#*does not include artists etc just the meme pages

[isrrael120]

isrrael120: My Index & My Blogs Links and Tags

Oh Hello, My Name is Isrrael, I’m a Hobby Artist and Hobby Writer! You Can Give Me Your Questions About Anything You Want To Know, My Ask Box Is Open!

Basics about me: I’m From Venezuela! I was Born On September 11, 1994! I Just like Cartoons, Music, Video Games And I Do New Things That Happen All The Time At Home! I Am Heterosexual Main Account is @isrrael120 I Make Digital Art! My Art Account: @lascidarkblueuniverse I've Been Drawing For A Hobby For More Than 20 Years! I Like Getting Questions About Anything! I Tend To Be Quite Permissive With Several Things! I Am Usually Slow To Respond! I Have A Habit Of Disappearing Sometimes! Also, Some Others Are Acceptable, But Don't Assume, Just Ask!

Are The Links of My Main Blog and My Others Side Blogs:

My About: https://darklightblueuniverse.carrd.co/ And https://isrrael120.tumblr.com/about More Information About Me!

My Main/Art/Personal/OCs/Reblogs/Other Stuff/Ask Me Blog: https://isrrael120.tumblr.com/ I use this blog to post my drawings, fandoms, doodles, vents, questions, things that I like and  whatever I have in my head!

My Only Art Blog: https://lascidarkblueuniverse.tumblr.com/ I use this blog to post only my drawings, doodles and more!

My Adventure Time Blog: https://adventure-time-universe.tumblr.com/ anything about Adventure Time here!

My Total Drama Blog: https://totaldramaisrrael.tumblr.com/ anything about Total Drama here!

My Multi Stuff Blog: https://lascidarkblueuniversestuff.tumblr.com/ This blog is for anything I find and like, like cartoons, art, movies,comics, fandoms, reblogs and other things!

My Ask The Wizard Of The Cosmos, The Self Inserts And SelfShippings: https://thewizardofthecosmos.tumblr.com/ Here I Publish Several things about My Main Sona/Mascot The Wizard Of The Cosmos, My Self-Inserts and more!!

My Only NSFW/SFW Blog: https://lascidarkblueuniversensfw.tumblr.com/ Even after the 2018 purge, I’m still here doing the same as from the beginning! >:3

My Ed Edd n Eddy Blog: https://edslive.tumblr.com/ It does not have much use but I will include it!

My Others Page Arts: https://isrrael120.tumblr.com/artpages These are all my pages where I publish my drawings!

And The Tags To My Things: #isrrael120 Speaks: Personal, Answers, Vent, Talks and Others! #isrrael120arts: My Art Tag, This Is Where My Drawings Are! #LightBlueUni OCs: My OC Tag, This Is Where My OC Are! #isrrael120 Asks And/Or #Ask Me LightBlueUni: Here are my Questions and Answers! #isrrael120 I Answer: Here Are All My Answers On Any Subject! #Lol NSFWX: Anything Explicit in Nature (Pls Block if you don’t want to see it)! #isrrael120game: Those Tag Game Thingo! #My Inspo: inspiration post for art, fashion, etc! #Oh Misc: Memes, Random Things I Just Knew, and Other Topics to Tag! #Self Inserts LightBlueUni: Self Inserts Post! #Selfship LightBlueUni: Selfship Post! #Reblog Yeah: Me Reblogging And from My Side Blogs! As for Others, Tags According to the Fandom and Content Related to the Same as with Other Topics!

Oh feel free to ask me for random stuff or my discord id or just say hello, i appreciate it and i don’t bite! :3c

Thank You For Reading!

- Isrrael

[lascidarkblueuniversestuff]

LasciDarkBlueUniverseStuff: My Index & My Blogs Links and Tags

Oh Hello, My Name is Isrrael, I’m a Hobby Artist and Hobby Writer! You Can Give Me Your Questions About Anything You Want To Know, My Ask Box Is Open!

Basics about me: I’m From Venezuela! I was Born On September 11, 1994! I Just like Cartoons, Music, Video Games And I Do New Things That Happen All The Time At Home! I Am Heterosexual Main Account is @isrrael120 I Make Digital Art! My Art Account: @lascidarkblueuniverse I've Been Drawing For A Hobby For More Than 20 Years! I Like Getting Questions About Anything! I Tend To Be Quite Permissive With Several Things! I Am Usually Slow To Respond! I Have A Habit Of Disappearing Sometimes! Also, Some Others Are Acceptable, But Don't Assume, Just Ask!

Are The Links of My Main Blog and My Others Side Blogs:

My About: https://darklightblueuniverse.carrd.co/ And https://isrrael120.tumblr.com/about More Information About Me!

My Main/Art/Personal/OCs/Reblogs/Other Stuff/Ask Me Blog: https://isrrael120.tumblr.com/ I use this blog to post my drawings, fandoms, doodles, vents, questions, things that I like and  whatever I have in my head!

My Only Art Blog: https://lascidarkblueuniverse.tumblr.com/ I use this blog to post only my drawings, doodles and more!

My Adventure Time Blog: https://adventure-time-universe.tumblr.com/ anything about Adventure Time here!

My Total Drama Blog: https://totaldramaisrrael.tumblr.com/ anything about Total Drama here!

My Multi Stuff Blog: https://lascidarkblueuniversestuff.tumblr.com/ This blog is for anything I find and like, like cartoons, art, movies,comics, fandoms, reblogs and other things!

My Ask The Wizard Of The Cosmos, The Self Inserts And SelfShippings: https://thewizardofthecosmos.tumblr.com/ Here I Publish Several things about My Main Sona/Mascot The Wizard Of The Cosmos, My Self-Inserts and more!!

My Only NSFW/SFW Blog: https://lascidarkblueuniversensfw.tumblr.com/ Even after the 2018 purge, I’m still here doing the same as from the beginning! >:3

My Ed Edd n Eddy Blog: https://edslive.tumblr.com/ It does not have much use but I will include it!

My Others Page Arts: https://isrrael120.tumblr.com/artpages These are all my pages where I publish my drawings!

And The Tags To My Things: #isrrael120 Speaks: Personal, Answers, Vent, Talks and Others! #isrrael120arts: My Art Tag, This Is Where My Drawings Are! #LightBlueUni OCs: My OC Tag, This Is Where My OC Are! #isrrael120 Asks And/Or #Ask Me LightBlueUni: Here are my Questions and Answers! #isrrael120 I Answer: Here Are All My Answers On Any Subject! #Lol NSFWX: Anything Explicit in Nature (Pls Block if you don’t want to see it)! #isrrael120game: Those Tag Game Thingo! #My Inspo: inspiration post for art, fashion, etc! #Oh Misc: Memes, Random Things I Just Knew, and Other Topics to Tag! #Self Inserts LightBlueUni: Self Inserts Post! #Selfship LightBlueUni: Selfship Post! #Reblog Yeah: Me Reblogging And from My Side Blogs! As for Others, Tags According to the Fandom and Content Related to the Same as with Other Topics!

Oh feel free to ask me for random stuff or my discord id or just say hello, i appreciate it and i don’t bite! :3c

Thank You For Reading!

- Isrrael

[lascidarkblueuniverse]

LasciDarkBlueUniverse: My Index & My Blogs Links and Tags

Oh Hello, My Name is Isrrael, I’m a Hobby Artist and Hobby Writer! You Can Give Me Your Questions About Anything You Want To Know, My Ask Box Is Open!

Basics about me: I’m From Venezuela! I was Born On September 11, 1994! I Just like Cartoons, Music, Video Games And I Do New Things That Happen All The Time At Home! I Am Heterosexual Main Account is @isrrael120 I Make Digital Art! My Art Account: @lascidarkblueuniverse I've Been Drawing For A Hobby For More Than 20 Years! I Like Getting Questions About Anything! I Tend To Be Quite Permissive With Several Things! I Am Usually Slow To Respond! I Have A Habit Of Disappearing Sometimes! Also, Some Others Are Acceptable, But Don't Assume, Just Ask!

