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thefandomlesbian · 6 months

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So no pressure at all not to answer if you don’t want to. Just if you do know…

*could* House still have his leg amputated? Would it help?

Initial disclaimer: I am not a doctor and I don't claim to be, any misconceptions are my own!

So we know that amputation was originally on the table in 1999/2000 when House initially had his infarction and then brought back into the limelight in 2011 when he committed bathtub butchery. But outside of those two acute incidents, could he have an amputation in the interim?

It's sort of a multipronged question because amputations, particularly above knee amputations (AKA) are pretty involved, risky surgeries. There's a lot of significant vasculature in the thigh that can be difficult to control. The femur in the thigh is the strongest bone in the human body, breaking a healthy adult femur is the equivalent of cracking concrete. Contrary to what House says when he claims surgeons are going to err on the side of "caution" and take his leg to protect themselves from complications, there are a lot of risks involved in taking a ~70 lb limb from the body. Patients after an AKA are 4x more likely to suffer a cardiac event. It's not just about preserving function if at all possible (though that is a concern). AKA is lower risk than, say, allowing a necrotic muscle to continue to rot inside the body, but if a healthy person with a mobility device walks into a surgeon's office and says, "I would like to have my leg amputated because of chronic pain," many surgeons are resoundingly going to say no.

That is especially complicated by House having had an infarction, a blood clot. Muscular infarctions are rare and almost exclusively happen in diabetics, so for House to have had one as a nondiabetic man in his late 30s/early 40s, he probably has something unusual going on in his blood to cause atypical clotting factors. He should be taking bloodthinners to prevent another infarction from occurring. By definition, that makes him a higher risk patient for any surgeon--he comes off the bloodthinners for surgery, putting him at risk for another infarction, or he doesn't and he's now at risk for hemorrhage.

Add to the equation that House is American in the world run by insurance--no insurance company is going to approve an amputation in a guy who's walking with a cane. Some would probably try to slide it by as a cosmetic/elective surgery to escape any financial responsibility, so he'd be looking at around $50,000 out the gate for surgery alone.

But the question will it help? is one that... really can't be answered. Again, contrary to what the canon displays, phantom limb pain is seldom easily fixed and can become chronic, plus the physiology is extremely poorly understood, so it's much more difficult to treat than standard acute or chronic pain. There's a pretty good chance that, with time and healing after amputation, House would have a fairly normal, pain-free existence, given he'll always be disabled and he'll face the struggles of using a prosthetic/walker/crutches/whatever mobility aid he chooses. There's also a chance that he could continue to live in chronic pain, now less treatable, while healing a surgical incision and learning how to walk again. It could fall either way. (And potential complications, ie a second infarction, cardiac event, no limitations, there's a lot to work with.)

All of that said--this is just in terms of my experience and limited knowledge. I think amputee!House is something that should be explored more often in fandom, from all sides of the equation (1999, 2011, favorable outcomes, unfavorable outcomes). It's worth mentioning that within the scope of the House MD universe, House does believe that he would be a happier person in less pain if he had had his leg amputated.

In terms of fanworks, anything goes! (I mean I literally wrote a soliloquy on how/why Wilson's cancer is considered terminal while simultaneously writing my WilsonLives!AU, so it's safe to say we should all be comfortable hurling realism in the toilet for the sake of Fix It FanFiction.) There are no rules, medicine as we know it doesn't exist, you can do Whatever You Want for the sake of the narrative.

#spencer speaks #house md #hate crimes md #hatecrimes md #gregory house #hugh laurie

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queengiuliettafirstlady · 11 months

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🧡 𝗗𝗜𝗙𝗙𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗘, 𝗦𝗔𝗠𝗘 𝗟𝗢𝗩𝗘 2 - AN ALTERNATIVE UNIVERSE (AU)-THEMED OTOME CONTENT CREATION CHALLENGE

For the second time, @xxsycamore and I are bringing to you a week-long exploration of the trope Alternative Universe! (link to last year’s challenge here)

→ GENERAL RULES

Works of all forms are welcome! Fanarts, fanfics, headcanons, etc.

Limited to otome fandoms - mobile otome games such as: IkeSeries (Ikemen Vampire, Ikemen Prince, Ikemen Villains, Ikemen Sengoku, Ikemen Revolution, Ikemen Genjiden); Tears of Themis; Obey me!; Mr Love: Queen’s Choice; Light and Night; Voltage games; Mystic Messenger and others, as well as console otomes.

This challenge takes place between June 19th and June 25th, 2023. The deadline for posting your works is July 15th (until midnight, UTC+2).

Instead of making the masterlist after the deadline, @xxsycamore who is in charge of it will try to create the post in advance and update it regularly during the challenge. Don’t hesitate to contact us if your work was done within the deadline but wasn’t featured in the masterlist. Or, if you prefer not to be featured on the masterlist instead!

When posting your works, use the tag #different universe same love ccc - you can as well tag @xxsycamore and @queengiuliettafirstlady in your posts! It will help us find your work easier!

Posting to other sites is allowed - as long as you mention the challenge and its creators.

Reblogs are appreciated!

→ CONTENT RULES

This challenge features a list of 14 AU prompts, two for each day, plus 7 dialogue prompts which you can match to your liking, if you want to. You’re free to create a work based on whichever AU you like more for that day. You can also create works for both AU prompts, and you can also mix the two prompts into one work! Whatever suits your preferences :) You can create more than one work for the same prompt, too!

You can find the lists of prompts on the banner above, as well at the bottom of this post.

Under the cut, you will also find a short explanation of each AU prompt, just in case there is anything unclear about them.

Any additional rules are up to the content creators. You are free to choose the rating(make sure to mark your NSFW works accordingly, and if you’re minor, make sure not to interact with such!), and also the genre (the challenge’s main focus is romantic love, but it is not obligatory for your work to be of such genre), all characters and ships included are up to you (OCs, character x MC, character x character, etc.)

You’re free to take requests from your audience using these prompt lists, again please make sure to mention the challenge and its creators.

You’re absolutely free to post your works for this challenge after its deadline, July 15th - but please note that they won’t be featured in the masterlist!

The final and most important rule is to have fun and not pressure yourself about full completion of the challenge. Do only as many works as you wish! :)

Here is a free-to-use banner/header for the challenge!:

If you have any additional questions, we’ll be happy to help. There is no such thing as a stupid question, so don’t hesitate to get in contact with us! We wish you happy creating!

→ THE LISTS

Day 1 - June 19th- Bodyguard AU | Mafia AU

Day 2 - June 20th- Angels and Demons AU | Pirate/Mermaid AU

Day 3 - June 21st- Social Media AU |Coffee/Flower shop AU

Day 4 - June 22nd- Celebrity AU | Bookstore AU

Day 5 - June 23rd - Forbidden love AU | Soulmates AU

Day 6 - June 24th- Office AU | Circus/Magic AU

Day 7 - June 25th- FREE DAY (an AU of your choice!)

Dialogue prompts:

“Him? Are you kidding me? He’s not even my type!”

“We didn’t even exchange numbers! I’m such a fool.”

“We should have never met.”

“Ah, it’s you again! Do you come here often?”

“I’ll be waiting at our spot. Make sure no one sees you.”

“Promise me we will always have each other.”

“Maybe we’ll meet again someday.”

Under the cut you’ll find a short explanation of each AU:

Bodyguard AU - character A is appointed to protect character B

Mafia AU - an extension of Mobster AU, with a mafia setting - typically involves rivalry and enemies-to-lovers tropes

Angels and Demons AU - typically depicts the forbidden love between character A who is an angel and character B who is a demon. You can also write about Fallen angels/Ascended demons.

Pirate/Mermaid AU - an AU that features merfolk characters or pirates - or both!

Social Media AU - an AU where the characters meet on social media and begin their friendship/relationship online.

Coffee/Flower shop AU - typically resolves around a small business that character A either owns or works at, and their loyal customer, character B; but they can also be both customers, or coworkers.

Celebrity AU - placing your character(s) in a setting where they’re famous. Other characters could be their fans; working with them, meeting them by chance…

Bookstore AU - similar to Coffee/Flower shop AU.

Forbidden love AU - a setting where the characters are forbidden from being together for whatever reason.

Soulmates AU - a setting where everyone has One True Love and the ways of finding it varies depending on the creator. An example of a popular Soulmate AU is “Your soulmate’s name is written on you”.

Office AU - a setting where the characters work together in an office.

Circus/Magic AU - a setting where the characters either work in the circus or are magic users - the latter involves anything fantasy-related, basically.

FREE DAY - The last day of this challenge is for you to choose your own prompt! It can perfectly well overlap with an already existing prompt. Maybe your favorite Alternative Universe wasn’t in the list above? This is your chance to include your idea in the list :)

ONCE AGAIN, HAPPY CREATING! WE CAN’T WAIT TO SEE YOUR CREATIONS 🧡

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primofate · 2 years

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The Ruthless Prince (Part 16.2) Scaramouche x fem!reader [Genshin Royal AU] MDNI

Minors do not interact!

But don’t worry, the full post isn’t here anyway. As I’ve said before, Chapter 16.2 is kind of like an extra chapter. You can skip it and it won’t change much in your experience of the story. This is for those who would really like to know what exactly happened and how exactly reader and Scaramouche spent the night.

For this reason, I decided to put this chapter up on ko-fi instead.

Now before you maul me. Like I said, it’s an extra chapter. Read it or not it doesn’t change a thing, plus it’s soft smut. Also, I’m aiming to get chapter 17 out today or tomorrow, most likely tomorrow so please spare me the hate and tears hahahha and yes of course that’ll be posted on tumblr.

The main chapters of The Ruthless Prince will still be on tumblr. If you can, I do appreciate it if you leave comments or replies on this post once you’ve read 16.2

Anyway, here are some tidbits, snippets and information about it:

Word Count: 5.4k (yes it’s quite a long soft smut)

Warnings: penetration, implications of masturbation, no protection and I don't support the pull out method but we are supposed to be in olden times, so I don't think condoms exist yet? but no, reader doesn't get pregnant in the story, not because of this session at least haha, first time: a lot of experimenting going on, fairly slow paced and soft in my opinion, female and male receiving and giving oral, fem!reader, I think that's it.

Snippet 1:

And it's your turn to feel that bit of pride in you, to know that you had made him feel good. "K-Keep going..." Scaramouche's voice stutters but you obey and start on a steady pace on his cock, your hand pumping up and down, parts of him disappearing as your hand slides and squeezes at him. "Shiiiiiit--"

Snippet 2:

"...You're embarrassingly wet," he gives you a sadistic grin, and you see exactly a Scaramouche that you're familiar with. Earlier he had been a bit unsure and shy, possibly even cautious but now that he's warmed up, he looked as if he knew exactly what he wanted and he wasn't going to be nice to you about it.

"Shut up..." You mumble, feeling your cheeks heat up. You're painfully aware of how wet you've gotten. It started from the kissing, intensified when he played with your breasts and just tripled in warmth when you started sucking him off. Something about his moans and groans just did it for you.

