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clairelsonao3 · 9 months
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15 Questions Tag Game
If I do one tag game a day, maybe I can get caught up by the end of the summer! 😅
Thanks to @enne-uni whose post is here and @tabswrites whose post is here!
Rules: answer the questions below as yourself and/or your OC.
I've already answered for myself in an earlier post, so I'm going to quiz my two MCs from Good Slaves Never Break the Rules together.
1. Are you named after anyone?
Him: Um, I'll have to get back to you on that.
Her: My paternal grandfather was named Louis and my maternal grandfather was named Daniel, so I'm Louisa Danielle.
2. When was the last time you cried?
Him: I pretty much stopped crying around four or five. As a slave, you learn early on that crying won't help and usually only makes things worse.
Her: Five minutes ago when I dropped my phone.
3. Do you have kids?
Her. No.
Him: Oh, hell, no.
Her: But you're open to it someday, right?
Him: Uh, let's talk about this later.
4. Do you use sarcasm?
They both look at each other and laugh.
5. What's the first thing you notice about people?
Him: Whether they're a slave or not — that's kind of important. After that, I pay attention to the way they speak and carry themselves, and whether I think they can be trusted — or manipulated. If it comes to that!
Her: Their eyes. And whether they seem kind.
6. What's your eye color?
Him: I believe it was once described as "somewhere between amber and gold."
Her: Gray.
7. Scary movies or happy endings?
Him: Scary movies.
Her: Happy endings.
8. Any special talents?
Him: Where do I start? Science of course, but also languages, music, mechanics, computer coding, acting, rhetorical persuasion ...
Her: Oh come on, you're making me feel bad.
Him: Now I'll do yours. Compassion, courage, problem-solving, standing up for what's right ...
Her: I feel better now.
9. Where were you born?
Him: Luxembourg City.
Her: Phoenix, Arizona.
10. What are your hobbies?
Him: Piano, chess, reading — mostly about science, but I'm discovering literature isn't as pointless as I thought it was. Not like I ever have time for proper hobbies, anyway.
Her: Reading, crossword puzzles, traveling. and back when I could afford it, fashion and shopping.
11. Do you have any pets?
Him: Never, but I've always secretly wanted a dog.
Her: We used to have an English setter named Artemis. She was actually my brother's, but I loved her.
12. What sports do you play/have played?
Him: Growing up, I played football with some of the local kids. Real football, not that weird American football.
Her: Tennis, and I have a sailing certification, though I don't really have the head for knots and rigging. Daddy's been trying to drag me out onto the golf course since I could walk, but I told him I can hold out longer than he can.
13. How tall are you?
Him: 188 centimeters. That's 6'2" for you Americans.
Her: 5'6".
Him: That's 167 centimeters.
Her: Thanks for that.
Him: No problem.
14. Favorite subject in school?
Him: For the sake of this question, let's pretend I went to school. Chemistry, physics, and maths.
Her: English, biology, and French.
15. Dream job?
Him: Rocket scientist.
Her: Brain surgeon.
Both: We're not kidding!
Gently tagging:
@coffeexafterxmidnight @silverslipstream @rubywrite
@romanceandshenanigans Not sure you do tag games, but I'd love to get to know your MCs better if so!
Also OPEN TAG because I don't know who has and hasn't done this yet, or maybe they want to do it for a character they haven't done it for yet!
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alexilulu · 4 months
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GAMES I PLAYED OF THE YEAR 2023, #1
(Next: #2)
OR: How I Was Let Down By AAA Dogshit
Razzies Award for Most Baffling Game of 2023 Winner: Final Fantasy XVI (Square Enix, Creative Business Unit III)
Or: The Aristocrats, by Way of D & D (the Game of Thrones TV writers, not the tabletop roleplaying game)
Playing Final Fantasy 16 was an exercise that began as farce, then kind of morphed into tragedy, for me. This might be because of how I played it (my girlfriend played until the first Kupka fight, stopped playing when she saw the volume of sidequests that spawned after that, and I played the rest), or how thoroughly I felt that the game was doing something that was making me thoroughly depressed to see go where it did.
I think mostly I was hoping that the AAA, ultimate budget and engine that they gave CBU3 to run and play with, the indulgence from corporate masters to let them experiment and make something new that still rings with the Final Fantasy name, gave me Final Fantasy 14 with better skin shaders and shit.
I didn’t go into it expecting much on the politics; the magical underclass is ruinously powerful (they literally control the means of production with their bodies, villages are reliant on them for water because they don’t dig wells anymore) and simultaneously reviled, beaten and ultimately killed by their own power via crystallization. The world is divided by kingdoms…that all have agreed to a central banking standard that a merchant’s guild set and not a single one of them is doing wild debasement to? The planet’s dying, Cloud, but everyone’s way more focused on watching gay Bahamut cross cocks with Odin twice and then leave in the skies over another pointless battle? 
All of which is out the window by the time Titan’s dead in the ground, btw. The plight of the Branded is wholly forgotten the moment the plot really wants to be about the world-ending god who wants Clive’s body, and doing things about free will and predestination without even a look back at how those themes play into the abject chattel slavery that a significant portion of the world lives under. 
But somehow, it’s bizarre, disappointing and ultimately confused middle to final third aren’t really my biggest problem with the game, even if the finale was quarter-baked and vaguely infuriating. I can accept a fully vibes-based plot, even when it has pretensions towards a grand scale of movement and war (they really brought in a historian into the plot after the timeskip so they can pretend they have any cohesive idea of geopolitics going on outside of when you show up and the world starts ending somewhere immediately). I can even except the ‘fuck yeah humanity’ ass boring ending that’s supposed to make you feel like you read a fairy tale about the hero who saved everyone.
The combat brutally, terminally killed any semblance of care I could ever show for this game by the time I had all the eikons unlocked.
See, this is a thing that’s been a long time coming for final fantasy, ever since the first 13 game, when they introduced the idea of stagger and magic/physical damage, the idea of a high-damage state you put the enemy in and extend the duration of by applying elemental weaknesses that allows you to hammer them with physical damage. This was how FF13 worked and was designed around the 13-style turn-based ATB system, stacking up multiple moves on a bar, and it’s a little bit of how FF15 worked by way of Kingdom Hearts with a teleport button, but by FF16 the plot is lost completely.
You put enemies into stagger…by hitting them with anything. You get elemental-themed bursts you can intersperse between your sword strikes by learning a very basic one-two rhythm that speeds it up (because magic abilities do more stagger than physical damage, natch), and you have big flashy super abilities that are on a cooldown and are based on your eikons equipped. So you’ve got a pretty easy one-two of hitting them with basic combos and using your specials to tip them over the edge…
But wait. Your specials are also your biggest routes to high damage in the game. That’s where the big bad Phoenix wing swing is, one of the most simply effective damage moves in the game that isn’t Literally Gigaflare Beaming Their Ass. Do you want to use that for stagger…Or do you want to clear the fight in less than 20 minutes?
The stagger mechanic in 16 perfectly recreates the feeling of being in a DPS window in Final Fantasy 14 (for the luckily uninitiated, this is when you would all pop your party buffs at the same time, so that you all benefit maximally from damage amps and do your highest potency skills during to maximize your damage for the 20 or so seconds it happens during), to the point where it feels like they did it on purpose. 
So, you get them in stagger, and the dance of holding R2 and cycling through your special abilities begins. You can have 6 of them at a time, so there’s a real flair to chaining them together, and it can feel great to just go through your rotation perfectly and end the stagger window with some light chain comboing for good measure. It even pops your damage up at the end so you can be like yeah! I did that much damage! I’ll only need to do that 3 more times to finish fighting this interminably slow dragon!
It’s fucking boring. It has the feeling of feeling good. It’s a little dopamine hit for you to just optimally nail things down, but there’s literally nothing to it. It doesn’t feel like anything. The rhythm to hit so that you get a full 8 hit combo of sword and burst attacks numbs the senses. The extraordinarily forgiving dodge that rewards precision with bonus stagger damage on your next hit feels like a single Skittle thrown into my mouth for doing a trick right. 
I think that might be where I’ve landed on the game. Final Fantasy 16 doesn’t feel like anything. A moodboard of a video game, designed to death by a team that didn’t know any other way to make a game than to make more of what they made before (CBU3 are the primary minds behind Final Fantasy 14 before they split to work on 16 around 2020, with various parts of the team cycling in and out of Final Fantasy 14 in the ensuing years). Final Fantasy 16 is Final Fantasy 14 wearing Game of Thrones’ skin. 
I do mean that somewhat literally; Non-primary cutscenes are shot and directed in the precise manner that Final Fantasy 14 non-voiced cutscenes are produced, down to the angle of the camera above the player model and the semi-canned animations that you will see a hundred times throughout the story. It feels uncanny, especially after they stated directly that during development that they specifically abandoned plans for a PS4 version that would ‘not limit the team’s ambitions’. It feels like the scope was crushed down to something they could complete in the 3-4 years they had afforded themselves for development. 
Ultimately, it feels like a game that was built inside a box. I keep seeing all the ways they wanted to produce something grand, but I can feel how shoddy the set the actors are standing on really is. Final Fantasy 16: the off-Broadway production, coming soon to your Playstation Five Home Entertainment Console.
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cakemousse · 10 months
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15 Questions 15 Mutuals
thanks for the tag @ladyofthenoodle!
1. Are you named after anyone?
not that i know of? i just know that there's symbolism in my name like most east asian names (im aware the rest of asia could be the same but i'm most familiar with the naming conventions of east asia so 🤷🏻‍♀️)
2. When was the last time you cried?
a few days ago??
3. Do you have kids?
no.
4. Do you use sarcasm a lot?
i don't 😉
5. What sports do you play/have played?
badminton was my life when i was younger, i was (still am as long as there’s people doing the activity with me) really sporty and i love doing sports and i find myself playing better with equipment than without, idk like i can play frisbee and captain's ball well but for some reason i can't coordinate my limbs with tchoukball? lmao
6. What’s the first thing you notice about someone?
i don't pay attention to people enough to know :p
7. What’s your eye color?
it looks black from far but it's actually dark brown, very very very dark brown
8. Scary movies or happy endings?
why not both? i’m not picky as long as it’s good 😂
9. Any special talents?
my special talent is being fine with being average
10. Where were you born?
somewhere in asia
11. What are your hobbies?
thinking about my blorbos 24/7 lmao and prolly watching youtube videos and shows i love, talking to people from around the world, writing, reading, gaming, learning about various things. i prolly would wanna get back into leathercraft as soon as i have the means too, and maybe discover more things as i earn more
12. Do you have pets?
used to have hamsters and a whole family tree of them but no, not anymore
13. How tall are you
168cm
14. Favorite subject in school?
science! i fucking love science especially chemistry and biology! i score in physics too but i hate doing it 😂 language classes are also fun hella fun for me
15. Dream job?
i don’t even want to work, i just want to enjoy life and have enough money for that, so a job that can finance that and is fulfilling to me would suffice lol working ain’t everything in life 💀
tagging @ladynoirist @literaphobe @p0mmia @little-mari-on-a-roof @bananagreste @miabrown007 @rosekasa @emsylcatac @2manyfandoms2count @talkstoself @frostedpuffs @asukiess @yeet-noir @amimons @eggrestes
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yourmoonmomma · 1 year
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15 Questions
I was tagged by @natepthegreat thank you friend!!!