                                                                         *Trade Status*                  ~ | Commissions: Closed | Requests: Closed   | Art Trades: Closed | Gifts: It Depends On My Mood | ~

Are The Links of My Main Blog and My Others Side Blogs:

My About: https://darklightblueuniverse.carrd.co/ And https://isrrael120.tumblr.com/about More Information About Me!

My Main/Art/Personal/OCs/Reblogs/Other Stuff/Ask Me Blog: https://isrrael120.tumblr.com/ I use this blog to post my drawings, doodles, vents, questions, things that I like and  whatever I have in my head!

My Only Art Blog: https://lascidarkblueuniverse.tumblr.com/ I use this blog to post only my drawings, doodles and more!

My Adventure Time Blog: https://adventure-time-universe.tumblr.com/ anything about Adventure Time here!

My Total Drama Blog: https://totaldramaisrrael.tumblr.com/ anything about Total Drama here!

My Multi Stuff Blog: https://lascidarkblueuniversestuff.tumblr.com/ This blog is for anything I find and like, like cartoons, art, movies, reblogs and other things!

My Ask The Wizard Of The Cosmos, The Self Inserts And SelfShippings: https://thewizardofthecosmos.tumblr.com/ Here I Publish Several things about My Main Sona/Mascot The Wizard Of The Cosmos, My Self-Inserts and more!!

My Only NSFW/SFW Blog: https://lascidarkblueuniversensfw.tumblr.com/ Even after the 2018 purge, I’m still here doing the same as from the beginning! >:3

My Ed Edd n Eddy Blog: https://edslive.tumblr.com/ It does not have much use but I will include it!

My Others Page Arts: https://lascidarkblueuniverse.tumblr.com/artpages These are all my pages where I publish my drawings!

And The Tags To My Things: #isrrael120 Speaks: Personal, Answers, Vent, Talks and Others! #isrrael120arts: My Art Tag, This Is Where My Drawings Are! #LightBlueUni OCs: My OC Tag, This Is Where My OC Are! #isrrael120 Asks And/Or #Ask Me LightBlueUni: Here are my Questions and Answers! #isrrael120 I Answer: Here Are All My Answers On Any Subject! #Lol NSFWX: Anything Explicit in Nature (Pls Block if you don’t want to see it)! #isrrael120game: Those Tag Game Thingo! #My Inspo: inspiration post for art, fashion, etc! #Oh Misc: Memes, Random Things I Just Knew, and Other Topics to Tag! #Self Inserts LightBlueUni: Self Inserts Post! #Selfship LightBlueUni: Selfship Post! #Reblog Yeah: Me Reblogging And from My Side Blogs! As for Others, Tags According to the Fandom and Content Related to the Same as with Other Topics!

Oh feel free to ask me for random stuff or my discord id or just say hello, i appreciate it and i don’t bite! :3c

Thank You For Reading!

- Isrrael

[youjustwaitsunshine]

people pit f1blr and f1 twitter against each other all the time meanwhile all f1 instagram does is stalk wags steal memes and lie

[destiny-islanders]

I'm about to participate in my first zine which is making me nervous/excited. Do you have any advice about composition and colors? I definitely want to make sure the image doesn't appear too dark in print form and my contrast in my shading is visible.

Yooo congratulations!!! :D :D :D That’s so exciting! 

And ahh sure I can offer some advice! :>

I wish I could break this up in smaller chunks but this hellsite’s bullet point system is GARBAGE so sorry in advance for the giant blocks of text

Pay attention to bleed guidelines! Let’s say you’re in a zine and one of the mods shares the dimensions of the book with you. For example, “2550 px x 3300 px at 300dpi, plus a 4mm bleed.” You probably know this, but the bleed of a page is sort of like the “danger zone” lmao. The bleed may end up being cropped in order to fit your piece into the book. You basically don’t want to put anything important in the bleed area. You should still absolutely fill the areas-- most zines expect pieces that utilize the entire page-- but don’t stick anything important there, like text in a comic, or half of someone’s face, or details that you really want to see. (Some zines provide contributors with templates that not only let you immediately access a document of the correct dimensions for the zine, but also include the bleed! Never take these mods for granted, they’re very awesome to do that hahaha) ;;

Color’s a bit trickier since, if you’re working digitally, every monitor can show you something different and it can be hard to tell if something looks right. :/ But don’t worry!

Printed media is done in CMYK color! Digital media is typically done in RBG color! You’ll notice that CMYK is... much duller than RGB haha. Certain programs like Photoshop will let you switch between RGB and CMYK on the fly as you’re working, which is pretty useful. While you’re coloring, most art programs will let you know if you’re using a color in RGB that won’t be supported in CMYK, so try to adjust if you find yourself dabbling too much in unsupported palettes. Most zines offer physical and digital versions and will ask you to submit RGB and CMYK versions of your piece. Once you finish your work in one color mode, save it, then switch to the other color mode and make adjustments as necessary. 

Be wary of working with too much dark color. That’s not to say you should steer clear of dark pieces-- you just need to be mindful of how dark your piece gets. Because in CMYK, colors tend to darken and smooth out, so if you submit something too dark, your piece might not look as awesome as it does on your screen :( I’m not one of those artists who’d tell you to never color with black, but I would suggest avoiding trying to blend with black and, say, dark blue or dark purple in print. I feel like that would run a huge risk of being too dark in print. If you have the means to access a color printer, you can try printing your zine piece to see if it turns out okay! :D I understand this can be a costly and wasteful use of a printer if it’s just for testing purposes-- I only have a black and white printer at home myself-- but if you’re really worried and you have a color printer... *shrugs*

Communicate. Most zines will use a Discord server to stay in touch with everyone. If you don’t have a Discord and don’t want to make one, make sure you are constantly checking your e-mail or social media DMs for updates and requests from your mod team. It can be very hard as a mod if you spend weeks and weeks trying to get a hold of a contributor that’s suddenly gone ghost ;___;

Don’t be afraid to ask the mods questions! Your mods are there to help you. They know the ins and outs of the zine-- what the dimensions are, how the zine will be formatted, submission folders, etc. (They should also be able to help advise you if you should make any color adjustments to your piece, to tie into my last point!) If you need an extension for a check-in, don’t hesitate to do so, but DO try to ask in advance instead of on check-in day. As someone who’s experienced a string of emergencies this year that caused me to request last-minute extensions on deadlines, I know that this isn’t always possible. But let’s say you’re swamped with school or you have a very important work event near a deadline that’s taking up much of your free time and energy. Let the mods know you’re swamped. If they’re good mods (which I’m sure they are), they will be understanding and happy to work with you by offering an extension that will help suit your needs. Of course, there are hard deadlines in every project with expectations from manufacturers and promised release dates, so if you find yourself overwhelmed or unable to submit your piece for the zine by a certain point, you may not be able to submit a piece. But life happens. Be kind to yourself <3

Don’t be shy to interact with other contributors too! :> (Hypocritical of me since I’m very shy and don’t talk very much in the zine servers I’m in except for Sora Zine but I was a mod for that zine so I had to be more present lmao) But here is a group of awesome creators who share a passion with you! :> Share memes, talk about your faves, share WIPs, ask for advice! :D You might leave a zine with some new friends :3

Have fun! I remember how nervous I was when I worked on my first zine piece, but try to remember to have fun when you work on it! Pick a concept that you’ll enjoy working on that will challenge your creativity but not overwhelm you. Try to work on your piece from check-in to check-in, gradually over time, instead of just cramming everything into the night before a deadline. Your piece will come out better for it, and you’ll save yourself a lot of stress and late nights. :>

Again, congrats on getting into your first zine-- many happy returns, if you’re so inclined to join more <3

[racylightblueuniverse]

RacyLightBlueUniverse: My Index & My Blogs Links and Tags

Oh Hello, My Name is Isrrael, I’m a Hobby Artist and Hobby Writer! You Can Give Me Your Questions About Anything You Want To Know, My Ask Box Is Open!

