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erika-xero · 9 months

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Thinking a lot of how social media affect art, how it is getting increasingly more difficult to earn money with it and honestly it just... makes me so sad?.. Disclaimer: I do not want you to pity me. I just want to share some thoughts. Some fears, maybe. Some regrets.

I know that I might never be able to make a good fortune by drawing illustrations, because it seems that I was entirely wrong with my priorities? I always wanted to do more: bigger pieces, more characters and hidden details. I wanted my art to tell a story, if possible.

Who could possible know that most of the people will move to mobile devices with small vertical screens, on which wide detailed illustrations with cinematic feel will look the worst?

Who could possible know that the algorythms of the social media would want you to draw MORE yet, somehow, draw less? I could go insane doing the same stuff over and over again: small portraits, halfbodies in the same simplistic style because they look best in instagram or on tumblr mobile app and gather more attention? And they are also faster to make, thus you can please the allmightly algorythm posting every day or two?..

I love my work, I adore doing various things, I love it when one week I work on a traditional art fullbody with a golden halo and the other three weeks - on a digital artwork with a dynamic fighting scene. But gods. How tiring is it to know that the piece you've been working on will get barely any attention, because three-weeks gap in my posting schedule will, for sure, upset the allmighty algorithm.

They say that it is always bad to switch style or a theme, because people get upset and unfollow you once they see something they aren't waiting to see. Different character body type? Unfollowing. Different facial feature? Unfollowing. Different aesthetic? Unfollowing.

Slightly different shading and coloring? Unfollowing.

But variety has key importance to me. I wish to draw characters which are drastically different from each other. I want to experiment. I want to explore. I want a drawing to be a puzzle I will be solving for hours, days, weeks, never getting bored. I do not wish my work to become a rutine to serve the algorithm or even the general public.

I see, like, those commercially succesfull artists, who post every day earning more money per week than I will be ever earning per month. It is all the same story over and over again: conventionally attractive characters. Halfbodies. Pleasant facial expressions: faint smiles, slightly raised eyebrows. Simple pose, 3/4, detailed clothing. Always the same stylistic choises. Always the same aesthetic.

Of course, sometimes they do draw stronger, bigger pieces, they experiment, they search for something new - but mostly secretely. In private. During the free time they earn - by their hard work and dedication.

I... can not afford drawing stuff for myself in my free time. Honestly, I don't have free time either than the time I spend on my trips to hometown - the only moments I could spend with my family. Neither can I draw five similar pieces in a row, because my brain starts to melt like a strawberry sundae?.. Because when I get bored, I lose concentration? Because, I made variety the key feature of my art and this turned out to be the worst decision an artist can make?

Am I just... weak? Am I stupid? Am I unworthy? Am I childish for wanting my job to be fun and entertaining and fulfilling to do?

There's this group chat I am in, and today someone, the succesful artist, said that anyone, who has less than 10K followers are, to say so, a no one? All of a sudden I feel so upset. My day is ruined. I never had 10K anywhere but VK (which is absolutely useless to anyone doing commissions). I never even cared about numbers... I never wanted to be big. Be popular. For most of the time, my biggest wish was to feel... fulfilled? To be happy, be proud of what I am doing?

I feel fulfilled. But I also don't want to starve myself to death. And I certainly feel like if I, one day, will want to have family, I wouldn't be able to make enough money to afford having a child.

Was I... entirely wrong? Did I waste my time chasing phantoms? Is it too late for me? Will I be among those, who might not survive the hard times, at least, as an artist?

#rant #i am at my fucking limit #depressing shit #this user has a fucking midlife crisis or something

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girlrandomstuff · 1 year

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So, this is just me ranting about how much i do not like Anakin and Padme as both couple and individuals, but mostly as a couple. Long post

No hate to anyone who likes them, or for the actors who had play them, nor to George Lucas who created them. Let's start.

1. How they met

So The Phantom Menace starts. Padme is elected Queen of Naboo, and the Trade Federation is attacking the Planet, long story short cuz we all know it already, she has to run away but get stuck in a far planet. There she meets 9yo Anakin who is a slave, he's kinda smart and capable with machines. They help him win a race and the boy is set free but his mother has to stay behind. He's sad cuz he miss his mother and finds a good friend in Padme. Until there all is cool, they are both children.

2. Where their relationship really starts.

10 years had passed. Anakin is 19 and Padme is 24. He's send to protect her. They arrived in Naboo and when Padme is just trying to help with the situation Anakin starts to underestimate her and gets angry every time she shows him he needs her to be a succesful mission, I know he's a jedi and he may be the one to know better about protecting people, but if he really knew better he would know that a person that has live there for years is going to know better than him and he just seems angry and proud and can barely bring himself to admit she knows better than him. Then they get into a picnic and spend a good day just talking and playing, BUT Anakin literally started sharing VERY authoritarian and f*cist views and Padme is just like “you are so funny”. First time Padme ignores Anakin being abussive, or possesive or violent or any other toxic behavior. He kisses her and then a few hours later he literally says to her “I'm in agony for the kiss you should have never given to me” if that's not manipulative behavior i don't know what it is, she tries to tell Anakin to think clear and send him away, but then a few days later, Anakin commits his first massacre of women and children and admited to her all that and she's just like “to be angry is to be human”. She literally saw him in one of his most violent behaviors and just shoved it away. Second time Padme ignores Anakin violent behavior. They leave Tatooine, fight side by side, survived and married each other a few days later. Padme literally marry Anakin just days after he tells her he killed children.

3. The Clone Wars.

They have good moments and they had bad moments. But then a year or two had passed and Padme is helping fighting the war within the senate. Things happens and Clovis comes back to Padme's life. He lies and she believes him. Things scalate and she starts working with Clovis, at this Anakin literally tells her “as your husband I demand”, he may be right about Clovis, he was not one to trust, maybe Padme was wrong, but thinking that cuz you are married to someone you can demand something from the other is just wrong. First time Anakin despites Padme's work. Things gets even worst when Clovis tries to kiss Padme and Anakin walks in the middle of it. He was right to be angry and to get him away from her. BUT what was not right is him going full Vader mode trying to kill him, the moment he hears Padme asking him/them to stop, Anakin points at her and says “YOU DON'T HAVE A SAY IN THIS”, he doesn't care about Padme or protecting her or respecting her, it was about him and his jelousy, it was him, saying “she's mine, you are mine”. He never even asked her if she's right, he even thinks she was part of this, that she was cheating on him. Then Padme tells him a bunch of truths but it's for nothing cuz a few days she forgets everything and forgives Anakin. Third time Padme forgives Anakin toxic behavior.

3. Anakin fall.

So, Anakin is back in Coruscant after being away for a while. Padme waits for him and they reunite. Padme tells him she's pregnant and regardless of what many post says about Anakin smiling when he realizes he's going to be a father, he literally has the worst look ever, he's worried and even upset at what Padme is saying and he only pulls up a smile when he realizes she's looking at him and waiting for his reaction.