1. Are you named after anyone? Yes. I was named my bio name after a viking lol, and my middle name (the first one) is after a great-aunt.
2. Last time you cried. Yesterday, while out to dinner with Jayson, bc I was thinking about how lucky I am to be so surrounded by love <3
3. Do you have kids? I have an angel baby <3
4. Do you use sarcasm a lot? Yes, lol. My dad taught me sarcasm before I learned how to properly speak English.
5. What's the first thing you notice about people? Their laughs, usually!
6. What's your eye color? Brown. Some people say hazel but... I think it's brown.
7. Scary movie or happy ending? Can't I have both?? Scary movie though.
8. Any special talents? Mmm, depends on what you consider special! I am very adept at learning new things rather quickly. I can complete puzzles very quickly. I can flex my pecs (which isn't that special in the human species, but from speaking to other AFAB people, seems to be a unique thing in that area).
9. Where were you born? British Columbia <3
10. What are your hobbies? Hiking, writing, reading, gaming.
11. Do you have any pets? Yes, my two lovely kitties!
12. What sports do you play/have you played? I don't currently play any sports. I briefly did some when I was younger, but nothing for too long.
13. How tall are you? 5'9/5'10, somewhere around there.
14. Favorite subject in school? English.
15. Dream job? Genetic Engineer.
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picklesonjupiter · 10 months
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For the ship ask game: sirireggie! Go wild
What’s their love languages?
Touch, they didn't receive affection and comfort growing up so they cuddle and hug and kiss a lot.
2. Do they have a dynamic trope? (enemies to lovers, sunshine x grumpy, etc?)
Forbidden love
3. Who cooks? Who cleans up? Who’s banned from the kitchen?
Neither cook. They grew up rich and with house elves, but I think Sirius would try cooking at least once and get it so bad that they got food poisoning and he's banned from ever cooking again.
4. What’s their favorite sleeping/cuddling positions?
Sirius loves being the little spoon, but Regulus wishes he could be the little spoon at least once.
5. Who does what chores?
Same answer as question three, but if Sirius were disowned then he'd learn and Regulus would never do chores.
6. Do they go out often or prefer to stay indoors?
Sirius loves going out especially as he tries to show Regulus that there is beauty in the muggle world. Regulus rather stay in to read.
7. Who is the more romantic one?
Neither are very romantic. They aren't the sort to speak about their love.
8. Do they have any favorite activities to do together?
Going to concerts once Sirius found the right band for Regulus to enjoy. (And fun time adult activities.)
9. Baths or showers together? Do they like elaborate ones with bubbles and flower petals?
Baths for aftercare and showers when they want a quick fuck. Sirius enjoys quick showers, but Regulus loves to be pampered with elaborate baths.
10. Who drives and who picks out the music?
Sirius drives on his motorcycle and he chooses the music because Regulus only know the muggle music that Sirius has shown him.
11. What’s a song that describes their relationship? Or, what’s the song that they’ve deemed “their” song?
Another Love - Tom Odell
12. Who gets up the earliest? Who has the worst sleep schedule? Who is the sleepiest?
Sirius has the worst sleep schedule because he's an insomniac. Regulus sometimes stays up with him, but he usually goes to sleep early and wakes early. Sirius usually only sleep 5 or 6 hours. It's rare for him to get 8 hours or more of sleep.
13. What’s their opinions on PDA?
They're always touching in private, but rarely in public.
14. Who does fashion shows after a mall trip and who watches and compliments them?
They both do the fashion show, but they argue about who gets to show off the outfits they bought first.
15. Do they go on vacations together? Where is their favorite place to visit?
They visit their family's other properties in other countries. Sirius enjoys anywhere he can transform into Padfoot and run around. Regulus just wants somewhere quiet.
16. What’s their favorite “domestic bliss” moment? Do they cook/clean together? Do they like to go out shopping together?
For Sirius it's watching Regulus slowly learn and like muggle culture. For Regulus it's cuddling while at home.
17. What does a relaxing night in look like for them?
Sirius would get invested in video games if he new of them. And obviously it reading for Regulus.
18. What does a date night out look like for them?
They switch out when they go out or stay in. Sirius wouldn't enjoy going to fancy dinners, but he does it because he knows Regulus enjoys it.
19. How do they silently/subtly express their love for each other?
Through touch, it can be as subtle as a squeezed hand to reassure.
20. What clothes/accessories do they steal from each other?
Sirius steals Regulus's jewelry, and Regulus steals his leather jacket.
21. Which of their friends/family pokes fun at them for them getting flustered/affectionate?
Narcissa, especially in front of people who don't know that they are together.
22. How do they apologize after arguments?
They both find it difficult to verbally apologize, so they just near each other and become overly affectionate with hugs and kisses.
23. Do they like pick up lines?
Sirius does it just to see Regulus cringe.
24. What are their favorite places to kiss on their partner(s)? What are their favorite types of kisses?
Regulus loves kissing all over and leaving marks that can be seen by others. Sirius loves kissing Regulus's forehead way to often.
25. What is their dream home? Do they buy a place together? Who plans the decorations and who does the heavy lifting?
Sirius wants a small home, possibly a condo. He's tired of living in large empty homes. Regulus wants to stay at Grimmauld Place because it's their family history, plus he wants to fill the house with his and Sirius's children. Regulus would plan the decorations because he doesn't trust Sirius's tastes in decor.
26. Do they have any pets or kids?
Regulus would love children, but no they don't. They have two dogs, a rottweiler, and a great dane. Neighbors think they have three since Sirius often transforms into Padfoot.
27. Who would propose? What would their wedding be like?
Sirius proposes. Intimate. Sirius and Regulus only invite their friends and their friends are left out. (This is if it is legally possible for them.)
28. What’s something that reminds them of their partner(s)? Do they have anything on them daily as a reminder (a photo, phone background, tattoo, clothing/accessory, etc)?
The stars remind them of each other. The scent of motor oil reminds Regulus of Sirius and his motorcycle. The scent of old things and books reminds Sirius of Regulus.
29. What is something they can never agree on? How do they meet in the middle?
Politically speaking they wouldn't agree on most things. They rarely meet on the middle about it. They ignore the issue.
30. Free space! Say something about this ship that you want to say!
sirireggie is definitely my favorite blackcest ship.
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tigerkirby215 · 2 years
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Another Bel’veth build (Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition)
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(Artwork by Edward Chee and West Studios. Made for Riot Games.)
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I did like my original Bel’veth build: I felt like it captured her ability to create summons and use powerful Void abilities to empower herself... I didn’t expect Bel’veth’s gameplay to be slapping people constantly. While full Bladesinger worked it suffered for a variety of reasons: you were squishy and lacked the true mobility Bel’veth has. And notably there was nothing with Void Coral as a Bladesinger. So here’s a second build that I think also captures Bel’veth in a similar light, although perhaps not the way you’re all expecting because she still won’t have Monk levels.
GOALS
I’m not going to make a fancy list of goals like I usually do since I already made a build for Bel’veth, and the goals are about the same: hit hard, dash around, summon void fish.
The difference with this build is that it’s going to be taking a more martial focus, although I’m still going to have some caster levels (I need void fish from somewhere.) I also tried my best to incorporate Bel’veth’s Void Coral mechanic into this build, and while I did take it in an interesting direction I think you’ll all enjoy it.
RACE
Still making a Simic Hybrid, still increasing Intelligence by 2 and Dexterity by 1, still getting all the same traits including Manta Glide from Animal Enhancements.
ABILITY SCORES
Not gonna write reasoning why these are just the stats you need.
15; DEXTERITY
14; INTELLIGENCE
13; CONSTITUTION
12; WISDOM
10; CHARISMA
8; STRENGTH
Wait this is literally the exact same stat array as last time.
BACKGROUND
Still using the Faceless background with the same proficiencies in Deception and Intimidation and the same background trait of Dual Personalities.
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(Artwork by @denilveart on Twitter.)
THE BUILD
LEVEL 1 - ROGUE 1
Starting off as a Rogue for good ol’ skill proficiencies, and also because it would be kinda redundant to make this build start off the exact same way as the last one. Regardless you can grab proficiency in Acrobatics, Perception, Persuasion, and Stealth (because you’re a Rogue, I guess.) You can also grab Expertise in either Deception or Persuasion depending on how you want to run Bel’veth, and Stealth. (Again: because you’re a Rogue, I guess.)
Other than that you learn Thieves’ Cant because the void knows all, including weird code languages. But most importantly if a foe is distracted by your subjects or your voidspawn you can get a Sneak Attack in, dealing an extra d6 of damage.
LEVEL 2 - ROGUE 2
Second level Rogues get access to Cunning Action to Dash, Disengage, or Hide as a Bonus Action. Use your mobility to weave around danger and also hide to get the jump on prey! It’s worth mentioning that since you have a Cunning Action you can probably grab a rapier for this build instead of opting to do two-weapon fighting.
LEVEL 3 - ROGUE 3
Finally time to get your Roguish Archetype, and we’ll be going for Phantom to start. For now that doesn’t give us too much: you can use Whispers of the Dead to give yourself a new skill (or tool) proficiency at the end of a Short or Long Rest, giving you plenty of flexibility with any task you may need to do out of combat.
But the main feature to talk about is Wails from the Grave. When you strike with your Sneak Attack, you can deal half of it in Necrotic damage to another target within 30 feet of the target you struck. While this doesn’t apply to the target you hit (obviously) it’s a very good way to spread extra true damage around (unless the foe is a zombie or something.)
For now you can only use this feature a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, but that’s okay because your Sneak Attack only does 2d6 currently. It’s still a nice way to spread damage amongst your foes however.
LEVEL 4 - ROGUE 4
Honestly going 4 levels deep into Rogue wasn’t that necessary to start. Hell, we could’ve probably jumped off at 2 levels. But I figured we may as well grab the first Ability Score Improvement for more Dexterity. But you’re more than free to change up the leveling as you see fit.
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LEVEL 5 - WIZARD 1
First of all: you can now get your Carapace from Animal Enhancements for a nice solid +1 to your AC.
But yes we are going to borrow a bit from the other Bel’veth build: I’d suggest the same cantrips of Booming Blade, Mind Sliver, and Message, and the same spells of Mage Armor, Shield, Disguise Self, Sleep, and Detect Magic. I will however make specific mention of Find Familiar as having your void remora distract a foe and give you the Help action will make it very easy for you to trigger Sneak Attack.
Oh and again: you can use Arcane Recovery to get some spell slots back, which will obviously be helpful.
LEVEL 6 - WIZARD 2
Yes we are going with Bladesinging again, although this time you should probably grab Scimitar proficiency from Training in War and Song as it’s the only DEX-based weapon Rogues don’t have proficiency with (other than Whips I suppose.)
We’re going with Bladesinger again simply because Bladesong is too good for defense. Adding your Intelligence to AC (and Concentration checks) makes you incredibly sturdy, and the increased movement speed is helpful too. The advantage on Acrobatics checks in particular will be a lot better now that you have proficiency in Acrobatics!
And finally you can grab both Identify and Earth Tremor, for identifying magical artifacts and knocking foes down with your tail.
