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[starsimpact]

« Well… Welcome home, as they say. » Just how long had it been since the man last stepped foot on these brick roads? Last hard the clacking of his heels harmonising with such a serene, natural environment. More than ten years, he’d presume. Monstadt… A nation that felt so familiar, yet so foreign. The air around him felt as unfamiliar to him, as his appearance did to everyone else. What a cliché situation he’s found himself in; abruptly disappearing only to return in completely skin.

Wherever the wind takes you… That’s the saying, isn’t it? Then Arvad supposed it wouldn’t hurt to pay such a familiar nation a visit once again. The bustling streets, the more than friendly conversation.

Under such a carefully crafted mask— A smile so charming and welcoming, the nostalgia made him sick. One could only hope he wouldn’t run into someone too familiar; though perhaps meeting a new face or two wouldn’t hurt.

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[a-doubleh-x]

Buttonblossom Analysis in TADC Episode 2

(Background rainbows: hint, hint)

Ragatha was so sweet to Pomni in episode 2 🥺💖 Most people caught onto the obvious fact that Raggs is being codependant and leans onto toxic positivity on the way she tries to cheer up Pomni, but I still think for the most part her heart is in the right place.

I liked their dynamic in episode 1, but I liked it so much in 2 I decided to write a little analysis on it (plus the ship fuel 👀) in preparation for the romance fic I'm writing about them.

Without further ado, let's go!

Looking back at Ragatha, on the good side, she made some very strong, active efforts to help her during her transition into the digital realm. She checked first thing in the morning if she was okay, she tried to make her feel included in the adventure at the beginning and showed care for her safety overall.

My favorite scene, though, is when the circus gang falls into the fudge river and after checking in on them, the first thing she says is: "Poor Pomni!" 😭 Girlie is so empathetic she even manages to care for someone who's not even there, while she's in a terrible situation herself!

I think this proves how much of a good person Raggs is. She doesn't just help people to feel good or superior, she does it because she geniuenly cares for other people's wellbeing and I find that very noble 😊

On the negative side, she seems to have some very particular communication issues with Pomni, even though she seems to be the circus memeber she cares the most about at the moment.

For starters, her attitude comes off as a little condescending very often. She hardly asks questions to Pomni and tends to assume for her. She hardly acknowledges some of her struggles and tries to downplay them, like when she degrades their experience as "larping". Also, she makes Pomni feel like a child when she tries to "hype her up" in her own words.

If we take Pomni's nightmare into consideration, it seems she believes Ragatha thinks Pomni is not "cut out for it", which might be a result of her condescending behavior I just mentioned.

This makes sense to me and also sheds a little bit of light on how Pomni sees herself as: small and insignificant. It's unclear at the moment how she was before on the physical world, but I speculate based on this evidence she probably didn't think she had much agency in her life (just how she feels in the circus).

At the end, however, thanks to her experience with Gummigoo and looking at the crew grief over Kaufmo's abstraction, Pomni opens herself more to the crew, which is a very good sign.

I think her current dynamic with Ragatha is wicked cool! ✨️ There's a lot of room for growth, which is good in my opinion. Ragatha clearly cares a lot about Pomni and I think with time she could grow to reciprocate her as well.

Despite her cowardness in episode 1, I always had the feeling that Pomz was deep down a caring individual as well, which was solidly proven in 2 with her interactions with Gummi.

On the fanon side, I saw a lot of fans foaming at the mouth (myself included) over the fact that Ragatha was such a tryhard with Pomni (which was anticipated to be the contrary). Some fans have interpreted their potential dynamics as both being shy, which I really, really like.

I believe I will definitely include that in my future fanfic. Another idea I wanted to explore is Pomni talking to Ragatha about her overbearing issues, while still appreciating her good qualities at the same time.

I think it's going to be great ☺️❤ I already look forward to what the end result is going to be. I love mutual pining and I love sweet lesbians caring for each other (even when they're silly girlfails). I'm planning to start by submitting chapter 1 by next Friday and submit a new one every following one, as I've done before.

Get ready for digital lesbian shenanigans 🎪💙🎀 See ya!

#the amazing digital circus #pomni #tadc ragatha #pomni x ragatha #ragapom #buttonblossom #ship dynamics

[wonderingmishap]

BEHIND THE SCENES \ AL-HAITHAM

gender neutral reader

warning(s)! suggestive, mild spice

(keep in mind this was not proof read)

A powerful actress that was able to play a role of any is certainly someone you’d think is outstanding and astonishing. Wrong, honestly you’d like to think of yourself as a normal human being. Whatever you think normal is that is, the way you saw normal was someone you just lived their lives accordingly. But what does accordingly mean? Well not even I know.

But here you were standing outside your agency as you recently scored a new role, yay. Just kidding not “yay”, you didn’t even want to be here today. You wanted to stay in an maybe try getting some actual sleep for once, I guess fate was being a bitch once again.

You then let your heels lead you to the door that lead to the theater, you’ve never been much of a theater person. But you needed experience with actual live acting, which was important with acting in front of a screen as well. You were told that this play your manager signed you up for was rated R, which meant tha something intense was probably going to happen. No matter what is was though you’d be able to get pass it, right?

You then opened the doors to reveal a huge theater with many seats which made you shiver at the thought of preforming live in front of this much people, but if you were able to get this far into the building surely you wouldn’t turn back already. But when you came in you saw your co-worker Al- Haitham changing all so suddenly. Which of course by reflexes you covered your eyes.

“I’m sorry for disturbing you, you can continue just tell me when I can come back.” You ramble on trying to not to sound so flustered but I don’t really think you were doing a good job. “(Y/N) I didn’t know you were so ever easily flustered, don’t worry I’ll allow you to stay. Just be quiet it’s just us here and I wouldn’t want us to chase a distraction.” You hear Al-Haitham say which made you slowly put down your hands where so that you can now see him completely.

You and Al-Haitham have been working at the same agency for a while so you’ve learned to get to know each other over these past years, he was pretty interesting to say the least though. Nevertheless it was to no surprise to you that he had such a fine physique, I mean he was a actor alongside you so it was quite expected.

“Um do you mind passing me a copy of the script, it would be nice if we practiced before hand.” You say pointing towards the small pile of paper that appeared to have your name on it. “Yes of course, please take your time to read through it.”

And you indeed took your sweet time reading through it, your mouth literally wanted to drop. You didn’t know that this play you’d be acting in would be detailed and explicit.

“By your look it appears you didn’t know about this, don’t worry we can take things slow of course.” You finally look up from your paper to see Al-Haitham with everything needed in order to practice your guy’s scenes. You swallowed thinking how awkward this would be, but you can’t leave when you’ve already dug to far. Plus it was already tempting you.

“For starters I think we can start by you getting down here, don’t worry I’ll be gentle.” Al-Haitham says hinting towards the handcuffs placed in his pockets. “Ah, yes of course.” You say a bit hesitate but you followed and got down on all fours like a lost little puppy. Al-Haitham then got his handcuffs out his pockets and placed it on your hands making it impossible to get out. You didn’t have the confidence to face him so this whole time you were facing down, although you wished you saw the look on his face when he was in the process of cuffing you. “Well this is the part where I finally arrest you, we’ll then I’m certain you remember this part clearly?” Al-Haitham says not taking his eyes off you, it was almost as if he was cuffed to you. “Yeah of course I do.” You state bluntly trying not to stutter over your words, in short you were nervous.

Then the show began.

“Well then it appears that I’ve caught you red handed you wicked temptress.” Al-Haitham expresses with a fierce look on his face making it hard to focus. “I see so you have actually managed to catch me good job officer!” You say laughing on the floor on your knees with your hands behind you. “This isn’t a time to be playing around Ms. (L/N) now get down on the floor you can’t just be left here looking like a slut.”

“I am no slut officer, but if you see me as one I am in no position to stop you.” Both of you guys began going off script unintentionally that both of you guys didn’t even notice.

“Say officer, what if I told you this,” You the hear a hum from Al-Haitham indicating that he was listening. “What if I told you I wanted you to catch me?” Now you were really going off the script, but that didn’t matter anymore. Not when your desires were right in front of you, just what else can you want?

“I see, I guess I’ll have to do more than just punish you, all fours. Now.