Snippet 3:

"R-Relax, Y/N," It was so damn tight. He kisses your neck in an attempt to get you to ease up, feathers kisses along your jaw and again lands on your lips for a passionate kiss. It soothes your mind a little and gradually he feels himself press into the pucker of your lower lips, his tip enters with difficulty and you instinctively wrap your arms around his shoulders with a whimper.

Link to the FULL finished chapter on buymeacoffee:

https://www.buymeacoffee.com/lenaprimofate/e/77127

Note: Because I’m only recently exploring buymeacoffee, I can’t guarantee that I can help you if you have any problems with payments, but they do accept credit cards and what not. Also, there is no time limit on the posts, that means once you support, you have a lifetime access to them (from what I know at least, please correct me if I’m wrong.)

MASTERLIST

https://primofate.tumblr.com/post/653296890583154688/masterlist-for-mobile-version-main-links

#scaramouche smut #scaramouche x reader #scaramouche royal au #genshin impact #genshin smut #genshin impact smut #scaramouche #genshin impact scaramouche #genshin impact royal au #scaramouche fluff #scaramouche angst

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yourladystar · 7 months

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Star's Engage Catalogue Day 34 (part 5)

I feel that it's only right to showcase the final team that will be joining me.

And I have to split it into 2 posts because Tumblr has a 10-picture limit.

Don't really think I have to explain why Alear has been a strong fighter. You see those stats and you see why I had Marth stick with him, those two are a perfect fit.

But I wanna talk about how shocked I am by Alear's character. He's genuinely up there with Corrin and Shez as one of the best avatars this series has done. His story is engaging, he's a joy to watch in anything he does or says, his voice acting is immaculate, he's so God flippin adorable! I'll definitely talk more about him another time, but he managed to become one of my favorite characters in all of Fire Emblem, something I never expected to happen playing this game!

Again, don't think I need to explain why a dancer is good. And while Corrin worked with him for a while, Byleth is a better option, especially with the stats he gives.

And Seadall surprised me with his character. His alluring nature and way of speaking, his wisdom and experience from his past, the struggles he deals with from his lifestyle, and the way he can inspire others even when he doesn't believe in himself. I don't know how some of y'all can say he's boring, this sh*t is lovely.

Also he's pretty as hell, but I think you can see that.

Rosado has been a reliable fighter who can just about any enemy I have him face. Good stats, weapon variety and flyer mobility make him extremely versatile. Leif has been the best fit for him, since his stat boosts and skills work best for how Rosado functions in battle.

His character is also wonderful. A perfect evolution of Forrest and wonderful rep for trans, genderfluid, crossdresser's, and gender questioning people in a time where they really need positive representation. Plus he's spunky and sassy while also being caring and supportive.

Amber is a weirdly good example of hard-hitting but fragile. His low speed and res make him susceptible to one-hit kills, but the enemy can't do that if he doesn't kill them in one hit first. Eirika also works weirdly well for him, as the twins' skills suit whatever I need him to do that turn.

But I can overlook all of that for his character. I love this doof! He's so dumb and goofy but filled with so much positivity and cheerfulness it's hard not to smile at his antics. Even when he royally f*cks something up, you can't help but smile and go, "Youre doing amazing, sweetie."

Alcryst might just be the strongest member of my team and Lyn really helped to bring out his true potential. Her skills perfectly suit his play style and ensure that any he fights will not survive, whether it'd be death by crit, death by Luna, or Alacrity stopping the opponent from even fighting back. And with me giving him avoidance skill, literally nothing can even touch him. It's honestly ridiculous how busted this unit is.

And don't get me started on how much I love this little skrunkly! He stole my love the second his first scene ended and it only got better with each scene he got. I just wanted this boy to have love and happiness and seeing him get that from everyone in his life- his brother, his retainers, his friends, his boyfriend- they all just make me smile.

Alfred has a rocky middle, but he really picked up. Once I started utilizing the resources I got and realized that he got swords after being promoted, Alfred really came into his own and started being a powerhouse. Sigurd has been his Emblem since the start. No one else can really utilize his movement the same way Alfred does.

Alfred also shocked me with his character. I already liked him enough for the goofy and entertaining meathead he was, but the second I unlocked his A-support with Céline, everything I perceived about him changed! He went from being just a fun and silly presence to one of the most tragic yet hopeful characters in this. Someone who, even knowing they have little time left, refuses to give up and continues to strive forward to protect everything and everyone he cares. Someone who doesn't ask for your pity and will always be put you first.

I couldn't have picked a better person to give the Pact Ring to.

Alflear for life, baby!

Zelkov is a unit that started off good and continued to be good throughout the entire game. I've never been in a position where it felt like bringing him along was an inconvenience, even when there was no chest for him to unlock. Hell, for the longest time, he didn't even need an Emblem to assist him, but when I did decide to give him one, the Three Houses lords for him like a glove.

And God, I love listening to him talk! I had no idea what to expect out of him during the lead-up to Engage, but I am so happy with what I got. An enigmatic and mysterious yet sweet, caring, and helpful man who seems like an autistic coded goat on the surface but is just using his many hobbies to avoid dealing with the trauma of his childhood- that is right up my alley!

I'll do the second half in the next post.

#fire emblem engage #playthrough #first playthrough #alear #fe alear #m!alear #seadall #fe seadall #rosado #fe rosado #amber #fe amber #alcryst #fe alcryst #alfred #fe alfred #zelkov #fe zelkov

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all-or-nothing-baby · 1 year

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8 GET KNOW ME BETTER/CATCH UP WITH ME QUESTIONS

tagged by @greyhavenisback. thanks love! <3

RELATIONSHIP STATUS: currently single and honestly mostly very content with that, i just. miss kissing. bc kissing is nice. so, kind mutuals, kiss-o-gram for cassidy when? lol.

FAVOURITE COLOUR: petrol/gasoline tones. or the less ostentatious answer of purples and blues and greens.

SONG STUCK IN MY HEAD: justin timberlake's cry me a river bc me and my fourteen-year-old put it on about an hour ago bc he was trying to argue that bringing sexy back is a better song (it's not and i will take zero criticism). i'm not usually a fan of JT's music—he's better at acting imo—but that tune is just *chef's kiss* and a proper classic early 2000s BOP!

LAST SONG I LISTENED TO: just watched some of the brilliant twin peaks: a limited event series (2017) as i'm currently nearing the end of a rewatch of the entire run (og s1+s2, the FWWM film, and The Return). it was ep2 and the song that's performed as the credits roll is shadow by chromatics, so. that.

THREE FAVOURITE FOODS: i could never! plus most of my faves i can't eat anymore because of my evil MCAS. but three faves today? 1. gruyère cheese on sourdough toast with lashings of worcestershire sauce (which i ate for lunch earlier today) 2. fry's turkish delight which i used to think tasted like perfume when i was a nipper but love now. i had one the other day for the first time in ages and i want MORE. 3. spicy phở, nom nom. although i now have to make my own bastardized version bc there are soooooo many vegetables i can no longer eat, grr. still good tho!

LAST THING I GOOGLED: 182 centimeters in inches bc my brain seems to live in the 1970s, pre-metrication, even tho i was born in 1980. i think its maybe bc it's what my folx used? and even tho i was taught metric in school it just never stuck, ha. anyway, the reason is i'm looking for a second-hand sofa bed on ebay and i live in a basement flat so correct dimensions are A Big Thing.

DREAM TRIP: anywhere not-warm with mountains and forests. maybe rural germany or romania? i just want to breathe in the mist and lay down in the damp earth until moss and lichen begin to grow over me tbh. think castle lecter in lithuania, where hannibal grew up... tbh, my chronic illnesses and now shitty mobility means i prolly won't actually get to go abroad ever again *sobs* BUT i believe one can and should always dream :)

ANYTHING YOU WANT RIGHT NOW: i'll take a body that works properly pls! i'm going for a meal and then to a peaky blinders ballet (!) tomorrow eve and instead of feeling pure excitement for it, i'm mostly anxious tbh which, bleugh. also, i'd like to hang out at home with my best mate bc i was too ill for us to catch up over christmastime, meaning i've not seen him in over a year as we live at opposite ends of the country :( but he's hopefully coming to stay with us at easter, so yay.

tagging, play or nay: @shealynn88 @sharkfish @novemberhush @jmeelee @petrichoravellichor @rauko-is-a-free-elf @witchsickness @demonlandline @slytherkins @stevewhoreington @raisesomehale @halinski @eusuntgratie @wulfnerd @harrgrove @jimmypricegf @thisgirlsays22 @catboynecromancy @deklo @grey-sides @lovebillyhargrove @deedoop @suometar @ltleflrt @sailorsally @mjulmjul and anybody else who wants to have a pop pls just consider yourself tagged!

#get to know me tag game #i got tagged #tag you're it

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delta-two-two · 2 years

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I've been requested for some of my Krueger hcs by @cerosin-bis so I'm gonna go ahead and share 'em! (I'm on mobile rn so apologies in advance if the formatting is weird)

-firstly, is 100% not right in the head. idk why but a combination of his appearance and backstory make it seem like he's just. not all there. plus, yk. escaping two murder charges

-Krueger's a master manipulator to the point he can (and has) fabricated personalities and attitudes to fit his needs, wants, or goals.

-he's infuriatingly charismatic without trying to be, its how he gets away with everything (and also being a slippery bastard in the first place)

-likes to get under peoples' skin, learn what makes them tick, and push them beyond their limits just to see the outcome (for funsies). has definitely incurred the ire of many people this way, but the ones who resist/deny him the satisfaction are the ones he ends up respecting usually (after he makes them break ofc)

-in the same vein, he likes to play mind games and enjoys a challenge when people resist him, but absolutely does not like losing and will find a way to break you first before you break him

-loves attention good or bad but will absolutely dip as soon as he's had his fill of it and good luck trying to find him again unless he wants you to

-but still tends to keep to himself for the most part unless he thinks someone is deserving of his attention or if they've earned his respect (usually reserved for allies he trusts) that being said, if he doesn't like you, you will know. if he does like you, you'll know as well. expect him to be more annoying and snarky, he'll just start loitering in your space more, especially if he sees it annoys you

-will not actively seek someone out unless he wants something from them whatever it may be.

-definitely had SOMETHING with Golem (i mean come on you can't tell me they didn't when they have similar finishing move quips; Golem's 'hush now' and Krueger's 'silent now'. I like to think Krueger started it and golem picked it up. plus I mean Krueger's actually almost too friendly while Golem is like. trying to keep him at arm's length eg. Krueger calling Golem "bruder" and asking him stuff and Golem scoffing at Krueger at being called "bruder" and being like "you don't care what I think" etc.)

and I think that's all I have for now :)

#headcanons #sebastian krueger #sorry if its short #i dont usually keep track of my hcs so i had to sit and remember them xD

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grailfinders · 2 years

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Fate and Phantasms #281: Voyager

Yep, Quirinus was already done last anniversary, so we're hopping on down the line to the darling of Culdopoly, Voyager! Our dear boyager is an unusual servant, so it's no surprise they're an unusual build as well. First and foremost he's a Battle Smith Artificer to summon various parts of the Voyager craft, along with some moon buggies and rockets for mobility. Aside from a marvel of modern technology Voyager also channels our hopes and dreams into a brighter future in space, making him a Twilight Domain Cleric. Yes, we can pretend those airplanes in the night sky are shooting stars.