Basics about me: I’m From Venezuela! I was Born On September 11, 1994! I Just like Cartoons, Music, Video Games And I Do New Things That Happen All The Time At Home! I Am Heterosexual Main Account is @isrrael120 I Make Digital Art! My Art Account: @racylightblueuniverse And @lascidarkblueuniverse I’ve Been Drawing For A Hobby For More Than 20 Years! I Like Getting Questions About Anything! I Tend To Be Quite Permissive With Several Things! I Am Usually Slow To Respond! I Have A Habit Of Disappearing Sometimes! Also, Some Others Are Acceptable, But Don’t Assume, Just Ask!

                                                                       *Trade Status*                ~ | Commissions: Closed | Requests: Closed   | Art Trades: Closed | Gifts: It Depends On My Mood | ~

Are The Links of My Main Blog and My Others Side Blogs:

My About: https://neocosmicgalaxy.carrd.co/ And https://racylightblueuniverse.tumblr.com/About More Information About Me!

My Main/Art/Personal/OCs/Reblogs/Other Stuff/Ask Me Blog: https://isrrael120.tumblr.com/ I use this blog to post my drawings, doodles, vents, questions, things that I like and  whatever I have in my head!

My Only Art Blog 1: https://racylightblueuniverse.tumblr.com/ I use this blog to post only my drawings, doodles and more!

My Only Art Blog 2: https://lascidarkblueuniverse.tumblr.com/ I use this blog to post only my drawings, doodles and more!

My Adventure Time Blog: https://adventure-time-universe.tumblr.com/ anything about Adventure Time here!

My Total Drama Blog: https://totaldramaisrrael.tumblr.com/ anything about Total Drama here!

My Multi Stuff Blog: https://lascidarkblueuniversestuff.tumblr.com/ This blog is for anything I find and like, like cartoons, art, movies, reblogs and other things!

My Ask The Wizard Of The Cosmos, The Self Inserts And SelfShippings: https://thewizardofthecosmos.tumblr.com/ Here I Publish Several things about My Main Sona/Mascot The Wizard Of The Cosmos, My Self-Inserts and more!!

My Only NSFW/SFW Blog: https://lascidarkblueuniversensfw.tumblr.com/ Even after the 2018 purge, I’m still here doing the same as from the beginning! >:3

My Ed Edd n Eddy Blog: https://edslive.tumblr.com/ It does not have much use but I will include it!

My Others Page Arts: https://racylightblueuniverse.tumblr.com/artpages These are all my pages where I publish my drawings!

And The Tags To My Things: #isrrael120 Speaks: Personal, Answers, Vent, Talks and Others! #isrrael120arts: My Art Tag, This Is Where My Drawings Are! #LightBlueUni OCs: My OC Tag, This Is Where My OC Are! #isrrael120 Asks And/Or #Ask Me LightBlueUni: Here are my Questions and Answers! #isrrael120 I Answer: Here Are All My Answers On Any Subject! #Lol NSFWX: Anything Explicit in Nature (Pls Block if you don’t want to see it)! #isrrael120game: Those Tag Game Thingo! #My Inspo: inspiration post for art, fashion, etc! #Oh Misc: Memes, Random Things I Just Knew, and Other Topics to Tag! #Self Inserts LightBlueUni: Self Inserts Post! #Selfship LightBlueUni: Selfship Post! #Reblog Yeah: Me Reblogging And from My Side Blogs! As for Others, Tags According to the Fandom and Content Related to the Same as with Other Topics!

Oh feel free to ask me for random stuff or my discord id or just say hello, i appreciate it and i don’t bite! :3c

Thank You For Reading!

- Isrrael

[susiezfuckdestjamz]

you seem to really like syn

MUN — Definitely not the kind of ask I'd expect on my fandom askblog but, I'm not complaining. I do like talking about Syn~

[ Under read more bc it's not Susie related, just Syn rambling ]

MUN — I do like Syn, yes! I'm assuming you either saw my toyhou.se or other platforms I'm on, and if you really want more you might want to check his toyhou.se page in that case. He's been my OC for a few years now, 7 or 8? Maybe more, I dunno.

He's very near and dear to my heart, at this point this guy is basically my mascot with how much I've used him to represent myself. He's halfway between a mascot and a true persona of sorts, although I don't like going by the name Syn because I don't like he/him pronouns for personal reasons. Plus, I'd rather people separate me and him - He can be me, but I can't be him.

He has a lot of not-so-safe art but, for the most part I have spent years and years refining his story and even now I'm adding and taking out things from his story and past to fit my ever-evolving tastes haha.

You know me by this point, I'm very story-driven and like exploring psyche and stuff. He's got a lot of me and my traumas in him(cue the "this boah can fit SO much trauma in him" meme) but he's also got...some ideal self in there? Who knows, he's just his own thing at this point.

He's a crazy fuckin' shapeshifter and I'm always happy for more art of him. I recently commissioned one of my favourite artists to go wild with him and his shapeshifting, so I'm waiting on that!

Despite his chubby build, he has crazy strength and especially bite force - drawbacks included, but if you really want more detail just go to his TH page.

I don't know how much I'm able to talk about him here, especially since this is my Susie blog and not my main, plus there's no specific question posed about Syn. Put it simply, he's a bunch of contradictions in one horrible little package.

I do want to note, he's not a DBD OC! He's just an inhabitant of my own little story world on an alternate planet - named Earth-i69. I have all sorts of worldbuilding but i either put those in my notes, on my insta posts, in my discord server, or on my TH. Depends.

However, he does have a bunch of different selves/AUs that fit my current interests. DBD Killer!Syn, DBD Survivor!Syn, Apex!Syn, etc. xd

Thanks for listening to me ramble for whatever reason if you've actually read this far ⁽⁽ ◟(灬 ˊωˋ 灬)◞ ⁾⁾

[quietest-rebellion]

Do the chaos household for that character meme you coward

Me upon realizing I have to explain what that is

Basically it's the idea of my fav murder boys having to live together. This being Stefano, Eddie, and Higgs. @christmasace and I came up with this one night and it has been our main source of serotonin since.

I'm going to do the character break downs for them in the context of their original games though. So anyway, buckle in, lads, this'll be a long one. (Eddie and Higgs will be below the cut)

Stefano Valentini

How I feel about this character

Fav. Favest of favs. I would willingly die for this man in a heartbeat. His voice? Beautiful. His personality? Snarky. His art? Breath taking. The way that he has to fix his hair after getting shot with a smoke bolt? Hilarious. Me? I'm in love. Also the fact he put jokes outside of the theater is iconic. Anyway, Stefano was an appealing character from the moment I first saw him in Markiplier's playthrough. I didn't realize I'd fallen until I started crying at his death and Mark was like "I don't even feel a little bad!" Because then I was like "oh shit why am I crying" Also I believe Stefano is an undiagnosed autistic man with horrible PTSD and brain damage(obviously) and I will die on this hill. I could talk about how I feel about Stefano for pages but I won't right now.

All the people I ship romantically with this character

Me. Honestly I feel like Stefano is either an asexual aromantic, who only cares about his art, or he is a raging bisexual who is extremely picky with men since he himself is such a perfect man. As for actual ships though, I feel like Stefano is attracted to Sebastian and flirts with him throughout the game. I just don't really see the idea of Sebastian flirting back. 🤷🏻‍♀️ Emily Lewis. I love the idea of them being in a relationship, official or unofficial, and then things went south and he killed her. Stefano killed a lot of people before being put into STEM, why was this one so special he had to make a series of displays representing her? I don't know, just my thoughts.

