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ultlie · 1 year

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@belovedblossoms continued from here

goodness gracious – kick him while he’s down. instead of making it obvious that she did in fact punt his lie in the mouth with true statements ( three in a row, actually ) he stood his ground. the fact of the matter is: yes, he wanted attention. more than anything.. instead of keeping that undisclosed to Kaede, her suspicions were now on high alert. judging by the smirk on her face, she was even humored by it. despite each accusation, there's no way he's allowing her to gain the upper hand.

❝ attention? from you? HAHHH~! you're so funny, Kaede. ❞ as he spoke in denial, Ouma was beginning to close the distance between them. the scuffle itself was on the gentle side, and their current location wasn't the most spacious. it was the academy's game room, and the liar himself was really the only student who spent time here. since he made it into his own little territory of comfort, he'd predicted an unsuspecting guest would trip on one of the beanbag chairs in: 3...2...1...ksssh!!

comically sized the chair was, but at least her fall was cushioned by that of all things surrounding them. this was perfect – she isn't towering over him now. oh no.. he's the one towering over her. ❝ just because you spent the whole day contorting your body for Shuichi, you were thinking about me the entire time, riiiight~? I wanna give you the benefit of the doubt here! ❞

#spreading lies ( replies. )#lying is a lifestyle ( ic. )#belovedblossoms #v; main ( school mode. )#ask to tag ?#( IT BEGINS... when things *escalate* I will move it to a different tag probably eheh )

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ofoceansandtombsanew · 1 year

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Synopsis: You always pitied the villainess of Seraphim, your favorite otome game when you were in high school. It wasn’t her fault she became a violent mess, it was everyone else around her who transformed her into a monster. You just regretted never being able to finish Hard Mode because of its difficulty. So imagine your luck when you finally decide to replay it only subsequently get hit by a car. But apparently life decided death was your time to become the main character because now you’re in Seraphim as one of its core characters. Yes, you know the one. It’s never the protagonist, it’s rarely the side character. You’re the Villainess. Oh, and you’re in Hard Mode. AO3

A/N: I ended up not liking where I was going with the og Villainess AU I was working on so I stopped working on it to work on this one. And personally, I think it came out a lot better than the OG. May you guys enjoy this version a lot more than the previous because I had a lot of fun making this series! Part 0 functions as the prologue to what’s to come in this series and I had fun making it as much as a game/wiki as possible! Let me know your thoughts!

Part 0 ー Welcome to Seraphim

“Hey, have you heard of this otome game called Seraphim? Oh it’s so much fun, I’ve already 100% everything in Normal Mode! Hard Mode is a total pain in my ass though.”

seraphim: meet the cast

seraphim: magic system

seraphim.fandom.com/wiki/villainess

r/otomegames: seraphim ending guide

prologue; fuck hard mode

Part 1 ー Sabze

chapter i; the luncheon

chapter ii; finding your roots

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#genshin villainess au #genshin x reader #genshin impact x reader #diluc x reader #kaeya x reader #alhaitham x reader #scaramouche x reader #wanderer x reader #candace x reader #zhongli x reader #baizhu x reader #chapter masterlist

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magz · 5 months

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Rewatching Code Geass as adult, bc James convince should liveblog

Episode 1 reaction mode:

They already go hard with how imperialism n colonialism dehumanize. N the sorts atrocities happen.

To make message clear, they gonna keep hammer this in, huh.

Gonna be hard word some this tho.

Before - was watch video "we consume fiction wrong" - where main premise that not being able "turn off" brain - make impossible enjoy watch, when "better" analyze afterward

But am just like. Bro, the mecha anime with powers is do this thing right in your face tho.

"The right of kings" being literal symbolic power. That both the brittania empire hold n manufactured (making the power. CC. As experimental weapon.), n Lelouch- an anti-brittania ex-royalty use on side of colonized powers. To force their will onto others.

(Mixed messaging, yet on purpose. Not necessarily good logic but, is trying. Something)

The stripping n changing of names, to take away humanity (japan -> colony 11. Japanese -> elevens.)

Being lie / obscuring things ("am living a lie". Lelouch v brittania -> Lelouch just some guy -> later, his rebellion persona)

Making Brittania a mix of united states, u.k., n europe as a mega-superpower. N making the (u.k. inspired) monarchy, king-focused instead. Marking this series as a fight between major male figures - has already been setup.

The britannia soldier Suzaku from Japan, the anti-britannia rebel Lelouch of Britannia royalty. The whole parallel irony thing already setup.

Though the implications of a rebellion needing a colonizer from a private school, gifted The Right Of Kings (Geass. A word that mean a celtic oath must abide by) - to be able "change anything", is something the series gonna need contend with from now on...

And the alternate magical history being heavily based on U.S. occupation of Japan n E.U., post-WW2, is something am feel complicated about bc inevitably this influence gonna erase irl Japan's role in ww2 (the real life parallel) n they own colonies they had. The current assimilations of indigenous. To instead focus on dualism (twos) with brittania vs colony 11 (japan). Suzaku vs Lelouch. Anime political intrigue with magic n pew pews, that have interesting stuff say but major sacrifices in oversimplification already.

Am only say like. Lil bit of what was think. Cuz rest of thought is tangle words.

The ending theme is so nostalgic rozen maiden.

#cg liveblog #magz liveblog #text post #o post

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ourlittleuluru · 2 months

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Oh boy... irl kept me busy these past couple of days (both work and new kinda last min art~) >~<;; couldn't post and also just go crazy about ALL the new announcements...

hoooo boy ⚆_⚆ was there so much announcements... discord's basically flooded

Let's just talk about the new features~ Which, as if this game isn't delulu enough, adds even more delulus~

But honestly, I think the new Quality Time feature would be like nice background/white noise for the times I feel like I need something in the background (and I don't want any YT videos, video essays or music. Ngl, I sometimes just open the game and leave Xavier's tender moments on just to get that nice ambience when trying to work in this sweltering... humid af... heat...)

Though I wonder for the Work option... What would Xavier be working on...? Zayne's gonna obviously be doing, well... his work... Rafayel's painting, I think, from one of the other screenshots... Is Xavier just gonna like, idk, read? Can't imagine what he might even be working on 🤣 maybe writing reports

But can I just say this (again) PAPERGAME'S ART TEAM PLEASE TEACH ME YOUR WAYS! I know people are going on about jiggle phyiscs and some... packages. But look here. The technique of the Technical Artist team to make the sweat glistening? And the sweat beads???? Hats off. To make it look like so nice ToT I wanna know how to achieve that look and feel too. How does one do this in Unity??? custom shaders? HDRP magic????

