIS~
Feeling kind of stressed though. Too many things are happening around me and my computer's being hypo-sensitive. Auuuuugh!
Feeling kind of stressed though. Too many things are happening around me and my computer's being hypo-sensitive. Auuuuugh!
