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fulldreamsahead · 4 years

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All That Escape

So last night I had a dream that involved me being falsely accused of getting a virus and having to run away and and disguise myself because all I wanted to do was go on a nice vacation.

So I was packing up to stay at a hotel. I came in with all my bags and I was getting escorted to my room. The hotel was was very strange; the best way I could describe it is maybe like an airport. It was one really long and enormous hangar-like hallway. There weren’t really rooms per say, more like areas separated with the hospital curtains from Animal Crossing:

Even though they’re called ‘hospital curtains’ in AC, they really read somewhere between office, hospital, or even hostel. My room was supposedly at the very end of it. As the bellhop led me and a group of people that were rooming near me down the hallway, I started to get sort of anxious. I start to notice that every so often I see medical personnel dressed up in full protective gear (but not like hazmat suits). As we approach the halfway point, I struggle and say that I have forgotten something back at the entrance. Medical personnel start coming out from behind curtains to stop me from retreating. This caused everyone else in my party to also scramble and I inadvertently start a full on revolt. There’s screaming and pandemonium as we are forced down to the end of the hallway where the floor steps down via several stairs into an area with dozens of hospital beds just openly set up side by side. Since it’s a few steps down it wasn’t visible as we came down the hallway. My whole group is strapped to the beds and they inform us that we have a new, unclassified type of virus. They change us into hospital gowns and start sticking us with these comically large needles. I struggle as they try to take blood from my triceps area as opposed to my actual vein. I desperately try to tell them this and they ignore me. It’s painful and of course they collect no blood and eventually leave me to ‘torture’ the others. The day moves by quickly through anxiety and soon it is night. The personnel have trickled down to near nothing and since the room is full of big windows, there is very little light coming in.

I hear rustling and turn to find that one of my fellow ‘hotel’ attendees has gotten loose somehow. They are using a scalpel to free everyone from their binds and I join the rest of the escapees. We sneak away from a nurse guard at a desk and enter a skyway that connected the long building to a skyscraper-like one. It’s like the whole building is a square and the floor has a slight incline. There’s dozens of doors and in lieu of stairs or elevators the incline just takes you all the way up the tall building. Our group pretty quickly finds a costume closet and we all hastily put on whatever they have. Strangely enough I come to realize that all of the outfits are like haute couture versions of costumes from All That. I distinctly remember there was one lady that was dressed as Kenan Thompson from the “Everyday French with Pierre Escargot” skit.

She was wearing a mini dress that was yellow and off the shoulders with the zip up in the center and cinched with a belt. She had a white wig on that was super curly to represent the bathwater and she had a little stylish yellow hat nestled right into it. I think I was wearing a dress and wig similar to Lori Beth Denberg’s teacher character from the Ishboo sketches. As we ascend, some of the small rooms have windows and we have to duck down as not to be seen. Unfortunately there are more medical personnel in this building and inevitably we are spotted. We all get separated and I end up hiding in a room with a guy I do not know (but is actually Arin Hanson). Instead of an All That character, he’s dressed up like Drake Bell’s Tony Pajamas character from The Amanda Show. We talk about how we don’t believe there even is a virus (I recently watched The Host and I think my mind was going back to that) and what we should do to break free.

#dreams #weird dreams #strange dreams #my dream #story time #me #tw needles #virus #All That #The Amanda Show #original story #fiction

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giveamadeuschohisownmovie · 5 years

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Underrated moment in the Game Grumps’ let’s play of Ace Attorney.

Arin Hanson (as Phoenix Wright): I don’t know about any falls, per se, but Gourd Lake is pretty close by-

Dan Avidan (as Maya Fey): OH MY GOURD.

#game grumps #ace attorney #phoenix wright #maya fey #arin hanson #dan avidan #egoraptor #nsp #lol #gg

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fibrielsolaer · 4 years

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Majora’s Mask (N64)

Hello people of Tumblr! Let’s talk about the most divisive Zelda game.

James Rolfe semi-reviewed Majora’s Mask as part of Angry Video Game Nerd, tying the game’s themes into both a Twilight Zone reference (as per masks) and the New Year ball drop (as per moonfall):

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I DIDN’T LIKE WUT HE SAID HARUMPH. >:o[

The Nerd is, of course, a fictional character that James has to put on an act for, and I’ve found that this act is much more obvious and stiff than usual. The Nerd normally tries to balance criticism with praise, but the transition in this one comes across as especially jarring and abrupt.

(OOTA = Ocarina of Time Also = James / The Nerd complains about something that applies to OoT also, or doesn’t notice / appreciate something that he ought to as an OoT veteran)

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Graphics

For some strange reason, The Nerd begins by complaining about the graphics - possibly a reference to the Game Grumps playthrough of Majora’s Mask. Arin Hanson did not wait 5 seconds before blurting out “THIS GAME LOOKS LIKE SHIT“ in a tone that made it obvious he was simply trying to stir drama.

OOTA: Despite pointing out that Majora’s Mask reuses the engine and some other assets, James / the Nerd doesn’t include or compare to OoT while criticizing the derived graphics of Majora’s Mask.

Of course, Majora’s Mask is designed to take advantage of the N64′s surreal, creepy graphics and create a disturbing, uncanny world. I would say that “bad graphics” tend to work in the favor of such games, if handled properly. Just look at Puppet Combo.

One must keep in mind, and James would absolutely be familiar with this, that older games up to around the GameCube era were still played on CRT televisions. The color choices and jagged edges of the N64 were less obvious due to the color balancing and blurriness of these old TVs. As such, today’s better monitors actually make these particular games look worse.

While the console overall has definitely not aged well visually, Majora’s Mask is one of the most graphically intensive games on the N64. If I recall correctly, the scene where the Woodfall Temple rises from the swamp is the most graphically demanding scene in any N64 game.

