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danrifics · 4 months
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you all pestered me for it and here it is. the closeness analysis/ theory.
now if you didn't see I basically had this theory that the closer to BIG and COTY we get in the DAPG timeline the closer dan and phil sit to each other. Dan made a comment about how them playing Heartthrob being like a gay soft launch and that got me thinking of some other ways they could have done it and one of those being the idea that as time goes on you get less and less strict and worrisome about what others think of you and so they end up gravitating closer and closer.
This post will be under a see more cos its probably gonna be long af.
I will be splitting it into stages.
2014 -15
2016 - 17
2018
revival
sorry the screenshots arent clickable to make bigger tumblr only allows for 30 on a post so i had to group them together!
(i will not be covering horror games apart from in the revival stage and i will also not be talking much about gamingmas 2023)
2014 - 15
now when i initially went to collect my evidence, i was suddenly worried maybe i kinda had things wrong because i feel like in Donkey Kong Country (the first dapg video, see screenshot below) they're sat pretty close but honestly when we get to how they sit a lot later on you'll see that this is actually pretty far apart
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now here are some screenshots for the inital look at at the end of them we'll talk (this will be the layout for most of this post i think)
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now of course this is only a selection of those year's videos if i screenshotted them all i fear this post would never end. now these first 2 years are a good mix of at desk videos on sofa videos. i noticed from some other videos not show here that in sofa videos they rend to sit a lot closer to each other than they do at the desk, this is kinda funny to me cos really they definitely have room for a wider frame on the couch if they wanted to sit like normal people.
2016 - 17
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2016 and the start of 2017 feel like a mixed bag of how close together they are but i did notice that the more into 2017 we got the more they seemed to be shoulder to shoulder! these also started to wean out sofa sitting games (not 100% gone yet but almost). now if you're wondering why i've kept this screenshot apart its cos this is the last one in the first london apartment.
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and honestly from here on out is where i believe the "soft launching" begins!
so lets finish 2017 and see if im right!
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just had to single out this screenshot for a sec:
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in case anyone wondered that is the face dan made during dream daddy when phil reads "we were roommates for a while too"
softlaunch?
anyway moving on
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watching these videos definitely feels like something changed btw, while they still arent as close as we'll start seeing them sit, i definitely noticed more often they were shoulder to shoulder. but like a new room has definitely changed the vibe a little bit between them, and now we can move on to the next and final year of pre hiatus dapg, where things as you will see immediately start to change.
2018
like i said... immediately we are met with this, i would also like to let everyone know that 2018 is my favourite era of pre hiatus dapg
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lets see what the rest of this year will bring
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now i'm splitting 2018 up into parts because i need to do a whole talk about the tour situations so for now lets look at the above screenshots, now its very obvious that they are sitting so much closer to each other which i think is really funny considering how big that room is and often in this section of videos there is a lot of room either side of them so they literally do not need to be that close.
now lets talk about the tour bus. this is how close they're sitting
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thats for sure a 1 person seat yet they've both forced themselves on even tho the sofa literally behind them would have been perfectly fine to sit on, and they cant give me "this is the only place to set up the camera" babe its really not theres a whole surface behind you.
okay thank you for listening to this, moving on to the final part of 2018!
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(the last 2 screenshots are out of order oops)
idk about you but yeah i think they are definetly a lot closer than they were way back in 2014. i really dont have a lot to say other than that, and i have definetly proven my theory so now we've established that lets have a brief look at post hiatus dapg!
Revival
Now this is gonna be really brief its just a summary of where we are post BIG/COTY and post hiatus (things my brain still cant quite believe is real)
now here are the revival moments i wanna give a mention!
firstly sims season ep 3 when dan moves his chair away from phil and their wheels are literally locked together, pushing phil's chair too
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heres dan looking into the monitor and then moving closer to phil <3
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and finally
hand hold
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thanks for reading all this and sorry if it didnt live up to the hype lmao
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neiptune · 1 year
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aot boys x guilty pleasures
a/n: this is me being self indulgent and having a lil fun so forgive the shitposting but also feedback is always appreciated mwah
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eren loves the shit out of nature documentaries you'll leave him alone one saturday night and you'll come back to find him sprawled on the couch watching life of mammals or some shit on netflix lmao you'd be on a date and he'd get suddenly excited enough to hit you with random facts like “btw did you know that the average blood pressure of a giraffe is around 300/190?” he'd literally barge in rooms with a “babe omg hummingbirds are like the only birds that can fly backwards” and you'd just be sitting on the toilet with a very unimpressed look but he's cute 12/10 would make a good park ranger or whatever
armin is lowkey obsessed with youtubers like he legitimaly sits down and watches hours on end of unboxing/reaction videos or travel vlogs jfc and it's always the dumb stuff ya know like person x unboxing the same phone in 10 different colors or person y reacting to drake's new single and THAT controversial lyric. it's exhausting really he'd be in bed at 3am still going through chrissy's 27 min travel vlog about some bali vacation gone wrong and don't even get me started on drama and internal feuds or breakups oh my god he has a whole playlist of breaking my silence videos on youtube to keep track of who's said what so he can pick the best side
you've introduced jean to the world of fandoms and fanfiction and at first he was all like nah that's too weird but now he has his own ao3 account and eats the weirdest most hilarious shit up, will also use acquired terms in the wrongest way like you'd be watching bridgerton together and he'd suddenly nod to himself with a OOOO TRIGGER WARNING THEY BOUT TO FUCK lmao he's obsessed tbh his twitter is filled with commentary on random chapters he's screenshot and that I WILL GO DOWN WITH THIS SHIP titanic gif posted over and over again like no honey you will not we've moved past that 10 years ago
oh god connie is such a chronic playlist creator he'd have one for EVERYTHING and he genuinely spends hours selecting the perfect most appropriate songs and titles for each one, you best believe before you first started dating he's made one for you called “i like you idgaf about your boyfriend” which came with a weird ass mix of sweet stuff like just the way you are by bruno mars and cash shit by megan thee stallion lmaooo he's so random he thinks he's good at it too and you don't have the heart to tell him that “get down dirty bedroom sexy lapdance music” ain't a good title. it's kinda attractive that he's not a music snob tho like he'd be blasting country music classics while cooking, rap mixtapes when he's taking a shower or full on broadway showtunes when driving, he also has a cute voice that cracks on higher notes but it secretly turns you on how deep in the moment he is while screaming to defying gravity in the car
levi gets a weird kick out of serial killer documentaries or real footage of their interviews/trials, also listens to A LOT of true crime podcasts and TAKES NOTES about the most interesting cases to check if he'd be able to solve the unsolved ones and he'd always test you as well? you'd be reading a book in bed and he'd plop next to you with a dead serious look on his face asking shit like “would you help some random guy with a cast on his arm carry his bags?” 🤨 out of the blue like ?????? baby that's kinda weird can you not but it's really just him trying to flex his big big brain thank fuck he's not an actual cop he'd be insufferable (and way less hot)
to absolutely no one's surprise reiner's guilty pleasure has to do with you, the man's all about you (and hockey), you've asked him to take a bath with you once and now not a single motherfucking week goes by without him looking at you big big puppy eyes asking “bath???” most evenings after work. it doesn't even have to lead to anything he's just content basking in warm water and bubbles with you in his lap, he gets to massage shampoo into your scalp if you want to wash your hair and is now a pro at creating the perfect atmosphere with oils and dimmed lights and omg don't even get me started on candles, he's memorized your favorite scents and now also has his own preferences, catch him walking around a yankee candle store at least twice a month, girls working there ask this big scary grumpy guy if he needs help and he'd reply with the softest most polite & specific hi hello yes actually i need to stock up on sparkling cinnamon and snow globe wonderland tyvm
porco 100% checks his naked self out in the mirror lmaooo i know this shouldn't count as something people wouldn't believe he'd do but it's kinda a guilty pleasure i guess??? he finds putting clothes on a lil depressing and knows he's hot. sometimes you'd catch him doing that after showering and the man would be so fucking thirsty for compliments cause what is he supposed to do with muscles and abs and prominent biceps if you won't drool over them a little? he's annoying & also gets soooo whiny if you don't indulge him like :( do you not think your dashing boyfriend is cute :( while flexing, also always tries to convince you to take your clothes off as well for “inspection purposes” to which you simply flick his forehead lol whether you end up pressed against that very mirror 10 minutes later it's between you and him xoxo
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endollvors · 4 months
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Taking a Propaganda
Propaganda is definitely a thing. It's been covered before, probably more throughly, that the Auradon sponsored Posters and Television channels on the Isle are, kinda wack. Like, that's a section of the budget that's being used judiciously when the main source of food is canonically garbage.
Consider also, the way that Mal, is framed in news footage in Descendants 2. (Rags to riches success story. Aspirational, A triumph of Auradon, look at her now. She's an example. etc.)
VK day in D3 being a holiday. The fact that the applications are Collected the same day as the children are Selected.
That's not what we're here for though. I'm taking you on a journey.
Ok, so School of Secrets, the promotional youtube shorts, not the book series, is I think, technically canon. It's canon the same way a guest passed out in the laundry room at a house party is still attending. They're a minute long and they fascinate me.
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This is a screenshot from Episode 9. Where PC culture cancels the school play, (Weird series) which was Supposed to be an adaptation of What's that Spell? a stage dramatization of Maleficent's attack on Aurora's kingdom. Other provided options are 12 Angry Dalmatians, Book of Sultan, and 7 Brides for 7 Dwarfs before they settle on My Fair Lady and the Tramp. May I just say before I get going, fun puns. I would watch the hell out of Tramp's Pygmalion arc.
This begs an interesting question though. Because this isn't, in the world of the series, fiction. Not only are all the plays about a terrible thing that happened, they are about terrible things that happened within living memory to specifically the parents of these kids' peers. Things that caused so much damage that a Generational Prison Island was considered a proportional response and it's an incredibly unpopular policy decision to want to change that. Now, imagine for a moment, being a parent, and going to see your darling pumpkin be an extra in the school play, and then its about how your best friend's stepmother tried to get her killed when she was 14, and also you're a character. Your kid didn't get the role.
They do this twice a year.
Twice a year, the AKs go on stage to replay their parents' story and celebrate the overthrow of a villain. This is some 9/11 Never Forget shit.
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leafofkudzu · 10 months
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Slightly delayed posting this, but hello again! The first Saturday of a new month fast approaches, which means it’s soon time for yet another community art party hosted by [VS] Verdant Shield! Last week I ran our first ever location-selection poll, and the winner by just a teensy margin was The Grove, so let’s try out a new location in the same map!
