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dilesxpressions · 3 months

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Justin Koh

1. Name, Year, Major, and Hometown

Name: Justin Koh | Year: 4th Year | Major: Cognitive Science (Computational Emphasis) | Hometown: Atlanta, Georgia

2. What’s your roman empire?

When was the last time I drank water? (YEAH I SEE YOU GUYS REACHING FOR YOUR BOTTLES NOW)

3. What is the best compliment you have ever received?

"I'm proud of you." - My Dad

4. If your life was a movie what genre would it be (comedy, horror, drama, etc.) and what actor would play you?

I'm by no means a cinephile, but my life is probably a documentary type movie about a monkey trying to fit in with humans. I would play the actor, "3rd monkey" from the movie: Rise of the Planet of the Apes at timestamp 1:47 as shown below.

5. What is something on your college bucket list?

None really, but if I had to pick: DJ a bass house/trap/dnb set at Davis.

6. What’s your guilty pleasure? (song, movie, food etc.)

MY GIRL KATY PERRY HONESTLY MAKES SOME ABSOLUTE BANGERS

7. What are your bad habits?

Time management :^)

8. What are your favorite song lyrics?

"Tell your boyfriend, if he says he's got beef, that I'm a vegetarian so I ain't f*ckin scared of him" -3OH!3

9. Defend your unpopular opinion/ hot take

IN AND OUT IS KINDA MID WHEN DISREGARDING THE PRICE. THE PRICE TAG IS THE ONLY BIG W COMPARED TO OTHER FAST FOODS.IF YOU SAY OTHERWISE YOU ARE WRONG AND IGNORANT.

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CANES HANDS DOWN HAS THE BEST FAST FOOD CHICKEN JOIN. IF YOU SAY OTHERWISE YOU ARE WRONG AND IGNORANT.

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COME CATCH ALL THE SMOKE, I'M READY.

(kidding everyones entitled to their own opinion :^), just your opinion is wrong)

10. Describe a time where you had to step up and be a leader?

During my freshman year, the game Overwatch was at the height of its popularity. Being somewhat proficient in the game, I decided to try out for the school's team. Upon my acceptance, I observed two distinct facets: exceptional individual talent that was rarely seen, and the unfortunate suppression of that talent due to an excessive emphasis on individuality and ego. Our early season games and practice scrimmages were disappointingly unfavorable, and the future appeared bleak. However, I recognized the potential for the transformation of individuals into a cohesive unit and took it upon myself, despite my rookie status, to attempt to unite the group of misfits.

Through careful curation of each player's talents and personalities, we slowly but surely cultivated an environment where each individual had the opportunity to express their strengths and opinions. As we built rapport and visibly improved our cohesiveness, the issue of players maintaining their egos in the face of a self-declared rookie team captain gradually dissipated. The initial doubts that plagued each player soon transformed into respect for my leadership, both in and out of the game.

Although we started the season as one of the weakest teams among 180 competing universities, we managed to qualify for the single elimination bracket: ranking us as one of the top 40 teams in North America. Still, we were seeded as one of the worst teams and now faced low expectations from others while the pressure on the team to advance through the competition without dropping a single match was at its peak.

But my appetite for victory (and money :^)) was obvious and insatiable; the team quickly took notice and adopted this zealousness for success.

Without losing a single match, we ascended the "Towers of Doom" and began to catch the attention of casters, analysts, and coordinators. However, it was too late for them to underestimate us. Soon, we were bestowed with the nickname "The Dark Aggies" (Aggie Gaming + Dark Horse of the competition), and we secured a spot in the live quarterfinals held in Phoenix, Arizona. Although our journey concluded with a 5-8th place finish, we were proud of what we had achieved, defying all expectations.

[link if curious to know more]: https://liquipedia.net/overwatch/Tespa_Collegiate_Series/2017

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infoshakil260 · 3 months

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Merchants start to sell young people's emotions. Will they suffer a loss if they can't buy it for 10 yuan

In recent years, a consumption model has become popular on e-commerce platforms, namely emotional consumption, which to some extent reflects people's potential psychological and emotional appeals. So, how does the emotional consumption business appear on the Internet? What impact will the development of artificial intelligence technology have on HE Tuber the emotional consumption business?

Emotional consumption is a new consumption model that has emerged on e-commerce platforms in recent years. Although this does not mean that people can directly buy happiness or sadness, it just reflects that young people have strong emotional appeals in psychological and social aspects.

Emotional consumption products include both physical products and virtual products. The former include good luck sprays, good luck phone cases, and good luck knots. The latter include tree hole talking services, virtual mosquitoes, and the popular "lonely frog" that became popular in the past few years. . Consumers place orders for these "emotional" products, on the one hand, to respond to Internet hot spots and have fun, and on the other hand, to achieve a little solace in their souls and spirits.

1. Will you suffer a loss if you can’t buy it for 10 yuan?

"Tianyu Shudong" is one of the e-commerce stores that provides emotional consumption. It has been in business for half a year. It mainly provides services such as chatting and talking in the tree hole, with monthly sales of more than 30,000 orders. Ordinary stores may look like "nobody", but they are actually "crouching tigers, hidden dragons." "We have requirements for the quality, conduct, and academic qualifications of our store employees. In terms of academic qualifications, they are basically at least a bachelor's degree, including overseas students, and even Ph.D. and professional psychological counselors." Store manager Meng You told the "IT Times" reporter.

In the store, merchants have "tailor-made" service menus, and consumers can choose the type of service according to different needs. The service methods are divided into two types: "Wenyu" (text and voice) and "Lianmai", and the prices are divided into multiple levels according to different methods, different lengths of time, and different experience of clerks. On the menu, the lowest price is the 30-minute "Wenyu" in the form of a blind box, and the highest price is the "highest level" package of "Lianmai" service, which is 20 yuan and 990 yuan respectively.

In terms of "goods", it mainly includes tree hole chatting and talking, companionship and emotional marriage and love guidance with a basic price of 10 yuan, as well as sleeping and talking and counseling services with a basic price of 150 yuan.

Meng You introduced that with the popularity of the movie "The Lost Girl", the topic of "love brain" has aroused heated discussions. On social platforms, netizens commented that "watching "The Lost Girl" will cure the love brain." The popularity of the topic has also spawned many hot searches such as "I placed an order for my best friend and scolded her for being in love", "My best friend who is in love was scolded by customer service and woke up". In the store, this service has also become a "hot item".

In terms of pricing model, each store is similar, but the price of the same type of service varies greatly. Taking the "Baotian" service as an example, one store charges a maximum of 800 yuan for the "Wenyu" method of "changing colors with Qiushui", and a maximum charge of 1,314 yuan for the "Lianmai" method. Another store charges a maximum of 1,314 yuan for "How are you, big brother" The maximum fee for the "Wenyu" method is 480 yuan, and the maximum fee for the "Lianmai" method is 770 yuan. Customer service said that fewer people choose the package package service and more customers buy blind boxes.

Do you really suffer a loss if you can’t buy it for 10 yuan? "IT Times" reporters found in actual tests that many of these stores have low prices to attract users to buy. In the "Hello Big Brother" store, the half-hour "Wenyu" tree hole service is priced at 10 yuan, but you actually have to pay 20 yuan. to obtain relevant services. The same is true for "Sweet Talking Tree Cave".

The reporter observed many explicit or instructive comments in some stores. E-commerce insiders also reminded that if consumers really need psychological assistance, please do not use this method. This type of so-called "emotional consumption" is more biased towards Pure chat services, etc., may have certain relaxation and entertainment attributes and cannot be regarded as professional services. At the same time, consumers must also guard against potential risks such as soft porn and fraud, and e-commerce platforms should also strengthen supervision of such special commodities.

2. Merchants and consumers have mixed feelings

Businesses and consumers are both happy and worried.

Most of the "Tianyushudong" stores are part-time, just like sales, the commission is calculated based on the order, and the commission rate for each clerk is 70%. Meng You lives in Beijing. He worked part-time in the early days, and then switched to full-time. In terms of salary, his current status is to be "self-sufficient."

In the "Big Brother Hello" store, the revenue situation is divided into peak season and off-season. In the peak season, there are about 14 orders per day, and the daily income reaches 500-600 yuan. In the off-season, the number is reduced, and the daily orders and daily income are only two times that of the peak season. one part.

Who is consuming? It is understood that there are also differences in the main consumer groups of different stores. "Tianyushudong" is more inclined to people with higher consumption levels, such as corporate white-collar workers and overseas students. The consumers of "Hello, Big Brother" are mainly between 18 and 40 years old, and they are mostly students and office workers. "Most of the people who come to place orders from us don't have close friends, or they don't have anywhere to express their inner thoughts, so they are willing to talk to strangers." said the customer service "Hello, big brother".

The purchasing behavior of "chat" emotional consumption occurs between people, not between people and goods. Therefore, for businesses, while enjoying the joy of making money and helping people, problems also arise. Meng You shared an experience that made him feel helpless: "The potential risk we face lies in the unpredictable quality and motivation of some consumers. Some will ask our store clerks to borrow money, and some will run out. When applying for a refund after service, some are of low quality and will insult the clerk, and some will give negative reviews in the store comment area after being unable to vent their anger on the clerk. " Faced with "uncontrollable" and "uncontrollable" In this situation, merchants choose to "help themselves" to reduce losses and negative comments. Regularly organized training is one of the plans implemented by "Tianyushudong". The relevant training content covers anti-fraud, borrowing, social etiquette, etc. If necessary, rude customers will be refunded firmly.