The Nerd asserts that, in contrast to early 3D, certain 2D styles such as Link to the Past still look good by today’s standards. This is never going to be an objective statement - not only because of the strong bias most people have in favor of or against particular graphical media, but also due to the high emotional investment longtime Zelda players have in both LttP and OoT, which tend to jockey for the title of Best Zelda. (Link’s Awakening is usually a close third place.)

I personally find LttP’s color palette appealing, but many sprites are incoherent or anatomically malformed, and its Escher-esque viewing angle with every wall slanting away from you is absurd. This is underscored in A Link Between Worlds, which is in full 3D but copies the viewing angle by hilariously tilting everything.

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Cosmic Checkpoints

The central criticism of Majora’s Mask, which the Nerd for some strange reason prioritizes after the graphics, has always been an example of Time Limit Syndrome.

Time Limit Syndrome is the phenomenon where perceiving a time limit will make many players freak out and possibly make them quit playing the game permanently. This is true even if the time limit turns out to do absolutely nothing when it expires. After all, they don’t know that ahead of time.

I usually hear complaints about Majora’s Mask’s time system from people who quit within 5 minutes due to Time Limit Syndrome... but James / The Nerd has beaten the final boss and really ought to know better.

As James / The Nerd implies, Majora’s Mask does not expect you to beat the game within a single three-day cycle. Indeed, you are forced to “fail” the first cycle in order to teach you the underlying mechanic of resetting the clock and instill in you the idea that you do not have to “beat the time limit”.

Majora’s Mask runs on a cosmic checkpoint system.

At any millisecond you can simply play the Song of Time to return to the Dawn of the First Day and keep every “checkpoint” you’ve met up to that point; “checkpoints” are things like acquired items and learned Songs.

For instance, as soon as you have the Sonata of Awakening, you can enter the Woodfall Temple. You can and should smack the Owl Statue closest to that temple, then immediately reset to a new cycle and enter the temple fresh on the First Day, skipping the long-ass Metal Gear Solid segment you did to get that song.

The Nerd’s implication that you’re “losing progress” when you use the Song of Time thus makes no sense. It’s not any different than leaving a room in a dungeon and seeing that the puzzle in it has reset when you come back in. You don’t need to do that puzzle again if you already got the key item you get for completing it, thus you have not lost any progress. The proper term is replay value, since you have the option at any point of doing any part of the game over again, with any power-ups or self-prescribed inhibitions you like, without starting a new game. Why criticize Majora’s Mask for the #1 reason people love Super Mario World?

When you use the Song of Time to return to the Dawn of the First Day, you save the game. This is the only way to make a “permanent” save in the N64 version of the game (as compared to the 3DS remake); the other methods let you make a temporary save if you’re interrupted or have something else to do, which is deleted when you load it back up.

If you do let the timer run out by itself, then you get an amazingly horrific game over scene (as featured in the above video), and your current 3-day cycle is lost as you must reload the previous First Day save. The reason the N64 game will not let you override your permanent save mid-cycle is, undoubtedly, so that you do not somehow save a scenario where you will repeatedly game over without any chance to use the Song of Time (however unlikely that may be.) In addition, you can always count on your hard saves being at the start of everybody’s schedule, and you will not need to remember where in the middle of some convoluted three-day quest you were.

Personally, I would have made it so that the timer running out just forced the Song of Time effect. The only “good reason” I can think of to do otherwise is because Majora’s Mask is a very unsettling game and the anxiety of Time Limit Syndrome may actually be intentional as part of the mood... but I would prioritize consistent and intuitive gameplay over an inconsistent and unpredictable audience response.

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Time & Dungeons

Majora’s Mask does have a few frustrating consequences of its time system.

Minor annoyances include quests and rewards that only trigger at a very specific time (ghosts at night, The Other Link, etc.)

Moderate annoyances include quests that are not only that specific, but you have to trigger them first by doing something else specific at an earlier time, or intentionally fail another quest. (the Kafei & Anju quests that are not the Couple’s Mask quest)

Major annoyances include questlines that take place over all three days and which you have to completely restart if you mess up at any step and which sometimes have more than one ending (Couple’s Mask quest)

... but the dungeons semi-resetting is not a problem.

You should be smart and warp back as soon as you can access the dungeon, so that you can enter it at the very start of a new cycle. All you need is the Song that opens it and the Owl Statue closest to it (usually right in front of the dungeon entrance.)

Half of the dungeon is only there to block off the dungeon item. Once you get that, if you need to reset, you can skip half the dungeon next time because you’ve already got the dungeon item. You only need to get the Big Key and go fight the boss.

If you’ve ever challenged the boss, even if you had to quit the fight and reset, you can skip the entire dungeon and teleport right to the boss again on all subsequent cycles. (The boss will also call you out for holding its remains, if applicable.)

You only need to gather the fairies once per dungeon, since you keep all of the unlocked items across cycles.

It’s really quite forgiving except that it does not make it overt exactly where your checkpoints are. In fact, before James made this video and I looked it up, I didn’t know for the last 15+ years that merely challenging the boss let you skip the dungeon on subsequent cycles.

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But Why Tho

The entire 3-day nonsense is a necessity because of the illusion of life.

Similarly to Harvest Moon, major NPCs are scheduled to be in particular places at particular times of the three days. However, unlike Harvest Moon, this schedule is extremely specific for applicable characters. If you slow down time with the Inverted Song of Time, you will actually see these affected NPCs moving proportionately more slowly, because even their path from one place to another, and their exact departure and arrival times, are aligned to the time schedule. Doing certain things will also alter NPC schedules accordingly.

This, of course, helps deepen the characters and make them look more life-like in a game that is all about exploring them emotionally and learning about their fears, hardships, and heartbreaks. Link earns every single Mask in the game by healing somebody, even if he does not use the Song of Healing per se. If he gets every single last one, then he has the ultimate power of love and kindness that off-handedly obliterates the malice and hatred of Majora.

This level of detail would not be feasible, or at least not very intuitive, with a very long schedule, so the game takes place over the same three days repeated indefinitely.