My non-romantic OTP for this character

This is gonna sound weird, but I guess Theodore? Look, I just love the idea of Stefano driving Theodore insane and making him regret ever hiring him. And like, all the memes everyone makes about it? Amazing. (A personal favorite, also the one that I made) Plus, "You are special. You've always been special." Yeah, anyway I really need to know what the other half of that conversation was. Does Obscura count? I think she does. I see Stefano and Obscura's relationship being like that of a father and daughter or of a pet and an owner. He just loves her so much and he's so snippy when Sebastian gets to the theater the first time. "You did not appreciate my beautiful Obscura's performance." I imagine if you actually chose to fight and kill her in Ch. 7 he was really upset about it. Guardian is along the same lines as Obscura but I think Obscura has a higher place in his mind. 1. Because she is a camera and takes more photos for him. 2. There is confirmed to be more than one Guardian so he probably doesn't grow overly attached to any particular one, where there is only one Obscura. 3. Stefano seems to love whatever he did most recently the most, which is fair. As an artist, it really just Be Like That.

My unpopular opinion of this character

Unpopular only in the world of the game, but his art is good.  Actual unpopular opinion? Not sure I have one, tbh.

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon

I say it literally all the time but I really want a prequel comic or SOMETHING to tell us more about him as character. What happened to his family? Why did he come to America? What war was he injured in?  Also the idea of him getting some dlc for the second game is still always on my mind, like, it could take place before and during the main game and it’s just us fucking around and making art and then catching Lily and fighting Sebastian. I am not gonna say that he didn’t deserve to die in canon, so really I wouldn’t change that.

Eddie Gluskin

How I feel about this character

Look... uh... I honestly am not sure how to describe my feelings for him. Because on one hand, is a misogynistic asshole who deserves literally everything that happened to him as an adult. But on the other hand, he was an abused child that grew into a hurt and sick adult. Also, when he’s not trying to kill you he is quite the gentleman.  Basically, I love this character, but I have no idea why and am slightly ashamed about it.

All the people I ship romantically with this character

Literally no one. This man should not be in a relationship with any of the canon characters. I’d like to imagine an AU where he is sane and settled down with a wife and had 2.5 kids and lived together in their house with a white picket fence but that isn’t going to happen obviously.

My non-romantic OTP for this character

Look, I know they never interact with each other, but Eddie and Trager. And like, not as friends really but more as weird acquaintances. They talk about surgeries and such, share a drink every now and then, complain about women, etc. 

My unpopular opinion of this character

He’s straight. 

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon

I just wish he would’ve been sent to a place that could actually help him instead of Mt. Massive. But then he wouldn’t be in the game, lmao. ALSO, there is a lot of unused Eddie dialogue in the files for the game. I really wish that all of them would have actually been included in the game. Some gems include: “Did I...? Oh lord. I forgot to give you an anesthetic, didn’t I? Eddie, you doofus! Would forget my own head if it was screwed on!” (Timestamp 16:32) “There you go. No, no, don’t cry. You’re not dying. I’m going to make you better.” (Timestamp 10:13) 

Higgs Monaghan

How I feel about this character

Garbage boy stink man. Just a rowdy, dirty boy. Pizza rat. Like, I sometimes have a difficult time imagining that he ran a company before he was a terrorist, because he doesn’t seem like a very organized person. Higgs is so multifaceted it’s impressive. In the game we only really get to see him a this asshole who wants to end the world. In his journals we see his hunt for power and want to be important. In his bunker we see the organized chaos of how his brain worked and how he operated his life. Not to mention the Peter Englert emails that are so well written. Anyway, I love him.  Plus I’m gonna mention something my sister(Thrushheart) pointed out when I was having her watch me play. He is the exact opposite of Sam. Examples: Sam hates being touched or touching people. Higgs is touching people as often as he can, including but not limited to even licking them. Sam is reconnecting the world, at first for Amelie, then for everyone he’s met along the way. Higgs is ending the world, at first for Amelie, then for himself(or possibly still for Amelie). Higgs is loud and bombastic while Sam is more quiet and reserved. Sam is smol and Higgs is tol.

All the people I ship romantically with this character

Look, I’m not gonna say that I do or do not ship Goldenbridges. I’m not sure how I feel about it because, as I said, Higgs and Sam are such contrasting personalities I don’t think it would work. Fragile. Okay, okay, I know what you’re thinking, but I imagine they were together before he met Amelie. His betrayal would mean even more if this was true. And in his journals he only ever refers to Fragile as “his partner.” Now I know this was done to hide that they were his journals and because they were work partners, but it could also mean more. And of course we can’t forget the somber and clear writing, directly over his bed in his bunker. “Fragile forget you ever met me.” And how surprised he was to see her on the beach after the fight. The sad look he gave her as she caressed his face. Aaahhhh.

My non-romantic OTP for this character

I wasn’t sure whether to include Higgs relationship with Amelie here or in the last section. But he quite literally worshiped her and the ground she walked on so  🤷🏻‍♀️  I don’t feel like she ever really gave a fuck about him though. Amelie is extremely manipulative and proves that every time she opens her mouth so I have no doubt she told him whatever he wanted to hear so that he would help her.

The Veteran Porter. If you worked hard enough to get more than one star with this guy, you learn that he used to work for Higgs and that’s why he is reluctant to trust the UCA. I like to think that he and Higgs were good buddies before Amelie.

My unpopular opinion of this character

With likable villains it’s hard to figure what is a popular opinion and what is not. So I’m really not sure. Maybe just that he didn’t get enough screen time?

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon

Redemption ark! Redemption ark! Higgs is the one guy on this list where I’m like, “Okay, he saw the error in his ways. Maybe he gets a second chance.”

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Anyway, that’s all of them! If you actually read this whole thing, first of all... wow. Second of all, thanks! Here is a screenshot of these chaos boys from The Sims 4 as your reward. 

[soyouareandrewdobson]

Alex ze Pirate Mini Review 2: Underappreciated and how Sam should deal with an abuser.

Last time I gave a general overview of how Sam is treated by his “friends”. Now I want to give a more specific example, that will also show how Dobson’s storytelling abilities are not really all that good, particularly when it comes to pacing or building up any sort of conflict.

You see, for the most part Alex ze Pirate is just a collection of stupid artwork (not even concept art, just random artwork Dobson makes of his characters dressed as something random) and one page strips with a stupid punchline, with Sam most of the time being the receiving punching bag.

There have however been a few individual, short stories over time. And when I say short stories, I mean short. As in 15 pages for a very cheap set up, a few jokes and a punchline. Those include stories such as All that Glitters (where everyone except Alex breaks into a fortress to steal something), The Wish Fish (the only halfway okay story of them all because it is just meant to be comedic) and Best Laid Plans. However, near the end of the initial run of AzP, Dobson did a three part story (partly) focused on Sam in that format, which started off with the chapter I want to talk in this post: “Underappreciated”.

As you can see, the chapter starts off following some basic rules of storytelling in comics. Two establishing panels for the location at which the story takes place initially and showing what Sam’s duties are. Nothing really bad yet. The only thing that sticks out being just the fact that a) Sam does not have his own bedroom and has to sleep in a useless outlook and b) he sleeps in his regular clothes. But hey, nothing to get upset about initially, perhaps he just prefers it like this at the moment. But with the next two pages…

The problems start to show. Page three establishing that Atea herself is just a cunt who can’t even have the basic decency of wishing her “friend” a good morning or giving him a thank you for bringing a morning beverage as she has other selfish priorities on her mind. Like wanting to lick the shower water of Alex’s skin.

