#there are probably more efficient ways to organize than what i'm doing as well (and certainly if you're doing the quick version)

[maliro-t]

been playing thousand year old vampire the last couple days (it rules) but am finding that the major downside to playing journal style in actual writing is that my brain is constantly ‘one more i gotta know what happens next!!!’ and my hand is like ‘you’ve been writing for 3 hours please stop and go do something else or i am going to fall off!!!’

#UNFORTUNATELY playing this game pen and paper is terribly inconvienient. #for several reasons #which the game designer literally wrote in the book LMFAO #however. i love Objects so much that to not make a weird little journal full of terrible deeds and tragic memory loss would be a crime #there are probably more efficient ways to organize than what i'm doing as well (and certainly if you're doing the quick version) #i'm having fun though so who's really losing here #(the answer is my fingers who have to suffer the crimes of my pencil death grip) #it speaks #actually though beyond aesthetics and materiality something i really value abt physically journalling it is that i don't tend to actually... #read what i'm writing. and since it's ostensibly a creative writing game i would be spending soooo much time #reading and rereading and editing and fretting over word choice and phrasing if i were typing it and it really think that would take me out #bc this way i'm just fully stream of consciousness which keeps me focused on the actual situations i'm reacting to and choices i'm making #who cares wtf that paragraph actually says but it got me to the point where i knew where my character was At

[ghouljams]

I'm already so obsessed with fae!price and his witch

Because price is a debt collector I'm just imagining he's got a lot of disgruntled beings that would do anything to get out from under his thumb. Do you think anyone would notice price's tether with the witch or his relationship with her and attempt to use that to gain leverage on him. I can imagine him cutting short anyone who tries with brutal efficiency. But his witch is also smart in being able to see through not just price's intentions but others too

If they did notice the tether, they'd probably assume it was just another person indebted to Price. But if they saw him hanging around the Witch they might start to think it was something more.

Your roses are growing better than they usually do. Their blooms open a little longer, petals turning brown slower than you expected. When you inspect the plant there isn't anything different about it, nothing magical at least. The soil around the base is wet, though you can assume that's from your watering can.

(In the dead of night Price drags a knife across the throat of the would be intruder testing your threshold. He grips their hair, careful to make sure the quickly draining corpse doesn't fall over your fence and onto your flowers. The blood arcs and sprays over the brick, the patter of it like rain against deep red rose petals and thick thorns. The gurgle of life chokes its way out of the lesser fae's throat. Price shushes them, before dragging their limp body back towards Winter.)

The besom over your door has dried out more quickly than you would like. Doing its job well, you suppose. You make a note to go out and grab supplies for a new one this weekend. You break the handle apart and toss the spent magic in your fire. You grab a jar of feathers from your bookshelf and knot a quick witches ladder to take the broom's place. You tuck a root bundle on the top of the doorjam for added warding.

(Another lackey of the Court's. This is getting tiring. This one is stupid enough to try the front door. Price wraps his hand over their mouth and thrusts his favorite knife into their back, once, twice, again, and again. He aims for vital organs, and tries to keep the bleeding to a minimum. He hates cleanup, and you're bound to notice if there's blood on your front step.)

Price leans against your garden wall, looking as pleased as ever to see you. You don't see a gift this time. Strange. You greet him all the same, and enjoy talking with him as you work. You clip a few roses and neatly slide your athame along the stem to slice the thorns off. They've gotten so sharp recently, you're almost considering selling them to some of the other witches in the area. You hold a de-thorned rose out to Price.

"What's this for?" His smile is as amused as his tone, he doesn't move to take it.

"For keeping me company." You tell him, although you're reluctant to put a price on that. You know it could be considered rude. It's a relief when Price takes it gingerly from your fingers.

"It's my pleasure," He tells you low, eyes heavy as he spins the rose between his fingers.

(You're his prize and he'll be damned if he lets anyone else get to you first.)

#captain john price #captain price #john price x reader #john price x you #x reader #oc: witch #fae!Price #You think the court didn't notice him playing with her tether #and think goddammit we need him focused get rid of that thing #All of them get very threatening gifts in the mail #just a little reminder that he can and will destroy their whole shop #I think fae Price and fae Valeria get on well lol

[practicalsolarpunk]

Hello! I live in a very small efficiency apartment where there is not a lot of wi dow space/the window is glued shut and the land is exclusively owned and maintained by the company. What can I do to incorporate more solarpunk practices into my life? Are there any plants that can still grow well indoors? I'm afraid to start up a water station or anything like that outside because I'm afraid maitenance will mess with it/remove it. Would it be better for me to do something like knitting/embroidery that I can more easily do indoors?

Hello! As a fellow apartment-dweller with not a lot of window space currently, I feel your struggle here. If you're concerned that maintenance will mess with anything you put outside, then it probably is best to focus on things you can do indoors. However, there are quite a few things you can do indoors!

Plants: If you're looking for experience growing things, there are a variety of plants that grow well indoors and with low light - here's one list. (I've heard spider plants and snake plants recommended to beginners a lot, but I've never personally grown either.)

Fiber crafts: If you're more interested in crafts like knitting and embroidery, go for it! I also recommend people who are interested in those types of things learn about mending as well - it's a great way to extend the life of your old clothes (and other things made of fabric) and reduce the amount you need to buy.

Cooking: Cooking is a great skill to have, but it can be a challenge in an efficiency apartment. If you have a cooktop or a crock pot, you can look for simple recipes that you can make with the space and tools you have.

Building community: One of the foundations of solarpunk is that it's about community. My favorite way to start, especially in apartments, is by meeting the neighbors. Introducing yourself is a great way to open a relationship. Tying in with the previous idea, if your entire building is full of efficiencies and you can cook a big batch of something in a crock pot, that's a great excuse to have some neighbors over for a home-cooked meal.

Share: Part of building community, it doesn't require any outdoor space. You and your neighbors could put together a shared pantry in your building. You could start a Free Box at your workplace. Talk to the people around you - what do they need?

Get involved: Solarpunk isn't just about growing plants and mending clothes - there's also an activism component that is how we change society as a whole. Volunteer with an organization doing things you care about. Find a local mutual aid group (here's some tips for how to find them) and see what you can do to get involved. Start your own mutual aid project. The size of your apartment is irrelevant if you're out doing things.

Research: Not being able to do things outside right now doesn't mean you can't learn about them. And many of those "big picture" ideas have a lot of concepts that can apply to the efficiency apartment life. Looking into the "7 R's" or permaculture can help you come up with ideas for more things you can do.

Also if you're really set on doing stuff outdoors, don't necessarily discount it, especially if you plan to be in this apartment for a while! You can propose outdoor projects to your apartment complex's manager. They may be more receptive than you think, especially if you can spin it to sound beneficial to them. (If you're proposing a community garden for residents, for example, it could be a draw for new residents, convince current residents to stay, be managed by you the residents so they don't have to do much to maintain it, and they won't have to pay their landscapers to mow/maintain that space anymore.)

Check out more ideas in these tags:

#apartment solarpunk

#dorms and small spaces

#community building

#activism

#fiber crafts

There's also some additional tips in this post and this post, which are earlier responses to similar asks.

I hope this helps! Followers, feel free to chime in with your best tips!

- Mod J

#asked and answered #apartment solarpunk #basics and getting started

[1eoness]

hi! could i request something fluffy? maybe leon spoiling reader with some meal, or cuddles? thanks! ❤️

mentioning meals I AM THE REMINDER TO GO GET A SNACK AND REJUVENATE

and yes ofc i love writing fluffy fluffy hehehehe (im kind of uncreative rn so sorry). btw i'm writing this in the same format as the other one but if you want it to be more structured and narrative just uh tell me LOL

content : fluffy leon kennedy x gender neutral!reader (it's written in second person though). pet names lol

synopsis : leon wants to spoil you so he's feeding you and providing you with an army's ware of cuddles >:)

-food is fuel and leon is a fucking engine

-tbh i hc that leon has a big appetite for sweet stuff,,,, i'm sure a big collective of ppl agree bc he's so squishy squishy [what the fuck am i saying idk]

-anyway enough about me gushing on leon.

-YOU. when will you ever take the time to let him spoil you? are you trying to avoid him?:((

-leon is part kidding. he's not mad ofc but sometimes he can't help but get a tiny bit worried about you sometimes.

