#blog-related announcements

[ansicred]

Alright? I'm gonna be writing up an Azz & Paul one-shot in a bit, which'll be very fun indeed cuz I have 0 idea where it's gonna go because they're both such ridiculously stronkTM chars (in terms of my dg werewolves). Hopefully, it'll go well (you can ask me stuff in the meantime if you'd like). Other Announcements:

Tide Down's final two main chars will have their sheets made at some point, likely Alun and then Roger. Since sheets take time and Tide Down is something I wanna try and reduce to just a script wip as much as possible, they'll get the least amount of attention from dad.

Paul (Damaged Goods) does need a sheet up now he's being mentioned - again, sheets take a lot of time/energy for me to make so when you see it, you'll see it.

I have a new OC who's very loud in my head rn - he will be revealed s00n, once I've figured out his story better.

Sarff & Co of the Dergverse are being shelved because fantasy isn't my strong suit and as much as I love them, I just can't do them justice so they're going to the OC Retirement Village indefinitely.

Noso Verse is also shelved because I can't bring myself to edit the novelisation (given I was grieving when I worked on that) and the screenplay just isn't working for me the way I'd like it to - I will come back to them at some point, so they're not going to join the Dergverse cast in the Retirement Village, they're just on hiatus.

Odd Foxes and DG will remain my most updated worlds/chars - Character/Story Updates will be announced every so often.

I will be updating the main page, interaction rules (etc.), and my pinned post on here soon(ish) -- the blog name + user will remain the same, I just wanna have a fresh lick of paint (although I'm not sure when I'll actually do the update since a lot of themes are annoying to try and make work).

I think that's everything. Again, feel free to send me asks.

#ansicredspeaks #blog-related announcements

[2hoothoots]

i was having a chuckle to myself last night about Gristol, and how his plans are basically:

Restore Ford Cruller's memory

Find Maligula

???

Profit

but then... of course they are, right? this is Gristol we're talking about. Fatherland Follies drives home again and again that he's still operating on a child's logic, a warped and reductive version of the world that he never bothered to grow out of. both of his memory vaults center on the images of his childhood, this idealized version of the past that he clings to no matter what. and that's still how he remembers Maligula, too - as this saviour figure, who rushes in to help him when he's in trouble.

[ID: Two slides from Gristol's memory vault, Glory to Grulovia! Left: Gristol clings to Maligula's back as she summons waves to sweep away his assailants. Right: Gristol and Maligula waving from a balcony as the people cheer. Gzar Theodore brandishes a dagger in the background.]

like so much else, Maligula represents a return to this idyllic childhood - to the peace and simplicity of his youth, when he was free from worries and responsibilities. in his mind, he doesn't need to make any further plans - once Maligula's back, everything will go back to normal. Maligula will make everything better.

...is what i thought, but then i remembered this line:

[Screenshot source. ID: Gristol, in Truman's body, bows on his hands and knees in front of the newly-awaked Maligula. The caption reads: "Yes, High Priestess! I am here to correct the mistakes made by my father!"]

and that's kind of interesting, right?

to be clear: this happens directly after Maligula sees Helmut-in-Gristol's-body, and recognises him. her line before this is:

"Little Gzesaravich! Have you come to pay for your father's sins?"

my first thought was that Gristol hadn't expected to still be in Truman's body by the time he managed to find Maligula, and this was him trying to placate her and buy some time until he could explain the situation. but watching the cutscene back, that's clearly not what's happening here. Gristol is answering as himself, and his response of throwing himself to his knees before her is, as far as i can tell, genuine.

so what is going on here?

in Fatherland Follies, there's this line in the ride narration that stuck out to me:

"Why didn't the Gzar help Maligula in her time of need? No one knows, but historians agree - it is Gzar Theodore's biggest failure."

other lines mention Gzar Theodore's "mistake", and it's wording Gristol himself echoes in the screencap above. evidently, he believes that his father abandoned Maligula, leaving her to her fate at the hands of the Psychonauts, and it was that mistake that lead to them being driven out of the country - that mistake which he seeks to correct. maybe he even feels like he has a debt to repay to her for his family turning their backs on her all those years ago.

the 'High Priestess' thing, though - that's kinda weird, and threw me for a loop the first time i played the game. it took me until my second playthrough to connect the dots, and remember how the room in the Lady Luctopus - Gristol's room - was full of Delugionist scribblings and symbols.