For those not in the loop about what an art party is, they’re an idea carried over from Final Fantasy XIV - big (or small!) get-togethers for artists/writers/creatives of all kinds to hang out, chat, and create together! Get your most eye-catching outfit together, find someone else who strikes your fancy, and create! Afterwards, everyone shares their creations on social media (mostly here on Tumblr for us) using a party-specific tag (ours is #VSArtParty) so others can see and spread the love around via reblogs! The tl;dr is the same thing I’ve been saying every time I make these posts, and will continue to say ad infinitum: the ‘goal’ of an art party isn’t to be drawn, but to draw others, and share with the community!
General party details are in the image above, but a text version with some additional details such as /squadjoin information is under the cut!
Location Details:
The last time we were in the Grove we tried Dawngleam Pergola as a location, but it very quickly overflowed during the NA party and has as such been disqualified from future large-scale events (sorry!). The Omphalos Chamber (aka the place where you go to visit the Avatar of the Pale Tree) is also limited in size, but is easily spilled out of onto the main floor immediately below it should the need arise (which it very well may). The closest waypoint is Upper Commons Waypoint, and the easiest way up to the uninstanced Chamber would be via a mount such as a springer or skyscale, but you can also use a teleport-to-friend or just kinda yell in an upwards direction to summon a helpful portal-bearer should the need arise. The map looks a little weird when viewed from Chamber-level, but here’s a screenshot just in case you aren’t familiar. If you still aren’t sure, just go the middle of the top floor and look up!
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Time & Squad Details:
As always, the party will consist of two separate events, with an hour break in between (though technically people jump from one to the other immediately anyway so weee).
The first party will be on EU servers and begin at 9pm Central European Summer Time (aka 3pm Eastern Daylight Time or 5 hours before in-game reset). I’ll be hosting on my EU alt account, so to join either /squadjoin or whisper Aemryn of Dusk for an invite.
The second party will be on NA servers and begin at 7pm Eastern Daylight Time (aka 1am Central European Summer Time or 1 hour before in-game reset). This one I’ll be hosting on my main account, so to join either /squadjoin or whisper Kirslyn for an invite.
IMPORTANT NOTE (mostly for the NA party): If you join and the squad is at or above 45 members, please just taxi into the right map and then hop out of squad to allow others to do the same! Essentially all conversation now happens in say chat so you won’t miss out on anything by being outside of squad!
Closing Words:
For those who missed it, a week ago I posted a poll in the party tag where people could vote on one of the five main cities as a party location, with the promise that I’d select a location different from the previous party held in that map for whichever won. Going forward this will be the general format, with the poll going up 2 weeks before and the announcement 1 week before (yes I know this one is delayed I’m sorry D:). If you have suggestions for locations outside of the racial cities that are low/no combat and wouldn’t interfere with events/metas, feel free to DM me and I’ll scope them out for possible inclusion in future polls!
Anyway, that’s all for now! Sorry if I worried anyone by not having this posted back on Saturday - I had some irl stuff going on that delayed me a bit. Thank you so much to everyone who comes out to these and helps make them so memorable and fun, I can’t wait to see you all again soon! ♥
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melbrewer367 · 10 months
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So you want to make a recolor...
I made a quick recolor tutorial for a friend group so I thought I'd go ahead and share here too. This is just a super quick guide for how to recolor an object/cas item.
There are two types of recolors. Standalone and Overrides. Overrides will replace the item/swatches that exist in the game. Standalone recolors create an additional item with it's own swatches. This tutorial works for both kinds, you just pick which one in Step 1, and then the rest is basically the same.
This tutorial also works for pretty much all buy mode items and CAS items. Anything that is tileable...I think maybe that's what you could call it...anything that can be stretched across multiple tiles, for instance, wallpapers, flooring, roofing, fencing...these types of items require a few more steps that I will not be covering here.
Ok so you want to recolor something, you need Sims 4 Studio (S4S) and a photo editing program like photoshop (there are plenty of free alternatives out there too, like Gimp is one I know a lot of people use).
Step 1! Open up S4S and pick either "Standalone" or "Override" depending on what your end goal is. Generally, you'll probably do standalone. I usually reserve overrides for permanent world items I want to change, like changing the images on the billboards in San Myshuno, for instance.
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For this, I'm going to make a standalone recolor of an object so you would make sure Standalone Recolor is selected and then click "Object."
Step 2. Find the thing you want to recolor. Across the top there's filters so you can narrow it down by pack or search keywords to help find what you're looking for. Pick your item and click "next" at the bottom. A save window is going to pop up, save your file and make sure to name it something useful that's actually identifying so you can easily find it and remove it/update it/etc in the future. If you just hover your mouse over an item, it will give you the game's name for that item.
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Congrats, you've created a Sims 4 package.
Step 3. (Optional) If you want to make changes to the in game display name, description, price, or style tags...you can do that on this first screen and then just hit "Apply To All Swatches." You do not have to make changes here if you don't want to though.
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Step 4. This is where the fun begins. Click on the "Texture" tab. This is where you're going to get the file that you actually need to recolor. If there's a plain white swatch, I would pick that one, otherwise, I would go with whatever the lightest and most blank swatch is to make it easier on you to recolor. You just click one of the numbered swatch boxes at the top and then in the lower section make sure you have "Texture" highlighted, in this case it is my only option, and then click "Export." Another save window will pop up, just save that texture file somewhere easy to find, it'll only be there temporarily. (Or, if you want to be really smart and you plan on recoloring many things, you should make a project folder for each thing and save your texture files and things in there so you can always come back to them later.)
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Step 5. So the exact tools and steps and such will kinda vary here based on what you want to accomplish and what program you use but, the broader overall process is the same. Open your texture file in an image editing software, change the colors/patterns/etc how you want, and then save that texture file. For instance, on this one I'm just going to change that pink section to a different color by just selecting the pink area with a marquee/quick selection tool and then using the Hue/Saturation tool to change the color.
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Another example, this is something James Turner did in a recent video that someone asked about, you could choose some in game frames with images, put your own screenshots onto that image, and then boom you have your screenshots in game as framed photos. You would simply add your screenshot on top of the framed image as a second layer, line it up nice and neat, and you're good to go. Here's an example of what that would look like:
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That's also basically how you could quickly add patterns to something. Lay your pattern image over top of the texture, change your layer style to something like "Multiply" or "overlay" depending on the look you're going for. Either way you do these, just remember to save your final product as a .png file.
Step 6. Back to S4S! Same place you were before, except now you need to click "Import" down in that lower texture section, select your texture file you just made. While you're on this screen, you should also update the colors in the "Swatch Thumbnail" section to match your new recolor, and you can also "remove swatch" to get rid of any additional swatches you don't need. Once you're done with all of this, hit save, and then go throw that .package file into your Mods folder.
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Step 7. Go in game and check out your items and then pat yourself on the back.
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Now you too can be cursed with this knowledge so that every time a new item/clothing is added to the game and you think, "wow I'd really like this if it was in better swatches" you can just...make those swatches.
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hiorintruther · 10 months
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A comprehensive not-PowerPoint presentation on why I ship hiorin even though they’ve only interacted twice… and that’s being liberal with the word “interact”
(For @zevacheiznekam coz they asked me to 😌)
Do bear in mind that Hiorin as a ship is quite largely based in headcanon. While shippers like myself use canon as a basis to scrape whatever details we can about Hiori and Rin, their (brief) interactions and their personalities, canon material is more of an anchor from which several generally accepted headcanons have sprouted which we all kinda sorta abide by, although different people might have slightly different interpretations. This is just my interpretation. Also, this did sort of start as a crackship for me but then I started actually thinking about it and, uh, I don’t think it’s a crackship anymore when I’ve written nearly 50k words of fanfic for it on my AO3…
For starters, I began shipping Hiorin based on one singular interaction. It also happens to be the only one of two times where they properly talk to each other at all. This interaction (below) comes from the U-20 match, right after Rin has been roundhouse kicked in the face by Shidou. It was a moment that surprised me because despite spending the match getting progressively more and more aggressive to everyone else, Rin here isn’t aggressive towards Hiori. He lets Hiori help him up and they even manage to engage in a very brief but mutual conversation.
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Now sure, Hiori is just being nice here and Rin is probably a bit stunned. They haven’t interacted since this moment in the manga and likely won’t again in any real capacity. Still, it was this interaction that got me trying to imagine what it might look like if they could be closer — mostly in the context of Rin actually being able to make a proper friend. He does seem to have a certain level of tolerance for Hiori that he doesn’t for the rest of Blue Lock (which I’ll explain later), plus Hiori is probably the only one patient, kind AND calm enough to be capable of being Rin’s friend without Rin despising it. Other kind characters like Nanase and Bachira are in my opinion too bubbly and talkative in canon for Rin’s more broody personality (although I do love a good sunshine x storm-cloud ship don’t get me wrong). Meanwhile, Hiori is equally as kind but calmer. More quiet. He’s also not got a drive to try and defeat Rin or devour him, which I think Rin would appreciate given he hates people who do try to go against him like Isagi and Shidou.
The only other substantial interaction we have for hiorin comes from the Third Selection tryouts match in which they’re placed on the same team. I’ve already made a post about it so go to that here for the relevant screenshots from the manga. I will copy over the conclusions from the post though. From this match I inferred that:
Hiori can keep up with Rin like it’s a regular day (speaking to Hiori’s adaptability)
This, for Rin, translates to “Hiori is reliable”
Rin can trust Hiori to definitely get the ball to where it needs to be if they cooperate, even though they’ve never played together before (and they didn’t even discuss a plan beforehand but were able to immediately link up without issue — see again Hiori being adaptable)
Rin doesn’t look down on Hiori the way he does with Isagi or Shidou, probably because he doesn’t see Hiori as a threat or insulting
This concludes all of their interactions in the manga. From here, me and other shippers use these small conclusions from canon as well as canon-adjacent information from things like the Egoist Bible Character Book to build a hypothetical situation in which they ARE able to start talking to each other more often and build a bond. Most of the fics about this pairing that take place in the canon universe will deal with overcoming the hurdle of ‘getting them to actually interact’. For us shippers, after that hurdle has been cleared it’s rather smooth sailing to imagine a relationship forming for a lot of reasons.