LEVEL 7 - WIZARD 3
Second level spells time, and here’s where things will vary up a bit: take Misty Step (because obviously we need Flash) but the main spell we’ll be using in this build is Flock of Familiars. You can summon 3 void remora (not stacking with the Find Familiar spell, unfortunately) to act like regular familiars. This notably means that all three of them can distribute the Help action to you or your allies to swing fights in your favor thanks to your children. Flock of Familiars is sadly a concentration spell though, but if you use your Cunning Action to Disengage and Hide you shouldn’t be hit hard enough to lose concentration, especially while in Bladesong.
LEVEL 8 - WIZARD 4
Hey look another Ability Score Improvement. Since we aren’t really using Intelligence for anything (INT won’t make your void remora any better) more Dexterity will give you better AC as well as a better chance to hit!
You can also learn two more spells: Mirror Image is still a good pickup (especially now that your Dexterity is higher) but I’d actually recommend Kinetic Jaunt as your second spell, for more mobility and the ability to disengage basically 24/7 in case you really need to use your Bonus Action to hide instead. You can also learn another cantrip and Mage Hand is still probably your most useful option, even if you could probably have your Void Remora grab things for you.
LEVEL 9 - WIZARD 5
5th level Wizards get 3rd level spell slots to cast spells like Fly (to, well... fly, because that’s a thing you do), but I’m actually going to jump back to 2nd level for Vortex Warp. Your Intelligence isn’t good enough for any saving throw spells (yet) and you should really be concentrating on Flock of Familiars anyways, so grabbing Vortex Warp as a utility to save your subjects is more useful overall.
LEVEL 10 - WIZARD 6
The main reason for the Wizard dip was (ironically enough) Extra Attack. No matter how you spin it one more chance to Sneak Attack is incredibly valuable, especially since you can mix a cantrip in with your attacks for even more potential damage.
You also learn two more spells though and I assume Hypnotic Pattern and Tidal Wave will be good as your levels increase and your saving throw DC increases. But remember that the Void hungers for knowledge, and you can hunger for spell scrolls through the entire campaign to increase your knowledge.
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LEVEL 11 - ROGUE 5
Now that we got extra attack (and then some): it’s Roguing time! Along with a 3d6 Sneak Attack (which does also make Wails from the Grave stronger because that ability rounds up) you also get Uncanny Dodge, allowing you to use your reaction to halve an incoming attack’s damage. I mean, Shield is almost always a better option but at least if you’re stuck by one very powerful blow you can use this to reduce the damage. Although it has to be from a weapon, so results may vary.
LEVEL 12 - ROGUE 6
6th level Rogues get Expertise in two more skills! Take Expertise in whichever skill you didn’t grab at level 1 (so either Deception or Persuasion) along with Perception, because your other skills honestly aren’t that useful.
LEVEL 13 - ROGUE 7
7th level Rogues see their Sneak Attack increase to 4d6, adding quite a bit of sting to the attacks of a void stingray. More importantly however you get Evasion, allowing you to halve the damage of DEX saves you fail and take no damage if you succeed! Dash around skillshots to keep yourself alive in a fight!
LEVEL 14 - ROGUE 8
More Intelligence would probably be useful as a Wizard? Yeah I agree. Anyways take Resilient Constitution because concentrating on Flock of Familiars is far more important, and also because more health is nice.
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(Artwork by KasumiTan on DeviantArt. I’m actually kinda surprised I found Bel’veth artwork on DA.)
LEVEL 15 - ROGUE 9
Total level 15 isn’t too late to get Void Coral, right? When a creature dies within 30 feet you can use your reaction to grab a Tokens of the Departed. While you have a soul trinket you have advantage on death saving throws and Constitution saving throws (which notably extends to Concentration checks!), and when you deal Sneak Attack damage on your turn, you can destroy one of your soul trinkets to immediately use Wails from the Grave without expending a use of that feature, which is nice because your Sneak Attack now does 5d6 (and your Wails from the Grave does 3d6 because of rounding upwards.)
Additionally as an action you can destroy one of your soul trinkets to ask the spirit associated with the trinket one question. They have no obligation to be truthful, and it grants you knowledge as concisely as possible. You can have a maximum number of soul trinkets equal to your proficiency bonus, and you can’t create one while at your maximum. But don’t worry: all those around you are just food for the void, giving you more Wails from the Grave as your foes fall.
LEVEL 16 - ROGUE 10
Wizards of the Coast sorta just... randomly decided that Rogues get one extra Ability Score Improvement? But that’s good for us because you can finally increase your Intelligence for more Wizard spells prepared and maybe actually a midway decent spell save DC.
LEVEL 17 - ROGUE 11
11th level Rogues have a Reliable Talent to roll a 10 baseline for any ability check they’re proficient in. This has natural synergy with Whispers of the Dead but as per standard whenever we get this ability in a Rogue build I like to list out all your ability checks and the minimum roll you could get at this level:
27 Stealth
23 Perception
22 Persuasion / Deception
21 Acrobatics
16 Intimidation / Performance
And to top it off your Sneak Attack now does 6d6 damage!
LEVEL 18 - ROGUE 12
12th level Rogues get another Ability Score Improvement and feel free to take feats if you wish but I’m going to keep it simple with another +2 to Intelligence, capping off that score so you can have most of your spells prepared and foes might actual fail saves against your spells.
LEVEL 19 - ROGUE 13
13th level Phantom Rogues can assume their true forms as a bonus action, entering a Ghost Walk. While in your true form you have a flying speed of 10 feet and can hover, and attack rolls have disadvantage against you. You can also move through creatures and objects as if they were difficult terrain, but take 1d10 force damage if you end your turn inside a creature or object. You can stay in your true form for 10 minutes unless you end it early as a bonus action, and you’ll have to consume some Void Coral (IE your Soul Trinkets) to enter this form again. (But at least you get one free use per Long Rest.)
And to top it off your Sneak Attack now deals 7d6, meaning that Wails from the Grave will deal 4d6 damage!
LEVEL 20 - ROGUE 14
Our final level is the 14th level Rogue for a 10 foot Blindsense. Yeah not the most impressive capstone all things considered, but it makes sense for Bel’veth to see foes that are hidden or invisible.
FINAL BUILD
Not putting Bel’veth quotes in this section either, partially because the Wiki doesn’t have them all written down but mostly because I’m lazy.
PROS
Well for one Rogues have a lot more health than Wizards, and Cunning Action will help you keep out of the line of fire by Disengaging and Hiding during combat.
Of course being a Rogue makes you a good skill monkey as well, with all the skills you have proficiency in being boosted by Reliable Talent, and Expertise carrying you a long way.
And finally your Void Remora (Flock of Familiars) allows you to fill a strong utility role both in and out of combat, granting allies Help and scouting out with your pets.
CONS
For a start you’re not a 20th level spellcaster, which means you don’t have access to Wish. In fact you don’t have a lot of spells in general, and unlike a class like Warlock you can’t always have them on demand.
Additionally Phantom Rogue is the definition of a “hard carry” subclass that doesn’t come online until about level 9, which is kinda a problem when you multiclass. If you aren’t going past level 10 taking any other Rogue subclass would probably would be better.
And uhhhhhh... We didn’t take proficiency in any Intelligence skills, I guess? Honestly the only problems with this build are just “you’re not a level 20 caster” and “you take awhile to get this build online.”
But here’s a different direction to take Bel’veth with less minions and magic and more slapping. Unfortunately I can’t get that many attacks (5e kinda doesn’t handle multiple attacks well outside of Fighter or Monk both of which require too much level investment) but I still think the fantasy provided is good. A lot of the fun of Bel’veth is roleplay, but do make sure that everyone is having fun with the void empress in the party.
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(Artwork by @BlackFoxAID on Twitter.)
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Amicus Character Ask Filled out
I finally took the time to fill one of these out. Figuring out a good theme song for him was actually the hardest thing to think of...
1: their voice- Overall he has a friendly tone and lilting cadence. When he’s older it gets pretty smokey and messed up.
  2: their smile- Big and full of vigor and amusement. Always reaches his eyes.
  3: their greatest achievement- Figuring out exactly what Exalt’s deal was. That took him literally years (into adulthood) and got him in a heap of trouble. Other than that I would say he’s very proud of the fact that he has been able to keep his heart.
  4: their insecurities- He’ll worry about the opinion of others, especially his older version. He’ll turn into a “yes man” when it comes down to it.
  5: their shortcomings- He struggles with perceiving dangers for himself and others. He’ll make judgement calls that he really shouldn’t be making. He’s rash and doesn’t consider the ramification of his actions. He’s not aggressive or anything, he just doesn’t take his time/sometimes head’s empty- no thoughts.
  6: how they deal with grief- He plunges himself into any physical activity/work. His role in his team is/was to lead away/allocate threats, so knowing that: he tends to seek out risky activities as a means to help cope.
  7: how they like to dress- Casual and form-fitting. He looks for light-weight clothes with little armor. He gets a few more accessories as he gets older, and overall he likes to look good- something something first impressions and junk.
  8: what they like to eat- Not a picky eater- he’ll eat anything as long as it’s not going bad.
  9: their theme- Goth Star by Pictureplan
  10: their fashion sense- He likes clean-cut clothes that are light enough for him to move quickly. So maybe a little simple? He definitely has this dark aesthetic thing going on (oops, that’s just a direct result of it being me designing him). When he’s older and has a bunch of dark-stuff going on; he’ll try to blend his wardrobe into it. Scarf, baggier pants, etc. At that point he doesn’t need to be focused on practical appliction as much as blending into a normal crowd of people.
  11: their family life- Grew up like any typical kid from this game lol- it was good and he had his home and “family” members (other keyblade wielders). Older Amicus has Exalt (and hopefully his “family” if he can find them and asked to be reinstated/accepted back).
  12: their romantic life- God, idk, he could be aro for all I know. My default answer is always boy and girls and so-ons are fair game, so we’ll go with that for now.
  13: their embarrassing memory from years ago- Some cringy little kid thing he did when he was, like, 10 or something.
  14: how they react to burning their tongue on food- Spit into a napkin or reach for some water.
  15: how they react to a brainfreeze- He’d die right there (he doesn’t know that you can just press your tongue to the roof of your mouth… F).
  16: their dreams- Being accepted back into his leader’s good graces. Fat chance, though.
  17: their ambitions- He has his goals throughout his story, and he’s bright enough to pursue leads. Despite being a risk-taker and seeming like someone who rather act than think, he can be very thoughtful (if he has to be).
  18: how they sleep- Like a log. He’s either dead to the world or wide awake, no in-between.
  19: their reaction to betrayal- Obviously hurt and upset. Younger him would be more prone to lashing out and immediately say something he regrets, older him takes time away doing another activity to think (yay, learning and growing).
  20: their reaction to a mystery love letter- He’d look around a moment, then hold onto it for the day, but eventually throws it away.
  21: how they react to pain- He doesn’t.
  22: what they’re like on two hours of sleep- You wouldn’t be able to tell he’s only had that much sleep until he says so and then just passes out right there and then (hopefully somewhere comfy).
  23: how they act when they’re sick- He’ll keep going until he drops. He’s the kind of guy who will try to shake it off/pretend he’s fine until it gets bad enough to be bedridden.
  24: what motivates them- The friends/people around him. Typical Kingdom Hearts monologue fodder.