Check out his build breakdown below the cut, or his character sheet over here!

Next up: I'mma motherfucking T-Rex!

Race and Background

Voyager would be a warforged, but Mordenkainen is a coward and didn't give them the same variable size option he gave a lot of other races. That means for now we're stuck with Custom Lineage if we want a weird little boy who is both weird and little. As a custom lineage you get +2 Constitution, and you can pick between medium and small size; if you can't tell by the bolding we're going with the latter. You're also Observant, giving you the ability to read lips, +1 Intelligence, and a +5 bonus to passive perception and investigation checks. You look at things, that's like, 99% of your job. That and handing out humanity's mixtape. You also get some Darkvision to help see into the void of space. Only 60' now, but we'll get a stronger telescope soon.

Voyager is just about as much of a Far Traveler as possible, giving him Insight and Perception proficiency.

Ability Scores

Fitting the fact that you were made not born, we're using the point buy system here. Set your Intelligence and Wisdom to 15. You only know a couple subjects, but you're very good at those. Also, seeing is, again, 99% of your job, and you don't get scared easy by anything that isn't a snake. Your Dexterity is at 14- you literally float so your footsteps are silent, plus you're decent with a rapier if your second ascension is anything to go by. This means your Constitution is only a 10, though I don't feel like dumping it if you're going to survive in deep space. That means Strength and Charisma are at 8. You're adorable, but you're not exactly present in a conversation. Also you're a literal child, and floating around means you can't get good leverage.

Class Levels

1. Artificer 1: If we're gonna play a space station you've got to be smart enough to build yourself, so we're starting in artificer for proficiency in Constitution and Intelligence saves as well as Arcana to know about magitech and Investigation to search for signs of life in the universe.

Check out your Magical Tinkering to add tiny magical effects to tiny nonmagical items. You can make a flashlight, a tape recorder, a whoopee cushion... it's one of those "get creative" deals.

You also learn Spells which you cast and prepare using your Intelligence. Dancing Lights lets you make a little starlight for your friends and their dumb human eyes, while Message is a short-range walky-talky. It doesn't work over super long ranges, but it's good enough for now. You can also use Expeditious Retreat to put your boosters on so you can dash as a bonus action, and use Jump and Feather Fall to increase your vertical mobility. We can't fly yet, but Feather Fall's still good to keep in mind, given some limitations we hit later on.

2. Artificer 2: second level artificers can infuse items, turning regular stuff into magic items your party will forget about in five minutes! Sending Stones let you cast Sending once a day. kinda spoilin future spells, but it helps you feel the time delay of being a spaceship more, so that's cool. enhanced arcane focus and enhanced defense add 1 to spell attacks n AC of armor, respectively. Astronaut gear is like, leather armor at best. stock up while you can. also, a bag of holding is just pretty nice to have. keep your souvenirs safe. you get four options rn, but you can only have two up at a time!

3. Artificer 3: at third level you get your robobuddy when you become a Battle Smith artificer! you're battle ready, so you can use martial weapons, and your magic weapons can use your intelligence instead of dexterity or strength! you also build a steel defender, a medium sized robot that you can command using your bonus action! you can even ride on it, since you're small. boom, moon buggy, done!

on top of all that, you can make the right tool for the job over a short rest, creating any one toolkit you want! you also get subclass spells that are always prepared- Heroism helps inspire your other party members, giving them temporary hp and keeping them from getting frightened. shield is another layer of protection for your space suit, giving you +5 AC for the round and blocking any magic missiles coming in!

4. Cleric 1: Bouncing over to cleric makes you part of the Twilight group right away. You're sparkly, I'm sure you'll fit right in. You get proficiency in heavy armor in case your DM rules that's what a space suit is, and you get two more features as well! Your Eyes of Night give you a whopping 300' of darkvision, and you can share that boon with Wisdom modifier friends for an hour a day, or by burning spell slots after the first time. You also have a Vigilant Blessing to hand out, giving one creature advantage on their next initiative roll. Some would say getting the paladin to go first would be impossible, but you make the impossible come true! Or make it more likely.

You also learn a second Spell list using your Wisdom to cast and prepare them! Check the PHB to see how many spell slots you have, both spell lists use those slots, also artificers are half casters.

For cantrips, use Guidance to lead people to the stars, and Light for more dumb-human-eye helping. You also get Spare the Dying, since you're so unaccustomed to death it kinda stays away from you. Nzambi does, at least. You also get another set of subclass spells, and Faerie Fire lets you shoot a nebula around people making them glowy and giving other people advantage to hit them for the duration. You can also use Sleep to knock people out if they have low HP, but that's not really something you do. I think. we've only read the first volume. Also check out Bless for a long-term guidance, detect magic to look with those special eyes, and sanctuary so you can stand in the middle of action scenes without going splat. (it forces a charisma save on creatures trying to hit you, if they fail they have to hit someone else instead. you can't attack while this is happening, but that's why you've got a robot.)

5. Cleric 2: second level clerics can channel divinity once a short rest in one of two flavors. turn undead is the standard, and keeps the zombies away. twilight sanctuary is the spicy variety, giving you a 30' radius of space for a minute. whenever a creature ends its turn in space, you can give it temporary hp or end effects charming /frightening it. space is so cool it can distract you from alllll your worries! or its so terrifyingly large nothing else matters compared to it. either/or.

6. Cleric 3: third level clerics know second level spells- Moonbeam is a good first pick for your radar beam attack, and it does extra damage to werewolves! you can also see invisibility to check out pictures of black holes. no not like that, gross. he's a kid!

If you're out of divinity you can use calm emotions to shut down charming instead, or enhance ability to make more things possible! also, if you want that big star Voyager rides around on, check out spiritual weapon. it uses your bonus action too so you can't use your buggy and star at the same time, but you also can't do that in-game so it works!

7. Artificer 4: fourth level artificers get our first ability score improvement, so let's become resilient to round out our wisdom score and become proficient with wisdom saves. you're pretty good at seeing through people's bull, so illusions shouldn't work that much on you.

8. Artificer 5: Fifth level artificers get an extra attack each action, and you can also cast second level spells like branding smite and warding bond. neither are really in character, but they're there! if you want to move around even more, kinetic jaunt speeds you up and keeps you from provoking opportunity attacks while levitate lets you kindasorta float around. you still need to push yourself around, but we'll work on it.

9. Artificer 6: at sixth level of artificer we work on it with two more infusions, and you can keep one more up at a time. make that armor resistant armor to protect yourself from the cold of space, or just cold in general! we also get the boots of elvenkind to lighten our footsteps til people'd swear we're floating, making your steps silent and giving you advantage on stealth checks.

You also have Tool Expertise, giving you double proficiency with any tool check you're proficient with. you're a fish out of water most of the time, but when you're in your element you're very, very good.

10 Artificer 7: Seventh level artificers can use Flashes of Genius intelligence times a day to add your intelligence modifier to something someone's doing near you, for when not even advantage is enough of a guarantee.

11 Cleric 4: Fourth level clerics get an ASI of their own, so you can bump up your Intelligence for another stronger flash per day. You can also cast Mending now to patch up your ship as you travel. like half of the Apollo missions would be dead in the water if the astronauts weren't really good at jerry-rigging. honestly surprised Voyager is still working after all this time, tbh.

12 Cleric 5: Fifth level clerics can Destroy Undead when they turn undead if said undead are CR 1/2 or lower. You also get third level spells like Aura of Vitality and Leomund's Tiny Hut. For more flavorful spells, you can become a Beacon of Hope, giving nearby creatures advantage on wisdom and death saves, as well as guaranteeing maximum healing from any source. We're mostly picking that one for the name, but damn if it isn't cool. Another good spell is Fast Friends, letting you charm a nearby humanoid if they fail their wisdom save so they'll do stuff for you like become your master. Just because we dumped charisma earlier doesn't mean Voyager is not a cute kid. I mean look at how we all pushed through Culdopoly just because he asked?

Finally, we can pick up Sending full time, letting us send short messages anywhere on the plane, and they can respond back. If you're on another plane (which space probably is) there's a 5% chance of failure, but it's just about the only way to reliably communicate with ground control at this point.

13 Cleric 6: Sixth level clerics can channel divinity twice a short rest for more space, and even better you can use Steps of Night to finally achieve proper liftoff. While in dim light or darkness, you can use your bonus action to gain a flying speed for a minute, and you can do this Proficiency times a day. Thankfully you don't lose that speed in light since your attacks are quite the light show, but I doubt you'll have problem finding darkness in space. It's like finding Darkness in Konosuba, it's not hard.

14. Cleric 7: Seventh level caster, fourth level spells. Aura of Life and Greater Invisibility are neat, but we're here for Freedom of Movement to voyage where you please and Death Ward for that thing you do in the climax of Fate Requiem. Y'all know what I'm referencing here, I don't even need to be specific about it. It gives yourself or an ally guts for 8 hours, so if you'd drop to 0 HP you drop to 1 instead.

15. Cleric 8: Eighth level clerics get another ASI, so bump up your wisdom for more spells and more helpful nightvision goggles. Destroy Undead hits creatures CR 1 or lower, and you can add a Divine Strike to a weapon attack once a turn, adding radiant damage to the attack. That rapier you're wielding in your second ascension is pretty sparkly, and now so is every weapon you wield.

16. Cleric 9: Ninth level clerics get fifth level spells. Mislead is interesting, but Circle of Power is a great way to help your party change the world. It gives you and friendly creatures within 30' of you advantage on saves against spells, plus if making that save causes you to take half damage, they take no damage on a success instead. It's almost evasion, but only if you're good at saves.

We can also use Legend Lore to be a small cryptic child, Scrying to set up our telescope, and Flame Strike for a higher-level radar dish beam. It's been a while since we had a new offensive spell, and it's important you stay on top of that.

17. Cleric 10: Tenth level clerics get Divine Intervention, giving you a 1/10 chance of calling god up directly for help. If you succeed, your DM gives you just about whatever you need to solve a problem, and you can't use this again for a week because of communication delay. If you fail, you only have to wait a long rest.

18. Cleric 11: Eleventh level clerics have a stronger destroy undead, and they get sixth level spells. The only one I'm interested in is Heroes' Feast. It gives your friends more hp, advantage on wisdom saves, and immunity to being frightened.

19. Cleric 12: Use this last ASI to max out your Intelligence. Artificers love intelligence.

20. Cleric 13: We stuck around cleric this long for one reason: Plane Shift is a seventh level spell. Now you can literally lead your party into space, this is what the build's been building up to.

Pros and Cons

Pros:

Voyager does not stick around in one place for long, and this build makes sure you can do just that. You can fly and ignore shackles, and even if you get tied down your robot buddy can carry you to safety.

Speaking of buddies, you're great at helping them out, especially with skill checks. You can give them advantage on checks and saves, plus an additional 1d4, plus an additional +5. That's a W + everyone asked + no ratio + good take.