Also, go fuck yourself Uncle Peggy. As in, get both your arms ripped off, shoved up your butthole with those hooks and then get hanged on those stomps like a chandelier. I wouldn’t even mind the fact here that Peggy left a mess, if the face he makes in the last panel was not obvious of the fact he left the bathroom like this on purpose and that he is rather happy of making Sam’s day extra miserable by the fecal matter he left behind. Combined with any previous strip of the comic showing that Peggy for no reason likes to get the boy in trouble and even wants to see him die, this just shows once more of how much of an asshole he is. If the last panel just showed him with a groogy hangover look, obviously unaware of how much discomfort he brings unintentionally to Sam, that would be one thing. But intentionally making Sam’s day miserable despite the obvious fact the boy is the first one to do anything around here, while making one of the worst drawn “HAHA, I am such a rascal faces” I have ever seen (and I have seen shitty anime en mass) makes me hate the character more than Dobson intented.

And then there is page 5…

And it is in my opinion the saddest page in the entire comic arc, even compared to the “heartbreaking” stuff Dobson wants to pull up in the last third of it. Because though it is meant as a joke, the general execution is too cruel, crossing into “dude, not funny” territory and showing just how little the crew cares for Sam. Talus, Sam’s “best friend” not even aware he is around, everyone stealing Sam’s food with that stupid “Yoink” sound (seriously, I wish the characters would get punched in the vaginas each time they make this sound in any of Dobson’s strips) and then leaving Sam behind with smug faces, ready to do whatever they want to do, while he, likely stinking of feces and not even having showered properly, has also to clean up after those pigs, who can’t even eat in a proper manner ( hey Atea, use a fork instead of holding the bowl) and silently. I mean, they are pretty much pigs when the noises they make are loud enough, they make the font of the writing change randomly into whatever Dobson has on his computer with every sound. Not to forget the mess they leave behind. And they call Sam the Slob?

Anyway, on to the next page…

And who the heck left their Hello Kitty toy in the bathtub? Also, I hate the way Alex’s face is drawn in the lower left corner. Something about the eyes in relation to the shit eating grin just looks off. Less “smug” and gleefully awaiting whatever she plans next and looking more like Dobson when someone tells him his opinion and reasoning for it is bad, but he can’t yell back at them because they are part of a minority and so he has make a “good face” to a bad situation, while internally he is already imagining how to strawman them in some fake news worthy facebook post.

And then we get to page 7. Which features the WORST addition to the “Alex ze Pirate” canon Dobson has ever thought up. An embodiment of what is wrong with Dobson when it comes to inserting internet culture related stuff into his own work. Ladies and gentlemen… the lolcat pirates

Yeah, those Hello Kitty rejects who ironically look still more like a proper cat than Spot in Danny and Spot, are essentially one of the worst jokes Dobson has ever created. Because they are a joke without a punchline. See, all there is to them is that they are sentient cats, that speak in a manner associated with lolcat posting. And that is the “joke”. Their speech pattern being based on a dumb internet meme that was popular at the time Dobson drew this page. It is like if you portray an Asian by making them talk with a shitty racist accent and that supposedly counts already as comedy. It is not funny, because there is nothing really done with it in context of the story. Like no one addresses the weird way they talk. Also, with the font Dobson uses, it is just an eyesore to any reader and the text gets aggravating the more the captain of the cats talks. It shows why lolcat pictures only had very short sentences accompanying the pics, cause reading more than 8 words written in this manner tingles a part of your brain that makes you want to shout “English motherfucker, do you speak it”?

Don’t get me even started on how the joke would get lost to anyone unaware of lolcats and how dated the joke already was back when the page was posted, which is one of many reasons why comic artists should just in general avoid memes in their work, if they hope for it to pass the test of time. Instead let me just point out the fact that though Alex said “All hands prepared for casting off” on the previous page (which is also a very unnatural way to give the order “Everyone get ready! Take off in 10 minutes”) not all hands are on board, seeing how Uncle Peggy is missing on this page (and spoilers) many pages of this afterwards. Weird. I thought he would be onboard the moment Alex mentioned they are going to hijack a ship full of pussy. Lastly, this is Alex being a “badass”? Taking over a ship full of little furballs you can defeat with a laserpointer, a squeaky toy and catnip? Sam, this is not just “almost” embarrassingly easy, this is literally on a level similar to stealing candy from a baby. That is mentally handicapped. And without supervision. In a candy story.

At least it turns out there is genuinely something worth stealing on this ship. Otherwise all Alex would have accomplished on that very day would have been animal abuse for the sake of entertainment. Though now it also gets me thinking: A place called Katsville, the revelation that the captain is supposedly the child of a high ranking military feline within the sea force of an entire species of sentient cats… how exactly does the world of Alex ze Pirate function? Look, I do not want to get into too much detail about this point here yet, because it is a bigger issue with the worldbuilding (or rather lack thereof) of this series in general, but what is the “consistency” when it comes to races and species in this world? See, One Piece for example is overall a very “cartoonish” and fantastic world (more cartoonish than what Dobson creates on average) when you think of the fact there are fish men, giant seacows and seamonsters, sentient furry creatures, islands in the sky, sentient weather phenomenons etc next to humans. And while Oda does not really spend time elaborating in very high detail how his world works, the sheer abundance of those elements and how they were established pretty early on in the story and are revisited constanly, with the cartoonish flavor and humor of One Piece on top of it, makes those oddities feel organic and a part of the world.

Not so much in AzP. Here over 90% of the time any character not related to the crew is some generically drawn human, in a very generically human setting with jokes just not cartoonish enough. So the world of AzP feels more “realistic” and less oddish, making then things like Talus, the lolcat pirates and once a giant sea dragon that looked like Elliot’s rejected cousin

Stand out like a sour thumb that looks like this

But I digress. Lets see what makes Sam, who just seems bored and wants to end his miserable life/drink his sorrows away, throw the cat captain against the wall.

Okay. Sam’s overall reaction makes it clear, the locket is important. So “kudos” for establishing this and in doing so also create within a moment a bit of intrigue for the reader. After all, why does this locket get such a reaction out of Sam, who we know so far as more happy go lucky or deadpan in parts, instead of looking genuinely distraught. Heck, the fact he even tells Alex to shut up when she commands him around should highlight how out of character finding this locket truly makes Sam.

Then there is Alex’s reaction to being told to shut up, which she takes with as much dignity as someone telling Dobson to just stop fawning about underaged lesbians in a toddler show.

Jesus Christ, she faces being told she looks like a guy with more grace than that. I mean, isn’t she used to being told to shut her trap? Cause if I were her parents, I would have told this entitled redheaded whinner a few times over the course of her childhood to shut up.

Scum sucking cabin boy… said by a butt ugly whore who would genuinely suck scum off if it means she can finally get laid instead of being mistaken for a man. By the way, with that angry face she makes in the first panel, I can totally see why others would mistake her for a dude. She just looks unpleasant and not in a funny way like that red panda girl from Aggretsuko. See, when she gets angry, it looks hilarious and cute because of the contrast to how the character looks ordinarily. This is just Alex looking even more unpleasant as usual.

Now, before I continue with the next pages, I like to point out the face Sam makes in the upper panel and Sam’s overall body language in the last one.

It is obvious that Sam is meant to be in a state of mind where he knows for what he is getting yelled at and where he genuinely reacts in a hurt manner. His body shaking, his head tilted down, not saying even a word. You would expect that the next page of this comic would be a follow up. Seeing Sam, who is pent up, lashing out in some way. Either for example by justifying why he said it, getting sad, angry, perhaps even violent in that situation. After all, so far the way this story has been structured, a lot of emphasize was put on the fact that Sam is treated not well and that finding this locket actually has an uncommon effect on him. Heck, even the title of this chapter hints on the idea, that we should get some sort of huge reaction out of Sam now on the next page, as this is supposed to be Sam’s story.