  25: why you enjoy them- He saw a tiny heartless and asked if anyone was gonna adopted it, then didn’t wait for an answer. I like that he’s got a decently good heart, but a lot of his actions comes across as/are misguided/reckless/dangerous. He was willing to permanently disfigure his heart and body for approval and atonement for his actions (self-serving), yet it’s only because he continues to love what he sees in others that he ends up helping a victim of thinly veiled arrogant pursuit (Exalt). He’s a guy suffering from the perpetual consequences of his actions whether that effects him or others, and it makes him interesting to me. Kind of like a very slow boil of moral growth.
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natsunoomoi · 4 months
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Honestly, I think togashi used the term child to emphasis the fact that hiei is around the same age as yusuke and since hiei's character is based on the chuunibyou, I guess he must be around 13 - 14 when he first fought yusuke, in the three kings saga it was mentioned quite a few times that hiei is really young as he didn't knew much about the three kings and thought it was a fairytale. Personally I feel that yukina has the same level of maturity as hiei, I don't think her living with the ice maidens made her better at communicating with people cuz unlike hiei, yukina doesn't really have many close friends besides kuwabara in the manga, while hiei has yusuke, kurama and mukuro. Anyhow, yukina is hiei's twin sister, since togashi already called hiei a child there's no reason for him to call yukina a child too. Like you said hiei's development might have been stunted because of the circumstances but gaining friends made him mature by the end. I know i said too much but i find the idea of hiei and yukina being the same age as the rest of the yyh group really interesting imo it makes the perfect sense, don't you think?
I'm not sure if it's interesting, as much as it just is and people are different.
Also, you don't have to have friends to know how to socialize. Even if everyone around you is hostile and you don't like your hometown, you learn how to socialize and be civil with the people around you. That kind of thing happens normally all the time. LGBT child grows up in the Bible belt countryside of the US with everyone around them, or at least most people around them, spewing hateful things about them. They are a child that is waiting and biding their time for their chance, their opportunity, to leave to go somewhere safer where they are free to be themselves. Even in that kind of a situation, you do learn to communicate better, but in a very specific way. I think you're greatly underestimating how much socialization a person can get from simply being around other people even if those other people suck.
Yukina is a very kind person, but her kindness is probably fostered by Rui who likely cared for her in her mother's absence. While Rui didn't actively act against the wishes of their leader or their people, it's made very clear that she agrees more with Hina and was not happy about throwing Hiei off. Rui very likely raised Yukina in a certain way, that allowed her to grow kindness, but at the same Yukina had to be around to be around everyone else in their home who is cold. She has to survive, so she also knows and learns how to have a certain level of outward politeness even if inside she holds deep resentment. That kind of outward attitude is also very Japanese and a trademark of Japanese customer service. The customer could be the most raving bitch of a Karen, and you still have to smile through it and pick your words precisely to balance what the customer wants and what you want/are able to provide, which can go up to doing things that outwardly seem humiliating, but are designed to bring the others' guard down so that you don't have to do something else more important. It's a game of social chess, and it's a thing that Hiei cannot do because he grew up in wildlands and after early childhood didn't spend that much time with the bandits that took him in.
Hiei in contrast is very blunt and straight and wouldn't have been in any place where people would talk or gossip. Even then for surviving purposes, he would fundamentally be uninterested in people's gossip, so the Three Kings wouldn't be a thing that made sense for him to know about and would logically become a fairytale to him because he spent so much time in the woods among the trees alone. Like he straight up is just not in situations or circles where he would find out actual news about them because he stayed away from everyone at a certain point.
Relatively though, you would know who's the leader of the place you're in, but beyond that it's of little significance to his everyday life. That's also a kind of life that probably people in 2024 now aren't aware of as much because the internet connects us all so much. But before fast communication, the common farmer or regular lay person could not give a shit about who the leader was in the castle or whatever. It's true in every country prior to modern communication and the printing press. Whatever the leader did, did not matter because their big decisions for the country didn't affect their everyday life. It's likely Hiei knew that the Three Kings existed, but it's more that he didn't know or needed to care about whatever issues they had between them because it was irrelevant to what he needed to do to live.
Yukina on the other hand is able to show her caution and able to handle difficult social situations mainly through her conversation with Hiei about "finding her brother". She might be a kind person, but that conversation in particular shows that she does have hidden strength and "darkness" (not the right word, but I can't think of the right one atm) of her own. I recall also, during her time at Tarukane, she tried to be cold to him and not allow him to get gems so easily, but like instead he killed people that helped her, killed her bird friends, etc. Other beings are essentially hostages since she can't be attacked directly to get the gems, and I think I recall Toguro being brought in specifically because they couldn't get gems out of her recently. Yukina shows a number of times she has skills to pivot her reactions to different kinds of people, and that is a social skill and a kind of maturity that Hiei doesn't have. It is also a kind of maturity that adults in Japan have, but kids do not as they are straight and blunt don't know how to "read the room" or observe other kinds of Japanese subtlety. The adults in their life and their parents teach this to them. They fundamentally do not have the same level of maturity as Hiei acts like a child that never learned how to do that, and that's more that what he means. You're taking the "child comment" way too literally to fit what you want and ignoring Yukina's skills and achievements to serve what you want to be true about Hiei.
Other than the above, Yukina's also just more able to join in on activities with Yusuke & Co, while Hiei in contrast is still looking out of a window and largely ignoring what's going on. It's not necessarily that he's completely uninterested, but it's probably really awkward for him so he'd rather be a bit away from the group instead of joining in and maybe looking stupid or whatever. Being able to join in with new people and dive into new experiences is a kind of socialization skill. It can come naturally to some people, but it also takes some practice. Yukina had to survive in her home, but she also befriended animals which are skittish and run away. Being more approachable takes practice and is something Yukina has from not staying away from interactions. Hiei basically focusing on survival for most of his life and was alone is not able to really navigate that kind of situation.
Also, I don't know if it's a translation error on the part of the interpretation from the translator in the English version, but I have the Japanese version of the chapter where Hiei says that he "thought it was just a fairytale" and in Japanese it's ambiguous actually whether or not he thought the Three Kings themselves were a fairytale, or rather the war between them was a fairytale. I've never read any translations. I have the whole series in Japanese and I can read it. He's comments in that page is that he's "heard about the feud between the Three Kings", and then in the next panel says that the thought it was just a fairytale. It doesn't say it was specifically about the Three Kings' existence, but more about their struggle for power. That can be a sign of youth, but only because youkai live for hundreds of years and if you are younger than the last time there was a war or significant conflict, hearing that nations don't get along is like a fairytale. If that nuance was taken out of the English translation, I don't know what to tell you. It's for that reason I don't really rely on translations so much. I've made translations of my own, and there's a lot of compromises made to the text to get the gist of it so that you can get it on screen or in a box readable that I genuinely feel bad for English speaking fans because they are *missing* so much context and nuance that was also there in the same sentence.
For a modern day example, right now we have a number of wars/horrific things happening in the world. For a lot of people who are younger right now, they were not alive when this conflict started and do not understand the history. There's a lot of misinformation going on about who's at fault and why, and it's easy to get misled if you don't know the history of how it started. I had the fortune of having a history teacher in high school that taught me the history and it's a fucked up situation for everyone, and basically everyone sucks. It's also a mess that we as the newer generations in the world inherited because the creators of the original situation were naive and real stupid and tried to solve a "problem" they perceived by ignoring people that exist now for their own agenda. But also because we are a newer generation, there's a lot of people who do not get taught this history and are taught by the adults in their life to blindly support one side or the other hence leading to the clusterfuck screaming match and actual war and war crimes and turbulence we have now. The conflict has been going on so long that people don't remember how it started. Strife and difficulty is just the modern reality, and the start of it and the actual source of the conflict is like a fairytale because it's so far in the past and not talked about.
Back to our source material, Mukuro even asks if he'd heard about their conflict because it'd been 500 years. Like we know Hiei and Yukina are definitely less than 100, so their last conflict was a way long time ago and they were in a stalemate/truce for 500 years. We also don't know how their specific species ages either because they could both be 60 something and we'd never know either, but that'd imply that their trauma and living in strife and difficult situations lasted longer than if they were around the same age as the rest of the crew. That said, their objective reality and lived experience is not one of war and conflict, so hearing that battle is about to break out is like, what? Why? Kurama's comment after Hiei tells him his plan about going to Mukuro's though is that he "wasn't born yet" so "he doesn't know how frightening Mukuro is". There's 500 years of time for him to not know. It's not that he's a literal child or that he's "too young". It's that it literally happened *way* too long ago for him to know about it still being an ongoing grudge and how bad an actual conflict could be.
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thebearthatreads · 6 months
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15 Questions Tag
Thank you to @keysandopenmind for the tag!
So for this one you can apparently answer the 15 questions either as yourself or as one of your OCs. I've decided to respond as myself as I'm in the midst on NaNoWriMo and still getting to know my new OCs.
Let's do some no pressure tagging before we hop in: @fleurtygurl, @cottonberryfinn, @thepitflower, @chauceryfairytales and @maskedemerald (as well as anyone else who might want to do it)!
15 Questions:
Are you named after anyone?
Yes! I'm named after a character in a book (don't ask me which book my parents don't remember).
2. When was the last time you cried?
Yesterday. I cry pretty frequently, tears just come very quickly for me and I feel emotions quite intensely. The reason for my crying was because I was emotionally moved whilst watching the latest One Piece episode.
3. Do you have kids?
I have a fur-child, does that count? Her name is Miley and she's an Alaskan Malamute cross who I rescued as a puppy. My partner and I are planning on having human children in the future but currently we don't.
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4. Do you use sarcasm?
Yes, sometimes.
5. What is the first thing you notice about others?
Oh that's tough, generally it changes from person to person. Usually it's facially orientated but it can be other aspects. If someone has fun earrings I'll notice those first, if they have tattoos, piercings, cool clothing. Little signifiers of personality, that's what I notice first.
6. What's your eye colour?
I used to describe my eyes as kind of mud brown but they're actually quite pretty the closer you get. From a distance a dark walnut brown, up close more of a sepia or russet brown. Looking them closely in my hand mirror they kind of make me think of the crystal Tiger's eye.
7. Scary stories or happy endings?
A bit of both, I like scary stories with happy endings. But if I have to choose I'll probably lean more towards happy endings.
8. Any special talents?
No, I am decidedly very untalented... Although I can read tarot cards, I don't read them very often (I don't self-read) but the times that I have my friends have said my predictions were fairly accurate. I'd love to believe that means I'm a little psychic but it's probably just luck and guiding intuition from how well I know the people I was reading for.
9. Where were you born?
It's no secret I was born in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.
10. What are your hobbies?
Reading, writing, playing video games. I also enjoy walking with my dog, volunteering, researching different mythologies and history. I've dabbled with knitting, though it's taking me a long time to finish a single project because I keep forgetting about it.
11. Do you have any pets?
As mentioned before I have an Alaskan Malamute cross called Miley. My brother also has a dog, she's an Akita Inu cross German Shepherd called Akela.
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12. What sports do you play/have played?
I am not a sporty person. I've done sports carnivals, taken martial arts classes, and I participated in weekly sporting events at University as part of our Res Wars (friendly competition between the different residential buildings). But I've never really played any particular sport.