[Screenshot source. ID: left, the walls of the hidden backroom in Gristol's hotel suite, covered in scrawlings of eyeballs and Maligula's name. Right, the pinboard from the hidden backroom. On its surface are photographs and newspaper clippings connected by pieces of string.]

i mean, look at this stuff! he had a whole conspiracy board and everything!

we learn very little about the Delugionists and their beliefs as a whole during the game, but i think drawing the connection here suggests two important things. one: that Gristol was in deep with this stuff. i don't know how he linked up with them - maybe via old family connections, or just good old-fashioned digging (we know he's skilled at worming his way into peoples' good graces, after all) - but it seems likely that he's begun to internalise their ideas, maybe even warping his own memories of events. and two: the Delugionists themselves are, if you'll pardon the pun, pretty far off the deep end.

like... i understand why PN2 didn't go heavy on the "mass-murderer cult worship" aspect of things, in the end, but man this is such a tantalising glimpse into the wider mythos around Maligula. Gristol is proud and haughty and thinks himself above everyone else; the fact that his first reaction seeing Maligula is to throw himself to the ground at her feet says so much about the way he's come to see her. he's not just trying to bring back Maligula, his childhood bodyguard. he's trying to bring back Maligula, the High Priestess of the deluge, the semi-mythical figure whose supporters believe even death couldn't stop. he doesn't even flinch at the way she confronts him, and maybe it's because he's bought in so completely to this deified figurehead, this idea of Maligula; more a living force of nature than a person. and it all comes back to the same place: an abdication of responsibility, not just to the person who protected him when he was little but to this avatar of floods and destruction. Maligula will make everything better.

i'd write more about my thoughts on the Delugionists but that'd be taking a hard turn into speculation, and this is already kind of long and rambling so i'd better end it here. but what an unexpected and evocative line, right? it's some of the only stuff we have to go off of regarding the Delugionists as a whole, but i think it does such a good job of hinting at the wider story - at teasing another layer to the mythos surrounding Maligula, one whose ripples we see throughout the game but which never quite breaches the surface.

#psychonauts #psychonauts 2 #bored waiting at the airport so you get more psychonauts meta from me #the delugionists have been on my mind recently (because i Might Just have an upcoming au lorepost about them and also cults are fun) #so tossing my thoughts up here because people seemed to like the last few times i did this #and also it's my blog and i like to talk :) #related vent i HATE drafting posts in the tumblr editor because if you hit crtl+z to try and undo a formatting change #it deletes like half the post you just typed out #(yes i did it again while i was writing this. yes i'm still salty. why do i even bother) #what else... this is just becoming a disconnected thoughts dump #but if you've seen my posts you knew what you were signing up for when you hit the button to expand the post tags #there's new art coming hopefully this weekend if i can get it finished! it's more mermaid au designs #i'm two and a half weeks late for mermay but it turns out starting a new job and moving house doesn't leave you with a ton of free time #but that's okay it's never too late for mermaids #omg and artfight's coming up next month too! geez #i gotta make refsheets for the fsau trio because i would LOVE to get art of them #and this year i don't have a thesis to crunch on so i might actually have time to participate #oh and then in august i'm having top surgery! will make a proper announcement post for it at some point #i say 'announcement'. it's just a life update but it's nice to share #i'm super excited about it :) #i might end up blogging the process and recovery but obviously it won't be going here lol. i'd put it on my main #idk if anyone would find it useful but when i first started looking into surgery i had like very little idea about the whole process #and it's only through joining a bunch of online support/discussion groups that i managed to find more info and resources #so hey it might be useful to share? we'll see #our flight doesn't land for another fifty minutes so now i'm just writing in the tags because i'm bored #alright i'll proofread this and then post it when i land and have signal again. peace out yall hope your pride month is going well

[tokyo-daaaamn-ji-gang]

Ok quick service announcement, I've made a negai no astro side blog! Just so I keep this as a tokyo revengers blog and keep the two series separate. So future negai no astro posts will be made over there instead (I'll probably reblog the first few onto here just to spread the word a bit). I'll definitely be a lot more active here rather then on there but if anyone's interested in negai no astro that's the blog to check out!

I'll reblog the first post I made over there after this just in case that link isn't working

#I'm also only going to use the tokyo revengers tags for the new series up until the first chapter is released to spread the word then I'll #stop since the tokyo revengers tags should really be for tokyo revengers related content which this isn't #so you'll only see my tokyo revengers posts in the tr tags instead of my negai no astro ones #lmao feel like i over explained that a bit #also! idk how 3 of you found the blog before this announcement!

[tallymarkbrothers]

[Coming soon...]

#i love a good teaser #i hope you all do too #because i am so dang excited #blaseball #blog event teaser #not an ask #also shout out to the anon yesterday that sent a tarot related ask literally 20 minutes before the post announcing this teaser went up #your timing is beautiful

[thebananwithaplan]

. "Is that the Bonus Prize jingle? Let's see what you can win!"

🎙️ "It's a Sur-Prize Box! That's right - you won't know what you'll win until you hit it! We do have to make a legal disclaimer that we're not legally viable for any concussions that may occur should the winner attempt to use their head in the literal sense to break this thing open."

