#( even after wanting to make a blog for another fantasy fave of mine and never doing that cuz Anxiety !!! )

[hiisheart]

( the bill hader hype is real rn guys u don’t even knOW— )

[maliro-t]

tagged by the lovely @surprisegents​  below the cut 🙏🙏 thank u!!

1. Name: Maya

2: Gender: waves hand in a vaguely feminine direction

3. Star sign: libra

4. Height: 5′3"

5. Time: 6:55 when I finished this

6. Birthday: Oct 7th

7. Favorite band(s): well my longtime fave is death cab for cutie bc. I’m a sad b*tch I guess. Also, sorry to be an obscure music person, but I highkey love bitter ruin and foxtails brigade.

8. Favorite solo artist(s): mmm probably Mitski for the last couple years! Historically though, Sara Bareilles 

9. Song stuck in my head: none atm but that’s bc I’m listening to music

10. Last Movie: oh god it was night at the museum lmao, it randomly came on after something else we watched. definitely was a movie made in 2006, that’s for sure.

11. Last show: ok wait actually I have a shred of shame left that makes me not want to answer this,,,,,I’ll let you imagine. I will say instead that the last show I Finished was an Icelandic crime drama called the valhalla murders which I basically watched to fill time but it was surprisingly satisfying

12. When did you make this account: the very very end of 2013 so. you COULD dig through it if you want but also maybe do not!!

13. What do I post: I mean overall, fandom or no, it’s mostly just things I think are Pretty. I know I have an insp tag but really everything I rb is insp in some form or another. But yeah I mean idk. mainly pretty things and video game ladies (which I realize are the Same), with a general skew towards fantasy.

14. What is the last thing you googled: oh I’m playing ac valhalla right now and I was looking up how to find an artifact that I couldn’t get to for the life of me 🤡 sorry for being incompetent

 15. Other blogs: I have a fruits basket side blog (date of origin, 2014) that has about 10 posts on it from before I even really knew how this website worked and I’m not linking it, sorry folks. But generally this has been a Single Blog Affair for my entire run

16. Do I get asks: generally not really! only for ask memes, or maybe very very occasionally after I post something that gets enough of a reception. I do have like 20 very weird questions sitting in my ask box rn from when a friend was feeling particularly memey though

17. Why did I choose this url: I’ve talked about this before but it’s a bunch of different bits from my name (aka a made up word), which somehow was taken so I added a hyphen! The reason I decided on that is slightly more complicated and related to two of my very early fandoms.

18. Following: 411

19. Followers: 554

20. Average hours of sleep: probably six oof

21. Lucky number: 3!

22. Instruments: have played piano most of my life, plus violin (which I’m no where near as good at but still dabble in) and some self taught ukulele

23. What am I wearing: a random dress and a comfy red sweater/cardigan thing I love. 

24. Dream job: tumblr you can’t keep tricking me into thinking about the future, I won’t do it

25. Dream trip: unfortunately I have pretty terrible travel anxiety and basically,,,,, never desire to go Anywhere. I’m lucky to have been a lot of neat places with my family but also that was kind of. enough for me oof. So my 2020/2021 answer is a coffee shop.

26. Favorite food: lasagna,,,

27. Nationality: american

28. Favorite song: oh god, impossible to choose. one forever fave of mine is brothers on a hotel bed by dcfc but like. I’m only naming that one because I’ve loved it Forever. 

29. Last book I read: uhhh probably something for class oof, I guess it was Père Goriot which I had a tough time with because it has No plot but u know occasionally there was something very profound.

30. Top three fictional universes I would like to live in: hmmm okay. this is a question I have never really considered, believe it or not, but I think my answers are 1. the magicians, but specifically the books. the show would be a living hell 2. maybe unexpected but can I say stardust? movie or book tbh, there’s just the right balance of whimsy and peril imo, and no world-ending stakes 3.I’m gonna say dragon age for posterity even though I know it would objectively be terrible

i’ll tag @the-socially-unaccepted @barrynn @tightlemon if u guys want!! <3 

[hibiki-the-beast-archived]

(2019 is (almost) over...

...but not the crazy fun I have with Hibiki.

I have a background of writing fanfictions and stories with very different characters, but I never created such a little peculiar creature before so you can say it was and is an exciting new experience for me who had looked for a new challenge after nine years of writing stories. And yet my first try to establish him around here wasn't very successful. When I created his first blog (I learned there once was another Hibiki muse around years ago who even had many similarities with mine, but no, it wasn't me who played him and neither did I copy anything from them) I still had another rather popular muse around here so I was already overwhelmed by the amount of threads I had, and then I even adopted Hibiki who surprisingly gained a lot of attention, too. So much I was completely exhausted by the amount of people being interested in him and my other muse. In the end it made me lose my excitement to play Hibiki, I indeed couldn't see what fascinated me about him anymore. For a very long time I wondered what the reason for this had been, but in the end I think I just mainly burnt out. Every explanation for his sudden disappearing would have overwhelmed me even more, so I know that it was probably very unfair to keep people hanging like this (in general I'm far from claiming my exhausted ass always treated people well, even if I gave my best...), but I put effort into re-approaching most of my old rp-partners - with the result that some of them welcomed Hibiki back for which I'm very thankful for. Some months after my first attempt to play him I decided to give him a new try, originally only for a person I had a great ship with with my other muse, too. This time I wanted to start slower, with the result I didn't lose muse for him and instead dropped my other muse soon, but playing him wasn't always easy though. Having another bad encounter with someone who had no understanding of someone playing a more or less antagonistic muse made me question the beast's whole way of being and suppress his abilities to be violent, dominant and just crazy - even if this had been what I wanted him to be from the very beginning. Plus I was still overwhelmed from playing a dominant muse so my ability to portray one had been faint (and this when I am actually rather able to see the world through the eyes of a dominant instead of a submissive, not to mention I can write it better, and especially with this muse it is quite a lot of fun...). But gladly I met awesome roleplay partners just as well who seem to appreciate my way of writing and my portrayal of the beast in the way I had always wished for. I even got to the point where roleplaying could compare with my story writing experience what means that I found persons with who I can live out the craziest of fantasies without restricting myself. While this is my benefit to a part it is yours just as well to another. I know that Hibiki isn't an easygoing muse and at the same time creepy and extraordinary muses doesn't seem to be too popular anymore these days (it's a pity, but that's another story), however I found very important players and muses who helped me to develop his character and stuck with my beast. I'm convinced that he's an intriguing character and I'm madly fascinated and in love with him so it makes me happy to be able to infect you with my enthusiasm and passion. I hope we can go on having fun in the future. May the wicked ideas never fade!