Not only businesses, but consumers will also experience "hurt" moments. Ordering the "Lonely Frog" service for a friend was college student Ding Hao's (pseudonym) first emotional consumption experience. At that time, Ding Hao's mentality was "Everyone is playing, and I want to play too," and he wanted to have "fun." The tree cave service was his second experience, but the process was not pleasant. "After paying the money, it is reasonable to say that after adding the clerk's chat method, the timed chat started. But when I sent him my thoughts one after another, after 12 minutes, the other party only replied, 'Come on, I believe you. It's okay! ' To be honest, I think it's perfunctory and unreliable." Having learned from the past, Ding Hao never consumed such virtual products again.

Service quality and privacy are the main issues that consumers care about. "The chat records between us and our customers are absolutely confidential and will be deleted immediately after the chat. If you are not satisfied with the chat or are dissatisfied within 8 minutes, you can apply for a replacement." Or you can get a refund," the store customer service told reporters.

3. Will it be replaced by artificial intelligence?

In Meng You's view, the emotional consumption market will become more diversified as people satisfy their material lives and pursue a rich spiritual life.

Will it form a competitive relationship with practitioners such as psychological experts and psychological counselors? Meng You believes that for consumers, they need more companionship and catharsis in terms of emotional value. The online chat provided by the store is mainly based on their needs and feelings. Different from the serious atmosphere of communicating with a psychological counselor, Shudong's service focuses on "freedom" and "relaxation". In addition, the store is quite different from the related studio in terms of scale, management model and staffing, so it is not a competitive relationship.

Currently, artificial intelligence technology is becoming more and more mature, and chatbots represented by ChatGPT have once again made "whether machines will replace people" a hot topic. For "chat" emotional consumption services such as "Tianyushudong" that focus on "people-to-people" communication, it is both an opportunity and a challenge. Some netizens believe that such services are easily replaced by AI. The purpose of consumers is to find a target to "vent", while AI robots are good at "talking" and may even understand the other person's heart better than real chatters; the opposite view is that real people's Replies and empathy can better resolve consumers’ real unhappiness, while machines are just making seemingly humane mechanical replies.

Reality forces "Men Youmen" to think about: What are the differences in communication between people and between people and machines? If people choose to talk to machines in the future, can the current services still be maintained?

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shakil244 · 3 months

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Merchants start to sell young people's emotions. Will they suffer a loss if they can't buy it for 10 yuan

1. Will you suffer a loss if you can’t buy it for 10 yuan?

2. Merchants and consumers have mixed feelings

Businesses and consumers are both happy and worried.

3. Will it be replaced by artificial intelligence?

In Meng You's view, the emotional consumption market will become more diversified as people satisfy their material lives and pursue a rich spiritual life.

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graceschory · 1 year

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How does American Girl doll work to empower young women?

When I was a young girl, everyone in my class owned an American Girl doll. Every time I would come back to school after winter break another person got one of these dolls for Christmas. I would always feel so left out knowing I never had one waiting for me under the tree on December 25th and I would beg my mom every year for one until my wish finally came true. I was gifted Kit Kittredge, a girl who was from Cincinnati in the height of the Great Depression. The reason I wanted that specific doll was because my friend once put on the movie inspired by the doll at a sleepover. She was fearless, compassionate and everything I wanted to be when I was little. Because I had a younger sister, she also got one. These dolls are 18 inches in length and cost about $115 each so it goes without saying my mother was not too fond of my new obsession. A huge part of my adolescence was playing with my American Girl doll, dressing her up, reading the book she came with and of course watching her movie I loved so much. After all these years American Girl doll is still producing products & continues to inspire the next generation of girls like me.

History behind the doll

American girl doll was founded in 1986 by Pleasant T Rowland, her goal with creating these dolls was to generate great stories with aspirational characters could inspire girls to make their own positive mark on the world - according to the American Girl doll website

In 1986 the historical characters launched, each character is highlighted in a book series that explains what era she came in to educate young girls on the type of women who came before us. The first three dolls were 18 inches and named Kristen Samantha and Molly and all three of these girls came with a book that taught lessons on the country’s history and the role they played in it.

In 1995 American Girl dolls introduced Bitty Baby which are 15 inch baby dolls and the point of the Bitty Baby dolls was to help young girls develop important life skills like caring and nurturing. Bitty Baby is marketed for girls around 2 to 4 years old according to Rowland.

In 1998 the first American Girl doll store opened in Chicago, today there are 18 locations across the United States and two in the United Arab Emirates. American Girl Place in Chicago was the first of its kind to combine retail with a dining/salon experience.

In 2001 American Girl launched “girl of the year” which includes an exclusive character that comes out once a year. According to Insider the brand wanted to shift to more contemporary stores that modern girls connect with. An example of a recent girl of the year doll is Joss Kendrick - a surfer cheerleader and environmental activist who wears a hearing aid.

American Girl Place

In 1998 the first American Girl store opened in Chicago, IL. There are now 18 locations across the United states, the flagship stores being in Chicago, New York, and Los Angeles. The point of these stores is that you can purchase an American Girl doll in person, have lunch in the cafe with them, go to the salon with them and partake and various other activities.

Stores that have been built with a cafe allow you to dine with your doll for brunch, lunch, tea or dinner. If you bought or purchased a doll they provide seats for you and your doll to eat together.

There is a salon for you to get your doll a new hairstyle, get their ears pierced and even a mini salon experience like getting a manicure. This is a very popular feature at the American Girl doll store. Prices for this are also very inexpensive ranging from 10 to 20 dollars depending how elaborate the style is.

There have also been two outlet stores, the first location in Oshkosh Wisconsin from 2002 to 2016 and the second store in Hershey Pennsylvania from 2018 to 2021.

If you do not live close to an American Girl doll store you can call customer service and get appointed a personal shopper and order items to be shipped to your house.

You can also purchase the American Girl doll books at the stores which are an essential part of the American Girl doll experience. They offer a wide variety of historical and early chapter books based on the dolls. That means if you purchase any of the dolls you can also get a book that tells your dolls backstory.

American Girl doll stores also provide birthday celebrations so you can share your special day with all of your friends. They also provide the details needed like invitations, dinner, cake, goodybags, and a special gift for the birthday girl.

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Diversity & Inclusion

For a long time, there was only dolls for young girls that were white, skinny & blonde. Barbie dolls are a good example of that. It is important to implement the fact that everyone is different & that's what makes us special. American Girl doll does a good job of making sure there are a wide range of dolls to choose from. American Girl doll wants to celebrate every kind of great & they do this by providing dolls of different skin tones, face molds, eye colors & hairstyles & textures. A scholarly article reports that a huge part of American Girl Dolls market is the fact that they provide history books to accompany the doll. Young girls are able to gain education about their heritage while also enjoying a toy they love. Thats what makes American Girl so special, there is a doll for everyone that not only educates but inspires. Adminfree.org says "the Pleasant Company has shown that markets respond to diverse customer populations." Having diversity in your product is necessary for every young girl to feel included. I had the privilege growing up of being able to find a doll that represented me pretty easily, other girls may not be as lucky. The American Girl doll website states that they seek to create a world where everyone is valued & respected & they stand united in the fight against systemic racism. American Girl doll released their first African American doll in 1993 & to this day they continue to produce dolls of all colors. According to Race & Rag Dolls, preschoolers embody their favorite characters and narratives through engagements with media franchises that link multiple products across multiple platforms. Thats why it is so important to have diversity in children's toys, everyone should feel included & seen. American Girl goes above & beyond when it comes to diversity. They also provide various specialized items such as asthma and allergy sets, service dog gear, crutches, a wheelchair, and a diabetes kit.

Conclusion

How does American Girl work to empower young girls? Since its creation in 1986, American Girl doll has worked to ensure that their dolls inspire young women all around the world. When I was young & would read the books that correlate with each specific doll I would always think one thing: I want to be like that when I grow up. American Girl has done a great job throughout the years ensuring that every girl has a doll that represents their culture in a good way. They want young women to feel empowered & realize that they are capable of doing anything they set their mind to. For me, my Kit Kittredge doll inspired me to be a better person & have compassion for the people around me. Throughout many generations of women American Girl continues to spread its message & hopefully it will still be able to do that for years to come.

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Return or fall: after the climax of the story, tension builds and the story inevitably heads towards...

Catastrophe: the main character has reached their lowest point and their greatest fears have come into fruition.

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Approach to the Inmost Cave: hero approaches goal.

The Ordeal: the hero faces their biggest challenge.

Reward (Seizing the Sword): the hero manages to get ahold of what they were after.

The Road Back: they realize that their goal was not the final hurdle, but may have actually caused a bigger problem than before.

Resurrection: a final challenge, testing them on everything they've learned.

Return with the Elixir: after succeeding they return to their old life.

the hero's journey can be applied to any genre of fiction.

3. Three Act Structure:

this structure splits the story into the 'beginning, middle and end' but with in-depth components for each act.

Act 1: Setup:

exposition: the status quo or the ordinary life is established.

inciting incident: an event sets the whole story into motion.

plot point one: the main character decided to take on the challenge head on and she crosses the threshold and the story is now progressing forward.

Act 2: Confrontation:

rising action: the stakes are clearer and the hero has started to become familiar with the new world and begins to encounter enemies, allies and tests.

midpoint: an event that derails the protagonists mission.

plot point two: the hero is tested and fails, and begins to doubt themselves.

Act 3: Resolution:

pre-climax: the hero must chose between acting or failing.

climax: they fights against the antagonist or danger one last time, but will they succeed?