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Comparisons

The Nerd compares Majora’s Mask to Breath of the Wild in other places in the video, but does not do so when it would not be favorable to the latter; specifically, his criticism of the Majora’s Mask banker and his/her talkiness applies ten times over to the Great Fairies in Breath of the Wild, who not only give their entire explanation of how they work every time you leave and return to them again, but also forcibly close the upgrade window when you run out of items you have materials for, without letting you look them over to see what you need to farm for.

You need to use the BotW Great Fairies all the time, but you only need to use the MM bank rarely. You can just deposit money into it once per cycle and ignore it otherwise, since you refill your ammo just by cutting bushes and never need to purchase any... unlike Breath of the Wild.

To deposit or withdraw all your Rupees at once, just enter 999 as the number. It will change it to however many you actually have. The reason you’ve given 5 Rupees in hand is (probably) because otherwise you might lose them when you had 995 or more Rupees in the bank, if indeed you can stand to grind Rupees for that long.

OOTA: The banker is the Termina counterpart of OoT’s beggar, and reuses the animation.

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Around this point, the “sequence breaking” in the editing becomes apparent. Like a videogamedunkey skit, random bits of the game are strewn into the video out of order.

This comes back to bite the review because the Nerd acts like he’s just gotten to a part of the game that has to be completed before what was shown earlier in the video (hence why I call it “sequence breaking”). This breaks the illusion of sincerity; the suspension of disbelief as to the video being scripted is lost and it starts to look a bit more doctored to color the perception of the game.

OOTA: The Nerd does not recognize obvious counterparts to or parodies of characters like the Organ Grinder / Guru Guru, and acts like he’s never encountered an N64 ReDead before.

OOTA: The swim sound is the same sound as in Ocarina of Time. Talk about fishing for complaints.

I disagree harshly with the statement that “all everybody talks about [in regards to Majora’s Mask] are the good things”. I’ve almost only ever heard people complain about the time system and how it’s “Not Really Zelda”.

The particular glitch shown - Zora Link rapidly colliding with the wall - must be intentionally invoked. That glitch occurs if you use the speed-swim against very specific spots of very specific walls... fittingly, any of the corners in the infamous whirlpool room work. All you have to do is let go of the buttons and it will stop. It’s kind of like sailing Mario under the log with a Green Shell in Lethal Lava Land, except Mario always dies (in the most hilarious way) when you do that and Link is only briefly inconvenienced (in the most hilarious way).

OOTA: Most of Majora’s Mask’s more common glitches are the same as in Ocarina of Time due to reusing the engine. Infinite Sword Glitch and Bombchu Hover are both still around, for instance.

The one glitch that is the most problematic is that sometimes, when you reset in the middle of a dungeon, the doors will lock but the Small Keys will not go back into their chests. You then have to keep resetting until it resets correctly, which should be the very next reset.

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Wart / Arrghus

Majora’s Mask may be the only Zelda game with two minibosses in every dungeon - one for the dungeon item, one for the Big Key.

That eyeball boss is Wart, the first of the two Great Bay Temple minibosses, who guards the Ice Arrows. It’s Arrghus from Link to the Past, who was always called ワート WART in Japanese. In the 3DS version, its name in several other languages is the same as Arrghus’s.

Wart is the most annoying enemy in the entire game. He’s a fucker and I hate him. The worst thing about Wart is that the only way to make his long-ass battle faster is to completely destroy your N64. You do this by shooting an arrow into his eye when it’s open, causing every single mini-eyeball to fall off of him, dropping your frame rate into the gutter. (It gets even worse when you start hitting them with the sword.)

You fight Wart again in the Secret Temple (which is basically a boss gauntlet.)

Fuck Wart.

And fuck the second Great Bay miniboss, the gecko in the blob.

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Bits and Bobs

Sometimes the game’s camera cuts (such as when night falls and the game pauses to announce it) interrupt the gameplay. I don’t remember whether the camera angle you had before the cut effects the camera angle after the cut.

While not strictly required, the Bunny Hood literally only makes you run much faster, and makes the skeleton captain sequence (and 90% of the game) much easier. Always use the Bunny Hood when you don’t need any other mask.

OOTA: You should always be tapping the Lens of Truth on and off to use way less magic. (Basically zero, if you tap it rapidly enough.)

The Goron Race is one of the most frustrating parts of the game, and you need to complete it by the 2nd Day or else you can’t get the Gilded Sword. To get the most amount of time possible to complete it:

Confront Ghot at least once

Save a lot of Rupees in the bank

Get the Powder Keg certification

Start a new cycle

Buy a Powder Keg

Use Fire Arrow to ready forge and turn in sword for Razor Sword

Defeat Ghot (necessary for races to start)

Use bought Powder Keg to blow up boulder (shoot it with an arrow to detonate it)

Complete race as soon as possible for Gold Dust

Get Razor Sword

Turn Razor Sword right back in

Get Gilded Sword

Nintendo has never had good control sticks; the N64 and the Joycon alike both have shitty sticks that experience drift or misalign after a few months of use. This is probably why James is unable to roll Goron Link straight forward, or stay on the pipes, despite the N64′s analog stick locking into an octagon to ensure the 8 main directions are easy to hit.

You have to hit the trees with the Hookhot, but the stupid turtle wobbles around, so the trees are hard to hit. I’m not sure how the game determines whether the Hookshot connected or not. Is it checked on fire? Is it checked on arrival? No idea.

The reason the Ice Arrows are not working is because James is shooting too close to the wall. The ice platform would then clip through it. The game could move the platform to be further from the wall but decides to just not form any platform at all. I remember being pretty pissed off with it myself.

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Video ending

The Nerd doesn’t have to do the entire dungeon over again, because he already has the Ice Arrows. He only has to get to and fight that stupid blob gecko again for the Big Key and then get back to the boss.