Instead it is just Alex grumbling and grinding her teeth, unable to comprehend that someone finally told her something every reader with more than 20 braincells said when reading this comic series. And this in my opinion is from a structural point, one of the biggest missteps in this story. Obviously, this is supposed to be a comic about Sam, based on title and him being the one character in it with the most emotional aspects so far. And it is also obvious that this is not just meant to be a silly gag comic but supposedly one with emotional weight. So, where is that weight so far, aside from the panels showing Sam being miserable because he gets the short end of the stick by his friends? Sorry to hijack this thing here now with my own ideas, but if I had writen this story, page 12 and 13 would have actually been an immense turning point for me in the dynamic so far. Why I would have let Alex shout at Sam for insubordination, I would have made it more than one panel of Alex calling him scum and also end likely with Sam, who obviously reaches a limit the longer she goes on about it, end punching her in the face, perhaps even knock out. Show truly just how far Sam is pushed emotionally at this moment, keeping it however ambiguous if he hit her because of her words hurting or because of something else, in doing so focusing also the attention to the reader back on the locket.

As an aftermath of this, Alex would (if not knocked out) hit Sam back, much to Atea’s and Talus horror, later implying additionally that Sam left because of being hit by whom he thinks is not just his captain but a “friend” (oh yes spoiler, Sam is gone in the next chapter)   or the next page would be of Alex waking up back in her hideout from having been knocked out. Atea and Talus informing her what happened, her deciding to deal with Sam later on after recovering (who accompanied everyone back on the island temporarily) only for the last page showing Sam deciding that he is leaving the island, ending the chapter on Sam in a small boat slowly drifting away from the island. You know, something to give the chapter the feeling that the “shut up” moment is an emotional turning point in this story and that there might be something bigger going on that resulted in Sam deciding to leave, without having him however go full Meg Griffin as in the Family Guy episode “Seashell Seahorse Party”, chewing Alex and the others out for the way they treat him. Cause honestly, as much as I like for Alex, Atea and Talus to be chewed out and face consequences for their actions, doing so would likely just be (like in that Family guy episode)  a pointless fillerbuster in the bigger picture of things, as no real consequences would come out of it.

Well that and just like the writers of Family Guy, Dobson is just equally loathsome and thinks he can write whatever sick joke he wants and can on his characters, basic decency or consistency in writing be damned.

But back to the comic, where things just “end” as shown here instead of any real emotions boiling up and a cliffhanger that may genuinely beg the question what is going to happen next to anyone involved in this thing.

 Cause really, by the time it is night and Sam says it is time to go, you are not surprised he wants to go, even if he did not have a genuine emotional outburst within this chapter. After all, who wants to stay with “friends” like this, with Talus and Atea not even trying to cheer him up and instead ignoring his obvious need for comfort in this uncomfortable way, as if they are a bunch of racists trying to look away as someone beats a black person in front of them into a pulp. The only question you may ask yourself by the time the last page is hit, is who that generic looking girl is, whose picture has been photoshopped into the locket.

 Something we may not find out by the time the next chapter and part of this review hits, but will get to eventually. Until then guys, in order to end on something happier, funnier and just genuinely more pleasant than what this story presented to us so far, have something silly and Super Sentai related here for the sake of childish entertainment.

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Hi! 2, 4, 6, 8, 12, 14 for Kageyama from the headcanons list?? If it's too many, just choose whichever interest you the most! Thank you! 💜

Hhhhh ty for requesting!!

I have so many ideas from Kageyama after seeing the latest few chapters all over my explore page on ig, this should be fun~

Btw just because I crave fluff and made up romantic scenarios I will be including you as a female s/o, I hope you’re fine w that bc I’m terrible at writing same sex fanfics and I feel like including you might be fun too, sorry if it’s not what you prefer, I’ll write up another one if you want!!

(You aren’t mentioned excessively though, so don’t worry!!)

Warnings: Mild manga spoilers that have to do with Kageyama’s backstory, nothing too major though, and angstangstangstangstangst-

2. How are they like on social media?

- Kageyama’s probably one that doesn’t really have that much regarding social media.

- However he would probably have the most common ones.

- Instagram, snapchat, maybe twitter too.

- He also has tiktok now that you’ve basically forced him to download it.

- Definitely uses instagram the most out of everything he has.

- Username: milkboykags

- Followers: 992 (Since he’s pretty popular through playing volleyball.)

- Following: 745 (He tries to follow most of his followers back if they have mutual friends between them, even if it’s a fan.)

- Profile pic: Probably one of those grunge shaky pics of him with a few of the Karasuno team members and you with a dark background and stuff.

- Bio: If you don’t have milk, don’t bother looking for me. ~Me, 2k19 (He hasn’t updated his bio a year lol.)

- His instagram feed is actually pretty aesthetic.

- He has one volleyball post of the entire team at the beach playing beach volleyball while the sun sets.

- He’s way too proud of that post.

- Another one of his posts was taken when you two were on an arcade date (At that time he hadn’t confessed yet, but he asked you out just to do that) and he sneaked a photo of you trying to get a unicorn plush from one of those claw machines.

- That one he’s gonna be keeping in his feed forever.

- He has a collection of highlights.

- There’s one for volleyball practice shenanigans, one for those little dates he takes you on, another one for full on group hangouts, then one of camera wars with random people that try taking photos of him, most likely you or Hinata.

- His feed basically revolves around this filter recipe he made for instagram, which makes his photos look cooler toned and more faded.

(P.s dm me if you want the recipe bc i made it on vsco lmao no I’m not a vsco girl don’t worry.)

- He doesn’t really use snapchat and twitter.

- Only does streaks with you and the volleyball team.

- Tiktok though, is a whole other story.

- Username: givemethecows

- Followers: 1405 (People from both tiktok and instagram.)

- Following: 200

- Bio: I make videos and shit.

- Profile pic: Bass boosted you like jazz meme (Bass boosted but photo if you get me.)

- Kageyama has this whole lowkey eboy thing going on with his tiktok.

- Most the time his videos are just a way to show his weird sense of humour or his sense of style that screams casual eboy.

- Since you forced him to get tiktok, you also forced him to learn dances with you.

- He’s terrible at those.

- Like very bad.

- He managed to break a pair of Tsukishima’s glasses while doing the renegade at break.

- And almost twisted his hips trying to throw it back as a joke.

- Needless to say it’s both hilarious and embarrassing for Kageyama.

- There are also tiktoks of him doing insane volleyball tricks on camera like the demon quick, the synchronised attack, and his jump serve etc.

- Which have gained him quite the following on the platform.

- In conclusion, Kageyama is generally pretty good at social media, but sucks ass at dancing.

4. What is Kageyama’s preferred weather?

- Surprisingly, Kageyama doesn’t like sunny weather. At all.

- For him, it’s the absolute worst thing.

- He think that sunny weather is way too annoying and hot and stuffy and gross.

- Plus, going out for morning runs in sunny weather is like wearing 10 jackets in hell.

- Like you can put on an extra layer if you’re cold but you can’t just strip naked if you’re hot.

- Oh my god he hates it so much it pains him to even think about it.

- He likes rainy days.

- Definitely not his favourite though.

- Rainy days usually mean staying home for the entire day.

- He can just laze around in his house, do whatever he wants.

- The sound of rain against glass windows soothes him.

- The constant sounds of droplets hitting the windows give him a sense of tranquility and peace.

- He will quite literally, fall asleep to those sounds.

- However rainy days do have their drawbacks.

- One of them, is having to stay home.

- Kageyama likes going for runs just to take in some fresh air, but that won’t work when it’s raining cats and dogs now will it.

- Plus, it means everything he does is restricted in his house unless he can get to an indoor gym that’s open.

- Boring.

- So he prefers windy days, when the cold breeze grazes his skin and the sun hides behind the fluffy clouds.

