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nstehu · 1 year

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#rct #rollercoaster tycoon #roller coaster tycoon #corkscrew follies #wooden roller coaster #observation tower #ferris wheel #whoa belly #vertical roller coaster #wooden twister roller coaster #roto drop #pc #game #pc games

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thebibliosphere · 10 months

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Lying in bed thinking about the conversation I had with my mother tonight. I called her to let her know the GI doctor seemed good, and we'd be going ahead to schedule the colonoscopy + endoscopy, and how I'm hopeful I'll finally get some answers and maybe start a treatment plan that might help alleviate the excruciating pain I've been in since May.

Her reaction was catastrophic devastation. "Oh no, how awful, those procedures are so horrifying, this is devastating. Are you sure you have to do it?"

And, I'm just like... as opposed to what I'm dealing with now?

I can't eat solids. I am barely tolerating liquids. Everything hurts. I can't sleep. I can't focus. I've dropped 40 lbs since May. I am barely functional right now. And I know neither procedure is pleasant. Name a single medical procedure that is. But if shoving a camera on a roto rooter from one end of my digestive tract to the other tells them what the fuck is wrong with me (chrons is suspected + MCAS complications), then it'll be worth not dealing with this anymore.

And there's a small, jaded part of me that knows her and knows how she thinks and the way she used to control my food intake that can't help but wonder if she's just glad I'm thin again.

Maybe I'm being cruel. Maybe I'm projecting back the childhood trauma she gave me. But I also can't help but recall how she saw a picture of me holding my niece at Christmas, both of us beaming and laughing, and the only remark she made was, "Are you still on the steroids? They make you gain weight, you know."

#chronic health tag #tw fatphobia #tw weight loss #tw restricted eating #medically restricted diet #MCAS

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curiousechoo · 2 years

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gifm, for the artists I appreciate !

these are mostly their oc’s , either way I appreciate them. I also wanted to add mine in fi das oke ememrm 💕💕

• Twinling star belongs to me

• Belldrop/chime: @jack-o-phantom

• Cosmos: @vurelly

• Cloud-drop: @starlightcloudbaby

• Teardrop: @satanicduckko

• Roto: @shandzii

Hope y’all like em ✨

#gift for you #mwah <3 #character art #character design #character fanart

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textfromthelookout · 2 months

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Did you hear of the news?

I have. :(

Everyone else has their tributes so, here, a summary of my experience with Dragon Ball.

I was in fourth grade art class. A kid had the February 2005 issue of Shonen Jump, back when Shonen Jump was still physically printed here. I recognized Atem on the front cover because the Blockbuster around the corner from our house had DVDs (I think they were DVDs and not VHSs then since I distinctly remember it having a menu and special features) of some of the later episodes of Duelist Kingdom and my brother and I watched them on repeat. So I was like oh, hey, what's this? They make books of that stuff? I don't remember the conversation but the kid ended up giving me that issue, and I took it home with me.

There were a LOT of significant, groundwork things happening in that issue, now that I think about it. We were just beginning to see Sanji truly in action against Pearl. The Dark Tournament was in it's early stages still with Roto fucking around and finding out against Kurama. Sakura shears off her hair in a move that rearranged sexualities the world over. The reason Atem was on the cover was because Yu-Gi-Oh Millennium World was just debuting its first and second chapter. Bleach wasn't even serialized yet. And Dragon Ball, of course, was also there, about a hundred and fifty chapters ahead of everybody else.

Keep in mind that this was my first experience with manga, period. So my very first experience with Dragon Ball opened on this:

and ended on this:

Yeah. Truth be told, at the time Yu Yu Hakusho piqued my interest more than Dragon Ball (a guy fighting with plants? how creative!) but I never did forget these chapters. I thought the art style was so different from the others.

At some point after this, probably between several months and a year and a half, the TV happened to be on one evening when Toonami was airing Dragon Ball Z. Oh hey, I said, I recognize that art, I know those characters. So I hung around and watched some of episode 281. Two things about watching that episode stick with absolute crystal clarity in my mind to this day. Firstly: Buu choking Vegeta out with his arm freaked me the FUCK out as a child. I could not tell you why I had a fear reaction to it but hey, there you go. The second is this:

Specifically I remember 'You died once. If anything happens to you now, you won't exist anymore. There'll be nothing I can do to bring you back.' Not precisely word for word over the years, but Schemmel's tone of voice on this particular lineread. If I had to guess I'd say it was because at that point in my life, uh, death was kinda permanent? So wait, what do you mean died ONCE. Doesn't that apply to everyone?

This still wasn't enough to get me super invested in it though, it just didn't seem like something that would appeal to me that much. So a couple years go by, I don't think about it all that much, and then of course, TFS hits the scene and drops DBZ Abridged. So you know. As a shithead middle schooler with a shithead sense of humor I thought it was the best damn thing since sliced bread. (My biggest character flaw is that I still think a lot of Season 1 is genuinely funny)

And that was really the extent of my interaction with the franchise for the next several years. Say what you will about DBZA but they did manage to put it all together such that someone who had a nonexistent concept of what the original context was could grok it with not a lot of effort. Some time in high school, I think I was around 15, I decided to bite the bullet and read all the manga, as much to increase the funny factor of DBZA as sheerly for the sake of being able to say I had. Stick it to the other weebs, y'know. Now they can't say I didn't know anything about good anime. This was unfortunately at a time when all that was available online were dirty poor-quality scans and questionable translations, but read it I did. I went 'yep, that sure is about what I expected', and proceeded to get on with my life. GT came and went, I looked up and saw Battle of Gods coming out and went 'oh hey that's still a thing huh', kinda was peripherally aware of all the divisiveness of Super as it was happening, didn't really pay it much attention, just stuck to DBZA and quite a lot of wiki-ing.

And then, this time of year about three years ago now, in the middle of conversation with @prophecydungeon, Dragon Ball somehow came up. Something to do with 'Even though I'm not hugely into DBZ's story or whatever Toriyama does have some great character designs' (yes I was referring to Vegeta and Future Trunks at the time, no i will not stop being predictable, yes i am a parody of myself). They eventually brought up the DBS Broly movie and said, and i quote: 'that was a solid 1.5h of unbelievably fun and wacky animation'. Having seen the Gogeta vs Broly part of it on twitter and been like 'damn that animation's kinda off the hook actually, good for them good for them', my response was to be like. Oh word? I've got a spare hour and a half to kill, sure, fuck it, why not, time to watch DBS Broly.

I think that movie was precision crafted to hit me in the hyperfixation, if we're being honest. Opening on a solid 20 minutes of Lore and Worldbuilding and then having most of the rest of the runtime being mindless slobberknocker fun by way of some of the hardest animation flexes ever? I was done for.