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#al haitham #al haitham x reader #genshin #genshin impact #genshin fanfic #x reader #fanfic #fluff #romance

[kaegaeguli]

CLS Spark

I'm not sure if I have anyone viewing my account that is in the US and in college but I still want to share my experience in case anyone else is interested!

Today was the final day of the program, we had our closing/graduation ceremony.

When I originally signed up I didn't see much online so I hope this helps inform other folks!

For starters, CLS Spark is a subdivision(?) of the Critical Language Scholarship. It is a free eight week long summer program of intensive language courses in Arabic, Russian, or Chinese for US college students.

For my specific program, we were parted with 大连理工大学. We had class Monday through Friday for two hours a day. Monday through Wednesday was a new lesson each day, Thursday was review, and Friday we would use the first hour for our weekly written and oral tests. Although it is for beginners, some of us did have a bit more knowledge of Chinese going into the program so we were placed into a slightly more difficult class so depending on how the placement test goes, there is a slightly slower option and faster paced one. For my class, we had homework Monday through Thursday. These consisted of a worksheet of our lesson from that day as well as an audio recording. The teachers were all very supportive and sweet too.

Compared to my other language course experiences, I did actually enjoy the structure of it a lot. I will mention all the activities in order and my experience with them!

听写/Writing Dictation - At the start of class the teacher would say 5-10 sentences depending on the script which we would have to listen to and write down. If the script was memorized, usually most of them were direct, if not paraphrased, passages while sometimes they were slight deviations but overall the same thing. After a while I personally struggled with this, I've been a lot better with reading than listening and like to have my handwriting a neat. Because of this I could process the beginning of some sentences but not necessarily the ending. She would repeat each sentence two to three times depending on the length.

读课文 - This one is pretty straight forward. We would take turns reading paragraphs or certain characters' lines. Although we were expected to go over them before class, this was also an extra way to really review the information while listening to other people as well. Questions - Finally, the teacher would ask us to put away the text and then ask us questions on the context. If you're like me, I have AuDHD so my memory isn't the best, it can be difficult. You could give good responses, but some of them do require a specific grammar that was used in the text so there are times where you would definitely need to really get down the grammar or memorize the text properly. If we finished asking questions for the entire lesson and had enough time, we would be asked questions somewhat related to the topics and themes in it.

Grammar! - This is basically a separate class. The first hour includes everything I mentioned above with the first teacher and then for the next hour we would review grammar. It was a lot more relaxed since we wouldn't necessarily have to memorize exact phrases. Our teacher would hold up a piece of cardstock with a grammar pattern then ask one of us to read it aloud. Afterwards she would ask us a question where we could give a free response using the grammar.

In both sections, we would also at times be asked what someone else said sometimes so that we could get extra practice in but also test our listening skills.

The written test consisted of about three pages of varying exercises. At the beginning there was always a portion for hanzi. This was about eight or so spots where you would write the hanzi corresponding with the pinyin written above it. After that there were some half filled short dialogues where you would fill in a response using a grammar or vocab word if it was next to it.

The oral test was a little silly but very open, I don't believe this was actually graded either based on everything I've seen grade wise. Essentially they would share three topics, usually all pertaining to a theme in our lessons for that week. Our teacher would then have a pick a random piece of paper with a number on it that corresponded to each prompt. These were pretty relaxed and if there were certain words you weren't aware of they would give some help if you did ask them for it. They would also ask some follow up questions here and there but usually all were related to what you were speaking about.

Next I would like to talk about culture classes! During my time in the program we had two options, tai chi and cooking. As someone who is a bit more body conscious I chose cooking. It was really relaxed and the teachers were really sweet. We would get our ingredients lists on Wednesday and have class during the second hour on Friday. The teachers were not professional steps so they made it very clear that we were all learning together and that mistakes are okay. With the ingredients, we reused a lot of the same ingredients so after the initial trip to the store you really wouldn't have to get much again aside from like 2-3 items. In my case, my ginger went bad eventually so I had to get more but aside from that I pretty much had all the same condiments throughout the program.

After the midterm, everyone was connected to a language exchange partner. The other classes had two students per partner and in mine we had one each. My partner was studying to be a Chinese teacher so I believe other language partners probably were as well. We met with our partners for half an hour every week.

Outside of the actual classes and stuff, CLS did offer a few things as well. In the weeks leading up to the start of the program, there were affinity groups held by program alumni. There were a couple of different groups ranging from stem majors to lgbtq to poc students. These basically just gave new students a chance to connect with other students and also get any worrying or curious questions answered. We also had a mid-program survey and afterwards and OPI test. Taking even another step back, students received a $750 stipend from the program. We also get access to an alumni network as well as competitive free eligibility for government jobs. I also opted in to receive academic credit but it is optional. We are also considered semi-finalists if we would like to apply for the following year. With all of that out of the way, I will just share my final thoughts on the program. I personally really enjoyed it. Although I definitely wasn't the best student I did improve tremendously in that time than I think I would have while self studying. I also got to really reflect on what learning methods work for me and what don't as well as what my strengths and weaknesses are with languages. Although it was a bit of a bummer, it did really show me how I can make more improvements with learning languages moving forward and that I am really grateful for.

Previously I wasn't really aware of much of the culture either. With how sporadic and random my language studies have been in the past, I didn't really sit down and have consistent and thorough exposure to the cultures of the languages I was learning. This really helped me see the importance of really taking the time to sit down and learn about them in addition to the languages. You get to interact with it both through the culture classes but also the actual language content. From my experience, a lot of dialogues are based off of workplace or social situations so you get more talking rather than background information. With this course, it was different so I really appreciate that I kind of received a double combo with it.

That is all I really have to say about it, if you have any questions please feel free to message me!

#cls #cls spark #chinese #mandarin #langblr #language learning

[wildestflowrs]

I'll Stay By Your Side (Ronance)

I'll maybe post this on Ao3 at some point, but this is all I've written for now :) (also sorry if there's any grammar or spelling mistakes)

//TW for description of death// //Spoiler warning for Stranger Things 4// SFW

“Nance?” She heard Robin's trembling voice like an echo, “Nancy, can you hear me? Nance?”

“Robin! Robin, I’m here, I'm in the Upside Down!” Nancy cried, or at least she thought she did, but her voice came out all wrong - low and growly. She looked down at her hands, but they weren't hers at all; they were red and blotchy and burned. They were Vecna’s hands.

Summary:

After their battle with Vecna in the Upside Down, the members of the group who survived Vecna’s curse start to experience a series of visions of the Upside Down.

Chapter 1

So much had changed in the past few weeks. For starters, Nancy never thought she’d take so many trips to the hospital, but with Max and Eddie’s near escapes from death, she and the rest of the group visited regularly, all piling into her station wagon to visit their wounded friends. 

Eddie had regained consciousness not too long after he was attacked; his name newly cleared, thanks to the blame for the murders (and his brutal injures) being shifted to Jason Carver - who couldn’t exactlydeny these claims, considering he’d been split clean in half when the gates had opened - and the return of Police Chief Jim Hopper, he was a free man. Well, free as a man could be when he was stuck in hospital. 

Max, however, was still comatose. Her condition was stable,according to the doctors, but she didn’t show any signs of when she would wake up. The doctors thought that she had sustained her injuries from Jason, and not a powerful monster of a man that was living in a mirror of their world, but somehow they thought the hospital staff would find that story hard to believe. Lucas read to her every day, which Nancy found adorable, but she couldn't help but acknowledge that the longer she remained unconscious, the lower her chances of ever waking up became. 

The entire town had been shaken - quite literally - by the events that took place in the Upside Down, however they were oblivious to the real reason the ground split in two, as they were under the guise that it was an earthquake. That may have been for the better, though, as it saved more people from getting too curious and venturing into the hellish mirror world beneath them. However frustrating it was that the people didn't know the truth about what had really went on in Hawins lab, how Barb died, the Starcourt mall and now this, Nancy knew that if they did know, their lives would never be the same.

Eventually Eddie returned home - or to his new home, since his trailer had been mostly destroyed by the ‘earthquake’ - schools reopened, people started venturing out of their homes again and slowly but surely daily life in Hawkins became relatively normal again. Nancy found herself spending more and more time with her unlikely group of friends; Steve ‘the Hair’ Harrington, band-geek Robin Buckley and metal-head Eddie Munson. Despite the horrors that had taken place, Nancy was glad that they didn't have to worry too much about Vecna and the Upside Down for now. They settled into an easy sense of calm, making the most of the fact they weren't trying to fight monsters. She could just enjoy hanging out with her friends - as mismatched as they were - and appreciate a slow, normal (ish) life while it lasted.