Denouement: loose ends are tied up and the reader discovers the consequences of the climax, and return to ordinary life.

4. Dan Harmon's Story Circle

it surprised me to know the creator of Rick and Morty had their own variation of Campbell's hero's journey.

the benefit of Harmon's approach is that is focuses on the main character's arc.

it makes sense that he has such a successful structure, after all the show has multiple seasons, five or six seasons? i don't know not a fan of the show.

the character is in their comfort zone: also known as the status quo or ordinary life.

they want something: this is a longing and it can be brought forth by an inciting incident.

the character enters and unfamiliar situation: they must take action and do something new to pursue what they want.

adapt to it: of course there are challenges, there is struggle and begin to succeed.

they get what they want: often a false victory.

a heavy price is paid: a realization of what they wanted isn't what they needed.

back to the good old ways: they return to their familiar situation yet with a new truth.

having changed: was it for the better or worse?

i might actually make a operate post going more in depth about dan harmon's story circle.

5. Fichtean Curve:

the fichtean curve places the main character in a series of obstacles in order to achieve their goal.

this structure encourages writers to write a story packed with tension and mini-crises to keep the reader engaged.

The Rising Action

the story must start with an inciting indecent.

then a series of crisis arise.

there are often four crises.

2. The Climax:

3. Falling Action

this type of story telling structure goes very well with flash-back structured story as well as in theatre.

6. Save the Cat Beat Sheet:

this is another variation of a three act structure created by screenwriter Blake Snyder, and is praised widely by champion storytellers.

Structure for Save the Cat is as follows: (the numbers in the brackets are for the number of pages required, assuming you're writing a 110 page screenplay)

Opening Image [1]: The first shot of the film. If you’re starting a novel, this would be an opening paragraph or scene that sucks readers into the world of your story.

Set-up [1-10]. Establishing the ‘ordinary world’ of your protagonist. What does he want? What is he missing out on?

Theme Stated [5]. During the setup, hint at what your story is really about — the truth that your protagonist will discover by the end.

Catalyst [12]. The inciting incident!

Debate [12-25]. The hero refuses the call to adventure. He tries to avoid the conflict before they are forced into action.

Break into Two [25]. The protagonist makes an active choice and the journey begins in earnest.

B Story [30]. A subplot kicks in. Often romantic in nature, the protagonist’s subplot should serve to highlight the theme.

The Promise of the Premise [30-55]. Often called the ‘fun and games’ stage, this is usually a highly entertaining section where the writer delivers the goods. If you promised an exciting detective story, we’d see the detective in action. If you promised a goofy story of people falling in love, let’s go on some charmingly awkward dates.

Midpoint [55]. A plot twist occurs that ups the stakes and makes the hero’s goal harder to achieve — or makes them focus on a new, more important goal.

Bad Guys Close In [55-75]. The tension ratchets up. The hero’s obstacles become greater, his plan falls apart, and he is on the back foot.

All is Lost [75]. The hero hits rock bottom. He loses everything he’s gained so far, and things are looking bleak. The hero is overpowered by the villain; a mentor dies; our lovebirds have an argument and break up.

Dark Night of the Soul [75-85-ish]. Having just lost everything, the hero shambles around the city in a minor-key musical montage before discovering some “new information” that reveals exactly what he needs to do if he wants to take another crack at success. (This new information is often delivered through the B-Story)

Break into Three [85]. Armed with this new information, our protagonist decides to try once more!

Finale [85-110]. The hero confronts the antagonist or whatever the source of the primary conflict is. The truth that eluded him at the start of the story (established in step three and accentuated by the B Story) is now clear, allowing him to resolve their story.

Final Image [110]. A final moment or scene that crystallizes how the character has changed. It’s a reflection, in some way, of the opening image.

(all information regarding the save the cat beat sheet was copy and pasted directly from reedsy!)

7. Seven Point Story Structure:

this structure encourages writers to start with the at the end, with the resolution, and work their way back to the starting point.

this structure is about dramatic changes from beginning to end

The Hook. Draw readers in by explaining the protagonist’s current situation. Their state of being at the beginning of the novel should be in direct contrast to what it will be at the end of the novel.

Plot Point 1. Whether it’s a person, an idea, an inciting incident, or something else — there should be a "Call to Adventure" of sorts that sets the narrative and character development in motion.

Pinch Point 1. Things can’t be all sunshine and roses for your protagonist. Something should go wrong here that applies pressure to the main character, forcing them to step up and solve the problem.

Midpoint. A “Turning Point” wherein the main character changes from a passive force to an active force in the story. Whatever the narrative’s main conflict is, the protagonist decides to start meeting it head-on.

Pinch Point 2. The second pinch point involves another blow to the protagonist — things go even more awry than they did during the first pinch point. This might involve the passing of a mentor, the failure of a plan, the reveal of a traitor, etc.

Plot Point 2. After the calamity of Pinch Point 2, the protagonist learns that they’ve actually had the key to solving the conflict the whole time.

Resolution. The story’s primary conflict is resolved — and the character goes through the final bit of development necessary to transform them from who they were at the start of the novel.

(all information regarding the seven point story structure was copy and pasted directly from reedsy!)

i decided to fit all of them in one post instead of making it a two part post.

i hope you all enjoy this post and feel free to comment or reblog which structure you use the most, or if you have your own you prefer to use! please share with me!

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Hello and howdy peeps it is yo girl again with another post but this time its dolls yeah that's right dolls! Okay but really I just wanted to do a post about discontinued dolls because I thought it would be nice and fun and since I haven't posted in a while I thought it would be a good thing to come back with and well here it is.

Numbah 1. Novi Stars

I didn't have these dolls as a kid and I didn't really like the look of them although now I think they look really rad and honestly alien dolls? Amazing idea! I am not sure but I think these came out near the end of Bratz. They were made in 2012 and didn't last very long and ended in 2014 and like I said as a kid I didn't really like the look of these dolls so I can understand why kids didn't really flock to these dolls maybe since well where would they fit in like with me I played with Bratz with other Bratz i never played with another doll and a Bratz doll it just didn't feel like it fit in that universe but anyways the doll line only had 20 dolls and the names they came up with are very smart and I really think it's cool. If these were to come back I would probably buy them as long as it's a reasonable price. I can't see these coming back anytime soon but hopefully one day they will but since they I assume weren't as influential or popular as Bratz it will probably take time for them to come back to the world.

Numbah 2. Lalaloopsies

These tiny (and big) dolls also came out around the end of my doll phase or I guess the best way to put it is when I was not getting into the newer dolls and toys. Lalaloopsies were these plastic ragdoll type dolls by again none other than mga entertainment they came in small and in some series big some also had hair and some were just plastic hair. I had some although I didn't play with them much but they were very charming and different from the other dolls I really like this era of dolls because they weren't meant to be humans they were just whatever like above aliens and just really whatever. These dolls also came with super adorable playsets and little pets just like another doll I will be talking about later on this list. Pretty sure I had almost all of the Lalaloopsies in this photo but I do not have them on me. There are at least 156 residents in Lalaloopsy land and 88 of them are tall, 39 are mini and 35 are little there are 150 females and 8 are males. They also have a or had a show on Netflix. Do I think these dolls could come back? Absolutely yes.

Numbah 3. My Scene

My Scene were a doll line from 2002 made by Mattel. They look like the popular Barbie doll but with larger heads and have more similar fashion to Bratz, Mattel and Barbie's enemy/rival and have 3 movies (also is it just me or does the art style remind me of the show 6 teen?) Later through the years they had a decline and sadly they were discontinued. Do I think these dolls can come back? Difficult I feel like they could as long as the clothes are from good fabric and stylish and a part of me feels absolutely not. Mattel has had a really good kid friendly image with Barbie and I feel like a lot of parents would freak if they saw these doll. I didn't play with them as a kid actually I didn't even know about their existence AT ALL! But since I was really into Bratz I could totally have seen myself playing with these dolls as a kid i think their fashion is amazing and again I would love to see them make a comeback.

Numbah 4. Bratzillaz

I know this should be criminal to have Bratz under a Mattel doll I apologize but I wanted to save the best for last. So Bratzillaz are Bratz but they are witches with magical powers and were made to compete with Mattel's Monster High Dolls at the time. They were made in 2012 but later discontinued while Bratz were being rebuilt since a lot of parents didn't like the look of the Bratz. These dolls were meant to be the cousins of the Bratz and they also had a web show. I had quite a few of these dolls maybe one day I will make a post about the dolls I had idk it will probably be a mini post but these dolls were pretty cool. I loved how the legs, hands and arms could move and the fabric they used was pretty nice. Do I think they could make a comeback? Eh maybe one day but I think MGA should just focus on the Bratz when they can before these dolls.

Numbah 5. Yummi Land

Okay alright so I know this photo only shows one doll and that's because I had this doll. Her name is Mindy Mint Chocolate Chip and she smells like mint and like every Yummi Land doll they smell like what the character is named. This is yet another MGA doll line one I would absolutely love to come back why? Because I feel like they weren't around for a long time and I think they are absolutely lovely and different and I although I have said I didn't flock to many dolls that were different I feel like this is one I could see younger kids loving and I would totally buy them. These dolls were introduced in 2006 with a movie called Betsy Bubblegum' Journey through Yummi land. The doll lines included Soda pop girls, creme soda pop girls, candy pop girls, flower pop girls, ice cream pop girls, smoothie pop girls, sundae pop girls and a holiday special doll named Paris Peppermint Creme and another called birthday pop girls. I do not know how many of these dolls there are but just like Lalaloopsies they come in small and big. The doll I owned was a big one. What I loved about these dolls is that they came in bottles idk if anyone else gets interested by how things are packaged but for me I love it so these dolls coming in bottles were just really cool and if they ever made a comeback I hope they keep the bottle idea which now I will answer, do I think these dolls can come back? Yes. They are cute and I think a lot of people especially kids would love them because they smell nice and are just really pretty even the small ones could come back I think. I don't know how small those ones were but Barbie Peekaboos and Polly Pocket have been a thing therefore I think these dolls could make a return.

