#unless im paid for it lol

[el-pada]

did you guys know one of the producers for samurai rabbit co-produced fucking saw of all things

(edit forgot to add jei kramer aka why i drew all this in the first place)

#concept was funny as fuck i had to draw it #also only time im ever drawing yuichi #unless im paid for it lol #my art #ilustration #digital art #artists on tumblr #doodle #doodles #fanart #tmnt #rottmnt #tmnt 2018 #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #rise of the tmnt #tmnt leo #rise!leo #rise!usagi #rottmnt usagi #leosagi #yuichi usagi #samurai rabbit #saw

[6raveyardbat]

another commission sorry i want money x) for @/0.succfae.0 on ig

#id never deliberately draw creepypasta x oc.. unless im paid to LOL #creepypasta #jeff the killer #creepypasta fanart #digital art #digital illustration #jeffrey woods #jeff the killer fanart #jeff the killer x oc #oc art #commision art #commission #art commisions #art commission

[shoheiakagi]

i think i’ve mentioned this before but i find it kinda funny that homra is my favorite clan and how i love that theyre a violent group of thugs cause irl, i work as HR, that too at a warehouse, so you can imagine how much coaching and terminations i go through. it came to the point where i’ve been called the “terminator.” with the amount of times i tell people about following the rules and policies, you’d think that my favorite clan is s4 lmaoo

#tbh thats just my work persona which took a while to build up #and like i gotta be like that cause thats what im getting paid for lmaoo #otherwise i really dont give a shit #but outside of work i think i’d fit in more with the silvers cause i too am low maintenance and love to eat lol #but yea i feel like if i were to work with the guys #most of them would probably hate me :/ #unless we’re coworkers lol

[athetos]

I hate that I play 5+ string bass and am interested in high-end bass-only pedals so no store in this godforsaken city has any of them in stock for me to fool around on and I refuse to buy anything I haven’t played

#im so sad to learn my main axe is no longer sold anymore #because every review I’ve come across of it has been ‘the best affordable 5 string absolute bargain’ #I paid $300 for it used and it sounds like it would cost at least twice that #unfortunately the only other 6 string esp itds are. unappealing to me #unless I splurge for a $1k+ bass and idkkkkkkkk #I looooove esp but….. I know Ibanez has some affordable models that look nice #but please just let me win this dingwall I got entered for I’m begging #or maybe I’ll go a different route entirely and get an epiphone sg or a entry level telecaster LOL

[cistematicchaos]

It is only day 1 of BHM. Why have I already gotten some anti-Black fucker in my askbox trying to start shit. 💀

#BHM #chaos is speaking #Anon if you're here #just know that i deleted it <3 #automatic self-care #tnx for that /s #'but im a white native' do i look like i care #sir this is a wendys #and not even a good one #i do not get paid for this shit #unless you wanna paypal me #in which case i'll answer as many of your asks as you want lol #otherwise #welcome to the void

[albonium]

i have so much time off compared to what my life was like 2 weeks ago idk what to do with it to the point i have huge fomo i fear that i'm not enjoying it enough which leads to me not doing anything and making things worse

#i know i'm very priviledged etc to literally not have a job anymore (unless they take me back or i find something else in the meantime) and #i get to worry about not having enough fun during my unemployment period #i know #also it would be nice if i could concentrate for more than 5 minutes and write fucking useless cover letters #bc there's job offers for what i do rn and i just don't apply bc i can't write cover letters to save my life #even through i've done it before #i've written great letters that got me one of the best spot for my apprenticeship a couple of years ago #also i have great recommandations so i just ?????? should do something anything #but i can't !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #and im scared of fucking up bc as i feared i was diagnosed with adhd last month and i should be taking appointments with a special kind of #therapist to work on ways to deal with it #the psychiatrist said i could take a treatment too but idk i want to try without it first #BUT I CANT FIND A SPECIALIST THAT DEALS WITH ADULTS #and taht's when i actually remember to look for one #i ddin't do much for myself recently my grandpa is in the hospital and my grandma is alone at home needing 24/7 care but she didn't want an #so i had to arrange for someone coming over and getting it paid for with a social worker etc #aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah #also my parents are moving out of the house i grew up in lol