OOTA: Why would you walk into the giant exit light before you got the Heart Container. Hell, so far as I know, this is Every Zelda Game Also since all of them let you forget to pick up the Heart Container...

Majora’s a bastard. If you get every mask in the game and turn them all in to him, he will for some unfathomable reason give you the Fierce Deity Mask and let you completely whoop his ass with it. The Fierce Deity Mask makes the battle into an utter joke. In the N64 version you can only use it in boss rooms, unless you use a glitch. The 3DS version also lets you use it when fishing (which itself is not in the N64 version.)

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In summary

Majora’s Mask is definitely beloved more for its themes and characters than for its gameplay. It has some of the most beautiful music in all of Zelda, most notably the Song of Healing, and its advanced special effects and cinematography are top-tier by the standards of the N64. It is chock-full of bittersweet, heavy-hitting content and is a major source of inspiration for future "serious subject” indie games and creepypastas - not just BEN DROWNED and Spooky’s Jumpscare Mansion, but in general.

The gameplay is, for the most part, a weird Ocarina of Time mod. The mask forms play differently, and there are extra mechanics introduced by some songs such as the Elegy of Emptiness, but overall you solve puzzles and fight battles with the same “strategy” as in OoT.

MM has always been very divisive because of the time system, which the game does not adequately explain to most players, and which is particularly frustrating in regards to specific parts of the game such as the Gilded Sword or the Couple’s Mask quest. The Bomber’s Notebook helps keep track of some aspects (and is expanded in the 3DS version), but many players simply find the detailed scheduling and the sequence of events too much crap to keep track of and too many repeated chores in the event of failures and many resets, and do not develop a recognition - let alone appreciation - of when they have reached a checkpoint in the main game and can reset to a new cycle without losing anything, or how to gauge whether they have the time left to take on a new task whimsically rather than through planning.

When I first started playing I hated it, but over time I began to be okay with the structure around the time cycle, albeit a bit bored or frustrated when I had to repeat day 1+2 because I screwed up a quest on day 3.

There are so many cool moments in Majora’s Mask that, for me at least, it supercedes the frustrating parts of the quests that cover all 3 days, and some of the just plain annoying parts that are not strictly relevant to the time system.

How the dogs react to each form of Link

Any time you use the Song of Healing

Mummy-Dad and the Well

When you realize who the Skull Kid is

When you realize what happened to the Butler’s son

The full ending with 100% completion

I’ve often said that Earthbound is “a lousy game but a great experience”.

I suppose it’s not out of the park to say Majora’s Mask is in the same boat.

#zelda #majora's mask #legend of zelda #loz #lozmm #loz majora's mask #avgn #angry video game nerd

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maybememoriesx · 5 years

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1. Who was the last person you held hands with?

I believe the last person I held hands with was my husband.

2. Are you outgoing or shy?

I'm pretty shy honestly.

3. Who are you looking forward to seeing?

Currently I don't have any plans to see anyone or anything to look forward to see.

4. Are you easy to get along with?

For the most part yes.

5. If you were drunk would the person you like take care of you?

🤔 I don't think I would ever really have to be in that situation. So I've never really thought about it.

6. What kind of people are you attracted to?

A mix of people. Kind of have a thing for the depressed people. My therapist says we tend to gravitate towards one another because we know how the other feels or something. But I like artist, people who are interested in the world, animals, making people laugh, music, who are sensitive and supportive. My version of physical attractive is all over the place but I find lots of people cute.

7. Do you think you’ll be in a relationship two months from now?

Current ones yes, a new one probably not.

8. Who from the opposite gender is on your mind?

I honestly don't know their name.

9. Does talking about sex make you uncomfortable?

Not really. As long as it's not about me.

10. Who was the last person you had a deep conversation with?

Uhh. I wanna say... @the-cy-lentone

11. What does the most recent text that you sent say?

"He said he's coming"

12. What are your 5 favorite songs right now?

The Used - Blue and Yellow

Outline in Color - The Chase Scene

Starset - Manifest

The xx - Seasons Run

Blue October - Into the Ocean

13. Do you like it when people play with your hair?

Yess, just not when my curls get messed up >.>

14. Do you believe in luck and miracles?

Yeah. I believe in luck forsure. And also bad luck. Miracles Idk. I've never really had a miracle happen to me.

15. What good thing happened this summer?

Uh.. Game Grumps!

16. Would you kiss the last person you kissed again?

I would.

17. Do you think there is life on other planets?

Indeed. To think we are alone in the universe is silly.

18. Do you still talk to your first crush?

Not really. He'll say hello if we bump into each other in person once in a while.

19. Do you like bubble baths?

I probably would, but we only have a shower.

20. Do you like your neighbors?

Not really, they're people who have animal's who shouldn't have them. And cause trouble for ours.

21. What are you bad habits?

Over eating when I'm emotional, rolling my eyes lol

22. Where would you like to travel?

Ooh. Ireland, Iceland, Japan for the Fox Village, California for Halloween to see Jacks mansion, New York, anywhere with an ocean, Australia.

23. Do you have trust issues?

MAJOR trust issues 😔

24. Favorite part of your daily routine?

When I can finally lady down and unwind lol

25. What part of your body are you most uncomfortable with?

My stomach.

26. What do you do when you wake up?

Depends on which of the many times throughout the night I wake up. If I have time to go back to sleep I try to. If not I go downstairs and left the doggos out.

27. Do you wish your skin was lighter or darker?

I'm happy with my skin tone.

28. Who are you most comfortable around?

My husband.

29. Have any of your ex’s told you they regret breaking up?

Yeah they have before.

30. Do you ever want to get married?

I am married.

31. Is your hair long enough for a pony tail?

It is.

32. Which celebrities would you have a threesome with?

Oh gosh. Uhh. Felicia Day and Arin Hanson.

33. Spell your name with your chin.

Yqjjy this was quite hard on a phone lol

34. Do you play sports? What sports?

I do not.

