Journal of Other Forum Analysis (Volume II, Issue 1)

[Averon]

Transies grifting gullible idiots will never not be hilarious.

It's new cottage industry! Saw the right-wing grifters doing it for years making bank and wanted in on that action.

[Snoopy]

I don't think they're the same guy, that's too common of username. The Era one claims to be in Puerto Rico.

He used to post the same threads on both sites. That would be a weird coincidence.

[benji]

He used to post the same threads on both sites. That would be a weird coincidence.

I'd have to see an example because their posts don't look like it's remotely the same person. The GAF one doesn't seem to be interested in Final Fantasy at all.

[Snoopy]

He used to post the same threads on both sites. That would be a weird coincidence.

I'd have to see an example because their posts don't look like it's remotely the same person. The GAF one doesn't seem to be interested in Final Fantasy at all.

Yeah. I could be totally wrong. I can't find an option to search for threads created by user on ree. I can't be bothered to go through post histories looking for them

[HeavenIsAPlaceOnEarth]

I don't care. I will fuck you up.

[killamajig]

Yuu is Android Sophia.

Spoiler:  (click to show)(click to hide)

How was any President responsible for the first two? (And what kind of idiot thinks a "once-in-a-century recession" is some kind of actual thing from history? Especially when the only comparable centuries had both more and worse recessions than 2008.)

These 40-year-olds call themselves girls instead of women. It makes my skin crawl

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/white-house-moves-obama-portrait-for-painting-depicting-trump-assassination-attempt.1162386/#post-138407826

I've slowly become a firm believer it was staged.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/white-house-moves-obama-portrait-for-painting-depicting-trump-assassination-attempt.1162386/#post-138408132

I wouldn't put it past him. Maybe one day more will come out.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/white-house-moves-obama-portrait-for-painting-depicting-trump-assassination-attempt.1162386/#post-138408201

This seems like a common opinion and I could believe it. There's so much incompetence involved in it that it could be either way.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/white-house-moves-obama-portrait-for-painting-depicting-trump-assassination-attempt.1162386/#post-138408423

This was staged.
As a LATAM member, we've seen this kind of shit before.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/white-house-moves-obama-portrait-for-painting-depicting-trump-assassination-attempt.1162386/#post-138410523

I still think that shit was staged

https://www.resetera.com/threads/white-house-moves-obama-portrait-for-painting-depicting-trump-assassination-attempt.1162386/#post-138412938

I got slapped with a 1 month vacation for saying the same thing when it happened. I mean... that ear healed magically.

[HeavenIsAPlaceOnEarth]

Sometimes I'm just not very nice

Accurate, though.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/if-you-have.1162245/#post-138402195

Anime and clickbait. Two terrible tastes that taste terrible together.

[books]

Hope new SNK game took notes from SF6 and has 1 button combos and special moves for the invalids.

[Kyon1988]

He used to post the same threads on both sites. That would be a weird coincidence.

I'd have to see an example because their posts don't look like it's remotely the same person. The GAF one doesn't seem to be interested in Final Fantasy at all.

Yeah. I could be totally wrong. I can't find an option to search for threads created by user on ree. I can't be bothered to go through post histories looking for them

I do have trouble believing this person has been in the army. I watched his beach videos......

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/it-does-real-harm-to-artists-of-all-kinds-%E2%80%94-balatro-dev-localthunk-steps-in-to-resolve-ai-art-reddit-fiasco.1132632/page-2#post-136949511

User banned (permanent): Trolling. Dismissing concerns of generative AI. Prior permanent ban for bigotry that was lifted after appeal.

were those technological advancements based around mass copyright infringement and stealing like generative AI is?

fuck outta here with this pro-AI bullshit

Do you use Google? Social media? YouTube? Every single one of these technologies aggregates, summarizes, and repurposes content in ways that were once called 'theft' by traditional industries. Now they've become essential tools.

The printing press was once seen as a tool for mass copyright infringement by scribes. Photography was accused of stealing from painters. The internet was demonized for enabling piracy, yet it revolutionized content distribution. Generative AI is going through the same growing pains.

Many of the bigger AI's are trained ethically on publicly available or licensed data (e.g. Apple AI, at least Apple claims that), just like humans learn from books, art, and media around them.

This whole 'stealing' argument is a distraction. If certain companies misuse copyrighted material, that's a problem of enforcement and regulation, not an inherent flaw in generative AI itself.

People who criticize generative AI often don't seem to care whether it's ethically trained or not, they oppose it entirely, no matter how it's used. It's just about 'Fuck AI'. If their concern were truly about training ethics, they'd be asking, 'Which AI was used?' or 'Was this trained on licensed data?' instead of outright rejecting the technology.

[Propagandhim]

I don't think that's "trolling".  I think that's a sincere..oh fuck it.  Anyway, this Nepenthe is like trump...always wishy washy and changing her mind. Look what she just drew!