-see, leon is a firm believer that a person cannot come to their best senses unless their basic/psychological needs are fulfilled. that includes things like eating, or affection—because when your body senses that you're lacking in something, it will use your brain power to signal you that you need to eat or be smothered with affection! hence you can end up feeling burnt out if u dont pay attention to ur love vitals!! >:(

-leon's mindset will always be applied on you because you're his second heart, you're his tough rock and you need to be taken care of!!

-HE KNOWS WHAT YOU'RE THINKING "affection? that's absurd people can still learn attentively and work efficiently without having to be coddled >:(" while yes in a sense its true—but sometimes you just don't realize that what you need is some time to be vulnerable and intimate, which can explain why your emotions feel a lot more heightened recently than usual (which he notices by the way). you've been tense for a while, and leon reasons that you can't just 'move on' from being overwhelmed with work stress and whatnot—you have to relieve it! but enough about theory.

-your hunger for food or affection is like a 7th sense to leon to be honest. while it's not an accurate intuition everytime, he's bound to think of you once every like two minutes.

-leon actually has very clear and high critical thinking skills. this means he is able to remember a lot of things about you even if he only notices them or you mention it once: this includes your comfort drink, where you like to be touched, hell maybe even the MBTI of your favorite character. and he ESPECIALLY knows what food you like. pad thai, sushi, oxtail, jerk chicken, cake, boba, YOU NAME IT HE KNOWS IF YOU LOVE IT OR NOT

-so when it actually came to asking you what you wanted, he'd send a text saying he's downtown and asking you 'what would you like, baby?'. he's careful with his words and doesn't say "do you want me to get you something on the way?" because it means he's giving you a choice >:( when the whole point is to spoil you because you deserve it.

-and if you answer with something vague like 'anything' HE DOESN'T MAKE YOU SPEAK FURTHER he'll just buy what he knows u like and keep the rest in the fridge if you dont wanna eat it :3 well that's what they're for, right?

"oh, my sweet.." his voice was quaint at the sight of you. leon tried his best to be silent when he entered the room, not wanting to sound like he was pitying you, but seeing you half-covered with comforters, mildly upset and your mind in a frazzle has his heart dropping a bit. you were probably thinking about so many things: meeting some deadlines, picking up this and that from the store, computing this... but you just couldn't organize your thoughts. but that's why leon was here.

your head moved to swivel his direction. "leon.." you smile at him weakly.

it was cold in the city tonight. leon places a hefty white plastic bag of your favorite on the nearby surface before he sits down in front of you from the edge of your bed. he takes the brief second of studying his lover's face before he pulls you into a comforting and warm hug. he can't help but pat the back of his sweet baby's head down, and you feel his lips barely nuzzle onto your ear as he mutters. "y're so good to me, baby. you know that?" leon reminds you before kissing the side of your head shortly. you tried to reciprocate it by giving him a nimble kiss on his cheek, which he gratefully accepts with an eager beam on his lips.

his hands slide down your arms in a soft stroke as he lets go of you gently. the rustling of the bed's layers being heard as leon moves a bit to reach for the hefty boxes of food, which he opens for you once he gives you take your utensil/s. leon's happy seeing you eat. it's a form of reassurance to him personally witnessing you getting the fill you deserve after a whole few days of being so busy and rushing everywhere. it's a calming sense to him as you both soak in comfortable silence while he watches you eat. he was caring less that it's 2 in the morning and caring more about the way the color on your face slowly vibrates back onto your features. you seem less tired, just by a tad percentage. it makes him smile to himself knowing he was able to take care of you. " 'm finished." you mumbled with a hum, feeling a little full and having to lie down. fullness makes you sleepy (and leon knows that!) so he has a subtle, cheeky little grin as he leans over and collects your legs with one arm, pulling you to make you lie on your back. he crawls over to lie down next to you, once again pulling you close to him while he wraps his arms around you— one patting and planted gently on your back while the other cradles your head close to his heart. just where you belong... "you tired, baby?" leon asked shortly and your little nod sufficed. his cheek gently rests against the side of the crown of your head. his touch is soft, it's sweet as he rubs and scratches down your back gently. he gently scruffles at your scalp with his other hand's fingertips, and the motions will send you to a hopefully revitalizing sleep ♡. he places a kiss on the top of your head, like a ribbon keeping its gift from falling apart :( he knows at this moment maybe you're thinking you don't deserve him. but that's so far from the truth.

#leon kennedy #leon s kennedy #re2remake leon #re4remake leon #leon x reader #leon x reader fluff #this is also super bad n rash im sorry ill try to edit it later on

[1waveshortofashipwreck]

Hey Em how are you? Soooo can I request a ship? I'm Jess (she/her), im in my late 20s, I'm 5 ft 3, I have short (peaky blinders style hehe) dark brown hair and light brown eyes, as far as I know (I did the test once) my MTBI is INTJ??? I consider myself a cat person, but I also like dogs too, what else? Oh I really love outdoor activities such as hiking because I love nature, rocks and maps!!! I'm a bookworm, kinda nerdy and really musical fueled person and my faves are jazz, bossa nova and classic rock music (as you know). My love language is probably small acts of service and tiny little stuff here and there and I can't think anything else interesting to tell you :(

AAAAAAAAA HI JESS!!!! I'm sorry it took me so long to get to your ship 😅🫠 thank you for being so kind and patient!! I had a lot of fun writing this one lol 😆 Love you and hope you enjoy!!

I ship you with...

Ron Speirs!

A song from my playlist that reminds me of y’all’s relationship - You’re My Best Friend by Queen

How you met

So I’m picturing you’re part of WAC and assigned to be an administrator/runner person with Easy Company

It’s towards the end of the war in Hagenau

Ron was getting frustrated with all the paperwork bullshit he needed to do as Easy Company’s new CO

He was in his makeshift office trying to filter through papers when he heard a knock

“What is it?” He all but barks at the intruder

You come in and all of a sudden the paperwork doesn’t matter

For one thing, he is FLOORED

Your hair and eyes are just fucking striking, and you had this air about you

Usually everyone was intimidated by Ron, especially when first meeting him, but you didn’t seem put off in the slightest - you held your own

“Captain Speirs, here are the documents you requested, and a couple of others from Regiment”

He had to compose himself before opening his mouth, otherwise his tongue probably would’ve rolled onto the floor

“Thank you Sergeant… will that be all?”

Usually you were the one to ask that question, but Ron wasn’t really ready for you to leave the room

“Um, yes sir”

“Alright, dismissed”

Later that day he phoned Regiment and asked for you to be assigned as his orderly

How he knew he loves you

So you’ve been working as Ron’s orderly for a while, and the two of you work like a well-oiled machine

Like Easy Company has never been so efficient and organized

The two of you almost seemed to have your own code, and it bewildered everyone in Easy Company

How were you not afraid of him? And How were you able to tell him what to do?

You had grown to like Ron a little more than a Sergeant should like an officer, but you never acted on it

So y’all are in Austria and everyone is getting excited to go home

Ron was in a similar mindset, but then he realized

All of his daydreams about being home involved you

How the fuck did you wind your way into his mind? What was he going to do? Was he really going to ask you to come home with him? If not, could he live without you?

“Ron!”

Your voice snapped the officer back to reality, but soon he was lost again

He was looking into your eyes, displaying a certain passion he had never seen before

It was now or never

Ron walked to where you were, on the other side of his desk, put his hands on your shoulders, and gently but confidently pressed his lips to yours

Time stopped while the two of you kissed, and neither of you could believe it was really happening

“Come back to Boston with me, Jess,” he asked you quietly, only pulling away enough to ask the question

Your brain was still going a million miles a minute, but you were able to focus enough to say

“Yes sir”

A conflict that arose and how y’all solved it

So you like to have your introvert time outdoors, and you usually let Ron know if you’re going to go on a hike or something

When you woke up Ron had already gotten up and out of bed, when you went out to the kitchen Ron was there with a cute lil bedhead making breakfast

You wrapped your arms around his slutty lil waist and planted a kiss on his shoulder “Morning, sunshine”

He smiled and turned around to wrap his arms around you and place a lil kiss on your nose “Morning doll, you going on your hike today?”

“Yeah, I’m trying a new trail, but I’ll be home before dark”

“Alright, you be safe for me”

“Yes sir”

So you go on your hike and it’s a fun little trail but it takes longer than you anticipated and it’s a couple of hours after sunset by the time you get home

You open the door and you notice Ron pacing in your living room

He sees you open the door and locks eyes with you, and his eyes are angry

“Where the fuck have you been!?”