I grew up with a lot of dolls and I think some of them had really cool ideas and were different and I think that's cool. I really like how some of them were really girly and just cutesy and I think little girls would absolutely love Yummi Land dolls. I wish I had more growing up but I only had one although I remember another girl who was older than me as a kid getting one too I think she had blonde hair with all that said I will have the linkla below and I will see you next time

Yummi land info:

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Bratzillaz info:

Novi Stars info:

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Merchants start to sell young people's emotions. Will they suffer a loss if they can't buy it for 10 yuan?

1. Will you suffer a loss if you can’t buy it for 10 yuan?

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a sakuatsu fic

tags: exes to lovers, married skts, inspired by captain holt and kevin’s kiss

ao3 ver. | unedited twt thread ver.

“You what?” Miya Osamu couldn’t help but raise his voice when he heard his twin spouting stupid shit. Only the counter and the wooden spatula he was holding was preventing him from strangling the annoying blonde in front of him.

“I’m not talking to you.” Atsumu turned his direction back to Rintarou, his twin’s boyfriend of sixteen years, as he continued eating his onigiri. “So, I was saying一”

Osamu shoved another onigiri on his twin’s mouth. “Why the fuck do you need to make a Grindr profile? I thought the couple’s counselling was going well.”

“First of all, I could’ve died一”

“But you didn’t.” Rin said as a matter of factly then, kissed his boyfriend on his left cheek. “Gotta pick up the new batch of tuna in the market. Will be back in an hour.”

“Ugh! Have some respect!” Trying to throw his chopstick at the love birds, which he failed miserably, resulted in a fake gagging just to show his disdain because why not?

As soon as Rintarou left the shop, it became quiet until there was a soft sniffle. “It was okay, at f-first ‘til一”He started crying, tears and snot. Thank god Osamu was quick enough to pat his twin’s head as an act of comfort. “T-the psychologist told me一sniff一 to have more time. And I was like, excuse you doctor, you’re not paying for my rent and medication!”

“Ssh, it’s alright. Did you explain to them your side?”

“No! How could I when the gorgeous bastard agreed and pointed out that I barely have time for sex let alone weekly dates!” More sniffles, more wailing.

It wasn’t his fault, not entirely. True, that ever since he got assigned to a bigger project, he rarely had time. Blame the architect firm for sending him to Aomori! Blame the expensive rent in Tokyo with its boxed apartment. Blame his ADHD and its fucking caviar price meds.

Blamed everything and he ended up losing the love of his life.

After several threatening texts to Rintarou and excessive pleading that his life depended on this fucking finally, he was ready to thread the waters and catch some big fish with tight fitted pants and black turtleneck to add some mysterious effect.

10 minutes!

The guy, Akiteru, was already 10 minutes late.

“It’s okay, you’re just used to Omi’s timeliness.” Atsumu murmured under his breath, chanting it like a spell.

“Miya?”

Dirty blonde? Check.

Beige trousers? Check.

Suede loafers? Check.

Long nails? Check.

Atsumu was baffled. How could someone check all his run-towards-the-exit-asap list.

First, there could only be one blonde in the relationship. Beige trousers made him icky like a melted popsicle in summer time. Suede? Hard to fucking clean, it should be forbidden. Leather was popular for a reason! Long fucking nails?!

Atsumu was about to faint. Or burst. Or scream. It didn’t matter. The moment his date went to the restroom, he immediately paid for his drink and immediately ran for his sanity.

Of course, he sent one last message to the guy before deleting the app.

Sorry, forgot to tell you I’m allergic to suede and alcohol. Thanks for your time.

- Miya A.

“So…?” Rintarou wiggled his eyebrows, taunting Atsumu before whispering something to his boyfriend’s ear.

“Nothing! And stop talking behind my back, I’m literally sitting in front of you guys!”

“Jealous.”

“Green-eyed monster.”

Atsumu sighed because no matter how good he lied to his co-workers about his date that ended bragging for three whole days, unfortunately, he could never fool his twin.

“What should I do…?” It sounded more sad? Ah, dejected. Defeated. Like a loser.

How could he think that a dating app and a date in the bar could make him forget about the one and only Sakusa Kiyoomi. Four years of pinning since high school. Another five years of dating, learning, familiarizing and memorizing every single non-hypoallergenic sanitzer there was in the market. And three and a half years of being married, sharing a house, their love and life.

How stupid could he be?

No one could replace Kiyoomi in his life. Not that he wanted to. He just…he just wanted to give him a better life. Bigger house. A backyard and a big dog. Europe trips.

Things he couldn’t give him when he was a broke college student and a struggling 24 year old competing to get a job in the most sought-after architecture firm in Tokyo.

He just simply wanted to give him the life he deserved.

So what went wrong?

“You know he loves you, right?” Osamu broke the silence. “You’ve known each other for years. Do you think he’s the type of person to give up easily?”

“B-but, I hurt him, Samu. Made him cry.”

“Like it’s the first time? Remember when you had your first fight? Outside my dormand you were carrying his shirts and hoodies in a plastic bag, ready to throw it in his face in case he asked for a break up?”

Atsumu remembered it all too well.

Last year of uni. He spent the night at Rin’s dorm because he caught Kiyoomi talking to a girl after turning him down for a date. He was crying the whole night. Asking if he was worth it. If Kiyoomi actually loved him in the first place. If everything they had was real.

And when he was going down the stairs, with the plastic bag full of his boyfriend’s clothes, he saw Kiyoomi standing outside the dorm, cheeks stained with tears and a bouquet of white lilies on his hand.

A symbol of devotion.

“You think Omi’s going to run under the rain, shouting my一”

“Miya Atsumu!” That was his name, coming from a familiar voice.

He stood up from the couch and as he was looking from the window of his twin’s second floor apartment, he saw a dark figure standing outside the building.

Just like before.

Umbrella and slippers be damned. All he was thinking was to get to the door as soon as possible一

“Miya Atsumu! Miya! Atsu, please…”

They said it only happens in the movie, a kiss under the rain that is.

They said it only exists in Nancy Meyers movies.

He was no Nancy Meyers or in a romance film but everything felt right, even magical.

The wet kiss. The tears hiding under the rain drops.

The quiet I love yous. The warm hug amidst the cold winds blowing harshly. The several sorrrys shared between another kiss.

How their hands trembled at the touch of each other’s skin. How their hearts were about to burst simply because their love for each other was so much.

“Com'on lovebirds! You’re both gonna get sick!” And just like that, Suna was again standing by the door. Osamu was behind him, chin perched on his shoulder.

“I love you.”

“No matter what.”

- fin.

#sakuatsu #sakuatsu fic #married sakuatsu #skts #skts fic #skts au #uecchific #hq fic #haikyuu fic #haikyu fic #exes to lovers

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Kojima Cinema Vol. 5: Tykho Moon and Bande Dessinée

Greetings from Kojima Cinema, But We Missed Out On The Fifth Element

Coincidentally two new movies were released recently by French filmmakers who were inspired by French comic books, so I planned on covering both of them and write about French films and comics (Bande Dessinée), but unfortunately I wasn't unable to attend a screening for The Fifth Element, so I ended up covering only one movie in this issue.

Watching Tykho Moon From Parco Space 3

I saw Tykho Moon at the Parco Space 3 theater. The truth is that this place holds a bitter memory for me. Earlier this year I went to see Death Drive starring Kimika Yoshino and even though it was the last showing of its opening day, somehow I ended up being the only audience. In a theater designed to hold an audience of 200, it was just me! It was just like Cinema Paradiso! I couldn't relaxed thinking about the projectionist and how he was going through the trouble of showing the film just for me and became nervous. I didn't believe my luck when I ended up seeing Tykho Moon on that same theater. The popularity of Enki Bilal, director and writer of Tykho Moon, is alive and well even in Japan.

A Historical Sci-Fi That's Not Futuristic

Tykho Moon does not employ any trendy CGI and special effects (perhaps with the sole exception of the lunar surface scene at the end). It's a historical sci-fi closer to the likes of Alphaville by Jean-Luc Goddard, the Ultraseven episode "Nightmare of the Fourth Planet" by Akio Jissoji, The Element of Crime by Lars von Trier, and Solaris by Andrei Tarkovsky. More than just being a low-budget sci-fi film, it's an allegory that takes the form of sci-fi to highlight a certain theme. Perhaps it might be seen as a fresh breath of air to an audience that's fed up with sci-fi movies that over-rely on CGI and special effects.

A Movie That is Bilal-like, yet un-Bilal-like

Tykho Moon is a movie that very much like Bilal, but also unlike him. The rich colors that stands out inside a colorless ruins... The desolated city, the multilayer shadows, a world with a sense of helplessness, the quirky characters, the oppressed citizens, and so on... This is exactly what Bilal is as a French graphic novel author. On the other hand, I get the impression that the direction and camera work is quite different. The long takes and flow of utilizing pauses between scenes are additions to his unique style as a film director. You can see it as recording a movie as a different means.