35. Would you rather live without TV or music?

I would live without tv.

36. Have you ever liked someone and never told them?

Oh of course. I've been rejected one too many times to tell everyone I've ever liked that I've liked them.

37. What do you say during awkward silences?

Usually nothing. 😭😂

38. Describe your dream girl/guy?

Literally as long as we get along and "click" per say. You are my dream partner.

39. What are your favorite stores to shop in?

Five below when they have new squishmallows

40. What do you want to do after high school?

I wanted to make something of my life 😂 here we are 8 years later still nothing.

Thank you so much for all the questions! ^·^

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stagfriend · 7 years

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i drew my buddy a picture of arin hanson in a kirby tshirt as per their request. he

#arin hanson #gg #game grumps #my art #egoraptor

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musicalravencreates · 7 years

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Anything For You

@omgsuchegobang It took me forever to figure out what to write for this, but I hope you enjoy this fluffy shit I came up with for the Fluff Me to Death challenge.

“I’m hungry.” Arin announced, lifting his head from it’s previously precarious position over the edge of the couch arm. Dan glanced down at him, pausing in stroking Arin’s side to give him a quizzical look.

“Dude, we /just/ ate.” He scoffed, gesturing at the take out containers on the coffee table. “You even ate half of my food. How can you /still/ be hungry?”

“That was an hour ago.” Arin said, shifting so his head was resting up against Dan’s side. He pouted, blinking up at Dan with ridiculously sad puppy dog eyes. “I’m a shit /machine/. I need more fuel if I’m going to hit quota, Dan.”

Dan shook his head, unable to stop himself from smiling. “I do know this and I wish I had no knowledge of it, daily.” He absently went back to stroking Arin’s side, relaxing into the sofa. “What do you want me to order, then? I still got Little Chang’s up on my call history if you really didn’t get enough of thier Chow Mien.”

“Uh, well,” Arin eyes flickered to Dan’s chest, his fingers flexing over his stomach. “I was thinking, maybe, we could, um, go out?”

Dan blinked. “I’ve got, like, ten diferent take out places logged into my phone and you want to go out?” He asked, incredious. He pinched Arin’s hip, snorting a laugh. “Who are you and what have you done with my Arin?”

Arin blushed, trying to shrug it off. “I killed and ate him. Cause I’m so fucking hungry.” He ran his other hand over Dan’s shirt, pinching the edge between his fingertips. “You don’t wanna go out, then?”

“I guess I’m not completely opposed to it.” Dan conceeded. “It just seems a bit excessive, is all. But if you wanna go out, we can go out.”

“Okay.” Arin said, taking a slow breath. “Okay, yeah, let’s go out.” He pinched Dan’s shirt tighter, practically curling his fist around it. Dan frowned, slipping his hand from Arin’s side up to his stomach and turning over his more relaxed hand. He slide his fingers between Arin’s and squeezed lightly, making Arin jump slightly in surprise. Dan’s frown deepened.

“Arin, what’s wrong?” He asked, stroking his thumb over the back of Arin’s hand. Arin tentively glanced up at him, teeth digging into his lip.

“Nothing?” Arin asked, and Dan’s eyes narrowed.

“Arin Joseph Hanson, tell me what’s wrong.” Dan said firmly, squeezing his hand a bit tighter.

“Okay, okay.” Arin said, pulling his hand from Dan’s and flexing. “You got a mean grip when you’re worried, damn.” He lay his hand back on his stomach and sighed, refusing to meet Dan’s eye again. “Nothing’s wrong, per say. I’m just-” He paused, eyes moving to the ceiling. “I’m trying to… well, you know how people go out to resteraunts and shit?”

“Yes, people go to resteraunts. That’s how they make money. People eating there.” Dan paused. “Did you get high and not tell me? Cause I think that would qualify as something wrong in your case.”

“In my- why is me being high a bad thing?” Arin asked, finally meeting Dan’s eye again.

“Well, for one, I’d have to babysit you. And that’s supposed to be Suzy’s job.” Dan poked his stomach. “And second, while it’s fun to listen to you ramble about random shit, I do have stuff to do tomorrow.”

Arin shook his head. “Whatever. I’m not high. Pinky promise.” Dan held out his pinky expectantly at that. Arin rolled his eyes and hooked his pinky with Dan, a smile creeping onto his face. “There. It’s sacred.”

“Good.” Dan said, also cracking a smile. “So, what were you rambling about then, if you /really are/ sober?”

“I-” He paused, back to gnawing on his bottom lip. “Promise you wont laugh.”

“But-”

“Promise, Daniel.” Arin said, giving Dan a pointed look.

Dan sighed. “I promise I wont laugh at you. Really, Ar, whatever it is, it’s probably not that big of a deal.”

“You were literally just freaking out about it a moment ago.” Arin retorted.

“Who was being cryptic as fuck, hm? Actually, you still are.” Dan started to run his fingers over Arin’s side, making Arin twitch as he tried to ignore the tickling. Dan only intensified his movements at that. “Out with it.”

“I can’t- Dan!” He started laughing, trying to push Dan’s hand away. Dan persisted, fingers digging into Arin’s side. Arin wiggled more, barking out another laugh. “I- stop-”

“Tell me!”

“I was trying… To ask… You out!” Arin gasped, finally managing to capture Dan’s hands in his own. Dan just stared at him, lip twitching in an effort not to laugh. He had promised, after all.

“Arin,” He started, barely containing his laughter. “We’re already dating.”

“I know, but,” Arin let go of Dan’s hands. “We havent actually been out on a date yet. Like, a real one.”

“I would think dinner and a movie counted.” Dan countered, reaching a hand up to card his fingers through Arin’s hair.

Arin closed his eyes, relaxing into Dan’s touch. “Not when it’s randomly decided at like 11pm and in sweatpants and shit.”