Ahem. anyways... uh... moving on. The new AR photoshoot feature (╹ڡ╹ )

Definitely gonna fuel ALL the delulus. Probably gonna try it only once to see how the changing positions work (and then never use it again, especially if I am gonna put myself in it :v )... I guess the tech for separating the background from main subjects are pretty solid at this day and age. But still, am curious how well it'll work.

Though, if I ever use the photoshoot feature and I have to edit the lighting... welp, there goes hours of my life 😂 gonna be stuck in that mode constantly trying to match the irl lighting and game lighting

Last but not least of the updates is Rafayel! Can I just say the Ultimate animation is just... phenomenal. (Please let Xavier's new myth Ult be just as cool. I mean, I love his current Ults but... would be nice to have a fancier one, ya know?)

Like the whole school of fishies and MC just casually riding on a whale to smite dem enemies 👌

One final thing. Rafayel's outfit. The back, with that spine that goes to his lower legs and ending with these fin looking things. That. That detail is nice. (it does remind me of the word Dolphin tail which leads me to think about Tifa and her dolphin tail hair though. Such brain tangents)

#love and deepspace #churambles

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projektimpworld · 18 days

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[Koikatsu] Pokemon ~ Dawn

Pokemon characters card series for Koikatsu / コイカツ

Name : Dawn Origin : Pokemon series Costume : Default Birthday : October 27th, Height : 142cm Character Build : Projekt IMP Build version : 1.0 Mod by : Evaan, Hikari, lucy7, Tansen Profile : https://pokemon.fandom.com/wiki/Dawn_(anime)

Dawn is a main female protagonist appearing in Pokémon the Series. She is a young Pokémon Coordinator, who traveled through the Sinnoh region, along with Ash Ketchum and Brock.

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ventiswampwater · 11 months

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Jack and David for the Headcanons PLEASSEEEE

oh u have UNLOCKED the evil demented pandora's box of my brain. I'm about to be FULLY annoying. TYSM

below are 3 pros and cons of dating my Favorite Boys Ever™

sidenote: if we're talking canon CANON, the fact that both of them are VERY dead is the MAIN and only VALID con. IMO. but I digress!!! for the sake of this list, they are very alive and very smoochable

(under the cut bc DAMN can a bitch talk. and I do not want u all to have to scroll thru a WALL of text of me bein humina humina awooooooga abt my current hyperfixation 💀 ur welcome)

anyways!! this was incredibly fun and I have tmrrw off!! so feel free to send me a character of ur choice for headcanons and I'll give u 3 pros and 3 cons of dating them. if ur so inclined!!!!

jack

3 PROS

man is goofy. GOOFY. he is so intensely unserious. the banter (both flirty or otherise) will be IMMACULATE.

SOLID movie buddy energy. since he's the first one to bring up lon chaney jr./the pentangle on the wall, I like to think he's a hammer horror movie enthusiast. and since we know that the two of them have been friends at least since the 8th grade, I find the idea of these two little dorks staying up late and catching reruns of the movies...........SO cute. so v v cute. jack's little 12-year-old ass insisting that they CAN'T MISS frankenstein meets the wolfman. no, david!! u can't go tf to sleep!! we need the LORE!!!! so anyway. he'd show u a bunch of old horror movies and point out all the weird lil details to u. get ready 2 be mst3k-ing every film. man has cable tv and chill written ALL over him.

knows his way around nyc and WILL take u to a funky lil hole-in-the-wall restaurant that serves the best sandwich u have ever had. he might forget his wallet @ his apartment and end up paying for it w/loose change he has stuffed in his jacket pockets, but goddamn was that hot pastrami incredible.

3 CONS

he's 5'7'' (this is also a pro)

a little bit of a whiny bitch. will make a mountain out of a molehill. thrives on melodrama and hyperbole. but he's right 90% of the time, so as annoying as it might be. u can't fault him too much for that

used to being the comic relief friend. chronically friendzoned. probably going 2 be a bit annoying about that. it's kinda difficult to get him to snap out of sarcastic showboat-mode. sometimes that can make him seem a bit ingenuine and detached. mild to severe performance anxiety vibes. once u crest over that. he'll trade any nervousness for comical overconfidence and it'll be off to the races. but in the interim................................lmao

david

3 PROS

SWEET himbo boy. v affectionate and complimentary dude. clear w/his intentions and fairly emotionally open. v much so gives the vibes of a guy who claims to want to have 74873848 flings before settling down........but will immediately fall head-over-heels and want to introduce u to his family. golden retriever boy

canonically!! gives good head. need I say more

has a sense of adventure. likes challenging himself and breaking up the routine. outdoorsy. he probably likes hiking. did track or soccer or smthn in high school. his sheer enthusiasm for GOING OUTSIDE will force u to get ur ass off the damn couch. u love to see it.

3 CONS

v much BIG "first person to die in a traditional horror movie"-vibes. not the best at reading situations. will bamboozle himself into a bad scenario purely bc his street-smarts are sometimes lacking. kinda clueless. it's v hot but also v dumb of him. u would think that growing up in nyc would've tempered some of that. occasionally it does. occasionally. not enough tho.

possible mama's boy/golden child. even if this is NOT true, he still lives at home. which means there WILL be tomfoolery afoot if u stay over @ that house. and VERY little privacy!! get ready for his younger siblings to find the most inconvenient ways to interrupt ur time together. ur patience and mental fortitude will be tested. u will be living in a crash course parent trap/home alone-simulator. have fun!!

u know when u were a kid and ur mom would see someone she knew @ the grocery store and talk w/them for an eternity. and u would just be standing there and waiting for her to END her conversation so that u could LEAVE. yeah. david gives me big "endless conversations in grocery store"-energy. u run into a bodega @ 9 PM to grab some chips and soda w/him. but this is his stomping ground and he somehow manages to run into 3797432989 different ppl who know AND adore him. and they've all got to ask him about how school is going. what's he majoring in again? how's the family? do u still know blah blah blah from blah blah blah? and ur just standin there sipping ur coke. which is rapidly becoming more and more room temperature w/every sip. when will it end. he's been talking about his sixth grade biology class for the last ten minutes

BONUS AND MOST OBVIOUS PROS FOR BOTH OF 'EM:

fluffy hair (x2)

there's two of them. u can and SHOULD date both of them simultaneously. IDEAL throuple situation.