Then, they go back home, he gets nightmares about Padme dying, and he is worried about her, of course, any partner would be worried too. But what's not okay is that, he doesn't care about his child, he never thinks about the baby when he's seeing Padme die in childbirth. He only mentions their child until Padme asks him about the baby, and he only answer “I don't know” he doesn't even question himself about them, again, he just cracks a smile and sweet words when he sees Padme worry about the things they talked. Days pass by and Padme asked Anakin to speak to the Chancellor in good faith to stop the war so they can start fixing everything that is bad and Anakin snaps at her with “dont ask me to do that, do it yourself in the senate”, so, he gets to demand but she doesn't get to ask something from him? What a man Anakin Skywalker is. Second time Anakin desdain Padme's work. Sith happens and starts Order 66, he doesn't leave a single soul alive. Not even the children. He comes back fully turned and tells Padme he's leaving on a mission. Obi Wan goes and talk with Padme telling her everything, he literally tells her “Anakin killed children” and she answers “he wouldn't” when she knew he would CUZ ANAKIN LITERALLY TOLD HER HE ALREADY SLAUGHTER CHILDREN BEFORE. Fourth time Padme ignores Anakin violent behavior. She reproches Obi Wan he just wants to kill him like OF COURSE, he had literally massacre in cold blood hundreds of man, women and children, he's fully dark side mode and he's still the most powerful force sensitive being. At this point Anakin deserves to die, he needs to die cuz he could literally bring the entire galaxy down if he wanted and she knows, and still she doesn't care about anyone else but him and her (I mean of course having to accept your husband and father of your unborn children needs to face consecuences for his actions is hard but after all the inocent blood he droped i think any good soul would accept it as hard as it would be).

Then she runs to him, Padme tells Anakin everything Obi Wan told her about him, and he never denied it. So Padme starts yo realizes the true, now she knows it was all true, and even after she knows that Anakin massacre children and his fellow men and women, she stills asks a children-murderer-Sith to “run away with her and HELPS HER TO RAISE THEIR CHILD” who in their sane minds would ask a man who AGAIN, killed children to help her raise their baby? WHO? Fifth time Padme is willing to ignore Anakin's violence. Sith happens and Anakin thinks again she lies and chokes her. No matter what, a healthy couple would never end in one trying to kill the other, NO MATTER WHAT. Anakin choking Padme was just his last violent, toxic and possesive act against her.

Then to conclude everything, she goes into labor and Luke and Leia are born. But she's heart broken for Anakin, she's so heartbroken she doesn't want to live, cuz everything that happened. And for the ones who would say “you can't blame Padme for dying” the medical droid literally said she was fine but she didn't wanted to live anymore. She was more worried about Anakin “wheres Anakin?” than for her child(ren). Her last words are not even for her children, they are for Anakin, she literally believe there was still light in a man who literally had his hands wet with children blood. I do believe Padme didn't really care about her children, she barely gives them names but is never concerned about their wellbeing or anything.

And don't get me wrong, I can understand people losing every sanity they had left after Order 66

Ahsoka was attacked by her own men, men she saw as her brothers, good friends, who fought side by side with her, who help her train, she barely get out alive, and she had to see how all these good men were turned to puppets, had to see how every man died, not even as free men, and it took her 1-2 years to step back into the fight.

Obi Wan same thing, he had to see how men he trusted turned against him and try to kill him, only to come back and see one of the people behind all this crimes is the young man he had trained since he was just a little boy, even with all his pain he is willing to fight Anakin, maybe not kill him cuz he thinks leaving him burned was going to be enough to stop him, but he literally fight him, he has to see how his family was slaughter, how his home was burned down and how his brother betrays him and them all, and it took him 10 years to step back into the fight and overcome his grieve.

Bail Organa, the man saw as the Clones attacked the Jedi Temple, saw it burning, saw how they killed a child as he couldn't do anything to stop it, he saw his life work falling into pieces as he wasn't able to stop it, and he never stoped fighting, the moment he scaped the Temple, he jumps into help any jedi he can find, rescued Yoda and Obi Wan, helps Yoda scape from Darth Sidious, and helps Padme get medical treatment, he jumps in to adopt an orphan baby, and just a couple days later he offers Ahsoka help and comfort. Months pass, years pass and he never quited the fight, he always kept going, he never stoped, even when even a year after Order 66 he still dealing with trauma.

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moneygramhaas · 9 months

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TEA TIME AT TWELVE , clement novalak ┆彡༉‧₊

social media & real life au , clement novalak x fem!oc.

in which, a mutual friend sets up a blind date between clement and freyja, in a (succesful) attempt to play cupid.

“clem, mate you cannot be serious.” marcus’ voice rang through the uncleaned room. “just because it’s the off-season doesn’t mean you can lay around and do nothing all day!” clement novalak had been laying in his room for a week now, the only people he had spoken to for months, even before the formula two season ended, were marcus and james. he had hit an all-time low. but, being the (self-proclaimed) most helpful person on planet earth, marcus was determined to help his friend out of his mental slump.

“you know what? get up and get dressed. you are going on a date clem.” marcus firmly stated in the direction of the formula two driver laying upside-down in front of him. “it’s non-negotiable. she’s expecting a presentable, stable man. not whatever’s going on with you right now.”

before even giving clem a moment to completely understand what was happening, marcus left the room and looked around fir his phone. there was no girl waiting for clem, he made up the date on the spot. but a certain red-headed friend of his owed him a favor. and if he was being honest, he was helping her too.

freyja was tired. she had been going on dates with tasteless, and boring men for months now. marcus knew this, he was her best friend. and he just so happened to know a man leaking with personality, just right for freyja.

freyja was painting in her sunroom when she got the phone call from marcus. her phone buzzed from the table beside her, interrupting her concentration. she sighed and put down her paintbrush, wiping her hands on a cloth as she picked up the phone after seeing marcus’ name on the screen.

“yeah marcus? im a busy woman and you’re interrupting the little time i have for myself.” she said slightly laughing at her sarcasm.

“you know how i’ve always been there for you, right?” marcus replied with a mischievous tone in his voice. “i’ve got a small little favor to ask of you.”

freyja rolled her eyes playfully, “yeah, yeah, i owe you a couple favors. what is it this time?”’

freyja’s eyebrows shot up in surprise. “wait, what? you told him i’m expecting a date? marcus, what are you on?”

“just hear me out,” marcus continued, his tone earnest. “i know you’ve been stuck in your own problem with those boring dates, and i thought maybe you could help each other out. clem’s a great guy, just going through a tough time, and i think you two could hit it off.”

freyja let out a sigh, her skepticism giving way to a hint of intrigue. “okay, marcus, i’ll play along. but you owe me big time for this.”

marcus chuckled. “you’re the best, freyja. i’ll send you his phone number.”

freyja shook her head, a small smile peering through her lips as she hung up the phone.

clement and freyja continued their conversation through imessage for the rest of their lunch. it looked quite awkward to anyone passing by. their heads were bent over their phones, fingers tapping away as they exchanged thoughts, jokes, and emojis. the cafe was completely silent around them, clinking cutlery from the little staff working there.

eventually, the pair paid their bill and left the cafe, deciding to get ice cream after then call it a day. the sun had perfectly set that afternoon, creating the perfect golden hour. and what kind of people would clement and freyja have been if they didn’t stop to take photos?

after taking their photos they went on, walking along the streets and doing the most unimaginable things for people who had just met. they parted ways once they reached freyja's apartment, talking about the great time they had and how they should do it once more.