In summation. I have been aware of Dragon Ball for a lot of my life, in that its presence was pervasive and enduring as I grew up. I may have been late to the game of actually wholeheartedly enjoying it, but enjoy it I do. Dragon Ball is the roots of a vast tree of anime, and in reading it I began to understand why that is. I respect it for that, and I love it for that. My current fixation may have shifted, but as far as time devoted to one individual thing goes... it took me a year and a half to watch my way through all of the anime and read all of the manga. ALL of it. So there's something good in there, I'd say.

#rip to a legend #text from the mod #tangentially related: i am not actually dead #it's just that between school and my job and the pirate brainrot #(the previous four months of which was feverishly consumed with a 16k word project)#i have had neither time nor impetus to make dragon ball funnies #there is also the fact that my stupid autism brain is still fuming over the website changes #that have fucked up the Aesthetique of the text posts and made them much more annoying to get in a usable form #thus adding steps to what was a simple and comfortable process #and aforementioned idiot dumb brain has not stopped pitching a bitch fit over the inconvenience.#i know it's a stupid hangup. believe me i am fully aware. but there is so little i can do about it #so i am sorry about my long absence. i really truly am.#especially to the asks that have been chillin in my inbox for all this time now #it's just that they're interesting questions that deserve me giving 100% of my brainpower to them ya feel #i want to devote appropriate attention to these little funnies and not phone it in or half ass it LOL

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rainroses45 · 11 months

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The Blinding Rain

☾ description: (Miguel O’Hara x reader) You find that the only pleasure left in your life is during the rain fall of your husband’s touch.

☾a/n: this is my first time writing smut even tho it’s like a small dabble of the whole thing…i kinda hate it but who cares NOT EDITED

☾warnings: implied depression and anxiety and smut (i’m not sure if that counts)

☾song inspiration: labios rotos by zoé and I was all over her by salvia plath

His hands traveled up your hips as you stood there exposed. You let out a whimper as his nails gently grazed upon your soft skin.

Miguel licked his lips at the sight of your body. The moonlight creased your skin leaving behind shadows only a painter could capture between the moments of passion. You closed your eyes as his hands reached your tear stained face - waiting, praying, hoping he would ignore the fighting inside you.

“Ya no llores amor, por favor ya no llores.” He whispers trying to maintain what little composure he has left. His thumbs began wiping away the river of tears, before they could drop to the floor in abandonment. It wasn’t suppose to happen like that. It wasn’t suppose to cause this much damage towards your beating heart.

“Just shut up, and make it stop,” you begged to him, still not opening your eyes, too afraid more tears would begin to pour out. He didn’t know what to say; he just reached over and pressed a soothing kiss on your forehead.

Raindrops began to knock on the window, blurring the scene within, so no other intruder could cause anymore damage. The thunder played over their words, making them stay in the walls of a room they would become lost in.

One hand was placed behind your head, the other laid in the curve of your back as he laid you down on the cold bed. The sheets flowed around you as water protecting a waterlily pad. You were in an empty stream, but you waited for him to create the ripples, allowing you to push forward towards the others.

Miguel kneeled in front of you, leaving a trail of kisses towards your breast. You let out a sigh as you opened your eyes to see your husband exposed to the midnight air. His eyes closed this time as he reminisced in the feeling of his lips against your scarred skin. A feeling of numbness rushed over you, leaving you to stare at the celling as you let your chest rise and fall with nothing to feel.

Miguel noticed this, he noticed how you drifted away from him and the present moment. A moan soon escaped you as you felt his hands squeeze your inner thighs. His thumb brushing up against your stretch marks, as he kissed them with admiration.

“Please Miguel,” your voice cracked, tears began to sprout again from the caverns of your soul. “Let me feel you.”

“Lo que quieres me amor, te lo hago.” Those were his finale words before his fingers brushed against your cunt, allowing you to relax in another feeling other than the one harboring you everyday.

You just laid before him, unable to do anything but watch his hands. Before you could piece together his next move, you felt his finger inside of you. Quickly you inhale and exhale allowing your muscles to relax against his touch.

The bed sheets held your body as you melted against his movements. The rhythm was fast and rough allowing him to insert another finger without you noticing. Miguel began to smile as he saw you grip the sheets harder, letting your back arch in pure pleasure. He pressed his thumb against your clit, lazily circling it, smiling even hard as he heard you let out a low groan.

This was nothing new to you. It was the simple feeling of being overwhelmed with a temporary emotion rather than harvesting serval thoughts that what made these nights special. You could feel his fangs grazing over your thigh. He let them be dragged across your stomach till he reached your chest. Tenderly, Miguel wrapped his lips around your nipple, gently nibbling on it, before biting it firmly.

A rush of euphoria ran through your fountains of red, making you cum hard on his fingers. “I love you’s” and “fuck’s,” were being shouted out as you finished coming down from your high, leaving behind every bit of numbness to fade away.

“You did so well baby,” Miguel praised you, gently moving a piece of your hair out of your face. “I’m so proud of you, so, so very proud.” He licked his fingers, humming on how good you tasted. You whined at the lost of contact, to which Miguel leaned down and kissed your lips. Finally, you released the sheets, leaving your shaking hands to hold his face in loving way. You moaned into his mouth as you could taste yourself on his tongue.

“I’m so sorry.” You mumbled against his kisses. Your eyelashes clung together as the tears slid down your red cheeks.

“No,” he whispered looking into your glossy eyes. “Don’t apologize for feeling like this, princesa. We will beat this. We will beat all of this just like last time.” He said this to reassure you, but instead it sounded more as if he was trying to reassure himself that you were cable of beating it again.

“Can we continue Miguel?” You asked looking into his sadden eyes. You still wanted to feel all of him, not wanting to be empty in that way nor in the other.

He smiled mournfully, not trusting his voice and only nodded. Miguel needed you to feel his love. He needed you to feel his happiness. He needed you to feel his anger. He just needed you to feel.

Ya no llores amor, por favor ya no llores: Dont cry anymore love, please, don’t cry anymore

lo que quieres mi amor, te lo hago: whatever you you want my love, i’ll do it for you

#miguel o'hara #miguel spiderman #miguel o’hara x reader #miguel o’hara x y/n #sad shit #smut #spider man across the spider verse #spider man 2099 #miguel o’hara x you #i’m tired #i tried #bon appetit

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oh-shinx · 7 months

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⚡BZZT BZZT! THE FOLLOWING FOOTAGE HAS AS BEEN BROUGHT TO YOU USING AUTO-ROTO-FILM! [Auto-Roto-Film and it's affiliates are not responsible for accidental shared recordings.] BZZT BZZT!⚡

Révolution.mp4

⚡VIDEO DESCRIPTION!⚡

The camera opens following behind Rosie at a very public market street in Laverre. She taps on the shoulders of two noticeably exhausted people in their forties, the Gagnon parents. Anger briefly flashes on both of their faces before they try to bring back composure.