- It’s those days where he doesn’t have to suffer the heat that the sun brings upon him, nor does he have to suffer the feeling of rainwater dripping from the tips of his hair.

- He can do whatever he wants and still feel at ease and comfortable.

- Quite literally everything he asks for in a day.

6. Favourite music?

- Let’s be real, Kageyama probably isn’t good at music.

- He can’t dance or sing to save his life.

- However, he does enjoy how listening to music calms his nerves and gives him a chance to relax, even if he’s in a situation where he should be focused on an assignment or a piece of class work.

- People would expect him to enjoy listening to EDM or alternative rock, but no.

- This boy likes to listen to lofi and love songs.

- This doesn’t mean that his playlist only consists of these two genres, but the majority of songs in his playlist are either chill lofi beats or songs that give you the feels.

- Some of his favourite artists are Jeremy Zucker, Blackbear, Conan Gray, Billie Eilish, Lauv, Clairo, Wallows, Khalid, BENEE, Post Malone, Coldplay, Rex Orange County, Green Day, Shiloh Dynasty, Kina, love-sadKID, and the Arctic Monkeys.

- Has like 5 different playlists for different moods and events.

- One for moody times, one for study beats, one for when he wants throwbacks, one for firing him up before volleyball matches, and one for if he ever has to DJ in the front seat of someone’s car.

- Prefers to listen to music by himself.

- You’re an exception though.

- If he’s with you, you get one earbud, but he’ll be the one choosing the music still.

- You two have pretty contrasting tastes when it comes to music.

- He likes softer songs and lofi the most, whilst you prefer old rock and alternative rock. Oh and also a lot of throwback songs.

- I feel like Kageyama has definitely cried to a few songs when he was going through hard times.

- To him, listening to music is also a way of releasing all the inner conflict and frustrations.

- (Spoiler for backstory) When his grandfather died, he put Fix You on loop for at least 20 minutes.

- He was just numb, curled up into a ball on his bed, staring at the wall. He couldn’t feel anything. Nothing in his mind registered properly. All he could think of, was everything his grandfather had taught him, before he eventually passed away.

- Submerging himself into the melancholy song he was listening to, he didn’t even feel the tears that were now streaming down his face.

- The salty tears were now staining his pillow, creating little wet spots.

- He listened to every single lyric in the song, clutching his sheets harder every time the chorus came up.

- He punched his mattress repeatedly, still unable to accept the fact that someone he held so dear to his heart had just left like the wind.

- It wasn’t long until he was a sobbing mess, shaking and whimpering as he knelt on the bed.

- Silently sang to the lyrics, plopping back to his bed in defeat.

- His sister lingered in front of the door for five whole minutes, eventually leaving to let Kageyama sort out his feelings himself.

- You introduce a ton of new songs to him, since he doesn’t know that much about anything else other than lofi and sad songs.

- Just please no one let him listen to Nickleback. Please. He doesn’t need to know about it.

8. Movie that he would choose for a move nigh?

- The monthly Karasuno volleyball team movie night was finally here, and it was Kageyama’s turn to choose a movie this time, much to Tsukishima’s dismay.

- He’s put a lot of thought into this, not wanting to disappoint his teammates by choosing a shitty movie.

- He basically tried to figure out what everyone wanted to watch.

- However, everyone had very contrasting requests.

- Tsukishima wanted to watch Jurassic Park, Yamaguchi wanted a Disney movie, Hinata wanted something Marvel, Tanaka and Nishinoya wanted a horror movie, (Mainly so they could hit on you whilst you were still single) Sugawara wanted a romcom, Yachi wanted a comedy, and the others were fine with anything.

- He stressed himself out way too much trying to choose one movie.

- He finally got an idea after 3 entire days of thinking.

- And it wasn’t anything the team expected.

- Kageyama pulled up with Pulp Fiction.

- He’s seen that movie at least 5 times already.

- It was the perfect mix of comedy, gore, action, and philosophy.

- Plus, anything that starred Samuel L Jackson was worth a watch.

- Till this day, it remains one of his go to movies, alongside any MCU movie. (Captain America: The First Avenger is definitely his favourite though.)

12. Something small that they enjoy?

- One of the two small things Kageyama enjoys doing is baking cookies.

- Cookies in particular.

- I mean, there really is no detailed explanation.

- He’s pretty good at baking in general, even Tsukishima enjoys the cookies he bakes.

- Plus, he gets to dip the cookies in milk, what’s there not to enjoy?

- Another little thing he enjoys a lot is actually photography.

- Most the time, when he sees a pretty sky, or a city street at nighttime.

- He can’t help himself but snap a few photos here and there.

- Something about a well shot photo just hits different.

- Sometimes, he brings his camera out just to takes nice photos.

- Whenever you two are on dates, he’ll be able to capture candid or motion shots of when you’re just looking out the window of a bus mindlessly, or when you’re twirling around on the street playfully.

- Photos speak a thousand words, and honestly? He lives by that.

14. What is enough to bring him to tears?

- Support.

- Kageyama really needs support from someone he cares about.

- And no, not like support from his teammates.

- That’s different from hearing someone cheer from the stands.

- (Spoiler for backstory) Kageyama’s parents never gave much attention to him, since they were always busy with work. The only person that ever showed support for him was his grandfather, who passed away while he was still young.

- As if that wasn’t enough shit directed towards Kageyama, his teammates abandoned him during a match in junior high not long after the death of his grandfather.

- Which means that Kageyama now has lowkey abandonment issues.

- All through his volleyball journey he never got the support and reassurance he needed.

- He watched in envy as people from opposing teams, or even his own teammates, waved at their family members after they won or lost a match.

- All he could do was stare at the stands, hoping to catch just a glimpse of a family member.

- Nothing.

- Nobody realised how alone Kageyama felt during and after matches, until they watched him break down in tears after a particular match.

- It was the Spring Match against Seijoh, and Karasuno was playing like normal.

- Kageyama was insanely good as usual.

- What he didn’t notice then, was that you had dragged his sister Miwa to the match just so you both could cheer for him.

- In addition to that, you were also wearing his jersey.

- It wasn’t until the final point was scored, did he hear you and Miwa scream from the stands.

- Hearing the familiar voices, his head basically snapped in your direction, scanning the stadium for someone familiar, before landing his eyes on you and his older sister.

- His eyes widened for a hot second, his mind running in circles.

- Nobody has ever cheered for him.

- But here you two were, cheering for him from the stands.

- And you were wearing his jersey.

- A hand went up to cover his mouth, a huge grin spreading.

- One drop.

- Two drops.

- Then came the waterworks.

- The entire team was shocked.

- Like shookth.

- The two of you ran down to the arena, engulfing Kageyama in a huge hug.

- Best moment of his fucking life.

- From then on, the Karasuno team members made sure to notify you of any matches they had against other schools, hoping you and Miwa could go cheer.

- You two haven’t missed a single match since.

Whoooo three hours of work and going straight to Netflix at 2:30am, what a life.

I couldn’t resist I’m sorry casual or slight angst is my favourite genre of hc and fanfic-

I hope you liked this xx😗👉👈

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isrrael120: My Index & My Blogs Links and Tags

Oh Hello, My Name is Isrrael, I’m a Hobby Artist and Hobby Writer! You Can Give Me Your Questions About Anything You Want To Know, My Ask Box Is Open!

Basics about me: I’m From Venezuela! I was Born On September 11, 1994! I Just like Cartoons, Music, Video Games And I Do New Things That Happen All The Time At Home! I Am Heterosexual My Main Account is @isrrael120 I Make Digital Art! My Art Accounts: @lascidarkblueuniverse And @racylightblueuniverse I’ve Been Drawing For A Hobby For More Than 20 Years! Also, Some Others Are Acceptable, But Don’t Assume, Just Ask! I Have A Habit Of Disappearing Sometimes!