My thanks go to @hazukixlynch @hiro-bloodlust @voice-mikaru @bekattheoutpost @aki-in-tokyo @teddy-killing @the-moonlight-boys @natsuki-oz @cristate-tsuzuku and to those I had a short yet interesting encounter. It is a pleasure to play with you.

Happy new year, guys!

P.S.: I still think about letting Hibiki return to a main blog, but then again I suppose this elusive appearance that comes along with not being able to fave, comment and ask stuff fits him rather well...although it is annoying sometimes, haha. But we'll see what the future brings.)

[rainbowmatsu]

Howdy hey space cowboys! I was tagged by @bellamyrocks​ , a very very wonderful person!! :3c <3

Answer 15 questions, tag 15 mutuals (or not lol!)

Are you named after someone?: Kind of?? My older sister was supposed to have my name but after my mom decided against it, she told my mom to give it to me instead. And as the youngest, everything I get, (even my name!) is a hand-me-down ; U ;

When was the last time you cried?: Man, honestly, I’ve always been a crybaby so don’t @ me, I cry on the daily,,, It doesn’t even have to be over something sad! Sometimes I feel too excited over a thing and the feelings pile over. I’m binging some of my fave anime openings rn and I cried over how much I love All Might and Edward Elric. It be like that sometimes!!

Do you have kids: Nope! I’m 21 and even though other people my age already have ‘em, I still think I’m a child so THERE’S NO WAY. NOPE! My OC’s are my children LOL! I do want them one day, however! Just not anytime now :’)c

What’s the first thing you notice about people?: I like to make note of their body language too. In looking at their body language, you get to gauge their sociability. I also especially like to look for the way people talk, the things they talk about, and how they talk about it! I’m cautious because I don’t want to step on anyone’s toes but if they have a subject they enjoy talking about, I LOVE indulging them in their happy thoughts!! It makes me happy! Like when people talk about their dreams or OCs, fantasy stories, or their future! People get legit gleams in their eyes and it’s a nice break from the drab, overwhelming, repetition of the world,,,

Do you use sarcasm a lot?: I think that if I’m not being sarcastic, something is probably wrong LOL,, 

What’s your eye color: Dark brown!

Scary movie or happy ending?: Every Tuesday, my friends like to watch scary movies, and I like all the writing ideas it gives me but I prefer happy endings! Let me dream :’3c It’s a bonus if the movie is animated!! :Dc 

Any special talent?: Special???? I’m not really sure?? I can play some ditties on ukulele. I can try to animate. Tenacity for learning how to draw and that’s for sure!

Where were you born?: California and yes, I’m still here. Thank you, mom! I think I would have moved to Cali regardless of where I was born 

What are your hobbies?: Making digital art/animating is my hobby but also I’m hoping it’ll turn into a job down the line!!! I also like singing, playing uke, struggling with guitar and piano, and playing 🅱️ideo games!!

Do you have pets?: My dog died this year ;;w;; and I do want to get another one but the heartbreak is still too much tbh. He was my first dog. But I have been looking into getting a chinchilla! Also I want a cat but I’m sure that my would END me from all the cat pee smell and cat hair.

What sport(s) have you done?: Sports,, never heard of her

How tall are you?: 4′11 ;;w;; 

Favorite subject in school?: I loved creative writing SO much!!! And if I didn’t choose art as my second major, it would’ve been that instead! 3D art was also VERY fun but 2D art will always be my comfort zone.

Dream job?: I’ve been thinking about this recently! I think that I’d love to be in character design or visual development. I love fashion SO much and I love fiddling with colors and moods. I also like to think about cosplayers who have to struggle with the outfits that I have in my head. I can’t draw environments very well yet but I sure as heck am going to try my best! I have a perspective class next semester! I’d like to work for Cartoon Network, Disney, Adult swim, Nintendo or Netflix animated shows if I could!! Tbh, watching an animated show/movie and seeing my name in the credits is a BIG dream of mine. If I could be able to crank out my stories too in the process, I would be able to die happy. All I want to do is either tell a story in my career or be on a team and help someone else get to tell theirs! 