Even when you're not helping other people out you're still plenty smart on your own, with high intelligence and wisdom scores, bonuses to perception and investigation, (plus all that stuff from #2 can be used on you too), and you have legend lore, a spell which scales based on your existing knowledge, which you have a lot. Your DM better have an overarching plot, is all I'm saying.

Cons:

You don't have a magic weapon. Usually I wouldn't bring this up since you have other options for magical damage, but battle smiths like having magic weapons, and it's especially egregious in a class all about making magic shit. It takes your melee fighting from a +8 to hit up to a +12 to hit, which is a lot in D&D.

Despite taking the artificer subclass all about melee fighting, you're way too squishy to be a frontline fighter full time. You have barely over 100 HP, and if your astronaut suit is leather your AC isn't great either.

Cleric and Artificer are both classes that hit their biggest stride at level 20, and while mixing the two still has good moments it's hard to beat never dying with a +6 to all saves or guaranteed god help once a week.

#fgo #fate grand order #D&D 5e #dnd #Voyager #Artificer #Cleric

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Dissidia Final Fantasy: Opera Omnia Setzer Gabbiani Banners

The Dimensions' End: Transcendence Final Tier and the Dimensions' End: Transcendence Reprise events just started in the Dissidia Final Fantasy: Opera Omnia (DFFOO) mobile game. These events came with multiple banners.

Dimensions’ End: Transcendence Final Tier Banner 1

The Dimensions’ End: Transcendence Final Tier banner 1 features the following chars and their weapons:

Kain Highwind from Final Fantasy IV - Force only

Setzer Gabbiani from Final Fantasy VI (#ad) - 15cp, 35cp, Ex, LD, Force or FR, and Burst or BT

Guy or Gus from Final Fantasy II - 15cp, 35cp, Ex, and LD

King from Final Fantasy Type-0 - 15cp, 35cp, Ex, and LD

Have everything on this banner except for Setzer’s FR and BT.

Dimensions' End: Transcendence Final Tier Banner 2

The Dimensions' End: Transcendence Final Tier banner 2 features the following chars and their weapons:

Kain Highwind from Final Fantasy IV - 15cp, 35cp, Ex, LD, FR, and BT

Setzer Gabbiani from Final Fantasy VI - Force only

Aphmau from Final Fantasy XI - 15cp, 35cp, Ex, and LD

Alisaie Leveilleur from Final Fantasy XIV - 15cp, 35cp, Ex, and LD

Have everything on this banner except for Setzer's FR.

There are also banners for Cloud Strife from Final Fantasy VII, Squall Leonhart from Final Fantasy VIII, Lightning or Claire Farron from Final Fantasy XIII, and Edgar Roni Figaro from Final Fantasy VI, but I’ll have to talk about that in another post because apparently Tumblr’s new post editor has a limit of 30 pics per post. Not sure if there’s a way to go back to the old post editor.

Thoughts about Setzer Gabbiani from Final Fantasy VI

Was planning to pull for Setzer to make it easier to clear the Dimensions' End: Transcendence Final Tier or Tier 16 Shinryu (level 300) quest.

Plus, I do like him well enough, and he's already partially built, so I thought I might as well go ahead and fully complete him. Besides, he is a pretty good support slash buffer.

And lately, we've been having events where chars get locked out once you use them on a single stage, or where you can only use chars that are of a certain Crystal Color and/or weapon type so it's good to have as many fully built chars as possible.

Currently, have Setzer's 15cp, 35cp, Ex, and LD fully MLB. He has his High Armor and it's been Realized to 0/3. He has his Bloom Stone as well as triple Artifacts and triple RF Spheres.

All of his Summon Boards as well as the Char Boards for his 15cp, 35cp, Ex, and LD have been completed. He doesn't have any of his Force Enhancements.

Dimensions' End: Transcendence Final Tier Banner 2 Free First Multi-Draw Results

My free first multi-draw on the Dimensions' End: Transcendence Final Tier banner 2 gave me 2 dupes of Aphmau's 15cp and 1 dupe of Alisaie's 35cp.

Dimensions' End: Transcendence Final Tier Banner 1 Free First Multi-Draw Results

My free first multi-draw on the Dimensions' End: Transcendence Final Tier banner 1 gave me dupes of Setzer's 15cp and Ex.

Dimensions' End: Transcendence Final Tier Banner 1 Free Multi-Draw Tickets Results

Have 3 multi-draw tickets that can be used on either of the Dimensions' End: Transcendence Final Tier banners. Decided to use all 3 of these tickets on banner 1.

The 1st ticket gave me a Force orb.

Was really hoping to get Setzer's FR already but unfortunately, ended up with a due of Kain's FR instead. Also got a dupe of Setzer's 35cp.

The 2nd ticket gave me dupes of Guy's LD and 15cp.

The 3rd ticket gave me dupes of Guy's 15cp, 35cp, and LD. Welp, what's with all the Guy weapon dupes?

Dimensions' End: Transcendence Final Tier Banner 1 Multi-Draws Results

Currently, have 1264360 gems on hand. Here are the results of my multi-draws on the Dimensions' End: Transcendence Final Tier baner 1:

1/11 - Guy's Ex

My second multi-draw gave me a Force orb. Once again, was hoping for Setzer's FR to show up already.

Thankfully, that was exactly what happened this time. Yup, that's right, just got my very first copy of Setzer's FR.

Hell, yes! Super pleased to see this. Now I just need his BT then I can be done with this banner.

Aside from Setzer's FR, this pull also gave me dupes of Setzer's 15cp, King's 35cp, and 2 copies of Guy's LD.

1/11 - dupe of King's 15cp

2/11 - dupes of Guy's 35cp and Setzer's FR

2/11 - dupes of King's Ex and Setzer's 15cp

2/11 - dupes of King's 35cp and Setzer's 35cp

I thought I was all set to get trash again on my next multi-draw, and it did seem that way since a lot of bronze and silver weapons showed up followed by yet another dupe of Setzer's 15cp.

But after that, to my surprise, the animation suddenly changed and then Setzer's Burst weapon was showing up.

Hell, yes! Super pleased to see this. So glad I didn't have to pity Setzer's BT. And now that I have both his FR and BT, I can be done with this banner.

Down to 1229360 gems and currently have 220 G Tokens for this banner.

Went to the Dimensions’ End: Transcendence Final Tier banner 1 G Token Exchange shop.

Was trying to decide if I should get 2 Book of Ruin's Mysteries (used to Realize Ex weapons to Ex+ 0/3) for 100 G Tokens each or get 4 High Power Stones (used to limit break Force weapons) for 200 G Tokens when I noticed that the image of King's LD weapon doesn't have a check mark.

I thought this was because I haven't fully MLB'd my copy of this weapon yet but when I went to check my King and his weapons, found out that I don't have even a single copy of his LD. LOL.

It's been a really long time since I last used King since he's horribly outdated by now. Don't even have him fully built with all his Boards and such so I guess it's not surprising that I totally forgot that I don't have all of his weapons yet. Heck, pretty sure that I only Purpled his Ex because I wanted the Sphere it gives.

Anyway, it costs 200 G Tokens to exchange for 1 copy of King's LD. Still don't have any plans to use King anytime soon since he's still outdated, and he doesn't even have his own Force and Burst weapons yet.

But I thought that I might as well get his LD weapon now that I have the chance to do so.

Setzer Gabbiani from Final Fantasy VI

After getting Setzer's Force and Burst weapons, completed his Force Enhancements. Spent the High Power Stones needed to fully MLB his FR then completed his Force Board and Force Echoes.

Spent the Book and 3 Ingots needed to Green his Burst weapon or get it to BT+ 3/3.

Spent the 3 Ingots needed to Blue his High Armor.

Also equipped him with 3 real Spheres.

Now my Setzer is fully built and completed. Looking forward to trying him out on some endgame content.

Conclusion

So, what about you? Did you pull on either of the Dimensions’ End: Transcendence Final Tier banners? What do you think about Setzer, Kain, and all the other chars featured on these banners? Feel free to share your thoughts and opinions by leaving a comment below or by reblogging or replying to this post.

Notes:

screenshots are from my Dissidia Final Fantasy: Opera Omnia game account

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Thess vs Next Fest, Pt 6

Yes, I know, more demos, it’s a thing.

Scene Investigators: It’s not bad, but it is frustrating, especially in demo. It’s a Kickstarter-funded crime scene investigation simulator of sorts, so it mostly involves poking around and looking at things. It plays like one of those paper-and-pen logic puzzle games except that you have to dig the clues out of the surroundings yourself. Also it’s very brown. So kinda, but meh.

Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened: We’re on crime scene investigation again, sort of. It’s got more of an adventurous feel to it, mostly because you’ve got a third person perspective and a character to pilot around. Unfortunately, it’s also a little tricky in terms of its UI. Got stuck fairly early on when I could not entirely figure out what the hell I was missing in terms of getting past a guard. Please give me a way to actually use an item, pity’s sake. Still, once it’s out, there’ll be a walkthrough somewhere to help, plus probably an easier tutorial stage rather than dumping me in the middle of the game, so it’s a pretty solid maybe.

Urban Strife: Turn-based zombie survival game. I mean, interesting concept in an XCOM kind of way, but the graphics are ugly as hell, the controls are clunky, and at the end of the day, I’m just not that interested. They tried, whoever made this. There was even a sort of character customisation screen. But let’s just say that it looked like a cheap knock-off mobile game. Nope. If I want something turn-based (and I do; I like that kind of thing), I’ll hopefully find something else. Not that I require top-of-the-line graphics for everything. In fact, I like simplistic graphics for some things. However, there are limits.

WitchSpring R: This one’s not bad. Very, very Japanese in the kawaii sort of sense - turn-based combat a la Final Fantasy, not always particularly well balanced but kind of fun so long as you keep your health and mana-granting items stocked. Some of the getting around places is a little annoying (I stopped when having to get past a bunch of pirahna but I probably should have been riding rather than attempting to run), but hey, still cute. It can stay. Not very high up on the old list, but it can stay.

I think I’m pretty much done with demos for the time being. At least partly because tomorrow’s the start of a fairly busy weekend - Friday’s the actual birthday and will involve sushi and little TLOVM watch party; Saturday and Sunday are both D&D days. Thus I might not have the time to indulge in demos from that point. Especially if I use some of tomorrow to actually try making some hard candy. I was going to earlier this week but there was pain and then there was chat-with-stepfather stress and today I just slept for most of the day (sometimes fibro fatigue just hits, I guess?) so there wasn’t really time.

Also, as a video game-related aside, Greg Ellis, who apparently voiced some of the minor characters in Hogwarts Legacy, tweeted some support for JK Rowling in general and the game in particular and honestly I’m not surprised. He’s a decent voice actor but a shitty human being, and while I think Cullen’s story is basically done at this point ... well, if for some reason they do bring him back, EA’s distancing themselves from Ellis basically means that Cullen will have a different voice actor. Worked for Anders; why not? Also, had not heard about the domestic violence arrest, so that’s going to make it even harder to separate person from character enough to finish my Meep!Herald Cullenmance playthrough. I hate it when people who play characters I like turn out to be shitheads.

