TONIGHT'S STREAM - May 16th, 2023
My pal Doc put together a presentation to teach me about Touhou.
Reimu I know her (& you can, too!)
LIVE ~6pm Eastern!!
LIVE NOW!!!!!
What the fuck is a "Cirno". Let's learn it.
TONIGHT'S STREAM - May 16th, 2023
My pal Doc put together a presentation to teach me about Touhou.
Reimu I know her (& you can, too!)
LIVE ~6pm Eastern!!
what is your favorite elder dragons from monster hunter? im sure this has been asked before but i must know! (mine is Shara Ishvalda and Gogmazios)
Shagaru Magala, Teostra, Velkhana, Kushala Daora, Gogmazios, Valstrax. I thought Malzeno was a little goofy (in the fun way) in pre-release / at launch, but he's warming up to me.
Does Ahtal-Ka count as an elder dragon? Not technically, I don't think, but they practically are one. Honourary title holder in my heart.
For science, what is your favorite persona/smt song?
I don't know any of the songs by name and there are hours worth of songs across all of these games that I have not really played. Pretend I put your favourite song from the series here, & that way you can go "omg no way Holly likes the song I like!"
I changed my mind it's this one
since youve played and enjoyed rayman origins, have you played legends? if so whats your thoughts on it
Haven't played it. I thought "girl with an axe" was a fun character addition, from what I remember.
are you the only person in the world named holly
No, but there's only one copy of the name left in the world, so all of us named that have to share it & take out turns. I'm due to let Holly have it in about thirteen minutes.
May I ask for this pasta recipe? I tried searching your blog, but as we all know, Tumblr’s search function is garbage lol. I love to cook so new recipes are exciting for me :0
I did an entire stream about it (which segued into me reading the Wikipedia article about pasta dishes) but the gist of it was literally:
- sear some sliced vegetables (whatever u got & whatever u want) in some olive oil in a pan on the stovetop on medium heat for as long as you want
- chop up & add whatever garlic you want & let that cook for just a bit so it gets golden
- cut up some tomato and add it and let it simmer & cook down while the pasta cooks (add extra water if it ever gets too dry)
- add whatever herbs or seasonings or Additional Fixins you want
- add pasta and add some pasta water
- add salt if you want more salt and add whatever else you want to finish it with
It's very simple and it's not much of a structured "recipe" and I cannot lay claim to the invention of "put some stuff in a pan together" and that is Entirely The Point. It's an exercise in "what do I have? what do I want? what can I get?" Cooking can be freeform and simple and freeing if you want it to be. And sometimes you mess it up and that's okay. You can still learn it and try it for yourself, even if you fumble sometimes. The world's your oyster and the kitchen is part of the world.
what is are your thoughts and prayers on Rayman Origins, the only Rayman I’ve ever had the chance to play?
I like it a whole lot. Real solid and speedy platforming. REALLY fun soundtrack. I have a confused chuckle every time I remember how horny they made the fairy designs.
it took me years to come to terms with the fact that i am a lesbian and it ended up happening while i was replaying a clip from one of your streams in my mind so thanks for the help i think
Hey hell yeah. Learning who you are & figuring yourself out is a lifelong hike, & (at least for me) it always feels good to realize "this thing about me is true" or "this thing about me feels more correct than something else now". I'm flattered & honoured that I somehow helped with that in some small way!
i've made your pasta recipe a couple times now and i must say, it's very good and i will be making it again
It's not really my recipe!!! That's the point!!! I'm glad you enjoyed it, though. I'm gonna cook myself something similar this week, I think.
watching your streams and vods has made me more confident to appreciate things without irony or cringe, i see something """Bad""" and see the genuine energy and love behind it and say "that fuckin rules" and honestly mean it. its Nice : )
I like engaging with things earnestly. I think it's good to engage with a work on its own terms & see what things work & don't work for you, see what's compelling, see what's chafing, rather than worrying what others think of it or fretting over how others engage with it. It's good & valuable to talk with others & hear others talk about their own thoughts, I hope this post does not come off as otherwise, but...
There's a pattern I see sometimes (something that I used to do to myself!! hell, I probably still do it sometimes without really thinking about it!) where a lot of people will say, oh this is the Bad media, or oh this has a Very Awful Fan Base, and you see enough that going around that you just kind of internalize it without thinking, and it becomes this self-fulfilling prophecy. Sometimes it's fine, sure, sometimes you can tell well enough that something just isn't for you, and that's fine. But sometimes you end up overlooking something you would have otherwise really liked. You never know! I straight up ignored stuff like "Dark Souls" and "One Piece" for years because of that.
"I already know how other people feel about it. How do I feel about it?" I think it's a valuable (or at the very least interesting and fun) way to think about stuff like this. And thinking about it involves being earnest, and showing yourself intellectual and emotional honesty! They're two sides of the same coin to me.
For science, what is your favorite persona/smt song?
I don't know any of the songs by name and there are hours worth of songs across all of these games that I have not really played. Pretend I put your favourite song from the series here, & that way you can go "omg no way Holly likes the song I like!"
is there a bug report ticket you kick around in your head sometimes and laugh about (e.g. the dwarf fortress bug where a macedwarf continually spits on a sleeping priest after an argument, all the while claiming he's "on an "mportant mission")
"Dwarf Fortress" patch notes tend to be a goldmine.
I never really remember any specifics from any given game, but one trend I see sometimes that gives me a warm & mirthful chuckle is when multiple updates in a row have something like "Fixed issue (again) (for real this time)". Especially funny if it does not, in fact, fix the issue.
More important: I saw a very small & round bird this morning
It flew away before I could get a picture. My best attempt at recreating my sighting. The perspective is a little weird but I hope you understand.
Left - Inscription on a Judeo-Babylonian curse bowl, ex Papyri Graecae Magicae 100-400bce
Right - Very Small Round and Ball-Assed Bird, ex Holly Hollowtones 2023ce
guy whose only ever seen the inscription on a judeo-bablyonian curse bowl when he sees the very small round and ball-assed bird by holly hollowtones:
Well I saw a bird today too but it was diferent bird

