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PaperclipPerfector  3mo ago (text post)   3675 thread views

Friday Fun Thread for September 26, 2025

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Still playing Clair Obscur. It kinda reminds me of Wes Anderson's films (before he completely fell into self-parody). My lexicon utterly fails me in my quest to describe what I mean without somehow confusing it with Whedonesque snark. I can only explain it by using an analogy.

Have you ever been to a Bobby McFerrin concert? The first few minutes are quite unsettling if you're there in person: an old black guy takes the stage with his co-singers and waits for the applause to die down, the audience falls silent, he raises the mic to his lips and starts babbling like a crazy hobo. You know that's what was supposed to happen, but you are still gripped by the "wrongness", that "that's not how you do things" sensation that quickly dissipates as the babbling turns into a melody, and you sit back and enjoy the next ninety minutes.

In that metaphor, what's the babbling?

The Gestrals, I guess. And Esquie.

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