Tag: You guys don’t have to if you don’t want to, but here!! Thanks for hanging around my blog and dealing with my fandom crap ; U ; I love you guys very much!!~ <3: @voidroonil @rainydayghoul @distantitinerant @nightlinights @kouhainoodles @illbebuyingallofthoseflowers @ab-major-nerd @luxaleigh @ben-alexander-kishin @alo-apollo​ @catamarang @sappyhub @vivid-luminary @neko-neesan @crook807 @violent-infant

[bigskydreaming]

Seriously, for fuck’s sake, I know that post was AT LEAST as far back as December, if not more, and it literally had less than ten notes just two hours ago.

But remember! I’m on a fucking CRUSADE! I just want to take away peoples’ rape fics and harmless kiddie porn fantasies and I just can’t respect the fact that as long as people just TAG their ‘herein lies my advertisement of the fact that hahaha, omg I think what happened to you is actually kinda hot and sexy giggle giggle aren’t I so TABOO????’ smut like lol okay, well that doesn’t affect me at all, I’m not remotely bothered by having to spend every single day wading through reminders of how much more fascinating people find rape than actual survivors of said things. 

I’m the one who has no idea how to live in a society with other people and suck it up and deal with the fact that sometimes, people do and say things that make us uncomfortable and we wish we could avoid, but just shut the fuck up and keep that to yourself, right? Don’t like....TELL people they’ve made you uncomfortable and are doing things that you wish they’d think about more critically, gosh, all that’s gonna do is make THEM uncomfortable then, why couldn’t you just kept it to yourself, how dare you think TALKING about problems is the solution?????

Yup yup, I’m clearly the one who has no boundaries and no regard for other people and can’t let people just have their harmless fun, their different opinions that don’t actually affect me, I’m the one who just can’t seem to stop from hunting down posts I don’t agree with and hopping on other blogs and resurrecting weeks or months old posts just to make sure EVERYONE KNOWS THIS POST WAS WROOOOOOONG. Lmao.

Well I’m very sorry for all that, now that mine eyes have been opened! Rape fics are harmless and this is all just fictional, nobody is actually affected in a negative way by anything being talked about here yaaaaaaay!

Anyway, I’m off to spend the rest of the night trying to calm down lolol because fun fact for people who love to talk about being triggered but have no real clue what they’re actually talking about and how that word was never meant to describe being like...upset or angry but rather the stimuli or situations that put survivors and people with PTSD and other mental disorders into actual goddamn panic spirals and attacks. And thus like, triggers are not as fucking obvious as some of you seem to think they are.

Like lol guess what, I actually can read a scene wherein someone’s raping someone in a scene that looks or sounds EXACTLY LIKE MY RAPE and it can be heart-wrenching and it can be graphic and it can be emotional and I can still not be triggered by that! Know why? Because shockingly, I AM aware that this is just fictional! That these are just fictional characters! That no fictional character and no real person has been harmed in the writing of this scene, because FICTIONAL CHARACTERS CAN’T BE HARMED! Know what else fictional characters can’t be? RAPED. Because rape is not a VISUAL, rape is not an ACTION, rape is not a SPECIFIC SEQUENCE OF EVENTS. Rape is a THEFT, it is one person STEALING another person’s ability to control what happens with their body, taking what they have no right to take, just because they WANT to, just because they CAN. And thus NO rape scene, no matter HOW well written or realistically depicted, is ever going to BE a rape scene, just like no ‘rape fantasy’ roleplay is ever going to BE rape because without an actual DYNAMIC of one person taking something the other person has no power to stop, when its two equally consenting partners or two flat fictional characters on a page, it is still nothing more than a SIMULATION of rape, and NEVER ANYTHING MORE THAN THAT.

And guess what? I can handle THAT just fine. THAT doesn’t trigger me no matter how much it reminds me of my own trauma, because I KNOW DAMN WELL THAT ISN’T REAL.

But you know what IS real? You know what DOES trigger me? The CONTEXT of the scene. The REASON it was written, the intended REACTION of the reader.

The part that makes me lose my fucking shit is when I’m forced to face the reality that this scene exists, was written, because somebody found it HOT and SEXY and wanted to share it with people who’d see it the same way. The reason I lose my goddamn MIND and my adrenaline ramps up and my whole body starts shaking as my fight or flight instincts kick in with no actual outlet because there’s no actual threat, just the phantom reminder of a threat I couldn’t escape from....THAT fun little adventure comes from looking or hearing about things that remind me of my rape, take me back to that fucking room and make me a terrified out of my goddamn mind dumbass nineteen year old all over again.....and knowing that this is HOT to the writer and readers, that this is  intended as sexually gratifying, that this scene, this depiction, this simulation of one person STEALING from another powerless person SOMETHING THEY WILL NEVER EVER FUCKING BE ABLE TO GET BACK AS LONG AS THEY LIVE, THE SENSE OF SAFETY AND SECURITY THAT COMES FROM BEING THE ONLY PERSON WHO GETS TO DECIDE WHO HAS ACCESS TO YOUR BODY....knowing that this little smutty fic exists so people can read this and be TURNED ON by this, so they can GET OFF to this, this thing they’re looking at in their mind, reading about, picturing as they stare down at their screen getting all hot and bothered....

JUST LIKE MY FUCKING RAPIST LOOKED WHEN GETTING OFF FROM TAKING THOSE THINGS FROM ME.

THAT is what fucking triggers me, THAT is what makes me feel unsafe and panicky, THAT is what traps me all over again in that fucking goddamn room and leaves me STUCK there no matter how many years its been and HOW far I’ve come in getting past it...

