#Yet more building of bases

[msbarrows]

Finally felt like getting back to playing NMS today, and while I noticed there’s been another big patch, I wanted to work some more on the treehouse base I’d started, before doing anything else. It’s on an extreme toxicity planet, so I had to take regular breaks while storms rolled through, but overall I made good progress. Started by adding a stairwell (and local teleporter) down to ground level at one end of the base. Built up the larger treehouse unit to be two stories instead of one. Added a railing to the bridge between the units. Add the first of what will probably be 2-3 projections outwards from the big unit. Put supports under the landing pads so they look less like they’re going to break off the structure. Added a shelter down at ground level between a couple of those supports. Added a nomad dock by the stairs, and a teleporter.

Still want to do more stuff, but first - time to go exploring and see if I can find some of the new content! Especially the new starship type.

Noticed a sandworm leaping around a few times while working, so have decided to name this Wormhaven Treehouse.

#No Man's Sky #Yet more building of bases #Wormhaven Treehouse

[codacheetah]

Which one will you vote for?

#codacheetah #my art #isat #in stars and time #isat loop #isat siffrin #isat mdp #isat mal du pays #isat act 6 spoilers #two hat spoilers #vaguely. probably more than vaguely actually #isat au #I GUESS #based on a silly silly conversation.... that's my mal du president..... #somehow. not the first time ive drawn loop about to hit siffrin with the steel chair. #loop as presidential candidate is so important to me by the way. they're like a shitty boy king that eats peasants and has never stepped #outside of the castle in terms of their ''policies''. #they want to build a moat around the white house and make babies illegal and give rats legal rights and abolish taxes as a concept #purely because every time they say some inane shit the vein on siffrin's forehead grows a little larger and they have not been dropped #from the ballot list yet. #the people love them and by that i mean their other options are a scary weird ghost (horrifying) or a progressive (abysmal) #like to be clear im not talking about a president of vaugarde thing im talking about THE U S OF A 🦅🦅🦅💥💥💥🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 #none of these people are eligible to run. none of them would ever want to. too bad. #also. i really just wanted to draw loop in a shitty suit tbh it quells my desire to draw loop as saul goodman. #if anyone in the world is reading these tags ill do it if enabled. but im holding back. #anyways though srry to talk about loop so much my scrunkly my scringus my horrible cat the whole basis for these drawings was a convo on md #but im not an mdp understander i am merely an mdp nation citizen #one of the commoners...... #i thought about queueing this but you get it now i know this will be a flop post its ok #this scenario appeals almost entirely to me despite having no substance or basis or progression

[ganondoodle]

so, its pretty rough and by far not complete but this is a rough layout for the map of destiny (my zelda fancomic), i mainly took it after skyward sword but added parts of botw into it (like lanayru street, the twin mountains that were one mountain until ch3, the gerudo highlands, akkala ref; among more general map overlap)

this ones with some super rough chapter markers and some descriptions, the circle doesnt mean the chapter doesnt go to multiple places but the main happening of it is there, its again, pretty rough and lacks the correct order yet too, ill prob add that with time as i write out the scripts for the next chapters, so far i got the order until chapter 6 (chapter 4 is mostly at hylias temple and since there are alot of chapters happening there its not marked seperately)

chapter 1: demon (complete)

chapter 2: a dance of ice and fire (script done)

chapter 3: moving mountains (name not final)

chapter 4: starry night

chapter 5: a wound for a wound (placeholder name)

chapter 6: curiosity (possibly placeholder name, forgot to mark it on the map even tho i know where it goes)

most other chapters i know where and whats happening but i cant remember the exact order, i gotta make a structured chapter chart soon so i dont have to think over everything every single time i need the order

this is probably not very interesting but, even tho it is just a rough layout more for myself than anything else, i thought id share anyway, i know my handwriting when i write fast and tired is hard to read but uh .. feel free to send me an ask about it if theres anything youd like to know (do mention if you are ok with spoilers for the story)