It was the first time in her life that Nancy had had a friend group. She had had friends, sure, but never a group of mutual friends who knew each other so well they could just show up at the others’ work and houses. It felt nice, knowing she had found her people, and nothing brings a group together like shared traumatic experiences, apparently.

They had just settled down for one of their regular movie nights at Steve’s place; his and Robin’s job at Family Video gave them basically unlimited access to any movie they wanted. It was Eddie’s pick that night, and he had chosen ‘Back to the Future’, much to Robin and Steve’s laughter. Nancy made popcorn and sat down next to Robin, and shortly after Eddie sat on Nancy’s other side, and Steve took the armchair. However, they had barely started the movie when Nancy began to get a headache. 

“Ugh, Steve, do you have any tylenol? My head’s pounding” Nancy pinched the bridge of her nose and passed the bowl of popcorn that was in her lap to Robin.

“Uhm, yeah, in the kitchen, second cupboard on the right”

She wandered off to the kitchen in search of the painkillers, rummaging through the cupboard until she found some that weren't expired. She filled a glass of water and returned to the couch, taking her seat between Robin and Eddie. She knocked the pills down and tried to focus on the movie, but the aching in her head just wouldn't go away. She leaned back against the couch and closed her eyes, hoping she could sleep it off. Her friends wouldn't mind that she dozed off during the movie; they could rewatch it another time. 

Then she heard the thunder, crashing and rumbling in her ears, and sharp jolts of pain shot up her spine, making her wince.

“Does anyone hear that?” She asked, her voice coming out quiet and tired.

Steve chuckled, slightly confused, “Hear what?”

“The thunder; is there a storm or something?” 

She opened her eyes and sat up, and found her friends sharing confused glances.

“Nance, there was no thunder.”

In the space of a second, all Nancy could see was red. She was laying down now, and there was strong, blustering wind coming from almost every direction. Clouds of reddish-brown dust circled around her, and her whole body ached and burned. She stood up and took a better look around. She was in the Upside Down. 

“Nance?” She heard Robin's trembling voice like an echo, “Nancy, can you hear me? Nance!”

“Robin! Robin, I’m here, I can hear you!” Nancy cried, or at least she thought she did, but her voice came out all wrong - low and growly. She looked down at her hands, but they weren't hers at all; they were red and blotchy and burned. They were Vecna’s hands.

~~~~~

“Nance, there was no thunder”

Almost immediately after the words left Steve's mouth, Nancy’s eyes began to roll into the back of her head, her body convulsing slightly, sat up straight. The glass of water that had been in Nancy’s hand fell to the floor and shattered. Eddie yelled out in panic, and Robin immediately sprung into action.

“Shit shit shit, not again,” Robin put her hands on Nancy’s shoulders, turning to face her, “Nance? Nancy, can you hear me? Nance!”

Unresponsive, the whites of Nancy’s rolled back eyes continued to twitch in their sockets.

“Music!” Steve called, jumping out of his seat and running out the room and ascending the stairs, “I’m gonna find some music!”

“I’ll go help Harrington,” Eddie said as he went bounding up the stairs after him, leaving Robin alone, still holding Nancy.

What the fuck was she meant to do? “Shit,” she cursed quietly, running a hand through her hair, “Nancy, come on, Nance, wake up, please,” she basically begged, her eyes welling with tears. She thought they were done with this shit; they stopped Vecna right? He got what he wanted anyway, so why was he trying to take Nancy? Why now?

Before long Steve and Eddie came sprinting back into the room with a Walkman and an armful of cassettes, spreading them out on the couch and looking through them frantically.

“What music does she like?!” Steve turned to Robin helplessly.

“I- I don’t know, Blondie or Bowie or anything, just play some goddamn music!”

Steve chose a cassette and passed it to Eddie, whose shaky hands fumbled putting in the Walkman as Robin put the headphones over Nancy’s ears. Hot tears were running down her cheeks, and her entire body was trembling. Nancy couldn't die, she just couldn’t.

 “Hit fucking play!” She shouted, and soon she could hear the muffled intro to ‘Call Me’

She held Nancy’s shoulders tight, and hoped to any god that was out there that this worked.

~~~~~

Nancy was in Vecna’s body. She held her - his? - grotesque hand up in front of her and wiggled her fingers, confirming her theory. Jesus, this is weird, she thought.

“What are you doing here?” She said - but, it wasn't her, she knew she didn't say that; it was Vecna asking her - he knew she was in his body, or his mind or whatever was going on here, “Get. Out.” 

Pain shot up her back again, her head felt like it was going to explode and her skin burned. She fell to the floor, grunting in pain. She was feeling Vecna’s pain.  Then, she heard something; music, and it was getting louder.

Color me your color, baby, color me your car,

In front of her, the dusty clouds parted slightly and she could see Robin, Steve and Eddie, all crowded around her body, which was sat up on the couch, her eyes rolled back and twitching. She had to get to them - now. 

Color me your color, darling, I know who you are, 

She tried to stand back up, but she continued to ache all over. She fought the urge to just lay there and let herself go, and staggered to her feet.

Come off your color chart, I know where you’re coming from, 

She reached out in front of her, taking an unsteady step forwards, feeling like she was going to collapse any minute. Each movement was tormenting, but she was determined; she was not going to die in this hell hole. 

Call me, on the line, call me, call me anytime,

The floor beneath her trembled, and she almost fell back to the floor. The thunder became louder, and she heard the shrieking of the bats in the distance, along with a low rumbling from beneath her feet.

Call me, I’ll arrive, you can call me day or night

As she slowly got closer to the break between worlds, she could hear her friends' desperate pleas and panicked rambling. Robin was crying, letting out a few sobs that made Nancy’s heart ache. I’m almost there, she willed herself to say, but her jaw was set shut against the agonizing pain. The tips of her fingers brushed the water-like surface for less than a second and-

