What follows is a huge wall of random thoughts related to last night/this morning’s Drunk Stream. Consider too that this was composed on 2 hours of sleep and that my brain is probably not fully functional or I’d not have posted this at all. Do not read if no interest. Well, you won’t anyway. Sorry, I have very few images to post to keep it from being Massive Wall of Text, but I’ll do what I can anyway!
Thoughts on Kazerad Drunk-Stream of 2/19/2017-2/20/2017
I’ve slept for a grand 2 hours since the drunk-stream and I wanted to write this about all the wildly varying topics brought up during it. Some I’ll go into depth in, most I’ll just gloss. I think really I don’t care much about Prequel webcomic anymore, but as a topic of recurring connection with the fanbase. A good thing too because the Update seems, to this observer, to be as distant as it ever was. I don’t anticipate it for months yet honestly.
(BD Pontificating in his Evil Quill Weave incarnation)
If you want to play along and missed the stream, here’s an imgur gallery of various screenshots. However, most of this won’t really refer to those directly. Some will though.
Only continue if you actually care somewhat. It’s really fine if not. I’m just rambling mostly. And some questionable images (but not the kind you really want to see.) You have been warned.
1. I came in a little late and Kaz was doing a crayon drawing of, I assume, Kvatch since it’s on a hill like that. I made the keen insightful connection with the Bush-ism “A shining city on a hill”. I’ve been promoting that connection ever since with the burning of Kvatch. I think I’m the only one who likes the analogy. But if I push it long enough, someone will have to feed my ego.
2. TheRandomGuy became my favorite Prequel fan of all time for this fake Canadian passport. Absolutely the best.
3. Let’s talk about horsecock a bit. Now look, I’m hetero and blatantly so. I’ve come to terms with this fact. I’m not proud of it, I just know what I am and accept it. I’m a Standard-issue Male Pig. Even so, I appreciate the THEORY that a penis can inspire lustful thoughts in others. I may not get it, but I don’t have to. Frankly, it’s a damn good thing that others aren’t as completely grossed-out by them as I am or the species would have a really tough time. So not only do I understand this in a theoretical sense, I have concrete proof that it’s true. And if there’s anything I’ve learned from the Internet, there are fetishes I never dreamed existed nor could have conceived of. Horsecock is surely not the worst of them. Pretty tame really, given it’s size and purported voluminous ejaculate. But really, my life would have been just fine had I never found out what the term “medial ring” meant. Now I can’t look at a horse cock without the term popping up in my head.
While it’s true you learn something new every day, it’s NOT true that this is inevitably a good thing.
4. Fortunately the next commission satisfied my own personal fetish. Nice generic nude Katia. Which makes me want to rant a bit on the Rick2tails controversy. As a refresher, Rick2tails uploaded an image with Katia breastfeeding an infant and his OC playing with his and her other offspring. My immediate reaction? Cool. Full nipplage. Yeah. Piggy, I know. It’s built in – can’t help it. But some were offended, apparently at the image’s implied “ownership” of Katia. Now really, there’s a LOT worse of that going on than Rick2tails’ waifuism! But think for a minute on what being upset by that implies. You’re upset that another person has a fantasy that his OC and a fictional character might have a happy life together. Why would that upset anyone? The only conclusion I have is that it disturbs the >complainer’s< internal fantasy of “owning” Katia. Or possibly that the concept itself is abhorrent to the complainer. I don’t know Rick2tails, but I do know without a doubt that this is just something he likes to do with his OC. Couple him with other characters. LOTS of other characters. Nothing very unusual there. Rock on, Rick2tails – and if it brings me more Katia nipples, I’m absolutely okay with that!
5. Last on the imgur are various incarnations of Prequel related sketches and images adorning real life places. NICE. I particularly like Spartan’s framed sketches of Punk-Katia. And of course the imaginative use of a sticker on a shotgun! When these first came out (stickers) I’d an idea of running a contest on most unusual place to put them. After some implied but never clearly stated ideas of having them as pasties on boobs, I think this would have been the true winner if that contest ever actually happened.