THE CONSTANT NEVER ENDING REMINDER THAT PEOPLE THINK ITS TOTALLY NO BIG DEAL TO FUCKING AGREE WITH MY RAPIST ABOUT HOW FUCKING HOT AND SATISFYING THE VIEW IS FROM UP THERE.

And all the fucking trigger warnings in the world don’t protect me from THAT, they just emphasize how little people actually give a shit, they just want the magic answer to how they can have their fun ‘harmless’ little rape KINK without having someone make them feel bad for the fact that the rank goes FUN RAPE FANTASIES YAY first and survivors who have a problem with that way the fuck last.

Anyway, so that’s what I’ll be doing all night! Links to my paypal and my ko-fi are on my main blog page if anyone’s ever felt informed or learned anything from any of my many, many, MANY posts about this stuff or any form of gratitude for the effort I DO or at least once DID put into sorting through my thoughts and making my points in some kind of way that actually addresses the usual conversations around all this.

Because guess what? It IS goddamn fucking emotional labor. It DOES take work! Its EXHAUSTING. It HURTS. I would give anything in the world to NOT pick at that giant fucking scab as often as I do, but I DONT HAVE THAT OPTION. Because not talking about it DOESNT MAKE IT GO AWAY. It doesn’t make LESS for me to have to navigate through every goddamn day of my life and you know what the suggested response to problems that you can’t fix on your own are? Problems with SOCIETY?

HAVING GODDAMN CONVERSATIONS ABOUT IT.

So excuse me for SAYING that as often as I do especially cuz every time I DO I get maybe ten notes of acknowledgment that anyone’s even fucking LISTENING but meanwhile here’s another fucking five hundred on a Batfam or X-Men shit post, now THAT’S the content people want from me!

Guess what! I WANT THAT TO BE MY CONTENT TO!

I would LOVE nothing more than to just be able to happily and comfortably shitpost about my favorite superheroes and write stuff I enjoy and that doesn’t have the flaws I rant about seeing in so many shows and books. I could talk for HOURS about fun thoughts and ideas I have in my head, I could banter back and forth with my friends about nothing of substance at all for DAYS, I don’t NEED to fucking retraumatize myself every goddamn day screaming into the void about this shit so I can feel IMPORTANT or have something INTERESTING to blog about or whatever the fuck people think is my reason for ranting about this shit. ALL. THE. GODDAMN. TIME.

But I can’t do that, because there is not a fucking day that goes by, not a DAY where SOMETHING doesn’t cross my dash, or SOMETHING isn’t on an Ao3 page I’m searching through for fic about a fave character, that doesn’t set me off and make my body start shaking with how deeply, fundamentally UPSETTING it is to constantly be bombarded with reminders of just how easy people find it to reframe my trauma as something hot and sexy and WAY MORE WORTH DEFENDING than the very thought of me going ONE FUCKING DAY without having to stumble across bullshit like that. Because I CAN’T ‘dont like/dont read’ as much is out there. I don’t need to click on a fic to see this is smut fic by an author who thinks rape is hot and judging from the number of kudos and comments and hits is definitely on to something! GUESS I DID MY RAPE WRONG THEN, cuz it wasnt fucking hot for me!

I would love to just ‘avoid’ it so I can actually ENJOY my fucking time on the internet. But I CANT. Because its EVERYWHERE. And god forbid I try and start fucking CONVERSATIONS about that so that maybe, someday, after we’ve done the work as a society to examine WHY PEOPLE ARE SO FUCKING INVESTED IN THIS STUFF, I or at the very least people like me, can someday enjoy one day on the internet where they DONT have to constantly wade through an endless swamp of that shit.

Honestly. Seriously. I have said it so often I can not count. I do not want to censor anyone. I do not want power over what people can read or write. I just. want. to TELL people that when they write this stuff, it has CONSEQUENCES, that there are people it DOES hurt, and have them LISTEN, so that at least, at LEAST the ones who are bothered enough by that realization to NOT be comfortable writing it when faced with the awareness of the fact that their writing HAS THIS EFFECT WHETHER WE SAY IT TO THEIR FACES OR NOT, that THEY at least can decide....hey. What if I just...wrote something else instead?

But what the FUCK am I supposed to do with the constant, incessant reminder that people would rather dig in their heels in defense of their RAPE FANTASIES than roll up their sleeves and do a little fucking examination of WHY they and society at large are so fucking invested in this shit that the very IDEA of ‘giving up’ content like this for the sake of people who have actually LIVED through it, is just....INCOMPREHENSIBLE to them? That they feel ATTACKED by the very idea?

(And don’t fucking come at me with that ‘some survivors use it to cope’ stuff. Yeah, well I used to get in bar fights as my coping mechanism. Didn’t fucking mean it was healthy, and it wasn’t fucking harmless to anyone I punched in the goddamn face, now was it? Also, if you’re not a survivor and you hide behind that line, FEEL FUCKING ASHAMED for thinking of it as a kneejerk response to another survivor telling you your “kink” fucking hurts).

I’m out. See you all later.

[attract-mode-collective]

Back When YouTube Superstardom Simply Required A Giant Earthbound Cartridge Costume

So yeah, Christmas is here, which also means that New Year is just around the corner… thank God.

Considering how have happy memories from the year 2017 is so few and far between, how about one from 2007? Back when being a viral sensation on YouTube simply involved rapping in the middle of a parking lot, while dressed upon as an Earthbound cart.