#truly my guys of ALL TIME.#my bf's (real) (actual) (not clickbait)#thank u for giving me the chance to RAMBLE INCOHERENTLY abt them. I am CONSTANTLY rotating them in my fuckin mind these days #CONSTANTLY #sam speaks #ask game #an american werewolf in london

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achy-boo · 1 year

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Name: Malina Chausiku

Romaji: Chausiku Malina

Quote: “I may be blind but I will never let it be my flaw.”

V/A: Japanese: Mirajane Strauss from Fairy Tail

English: Momo Yaoyorozu from My Hero Academia

Gender: female

Sexuality: Bisexual

Age: She is 16 years old

Birthday: May 21st

Zodiac Sign: Gemini tho she is born after the Taurus season

Eye color: Orchid( before the incident )

Lifeless dark pink eyes

Hair Color: light pink

Height: 5’0

Weight: 109 lbs

Race: Human (before)

Infested human??

Homeland: [Information Unavailable]

Family: She had a wonderful family but unfortunately they were all killed.

School Status and Fun Facts

Dorm: Sapphire Lake Manor

School Year: 1st

Class: 1-C

Student Number: No. 12

Occupation: Bartender at night, DJ during parties.

Club: Light music club, Hiking

Best Subject: History and Flying

Favorite Color: The main color palette is dark and neutral colors but if she had to choose: It’s pale purple

Favorite Food: She likes anything from homemade food to store brought food.

Least Favorite Food: Stale food, Lilia’s cooking, too spicy or sour foods.

Likes: Sapphire Lake Manor(It’s the uniqueness of the dorm), practicing with Tsukii, music, she likes mixing drinks(non alcoholic and alcoholic drinks), the times where the dangers is on rest mode, the night, the moon, rainy weathers, reading.

Dislikes: She dislikes having her privacy ruined by rude people, having to prove that she is not faking her blindness, events that involves families, Dire Crowley(for obvious reasons), Vargas(The yelling hurts her ears), Rook Hunt(The stalking..)

Hobbies: baking, cooking, she tends to play a instrument here and there.

Talents: Super regeneration (Tho she tend to get overboard), inhuman speed and strength, she can tell if people is lying or not,

Nicknames: Saku (Tsukii, Night, and Jeanne), Mental patient (Ace and Epel) {This causes them to be banned from the dorm for a week..} , Fellow Bookworm (Tsukii) Little survivor (The dorm)

Other Nicknames:

Ember: Mal

Chione: Mally

Daniel: Malina (Normal)

Kassie: Mal-Mal

Raelyn: Pinkie

Kuno: Little Malie

(An: These ocs belong to @sakuramidnight15

Appearance and Personality

Appearance: Malina has pink that that she put into a low point tail, her body type is hidden due to the white straight jacket she wears daily. But it was slim and yet litter with scars. Her eyes is covered by a light purple blindfold that she stole from one of the patients. The girl may look weak but she is strong due to her being an infected being. She had scars on her face during her escape.

Personality: Malina used to be this very timid and sweet girl. She treated everything with the most respect she believe everyone deserves it. Nobody never really hated her due to her sweet and timid personality. She was a wonderful family, along with her two older brothers and baby brother.

That is until the incident occurred that turn her world upside down. She was one of the victims of the experiment and..the witness to her family’s death. She is the witness of all her neighbors,friends and extended family’s deaths. It pained her. The boss of the lab deemed Malina as..pawn worthy. He or it wanted to make Malina his pawn. However, the girl’s will to avenge her loved ones’ death and make her life change for the good is so powerful. She refused to become a pawn. With the blindfold she stole from the recent deceased patient, she covered her eyes and began to escape with her new weapon in hand: a death scythe.

Now Malina who is once timid and sweet, now turn cautious and distant. The girl is still her old timid self but it would take a long time for her to get back what she lost. She is now protective of anyone who escape their hell of a place and now the dorm she is now resides in.

𝑻𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒂

-She do not like to confront people

-She is a HUGE introvert at NRC but she is extrovert in Sapphire Lake Dorm

-She changes her blindfold weekly

-She gets along with Malleus and Silver shockingly.

-She keeps in contacting with the people like her (Which causes one of them asking her if she want to hang out with them)

-She avoids Ember and Daniel whenever they have their bloody fights (Which is all the time sadly..)

-She cried black tears whenever she cries.

-She can sing but it is very rare for her to be caught singing.

-She is good at any weapon but her favorite type of weapon is blades.

-She avoids Vil and the fish mafia every day...

#New addition of Sapphire Lake Dorm #Bloody Bunny oc

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yuuana · 4 months

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Music Monday #237: ATEEZ - Everything release: December 2023 genre: Kpop, K-R&B cw: flashing, arson, a relationship dissolving on screen

And now for something completely the same: ATEEZ's final unit MV from WILL, in which everyone cries and things end up on fire. Look, no one ever said K-dramas lacked in, well, drama. ;) The lyrics spoil the story, but if you really don't want any spoilers, watch the video before continuing further.

Obviously a solo song from Jongho was going to be a ballad - in previous years, when the team was less busy, his solo content was a series of covers for kdrama OSTs. He's main vocalist for a reason and don't even get me started on his Mayfly-V stage during Kingdom. Everything is every bit as soulful and heart-wrenching as any ATINY could have expected, a song about loss and regret and knowing you can never make right the things you did wrong, but oh, if you could.... The soft piano opening, the way Jongho pours his whole heart into his voice from the soft opening to the soaring high notes of the climax that then trails off into soft wistfulness once more to the end ... you may need to keep a tissue close for this one.

This music video, unlike previous unit videos, is almost entirely story mode, as Jongho flexes his acting chops once more, now with less baby face. Most of the flashing is at the very start, where the video flashes through snapshots of the scenes we'll see play out a bit more in the video, so the bigger warning is really if watching a relationship fall apart on screen is a bugbear of yours. The lyrics already spoil the narrative, since the song starts out talking about never being able to see the other person again, but the video offers more context to why things ended up that way.