To begin, the obvious thing to focus on is their similar backstories. More specifically, the emotional responses they have to their backstories and how it could be a source of understanding between them (spoilers for the manga up to chapter 206). The resentment Rin holds towards Sae is incredibly similar to the resentment Hiori holds towards his parents. Both have canonically been shown wanting to hurt/kill their family members due to how these family members treated them, as well as the feelings of false love associated with these family members being a big part of why Rin and Hiori want to hurt them. Rin feels betrayed by Sae because he thinks Sae pretended to love him and care about him in their childhood to further his own ambition only to throw it all away like it was meaningless, meanwhile Hiori feels that his parents don’t actually love him and only want him to be the best because they never could be. This similarity is something that us shippers tend to use as way for Hiori to be able to understand Rin in a way that other characters can’t, as well as a way for Rin to be able to actually articulate his emotions surrounding Sae to someone who is able to understand him to a certain degree and won’t think he’s being “too edgy” or “over-reacting”. We can count in Hiori to not be judgemental of Rin.
Beyond their families though, the two of them just have similar interests and personalities. Rin likes horror games (Egoist Bible) and Hiori is a gamer. They’re both quiet, more reserved and Hiori’s ideal type in a romantic partner is someone who will leave him alone a lot (Blue Lock wiki). They’re ‘no-nonsense’ people who prefer to be blunt and to the point. It might seem a bit superficial but considering they basically never interact, it’s rather a lot to go on.
Overall, the completely made up dynamic that has been created by us shippers after taking all of this information into account goes something like this:
Rin doesn’t find Hiori as annoying or threatening as the rest of Blue Lock because Hiori is adaptable, no-nonsense and doesn’t try to come for Rin’s position as number 1
Hiori has an understanding of Rin’s trauma because he himself experienced something incredibly similar
They get over the ‘start talking’ hurdle and begin to realise that they actually have similar interests and can hold a conversation for longer than 2 seconds
The relationship builds from there, with Hiori being the ‘exception’ in Rin’s life and Rin being a safety where Hiori can talk about his true feelings without having to filter himself or be kind
In terms of other headcanons, these are a couple that I’ve seen floating around:
Neither of them like PDA very much. You might see them holding hands if you’re lucky
They play co-op together a lot, especially co-op horror games
They don’t pry into each other’s business. If one of them wants to talk about something, they will
They have the type of relationship where they’ll sit in silence not talking to each other for 30 minutes, then one nudges the other a bit and suddenly they’re cuddling (only in private, obviously)
They have had many long, depressing trauma-dump sessions with each other
It isn’t a depressing relationship though, mostly because Hiori is a light in Rin’s life and Rin feels like he can be more ‘the old him’ around Hiori (see: Rin’s light novel)
They both like striped clothing (see: Rin’s casual design and Hiori’s onesie, coaster design and child design)
And with that, I have finally finished my overly long, overly indulgent explanation into why I and others ship hiorin. It’s 3am for me rn so I might have missed smth so if any other hiorin shippers out there in the aether wanna drop in with their perspectives and/or stuff I forgot to mention, feel free! As for @zevacheiznekam, I hope this answered your question and you didn’t get too bored half way through 😅
(Also, if you wanna see some hiorin artwork, uh, shameless plug)
Sources used:
Blue Lock manga
Egoist Bible
Blue Lock light novels (we’re actually getting a Hiori one later this year which will hopefully add some fuel to the hcs!)
Nomura’s art
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if-confessions · 10 months
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Author here: my confession is i'm lying. My demoless intro blew up and i kinda can't be asked to write it anymore. I keep posting screenshots of snippets but i'm never gonna release anything. I feel bad cause there are so many asks but i seriously don't have an ounce of care. I love my cast and my story but it’s so hard to write. I've seen a lot of accounts with a lot of hype and asks but no demos so i don't feel terrible and we authors don't owe anyone content anyway. I know it's bad but i love getting sent questions and notes cause people are so interested and it's so fun to post new ideas. Once my hype dies i'll probably just create a new one cause i'm already writing a synopsis for this new story and it's so good.
Hi Anon,
I'm going to get real with you, buddy. I had to write this message multiple times because I ended up being a bit too... angry. And as much as I absolutely don't vibe with this whole position, it would still not be fair to you to get the end of my frustration with it.
So I am trying again, (more) calmly.
I honestly have been wondering if you are maybe lying to yourself when you said you can't be asked to continue your project. You seem to be very enthusiastic about the story and the characters (or you wouldn't be sharing snippets or answer asks about it. What jumped at me was: my demoless intro blew up.
I've answered a lot of asks in the past about creators worried about not being enough because their project didn't get enough attention, but very little when it came to the ones blowing up overnight. But just because your intro blows up, doesn't mean you don't struggle with all of this.
So I have a few questions for you:
Are you having this blasé attitude about your project and giving up because of the heightened expectations of having blown up?
Then you might find getting a break from interaction/the social aspect to help. Or maybe interacting with other creators outside of Tumblr and discuss experiences and what to do when the motivation is gone or it becomes to overwhelming (hint: it's often a break).
Another option is to set expectations about the project. And I mean yours. Creating a grandiose story spanning books and dozens of chapters each and a cast as long as your arm can be incredibly fun, but it might not feasible, and often becomes overwhelming. Maybe take a look at your story and chop it down to manageable bites or remove parts that don't fit.
Do you worry if you actually post it, people will not vibe with it?
In this case, consider alpha/beta testing, where you share more about the story to a select few and request feedback. Joining a writer's group or a smaller IF server to discuss or brainstorm or get feedback on ideas is also a nice way of getting confidence about what you are doing. Some community have even some sort of writer's circle, where multiple people get together and write for an hour or two.
Are you afraid you will be found out as not being a good creator (a.k.a. the imposter syndrome)?
We all start somewhere, and that somewhere is very often bad. Don't sweat it. The good news tho, is that it can't get worse. The more you write, the better you get. (but you have to write first)
Do you want a point of reference? Try reading the first version of my first game. It is cringy as hell, there are a lot of grammar and syntax mistakes... I hate it so much, so I made it public to everyone. Go roast me about it, then go read the much better version (or the other way around.
Do you feel like you are lacking confidence in your ability to finish the project because your experience with the medium is minimal, making it overwhelming?
Pause the project for a bit, and write a tiny game (not more then 1k). Join game jams to test some stuff out. Mess around with the program and see what can be done.
Did your struggle with writing come from realising the amount of work required to make it happen?
Time to break it down in smaller pieces, until it feels doable. Then take one piece at a time. And there is no timeline you need to keep...
Do you feel like you can't do this by yourself and would feel more confident continuing the project if you had more direct support?
Try to reach out to other people and see if someone would be interested in helping you make this project a reality. I've seen many projects being done in duo or trio (Harcourt, Lady Thalia...). It will be a different dynamic, but can be very fulfilling.
Are the characteristics of the IF medium something you can't see working? Does the story not work when variation is added? Is there only one path that works for you?
Maybe, IF is not the medium for this project (or for you). That is also fine!
Not everything will work with IF (hell, even inside the IF sphere, some stories fits better the parser-type or the choice-based one, or the hyperlinks one). Maybe the project should become a novel, or a poem collection, or be turned into a comic/webtoon.
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Before you go on to make another intro post with your new idea on the hope that it will blow up so you can just talk about it and bounce when it becomes too difficult, maybe ask yourself:
why you entered this community in the first place,
why you wanted to try your hand at making IF too,
why this story stuck to you so much you wanted to share it with everyone,
what made the story fun in the first place,
what was the point where the fun in writing actually stopped,
whether you want to abandon a story you seem so passionate about...
Interactive Fiction is an awesome medium, and it's a shame to take it for granted...
Or you can go ahead and post that new idea of yours, continuing to blatantly lie to people to get attention rather than enjoying the medium and the craft for what they are, and toy with people essentially...
I might have been reaching there about the lying to yourself, or the fact that blowing up affected your love for creation more than what you message conveyed...
... and you might actually not give a shit at all about doing anything but throwing ideas at the wall, ignoring the rich and incredible history of Interactive Fiction and its captivating evolution (still happening today), neglecting the vibrant community just to con people for notes and attention that are insignificant in real life, lying to everyone just for the lolz...
You do you boo...
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Little reminder for people reading this: Don't send hate to people posting an intro post without a demo assuming they are like this anon. It would really suck if we end up gatekeeping a fun hobby because of one bad apple.
[old comments in tags: I'm sorry but I really don't like liars that do it for the lolz it's not cute gosh i tried to tone done the judgement on this really hard I honestly hope anon is just overwhelmed because they got more attention than they thought they would in the first place /]
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pjisskullourful · 1 year
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𝓼𝓽𝓪𝓲𝓷𝓮𝓭 𝓼𝓱𝓮𝓮𝓽𝓼
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🌼Damiano × reader
part 20 of ???? [parts 1-19] NSFW🔥smuttastic smuttery of a perverted degree
° Damiano David/female reader insert ✨ cameo by: Victoria De Angelis wordcount::: 3,897 ° anon request x2 with the corruption kink request that began the series& this request: Damiano and his lady getting down and dirty in front of a mirror and he’s making her watch the whole time. [requests are open!]
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“Is your boyfriend on the same planet as us?” Victoria asked.
Damiano had zoned out during the informal group dinner you were currently attending. Tucked away in the corner of the Japanese restaurant, he sat silently, with the screen of his phone illuminating his face. He was oblivious to any of the conversations taking place around him as his concentration went purely to his device.
He was tired and probably over-stimulated after another jam-packed day in Tokyo. Looking across the table at him put you in the mindset of a carer - all you wanted to do was take him to a bed and bring him a cup of chamomile tea. If you looked at him for too long you would begin to crave cuddles.
“No, he’s still with us… kind of…” You told her. “He’s looking up tattoo studios.”
“Of course he is.” She said. “Does it ever bother you how spontaneous he is with all of that? Do you wish he would chill for a second and give you a vote, or whatever? ‘Cause you’ve gotta see them just as much as he does, imagine if you hated one of the designs…”
“Well that hasn’t been an issue yet.”
“He’s lucky he’s got a girlfriend who likes surprises.” She said. “A control freak with that? But that’s why you two are perfect for each other.”
“At the end of the day, they’re just tattoos and if they make him happy, that’s the only thing that really matters to me.” You said. “Literally my only concern is that he’s gonna run out of skin.”
She laughed, having a sip of her beer. “Tell me you don’t have any tattoos without telling me you don’t have any tattoos…”
“Really, did I just out myself?” You asked.
“Pretty much. It’s so addictive that once you start, you stop caring about shit like running out of bodily real estate, you just want another and another and it’s your new favourite hobby.” She said. “And we should stop talking about this before I start trying to find an artist with availability.”
But that wasn’t the end of your discussing tattoos for the night.
After the restaurant, you and Damiano climbed into the van that was bound for return to the hotel. Other members of the entourage joined you in the vehicle. You settled into the backseat with your boyfriend.
