#we getting compacted

[regicidal-defenestration]

The language part (ie the Main Actual Game) of Chants of Sennaar is very fun don't get me wrong - figuring out when a radical means person, or signifies a verb, etc etc - but the number system is absolutely fascinating

#like it's base 10; this is a language game not a maths one #but the way the numbers are written is like. this would make more sense with images but I'm in the tags now #take the number 1342. that's 1x1000 3x100 4x10 2x1 that's how we write it #instead of place columns this system uses quadrants #there is a central thick line. bottom right is units; bottom left tens; top right 100s; top left 1000s #this is a fun and compact way to write a four digit number! #but what about a 5 digit one? 6? bigger? #I don't think the game needs numbers that big but I'm going to follow this train of thought to a conclusion - just use another line+quadran #fairly normal idea- run out of space on your first one? add a second! #but where it gets fun is that means; putting it back into base 10 numerals and keeping the digit separation the same; a long number might b #grouped like: 1 4637 3427 #and if you are used to the western way of grouping digits that looks weird! (we do 3 234 638) #they work in myriads! isn't that neat! #chants of sennaar

[ink--theory]

if you have any, what are your reasons for your favorite salmon map to be well, your favorite?

and i'm talking about every map added since 2, not just the ones in 3

#last night me and some friends were talking about our favorite salmon maps and for what reasons we liked them #for example mine is salmonid smokeyard #I like how quickly you can get to point A to B and the multiple ways you can get there + escape routes (high tide being an exception) #spawn points for new enemies such as fish stick and big shot are pretty tame compared to the other returning s2 maps + luring is stupid ez #plus other reasons that are too long to explain here in the tags #it feels compact without feeling too overly cramped y'know? #now is it on par with the newer maps? mmm debatable #cause it at times does suffer with some of the same problems I have with bay and grounds #fighting the kings esp on high tide is...an experience... #but other than some gripes I still love it and it's still my fave <3 #splatoon #splatoon 3 #salmon run #salmon run next wave #you can also put your least fave if you want to :]

[scattered-winter]

working retail is making me remember how much i hate stupid customers btw

#so i work in a tiny nonprofit thrift store. right. #its one room w concrete floors and very compact shelving because there is just No Room for anything. #and our office/employee backroom/breakroom is a little corner with wood+canvas dividers separating it from the rest of the store #with LOTS of signs saying employees only nothing is for sale here etc etc etc #and there was a customer today who went through the divider to ''shop'' in the ''other section of the store'' #and we didnt even KNOW someone was back there until she brought up one of my coworker's purses to ask how much it was </3 #im so baffled. there are so many signs saying its employees only. #not to mention that the office is full of notes and paperwork and my boss's computer and filing cabinets and the fridge and microwave #its CLEARLY an office/break room. even if you ignore all the signs. and YET. #there's also people who will literally just steal. anything and everything #which like. i will always support shoplifting from walmart or another big retail company. in fact i encourage it. #but a tiny locally owned NONPROFIT thrift store that supports local arts ???? HELLO ???????????????? #gah. i should be allowed to throttle one customer per day. i should get paid to do so #most of them are so so sweet. we have regulars who are in almost every day and they are the NICEST people ever #but its just those few who are absolutely the worst most selfish stupid people to ever live #woes from work #winter speaks #all complaining aside i do enjoy my job quite a bit more than i thought i would #i like my coworkers and i feel like im actually connecting with most of them #and i love my supervisor. i have so much respect for her she's an amazing person #you win some you lose some i guess. cool job i actually like but with stupid fucking customers who make me want to MURDER

[clairedaring]

[Series Review] Trillion Game (2023) - an exhilaring fun ride from start to finish

I watched like four Japanese series in 2023 so I'm not sure I'm qualified to rank anything but for me personally, Trillion Game is the BEST Japanese series of 2023. The story and solutions felt cheesy at times but pacing, acting/cast, music, rewatch value. 10/10. I am so happy I decided on a whim to watch this after being in a slump of not being able to truly enjoy any series after I finished another drama which I considered my favorite series of 2023.