Call me.

~~~~~

Nancy suddenly went slack in Robin's arms, and then just as quickly sat bolt upright, gasping for air and death gripping Robin’s arms. Relief washed over her and she let out a sob, pulling Nancy’s head into her chest and burying her tear-stained face in her hair, and in that moment, Robin wasn't sure she ever wanted to let go of Nancy again. She could feel the racing beat of Nancy’s heart in time with her own, the faint sound of the Blondie song still playing through the headphones, and the sweet scent of her perfume as she planted a subtle kiss into Nancy’s curls.

“Holy shit, Nancy, thank God,” Steve sighed, and both he and Eddie joined in on the embrace. The four of them stayed there for a while, letting their shaky breathing steady out and their hearts slow back down to normal. 

#stranger things #ronance #robin x nancy #fruity four #ronance fic #stranger things 4 #ronance my beloved #robin buckley #nancy wheeler #nancy x robin #wildestflowrs writes

[clownkiwi]

my thoughts on pokemon scarlet/violet as of the second trailer

(ps i dont think we'll get anymore new info in the next couple weeks as part of nintendos possible june direct. i think this is all we're getting until like. august. spoilers below, btw)

so, before i go to indepth here, i still wanna say this. that november 18, 2022 deadline is. still worrying me, especially considering the newest release that was Just released in janurary and i only started playing last night. but hey, at least pokemon scarlet/violet is now the only triple a open world nintendo game releasing in holiday 2022 now (xeno 3 is releasing earlier than expected, botw 2 got delayed to spring 2023)

now, with that said, let me just say. this might be the next exciting pokemon game since legends arceus that like. actually looks really good.

AGAIN, i think the first thing that stood out to me in this whole trailer was. everyone and everything has textures. you seriously have no idea how mindblowing this is if you haven't noticed the graphics between. sword/shield & legends arceus and these new games.

it's not just pokemon too, it's the characters as well. literally the first pokemon game since the jump to 3d with textures is really exciting stuff and makes these games stand out alot

going even further, i think this is the actual first pair of pokemon games in a while to actually have diverse versions amongst each other than just like. the normal practice of pokemon games, where they're just the same game, but with different pokemon, or even like. a few different gym leaders.

for instance, these games have two different professors, they have their own designs, and they seem to compliment their box art legendaries well (you can see the professors above)

and speaking of character design, i really love how much more diverse the character designs just for not just the professors, but your "rival" and even the npcs in this game are, even if there still isn't much to go off of

these are just. entirely different from what sword/shield tried to achieve, and a genuine honest improvement over literally all of the switch pokemon games afaik (yes, even improved over legends arceus, which i like to think is also a right step in this similar direction)

i also really love the emphasis on the upgraded multiplayer experience. im sure the devs really want to make their pokemon mmo for the nintendo consoles someday, and this game is just one step closer by allowing up to four people to adventure together at the same time, which certainly sounds like alot of fun (& a step up over the raid system from sword/shield)

the thing im especially curious about, however, is the emphasis (at least on the games website) of this being a true open world game. like, a pokemon game where you don't have to follow the order of 8 gym leaders, beat the evil team/organization, beat the elite four and champion, ya know what i mean???

if these games are true open world games where you can do whatever you want at whatever pace you wanna go, that's especially intriguing, given we don't even know much of what type of narrative direction this game will go!!! we haven't seen much of an evil/rival team, the "rival" is really more like a friend (has been described as a guide on the website), not even any sign of any gym leaders!!

past pokemon game reveals wouldve put focus on the new gym leaders, the new pokemon, the evil team and story, but at least for what we know about this game now. the emphasis here is that you can make your own story, you can make your own experience free of the past pokemon narrative beats

it truly might be an open world pokemon game

but this is only as of the very second trailer, who knows??? we might get some new info later on that reveals more of the games actual story, that again, we can move through at whatever pace we're able to

but as of now, this is probably the most exciting mainline pokemon game since the last one this year. and i really can't wait to check it out once i'm able to

also, yes, before you ask, my starter is still sprigatito, and i'll choose pokemon violet, i've always been a fan of cool fictional technology

#ruby says clown shit #anyways yea those are my thoughts on this new trailer #tldr this game looks really exciting & i'll still play it even if the release deadline still worries me #theres really alot to get excited about this game and im at the edge of my seat to learn more about this game #IF you wanna know which version im choosing & which starter im choosing you'll still have to read that ;p #pkmn spoilers #pkmn #pokemon #pokemon spoilers

[more-than-a-princess]

[ hello, rae! i still have some time left before the new year begins for me, but i just wanna thank you for making my experience in the rpc a fun, uplifting one. ofc, i know i ended up taking a massive hiatus from kensuke and couldn’t even bring myself to write him long term (since i ended up hyperfixating over other characters and trying to get more interactions on him was like pulling teeth), but it still means a lot you welcomed me back with open arms!

like, i can’t express enough how grateful i am you ended up rolling with my obscure muse choices and just being open minded enough to explore different relationship dynamics with them, whether they be romantic or platonic. HONESTLY, i might not always be around anymore (due to the fact i have work 🥲), but you are seriously one of those few friends i made that make being here worth it; in fact, i ended up initially regaining my love and passion for writing because of you, when previously, i had lost all the spark i had in it following the nasty fall out i had with former partners… and was deeply insecure over my own writing, to the point where for the longest time, i didn’t think i would actually reach a point where tumblr rp would be a hobby i could enjoy again; only, i’m glad i ended up sticking with it, because in the end, i got to reconnect with you and other people i would never have met/written with provided i never stayed.

REGARDLESS, YOU HAVE ALWAYS BEEN NOTHING BUT KIND AND PATIENT TOWARDS ME, so in 2023, i strive to not only be a good rp partner, but a good friend to you as well (even if i do happen to be significantly younger than you). but yeah, here’s to another year of interactions between our muses! HONESTLY, i look forward to seeing what mischief and shenanigans these blorbos get up to. ]

Tell me stuff at the end of 2022 or beginning of 2023 because what is time/time is a social construct - Accepting if still want to. Otherwise it's going to be thread replies, shitposts, and starter memes/possibly call for new muns and muses!

Aww, Livi, you are so kind! Thank you so much for sending this, it brought a smile to my face as I read it. As I've mentioned before: I care far more about roleplaying with you and the joy you have for your muses, no matter who the muses are. Your enthusiasm shines through each and every time (also, each and every time Sonia never fails to pester/be a nuisance to your muses so...that's what you sign up for each time).

And while we all hate work (eff work is a common saying in my house), I hope that no one ever manages to rob you of your passion for writing and roleplaying. I'm so sorry you were hurt by others, but in my opinion, never let anyone else ruin your fun around here. Write because you have stories to tell, because you love to write, because you don't know what you'd do without the creative outlet here.

Let's leave haters behind in 2022! If anything, consider the fact that for all the time muns spend trying to bring you down, they could be writing. Creating dynamics and storylines. Improving their writing skills. Instead of, you know, hating.

You're already a wonderful RP partner and friend, I just suggest keeping it up :D And I'm happy to be the older friend/wine aunt in the RPC. I will forever be telling you to drink water, wear sunscreen, sleep, and life will get better.

Consequently, I will also discuss the good old days if prompted. The days of RP and fandom before tumblr. Before social media. Just make sure I have my comfy chair, my slippers, and a drink. Possibly painkillers: I'm at the age where I can pull something getting out of bed nowadays (though I'm probably just overdue for a new mattress).

tl;dr - dear mutuals, I'm old. I do not tolerate drama or BS in my old age. I do tolerate long-term, feels-packed threads combined with dashcomm shitposting, OOC chatter, and wine/tea/drink whatever you want just stay hydrated please.

And like Sonia: I'm not up to date with popular slang. Or being a cool and hip person. Bear with us, please.

#more-than-a-princess answered #more-than-a-princess musings #unladielike #(I vote in 2023 Sonia keep annoying the heck out of Akira Ryuto and Vivian) #(Kill 'em with kindness. And in Akira's case: physical displays of affection followed by 'I happen to love you pls accept')

[thedetectiveofinaba]

1. When are you usually online?

I’m usually online during evenings and/or afternoons most active during either the late afternoon, evening or late at night my time. This does cause me to miss most activity & squeeze hours from later hours bc smh why do most ppl I write with have to be from States -

2. What verses are you involved in outside of this page?

My multimuse side blog (with the url @multiplelivesinline​). It’s multi-fandom even though Pokemon seems to dominate there atm, if I decide to write or test any other muse than Naoto I’m likely to add them instead of another single muse blog. Side blogs have their own small headaches but they’re easy enough to deal w/ for now since it’s mostly followed by people who are mutuals with me or specific fandom folks (Pkmn RPC).