. "We're gonna do something a little bit different - normally we announce the prize before giving out the question, but for the next 6 contestants who like this post, the Bonus Prize will be a 'Sur-Prize!' Just remember that you'll need to get the question right first before you even get a chance to break that bad boy open! Any volunteers?"

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((Mutual RP blogs only! Multimuse & side blogs, remember to specify the muse!))

#((capping at 6 blogs for now! Just missed having actual game-show related content)) #appeeling show host (dancing banana) #starter call #((Brain Game should've had a 'Mystery Prize' element added but I guess the Grand Prizes are kinda like that? I dunno.)) #((totally distinct and unrecognizable sur-prize box that's NOT been painted a different color....)) #the disembodied voice i sign paychecks to (the announcer)

[adventures-of-glenclan]

{ GLENCLAN ALLEGIANCES }

Leader:

Yewstar- A warm gray bobtail Tom with curled ears and bullseye markings along his torso

Deputy:

Mantishop- A longfurred she-cat with round green eyes, light gray marbled markings, and a lengthy tail

Medicine cats:

Beetlecrawl- A yellow pelted she-cat with folded ears, and stripes along her legs and face

Quailshell- A pale she-cat with light to dark brown markings mimicking that of a quails egg, with blue eyes and round ears

Warriors (senior, to youngest):

Swanhiss- A tall, imposing, she-cat that has a mostly white pelt with deep gray patches, and amber eyes

Rustwhisker- A stout, long furred tomcat with a bright red tail and ears, distinct brown whiskers, and blue eyes

Minkswipe- A lanky, short furred brown she-cat with a dark tipped tail and ears, and hazel eyes

Corvidstalk- An orange ticked black tomcat with a harsh yellow stare, and a torn ear

Troutchirp- A broad shouldered blue and brown marbled Tom with two separately colored eyes of blue and yellow.

Bearskip- A short, lean she-cat with mostly dark fur with a few lighter brown markings and yellow eyes

Hawkdive- A fluffy cream colored she-cat with flamepoint markings and light blue eyes

Apprentices:

Coyotepaw- A brown tabby she-cat with long ears, distinct darker paw and tail markings, with amber eyes [MENTOR: Corvidstalk]

Cricketpaw- A bicolor ginger she-cat with wide blue eyes and a tail that twitches [MENTOR: Bearskip]

Skunkpaw- A short dark gray, almost black Tom with brown eyes, and a streak of white fur running from his face to his tail [MENTOR: Mantishop]

Queens + kits:

Robinthroat- A green-eyed, large, thick coated brown tabby she-cat with light colored muzzle markings and paws >KITS: Tangledkit, Russetkit [father: Corvidstalk]

Dovesnap- A thin pale shecat with light gray tipped features and tired blue eyes, currently expecting a litter [father: Troutchirp]

Elders:

Badgerstride- A dark eyed elderly she-cat with a short muzzle, markings akin to a badger, and noticeable scars on her lips and cheek

Pikefang- An old black tomcat with bengal markings, and sharp canine teeth that hang out if his jaw, with green eyes

#warrior cats #warrior cats oc #wc #glenclan #Clan allegiances #Warriors #warriors blog #Feel free to scheme on who's related #announcement #wc oc #Glenclan intros

[isthatyouhatsunemiku]

there's a New Thing(TM) that I've been planning in Secret, should start tomorrow (May 1st) at normal poll posting time :)

#the only elaboration I'll give until the ''official'' announcement post is #that it's like. a mini bracket. related to the main blog theme but with an extra twist #i gotta stop myself from talking more or i'll just blab the thing right now ajskdlfjdks

[correct-bangtannies]

I don't even like men and I'm somehow already a military wife, what goes on

PS. Don't open the tags unless you want a big ass wall of text of me rambling on your screen

#hit #im just honestly so glad that I've become a lot more chill with the whole being an army thing #in the sense that i used to be a lot more attached and hyped over everything #i do still get very hyped and i do still have an attachment to them n their work but y'know just more toned down #(i mean i remember the days of staying up all night to watch award shows knowing damn well they'd always perform last) #(mma 2018 was an emotional rollercoaster like i legit cried a little from the tiredness and being overwhelmed with the performance) #so im glad im a lot more calm about the enlistment news than what i would've been say three years ago before they started to #take longer breaks and eventually announce the hiatus this year #it's like they did it in purpose so that the fandom would grow a bit more used to it n im glad to see that a huge majority are very calm #many are sad ofc but its not being treated as some kind of horrific news #if anything ppl are coping with humor including me lmao #so idk im mostly just happy for them that they're taking their VERY well deserved break before doing their service #i just hope everything goes well and is decently peaceful (as peaceful as enlistment can be at least lol) for them once they're there #now why am i rambling in the tags? bc i need to put my thoughts in order but i don't wanna clog my blog with a long ass wall of text 💀 #I'm at least relieved to know that they already have a set plan of when they're going to go and return + BH is sure af gonna keep putting #out a lot of content that they've filmed over all these years #i mean run bts; documentaries; probably even music and ofc not all of them are gonna go at the exact same time #and ofc stuff related to the HYYH and Chakho #them being absent won't as hard for most hopefully #and hey 2 years aint nothing ive waited far longer for stuff to come out than that we'll be fine! #*cries in silksong and the YOI movie