Mr Gagnon starts hissing. "Au nom de la distorsion, qu'est-ce que tu penses faire, Lu-"

Rosie immediately turns to the camera and, in her usual strong Kalosian accent and a volume that actually matches her exclamation marks for once, cuts the grown man out.

"Bonjour!!!!!! Hello world!!!!!!!!!!!!! My name is Roserade DesViolettes, formerly Sidérella Gagnon, and I am coming to you live with proof that I am not dead!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What do you have to say to that, mother and father??? Use your words, Galarian style!!!!!! It is how best to spread the word, correct????"

The Gagnons are stumped. The matriarch tries to save it with "We never had an eldest daughter."

"Oh, you did!!!!!! You know you did!!!!!!!!!! And what happened when you found out??? Take a look at this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Rosie takes off her jacket, revealing her back from the dress she is wearing. A massive scar that's obviously tried to heal but never has is revealed.

"I asked you to call me Sidérella then!!!!!!!!! I remember now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And now, I face chronic pain from this and many other mistreatments!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

There is a crowd starting to gather.

"So tell me, did you really have a son??? Did you really raise an oddly mature boy just to break him more than you already had???? Or is there a woman in front of you?????"

.......

After a moment of silence, Antoine turns to violence, only for his hand to be met by Rosie's. "What do you want from me, you freak of nature?" He says through grit teeth.

"I will make you a deal," Rosie grins, but takes a more serious tone, "If you drop out of every political race, I will take an issue off of you both. I do get to choose what issue, though. Otherwise, I take this recording to court and it becomes much harder for you to have any respect."

The parents are baffled. There's an obvious choice here. "Fine," grumbles Antoine, "I will drop out of all runnings, honour of Xerneas at stake."

"....... Care to shake on it????" Rosie reaches hands to both, which they both take.

Thundering magic pulses through the market. Rosie starts glowing pink.

"I make this deal. In return for you being unable to enter a political position, I shall take custody over Luminéon Gagnon."

The two pricks go slack jawed at that, but it's too late, as Rosie says:

"Such is life, ever in the eyes of Xerneas."

And with that, the deal is set.

"You- you cannot do that... She's our property..." Claims the patriarch.

"Actually, issue can mean child, looking at a Galarian law dictionary. Thank you for playing along with this language!!!!!! See you in court to finalise this, and I will get the stuff of Lumi later today!!!!!!!!!!!! Bye!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

The camera turns off.

#rosie reenacts the kalosian revolution!!#pokeblogging #pkmn irl #pokemon irl #irl pkmn #pkmn rp #irl pokemon #pokemon #tw transphobes #tw abuse

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goofyspokemonworldbuildingcorner · 9 months

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The governmental health organizations of various regions have issued a warning statement over a social media challenge called the roto drop. It is said the person attempting the challenge jumps from a great height and counts how many seconds it takes until their rotophone’s safety override kicks in. Although there is little online evidence to suggests that it exists, there are many who are concerned about it.

#pokemon headcanon #pokemon worldbuilding #anyone else remember that the cdc in the us issued various warnings over challenges over the years #social media #pokemon

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cryingforcrocodiles · 11 months

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got tagged by my great friend, @licharlo this tag ting. thank you for it!!!

rules: share the first lines of your ten most recent fanfics and tag ten people. if you have written less than ten, don’t be shy and share anyways.

yall got ten recent fics? .... bless. i write something once and never touch it again. speaking of those im gonna... try n finish fr sojdkdjdr. i got 3!

[1: labios rotos – lichantony but it's chapter 2. it's lowercase bc i write in lowercase b4 editing 🙏🏿]

"i'm never letting you drink like that again." which is licha for i'm never letting you pick what we drink ever again.

antony gives a quick thumbs up before he's back to hurling into the toilet bowl, head bowing inside the toilet. it makes licha grimace.

“damn,” licha hisses, moving from his eariler position of leaning on the doorframe to the floor where antony is pathetically retching his heart out. “fuckin' nasty.” despite his words, his hand comes to lay on the curve of antony's back, his palm rubbing gently back and forth until antony stops puking.

[2: seal them up with care – gimbappe but it's another chapter 2 i refuse to touch]

Halftime is busy. The locker room busier. Everyone buzzes around like polluted bees, twitchy, thrilled, and eager. You can assume Olivier is the most thrilled by the amount of social acrobatics he's currently performing. He thinks he's touched every wall in some capacity since he busted his way in. He was spreading his infectious enthusiasm and pride through contact. He feels like praying, dropping to his knees right on this cold floor and rejoicing, damn it. His teammates certainly are as he got spun around twice, maybe three times in the last 12 seconds. He even animatedly strategized with Deschamps (who was rubbing the bridge of his nose harshly enough to bruise the entire time). That didn't dampen his mood in the slightest, in fact, fueled it.

Without realizing it, he's picking up his water bottle and draining it. The water tastes awful. He chokes more so than swallows. Some sputter out of his mouth as he's touched by passing team members.

[3: darts of pleasure or auf achse. can't decide – lichantony (oh again haiii) once again lowercase bc i haven't edited it all. n it seems like. suggestive. n it kinda is. definitely is but its ... anyways!]

"hey– hey," came the reprimand. rough, bandaged fingers press down along his jawline, its pressure forcing antony to snap his head up, make eye contact. maybe it's the heat inside the locker room but antony burns. his neck and cheeks flushing out as the pressure loosens on his jaw. licha alternates to little circles, like he's apologizing for the spook. antony only shakily breathes, dumbfounded and unmoving as he all he can do is listen and look.

"are you listening?" licha looks straight into his soul, like he's so tough and not standing half naked between his legs.

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annnd that's it. thank you. thank god. mwah. good days.

i don't have many writers friends left to tag but @0alanasworld0 (if ur still writing in-between time), @buttergirlepic (PLS DANI.), uhhh @kylianmbappeh, @gracelsalvatore, and @pablitogavii <3 love u guys take care. feel free to ignore <3

#phew writing sure is difficult huh <- hasnt written since april #but nonetheless #thank u for the tag nikka i forget that i am technically a writer so ty for reminding me n making myself feel better ☠️🙏🏿#tagged games #friends #gen.txt #this can make me reflect on how i open my fics. usually with speech or a sound. i love myself

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sneasedtomeetyou · 7 months

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[A Roto-Caster video starts up once more, no usual comment from Oran to be found.]