Interestingly, this video was shot entirely on sound stages - yes, even the snowy night scenes, which was a surprise to me, too. And it's not CGI snow - watching the behind the scenes, I was surprised and impressed at the number of practical effects where others would have gone with computer-generated. Some of the fire at the end is very obviously computer-added, but it's combined with actual on-set controlled fires that the old-school film fan in me quietly appreciates. Plus the snow. So much fake snow, it's a delight ... until Jongho told me how they made the fake snow and now all I see is that. XD

And now ... the lore paragraph! As with Youth, Everything is firmly planted in the A 'verse, with Jongho as a former basketballer living with his girlfriend until they break up because he's been a shit boyfriend. This means we've moved along the timeline a little bit, though that fits with the lyric in Youth talking about being in their twenties - Zero Fever implied Heroteez were still in high school. Of course ATEEZ lore has never been entirely linear and considering ATEEZ were already in their twenties during Fever era, the warehouse scene from the diary could just as easily be happening closer to this than first appearances lead us to believe. So once again we're left with more questions ... and the recent teasers ATEEZ have released have been no help at all - I have no idea where Not Okay is going to fall and ANITEEZ are in Halateez garb, soooo. Who knows. Not me. XD

This is the last WILL unit MV ... so of course yesterday KQ put out a performance version of MATZ which has almost no footage overlap with the original MV. I had initially assumed the difference in shooting days (Everything was one day, the other three shot for two days each) had to do with Jongho being on his own for this project. But now I'm wondering if secret performance versions also contributed, since the other three have dances and Everything doesn't. I suppose we will have to wait and see.

WILL is still available for purchase, ATEEZ just wrapped a two day concert extravaganza (based on what I've seen from it so far) in Seoul to kick of another world tour (additional dates in Japan in February, further tour details to come later), and oh yeah, Coachella in April, so another busy year of travelling the world, kicking butt and taking names.

Want to see Music Monday deep dives more often? Sponsor a song selection! For the low, low price of one (1) KoFi, I'll write up the song of your choice. ANY song of your choice. Yes, even that one that's been played to death. Yes, your obscure faves too. With sponsors, I can stop skipping weeks and falling further and further behind in the releases! Sponsor a current CB for the next open Music Monday slot or sponsor a throwback for a Thursday feature! But seriously, if you've been enjoying my selections and analyses, we (me and the foster kittens) would love a KoFi in thanks. DW | Twitter | Mastodon | Bluesky | Ko-fi | Patreon | Discord | Twitch

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weatherman667 · 1 year

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Pokemon: Violet is Wide Open

The game funnels you to the school, and then after a quick timeskip it opens right up. You meet your legendary Pokemon on the way, but he is too exhausted to do anything other than accompany you. After the timeskip he turns into a motorcycle to let you ride him... slowly. Those, with all of the Pokemon about, if you rode any faster you would constantly be running into them.

The school isn’t just for show, as you can take voluntary lectures where they explain the mechanics in a way that is normally not explained in the games.

After the timeskip, you are introduced into the three main goals in the game.

Victory Road: Where you take on all of the gyms in order to become a Champion-class trainer. Champion is a class, and there isn’t just one. Your rival is already a Champion class, but she’s eagerly grooming you to be a match for her.

Operation Starfall: Team Star is the local Team, they are a group of school yard delinquents that you are asked by a mysterious phone call to beat up. They manage to be interesting and likeable, and annoying at the same time, similar to Team Yell.

Path of Legends: The Titans, a group of legendary Pokemon in the area.

You are also told to NOT go to the super secret crater that is likely where the main plot kicks off.

The game doesn’t railroad you into the most convenient path, like every other Pokemon game does, and it’s really easy to encounter enemies much too high a level for you if you venture off the beaten path. That said, the beaten path has a LOT of interesting Pokemon that can accompany you for most of your journey.

The 3D adventure engine is a LOT better than it was in SwSh, and a lot better than Shin Megami Tensei V. The Tall Grass is no longer a nebulous place, but instead a just tall grass, that small Pokemon hide in. This is a lot more realistic, but also a lot easier to randomly hit a Pokemon. Some Pokemon will also gather in groups of their own type, and from what I’ve seen, the game completely eliminates random battles all together. This works incredibly well in Pokemon. The game never fully paused, with Pokemon moving around you while in your pause menu, or even mid-battle.

When you get on Miraidon you can jump somewhat, and you can jump down cliffs. When not on Miraidon, the trainer will either slide down the side or grab onto his Rotom Phone. Although this makes it easy enough to get down to areas you cannot get back up from, at least not easily.

The game figures it cannot be a modern Pokemon game without a super mode, and that is Terastallizing, where you turn your Pokemon into mono-type crystals. Skills of the appropriate type are boosted, and... that’s it. This is far less interesting than Dynamaxing. The raid encounters are simpler, and less prone to randomness, but also far less interesting.

It also features a Let’s Go feature, where you can call your Pokemon out and have him follow you around. It also says there is an Auto-Battle feature, but you have to actually command your Pokemon to engage in Auto-Battles, thankfully. Other than that he will follow you around, and maybe gather items for you. You can also throw your Pokemon in his battle at another Pokemon to start a battle. This allows you to engage Pokemon that are flying, in trees, or just otherwise out of range, and might even cause your opponent to be caught Off Guard, and lose their first turn.

#pokemon #violet #video games

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mizumi-kahago-writing · 2 years

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I know the algebraic expression of L-O-V-E [Kamunami/Hinanami & Yandere!Chiaki] - Chapter 2

Disclaimer: This is an AU in which the Chiaki AI got at least partially infected by the Junko Virus. This is what makes her become a Yandere and a bit out of character. This AU also entails Hajime and Izuru becoming more of a DID-System, instead of fusing into one person. The main difference, compared to the real illness, is that they can switch out consciousness at will. Also, major spoilers and canon divergence ahead. You have been warned.

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Chapter 2

The sun rose over the horizon and first things first, Hajime stormed out of his cottage, skipping breakfast, and immediately greeting the awakened Chiaki AI in the control room. Pressing the power button, her face flashed back on screen. “Good morning!” He spouted excited, to which Chiaki replied: “Good morning, Hajime. Did you sleep well?”

Again, that feeling of automation, when she spoke. More like a service robot than a real human being. For now, Hajime decided to not let it bother him, just gulping down that bitter aftertaste. “Ah yes, I did. What about you? Do programs sleep as well? I mean I know a computer can enter sleep mode but… does a program need to sleep?”