3. What is your biggest RP pet peeve?

Not reading people’s rules before they’re following or lurking. This especially goes for personal blogs, with whom I’ve had several headache inducing situations. One other pet peeve I have is not having backbone to say that your muse isn’t always canon or that you have a ship bias: if your muse is bi/straight even though canon says otherwise don’t claim that they’re canon compliant. People will only feel lied to when they find out later that your muse is closer to a hc-based and that can lead to bad outcomes.

4. Are you drawn to specific types of muses?

Either calm, cool and collected muses who are using their first impression as a facade of sorts or muses who care too much on what others think or try to be the Hero Who Can Save Everyone. My gender bias seems to be on ladies even though one of my biased muses is Gladion from Sun/Moon, the edgelord brooding side cast whose backstory is sth what shook me at first but gave me reasons to care on him. One day I’m using his AU verse for BSD more.

5. Are there recurring themes in your writing that people might not notice?

The theme of how there can be darkness and failure in your life but it’ll always pass due time and how there’s small momemts of joy in life. It’s how I tend to see hurt/comfort or angst used for the best end goals and my personal mantra in life. Time heals all wounds, even though it might take months never give in or think that it’s worthless to even try. There is always a way and people to help you along the way, depressive shit or moments of desperation will exist but you will always survive through.

6. What are your favorite RP trends?

Slice of life stuff what is focused on small joys of life in middle of a greater storyline, character dynamics studies and how they fluctuate + the trend of opposites attract. In Naoto’s case it’s the concept of her personal growth during P4 and after it & how she’s not the most extrovert type piques my interest. and the gradual realization on why media Hell is a bad place to end up in. She hates that part of her career the most. 

The character dynamic is something I noticed later on the AUs what have a Naoto who isn’t too opposed to chaotic behavior/her temperament or ego taking over her rationality more. It’s thrilling to write the contrast what works fluently without any big hassle: Especially Michiru (1/4 angel!AU) has been a clear sign on how her type is an extrovertish person who can do things you wouldn’t assume from them or an anomaly. 

7. What is your process for starting a new story with someone?

A starter call and/or plotting calls continued with Tumblr IMs are an easiest entryway for starting a thread I want to plot. Another option is for me to send an ask and approaching you in IMs if I get an idea I 100 % want to do. I don’t personally do open RP posts and want clear plans so neither party will have an unpleasant experience. 

8. How do you feel about duplicates?

Duplicates are cool, and a neat thing to exist. I’m not chasing them away w/ a pitchfork. I can’t ofc assume that my girl will 100 % vibe with them automatically but if that happens assume me to throw an idea for a sibling/twin AU or multiverse interactions at some point. (Also if you get any ideas you’re welcome to go to IMs to plot around that & talk OOC stuff, I’m not the most outward person ever to exist & am likely to say hi back.)

9. How long have you been involved in roleplaying?

For about 5 and half years. I started this as an extension of my already existing writing hobby for own stories with OCs when my online friend enabled me to go for it and discovered pretty quickly that even though my Naoto was crappy at first I really enjoyed this & wanted to continue even though I had a rough patch at first. 

10. Is there a muse or verse you wish you could write in, but haven’t?

I’ve had the small interest to try writing Atsuro Kihara from DeSu for some time, probably the only thing stopping me is the lack of energy to sink hours to a JRPG to see if I have enough inspiration for that. The other character who I have memed on is writing Kanji or Yumi from P4. If I write Yumi though, I am deleting the forced romance BS. No forced romance paths, we delete their existence like based people who want fluent romances.

Tagged by: @fatexbound​

Tagging: Steal it from me if you want to ^_~

#tagged in memes #tagged in memes [new phenomena of being known] #@liz cough cough your muses are a good bad influence on michi #queue line #queue [paper pile]

[withawarinher]

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about:

This is a sideblog, and I follow back from my main @grimmusings. Please direct IMs there, since it's easier for me to keep all my messages on one blog. It's also easier to start interactions with me there, where I regularly post open starters and meme prompts. For a full list of rules, see my main. Honesty hour questions will largely be answered IC and treated as anonymous unless signed by a muse.

Torunn is a canon character from a blip world in the comics, daughter of Thor Odinson and Lady Sif. All details vary based on verse, and I'm happy to write her into AUs and fandom crossovers.

wanted connections:

This is by no means a comprehensive list, and I can roll with most muses as far as basic interactions. I’m happy to ship Torunn with other Marvel characters and OCs/fandom crossovers based on chemistry, but unless they're on my OTP list, they need plotting and interaction first. There is never any pressure to ship with me, even if they're on my list.

OTPs: Francis Barton, Ian Zola Rogers NOTPs: Any other-Earth siblings (it should go without saying, but you'd be surprised) Family: Thor Odinson (happy to go whatever way you're comfortable, whether that's a verse where Thor actually got to raise her, or a more angsty one where they're from different Earths), Tony Stark (again, I'm fine if this is the Tony that raised Torunn or another Earth's Tony, but regardless she thinks of him like a father), James Rogers, Azari T'Challa, and Henry Pym Jr. (her chosen brothers) Other: All children of the Avengers (happy to plot established connections in her college or 61616 verses, or new ones in her 616 verse), Ellie Rogers

default verses:

61616: Torunn's main verse, a mix of comics, headcanons, and Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow (2008). When Ultron defeated the Avengers, Tony Stark raised their children, and Thor left Torunn on Earth to learn the real meaning of being a hero. She considers James Rogers, Azari T'Challa, and Henry Pym Jr. to be her chosen brothers. They grow up together, destroy Ultron, and set about helping the human survivors resettle in a post-apocalyptic world.

616: A 61616 AU where Torunn and her brothers use technology created by Tony Stark to take them to another dimension, where the Earth hasn't been ravaged by Ultron and they can live out normal lives.

college!verse: All the heroes of comics live happily ever after and raise their kids. Torunn is raised by Thor and various other ships in this verse, and I'm happy to write in more established canon or OC parents/siblings. Torunn is typically attending college and training to be a hero simultaneously, per her dad's request that she experience some "normal" life.

verses by request only:

I'm happy to write these, but since they're more specific AUs, I don't default on them for asks/memes. Please feel free to request them.

alt!61616: A 61616 AU where the explosion of the interdimensional elevator brings Ellie Rogers and Ian Zola Rogers to Torunn's world. She and her brothers help cure Ellie's symbiote infection and repair the elevator so they can go home.

almost famous: A no-powers AU where Torunn's father, Thor, is a wealthy, famous owner of Las Vegas's most popular casinos, and her mother is a daytime soap opera star. Having been raised in the spotlight and largely ignored by her parents, she's in and out of tabloids and generally causing chaos.

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[laamorcita]

the year I cried - march 2023

I'm learning that I'm safe to make mistakes, because I am still worthy.

Since January 2023, I've been learning how to swim, and it's teaching me a lot about being more curious. Full disclosure, because I was so sad over that man, I signed up for two half-marathons and swimming lessons. I told myself that I need to lean into my "healthy" coping mechanisms, and if I still am sad over that man, at least I'm a new bitch who can swim. I can't be in the same space.

This is the 4th time I've attempted swimming lessons, and they're going much better than before. When I mention to people that I can't swim, I tend to get a lot of reactions that are designed to mock me. "what? you're from Florida!" "what? you're Jamaican!" "Oh, Black people never know how to swim."

I remember the first time I tried to swim; I was at an elementary school classmate's pool party. right before coming up for air, I accidentally opened up my mouth, and I inhaled a lungful of chlorinated water. That one bad experience coupled with my mother's fear left a lasting impression on me, to the point that I was afraid to try in swimming lessons. I think that mistake became a shame that I allowed to stick with me.

Growing up, I wasn't a child that was confident in her physical ability or her ability to do something well that didn't come naturally. I also don't believe I had teachers who had the bandwidth to talk to me about how to swim; I was a young girl who felt deeply unsure of herself, like I was the only person in the world who had these issues.

However, because school came easy for me, I've always had a natural confidence in my intelligence. I used to think that intelligence wasn't a muscle you had to flex or strengthen. Medical school was a wake up call for me; I actually had to try, and even when I tried, I experienced a lot of failures.

One month before I was supposed to start medical school, my father died of heart complications. probably because we had a complicated relationship and I had a premonition of his death, I grieve his passing in very peculiar ways. Since 2010, I've thought about death every single day. Sometimes, I fear death but there are other times in my life, that I wish it would happen. And there were times in my life that I tried to make it happen.