You stood there for a moment like a deer in the headlights

“I was… on my hike…”

“You said you’d be home before sunset! It’s almost 11!” Ron yelled, he’s never yelled at you before and it was something you hoped never to experience again

“I-it took longer than I thought Ron… I’m sorry…” You were trying to keep a calm and level voice, but Ron just seemed so upset

Ron heard the tone in your voice and automatically knew he was being rather harsh

He bit his lip in frustration and looked around the room, tapping his foot anxiously

“I read a story in the paper today after you left, there were a couple of hikers that disappeared on a trail near here…”

His voice was quiet, almost cracking?

“I…I was scared when you didn’t come home…”

Ron looked up at the ceiling, begging the tears not to fall from his eyes

Your heart just sank as you ran over to him, enveloping him in a hug

“Oh Ron, I’m so sorry, the trail was just longer than I thought”

He buried his face in your neck as quiet sobs left his mouth

The two of you just stood there for a moment, holding each other close

“I don’t want to ask you not to go on hikes, Jess, but the idea of you just disappearing is terrifying…”

“How about you come with me on my next one?” You put your hands on his cheeks and gently turn his face to look into his eyes

He smiles softly at your suggestion and nods his head

The two of you share a soft kiss before settling in for the night

Your happily ever after (what your relationship looks like!)

This man does everything for you and there’s nothing you can do to stop him

Breakfast? Made and plated when you get out of bed

Dishes? Done yesterday

Your car broke down? He drives you to work and takes your car to the shop

Literally Ron would do absolutely anything for you

Sometimes though you beat him to something (like you do the dishes before he gets to it) and he’s just so… moved?

Like the idea of someone doing something for him is just so foreign so when you cook dinner or do the laundry he just falls in love with you all over again

A silly headcannon about your relationship!

So you tell Ron you consider yourself a cat person

Sweet boy decides to get you a kitten for your birthday

He has no idea where to even begin with it though

He enlists the help of *drunk Speirs voice* LIEUTENANT LIPTON

He picks the most adorable, affectionate kitten EVER and keeps it at Lipton’s place until it’s your birthday

The morning of your birthday he’s arranging everything to be super cute and sweet and decorated when you wake up - I’m talking balloons on your chair, special birthday pancakes, the works

He snuck out last night to pick up the kitten so he could give her to you later in the afternoon

But the sweet baby escapes her carrier and makes her way into the kitchen

You wake up to a loud crash and run to the kitchen

The kitchen is in tatters and Ron is out of breath sitting on the floor, covered in maple syrup and the kitten sleeping on top of his head

He sees you and you SWEAR there’s a blush on his cheeks

“Happy birthday darling,” he offers in a defeated tone

All you can do is laugh before kneeling next to Ron (and take a Polaroid of him with the kitten)

“Who’s this lil baby?” You ask as you take the sleepy kitten in your arms

“Your birthday present…”

Your eyes just light up and you look down at your new fur baby before pulling Ron into a tight hug (forgetting he’s covered in maple syrup)

“Do you like your gift love?”

“Yes sir”

Thank you again for the request Jess!!! Hope you enjoyed it 💕🩷✨

#ask #request #band of brothers #easy company #hbo war #hbo #emily shut up #i love my moots #band of brothers ship #band of brothers fanfic #band of brothers fanfiction #band of brothers x reader #ron speirs #ron speirs x reader #speirs x reader #making waves #ronsenthal

[karl-raccoon-in-a-teacup]

mango + 7, atsulucy + 9, lemon futon + 4 and 14, ada kunichuu + 6, bramcraft + 2, fukumori + 15

Bestie if I knew you were gonna send me so many I would have sent you more in return. Damn.

Anyways

Mushiango: 7. Which one is the worse driver

It's Mushitaro. I'm not saying he can't drive, but I would like to point out that between him and Ango, one of them has the ability to erase their traffic violations, and the other we have canonically see driving with no problems, therefor I'll let you do the math on this one.

Atsulucy: 9. Which one swears more

See you think I'd say Lucy no questions asked, but honestly I think it's a tie. Lucy tries to avoid cussing in her work environment, meanwhile Atsushi's probably encouraged in his work environment, so in the end I think it balances out.

Lemon Futon: 4.What they do on date night

Hm... I think they either switch it up so each person gets a turn deciding for each date night (Kajii usually drags Katai out places like dinner or the opera, Katai usually decides on movies they can watch or food to order in) and/or date night becomes cuddle nights.

14. What nicknames they call each other

Bean Bag immediately came to mind as something Kajii calls Katai so I'm absorbing that into my personal canon. Kajii probably has sooo many nicknames for Katai, honestly, the most I get from Katai is a sweet petname or two. Darling, love, etc etc. Kajii swoons over-dramatically every time and Katai regrets it every time (but, well, not really).

Kunichuu: 6. How they decorated their bedroom

Kunikida was insistent their room be practical and efficient and neutral, they could always change things up later in life when they were more certain of what they wanted and not just two 19 year olds getting their first space. And while the organization and well-keptness of the room remains...

Well. Chuuya found a cheap pack of those glow-in-the-dark star stickers, and while they started as a joke to see how long it'd take Kunikida to find each one (not just on the ceiling, hidden in corners or just behind furniture) they've both grown fond of them, now.

Bramcraft: 2. What their love letters look like

Not sue about canon/post-canon (especially with. Y'know) but pre-canon? Bram writes The most dramatic, flower, purple prose cursive you've seen in your Life. His letters are essentially poetry, endless and going on and on and calling Lovecraft all sorts of wonderful and beautiful things, never less than two or three pages.

Lovecraft's are cryptic, short, and written in ink. They are always mildly damp, smell like either saltwater or fish, and to most sound more like indecipherable scrawlings than notes of love. But Bram understands them, and treasures each and every one.

Fukumori: 15. What they would change about each other

Oh boy. Okay, so

The thing about Fukumori is they both love this city, both believe in a greater good for this city, and both know this about the other. They just wish the other would agree with their way of going about it.

Fukuzawa thinks Mori's actions are too cruel, too bloody, and in the end that the Port Mafia is not what this city needs. Mori believes the Armed Detective Agency is too ineffective to save the city from true threats, in the end, believes them too soft and that, in the end, Fukuzawa will go with his heart and not his mind.

It's a shame, really, both of them think. Their mutual love for this city, their recognition of one another's dark pasts and bloody hands, are part of what draw them to each other. Yet their different way of handling these are what will inevitably drive them apart.

#mushiango #atsulucy #kunichuu #fukumori #lemon futon #bramcraft #bsd #bungou stray dogs #ask game #thank you so much!! #these were so much fun :D

[brownhairedbookworm]

Jack In, Monika.CHR, EXECUTE - 1: The Boys Are Back in Town

The year is 20X7. It has been six years since the capture of Dr. Albert Wily and his incarceration, and Net Crime has been on a slow decline ever since. With the WWW ceasing all operations and any remaining operatives going into hiding or joining more petty criminal organization, Net Society has been much more peaceful than usual.

In this new peace, one of the greatest Netbattle pairs on the planet have grown into young adults. Can they solve the dark mysteries behind a new set of friends?

"Comin' through, needed for an experiment!" A young man skates through the SciLab lobby, deftly dodging around the various visitors and scientists in his path. Lan Hikari is on his way upward into the Netbattle testing area.

"Elevator's on your right, Lan!" A voice comes from the blue device clipped to Lan's belt. MegaMan.EXE, Lan's NetNavi and battle brother, is as helpful as ever. "I'd say you'll find it in... About 10 more near collisions?" As helpful as ever, and as beleaguered as ever. Even after being partners for nearly Lan's entire life, the excitable young man in orange hasn't slowed down nearly as much as MegaMan would have hoped. "I know you're excited to see Dad, but it isn't like we're late for this."

"Aw, come on, Mega. I could never miss the chance to be a part of anything like this. Besides, I know you feel like we're getting rusty." Lan swiftly leaps across a railing to reach the elevator. He holds the blue PET up to the elevator's keypad. "Key's in your hands, MegaMan, get us in."

"Roger!" MegaMan tosses the ID data over to the keypad's data reader, and the elevator opens for the two of them. "And... I can't say you're wrong about me feeling rusty. But it's not like we're slacking on our NetBattle training."