Characters Straight From A BD

What surprised me about the actors in the movie was that they strongly resembled the characters from the original French graphic novel, to the point that it seems as if they came out directly from it. Perhaps Bilal, as a person who uses the faces of his actors as canvasses, or rather as part of the scenery or props, to express his own imagination, has full knowledge of people's faces. Johan Leysen and Marie Laforet in particular strongly resembled the original characters, that I was convinced that they were given special makeup!

My Encounter with Enki Bilal

Just like Moebius and his work on Alien, I first got to know about Enki Bilal through a movie. It was a B-movie I saw by chance when I was a student titled The Keep, directed by Michael Mann. I went to see another movie, Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter, and they were being shown together as a double feature. Bilal was responsible for designing the monster in The Keep. Afterward, I would encounter his name again Jean-Jacques Annaud's The Name of the Rose and it was only after I've joined the company that I started to read Bilal's own graphic novels.

About Bande Dessinée

Bande Dessinee, or BD for short, is the French term for comic books. The pricing, binding, user base and type of content are all very different from their American counterparts. Whereas American comics have a strong sense of characters, French BDs have a strong sense of storytelling and authorship. Dark and cynical at times, they have enough content to be appreciated by adults. They're not aimed at kids, but are the closest thing to art in terms of print entertainment. They're in a position similar that animation and gekiga [a dramatic sub-genre of manga] has in Japan.

Aiming for a BD in the Game industry

For one of the advertisements for Metal Gear Solid, we came up with the tagline "a 3DGC Bande Dessinee". It's not just because we love French graphic novels and we're trying to recreate their dark universes (not the light colors of something like Moebius, but a chaotic world with a more Eastern European depth) with emphasis on shading with Metal Gear Solid. There's another reason.

The Reason to Call It a 3D Bande Dessinée

In France, BDs are clearly a rank above the realm of comics in the status of entertainment (they're even referred to as the nth art or something like that) [Kojima is likely referring to BDs being the ninth art]. The same could be said about manga in Japan. Before the war, they were just four-panel strips and satires. It was none other than the great Osamu Tezuka, who evolved manga into a storytelling reading material. The story manga would evolve into its present form as the gekiga, with a more social aspect added by titles such as Kamui Den by Sampei Shirato. Manga has already become grown-up entertainment that has reached a cultural level. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for videogames.

From Playthings to BD

My hope is to elevate gaming into the next step of entertainment and not just be mere toys. Not tools to waste time, but digital interactive media. I aim for the sort-of game where its worldview, story, characters, themes and reality are not just there to have fun while forgetting the time, but also to use your moment of enjoyment to add feedback into your life in a positive way. That's the hope I packed into the tagline "3DCGBD".

Source

Game Hihyо̄ Vol. 17 (November 1997)

#hideo kojima #enki bilal #tykho moon #kojima cinema #metal gear solid

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meechibell · 3 years

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Build Your Own Sims 4 EP Challenge

Uptown World Expansion Pack

*My entry for #BuildYourOwnEPChall by #SimsBogdy99

The 3 models I made are wearing all black salon uniforms. Dressing in all black takes the focus off of the stylists and puts it onto the clients where it should be. All of their other outfits are made with their favorite colors in mind and are heavily themed with a 1980's vibe because I'm kind of stuck in that era because the music, fashion, and hair were so cool... still cool. So on with the pack...

Welcome to Rockin Key, the home of some of the world's greatest musicians! Rockin Key is where the rich & famous go to play, and the locals that keep it going play here too. Located 5 miles West of Del Sol Valley, it's easy to find... follow the endless sounds of great live music across the 5 mile bridge to Rockin Key... the city that never sleeps. Rockin Key entertainment venues are open 24/7.

On Rockin Key you'll find many new venues & plenty of room to build with 15 new lots to build homes/businesses! Including new lot types such as hair salons, Day Care Centers, houseboats, indoor concert halls, and movie theaters.

Rockin Key (new) Venues Include: -Santiago's Hair Salon - Sims can now visit Hair Stylists, Nail Techs, & Estheticians for a variety of services. Don & Jori and their team are here to help you be the best looking version of yourself. Remember, it's all about the hair!

-Rockin Key's Slice of Paradise Concert Theater - This is the largest new venue. This is where the biggest names in the sim music industry come to perform. It's always the hottest ticket in town.

-Rhapsody Twin Movie Theatre - Sims can now take their family, or a date, to the movies! The Plaza Twin Theatre has a full service concession stand, and the movie popcorn machine is always popping to make sure the popcorn is hot & fresh. To wash the popcorn down they also serve fountain sodas, and there's a variety of candy to choose from. In each theater for all sims' comfort, they'll find recliner chairs with built in soda & popcorn holders. It's stadium seating so no worries about someone's head being in a sim's line of view while enjoying their movie. And for the kiddies there are booster seats available.

-Sunny Sushi Bar - Indoor & outdoor dining w/ live music nightly by Toffee Butler (piano) or The Dunk-a-noos (steel drum band), located next to the marina. -Moody's Marina - Here sims can buy/own a luxury yacht w/ hot tub & full bar. Yachts can leave port and travel the area. Sims can fish off of a yacht or they can now charter a fishing boat.

-Lil' Sponges Daycare Academy - Sims can now drop off their children at this Nautical themed, state of the art Daycare Academy for ages infant - 5 years old. This isn't just a babysitting service; as an Academy it has licensed teachers to teach age appropriate lessons while keeping track of each child's growth and progress in their speech, fine motor skills, gross motor skills and social skills. By the time these little sponges are ready to move on to Kindergarten at 5 yrs old, many will be able to skip right into 1st grade.

NEW CAREERS

-Hair Stylist This career is for the sim that believes it's all about the hair. Once a customer has the right hairstyle, anything is possible! Hair Stylists can wash hair, cut hair, color/highlight hair, perm or straighten hair & blow dry hair. Top level Supreme Hair Stylists unlocks hair extensions that come in long, medium, short, & extra short (to add bangs/fringe to most hair styles already in the game) with each length also being in straight, wavy, curly, or braided styles, each available in all colors for both females and males, age teen-elder. Depending on the hairstylist's level will be the outcome of the hairstyle given, so sometimes with lower levels there may be mistakes and corrections needed that result in comedic reactions by sims/hairstylists.

*Supreme Hair Stylist Bonus: Becoming a CELEBRITY HAIR STYLIST: Once a sim reaches top level as a Supreme Hair Stylist, they will begin to gain notoriety and in time will reach "celebrity" hairstylist status. Once this is achieved they will start to receive celebrities/rockstars as clients, be asked to go on location to music video sets, and backstage at concerts, to work on musicians'/celebs' hair, and they'll hob-nob with the rich and famous. Also, a celebrity hair stylist can be Owner & Creative Director of a very successful hair salon w/ barely any problems. They'll even be given the opportunity to own a chain of hair salons if the first one is successful.

-Nail Technician/Artist

A career for sims that believe a person can't be their very best without well manicured hands and feet. Services provided, how well and how quickly done, depends on the level of Nail Tech/Artist. Lower levels may either take longer or make mistakes such as wrong nail color or spills water on the client. Once a higher level is reached the Nail Tech adds Artist to their repertoire and unlocks fun nail art & nail accessories. When a sim visits a Nail Artist the prices are higher, appointment is quicker, and you get to choose the color(s) of nail polish used on the sim, along with a paint design (flowers/hearts/holiday themes) and/or nail accessories such as glitter or rhinestones.

-Esthetician For the sim that sees other sims as walking Barbie & Ken dolls and helps them reach that status through ridding them of any and all body hair through artful waxing. Starting level can only provide facials, moustache waxing, & eyebrow waxing/shaping. They also provide skin treatments afterwards to sooth the red hot burning newly waxed fresh skin after peeling off a layer with the hot wax. Clients are taken to a private area (behind a curtain or door) for body waxing. Bikini waxing for female/male adult-elder is unlocked once an Esthetician reaches the top level as an Elite Esthetician.

(Note on how I see the Esthetician career as working in the game... Once an Esthetician reaches "elite" level they can start body waxing clients, so the nude sim laying on the table will have blurred privates, same as when they shower, but we'll know the spot the Esthetician is waxing as the sim will make some kind of horrible scream and/or face due to the wax being ripped off which makes for funny game play. You see it too, right?

-Hair Salon Owner & Creative Director This career is the ultimate goal for most Hair Stylists... a dream come true. This career is best suited for the sim who has achieved the top level as Supreme Hair Stylist because they know what they're doing, what the salon needs, and more importantly what their employees and clients need. Even with all of their experience and knowledge in the hair industry, they still hit bumps in the road and make mistakes. Hair Salon Owner & Creative Director may also work well for other salon employees after a sim reaches either the Finest Nail Artist level or the Elite Esthetician level. They will run into a few surprise bumps that the Supreme Hair Stylist knows how to avoid, but they have a better chance of success than a sim that has no salon experience. With that being said a sim without prior salon experience who can afford it, can be a Hair Salon Owner & Creative Director; however, that sim will have a much more difficult time in being the salon owner & creative director with more mishaps, unhappy employees, angry clients, and more stress than the Supreme Hair Stylist that becomes an owner & creative director. Their chance of failure with the salon closing down is 50% higher than that of a salon employee & 75% higher risk than that of a Supreme Hair Stylist. Top level for Hair Salon Owner & Creative Director opens up the opportunity for them to expand into a Hair Salon Chain Owner.