STORY

We follow Haru (Meguro Ren), an extremely charming communicator and Gaku (Sano Hayato), a brilliant IT engineer as they encounter obstacles on their start-up journey together. It is VERY fast paced drama with each episode following a certain formula that you'll figure out by the second episode. For the majority of the series, each episode starts with present Gaku, CEO of Trillion Game, reminiscing his and Haru's past adventures in the early days of their start-up business. While each episodes may seem formulaic, the stories are never boring and I found myself binging everything from start to finish, not being able to stop for a second. We've seen the unhinged genius x sane down-to-earth duo a bazillion times before but I think what makes this particular story so charming is the characterization of Haru who is self-proclaimed "the most selfish man in the world" but all his actions are completely contradictory, always self-less and putting everyone's needs above his. I love Haru so much. I don't know what they laced in the series but I am down bad for Tennoji Haru and I get why Princess Kiri wants Haru so bad as well, like same here sis.

ACTING/CAST

Meguro Ren and Imada Mio are just the most enigmatic actors, truly powerhouses. From edits on Youtube on Tiktok, you'd think these two have a lot of screen time together but they DON'T. Regardless, even when acting separately, they are bringing everything to the table and when they get scenes together, the chemistry is CHEMISTRYING. The sizzling tension between Haru and Princess Kiri are just top-notch. Sano Hayato and Fukumoto Riko are also just the most adorable nerds as Gaku and Rinrin. I love our four main leads so damn much. There's this one scene from Episode 2 where the first thing Haru does after receiving their initial 30 million yen investment is to bath in money and I remember thinking this is so nonsensical but at the same time found myself with the stupidest grin on my face watching Haru pushing Gaku out of his comfort zone to do all these insane things with him. I LOVE THEM. Meguro Ren is truly an enigmatic powerhouse in this one. I have only seen Meme in like three other dramas but Haru is definitely my top favorite Meguro Ren role ever.

MUSIC

The score is so energetic and fun. I love the main theme song of the series which is Dangerholic by Snow Man. The song is SAUR good I haven't skipped single outtro of any episode just to listen to this song. I watched a lot of series this year but Dangerholic is probably taking the crown as my favorite OST of 2023 in this very last minute race. As previously mentioned , Trillon Game has very exciting and energizing score and I'd argue that many business/office scenes are hard-carried by the score and excellent editing.

REWATCH VALUE

This series get a 100000000 for rewatch value because I just finished it and I'm already considering for another rewatch just because of how much fun I had watching it. But also because each episodes are so self-contained, Trillion Game will be fairly easy to rewatch any random episode in this series because you don't really need to the past episode to enjoy one, a recap at the beginning of each episode will do just fine. The tension between Haru and Princess Kiri is so insane even though there's no explicit romance going on. I think I need to rewatch it just for THEM.

PRODUCTION

This was definitely a low budget drama but TBS definitely made do with what they got. I understand if Princess Kiri's wardrobe alone was where most budget was allocated to. Like deserved! Trillion Game's strength lies more in the acting and story department so I wouldn't say this was a high value production but I will say I love all the rooftop scenes between Haru and Gaku. Those rooftop conversation scenes between them are just beautiful and heart-warming.

OVERALL

I love Haru with my entire heart. WATCH TRILLION GAME FOR HARU PLEASE.

#trillion game #claire opens her goddamn mouth #meguro ren #imada mio #sano hayato #fukumoto riko #im just crossposting from my mdl review to archive it here #why was this series so satisfying to binge #thank god i watched it when everything had come out #i like how compact an ep is and the formulaic structure tells you what you're going to get #the “moral” lessons are not too in your face #i think i need to write a whole post on haru bc i think his character is just the most interesting dude and i wish we got even more of him

[caranoirs]