VIENNA SPEAKS so uh idk its very very veeeeery short but idk i haven't posted in a while and @lomlando wanted me to post so here it is ig..?

anyways i still hate cl*m and the french so no more french people fics from me for a million trillion gazillion years

#moneygramhaas #formula 2 x reader #formula 2 imagine #formula 2 #f2 imagine #f2 fanfic #f2 x reader #f2 2023 #f2 #clement novalak #clement novalak x reader #screaming meals #marcus armstong #lando norris #f2 x you #f2 x y/n

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dandelionh3art · 2 months

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Putin tells a group of Jewish Rabbies that 80-85% of the Bolsheviks were Jewish and behind the largest genocide in history.

No wonder Hollywood, mainstream media and our corrupt political leaders says:

"Putin is worse than Hitler".

They are really afraid of collective punishment.

Classic example of "projection".

Lucky for the Jews, and deservedly so for all the innocent Jews, Putin is an Orthodox Christian, so his faith is based on love, compassion, forgiveness, truth and due process,

i.e. only the guilty can be punished.

Collective punishment of all Jews is NOT a Christian thing to do.

That on the other hand has been the Global Order since the genocide on German civilians from 1945-1949 when 15 Mio mainly innocent German civilians were genocided in accordance with

the Morganthau Plan,

the Hooton Plan,

the Coudenhove-Kalergi plan,

Theodore Kauffmans book "Germany Must Perish,

"What to do with Germany" by Louis Nizer

and many other Jewish genocidal plans of collective punishment of unruly Goyims.

Meanwhile not a single genocidal German plan has been found, not even a single statement from a German politician or scholar that all jews should be genocided. Another example of projection, maybe the biggest example in human history and certainly the most succesful one, that has managed to traumatize millions of white Christian people to accept being discriminated against in their own countries.

We have seen the Collective Punishment play out in every war since the Talmud followers took charge of the USA in 1945.

We have seen it in the war against North Korea where every major city was totally levelled like all major cities were in Germany.

We have seen collective punishment of civilians in Vietnam with agent Orange and multiple of other countries.

"We came we saw he died" said Hillary Clinton mockingly about the bestial murder of the in Libya beloved Gaddafi.

"There are 90% collateral damage" said Obama about the percentage of civilian causalties in their carpet bombing campaigns against Israels perceved enemies.

"More than half a million Iraqi children have died, was it worth it?" a journalist asked Jewish Secretary of State Madeleine Albright in 1991.

"We think it is a high price to say, but worth it", she answered while licking her lips (literally).

All global policies are based on collective punishment "for the greater good" of course, backed up by "narratives" aka momentous lies spewed out by our corrupt media and repeated ad nauseam by our politicians and "experts".

You all have to wear a mask, not to kill grand ma.

You all have to take the vax, not to kill grand ma.

You all have to pay the Globalists USD 50 trillion, so they somehow can "save the planet". They will then use that money to enrich themselves while paying out a tiny fraction to their deeply corrupt political leaders, journalists and lying through their teeth "experts".

You have to spend your taxes and money creation on wars against Israels enemies, otherwise the terrorists will come and get you. They then use the war to launder money and traffic children.

And lastly if anyone is in ANY doubt, that the world is run by satan worshipping Talmud followers who believe in hate, revenge, "narratives" instead of truth and collective punishment, then all you have to do is watch what they are doing to the Palestinian people in Gaza, based on a false flag operation October 7th where they had foreknowledge of the attack, opened the borders 15 places, stood down for 7 hours, then invoked the Hannibal Directive and shot to kill everyone, Israeli hostage or Palestinian a like, then told lies about 40 beheaded babies and rapes, none of which, none, have been corroborated by actual evidence.

It is such a horrendous collective punishment taking place in Gaza, where people are murdered on an industrial scale, including killing babies in incubators (literally), that even the globalist controlled and corrupt UN and ICJ have to come out reluctantly and admit that Israel is conducting a genocide.

Now it is time for action from UN, ICJ and the global community and the people

Time to

SEPARATE SYNAGOGUE and STATE

No more Talmud World Order

We need a Christian World in the Christian nations, likewise Muslim, Hindu and Buddhist in their countries based on

love, compassion, forgiveness, truth and due process.

We Will Win

110 will happen for sure

Palestine will be free.

Palestine will be a country without apartheid.

And once the Palestinians have defeated the Talmud following government presently in Israel, the Talmud following World Order will totally collapse worldwide.

All thanks to the heroes in Palestine.

May their God Bless them

#educate yourself #wake up #palestine

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theflyingfeeling · 3 months

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re: the discussion around today's Iltalehti interview with Joel and Niko reminded me of this one BC fic idea I've had in my drafts since summer 2021 (it's probably my 2nd ever BC fic idea after the one that ended up being my first ever BC fic), and yeah I know the connection is not clear lol it's clear in my head though just trust me with this one alright:

the story would be set 5 years after the band broke up because Niko left to start a solo career as a rap artist (don't laugh, it might happen!)

there was some major drama behind it (what kind? don't ask me lol) and he's absolutely miserable in case you're wondering

Joel is taking it hard because all his rock star dreams were completely crushed within 24 hours (still don't know how it all went down so don't ask; suggestions are welcome)

he tried to keep the band going but none of the other guys were passionate about it anymore because "it's just not the same without Niko"

starting a new band wasn't an option either because no matter what Joel did, people would never stop talking about the drama of the band break-up

so he gets drunk with Joonas every night

Joonas isn't any better than Joel tbh because besides the band break-up there was also a boyfriend break-up since Joonas and Niko were secretly gay in love

Aleksi went back to being a successful DJ/producer and is doing pretty fine

he is also the only one still (secretly) in touch with Niko

Olli is unemployed because he doesn't really know what to do with his life without the band because that was like his whole identity?

he's dealing with it slightly better though than J&J (not developing a drinking habit)

Tommi owns a music shop and employed Olli for a while but had to give him up because the business wasn't succesful enough for him to be able to pay Olli's salary

after being sacked, Olli couldn't pay his rent anymore and moved in with Aleksi

they share the bed most nights 🥺 Olli's excuses turn more bizarre night by night (e.g. the radiator's not working so he's cold, there's a weird noise keeping him awake, they watched a horror film right before bedtime and he's creeped out etc.) but Aleksi doesn't mind and they start slowly falling in love

Joonas and Joel also share a bed from time to time (platonically when they're sad enough, or when they pass out from being drunk enough)

Tommi also has a fiancée (+ a baby on the way?), the guys hang out at his music shop regularly

in the first scene of the fic, Aleksi, Olli and Tommi are gathered at the shop (Joel is ??? idk where and Joonas arrives later) and someone's reading a gossip magazine and there's an article about Niko being spotted/getting engaged with "the hottest pop star of the century" and as Joonas arrives they try to hide the magazine from him but eventually he reads it anyway

later that evening they all go out clubbing (an album release party for a friend's band?) and suddenly Niko arrives with his new posse

none of them (minus Aleksi) have seen him irl since the break-up so drama ensues

Joonas and Niko briefly exchange a few bitter (on Joonas' part) words as he's outside having a smoke and Niko follows him (they don't even look each other in the eyes)

...and that's all I ever managed for this AU 😅 surely there'll be a happy ending of some kind, but I never decided whether it's about the band getting back together or to just reconcile with Niko and leave the door open for maybe one day making music again 🥺