 






We're witnessing an insane step change, fellas

[BIONIC]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/why-women-criticise-sexualised-character-designs-ot3-make-her-look-more-corpulent-more-stuffed-where-the-eyes-cant-escape.275780/page-455#post-138414531

A bit of an random non-sequitur but I wish Autistic characters, especially autistic women could be considered sexy and attractive in fiction and especially video games; especially femme fatales. I don't mean fetishism of their autism or the "This character is odd/quirky so they MUST be autistic!" attitude fandom frustratingly have, I mean characters who are attractive who also happen to be Autistic. It still feels that autism is treated as being ugly/makes use less attractive etc.

Part of this for is because I read characters like Morrigan and Lilith, Ada Wong, Cynthia from Pokemon and especially Anna Williams from Tekken as autistic, part of it is because I get annoyed by the idea of autistic characters pigeonholed as nerdy/quirky characters and partly because I think it would be nice and helpful for Autistic girls and women to know their beautiful and can be seen as beautiful.

It's part of the reason why I really liked Symmetra so much (besides her being a badarse playable Autistic character that wasn't overly stereotypy). She was allowed to be beautiful and autistic.

Sorry if this was bit disjointed and rambly.

[Kyon1988]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/why-women-criticise-sexualised-character-designs-ot3-make-her-look-more-corpulent-more-stuffed-where-the-eyes-cant-escape.275780/page-455#post-138414531

A bit of an random non-sequitur but I wish Autistic characters, especially autistic women could be considered sexy and attractive in fiction and especially video games; especially femme fatales. I don't mean fetishism of their autism or the "This character is odd/quirky so they MUST be autistic!" attitude fandom frustratingly have, I mean characters who are attractive who also happen to be Autistic. It still feels that autism is treated as being ugly/makes use less attractive etc.

Part of this for is because I read characters like Morrigan and Lilith, Ada Wong, Cynthia from Pokemon and especially Anna Williams from Tekken as autistic, part of it is because I get annoyed by the idea of autistic characters pigeonholed as nerdy/quirky characters and partly because I think it would be nice and helpful for Autistic girls and women to know their beautiful and can be seen as beautiful.

It's part of the reason why I really liked Symmetra so much (besides her being a badarse playable Autistic character that wasn't overly stereotypy). She was allowed to be beautiful and autistic.

Sorry if this was bit disjointed and rambly.

What a super weird list of characters. There's nothing remote autistic about characters like Anna Williams and Cynthia.

[Boredfrom]

Is his Autogynephilia and autism fucking his mind. He wants those characters as “autistic” because he wants both identity and masturbate to them better. Is like his obsession of having Cammie as a lesbian.

Dude is a shallow fucker, and one part of him is aware of this but is in extreme denial.

[benji]

Anna takes cues from the femme fatale trope, matching her deadly occupation with her histrionic, flirtatious, and sociable personality. These traits contrast with Nina's cold, more reserved demeanor. Anna also appears to value connection with other people more than Nina does,

Oh yeah, especially autistic. Just look at all her autism here:


Also, I'm pretty sure he made this post already as a thread or just before in that same one.

[benji]

Also, I'm pretty sure he made this post already as a thread or just before in that same one.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/why-cant-autistic-people-be-badasses-badarses-in-the-eyes-of-fandom.915648/

There has been something that has been bothering me the past months ever since Delicious in Dungeon became popular and in the past few weeks has been really irking me; the automatic assumption that Laios MUST be autistic because he's weird and quirky and that this assumption gets treated as his only defining trait by some of the fandom. I don't like it, I don't like idea that Autistic people can only be defined by their Autism or othered because of it or that only men can autistic or that characters can only be autistic if they fit the preconceived stereotypes. To me, all of the main cast can be read as Autistic, including Falin or Marcille yet that can't be in fans eyes because of the "Women can't be Autistic!" myth and in the topic of this thread, Chilchuck can't be in people's eyes because he's deemed too "cool" and Autistic people can't be considered that.

And this is something that really irks me when I see non-Autistic people diagnosing fictional characters; they always determine that weird and quirky characters are Autistic, never the ones that are deemed cool, badarse or "normal". It's frustrating seeing people be surprised to learn that Symmetra from Overwatch is canonly Autistic because she's deemed too cool and not weird enough in their eyes.

And like why? Why do Autistic people in fiction have be weird and quirky and why are only the weird and quirky ones determined to be Autistic to fandoms? Why are Autistic people in fiction judge based on how weird and quirky they are over any other traits of feats they've accomplished? Why is it so hard for people to understand that Autistic people can be very different and varied like anyone else, we don't all fit a single stereotype or act the same.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/what-would-be-your-perfect-playable-autistic-character-rep-for-a-video-game.118275/

This thread is specifically for people with autism like myself but others are free to post as long as they are respectful and don't stereotype. I was inspired to write this thread after reading the Parents are poisoning their children with bleach to 'cure' autism. These moms are trying to stop it thread in EtectEra.