#Thess plays video games #Thess vs Demos

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aawesomepenguin · 3 years

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SONIC RANGERS, EVERYTHING WE KNOW ABOUT IT, LINK FOR ALL SOURCES AT THE END

Ok, the time has come. I spent my entire day doing some searches on the 4chan website, picking and trying to find every nugget of information I could find that I was 100% sure it was connected to Sonic Rangers.

I’ll get this right out of the gate: I’m 95% sure the next main Sonic game will be open world, and what will follow is all my evidence towards it. It’ll be uncharted territory for the Sonic franchise, and we’ll need to see how it pays off.

Also, spoilers for Sonic Rangers, but kind of broad ones, so in my opinion, your experience wouldn’t be ruined if you read all of this. But if you’re one of those that want to go 100% blind, then I think the time to jump off this ship is now.

Here we go.

As it turns out, as I did some digging of my own, and thanks to other observant people, I can confirm that the “Sonic Rangers” name has been circulating on the Internet way, WAY before the accidental leak revealed on May 27th. I will show an entire timeline of these discoveries, and how they connect.

But okay, before we dive in, a general vision of Sonic Rangers: the game will take a brand new approach with the character, placing Sonic in an open world for him to explore. Where through his speed, he’ll do platforming challenges, do puzzles, fight against badniks, etc. When fighting against enemies, the player gains XP, that can be used to give Sonic different abilities. Spread through this world are bosses, where after you defeat them, Sonic obtains orbs, and when enough of them are gathered, Sonic can enter Special Stages, that are structured like a Sonic Generations/Sonic Unleashed boost level. When you complete them, you get a Chaos Emerald.

Ok, now let’s go to the 4chan leaks. From what I can tell, SEGA has been inviting different test groups to testplay their next main Sonic game, under a strict NDA. After it, SEGA collects feedback from the testers. I can’t exactly pinpoint when SEGA began to do these tests, but if I had to guess, it has been around as early as March 2020.

1st Occurrence

In July 2020, another fake leak claiming to be the 30th anniversary game showed up on 4chan, but then, as an answer to it, a person that has really played a test version of the next main Sonic game called the fake leaker out. The person that has put their hands on the next main Sonic game had the following to say:

“I playtested the game back in march and played it for an hour. There were no levels just an overworld. You’re full of s***.”

In another post, the person that got their hands on the testing version of the next main Sonic game, had the following to say:

“It was called Sonic Rangers when I played it.”

1st Occurrence analysis

I believe that the person that played the test version of Sonic Rangers has erroneously interpreted the open world as an overworld, which makes sense. Sonic Rangers name gets dropped for the first time.

2nd Occurrence

In August of 2020, another person that played a test version of Sonic Rangers, stated the following about the next title on the Sonic series:

“It’s not an adventure remake. I playtested it. They ARE working on something, but if they take feedback me and the other panelists gave them, SEGA might change quite a bit from what I ended up playing.

Open World

Set on a gloomy, grassy, uninhabited island dotted with ruins.

Big BOTW influence, little korok-like puzzles scattered everywhere.

Robot/alien bosses scattered throughout the island, defeat them and you get a Chaos Emerald.

Get all Chaos Emeralds and you gain entrance to the final boss area, a foggy forest you couldn’t enter before.

No major characters appeared aside from Sonic.

No story, just dumped in.

Turn Super Sonic to fight the boss, he’s a giant colossus-like entity that you climb, hit his weak points.

These could all be changed because I played a couple of months ago and there still hasn’t been any reveal, so I assume they might be reworking a lot.”

2nd Occurrence analysis

As you can see, in this version, some of the elements that were talked about in the most famous leak aren’t present, some missing elements were added later, but the basic was already present and in place. Sonic can travel through an open world, doing puzzles, defeating badniks and fighting against bosses, to then fight against a final boss as Super Sonic.

The most interesting thing is how the person that leaked these details claimed that they played it “a couple of months ago”, meaning that this version could take place after the build shown in the first occurrence. Some things have changed since then.

Another cool thing that I wanted to point out was that this build uses placeholder from previous Sonic games. During the final boss, the theme for the first boss fight against Infinite from Sonic Forces is used.

3rd Occurrence

In January of 2021, another anonymous 4chan user talked about Sonic rangers, once again mentioning the name “Sonic Rangers.” As their version is pretty edgy, and negative because Sonic Negativism gets clicks, I’m going to present it in a unbiased manner, and be direct to the point on what they said.

Sonic Rangers, around the end of 2020, was presented once more to a select group of people, two demos were shown. The first one allows exploration of the open world under a time limit of twenty minutes, and another demo that has an apparent Final Boss battle.

Open world is filled with small enemies, puzzles, and platforming challenges.

Completing puzzles, challenges and defeating badniks gives XP to the player as a reward, that can be used to unlock abilities for Sonic.

Among the abilities that Sonic can unlock, there is the “spincycle”, where after pressing the Y button, Sonic begins to create a line behind him, and if the player creates a circle-ish shape around the enemy or a group of enemies, Sonic attacks all the enemies that were “marked” within the spincycle line.

Homing Attack that can target multiple enemies at once, from Sonic Lost World, is back.

There are lots of bosses spread through the open world, when they are defeated, Sonic gets some “orbs”.

If the player gets enough orbs, he can access the “Cyberspace”, essentially this game’s special stage.

The cyberspace levels are like the boost levels in Sonic Generations.

When beating a cyberspace level within a certain amount of time, the player obtains a Chaos Emerald.

New voice clips for Roger Craig Smith were used.

Some new music was made for this build.

In regards to the demo where the player faces the final boss:

After reuniting all the Chaos Emeralds, Sonic can go through a dense fog that the player couldn’t access before in the open world.

A Giant Tree Robot is the apparent final boss.

Fly as Super Sonic using the spincycle and other abilities that were unlocked throughout the game to help defeat the final boss.

Can’t take damage, on a timer of rings. A Ghost girl refills the player’s ring count multiple times.

Demo ended after defeating the boss.

3rd Occurrence analysis

As you can see, this version polished even further the concepts that were talked about in the second occurrence. Instead of getting Chaos Emeralds after defeating a boss, Sonic gains orbs, where after this Sonic has to go after EVEN more bosses to get more orbs. With these orbs, the player can access a Special Stage, named Cyberspace, where you’ll be able to play a more traditional like Sonic game, to get the Chaos Emeralds.

This certainly helps the game longer, which is a plus for me. We’ll probably have seven boost levels, with them being treated like a Special Stage. They also added a XP system, and the main gimmick of this game, the spincycle, was shown in the trailer for Sonic Central.

Sonic will keep building up abilities, which is something I believe the player will be able to use them as different strategies on how to beat different types of bosses.

4th Occurrence

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Sonic Central takes place, with a trailer for a new Sonic game at the end. Sonic is running through a forest, and then he begins to glow blue, creating a pixel effect, with a line following him. Sonic then runs in a circle with this new ability that makes him glow blue, and then exits screen.

4th Occurrence analysis

With the context we’ve piled up from previous occurrences, you can put some pieces together. Sonic is clearly activating a spincycle, the main gimmick for this new game, just like how it was said in the January 2021 leak. And just like how the leaker said, Sonic formed a circle-ish shape with this ability in the teaser trailer. Sonic creates a blue energy, creating a line behind him, allowing him to make patterns with it, maybe creating a shape that could surround his enemies?

5th Occurrence

Dataminers and modders are able to get their hands on the 4K trailer for the new Sonic game, finding out that the name of the game is, Sonic Rangers.

5th Occurrence analysis

It perfectly fits with what was stated previously in 4chan threads, specifically, the one from July 2020 and the one from January 2021. Helping give the 4Chan leaks even more credit.

6th Occurrence

SEGA, while sending out press kits to news websites, ends up slipping out the name for their next main Sonic game, Sonic Rangers.

"Announcing new console experiences, Sonic Colors: Ultimate and Sonic Rangers, further details on Netflix's Sonic Prime, mobile news, musical events and much more!"

-SEGA

It was an accident, and SEGA stated they sent an erroneous version, and when pressed about the Sonic Rangers name, it didn’t dwell into it any further.

6th Occurrence analysis

Coming straight from SEGA’s mouth, the name for the next main Sonic game is gonna be Sonic Rangers. This fits a lot with the rumours that came from 4chan from July 2020 and January 2021, making it EVEN MORE likely that the next main Sonic game is gonna be an open world game.

Conclusion

And that’s where we’re at now in terms of Sonic Rangers news. In my opinion, I’m 95% certain that these leaks are legit. Keep in mind that after the Sonic Rangers name came to light, 1001 other rumours were created, but these I have my doubts, since they now have a sturdy base, they can make up more stuff to go along with it.

My opinion: I’m particularly excited for this next main game. Sonic Rangers deals with uncharted territory for the Sonic series, and I feel like it could be very fun. But of course, I’m a guy that’s mostly chill and cool with most Sonic media out there, so form your own opinions.

Anyway...

HYPE FOR SONIC RANGERS!

Source 1, Source 2, Source 3, Source 4, Source 5 and Source 6.

#Sonic Rangers #Sonic the Hedgehog #SEGA #Sonic News #Sonic Speculation #Sonic #Sonic 2022 #SC2021 #Sonic Central

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I haven’t been playing a lot of Genshin Impact lately because I tried really hard to get Itto and couldn’t, so I was grumpy at the game for that, because my big goal right now is building a second main DPS unit so I can tackle the Spiral Abyss better.

None of the characters I have are really my style, like Yanfei is very useful but I still only have her at C3 and not great artifacts and she’s limited in how far she can go against the worst of the game. I love Ayaka’s design, but I don’t really like the feel of her playstyle. Zhongli is my shieldbot. Childe is mostly a bow-user and bows are impossible on mobile. Etc. I made an attempt at Shenhe because, well, I was at 65+ pity and I liked her character design, might as well, right? I didn’t try super hard, I haven’t been playing enough to even use up my resin every day (I’m tired of hunting crystalflies, but I also don’t want to just use original resin, it takes so loooooong), I haven’t been doing the storyline quests, I’ve been barely eking out the events, etc. I wanted my unga bunga smashy Itto, dammit. ): But, well, hell, I’ll keep trying for Ganyu. Yeah, she’s a bow user, but her AOE is nuts and I’d enjoy having her just because I love her character. Plus, I REALLY want C4 Yanfei from this banner, she starts doing shields then! I think I had to go to something like 75 pity (ugghhhh) but then I got my 5*!

HEY!!! :D Not the 5* I was hoping for, but I have been wanting Diluc for ages! Claymore users are my jam and he basically just hits things real good, okay, cool! I’m a little excited about playing the game again! A reason to keep farming those Crimson Witch artifacts! Well, I ascend him a handful of times, so now I have two wishes on the standard banner. Might as well. First one, 3*, yeah, whatever, at least I’m making pity, I’ll get one more into pity and then I’ll--

ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME? I GET DILUC FOR THE FIRST TIME ON THE GANYU BANNER, THEN TWO WISHES LATER ON THE STANDARD BANNER, I GET HIM AGAIN? ARE YOU SERIOUS? YES, THIS GAME IS SERIOUS:

Oh my god, I mean, I’ll absolutely take it (even though I also really want Jean, sniffles) because C1 is good for him, but what even IS this game sometimes!