“Did you have fun at dinner?” He asked, placing an arm around your shoulders.
“Yeah, I did. I’d ask you the same, but it looked like you were getting into your research again.”
He showed you a sheepish smile, knowing exactly what you were referring to. “I couldn’t help myself, I started looking at flash sheets.” He readjusted in his seat, pulling his phone out of his pocket. “Do you wanna see what I found?”
“Sure.”
He had made some wiggle-room in his schedule for this work trip, finding enough free time to get a new tattoo. He had checked with you first, ensuring you didn’t mind losing out on an hour or two of other activities. You had told him it was fine, not wanting to hold him back from any of his experience of this country.
“There’s kinda a theme, which wasn’t on purpose. I just took screenshots of whatever caught my eye, but…” He said.
The theme was dragons, with the majority of the designs that you swiped through featuring the mythical beasts. There was some variety in the selection he had presented you with, and you looked at a couple of different flower designs, along with a sword, one drawing of a cat, another of a moth, and a rat.
“I know that it’s clichéd to get a dragon tattoo while in Japan. But they’ve just been on my mind lately…” He said.
You smiled as you looked at him. “Oh yeah, you’ve just been thinking about dragons?”
You were feeling proud of yourself after successfully getting him to listen to the audiobook of one of your favourite books - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
This hadn’t been an easy undertaking. You had broken his lifelong streak of never reading a book if he had already seen a movie adaptation. The phrase ‘the book is so much better than the movie’ had never meant anything to him.
He had watched the David Fincher movie with you during an at-home movie night in the early stages of your relationship. It was your pick. You had gotten into the series following the recommendation of your older sister, devouring the three books in high school in an effort to catch up to Petra’s coolness.
You had convinced him that it would be the perfect book to listen to on the flight to Japan and he had thoroughly enjoyed it. He wanted to discuss the major plot points with you. It was decided that he would listen to The Girl Who Played with Fire on the way home, with his eagerness increasing when you had told him it was your favourite of the trilogy.
His arm around your shoulders tightened a little. “I guess they remind me of someone.”
You leaned in closer, closing the distance between the two of you with a kiss. You had forgotten about everyone else in the van, feeling like the only woman in the world as you learned of your boyfriend’s plans to wear a permanent tribute to you. He would have a physical representation of how much he thought of you, your interests and everything that you were.
“Your appointment is booked in?” You asked.
“Yep, Gianna got it confirmed for me.” He said of one of the travelling assistants. “You didn’t tell me which you like best.”
“I think all of the designs are cool…”
He gave you a gentle shake. “Babygirl…”
“Is that the wrong answer?” You asked.
You spent the rest of the drive back to the hotel looking through his selection again. But this time, he told you his favourite features of each dragon and you contributed your opinion.
By the time that you left the van, you had helped him narrow it down to the best two dragons. Hand-in-hand, you made your way to your suite, bidding the others goodnight.
He joined you in front of the bathroom mirror as you wiped away the day’s makeup. “Have you decided what you’re gonna do while I’m at the appointment? Are you gonna go sight-seeing with the others, or will you just stay here and rest up? Or, you could always come with me and watch me squirm while I let my mum down…”
You deposited the dirty face wipe into the trash can. “Well the whole point of this trip was to spend as much time as possible with you…” You turned to face him, draping your arms around his neck. “So I’m gonna make you and your new dragon the top sight to see on my list. You can squeeze my hand through the pain.”
“I’m not worried about the pain.” He said. “But I’ll take any excuse to hold your hand.” You kissed him and he squeezed your body to him. “Come on, strip down, it’s bedtime.”
“Yes, Daddy.”
Under the covers, you cuddled up to him, sharing a few lingering kisses.
“While we’re at the studio, we could check how much time my artist has and if there’s an option, you could get a tattoo as well.” He said, making you laugh out loud.
… … …
The relentless buzzing of the tattoo machines didn’t intimidate or otherwise make you uncomfortable. Dating Damiano meant that this was a noise you were somewhat familiar with.
It didn’t distract you as you flipped through something of a catalogue in the waiting room. As he filled out the consent form, you looked at the many designs compiled into a folder. You looked across the drawings of snakes, stars, anchors and butterflies (and there were plenty of dragons to be spotted, as well).
“Getting any ideas?” He asked as you lingered on a page.
“Oh, come on…” You rolled your eyes.
“Are you really thinking that you’ll have this virgin-skin forever?” He asked, referring to your untattooed body. “I thought you were interested in getting at least one.”
“Yeah, eventually.” You said.
He twisted his body around in his chair so that he could face you. “I don’t know what perfect moment you’re waiting for, but I think this is a great occasion for it. You can get a tattoo to remind you of our first trip to Japan together.”
You forgot about the open book in your lap as you smiled at him. “Our first? What, like, there’s gonna be more?”
“Most definitely, but not while I’m doing the whole Måneskin thing. We’re gonna come strictly for a vacation, just you and me.” He said. “This would be a pretty perfect place for a honeymoon.”
Your eyes grew wide and you were speechless for a moment. He was thinking ahead to a wedding and honeymoon with you?
For a long time, you had viewed you and Damiano as a forever kind of relationship. But to so easily gain this reassurance that he was on the same page as you was worth its weight in gold. You couldn’t help but smile a bit wider at him.
“Yeah, we should come back.” You said.
“So, what’s on this page?” He asked, indicating to how your pointer finger was wedged between two pages, placed there as a makeshift bookmark.
You flipped back to the page of drawings and circled a dragon with your finger. “I like this little guy. I know that you’ve got your design all set and I love your dragon, it’s gonna look amazing. But this caught my eye.” It was the outline of a dragon mid-flight, its wings outstretched on either side of its serpent-like body.
“Get it tattooed.” He said simply. “They said they’ve got time.”
“Damiano…”
He innocently showed you the palms of his hands. “It’s up to you. But let me ask you this- what do you think your high school-self would think of this, would think of you getting a tattoo just like your favourite fictional character of all-time?”
You didn’t roll your eyes at him this time. “She would love it. She would be so excited and think it was the most kick-ass thing ever.”
“Interesting.” He said.
“You’re a terrible influence on me.” You said as he smirked.
“Are you saying that my influence is working?” He asked, eagerly leaning forward.
“I’m saying that you should get me one of those forms before I can talk myself out of this decision.”
He grabbed your face and pulled you in for a kiss. Between your own adrenaline and his enthusiasm, you were filled with a rush that carried you above any worries. Your sense of consequences and reality was dulled in the face of this excitement.
“I’m so proud of you.” He said.
He set everything up - organising that your tattoo would happen first, taking care of the payment and communicating to the artist what you wanted.
As you filled out your own consent form, the sounds of the machines grew far more noticeable. The buzzing became intimidating as you wondered what the Hell you were walking into.
“You’ll hold my hand, right?” You asked as he returned to the chair next to yours.
He grabbed your hand with both of his. “Of course I will. But it’s like anything else in life, it seems way scarier than it actually is.”
“I’m not scared.” You defended, trying not to squirm in your seat. “It’s just a bit daunting.”
“Right, but I know that you can take it.” He said. Quickly, he glanced around to see how far everyone else was from the two of you. When he turned back to you, it was to look deeply into your eyes. “Do you wanna know how I know?”
“How?”
He licked his lips. “Because my baby always does exceptionally well at pain-play.”
Your cheeks turned bright pink. “Dami…”
“It’s true.” He said quietly.
“But this is totally different.” You said, also keeping your voice low.
“Alright.” He said. “But you might find that you like how this feels and that can lead us to so much more.”
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Exhilaration still filled your body as you continued to ride the highs of pride and relief.
The tattoo parlour was hours behind you, but you hadn’t stopped buzzing from the excitement of your impulsive change of mind. You still felt incredible as you and Damiano showered, rinsing clean the fresh tattoos. His design was huge, spanning the entire side of his torso. Your dragon was only about five inches long and easy to hide on the side of your hip.
It was a new part of you and you were absolutely thrilled to have it, the synchronisation with your boyfriend only adding to your infatuation.
His dragon fit in perfectly with his other tattoos. Even though you had watched the whole thing being applied to his skin, you couldn’t help but admire it further. You enjoyed letting your eyes roam the curves of the beast’s body. You had to admit that your boyfriend’s sex appeal was off the charts at the moment.
“How does it feel?” He asked.
“It’s tender, but it’s okay.”
“It might swell a bit overnight, but that’s all normal.” He said.
“How about yours?”
“It’s sore, it’s not exactly comfortable right now.” He said.
“My poor Daddy.” You cooed, tracing the line of his jaw with your fingertips. “Maybe I should distract you?”
He showed you a small smile as you moved in closer. He lowered his arm, done with rinsing his tattoo for the moment. You used your fingers under his chin to guide him in, until he was close enough to kiss.
Loosely, he placed an arm around your waist as the two of you kissed under the consistent stream of water. You felt his body reacting to yours as you teased his mouth open with your tongue. Wanting more, you wrapped your arm around his shoulders. You were paying no attention to the water slipping down your back, instead focusing on how his chest was pressed to yours - enjoying the closeness more with each passing second.
You were licking your lips as he gently pulled back so that he could speak. “We should get out of this shower.”
You had no opposition to this decision. You pushed your damp hair away from your face as he turned the water off. You stepped out of the shower first, but you didn’t get much further than this. You smiled and turned to your side in front of the vanity.
“Ooh, I like this mirror, I can see my tattoo in it.” You said, eagerly giving the design another look over.
He came up behind you, also neglecting to grab a towel. “That’s a nice part of the reflection, but I’m more interested in this…” He completed this sentence by cupping your breast in his hand, making you giggle.
You were guided to face the mirror and the low countertop in front of it. He placed himself directly behind you, skin touching skin as you looked at the reflection of his handsome face. He held your breast firmer, his fingers conforming to its shape.
“Yep, I like this mirror too.” He said. “It lets me see so much of my good girl, my perfect kitty.” Your heart fluttered a little as he leaned down, kissing you on the cheek and lingering here. “This mirror makes sure I can see from your beautiful hair to your delicious lips and those gorgeous tits.” He trailed his fingers down the side of your breast. “To this adorable tummy.” He moved his hand down lower and began to bring it forward. “All the way down to these cute little curls…”
His hand reached its destination: your pubic mound. He allowed his fingers to stretch out and you watched them disappear, reaching beyond the frame of the mirror. The tips of his fingers started to stroke the curly hair here as he pressed more kisses to your cheek. You lifted your eyes up to his face, finding that his eyes were shut as he explored your body in this way. You leaned back against him and were greeted by the feel of his stiffening dick.
