right before rain

Dick Grayson being interviewed by Fox News as a vocal public figure, except instead of falling for their strawman techniques, the only reason he agrees to interview is to troll them. Every time Fox News asks a question, all Dick does is sit there pointing out the unethical, slanted, or biased framing of the question or which logic fallacy they’re using. They get increasingly agitated with him while Dick just sits there calm and lowkey content critiquing their journalism techniques, until by the end of the interview he actually hasn’t answered anything and Fox News is stuck looking defensive after a massive clapback

No one:

Absolutely no one:

Dick Grayson:

Source

THIS. This IS Dick Grayson! And I can completely see him having a page and posting these videos and in the end is one with Bruce, who just looks so tired, the looking at the camera meme

“Dick, can you please just walk normally for once?”

Dick: “No.”

i looked this guy up and he is a circus acrobat and oldest of like 7 lol 

extremely Big Dick Grayson energy 

Wonder how much anxiety he gives his mother doing this stuff?

@kurawastaken @oh-mother-of-darkness @nightween

Some initial feelings about MID

I have a lot feelings about MID and they aren’t all negative. However, most of them have to do with the way some fans have been acting in the last few days. I understand that this game looks a lot different than past games, and that the characters are not up to snuff, but it’s just kind of insane to me the way some people are acting.

The story is fun. I’m an avid reader about the Salem witch trials, so I was worried I’d be bored, but I’m not. I also live in southern NH (50 minutes from Salem) and so far I have enjoyed the overall vibe of the game. Very New England. Lots of clouds, colonial buildings, orange leaves and faceless gravestones – 10/10. I like the characters (in terms of personality). I am l i v i n g for Deirdre and Nancy talking about music in the car and then Nancy, useless as she is, trying to relate to a teenager. The voice acting combined with the characters’ personalities makes for interesting conversation.

I LIKE new Nancy. And as I said, I’ve been playing these games for twenty years. I watched them change drastically from the original format in SCK, STFD & MHM to the updated interface in SHA and then later more and more changes as we reached the point of SEA. People were PISSED. Really mad. Some of y’all act like we were all perfectly happy, completely content with zero mocking and complaints before this happened. Not true. As one of the few resident elderly folks in this fandom, I’ve seen people say they’re giving up the game series for things like an interface change. The drama has ALWAYS been real. And yeah, I was incredibly sad to say goodbye to Lani because she was the voice of my childhood, but Nancy’s new voice has all the same intelligence with just a bit more youth. As strange as it is to admit, she may be more relatable to new generation of young women. I can tell you that every time I’ve tried to introduce people to Nancy Drew games in the past, one of the first things they’ve been wary of was Lani’s voice. I love her, but I get it.

The character models are janky. They hold their arms in weird directions, move around in weird angles. Their lips flap nonsensically. I’m blanking currently, but one character shows creepy baby teeth constantly. It’s not great. It needs work, but here’s what I will say – the movement throughout the game is enjoyable, the way you interact with characters is easy (you can skip what you want if someone’s getting on your nerves), the phone is awesome (I love that she texts!), and there are A LOT of people to talk to. Standard play in the last 32 games has had anywhere from 3-5 characters. Nancy actively works with 10+ characters in MID. So, yeah, it needs some work, but is it interesting? Actually…yeah.

I like the music. I like Mei. I did scream once at a scare. And there’s clearly some world building going on, which makes it clear that they WANT to continue the series. Nancy Drew is the most significant piece of media of my childhood and adolescence. She’s very dear to me. I would be very happy to watch Her Interactive make some more games, improve on quality of mechanics, and introduce a new generation of young girls to someone who was so important to me when I was seven years old. 

Sorry for the novel. I guess I’m just saying, it’s good and it’s bad. There are fun additions and shitty additions. Que sera sera.

(Also people seem to be having trouble with the graphics moving slowly, but I have had NO problem with that. This has a lot to do with the settings. One of the weird things that Her did this time that they haven’t done in the past is give the player a lot of different setting options. If you’re having trouble, I’d recommend looking at your settings and adjusting.)

I guess, to me, it’s still Nancy Drew. At its core, it’s Nancy Drew, and, hey, I’d take some more games in the future.

Early Memories: Camping with Bruce

“When you’re in a bad mood and an object pisses you off”