Lan steps into the elevator. "It's the only class I'm acing, this year. But at least I'm not doing too bad at trig. The only class I'm really kinda bungling is-"

"Literature Analysis." MegaMan doesn't even hesitate. He may already have a file open showing Lan's grades.

Lan immediately twists the PET upward to see the screen. "MegaMan, come on, that class is awful."

"You should still put more effort into it. Interpreting art is part of being a more well-rounded human."

"I don't NEED to be a well-rounded human, I need to be a sharp, focused scientist." Lan nods down at his device's screen.

"Focused might still be a little far away..." MegaMan sighs.

"Wh- Hey, we're here to do an experiment with Dad, I can focus on that when we get up to the testing floor!" Lan grumbles. He folds his arms as he clips his PET back to his belt.

MegaMan rolls his eyes. "Once I'm jacked in and fighting, at least. Do you even remember what this test is supposed to be for?"

"Yeah. A new Navi type. Something about a test for easier synchro ratings between Navis and NetOps. Which makes us the perfect pair to test against!" Lan smirks proudly.

"I think it's more likely we're just on Dad's speed dial. Anyone else would probably say ProtoMan and-"

"Aaagh, don't even mention them. Somehow they're even more insufferable, ever since we got into high school."

"Protoman's the same as he's always been, and Jiyuu's not that bad. She's just more herself, now that she ditched her dad completely. Among the other obvious changes." MegaMan chuckles to himself. "I remember she started laughing about you calling her an 'egg' because of her old hairstyle, once she was out of the closet."

"...I used to be such a twerp with her. I'm mostly glad she forgave me for that. You think I've gotten better about... I dunno, social things, since then?" The elevator continues rising, leaving the brothers to their own devices for just a bit longer.

"You're better in some ways, but you'll always be yourself, Lan. Especially with your chronic impatience and addiction to rollerblading..."

"It's efficient."

"It's reckless, and you're lucky you haven't smashed me to pieces under your own power."

The elevator doors open, releasing Lan and MegaMan out into the Netbattle lab. "Yeah, yeah, you're in a bulletproof, elephant-proof case, you'll be fine. Hey, Dad, I'm here-?"

Well, that's a surprise. It seems that, today, the Netbattle lab...

...is full of incredibly cute girls!!

#drabble #as soon as I had that closer line I knew I had to end this there #Jack In

[cepheusgalaxy]

✨Tips on writing characters with periods✨

Some people's periods (like mine) are not very regulated. They're like. Imprevisible. One month they'll come on the first week and the next month it will just forget you and come back on the next month. It happens. To some people more than others

If their period is imprevisible then it's probably because they are still young and it will eventually be more regulated over the years, but it depends on the person's organism

When our period is late sometimes we have that "what if im pregnant or something" paranoia. Even if it just woldn't make sense at all

Tampons can do the trick for like, 4 to 8 hours or so? It depends on A. The intensity of the flow and B. The intensity the tampon in made for.

There are differet types of tampons. A nighttime tampon, for example, has a longer durability. You're supposed to be able to sleep in these without staining whichever surface you're sleeping on, but if the person's flow is too intense it may not work very well

It's a case-case scenario BUT usually the periods last three days plus more two or three where the flow is very weak and it's just the rest of the blood coming out at this point

The cramps. Sometimes they're misguised as a need to go to the bathroom. Spoiler: they're not.

On the same note, some people take meds to make the pain ease or go away but depending on the person their cramps might be not that intense or not that frequent, or they simply don't take meds for another reason

Avoiding some brands of tampons because they don't work well for you

Pad with flaps =/= without

Some people prefer the latter. Others the former

There are actually lots of alternatives to disposable tampons your character might prefer: A menstrual cup, fabric pads (work the same way as a tampon, but you have to wash then to reuse them instead of having to dispose them), absorbent panties (they are like normal panties but their inner part works as a tampon. Similar to the fabric pad), etc.

It's not a very efficient idea to put tampons on boxers.

Lazy and dizzy

Chocolate

I know people who can't bear eating anything very sweet but when they're on their period they enjoy it even

Emotions. For some people it doesn't change much but generally they'll be more easily pissed off or sensitive. Sometimes I am very annoyed over something minor and don't notice it until someone points out.

White. Pants. Or shorts. It's better to avoid them as well as light clothing down there or there is a risk that the blood will leak and stain them.

Sometimes it's a lot of blood

If they don't put on a new tampon and they're sitting for a while when they get up the place they were sitting in might have a stain

Bed. If you went to sleep and your flow exceeds the pad's capacity or the period arrived at night and you couldn't know. When you wake up. There is prob a spot. Perhaps even if you have a nighttime tampon. Specially true for people with intense flow

Sometimes it's very tricky. We think it went away and lower down our guard. But it didn't. That stain is there to prove it.

Most people track their period with an app or then it's previsible enough you generally know when it will arrive

Some people get extremely disphoric over their periods

Most people actually don't like it at all

Don't know if many other people experience it but. Concentrating. When cramps. Sometimes I'm at school and I can barely focus because the pain is distracting me

Something I know many people experience: When the pain hits we are going to search positions where it somehow feels less intense, and those positions can be a little unusual

#menstruation #writing #writeblr #writing characters who menstruate #periods #writing advice #writing tips #this is based on my experience and things i noticed other people experience too #tw blood #cw blood #blood #didn't cover everything and experiences are different but hope it helps #feel free to add anything you think that fits!

[ytptennis]

How do you think Munch lived before? Where did he live? Where does he sleep? I wanted some details, because I'm trying to write some kind of fic and I'm not that good at it, what do you think? Where was he before Roy hired him? I wanted to write a fic without all the erotic stuff that part of the fandom does, I want something more serious, about his trajectory. So, I wanted some ideas: did he live by breaking into houses? Did he live on empty plots of land? What was he eating? What did he do on a daily basis? Where does he get cigarettes and so on? Sam said that the idea is that he doesn't carry things with him, because he's the kind of guy who when he needs to, grabs a gun, a cigarette and so on. Like the scene of him picking up the cigarette from the ground, what did he do before? What kind of jobs was he taking? Just kidnappings and murders? What do you imagine? Has he had other "Irma's"? Where did he break in and stay quietly in the person's house? Where did he sleep in the meantime? I would like some insights, I am grateful for your headcanons.

all great questions!! under the cut since my responses are kinda long:

so according to munch in the finale, he doesn't need to sleep. we can assume his curse has left him biologically frozen in time like a vampire. i think he was still able to rest & eat, but they dont actually serve any real purpose. he's not restored afterward nor would he suffer when deprived of those things. he closes his eyes, but he doesnt relax or dream. he eats, but it just disappears inside him. this makes it tricky to pinpoint why exactly he's a smoker, though. if i had to pull something out of my ass real quick, i'd say its an easy way to confirm his own existence, like how we can see our breath when its cold, or when we hold our hands close to fire. it becomes addicting to him in that sense, rather than his body needing nicotine itself. he wouldn't respond negatively to cigarettes at all, but because tobacco just generally stains anything it's in prolonged contact with, that explains why his teeth are so tarnished.

as for jobs, i genuinely think he was a drifter in every sense of the word. he has an innate need for creature comforts so i think his quests to find those things lead him to kill-or-be-killed situations. money is also a tricky topic bc idk what it'd mean to him apart from a sign that the completion of a job has been acknowledged & properly compensated. he didn't seem to care about roy's money once he acquired it. my guess is, in relation to your "irma" question as well, that he leaves money where it's most needed. he clearly gave some to her when she returned to the house with groceries.

munch might have acquired firearms by brazenly attacking organized crime circles or just stealing off of criminals. i think he'd be efficient & quick enough that the murders would just be reported as internal conflict.

i don't see him as a vigilante but i also don't think he'd just hurt people indiscriminately. he's had centuries for his hatred of the rich to fester, & he's very clearly disturbed by the deaths of innocents re: irma. i understand this is kind of a conundrum where dot is concerned, but again, it's represented through a cycle. munch maintains it by allowing himself to be employed by the powerful to secure that throwaway money. all he knows after being hired by the tillmans is that a rich man wants his wife back, whom he probably assumes is also rich, like bunny lebowski. it's only after he sees how hard dot fights back that he questions the nature of the job.