Let's face it, we Autistic people get terrible rep in fiction mostly, most of the time we're treated as pitiful victims, easily manipulated, lack emotions or empathy like we were Borg (which Bioware seems to think we're close to) or stereotyped as white arsehole nerdy men or the now decades old Rain Man stereotype. That is if we even get rep at all like with comics, the two most prominent canon autistic characters at DC and Marvel are Black Manta (who was given autism to explain how "crazy" he was in a bad retcon) and Reed Richards who is well known to be a horrible jerk.

And this is true with games as well, I can only think of two good reps in all of gaming for canon autistic characters, Symmetra from Overwatch and Brigid Tenenbaum from the Bioshock games. Game companies don't handle the subject well most of the time, Bioware being a sore spot for me personally for their horrible rep, from the uncomfortable to play for me "Overlord" DLC story for Mass Effect 2 (and the gotcha follow up mission to it in Mass Effect Andromeda) and especially the Mass Effect novels where they have a girl have autism "worsened" from Scientist giving her Element Zero in drug form *sighs and cringes at the same time* and then have that same girl in a later novel have her autism "cured" and this is treated as a coming of age story... Seriously F*** you Bioware for that.

As such for you, what would be your perfect rep for a playable CANON (not player created character) autistic character? I want other autistic people to be able to have the joy and experience I had when playing Symmetra for the first time knowing she was autistic, just being able to play as someone with autism who wasn't a stereotype felt invigorating and a dream come true.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/women-of-era-what-are-your-power-fantasies-in-fiction-image-heavy.774914/

A week ago I wrote on the gaming side of ERA about how I felt some players and game studios focus too much or only on power fantasies when it comes to writing, gameplay, relationships etc which limits what these games can be and do. While I still agree with what I said there, I don't think power fantasies are inherently bad and have their place and that lead me to think about other things related to idea of power fantasies; I.e., fiction about power fantasies that aren't made and designed for white cis straight men.

Which lead to me to think about my personal favourite power fantasies and fiction made for women to be our escapism. So women of Era? What would you consider your power fantasies? What are the works of fiction or characters that give you escapist bliss and help you vent out real world frustrations and issues?

Few a mine:
The Crazy awesome (double in their femme fatale): Are you tired of being nice? Don't you just want to go ape shit?

The deliciously Evil: Because nothing is better than a woman who is evil, knows it, owns it, and loves it! When do well these characters are just a joy to watch.

The Badarse Autistic Lady: Because Autistic people can be badarse too!

The Androgynous badarse: Need I say more?

And the big powerhouse lady: Because someone times you just need a big woman to punch something (:

https://www.resetera.com/threads/are-their-any-video-game-characters-youve-ever-related-to-or-looked-up-to.128832/

As the title says, this is a thread about those video game characters you related to in some way, such as relating to the situation or problems for example or them being of a group you are or agree with their points of views? Or a character you look up to similar to other people with superheroes, like if you were killed you looked up to Samus, Link or Sonic for example? I've noticed I don't this kind of discussion happen as much when it comes to video games as I do with of mediums like animation, comics, live action movies etc.

For example, I've said before how I really like and look up to Symmetra from Overwatch for being an autistic character who isn't a stereotype and fully playable, meaning I can finally play as a cool autistic character I've always wanted to.

Is their any video game characters that you've ever looked up to or related to?

Please don't mock or belittle anyone for the choices please and please no fan wars.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/positive-portrayals-of-mental-health-physical-health-autism-etc-in-video-games.783290/

Since this is a topic I've been recently been thinking about a lot for different reasons, I might as well ask here. For you, what are some of the best positive portrayals of mental health, physical health and Autism in video games?

Video games, like much of fiction isn't great most of the time when handling characters like these, often invoking negative stereotypes, dangerous or helpless victims etc; with this thread in response of me thinking about Bioware's really poor history in handling mental health issues.

For Autistic characters, their are characters like Symmetra who I've discussed over and over why she was important for me and then there's Brigid Tenenbaum from Bioshock. I am aware that Wattson from Apex Legends and Patricia Tannis from Borderlands are canon autistic but having never played those games (or in Apex, stopped before she existed), I can't speak for those characters.

Also, please try to avoid armchair psychology.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/has-their-ever-been-a-video-game-character-that-meant-something-to-you-personally.767528/

No matter what snobs say, video games, whether indie, AAA or somewhere in the middle are art; and as art, can speak to us on an emotional level. Whether that be love, anger, joy, fear etc.

This is espcially true when it comes to video game characters, whether main characters, side characters, NPC, playable, jokes, GOATs etc; and sometimes they can really matter to you.