#not me trying to distract myself from that talk by imagining fake scenarios like this #no i don't want to talk about it lol #i can talk about fictional scenarios for band break-up/hiatus though!#(olli and aleksi fall in love in all of them)#blind channel rpf

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blackfairy312 · 2 days

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If each of them had 3 wishes to be granted, what would they wish for? How messy or neat is their rooms?(fnac3)

🔥OH BOY the Bedroom Question .. this is funn y to me bc i remember once another host of ours (Amia) went on a THREE HOUR RANT ABOUT THE BEDROOM DESIGNS IN PROJECT SEKAI AND HOW THEY DIDNT REFLECT THE CHARACTERS PERSONALITIES EXCEPT FOR LIKE TWO OF THEM and the idea that crafting the bedroom of a character is like one of the most important things to do because a person's bedroom reflects who they are . I mean our bedroom has a LOT of personality lol (posters and figurines everywhre...)

ahem but Yeah so the Three Wishes thing first ;

Vincent/Puppeteer - 'succesful actor' wouldnt be one of his wishes bc he wants to WORK for that . it wouldnt be 'win over Komi' either. his wishes wouldnt involve anything he'd GAIN or OWN since he believes he can do that himself. so his three wishes wiuld be PRAYING ON THE DOWNFALL OF OTHERS. like maybe he'd wish for Antonio to never succeed in the acting industry. thats one example. he doesnt have a whole list ready to use .

Antonio/Rat Actor - his first wish would immedietly be "to ensure my siblings end up living happy, successful, long lives" becayse he loves his siblings !!! his other wishes would probably be like, "legalize weed everywhere" or "free healthcare all over the world" but the first one is the most importatnt to him

Richard/Cat Actor - he's so simple-minded his wishes would be like "Have muscles" "Be rich" "Have super powers" and whoever is granting his wish would be like Uhm can you be less Vague...? and he's be like "Huh?"

Komi/The Pianist - she's immortal and can do almost anything So she'd use her wishes on like, food. depends on her mood when the opprotunity is given to her lol 😭

okay the Bedroom Question ...

Vincent's bedroom is organized like his thoughts (sort of) . hes got a few movie posters on the wall, some framed photographs of his achviements throughout his life (graduation, school and college plays, short films he worked on... etc). his bedspread has a plaid pattern with a blue and black color scheme. helikes the color blue lol. he has a spot he puts his Puppeteer costume and Vinnie every night before he goes to bed . his shoes have a shelf like those things at the mcdonalds play placce (idk i never owned one). his room smells like vanilla.

Richard has a basic ass bedroom because idk Okay maybe he has ome sports posters up and a signed poster from a sports player he likes (male) and he claims its for 'motivation' or sometjoing (hes gay)

Antonio's room is very disorganized . his clothes are eberuywhere, he has unpaid bills all over the place, alchohol bottles ... a reflection of his mental state . he's got pictures of his family on his dresser, and a few self help books. despite the mess he KNOWS wheer everythng is (like me lol)

Komi's room looks like this

#🔥posting #five nights at candy's #oc x canon #fnac 3 #fnac au #puppeteer fnac #fnac vinnie #self insert x canon #cat actor fnac 3 #rat actor fnac 3

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invui · 2 years

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yin. remember the "when aruji-sama gives them their phone" heaccanon? can i request you on making one. of course, with the number and butler of your choice^^/

when master gives them their phone

why would i forget my very first hcs that i posted on this blog? i wrote this whole thing in 2 hours and the majority of it was trying to figure out a new layout so yay.

✧ ━ MIYAJI OLDIA

✦ this old man would be stuck on the camera app wondering on how the hell this works, he even accidentally burst shot his face like 20 times as he was figuring out how to take a video.

✦ he might’ve also stumbled across your photo gallery which he immediately left because he thought he was invading your privacy. in fact — he thought he was invading your privacy when you offered him your phone, he declined at first but accepted it since you kept insisting him even if you weren’t sure about this decision.

✦ after watching him struggle with literally the most simplest feature on your phone, you decided to lessen his trivial sorrow and asked him if he wanted to take a photo with the both of you in it — but uh oh, it seems like he managed to sneak in about 2 photos of you watching miyaji with genuine pity on your face.

✦ you were completely stunned by this sudden surprise but you couldn’t help but giggle at miyaji’s face while he was secretly doing it. this man’s eyes were squinting as if he had looked straight into the sun.

✦ after his succesful learning experience with the camera app, what’s a better fitting app that would catch his eye? the spotify (or insert any other music app) app of course!! if he finds out you don’t have spotify premium, he’s going to think the ads are really short songs and makes a mental of note that it’s the type of music you like listening toTT

✦ this is also an entrance for miyaji to find out what modern music is really like in your world. oh, you listen to mitski? miyaji will say that’s the equivalent to beethoven in his world. (lol)

✦ miyaji would try his best to find your playlists appealing even if he doesn’t like it. you would be nervous of him listening to your spotify because he is listening to it very intently with a serious expression on his face.

✦ after he’s done with his little modern music exploration, he’ll give your phone back with a smile on his face.

“Your taste in music surely does remind me of you.”

✧ ━ LATO BACCA

✦ were you asking for a death wish? maybe you were but the butlers were going to experience having a coded metal board thing that is widely used around the modern world sooner or later.

✦ the first thing lato does is to throw your phone, making you enter a panicked state of mind. well, he doesn’t technically throw your phone, he just questions himself out loud.

“Should I or should I not throw this across the room?”

✦ with you having to confiscate the phone from lato and having to set some boundaries, you give it back to him and watch him start to navigate your phone screen but he’ll accidentally close your phone due to his rather hard grip on it.

✦ lato would turn his head to look at you and directly ask for your password, maybe even with kitty eyes to convince you more.

✦ you tell him your password (or you just snatched it away from him and inputted your password) and lato is back to square one with the navigation screen.

✦ lato then proceeds to turn it off again and gives your phone back with a closed-eyed smile

“That’s enough for today, hm?”

✧ ━ FLURE GARCIA

✦ he accepted your offer despite being nervous himself even though it should be you who’s the most anxious between the both of you.

✦ his nervousness would end by hearing that you’ll show him photos of you wearing different clothes. flure has never been so excited in his life to be seeing someone’s clothes on a foreign gadget, especially if it was his master! with this, he gets to understand your fashion sense a bit more so he could make clothes that you would personally like.

✦ his eyes would shine brighter than the stars when he sees your self portraits and it makes you smile yourself seeing flure so mesmerized, well he has changed his expression into a disgusting one when he sees a photo of you he dislikes.

✦ this boy would be even happier when you offer to print these photos as references. how could he say no to this? it’s better than having to do it by memory that’s for sure.

✦ the both of you would just be stuck together talking about your favorite outfits while flure is taking mental notes of this, he’s already thinking of new designs to make inside of his head with new inspirations appearing from left to right.

“I promise to make you a new outfit when I get references!”

#akuneko #devil butler with black cat #あくねこ #miyaji oldia x reader #miyaji oldia #flure garcia #flure garcia x reader #lato bacca #lato bacca x reader #akuneko x reader

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xeiqua · 2 years

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Some of you don't know how insane i was over Permadeath and don't even know what it is so...