13. How tall are you?
Uhh, I always forget my height. I'm about 5'2, so somewhere around the 157-160cm range I believe. Just tall enough to reach the top of my bookshelf, not tall enough to reach the back of the top cupboards in the kitchen.
14. Favourite subject in school?
English or history in high school. Criminal Profiling at University (it was a super fun and informative, I took it as an elective).
15. Dream Job?
Being a full-time author but that requires a lot of luck along with a lot of work. For now I'm pretty happy with the job I recently started working sales in a jewellery store, I'm learning a lot of fascinating things and have super nice coworkers. Still one day it'd be nice if my books provided me a stable income.
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lumoschildextra · 10 months
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I got tagged by @artiststarme to share some stuff about me, so let's go!
1. Are you named after anyone? As far as I can remember, no. My middle name is the same as my aunt's though!
2. When was the last time you cried? Like last week I think. Existential crisis, wooo! 🙃
3. Do you have kids? From mine womb? No. A bunch of kids I adopted from my high school years? Yes.
4. Do you use sarcasm a lot? I don't think so. I'd like to think I do, but I'm ultimately not super great at it so I keep it to my few close friends, ha ha.
5. What sports do you/have you played? I played soccer when I was in elementary school and cheerleading in elementary and middle school. I dabbled in swimming when I was in high school and did shot put and discus my last two years. My two favorites from high school were dance team and color guard. And yes, color guard/marching band is a sport, go look up the definition. 😌
6. What's the first thing you notice about people? Their mouths/smiles. I had jaw surgery a few years ago so I tend to focus on the way people's mouths move when they talk.
7. What's your eye color? Brown, but they get a little hazel in the summer.
8. Scary movies or happy endings? Happy endings 100%. I'm such a wimp when it comes to horror movies lol.
9. Any special talents? I can do a bunch of cool tosses with my color guard flag. I made my own toss and most of the team learned it! What's even cooler is one of the girls added a catch behind the back and it was so cool to see everyone learning it. 🥰
10. Where were you born? Virginia. My dad was in the military so he and my mom were moved around whenever he was stationed somewhere else.
11. What are your hobbies? Reading, writing, crocheting, and drawing.
12. Do you have any pets? Yep! I have two silly chihuahuas, one short hair and one long hair. And no, they're not ankle biters...most of the time.
13. How tall are you? About 5' 3".
14. Favorite subject in school? I enjoyed math. I liked that there was a definite answer to the problem. The worksheets were also super pleasing to look at with all the equations neatly typed out on the paper. 😌
15. Dream job? Streamer! I'd love to be able to make people laugh and simultaneously doing something I enjoy, such as gaming, crocheting, etc.
Thanks for tagging me @artiststarme, I had fun! Join us if you'd like! (I know most of you aren't mutuals, but I don't have 15 mutual ha ha)
@chalkymoon @cloud-za @outraged-original @anxiousandafraid @videodrome-fag @poppedbubblgum @goose-of-chaos @cutepotatook @lovebugism @henderdads @eliascolorkidd @time-woods @somerandomdudelmao @fernandesart @m0nomercy
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alsjeblieft-zeg · 11 months
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326 of 2023
survey by lafemelle
1. How many cars have you ever owned?
None on my own, but one as a co-owner.
2. Can you do math in your head well?
Quite much so. I’ve been always good at such things.
3. What’s your least favorite chore to do around the house?
Cleaning the floors and the toilets.
4. What’s your favorite flavor of potato chip?
I don’t eat these.
5. Do you ever read the weather forecast?
Yeah, before travelling so I know what to expect, possibly.
6. Do amusement park rides make you sick?
I don’t ever use them. My health doesn’t allow.
7. Who is your favorite Star Wars character?
No.
8. What kind of cheese do you put on your sandwiches?
Normal cheese lol. Like gouda or emmental or o.
9. What radio station do you listen to the most?
UVB-76 lol. I don’t listen to the commercial radio.
10.Who was the last person to give you a gift?
My husband, as usual.
11. How old were you when you got your driver’s license?
Nevergot it at all. I don’t know how is it in your States, but here people with neurological disorders are generally restricted from driving in some cases.
12. What was the first thing you ever learned how to cook?
Water lol. Just like most of people, I suppose.
13. Did you ever collect beanie babies?
Never heard of it.
14. When was the last time you got a haircut?
Last year lol. This calls for another one.
15. Have you ever been to a bachelor/bachelorette party?
No, and I’m not sure if I’d like it.
16. How many people can you say you TRULY love?
About ten.
17. Where are you most ticklish on your body?
Everywhere, literally.
18. Do you like kids?
I do like toddlers, but only when they are curious about the world and ask questions.
19. Have you ever cheated on a test?
Once or twice.
20. Is your next birthday coming up soon?
No, next year.
21. Have you ever bailed anyone out of jail?
I’ve never had an occasion to do so.
22. What’s the last board game you played?
I don’t play board games.
23. Have you ever given someone a fake phone number?
No, but next time I will give a police number as my own when someone is too intrusive.
24. Do you actually eat 3 meals a day?
Even less.
25. Do you have any bumper stickers on your car?
No, my husband doesn’t like them.
26. Do you leave good tips when you eat out at restaurants?
I just leave tips. It’s normal in my country.
27. What’s your favorite thing to eat at bbqs?
Veggies.
28. Do you still own any VHS tapes?
Not anymore, but I’d love to.
29. How many of your friends have you known for at least 5 years?
Most of them.
30. Are you superstitious?
Not at all, it just makes me laugh.
31. What was your favorite book as a child?
Pelle Svanslös.
32. Have you lied to anyone in the last 24 hours?
Nah, I had no occasion anyway.
33. What’s the most expensive restaurant you’ve ever eaten at?
Probably this one in the Martin’s Hotel in Waterloo. It was very elegant :P
34. How many jobs have you had?
One as a fruit picker when I was a teenager, one Infrabel maintenance summer job (from my dad), cleaning the library as a student, and then this job in the rolling stock company.
35. Are you keeping a secret from anyone right now?
No, not really.
36. What’s the smallest town you’ve ever visited?
I think Lillo, it’s a town near Antwerp.
37. If there was a real Jurassic Park, would you visit it?
No, thanks.
38. Have you ever gone golfing?
Omg no, boring.
39. What’s your favorite kind of soup?
All of them, really. But I need to have chunks in it, I don’t like blended soup.
40. How old were you when you learned how to ride a bike?
About four, or even earlier.
41. Do you know any sign language?
No, I don’t.
42. If you became famous for something, what would it be?
Photography, I guess.
43. How many friends do you have that are married?
Most of them, really.
44. Do you ever read the newspaper?
Sometimes when I’m at the physiotherapy.
45. When you’re having a bad day, how do you make yourself feel better?
Let my cat sleep on my lap while she’s purring. Optionally going somewhere with the train.
46. Do you still have your wisdom teeth?
Yeah, I do, all of them. I’ve never felt them growing, honestly.
47. Did you have a swingset in your yard when you were a child?
Yeah, I did.
48. Have you ever played poker for money?
No, I’ve never played poker at all.
49. You’re making a fruit salad: what kinds of fruit do you put in it?
Strawberries, blueberries, banana lices, tangerine pieces, maybe peach cubes.
50. What are the last 2 digits of your phone number?
09.
51. What’s the scariest movie you’ve ever seen?
I don’t even bother wasting my time on movies.
52. Do you eat your mac & cheese with a fork or a spoon?
I don’t ever eat this shit.
53. Where did you have your first kiss?
On a tram stop lol.
54. When you were a kid, were you ever afraid of cooties?
I still don’t even know what it is.
55. Do you ever go Christmas caroling in December?
No, not anymore.
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zebrashavestrips · 2 years
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oooooh all the q's
Hello anon! I’m guessing you mean the wlw + mlm asks so here it is!
1. describe your crush / partner.
I’m not really crushing anyone right now tbh, just hanging out with friends and trying new things.
2. describe your perfect date.
The simple answer, going to a brewery and playing board games. I love any competitive activity tbh but with the right vibes, we could also go walk around the streets and have deep talks. maybe lay down at the beach or a park and look at the sky.
3. describe your dream house.
I HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT THIS SOOOO MUCH but thats also because its a near life goal right now. Anyways room#1 a game/ hangout room to watch tv, read, play board or console games, and work lol cant forget about working. Then room#2 would be a guest room with a murphy bed to save space. Room#3 would be my bedroom with a closet with enough space to separate my clothes and gear. The livign room would have what i like to call a scream box, basically these like conference call soundproof phonebooths but could also be used to scream the stress. Bc i have a whole bunch of stuffed animals from family and friends, i want to build a claw machine to store them and thats like another gaming device in my house. The kitchen i actually havent thought that much about but i think i want a lot of counterspace and idk how else it would look like rn. The garage would store all my gear and the camper van i would use for adventures. I would also like a grass patch in the front but theres no more space in the bay area so the park will do. OHHH and a straight roof or patio to watch the skies.
4. describe your dream life.
i see my life with two lifestyles: one like a day job, where most of the week I'd work during the day and hang out with friends afterwards or chill at home and wind down; another full of adventure - hikes, climbing, camping, some day trips to hang out somewhere. some combination of that with friends and we kinda just keep doing that.
5. describe your ideal partner.
Someone to do most of my hobbies with, to challenge and grow together. Kinda someone that I can continuously learn from in any aspect. I really enjoy having people around me just doing our own things together so things like that.
6. morning cuddles or night cuddles?
Night cuddles
7. big spoon or little spoon?
Little spoon
8. hugs or kisses?
Hugs
9. walks on the beach or walks in the forest?
Walks in the forest
10. sitting on your partner’s lap or them on yours?
Them sitting on my lap
11. favourite lgbt movie?
Imagine me & you… soooo cute
12. favourite lgbt book?
I actually don’t really read that many books but I love a good enemies to lovers, fake dating, soulmates angst. I’m in the middle of We Are Okay by Nina Lacour. But I did read a lot of fanfic and there was this soulmate AU with a name tattooed on each wrist and you don’t know which one is a platonic soulmate and which one is a romantic soulmate.
13. favourite lgbt character?
Fictional, Laura Hollis. Real, Hayley Kiyoko
14. favourite lgbt ship?
The og hollstein! Ughhh I miss them so much
15. favourite lgbt song?
Oooo this is hard, I actually have a few… can I give top 3? Whatever, it’s my blog. Top 3 are sleepover by hayley kiyoko, kiss the boy by keiynan lonsdale, and sick of losing soulmates by dodie
16. what’s your favourite thing about your partner / crush?
I don’t have one to talk about
17. what’s the best thing to do with your partner / crush?
I don’t have one to talk about
18. how did you meet your partner / crush?
I don’t have one to talk about
19. what first attracted you to your partner / crush?
I don’t have one to talk about
20. what’s something that reminds you of your partner / crush?
I don’t have one to talk about
21. what’s your lgbt identity?
les be honest
22. when did you realise you’re lgbt?
After I broke up with my boyfriend in high school I started questioning my sexuality and the thoughts followed through in college. Tbh that phase in college really helped me realize I wasn’t into men like how I thought I was in high school.
23. do you fit any stereotypes for your sexuality?
obsessed with hayley kiyoko, carabiners oh so many carabiners, can’t sit in chairs properly, tucked shirt cuffed jeans, always short nails, super athletic, climbing, loves building things like I just helped my best friend move in so we had hella furniture to put together
24. have you ever been to pride?