#personal #my photos #found some i had On Hand (most of my travel photos are on the hard drive and i’m too tired to fish them out). #i’m gonna write post this as quickly as i can before i start hating these photos lol #the first lot are from a random skate sesh back in may last year and you get to see some of my friend’s sick tattoos mwah mwah #and the others are from a short trip to italy (i can’t remember when). #we did an unbearable (positive) amount of sight-seeing & people-watching #all taken on a compact cam i’ve had for ages btw. still yet to invest in a dslr or develop any of the film camera rolls lol #ahhh student city living my beloathed. everyone and their mother will tell you about The Best Cameras and everyone’s is different

[notquiteaghost]

idk where else if anywhere is getting the fun "spring? what's spring? fuck you it's below freezing" weather but it snowed here last night & actually settled

and it is so immediately all melting when i opened the door to the garden earlier all the water running off the roof made me briefly think it was raining somehow. there is not a cloud in the sky. it's still only 4°C but oh i am so glad for this sunshine. weather casts spell of no ice

#yelling at clouds #the main problem of being somewhere it hypothetically Could snow #but doesn't do so consistently or regularly #is when it does. it gets compacted into ice. and then half the pavements are just a fucking death trap #cuz they don't get salted OR cleared #and like. im in yorkshire. we are on a hill. ice is So annoying #not this time tho 😊

[sednonamoris]

price and ghost both have Big going for them in hotness rankings but it’s more complex than that. price has his dorky mutton chops and his sparkly blue eyes but somehow he makes those soft/friendly things Extremely Threatening and that’s hot. ghost wears the mask which is hot ofc but more importantly his face underneath is Busted and that ugliness is precisely what makes him hot for real. hope this helps 👍

#just my onion 🤷‍♀️🧅 #fran speaks #the way they talk and move contributes as well but we don’t have time to get into all that #soap is hot in a compact buff way #and gaz is simply the most beautiful man alive

[monty-glasses-roxy]

Did you know the U.S. has stores that just pop up for Halloween and then vanish? It was crazy to me to learn that that's really only a thing here and not anywhere else. (I also feel like the more I learn, the more it seems the U.S. goes really over the top with its holidays, but that's besides the point right now.) They just temporarily rent buildings with nothing else in them currently. This year, there was one like five minutes from my house, in a location that, when I was growing up, was an animatronic-themed pizza place! So kind of fitting that I got some accessories for my Foxy costume there.

Yeah I've vaguely heard about Spirit Halloween just popping up everywhere in the US... Definitely not a thing here.

I know that we have uhhhh pop up shops, charity shops and cafes and stuff but I don't believe they're the most common?? I think we had a pop up charity shop in the nearby town at some point but it was literally never open so I don't know what the point of that was.

Yeah though, generally, we don't have shops that only exist in certain seasons. We have travelling fairs that show up in different seasons but that's probably as close as we get??

Oh and the only time I've ever seen animatronic anything that wasn't a haunted house or something was the Rainforest Cafe in London. I am actually DEVASTATED that you guys have whatever the hell Chuck E Cheese is and we don't I think that would have been cool as fuck to have as a place to go to regularly

#pop rox talks #speaking of i think the local funfair is due back soon?? #i could have sworn we always had it in october though... #its great its always like... a literal ten second walk from my house to get sugar donuts #i won i giant octopus last time on a dart game it was great #literally just live your life with carnival games inbetween you and the corner shop lmao #AND they sell churros now??? those are interesting!!! #I've only had them twice before they're good i like them!! #they're the exact same as sugar donuts though #just more compact and long #which is neat! #i was under the impression they were completely different but nah they're the same thing! #oh wait they won't be the same to america dont you giys put cinnamon in fucking everything???

[ghostwise]

“Aeran,” he says with cloying sweetness, the kind of voice that makes him immediately suspicious of whatever follows. And rightly so; the next words out of his mouth are, “Do you want to get matching best friend tattoos with me?”

“What?” Aeran drops the lettuce he’d been examining. The woman at the stall grumbles at him, but he’s not really listening at this point.

“Tattoos,” Refugio says. He nods in the direction of a nearby stall, advertising cheap inking options for all interested. The proprietor—or so Aeran judges her by the sheer amount of tattoos she sports on her exposed skin—smiles invitingly.

