I feel like such an idiot XD

[sailorhathor]

Turns out my crappy vcr isn't broken after all. It's still crappy, but at least it works now. The problem was that one of those stupid Write n' Swipe labels that come in Sony 8-hour tapes got stuck to a tape, and when I put it in the vcr, the label came off inside it and blocked the loading mechanism! XD So it was all my fault all along for being unobservant. The vcr seems to be okay now.