“What qualifies as a date to you, then?” Dan asked. “Like, do we have to each spend an hour worrying over our outfits, go to a fancy resteraunt neither of us can afford, and end up at a movie only one of us is interested in? Cause I have to say, I’m way over that shtick.”

“I just thought we could actually plan something.” Arin said quietly. “And be comfortable, yeah, but like, care, I guess?”

Dan smiled softly and tapped Arin’s cheek to make him open his eyes. “If you wanna go out on an actual date with me, I’d do that. It might even be nice.”

Arin’s face broke out in the biggest grin, Dan’s heart melting at the elation. “Really?”

“But you have to ask me. Properly.” Dan said, poking his cheek. “Like a real lady.”

Arin laughed. “Okay, sure.” He rolled off of Dan’s lap and onto the floor, popping back up on his knees as he held out a hand. “Ms. Avidan?”

“Yes?” Dan asked, making his voice as ridiculously high pitched as he could. He lay his palm in Arin’s hand, fluttering his eyelashes in a way he hoped resembled flirtatious.

Arin was still grinning, eyes dancing with amusement. “Would you care to accompany me for a night on the town? Perhaps, tonight?”

“Why, Mr. Hanson.” Dan slapped his free hand over his heart and gasped. “How scandalous! I most certainly can’t.”

Arin leaned forward and kissed Dan’s knuckles, making Dan giggle. “M'lady, I only wish to show you the best. No one else has to know.” He winked.

Dan sighed loudly and turned his face away. “I suppose. If no else else would be the wiser.”

“Excellent!” Arin said, hopping back up and into Dan’s lap, straddling him this time. “You’re a difficult woman to please, I swear.”

“Mmm but worth it.” Dan said, leaning forward to kiss Arin. Arin made a noise of agreement, leaning into him happily. They kissed softly, relaxed, until Arin pulled back to give Dan a sheepish grin.

“I’m not actually that hungry. You think we can do the date tomorrow night?” He asked and Dan chuckled.

“Sure thing, shit machine.” Dan quipped, laughing when Arin punched him in the shoulder.

#his ended up pretty cute regardless #fluff #egobang #egobang fluff #cute #fanfiction #fanfic #writing #omgsuchegobang #mine

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soulkidthecomic-blog · 7 years

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Get to know me, I’m a swell guy, my diet is 96% bagels, chocolate milk is life

1. What’s your name?

AJ. But I go by Oreokidd online.

2. Where are you from?

Queens, New York.

3. What’s your current occupation?

I sell prints and take commissions. ;D

4. What would be your dream job?

Comic author, animator, director, storyboard artist, producer, and screenwriter.

5. How would you describe the kind of art and design work you do?

A lot of people have called my work retro, and I think I agree. My stuff is super heavily influenced by Akira Toriyama’s early works, especially the first 10 or so volumes of Dragon Ball. Bryan Lee O’Malley, Hayao Miyazaki, and Eiichiro Oda all influenced my style a lot. Video game art, like Sonic and Mega Man as well.

I like to draw small characters who look like they could have really awesome adventures that kids would dig and adults could vibe with too. I love drawing stories.

6. How do others describe your style?

Retro, Cute, Small, Good linework.

7. Do you like your own artwork?

For the most part, yeah!

8. Why do you draw?

To make people happy. I want to make someone feel the way I felt when I picked up Dragon Ball as a kid, or when I saw Samurai Jack for the first time.

9. What inspires your art?

Dragon Ball, TONS of video games (Zelda, Mega Man and Sonic are the cornerstones pf my childhood influences). Martial Arts flicks and Tarantino movies definitely inspire me too. Even listening to my favorite bands, I can catch a vibe and draw something inspired by that feeling.

10. Do you have any fans?

A few, yeah! It’s pretty cool!

11. Did your family encourage you with your art?

My family is pretty supportive, so yes.

12. What tools do you use?

For traditional stuff: FUDE zebra brush pen, copic liners, copic markers, prisma markers

For digital stuff: Wacom Cintiq 13QHD Graphics Tablet, Photoshop CC, Manga Studio.

13. What’s so good about Photoshop?

It’s cool, I definitely like mangastudio better for its pen tool though.

14. What computer do you use to create your work?

MacBook Pro!

16. What art styles do you like?

Lately I’ve been really digging Eiichiro Oda (One Piece).

His line work is insane, and his art style propels the story in the best way.

I like small characters (Goku, Kirby, Classic Sonic)

17. Do you have any favorite artists?

Akira Toriyama (I’ll mention this guy a lot, he’s the best)

Eiichiro Oda, Arin Hanson, Bryan Lee O’Malley, Masashi Kishimoto, Genndy Tartakovsky, Hayao Miyazaki, Yoshihiro Togashi, tons of people I follow on instagram.

18. Why Manga and not Marvel?

Marvel is hard to get into, the characters and stories are so cool, but extremely confusing

19. What are your top 10 Manga/Anime/Cartoons?

In no particular order:

Dragon Ball, One Piece, Scott Pilgrim, Samurai Jack, Lupin III: Castle of Cagliostro, Spirited Away, Digimon: Our War Game, Gravity Falls, Adventure Time, Yu Yu Hakusho

20. Are your friends interested in anime?

My girlfriend is the biggest anime nerd I know.

21. Ever been to an anime convention?

Yup

22. If you were an anime, manga, comic book character, who would you be?

I really empathize with Yusuke from Yu Yu Hakusho, so him maybe.