#lumi.txt #lumi's fight to play genshin impact

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villainsandvictimsalliance · 3 years

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if you share fluffy/comforting hcs i will be your bestfriend

Come here, we need some soft content after all the angst happening with the League:

Kurogiri likes bees and he turns into a beekeeper. He buys a house some time away from the city, where he can be at peace.

Mr. Compress let's Toga decorate his prosthesis with stickers. They clean it after certain time so she can decorate it all over again.

Spinner teaches Tomura how to drive every Friday in an empty parking lot. The kids from class 1-A take turns going with them and they record the whole thing. People is really into that, specially when they get Bakugo screaming at both of them for being terrible at driving. After every session, Tomura buys them ice-cream and they sit around while he asks what have they been doing at UA.

Dabi goes with Natsuo when he decides to get his first tattoo. Actually, they end up getting matching tattoos as a promise to never get apart again. Shoto wants one two but Fuyumi is making him wait until he's 21 years old.

Eri once sees Toga smiling and she goes to hug her, telling her that crying is okay too. Everyone goes deadly quiet as Toga suddenly cries a little, hugging Eri back. The girl who can't smile is smiling and the girl who can't cry is crying. And they're doing it because they're happy.

Dabi and Shoto take turns mocking Bakugo while Shigaraki and Deku take turns defending him. Which is really funny because them you have Toga and Uraraka pointing out which team is winning.

Bakugo gets to punch everyone at least once. At least people stop him before he goes against Toga and Uraraka. That'd be a hell of a fight.

The girls at class 1a and class 1b adore Toga and they always invite her when they're going out. Tomura drives her to the place and gives her money to buy ice-cream.

Speaking of which: have you ever thought about Kirishima punching Dabi and Shigaraki just once for kidnapping Bakugo and then going "okay, and now let's hug".

Spinner is like a big brother for the whole class 1b. They are always calling him for advice and help. Once they all decided to cosplay him for Halloween and he almost cried.

Hatsume gets all excited when Compress asks her if she can do a prosthesis for him. He let's the kids at UA create him support tech that he tests. He finds it pretty funny.

Eri tests her power on Dabi every few moths to keep his body from going worst. He messes her hair every time, pointing out how cool is her horn. She reminds him a lot of Tomura and that makes him a little nostalgic.

They find pics of Tomura as a kid by pure luck. He's with his sister and his mother and his grandparents, his father taking the photo. They also find the photo of Nana with Kotaro. Tomura let's All Might keep that one.

When Tomura first meets Momo it hits him how much she reminds him of Hana. He's ashamed at first but eventually he tells the class about his sister. The girls are nicer to him after that and so are the boys.

Rei invites Toga and Tomura for dinner every few weeks. Toga and Shoto are somehow friends, because they can rant about Deku and not understanding people. Since the first meeting, Natsuo became sort of friends with Tomura because they are the same age.

Natsuo invites Tomura to sport games and to the cinema sometimes and Fuyumi worries, but after some time she realizes Dabi is right. Tomura is not a danger to Natsuo.

Spinner joins them after a while. They are not like a crazy trio ranting about sports and movies. Spinner even finds a way to take Natsuo to the gym with him and now they train together.

Tomura and Dabi sometimes disappear together at night. They're on the roof, watching the stars. Those nights when they're feeling raw and violent, they prefer to go with Kurogiri and stay there for some time. Those days are hard, specially because it's easy to miss the friends that did not make it out alive, but they have each other and they hold tight together.

Mr. Compress helps the following years with the cultural festival. Everything is colorful and dramatic and lovely. He is like the special guest. Kurogiri visits the city those days.

Inko finds herself protecting Tomura more than once, mothering him about his scratching and scars. He's constantly eating with the Midoriyas.

Toga and Monoma become besties and no one knows who that happened. She spents a lot of time around class 1b. She also teaches Shinso how to become invisible. Present Mic gets kinda nervous but Aizawa finds it interesting. Well, that kid stabbed him once, she's good. Shinso can learn a bunch from her.

Kurogiri starts helping Fuyumi with teaching kids somehow too. He's really patient and kids adore to play around with his misty form. Fuyumi finds him reliable and responsible. Who would guess they'd find comfort in each other.

Tensei, Iida's brother, gets help from Natsuo with his therapy. Iida and Deku get Melissa Shield to help him with new tech support. He finds a way to work as a minor hero again, and he trains a lot with Compress, both of them trying to regain more mobility.

The best day of Tomura's life is when Stain recognizes he was right. Also? Iida and Tomura bonding over hating Stain? Think about the possibilities.

Tomura teaches Uraraka how to win money online playing games. She's AMAZING at that. Dabi and Shoto secretly gives her a lot of money on her streams. Dabi because he can waste Enji's money and Shoto for the same reason, plus she's her friend.

Tsuyu and Spinner bonding over the stress of their friends being morons. Also they enjoy each other's company a lot.

Dabi and Denki and Cami speaking in memes and only Present Mic is able to translate.

Tomura and Uraraka bonding over not being able to touch things with all their fingers.

Dabi and Sero doing pranks with Sero's tape.

Dabi is definitely a bad influence for class 1a. And even a wrost influence for class 1b.

Tomura is not better but at least he teaches them important stuff.

Dabi will deny to his death that he likes those kids. Tomura teases him constantly.

Toga has a secret account to post stuff about Tomura and Dabi and how they are secretly in love. Class 1a and class 1b join. Soon they're losing their shit all the time around them and they both are angry because they don't know what's happening.

And then class 1b makes it a competition because they ship Spinner and Shigaraki better. It is a naive game, Tomura can't be mad because it's really chaotic, but he asks them eventually to tone it down because they're crossing some limits.

Dabi and Spinner are clueless.

Kurogiri says he ships Tomura with happiness when they ask him.

Then proceeds to say he adores Spinner.

Shoto gets insulted in behalf of his brother and he gets Compress to say he prefers Shigaraki with Dabi.

When they officially asks Shigaraki, he send the meme of "Both? Both. Both is good". Next day Vlad King and Aizawa has to endlessly ask them to stop laughing in class. Specially when Tomura walks in wirh the biggest smirk ever.

AND THIS IS GOING TOO FAR. OMG. SORRY FOR WRITING SO MUCH. I GOT EXCITED.

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Total Eclipse (P.5)

Title: Total Eclipse (Part Five) Summary: Fem!Reader x Sherlock Holmes (RDJ). Sherlock had an impression on the reader from a formative age but he was always so busy running with cases. Their moments of passions were coveted between the two but they were few and far between. He left with Watson on a case and in that time, her parents found her a suitable man to give her to. Wealthy and accomplished. Sherlock and her have not been able to let go of each other though. Words: 2,958 Warnings (for the whole fic): Angst, infidelity, smut, swearing, substance abuse, non liner storyline, character death, 18+ as always

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The address Sherlock had left was for a hotel and you approached it with hesitance, not knowing what room to go to. He had not left that and probably for good reason since he had not booked the room yet when he had left you the note. Plus if the note fell into someone else’s hands somehow if he had booked the room… But you were walking in blind no matter the circumstance.

Approaching the front desk, you meant to ask for a room booked under Holmes but as you were walking, you were intercepted, an arm looping through yours.

“Sweetling, wherever are you going?” he said to you calmly, his fingers caressing yours. You fell into the act easily, feigning normal, and leaning into his embrace.

Sherlock led you away from the front desk, pulling a room key out of his jacket pocket and waving it in front of you.

“You should not go waving that about so freely,” you told him out of the corner of your mouth, looking around the lobby. “There may be eyes.”

“There are none that are of any concern to you,” Sherlock reassured you as you came to the elevator.

“Except yours?”

He smiled briefly, amused. “Except mine,” he agreed.

Sherlock stayed close enough to keep you at his side but he again, was cordial until the pair of you were let off on your floor and he escorted you to the hotel room. You were nervous; this was bold. The two of you entering a hotel room together on a weekend that your husband was out of town. And the fact you had already been caught with him before – albeit years ago – was not a good thing to remember at that moment.

When the door closed, you turned, asking him immediately, “How did you know he was going to be gone? Arthur.”

“I saw it in a letter,” Sherlock responded curtly as he walked past you. He tore his jacket off and tossed it on the back of one of the armchairs.

Face pinched, you asked, “You went through his things?”

“I merely peeked. It’s not a crime,” Sherlock sniffed, sitting down on the couch, looking at you expectantly to join him.

You ignored his expression, putting a hand on your hip, staring down at him. “On top of going through his things, you stole my perfume.”

Sherlock was quiet and you rose your brows, waiting for him to defend himself. He looked uncomfortable, avoiding eye contact, busying himself with fluffing the pillow on the couch next to him. He finally asked, stammering a little, “Do… do you want it back?”

Exhaling deeply at his nervous behavior – something only you seemed to bring out in him, you dropped your hand.

“No, I already got another one,” you admitted. “I did not expect to get it back.”

“How fortuitous I stole from the rich.”

“Should I expect to find any other of my belongings missing then?”

“I was quite fond of your lotion collection, but I knew it would not serve me.”

“But my perfume would?”

“I do not intend to wear your perfume.”

“I surely hope not.”

Sherlock and you stared between yourselves, and you only smirked briefly before looking away from him. He was such an ass sometimes. And you loved him so deeply. So, so painfully deeply.

“Were you followed?” he questioned, breaking the silence.

“By you,” you told him as a matter of fact.

Sherlock gave a little laugh. “You saw me then. Good.”

“Were you even trying?”

“Of course I was. I don’t doubt your intelligence. I was just making sure you got here safely. It is quite late. However did you manage to come by yourself?”

“I snuck out.” Sherlock looked impressed by that. “They will not check the bed. I specifically request to be left alone at night and I put pillows under the covers. It’s a childish tactic but it’s not something they would expect for me. Getting back in will be more difficult but I will be able to manage.” You switched the convo back, “I also expected you to follow me, so I was looking for you.”

“Naturally.”

“And apparently I was right. Was I followed though? By any sinister looking characters?”

“No. You were not. By anyone else, I mean.”

You came to the couch then, sinking into the cushions beside him. He was enamored, watching your lips before meeting your eyes again. You touched his jawline and asked, “How did you like my house?”

“It was far too large,” he told you, sounding impassive. “Anyone could be hiding inside, and you would not know.” He was always worried about your safety. “The artwork is gaudy – Arthur is quite proud of it though.”

Arthur’s name fell off his tongue like acid.

“And you acted so interested.” He shot you a look and you smiled, squeezing his chin. “The act was immaculate if you need that praise.”

“Where even is your touch on the place?” he asked sincerely.

Your face fell then, and he noticed. He opened his mouth to say something but then closed it again, thinking better of it. You shrugged in response though. “I was allowed to choose some of the furniture when I moved in because he thought new pieces would suit the place well… but the choices were very limited. So, it was me choosing from his array of choices. And I chose a lot of my wardrobe. But… not much past that.”