I think I went twice? I remember who I went with the first time going but I don’t remember the second. All I recall was being able to buy a drink.
25. how did you / do you plan to come out?
Family wise, I came out to my sister first waaay back when, she kinda found out looking at pictures on my phone and asked me about it. My little brother is my best friend so I told him a bit after I started dating. I came out to my parents 2 years ago bc I was dating someone during the pandemic and I wanted to do a small trip to/with her. Their reactions were a lot better than I expected actually - a lecture about queer relationship and safe sex, and a Confucius quote… so not bad? My older brother knows that I know that he knows I’m gay but I never explicitly told him lol that’s just our dynamic.
26. do you remember the name of your first crush?
I do but I shall not say
27. how did you first kiss go?
My very first kiss was super sweet and awkward. This guy I dated in high school walked me home and as we were saying bye, we hugged and stood for what felt like 5 minutes before we did like a small kiss. And then he walked me closer to my door and left to catch the bus
28. what did you do on your first date?
My very first date was super basic, we went to watch a movie and have dinner, got dessert and talked at bart waiting to go home
29. who was the first person you came out to?
I think, like it’s been a long time, I think the first person or even people I came out to was my group of friends from high school on a camping trip after graduation
30. pick a question of your choice + answer it.
I’ve answered all these questions but these were fun. Thanks anon! Hope you have a good one!!
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Titan’s Curse But Make It Time Loop: Nico di Angelo Edition
-Okay so I’m at work and not doing much and who wants to actually edit your shit drafts for your actual WIPs so that they’re less bad? No one, that’s who
-So I had an idea: The Titan’s Curse. Also known as the book where people start to die. It sucks to be a demigod in this book--for the first time in the original series, it really does.
-Not everything is fixed, not everyone is saved, and people start to have to make really tough decisions.
-So we fix it. Not by throwing Percy, or Annabeth, or Thalia, or, hell, even Bianca or Grover into the mix.
-Throwing the marginally more grown-up, more trained, and more knowledgeable demigods into the fire, who’d get everyone alive and safe by the third time ‘round? Nah.
-We’re making Nico fix this.
-Because here’s the thing about Nico di Angelo: Sure, he grows up to become a major badass, the Ghost King, so on and so forth. But not yet.
-For now, Nico is baby, a ten-year-old whose experience with any kind of fighting consists of one (1) Capture The Flag game and who’s still half-reliant on Mythomagic to explain what the fuck is happening.
-He’s also got the worst knowledge makeup possible! He knows he’s a son of Hades, which is bad, he knows to stick monsters with the pointy end of swords but nothing else, he knows that Percy Jackson and Thalia Grace are Very Big Deals (But also doesn’t know why beyond parents), and he’s, at best, vaguely aware that there’s some kind of bad prophecy hanging around.
-Also by the end of the book, he’s just been told his last immediate family who isn’t Hades is dead in one of the worst ways possible, and he--pretty irrationally IMO, but Nico’s a kid who has been through a lot recently, so we’re not holding that against him--blames Percy Jackson.
-Literally, you probably can’t pick an angstier or worse choice to run through the time travel trope. I love it.
-We’re making this kid save Bianca’s life via time loop, which happens due to. . .hmm, we’ll say the Fates did it.
-So, Loop 0 = Canon, only at the end of the day on December 21st, after the conversation with Percy, Nico falls asleep only gods know where only to wake up the day he meets Percy Jackson:
Loop 1:
-Nico doesn’t actually change anything meaningful at first.
-Spends most of it shellshocked and not unconvinced the last week (For him, anyway) wasn’t a horrible nightmare; shellshocked and staring at Percy Jackson, anyway.
-(Percy’s wondering what’s up with the silent kid his sister had talked up as a cheerful chatterbox)
-It’s only when Bianca agrees to join the quest for Artemis that he starts kicking up a fuss; demanding to go, screaming that she can’t leave him even more, not again.
-(Bianca hesitates; briefly, enough to remind Nico that she loves him. But she’s not their mother, and she needs this)
-Bianca still dies. Percy comes back pale and guilty. Nico doesn’t yell at him when he returns--he already knows. He accepts the Hades figurine so that he can throw it into the lake.
-He slinks off back into Cabin Eleven and falls asleep, hoping desperately that he gets a third chance.
Loop 2:
-He does.
Loop 3:
-After a very painful death at the hands of Dr. Thorn, Nico, generally being a straightforward person at this stage of life, takes the obvious path this time around: He tries to tell Bianca--who brushes it off as a dream.
-Annabeth still goes over the cliff when Nico takes the initiative of attaching himself and his sister to Percy Jackson and Thalia Grace at the dance. He tries to tell Percy and Thalia when Bianca still joins the Hunt, promising Nico that whatever he saw, she’ll be extra careful.
-(Bianca’s fearful of what Nico's saying, and thinks that if these sworn sisters can’t keep her safe, who can?)
-Artemis gives Nico a speculative look but agrees when he begs her to protect Bianca at all costs.
-He doesn’t get on the quest. Being a reasonable demigod of questionable parentage, he sneaks out of camp.
-He gets caught, because despite being aware of his awesome new powers, he doesn’t know how to use them, and is still a ten-year-old who can barely hold a sword the right way.
-He gives Percy the puppy dog eyes and shows off said awesome new powers. Percy forces him back.
-Nico follows him.
-Repeat until Percy dies saving Nico from the Nemean Lion in Washington, DC.
-Nico can’t find it in himself to be terribly sad--especially when he doesn’t make it much longer.
Loop 4:
-He’s really stuck like this, huh?
-Oh, Di Immortales.
-(Before Percy gets his chest ripped to shreds by a lion and Nico meets skeleton cats, he learned how to hold a sword properly and curse fluently in Greek. Percy probably only meant to teach him one of those things)
-In unrelated news: Having a big crush on a guy who thinks he’s only known you for a couple hours? Terrible.
-Trying to hate the guy who let your sister die when he’s that stupid and nice? Even worse.
-That stupid lion.
Loop 5, 6, 7, 8, 9:
-Nico repeats: That stupid lion.
-Somewhere in Loop 7 he starts to steal supplies out of the camp store when he follows Percy following the quest.
-They forcefeed the lion enough trail mix and frozen ice cream in Loop 9 that they don’t die this time.
-At least until someone called the General shows up and Nico’s dead before he can raise his sword.
Loop 10:
-Nico wakes up in his and Bianca’s room in Westover and starts crying. Bianca tells the headmaster they’re both sick and Nico lets her hold him all day.
-They fall asleep and Nico swears he won’t let her die again.
Loop 11, 12, 13:
-He wakes up and he still can’t get out of bed without feeling that blade cutting between his ribs, burning like it’s on fire.
-Gods, he’s so sorry, Bianca. Dispiace tanto.
Loop 14:
-He can get up without feeling like he’s about to die again. Bianca fusses but assumes it was just a bad dream.
-Nico is caught stealing and can’t follow Percy until it’s too late.
-Everyone assumes this means he’s a son of Hermes, however, and Nico can’t correct them without opening his mouth and letting the sobbing laughter out.
-Figuring he’s about to get another chance next round anyway, he takes Travis and Connor Stoll up on their offer to learn a thing or two so that he doesn’t get Cabin Eleven slapped with kitchen duty from now until Doomsday.
-He likes the Stolls. He spent most of the time, pre-looping, actively avoiding everyone at camp as he waited for Bianca and Percy to come back, but they’re not that bad.
-Percy comes back with the figurine and no sister and Nico remembers why he’s stuck.
Loop 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23:
-After Loop 12 and being killed in Washington DC again, Nico realizes: He needs to learn how to fight.
-Unless he gets killed early or refuses to leave Westover, the loop resets after seven days. So, he has seven days to train each time.
-He gets to camp, finds the arena, and meets Clarisse La Rue. He demands she teach him how to kill monsters.
-She laughs, and tells him that attitude in his size will make monsters easy to kill, they’ll laugh so hard.
-Clarisse teaches him how to swing a sword each time--but only after mocking his unamused face.
-Somehow, Percy coming back with news of Bianca’s death only hurts more each time.
Loop 24:
-Nico wakes up before Bianca this time. He looks over at her bed and knows. He’s got to try this time.
-It’s disturbingly easy making friends with Percy Jackson after the last loops.
-Bessie’s new. Cute, but new.
-Nico wonders just how much he’s missed in the past--he thinks of Annabeth Chase, and hopes she hasn’t been dying each time.
-Percy doesn’t even argue when Nico shows up in the stables with a bag slung over his shoulder, and the sword he’s been stealing out of the shed strapped to his hip.
-Nico suggests the ice cream--again--to Percy in DC before
-Nico might be getting the hang of this.
Loop 25:
-Nico is not getting the hang of this.
-Zoë Nightshade’s refusal to accept Percy and Nico on the quest--violating a prophecy, and gods, Nico’s curious if that prophecy ever mentioned this--has so far gotten them attacked and killed by spartoi once.
-And again. As Nico bleeds out on the floor, he watches a panicked blond man--a demigod--plead for mercy.
-Isn’t he on the other side?
Loop 26:
-His name is Luke Castellan and he apparently wants the gods dead.
-Nico can relate at this point.
-The General is Atlas, and Nico knows enough about Greek mythology, real and wrong, at this point to know that is bad.
Loop 27:
-Twenty-six tries, but they finally make it out of DC. Threatening the questers with Atlas killing them all is more than enough.
-For the first time, Nico doesn’t know what happens next. He glues himself to Bianca’s side and glares at anything suspicious.
-With help that Percy refuses to name, even when Nico tries his hardest, they go to New Mexico.
-There’s a boar and it’s so close, they make it to what the others are calling “the junkyard of the gods”.
-Nico sees the Hades figurine on the ground.
-Bianca grins in delight and picks it up, calling for him.
-He can’t help it.
-Nico starts screaming.
Loop 28:
-His sister’s murderer was never Percy Jackson.
-His sister’s murderer was a force of mechanics that makes Nico fully understand, for the first time, what the gods are, beyond stats on a card.
-Talos.
-Nico is going to destroy him.
Loop 29:
-She dies.
Loop 30:
-Again.
Loop 31:
-Again.
-Loop 32, 33, 34, 3536373839FortyFo r t y O n  e--:
-Again. Again. Again. Again again againagainagainagainAGAIN--
Loop 42:
-Nico gets out of bed. He finds Percy Jackson at the dance, hugs him, and tells him he’s sorry.
-Nico walks outside and waits for Dr. Thorn in the snow. He can feel the shadows curling at the edge of the wood like a sixth sense, now. Waiting for him to summon the restless dead out of them.
-So many attempts to save his sister, ranging from sacrificing himself to sacrificing Percy--not that Percy needs the push, Nico has found--to any and all members of the quest.
-She dies. Always, always dies. Whatever Nico does, that junkyard is full of the death of Bianca di Angelo.
-He tried avoiding it. Once. Loop 33. Nico threw such a fit he’s surprised he wasn’t sent back to Camp Half-Blood by the Hunters, but it kept them out of the junkyard.
-He tries not to remember how little was left of his sister’s body by the monsters that time.
-Son of Hades. After all this time, Nico’s beginning to wonder if this is what it means. Death and death and death.
-Dr. Thorn walks outside, and Nico can feel a ghoulish grin crossing his face that has no place on a ten-year-old.