I think Permadeath would've been super popular and succesful in the english minecraft youtuber/twitch community man.

Permadeath was a minecraft server event very well known in the hispanic minecraft community created by one of the most popular hispanic mcyt, his name is ElRichMC and he is also kinda well known in the english community since he has alot of connections with people there ^__^

Basically, it was placed in a Hardcore server and every 10 days they would update the server and add new stuff that would be a new challenge to the player!

They added new items (around that time netherite wasn't introduced yet, so when it got announced they used leather armor to have the same effect it WAS MORE COMPLICATE THEN THAT THOUGH), they would also use the already known mobs in the game and made them OP or more dangerous and even a whole new dimension with its own designed constructions at one point!

Every played had to try and survive for 100 whole days, if you didn't play for more then 9 days you would get kicked too, sadly, the last person alive died in day 60, which at that point it was IMPOSSIBLE TO PLAY.

(Check this video, this was the last player alive, iLuh, moments before he died, all the buttons around his base were to avoid mobs spawning, charged creepers were a constant danger which by the way they were invisible too, he uses invisible bottles in the video to avoid beeing seen by other mobs that could spawn and you can see he has only 4 hearts, if i remember correctly its because hearts were craftable with quite expensive materials, he has a totem too and there was a probability that it wouldn't work when used, he dies instantly as drowning because they updated it so it takes insane amount of damage being underwater)

Yeah it sounds like TO MUCH and it was! but keep in mind this was the first try of Rich to make Permadeath a reality, so it could be considered more of a test then anything and it's been two years now, so there is still maybe a possibility of Permadeath coming back in less then a few years (that if, Rich wants to and can, THAT GUY IS INSANE IN HIS PROJECTS)

I was SOOO INSANE OVER PERMADEATH PLEASE ASK ME ABOUT PERMADEATH I LOVE PERMADEATH!!! there was alot of insane updates too so i can talk for hours about that

I was hyperfixated on it for awhile, the guy i watched was EsVandal and he was of the last 10 players to die. sadly he has no videos or VODs saved it makes me very sad but i loved it.

#I FEEL INSANE IM SO SORRY #ok but actually. some of You i Know you wouldve loved it #sadly it was Mostly exclusively streamed in twitch #and that was 2 years ago so there is not alot of VODs which is very sad #there is a few youtube videos from other members though!#😺

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friendlyneighbourhoodoccultist · 2 years

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Today we went for a walk. We first tried to drive somewhere farther away to find places no one hasn’t been, but there was mostly nettles growing and some wild raspberries. Our second location choice was a forest near out apartment. Maybe 1km walk. It had a lake for swimming and there was a walking path around it. We decided not to swim but take the walk.

The beginning of the trip was succesful! I had my plasticbags with me and collected feather and trash from the ground. I’ll be later posting advices for feather cleaning but collecting trash from nature is easy way to thank the nature. Especially if you’re out there looking for something to pick, like we were.

I’m not very into herbs or flowers, I was there to find bones and feathers. I did found feathers and one bone which I’m not sure yet if it was just something a dog had lost. I’m currently cleaning it so we’ll find out soon. The bone seems so far too hard for a dog to have as a snack but I’ll update you later.

My spouse on the other hand, is very much into herbs, berries, flowers, trees etc. And they had taken a book with them so they can recognize the herbs they want to pick. We spend over 2 hours in that short walk because they found wild raspberries, wild blueberries, wild roses, some mushrooms, and flowers they wanna use as a sacrafice for their deities.

We even saw this little hole under one tree and there was a mushroom growing looking like a little table for a little fairy. We decided to leave a blueberry as an offering. Also simple way to thank the nature for it’s gifts.

Just a quick update for now. I’ll share our diys, spells, cleaning, offerings etc. Later when we have gotten into it more!

#friendly neighbourhood occultist #occultist #occult #wicca #witch #forest #wild blueberries #wild raspberries #spells #deities #witchcraft #cottage core #cottage witch #swamp witch #bones #animal bones #berries #thank the nature

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Having watched the film 3 times my unpopular opinion that this film should have been marketed as a romcom and had a rating of pg-13. That scene with Z and the boys in the bed is so funny as oppose to deeply erotic and that would've have allowed most of her fanbase to go see the film because most cabt see r rated films. Like, if they had took out the Patrick lockeroom scene, it would have been pg-13.

I went with friends, and since I've read forums, and concluded that their opinions were unenthusiastic about the movie due to the leads being unknown and for most unattractive, which is crazy to me, and the lack of sexy scenes. Most ppl thought the movie was going to be deeply erotic and were not amused it wasn't.

Not to compare her to Sydney, but Sydney's fanbase is mainly men and young women. She has done nude scenes and sex scenes, and most ppl want to see her films because of it. I love Z, but I don't think she understands she has a large fanbase who isn't of age to watch her stuff or mainly know her from Disney and Spiderman. I even asked ppl who have watched Dune if they rate her performance higher than those role. I think that because that level of scifi is niche, but they still compare her performance as MJ as something they like or prefer. Euphoria is very popular online, but where I'm from, it's not something ppl watch. Like most ppl would watch Emily in Paris or Bridgerton because it's lighthearted and the characters are likeable. I know she wants to do darker roles and can cause her emmy-winning portrayal of Rue, but most of the gp loves her due to her down to earth appearance because she's nice and jovial. Perhaps a role where she plays a character than leans into her skills as a singer and fashionable person would be ideal. I hope it doesn't come across like she can't do darker and unlikeable roles. It's just niche in this current climate. It's why Succesion, although a critical acclaim show, had a low rating throughout Istanbul runtime because ppl don't like unlikeable characters.

It's hard to sell a film where given the thin premise and largely only 3 characters, this film indeed would have been better at 90 minutes rather than 2 hours. Again, I love long, although films, but I'm aware I'm the minority. Most ppl are not film geeks. They prefer blue-collar stories to relate to.

But I think this lends to a question...are people supposed to making movies based on what gets the greatest box office return and what makes the most money or based on the kind of movie they want to make? Because taking Z out of the equation, making Challengers a rom com is not Luca's speed. I don't think you're going to get Luca Guadagnino to make a PG-13 rom com, and I've got nothing against rom coms but it seems like you're saying the movie should have been a thing that's different from what it was meant to be, which then makes it an entirely different movie

Also the film is generally well received...so I'm not sure I totally get all of it. If they made the changes you or your friends want then likely a lot of the people that loved it would no longer love it. I get film is subjective so it's cool if certain things didn't vibe for you or your friends, but I don't think we can pretend that the movie also did work for a lot of people on many levels.

I also think as someone mentioned yesterday, I'm not sure cutting out one or two scenes would get them a PG-13 though just because cursing more than an at minimum amount still gets you an R rating, but I'm not sure on that one.

Also whether one likes Challengers or not, or thinks it's a good movie or not, or even if they like Z as an actress or not, I don't necessarily think it's her responsibility to only stick with making movies that her fans can see. First I'd argue most of the generations that grew up with her on Disney are now over 18. Maybe not the ones from Spidey or ones catching her in reruns.