[the-kipsabian]

i have about seven and a half weeks of work left

then im out

with no idea what im gonna do after that or whats going to happen with anything

#ive been thinking about trying to get into school for media studies but also wow anxiety #cause that would include moving and shit #tho im mostly just worried that my finances will go down the drain after new years and while my lifestyle isnt lavish or anything #juat having to count pennies again is distressing as shit even as just a thought #so thats how im gonna be spending these last few weeks at work lmao :') #unless a surprise chance falls into my lap i have no idea how im gonna survive after new years oof #i mean. i have done it before. and we get unemployment benefits that should hold me up like decently #but man. its still stressful as shit. especially since i dont think i get paid on january at all then which is super fun #anyways. i gotta do work here that doesnt even exist lol its one of these days again yay #night is an absolute mess on main

[firewoodfigs]

(another-nonsensical-ramble-in-the-tags-time) 

#gearing up for another poetry submission tomorrow and the end of next week and. good Lord. the fear of rejection is so daunting #I haven't been able to write anything remotely sensible this weekend bcs I just keep thinking about how anything I produce will be awful and #worthy solely of rejection lol #feels like a different ball game whenever money comes into the picture too #I feel like capitalism is so deeply drilled into me that I struggle to conceive of anything that comes from me as good #unless I win a prize or a prize money of some sort #see also: the perils of external validation #someone once told me I have to delink the approval from the art but it is so difficult bcs in some ways sharing my poetry #feels even more intimate than confessing to some straight insensitive male who will just spout callous rejection without second thought #** more intimate and terrifying #and yet it's all just a marvellous fallacy designed to beguile is it not? #for starters I'm paid to work and I still think I suck at my job LMAO #jhkajksldas my brain's a mEsS im gonna tear my hair out at this rate #anyways I just needed to get this off my system but I am off to scribble and scrawl and make sense of the murk #*hops off da soapbox* <3

[swankpalanquin]

googling multiple computer terms trying to understand what people are talking about in this copyright and ai presentation lol

#didn't know that's what api actually meant lol #the amount of stuff i don't know and can barely comprehend is why im like at the end of my career advancement already lol #it's like chemistry to me... i haven't figured out how my brain can conceptualize it yet #and im at the point where unless im being paid to learn about it im too tired to do it on my own #maybe burnt out is a better word than tired... I've learnt a lot of new things in this last year for work #like basically the entirety of how archives work... and anything else that's not immediately fun is too much lol

[daydreaming-in-daisies]

idc how lonely i get you will NEVER catch me at a "team event" with my coworkers outside of work

#words #anti work #work culture #lmao #fuck capitalism #we need to get rid of the 'we're a family' mentality at work #like bruh we're all forced to work 40 hrs a week we're not family #we just happen to be in the same space bc of circumstances #thoughts #unless im getting paid im not going lol

[busylilbee]

Shout-out to the person in my apartment building who set off the building-wide fire alarm at 1am

And also to the jackass who was racing down the street and revving the engine on their stupid tricked out motorcycle at 2am 😊

#that is twice in one night that i was startled awake by extremely loud noises #i do kinda feel bad for the neighbor that set off the alarm bc im sure theyre mortified #ill be honest my brother and i were so dead we actually didnt evacuate like we should have #we packed up our cat and stood in the living room and paid close attention to the air #bc we HAVE actually had a bad fire here before #and we immediately smelled that shit #my bad ankle is injured rn too so i was like i dont want to go down 1 flights of stairs unless we're actually in danger #dont do that kids always evacuate if an alarm goes off #however once i finally got back to sleep i was AGAIN startled awake by some fucking SCUM OF THE EARTH #who was revving his engine and racing down the road #i was #enraged #i fucking hate people like that it was 2AM YOU SHIT HEAD #oh my god #anyways #personal #i hope the motorcycle person gets every ticket imaginable and has to sell their precious monster vehicle out of financial burden #11 flights of stairs not 1 lol whoops #that is a typo that does actually matter #ive been having trouble sleeping so being violently startled awake when i was finally out TWICE is infuriating #but whatever maybe tonight ill have an easier time sleeping since i feel like a zombie already