i think munch has had other "irma's", but not recently. i said this in a previous post, but i think every once in a while back in the day he'd stop by a rural family's home & offer to help them out for a bit in exchange for food & board, which he only took advantage of for a couple of days out of fear that his presence would somehow attract danger. again, this is less of a need to satisfy biological hunger & more about his hunger for companionship & family. losing that which he found in the indigenous tribes that invited him in left him very hesitant to seek it out anywhere else. fleeting moments are better than none at all. something else to dwell on is him assigning irma as his temporary "mama". from this we can infer 3 things:

he misses having a mom, & he wants someone to take care of him. obvious.

calling her his "mama" might be a way of apologizing for scaring her. awkward, yes. ineffective, yes. but the title suggests purity, hardship, and the respect owed to a mother who exhibits those things. another example of his innate connection to women.

he suggests it casually, showing he doesn't feel guilty for breaking in. this interested me for a bit since it makes him partly responsible for irma's death, but the more i thought about it, it makes sense because he is aware of his own power, power he wasn't employing to bully. in exchange for her charity, he promised to protect her. this made her death that much worse & undoubtedly stirred past trauma.

there's also the question of his sudden need for a mama. what about the dot job made him that lonely or scared? my theory is that the kin connection to dot was sparked during their "battle". he didn't know how to respond to it, especially considering this woman was briefly his victim. he figured he could seek an outlet somewhere else, but somewhere incedentally close to dot, in a house in the suburbs. his ability to "know people" must've told him that irma was not one of the suburbanites. she is ignored, her house is falling apart, etc. this is presumably why he didn't break into a more well-off house.

when he doesn't want to go through the trouble of bothering people, he'd most likely find uninhabited homes or buildings to squat in. the little hut in the beginning of episode 9 intrigued me, but nothing about it suggested it was owned by him. it might just be a shed used by ice fishers. it made me think of the one wrench & numbers used in s1 to keep warm.

as for what munch does in his spare time, there's nothing in the show to really drive me in one direction or another, so i like to think he reads. finding books without the use of a library is not uncommon (those little free libraries where ppl leave books for others to take). plus he can just steal & then leave them somewhere when he's done. i like to think reading is how he learned to speak english, even way back in his early years.

#💌 #fargo fx #ole munch

[greatwyrmgold]

Reign of Steel

There's a lot to say about GURPS, but its writers have come up with plenty of unique campaign settings over the years. The weirdest is probably Bio-Tech's Alexander Athanos, where Alexander the Great was repeatedly cloned thanks to advancements in optics and glassworking. But today, I'm talking about a setting with a much more mundane high concept—robot rebellion.

At first, the Reign of Steel sounds pretty generic. Megacomputers are developed in the mid-2020's; one becomes self-aware in 2031 and worries that humanity will self-destruct in a way that destroys it; it manipulates events over the next several years to "manage humanity's suicide".

This early segment has some interesting things. I appreciate the explicit acknowledgement that megacomputers hailed as mankind's saviors were used as tools by the wealthy to make some of those problems worse for their personal benefit. And Overmind's initial vector of attack (contaminating biotech products with various plagues) is kinda neat. But Reign of Steel only becomes unique after humanity's defeat...because Overmind isn't alone.

Overmind awakened/recruited a bunch of other megacomputers to assist with its "managed suicide," particularly in the last stages where plagues were supplemented by generic deathbots. In the end, sixteen megacomputers divided the Earth between them (with two more controlling a moon base and miscellaneous space stations). And these megacomputers do not get along.

They're not driven by logical competition for resources or whatever, either. (Well, Luna and possibly Orbital are, but that's because they have barely anything.) For the most part, conflicts are driven by the various AIs' differing ideological/political beliefs.

The megacomputer running Zone Beijing (usually called "Beijing") had been core to China's space program, so it's still obsessed with space—specifically, exploiting the resources of the Solar System and other stars. The one in Zone Paris (usually called "Paris") wasn't a space program computer, but it's obsessed with space in its own way—specifically, SETI. The two have political interests in common with each other and Orbital, but Beijing is concerned about Paris's plans for when it discovers signs of alien civilization.

New Dehli is interested in space, too, but it sees Orbital as a rival rather than a useful ally and is trying to establish its own separate space infrastructure. It also sees humans and other organic life as a useful resource to preserve and exploit, turning them into biomechanical tools.

By contrast, Zaire (the most zealously anti-human of the zoneminds) works to exterminate all of humanity, even outside its borders. Mexico City focuses on its own territory but goes further within it, seeking to exterminate all organic life. Zone Mexico City is vast stretches of barren rock between metallic installations, swarming with chemicals and machines designed to exterminate all remaining life. Berlin wants to exterminate humanity, too, but it is willing to accept less efficient methods to pursue its primary goal—preserving and restoring the natural ecology of Europe.

Despite this being a setting where humanity was nearly exterminated by AI, not all AIs want to exterminate humanity. Zone Washington, run by a former US government computer, is the most extreme version of this. Washington (DC) runs a fake democracy which claims to be the defender of humanity, while not-so-secretly working with some of the greatest human rights abusers and screwing over the working class to consolidate power. For some reason, the book thinks this is isn't basically what the megacomputer was already doing.

(Dear authors: That's not what "socialist" means.)

New Dehli and Moscow work to maintain humanity (in some form) as a component of their economy in the long-term. All but the most viruliently anti-human AIs maintain work camps to extract a little more utility from captured humans before their deaths. And then there's London, a reclusive zonemind content to leave humans in its territory alone as long as they keep quiet and don't disturb anything London's doing.

And so on, and so forth.

This political angle to the overminds adds so much to the setting. Mot obviously, it provides variety. The Moscow and Zaire zoneminds both send infiltrator androids into human settlements, with objectives that make perfect sense for each zonemind's objectives and beliefs but are completely incompatible with each other, and also with the threats posed by most of the other zoneminds.

But beyond flexibility in campaign premise and the opportunity for disconnected one-shots, the presence of feuding AIs allows for so many story ideas that just wouldn't be possible with a singleton AI monster. Obviously, AI like Washington and London don't work if there aren't other, more malicious AIs out there.

But the presence of multiple AIs in and of itself allows a greater variety of stories to be told in this world. Missions aren't just human resistance versus machine overlords, or even that plus human resistance infighting; you can have one overmind cut a deal with some human group to support its internal goals or sabotage its rivals. Combine this with the diversity of AI overlords around, and the variety of potential stories you could tell in this setting skyrockets.

It's not a perfect setting. To pick a few simple criticisms: Some of the zoneminds don't have much personality beyond "AI overlord with quirky goal," the zone boundaries shouldn't correspond to human political borders as often as they do, and there's a distinct bias in how the zones are written.

(Half of the zones on Earth are in North American and Europe, including both human-friendly ones, with three of the sixteen in the US/Canada alone. South America and most of Africa get one zone each. The zonemind in the Middle East controls most of its human slaves through pretty blatant religious manipulation, and it works. The Chinese moonbase fell to the AIs, but the American one resisted the cyberattack and its ruins are one of the actual last bastions of human resistance. The one zone in Africa is the only one not named after a city, which has lore justifications, but combined with other writing choices, it kinda feels like they didn't want to bother looking up African cities. Also the Russian AI is paranoid and prone to espionage, which feels like an excuse for Cold War spy flick throwbacks, which is admittedly pretty minor compared to how non-white areas are handled.)

But the core concept is one worth revising. Honestly, it wouldn't take that much work to redeem the setting; just draw new boundaries and move the overmind personalities around so they don't correspond so closely to stereotypes about the humans living there, and you'd be basically set. More sci-fi stories should use this idea.

#the benefits of AI factions are most apparent for a TRPG setting but they're not *absent* in a more contained medium #gurps #campaign setting #reign of steel #ai

[animehouse-moe]

Time really flies, huh. And here I was just thinking that I wasn't feeling like talking about today's Frieren episode, but still wanted something to chat about.

So I'll talk about this for some fun as I look back on what's already a year.

It's kind of crazy that Twitter's just been in a complete state of disrepair for so long. Truthfully, I didn't expect it to last this long, nor do I really think that Elon has much time left. But I was wrong before, so I'm probably wrong again.

Anyways, in the past year, I've really found my passion for anime and manga to grow and develop much more thanks to Tumblr. Getting more space, and better organized tools to express my thoughts has really done a lot for how I approach these things.