Maybe their story arc helped you deal with emotions at the time, were a joy for you when you were in a dark place or you really related to the character. The character represents everything you look up to or maybe the character was the person that made you realize you weren't straight?

As such, has their ever been a video game character or characters that meant something to you personally?

One for me that I'm comfortable talking about online is Symmetra from Overwatch. I'm autistic and is constantly frustrated with depictions of autism in media that are either just bad caricatures that are nothing but dated stereotypes and myths or characters that were made by people who had good intentions... But still fall into annoying or/and dated stereotypes. So Symmetra was really important to me since she didn't fall into any of the go-to stereotypes, was allowed to kickarse and fight (which so few autistic characters are allowed to in fiction) and was playable; which meant that could play as a badarse autistic character for the first time which meant a lot.

[nowconcerning]

how do you look like that after 5 years of drugs



like ending up as michael cera after a roids regiment

[Taco Bell Tower]

Echos, please take another week break or something 

[nachobro]

especially Anna Williams from Tekken as autistic

[benji]

Hopefully at the end of Metroid Prime 4 Samus can take off her helmet and reveal that she's trans in a wheelchair autistic.

[Polident]

I don't understand why modern leftists have such a hard-on for China considering they're not even super communist anymore. Like cool, we kept the bit where one party has all control over the state and media, that's the part people love about communism.

It’s not a modern development. They’ve always been attracted to anything in opposition to their parents and home. Famously, Scottish leftist Malcolm Caldwell shilled hard for Pol Pot and his Khmer Rouge. He traveled to Cambodia in the late 70s to meet Pol Pot. Pol Pot had him executed after the meeting.

[Boredfrom]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/8-ways-eurovision-is-rigged-for-israel-verilybitchie-video.1151799/

Getting on creepy territory…

Make sure to remember what Israel is trying to distract you from at Eurovision.

[Ribosome]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/youtube-creators-of-era-list-your-channel-here.22610/page-5#post-138361755

I watched one of the shorts at the beach. I'm 90% sure that guy is actually mentally challenged. Probably cruel to take the piss.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/lgbtq-era-minorityera-neurodivergentera-disabilityera-survivorera-and-any-other-eras-out-there-who-i-have-missed-please-read-me-3.1161867/#post-138390063

I don't know if I count but DisabledVeteran here and sending love to you all.

Damn, if that's true I should feel bad. Dude probably took a Taliban IED to the dome and now waves hello to the beach. 

Or he washed out in Basic with a "medical" and lives the good life living off the Government. Then I don't feel so bad.

As someone that was in the US military, our veteran's disability program has gotten really ripe to be blown up by scandal. If DOGE is around long enough, they might be taking a look. 

Like sorry not sorry, able-bodied young men (and women) living off the government for life because they gamed a permissive disability system after spending a few years riding a desk or working a mildly strenuous pseudo-blue collar job isn't gonna be popular with people.

[Taco Bell Tower]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/8-ways-eurovision-is-rigged-for-israel-verilybitchie-video.1151799/

Getting on creepy territory…

Make sure to remember what Israel is trying to distract you from at Eurovision.

VerityRitchie (they/she)

[NekoFever]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/katy-perry-will-be-going-into-space-blue-origin.1121073/

From the replies you can tell ResetEra is a woman positive space.  

All we need is a "ResetEra Woman" (AKA a Gynopheliac) to call them all cunts for the perfect Era thread.

[Potato]

Wonder what post caused that...

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Normally I'd point to the sign, but fuck Melody. That cunt is a leech. I feel for his parents.

[Potato]

Sometimes I'm just not very nice

Best and kindest advice the fucker ever got.

[Potato]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/white-house-moves-obama-portrait-for-painting-depicting-trump-assassination-attempt.1162386/#post-138407826

I've slowly become a firm believer it was staged.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/white-house-moves-obama-portrait-for-painting-depicting-trump-assassination-attempt.1162386/#post-138408132

I wouldn't put it past him. Maybe one day more will come out.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/white-house-moves-obama-portrait-for-painting-depicting-trump-assassination-attempt.1162386/#post-138408201

This seems like a common opinion and I could believe it. There's so much incompetence involved in it that it could be either way.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/white-house-moves-obama-portrait-for-painting-depicting-trump-assassination-attempt.1162386/#post-138408423

This was staged.
As a LATAM member, we've seen this kind of shit before.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/white-house-moves-obama-portrait-for-painting-depicting-trump-assassination-attempt.1162386/#post-138410523

I still think that shit was staged

https://www.resetera.com/threads/white-house-moves-obama-portrait-for-painting-depicting-trump-assassination-attempt.1162386/#post-138412938

I got slapped with a 1 month vacation for saying the same thing when it happened. I mean... that ear healed magically.

That dude in the stands didn't magically die you cunts.