Ah, such innocent times. How they are sorely missed.

Back to the here and now; this particular holiday is all about coming together, even if it means putting aside our differences, with the hope that some form of common ground can be found. Which in turn may become a basis of a long-lasting relationship.

That’s basically the message I get from this old Rez ad, circa 2001; the PS2 version was their first third party release (via shmups)…

Speaking of the Dreamcast; that recently posted concept video for a third Jet Set Radio that never materialized has gotten me to revisit the original (via kazucrash)…

Here’s a JSR illustration that’s totally new to me (and I’d like that I’ve seen every last bit of officially imagery, though I will admit that I haven’t dug as a deep a hole as I have for Gradius; via sixteen-bit), so perhaps it’s new to you as well?

Another game that deep dives into Japanese urban youth culture is The World Ends With You, and syncopatedid tried doing a side-by-side comparison of the in-game locales with their IRL counterparts not long after the release. There was a two year difference, so not that much had changed…

Meanwhile, in Russia, fgsshinyhoard explains: “Samus Aran amiibos can open the ticket barriers of Moscow Vyacheslav train station, without needing a ticket. This is due to an oddly specific RFID in the amiibo that just syncs up correctly enough to the train station’s own reader…”

Though back to the streets of Japan… well, more like the rooftops… and back to the Dreamcast; here we have my fave part of Project Justice (via kazucrash once again)…

Meanwhile, in another high school, a whole other battle is about to take place (via lunaticobscurity)…

Seriously, there is no better mix than Japanese video games and Japanese high school girls, both circa the 80s (via charliecoffin)…

Last time we saw the now iconic Super Famicom box art reemerge as a sweatshirt from King of Games, though you can apparently purchase a few Ronnie Araya’s designs, which applies the same approach toward a variety of other hardware, on shirts as well…

On a related note, here’s what the Super Famicom looks like, x-rayed (via tvgame)…

And here’s an inside look at the instruction for T&C Surf Designs: Wood & Water Rage (via thevideogameartarchive)...

Sticking with sports, I wonder what the rejected shots of these two English football players, getting chummy with a Game Gear, looks like (via sonicthehedgeblog)…

I too would like to say congratulations to Dr. Robotnik (that’s actually a pic of “Britain’s most notorious prisoner”, Charles Bronson, who just got married; via saintdane05)…

And here’s Dr. Eggman trying to slim down before his wedding day, btw (via muffin-expert)…

Back to the Dreamcast once more; I for one could not have been more disappointed with its version of KOF 99, due to its polygonal backgrounds. Cuz but as kazucrash demonstrates (oddly enough, given his super positive portrayal of the DC), the sprite work was positively insane…

Before King of Fighters, there was Fatal Fury Special, and this bit of nuttiness (via rhade-zapan)…

Sticking with fighting games, thewaragainstgiygas presents a #OnePerfectShot of Ready Player One…

Apparently Godzilla has hit boxes, at least according to hitboxesonstockimages…

In response to this picture that was hung sideways in McDoanlads...

... we have the following response from hinaofficial…

The following is a perfect example of why gamingtranscribed is my new fave tumblr…

I will never grow tired of this sight gag (via bluephobos)…

Courtesy of videogamesdensetsu comes a curious example of a fake game preceding a very real thing. Which in this case, is the concept of super deformed Street Fighters going at it…

Meanwhile, oldgamemags recently posted a letter that appeared in the pages of Electronic Gaming Monthly that I can clearly recollect…

Speaking of Pikachu (via haebane)…

Another fave blog of mine is dedicated to the town of Scarfolk, in North West England, and I could not have been happier to see video games make an appearance earlier this year…

At the end of the day, when all is said and done, no matter how cute the denizens of Animal Crossing might be, they are still filthy animals (via hellomathieu)…

Whereas Kat from Gravity Rush manages to make her dwelling, which is down in the filthy sewer, not only clean & tidy, but also cosy & appealing (as evayoblog also notes)…

If the following gif from prostheticknowledge doesn’t convince you to contribute to their Patreon, then I don’t know what else to say…

You know, it just dawned on me that the Super Fami driven cover of Last Christmas that I posted… well, last Christmas… was published the day before George Michaels’s death…

Which ride do you prefer? This super deluxe Ridge Racer set-up (via peazy86)…

Or this truck with the Legend of Zelda inspired paint job plus mud flaps (via retrogamerblog)…

So yeah, I never really gave Final Fantasy 7 much of fair shake. Was never all that interested to be honest. That was, until I saw these gifs (via ethernalium)…

I will never pass the opportunity to post video game related Archie image (via arcadezen)…

2017 will always be the year that finally gave us a Goemon & Ebisumaru X Beavis & Butt-Head (via midnitesurprise)…

Time for yet another friendly reminder to jump on that Fire Pro train if you haven’t done so already (via shadgandel)…

And time for yet another friendly reminder of bat-sh*t bonkers professional wrestling was during the late 90s (via n64thstreet)…

It may not play nearly as well as the games it helped to pave the way for, yet the importance of Pro Wrestling for the Famicom cannot be overstated. At least its commercial has aged like fine wine (via charliecoffin yet again)…

And back to shmups; this holiday season I made a bunch of RetroPies for a client, so he could give them away as Christmas presents (since SNES Classics are still in short supply). And the one game I try out first is MUSHA…

Though I will also play some other game at random, which is how I recently came across Majyūō: King of Demons. It’s definitely recommended (via bizarrobrain)…

titleknown asks: “So, FromSoftware Muppet game when?”