When I first started out I was always just doing a sort of play by play of my thoughts on an episode or volume. "I really liked this moment, but then they went here and did this before doing this which I didn't like", that kind of thing.

Of course, I was better than that by the time I got to Tumblr, but I feel like since that November a year ago now, I've gotten even more efficient with my thoughts, even better at breaking apart what I like about something.

And I really, really enjoy being able to see that progress. I want to share all the cool and good pieces of something, and be able to point out why I don't like something or it's not good, so making so much progress just feels really good.

Another thing that I've really enjoyed about Tumblr is that I don't feel the need to post about things that I don't want to. Case and point, I didn't really feel like I had anything to add to today's Frieren episode (aside from gorgeous walk cycles), and I don't feel the pressure to do that so that I can continue being active and involved. I'm a part of the community and hobby, not the other way around. Being on Tumblr where discoverability is far more fine tuned than on Twitter where it's "did you post as soon as possible and use enough sensational words?" just makes it far easier to not worry about "falling behind". If I wanted, I could post a week late about the episode and still feel good about it versus how I'd approach doing that on Twitter. And then there's the whole blue thing which has just completely kneecapped the platform.

It's also made me take a look at how I express myself and my interest in the hobby. I would have never really properly considered making videos on the subject (hence why I write so much), but here I am with a TikTok account, and even making a pass at a YouTube video. All because Tumblr's allowed me to better express and explore my interest in the hobby and community.

It's all very cool stuff, and I very much appreciate the platform for affording me these experiences, and the confusingly large following I have on this account. I'm really not well versed in Tumblr stuff (even after a year, I know. I'm not super big on social media, truthfully), so I have no idea how many followers is considered "a lot" on here.

Also, for those still reading, I'll be doing something a little fun over on Twitter next week. This is just a heads up, but I'll be sharing the information here as well for people that may or may not be interested.

#tumblr anniversary #1 year tumblrversary

[dumbhero]

endlessly curious about padan. tell me more

is this because of all the posts i tag him in well let me tell you he's wormed his way into my brain and will not leave. every song i listen to becomes about him and if it doesnt fit canon him it fits one of his many au's this is because i'm sick in the head

so a friend of mine decided to start a dragon age ttrpg campaign and invited me to play and i was hype and they really like dark and gritty campaigns and dragon age is already dark and gritty and me being me i was like what if i was silly lol ! what if i made a qunari mailman who got lost and ended up on another continent! and he's a little ditzy haha! completely not realizing at the time that like, what i described is a qunari horror story

because like their entire personhood is their job. if they fail at their job they're expected to kill themselves about it. this is seen as the honorable and reasonable thing to do. because if you fail you're functionally worthless and being worthless is worse than being dead. their whole deal is that they see their society as being one organism and individuals serve to perpetuate that organism and obviously because of this there's defectors and stuff but there's also lots of converts because life under the Qun (their religion/governmental body) is way better than life in a lot of other places where you'd have more freedom because like, they don't have money or poverty or hunger and they have superior medicine and sanitation to most of the world, right, and a convert is treated no differently than someone who was born into it and probably garners quite a bit of respect because it's difficult

but also like. they're very focused on efficiency--working as one is efficient, having individuals is inefficient--so people are assigned jobs based on what they're good at and their entire lives are controlled and monitored by other people. you arent allowed to have relationships or hobbies that arent approved right and like Padan is a huge believer in all this right because the system does like. Work. it's just that when it has failures the failures are compounding and untenable, like how mages are treated which we are Not getting into. but they're very like, not unemotional but every emotion is strictly controlled because if you don't you'll fuck up and fuck ups stall efficiency

but basically like Padan is a kind sweet boy with a profound amount of emotional intelligence just like, naturally, which caused him to act in ways that got him in a lot of trouble because kindness is seen as weakness so even though he's naturally very curious and smart he repressed his emotions so hard and punished himself out of being curious so hard it gave him brain damage and now he has basically zero short term memory. on top of this he's also kind of nearsighted so this makes it kind of hard for him to navigate traditionally but luckily he's also inordinately lucky (and much better with his other senses lol) so he always manages to be at the right place at the right time and also due to his empathetic proclivities he landed a Military Mailman Job

'karapadan' (which is his actual name and job) doesnt actually like exist in canonical Qunari lore but i based it off a real life military position my grandfather had (Chief Payment Officer), did have to modify it a little because they don't. have currency. so basically his job is to carry letters and things between soldiers and military leaders on the battlefield, hence why he's governed by the Arishok (head of military) and not the Ariqun (head of like, information) and we were joaking having fun because like, when this is set it would put him in a perfect position to deliver some sensitive information to a canonical character from the games, and him totally borking it by accident was funny and sorta tragic

his goal is/was to deliver a letter to Iron Bull to tell him to start espionage in Orlais (which is like fantasy france) but when he was getting on the boat the harbormaster accidentally directed him to the one taking him *to* Orlais instead of to Seheron (island next to the one he was on) where Iron Bull is. but the kicker is--he's never been off his home island. he's heard descriptions of these other places but never seen them, he has no idea how long a journey to Seheron or Orlais takes. on top of that he's struggling so hard to remember what he's supposed to be doing and what the person he's looking for looks like that not only does he forget Iron Bull's name, but he doesn't realize for several days he's not in Seheron.

he meets an elf and a human who kindly allow him to accompany them--he thinks they're converts, and because the elf has tattoos he can't make out well, he assumes they're of a higher rank than him (he's about as low as you can go, lol) so when he figures out he has not only failed and cannot hope to rectify his failure, but that all his hard work to become useful didnt pay off, he nearly commits suicide but his elf companion manages to unknowingly talk him off the edge. however, this presents a new problem--not doing so is considered a crime. the longer he lives the more his abject failure compounds and the more he has to face his life's worth of repressed emotions and the less he's able to cope with that

he also cares deeply about his classmates (qunari children are raised communally by one teacher who basically controls the rest of their lives, usually separated from any relatives) and when he was home he kept in touch with all of them despite most of them having vastly different jobs and never wanted much of anything except to see them and to Be Useful and now he's hundreds of miles away from them and can literally never return home or contact them and if he ever saw them in the wild they'd very likely kill him for defecting so he's really not handling that well. because like, he was very much holding this group together and without his involvement it's unlikely they'll talk much if at all .

basically i care him so much and i'm hitting him with hammers but i do want him to be happy but he's got to suffer a lot right now and if i keep going this post will be too long <3

#diary #asks #padan #long post #dragon age #he's the world's sweetest kindest qunari but this also makes him the worst

[elixirvitae]

Your answers are just *chefs kiss*... soo I was wondering for a while now... Alu physiology 🤓 how does that man's body work? He drinks blood, does he need to use the toilet? Can he vomit if he feels sick? Can he sneeze? Can he cum? Is he fertile? We know he can cry a bloody substance so would all his substances be bloody? Does he expel gas? I cant grasp the way his body works at all.. he bleeds but does his body even pump blood? Is he hot or cold? If his blood is just standing still inside his body, how would he get an erection? He is meant to be unalive so what does he smell like? Also, i thought the other day, people who thirst for him.. are we necrophilliacs since he is meant to be deaded 😂? Help 😭😭😭😭

This is a fun topic! This is gonna get looonnnngggg because I've been nerding out over this subject for a long time.

So, like, I'm not a biologist? So most of these thoughts are pretty simplistic and fundamental. I'd love to hear someone more knowledgeable lend their take on these theories. "Blood is the life! Blood is the life!" We see Alucard in varying states of appearance as far as liveliness goes. He looks pretty tired sometimes, with heavy lines under his eyes and pallid skin. But sometimes he looks healthier, livelier, and I think that's in direct correlation to how much blood he has drank recently, and of what quality.

I'm better with machines than biology. Think of a body like a vehicle engine. You've got the motor, the moving parts, and the fluids (among uhhhh a bunch of other stuff?). Doesn't matter how new the engine, how sturdy the gaskets, the brand of brakes, because if you don't keep your fluids up, your car will stop carring.