Processing that question for a second. “I can if you want me to. I usually enter power-save mode, to conserve my energy and process all the new information I’ve gotten. You could call it: ‘Sleep-Like’.”

Another day almost passed away with these two just chatting with each other, until Hajime got reminded that his human functions do still call for him. “Ah, my stomach is growling. Guess I forgot to eat all day.” He admitted. “That’s bad. You should have at least three meals a day, Hajime.” The program lectured him.

Being reminded of the real Chiaki, she usually slept through the day, forgetting to eat or even breath sometimes. This was really a different entity than the Chiaki he knew. “Thank you for reminding me. I better get going and grab something to eat. Just in case.” Leaving the room with a short wave of his hand, as the machine returned to its sleeping-mode.

During a late lunch, Hajime decided to ping Izuru inside his brain again.

“Hey, got a second?”

“It’s not like I could go anywhere, you should know that.”

“Yeah yeah. About the Chiaki AI you programmed…”

“You aren’t happy with her. I know that. She’s too robotic for you. Too static. Too much of a machine and not enough human.”

That was exactly it. Hajime didn’t even need to confirm that.

“Can’t you make her more human? Give her emotions? Some memories at least, from our days at school?”

“You know the risk of that already, or do I need to remind you? Even the smallest bit of despair could reawaken the virus and manifest in her.”

“I know… what about… just the positive memories and emotions then? Please, something at least, one speck of how she used to be.”

Silence, even Izuru had to think things through sometimes.

“Very well. I could give her some humanity back, but don’t expect me to fix things for you, when they turn bad.”

“You would? Really? Thank you so much!” Hajime was thrilled even at the smallest possibility of getting back the Chiaki he lost not only once but twice.

“Don’t worry, I won’t bother you any further with that. It’s just…”

“I know.” Izuru cut the conversation short, before Hajime finished his lunch in a better mood than he had started it with.

Not wasting any time, Hajime hurried back over to where Chiaki was supposed to be. “Hey, Chiaki! I’m back with good news!” Shouting, all juiced up. “We gonna update you a little bit. We restore some of our memories together and give you actual genuine feelings.” He was really hyped up about that opportunity.

“Oh? Thank you. But with ‘we’ you mean, my creator, Izuru Kamukura will do so, right?” Hitting the mark. “Well… yeah. He does the work; I can’t really do much. Sorry.” Confessing to his shortcomings in the field of programming.

In a mere second, Hajime closed and reopened his eyes, as they had turned crimson red in the split second between – Izuru was now fronting. “I need to shut you down first before I could make any sort of adjustments to your program.” Turning off the machine and getting back to the mechanical clicking of keys being pressed down with insane speed.

“Here. She now has her memories from Hope’s Peak back, as well as emotional parameters installed. This should be more than enough. I will not enhance her software any further, it could cause complications.”

And with that, he switched out again, his eyes returning to the emerald green from before. “Ah- Thank you, Izuru.” The computer booting up again while he was readjusting himself to the dark room. He always felt a bit dizzy after being forced into consciousness so suddenly.

Impatiently tapping his fingers on the console, as it sprang back to life. “Hey, Chiaki! Remember me better now?”

“Hajime Hinata, Hope’s Peak Reserve Course Student.” Were the first words he had to hear from the freshly improved AI. That stung, even worse than before. “Hey, are you sure you gave her feelings?” He asked Izuru again, just to be sure.

“Give her a second to read the code.”

Doing so, it took mere seconds, before a familiar sounding: “Hajime!” could be heard from the speakers. “Hey Chiaki. Welcome back.” Giving her a warm welcome. “Hajime, I could never tell you that until now, but from the very day you vanished, I missed you.” Chiaki feeling much more human now.

“Yeah… sorry about that. You know what happened afterwards. I probably should have told you.”

“It’s alright. What happened, happened.” Letting him know she was forgiving him for his stupidity back then.

“It’s important that I can see you again now, even if it’s just through a screen.” Finally, seemingly returning the feelings Hajime has poured into her so far. “I’m glad too.”

Once more this day was spend chatting forth and back without any inconveniences interrupting their peaceful conversation.

“Well, it’s getting late again. I at least shouldn’t miss out on sleep, right?” Getting ready to get going, but Chiaki was stopping him. “Wait. You’re already leaving? But what about me?” That was new, Hajime returned to the screen, coming close.

“Well, I told you already, humans do need sleep. Don’t be sad, I’ll be back again tomorrow.” Promising her so, the girl pounded. “No, I wanna play games with you all night. Can’t you stay with me at least a little longer?”

“I guess a little longer couldn’t hurt, but only an hour or two, alright?” Making sure to not neglect his health too much. However, these one or two hours quickly turned into half the night, as Hajime was getting more and more tired as time passed.

Letting out a long yawn, he almost fell asleep on the spot. “Hey, Chiaki. I know it’s fun to play games and all, but I should really hit the hay now.” Getting ready to leave for good this time around. “Good night, Hajime. Please come back here tomorrow at your earliest convenience, okay?” Making sure he’d promise before letting him go and swapping into energy saving mode herself.

This Chiaki felt much more human now, almost like talking to the real thing. He really had to thank Izuru for that. Despite being tired, Hajime couldn’t fall asleep right away, as he was staring at his cottage ceiling, smiling like a dork.

“She’s back. She’s finally back and this time, I won’t let her slip through my fingers again. I’ll protect you, Chiaki.”

Izuru didn’t say anything to that, but he could already read the signs, that this wouldn’t end well.

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spicapicnic · 1 month

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"Please teach me more about this feeling."