But I also think it comes back to, are studios making movies by number to get the highest possible box office or are we letting directors and filmmakers tell the stories they want to tell--for me the answer is somewhere in the middle because I get the bottom line matters, but I also suspect had Z never gotten involved with Challengers, this movie would have been made mostly for art house crowds. It only got a wide release because of Z's fame.

I definitely think this is a niche film, as is Euphoria despite it's popularity, but I'm not sure I think any actor or actress should feel confined to only take a small variety of roles so as to maximize box office.

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DF Fanfic: A Sweet Victory

WARNING: STUFFING HUMOR AND FEEDERISM CONTENT AHEAD. VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED.

It was another succesful(if long) Mogloween for the Cauldron Sisters. The day was saved by (DF HERO), the people of lore trick-or-treated to their hearts content, and the Maskmaker sold as many masks as ever. But there still was one Gorrilaphant in the room that needed to be addressed.

"Um, I don't mean to rain on your parade,..." Bubble sheepishly stated. "But what do you want to do with this leftover candy?"

Toil and Trouble paused for a moment, and looked at the massive mound of candy that they prepared. Due to all of the commotion that year, they weren't able to sell nearly as much candy as they prepared.

"Oh..." Trouble muttered in dismay. "I was worried this would happen."

"Okay Myx, any ideas for how to get rid of all this?" asked Toil.

"Hmm....." Myx pondered for a bit. He honestly had no idea what to say. He knew it'd be a bad idea to dump it in Doomwood, and the Void wasn't a much better option considering how much trouble it'd be to open a portal to it.

"Maybe we keep it?" Myx finally proposed. "After all, you girls have worked yourself to the bone this year. It'd be a shame to waste it."

"That's... actually a pretty good idea Myx" added Trouble. Admittedly, she had worked up quite the appetite from this year's kerfuffle, so she was more than happy to have something to snack on.

"You say that like it's a surprise..." Myx muttered to himself "I have good ideas sometimes."

"Hold on a sec!" Toil asserted loudly. "How are we going to keep it from spoiling? There's no-"

But before she could finish, her stomach let out a loud rumble, almost as if it wasn't gonna hear any mention of throwing away the mound of leftover candy.

"Hehe, you were saying Toil?" Trouble teased.

"Oh hush, you!" exclaimed Toil, embarrassed by her tummy's outburst. "You know full well that it'll spoil before we can eat it all!"

But while Toil was talking, another loud roar from a hungry belly could be heard. It belonged to Trouble, who began to eye the candy hungrily.

"Um, Trouble?" Bubble and Toil asked worryingly.

Before they could say anything else, Trouble took one of the candies and popped it into her mouth. The taste captivated her in a way that no other batch had before. Before she knew it she started shoving piece after piece of it into her mouth.

As Bubble looked on in horror and confusion, Toil's mind started to wander. Trouble was usually the last to snack on the candy after Mogloween was over. Was it really that good?

Soon enough, her stomach started rumbling even louder than before. "I guess one small piece wouldn't hurt." Toil thought to herself.

As she put the piece in her mouth, she began to feel the same flavor sensation as her sister. How was this candy so good? Without hesitation, she crammed two huge handfuls of the delicious concoction in her mouth.

As Myx and Bubble watched the two of them mindlessly gorging themselves on the mound of sweets, they wondered whether they should say something. Instead, they both decided to leave and let the scene unfold. "After all," they both thought. "they must've been REALLY hungry!"

After a good few hours of Toil and Trouble shoveling pound after pound of the sweet mound into their gullets, their efforts finally made all of the candy disappear. The two of them slid to the ground with a moan

"Uggh, why did we think that was a good idea?" Toil groaned loudly. The other thing that groaned loudly and constantly was her distended belly, jutting in front of her like a balloon. She was so full she felt like the candy was in her lungs!

"You're assuming we were thinking at all" Trouble chuckled, before clenching her overstuffed belly. As delicious as the candy was, she was sincerely glad that there wasn't anymore, as she felt like her gut would likely pop if she had even one more piece!

As the two sisters huffed and puffed from how engorged they both were, they both shared a look, and the same thought occurred to them both. "Maybe this year's batch was too big."

#dragonfable #df fanfic #belly expansion #wg #stuffing

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minseoksheaux · 8 months

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Missing Tattsun hours, but like, in an angry way

(If I had all that money I spent on his ass that he turned around and spent on L**A and their makeup sex baby, maybe I'd be richer, lmao. If I never pursued Japanese to understand him better, maybe I'd be a succesful music teacher rn... If I never went to Japan, maybe I'd be content with where I am now. Better yet, if OLDCODEX hadn't saved my life, maybe I wouldn't even be here suffering anymore.)

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mariolandavid · 1 year

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Seoul pt 1

Incheon Airport was mega. There's a Mag Lev train for Christ's sake. Even having a doctor shove 10cm of covid test straight into my brain didn't dim my childish amazement at the FLYING MAGNET TRAIN as you clear security and check in. Picking up our sims we got... the boring train instead (it was faster). I delved into CU later's INCREDIBLE weird snack selection and off we went to the L7 in Myeongdong.

A small note, having a Korean number is SUPER important for things like taxis, maps, tickets, covid results etc... just get one.

The L7 is a pretty trendy place. It's inexplicably yellow. Like wandering into a beehive. This seems a deliberate choice, but there's room for doubt that maybe someone just liked yellow a lot but there's no real theme to the chaos energy. There is one elevator servicing the laundry room, which is thus, the busiest elevator in the building, but also the one nearest the entryway and therefore the one that every staff member puts all guests into as they arrive. This lift therefore poses an enormous fire risk, logistical blockade on the building and could be replaced by a climbing wall and most guests would reach their destination faster.

The hotel staff soon fell for our charming recent engagement story (suckers) and upgraded us to a better room complete with.... a window! As modern city hotels in vibey districts go. This place was a bit of us and had laundry, comfy beds, good toiletries and an awesome location. It comes recommend unless you don't like the colour yellow in which case I would not wish the PTSD on you of staying here.

South Korea has a unique sound. The hustle and bustle of Tokyo rush-hour, melifluous friendly music celebrating every succesful train journey, a happy anime yelp as some cute cartoon character makes a quite serious announcement on a public address. Much like it's Japanese neighbour you can see a vibrant modern metropolis littered with historic pockets of an ancient people. Buddhist temples, Joseon village buildings. Ancient palaces. They all accent this futuristic place in a unique and special way with a grounding in a deep ocean of cultural character.

Of course they've got their own unique quirks. Your usual go to tour guide, Google Maps, isn't gonna be of help here. South Korea refuse to share information with the global tech giant due to the threat posed by North Korea. Open it up and it's pretty useless (Kakao maps is the local alternative), which is a small price to pay really for reduced anxiety of North Korean tunnel armies or nukes.

Look around, you'll see photobooths on every corner, a clear venerating respect for the elderly and an odd taboo about having your shoulders on display. Korea looms large on the cultural global stage. K-Pop and K-Drama are surging everywhere; their stars' shining made up and perfectly dentured faces on every billboard, mainly unrecognisable to the majority of westeners, even if their popularity is growing. Male cosmetics are much more normal here. Son Heung Min sponsors nearly everything. It's unique and rich and it's not imitating another culture; it truly wears its own face. Seoul is at the vanguard of South Korean culture and that's a special place to be right now.