The passing of my father plus the rigor of medical school helped push me on a path of curiosity. You see, because my primary identity was centered around school, I measured my worth by my performance and grades. While medical school is a learning environment, it is not safe to be vulnerable about making mistakes. Not just because of patient safety, but because of how people will view you, your intelligence, and your worth. But when you're failing quizzes and barely passing tests, you have to start becoming curious on what other ways you can measure your worth.

Around the third quarter of 2020, I started becoming more curious about my relationship with fitness. Working out used to be a thing I did to my body, not with and for my body. Running was a thing that I did so my stomach could look "flat" before a hot date or a dope party. Funny enough, I failed at consistently achieving those arbitrary body goals. The pandemic forced me to start moving my body, not to be good but to feel good.

As a result, I got into the best shape in my life, ran a marathon in Paris, gained a semi-quiet confidence in my body that if I fail forward enough, I will get it right, and achieved a trust that if I listen to my body, I can tell what feels good and is good for me. As I learned different ways of getting stronger and existing, I learned qualitative measures of success.

Learning how to swim was a different experience than previous times. For starters, I felt more secure about my body, my shape, my athletic ability, and my ability to be great because I have the ability to learn. I entered the pool with a mediocre white male confidence that I could become the next Michael Phelps. I also reminded myself that because this is a learning environment that isn't tied to performance-based metrics of success, it was safe to fail.

At the beginning of the month, there was a moment where I was practicing side breathing on the left while learning freestyle stroke; I improperly timed the "catch" phase. Instead of reacting with fear, I accepted the reality of the circumstances, and took a deep breath before I submerged into the water.

I rotated and curled into a fetal position, and I instinctively righted my body position so I could safely stand up. That movement felt so natural, it must have been something that I've done before in utero. Water is our primordial home. I finished the month of April by swimming a full pool length.

I'm going through a really hard time right now, but swimming is making it easier. People say that swimming is the ultimate sensory deprivation, but I would argue that it's the ultimate sensory overload. It's not often that one gets to float with full support and feel and be felt. To have and to hold. To love and be loved. When I trust myself and trust the nature of water, we work well together.

I'm hoping that I can apply those principles to trust myself as I navigate through the difficult feelings in my body.

[just-asimple-brunette]

Biography - outline of character

dragon age verse

Gender: cis-man

Pronouns: he/him

Name: James Burgess

Face Claim: Milo Ventimiglia specifically during his younger years

Birthday: 18 November

Star sign: Scorpio

Age: verse dependant but let's say 24 as a base

Height: 5”8 or 172.72cm

Sexuality: bi-sexual

Relationship Status: single

Occupation: secretary

Other: allergic to cat and dog hair / nuts in their raw form / pollen / dust

Traits 

Hardworking

Organised

Friendly

Anxious 

Fixated 

Over-emotional

hey :3 just so you all know a little about me -

I’m 24 year’s old

cis-guy he / him

mixed

bi

Londoner

7 years of experience on Tumblr

who you can call your friendly neighbourhood sleep deprived adult ! well Dommy / Dom is fine too :)

feel free to shoot me a message anytime !

Must be 18 or older to interact when doing smut or anything NSFW

Non selective, my muse can fit into anything, this blog is multi verse & multi shipping.

Mun is 23 and a uni student - so bare with me for my replies.

This blog may contain adult content which will be tagged.

Please NO God-modding.

Please be kind, if you’re rude chances are I won’t rp with you.

If you would like to rp with my muse feel free to send a message or a ask/meme/prompt/starter, they will always be open.

I do like making friends. So feel free to talk to me.

There will be NSFW and SFW content on here.

If at any point I make you feel uncomfortable while roleplaying please tell me, we’re all here to have fun and it’s no fun when someone is uncomfortable.

OC Friendly / Canon Friendly / all is welcome 

So with that being said, hi, welcome, and I hope you enjoy ! :)

Plots:

Kidnaping & tortue

Making a new friend

Messy break up

Physical fight

Enemies -> lovers

Friends -> lovers

Friends -> enemies

Falling in love with the boss / sugar daddy

Cute date

Jealousy

Murder mystery

Love triangle

Holiday

Horror / murderer - killer

Marriage

Cheating

Older in age / child / teen

Careers:

Cam-boy

Royal advisor

Office work / secretary

Journalist

Babysitter

Servant / butler

Coffee shop

Bartender

Supermarket clerk

Bellboy

Worlds:

Dragon Age

Rapture / bioshock

DC / Marvel

Witcher

Pokemon

HP / FBWTFT

Lord of the rings

Star wars

Vampire

Wiccan

#bio #rules

[gertlushgaming]

Dead Man´s Diary Review (PlayStation 5)

Dead Man´s Diary Review, You're on your own in a world full of danger! You can drink only if you discover water, survive the night only if you have a safe place to sleep - eat only what you have found or hunted. Explore a destroyed world and experience a dark story.

Dead Man´s Diary Review Pros:

- Decent graphics. - 10.60GB download size. - 24 trophies. - Controller settings - vibration, adaptive triggers, Haptic when walking, Haptic when collecting, Invert axis and sensitivity sliders, and toggle run/walk. - Graphics settings - brightness, contrast, colorblind mode, colorblind strength slider, and motion blur slider. - Photo mode can be enabled and disabled. - Tutorial and dynamic help options. - Great voice work. - Survival gameplay. - First-person view. - Horror elements throughout from jump scares to noises. - Lock picking mini-game with each lock pin having a durability circle until it breaks. - The d-pad acts as a hotkey for the menus. - Loot boxes are hidden everywhere and have random loot in them. - The story is the world has gone to pot and you are a survivor in a bunker and got the short straw and must go out into the world to find supplies for the bunker. To make it worse they blindfolded you and dumped you in the middle of nowhere with no food or water. - Your character is voiced and called out but also does the inner monologue. - Button prompts show up as needed. - The tutorial is pop-ups and signs found when playing. - A full 3D world with 360-degree camera control. - A semi-open world that is split up into areas. - Play how you want in terms of how you go about everything. - Camps are used to progress the story and can heal you at the same time. - You have water, disease, radiation, and hunger meters to manage at all times, you can find food and cook up new dishes. - Day and night cycle with different weather effects, you use a torch at night. - Many secrets and alternate routes. - Handy arrow signs help guide you forward. - You can freely walk around an area and get plenty of warning if you are about to leave the area. - Playing without dynamic help makes it a much harder experience. - The game has you opening a lot of boxes, lock-picking car boots, and scavenging for food and materials. - A Geiger counter is needed to scan food and drink to check if it is safe to eat or drink. - You pick up notes and diary entries to learn about what happened to people and some people in particular. - When it's raining you get more radiated and have to stay under cover to bring the radiation down. - Chase sequences. - At times the game will play out automatically. - Stamina is used for running. - Collectible books. - It is a great-looking world that you want to explore. Dead Man´s Diary Review Cons: - No Platinum trophy. - Cannot rebind controls. - The cutscenes especially the opening one cannot be skipped. - No field of view slider. - To make you look somewhere the game takes control of the camera and points it where they want you. - Without dynamic help, the game is nigh on impossible as areas are big and materials are small and hidden away. - It bugs me that I can carry a handful of metal rods in my inventory or two haystacks but I can only carry 3 lock picks! - After using a menu the game freezes for a brief second every time without fail. - Slow starter. - Doesn't always explain things well. - The hunger, thirst, etc bars are on a menu and not on the Hud as standard and you need to dig into the settings. - Using a Geiger counter is fine but you do it a lot and the swapping of tools is less than ideal. - Med packs or healing items are very rare. - Invisible walls get more prominent as you progress. - It doesn't have any survival gameplay outside of topping up meters. - At times you get lost without a lot of help. - House interiors all look the same with the same Interactive points. - Cannot grab onto ledges. - It all gets very repetitive with very little payoff. Related Post: Song of Nunu: A League of Legends Story Review (PlayStation 5) Dead Man´s Diary: Official website. Developer: TML-STUDIOS.de Publisher: TML-STUDIOS.de Store Links - PlayStation Read the full article

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[getyourfangsout]

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about:

This is a sideblog, and I follow back from my main @grimmusings. Please direct IMs there, since it's easier for me to keep all my messages on one blog. It's also easier to start interactions with me there, where I regularly post open starters and meme prompts. For a full list of rules and verses, see my main. Honesty hour questions will largely be answered IC and treated as anonymous unless signed by a muse.

All details vary based on verse, but in general I play Charles based on an XMCU timeline with 616 plots/connections added as needed. I don't have a lot of experience with the X-Men comics, but I'm happy to learn or read up on your muse.

Please note that he’s not my easiest muse. I enjoy writing him, but his voice is still relatively new to me, and it may take me a bit longer to get back to his replies than it does for my other muses.

wanted connections:

This is by no means a comprehensive list, and I can roll with most muses as far as basic interactions. I’m happy to ship Charles with other Marvel characters and OCs/fandom crossovers based on chemistry, but unless they’re on my OTP list, they need plotting and interaction first. There is never any pressure to ship with me, even if they’re on my list. Please note that I write Charles as homosexual, and I only ship him with male muses.