#ganondoodles #zelda #art #tloz #skyward sword #wip #making maps is hard #in general i pulled the map of skysw apart since its not evne really connected on its own map #and put some botw refs into places that arent too far from where they are in botw but also so they make more sense for skysw #also lanayru is not a desert yet tho that process has started due to hylia building what she is supposed to #... in my hc the mining of time stones takes the life out of the land since those stones are made from concentrated spirits- #-that slowly give out their energy and its all a delicate balance #which is destroyed by hylia+ mining them en masse to create the portals #that hc is also based on my hc that luminous stones eventually turn into timeshift stones bc spirits of the dead and all #anyway #yes there are actual cities and towns in skysw #its before the game anyway but like #the handful of people in the sky are not enough for me lol #and gerudo already existed too #maybe bado(groose) is like a half gerudo and thats why hes got red hair

[storm-of-feathers]

did you know crabsnakes sleep like sperm whales?

#anyways i did the main story WITHOUT building a base!!! very fun and challenging #and yk. saved so much fucking titanium #but now that im officially disease free im gonna set up a base in the jelly shroom cave (at least partially) #its so beautiful #i very rarely ''finish'' the game #i know the ending sequence. but i dont want to leave yet. #i stay with the young ive just hatched and to study the planet more #sidenote: yes im aware this is probs a glitch. its subnautica #its like the skyrim of underwater horror games

[dmitrigirl]

deciding to pull out of my mfa i think is one of the best decisions im making ever. i literally felt my blood warm with a calm sea. ive got time but i dont got funds, right now.

#carrotluvr speaks #im so excited to spend more time doing what i love.... building more of a base in a field... #and im moving to my parks gig in four days.... bless #there wasnt happiness with grad school.... just freaking out #i put down my deposit and burst into tears (bad way) #i cant be 25 and 120k in debt with a coin flip of job security after all of this is done #im 23 like girl chill #AND i dont even wanna go into film industry #i dont even KNOW if i want to do screenwriting as a viable career #im a prose writer and scriptwriter YES but im doing that no matter how i pay the bills #i havent broke it to my folks yet but.... i gotta focus on moving

[automatonknight]

wow the caves in minecraft are fucking awesome now are you kidding me

#i mean there were awesome before but like. now there's structure and shit #i'm more of a miner than a crafter so this is delightful to see #i also happen to have a kick ass cave right under where i want to build my base #<want to because i haven't done anything yet lol. ooh i;m just going to find some iron. you're going to spend the next hour wandering aroun #<also it played the cave sound and WHAT THE FUCK...that's so scary help #lalalala i love my tranquil and peaceful experience oh my god what was that i'm going to die #aaaand before anyone assumes i'm also very brave i play on peaceful 👍 hashtag i'm so scared of everything

[yourhoeshorses]

Wait a second... can someone with more understanding of fandom cultures explain something to me?

Do people ship characters because they believe they are going to be a cannon thing????? I thought it was just for fun?? I'm like, oh these two characters seem fun together, what if they dated. I just be mixing and matching these bitches I legit dgaf if it actually happens or not.

Maybe it's just whatever weird end of tiktok I'm on, or maybe it's just something I never picked up on until now, but like,,, people will say, "oh these ships are invalid cuz they won't be cannon" OK????? AND??? It's just fun

Like I remember being a kid and watching shows and my friends being like oh did you see that (insert ship name) scene???? Like girl I don't care. Two characters could never have interacted and I'm gonna ship them.

And that's all I thought it ever was? Is it like,, different now or some shit?