-Professional Contemporary Music Artist This career is for the sim that wants to be a Music Idol & Pop Culture Icon. Those that seek after a career as a professional contemporary music artist include sims that have dreamt about success as either a solo pop or hip-hop artist, or as a member of a rock band, or a member in a popular boy or girl band. Their journey begins when they begin to practice singing and/or playing instruments. As their skill increases, they'll gain notoriety performing in venues around town until finally a big music manager contacts them after hearing them perform in a local bar and offers them an audition. If the audition goes well, they'll then be offered a contract with choices such as music genre & solo artist or in a band to begin their musical career. Once the contract is signed, the sim will start receiving dates for live concert gigs that you will be able to follow and play sim through the onstage performances as well as the backstage after parties. At top level the sim will become known as a "King/Queen of Music" which will unlock many new items made for a rock/pop superstar including clothing, jewelry, big hairstyles, & other rockstar items themed after 1980's musical legends that are known for their music & iconic fashion styles such as George Michael (Wham!), Prince, Bon Jovi, Tina Turner, Cher, Run DMC, Heart, Janet Jackson, DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince, Cyndi Lauper, & Boy George (Culture Club).

NEW ASPIRATION CATEGORY: TRADESMANSHIP

NEW ASPIRATIONS:

-Supreme Hair Stylist

-Finest Nail Artist

-Elite Esthetician -Hair Salon Chain Owner -King/Queen of Music

NEW TRAITS:

FINICKY - A sim with this trait is extremely hard to please & they change their minds often too. Finicky sims are the customers that businesses, hair stylists, & servers have nightmares about. They want things exactly like they want it, and if it's not to their preferences, they'll throw a hissy fit refusing to pay for services. At the hair salon they're the client that will ask for a certain hair style or nail style, and halfway through they'll change their mind or when finished burst out in tears saying they don't like it. If they place an order over the phone, or in a restaurant, there's a good chance by the time it arrives, they'll no longer want it causing them to pout, complain & refuse to pay for it. If they enjoy an activity one day, they may hate it the next. If they have a romantic interest, they may lose interest faster than other sims. They may even become the runaway bride or groom. Their likes & dislikes change often because they are FINICKY.

LEECH - A sim with this trait is outgoing, cheerful, & charming so making a new friend, or romantic connection, is easy for them & quicker than other sims, but once another sim befriends them they will become the center of the LEECH sim's world. A LEECH will only want to do things with that one friend or love interest, and they will expect the same from that friend or love interest. They want to do everything with ONLY that 1 person, and can show up at any time, & anywhere, uninvited to be with them. When not with their friend, they're calling them on the phone, even if they're at work. And if they see their 1 friend/love interest being friendly with anyone else, they will act out in sneaky jealous "accidental" actions towards the other sim who is "stealing" their friend's attention away from the LEECH, such as spilling a drink on them, or bumping into them hard enough to knock them out of the way, or causing them to trip, or pulling their chair out from under them. A LEECH will talk to anyone that will listen to them, and when they're really lonely they will visit their favorite hangouts to talk to the employees knowing as a customer they have to talk to them and be nice. The LEECH is often a Rockin Key business' nightmare client because they tend to hang around bothering the employees or other customers looking for attention. Some leeches even ask for free things like a drink. The LEECH doesn't have the same obsession with their family members, only with that 1 special friend/love interest which may be their spouse. With family members the LEECH is known for inviting themselves to dinner, or on outings (and of course leeches always forget their wallet no matter who they're with); however, when they make that 1 special friend or love interest their family is relieved because they get a break from the LEECH that will now come around much less often, if ever, while in the other relationship. Breaking off a relationship with the LEECH is not pretty either. They will throw huge fits no matter where or how the break up happens. And don't be surprised if the sim that broke it off now finds themselves being watched with a telescope or being followed when they go out as the LEECH has a very hard time letting go & may pop up at any time just to say "hi" w/ a creepy smile as they walk away. They also may find that their mail has been stolen when the electric is suddenly shut off due to non-payment since the LEECH out of anger stole their mail, though they're unable to prove it to the police.

WALLFLOWER- This sim is a romantic at heart, creative, super sweet & friendly, but has trouble approaching other sims, especially strangers because they're shy. They long to socialize with other sims & enjoy going out on the town to different venues/events hoping to make a friend, or meet that special someone; however, once they arrive, they will stay seated and will not approach sims becoming a WALLFLOWER while they wait for sims to approach them. Once they become friends with a sim, they're charming, super sweet, & a bit more chatty, but still more quiet & agreeable than most sims. Being shy they are the exact opposite of a leech as they will often pay for others, and wait for their friends, or family, to call them to make plans as they don't want to bother anyone. If a sim they care about takes too long to contact them they become gloomy or will sit at home & cry alone wondering why that sim doesn't like them. When it comes to business owners, the WALLFLOWER is a favorite customer/client as they're so sweet they're always happy/content with the service provided for them.

COUCH POTATO - They live to entertain themselves from a chair or a couch whether at home, a friend's house, or a night out. They tire much faster than other sims & have to sit down more often if out and about. One of their favorite things to do is sit and watch tv which they also enjoy blogging about their favorite shows and movies. If sim also has an outgoing trait they can often be found out at venues that have entertainment, or activities that require or encourage sitting such as a bar, movie theater, park bench, laying out by a pool, library, or hair salon. These venues look forward to visits from their COUCH POTATO customers/clients as they tend to stay awhile, spending more money, so they don't have to get up and go back home after coming all this way. The thought, or sight, of physical exercise quickly drains their energy, and they may need to stop for a power nap whether they are at home, a friend's house, or out on the town.

New Objects:

-Hair extensions (4 different lengths/textures/all colors) & accessories (barrets, headbands, bows, scarves) for all ages -Hair salon accessories - couches/chairs, mirrors, work stations w/ stylists' supplies, shelves, hair products -Nail Technician manicure table & chair, client chairs, nail equipment

-Nail art & accessories -Esthetician table & supplies/cabinet -5 piece drum sets (2 sizes adult & child) -Steel drums in 4 different sizes

-Electric Guitars

-Bongos (2 different sizes)

-movie popcorn machine

-soda fountain

-Recliner chairs with large built in cup holders

-Oversized Kites

A Special Thank You... I'd like to thank my daughter ( #SparkleMuffin21 ) and my son ( #DarthDjoe ) for their help in listening to my ideas and giving me their own opinions on this challenge, as well as pretty much all my sim's creations. My grown children both play Sims 4, so I value their opinions, and appreciate the kindness/patience they've shown me as they often help me by sharing their opinions on my creations. This time around they gave me a lot of advice on what I should or shouldn’t include, and my daughter helped me with the naming of the pack & the name of the town for this challenge. Thanks kids! <3

#sims #sims4 #challenge #BuildYourOwnEPChall #SimsBogdy99 #Meechibell #Sims4Gallery #sims4challenge #sims 4 expansion pack #simsr4expansionpack

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The Freedom of Expression Ep 12 - After the increase in drinking at home, Tamabukuro Sujitaro's local Chinese restaurant tv program is hugely popular.

K: Hi, this is Dir en grey's Kaoru, starting this episode of The Freedom of Expression. Joe san, Tasai san, welcome again...Well, how's it going recently? In these trying times?

J: Recently, I've been wearing a mask.

T: Right, your mask.

K: Um, just so i don't cause trouble around me today, Im gonna wear a mask, I thought i should.

T: The distance between us too...We're social distancing.

K: Yeah, kinda.

J: There's more space than usual.

K: So, how's it been?

J: Well, I've been doing radio, but in terms of interviews..its really dried up.

T: Ahh, me too.

J: Well, basically, artists, they're in a situation where live shows aren't happening, so there is no so-called promotion going on.

K: Thats right.

J: So, rather than meeting directly to talk, they are doing interviews by email, or such. I've been spending longer at home, so I've been watching movies, and stuff.

T, K: Yeah.

J: Watching erotic movies and stuff.

K, T: *laugh*

K: Thats just normal for you though, right?

T: Its the same.

J: Well, I havn't changed in that respect.

T: Well, Joe, you've been watching movies. But my kids are also having time off..

J: Oh right.

T: Im with them all day, so i have no time to watch movies.

J: You don't watch them at all?

K: *To J* 'You don't watch them?'??

T: I can't, I don't have time. I take the kids to the park in the morning, I make them run about 5 laps, at least try to wear them out a bit *K, J laugh*

J: You make your kids run?

T: Yeah, if I wear them out, Im thinking how much earlier I can get them to bed. Then I'll have one or two hours to myself.

J: Oh right.

T: And then I'll have an evening drink or something, I do get a break doing this show though, but today I brought some news about how this kind of situation is happening in the world right now.

K: Okay, go ahead.

T: Its really typical Tokyo Sports news, but with this increase in drinking at home, a certain food tv show is very popular...a tv show specializing in local Chinese restaurants. The TV show 'Machi chuuka de yarouze' on BS - TBS has become popular.

J: Local Chinese restaurants?

T: Do you know it?

J: No no, I don't have a tv at home, so I have no idea. But I personally love local Chinese restaurants. Generally, if I go to different areas, if there is a butcher, I'll buy a pork cutlet and eat it straight away, if there is a local Chinese restaurant I'll have fried rice there...its how I test out new areas.

T: What about you Kaoru, do you like local Chinese restaurants?

K: I love them. I also watch that show a lot. *the others laugh*

J: What type of show is it?

K: Well..they just go to these restaurants, drink beer, pick something to eat, and ???*1

J: Just that?

T: They eat stuff like fried rice, gyoza/dumplings, ??*2, and drink beer.

J: I see.

T: And its like people at home can watch it and drink beer too, its popular.