࣪⊹₊⭑ ࣪ ๋Omukae Shibuya-kun E01 ๋࣭ ⭑₊ ⊹ ࣪

first impressions: super funny and refreshing! aota-sensei's [tanabe momoko] character is nothing new (japan's favorite trope is the meek worker-ant mc who doesn't speak up for themself) but she's not constantly putting blame on herself + she acknowledges when ppl at her nursery school are acting ridiculous. shibuya-kun [kyomoto taiga] is a twist on the aloof-type lead where he's so awkward in social situations that the fmc can't get a read on him. he's a heartthrob actor but his life revolves around his little sister and he dresses exclusively in high-necked tracksuits lol. rizu is such a cheerful kid, they make it apparent how loved she is by her brother. overall all the mains are cute and rootable <3

pacing: nice and quick! (idk why some 10-episode jdramas pace themselves like multi-season shows?) the supporting cast was established v neatly (we've got 2 teachers, a principal, a housemate(?), and an ex-bf on aota's side + a sister, a manager, a rival/costar, and an absent mom on shibuya's side). they got aoto's requisite "collapse due to shouldering others' burdens" crisis out of the way unlike some jdramas that let it stew for ages, and shibuya's fallen for her by the end of the episode (whether he realizes this is a different question lol).

atmosphere: sooo unserious. they're really putting the com in romcom! dramatic mysterious wind moments, heartbeat sound effects, literal falling in love, etc etc etc. it's all very tongue in cheek and shoujo manga-like. i love it!

episode notes: a really strong first episode! i'm glad they got aoto's overwork crisis out of the way, but i'm not crazy about how they did it?. she loses her voice for like five minutes. at first i thought she'd caught a cold from pulling an all-nighter or smth but she was speaking fine afterward? some dramas make it an endless cycle of fmc getting overwhelmed + needing saving and i hope this drama doesn't follow that pattern. shibuya's character is really exaggerated in terms of his emotionlessness/ social ineptitude. it wouldn't work in a more serious romance drama but it sets the comedic tone for this drama, and aoto's reactions to him are priceless! they also set the stage for some potential love troubles further down the road with aoto's ex-bf (another irl idol lol) and shibuya's costar, and i wonder how shibuya's popularity as an actor might complicate their relationship?

imo a clever move by the writers is creating a jdrama-in-a-jdrama where snippets of shibuya's current acting role are shown like an actual drama. it lets viewers see shibuya in his on-mode but more importantly it provides fanservice for all the idol fangirls tuning in. never in 100 years did i think i'd see a kyomoto taiga bl kabedon. but:

#omukae shibuya-kun #ep 1

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ultlie · 1 year

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( @hxpelessnurse )

for the most part, mornings were a perfect time to socialize – every student attending the academy were all gathered in the same place: the dining hall! you can catch up for lost time with friends, exchange study guide answers and so on. there were a select few who already knew the supreme leader was up to no good so early in the day and avoided eye contact on purpose, slinking by quickly to sit as far away as possible from chaos. as if stumbling upon Kokichi a withered, blubbering mess was staged for the ultimate nurse herself, he stood there with the right side of his chest in the most dramatic clutch.

❝ hoo hoo .. can you mend a broken heart? ❞

#lying is a lifestyle ( ic. )#hxpelessnurse #v; main ( school mode. )#( hi hi! we adore and protect mikan on this blog <3 )

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2dkapsddr · 1 month

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April 15th, 2024 - Arcaea, ProSeka, SDVX EG

work days are over! ...almost. i'll get to that in a moment. but for now, it's a school day as well! so while i was on the bus, i toyed around with tempest gauge while using all my world mode stamina and finally got a Full Recall on Gengaozo FTR-10!!! that's another contender for a 10 PM i guess...

once i got out of my first class and met up with my friend, i played a bunch of proseka append charts in front of him and didn't get many accomplishments (except for finally AP'ing Tell Your World APPEND)? but i DID get some really tragic, sad fails (one of which being Tell Your World before the AP!)

back at home/on the way home, since i was too exhausted to do any of my homework, i spent the time playing arcaea instead and doing Even More Unlocks (and tempest gauge experimenting) after main story (one of which being a sightread fail on aegleseeker yaaaaay) (dw i cleared it soon after)

okay, so here's where the funny story about work comes in. remember how i said at the start of this post that i'll get to the work days part later? well, that time is now! i was SUPPOSEDLY put on the schedule to work today, but turns out they just copied the schedule from last week without fully checking it through and just left my days from last week even when the person i was covering last time was working this week! i got to work for an hour while they sorted things out, but they eventually decided to send me home (which, i did not go home. instead, i went to round 1 for the rest of the night!!!!!)

and at round 1, since my friend was suggesting the event that was gonna end on like the 20th of april, i grinded the hell out of the BPL songs in an attempt to unlock the hexathlon 20!!! so here's all of the sightreads (except for V!LLA!N and technically watching a video of Xeno Gravity EXH) while trying to unlock the song!!!

...whew, that was a lot. but wait! there's more! both on the bus ride home and also at home, i kept playing EVEN MORE ARCAEA (kinda bad habit i know) and got some extra funny scores to share!!! ...that i can't share in this post because i already hit the 30-image limit with all of the SDVX scores here. oops! maybe next time?

#2dkaps 2024 #2dkaps arcaea #2dkaps proseka #2dkaps sdvx #2dkaps sdvx eg

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starrwulfe · 1 month

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Japan has good neighborhood streets

<figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"> <div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puV5D7P8_N8</div> </figure> <p>I’ve been telling people for years how the narrowness of the streets in Japan is probably the best traffic calming device I’ve ever seen and works on almost every mode of traffic from large truck down to pedestrian. In the States, we build roads way too wide for their intended use, then complain later when we see people driving on them like mini freeways. The street I lived on in Japan was about 10 meters wide; the one I live on now is about 20. (Thats 30 and 60 feet respectively for us ‘Muricans)</p> <figure class="wp-block-image alignleft"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" width="300" height="250" data-attachment-id="567713" data-permalink="https://starrwulfe.xyz/2024/04/japan-neighborhood-street-design/screenshot_13-4-2024_64827_www-google-com/" data-orig-file="https://starrwulfe.xyz/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Screenshot_13-4-2024_64827_www.google.com_.jpeg" data-orig-size="955,796" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Screenshot_13-4-2024_64827_www.google.com" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://starrwulfe.xyz/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Screenshot_13-4-2024_64827_www.google.com_.jpeg" data-large-file="https://starrwulfe.xyz/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Screenshot_13-4-2024_64827_www.google.com_.jpeg" class="wp-image-567713" src="https://starrwulfe.xyz/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Screenshot_13-4-2024_64827_www.google.com_-300x250.jpeg" alt="Typical view of the last street in Japan I lived on in Hiratsuka, Japan, an exurban part of Greater Tokyo/Yokohama. A residential street with modern houses, a clear sky, and overhead power lines. A car is covered with a white sheet on the right. " srcset="https://starrwulfe.xyz/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Screenshot_13-4-2024_64827_www.google.com_.jpeg 300w, https://starrwulfe.xyz/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Screenshot_13-4-2024_64827_www.google.com_.jpeg 768w, https://starrwulfe.xyz/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Screenshot_13-4-2024_64827_www.google.com_.jpeg 955w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></figure> <p>I had to take the regular driving course to get licensed here as well; this is something different as well; if you want to drive in Japan, you spend US$3000 to go to driving school for 3-5 months. That never happens in the US, even for commercial truckers. The other thing is how the laws are enforced. Japanese traffic police are very good at their jobs, especially motorcycle and bike cops. The painted sharrows and Dutch style bike edge lanes are very recent, like in the last 5-10 years or so; what’s more at work here is just a long history of Japanese traffic law being very strict especially beginning in the mid 1990’s when it on-street parking was made illegal nationwide (something also not talked about by almost anyone, but is very noticeable to anyone coming to Japan.)</p> <p>I’ll die on this hill: Laws are only as good as their enforcement, adherence and understanding. Learning to drive, ride, and even walk as a pedestrian in Japan is something that is reinforced and understood by the vast majority and that’s the main reason why you see things the way they are.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image alignleft"><img decoding="async" width="300" height="233" data-attachment-id="567811" data-permalink="https://starrwulfe.xyz/2024/04/japan-neighborhood-street-design/screenshot_13-4-2024_7118_www-google-com/" data-orig-file="https://starrwulfe.xyz/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Screenshot_13-4-2024_7118_www.google.com_.jpeg" data-orig-size="872,676" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="ATL suburban street profile" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://starrwulfe.xyz/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Screenshot_13-4-2024_7118_www.google.com_.jpeg" data-large-file="https://starrwulfe.xyz/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Screenshot_13-4-2024_7118_www.google.com_.jpeg" class="wp-image-567811" src="https://starrwulfe.xyz/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Screenshot_13-4-2024_7118_www.google.com_-300x233.jpeg" alt="typical suburban Atlanta neighborhood with single-story houses and tall trees. A black SUV is parked on the right side. Width is about 20 meters and notice the use of speed tables to get people to slow down. " srcset="https://starrwulfe.xyz/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Screenshot_13-4-2024_7118_www.google.com_.jpeg 300w, https://starrwulfe.xyz/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Screenshot_13-4-2024_7118_www.google.com_.jpeg 768w, https://starrwulfe.xyz/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Screenshot_13-4-2024_7118_www.google.com_.jpeg 872w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></figure> <p>Japan still has significant progress to make in terms of car versus bike/pedestrian safety. A few years ago, a dear friend of mine was fatally struck by a car while crossing mid-block on a busy road in Nagoya. He was on his bicycle, and although I’m not fully aware of the details, the police indicated that the primary cause was his decision to cross a major road at night outside of the crosswalks, on what is known as a “<a href="https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2018/3/1/whats-a-stroad-and-why-does-it-matter">stroad</a>“. Such incidents are often attributed to “user error”, and it’s uncertain if any design changes could prevent these types of accidents. Nonetheless, it’s somewhat consoling to know that this is the only traffic fatality I’ve experienced in Japan, compared to six I’ve known in the US over a similar period of about twenty years. I lived in Nagoya for three years about 13 years ago and it’s known for being the place with the most traffic safety issues per capita in Japan due in part to its wider than average boulevards and a relatively lower public transit coverage plus higher car dependence and sprawl when compared to Osaka and Tokyo metros (which is still way better than the typical American city anyway). This is Toyota and Mitsubishi’s hometown after all. Even still, there are places like Sakae and <a href="https://www.archdaily.com/997471/hisaya-odori-park-taisei-design-planners-architects-and-engineers">Hisaya-Odori Park</a> along with<a href="https://jason.gatewood.xyz/x/EB4B8D75-986E-4EC3-B35A-C1E67AF8C8B0/b/F3C15F0A-82E6-4375-9EE3-CBB0881D7458/Let%E2%80%99s-Tour-Nagoya%E2%80%99s-Underground-Lab"> lots of underground pedestrian plazas</a> that serve to help keep the center of town first class for pedestrians and separate from car traffic.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image alignleft"><img decoding="async" width="300" height="196" data-attachment-id="567913" data-permalink="https://starrwulfe.xyz/2024/04/japan-neighborhood-street-design/screenshot/" data-orig-file="https://starrwulfe.xyz/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/211200_Handboek-Rood-tram-street.jpg" data-orig-size="1024,669" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"Screenshot","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"Screenshot","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="Isometric Tram Street" data-image-description="<p>The image presents a conceptual design for a multi-modal city street, featuring a tram on a dedicated track, a red cycling path, and pedestrian walkways. Trees add greenery, and annotations in Dutch provide details. It’s a vision for urban planning that accommodates various forms of transportation and promotes a sustainable environment from the City of Amsterdam’s Red Book on Urban Design</p> " data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://starrwulfe.xyz/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/211200_Handboek-Rood-tram-street.jpg" data-large-file="https://starrwulfe.xyz/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/211200_Handboek-Rood-tram-street.jpg" class="wp-image-567913" src="https://starrwulfe.xyz/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/211200_Handboek-Rood-tram-street-300x196.jpg" alt="The image presents a conceptual design for a multi-modal city street, featuring a tram on a dedicated track, a red cycling path, and pedestrian walkways. Trees add greenery, and annotations in Dutch provide details. It’s a vision for urban planning that accommodates various forms of transportation and promotes a sustainable environment from the City of Amsterdam's Red Book on Urban Design" srcset="https://starrwulfe.xyz/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/211200_Handboek-Rood-tram-street.jpg 300w, https://starrwulfe.xyz/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/211200_Handboek-Rood-tram-street.jpg 768w, https://starrwulfe.xyz/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/211200_Handboek-Rood-tram-street.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></figure> <p>By implementing <a href="https://highways.dot.gov/safety/other/road-diets">road diets</a> to narrow streets, creating space for multiuse trails, encouraging lower speeds through design rather than solely by law, and designating residential areas as “<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Living_street">living streets</a>,” we can enhance pedestrian safety and reduce wear and tear on vehicles. This is something that doesn’t need to be done in one go; it can be done in phases as streets come up for reconstruction, can be done with just a little bit more money than said maintenance, and has been successful in the vast majority of places it has been implemented. I’ve been reading books like <a href="https://abc.starrwulfe.xyz/2024/04/13/finished-reading-building.html"><em>Building the Cycling City</em></a> and even the <a href="https://www.amsterdam.nl/wonen-leefomgeving/puccinimethode/puccinimethode/"><em>Amsterdam Red Book</em></a> for urban mobility to gather some of these points. I cannot stress enough how much better life in the suburbs would be if we made better use of the space we have by ceding a chunk of it away from automobiles and back to human beings.</p> <p> </p> <section class="response"> <header> <span>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puV5D7P8_N8</a></header> </section> <blockquote class="e-summary"><div class="kind-embed"><div class="toolbelt-video-wrapper"><button data-iframe="<iframe title="Japan's Streets are Better..." width="500" height="281" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/puV5D7P8_N8?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe>" class="toolbelt-embed-shield toolbelt-embed-shield-www-youtube-com"><strong>Click to load "Japan's Streets are Better..."</strong><small>www.youtube.com may use cookies</small></button></div><a class="u-url" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puV5D7P8_N8"></a></div></blockquote><span class="syn-text">🗣️💬👍🚀♻️ ➡️</span><p class="relsyn"><span><a aria-label="youtube" class="u-syndication syn-link" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puV5D7P8_N8&lc=UgzxHrs1vqb_WBlbVQB4AaABAg"> YouTube</a></span></p><p><img src="https://starrwulfe.xyz/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/japan-streets-are-better-titlecard.jpg">