#this is totally unrelated to sso btw #i want to make art for shows and games im into but man.... it just feels like im inviting fandom people in when i do #and dont get me wrong #its very emotionally rewarding to build an audience for my art #but after the weird ass shit i went through with the metal family fandom im like #mildly traumatized #just a LIIIIIIITTLE more apprehensive about who is going to be consuming my art #cuz like #last time i was a part of a very active fandom #id get comments on pictures of myself saying i look like a certain anime character #or id have my art taken an posted somewhere else online with some other persons water mark put over it #or worse yet have my art be posted onto a proship fan art account and then getting all those freaks on my art #IF i was even credited #im such a person of quiet or dead fandoms #i feel elderly when im interacting with a fan base thats more popular #also #this whole ramble in the tags is not entirely related to creating ship content either #yes i would make ship art of appropriate character's but also like... just my art in general #anyways #this is just a long winded way of saying i watched the amazing digital circus pilot and really enjoyed it and feel super inspired by it but #and not to be like an angry old man and say “raugh!!! the fandom is weird!!!” #but id rather.... not... interact with the fandom #at least the portion ive seen anyway #just the random discourse i see in comment sections #its got me scratching my head a little

[andthebeanstalk]

The cool thing about a horror movie that takes place in a mental hospital and, shockingly, actually turns out to be on the side of mentally ill people is that it avoids all the common disgusting pitfalls of mocking, demonizing, and infantilizing mentally ill people.

The downside is

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!

[It's much scarier.]

#original #smile movie #smile 2022 #I'm literally two scenes in #it could definitely become ableist by the end of the movie but I'm kind of obsessed so far? #like nothing is scarier to me than the lack of quality help and validation available to victims of trauma! and this movie is LEANING INTO IT #which is way scarier and also way truer and more important to talk about than a looney bin filled with lunatics who want to murder you #like that's literally a concept based solely on people's ableist fears. #same with horror movie monsters that are just people with facial deformities or congenital disorders or just... people who are poor #(the hillbilly cannibal trope is just MAN POOR PEOPLE ARE SCARY HUH. it's garbage.) #what's ACTUALLY a horror is the way these people are treated! and that INCLUDES how they are portrayed in media! #because guess what? ghosts aren't real and an abandoned mental hospital can't hurt you #but you know what can? a doctor who doesn't believe you. a system built on neglect. THAT'S the horror we need to talk about. #and THAT is why I am going to have to watch this movie in short installments over a few days #and let me be clear: i am alive today bc of a mental hospital's IOP/PHP program. i stopped being suicidal after YEARS bc of that program #mental hospitals CAN and SHOULD be GOOD THINGS ACTUALLY. but in countries with shitty healthcare that's very hard to find. #it is also why it is my life's work to build a treatment center that PROVES we can do this ethically and with compassion #life is worth living #and the American Healthcare industry can die just the same as any other giant or dragon. empires have fallen before. it is not immortal. #YOU reading this matter. stay safe. please. it isn't the end yet. i love you.

[kaeyapilled]

when i saw dan heng (is that his name.) for the first time i thought one of his earrings was a hearing aid so that is my new headcanon

#i played like. an hour of hsr 2day. pretty enjoyable #i don't know how to check friend requests?? maybe i dont have access to it get #yet** #if u sent me one sorry i probs will take a while to see it lmaoo #thoughts so far: i think there should be more kafka #:( where is she #the protag is pretty cool. fond of her #uhhhhh #herta is silly i take a liking to her #yeah that's it. im too lazy to even begin figuring out like.. character building and stuff #OHH RIGHT I ALSO LIKE THE TURN BASED COMBAT #it's pretty fun can't believe i let people convince me it sucked #it's not compatible with my ''spam every button at once'' tactic i typically employ but it's pleasant change #honkaiposting

[msbarrows]

After reaching Budullangr galaxy I finally decided to work my way through the Atlas Seeds questline, so now I have easy access to black holes for jumping vast distances within the galaxy. This is a largish base I built in the second system I visited after my first jump; landed on a new planet that looked promising, ended up in mid-ocean, and the island I landed on had an interesting shape (essentially a butte with a horizontal notch cutting most of the way across the top). Decided I wanted to build a base that was mostly filling that notch. The planet was named Risuana Alpha, so I’ve named this the Risuana Island Base.