23. What are your top 10 Movies?

Kill Bill, Pulp Fiction, Spiderman 2, Die Hard, Back to the Future, The Matrix, Rocky, Interstellar, Ruby Sparks, Chasing Amy

24. What are your top 10 Video games?

Honestly I could probably fill this list with Zelda, so I’ll limit myself to two games per series

Breath of the Wild, Ocarina of Time, GTA5, Mega Man 2, Mega Man 3, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Street Fighter 3rd Strike, Kirby SuperStar, Sonic Adventure 2 Battle (guilty pleasure :/) Pokemon Yellow

25. What are your favorite TV sho/s?

Samurai Jack, Gravity Falls, The Sopranos, Stranger Things, Game of Thrones, The Office, 30 Rock

25. What is your favorite kind of music?

Rock! I love Rush, Yes, Metallica, Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath. I like heavy stuff with lots of bass. I also dig Hip Hop, Trap, Jazz and tons of other shit

26. Have you ever tried writing a story?

Yup. Writing one now. It’s called Soulkid. It’s about a kid who’s gotta take down a tyrannical government and deal with his biracial identity. I started writing it in this goofy ass baby form as a 7th grader, but I always kept coming back to the story and it kind of matured with me. I think it’s pretty great and I know people will enjoy it.

27. What is your favorite book?

I really like auto biographies of famous musicians. Ozzy Osbourne’s was my favorite for a long time. I like Lord of the Flies and A Catcher in the Rye. Harry Potter is cool too.

28. Favorite magazine?

I dig Game Informer.

29. Favorite color?

Definitely Orange. But Green and Pink come close.

30. What is your favorite possession/thing?

My Fender Jazz bass is definitely up there, My cintiq, My Dragon Ball art book and tankobon collection. I also have a bracelet from Costa Rica that I’ve worn every day for like 3-4 years

31. Favorite food?

Pizza, BAGELS MY GUY, sausage heroes, chicken katsu

32. Favorite Drink?

Ovaltine, Seltzer (I’m a cool kid yo)

33. Favorite sport?

Tennis for sure! MMA and Swimming are cool too.

34. If you were an animal, what would you be?

A koala, apparently

35. What’s the first thing you think of when you wake up in the morning?

Texting my grill, finishing and unfinished drawings

36. If you had the chance to re-live your life, would you and from what age would you start over?

Being 3 years old was the bomb.com, so

37. What is most important in your life?

Love, Happiness, Food. The little shit is important

38. Why did you create a Tumblr account?

To check out what kind of art people were putting out on here. Maybe to make friends, and definitely to have another venue for my art to get showcased.

39. Ever thought about closing your account?

Yeah, I get how to grow instagram but tumblr has been much tougher!

40. Anywhere you want to visit?

Japan, for sure. Italy, Amsterdam, Paris, Ireland.

#artist #get to know me #follow #hey #whats up #i like dragon ball

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trubbull · 7 years

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A Chance At Happiness // Chapter 6

[[Read on Archive Of Our Own]]

Rating: Explicit Category: F/M Fandom: Game Grumps Relationships: Dan Avidan/You, Dan Avidan & Reader, Suzy Berhow/Arin Hanson, Holly Conrad/Ross O'Donovan Characters: Arin Hanson, Dan Avidan, Suzy Berhow, Ross O'Donovan, Barry Kramer, Brian Wecht, Vernon Shaw, Holly Conrad Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Demons, Succubi & Incubi, Suicide Attempt, Depression, Anxiety, reader has depression and anxiety and tries to commit suicide, But it turns out okay, this will most definitely eventually include smut, i'll add tags as necessary, Crossdressing, egobang if you squint but it's really just Arin and Dan's regular banter

**No added tags this chapter**

Summary: Arin makes his introductions, as well as breakfast.

Chapter 6: The Morning After

You woke up, but it wasn’t to the sound of your alarm like most mornings.

You laid awake for a few seconds, trying to figure out what had woken you up. It was the sound of scratching and clattering in the kitchen that caused you to sit up. Dan was supposed to stay out of the kitchen unless he had your permission.

You grabbed your phone to check the time. It was about 15 minutes before your alarm was set to go off. You had to be on your train to work in an hour.

You rose up from your bed. You slept in just panties, so you pulled on a fuzzy robe in order to go scold your temporary roommate.

When you opened the door, you were physically struck by the smell of eggs. Fluffy, salty, and a hint of cheese wafted through the air.

“Dan?” You croaked, your throat clogged with sleep, as you rubbed at your eyes. The kitchen lights were all on, which made emerging from your pitch-black bedroom blinding.

You heard the noises stop, then the sound of glass on the island counter, a plate being set down.

“Nah, Dan’s still asleep.” Was the reply you heard, a voice that you didn’t know at all, and it caused you to sober up rather quickly.

You opened your eyes, blinking away the bleary, gummy feeling behind your eyelids, as you took in the sight of the man in your kitchen. From the horns, and the tail, and the—thankfully—sock-covered hooves, you determined he was another Demon.

You were still so freshly awake, that you couldn’t really convey how upset you were by the presence of another demon in your apartment, instead slumping into one of the barstools near the kitchen island. The plate of scrambled eggs was set before you, the demon offering you a fork. You looked at it, then at the demon.

He smiled warmly at you, brandishing the instrument slightly. “It’s alright, they’re not poisoned or something. My name’s Arin. Dan and I go way, way, waaay back. I’m not gonna do anything to you, okay? Not my expertise, anyway.”

At the mention of Dan, you cast a look back towards the living room, seeing the other demon in question asleep on the couch, and now that you were focusing, you could hear him lightly snoring. He was face-down in the couch cushions, looking mildly uncomfortable.

Arin had moved away, sticking the fork into the eggs for you so that he could turn back to whatever it was he was cooking now. From the smell, and the sizzle, you determined it was bacon.

You hesitantly took the proffered fork, and decided that you weren’t going to complain over a home-made breakfast. You hesitantly took your first bite, and closed your eyes, letting out a soft moan of pleasure. These were the best fucking eggs you’d ever had in your life. “Holy shit, Arin.”

The demon looked over his shoulder at you with a devilish grin that was fitting on his face. “Thanks. It’s been a while since I cooked for a human, so it’s good to know I’ve still got it.” He turned back to his work.

You took a few more bites before you remembered that you were shocked at Arin’s presence in your kitchen. You stopped short before taking another bite. “Uhm… So, how… and why… are you in my house?”