He kissed a trail over to your ear, whispering. “I like this mirror so much that I wanna fuck you in front of it. That way I can be such a pervert and watch how well you take this cock from multiple angles. Don’t you think it’s the perfect mirror for that?” His eyes opened, meeting yours in the reflection.
“Whatever my master wants.” You said, your voice was quiet as you surrendered to the urge to submit.
He grinned, kissing you on the cheek a few more times. “I want you to watch too. I wanna see your eyes on me, on this mirror. Can you do that?”
You had never had any kind of intimate experience in front of a mirror before, nor had you ever fantasised about it. The adrenaline beckoned you forward, persistent through the insecurities of maybe seeing something you wouldn’t like. You were too turned on to give the inhibitions much attention, you just nodded your head for him.
“Good girl.”
He moved a hand down to your untattooed hip, holding you here while his other hand went to his cock. In the mirror, you watched as he made some minor adjustments.
At a new angle, he pushed his pelvis into you. And you felt his dick slide in between your thighs. You saw the look of concentration on his face.
You moaned as he began to stuff his cock into you. You watched his mouth open and heard how his breathing came in shallower as he continued to ease forward. A new expression came onto his face as his more primal side took over.
“Don’t you look away.” He coached once he was nestled the whole way in between your walls.
In the reflection, you saw his dark eyes fixed on you. He wrapped his arms around your middle and you arched your back, pushing into him harder.
He held you up, breathing heavily as he started to pump into you. You watched your body bounce with each of his movements as you allowed him to set the rhythm.
“You look as incredible as you feel.” He said, getting faster.
You liked that you didn’t have to twist around uncomfortably and interrupt the flow in order to see him. You could stare straight at him, completely captivated by the lust he could inspire. You savoured the way that you could clearly see the passion on his face - an effort and a determination that only you got to see, no matter how much the world wanted from him.
You leaned forward, grabbing for the counter to brace yourself in the face of his merciless pacing. But you kept your head pushed back, absolutely unwilling to break his rules.
“Oh my God, look at how they bounce.” He said, his eyes on your breasts. “I can’t help it, I’ve gotta…”
He reached both of his hands up, securing a breast in each and giving them some playful squeezes. A shiver raced down your spine. His fingers moved to your nipples, which were very firm. You whined as he pinched and started to toy with the hard peaks. Your muscles tensed and you could feel more sensitivities rushing into your body.
You began to move quicker, ready to meet each of his thrusts as they landed. Your hands grasped the edge of the countertop as your elbows shook.
“Are you still watching?” He asked.
“Yes.” You rasped.
“I can’t get enough. Do you wanna know what I see?” He asked. “I see a perfect pet who is doing such an amazing job of taking this cock that it’s like- it’s almost as if this is what she was made to do.”
“It is, it is. I was made to take your cock, Daddy. Please give it to me, please.”
As he kept rocking into you, you slipped further forward, the strength starting to leave your body.
On his next jolt forward, you felt the head of his dick rub against your g-spot. You gave an elated cry as your pussy walls spasmed and clenched around him.
“Yes.” You said, reaching around to grab his ass. You held on, encouraging his current tempo. “Fuck me like that, just like that, please. Please.”
Your bodies moved together at this impassioned rhythm, working for the mutual goal with unshakeable determination. He moved one hand up to your shoulder, gripping.
“Eyes on me.” He said between heavy breaths.
You opened your eyes again and lifted your head. You could see the fire in his eyes, beneath his brows that were knotted with effort.
Steadily, a change began to take place. His mouth opened, hanging slack as one heavy exhale followed another. His eyes became unfocused and you saw his body twitching in different places. At the same time, you felt his cum shooting into you.
He moaned, his own eyes shutting as he rocked his head back. You kept your hand on his butt, easing him forward as you continued to grind on him.
He gasped and squirmed against you. “You gonna come, kitty?”
“Yes, I’m so close.” You said. “Please, please.”
He snapped his hips into you as you rode out the heightening pleasure. Your whole body was filled with tingles as he massaged the head against your sweet spot.
Your knees buckled as you let go, coming undone in his arms. Your eyes shut as the pleasure took over. You moaned through the climax.
When you opened your eyes, it was to find that the world was still all around you. Your body felt heavy and you sighed now that the giddy heights had been conquered.
In the mirror, you saw that his eyes remained on you. He was smiling, his hand stroking through the drying strands of your hair.
“Let’s go lay down, hm?” He said.
You straightened up, your hand sliding into his as you turned away from the mirror. “Yeah.” You started to leave the bathroom together.
“I love you.” He said.
“I love you too.”
You laid down on the bed, each of you resting your heads on the pillows. Briefly, you wondered how late at night it was.
“How do you feel?” He asked.
“I’m great.” You said, rolling onto your side so that you could face him. “How’s your tattoo?”
“As amazing as that distraction was…” He said, making you smile. “It’s still sore. We should put the aftercare cream on.”
The tube of ointment was retrieved from your handbag. After sanitising your hands, he helped you with applying the cream to your tattoo first. He had advice, making you feel very safe in this, the beginning of your healing process.
He watched as you cautiously massaged the cream onto the tattoo. “It’s so sexy, babygirl.”
You looked up and smiled, getting a rush of pride again. You realised that it was more than just a tattoo. This memento of this trip, this chemistry and connection, this happiness, it would never fade away.
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pretty-idol-hell · 7 months
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So I finally got to play Idol Land PriPara for a significant amount of time. I managed to sneak in around 4pm EDT (3am JST) and I've been in for hours since. If you do get in, whatever you do don't close the app hahah.
Here are my honest thoughts!
So, at first I was kinda baffled by a lot of the decisions that were made in developing this game. But when I actually took some time to think about it, I do think a lot of thought and effort was put into reflecting the true spirit of PriPara (...right down to the compulsive spending... more on that later...).
For example, at first the menu really confused me. I opened up Kuma and clicked on プロミス (promise) thinking it's the Promise Counter, but it's not. The Promise Counter is a part of the background, behind my character below.
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I found it kind of disorienting to figure out which buildings you can actually enter, and which are just decoration. But at the same time, I do appreciate the effort they made to make it feel like your character is exploring PriPara.
I was also confused by the need to wait to do a promise, since I'm used to being able to select and play songs right away. But after some thought, it is a very PriPara thing to do. Basically how it works is: You pick a "promise" to participate in at the Promise Center (or create your own) and then you have to wait until a total of three people have selected/agreed to the promise before you can play. At that time, you can play it from the プロミス (Promise) screen Kuma menu. From what I've gathered, it's not like all three members need to be online at the same time, just signed up to do the promise. It is definitely a very PriPara thing to find a way for you to play with other actual, real players like this. (I guess simultaneous play was a bit too much of a challenge, so you could say it's a compromise.)
But of course, here's where the money comes in. Because there are a whoooole lot of promises that you can't even participate in from the start unless you've bought a certain song, or a certain coord.
So, my attitude about spending money on this game has admittedly changed a lot over the past few days. I basically went from "TAKE MY MONEYYYY!!!" to "Well, what's the point in spending money on this game if I can't even play it when I want to anyway?" So, I decided that I will NOT spent a single cent until it's easier to access the game, and definitely not on the first day. As I'm writing this I have managed to stick to that, but...
BUT MAN IT'S HAAAARD
The hardest thing for me so far has been songs. I think that's where you get the most value for money. I think the tipping point for me though will come when I run out of promise tickets because you need to create the promise if you want to be center and goddamn it I'm a spoiled PriPara diva and I need to see my character as the CENTER daaaMMITT ahaha.
So, a few random things I like: I like how when you create a promise you can decide which coord everyone wears. It's how I was able to get the upmost screenshot with two randos wearing the same coord above. (Back in the day, you'd have to scour the ticket board for weeks, ask a friend, or create more characters if you wanted a uniform team.) I like that there's an option to easily take screenshots during your live, as that was also convoluted to do during the arcade era.
I have mixed feelings about the Prism Stone Shop.
On the one hand, I would have killed to be able to easily buy so many coords back in the day. And many of them for free too! There were a lot of coords I wanted that you could buy with silver idollars. And, even though it's gold, I like the option to be able to buy the coords featured in the most recent episodes of the anime.
On the other hand, honestly... I'm realizing a lot of the excitement and heart of PriPara comes from the gatcha.
And of all things, I didn't expect the gatcha to be gold idollar exclusive. On the one hand, it sucks that you have to pay when you don't even know what you're going to get. On the other hand... I mean............ it's PriPara. It's... it's not like... it's not like this is new. It's not like I haven't spent hundreds of dollars on gatcha before. IT'S NOT LIKE THIS IS NEW... HAHAH ahahaha... help. Help I want to spend so much money on this game but I feel like I can't it's torture.
So. I feel like there's no point in complaining about how disastrous of a release this was. I'm sure Syn Sophia and everyone else involved knows that. It's not in their best interest to be keeping people out of the game. I mean, look at me. If they had let me in on Day 1 and given me the chance I would have given them so much money, but no. They outsourced the game to an inexperienced developer who was probably the lowest bidder, probably to save money, and here they are losing way more money than they probably would have initially by choosing a better developer due to delaying the release and keeping paying customers out.
I just hope that:
a.) Someone higher up learns from this
and b.) Eventually all the f2p people give up on this game and open up the gates large enough to let the whales in.
That is all.
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buqbite · 8 months
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how do u set up machine translation?
OK SO
First of all, I downloaded a website translator. I use mate translate, a firefox extension. It's an absolute lifesaver for navigating ANY site not in English.
Using that I made an account on Munpia and bought the sctir chapters as I translated. Munpia doesn't let you select text, so I used an OCR website! (Aka sites to get the text from images)
Now the two that I used were imagetotext, which is quite fast, but likes to fuck up and malfunction, forcing me to restart the process a lot. Bc of that I switched to prepostseo, which works well enough, but does require you to do a captcha test every. single. time. And I am SO FUCKING BAD at those that I went half insane.
So what I would do is to take a screenshot of whatever page I'm on, get the text through the OCR and paste it into Obsidian (I make two separate files for each chapter - RAWs and TLed) until I have the whole chapter.
Now, the formatting does get kinda fucked up. While I use the text on Munpia as a reference, I fix up the formatting of the text.
This is where it gets a little complicated: I like to use Azure to translate. It's a service offered by Microsoft, which includes a translator that, in my experience, is a little better than other machines. And since I don't edit the text this has proven to be VERY useful to me.
But setting up Azure is an absolute bitch and a half so I could also recommend Papago. They include definitions of certain words too, which is really useful. You're just gonna have to do it bit by bit.