The same group that went into the Cave of Being nearly two weeks ago appears to be back, starting a short distance away from the traveler's shrine. They dropped off their various prizes from the amusement park and Casi is now carrying his newly repaired sword. It's almost eerie, how similar and different this is from the first video all at once.

Grimsley and Ingo have seemingly gone back to being friends again, whatever disagreement they had before put aside. Casi is in high spirits too, keeping pace with the others while watching the fare dodger skitter around excitedly. There's an underlying emotion to the way Casi speaks, something sadder that peaks in before he replaces it with the happy attitude.

When they arrive again at the little traveler’s shrine, Ingo pulls a few offerings out of his bag. One is a traditional offering, the other two being a homemade brownie and a little plush of Ingo. He seems to cast a glance back at the others before laying out the offerings in a proper manner. Casi gives some quiet goodbyes before he joins him, sword respectfully placed against his side as he sits down on the wet stone ground.

They sit like that for a while, Casi continuing his prayers before the shrine even after Ingo finishes his. The silence seems to stretch on for a while, only interrupted by the dripping water from the cave ceiling and the sound of the fare dodger carving into the fallen torii gate post. Shadows cast by the dim light seem to flicker and distort, though that may simply be a trick of the light caused by Fusee’s flames. No one can be quite sure. The video stretches on… And on… And on…

Eventually Casi’s body seems to go a bit slack, as if he’s dozing off while sitting up before startling awake rather suddenly. He looks around, disoriented, “Oh! Sorry did I fall… Asleep… What’s going on?”

Everything felt as it had before except that Indigo and Volo were no longer there. No one was arguing anymore.

{ its over now… I think. }

#wandering spirits arc #//and thats a wrap! sorta! stuff will still be referenced and explained over the next few days but the bulk of it is done

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musekicker · 2 months

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Kind of more me trying to pick up the vibe of writing for Monsters at work again. I do like some lines I wrote here.

Duncan had a cup of coffee. It was a mug that was often seen at the Monsters Incorporated building. A company mug design. Filled with sludge thick coffee.

"It's bitter like my soul." Duncan said after a long sip.

Tylor rolled his eyes.

"Duncan, I saw you pouring so much sugar and cream into that that I'm no longer sure that it's coffee." Tylor said.

Duncan sneered.

"Oh? Suddenly college boy knows everything about coffee." Duncan said.

"More then you do apparently." Tylor said.

Duncan stood up and flew up to come face to face with Tylor. The sudden action did make Tylor back up a step. Which brought a smirk to Duncan's face.

"Why don't you prove it then?" Duncan asked.

"No. I'm not even entertaining whatever idea you're coming up with because I just really don't care-" Tylor said.

A loud growling noise sounded from Duncan's desk. The sound was familiar enough to be placed as Duncan's phone notification sound.

Now Duncan was one to scroll his phone often during work hours. But the speed at that he glanced in his phones direction and a slight spark of curiosity in all his eyes at what this notification could be for was more unusual.

"You got lucky." Duncan told Tylor.

The Duncan flew back to his desk, landing down into his chair. He placed his coffee down and picked up the phone. He instantly was engrossed in whatever the notification was for. It was odd. There was a small, wistful look on Duncan's face as he looked at his phone. As different a expression it was for Duncan, Tylor wasn't going to ask about it. That didn't stop questions from someone else as Val entered the room.

"What are you looking at Duncan?" Val asked.

So engrossed in the phone, Duncan yelped and dropped it. It would had hit the floor Tylor had not caught it.

"Hey!" Duncan cried. "Give that back!"

Tylor scowled.

"Um, how about a thank you? I saved your phone from a cracked screen. And then you wouldn't be able to check your phone for.."

Tylor glanced at the phone quickly. Or rather he meant to only do so for a second. He had not expected to see a random social media profile.

"For looking at this Julias guys snarlgram." Tylor finished.

The speed at which Duncan grabbed a hold of the phone had to be some kind of record. Duncan even hissed a bit at Tylor.

"I'm just checking out his profile for pet grooming tips. I swear!" Duncan said.

That didn't sound like that was the case.

"I.. wasn't thinking anything about this but now that you're being all weird about it-" Tylor said.

Duncan snarled again.

"You're being weird about it!" Duncan cried.

Cutter happened to enter the room at the right moment. She added in some much needed context.

"Oh, Duncan talking about that guy we all know he has a crush on?" Cutter asked.

"What?" Tylor said.

"Cutter! How dare you betray me!?" Duncan cried.

"Duncan come on. The way you've been talking about Julius, Tylor would had figured it out eventually." Val said.

Val looked to Tylor.

"Julius is Roto's pet groomer." she told him.

"Ahhh. I see." Tylor said.

Tylor glanced over towards Roto whose expression was matching Duncan's right now.

"That does explain why Roto always looks so well groomed actually.." Tylor said.

"Isn't it sweet?" Val asked.

Duncan groaned.

"Fine, great. Ruin my image." Duncan said.

"It's actually kind of sweet." Tylor said.

"See!? Image. Ruined! I can't even drink my coffee anymore. My whole day is ruined. Expect no real work from me for the rest of the day!" Duncan said.

Duncan went back to his desk to sulk. Though it was not long before he was looking at his phone again and was smiling just a bit.

#monsters at work

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jenna--ortega · 2 years

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There are two main components involved in the above gif, rotoscope and keyframe. I briefly mentioned rotoscoping in my gif process post. It is my most used function in AE for gif making. In this tutorial, I’m going to show you how to do it step by step. I’ll assume you already know how to gif in photoshop if you’re reading this.

Tool: I used After Effects 2021. Any version with Roto Brush version 2.0 should work.

Warning: Long post, gif & image heavy

Disclaimer: I am still a noob when it comes to using AE. Here are the youtube tutorials that I followed when I made the original gif set. (x)(x) Also, please excuse the choppy gifs, I didn’t know better back then.

I have already made these 2 gifs in photoshop and exported them as videos (the ones below are gifs for illustration, I would recommend you to export them to videos for processing in after effects). Make sure they’re of the same length. I’m gonna call the first gif the base gif, and the second gif the top gif. I added the text in photoshop, you can totally do it in after effects as well. The font for the big text is Ciudad Podrida and for the small texts it’s Roboto Bold Condensed.

1. Importing files

1. Open a new project.

2. Import your files by either going to File → Import → File. Or simply drag you files into the Project panel.

3. Drag your files to the timeline panel.

2. Rotoscoping

1. Double click on the layer you would like to rotoscope to open the layer window. This is the window you will work on for the following steps.