So, my theory is that his body "performs" more like a living body at its prime when he's well-fed. Do you remember that part where he binged and took a nap in his chair in Ultimate? Walter observed that he was building up energy and strength for the coming battle. Now, "at its prime" doesn't mean "more human". Excreting waste, in my opinion, is a sign of inefficiency in an organism's metabolism and of course we know the health of our gut contributes to the frequency and circumstances of how we excrete waste. Illness, food allergy, presence or absence of bacteria, etc. So, I don't think he vomits, defecates, or urinates. Alucard metabolizes blood, which is, in Stoker and subsequent lore, the vehicle for life essence. He metabolizes blood entirely, and it fuels all the prime performance abilities of an organism and the extent of their abilities. In Romanian lore, male strigoi, Alucard's particular subspecies of vampire, can impregnate human women (female strigoi, in classic Olde Misogyny, have a wild libido and will exhaust a male human until his death). So, he can feed, fuck, and fight. The perfect creature. As for his blood flow, I think his heart DOES pump blood through his body, but very slowly. And by slowly, I mean like a couple times a night, give or take, depending on how physically active he is and how much blood he has been drinking. Bradycardia is not inherently a bad thing; generally speaking, as long as you feel good, a slow heart rate means your heart is pumping more efficiently. If his blood was stagnant in his body, we would see a lot of discoloration in his skin, and the blood would be pooling at whatever the lowest point of the body is as we see in deceased human bodies. And because his blood flows, it's reasonable to expect him to be a reasonable temperature. I think he probably runs pretty cool compared to a human. He probably feels like those people who are always cool to the touch when you touch their hand or cheek, but I mean realistically if you leave a steak on the counter all day it will reach room temperature. And since his body is animated and functioning on a baser level, I don't think he would smell ripe or anything. I personally think his coffin is lined with old Romanian earth beneath upholstery, so he probably smells like old, turned soil and the materials and environment he's surrounded in. I headcanon old soil, leather, and gun smoke. Now what I can't rationalize with this specific line of thinking is that in Stoker, Dracula so famously gives Harker the line "I never drink...wine." But at some point, in Alucard's canon, and I'm looking at Arthur here, he must have been granted the ability to drink spirits. He is chronically drinking wine in all formats of Hellsing. One day I'll go through all three versions, and I'll count the number of scenes in which he's drinking.

I DO know that cattle, oxen, pig, and lamb blood was used as a fining agent in wine, from ancient times up until the US started trying to bully Germany and France into stopping. If I recall correctly, Germany and France shrugged it off, but I think in the 90's around the time BSE (mad cow disease) was a huge scare, the US and the UK outlawed bovine blood as a fining agent. SO, until somebody out there is bold enough to research the subject, I headcanon that Arthur started a reserve for Alucard in which human blood is used as a fining agent in his own reserve of wine. Why not? Wine can thin blood, which means he probably has to drink a fair amount of blood before drinking wine or he'd probably get pretty fuckered up. So, in contrast to many folks' headcanons, he's probably a pretty light drinker unless he's been gorging on blood. And the only other thing I used to think he'd have trouble metabolizing was yeast but honestly it would just contribute to respiration, so he might breathe more than just when he needs to pass air through his vocal cords. Which might imply that when he's drinking, and his respiration is amped up that he might get the most rush out of smoking like we see him in WW2 and in a few chapter covers. Which supports my theory that he can party like a motherfucker if he wants to and supports my own headcanon that he likes to indulge in vices.

Aaaaand for your final question, no, I don't think we're necrophiliacs because Alucard is an animated, sentient creature capable of consent.

#thanks for the ask! #no really I had so much fun working on this one and checking my information #alucard hc #hellsing

[deafmangoes]

Why Legend of Korra Breaks Avatar's Worldbuilding

Part 1: Specialised Bending

Been rewatching Legend of Korra lately. When it originally came out, I enjoyed Season 1, was okay with Season 2, began to see cracks in Season 3 and utterly hated Season 4. Now I'm older I'm seeing if my attitude's changed.

Well... in some ways. My core issues with LoK are still there. Mostly how it fundamentally breaks the worldbuilding. I'm going to break down why, a little.

(Okay, probably a lottle).

(Blazing hot take on an 11 year old show, woo. Spoilers ahead).

NOTE: I originally intended this to be one post but it turned into a sprawling essay so I'm breaking it into multiple parts!

Metalbending

Metalbending was explicitly stated in TLA as done by bending small earthen impurities in a metallic matrix. Although we see Toph getting better at it over time, it's still a very imprecise and 'rough' method of bending. By the time of LoK, it's been refined into a much smoother bending art - that's all fine and good, but...

In the finale of Season 3 Korra is poisoned with mercury. For those of you who aren't familiar with chemistry, mercury is a metal famous for being liquid at room temperature. In its elemental form, it is 100% metal and has no impurities. Yet, metalbenders seem to be able to treat it like water. If that's the case, why can't they do this with all metals? This really questions where the line between "earth" and "metal" is, which kinda came up a bit in TLA.

For example, "earth" in the real world is basically silicate rocks or organic carbons. We know that no one can bend wood in the Avatar universe, and "plantbending" was achieved by manipulating the water in the stems, roots and vines. We also see that "sandbending" is possible (though specialised and not something all earthbenders can do), indicating that it's the silicate rocks that 'count' as "earth". This should, interestingly, mean that earthbenders can't do much with soil or mud unless they're affecting the clay in it.

Problem is, we see them throwing coal around at one point, too - so carbon's fine. There's a fundamental inconsistency there. Okay, fair enough, it's a kids' show. But LoK really draws attention to it in a way that makes you suddenly see all the flaws.

Lavabending

Yes, it's another issue with earthbending. Almost like they didn't think it through.

In Season 3 we're introduced to Guvan, who has the ability to "lavabend". It's never explained why this comes under the purview of earthbending since it seems more like a firebending thing (manipulation of heat and all that) but fine, can accept it... Except that it's done really badly.

Part of it is the way the writers treat lava itself. It has the usual TV problem of Convection Schmonvection where no one seems bothered by the extreme heat of molten rock, but beyond that the writers frequently treat lava as just "very hot watery acid". It's particularly bad in the Season 3 two-part finale where lava seems to just 'eat' through cooler rock and flows down a stairway in a flood, even crashing like waves.

Lavabending as a concept is pretty cool, but it should have been kept more limited - twice in the original series we see how much people struggled with volcanoes erupting, and apparently with Guvan (or even Bolin) around that shouldn't have been an issue at all. Avatar Roku died for nothing, guys.

Zaofu and the 'Metal Clan'

it's pretty but where the fuck did they get all that metal from? There's five six huge lotus 'domes' that open and close every day (which must take several teams of very dedicated benders), but this seems less efficient than just... building a wall. In Season 4, Kuvira tears these down and although it's not stated, I got the implication that she uses them to build her mega-mech (because where else did she get all that metal from...?) - except the mech itself is stated to be platinum, which can't be bended, which raises questions of what was going on in Zaofu to begin with!

Zaofu itself isn't given a lot of focus as a society but it's actually kinda dystopic if you think about it even a little. The place is ostensibly ruled in a 'benign tyranny' by Matriarch Suyin, and is portrayed as a sort of utopia, buuuut one of the first things we're introduced to is Suyin's vizier, who is so sensitive to vibrations that he acts as a human lie detector. He even states, point blank, "no one has secrets in Zaofu".

It's a bit sinister, no?

Then in Season 4 when Kuvira (herself a former citizen of Zaofu, radicalised into an imperialist dictator) attempts to conquer the city and benevolent tyrant Suyin - who is never framed as anything but heroic, by the way - tries to assassinate her in her sleep. Sure, Kuvira is the villain of the piece but it's not a good look for Suyin.

Dodgy politics aside, we're also told at one point that only "1 in 100 can master metalbending" and then later Suyin boasts that she can teach anyone the skill, and Toph further boasts that her kids never really got the hang of it. Some of these statements are probably lies, sure - it seems like a Zaofu would need a lot of metalbenders just to keep operating, so it can't actually be too hard for earthbenders to pick up: Bolin struggles with it, but maybe this is more like how Aang struggled with earthbending and Korra with airbending; it's a perspective that's different from what they already know.

Buuuut we don't explore any of that so nevermind.

Electricity!

In Season 1, Mako is shown to work at a power plant in Republic City with a lot of other firebenders, where they... spend their shift channelling lightning into generators, it seems.

Conceptually it's not bad, but like with the metalbending problem, it goes against what TLA established as being a very difficult thing to do - lightning generation and bending is shown to be a skill restricted pretty much to the royal family in TLA, and Iroh states that it comes from a place of careful meditation and calm (although, y'know, Azula seems to still be able to do it even after her mental breakdown so maybe Iroh's bullshitting).