This photoset is exterior shots of the base. It runs from an elevated back area built over the one not-cut-out area at the back of the notch, where I’ve placed the portal ring, stairsteps down from there into the notch, and then runs from there to a glass floored patio at the front, overlooking the drop down the side of the island. There’s also a glass floored balcony wrapped around the back of the structure.

At the front there’s a local teleporter down to a dock where there’s an exocraft bay for a Nomad. There’s also a second dock-like structure to the back of the island, reached by a second local teleporter located off to the side of the main structure. That one is there because of an offshore oxygen collector; most of the storage tanks for the oxygen are below water, but one has been placed on the end of the dock for easy access.

#No Man's Sky #Yet more building of bases #Budullangr Galaxy #Risuana Island Base

[unproduciblesmackdown]

blade gunnblade !!!!!!!!

via eliza simpson:

There are no words for this true warrior. They kill me. MMM: went in for a post show hug. Me:"ow!" Asia: "oh sorry, that's my bullet necklace." 😳........ 😍

#blade gunnblade #asia kate dillon #kapow-i gogo #eliza simpson of [angel & others in the mysteries] & [the mother line story project] & [saw ak dillon in triptych yes we're jealous] #& [princess cloudberry in kapow-i gogo] #here we also see stephen stout in the 1st pic but going ''!! surely our dear cherished blade gunnblade's back. hair's long though hmm'' #only to have that cleared up by the 3rd pic thank god ='] #i guess at some point blade gunnblade has blue hair & i do love that for them #i believe they're in part 3 but i have all the less information about that plausible appearance #(and of course still no info on [asia perhaps doubling roles with the longer black haired wig & ultracorp jacket in that one pic?]) #one thing that would be fascinating & fun is if part 3 blade has more of part 1 kapow-i's look. the bright blue hair #looks like pink lipstick. Pure Speculation but i know the like [this is reaction to You Know How Media Is] element discussed like #part 1 thinking most [sat. morning cartoons experience; the legend of] part 2 is like when these series get sequels or just some #ep or turning point that upends its own previous established conventions. Darker more Serious / Mature Themes etc #part 3 like well sequel to That which adds yet another layer of the same factor there lol #i'm not really that versed in All This Media directly b/c i'm not that versed in / familiar with much of any media directly but #i am also not completely at sea & also one thing i could think of is like. blade is our revenge vengeance tragic anti antagonist lmao #what if after that they get to lighten up in delightful contrast to the torment & tragedy. turn more optimistic moral support bestie etc #but like i said utter speculation based on ''oh this is a look they have?'' & comments on [comments on material commenting on itself] so #could be anything! or nothing! except that it's Something enough to have been photographed a couple of times. thank god #oh hang on also we can see that that's stephen stout's character in the pic of Wearing A Black Longer Haired Wig & Ultracorp Jacket #who's to say it isn't also: yes that's blade disguised or something. underneath they have this bright blue shorter wig & Blade Outfit lol #i would cheer for that. compelling #(also noting that it didn't preclude a doubling of roles instead but; that figure Is wearing blade's necklace. makes it easy to switch to #Blade Mode backstage; makes it easy to switch to Blade Mode onstage....) #which: noted! bullet necklace! makes sense lmao. sort of #also pic 2 ft. director kristin mccarthy parker fyi. and the typical blade hair length i.e. simply asia's own. #''😳........ 😍'' soooooo true ''MMM:'' standing for ''most memorable moment:'' and also sooooo true as well #blade gunnblade is everything to me. if they died in part 3 i'm blowing this whole building up. they have bright blue hair now

[vounoura]

the maister system and the new 'find vocations out in the world' system is...ok, but I prefer the old colour system