As part of my continued effort to play something Christmas related this time of year, something other than Christmas NiGHTS, I finally have something new! And yes, am late to the Boogie Wings party, but I guess that’s what I get for not following games-are-art closely…

For those of you reading this who are still in the midst of holiday travel, I have to ask: see anything comparable this (via geekybasket)?

If you happened to get a Wacom tablet this year, and you also have a copy of Okami HD, a FYI (via goldenserker)…

Now, if you didn’t get what you wanted, you can always hunt whatever down on eBay, Though I recommend Japanese sellers only; aside from the fact that their used games are on par with factory fresh here in the US, they’e also super friendly and will often include handwritten notes plus other goodies (via tangobunny)…

But if you do get something, and I’m talking about a game that’s on a cartridge, I would recommend not blowing on it. Unless you live in a post nuclear wasteland, where there’s sand everywhere, like in the world of Hokuto no Ken/Fist of the North Star (via charliecoffin one last time)…

And if you happened to have gotten every game you wanted, great! Just don’t over do it (via relatablepicturesoflisasimpson)…

I began this post with an Earthbound/Mother related vid, and I may as well end with one as well. Take it away SilvaGunner…

[UPDATE: 12/25/17] Alright, it’s 11:15PM EST, which means less than an hour to go before Xmas ‘17 is finally done & over with. But this other SiIvaGunner Christmas medley is simply too damn good to sit on till Xmas ‘18…

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[qvicksilversass]

Mischief

Part 1

(Pietro Maximoff x Reader)

A famous avenger that writes fanfiction on tumblr? What could go wrong? 

Words: 1372  Warnings: Fluff, little shit Pietro, couple of swears,

An: Writing a lot of angst lately so wanted something fluffy for a change. :p There’s at least four parts if anyone likes it! :)  God I love these gifs, cut offs from my fave gifset, he so knows how hot he is! 

Translations:  Dulceaţă/sweetness, Îmi plac toate frumoasele doamne/I love all you beautiful ladies,  La naiba/f**king hell

Part 1  Part 2

Masterlist

Tags: @lexbugz, @goal-mine, @sevenhelens, @iamtheonewhocares

(Let me know if you want to be added/removed to Pietro fics or anything else!)

You blended in with the multitude of other marvel blogs, you got a few notes and messages but didn't think much of it, it was just a bit of fun, a way to wind down after long missions. That was until you were attending comic con with Pietro, Clint and Wanda and the interviewer got onto the subject of fans.

The pretty blonde leaned closer with the mic, "Do you have any idea of how big your fan base is?"

"Tony gets truckloads of hate mail, does that count?" Clint smirked and the interviewer giggled.

"Pietro you're especially popular on tumblr," the interviewer carried on and Pietro gave her a smug grin and shifted about in his chair to lean closer to her, his chest puffing up a little more.

"Really?" he was obviously trying to sound coy but you and Wanda rolled your eyes at each other.

"There's quite a lot of fan fiction about you, it can get pretty...graphic..."

"You got me interested now." 

"What is this tumblr?"

Clint groans,"It's the one Tony has the secret blog on, he's probably read all that fan fiction."

Your ears pricked up at the thought of Tony having a blog, maybe you needed to check your security settings...

"How graphic are we talking?" Pietro pressed.

The interviewer cleared her throat and started reading from her phone, "Now bear in mind, this is one of the more romantic ones...’his fingers trailed down her soft skin leaving goose bumps in their wake and she arches into him when they skim over the curve of her breasts and down past her navel. Pietro nips her neck and she squirms underneath him, desperate for him to touch her when his fingers slip under the thin material of her panties and she moans his name’...I should stop there..."

Shit! You nearly choked on your water when she started reading a paragraph from your latest story. Luckily you passed it off as a laughing fit. Praying Pietro didn’t see you blushing. Inside you were freaking out, how did they find your blog? It wasn't even popular or that good! Shit. 

"This is by quicksilversass...!"

Clint and Wanda fall about laughing and you join in. To be honest you did find it hilarious, he's got a great ass, he's full of sass - sounded about right to you at the time.

"Yeah but is sass or ass?" Clint snarked.

"Definatley ass." you giggle and Pietro glares at you playfully, crossing his arms while the others laugh with you.

"Pfft, you're just jealous dulceaţă."

"Oh they love that too." The interviewer quipped getting Pietro's attention again.

"What? the sokovian?" Wanda asks and the woman nods.

"and the accent, drives them crazy if these blogs are anything to go by."

Clint groans, "God don't give him something else to inflate his ego!"

"We have trouble getting his head through the door as it is!"

Pietro does his best flirty smile and whispers to the camera, "...Îmi iubesc toate frumoasele doamne..." and you all groan, making throwing up noises next to him.

"I can't help it if they love me!" Pietro shrugs and sits back in his chair, his legs sprawled out in front of him.

Any sane person would have shut their blog down just in case, especially after learning Tony had a blog, but since the interview was shown on youtube your blog had gotten pretty popular, people started to request and you found most of your spare time taken up with writing.

Like today, a rare lazy Sunday and everyone was off doing their own thing. You were sprawled over one of the couches, laptop in hand and music playing through your headphones, your foot tapping lightly to the music, pretty much lost in your own world.

You sniffed, the acrid smell of smoke burning your nostrils and take out an earbud just as black smoke starts to billow out of the adjoining kitchen and you hear a very irate Bucky Barnes cursing at the oven.