2. Click the Roto Brush Tool to start rotoscoping.

(I have rearranged the layer and composition panel so it’s easier to view. The layer panel is the one on the left.)

3. Choose a frame where the object is seen (not covered) to start. And paint across the object. Here are some tips from adobe.

Start with one stroke that cuts across the object.

Don't draw an outline around the object. Draw through the middle, passing through any regions on the object that have different color or brightness.

Don't paint across edges as this can confuse the selection.

4. Go to Effect Controls panel and choose Best for Quality.

(I have added a white background for better illustration)

5. Add more paint strokes to select the entire object.

6. Alt+drag to paint over areas you would like to deselect from your selection.

7. Once you’re satisfied with you selection, hit spacebar to propagate your selection to all frames.

8. You can review the selection frame by frame to add or remove any selection.

9. To refine your selection, go to Roto Brush Matte in the Effect Controls panel.

Feather: It kinda rounds out your selection

Contrast: It determines how sharp the edges of your selection are. A lower contrast gives a more feathery effect to the selection.

Reduce Chatter: To reduce unwanted background that may have been selected by AE

The first gif is when the options are at their default values. The second gif is after I adjusted the values. This is a rough selection I just did. When the object has a lot of movement or has colours that are very similar to the background like this one. It’ll take a bit more time to refine the selection.

10. Once you’re satisfied with your selection. Hit freeze to freeze your roto brush selection.

This is what you should have now. I will then add a drop shadow and move the rotoscope to the side.

To add a drop shadow, go to Effects & Presets on the right and search for drop shadow. Drag the drop shadow preset to your top gif layer.

You can edit your drop shadow in the Effect Controls panel. Here’s my drop shadow settings for this gif.

To move the top gif to the right. Go to the timeline panel, click the little arrow on the left of your layer to open up the settings. Go to Transform → Position, and adjust the y-axis value.

3. Refine edge tool

Sometimes, when selecting hair/fur where the background is peeking through, you would want to use the refine edge tool.

(Example taken from this gif set)

To paint with the refine edge tool, click and hold the roto brush tool button until a menu pops up, and choose refine edge tool. Then simply paint over areas that need refining, for this gif it’s the area where the background is peaking through her hair. After that, you can again adjust the refine tool selection in the Effect Controls Panel.

4. Keyframes

The second key part of the gif is animating the bar progression.

1. Create a bar of your desire length by going to Layer → New → Shape Layer, or right click anywhere and choose New → Shape Layer.

2. Click and hold the Rectangle Tool, choose Rounded Rectangle Tool. Then draw the bar where you wanted on the gif in the shape layer. And add a drop shadow to the bar (opacity: 50%, direction: 235.0°, distance: 4.0, softness 5.0).

3. To adjust the roundness of the shape. Go to the timeline panel, open up the options for your shape layer. Then go to Contents → Rectangle → Roundness, adjust the value to your liking.

4. Before animating the bar, you need to move the anchor point to the beginning of the bar. Click on the Pan Behind (Anchor Point) Tool, or hit Y on your keyboard. Then move the anchor point to the beginning of the bar.

5. To animate the bar, go to timeline and choose the frame where you want the bar to reach 100% length. Then open up the shape layer options, go to Transform → Scale, click the chain button to unlink the width (x) & height (y) transformation. Then click the stopwatch button on the left to create a keyframe.

This is how it should look afterwards.

6. Then go to the first frame, and change the width (x) to 0% to create another keyframe.

Now you should have something like this. The bar progress from 0% to 100% at a constant rate.

7. To get the animation to ease in and ease out, meaning it starts and ends slower and speed up in the middle. Highlight your 2 keyframes. Right click the keyframe and choose Keyframe Assistant → Ease Ease.

To get more control over the rate of progression. You can click the graph icon and adjust the curve handles.

This is now what you should have. Repeat for all of the listed items and you’ll have the end result.

5. Exporting video

To export, go to File → Export → Add to Render Queue. Then Click Render to export.

Sometimes there might be transparent areas in your video that you’d want to keep. To do that, click on Lossless to open up the Output Module Settings and changed the Channels from RGB to RGB + Alpha.

After exporting the AE file as video, I’ll import it back to PS, convert to frames, set frame delay, then export as gif.

This is the end of the tutorial. Hope this helps.

As always, happy giffing!

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inspiredwriter · 11 months

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*Little Red Riding Hood Au*

Stefany :*camina brincando* estoy muy emocionada a visitar a la casa de Splinter ☺️🏠*mira la canasta*Espero que les guste los postre que yo hice están guardados en la canasta 😁🍰*mira el cielo* ¿Hm? 😕 muy pronto va a oscurecer 😕🌄Casey me contó sobre hay lobos en este bosque🐺🌳🌺 pero me dijo que me quedaría en la casa por una noche ☺️🏠, pero Splinter me dijo que conoce a uno que es bueno con él espero por conocerlo 😊

Leonardo! Lobo :*caminan por el bosque* me siento muy aburrido andar solo en el bosque 😒🐺*suspira* creo que iré casa de Splinter es el único que tengo 😌🏠*escucha ruido* ¿Hm? 😕¿ Ay Alguien en el bosque? 🤨🌳* mira en los arbustos y ve a Stefany* ¡¡Oh Concha Qué hermosa!! 😍💕💘*maullar*¡¡Owwww!! 😍🐺😈💖💗💞

Stefany :*escucha un ruido* ¿Hm?😕 hola ¿Hay alguien ahí? 😥*se tropieca y se cae al suelo* Auch 😩😵

Leonardo! Lobo :*se tapa la boca*(pensamientos 💭) rayos maulle y mira lo que hice que se cayera esa pobre chica 😟🐺

Stefany :*se soba su pie* me torcí el pie😩🦶*llora*ahora Nunca llegare a la casa de Splinter antes que oscuresca 😢🌄

Leonardo! Lobo :*mira a Stefany*(pensamientos💭) espera dijo que va a la casa de Splinter 🏠, tal vez si pueda llevarla y se enamora de mi 🥰 pero necesito curarla Qué suerte que tengo una hierba curativa conmigo 😌🌿*sale de los arbustos y se acerca a Stefany* está bien señorita ~😏💕

Stefany : no estoy bien mi-😳💓💘*mira a Leo*(pensamientos💭) Oh cielos es un lobo muy guapo y atractivo 😍🐺💖💕🥰

***

*Anastasia caminando en el bosque*

Anastasia :*camina saltando* el bosque es muy hermoso☺️🌳🏵️, no espera llegar a la casa de Splinter 🏠*mira la canasta* espero darle delicioso bocadillos Qué llevo la canasta😁🥧*mira el cielo* Espero pronto llega a la casa de Splinter rápido hasta que oscurezca para no verme a los lobos 😟🌄🐺solo necesito llega al puente como me dejo April y estare a salvo 😄🌉