Arin turned around then and placed three strips of bacon on your plate, taking one straight from the pan and chewing on it himself. “About four o’clock this morning, Dan summoned me, old-fashioned style. He was lonely, missed me.” He smiled fondly over at his friend, shaking his head somewhat. “We’ve never really been apart for more than a couple of days in like… Well… Ever. Since the creation of the universe, or whatever.” He waved a spatula around in the air. “We were angels way-back-when.”

You slowly nodded, looking over at Dan with a slight frown on your face. He had been lonely? You understood the sentiment of missing your close friends but you felt somewhat responsible as well. You had been acting pretty stern and harsh with him, all rules and boundaries and not really… Friendly. After all, he’d gotten into this mess because of you, and while you were grateful… You were treating him more like a burden than your hero.

“Hey,” You heard Arin speak, and you turned back to look at him. He had a sympathetic smile on his face, “It’s not your fault.”

You weren’t quite sure about how true that was, but you weren’t going to argue with Arin. You picked up a piece of bacon and began idly chewing it.

“So what, are you a cooking demon? People summon you when they’re too lazy to cook their own meals?” You jested. It made Arin laugh for real, which made you smile. Arin was a good-looking guy when you looked past the horns.

“Oh, if only. Nah, I’m an incubus.” He swayed his hips in a flirtatious manner at you, waggling his eyebrows over his shoulder. “It’s pretty funny, actually. In order to summon an incubus, like what Dan did last night, you’ve gotta be turned-on. Dan went through with it anyway and got lucky, the guy in the apartment upstairs must have been jackin’ it or somethin’. I showed up wearing a miniskirt and panties, Dan screamed, we’re surprised you didn’t wake up.”

This made you cackle, covering your mouth as you hiccupped gaily. Arin was chuckling as well as he turned around to face you, leaning on the counter in front of you.

It made sense that he was an incubus, he was very nice on the eyes, just like Dan was, but Arin was different. His arms were thick and a bit muscular, but not so much that they looked firm and hard. Arin was overall soft looking, and warm. He was definitely more thickly built than Dan but you suspected the two of them were the same height. You noted the long, blonde strand in Arin’s hair, which was curious to you. Was it natural? Did he dye it? Did demons bother with superficial things like that?

“You said you hadn’t cooked for a human in a while?” You decided to try talking again, as the look Arin was giving you was giving you goosebumps. It was as if he was undressing you with his eyes. You wondered if he knew you weren’t wearing anything under the robe. Could Incubus see what you looked like under your clothes? Could Arin somehow tell that it’d been a while since you had sex with someone?

The question seemed to garner his attention, however, and his pupils shrunk down, as they had been blown a few moments previous. “Oh, oh yeah!” He was suddenly beaming, bringing his hands up to his chest, entwining his fingers in a theatrical show of pining, tilting his head to the side.

“Some thousands of years ago, when Dan and I were still but angels, I set my eyes on the most beautiful human maiden in all of creation.” He said this painfully poetically, and it made you laugh, which caused Arin to grin. He was doing this purposefully to make you laugh.

“She was a princess, and I wanted to make her mine. But, for angels, it’s wrong to fall in love with humans. So, they took my wings, and they turned me into a demon.” He lowered his hands from his chest, opting to shrug instead. Then an evil grin crossed his lips. “But, that only made it easier for me to reach her.”

Your stomach tightened up. You weren’t sure you liked the turn this was taking. Arin seemed to read this expression on your face, and he began to shake his head frantically, bringing his hands up to shake them as well.

“It wasn’t like that! I didn’t ever lay a finger on her without her permission. I would come to the surface world, I courted her, as per the customs at the time. I eventually revealed myself to her, explained to her that we couldn’t be married, couldn’t bare children together, anything like that… But I desired her so, and I wanted nothing but for her happiness. She made contracts with us, so that the suitors her father lined up for her would end up in… Unfortunate accidents. She lived into old age, and the history books say that she died a virgin.” He waggled his eyebrows then, “But… Who’s to say?” He shrugged again, chuckling.

“Her extensive dealings with demons resulted in her soul being sent to Hell, she became a demon herself. She sought me out, and…” He reached inside of his shirt, pulling out a black, diamond-shaped locket, opening it and offering it to you.

Inside was a picture of Arin with the girl you assumed he had been speaking of. She really was breathtakingly beautiful, and she looked incredibly happy with Arin in the photograph, kissing his cheek with black lipstick smearing on his cheek.

“We’ve been inseparable ever since.” Arin said, fondly.

You looked back up at Arin with a fond smile. As convoluted of a story it was, you found it strangely sweet, and endearing.

“What does she think of you being an Incubus and having sex with humans?” You asked, mostly jokingly, but Arin chuckled as he brought the locket back into his shirt.

“She’s a Succubus, so it’d be pretty hypocritical of her to complain. I don’t complain when she’s off doing the same thing. She always comes home to me, so that’s all that matters.” He smiled fondly. “Dan thinks—and I agree with him—that you and Suzy would get along. I think he wanted me to be gone before you woke up, but I thought instead that I’d make a good impression.” He waggled a single brow at you, which made you smile in return, your cheeks just the faintest bit pink.

“Well, you’re welcome to stay with him today while I’m at work. You’ve earned my blessing.” You chuckled, standing up from your seat. Your plate was only half-empty, but Arin didn’t seem bothered as he took it and began walking towards the living room. “I need to get to work, but it was nice meeting you, Arin.”

“The pleasure is all mine, _____.” Arin winked at you over his shoulder as he set the plate down on the coffee table for Dan, whenever he would eventually wake up.

You made your way back into your bedroom, and closed the door behind you, locking it, out of habit more than anything.

You wondered, then, as you began picking out your outfit for the day, if the arousal pooling in your belly was just a side-effect of being in the presence of an Incubus.

#trubbull fics #trubbull post #acah #demon!grumps

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