Sherlock sighed heavily and grasped your hand. He pulled your glove off, finger by finger and placed it on the back of the couch behind the pair of you. Your eyes were fixated on him, and he brought your bare hand up to his lips, planting a deep kiss. His eyes were something to drown in when he opened them again and you relaxed, feeling the anxiousness melt away beneath his affectionate look.

Scooting closer, he brought you in and his lips met yours, moving slowly. He reached for your other glove, lips still locked in passion, pulling it off as well. Bare hands grasped the back of his neck to pull him closer and you fell into the kiss completely.

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You woke up groggily. Where were you and what time was it? Blinking, you lifted your head and as your vision cleared, you realized it was Sherlock you were sleeping next to. Your lips curled up into a sleepy smile; this was a dream. Paradise. Your leg was swung over Sherlock, your head had been laid on his chest. You began to lower your head back down, wishing to continue sleeping.

That was until you remembered you had come to the hotel.

Sitting up straight in a quick motion, you startled Sherlock awake with the movement.

“The sherry! Christ!” you blurted.

The two of you had drank so much sherry. You had had sex and then drank and then had had round two. You must have dozed off after the second time.

“Yes, sweetling, we had a lot of sherry,” Sherlock confirmed.

Scrambling, you sat up on the edge of the bed, your bare back to him. You slid off, mocking him, “’Yes, sweetling’? Honestly? That’s what you have to say?”

“Is there something else I should be saying?”

You shot him a vexed glare as you went to get your socks. You should have been home by now. It was still dark out thankfully. But, you should have figured out how to get home by now and slipped back into your chambers or at least been back in your damn house. Your head was still swimming a little bit from the few glasses.

Sherlock continued, “If there’s something that miraculously just by me saying it, makes you feel better, pray tell me. I would do most things to set you at ease, love.”

“Help me get my dress on!” you demanded.

Propping himself up on his elbow, he asked you, “So soon?”

“Sherlock!”

“Certainly,” he responded, throwing his legs over the side of the bed and getting up. Nude, he walked over. “Are you sure you won’t stay longer, though? It is only three o’clock in the morning.”

Of course it was 3:00am. The witching hour. You pulled at your hooks on your corset hastily.

“How are you so calm about this?”

His hands came to rest on your shoulders, trying to be reassuring. “Arthur is out of town. You went to stay at a hotel because someone on your staff had a nasty cold and you wanted the house cleaned.”

“Yes and the fact my staff is not aware of this absurd story at all?”

“This is why you shouldn’t have a staff.”

You let out a growl of annoyance, pulling away from him and diving for your petticoat. Pulling it over your head and pushing it down to your waist, you struggled to stay calm under the climbing anxiety.

“Dear, let me,” Sherlock tried, grasping your wrists and stilling your movement. You breathed deeply as he held you, not moving. He slowly let go of your wrists and picked up the strings of your petticoat. “I will help you and then I’ll get myself dressed and I will escort you home. Only to a few paces from your home and then I will watch to make sure you get home. Is that satisfactory?”

Taking another deep breath, you calmed yourself more. You nodded, “Yes. That’s perfectly fine.”

“Good,” Sherlock responded as he tied your petticoat. “We must keep our heads, mustn’t we? If we are to continue this?”

“Yes,” you breathed.

Sherlock laid a kiss on your cheek and said, “Let me help you with your skirts.”

Unable to help yourself, you quipped, trying to calm the mood, “You’ve already done that.”

Chortling, he tipped your chin back towards his and laid a slow kiss.

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Sherlock and you managed to keep up your dance, meeting at times. And he showed up at dinner parties, the two of you acting as mere acquaintances. His eyes followed you though at these dances and dinner parties; he was inconspicuous about it to others, but you always felt the heat of his stare. And you played just as coy, dutiful wife to this rich man you had landed. Arthur was simply in love with your son, George, him reaching a year and a half now. George was strong and in good form according to the doctor. Arthur never wasted an opportunity to show him off.

And he was more than pleased you were with child again. It had only just been determined. You had missed your last monthly cycle and coming up on the second…

You on the other hand were less than pleased. You had made sure to be as regular with Arthur as you could be, especially being careful to do it at the times you had met Sherlock. But… the two men were different in appearance. Discrepancies between him and the new child could certainly be called to you, but it still put you on edge.

Arthur had taken the pair of you out for dinner in celebration the same day it was declared by the doctor, gushing about you all evening. It was hard to not have adoration for him. The two of you got along well but the deep intimacy was missing. That was so important to you and yet you still cared for him.

“I am glad I found you,” Arthur told you, holding his dessert spoon up to your lips. You gave a light, polite laugh at the gesture and he mockingly begged, “Love, please. I am sacrificing this delicious syllabub on you.”

Opening your mouth, he placed it in and smiled warmly.

“We truly are blessed,” he told you. And you felt the sincerity behind the statement.

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The next night, the two of you were returning back to your estate from his brother’s. Again, you had been praised all night for the great news and you had grimaced through it, trying to be positive about the whole ordeal. You regretted nothing with Sherlock but just the idea of being found out was eating away at you.

Cradling George, you poked at his nose. He had slept almost the whole time there, which did not bode well for the nanny, but you would do your best to stay up as long as you could to keep him entertained in apology.

You were close to coming back into the city limits at this point. You could see the lights from the city in the distance from the windows of the carriage. You were eager to get back inside and swaddle George.

A distant gunshot rang through the air suddenly and you jumped, recognizing the sound immediately. George immediately started crying and you cradled him close, your heart pumping hard. You looked out the window of the carriage and in that moment, realized the carriage was starting to veer with the horses.

“What fresh hell?” Arthur demanded, sitting up to peer out the window clearly. He threw the door open and you called out to him to close it, begging him to actually.

The carriage was going off the path and you yelped as it hit a bump, sending the carriage off kilter for a moment in the tall grass. Arthur heeded what you said and closed the door now.

Slowly, the horses were coming to a stop and the two of you stared at each other, terror mirrored between the two of your gazes. Why were you out here in the middle of a field and why had your driver let the horses take you off the path?

“HENRY!” Arthur bellowed. You could see a cold sweat forming on his brow. When he received no answer, his eyes were back on you and he was quick to act. “Y/N, get down. On the bottom of the carriage. Bring George with you.”

“What?”

“Do as I say!” Arthur barked.

He had never shouted at you and it startled you into action. You moved yourself onto the floor, keeping yourself clear of the windows. George was still whimpering and you cooed him, trying to bounce him to keep him calm.

It was eerily silent outside, the moon shining in through the windows.

Another gunshot rang out.

Arthur grunted as he slumped against the seat of the carriage.

You gasped, hands coming to your mouth seeing the blood. Tears stung, your fear starting to overwhelm you completely now. What was going on? Were you about to be robbed? You had no money on you! And how would that fare for you and George?

Arthur’s eyes were on the two of you and his fingers twitched in one of his hands as if he was trying to reach towards you. You bit your cheeks to stifle a cry, only holding George tighter, holding him against your chest.

People were approaching, you could hear them. This was it. Gunshots started going off again and you let out a cry despite how hard you been trying to be quiet and not give yourself away.

The carriage was shaking as they climbed aboard and you stifled a sob, fearing the worst. Your horseman was shoved off the carriage, his body falling past the window. You let out a loud whimper again, you burying your head into George to shield his little face.

The carriage began to move again, quickly this time. You were being kidnapped. They wanted Arthur’s money and you both were being taken for ransom. That was the only thing that made sense.

The sounds of the gunshots fell behind you. And then they stopped completely.

Pulling your head up, you looked out the carriage windows from your position on the floor. You wiped at your tears, clearing your vision. You were inside the city now, but you were heading towards the water front, that much you could discern. You knew your bearings about the city well enough because of your adventures with Sherlock. Were they going to put you on a ship? And take you to where?

Arthur was breathing shallowly now, his eyes closed. You did not want him to die.

The carriage came to a stop. You tried to slow your breathing and focus. You needed to be able to get an upper hand if you were able to. The carriage was shaking again as the people disembarked from the front and your eyes were trained on the door as it was thrown open.

It was Sherlock.

And John.

“What… what the HELL are you doing?” you shrieked when your shock wore off at seeing them.

John was already moving past you into the carriage, ignoring your outburst. He was going for Arthur, tearing his shirt off. Arthur was pale, he had lost so much blood. John was assessing the wound.

Sherlock pulled you from the carriage, “Come with me. Come.”

“What is happening?” you exclaimed, trying to not sink into the shock, trying to look back at where Arthur was.

Sherlock forced you to look at him and he cupped your chin.

“The men Watson and I have been trying to track down that have been targeting diamonds were after Arthur. I only realized it was him tonight that the clues were heading towards for their most recent hit and I tried to get there as soon as I could. I’m sorry I was not quick enough to prevent this,” Sherlock informed you firmly, holding your hands tight. “Darling, I promised I would keep you safe and I intend to keep that promise. And by keeping you safe means we need to take leave of the city until we are able to bring them down.”

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The Musician Next Door

[Close enough for me, Gif credit to @jensenacklescious]

Square: Vancouver ( @supernatural-jackles tell a story bingo)

Pairing: Jensen x Reader

Summary: The reader is an extra on Supernatural, and has a musical talent. But little did she know her music attracted the attention of her neighbor.

Warnings: Nothing bad, just fluff, sweet music (I recommend searching on YouTube to listen to while reading), and some comedy.

Word Count: 1,860

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A/N: A small teaser of a possible series I have in mind thanks to Jensen’s recent Instagram post. But this is not going to be the series, it’s something similar. But still, I hope you like it. :3

She’s always wanted to come to this city. Well she’s always wanted to go to Canada, Vancouver was just the plus side.

And, an ever more plus side was the job she managed to grab. An extra on her favorite show. Supernatural.

Sure it was its last and final season and they were finishing up but with having a limited number of extras due to the pandemic she was one of the few they needed.

She drove down the towns streets, seeing it’s lights shimmer in the night. Making her smile softly at the scenery. Another reason she loved Vancouver. It was such a beautiful city.

She got to her apartment complex, the same one her friend lived in. And she learns quickly who her neighbors are.

After getting rather bored on day 3 into quarantine, she looked at her music set. She knew how to play piano and guitar.

She turns on the electric piano, picking the grand piano setting she begins to play with a few keys. Playing nonsense sounds, but a pleasant melody.

She then began leading into one of her favorites. Her favorite anime show, Inuyasha, playing his lullaby piano song.

Playing at the pace of the song, relaxing as she continued to play. After finishing one verse she began singing lightly with the music.

She began to slow the music as it came to a close. She paused for a brief second before playing more.

She began to play Beethoven’s Moonlight Sentra first movement. And blending the end of it with Supernatural’s Dean’s Family Dedication Theme song.

A tear slipping down her cheek as she remembers this is the last time the show will air. She knows how it will end. They all knew. She doesn’t like it, but she didn’t voice it.

She finished the song with a nice peaceful and gentle end. Till her phone buzzed.