Miguel Angel! Lobo :*juega con sus amigos animales*Vamos Quiero que me atrapen si pueden 😁🐺

Amigos Animales : Grrrr.. ☺️🐰🐿️🦔*escucha un ruido* ¡Hm! 😨🐿️🦔🐰* se asustan y corren*

Miguel Angel! Lobo :* mira sus amigos irse* esperen no se vayan Apenas estaba empezando 😟¿Qué ese ruido que los asustó? 😕*mira en los arbustos y ve a Anastasia* Cielos qué chica tan preciosa 😳😍💘*maullar*¡¡Owwww!! 🐺😍💞💕💖💗

Anastasia :*escucha un ruido* qué fue eso debe ser un maullido de los lobos 🐺no ellos salen de noche 😅🌙 necesito llegar al puente rápido ☺️🌉*llega al y lo mira roto* Oh no😧, el puente está roto😟

Miguel Angel :*mira el puente*(pensamientos 💭) si él puede estar roto una tormenta de anoche que un rayo cayó a un árbol que lo tiro y destrozó el puente 😔⛈️

Anastasia :*se sienta en una roca* ahora cómo voy a cruzar para llegar a la casa de Splinter antes que oscuresca 😢🌄

Miguel Angel : Oh Pobrecita niña 🥺(pensamientos💭) tengo una buena idea 💡tal vez puedo ayudarla conozco un atajo la llevaré a la casa y se va enamorar de mi 🥰💕💞Mikey eres un genio 😁✨*recoge flores* lo primero llevaré flores para que ella sepa que soy un lobo muy bueno y un caballero 😊🐺🎩💐*sale de los arbustos* hola jovencita ~😏💖💗

Anastasia : si quién es-😳💓*mira a Mikey*(pensamientos💭) Dios mio, es un lobo muy apuesto Lindo y tierno 😍🐺💖💗💘💞

@inspiredwriter

Leonardo!Wolf: *Finishes bandaging Stefany's leg* So, you went to master Splinter's house?🤨 If so, then I can happily accompany you😄💕 *Wags his tail*

Stefany: *Stands up* Oh, it still hurts a little to walk...😣💦 Mister, please check if I dropped something out of my basket😟🧺🍰

Leonardo!Wolf: *Blushes* Oh darling, you can just call me Leo, okay?😳🥰💘💞 *Looks in the basket* No, everything is in its place😕🧺🍰 *Rises from the ground* Poor baby, if it hurts to walk , I can carry you home in my arms😏💖 *leans on a tree* Honestly, I'm very strong💪💞💗💕

***

Michelangelo!Wolf: *Gives a bouquet of flowers to Anastasia* Don't despair, honey, because if you go to master Splinter's house, then I know the other way😉💐💖💕 *Takes Anastasia by the hand and kiss her* Tell me, pretty girl, what's your name?😍🤗💞💝

Anastasia: *Picks up the bouquet and rises from the stone* Oh, thank you very much😍💗💘 My name is Anastasia, and you must be the same wolf boy that April told me about?🤭

Michelangelo!Wolf: Yeah, my name is Michelangelo, I also have an older brother, his name is Leonardo😄💕 I know all the animals in the forest, so you have nothing to be afraid of, beauty Anastasia😏💘💝 *Growls softly and animals comes out of the forest* This my little friends😊🦔🐿🐇🦝🦉 By the way, princess, how about playing hide and seek with us?🥰💖💞

@swagtreecrown

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destinysbounty · 2 years

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Oh nooo I have two new Ninjago OCs, whatever will I dooooo

Anyway their names are Nato and Kascha, and I've only had them for a day but if anything happened to them I would kill everyone in this room and then myself.

Details under the cut!

Nato (left/top) is a weary Ninjago City resident who's been here for several years and has pretty much seen it all at this point. She works a concerning amount of odd jobs - builder, mover, bus driver, tour guide, waitress, line cook, janitor...you name it, she's probably done it. She got bitten by a Fangpyre a while back, and while she managed to have the transformation mostly reversed she does still have some patches of scales scattered all over her body and her eyes are still a weird shade of green. She doesn't hold it against the snake responsible though, and they're actually on pretty good terms now. She is worryingly nonchalant about everything, and highkey disassociates to cope with living in Ninjago City. She's also a Darkley's student, but dropped out a year before Lloyd enrolled so they just barely missed each other. This probably factors into her inability to be phased by literally anything.

Kascha (right/bottom) is originally from Metalonia, but recently moved to Ninjago City to study history, so she is super involved in the academic scene. She's really into, like, history, and archaeology, and linguistics, and all that. Linguistics is her specialty, and as such she actually has a better grasp on Ninjargon than a lot of Ninjagians. But also she's very new to Ninjago City, and is very much NOT used to all the apocalypses happening on a weekly basis. Very panicky, on edge, and is constantly exasperated with Nato's nonchalance. She often used to visit Ninjago as a tourist in her childhood (her dad is a Metalonian trade ambassador so they had to travel a lot), and she ended up falling in love with Ninjagian culture. Of course, she is quickly discovering that being a tourist and being a resident are two very, VERY different experiences. Also she has a lot of metal jewelry, because y'know, her dad works for a metal export company. One time she broke a creepy porcelain vase while at a gift shop on one of her many trips abroad, and the shopkeeper cryptically told her that whoever breaks it will find themselves living "an eventful life" - and in retrospect she's like 70% sure that's why her life is so chaotic. There is a non-zero chance the SoG fiasco might have been caused by her curse, and she's not sure what to do with that information.

(For various reasons I am choosing to interpret the deserty wasteland Metalonia is shown to be in Korgran's flashback as being a more rural area, while Karlof and Kascha are from more urban regions. The fact that Karlof used to build Roto Jets suggests Metalonia is fairly industrial, at least in certain areas. It's probably similar to Ninjago in that way - major metropolitan areas act as major hubs of technological advancement and industry, while large portions of the country remain consistently and noticeably less so. Korgran comes from a more rural region, Kascha is from a big city, and Karlof is probably from a semi-industrial area like a factory town or something. Anyway, that's enough from me about worldbuilding theories.)