-One of them is going to die, this loop. And Nico will not go to New Mexico.
Loop 43:
-Nico wonders if there was a past life of his he needs to remember. Who could he have made this angry?
-He lies to Bianca and they stay in Westover again this time. Better than death, anyway.
Loop 44:
-Nico tries a different tack this time. A more roundabout way of things.
-He takes Bianca and throws the two of them in the way of the battle with the manticore.
-After all this time, he still doesn’t know much about Annabeth Chase. She gets kidnapped and returned safely to Percy every time, to the best of his knowledge.
-Nico dies holding up the sky, but at least Bianca lives, under the protection of Artemis.
Loop 45:
-Nico looks in the mirror and studies the new grey streak with fascination. And, maybe, some hope.
-Things can change.
Loop 46, 47, 48, 49, 50:
-Nico gets kidnapped a few times. Once, he’s killed in a rage by a Titan with horns, but it’s quick. Mostly, he holds up the sky to get Artemis out.
-She looks at him strangely each time and Nico wonders if she can see what he’s done.
Loop 51:
-They figure out he’s a son of Hades. They offer him Olympus. Olympus and Bessie--the Ophiotaurus, rather.
-Nico says no.
Loop 52:
-Nico says yes.
Loop 53:
-Being on the verge of overthrowing the gods and keeping everyone he’s grown to care for--in the case of several Hunters, against his will; in Percy Jackson’s case, Nico loves him as much as he hates him at this point--doesn’t do much, apparently.
-Nico stays in Westover again. He resists the urge to tell Bianca that would-be destroyers of Olympus don’t need to brush their hair, whatever she says.
Loop 54:
-Nico goes over the edge of the cliff again, but with Percy Jackson.
-This isn’t the first time; in Loop 46, Percy had taken the sky for both the sake of Artemis and Nico until it killed him.
-What’s different, is Nico’s in the middle of what’s become the usual panic attack when he’s about to die for the hundredth time, and his powers react.
-Percy holds him close and calls him cousin. Tells him he’ll never leave Nico.
-You have no idea, Nico whispers. You can’t leave me.
-You think I want to? Percy whispers back. You’re not alone, Nico.
-Nico’s sobbing sounds like laughter.
Loop 55:
-Nico tells Percy the truth for the third time. This is the first time he hasn’t told Bianca first.
-They’ve just found the Erymanthian Boar, Thalia’s told Nico his goth needs work--whatever that means--and Nico’s bracing himself for the junkyard again.
-Getting kidnapped by the Titans really gets old after a while.
-He still has the grey streak, and no number of excuses will fully soothe his sister, but the Hunt’s a good distraction from it.
-Nico doesn’t blame Bianca anymore for it. He thinks.
-Nearly a year into this loop and Nico’s finding it hard to blame anyone for much of anything, anymore. Especially when he sees what she’s faced. Again. And again.
-For now, this time, Percy Jackson is staring at Nico with wide eyes at what Nico’s told him--through these loops, Nico’s starting to wonder if he now knows more about Percy than Percy’s own best friends--and says he believes him.
-Once, Nico would’ve exploded from joy. Now, he just sighs and nods.
-Percy tells him how to condense the conversation for the next loop. He advises Nico to research Talos, “like Annabeth would.”
-He advises Nico to warn Percy’s next loop self about Annabeth’s kidnapping. Nico wonders if he’s gone insane that he’s considering it.
-Bianca dies.
Loop 56:
-Nico makes the executive decision this time to try and befriend Annabeth Chase. As such, he takes Percy’s advice.
Loop 57:
-It takes him two tries to befriend Annabeth Chase and learn about Talos.
Loop 58:
-Three times.
-But the nail. The nail in the ankle of Talos.
Loop 59:
-He hangs back at camp again this time and meets Charles Beckendorf, head of Cabin Nine, and son of Hephaestus.
-Nico figures that short of finding the god himself and committing temporary suicide--not that it hasn’t crossed Nico’s mind--his son will have to do.
-(He’s tried his hand at summoning ghosts, but Daedalus refuses to show, for some reason)
-Beckendorf frowns and tells Nico he would have to see Talos himself.
-Nico hadn’t realized just how much cursing he had picked up off of Percy and Thalia until that moment.
Loop 60:
-Nico knows what the prophecy says. One shall be lost in the land without rain.
-He knows it’s why he’s been failing so much.
-The trouble is, he no longer cares.
Loop 61:
-It took him a try, but he gets Beckendorf on the quest, prepared to defeat the Talos prototype.
Loop 62:
-Strike that, two tries.
-Nico really hates the Nemean Lion.
Loop 63, 64:
-Nico has solved half a problem: How to defeat Talos without putting someone inside the robot.
-The other half of the problem is now that they are all electrocuted by a dying automaton for their efforts.
Loop 65:
-Beckendorf’s crush--girlfriend? crush, they’re both insisting--Silena Beauregard comes along this time. Nico won’t complain over the extra manpower, even if he’s positive that eight campers and Hunters are patent overkill for one quest.
-Silena pulls Bianca out of the wreckage. Nico’s heart stops.
-Silena’s crying when she mentions that if they had been a bit earlier, she could have been revived.
-Nico wonders if Thalia’s going to stab him as he starts whooping. And takes notes about where Talos falls.
Loop 66:
-Nico swears, if Percy Jackson tries to sacrifice himself for Annabeth Chase one more time--
Loop 67:
-Bianca.
-I found you, he sobs. I found you.
-Gods damn the Hoover Dam.
Loop 68:
-And again.
-Despite having the distinct inkling at this point that he doesn’t much like like girls, Nico could kiss Silena Beauregard and Thalia Grace when they manage to revive his sister each time.
-She’s shaky and leaning on him and was dead, he could see her soul floating away--
-But she’s there.
-Nico refuses to let his sister out of the sight at the Hoover Dam and Percy befriends the Naiads this time.
-At least, until the Titans--who Nico made the very big mistake of taunting at DC--sends monsters he can’t control.
Loop 69, 70, 71, 72, 73:
-They keep dying in various combinations at the Hoover Dam now that Nico’s figured out how to save Bianca.
-At least, until he gets separated from Percy in Loop 73 and he meets a redheaded girl with a penchant for calling Nico pint-size.
-Athena dislikes Percy, Nico, Bianca, and Thalia in equal measure. Having learned of the Great Prophecy in Loop 16 and Percy’s mooning over Annabeth in. . .well, every loop, Nico can’t quite blame her.
Loop 74:
-Her name is Rachel Elizabeth Dare and Nico likes her. She takes none of their shit and if it weren’t for the fact that they already have eight people on the quest, he’d want to take her along.
-Bianca gets in a fight with the Old Man of the Sea. Thalia electrocutes him when he throws Bianca in the bay.
Loop 75:
-Nico wakes up in Westover with the distinct feeling that he was drowned on dry land.
-He stays in bed shivering, that day.
Loop 76:
-Atlas is the father of Zoë Nightshade. Nico learned this around Loop 50. He had realized around five loops ago that this probably meant she was going to die “by a parent’s hand.”
-He hadn’t realized that it was going to hurt to watch.
Loop 77, 78, 79, 80, 81:
-Now that he’s figured things out to about San Francisco, it seems the world is out to get him. The number of fights or mistakes that he either makes himself or has to head off are ridiculous.
Loop 82:
-Nico is so very tired. And wishes he felt ten years old again.
Loop 83:
-If Thalia gets in one more fight with Nereus, Nico's going to walk into the sea.
Loop 84:
-He wanders off, in this one. Grover had been killed in Hoover Dam, so Nico’s waiting for the reset at this point.
-In the meantime, Nico figures there are worse things to do than enjoy a good afternoon in San Francisco. He even meets a boy in a purple shirt.
-His name is Jason and he has hair like the sun.
-If he ever fixes this, Nico wants to find him.
Loop 85:
-Nico’s not fast enough in the junkyard.
-In San Francisco, he tries to find the ugliest, biggest trouble he can find.
-He finds a pair of teenagers in armor who yell Latin at him instead.
Loop 86:
-There’s a dragon that will attack them in the Garden of the Hesperides if they make it angry enough and Nico is so tired.
Loop 87:
- Zoë Nightshade is dead. They’ve won.
-Funny definition of “win”, considering they’ve all almost died this loop about a dozen times each, and Nico can’t explain why he’s crying on the body of a Hunter he only met a week ago, in their eyes.
-She hates him, some loops. More loops, she looks at him with ghosts of old grief in her eyes and hands him a knife.
-The gods execute Bessie, and then, Nico watches as his father turns to him and Bianca with sorrowful eyes.
-Nico should’ve figured, after almost ninety loops.
Loop 88:
-Luke offers one of them the entrails of Bessie again.
-Nico takes them.
Loop 89:
-For all the good it does. Nico wakes up as he does every time now: Powerless, in bed, and with only a grey streak to show for his efforts.
Loop 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98:
-Nico doesn’t know how to save Zoë Nightshade. Bianca, he could trick and fight his way into it. Beckendorf and Silena and Percy and a loophole in lost could save his sister.
-Her, she just. . .dies. Sometimes in DC, sometimes in San Francisco, sometimes on the hills of Mt. Tamalpais. Always at the hands of Atlas.
-Always, being murdered by her father.
-It’s not as gutting as watching his sister die, but it aches more in his chest, somehow.
Loop 99:
-He sticks close to Zoë this time. Same as he’s done with Percy, Annabeth, his sister, Thalia, and Grover, time and time again. But not her, Nico is realizing. Not the clinging he’s achieving now.
-Hoping for. . .something.
-He knows better than to tell the immortal Lieutenant of Artemis the whole truth. The loneliness is enough.
-She’s less frosty to him from the start than to, say, Grover or Percy, after Annabeth goes over the cliff again. When he shows up in DC, she’s much less angry than he’s seen her.
-Along the way to New Mexico and then San Francisco, he listens. He’s grown better at it, this far in. When the others are asleep, when Bianca is being fussed over after Talos, when everyone but them is asleep by the fire, he listens.
-And she tells him about her sisters. About her father, when the world was young and Atlas had looked on every daughter of his with pride. She tells him, pride glistening in her eyes, of the battles she has seen, the hunts she has overseen at the command of a goddess, the monsters she has killed, and the epithets she has been given.
-He doesn’t ask anything of her. Not until they’re in the house of Annabeth’s father, drinking lemonade the night before the battle, and Nico knows she is about to die again.
-What do you want, he asks. You’ve done everything. What’s left?
-She stopped, ice seems to creep over her again, and Nico wondered if he’d hit some sore spot.
-He’s opened his mouth to make his apologies when she answers, so quiet and quick he thinks he’s imagined it.
-To be remembered. When my lady has taken another lieutenant, as she must, and I have gone to where all gods go when they die, I wish for my memory to remain. And. . .
-Nico waits, and ignores the sudden, terrifying thought that he no longer knows what he wants.
-I wish to see the stars again. I was born a nymph of the sunset; starlight is precious to me. I want to see it again.
-Nico dies to preserve the memory of Zoë Nightshade.
100:
-Nico di Angelo wakes up in Westover Hall. He hopes for the last time.
-He does everything right: Annabeth goes over the cliff, his sister joins the Hunt, Percy is soon his friend, and he convinces Silena and Beckendorf to join the quest.