[moonlitsnail]

hm

#personal #called out two days in a row last week which prompted my boss to think i was looking to quit lol #had a convo w/ him on monday where he let me know that he rlly appreciates me being here and wants to give me a raise #i gladly accepted the raise and was hype abt now being paid more so maybe i dont have to keep job hunting #but now this is day 2 of running the air compressor all day and while i was able to tune it out yesterday #it also resulted in mr tuning quite literally everything else out and missing notifications and things said to me and whatnot #i do not have that capability today and bc i cant im forced to sit here with the air compressor running all fucking day #and no joke it is making me so viscerally upset i wanna just quit just walk #debating saying i have a migraine and heading home but also...money... #ive lost too many hrs this pay period and my checks gonna be peanuts unless i stay #but also im like losing my mind bc of this shit and idk how other ppl are managing it #i left for lunch and was hoping itd be done by the time i got back but it isnt and i swear to god if this happens again tomorrow i may just #fucking leave like genuinely i feel so fucking bad and idk what to do #like! ok heres my dilemma: wanted a new job for better pay and less hrs. was given better pay at current job #and will be able to ask for fewer hrs once my boss is back in town. #HOWEVER im still bored out of my fucking mind and also losing it bc of the damn air compressor all day so im like! #i know i just told yall i was happy accepting the promotion and happy to stay but now that the two day honeymoon period has passed #i feel like im dying again #so like?? idk if i should get back to the job hunt or if i should bail or WHAT #im gonna be so fucking exhausted tonight from how tense and close to crying ive been for the last four hrs

[barbatusart]

bit of thinking outloud but for my current tactician run im doing a special wyll origins playthrough im calling the Evil Wyll Run & it’s given me a lot of food for thought about his character (or at least the freedom of psychological movement + exploration afforded to an origin run!)

wyll spoilers abound we’re entering the wyllenium here

wyll always felt a bit underwritten to me - i know that’s partially because there was that big kerfuffle in the 11th hour with changing his whole story and personality on top of having to recast his VA, and frankly hats off to both original VA lanre malaolu & new VA theo solomon for their hard work - both brought tremendous performances, & i sincerely hope mr malaolu was paid well for his work & time even if his voice wasn’t used in the final cut (i would also say warlock as a class itself felt a bit underdeveloped but im 100% OK with chalking that up to me the player not understanding how to play warlock effectively yet lol im more of a fighter barbarian Hit Stuff guy)

but honestly this feeling of being “underwritten” combined with a character with a long history of heroism in his pocket made wyll really interesting to me even in my tav playthrough. for all his accomplishments he still feels like a blank everyman, or like he’s someone who fully believes he’s the main character who doesn’t “need” to do any extra work on himself - and honestly he feels Very much like he could be The Main Character. once his backstory of the son of the duke was revealed too i immediately got the sense of like, rich boy trying to prove his worth beyond his wealth and status by striking out & becoming that hero, or that Prince Charming. basically that perfect happily ever after somebody. and im of the opinion that you don’t get mixed up with a cambion in the first place unless you’re either the kind of naïve “everything will just work out” immature that tends to comes with his status as the son of a noble, or you’re hungering for power. depending on playstyle he’s very easily both of these things

on the naïve front (ie a good wyll playthrough) if anything he feels very believably immature, & from that perspective the events of the game feel as though they’re the prequel to the actual start of wyll's story where he finally finds himself & learns what kind of man he really is. we just dont get to see it alas, but i really enjoyed the thought exercise of somebody still grappling with overcoming his own immaturity. he feels like someone who can still grow and that his tale is just beginning

Evil Wyll (meaning any time mizora shows up he drops everything to enact her instruction & hasnt once tried to find a loophole out of his contract) which ive come to be far more fascinated by is someone clearly vying for power, which is interesting because his noble status would’ve given him all the power he wants had he Played Nice. to me it speaks of someone who wants to be able to take what he wants from life without it being handed to him, which contrasts in a really fascinating way with entering into a warlock pact at all. maybe he thought it was better that it be a decision he made as opposed to nobility given to him by his family ties, maybe there’s still that pollyanna sentiment of “it’ll just work out & ill live happily ever after.” again maybe both. maybe in a sense the fiend, as he calls himself, is a good excuse to shuck off any poor decision he makes or any genuinely heinous thing he does under mizora’s instruction - an identity he uses as power fantasy (and very much in tandem/interchangeable with the blade of frontiers power fantasy) until it means taking ownership for any of his misdeeds, and then a scapegoat.

may be a bit incoherent but im only now hitting act 3 in my origin run & im Really enjoying this difficult characterization ive cooked up for myself lol

#wyll ravengard #baldur’s gate 3

[prwcess]

Under the floorboards

Mizu x fem!reader

warnings: SMUT!!!!! also blood, weaponry, fighting, and argument Lol!!!!