The fun thing about these two is that they're basically just kinda vibing in the background of all the canon plot while sometimes accidentally causing the plot. For example: Kascha interned under Dr. Saunders and was the one who set up the Yin Blade's clearstone display, and also helped put together the Hall of Villainy exhibit. Their hijinks caused the traffic jam that led to Pixal, Cole, and Zane being late for the boat ceremony in the beginning of season 10. Nato gave Vinny the idea to give Garmadon a plant, meaning she's indirectly responsible for Christofern. Kascha's cat gets possessed by Morro for a bit. They somehow join the Sons of Garmadon for a hot minute but purely by accident. They end up kinda adopting avatar!Harumi post-s12, but that was also an accident. Also Okino lives with them for a while. Nato and Tox are bitter exes. Kascha was also supposed to be on the expedition to the Island of the Keepers, but she overslept and missed the boat. They live in the same apartment complex as Dareth and were some of the first customers at Laffy's before it got overrun by SoG.

As I mentioned before, Morro ends up possessing their cat at one point due to reasons that are most definitely their fault. That is, they broke his Hall of Villainy mannequin, and thanks to all sorts of convoluted magic rules this led to his spirit returning to the material plane and becoming trapped in the nearest living thing - that is to say, Kascha's cat. I'd like to think their first encounter goes a little something like this -

Kascha: Let me get this straight. The ghost of that one emo teen who destroyed a small coastal village last year apparently had his soul tethered to a random mannequin at the museum - so when we broke the manenquin, your soul got trapped in the nearest living thing. So now you're, what, stuck possessing my cat for the rest of time? Morro: Trust me, I don't like this either. As soon as I figure out how to un-possess this stupid body and get back to the Departed Realm, I'm gone. Nato: ...so...do we still have to get the cat neutered, or...? Morro: NO Kascha: That's your takeaway from all this?! Nato: What? It's a valid question!

Of course, Morro still sticks around even after they exorcise him from the cat because why not, because they're his friends now and maybe getting a second chance at life isn't so bad after all. That being said, he's not keen on interacting with the ninja at all, and has no intention of making his presence known to them. So yeah, Morro is 100% hanging out in the background without any of the ninja finding out and he wants to keep it that way.

The running joke is that Nato and Kascha keep encountering various background/supporting characters, and keep almost meeting the ninja but never actually do (except that one time Sascha had a late-night conversation about the meaning of life with Zane at the grocery store, but didn't realize who she was talking to until two days later). Like, they'll interact with pretty much every canon character except the ninja themselves, often just barely missing opportunities to meet them in increasingly convoluted ways. So many of their shenanigans directly influence the main plot but they just straight-up never realize this. They're just out here causing AND solving problems completely on accident, all the time. Ultimate chaos duo. Just a couple of oblivious dumbasses stumbling into the plot but without even realizing it.

Also! This is very important to me. Their dynamic is essentially "I'd follow you to hell but I just wish you'd stop going there" but in both directions simultaneously. They may be each other's ride-or-die, but that doesn't mean they're happy about it.

#sorely tempted to write a canon retelling from their perspectives #granted they didnt meet until a few months before dotd but still #i already have the basic plot beats up until seabound figured out #ninjago oc #destiny post

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lunarifie · 2 years

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Rewatching Ninjago

(With no context other than the episode)

The Tournament of Elements episode 7-8

Speed man: The ninja were right this wasnt about us winning. This was something sinister 😨

Shadowman: What gave it away. His cult following or his giant snake head.

HFJDJFBDJNF

Kai: Tell me one thing. Was it his plan to make me fall for you, or yours. Because it worked.

DAMN KAI THAT WAS SMOOTH AS FUCK

Goofy side character cult activists my beloved. Who are their voice actors because someone needs to get those two a lead job

Kapow and Chope my beloveds

Jay: its not work if you love what you do 😌 the power of positive thinking

Jay nerding over Zanes new look is adorable

Jay: a roto jet? But arent we underground?

Cole: THATS WHAT IVE BEEN SAYING

Metal man(karloff): what happened to positive thinking huh?

Why does Chen have Zanes pink gi

How does chen have zanes pink gi

Headcannon that Zane or Kai steals it on their way out

Kai YAWNED during Chens evil speech

Idk if that was adhd or audacity but i love it

Chen you manipulative asshole stop using lloyd and his parents to fucking persuade Kai

The cliche ‘GO! ILL HOLD THEM OFF!’ Leaving the most important character to fight for himself

I dont remember what happens at all so im excited

Goddddd

Lloyd: you, you turned Kai against me!?!?

He must have felt so betrayed.

Kai: itll all make sense when this is over.

Ik you have a plan Kai but you better have an apology

So tempted to draw this exchange

Dont the og anacondrai actually get pissed that Chens trying to be a poser or smth

I keep forgetting Lloyds a kid and then his voice actor drops the most child-like line ever and a piece of me breaks inside

(Nya and Garmadon tied up to a pole surrounded by the boned remains of Chens pet snake)

This…. Is fucked up.

I think I would quite literally go insane after this

Kai's guilt. Nyas hurt.

The rbg siblings are splitting apart and it's killing me.

Garmadon is so worried for his son, for Lloyd that he went as far as threatening Skylers life, but even then, he can't because he’s changed.

He's such a good character and I wish they didn't just revert him back to his evil self.

Also, the fact that Chens daughter was in potential danger and he let Garmadon man-handle her is just

I'm glad she's not under his care anymore

Kai: I had to! He said he would let you free Nya

(Proceeds to walk away as Chen doesn't set her free)

At least he has a plan

Nickname 1: tiger

I Like this one bc im pretty sure tiger is Coles symbol and the tiger sashay is the move that he accomplished when he unlocked his true potential

So it makes sense

I'm so glad ninjago hadn't formed it's expressive animation style yet bc I know Lloyd would have looked helpless instead of vacantly angry as kai stood in front of him and that would have destroyed me

Ik Kai had a plan but he didnt know that Cole and zane would come to save Nya and Garmadon and it would have been tragic if he was able to save Lloyd, but came back to another sibling as bones

Nya: Zane! Youre back!

Zane: what! What is on my back?

I love him

Kai: Hey Chen! You forgot one element. The element of surprise!

The master of surprise from the movie popping out of nowhere: SURPRISE!

And then surprise saves the day

Thats exactly how it goes.

Jk jk lol Skyler fucking totals her dad and Kai steals the staff

Its crazy that Kai held every element and was able to use them

i dont remember the power corrupting him holy shit thats scary

Lloyd looks terrified

Hes fighting the curroptness so hard good for him

HE ALMOST HIT LLOYD

Hell yeah theyre all back babyyyy

Zanes doing the funny switch song again 🥹

Wait why are they sinking all their escapes to leave

BFJSNFJDJF

“We’re not stuck on this island with you, youre stuck on this island with US.”