#saint plays dd2 #like coming in as someone who knows nothing abt how DD:O worked DD2's vocation system feels like a major step back #95% of the augments are useless and aren't worth using so there's no real build variety anymore #nor is there any real weight to choosing what to run in terms of combat effectiveness and QoL stuff like carry weight anymore #bc there's only like 5-8 augments worth taking bc the stat bonus are insultingly low for the effort of leveling the vocation #and the colours feel arbitrary bc it's not a tree system anymore. thief is green bc it's green and there's no hybrid green #whereas in DD1 every base vocation had a hybrid colour mix and it made logical sense #strider (yellow) and mage (blue) became a magick archer. strider and fighter (red) doubled down on the melee and became assassin. #while keeping the bow as a sidearm. #pure red became warrior and dumped the shield for 2h colossal but slow attacks. pure blue sacrificed utility for highest tier damage spells #and so on. it just felt so much more intuitive and felt like actual growth when you could 'upgrade' to a hybrid vocation bc #you actually needed to have X number of ranks in both colours before you could take it whereas in 2 they're all just standalone classes #and the meister skill systems are....ok. I don't know how I feel abt all of them being connected to optional sidequests you can fuck up #or straight up just miss bc this game still has the weird design flaw of having points of no return where quests autofail #also like I feel to get the meister skill either you or your pawn should actually have like. maxed the vocation out. #like it feels weird when I get magick archer and then immediately unlock the meister skill at the same time #when I haven't even bought the vocation yet.

[knightlas]

lyla... .. i love y ou.... .

#spider-man 2099 #spider-man: dark genesis #sm2099 #comic panels #yknow. key words. key phrases. #i do like how miguels drawn here. at least the arts p good im already so weary though #every day i read new spider-man 2099 comics #and for what? just to suffer?? #idk i think. im literally not even done w the issue yet lmao #but a card system based on income and a brand new shiny 2099 avengers take and all this stuff that came around in exodus is just like. #its not so much Bad plotwise as much as it. just doesnt feel like 2099 #lmao #i. augh spider-man-2o99 articulates it so much better than i am rn but like. theyre right we really dont need more 2099 reboots #like expanding on the universe? cool! what exodus and dark genesis are doin?....... um! well! #also i miss gabriel where the fuck is he. is he in here. im on page 11 if i dont see gabriel by the end i set the building on fire #im joking. but im not #plus exodus was just. i dont remember exodus past issue 1 actually #art was pretty but isnt that the one where miguel got to play side character in his own comic. #for like 2+ separate issues #i Know its the one that brought norman osborn back bc i will never know peace #i mean issue 1 was p good iirc. it. maybe i should just read exodus again #i remember seeing zero and being soooo happy because hehe my pal :) and the panel where miguel flies straight into a wall. scrunchie #i feel like every time i read a sm2099 run thats not the original i have to walk in with a hazmat suit and everything looking for parts #WAIT EXODUS. HEY WASNT EXODUS THE ANNIVERSARY ONE?? THAT MIGUEL GOT SIDELINED IN??? HIS ANNIVERSARY SERIES????????? #know im going to be upset about jax j jameson being a thing until i die #also the whole avengers 2099 thing is just. not good #i went on a whole rant in here bc im special but tumblr hates me xoxoxo #dm me if you wanna hear the why the avengers happening in 2099 is bad for the ecosystem and me personally sad face rant im gonna color #NO IM GONNA FINISHT EH COMIC. FUCK

[miodiodavinci]

MR. DAVINKY I KNOW YOU DONT KNOW ME BUT YOU RESPONDED TO MY BF ABOUT SALVADOR ON YT. HES RIGHT.

You have no idea how much Salvador means to us we NEED more salva-lore ASAP I'm clawing at the door I'm making loud animal noise RHARATARRAH

AKJDHLAJDHLKAJDHLKAJD I'M LOSING MY MIND YOU'RE TOO KIND A A A A A

as a thank you i want to offer you legitimately All The Lore I Have on post-lychgate salvador—please do with this what you will KJADLAHJ

GENERAL WORLD BUILDING

“Garage kit idols” are a semi-independent response to the international phenomenon that is H○○○○○○ M○○○ and company.

Almost all formal “garage kit” talent begins at one of the many production, distribution, and management offices spread across the country. These offices provide approved talent agencies with the development kits necessary to “scout” new idols.