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nicetrynicetry · 2 months

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Saturday, A announces he is finally going to learn to shoot his gun at a shooting range. He has no idea what gun owner etiquette says about transporting one’s gun between the home and the range. Is there a special case you’re supposed to put it in? Will a shoebox work? I tell him that a shoebox doesn’t seem right, that it reminds me of a dead hamster. He settles on a backpack, like a school shooter. The internet of course has a million briefcases, with pockets for ear coverings and bullets. A goes to collect his friends (both more seasoned gun owners than he) and I hear nothing from him for the next two hours, except a photo of a thick cardboard bullseye puckered and blistered with bullet holes and a text that says “I can protect us now”. The range mounts it on MDF and lets you take your bullseye home, as though you should put it on the fridge with magnets on each corner, like a child’s school art project. A call me from the Americana mall in Glendale, and I tell him he might be the only person ever to go from a shooting range to an Urban Outfitters in the same day. The sky behind him is grey, and I laugh at the temporary traffic signs erected around LA cautioning “severe weather”, which in California means overcast. In London this would be deemed a beautiful day. Perhaps we Brits are a more grateful populace for it, and that’s why LA has to have a restaurant called Cafe Gratitude to force the issue

I tell N about the gun stuff, and she chalks it up to A’s Israeli blood. She says part of her basic training for the Israeli army was learning to shoot an uzi, and I’m impressed. I tell her that A told me there’s graffiti on Sunset Boulevard that says “we survived the gas chambers, we can survive your gaslighting”. I air some of my jealousy around A getting a thoughtful gift for his female friend, a tennis skirt customised with her name on it, an homage to her mother’s professional tennis career. A touching act of friendship or creepy as hell, I can’t decide. There must always be something for me to worry about, and for some reason it will never be A’s gun

At the studio I water my plants, listen to Matt and Shane, listen to Call Her Daddy, ask V’s permission to paint over a large artwork I hated ever since I made it, checking that it’s not currently for sale or sold. It’s not, so I make a plan for its new look. I feel lucky knowing that it only took 4 or 5 days to make this hateful painting, and that in 4 or 5 days it will be brand new. Daylight savings looms, an hour less in bed, and those who observe Islam must play Ramadan on hard mode because the sun sets an hour later. I am late to bed because of A and his firearm excitement, and even later to sleep because a group of teenagers are having the time of their lives on my square. I close my eyes and hear joyous screeching and open my eyes again. I try to be evolved and convince myself want the youth to enjoy life on a bank holiday weekend, after all the world they’re coming of age in is so disastrous. At the same time, I’m also a little bitter that my teen years had so few of these fun late nights, and figure that since I pissed off so few local residents with my own partying, I should not now (karmically) be subjected to it. I worry this will only become more of a problem as summer rolls around, warmer weather and school holidays meaning more nighttime hedonism. My mortgage went up, too, and paying a small fortune to live somewhere makes one’s standards higher. As 3am nears, I consider yelling “SHUT UP” from my window, but I can’t be that girl. This is what ear plugs are for, I guess. Big Ear Plug makes a lot of money off of me

On Sunday, peak Easter, C comes over to hear me whine about finance and romance and family. I tell him about the dinner P hosted with a dozen journalists in attendance, and C rolls his eyes knowingly when I mention that “the state of journalism” was the main topic of conversation. He says when he’s in a room like that he usually says he works for British Gas, in the hope that this steers the conversation towards anything except journalistic shop talk. Does it work? I ask. He says no. We talk about handjobs and Andrew Huberman and alcohol. We laugh loudly and I get a headache from the cigarette smoke, which I take home with me. A calls and I tell him I heard a clip of Jared Kushner talking at Harvard University about the real estate opportunity that is bombed-out Gaza. He described Gaza’s coastline as “very valuable waterfront property”. I tell A it made me sick. I am normally careful not to bring up Israel / Palestine with A, since his parents are Israeli and I have yet to see a healthy discussion of the issue anywhere online or in real life. I regret bringing up Gaza as soon as I do, and we have an awkward 15 minute back and forth until, mercifully, A gets a call from a friend he has to take. We leave off just as it’s about to get nasty, and pick back up a few moments later like it never happened. “What’s your plan for today”, A asks. I tell him it’s 8pm so not a lot of plans. We hang up, I watch Poor Things. I have no business discussing cinema but I have never met a Yorgos Lanthimos film I didn’t like. Cathartic but not too violent, funny but not a comedy, the doors slightly off their hinges but never far fetched. Fantasy applied to reality like lightly buttered bread

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[Koikatsu] Pokemon ~ Bea

Pokemon characters card series for Koikatsu / コイカツ

Name : Bea Origin : Pokemon series Costume : Default Birthday : Unknown, Height : 165cm Character Build : Projekt IMP Build version : 1.0 Mod by : Evaan, lucy7, Tansen, xne Profile : https://pokemon.fandom.com/wiki/Bea_(anime)

Bea is a character appearing in Pokémon Journeys: The Series. She is Ash's main rival in the series, working towards the same goal as him.

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