Lastly? I recommend learning hangul. It's super fuckin fun (to me, but im a huge nerd) and it will help you with understanding when something's mistranslated a LOT.
The translations are pretty.. Well, they're unedited machine translation. But at least you won't have to wait 12 years for all 870 chapters to get translated. I say that you enjoy the process (It's very very repetitive and I highly recommend putting on a show in the meantime!) and just.. well, just have fun.
I've found that I really enjoy some of the descriptions even when they're not the best. And good grammar gets overestimated anyways. Talk to any older immigrant and they'll tell you the most fantastic stories while inventing sentence structures never before seen (Speaking as a child of immigrants here lol)
And gosh even with the translations being fucked up I've still had so many moments where I got so emotional I cried. The author is a wonderful writer and I can't wait to learn korean enough to be able to read the original text
That's all for now! If it sounds complicated, thats because I do NOT know how to keep myself short ^^
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bardoo · 1 year
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Bardø's Camera Rig
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For some time I enjoyed taking screenshots in Sims 4 more than actually playing the game, but something that always bothered me, was that there is no real photo mode like in other games. Sure you can get far with the cinematic cam, but even the cinematic cam is limited (can't rotate the camera and thus not take 'vertical' or tilted screenshots) and sometimes its just buggy (messing up rotations, clipping objects while moving the camera). I was looking for mods, that would add a better camera or an object that would work as camera, but I had no luck. So some day I found out, that you could set camera points while being in first person mode and it would save everything I could ask for. So instead of mods or objects, I figuered out, that sims would be the perfect camera and after messing around for some time I created a rig for blender, that is 95% accurate and now I want to share this rig, to help this community to create even better screenshots, than it already does.
Download (Google Drive - No Ads)
In blender:
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In game:
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Download (Google Drive - No Ads)
So how does this work?
You need:
- Blender
- Sims 4 Studio
- Basic knowledge of creating poses and exporting/importing poses from/into posepacks.
- Download the rig and extract it from the zip.
- Open up a pose in blender, delete the already existing camera and append the camera_rig + camera into the scene. If the rig looks like on the first thumbnail, then you did it right.
- Move the camera_rig so, that it wouldnt be in the shot later.
- Now move the camera by moving the 'b_neck' bone of the camera_rig.
- If you want, you can rotate the 'b_neck' bone, to rotate the camera
- To get a preview of the shot, just press 0 on the numpad and then alt+F10. If you're playing Sims 4 fullscreen, press alt+F11 aswell. Make sure you don't see the rectangle of the camera by zooming in, but stop zooming in as soon you don't see the rectangle anymore.
- If you have 'b_neck' still selected, you can move and rotate the camera, while being in preview. Press 0 to leave the camera, press alt+F10 to get back the interface and press alt+F11 to leave fullscreen mode.
- As soon you are happy with your shot, LocRot the camera_rig, just like you would with every other rig and save.
- Make sure every rig is saved separately and import them into your posepack. I always put a 'CAM' behind the name of the pose with the camera_rig.
- Get into the game. Choose a sim in your household who will act as camera (can be the same sim who poses). Make sure this sim is teen or older (use an adult to make sure) and doesnt have a custom height.
- Let the camera-sim pose the 'CAM'-pose. Depending on how much the 'b_neck' bone was moved/rotated around, the camera-sim might look completely messed up, thats totally fine.
- Now get into the first person mode (shift+tab), don't move around with your mouse or zoom in ( if you did, just press ctrl or re-enter the first person mode).
- You should see that the view is kinda like the preview in blender, but the FOV is not right. Don't worry you did nothing wrong.
- Now you have to set a camera point by pressing ctrl+5/6/7/8.
- Leave the first person mode and move the camera-sim away or make the camera-sim pose, if the sim is supposed to.
- If every sim is posing like they're suppose to, get into the cinematic cam by pressing tab and press shift+5/6/7/8.
- If you did everything right, you should now (almost) see the same shot, you saw in blender.
- Take screenshot.
Download (Google Drive - No Ads)
I hope this rig will help you guys to create the screenshots you always envisioned.
To get an even better result, set the resolution of your scene in Blender to the same resolution of your game. You do this here:
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I hope, I didn't mess up this tutorial, if so please forgive me, it was 5 a.m when I started this.
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azures-bazar · 1 year
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Tutorial - Pose and Animations for greater pictures
Hello everyone and welcome to another tutorial !
Today, I’ll explain you a few basic tricks for you to create some good screenshots by using Rampagne Trainer’s Scenario and Animation sections as well as Object Spawner ! I kinda taught myself to use them, allow me to share the little I know with you !
For this tutorial, allow me to create a very sweet scenario : some Kierthur (don’t blame me, I ship Kieran with both Arthur and my OC lmao).
Our boys are having some good time somewhere near Strawberry ! ❤️ - Final results (no Photoshop) by the end of the tutorial
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Prequisites
Rampage Trainer by RampageDev
ScripthookRDR2 by Alexander Blade
Red Dead Redemption 2 Animation List by fegma
Installation
Just like a said in the Your Own Character in Story Mode Tutorial, place your unzipped Rampage folder in the game root file :
ex: C:/Azuresbazar/Programs/Rockstar Games/Red Dead Redemption 2
I recommend you to create a mod folder on your desktop, giving you a possibility to check which mods you have and how to delete them if you want, for example, to play Read Dead Online (you can be banned if you use mods on RDO).
Location Selection
The very first obvious task you will give yourself will be to select a desired location for your screenshots. If you're planning to add some objects on the ground, my advice is to select an area where there little to no grass at all.
STEP 1 - Create your setup by using Object Spawner
First of, I recommend you to stop in-game time. Open Rampage Trainer by using the keyboard key and select World, then select Time. Click on Stop Time, so you won't have to build your setup by night. You may also check the Weather section, you will be able to choose your favourite weather type. For the setup, however, I recommend you to keep a rather "sunny" weather.
In order to create your setup, head back to the main menu and click on Spawner. Then, click on Objects. This section will allow you to get all objects located in the Rampage's database.
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When setting your setup, I recommend you to use the Creator Cam feature. It might look tricky to use at first sight, but using this camera will allow you to position your objects more precisely... and to basically see what you're doing. Without it, your objects will end up out of sight, which is obviously not something you want !
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STEP 2 - Positioning tricks
Unless you want something to float above the ground, going by the positioning section is nearly mandatory.
Here are some details which might help you when positioning objects (and peds) :
Precision will increase/decrease how much your objects will move when you will position them.
X axis and Y axis will adjust the place where your want your object to be on an horizontal axis.
Z axis will allow you to move your object up or down.
Pitch and Roll will adjust your object’s position depending on where you placed them (rolling it a little when you’re on a slope, for example).  
Yaw will turn your object around (max 360°).
Texture will, just like it's called, change your object's texture depending of your choice, some objects might not have another colour.
Dynamic Entity is a feature which somewhat activates gravity if some of your spawned object is floating in the air.
I haven’t quite used the rest of these tools yet. If you know them, feel free to tell me more about it !
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As you can see, as of today, I haven’t found a way to hide vegetation under a spawned object. If you have any idea, please let me know !
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Now that we created or little setup, it’s time to have fun with peds and poses !
Adding Characters
STEP 3 - Spawn your desired ped
For this set of pictures, I decided I would be using a Chapter 3/4 version of Kieran along with a generic version of Arthur. In order to spawn the two of them, head over to Spawner, then to Peds, and then go to Search Peds.
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Kieran Duffy’s ped model : CS_KIERAN, variation 7
Arthur Morgan’s ped model : PLAYER_ZERO, initial variation
Note that Arthur will spawn without a beard. If you want to edit this, you will need to head over to his ped wardrobe. A few beard options will be available, including player John's beards.
Another advice of mine is to freeze the peds you are about to spawn. It will block them from fleeing and move too much during a scenario or an animation. To do such, head over to Spawner Settings and select Spawn Frozen. You may also select Spawn Interactable if you want your peds to respond to you whenever you will want to interact with them.
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I decided to allow Arthur to interact with Kieran and himself lmao
STEP 4 - Position your peds
You have two options to position your peds.
Option 1 – Use the creator cam feature :
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I’m not very familiar with his one for now. Huge thanks to @adalidposts who made me discover it ! You just need to drag and drop your ped model wherever you want them to be. When you see this little green cross, it means that you can select your ped and move it where you want. The biggest advantage of this positioning trick is that your character wont stop his scenario/animation whenever you will move them.
As of today, I don’t know how to use this feature yet ! I’ll work on it !
Option 2 – Use the positioning feature :
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(took me a while to realise but the two horses decided to despawn……….)
This is the feature I’ve been using so far. The menu is almost the same as the one you had for the objects, you just don’t have access to features like Pitch and Roll. This way has its ups and downs, the biggest coin it has it that your character leaves their loop as soon as you use the X, Y or Z axis.
However, as what I have noticed, not all scenarios will be available depending on your character. For example, Arthur won't be able to sit down and sketch when you’ll select the right scenario, or won’t play female-typed scenarios. You won’t be able to play animal scenarios either.
For this tutorial, I’ll use the positioning feature as I’m more familiar to it !
STEP 5 : Make your characters move
Option 1 : Scenarios
We will first start by using a scenario. All of them can be found in the Scenario section when you select your ped ! When you play a scenario with your character, some related objects will spawn. Want to smoke ? A cigarette, a cigar or a pipe will spawn you’re your character’s hand. Want to read something ? Either a journal, a notebook or an actual book will spawn ! Want a drink ? Just pick an option, a bottle or a glass will spawn too !
For this example, I’ll select two scenarios for Arthur and Kieran after positioning them, and this is the result I looked for (almost).
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Kieran scenario : WORLD_HUMAN_SLEEP_GROUND_PILLOW
Arthur scenario : WORLD_CAMP_FIRE_LAY_GROUND_SIDE
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Kieran scenario : WORLD_HUMAN_SLEEP_GROUND_ARM
Arthur scenario : WORLD_CAMP_FIRE_LAY_GROUND_SIDE + “Thank You” Upper-Body Loop Emote
Option 2 : Animations
Animations are... a very big thing, let’s be honest. It took me a while to realise how they worked, and I have still many things to learn since I have barely tried ten or eleven dictionaries so far.
Animations work exactly like scenarios. However, props won’t spawn when your character will get into one. The main advantage is that you’re actually free to use whatever animation you want, scenarios which were locked for your character can be unlocked by selecting the right animation. You want Arthur to act like Abigail with Charles ? Feel free to pick up an animation and use it as you wish !
A full list of animations can be found of GitHub with the like I provided above. Don’t worry if you feel lost or something, I was really scared when I first glanced at them ! I advise you to copy them into an xml file and keep them around you might want to use some of them someday.