More importantly, it’s the first time Refugio has called him his best friend.

Aeran squints at him in disbelief.

“Ah, no?” he replies finally.

“Rejected?” Refugio’s bronze eyes widen, impossibly puppy-like. “In front of everyone, Kellis?”

“In front of everyone…” the tattoo artist echoes, aghast.

“Gods,” Aeran says, already overwhelmed.

He is not particularly interested in getting some disease from a pop up street tattoo stall. He is still trying to wrap his mind around the other part. Best friends! After their turbulent adolescence, years spent either fighting or ignoring one another—best friends!

“Don’t worry your pretty little head about him,” the tattoo artist tells Refugio. “How about a discount?”

But they’ve been traveling together for half a year at this point, and Refugio is a far cry from the irritable boy he’d been at the Spire. He’s become someone different; kind, reliable, occasionally practical, always entertaining, and loyal. Best friends! It seems impossible, but somehow it’s true.

“I want a coyote skull on my hand,” Refugio says, dashing over to the stall. He points at the junction between his thumb and pointer finger, makes an odd motion with his thumb and grins. “Here, so I can make it bite.”

“A man of class and elegance,” the woman replies. “I can do this for you. Enter my humble abode.”

“See you in a couple of hours, man,” Refugio tells him with a cheery wave. “Don’t feel like you have to wait around. I’ll find you.”

Then he and the woman are gone, separated from the bustle of the market by rope and tarp.

Tol Covere is a different kind of bustle from what they're used to. The buildings are stark white against blue sky, carved from stone found only in this region—a tabula rasa adorned with fabrics and plants and signs and color. Where Sarin had offered them plenty of winding alleys and glimmering shadows to hide in—the architecture built to disperse heat, to protect against the desert climate—Tol Covere offers wide avenues, catching and embracing the blinding sunlight.

It might even suit them. Refugio seems to like the vibrant city. From their apartment they can smell the sea. And as there’s plenty to do on this street alone, a couple of hours should be easy to kill.

“Best friends!” Aeran sighs and shakes his head, feeling both fond and mildly annoyed, as if he’s been left out, as if he’s been given a gift he doesn’t know what to do with, though he had been the one to decline the invitation.

#wayfarer if #aeran kellis #here's today's lil bit of writing as i iron out their early traveling days #i have no idea how to write aeran's voice because the lad is a dense compact mass of regret and mental illness #and until we get more info about him i do not know what to make of him #i do think he killed people in that tower though just for the record #not sure if i'll continue this bc i'm not feeling up to writing hijinks and misadventures but to summarize #refugio is not getting that tattoo and they will be leaving tol covere tomorrow in a hurry lol #oc: refugio #rinnywrites

[msommers]

ocs + playlists ↳ meredith cousland

[playlist • template]

#ch: meredith cousland #verse: dragon age #graphic #graphic: meredith #graphic: playlists #misc: music musing #the thing is that i had a more compact version of this but i liked having the lyrics so this is the one we get #i love her so much is the thing #she's so sad and angry if you couldn't tell <3 #honorary mention for cell block tango let mere have a verse about murdering arl howe #i don't have much rambling to do i just remembered this in the drafts and need any kind of distractions to make it thru so

[ephemeraltea]

i made a joke to a customer about being locked in a cage in the back when i misbehave on the sales the floor and her immediate horror was so cute and unwarranted 💗

#we don't even have cages at this job #there are however rolling compact shelves if i needed to get smart during a horror movie moment #(for people who haven't worked in the beauty industry- cages are what we called the wheely monstrosities #you store expensive stuff in that you don't want employees/customers stealing)

[abluehappyface]

This old CD/Cassette/Radio player that is literally as old as I am at my aunt's house still works besties 😎

#sure you gotta move the antenna around #and it cuts out sometimes #but it works! #listening to the FM stations rn #thanksgiving at my aunt's house tomorrow #gonna pull out the radio #make sure the younger ones know what a compact radio is #omg it's going to be 20 people tomorrow #and 17 of us are women #or woman adjacent #we don't get men here lol #don't worry we're used to it #abluehappyface