We arrived on the weekend of Choseuk. A time when Koreans go to their home villages, celebrate the harvest festival & visit the graves of their ancestors. Think US Thanksgiving without the parades. It meant for us, that we were treated to a huge influx of Koreans wandering the streets in traditional old Hanbok garb staging the best photos they can on ancient street houses - it felt like stepping back in time to the 16th century, but with more selfie sticks.

Wandering around this old but vibrant piece of Seoul, we stopped into Twosome place (Starbucks impersonator) for some egg sandos, before taking the walk down Cheonggyechon, an amazing project reclaiming an old highway and turning it into a stream. There's now a walking and jogging paths, fountains and korean mosaic imagery decorating its banks as it runs down the heart of the city. Instead of a disused road track, it's a wonderful regeneration project for the city allowing exercise and a piece of relaxing nature to perk up your city stroll.

We took our first trip to a Korean photobooth. When I say photobooth, please don't picture the sorry cabin you put £6 into in the trains tation to renew your passport. These places are meccas to vanity and creativity in equal measure. Chests of props, mirrors, straighteners, adjustable lighting, filters, seats, they have EVERYTHING to make professional photos in these buildings. And there are LOADS of them. If you're in a student area, or an area with a lot of young professionals, you will see a photo booth every 2nd or 3rd street. The demand for these is astonishing. We took a few snaps which formed the bedrock of our plan to announce our engagement in the most weaabbo (or Korean equivalent) manner possible. Eventually we'd go to these photobooths every day to do this... We are who we are.

You can't go to Korea and think of food without at some point coming across K-BBQ. It's a phenomenon. Come together with a family, sear some delicious fatty pork, nibble on a never ending array of pickles, eggs, chillis and vegetables from your Bonchon. Shout and cheers the night away with family, friends and Soju. Whats not to love? We went to 853, the kind of place where you put your name down on a piece of paper and waited for that sweet porky hit.

One of the first things you notice, is that K-BBQ is not a solo dining experience. One poor misguided Yank made his way into the establishment, blundered his way through the menu and turned quizzically to his server: "what do you guys have for one person?", the answer, was a shrug. These places are made for feasting with a group. Exquisite pork, veg and sides that you cook at your table, the experience and the taste stick with you in a smoky delilcious gochujang enhanced haze. Pork cheek melts in the mouth, steamed egg wobbles delicately like a sesame infused jelly. Pickled Radish cleans your palate and gets you ready to do it all again. It's a experience bordering on the religious. But you would need a couple stomachs to go it alone

Sated (for days) we found our way back to the hotel orientating ourselves via a sinister looking building in the centre of town that cannot have been built for any other reasons than for the final battle with the Incredibles. We had another big food day at Gwangjang market to look forward to and needed to digest

You'll notice a theme in Korea. The food is central to what's going on. There's always a hip new place, a cool new dish, a new take on a classic. You won't struggle to east. Gwangjang market was a short walk from Myeongdong and had the city's most traditional foods on show rather than anything crazily avant garde. I was PUMPED. We made a necessary stop CU, the 7-11 rival for some of Korea's now intensely Tik Tok famous iced drinks. Buy a cup of ice, a plastic pouch, pour and enjoy an ice coffee. So simple, I cannot understand why every hot country in the world doesn't have these.

Strolling up to Gwangjang you see a huge corridor of stalls. People milling back and forth to sample their favourites, lots sitting down at each stall taking little bites or big whole plates, again, almost always in groups. The biggest new wave international stuff tends to hang around the outside of the market. The centre is primed for the old favourites. Tteok-bokki (rice dumplings), Bindaetteok (mung bean pancakes), Japchae (sweet potato noodles) and, in this place, Ssamjang. Or. Still living Octopus salad.

Eating the Octopus was an experience. It's unlikely, unless you are feral, that you've ever had a meal try to climb out of your mouth again. The peculiar stick and unstick of the little sucker tentacles on your mouth gives this a textural level you won't find in Pret. Drenched with salty sesame and fishy goodness, the salad is genuinely enjoyable, if not for the squeamish though like most meals, its a lot for one person.

GwangJang is a food mecca. We gorged ourselves on everything to the point that Mariola proposed something called a MukBang to me. Being concerned this was an off menu McDonalds item and being appropriately appalled at having Mcdonalds suggested right now, she hastily explained the Korean phenomenon of girls eating astonishing and disgusting volumes of messy food on their own late at night and then filming the results on YouTube. Like I said, Korea wears its own face, even if that face is engorged by some sort of Frankenstein Lasagne.

We waddled across town to the Royal Tombs of the Joseun dynasty, the royal family of Korea from 1392 up until the beginnings of the 20th Century, where you see the roots of Korea's veneration of the elderly. Not only did Koreans used to engage in a 3 year national mourning period on the death of a monarch (and you thought the Queue was bad), death didn't even stop it. There's a whole stone pathway in the tombs that is built exclusively for the use of ghosts. The Joseon dynasty is effectively the family responsible for Korea's language and much of their societal norms and traditions. They were a big deal.

Not as big a deal to some of us however as Psy. Because a short tube hop over from the Joseun burial temple was the Gangnam district. Gang (river) and Nam (south) just telling you where to go to get here, the whole place is a hilly, mega rich, mega trendy suburb that supplies a disproportionate number of the super rich, super educated of South Korean society. There's plenty of chat in the local news about how Seoul's biggest university, the best schools, top finance jobs and everything inbetween seen as 'elite' is dominated by people from Gangnam. It's cultural impact is huge too. You know about it from Gangam style (even if Psy is just taking the piss out of people from there) and if you want to see 'modern Korea' at its best, it really is around here to see it. Hundreds of cool restaurants and awesome shops punctuate the place and everyone oozes a kind of style that's cool and stinks of a lot of money to boot.

It's home to a monument to the popular song (4.5 billion views and counting) and the stunning Starfield complex. What looks like a library, book shop hybrid built into a (surprise surprise) monolithic shopping mall. As you walk down its halls, towering bookshelves on either side, you'll spot another curious phenomenon of Korea. Napping.

Students bring their full kit out for the day including pillows and maybe a spare 50k won to rent out a nap pod. Sleeping in public is really quite normal in South Korea and you'll probably just see someone having a kip in any district if you look hard enough. Some cafes specialise, some bookshops do, the ubiquitious Ryan and his Kakao friends sell a lot of nap paraphenalia as well as being intensely Korean (read, small and cute) in everthing they sell, they really encourage you getting your 8 hours.

A hard long day done, we wanted to try out Korea's other famous food export. KFC (not the Kentucky one) and found one of the local most famous spots, a less than simple job given the lack of Google map reviews in Korea.. but I love fried chicken. I have standing catch up dates with at least 3 old friends that are based around us seeing each other periodically and having fried chicken. I was not missing this.

We ended up at a cool basic joint. Two two chicken, unfortunately given that it was the holidays, this place was mainly empty. We couldn''t look out for the usual "grading signs" of a fried chicken spot (is it filled with fat old men? It's a good fried chicken joint). We here began our first, but not last, serious battle with the language barrier. In Korea, Google translate is a real saviour, because English is not widely spoken. At this particular restaurant, as well as not speaking English, we think the waitress may well have been teetering dangerously close to being legally blind. We pointed and gesticulated as well as repeating the order over Google Translate several times. Her response was pointing to a page which we had not even looked at on the menu, let alone thought we had stumbled across the Korean words to order. Her cheerful smile never disappated as we pointed to what we had ordered and tried to correct the situation, watching the words wash over her like a wam bath we sat back into our chairs and waited for our fried chicken to arrive.