Jumping up you forget to close your laptop, running into the kitchen opening the windows, turning the smoke alarms off and desperately trying to keep a straight face.

"These damn ovens, what's wrong with an ignition switch and temperature dial?! Why does it have all these settings? It's an oven not a fucking computer!"

"Calm down, what were you cooking anyway?" You ask, holding in your giggle while you turn off the flashing and beeping oven and rub his arm to calm him down a bit.

Bucky shakes his head and grabs the tray with his metal hand, slamming it down on the counter and waving off the smoke with the other, little black chunks of biscuit covering the tray.

"They were cookies, I'll never get used to all this crap of Tony's."

"Well, you could put a bit of icing on, spell out certain words and send them to him." you giggled and his frown left him, a sheepish smile replacing it.

"Swell idea doll."

"I told you to read the manual." Steve leaned against the door frame, waving off smoke.

"It shouldn't need a damn manual!" Bucky roared, pissed off again.

You smile and roll your eyes at Steve for setting off a grumpy Bucky on another rant and left them to it.

Picking up your laptop you settle in for more writing, you notice it's in a slightly different place. You don't pay much mind to it though, figuring you must have knocked it when you jumped up.

"Knew I should have kept my mouth shut." Steve groaned as more and more Avengers came to see what all the excitement was.

"Don’t lie pal, I know you wanna see if you're on there." Bucky winked at his embarrassed friend.

Most of the Avengers huddled around Tony's laptop all eager to see if what Steve had let slip was true. 

Tony groaned as he pulled up your blog, "I thought she was writing a novel, like war and peace, you know something intellectual...not fan fiction..." 

"Whats wrong with fan fiction?" Steve asks, not really sure what it was.

"It's all fantasy!" Tony protested, knowing full well he was one of your followers.

"And that's a bad thing?" Bucky smirked and leaned in closer, Tony elbowed him.

"So, quicksilversass heh? Very creative." 

Wanda squeals and they all stare at her in shock, "Wait, did you say quicksilversass? Oh my god!" 

"What?"

"She is so sneaky! Clint you remember? That interview at comic con when they read out all that porn about Pietro, that was the blog name!" Wanda grabs Clints arm and he grins down at her. 

"I knew she had a thing for speedy, naughty girl." 

"There's ones about all of us, move over let me see..." Clint pushes Tony over and sits himself down in front of the laptop, scrolling through your masterlist.

"You can't tell her she'd be mortified." Wanda warns, looking at everyone.

"But it's good shit!" 

"Don't tell Pietro either." 

"Tell me what?" Pietro asks trying to get a look at what they were all huddled over. The Avengers all turn around, blocking Pietro’s view of the laptop, trying and failing to not look sheepish.

Clint grins over at him, "You have an admirer sexy pants." 

"Clint don't you dare!" Wanda shouts and yanks on his arm, Pietro stares at them both confused, crossing his arms and throwing Clint his trademark smirk.

"I have lots of admirers you'll have to narrow it down a bit, birdman." 

"Ah, but someone on the team? Look up quicksilversass and figure it out, genius."

Pietro's curiosity peeked he sped from the room, grabbing for his laptop and quickly typing in the username. 

La naiba. There were so many of these stories about him, most of them something called smut? How many people had read these stories? How did Pietro not know about this before? He made sure to bookmark the page, for research reasons, of course.

Pietro had an idea who it was right away, and he had the perfect idea of how to find out if he was right. With his plan already unfolding in his mind Pietro sped off to find Wanda.

Time to play.

Part 2

[jungnoir]

tagged by @jingogi quite a while back, but never got the chance to really sit down and do this. It’s such a cool tag!! so here we go...

rules: pick a story/scenario/etc. from a few muses/idols you write for that you really enjoyed writing, whether it gained popularity or not – and then tag your favourite fellow writers to share their own favourite works as well!

I did more than one story for a few idols rip, I hope that’s cool.

bts

destiny ⇢ yoonkook x reader, demon and angel au. one of my fave series I have ever planned out. I’m very excited to lay everything out and tie this series up in a bow one day. I spent countless hours staring up at my ceiling, mapping out this story as much as possible. It has become a bit of a pride for me.

amour chassé-croisé ⇢ jungkook x reader, miraculous ladybug au. this was very fun to write. I don’t usually just write straight with barely any stops but I did for this fic. I love miraculous ladybug and often times, when I like a show or movie, I fantasize my favorite groups in place of its’ characters. I kinda sat down one day and said “imagine if this was a thing? ...I’m going to make this a thing”

in between the lines ⇢ namjoon x reader, writing to life au. by now, you can probably see I love au’s. I’ve often thought about the relationship between writer and work, and even attempted to do something once where a writer got sucked into their own story. This is really the reverse, and I love this au.

kim’s emporium of the strange ⇢ taehyung x reader, witch au. If there is one thing I’m soft for, it’s magic au’s. Around halloween last year, I really struggled to come up with some cool halloween au for Taehyung. I have like two or three semi-long drafts for versions of kim’s emporium of the strange that were titled “pumpkin spice and everything nice” (ik, cringe lol). this one got a lot more attention than I thought (and a nice ass moodboard by @shinybts who according to tumblr does not exist and won’t let me @ them but I find a way)?

first love ⇢ yoongi x reader, best friend au. ONE OF MY FAVORITES!!! I never thought it would have gotten the attention it did, and I’m super proud of it. felt more like writing a fantasy of mine than a well planned fic which is probably why I enjoyed it so much lol.