(reader believes Mizu is male)

The wood creaks under me and dirt tumbles around my ankles as i climb up from underneath the ancient home of a “Tanzaki”. Who knows who this man is, but as an assassin, i don’t think that’s my buisness.

I scurry through the surprisingly well kept tunnels as if a rat living under the floorboards, listening in to find several pairs of footsteps. Mainly from up ahead, yet it seems as through something’s .. sneaking up on me?

Drawing the illegally sold and bought european gun from my waist band and stand in silence, planning my next move as the steps get closer.

-

-

-

With no idea what to do as the door creaks open i aim the gun at the height of an average man’s head and steady my breathing, I hear the man draw a sword.

two steps.

two steps and i recognize those bright blue devil eyes.

I feel as though i’ve fallen into a trance, the familiar face rushing towards me causes no reaction. I lower the gun as i watch Mizu retreat.

“what are you doing here?” i ask, the last time i saw this man was after traveling with him place to place for a year, unknowing of his plans. I kept watch for new job opportunities, and once Mizu and I were done, we moved on to the next city. That was until we reached kyoto, where he disappeared leaving a trail of blood.

“i could ask you the same question.”

“well I-“

“why are you carrying that?” Mizu cuts me off and steps forward eyeing my gun, obviously brand new.

“I think i asked you a question first, did you leave all your etiquette back in kyoto?” i remark, genuinely forgetting the job I need to get done before sunrise.

“Im here to kill Tanazaki.”

he states quite plainly, the blank expression never quivering.

“well, i’m getting paid to do exactly that, and im not leaving here unless I do so myself.” i finish off and turn to step forward, ready to face whatever group of men in the next room, yet as I take a step I notice something… a lack of…

flooring.

I fall through into a darker and wider candle lit room, pillars on each side and walls with no doors.

coughing and hacking i look up as maxi climbs down under as well.

“don’t you have something you need to attend to?”

“you still talk a lot.” he mumbles examining our surroundings.

it seems as though there’s no exit, just one door in front, which i plan to let mizu explore as much as he wants.

I steady myself off the ground and attempt to launch myself off the wall to latch onto the ridges of the floor above, failing miserably.

“who’s there-..” i heard as my thud echoed throughout. Is that new? did they not hear my thud before? I loose myself in thought once more as I hear a creak. the hanging tapestries move and reveal a door. Something i should’ve been wary of before coming to kill the leader of a human chop shop.

As the newly discovered back door stained in blood creaked open I felt a quick jab to my waist up to my neck. Pulled behind a pillar with a hand around my neck and jaw and my mouth covered shut. In the moment, i lost my breath, a shiver falling down my spine from his cold touch. We listened in silence as 3 pairs of footsteps fell out the room, mumbles and chuckles. Do these men feel pity? Shame? Do they enjoy slaughtering innocent people to sell? The men fall into the next room and I pull my back off of Mizus chest, catching myself before i fall into a deep trance of thought.

i attempt stepping towards the bloody door, only to be held back by my wrist.

Without a word mizu let’s go and steps in front of me, waking towards the door. The room is empty. The remains of an old merchant lay on the table, filling the room with the scent of death.

“do you still care about what happened in kyoto?”

His sudden words perk me up,

what kind of question is that?

“did you care at all?” i snap, maybe a bit too hard on.

“i do.”

he says, facing away from me.

“you didn’t have the time to find me?”

i ask, truly curious why such a man would try to act like he cared.

“i think you stayed in the back of my mind. I have things to accomplish y/n.”

“interesting.” I look off to the side, acknowledging the old remains rotted to the bone, who knows who they could’ve been.

who knows what we could’ve been?

in just a flash i find mizu in front of me, staring down at me. “i need you.”

“excuse me?”

(Absolutely flabbergasted)

“travel with me again.”

“i need you, and your company.”

same full facial expression never faltered.

“maybe you just need my skill?” i find a smile on my face as I leaned against the bloody table, teasing the man who should clearly know Im accepting such an offer. No matter how angry I could’ve been i’ll always take an offer from Mizu.

“i want you, i don’t care about your weapons or your stealth.”