OTPs: Erik Lehnsherr Other: all X-Men, Raven Darkholme, Hank McCoy, Jean Grey, Scott Summers, Logan Howlett, any canon or OC mutants

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[percontaion-points]

Firstlife chapter 13

Today’s review might be difficult for some; reader discretion is advised

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Chapter 13

“Reality exists within the scope of your senses. If you feel it, it’s real.” —Myriad 

I don’t mean to rain on the author’s parade, but some people feel that they’re George Washington. It doesn’t mean that they’re right. 

Again, I feel like there’s a missed opportunity for an entire “You aren’t an angel/devil; you are mentally ill” subplot here. But that would probably require way more self-awareness than this author is capable of. 

“Your contract will last your Second-death. We will ensure your Firstlife is filled with fame and riches that far surpass anything your parents ever achieved, and in your Everlife, you’ll be given a place of honor inside the palace, as well as any other home you desire. If you want it, you get it, even if it’s occupied. You will never lack for anything. You will have servants, and you will answer only to our King.”

[...]

“But...how do you even know I’m an Abrogate?” 

“For starters, you’re Fused with a General.”

He drops the news as if I’m supposed to coo with excitement. Thing is, I’m not even slightly startled. I should have guessed this was always about the spirit I’m supposedly Fused with, not me. 

Again, without any basis of comparison, I can only assume that they offer this shit to pretty much everybody.

I think the only person we’ve seen is Clay, who was offered the job as messenger. But zero details on anything else he might have been offered. 

“Abrogates are Generals, and Generals are decisive, right? They make battle plans.”

I think the biggest mistake that the spirits are making is expecting for an indecisive 17 year old girl to lead the charge into battle. 

There’s a reason why the military’s current structure is based on experience. No more can you simply buy your way into a good military title. 

“You don’t know what Generals are. You’ve never spoken to one.”

I’ve personally never spoken to a military general, this is true. But that doesn’t magically stop me from knowing what they are. 

“I like listening to your onesided conversations.” 

He’s heard my sleep talking? Great! “What have I said?” 

“Ten’s tears fall...”

 “No. Ten tears fall. The number ten.” 

“No. You clearly said Ten’s tears. Your name.”

Wow, it’s almost like her name is a fucking number or something. How weird is that?

“Your parents haven’t been told of your escape...yet.” That’s something, at least. 

“Why the reprieve?” 

“Prynne has only informed parents of the deceased, and I requested Myriad keep quiet about you. Your parents...annoy me. Your mother is hiding something, and your father is an adulterous prick.”

Finally, some good news.

 I won’t think about my dad’s infidelity and the mental hatchet job it must be doing on my mom.

Jeez, no wonder her mom’s a basket case. She left everything she knew behind when she was 18 for a boy. This boy grew up to be an emotionally abusive jerkwad who shipped their only child off to be waterboarded the second she thought about being rebellious. And then the man has the audacity to cheat on her? And then he has the goddamned gumption to say that it’s HER who is ruining the family? 

Buddy, you ever look in a mirror recently?

The plane jiggles again, but at first, I don’t really care. Not anymore. When it continues, growing increasingly more violent, I freaking care. I freaking care a lot. The bin above us pops open and my backpack spills out as the nose of plane dips at a more acute angle. If not for our seat belts, we would have pitched forward. 

This isn’t normal. 

I’m nearing full-blown panic when the pilot steps from the cockpit, a bag slung over his shoulders. He moves swiftly, avoiding our gazes.

That’s 100% normal and a perfectly good sign!

He didn’t want me to wind up in Many Ends. And he might have lost his Secondlife for it.

Chapter 13 summary: As you can imagine, the plane is one of those shitty little puddlejumpers; meant for short trips. I can’t even imagine that it would make it to anywhere in the continental USA; the entire thing seems like a joke. Anyway, Ten hates how it shakes and bounces. She sleeps some, but when she wakes up, she asks Killian to sell her on Myriad. 

He promises her riches beyond her wildest dreams, and power to go with it. She’s like “You putting me in charge of anything seems like the set-up for a shitshow.” However, they’re all so convinced that she’s the reincarnation of some general. He tells her that the generals all died in a big attack right before she was born. That normal people’s spirits don’t glow like that. She’s like “Sounds like you’re selling me some real baloney, you know.”

The plane starts to shake real bad. Which is concerning enough. But then the pilot comes out and he’s like “Hasta la vista, baby.” and then jumps out with a parachute. Killian goes to the front to try and land it, but then comes back and says that he can’t. He begs the girls to sign. Ten begs him to leave his shell, or else he’ll have his seconddeath. 

Ten wakes up in a strange place and wanders around without reason for 2 whole pages. Then she wakes up again. Turns out that she’d died a little, and ended up in Many Ends, the purgatory. But Archer (who she and Sloan called when the plane was crashing) showed up and brought her back to life. Sloan is okay, and is being tended to by a friend of Archer’s. He doesn’t know what happened to Killian. 

#Firstlife #Everlife series #chapter 13 #untreated mental illness #Tenley 'Ten' Lockwood #Killian Flynn #shitty society is shitty #do you even know how the world works? #HEADDESKING #Sloan (Everlife) #Archer Prince

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when do I know if I’m pushing myself too much?

I’m constantly looking for jobs, despite having one. Despite being promised future projects to work on. Constantly checking up on the job outposts of studios that ghost me and have never actually looked at my portfolio. I have 37 websites up on my computer, all of them are job postings, and every other week, I open them all and look for a fitting job. And when I don’t find anything, I look to my portfolio and think of what I can do better.

Can I do better. Yes, probably. What do I do? Well for starters I can redo my portfolio. Entirely. I just signed up for a course to improve my craft. I got stuck the moment I had to learn a new program. That sucks. I can’t move forward, can’t just sit down and watch a youtube video and learn something that is most likely going to come up at some point in my career once I get a big gig. I SHOULD learn this program, cause it can make everything faster and easier and I can focus om what I need to do. but then again, its hard to sit down and learn something new when i signed up for a course thinking i wasnt going to learn a new program. never mentioned. so now i cant finish the course, and i cant move forward. so what do i do instead?

i turn around and look at the projects i want to work on. a new direction. i deepdive into the works of the studios i want to work at, and i look at the style and format and how different my experience is with how the industry actually is. i dont know how to make a board for games, gameplay and cinematic cutscenes. i dont know how episodic boarding works, how they put the cameras and how basic is too basic in camerawork. all i know is cinematic cuts with a few pages worth of boards. i haven’t boarded 100 pages for one show, not counting my own comic which is not a film board, its a comicbook. my experience and how i board is based on scenes and directors wishes and thats all. i know little about format, despite knowing a whole lot about it. i cant really see the differnce between a scene in an episode of a show versus a scene from a movie. or i can see it, but i cant replicate it. 

so now i lament over the fact that i cant even board correctly. and i cant get work because im a periferal boarder and theres no work here, and theres even less now that the summer is here and everyone is enjoying their vacation. 

so i look at videos to improve, but none of the videos tell you the difference in the format other than which way to hold the paper when you board. the shots and formats and camera angle, i know, but what about the buildup, the invisible shots that are basic but not so basic you wouldnt hire a boarder to make? and i look again to the studios i want to work at, the people i wish to look at my work and see and nod and like what they see. so i google them and check it out, and i look at the job listings in hopes that i can apply to be seen and evaluated, but hence i am ghosted again. you need contacts.

and i have no contacts. i have emtpy promises and wishes to work with, and no contacts to actually give me work. i am exhausted (mentally) by looking, by studying, by trying to be good and better and be seen by those who matter. the industry is scattered, too much so that i cant even figure out who could be a good contact, let alone a friend. so i try to build a stupid contact list, try to make friends and make it genuine, because i absolutely hate to be a platonic friend just to be used later for work. but that is what happens, and its not very fullfilling to know that you only introduce yourself to work through them. 

they say the best contacts are the people who actually becomes your friends. when your chat looks like a regular friendship with sprinkles of job listings. to talk about something more than work.

thats too idealistic for the scattered industry around me. 

so now im slowly burning out while maintaining relations i wish i cared for, constantly jobsearch, and always strive to learn what nobody will teach me.

..

i’m tired

#storyboard #surinnsenpai #personal #honestly this blog is kinda turning into me and my thoughts #but hey all my other platforms are way more public and i dont want to put my thoughts there #so tumblr it is