Oh how the turn tables

Skyler(rattles her chains)

The guards watching her: AAHJSENE

Skyler: … i need, to scratch my face. 🤨

The guards (uses their swords to scratch her face)

Skyler (loudly): thank you :)

Other guards 🤨😠

Okay but the way skyler is so used to her fathers manipulation, that she could easily tell that it was an act to take her power Is honestly heartbreaking

Having to walk on eggshells all the time

Jesus christ they implied the transaction could kill her

I absolutely despise chen now hes such a shit bag father

GO SKYLER GO FUCK YEAH

Pixal: Zane! You have to drive slower! I cant predict the obstacles!

Zane: theres no time!

Zanes really betting on that ‘its not about numbers, its about family’ idealogy

Aaaand he fell. In a cave.

WHAT NO DONT LEAVE HIM WTF.

Kai: Shes more important!

I GET SHES IN DANGER BUT YOU HAVE A SECOND TO HELP YOUR FRIEND

This is the cave in his dreaaaam

Oh shit is he hallucinating?

God poor Zane can you imagine having someone in your head telling you what you see isnt real but it feels real

JESUS CHRIST WHAT ARE THE RUNNING SAWS FOR DONT YOU WANT SKYLER ALIVE??????

Skylers so cool

Clouse (on the roto jet): a bit of a breeze up here! I wonder who will last longer.

Garmadon: How about neither! (Tackles clouse AGAIN)

Okay but Kai and Skyler actually have some chemistry and their legitimately cute

Teamwork and banter always gets me

Okay nvm Kapow and Chope suck

Garmadons not ACTUALLY gonna go to the cursed realm

Right?

THIS.

THIS was a learning experience for Garmadon

I truly believe hes ridden with guilt and a small part of him doesnt find himself worth the same as others. Which is why he always does ‘self sacrificial’ plays, throwing himself in more danger to take the enemy down.

This moment i thought he was gonna do the same thing but instead, he pulled Clouse in the portal and used him as leverage to pull himself out. I think he realized and grew from this.

Pixal: youre not afraid of dragons, you used to have one.

THATS WHAT IM SAYIIING

This is so similar to someone talking someone down from a panic attack, go pixal.

She really just kept using logic and it helped.

I think this was to show that Zane changed and grew. He’s still the white ninja but hes no longer the person he was before his trauma, now hes someone else ‘the titanium ninja.’

If i had a nickel for everytime Zane ‘found himself’ id have two nickels. Which isnt a lot but its weird that it happened twice right.

Something tells me itll happen more than twice.

Aaaand theyre all anacondrai

Oh shit i forgot Garmadon has the tattoo/worked with chen

Jay: first its four arms. Then you became a dragon! would you mind picking a body and sticking with it please!

jays transphobic confirmed /j

Kapow and Chope: WE LOOK SO COOL!

Kai: youre both still ugly! (Blasts them)

Look! Its skylers snake-jay-insecure arc

Jay: they took the roto jet and all of the blade copters!

Yes jay, thank you, we can see that.

Jay im begging you to stfu rn pls i love u but just stfu

Ohhhhh it was Zanes energy dragon.

Honestly if lloyd was never the green ninja id think Zane would be the most qualified

It seems so weird for all of then to just magically get their dragons rn

WAIT THEY CAN ALLLLL MAKE THE DRAGONS

WHAT

i feel like this makes ‘wtf happened to the other elemental masters after’ a lot more important

Kai: Chen said only one could remain, well, we are one!

Love that

#dw i hc jays trans #ninjago #lego ninjago #Rewatching Ninjago

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shepherds-of-haven · 2 years

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Does something like basketball exists? What type of sports are a thing in the world?

Hi there, I talked about some popular sports (and games) in the world of Blest here!

To elaborate, most popular spectator sports in Blest typically involve some form of fighting or combat. So boxing and street-fighting are very popular sports to both watch and partake in, especially among working-class Norms. Jousting and knightly tournaments are like NBA matches for both nobles and civilians, though technically anyone can sign up if they can pay the entry fee: these include archery, jousting, fencing/sword-fighting, and other competitive events over the course of a few days. And, of course, gladiator fights and whole arenas are dedicated to those kinds of events as well! There are some variants of soccer, tackle football, or baseball played among commoners, one being called fen (where you kick a ball through various hoops or formations to score points) and roto (where you hit a big leathery ball with a stick), but these are generally only played by children and are not taken very seriously.

Other popular sports include horse and chariot-racing, across all races and classes. Among the Norm nobility, gentler lawn games and outdoor sports are played, such as pall-mall, lawn bowling, sail-boat racing, and battledore and shuttlecock. However, because these events aren't open to the public, I'm not sure I would call them true spectator sports (like there are no professional pall-mall players, it's just a leisurely game for aristocrats to play). They tend to be enthusiastic about horse-racing, too, and many of them will serve as sponsors or patrons for knights in tournaments, preferring to spectate.

Among the Ket, head-to-head sports are actually discouraged out of fear that it could lead to violence or bloodshed among comrades, lol, so their sports generally take the form of Olympic-style competitions where you're not directly fighting each other, but competing purely through feats of athleticism and strength. These events can include racing, javelin or spear-throwing, archery, obstacle courses, and tests of strength and endurance.

One exception, however, is kaibok, a Ket sport played on horseback where a person tries to keep a ball away from their opponents and drive it towards their specific wicket with the use of a double-sided wooden mallet/scoop. You can either shuttle the ball along the ground or scoop it up with your stick, but others can try to "fence" with you to get you to drop the ball if you're holding it in your scoop, trying to knock it out of your hands. Kaibok tends to be played almost exclusively by women beyond the amateur level, because their lighter and smaller frames are thought to make them better riders for the game, and the kaibok players who become "professional" performers in public matches tend to be viewed as celebrities--as much as the Ket can celebrate things not directly tied to combat or war. Kaibok players are kind of like beautiful idols and tend to have a lot of secret admirers and fans glfdjgdgf it is an extremely difficult and dangerous sport, though, and can be played either individually or in teams!

Another popular sport is salenay, which has Mage origins. Basically, it's played with teams on a large field divided into different "castles." For each castle, there are heralds, cavaliers (or riders, depending on the region), archers, and guards. The goal is to drive the ball through another team's castle, with different boxes delineating a castle's "door," "window," or "moat." Doors are worth the most points, windows worth some, and if you put the ball into their moat, you lose it and that team gains control of it. Guards are like goalies, archers can only drive or throw the ball using their hands, riders can only drive or kick the ball using their feet, and heralds can use both but can be "killed" and taken out of the game if hit by the ball without catching it. Depending on who you're playing with, this game can either be great fun or extremely rough-and-tumble!

Elves don't tend to value sports or spectator events in a traditional sense, and instead favor things like a traditional hunt, archery, or dance competitions; they tend to value the arts more so than what others would consider sports!

#Shepherds of Haven #sports #sport #games #worldbuilding #races

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