6. Dragon Dating Sim. Yeah. That. It ended up being exactly what I feared. It was a bad fanfic turned into a Steam game. (If you can really use the word “game” for that.) To be fair, I bailed before it was finished. AND to be fair I actually followed the story line. Though I think the main reason was to hear Kaz’ interpretation of bad character voicing – the PC being the worst of all. My best description would be a cross between Gollum and a bad Peter Lorre. But try as we might, we couldn’t ever get to first base with any of the dragons. (Though we did kiss the forearm of one) I think we drank coffee with one, which apparently satisfies the minimum requirement to be called a “dragon dating sim”.
First thing that struck me were the totally fantasy-breaking Standard-Issue Japanese Anime Sim backgrounds. For a alternate-world populated by “intelligent speaking dragons” (of which I think that term was used about 20 times, to remind us that these were “intelligent speaking dragons”). Wow – a portal to a world of ISDs, and they still build buildings that look exactly like a Japanese High School. And normal chairs. Where, pray tell, doth the ISD put his tail? I, as a person who uses the word ‘dragon’ in my own nickname since time immemorial, do hereby utter an apology for those who hold the concept of dragons in high esteem. I am embarrassed.
Is there really NO bar you must reach to have a game issued on Steam? So I can put my bad fanfiction up with some Skyrim screenshots then, with ‘decision’ trees like:
He asks you if you want to go back home. Your answer:
Yes. I’m tired. I want to go back home.
No. I want to stay with you.
Such compelling and engaging content. Can we add a third?
“Kiss his snout and whisper sweet nothings in his tympanic membrane.” Now look, even I would choose that one over the pointless offerings we are given. One sentence randomly threw in the word “comestibles” instead of “food”. Do NOT do that. People don’t say “comestibles”. Not even in dragon worlds. Not ever. Sure, it’s a word. Congrats on your vocabulary. Now work on learning when to use and when NOT to use them. I feel stupid criticizing writing and more than a little hypocritical. But at least I don’t try to SELL my crap! Kaz mentioned one thing he hates, when someone uses a term like “female” as a noun. As in:
The female came in and took the bedpan away.
His rant was based around the fact that the word should be an adjective. As in “The female dragon came in and took the bedpan away.” I’d like to point out that I don’t quite agree – it can be a noun. But it’s the same problem as in “comestibles”. Just because it can be a noun, doesn’t mean it SHOULD be used as a noun. The only conceivable scenario I think it would be appropriate would be in a scientific study of some animal.
“The female is now unable to nurse her cub.”
“The male displays his plumage to warn off potential rivals.”
To use it in any other circumstances renders it frankly a bit offensive. Like, the only defining characteristic of this particular person is that he is male. Otherwise he is a generic entity. He’s got a swinging Willie. That’s all you need to know about This Entity. At least use the word like Kaz points out – as an adjective for a more descriptive noun.
“The female dragon came in and took the bedpan away.”
Marginal but at least it’s not saying “the thing that has ovaries came in and took the bedpan away.”
Actual content paraphrased:
“What does the blood around his mouth indicate to you?”
Answer not provided: “Blood? Oh! I thought that was lipstick. I was going to say it indicates he likes to dress like a woman female late at night and pick up Johns.”
7. Yes. Dropping that topic. Kaz said one thing that really struck me as interesting and worthy of more thought. It concerned masturbation. Drunk streams are great in that they reduce inhibitions, so discussion of masturbation as more than a “huh huh jack off huh huh” topic can at least be broached. At most he said like 4 sentences on the subject, but the gist was “Humanity’s biggest asset over the other species is that they can masturbate.” Granted I found a list of 9 other animals that CAN masturbate, but those are the exceptions. I’d like to elaborate on this a little more, while keeping myself as clinical as possible on the subject. I understand Kaz has a degree in Psychology and Economics. More than likely, at some point in his Psychology classes he came across this little jewel. I doubt it was his own idea directly, but it’s a hella interesting one for serious inquiry. I know we’re not the only species that can masturbate, but I suspect he’s onto something anyway. Maybe it wasn’t the increase in the size of our brainpan that led to us becoming the dominant species on the planet. Maybe it was also the length of our reach! So if you really want to breed for intelligent cats, work on getting them to be able to pleasure themselves. I noticed Lizards are already on that list, so Quill is already in the works.
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