-The Nemean Lion never stands a chance, and Nico is glad to be rid of it.
-His sister lives.
-Nico watches Percy watch Rachel Elizabeth Dare go, looking like he’s just taken a frying pan to the face, and fights the urge to snicker.
-Thalia doesn’t start a fight with Nereus, but Percy certainly does. Nico could’ve sworn he saw the boy with sun-hair again, watching with curiosity.
- Zoë Nightshade dies in the arms of Artemis and is made into the stars she loves so dearly. Nico promises her soul that he will remember.
-For, he has found, the dead have a tendency of remembering things they shouldn’t.
-Annabeth and Percy now have grey streaks to match Nico’s, and Nico can’t wait to spend the rest of his life trying to explain that.
-It’s closer than he would like, but much less close than other lives with Olympus. The Ophiotaurus is alive and safe, and they are all alive.
-As Nico walks out of the council, he looks off to the side. By the fire is the familiar girl with red eyes--the Lady Hestia, looking much closer to Nico’s age than that of the Olympian she is.
-Besides her are three old ladies. Nico’s heard about them from Percy, in Loops 26, 53, 61, and 62.
-One lady holds a ball of string that is the color of a warm umber. The other is knitting what looked suspicious like socks. The last. . .
-Scissors, in one hand. Just as expected. Nico swallowed.
-In the other, was a knot of burnt string, tied to the socks. Behind her, Nico could see discarded string of all colors: an electric blue, a stormy grey, a black that seems to glisten with the promise of a storm, string the soft, hopeful pink of love, yarn run through with bright copper.
-Glowing threads that Nico could only describe as the color of starlight.
-As he walked out, firmly between Percy Jackson and Thalia Grace, the Hunt of Artemis behind him, Nico hears one last promise:
It is done, Nico di Angelo.
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metal-caregiver · 2 years
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Caregiver questions!  1. do you have a little(s)? if you do, how did you meet them? if not, do you want one? No! Unless you count my brother (hes the host of my system). I do want a little of my own but I'm not in the right place to take care of one yet. 
2. what are your favourite petnames for your little(s)? Bubs, sweetheart, little one, kiddo, dear, angel (things I call my brother) 
3. are you more of a strict or soft caregiver? or somewhere in between? Somewhere in between. Id say Im pretty relaxed. I let my brother get away with a lot of things. But I do have some rules that Im strict about.
4. what rules do you have for your little(s)? I don't have many rules - no being mean to others, 11pm bedtime, always try to have 3 meals, using good manners, dont lie, always clean up after yourself, use coping mechanisms 
5. do you have a preferred age range to care for? I have more experience with 8 and below. But I think I could care for any kind of age!
6. how did you learn about agere/cglre? I'm not really sure! I wasn't exactly around when we learned about it
7. when did you realize you were a caregiver? I didn't exactly have a choice on being there for my brother. I got into the age regression community by watching him! 
8. how long have you been a caregiver? I've only been in the system since october of 2020. So a few months?
9. what’s your favourite activity to do with your little(s)? Watch cartoons and make snacks/meals, going to the park, crafts/drawing, puzzles and playing games. Nap time can be fun too!
10. why do you like being a caregiver? It relaxes me. I don't feel like I'm out of control of huge responsibilities. Sometimes it's just nice to have tiny time and take care of someone else for a while. 
11. what pet name(s) do you like to be called? Bubba, Bear, Alek - I don't have many nicknames 
12. are you a regressor as well or just a caregiver? Just a caregiver but I have regressed a few times out of stress (very rare) 
13. do you have other caregiver friends? Sadly no but I would love to!
14. do you have any advice for new caregivers or regressors? Honestly my biggest advice is time. Don't be hard on yourself to get into any kind of headspace. Some days will be easier than others. It makes it harder to regress/be in a caregiver headspace if you try and force yourself.
15. what do you think makes someone a good caregiver? Someone who is patient, honest and respectful of boundaries. Capable of communication and compromise. 
16. what is the hardest part about being a caregiver? For me personally? Not fronting enough. Im not fronting enough and in a caregiver headspace to take care of a little long term and its a bit depressing. By @/princessrainy
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adventuresindolls · 3 years
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May Photo Challenge!!
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Our next photo challenge, #Daisies and Daffodolls, will begin on May 1st! It’s a creative, for fun, non-competitive daily challenge for you to share pictures of your doll(s). There will be a new prompt each day, listed below to give you a month to prepare, and you can participate in as many or as few days as you’re interested in. There is no judgement whatsoever, so please share regardless of how complex your props are, and don’t worry about posting a prompt late.
First of all, thank you so much to @desertdollranch​ for helping with the prompts, especially those surrounding AG birthdays and holidays, and for getting this whole photo challenge thing started back in September! And a huge thank you to @lesbianelizabethcole​ for designing all 5 banners!
The ground rules are the same as in October and December, but I’ll reiterate them for anyone that might be new. Tag all of your prompt posts with #daisies and daffodolls - all three words, complete with spaces. This will allow us to better find and share each other’s posts. You can organize your own posts however you want, but I recommend including the day’s prompt somewhere for context. Also feel free to post on other social medias if you want.
This is not a competition, and there are no prizes, but it should be a lot of fun. Feel free to use any size and brand of doll that you have! American Girl is very popular on doll tumblr, but all other types are welcome as well, including both established (historical or modern) characters and OCs. This could range from 18-inch dolls to Barbies to handmade dolls or porcelain dolls or even paper dolls.
I’ll reblog this post weekly until the beginning of May, and then begin each week of May with the prompt list for that week. Please find a list of all prompts below the cut.
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5/1: The first day of each photo challenge is traditionally for seasonal fashion. Does your doll have a favorite spring outfit? Is it cool and light, or are they still bundled in a sweater for the chilly mornings?
5/2: Spring is all about new beginnings. Is your doll learning a new skill or trying a new activity this spring? Or maybe they just met a new person who became important in their life?
5/3: Today is National Textiles Day. Kirsten’s friends gave her a quilt they made after she missed school to help her family. Does your doll have any clothes or other items that are handmade? If not, do they make any textile items themselves? This could be something sewn, knitted, crocheted, or quilted.
5/4: May the 4th be with you! Does your doll like Star Wars? Who is their favorite character? What about other stories? Pick a hero from any movie, show, or book that your doll loves and have them act out a scene as that character.
5/5: Friends are forever. Who are your doll’s closest friends and what do they do together? Maybe they like to play board games or go to the mall or play pretend. Or maybe your doll is planning something special for their friend.
5/6: As the weather gets warmer, it’s the perfect time to head outside. Does your doll play sports, or do they prefer casual games with their friends? Maybe they like picnics or quiet hikes through the woods.
5/7: Happy birthday, Maryellen! Maryellen often feels overlooked in her large family, and she works hard to stand out and show her unique personality. What makes your doll special and unique?
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5/8: It’s career day! What does your doll want to do when they grow up? Show them dressed up for and/or acting out their dream job.
5/9: Happy Mother’s Day! Addy and her mother escaped to freedom together, Caroline’s mother ran a shipyard, and Kirsten’s mother encouraged her not to lose heart. Does your doll have a special bond with their mother? How do they celebrate Mother’s Day? If they don’t have a mother or don’t have a good relationship with her, consider today a free space to show us something you really want to but that isn’t included in these prompts.
5/10:  Bugs are everywhere! We might avoid some of them, but others are welcomed. Lightning bugs, ladybugs, bumble bees, and dragonflies are a few happy spring bugs. Show your doll doing something bug-themed. They might take a net out to catch bugs or draw a picture of a bug or hold a ladybug they found. Be creative!
5/11: Parties are always fun! Is your doll going to any birthday parties or sleepovers this spring? Maybe they’re attending a wedding or some other celebration? What are their favorite party activities?
5/12:  Spring weather can be a relief after the cold and darkness of winter. What is the weather like where your doll is? Foggy? Rainy? Bright and sunny? Show your doll interacting with their local spring weather.
5/13: Everyone needs mentors and heroes. Who does your doll look up to? What have they learned from them or how do they honor them?
5/14: It’s the last day of the school year. What’s your doll’s favorite extracurricular activity or aspect of school that they’ll miss until next fall?
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5/15: Happy birthday, Luciana! Luciana loves learning about space and wants to be an astronaut and go to Mars one day. Getting to space involves studying many different things, particularly various fields of science. Show your doll doing something related to space or science.
5/16: Today is National Do Something Nice for your Neighbor Day. What does your doll do that helps others or makes the world a better place?
5/17: Let’s try something different today! If your (OC or non-AG) doll had their own American Girl-style book series, what would be the central theme? What sort of things would happen to them? Show us at least one scene from this hypothetical series.
5/18: Beaches and swimming are iconic activities as the weather gets warmer and people have more free time. Rebecca and her family went to Coney Island for a picnic. Does your doll enjoy picnics, sunbathing, or sandcastles on the beach? Maybe they like to swim for exercise or hang out at the pool with friends? (I do not recommend putting your doll in a public chlorine pool)
5/19: Happy Birthday, Kit! Growing up seeing the effects of the Great Depression on people around her, Kit is determined to report on important things happening to real people. How does your doll relate to current events? Are they involved in activism or spreading awareness? Is there an important social issue that affects them personally or that they feel is very important? Or is there something good happening in the world that they like to think about?
5/20: Spring is a great time for tea parties. What’s in your doll’s teacup? Maybe they’re drinking a fancy tea, or maybe they prefer a refreshing glass of juice.
5/21: Spring is full of baby animals. Show your doll interacting with some sort of baby animal. (Safely! Please don’t grab a real squirrel or bunny!)
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5/22: In December we celebrated Pretend to be a Time Traveler Day. I’d like to reprise that, but with a twist: this time, we’re headed into the future! The amount of time and what your doll finds in the future is completely up to you. What do they do while there?
5/23: Cakes and pies and ice cream, oh my! What is your doll’s favorite dessert?
5/24: There may be fewer holidays in spring than in December, but that doesn’t mean there’s nothing to celebrate! Does your doll celebrate Passover or Easter? Or maybe they prefer a more obscure spring holiday to liven things up? Show them participating in whatever celebration you like.
5/25: Yellow is the color of flowers and sunny days and ducklings. Show your doll wearing or using something yellow.
5/26: Happy birthday, Samantha! After her birthday party, Samantha hears Aunt Cornelia speak at a suffragette meeting in New York City. What is a cause that is important to your doll? Show them with a sign supporting or protesting something close to their heart. As an added challenge, use a cause unrelated to the current events prompt.
5/27: It’s summer vacation! What are some of your doll’s favorite activities now that they’re free from school? Alternatively, what are some of their favorite hobbies to do anytime?
5/28: Happy birthday, Cecile! For her birthday, Cecile’s brother Armand gave her a beautiful porcelain doll that looked like her. Does your doll have a favorite doll or toy?
5/29: Late spring and early summer is a great time to go on a road trip or vacation. Where is your doll traveling to, and what are they doing there? Or maybe their family chose a staycation this year - what new fun new things are they discovering close to home?
5/30: Today is National Water a Flower Day. Show your doll interacting with flowers or other plants.
5/31: What is your doll planning for this fall? What are they looking forward to when school starts again? Is a big change approaching as the seasons and leaves turn? What does the future hold for them?
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