As she returned with a pair of kitchen scissors and a plate of sausages, we realised something had gone wrong. At this point we grabbed the other guy in the restaurant, who, while no more fluent in English, was at least blessed with working eyesight. Through a combination of translate and pointing the mistake was fixed, the waitress was unfortunately berated by the other man for wasting sausages, and our correct order. The most garlic laden chicken wings I have ever been in the presence of, arrived. This wasn't garlic sauce, this was a full 40 cloves of garlic macerated to a pulp and poured over chicken. This would have looked like Nuclear waste to a vampire. And it was glorious.

We had however ordered, perhaps a bit too much, as each portion of chicken was probably enough to share, but we had ordered effectively enough for 4 people along with "assorted potato" as a side and dropped the equivalent of £40 on a fried chicken dinner, which was some going. I could barely move by the end, but I went to bed a happy man.

That's it for Seoul Pt 1... more to come

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n1ghtw1ng-scp · 2 years

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yes. Night's introduction

okay so basically ignore most of this now bc she is very much updated and i'm too lazy to type it. dont read this its outdated

backstory time- Her original name was Ava and she got abducted by this genetic experimentation organization called Red Nexus (this is a reference to something else btw) but she wasnt too worried, as she didnt like her current life anyways and they said they were going to turn her into a human/dragon hybrid. Somehow (anomalously) that is what they did, but then they became crueler to her, running her through tests way worse than the Foundation would do to her. They also experiment on anomalous objects (I view them as some sort of GoI)

one day they brought one in that was a sphere of light that would allow the person who absorbed it to gain the power to harness energy and shape it (so a type of ontokinetic) and somehow when she saw a glimpse of them walking past with it, a memory unlocked and she began drawing it towards herself almost against her will, the ball of light flew towards her and entered her and then she broke out of the facility and set it on fire but a few members escaped underground where there was a safehouse, the Foundation found them there though and interrogated them, they finally said that Nightwing (her own name given after the transformation to a hybrid, given that she's a night dragon) was the first succesful recombinant and they tracked her down to a cave she was hiding in.

Night had heard of the Foundation (from operation Scarlet Rose) and didnt really resist since she didnt really get much human contact anyway. the way she gets her energy is sucking it from devices and things with electricity, rendering them unusable so in exchange for not being hostile to the Foundation and maybe helping them in tough breaches she got a different type of containment procedure, wristbands that could remotely unlock that had infinite energy inside of them, but would shut down in case she was doing something dangerous.

ok i wrote the rest of this when i was like 7 years old so ignore this

Agent Sky: so first she's just a normal researcher in the Foundation, she has a knack for observation and socialization. The O5 create a mind control program (ahaha no sorry not inspired by tsp) where they pick a researcher and see things and thoughts through her eyes/brain, basically having control over her actions and being able to spy and observe the day-to-day scenes of the Foundation, and they choose her. Alpha-1 abducts her one day, they insert the mind control chip, and go on with their plan. It changes her entirely (she can still *think* independently yk),they promote her to Doctor (instead of Researcher) but all she wants is to break free. One day 079 causes a breach where it hacks and disables all the devices for a few hours including the mind control chip and she is free for that time period (the O5 cant access her past memories) so she hurries and makes a deal with 079, she will tell it some very classified codes it can use for its benefit, and 079 will breach again same time next week, also opening all doors in Site-01 giving her access to the O5 itself. 079 says it will be hard but it agrees, and same time next week the breach happens. The guards know Sky's condition, so they trust her allowing her to get to the weapons chamber where she gets a flamethrower and then runs all the way down to where the O5s are, the guards try to stop her but their guns are electronically linked so they dont work. She gets there in time, with a bullet (low tech lmao) in her leg and the first O5 she encounters is the only one who can control the mind control system for her (each of the O5s has a subject like her) and she instinctively knows, so she goes and sets the O5 on fire lmaooo and runs out of the facility, the guards are stunned but relieved that you were only after one of them- the GOC hears about her feat and decides to recruit her which she accepts gladly still wanting to get revenge on the Foundation and she becomes one of the GOCs best operatives

Fern: she was the child of a minor nature goddess that lived in a certain forest, Fern has control over vines and frogs, the goddess had several children and they all lived a peaceful life until the forest burned down and Fern's siblings and mother couldn't escape, but she could due to being half human. She could tell that the fire was set on purpose though, and from then on devoted her life to hunting down the people that burned her life down. But of course, she was getting nowhere, and do you really think the Foundation would let an an anomaly like her wander around for long? So they come and contain her, she goes willingly but with a deal that the Foundation would help find the one who burnt down the forest, which they reluctantly agree to. Fern's now a relatively safe scp, she only gets agitated when someone tries to take away her frogs that she brought or mentions the fire. Weeks pass and suddenly the Site is attacked by the GOC. Everything is up in chaos but as they run past Fern's hiding place she notices that most of them have burn marks on their arms. She gets pretty agitated at that, demanding to know about the GOC at the next interview, and they figure out together that the GOC must have done it. After a while she is finally able to join MTF Alpha-9, the only MTF squad that lets anomalies fight. The next time the GOC raided their site, Fern led the operation to corner and kill the man who led the operation to burn down her forest, making sure "he knew what he'd done." After that Fern and the Foundation are on pretty good terms and Fern stays on Alpha-9 fighting for them. (If you're wondering how she fights, she just uses her vine powers that's all)

Flare: he was one of three triplets from an alternate universe. He's an elf and a fire elemental, his brothers were water and earth. Their world had a lot of fighting between the elves and the trolls until the trolls took over and began the massacre of the elves, and that's when the triplets decided to escape using a multiverse portal and they barely got there before they destroyed it. They came into the main Foundationverse, materializing on top of a building. But the portal had actually turned them all human, and the earth elemental (Onyx) lost his powers. They just sat there, talking about what to do, until the Foundation came and "picked them up". They didn't go without a fight though, killing 3 MTF soldiers before they were knocked unconscious and transferred to the Site. They woke up in separate containment cells which they were NOT happy with (they had a VERY strong bond) and fought the personnel every chance they got. Once during a massive containment breach, they both got out and attempted to escape, but they met several guards and the water elemental (Tidal) was slowly killed. Flare just sank to the ground then and gave up, and he was transported to Keter class heavy containment (for a good reason) because when he woke up, he became insane and his only goal was to hurt the Foundation as much as it had hurt him. Think regular containment breaches and killing sprees.

Researcher Holland: They were just another homeless person, depressed, but very smart, although few people knew that. But Nightwing found out they were one of the smartest people in the town, and offered the chance to join the Foundation which they gladly accepted. Their mood drastically improved once they got settled in, with a community to belong to and a purpose for living. After years of hard work, they became the Director of Esoteric Containment. Also they really like coffee lol. (Woah a normal oc with not a lot of trauma? I can't believe it!)

Anyways that's all the ones I made picrews for lmao, so enjoy and thanks if you read all the way to here haha

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