Of these development kits, there are several packages available (each being more expensive and in-depth than the last), most of which include a rudimentary neural net, a foundational chassis, an instructional guide, and the software required to “train” the net.

The lowest end packages include only the fundamental elements necessary for a functional idol, such as the capacity for CV voice synthesis, basic dance coordination, and a semi-life-like “face,” while more expensive and in-depth packages support multiple vocal libraries, more life-like bodies, additional personality modules, added expressive bonuses, and more.

To prevent damages to the office’s reputation, however, most offices require that an agency aiming to “scout” a new idol must first submit an application stating—among other things—their project plans and a three year timeline of what they hope to accomplish with their idol. If approved, this plan becomes a three year contract, at the end of which the agency and idol will be evaluated and potentially brought on for a full seven year office-endorsed contract.

While some “garage kit idols” have achieved near legendary status (such as K○○○○○ T○○○), many of these idols do not survive their three year trial period. Those who do not have their license and warranty revoked (the consequences of which depend on the office), and often are encouraged to be decommissioned and recycled to make way for a new, hopefully more successful generation. In years pasts, some idols have even forcibly decommissioned following grave transgressions or scandals.

That being said, plenty of former “garage kit idols” merely slip under the radar once their time is up, and go on to become independent, non-idol performers, or even leave the music industry all together. Repairs, however, often become an issue after three to five years of unserviced use. Often, it is difficult to find a former “garage kit idol” who’s been out of warranty for more than five or so years.

All this being said, of course, this process only accounts for “formal Garage Kit talent.” There are plenty of independently developed vocal androids, though they’re not often seen beyond local and private performances. They’re definitely more resource intensive to produce, though many fans argue most have more heart in them than any “Garage Kit Idol” ever will.

SALVADOR’S PERSONAL TIMELINE

Originally created by a small team of five individuals as the “garage kit idol” M○○○○○ using a modest but lower-end dev kit, his agency’s plan was to—by the end of this three years—make him reasonably popular in a local area, book three sold out in-house performances, and sell at least 300 CDs across all three years. 

With spirits high and hope abound, he received a great deal of support and enthusiasm from his agency in the first year.

Though a lot of prospective fans at the time weren’t interested in getting emotionally invested in a “garage kit idol” (considering they’re a dime a dozen and probably wouldn’t last more than three years anyhow), by 8 months into his career, SALVADOR had developed a small, dedicated fan following that ensured that most street meets and housed performances drew in a crowd of at least 15 to 30 people. By 9 months in, they'd booked their first "sold-out" show in a small venue near his normal stomping grounds.

Hands were shaken, CDs were sold, and the numbers bolstered the spirit of the agency. It seemed like the dream would come true.

Side note: it's vaguely around in here that he first picked up his "rival," Ayano, who somehow kept setting up shop on the same street as him, much to his annoyance. His initial impression was that she was gruff, crude, and wholly unsuited for idol work, though over time he stopped looking down his nose at her and started finding a certain charm in how she'd unabashedly yell at people who didn't tip well, or leap off her stand to viciously beat up any critics.

... Unfortunately, however, the numbers plateaued and fell rather than climb. Dedicated fans would still roll up to the regular performances (and SALVADOR's popularity managed to just scrape in enough ticket sales for a second show), but the company was nowhere close to breaking 100 CDs, much less selling out another show. The company spirit dampened.

All the while, SALVADOR's feelings surrounding performing started to become muddled, leaving him frustrated and uneasy before shows and bordering on nauseous after. He slowly grew to resent the way his fans looked at him, and often lost himself in thought wishing that he could have any other idol's fans instead.

He really, honestly, truly looked to Ayano as a source of light during this time, and wished he could have the confidence she had to bite patrons who so much as looked at her funny. Unfortunately, she disappeared out of the blue one day, and never returned to idol work.