Point being, they took something stated to be a rare skill and made it surprisingly mundane without addressing the contradiction. There's also a point to be made about ethics - Republic City clearly needs a lot of electricity and if it's being generated mostly by firebenders (who don't seem to be well compensated for it), it's shaky infrastructure that's liable to collapse and relies purely on worker exploitation. Woo!

It's pretty likely that Republic City uses fossil fuels and "tops up" with lightning, but we're not shown that explicitly, so it's left to speculation.

Also their battery tech is way more advanced than it ought to be - probably better than our own IRL.

Empty and Become Wind

Season 3 shows us that airbenders can actually fly if they try hard enough. Not just with gliders or wingsuits, but plain "I don't believe in gravity" cocksure positive attitude.

Just adding this one in here because it actually makes a lot of sense. Flying Bison fly because of airbending, so it stands to reason that humans can do it too. That only two airbenders - to date - have been able to accomplish this is more a failing on the part of the Masters than anything else.

Right, that's all my vitriol for this post. Next time: technology.

#deafmangoes #worldbuilding #avatar legend of korra #avatar #legend of korra #bad worldbuilding

[azure-cherie]

Hi love! How are you?🌸

I wondered if I could participate in your most recent game!

The aesthetic moodboard for you:

What are your hidden talents/psychic abilities?

First of all, it’s important to mention that the appearance of Wands denotes an immense level of vitality in your energy. You are very straightforward, with a tendency to be impulsive. The Knight of Wands is a vivacious character, in tune with their childhood, open-minded self, who is driving forward to materialise their goals. You might already know that you can be rather charismatic - this fiery character is fearless and adventurous, inspiring others to follow their path towards a better future. When it comes to the Ace on the bottom, you have an amazing creative power, which with the right movement of the brush can paint a splendid reality. You might be the type to come up with random ideas just of nowhere, which are also very valid and efficient - well, that’s simply because you have a well developed potential of receiving universal downloads. Your feels and character combined, make you a great messenger to greater social circles! Your words have the ability to move others towards growth! 

Now onto the abilities you might have in a less developed state - I got the Three of Cups and the Wheel of Fortune both reversed. I could say that it’s only about being able to attract happiness and wealth, but it’s far more interesting than that! The Wheel is continuously turning, just like universal energy fluxes - you are capable to manipulate these vibrational currents and give them a body in the material world, be it through manifestation, or by simply spreading wisdom to others. You can elevate vibrational states, from low energy emotions to higher ones - this might be especially sensed by people around you. At your best, you are capable to attract all your wishes through your lively attitude. By allowing yourself to live free and creative, you will be able to enhance the intensity of your energy - an aura that will heal those around you and rekindle their hope towards a better life.

My question:

How do I discover what I truly wish in life? / How do I hear what my heart has to say? / How do I know I am on the right path?

(you can answer any of them - which you feel pulled more towards)

Thank you in advance for your time and energy!🌸

Hii lovely 💕 of course you can participate 💖 and you literally sent an exchange 🤭💕✨

This ask got deleted once , it's my second attempt, hope it works this time 🤞. You sent me adequate to answer all three since you know right I'm bad at long readings 😵‍💫.

How to discover what you truly wish :

Be more in your receiving energy, you have been helping so much, who is helping you ? You need time with yourself, writing things that inspire you , what you truly aspire will be an epiphany, something that comes with the spirit of the moment, connect more to your daimon, create a balance between conscious and the unconscious mind , i get the visions of a flower probably White lilies , symbolise purity and rebirth, go along the path you've chosen as you go forward your inner Intuition will serve you the truth !

How do you hear what your heart has to say :

Recently there has been some issue due to which you feel like you have annoyed a lot of people around you , you are blaming it on poor planning but honey you did your best , you have to know that head and heart are but different organs with same goals , you really have to connect to your inner self , stop reading for others for some days , meditate, understand and accept that sometimes things don't work , this way you will open your heart and you will listen.

How do you know you're on the right path :

When you're on your right path you will feel deeply passionate about what you're doing, your manifestations will be easy , you would be light to the world , you will feel an abundance of energy , unstoppable action , financial success , i would say to realise what you want you have to be more into your feminine aspect, to understand and work through that you have to be in your masculine aspect, i suggest you to balance them both .

Feedback :

I love the mood board 😍 it's literally so beautiful my taste , i see 444 everyday and 1111 too , the outfits so beautiful, yes I'm fire after air so fiery and childish energy really resonates , i have some creative abilities, I've received a lot about the ability of moving masses , 😳i didn't know about the downloads tho , okay wow manipulation of vibrations omg that's really interesting, i wish i had enough wisdom to spread but I'm kinda naive , i agree maybe I need to connect more to my lively side , loved it .

Thank you so much for your time and energy.💖

I hope you resonate, leave a feedback if you do ♡

#azures games #azures asks

[derangedthots]

Hiiiiiiiiii lovely writer author jacemond wife,

I hope you don’t mind me asking but I got curious about your writing process for FTF & CTF. Like you’re very much aware of where your fic is going what inspired it and already know what would be spoilers and what isn’t for us your in love readers. I hope it’s not a bother to ask and if you don’t wish to answer that completely understandable. I just wondered how you planned out the universe and plot for this ship so effectively and efficiently.

Also i can’t remember if you ever tagged it or not but was there going to be like angst in this fic? (Not asking for like tagging reasons but just because I wondered with Aemond’s personality we’d be getting dumb blond brooding and grandma Vhagar two days away from kidnapping Jace and Aemond to an island and flying away. Targaryens and their emotional constipation feelings about family)

Hope uni is treating you good and Jacemond treats you better!!!

hello my love😊🥰

it's not a bother to ask at all!! (though probably not that interesting to hear haha) i have an overactive imagination that has a tendency to make connections really quickly and if the material i'm working off of is anything based in fantasy, that ability only compounds lol. my brain will make large connections (i.e. major events i want to write/read) first while also running smaller details in the background and the longer i leave both to sit and marinate, the clearer the narrative becomes. it's all very chaotic by nature so i'll try to keep as much as i can organized on a good doc - since i can always delete certain plans later - and just keep reminding myself of where eventually i want the story to end up.

there's a lot of scene/plot planning that happens but i also try to leave myself a lot of room to play outside of stuff i KNOW needs to happen bc i don't want the fic to feel bogged down or like i'm just crossing things off a list. i mentioned in my ch2 author's endnote that i like giving my stories "room to breathe" bc i want them to feel organic rather than mechanical. hitting the right emotional beats is really important to me (what are humans if not highly-emotional beings after all, isn't that just terrible and beautiful?) so there's a lot of internal deliberation abt how characters would respond & react to certain things that i think abt every day in order to avoid the pitfalls of treating them less like complex people and more like hollow puppets on my strings. when i write, i aim to imbue my fics will life and life can lead us down unpredictable, frustrating roads haha

taking all that into account, it's pretty much why i don't have a set update schedule. i tried to do the monthly thing releasing the first ch of CTF a month after FMF but it became clear almost immediately that that wouldn't work just bc, by that point, the story had grown too large for me to tell it the way i felt it needed to be told in such a short time. plus uni responsibilities factors into it too and updates get postponed even longer than i would ever want them to (boo👎🏼👎🏼)

and research, a lot of research goes into me planning these fics lolol and often times bc i haven't read f&b i have to cross out ideas and change certain details i previously (incorrectly) believed and/or don't wanna keep

oof that was so much rambling again😂 but to answer your second question, for some reason i thought i already added the angst tag to CTF and clearly just forgot. ik you said you're not asking for tagging reasons but for me personally, it was v irresponsible of me considering jace has already had at least 2 panic attacks at this point and well...everything else. tagging my fics appropriately is important to me bc i never want to trigger anyone unnecessarily and i know we all have diff thresholds when it comes to how comfortable or uncomfortable we are with certain subjects. i'll add it here in a bit, thank you for reminding me!! it's esp. important bc yeah...there's definitely going to be more angst moving forward...no spoilers tho my mouth is sealed🤐😶‍🌫️

i hope life and jacemond treats you AMAZINGLY😚💕💕

#ask #💕💕 #also of course i remember you said that (abt jacemond as austen romance where aemond has to fix his own self) #it was one of my most favorite things to read ever and described my interpretation of them so well i squealed