J: I see. By the way, Kaoru, when you go to local Chinese restaurants, what do you order? Your must have order?

K: Hmm, Liver and chives or..

J: Ohh yes.

T: Yeah, I like that.

J: Thats a good one.

T: How about gyouza?

K: Yeah, gyouza too.

T: And fried rice.

J: Fried rice is my...its my best way to really test out the skill of the restaurant, whether they are cooking properly...its fried rice.

K: But I always eat too much.

J: Yeah, yeah. Its best if you share it with a group*3, but if you are by yourself, and having beer, the calories stack up.

K: They do.

T: After we introduced this topic, Tokyo Sports' Twitter was abuzz with comments from all over the country saying, 'I love this too!'. It really seems like everyone loves these kinds of restaurants.

J: Ahh, really? But recently, it seems like they are starting to disappear a bit. There's this so-called 'successor problem', and especially in the city, and with the run up to the Olympics too, a lot of these places which make me say, 'Ahh, I like this', are disappearing. Its like, 'Oh, that place has gone?! I liked thier daily specials!'. To me, Japan's local chinese restaurants are..???*4

T: But also a lot of places can't open because of Corona.

K: Some are starting to do take-out outside, right?

J: Yeh, they are.

T: Even with that, its tough for them though. I wish people would go to them *5

J: Yeahh. Don't they have those old style tables with the thin legs? With that, and a beer, and the tv..its a nice image.

T: Its like its unchanged from a long time ago.

J: It is.

K: I also like chinese noodes/soba.

J: Ah, yeah.

T: Those are good.

K: I feel like drinking beer now.

J: Should we do a Freedom of Expression special while having a drink sometime?

K: We should.

T: That would be good.

J: Lets do it sometime.

K: It should be fine. Drinking on air is not banned, right?

J: No, its fine.

T: What do you drink Kaoru? Gari..

K: Gari chuhai (Chuhai with pickled ginger)

J: Gari chuhai?

T: I wanna drink that.

K: Should we do it?

J: Lets do it! Yeah, lets. Everyone's doing online drinking parties now, right?

T: That sounds good.

K: Oh, they are, yeah.

T: There are like zoom drinking parties, using that app.

K: Wouldn't that be interesting?

T: I wonder.

K: There are a lot of people saying its fun, right? Cause they can't really talk properly otherwise.

J: Ahh, probably. There are a lot of days when I don't talk at all, except for if the supermarket staff asks me if I want a bag, and I say , 'No thank you'. Then I think, 'Ah, the only thing I said today was "No thank you"!'. There are days like that aren't there?

K: There are.

J: There are, aren't there?! Kaoru, you must have days when you are working, where you don't speak at all?

K: Yeah, I don't talk at all. I communicate with the members but its all by text..like on Skype's chatroom or something. I don't use my voice at all.

J: Really?

K: The only voice is from the track im listening to.

J: Don't you ever have the desire to talk?

K: Hmm, you can be more matter-of-fact with text rather than speaking.

J: Well, yes.

K: When you speak..for example, it can sound as if you're speaking with emotion, can't it?

J: Yeah, you attach an intonation to it.

K: Like, 'Hmm, its a bit...' or, 'Yeah, its good...'...Somehow communicating on Line is more...like 'He should talk first', or..

J: I see.

K: If you hear thier voice, you think, 'Oh, he likes it', or 'He hates it'...you attach extra meanings..

J, T: I see.

K: So to avoid that, reading text is better.

J: So generally, the members always communicate by text?

K: Yes. Always like this, using chat.

T: When do you speak then?

K: We don't speak. *the others laugh*

J: You're a band who never speaks.

K: We don't. In our dressing rooms and such, we really don't talk. *others laughing* Really.

J: So when you are on tour, you don't talk about stuff with the members?

K: Really, with our drummer, these past twenty or so years, the amount I've talked with him woudn't fill a day. *others laugh*

J: If you compressed it all together, right? Only about 24 hours?

K: Yeah, yeah.

J: Thats amazing.

T: The Dir en grey members should all go out to a chinese restaurant together.

K: That sounds good.

T: What kind of scene would that be?!

J: I wanna see that!

T: Me too!

J: We need a members' chinese restaurant drinking party someday.

T: That would be great.

J: Tokyo Sports could cover it.

T: Really?

J: An exclusive.

T: Yeah, an exclusive.

J: Wouldn't it be?

K: Well, we've no idea what will happen.

J: True.

K: But there's a possibility.

T: For sure.

J: Well, its an option.

Kami: Um..

J: Oh, its Kami!

Kami: Theres a great little chinese restaurant in Roppongi.

J: Eh? Do you know Roppongi well, Kami?

Kami: Yeah, I do.

J: Whats the place, can you say the name?

Kami: The name...what was it again, I forgot.

J: You forgot?

K: *laughs*

J: He comes in with this, and forgets?

Kami: Um, what makes it great is that its really quick.

J, K: Ahh.

K: Chinese food is good if it comes quickly.

T: Yeah, for sure.

Kami: Its really quick.

T: How quick?

Kami: I timed it.

T: You timed it?!

Kami: The food came out in two mins.

J: What did you order?

Kami: Liver and chives came out in two mins.

J, T: Two mins!

K: Thats quick!

J: It might have been something they had already made in advance?

Kami: No, it was hot, it was really delicious.

J: How much was it?

Kami: The price was cheap too.

T: By the way, what do you like to drink with chinese food?

Kami: Alcohol? Beer.

J: Of course, with chinese food, its beer, right?

Kami: I like gyouza with beer.

T: Gyoyza with beer.

K: Ahh

J: The most basic of basics.

T: So, in this tv show, there's this guy called Tamabukuro. He has a saying that the size of a large beer, 633mls, should be compulsory education for adults.

J: I see. Well, everyone, please..chinese food..

K: If there's anyone who wants us to go to thier restaurant...

J: Oh, yes! Lets make an appeal!

T: Lets do it! It will be fun.

J: Well, if there's anyone interested, please contact us here *points to bottom of screen*

To any restaurant owners out there.

K: Yes, please....Well, for now..

J: Oh, we're finishing?

K: Shall we finish here?

J: Yeah, cause we're wearing masks, keeping my glasses free of fog is..

K: They are fogging up a bit.

J: They do. Why don't you guys' glasses fog up? Do you use anti-fog?

K: You have to put your mask up, and your glasses on top of it.

J: Oh, is that it? *adjusts glasses* Like this? Don't I look stupid like this?

K: Well...

J: Is this ok? If I put the mask up..

K: Yeah, thats too far up. *laughs*

J: We don't wear a mask a home though, right?

K, T: No, we don't.

J: Im not that used to it.

K: Oh, indoors?

J: Yeah, indoors. I've learnt how to do my mask now...from next time.

K: Ok, please watch again next time, and please subscribe.

J, T: Please.

K: Thank you very much.

*1,2,4 Couldn't catch these bits.

*3,5 I think thats what is being meant.

#dir en grey #the freedom of expression #tfoe #薫 #kaoru

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Teen Witch

Controversial opinion: stories about witches are the best stories. Just look at WandaVision - bitches ate that UP because it’s about WITCHES, which means it’s ultimately about loss and trauma and female (literal) empowerment in the face of those tragedies (and I mean there’s some complicated stuff in there about inflicting trauma upon others, even accidentally, and that’s kind of a witch thing too). And Sabrina is all well and good and everything, but what if you want your witch story to be a little less Dark Arts and a little more candy-coated? Have I got the film for you! Wes requested Teen Witch as part of his quest to expand my cheesy 80s cult classic knowledge, and boy did this one deliver. How 80s-tastic are we talking? Well...

The basic story is this: Louise (Robyn Lively) is a typical teen girl who occupies the nerd level of the high school hierarchy. You know the type - soft-spoken, nerdy best friend, has a crush on the cutest guy in school (Dan Gauthier), made fun of in gym class by all the cheerleaders. One day she crashes her bike in front of a psychic’s home/place of business and goes inside to use the phone, but gets her palm read first. The psychic, named Madame Serena, (Zelda Rubenstein, playing, I’m assuming, herself) tells her she will soon come into some witchy powers on her 16th birthday. When Louise’s birthday rolls around, you guessed it - witching aplenty. She gets the popularity, she gets the cute guy, she ditches her nerdy friend; it’s basically The Princess Diaries without Queen Julie Andrews. But then, y’know, she learns a valuable lesson about the high price of popularity and how important it is to be true to yourse--wait, no she doesn’t, she takes off her magic necklace and smooches with the boy she likes at the school dance and that’s how it ends.

Some thoughts:

This slow motion credit sequence is incredible. See, we just don’t have this anymore, where the movie starts and you have no fucking idea what’s going on. The 80s really knew how to draw an audience in. Is this a dream? Is this a music video? No one knows! That’s why it’s exciting!

Why are tv and movies so obsessed with a completely made-up depiction of what takes place outside a high school’s entrance before the first bell? Apparently there’s a busker festival going on at this high school every day - there’s guys doing BMX tricks, an all white rap group, I think I saw some jugglers.

I’ve actually taught in both middle and high school, so I know this English teacher (Shelley Berman) wouldn’t be fired for being such a shitty teacher, but he should be.

Is this like...a musical? First there was the terrible rapping, now there are cheerleaders doing “the new cheer” which is literally a song just saying “I...LIKE...BOYS!” and there’s a dance routine on top of lockers - there’s a lot of towel choreography. It feels like a musical in the sense that it’s nonsensical, but I don’t actually think it IS a musical. Genre-defying!