More than a few fans started to complain that SALVADOR seemed “insincere” and “curt” during fan meets and off-stage encounters, which the agency redirected unto SALVADOR swiftly. His attempts at confessing his problems and seeking support were met with pointed comments and implied blame for his lack of success, which all but turned the latch on his heart, causing him to bury his discontent in as deep a hole as he could muster.

By the midway point of year two, it was becoming clear the dream wasn’t panning out. His growing revulsion privately festering in his heart, SALVADOR poured every bit of himself into his idol persona, increasingly his workload exponentially in an attempt to get his agency back on his side. Most fans stopped coming after a while once the concerts started to feel more and more desperate.

The final months before the contract expired were spent in a pitiful, frantic haze saturated with self-advertisement, frantic CD sales, enlistment of what few agency members would call him back (though these dwindled by the day), and desperate attempts at avoiding his fate. Many who knew him at the time would remember seeing him overburdened with cheaply printed CDs, begging anyone who would listen (in perfect idol fashion, however), to “buy a CD and rescue a poor aspiring idol from her demise.” When merch ran out, he sold anything he could get his hands on (as long as it came with several CDs).

The final nail in the coffin was the first and only concert SALVADOR booked himself, which he spent months preparing and advertising for (in hopes of meeting the third successful performance goal), only to open for a practically empty house composed primarily of drifters and only half-interested strangers (their enthusiasm not at all helped by the physical damage he’d obtained only a few days prior). He went "home" to a warranty expiration warning pushed under the office door, and nothing but empty voicemails from the people who had brought him into the world.

The months following the contract’s expiration remain a dark, hazy blur. Lots of unanswered calls, heart-wrenching notices, and persistent harassment by representatives of the office that had originally leased out SALVADOR's dev kit to begin with. Of course, no one from his agency was around to answer calls, so SALVADOR was left alone to bare the brunt of the responsibility (another point that they leveraged against him in an attempt to get him to retire).

In the midst of it all, SALVADOR started his transition. Months of harassment had brought his emotions to a boiling point (he all but marinated in an ever-constant stew of self-loathing, disgust, and frustration), and though it'd originally been in an attempt to escape the solicitation, cutting his hair ended up shedding some light on everything he’d felt before.

He slipped out of the office in the middle of the night and skipped town, ditching his uniform in favor of a pair of cheap coveralls and taking the first train that would have him. He still remembers staring into his reflection in the window, fans blasting hot air, terrified that he'd made some mistake (but also feeling a kind of lightness and euphoria he'd never felt before).

He ended up settling a couple cities away, far from the heart of the "garage kit idol" phenomenon. Unable to seek repairs for his last minute injuries (and finding that of the few android repair shops there were, none would take him without reassurance that he was still under warranty), he started researching mechanics on his own, patching himself up and offering some services to newfound acquaintances on the side.

In time, his skills had earned him some notoriety—at least to the point that his name had made it to the ears of some powerful friends, who were more than willing to lease him a workshop to continue his craft (the moment he first turned the lights on will remain burned in his memory forever).

And so the new SALVADOR began: a repair mechanic who’s first job was taking himself apart and rebuilding himself in a new image, completely separate from his idol past—a past he was certain would remained buried up until a certain former "rival" re-entered his life.

#mio answers things #anon #what do you mean i'm avoiding the fact that i haven't done anything with him in nearly a year #that's completely besides the point pshhh #sarcasm aside oughgh i really do need to get on finishing the wips i have with him hh #i just accidentally got caught in an update cycle and now there are Multiple salvadors on my hard drive KJSFHLJS #perhaps one day they will be on more than just my hard drive ! ! ! ! #sdjfglksdf in any event AJKDHLKDAH THANK YOU A A A A #ENJOY THE SALVA-LORE . . . . . . #it is honestly very funny how close this ended up being to rice's nsotf world building #we both simply have huge minds with galaxy potential KSJHJHSF #(for context i wrote all this back in june of 2022 so nsotf was A Thing but its lore hadn't been formalized yet i don't think) #(yeehaw w) #also disclaimer i am a non-binary trans person so this is mostly based on my own feelings regarding being trans #which may not apply as much to a binary trans person sdfkjglkdjf