I watched him step closer and admired his hands as he rested them on my waist.

did he truly crave my touch or was he checking for another unknown weapon..?

as his cold hands made their way under my waistband i couldn’t help but give in to his touch, there’s no teasing or denying left for me.

“mizu…” I whisper softly, turning my head away to face the door.

“mm?”

his cold grasp releases one side of me and clutches my jaw turning me back to face him. Without hesitation he pressed a lustful kiss upon my lips and within nanoseconds the connection was back. Pushing him back slightly to create room never breaking said connection, I push myself on the table.

Mizus cold hands run deeper under my waistband, under the silk protecting me.

Before anything I open my eyes and put a hand against mizus chest,

“what about..” and without time to even notice the door Mizus spare knife is flung to stab the door shut.

#mizu #mizu x reader #blue eyed samurai #blue eye samurai #blueyesamurai #blueyesamuraixreader #anime #netflix

[konohamaru-sensei]

Because im predictable, gray/juvia: "I wanna waste all of my time with you.” 🥺

Merry Christmas Shore! I am very grateful that I somehow made it into your circle of 5 fairy tail fandom friends!! I really admire your art and the speed at which you create, i love that we have the same brain when it comes to shipping and just your general love for Juvia. I promised something fluffy for christmas to offset all the angst, but I'm not sure about the quality of what I wrote. I hope you enjoy it anyway <3

--

Gray x Juvia

Post Alvarez lol i mean.

__

“I’m going to buy a drink.” Gray pushed himself out of the seat he had been sitting in for what was the better part of the day. His limbs felt numb and every bone in his body hurt so much that he wasn’t sure if stretching them out even helped. He’d been perched up on that wooden bench so long that he never wanted to go back there again ever, even though he knew he had to.

Juvia gave him a nod and said nothing, which he took as her not wanting one herself. She’d gotten very quiet in the last hour. Also another reason he needed a drink: When Juvia gave up her always cheery attitude in favour of being sombre something was usually very wrong.

The first beer that was handed to him Gray downed in one go without taking a breath and then he ordered the next one immediately and watched the baffled barman fill his glass again. Then he walked back to the table, frowning at the look of the bench he had to force himself onto again.

They’d been out on this job for three days. A wizard who was rumoured to have stolen some valuable diamonds was supposed to come by this bar or sell here and the mission giver had tasked them to sit there and wait for the guy to come by. Gray had asked Juvia to join, because he didn’t think that making conversation with Erza or Natsu during a full day was a bearable idea. Juvia on the other hand was pleasant to be around.

They had spent their days sitting in the back of that bar, the cheapest seats at the very back where it was mostly dark, waiting for a guy to appear that never appeared. Each night Gray had to watch the tenants of the pub get drunk without being allowed to drink himself. After all, alcohol and fighting didn’t match well - unless you were Cana, but she had incredible resistance anyway.

Gray sat back down in the damned place and he had half the second drink down right away. “If the guy doesn’t show up tonight,” he said, “we will go back.” Abandoning jobs was not his style, but wasting his time wasn’t his style either. 

“What about the master?” Juvia asked and circled the table with her pointer finger. She looked dejected in a way that Gray hated, as if she was personally responsible for the misery of the last three days.

He emptied his glass. “Don’t mind him.” Gray shrugged. “I’d rather not get paid than be here for another 12 hours in this dark and uncomfortable and boring place.”

“I’m sorry, Gray-sama,” Juvia put the ends of her fingers together, “Juvia wishes she were better company.”

“What do you mean by that?” Gray waved to one of the staff to refill his drink and they did.

Juvia looked from the alcohol back to him. “Juvia is boring Gray-sama. That is why Gray-sama is annoyed.”

“It’s the guy that refuses to show up that annoys me,” Gray says decidedly. “You’ve not done anything wrong.” He tapped his finger in irritation and then sipped his beer again.

“But if Juvia were better company…” she murmured, “..maybe Gray-sama would be happier. Gray-sama asked Juvia to come along and now she is of no help.”

He let out an irritated grunt. “Nonsense,” he said and shook his head. “I don’t know how you always come up with this stuff.” There was already a considerable warmth in his chest and probably on his cheeks too. Surely the alcohol was getting to him. He downed the next drink.