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Rampage provides you a set of animations. In order to access them, go to animation dictionaries and click on reload list. All animations pre-registered in Rampage will be found there, feel free to try them ! Don’t worry if your animation dictionaries list doesn’t look like mine, I already added a few animations inside !
How to play an animation :
Animations can come across as being quite tricky to use. Here is what you will find if you select one of the animations already provided in Rampage.
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If you want to use a custom animation from your XML file, head to Play Custom. You will be met with two fields to fill. Select your animation as such :
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Set the Anim Flags to 1 so your characters will enter a loop and won’t stop playing the animation you set for them.
Here is our final result by using the frozen couple animation, with the upper body loop of the “thank you” emote (I wanted to make them smile !)
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There are plenty animations out there to use ! I still haven’t figured how you can make two peds perform an animation together at the same time (like a dancing animation, I actually look for the right moment and manually click on play to trigger it). Feel free to tell me if you found another way !
Now that you finished preparing your setup and made your peds pose correctly, you might want to change time to get a better lightning. Head back to Rampage’s main menu and select World, then select Time. You will be able to play with the game's clock and get a better lightening. My favourite is either Sunset or Sunrise.
Final Results (without Photoshop, I was being lazy)
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NOTA BENE :
Some animations and scenarios can be very glitchy, since many characters were not designed to perform some of them.
If you use the positioning feature of rampage instead of creator cam, your character will stop playing your scenario.
If you want to play Jack's animations/scenarios (some of them are cute), your hat will literally fly above your head.
Some object will get some texture issues depending on your location, or might vanish somewhere depending on your positioning details.
You can add custom animation to Rampage by going inside your Rampage files : Rampage/Lists/PedAnimList.txt
Here's a short list of some cool animations I found so far (mostly couples) :
Hug animation (used in the three last shots) :
script_re@kidnap_victim
thank_you_a_plr thank_you_b_plr thank_you_b_victim thank_you_a_victim
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Another hug animation :
script_re@proposal@accept
action_male action_female
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Bed hug animation
cnv_camp@rcbch@slp@bcabi_slp_cnv2
action_abigail action_john
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Sean and Karen on knees animation (return party)
cnv_camp@rchso@mus@ccunsnkns_sng1
karen_action sean_action karen_intro_base sean_intro_base karen_intro sean_intro
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Arthur and Karen dance loop (can be used for Mary-Beth)
cnv_camp@rchso@cnv@ccdtc33@player_karen
karen_dance_loop arthur_dance_loop
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Making this tutorial was tacky since I'm still not really skilled with animations. If you have any questions or corrections to provide, feel free to tell me ! ❤️
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makaira-art · 2 months
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Capcom Cafe Umeda 2023 Menu & Goods Translations
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Translations for goods campaign and special collab menu for GS/DGS that ran Nov-Dec 2023 (Original Site)
I had edited the html for the menu into English when the campaign ran and took screenshots, so even if the menu site has changed to the newest collab you can see what all the dishes looked like! The menu descriptions are kinda fun, please enjoy~
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CAPCOM CAFE UMEDA STORE "Ace Attorney" & "The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles" Collaboration Menu's big reveal!
From 11/10/23 (Friday) to 12/21/2023 (Wednesday), the Capcom Cafe Umeda store, on the Daimaru Umeda store's 13th floor, will offer menu and goods in collaboration with the Ace Attorney series. This time, the limited-time menu will be revealed! For more details on the release, definitely check the Capcom Cafe Umeda Store official site!
■ Ace Attorney and the Great Ace Attorney Chronicles Collab Menu Big Reveal! 1) Barok Van Ziek's Jet Black Holy Grail Curry (1980 yen, tax included) This is a menu item with Barok Van Ziek's motifs. We've created a curry that one would see at a Western cafe. Please enjoy the fried seafood placed in the shape of a cross and pitch black roux.
2) Maya's magatama pancakes Menu item with Maya Fey's motifs. This is a Japanese-style pancake in the shape of the magatama that Maya wears. Please enjoy with brown sugar syrup.
3) Apollo Justice's fruit punch This is a classic retro cafe style fruit punch with Apollo Justice's motifs. Lemon is sliced into the shape of his attorney's badge.
4) Phoenix Wright's retro cream soda This is a blue cream soda based on retro cafe's standard menu with Phoenix Wright's motifs.
5) Naruhodou Ryuunosuke's hojicha latte This is a hojicha latte with Naruhodou Ryuunosuke's motifs. Please enjoy it with the black tea jelly that was placed inside.
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※ In addition, we have menu items such as "Phoenix. Apollo! Plate" (1980 yen), "Miles Edgeworth's afternoon plate (1980 yen), or "Susato's pudding a la mode" (1650 yen). For more menu details, please check the Capcom Cafe Umeda Store's official website. ※ The image of the menu items are just depictions. The actual merchandise may have a different design/specification than the actual product.
■ We also have original novelty goods to present! Those who order an original drink at Capcom Cafe will receive a coaster (one randomly selected from 10 designs). Additionally, for every 3000 yen spent on the cafe menu, you will receive a complimentary bromide postcard.
▼ If you order an original drink, you receive a coaster (one randomly selected from 10 designs) ▼For every 3000 yen spent on the cafe menu, you receive a bromide style postcard (one randomly selected from 12 designs)
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FOOD MENU
Naruhodo. Odoroki! Plate A menu item with Phoenix Wright (Naruhodou) and Apollo Justice (Odoroki) motifs. Finishing touches in a western-style plate with a retro showa era feel. Ketchup rice is molded into the Ace Attorney logo.
Miles Edgeworth's Afternoon Plate A menu item with Miles Edgeworth motifs. This light snack afternoon plate pairs well with the tea that Edgeworth enjoys in the story.
Barok Van Ziek's Jet Black Holy Grail Curry This is a menu item with Barok Van Ziek's motifs. We've created a curry that one would see at a Western cafe. Please enjoy the fried seafood placed in the shape of a cross and pitch black roux.
Postcard Receive 1 per order of 3000 yen total order of food/sweets/drink. Distribution may end as soon as the stock runs out. Stock status will be announced on the official X (twitter) account.
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DRINKS MENU
Phoenix Wright's Retro Cream Soda This is a blue cream soda based on retro cafe's standard menu with Phoenix Wright's motifs. Nata de coco, blue curacao, carbonated water, vanilla ice cream, marischino cherry, monaka wafer
Maya Fey's Retro Purple Cream Soda This is a cream soda based on Maya Fey's color, purple. It looks bright and cute and is made in one cup. Mona Jewel strawberry jelly, butterfly peaflower tea, lemon fruit juice, vanilla ice cream, strawberry
Miles Edgeworth's Strawberry Soda Inspired by Miles Edgeworth who loves black tea, this strawberry soda has a bright appearance. Please enjoy with whipped cream. Mona Jewel strawberry jelly, strawberry syrup, cranberry powder, whipped cream, blueberries
Apollo Justice's Fruit Punch This is a classic retro cafe style fruit punch with Apollo Justice's motifs. The lemon is sliced to resemble his defense attorney's badge. Canned fruit, canned mikan oranges, nata de coco, Mitsuya Cider, maraschino cherry, lemon
Naruhodou Ryuunosuke's Hojicha Latte This is a hojicha latte with Naruhodou Ryuunosuke's motifs. Please enjoy it with the black tea jelly that is inside. Hojicha latte, black tea jelly, whipped cream, almond chips
Kazuma Asogi's Red Bean Shake This red bean drink is inspired by Kazuma Asogi from the cafe main visual. By actually wearing the headband, please enjoy becoming Asogi. Whole red beans, milk, whipped cream, rice flour dumplings
Mikotoba Susato's Pudding a la Mode Drink This drink has Mikotoba Susato's motifs. This cup was created to look like the cute sweet that she is holding in the cafe main visual. Caramel sauce, strawberry milk, whipped cream, pudding, canned fruits, mint, and maraschino cherry
Barok van Ziek's Holy Grail Coffee This hot coffee has Barok van Ziek's motifs. Please enjoy the drink in a glass that is inspired by God's Holy Grail. Chocolate sauce, almond chips, hot coffee, melted cream, cocoa powder, raisin gold leaf
Cafe Latte of your choice A cute-looking cafe latte that relaxes your mind and body. You can choose one of eight different latte art characters to put on top of it. For an additional 1760 yen (tax included), you can make the mug into a set to take home. Cafe latte, printed latte art
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SWEETS MENU
Susato's Pudding a la Mode This menu item has Mikotoba Susato's motifs. A retro cafe staple, this Japanese-Western style fusion sweet combines pudding a la mode and Susato-like matcha and sakura. It seems like you can also eat Ryuunosuke.
Scone Plate that spans the Japanese and British Empires This menu item has the motifs of Naruhodou Ryuunosuke and Kazuma Asogi. Please enjoy the fruit whipped cream, bean paste butter, etc. in the color of the two's hakama. For an additional 1540 yen (tax included) you can make a set with a mug to bring home. The katana chopsticks cannot be taken home.
Maya's Magatama Pancakes This is a Japanese-style pancake in the shape of the magatama that Maya wears. Please enjoy with brown sugar syrup.
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this is kinda dumb, but I wanna create a link to an old tumblr post I made, in a new post i’m making, and I cannot figure out how to do it.
Can you help me? Thank youuu ☺️
Not dumb at all! So, I'm old school and I'm usually on a computer, but I believe it works the same way on a phone.
Find the old post and click on it.
Copy the address of the post at the top/bottom of the page
Go to create a new pose
Either click the green link button in the box of the post (it looks like two links in a chain) and paste it there to create a separate link
OR
Type the words that you want to be the link
Select the words
A little menu should pop up and one of the buttons should again look like two links on a chain- click it
Paste the address
I hope that makes sense! If you want me to make a tutorial with screenshots I can! Honestly, @starchasersunseeker has to teach me so much about technology that I feel elderly so I'm just happy to know how to do something lol
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luigiblood · 8 months
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Some thoughts about Nintendo Switch Online retro games since last time
This is essentially going to be not much of a post but I guess I could talk about a few things about its future since with all the updates that we got since last time.
We'll talk about UI code, Pokémon, NES, Fire Emblem and N64.
UI code upgrade
Literally the next day since my last post about it, on March 16th, Nintendo added new NES, SNES and GB titles. Under the hood, they did do a massive change to the user interface programming, bringing pretty much every NSO app to the latest user interface codebase that GB and GBA NSO had.
That said it brings absolutely no visible changes, NERD has just made sure to bring everything up-to-date. This is just more stable and probably easier to program and manage UI code.