[welcome-to-green-hills]

What’s @rise-of-the-ancients? Is that a sonic frontiers blog?

Oh! Great question, my dear.

@rise-of-the-ancients is my Sonic Boom AU. It follows the story of Shadow (also known as “Terios”) and his relationship with the Ancients, Lyric, and why he appears to be so sour with Team Sonic. I’ll reblog stories and art from there on occasion.❤️✨

#mystery anon #off topic #Inbox empty #Sonic Boom AU #Shadow AU #It’s the one that everyone wanted me to do back in December when I announced that I had time to run more than one blog #I’m not touching anything Frontiers-related after the way that I was treated. Nope!

[ansicred]

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT - LIVE FROM THE FOX DEN!!

I've updated (see: completely redone) some pages, changed some visual elements of this blog, and I'll be updating my pinned post once I've done the graphic for it -- all the new links will be added to the new pinned.

#ansicredspeaks #blog related announcements

[lunarharp]

i want to play dnd

i want to play a gay elf or perhaps a creature.

#had to announce that somewhere. i need a group of friends. #to me this feels related to my art because i've been watching a dnd campaign so much around drawing my stuff lately. #maybe i need an actual personal blog like other people have separate to their art to say such thoughts...............nah. #i'm never going to do the internet normally. #i wont say really personal things in the tags here any more though. #you need to unlock more of my social link for that.

[every-sanji]

i normally dont notice these things bc this blogs engagement rate is abysmal and i'm just doing this for the bit at this point but i got like 5 followers in the last 12 hours. what's going on

#not sanji #housekeeping #<- technically???? #oh also uhhhhhhhhhh this upcoming january i might have an extra special announcement that u may already have seen #if u follow my main. its abt post grad stuff ehehehe tangentially related to this blog actually #im vibrating so much i can hardly contain it

[ritahayworrth]

not to be that person but ever since masking was declared voluntary in the philippines most of the people i’ve seen who do go out and about without masks have been white tourists 💀

#i mean i'm not surprised since it was the department of tourism that first announced that masking indoors was now voluntary #and it's *not only* white tourists but it's MOSTLY white tourists #to be fair i know at like events especially influencer events locals have gotten lax on masking #and at nightclubs omg 💀 #but most locals still wear masks indoors and out except to like eat ofc #personal #not blog related

[ask-reverse-sun-and-moon]

If you want your ask about the situation that just occurred to be used, have it submitted by Wednesday. That’s the last day of my finals so I’ll be available to work on the asks then since I won’t have to study. If you don’t have it in by Wednesday it won’t be used since I’ll already be working with the asks I have.

I’ll reblog the ask I’m referencing here every day with a little count down reminder on my main account

#announcement #fnaf ask blog #answer related #fnaf security breach au

[itstheelvenjedi]

OK pretty sure we may have burned through the queue on this blog y'all. So...pls do excuse low/no activity for a bit.

PC is fixed now. but I also fell down (on nothing, as I oft tend to do because of the Cerebral Palsy, woo /s) and fuckin broke my foot when I landed on it

So rn I am stuck on bed rest till it heals and as we all know trying to write out tags and shit on tumblers mobile app is Hell so I won't be able to repopulate the queue till I can get to the PC lmao

#blog announcement #life update #yea i can't beliefe it either #i broke a 5 or 6 yr streak of not needing to go to the ER for a cerebral palsy related injury im so mad @ my body rn lmfao

[mdianasims]

In other news, I do expect our friend Iker to be back soon-ish.

As I’ve played through all the main quests in Sandrock, and the next update won’t be until August, I suppose I should get back to playing Sims.

Current status, I have both Iker and Selvadorada almost ready - just need to change a few more outfits/adjust one more lot. And then we’re good to go. I’ll hopefully be able to finish playing in Selvorada before the new patch/pack hits. And if not, I may just play offline for a bit. I’m not in a massive rush to get werewolves - I do want them, but I don’t need them immediately.

I do have a busy week ahead, so I‘m going to tentatively say... Iker will be back Sunday(ish).

#sims related #Blog Announcement #delete later