Juvia looked at him as if she was trying to find words to say. The way she looked when she looked away from him, when she tried to do stay away from him if he was moody or angry, when she had somehow gotten it into her head that she was doing something that was wrong, he hated that look on her face. Juvia was the best when she was happy, when she was enthusiastic and a little weird. 

“Don’t make that face,” he said and put his head onto his flat hand to keep it upright. “I asked you to come, didn't I? If I were bothered by your presence I wouldn’t have asked you.”

She opened her mouth, but he cut her off. “Seriously, it’s pleasant to have you around, you have a nice- “ he gestured a little with his hand - “..everything.”

Juvia blushed, which somehow made the warmth at his core worse, so he waved for another drink. He already felt a little confused in his mind, like it was slightly clouded over, but drinking helped with the frustration of the day. 

Apparently having found her usual stride again with what he said Juvia moved closer to him and picked one of the strands of his hair away from the beer: “Why exactly does Gray-sama like hanging out with Juvia?”

Gray briefly closed his eyes and moved his head sideways into her hand so he could breathe in a little of the smell of the hand soap she was always using. He’d noticed it long ago, but he’d never been close enough to soak it in like now.

“You smell nice,” he said and by the way her fingers jumped away from his hair he could tell that his answer surprised her. He made a frowny face and reached for her hand again to put it into his hair. “I like when you do that too.” He looked at her and though she was slightly foggy, he could make out the red cheeks.

“You are always happy and positive and smiling - I like when you smile. Your powers are so compatible with mine so I like doing jobs with you and I enjoy every conversation we have with one another. “ He weighed his head. “But I also enjoy just being quiet around you. It’s pleasant to have you near me no matter what.”

He reached for one of the strands of her hair and turned it around his finger. “Gray…sama…” Juvia murmured in reply as if she didn’t quite know what to say to that onslaught of compliments.

His eyes shot up: “That I hate,l though.” Juvia blinked and he waved with his hand. “I don’t like how you are so formal with me. We’ve known each other for ages, hell, you’ve died for me, you should stop addressing me like I am a prince of some kind.”

“Well then, what if I call you dear then?” she asked slowly.

Gray grabbed the beer in front of him and drank half of it. Through his foggy mind the answer came much easier than it would have if he hadn’t been drinking. “Sure..” he said but didn't look at her. “Whatever you want.” His insides felt strange at this admission. He finished the glass for good measure.

Juvia let out a squeal and then, as if to test the waters, she leaned forward to his ear and slowly said: “Don’t you think that is enough drinks, my dear?” 

It was like a magic spell had been cast. From where her breath had touched his ear goosebumps spread all through his body to the tips of his toes. He hadn’t experienced this since the last time he had been actually cold, which happened so very rarely that he couldn’t even recall when that was. But here she had done that to him, just with one word alone. 

He buried his head forward into his arms, combatting the spinning of his head by having his eyes closed. Gray let go of the strand of hair he’d been holding and instead ran a hand through his hair to regain composure, but then he found her fingers already there. He’d forgotten he had put her hand into his hair in the first place.

“Dangerous..” Gray murmured and pulled away from her fingers. “You are a dangerous woman.”

Juvia leaned closer to him again. “Why? Do you not like it, my dear?” She made sure to make the last syllables very clear again. She stopped moving through his hair.

“No.” Gray said, decidedly and then slightly shook his head to invite her to continue what she’d been doing. “No.. it’s not.. Like that..” He didn’t know how to explain what confused him so much, so he just grunted in frustration and gave up. He buried his head deeper into his arms.

“Juvia thinks you had too much to drink, dear,” Juvia giggled and combed through his hair. “Maybe it’s time to leave.”

Somewhere beyond the fog, Gray knew she was right, but he found himself entirely unable to move. Too tired and comfortable with her body close, her smell in his nose and her hand in his hair. So he decided to pretend he’d fallen asleep, just to enjoy it all a little longer.

#fic tag #gruvia #there arent even fairies in this show! #gray fullbuster #juvia lockser #gray x juvia #writing out of the persepctive of someone who IS drunk is kinda hard ngl #FALl #should have picked juvias pov but ah too late LOL #this is qed and idk where i am when this goes out

[rui-drawsbox]

hmm im curious. whats olba about :0?