Pokémon Stadium 1 & 2
On April 12th, Nintendo released Pokémon Stadium to NSO + Expansion Pack, and with no Transfer Pak support.
Of course, what did I even expect since there's no old mainline Pokémon titles yet (if ever?).
My opinion about Pokémon on NSO is that it will get stuck to only spinoffs. My worst case realistic scenario (aside from no rerelease) is Pokémon Company selling the old gens at $15 piecemeal (yes, $5 more than on 3DS Virtual Console).
Personally I expect Pokémon Company to be very strict about Pokémon management, and those games are highly abusable with glitches, honestly and are kind of region locked, too to some extent especially between japanese and international players, but they still bothered to rerelease them and supporting them with a way to transfer your Pokémons out of the games. It's also abusable if you supported the Transfer Pak in Pokémon Stadium titles since they also work like extra boxes for your Pokémons and those support save states, which was explicitly removed out of the 3DS Virtual Console release...
They did also release Pokémon Stadium 2 this week, also without Transfer Pak support.
I did look at the emulator really quick and did find that they added new functions for Lua script hacking for the games, and it does kinda look like they rebuilt the entire thing from a new version at least.
I'll speak more about N64 emulation later.
Mystery Tower
Fast forwarding a bit, on June 6th, Nintendo added more NES, SNES and GB titles. One of them was Mystery Tower by Namco.
This bothered me, because I knew what this game was, but the title did absolutely not sound right. Turns out this title is actually brand new, they had this title in their collection, the original title was "BABEL" which is interesting since this means it is a first case of title change hacks on NSO. That said I did eventually find out that Japan also had a title change to "The Tower of Babel", which was also done in collections, but also the Wii U Virtual Console release!
Anyway please try this puzzle game, just keep in mind the direction and how you can turn around stuff based on how you face it.
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Fire Emblem
On June 23rd, Nintendo released Fire Emblem for the GBA NSO app. But Japan also had Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade, the actual first GBA Fire Emblem title, as we only started to get these games since the second GBA title.
I'll refer to them as FE6 (The Binding Blade) and FE7 (Fire Emblem) from now on.
This update was interesting for a couple reasons.
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It just so happens that the japanese version of FE7 can link to FE6's completed save files to unlock a couple things in the game.
So now, when you go into multiplayer, after the first player selects FE7, the second player is allowed to select either FE7, or FE6 for "Link Cleared Save Data" (official english text). Another player can simply share their save files to another player.
This also means that the GBA app now has the ability to load different games for each player depending on the choice of the first player who serves as the host.
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(This screenshot is me messing around with the functionality.)
However this is not the only noteworthy thing to happen, because it wouldn't feel fair for a single player to not being able to transfer their own FE6 saves to FE7. Well, they did actually implement a hack for single player too!
They actually reimplemented the linking process inside the emulator just to avoid emulating a second GBA for it, and it would seamlessly transfer the save data just fine.
If you're wondering about what it unlocks, a quick read made me figure out that it skips Lyn's story, and add new scenes to the epilogue and other small additions as well. Those new epilogue scenes are available in the US version by default, but not in the EU versions for some reason. They can also be accessed in the JP version without a save transfer by finishing the game 9 to 11 times (what the heck).
This functionality working as it is really cool, honestly, and it makes a process less painful to do like it was back then, and it did make me feel confident in the transfer of data between games like with Golden Sun & Golden Sun: The Lost Age or the Zelda Oracle games... speaking of...
The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages/Seasons
Those two games ended up randomly coming at the end of July this year. They are known for being two parts of a fuller story if you link each of them from whatever order you start them with.
And that's where my disappointment came in to remind me of the terrible reality that is Nintendo Switch Online.
It is doable for two players to share their save files to each other through multiplayer, but if you wanna do the games yourself on your own in single player, you'll have to input the password you get from the other game.
That is kinda sad considering it's the first player who selects the save file from the other player, it could have been very easy to setup in a way that's easy to use without needing to implement any specific user interface, but that didn't quite happen.
I hope they'll bother for Golden Sun considering the tiers of password this game can have with Golden Sun: The Lost Age, but I am starting to think if the game does offer a way to transfer without needing any additional work, they wouldn't do it. In the case of Fire Emblem, this way of save transfer was the only way to do it.
I did not mention much about this, but Oracle of Ages/Seasons are also known for having exclusive content if you play those games on a Game Boy Advance. After looking into it though, it does not seem like we're missing much, but it's kinda sad that they're not really in their most definitive way to play them.
Pokémon Trading Card Game
Two weeks after those last two games, Pokémon Trading Card Game and Pokémon Stadium 2 were released.
The cool thing about this game, is that they emulated the infrared communications.
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At least, Card Pop does work, for sure, which does require emulation of the IR communcation... or does it?
Upon a quick inspection of the emulator code, I found out that the emulator does indeed patch the game ROM's functions, and thanks to the disassembled Pokémon Trading Card Game offering me a lot of information, I found out that they absolutely don't emulate the IR communications at all and outright replace the IR functions to point to a invalid 0xDD opcode (opcodes are small commands that CPU executes)... which probably points to a function in the emulator to specifically manage this. Ain't that funny? In any case though, they do at least let all IR communications work just fine, and that's what matters.
(For the nerds who wants to look this up, the emulator keeps SHA1 hashes of the ROM you can easily search for, then points to a struct of 100 bytes original to compare, 100 bytes to patch, address, size, and something else I don't get.)
I ended up looking this up as someone pointed me to this video:
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It turns out in the original game, one of the cards, the Phantom Venusaur, is impossible to obtain due to a mistake in the calculations of the odds, on which this video explains very well in detail.
This is the reason that motivated me to look at how the emulator might patch the game, and see if they fixed this issue: They did not fix this problem, I see no patch for any of the relevant code for this.
So, NERD, if you're reading this, look at 06:5D92, you can definitely fix this in one way or another.
N64 emulation
So... the Pokémon Stadium 2 release at least updated the emulator in some way, because they added new functions for the Lua scripting for N64 game hacks, and some of the UI engine stuff got shuffled around.
Then I tried some of the games, to see if some things got fixed:
F-Zero X did NOT get its framerate drop fixed.
Goldeneye's Dam level has texture tiling fixed. Interesting.
Since I noticed this last thing, it was pointed to Graslu00 who knows the game in and out and already compared the emulation of the game on NSO and Xbox... to a disappointing degree.
Here's his thread about the fixes... or rather the lack of: https://twitter.com/Graslu00/status/1688994099477528576
The update did also some additional fixes to Pokémon Stadium 1, though I don't really know much about it other than it relates to rendering and soft reset in some way.
Unfortunately the N64 emulator is still not up to snuff, but I think the most annoying thing is still the controls. The default controls suck, let us change them in the emulator, per game! Offer also better stick emulation!
It still pains me to rely on the Switch OS remap feature, it's not good for this, it messes too much with some of the macros, it sucks!
It annoys me when I see the text "Change Control Method" in the emulator files too, you guys clearly thought about it! Why isn't it a feature after months with nothing?
Future releases
There's still a couple N64 games left that were explicitly announced for 2023, such as 1080° Snowboarding, Excitebike 64 and Mario Party 3.
That said Japan also had plans for release of Harvest Moon 64 (which I see no reason why we can't get it now that Harvest Moon SNES got released since), but also Goldeneye 007, on which Japan has it on the highest age rating (CERO Z).
Considering how the plans are going and how lazy everything is (sorry devs, I'm sure you guys know already, but most of the results of this just don't impress me and don't fill me with confidence aside from GB/GBA somehow), I just think N64 NSO will randomly get a 18+ rating and put every N64 game under parental control bullshit out of nowhere with no warning for Japan.
Also, where's the alternate languages for NES and SNES games?
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how do you blend your gifs so well? this is something ive been trying to learn but it's so hard. when the gif starts over again and the background that i hadn't deleted shows up it just becomes annoying and covers up everything and is a mess
thank you so much!!! I actually used to have so much trouble with blending gifs (I still do a little tbh) so this means a lot to me 🥺.
Here are some links to tutorials which helped me out when I was learning (x, x, x) plus one I found now which may also be helpful (x).
I've also included my own basic process below the cut with screenshots of what I do to get the below gif. I hope this helps :)
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I'm going to keep this fairly basic as I don't have any of my psds saved - so not going to show any of my colouring or basic gif process. A side note: typically I find if you want to do like double exposure gifs I find I have better results if one of the gifs is in bw. This is just a basic blending tutorial and will not go that much into that - but there are similar basic principles applied to making those gifs.
So I start with two gifs that I want to blend. I generally make these gifs the same size and roughly the same number of frames. If your gifs aren't the same number of frames you'll end up with an empty spot on your canvas when the shorter gif finishes (not what we want of course).
Typically if I want my two gifs to be next to each other on the final product I will crop them towards one side so they are easier to lay on top of one another (see below for how I have cropped them). This also minimises how much you will have to delete.
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I then colour these gifs as normal - if they are from two separate scenes I do this separately for each gif. Once I am done with the basic gif colouring I highlight all the layers and right click to bring up menu options. I then select 'covert to smart object' so it is easier to work with. For these I am going very minimal with just a curves layer and then I'll add a vibrance layer on top of the canvas with both gifs.
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After that's done I have my two basic gifs. I drag one out of the workspace so I can drag the smart object I have created from the layers panel on top of the other gif.
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After placing the gif on top I set the layer blending mode of the top layer to 'Screen'. This results in something like this:
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In order to erase some of the background that I don't want in the gif I create a layer mask on each layer by clicking on the layer and clicking the layer mask button (the little button highlighted with a circle inside the rectangle).
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This gives you this:
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Now basically I go on the masks and 'erase' bits of the gif I don't want to show up by using a black paintbrush. I can restore anything by painting over it in white. A really useful tip I've also picked up if if you use lighter/darker shades of grey the blending result will be different (the darker it is the more masked it is).
For the below gif I moved the left gif slightly more to the left and painted a mask over the gif border. I also masked over the background that was covering Ricky's face. The below example is using a black mask for both.
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If I were to use grey in the layer mask I would get something like this:
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The background is not as prominent but you can still see it coming through. Typically when I make my gifsets I use a lot of different shades to get the exact result I want.
You can also see in my vid timeline that I specifically used the same number of screencaps for each scene so the blending should be seamless.
If the scenes were slightly different lengths I would just move the timeline bar to end where the shorter gif ends (like below).
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this is the final result i end up with:
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I really hope this makes sense - I kinda suck at explaing things so if you have any other questions feel free to ask :)
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