“That was beautiful sweetheart, can I make a request?”

The number belonging to Jensen Ackles. Her heart fluttered in her chest. Turns out he was her neighbor. Who would have thought she had an audience of one listening.

“Sure, what would you like to listen to me play…or attempt to play?” she texts back.

She saw him read it quickly before seeing the jumping three dots, showing he’s typing something.

“I am working on a song for my second album, if I send you a sample of it, could you try to bring it to life on the piano?”

Her heart rate skyrocketed. A song that hasn’t even been released yet, but also still in the works she was going to listen to.

“Sure, let me see what you got.” She texts.

He sent her the audio file to her phone promptly, playing it on her headphones, she can hear the notes coming to her.

Giving it a few play throughs, listening intently to the notes on the guitar, his words being sung. She looked at her keys on her piano and began playing around. Until she found the right notes.

Learning the piano, she didn’t learn the traditional way. She taught herself. Just messing around on the family’s grand piano, she learned the simple twinkle little star. Then an armature Amazing Grace. She had an ear for music, she let the music flow through her like wind blowing through her hair. The way the breeze felt on her skin. Making music felt like that to her.

She began playing the song, even singing the song to help her timing with the next verse and the next verse after that.

Once finished, she noticed it had gotten late.

“It was nice playing for you Jay, but I need to head to bed.”

“Okay, goodnight. Sleep well.”

All throughout quarantine she had been playing with her instruments. Entertaining Jensen mostly, but it also relaxes her.

But on their first day on set, after being tested and gotten the okay to head on the sound stage for blocking she went to see Jensen.

Seeing him and Jared walking together to the sound stage, she couldn’t help but chuckle to herself at how much like brothers they were.

“There she is the little musician next door.” Jensen says, coming to her, wrapping an arm around her.

“He told me you play piano, do you really?” Jared asked.

“I do a little bit; it’s been a while.”

“Well, it’s like riding a bike. You never forget. You were so good.” Jensen comments.

“Aw, thanks Jay.”

“Got any new songs to play tonight or…can I make a request again?”

“You can always make a request. Besides, I was writing this song and I just need to get the notes right, the words right and then I’m posting it to my YouTube Channel.”

“Doing YouTube now, huh?”

“Yeah, I’m trying it out. I can’t seem to enjoy a single day job I get. I enjoy jobs like this. Acting, where I can tell a story. Writing, where I can create the story. Music, just creating good sounding, relaxing and calming music.”

“You are such an amazing creator; I think you’ll do great as a YouTube creator.”

“You think so?”

“Totally, right Jare?”

“For sure, hey, do vlogging, give us a behind the scenes.”

“I’m not sure about vlogging, that requires being in front of the camera. And I’m so camera shy.”

“Yet you’re an extra on Supernatural.” Jensen smirks.

“Okay, maybe…I don’t know what it is. But I just don’t want to vlog, okay.”

“It’s okay.” Jared says.

Later that day, she can’t get her thoughts together back at the apartment. She paced back and forth. From the kitchen to the balcony and back around. She was beyond distracted.

“Jay, are you available for hanging out for a little. I can’t focus.” She texts him.

A moment passes when she thought he might have been busy.

“Yeah, just had to get a pizza out of the oven. Want to come over and just chill for a bit?”

“Sure, I just can’t focus on my music right now.”

“It’s fine. Come on over.”

Putting on her shoes she walks over next door to Jensen’s apartment.

Knocking on the door she hears his dog barking.

“Quiet Icarus.” She could hear him beyond the door shushing his dog. Making her chuckle.

“Hey,” he says opening the door. “Come on in.”

She enters, taking her shoes off at his door.

“Want some pizza?”

“Sure,”

Jensen grabs two plates out, giving each two slices of pizza. And walking over to the couch. Turning on his apple tv.

He turns it onto Netflix, Orange is the new black.

But halfway through his second slice he notices she’s not paying attention to the tv. But instead is looking outside. Eating in silence.

“What’s on your mind?” he asks kindly.

“A lot. Stuff going on at home. This whole YouTube thing being real, I just don’t know what I’m doing anymore. It just seems like I’m just going with it.”

“Nothing wrong with going with the flow. But, this stuff at home, how bad is it?”

“It’s nothing bad, I can handle it. it just takes a lot of mental power to get myself past it. You know.”

“For sure.”

They sat back in silence.

“Here, how about we go for a little walk on the town. That should help relax you a bit.” Jensen suggests, as he finishes his pizza. Y/N not even halfway through her first slice.

“Where to?”

“Nowhere, just out for a little relaxing walk. Come on, and grab a jacket it’s supposed to be a little chilly.”

Jensen may not have had a destination in mind, but he knew one place that would help her relax.

The ports, anywhere where there was ocean. He noticed in her posts on Instagram, when she’s at a tropical beach she looks relaxed and at peace with everything. And she knew deep down, once she saw the sun setting by the waters and seeing what they were walking up towards, she knew that he knew.

She felt herself calm at the sight.

“See, you look relaxed already.”

“Thanks Jay, I really appreciated this.”

“It’s not a problem.” he says. Leaning kissing her atop her head with an arm wrapped around her shoulder.

“That jacket’s not warm enough, is it?”

“No, not really.”

A small shiver shook through her as she said that.

He chuckles. “Lets get you home and warm you up.” he says, leaning in, pecking a sweet kiss on her cheek. A centimeter too close to her lips.

Y/N looked up at him with a smirk.

“What was that?”

“It was a kiss, why…”

“You were a bit close to my lips Jay…are you trying to tell me something?” she gives him a playful smirk.

“Okay,” he rubs the back of his neck. “I may like you, since the first day you and I met on set. You kind of took my breath away.”

Her heart pounded in her chest as her face heated up at the comment. Making Jensen smile with a chuckle.

“I, uh…I like you too Jay. I thought it might be a crush thing but, it just wouldn’t shake. I really, really like you.”

Jensen had a smile that went from ear to ear. He brought her in a tight embrace, holding her close.

“I know what you’ve been through. And I want to be there for you, to help you through it all.” He says.

“Thank you Jay, I want to be there for you too.” She says.

She pulls away slightly to look up at him. She could see his eyes glide down from her eyes to her lips as he slowly leans in. Planting a soft kiss fully on her lips.

Their lips moving in a soft dance with each other, his tongue grazing her bottom lip silently asking for permission. She parts her lips at the right moment to allow him in and dominate her mouth in the kiss.

Just when their kiss grew hungry, and their skin began to heat up at the attraction and arousal.

“Finally!”

They pulled away, stunned at the exclamation. Seeing Jared walking down the sidewalk, facetime on revealing Misha.

“It’s about time you two got together!” Misha shouted on the phone.

Y/N’s face heated up once again, hiding against Jensen’s chest. Jensen chuckling.

“Yeah, finally you two can stop with the longing stares and the…does she like me? Does he like me?” Jared says.

“How’d you know we came down here?”

“I didn’t, I saw you and I saw her, and I couldn’t help myself.” Jared smiled.

The couple chuckling.

“You two were being such idiots.”

“Well, we can be idiots together, now, do you mind?” Jensen says.

“Oh, right, get back to making out with your girl. See you two on set, you better have hickey’s to show for it!” Jared shouts as he walks away.

Jensen and Y/N just rolling their eyes, giving each other a quick chaste kiss before walking back to the apartment.

Only he walked back with her to her apartment and sat with her as she played her music, even joining in turning it into a sweet duet.

a/n: What’d you think? Let me know, feedback is always appreciated.

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A sober person would throw it

The Ullapool Caber is one of the more interesting melee weapons in the game.

Ullapool Caber (+) On first hit: Explodes (-) 20% slower firing speed (-) -100% deploy speed (-) No random critical hits (-) -15% melee damage

Unfortunately, I can’t really endorse the Caber as a weapon, for a few reasons.

Before I go on, I should note that the Caber is pretty well in line with what melee weapons are supposed to do; it’s a last-resort kind of thing. But the way it does it is to present an extremely high-stakes, winner-take-all proposition for both the attacker and defender.

The Caber’s melee hit does 55 damage, plus 75 for the explosion. Explosive falloff is 75% at most. This means that the target of the stick-bomb will be taking about 130 damage, and everybody in range will be taking somewhere between 56 and 75. (The Demoman who’s using it will take about 55, thanks to self-damage reduction).

This weapon can immediately turn around an engagement against a light class, i.e. Scouts, Engineers, Snipers, and Spies - it one-shots them. It’s not easy to hit them, to be sure, but it’s a significant threat. This is what necessitates that massively slow deployment, ensuring that it’s less of an immediate panic to see the Caber come out - you have time to escape, and there are counterplay options.

However, of all the classes, the Demoman arguably has the best resources for melee combat: the Demoknight weapons. The Ali Baba’s Wee Booties/Bootlegger bring his movement speed up, and the shield charges give him great mobility - and, if you time it right, guaranteed melee crits.

The Caber, courtesy of its explosion, practically begs to be used when surrounded by enemies. Critical damage is massive. With this in mind, it’s clear that the Caber’s best option is to shield charge into a group of enemies, then detonate. This deals 165 melee damage to whoever you hit, plus 168-225 to anybody in range. That’s enough to eliminate virtually any target - possibly multiple!

And here’s the key point: it’s difficult to interrupt a charging Demoman, especially if he came out of a nearby spawn. Pyros can do it most reliably, but it happens so quickly that it may be difficult to react. Players who fall victim to this may find themselves feeling helpless, like there was nothing they or their teammates could do. At least dying to stickybombs is something you can usually see coming.

Of course, this comes at a steep price, likely resulting in the death of the Demoman who dealt it. Life for a Caberknight is boring, then briefly exciting, then over - or at least boring again, since you’ll have to run back to resupply your Caber if you want to do it again. Implementing a regeneration timer is difficult - if it’s too short, your “sacrifice” is lessened, and if it’s too long, you’re better off going to resupply.

The Caber presents an interesting dynamic when it’s a basic melee weapon; it’s very risk-versus-reward. But when combined with the shield charge, it can become a powerful sacrifice play that results in a lot of downtime for the user and frustration for the targets.

Ullapool Caber Iteration 2 (+) On hit: Explodes (+) Damage done recharges meter (800 to fully charge) (-) -100% deploy speed (-) -20% firing speed (-) -15% melee damage (-) No random critical hits (-) Mini-crits when it would normally crit

Limiting its shield charge potential is one step to fixing this weapon. I’ve also implemented a recharge, allowing you to build it back up and disincentivizing bringing only the Caber.

However, no matter how I try to balance it, I arrive at the same kind of conclusion: should the Demoman be able to threaten enemies so hard with his melee weapon? Getting close to a Demo means you’ve dodged the grenades and stickies and probably held off a few of his team members. It’s a major achievement, and he’s quite weak in close quarters. Is it fair to threaten close-range attackers with such a powerful attack, even if it is hard to land?

These are big questions that can only be answered with playtesting. That’s not to say I haven’t done any; it’s just that dedicated data retrieval would give us a more comprehensive picture. Right now, my picture is “this weapon is not very fun.”

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