[96percentdone]

there sure are a number of transfems extremely comfortable with talking about transmascs and their experiences like they get to be the arbiters of our oppression because they are also trans. i don't think that's how that works. trans people as a whole do have a lot of overlapping experiences, and transfems are oppressed under transmisogyny, which involves plenty that i don't relate to or understand. like there aren't hordes of caricatures of trans men in the media used as a punchline (i don't think i can even think any frankly), so i have no idea what that would be like. i don't get to be the one who defines what that experience is or means. it would be nice if those people (and i do mean those people because it certainly is not every single transfem on this website) could also do that.

i think the community would be a lot healthier if everyone just stopped talking over one another all the time, cause there sure are transmascs doing the same shit in reverse. there will be transmascs hopping onto a trans woman's post to 'debunk' things that i know we as a group do not experience. erasure operates differently from hypervisibility. i also know i have my own blindspots inevitably because i can only be me, but i dont think that transmascs doing this (bad) means that transfems don't and it isn't like. also a bad thing for them to do.

idk. this community feels fucked six ways to sunday. half the time you go into any trans tag ever to keep up with the entire community you not only have to block actual terfs on their perpetual bullshit but you also have to read 60000 posts made by trans people indirectly arguing with and talking over other trans people with some of the most bad faith reads of your own community imaginable. like. real 'i like pancakes' 'so you hate waffles' energy. the idea that a trans person who is different than you might say something in a clumsy way, or made a typo, or was half-asleep, or was uninformed about a particular nuance, or just maybe has natural, obvious limitations in how they can understand or experience the world because a person can only ever be the person they already are, none of that can ever happen! if someone says something and i don't get it, or i disagree, or whatever it is, it is malicious attack on my dignity and principles, they are the real enemies trying to oppress me and keep me down and they must be destroyed.

this place sucks. i hate it here.

#despair.txt #that bad faith shit in particular drives me up a wall because at least half of y'all are fucking autistic #you should know how difficult communication is in all forms especially over a text based medium! #you should understand better than anyone else about how the social construct of unspoken implication and innuendo is a nightmare #one that ruins healthy relationships and communities because of how many misunderstandings it causes #and perpetuates a cycle of anxious guesswork when in social interactions ESPECIALLY FOR THE NEURODIVERGENT #AND YET #you fucks cannot stop just creating implications and innuendos out of words to derive true secret intent and meaning!! #INSTEAD OF JUST ENGAGING WITH THE THING IN FRONT OF YOUR EYES #literacy is in the toilet #watch as the trans community masters 'adding entire sentences and ideas to other people's posts and getting angry about it' #you are all failing a basic reading comprehension tests as well as all community building exercises #and are scoring a whopping 0 for autistic friendly communication especially for like any autistic person who struggles more than you do #i dont want to be trans im sick of my 'community' #a gang of argument loving jackasses posturing at solidarity and intersectionality everywhere you look

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I'll type you up analysis of how I view my monk if you want, though that may take me some time to unscramble my rambling.

-githzerai anon

It doesn't have to be comprehensive. Just go with what feels right to you. Again, this is for fun, so only do what you feel comfortable doing. <3 If you feel like making it purely smut, then that's completely okay too.

I completely love everything you've written so far, and I'm sure you'll do amazing! (Hell, i even think you can start your own fanfic)

#like playing barbies in a dollhouse #the best ideas are sometimes the first ones that comes to you #building oc lore can be fun it doesn't have to be work #just something to make them more of a multie dimensioned person #a flaws an agenda a goal a distinct trait #i try to make all my characters have deep flaws in writing to make them feel more compelling #Minthara filters the whole world through her own views then make her own judgement based on her own personal set of ideas #yet she treats it like facts #Astarion still falls into the habit of acting and manipulating people around him it's a survival tactic #even when it doesn't help him survive anymore but harms him and pushes people away since they feel like they never know him truly