Oh anon you have no idea of what you just asked-- let me get my teacher costume

AHEM

OLBA or Our Life: Beginnings & Always it's a visual novel where you can play the perfect life you never got and cry about how much you wanted it after you finish it :DD (available on Steam for pc and Itch.io for both pc/mac and android!)

You play as-- well, you (or not, you choose)! You can choose your name, last name, pronouns, appearance, personality, hobbies, everything except your family, but you wouldn't like to change them for anything after you meet them.

You start the game as an innocent 8 years old kid that meets a random guy that tells you that he just moved across the street, he also tells you about his son: Cove! who has the same age as you. This guy tries to bribe you with 20 dollars, you can accept or refuse (or run! i like that option), either way you end up in a poppy hill behind your house and find the so famous Cove! He tells (cry) you that his parents just divorced and that he miss his mom ( :c ), you can comfort him or not, but you two still will be found by both of your families and have to go home.

That's the prologue! Gameplay aspect: it consists in 3 Steps of your life: 8, 13 and 18 years old! Each Step comes with 5 Moments, where you can spend time with (mainly) cove, if you're playing the base game. Talking about base game! You can complete it in around 5 hours (that's what took me the first time i think), and it comes with a 4th Step that work as an epilogue!

There are 6 paid DLC's (and a free one that is a name pack), 3 are other 15 moments for the first 3 Steps, 1 is a wedding dlc for our lovely Cove <3 (we'll get to him in no time), and the last 2 are extra content for two characters you'll meet in your very first playthough: Derek in Step 2 and Baxter in Step 3 (you should know this one very well if you follow me lmao), each with 5 moments extra for their assigned Step and their own Step 4 where you can follow and give proper closure to their stories!

I'll try to not ramble a lot because it's something you just need to experience yourself to get it but-- i will introduce you to the love interests! (or friendship interests, you don't need to crush on anyone to have a great time)

Cove Holden! Our lovely neighbor that we see almost everyday for like 10 years! You could also call him the second main character after you, since you learn more about him and his family during all the game. He's an introvert and ocean nerd (in the cutest way possible), depending on your choices you can shape his personality/style and become best buddies, the sweetest couple or just remain neighbours that never really got along. (you'll learn to love him, platonic or not, trust me)

Another perk of the game is that no matter what you do there's not "wrong or right" (unless you feel bad for the characters, like me), your actions does have consequences but there's nothing like a "bad ending/good ending", after all it's just your life, it goes on no matter what! Unless you want to reach a specific scene you found online you'll never have to use a guide for anything.

Derek Suarez! A caring guy! mabye a little too much, he's the oldest brother of 3 and that shaped him in a way that he always feels responsible of everything😔. During his storyline you'll help him to learn how to relax and lean on other people :D!

Baxter Ward! A monochromatic gentleman, mischievous as a cat and emotionally repressed like a pressure cooker <3. Struggles a lot with making deep conections and being emotionally vulnerable, you can imagine about what goes his storyline lol.

He's my favorite, if you haven't noticed. He has that infuriating charm that only someone that unironically says "Hallelujah" has. A very dramatic route, he's a very dramatic guy, you should see how he texts in step 3 aghsdas.

Also! all the side characters are super likeable, from your family to the baker of that bakery that is metioned a few times!

ANYWAYS, in conclusion: this is a very relaxing game! If you like visual novels you should definitely give it a try, the amount of replayability this game has is insane. My recommendations for when you play are:

Try the base game first! If you like it you can buy the moments dlcs (theyre only 3$ each!), mabye the wedding dlc after that (if you want to marry cove that is, this one is 2$ btw), Derek's dlc and Baxter's dlc (5$ each) for last. Those are pretty much the release order but i that's also the order i enjoy the most!

(play this game at least 2 times trying different choices/personality, the differences are ughhhh/pos)

When you're playing for the first time you should play the moments left to right. On later playthroughs you should change the order to find new dialogues! theyre small things but omg theyre so fun

Have fun! do whatever you want, i literally said there's no bad or good ending, take advantage of it and be as foward or shy as you want, be a little shit or a literal angel! That is your life we're talking about.

#rui thinks loudly #just left 2 hours and half of my back's hp in this post #totally worth it #our life: beginnings & always #our life #olba #cove holden #derek suarez #baxter ward #gb patch #gb patch games #visual novel #honestly if there's anything i can do to make more people play olba i'll do it bc this thing literally healing #im full of love for this game bitch