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💾 ►►► DOWNLOAD FILE 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 [US4MP] Ultimate Smash 4 Modding Pack! - A Mod for Super Smash Bros. · Downloads: · For the full list of mods that are included in the pack, please. Today, I'm going to show you guys how to install a SD Cafiine directly onto the Wii U in the form of a forwarder. This tutorial is going to be. 5 Welcome to Smashboards, the world's largest Super Smash Brothers community! Over , Smash Bros. You are currently viewing our boards as a visitor. Click here to sign up right now and start on your path in the Smash community! Feed New posts New resources New profile posts Latest activity. Forums New posts Search forums. Events Monthly Weekly Agenda Archive. Streams Multi-Viewer Games. Resources Latest reviews Search resources. Members Current visitors New profile posts Search profile posts. Log in Register. Search titles only. Search Advanced search…. New posts. Search forums. Log in. It appears that you are using ad block :'. Hey, we get it. However this website is run by and for the community Please disable your adblock on Smashboards, or go premium to hide all advertisements and this notice. Alternatively, this ad may have just failed to load. JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. Thread starter epicmartin7 Start date Jan 3, I also apologize for the mess of formatting this post might be to some. I've been having issues getting the spoiler option working due to duplicate spoilers appearing. This is really the only look that felt somewhat decent. If anyone could tell me how to fix that issue, let me know! What some don't know is that offline solutions have been starting to become readily available for quite sometime. This tutorial is going to be divided into several categories all around and will list the things you need as you go along. Without a further ado, lets get started! Click Submit. Transfer your SD Card back into your Computer. This takes about a 1 minute at most. This app will be very useful in the future. This will take you back to HBL. For this section, we are going to use an application called DDD to extract the game's contents. This has to be done over your Computer's local network and takes several hours to do. Step For Windows users, download this. Again, no copying the quotes, just copy the command itself. Step After you get a hold of your IP address or have saved it somewhere, boot-up the title dumper. Step 23a: Be sure to allow your program the ability to go through your firewall. Step Put in the IP address we obtained earlier. Step This will take you to the Wii U menu. From there, boot-up Super Smash Bros. Step The game will hang on the screen, but this is normal. It is dumping the files to your computer. This process also takes several hours. So be patient. Step Once the process is done, the game will boot-up. This does not mean it is fully done. Step After the process is fully complete, go back to the Wii U Menu and power down the console. This is an application most Smash 4 modders are probably familiar with. Sm4shexplorer is a file tree viewer which allows the modification, building and erasing of some of Smash 4's content. Its a very powerful tool that helps the modding scene quite a lot. In this section, were going to show how to set it up and compile our very own mods. Note: The latest version of Sm4shExplorer takes a very long time in making files. So if you want faster compilation times with your mods, download 0. I have personally not found any issues with this setup and everything works as intended. If you are worried about any issues, then sticking with the latest version and plugin could be the best bet. Although, it is up for you to decide. Step Open Sm4shExplorer for the first time and you will be prompted with a message to find the directory where your dumped copy of Super Smash Bros. Step You will then be prompted with a message asking what version of Smash Wii U you have. You can choose with Game Region you have depending on the game copy dumped. Since this guide assumes you have the 1. Step After that, if you have any mods, you can drag and drop them into the treeview. These mods are identified by their green text color while files that were modified in official patches are blue. Standard files from the base game are just standard black. This process should take 5 minutes if you have version 0. It will take a lot longer if you use 0. So time does vary sometimes. The amount of content you have, the version you use, and the specs of your PC all have effect on it. Were going to copy the patch folder into the F00 directory on your SD Card. We are now to compile everything we need in order to install this SD Caffiine forwarder which uses a DS Virtual Console game and modifies it to do an offline exploit. Step Download the latest version of Haxchi. Step Extract the new ssbhaxchi. Choose one and press A. Read it, then press A once more. Step It should install the files and the UI elements. If you have an external hard drive: you can then restart the console, plug in your hard drive and go to System Settings to move the app back onto your hard drive. Last edited: Apr 1, Deleted member Guest. You forgot something If you edit the config. Last edited: Jan 9, Joined Jan 14, Messages 1. This works great! Awesome alternative to opening up the browser every time. I was wondering if there is some way to retain the original functionality of haxchi and have this at the same time though. Like using haxchi to open up the homebrew channel and other things. Captain F Smash Rookie. Joined Nov 7, Messages 6. I know this is for offline but I have a question. What if you were to play online in For Glory or with friends? Would the modded skins and textures still show on your screen or would they just be vanilla smash, as in the ordinary skins? Just out of curiosity. Captain F said:. Pieridesu Smash Rookie. Joined Feb 13, Messages 1. I keep trying to merge the ssbhaxchi but it keeps on saying that windows cannot move an empty folder. Joined Mar 4, Messages 1. Pieridesu said:. SonicGamer Smash Rookie. Joined Mar 6, Messages 1. When I attempt step 3 my Wii U's screen goes white and everything freezes. I don't know what I'm doing wrong as I followed all the steps perfectly up to this point. Smash Journeyman. I'm running into a few issues while using this The ssbhaxchi download appears broken. I cannot open or extract the ZIP file i download from that link. Why can't we just use the regular haxchi folder that comes equipped in the download? What if I don't have a DS virtual console game on hand to use for this method? Should I download a ROM first? Alexis Smash Cadet. Hey, thanks for this tutorial EpicMartin7, enjoying mods since some days! At least I have mods but have to go into loadiine. Last edited: Mar 20, Alexis said:. Hey, thanks for this tutorial EpicMartin7enjoying mods since some days! SonicGamer said:. Is there a database of custom skins and songs? And can I add them without replacing other songs and skins? And are custom stages possible? Robertman2 said:. Shmadam Smash Rookie. Joined Apr 1, Messages 5. So I've been trying to follow this tutorial all day basically and the bat file mentioned at step 21 apparently doesn't exist. So what do I do now? Is there somewhere else I can find the file? Because otherwise the titledumper just isn't launching on my computer at all, firewall or no firewall. Shmadam said:. Joined Aug 30, Messages 1. So I've done virtually everything in the tutorial very nicely done btw! And no, I don't use an external hard drive. Everything looked like it worked perfectly, it said something along the line of "Instillation completed" after I finished the last step, after that it took me to the home menu and I've used the browser exploit for quite some time now and it works just fine, but I require the exploit to run offline sometimes Mostly just at my School's smash club. Maybe I'm missing something painfully obvious, so please let me know if you know any kind of troubleshooting for this issue. Joined May 12, Messages 1. OlayColay Smash Rookie. Joined May 13, Messages 2. Thanks for the great guide! The only thing is during the dumping process, it keeps getting stuck at the Little Mac movie. Does anyone know how to fix this? Or, does anyone have a download for it? OlayColay said:. SirMimien Smash Rookie. Joined May 14, Messages 2 Location Australia. Step 48 When it asks me to select a DS title the only available one is Dr. Kawashima's brain training - no idea how it got there but its there. I select it and it says there is no rom. How do i go about fixing this problem? Or is there an easy way to get around this? SirMimien said:. The easiest way is just to actually buy Brain Age if you didn't already do that and just tried to download a rom instead. That's what I did and I got no error like what you got. Awesome i'll try that!! I have no idea how the brain training got there so its possible it wasnt purchased Raquinze Smash Rookie. I installed "Smash Bros. Wii U Mod Enabler" but when I load it, it turns into a black screen with a "-5" in the top left corner of the gamepad. Why does this happen? Did I do something wrong? FlakeBoi Smash Rookie. Joined Apr 16, Messages 1. Please help!! I followed all the steps, and i installed everything, got mods, etc. The haxchi worked and showed ssb4 mod launcher. I tried launching mod launcher, and it showed the intro then exited to home menu. Then, when i tried again it launched the intro then screen went black. What do i do?? Last edited: Jun 2, Bo0tleg Smash Rookie. Joined Mar 24, Messages 5. This is unimportant, but there are two step 3's. MilesRoxs Smash Rookie. Joined Jun 10, Messages 2. I'm still trying to figure this out too, but I got an app in my menu now called "Haxchi" which launches the homebrew app launcher. Do you have the same thing? Because I can only assume that's the app we're supposed to get, unless I'm missing something as well. AggressiveIV Smash Rookie. Joined Jun 11, Messages 5. When I run the. Nothing else seems to happen. I've extracted the ddd client to my desktop, and I've run the. AggressiveIV said:. The titledumper on my computer still says it's waiting for WiiU connection. I have my ip adress correct and titledumper has been allowed through the firewall. UpsettedFizz Smash Cadet. Last edited: Jun 19, PotatoGhost Smash Rookie. I'm having the same issue as AggressiveIV The titledumper. EDIT: I fixed it! The problem was that I was lied to. All the websites like whatip. Type in "cmd" and hit Enter to bring up the command prompt. Into the prompt, type "ipconfig". It will bring up a whole bunch of info. Search for the numbers titled "IPv4 Address. Put this address into DDD, and everything should be fine. These steps worked for me, at least. Hopefully, they can help someone else, too. Last edited: Jun 18, Joined Jun 9, Messages 2. You must log in or register to reply here. This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this site, you are agreeing to our use of cookies. Accept Learn more…. Top Bottom.