It’s kinda creepy that Louise is watching an extended montage of Brad (Gauthier) working out shirtless from the shadows but like...same, girl. Damn, Brad.

Aw, at least Brad is reasonably nice. Louise, show some backbone! You shouldn’t have been too proud to let him drive you home after he ran you off the road on your bike accidentally!

I am just mystified by the market for roles that were appropriate for Zelda Rubenstein in the 80s. What is this niche? Which came first, Zelda Rubenstein, or these characters?

I am also mystified by this gremliny little brother (Joshua John Miller) who seems to be obsessed with eating cake and never washing his hair. He’s like a goblin trapped in a diminutive nonbinary body made of pizza and spite. [ETA: I now feel a little bad for finding him so repellent in this, as the actor wrote one of my favorite meta horror movies, The Final Girls, in 2015. So at least he grew up and made something cool of himself.]

OMFG did Brad just hit the soda machine for her like the fucking Fonz?

There is (temporarily) a Very Good Dog who is not harmed in any way.

In what universe does Louise see what her date, David (Jared Chandler), is wearing and be like “he’s such a geek” when she looks like an extra from Leave it to Beaver.

The DJ just said “OK guys, grab your wallets, it’s a slow song.” What...does that even mean? Is he implying that slow dances are expensive? Ooh or even more nefarious, that there’s a rampant pickpocketing problem during slow dances?

Did Louise...just imply that the number of light years away a star is dictates how soon a wish you make on that star would come true? Listen. I’m no astrophysicist. But I have read enough Neil Degrasse Tyson tweets to know that that’s not how any of this works.

OK I take back what I said, David is a fucking CREEP. Drag his ass, Louise. However, I think she may have straight up murdered him by making him disappear. David is never seen or heard from again in this film.

Obsessed with the dad’s sweaters both because they are ridiculous and because he is the lesser Darren from the original Bewitched.

It feels weird that Louise’s revenge involves forcing Mr. Weaver to take his clothes off in front of the class.Who wants that? Like I get that it’s humiliating for him, but really, you’re only punishing yourself here Louise.

There is a rap-off that is meant to convey electric sexual tension between two nerdy ass white kids.

I don’t know what it was like at your school, but I can tell you for sure that at my high school no one ever applauded when the most popular girl in school walked into the classroom like she’s Kramer making an entrance on Seinfeld.

Why is Brad taking her to an abandoned house in the middle of nowhere? And why is she wearing heels?

Oh god she took the heels off and now she’s barefoot in this decrepit house, that’s so much worse! TETANUS EXISTS LOUISE.

Wait are they going to fuck in the abandoned house? Brad has a girlfriend! You brought heels, but did you bring condoms?? I guess she has bigger concerns than tetanus now. Also I feel so bad for these actors, they are both DRIPPING sweat. That must have been a miserable shoot.

I’ve said this before, but the 80s were such an incredible time for himbo fashion. Crop tops, those tank tops with the giant holes for the arms, teeny little basketball shorts. In the 90s all we had were JNCOs and weirdly “urbanized” Looney Tunes characters on baggy t-shirts. Gen X has no idea how good they had it re: male fashion.

I’m genuinely obsessed with the idea that popularity means the school just has banners all over that say “LOUISE” and she gets like, cards and fan mail that say “Louise U R the best.” This feels like if you ask a kindergartner what being popular means.

Madame Serena just said “the real magic is believing in yourself” which is exactly what Louise’s dad said like 15 minutes ago, but I guess he wasn’t a 3-foot-tall witch so no one paid attention when he said it.

Y’know for an 80s prom outfit, Louise’s dress is pretty cute.

I cannot stress enough that Brad’s girlfriend is at this dance while he and Louise are kissing! Does no one care? Were high school attitudes toward monogamy just way more flexible in the 80s?

Did I Cry? Shyeah, right.

This is such an odd, mostly charming, but wildly perplexing little movie. There was no antagonist or real conflict here, at all. Louise barely struggles with any sort of tension or remorse about having her powers and what it means for her life, she just kind of decides at the end that she’s over it, and she still gets the guy and no actual negative consequences from bending the entire school to her will for the past few months. I mean, in The Craft, when people use magic for their own gains, other people fucking DIE. I was definitely entertained, but a lot of it was due to me saying, “What? How? What?” loudly at the screen. I can see how this has gained a cult following in much the same way that other oddball 80s fare like Better Off Dead or Girls Just Wanna Have Fun did. Watch it once, then watch it again while you get drunk with your friends (in a post-Covid world, obviously) and you’ll probably have a pretty great time.

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For the past 75 years I've been 25. For some reason I stopped aging on my 25th birthday. It's not only my aging that changed but my healing. I've fallen off building's, Been stabbed, and even gotten shot a few times, to say the least, but I always heal quickly. I've heard about things like this in movies but it shouldn't happen in real life. In the movies the immortal is always portrayed as a lonely sad loser. Not me, not being able to die is great. I'm hot and super rich becuase of all my investments over the years. Everyone wants to be around me, and today is my 100th birthday celebration. This year will be big, I'm going to go out on that stage and auction myself off to the highest bidder. They get me for a whole 72 hours to do whatever they want with.

My guest start to arrive and in no time the party gets started. I had to rent out a whole football arena just to accommodate everyone, and it still wasn't enough. I'm behind stage with my entourage, waiting for whatever popular performer I hired to finish their set. Then the betting will start. My entourage is hyping me up, telling me things like, "hopefully some hotties place the highest bet." And "brah, this was such a good idea." The performer finished and with his finally words gave me the magnificent introduction that I deserve.

My guest go wild as I walk out on stage. The screaming and crying of my name makes it feel like I am floating, it makes me feel like a god. I grab the mic from the performer and speak into it. "Thank you for coming to my 100th birthday!" The screaming gets louder, it raises me bigger. "I know it's hard to believe I'm 100 already, I don't like a day over 25." As I laugh my guest laugh. I am in complete control like always. The screams and laughter finally quite down. "I am so grateful for every single on of you here today. As a thank you I have a special surprise for you all. I am auction myself off to the highest bidder." The crowd looses their minds when I say that to them. I shush them through the microphone and they are quite again. "The winner gets to have their way with me for 3 days!" Screams of I love you, and by mine came in waves all over the crowd. I handed the mic to one of my friends and walked off the stage. Making sure to smile and wave at everyone. This was such a good idea.

Everyone who wanted to place bets had to RSVP in advance, and prove that they had enough money. These people where big corporations trying to learn my secrets, loaded horny old ladies, and entitled frat brothers who just wanted to show off. I wasn't surprised. There must have been about 100 people waiting for me in a private room. When I walked in there was no screams and crys just silence. "Hello, who's ready to place some bets." I said. Only a few people clapped. I awkwardly walk down the rows of people with my entourage, then stood on a platform so everyone can see me better. I'm starting to feel like this might have been a bad idea.

A member of my entouurage grabbed a microphone that was close by and spoke into it. "The betting will start at $100,000.00. "

As the price got higher the more I felt like this was a bad idea. Who would spend this much money on one person only for a few days. I push down my anxiety by telling myself that they cant kill me. All of a sudden the betting stopped

"Sold to the lovely lady in red for $9.7million." Those words my friend spoke snapped me out of the daze I was in.

$9.7million ain't bad. And it's a lovely lady, probably some old oil heiress that just wants some sexual company for the weekend. I was wrong, I look in the direction of where my friend is pointing and I see the most beautiful women I have ever seen. Her tight red dress sticks to every curve and feature of her body like someone painted it on. How could something so beautiful spend all that money on me.

I jump down from the platform to allow the woman to see what she purchased. I bow down to kiss her hand, then look up into her deep brown eyes. "My love, I am yours to do what you wish. What mischief do you have planned for us?"

The Amazon of a woman blushed and giggled as she said. "A few of my girlfriends and I are going to take you to a forest and we are going to spend our days getting into trouble." She picks her phone up to her face pushes a few buttons the looks at my entouurage, "I just sent the payment." She grabs my hand and leads me out the room. I am hers, and all I can do is blindly follower her.

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My sweet victor has blindfolded me and placed me in the back of what I can only assume is a limo, due to all the leg room that I have. She tells me if I talk I will be punished. I hope her friends are as kinky as she is. She takes my shoes and stocks off then my belt. I dont move, I wait to feel what she does next. She moves to my arms and rips the sleeves off. I was not expecting that, but she can do whatever she wants with me that was the deal. She rubs some kind of liquid all over my arms and underneath my shirt. It smells awful, but I'm into anything. I gag as she puts it on my face I hear her giggle. That giggle puts me at ease everytime. The limo stops, she takes her hands off me and I hear the door open. "My goddess have we arived?" There is no response. "Um.. should we get out of the limo?" Still nothing. I reach around to feel if shes around me and feel nothing but the seats. When I take off the blindfold I am alone. Light from outside brightly shines into the limo from the open door. "Goddess where did you go?" I said as I shuffled out of the door. To my surprise the winner of the auction was standing in some type of Amazonian Warrior Armor along with 5 of her friends. I lift my hands up in confusion and see that I'm covered in some sort of dark brown paint. "What is going on? what is this?" I touch my face demanding answers.

The woman who I blissfully shared the ride here with steps forward. "You were given a gift. A gift that you wasted on selfish fortunes. We are here to claim back that gift and give it to someone who is worthy. I coated you with a toxin that deprives you of your healing. If you survive it will pass through your system in a few days."

My body starts trembling, "who are you? Survive what?"

"We are The Warriors of The Mother, and we are going to hunt you."

To be continued...

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