[secret-bug-pain-blog]

half the time we write things it's because we look at the selection of What's Available For X Thing and because it sucks ass, we go "FINE, we'll do it ourself" and that's at its core why we write for bug fables

#we mean no offense to the vast majority of bug fables writers #but we are REALLY tired of cracking open the ao3 tag and literally the first line its 'he would not fucking say that' #we do whumpy stuff bc we enjoy it! however we really really feel that our characterization needs to Work #because if it DOESN'T match the characterization then why tf are we writing for these characters #we have One Specific Work that we dislike specifically bc we feel it falls too much into the trap of like #making the whumper and whumpee basically just The Same Personalities #we are still gonna post it ofc but we dont like it that much and we're only delaying until art gets done #we are always improving! blessing and a curse in one compact package #bc it means unfortunately some stuff we make will suck #misc. #my posts #writing #bug fables #anyways if we cannot nail down mothivas personality in a satisfying enough way to make her seem In Character #when shes a whumpee in a situation where shes highly predisposed to start fawning #then we will die. and then we'll have to do it better next time bc like fuck if we're giving up #so we're gonna make her act more like an asshole in the beginning bc thats how she Acts under stress #and then have that abrupt fakey turn to fawning in presence of an authority figure #hopefully this turns out right bc if it doesnt we Will die and it Will be this that kills us #smth smth we can't just get into and make content for things that are Purely Good its got to suck a bit #so we can get off our ass enough to go 'you're a fucking idiot and im writing this myself'

[dkcrimeape]

i love having roommates because i get to find out that the "normal" things i learned at home are, in fact, not normal

#dk posts #this is about me pushing the trash down when the can starts getting full #my roommates call this 'raw dogging the trash' and act like im committing a crime? #im just making more room so we don't have to waste a garbage bag? #its not like i touch food or nothing i use a paper bag or plate that im tossing to compact everything #i thought this was normal help #also they bully me for brushing my teeth in the shower #i want all of me to be clean it's efficient i swear #plus i always shower right when i get up or before i go to bed so i might as well

[miralparis]

argh!! (a post with me bitching in the tags about pottery today lol)

#started up pottery again but jumped up to intermediate from beginner #and we no longer use reclaimed clay we get to use the compact fresh stuff this class #and good lord for the life of me this and last class i could not center!!!! #like 3 hours nearly #basically in tears and have the teacher come over and ask hey what am i doing so wrong #and he has me do it and he said i had it???? #but I still saw a slight wobble therefore signaling it was NOT center #so he’s like ‘what do u do for a living?’ #and knowing where this is going I’m like ‘…lawyer’ 🙃 #and he’s like duh you’re too nitpicky on details which can help but is harming my moving on #so I was like rly did I waste 3 hrs and had something centered way earlier than I thought #i was like near tears so frustrated 😭 #and watch maybe they were all bad until he watched me and that was the only time I got one this class #cue me then opening it too far and everything falling apart on my first raise #not having it today folks!!!!! #katie.txt #major kudos to anyone who read this and if you also play with clay then hello

[aiizaph]

Oh my god I might be getting a spintrest in something that isn’t a fucking franchise and might actually help me get a job oh my god.

#I’ve been watching video game console repair videos non stop #I found a channel where the guy describes everything he’s doing and why he’s doing it so clearly #I feel like I’m actually learning #shit’s cool as hell #maybe I can actually fix my weird ass 3DS #we bought it second hand back when they were still new-ish #but ever since I’ve owned it it’s had this weird quirk: #the volume only changes when you slide the 3D scale #and when you do it fades up or down very slowly #it doesn’t even reach the full volume a normal 3DS does #that’s literally the only thing wrong with it #the only thing stopping me is that DSs look so intimidating #they have so much compacted into a tiny space #not to mention they have TWO of them (one for each screen) #also it’s my personal childhood 3DS and I don’t wanna run the risk of making things worse #but we’ll see #maybe I’ll actually get into console repairs and come back to my 3DS once I’m more experienced #I’d really like to