the married life ⇢ yoongi x reader, vampire au. I spent quite a long time on this (this was my longest fic ever? hmm). I was a little let down in the beginning when this fic didn’t get a lot of love so I kinda sat around moping about what might’ve turned people away from reading it, but I’ve found my peace with it now. I really do love this fic and I put a lot of heart into it so in the end, it doesn’t matter how much attention it gets, I’m proud anyway.

a dash of wicked ⇢ seokjin x reader, writing to life au and villain au. I love love love au’s about villains becoming good/getting redeemed. I didn’t know if jin would really fit a legit villain so I went for a children’s book one, and I really liked the idea. it was fun to play with!

take a breath ⇢ jimin x reader, dad au. stay at home dad!jimin, that is all. 

got7

i’ll always make it back to you ⇢ jackson x reader, zombie hunter au. my first fic for jackson and my first smut 🙈. I was going through a zombie au phase and this came out of it. I like how soft it felt.

frat boy!got7 ⇢ got7 x reader, frat boy au. YOOOOOOOOO this was a monster to do but I love love love doing hc’s for got7 and this just came out really lovely. I’m not a fan of frat au’s so you can see how much I loved this one to add it to my favorite fics list :)

babysitter!got7 ⇢ got7, babysitter au. I cannot tell you where this really came from but I just love the thought of babysitter!got7 okay.

got7 working at a grocery store ⇢ got7, grocery store worker au. this shit... every time it gets a note I get reminded that I did this in like a night and it was so utterly random and silly but a lot of people have said it’s funny and honestly... this is what I create when I have no restraints :D

one of those days ⇢ jinyoung x reader, neighbor au. one of the cutest things okay. I don’t write for jinyoung often but writing this made me fall for him.

spirit!yugyeom ⇢ yugyeom x reader, spirit au. to this day, I have been threatened over this piece more than any other thing I have written. I love it.

ghost!jaebum ⇢ jaebum x reader, ghost au. so fucking depressing. I love it.

ghost!youngjae ⇢ youngjae x reader, ghost au. the ghost au that started it all and is still one of my favorite pieces that I wrote sitting on my mom’s toilet for half an hour.

seventeen

boyfriend!jeonghan ⇢ jeonghan x reader, boyfriend au. currently the only living proof I am soft for this libra. 

dad!hoshi ⇢ hoshi x reader, dad au. I definitely struggled with which ways to approach this story, but I liked how it came out. I got a little extra with it tbh, but I enjoyed writing it. 

college boyfriend!jihoon ⇢ jihoon x reader, college bf au. AHHHHHHHHH!!! the thing that solidified me as a woozi stan. I had soooo much fun with this you don’t even know. I love it so much.

college boyfriend!minghao + animal shelter volunteer!minghao ⇢ minghao x reader, college bf au and animal shelter volunteer au. another fun one, I really had feelings for minghao after this one!! I love the idea of minghao being a lover of unorthodox pets and just being a cute bf. 

college boyfriend!wonwoo ⇢ wonwoo x reader, college bf au. this is almost at 700 notes 😱. I didn’t know you guys liked wonwoo this much until I wrote this. I’ll keep that in mind.

bonnie and clyde ⇢ wonwoo x reader, hacker au. I won’t lie and say I didn’t listen to the mystic messenger theme on repeat and didn’t look at 707 aesthetics on pinterest to get in the mood for this one. 

monsta x

tough guy ⇢ jooheon x reader, biker gang au. I wrote this for my friend jen’s request and no lie... I was swooning for jooheon in the end. I always thought it was really cute!!

babysitter!monsta x ⇢ monsta x, babysitter au. ahhhh, this came from monsta x ray ep 5 bc monsta x and babies kill me. usually these long hc’s tire me out and this one definitely did, but I love it.

truce ⇢ changkyun x reader, rival au. this was the official debut of my love for changkyun, I believe. I have this ongoing thing in my head that me and changkyun are rivals, always one-upping each other and trying to embarrass the other before we fall for each other in the end. this was more of a pleasure write than anything :)

hate me now ⇢ wonho x reader. okay, I really love me some day6 and their emo songs, so when I heard “how can I say?” I was really inspired to do something angsty and sad but I had no idea who to do it for. Then, wonho popped into my head because I seldom write for him and I don’t know... it just fit. It was quite an emotional write for me. I’m glad I posted it. I usually aim for happy endings but this was new for me.

nct

boyfriend!taeyong ⇢ taeyong x reader, boyfriend au. One of my very first posts on this blog. It hit 500 notes recently and I’m still??? wow??? this was when I was at the height of my love for taeyong (pshhh, I’m still at the height of my love for taeyong).

blackpink

blue lagoon ⇢ lisa x reader, mermaid au. my non-kpop friend found out about my writing blog and really, really wanted me to do a mermaid au for a girl group and lisa was the glaring choice in my head. I love Lisa and mermaid au’s and this was just a nice thing to make. low-key based reader off me because I cannot swim either haha. 

welp!! that was a lot of fun. I liked looking at all the things I’ve written and picking my favorites, and I hope all of you that I tag can do the same and admire all the good work you’ve done. now, I’m tagging...

@seoulscapes (have fun with this one girl), @stormae (I hope it’s okay to tag you!), @teeyongs, @ultdabdab and @kimtrain!!! let me know if any of you would like to be untagged!