Are the Links of My Main Blog and My Others Side Blogs:

My About: https://darklightblueuniverse.carrd.co/ or https://isrrael120.tumblr.com/about More Information About Me!

My Main/Art/Personal/OCs/Reblogs/Other Stuff/Ask Me Blog: https://isrrael120.tumblr.com/ I use this blog to post my drawings, doodles, vents, questions, things that I like and  whatever I have in my head!

My Only Art Blog 1: https://lascidarkblueuniverse.tumblr.com/ I use this blog to post only my drawings, doodles and more!

My Only Art Blog 2: https://racylightblueuniverse.tumblr.com/ I use this blog to post only my drawings, doodles and more!

My Adventure Time Blog: https://adventure-time-universe.tumblr.com/ anything about Adventure Time here!

My Total Drama Blog: https://totaldramaisrrael.tumblr.com/ anything about Total Drama here!

My Multi Stuff Blog: https://lascidarkblueuniversestuff.tumblr.com/ This blog is for anything I find and like, like cartoons, art, movies, reblogs and other things!

My Ask The Wizard Of The Cosmos, The Self Inserts And SelfShippings: https://thewizardofthecosmos.tumblr.com/ here I publish several things about My Main Sona/Mascot The Wizard Of The Cosmos, My Self-Inserts and more!!

My Only NSFW/SFW Blog: https://lascidarkblueuniversensfw.tumblr.com/ Even after the 2018 purge, I’m still here doing the same as from the beginning! >:3

My Ed Edd n Eddy Blog: https://edslive.tumblr.com/ It does not have much use but I will include it!

My Others Page Arts: https://isrrael120.tumblr.com/artpages These are all my pages where I publish my drawings!

And The Tags To My Things: #isrrael120 Speaks: Personal, Answers, Vent, Talks and Others! #isrrael120arts: My Art Tag, This Is Where My Drawings Are! #LightBlueUni OCs: My OC Tag, This Is Where My OC Are! #Ask Me LightBlueUni: Here are my Questions and Answers! #Lol NSFWX: Anything Explicit in Nature (Pls Block if you don’t want to see it)! #The Wizard Of The Cosmos: My Main Sona/Mascot The Wizard Of The Cosmos Posts #isrrael120game: Those Tag Game Thingo! #My Inspo: inspiration post for art, fashion, etc! #Oh Misc: Memes, Random Things I Just Knew, and Other Topics to Tag! #Self Inserts LightBlueUni: Self Inserts Post! #Selfship LightBlueUni: Selfship Post! #Reblog Yeah: Me Reblogging And from My Side Blogs! As for Others, Tags According to the Fandom and Content Related to the Same as with Other Topics!

[poppytalksmedia]

We Are All Media Artists Now

Social media has become the new norm for so many people, including myself, that we often forget that what we post can have an impact. Every image we take, and upload is unique but, as soon as the post goes live, who owns that image?

It’s a difficult question to answer. In theory, once a piece of media is on the internet, it is the consumers, and they can do as they please with it. But ownership is not as simple as that; the images and videos we put on social media are a form of art, even if they do not appear to be on the surface. My interpretation of art is that anything we make with a creative influence is artistic, whether it was intended that way or not.

Let me explain: social media provides us with a platform where every individual can express themselves however they wish (within reason). Because of access to such a platform, people produce content they want to share and therefore, are content creators. Creating such content, no matter the purpose, is intended for other people to view, just like physical art you would see in a gallery. This viewership is what, in my opinion, makes social media content art and, as a result, makes people on social media, media artists.

So, back to image ownership and usage. Even though I view every image on social media as artistry, does that give other people the right to use it? It’s a question even I don’t have an answer to but, that’s where memes come in. Time and time again we see funny images from people’s personal content being used alongside a funny caption for consumer entertainment. However, these memes can have an impact far greater than the people creating, sharing, or even ‘liking’ them realise.

A prime example of this is the well-known ‘Kombucha’ meme. Brittany Broski is now a well-known content creator and influencer but, when she first went viral back in 2019 for her initial reaction to drinking Kombucha, her whole life was impacted. Brittany was working in a bank at the time and as a result of the widespread use of her video for meme content, she was let go from her job. Granted, her life now has benefitted from this outcome but, at the time, the impact could have been detrimental for her.

Brittany essentially signed away her livelihood when she posted that video; even if the video were removed, the damage would have already been done with the image being circulated across multiple platforms all over the world. Whilst arguably Brittany owned the right to the video and images cut from it, she could not physically stop other people creating content from a video she had chosen to put online. From her media art, came consumers and other media artists willing to make more content for entertainment. But ultimately, what seemed like a harmless meme had real-world problems.

Is that the problem with everyone becoming a media artist in todays world? I would argue that most people nowadays create media art, but is that a problem? Not enough people realise the influence of a single tweet or photo posted, shared, ‘liked’, to understand how impactful they can be. Media art can have a serious impact on real-world events, but not enough people realise that creating their ‘harmless’ content is in fact influential.

Meme creators are not very well-known as people but, there is enough of them to not only create their own content, but also share other people’s content to their large following. Instagram and Twitter meme pages have really taken off in the last few years and have amassed millions of followers in the process. With so many young people on these social media platforms, it does put into question what these young people are seeing and how it impacts their opinions.

Young people are influential, that’s a given, but so is everyone to an extent. Meme culture and media art that is shared over the internet can have a massive social influence on events and public opinions. This can be seen recently in the 2020 US Election which saw Donald Trump ridiculed by not only major media outlets, also social media which, in turn, may have led to the outcome of the election. Obviously, it is not just media artists that aim to inform and persuade, it is the press as well but, there is no denying these content creators who are often seen as insignificant can have a profound effect.

Looking more closely at meme or comedy pages, we find that not only are they often anonymous, they also often have a lot of followers but are private accounts. Being as inconspicuous as they are allows these pages to post content that can be deemed inappropriate for young people and get away with it. Whilst bigger media organisations, such as newspapers, are regulated in the UK, on social media it is up to the platform itself, as a private company, to deem what is appropriate for users.

Having to monitor the entire platform for themselves can be difficult, hence a lot of content does slip through the net. These pages that create this content probably don’t consider who may be viewing it, and young people who do see harmful or inappropriate content may not be aware that is harmful. Examples that I have seen from these pages include beheadings, serious injuries, and unsuitable sexual content. This is the danger of everyone becoming their own media artist and their work now being more accessible than ever.

I am guilty of partaking in meme culture; the funny tweets and TikTok videos that are shared to other platforms that I ‘like’ and share are far less harmful than others I have seen but, that doesn’t mean I do not participate in other people’s content being shared online, possibly without their knowing. I do enjoy the memes people make, but without even thinking, I often laugh at the expense of other people. Knowing that people work hard to produce this funny content makes me wish they were credited more but, unfortunately, with the internet putting this content on such a large scale, it can be almost impossible to find out who created the original meme.

However, there is of course an upside to the advancement in accessibility to people who want to share their media art for the greater good. There are people wanting to share their hard work to a large audience, earn a living and give people free entertainment; it is amazing how this has become a career for so many people. I often see video makers, photographers, influencers etc sharing their work online, and me just stumbling upon it by accident can lead to more views, customers, or income for them. For that, I am grateful that media art is as extensive as it is.

Whilst I did not always view myself as a media artist, I know that I do in fact fit the description. I create content, sometimes public, for other people to see. It may not take a lot of effort, use complex tools, or have any profound meaning behind it, but it is still ART! I took those photos or videos, I wrote that caption, I shared it with the world. That is why I think that we are all media artists now.

[lascidarkblueuniverse]

LasciDarkBlueUniverse: My Index & My Blogs Links and Tags

Oh Hello, My Name is Isrrael, I’m a Hobby Artist and Hobby Writer! You Can Give Me Your Questions About Anything You Want To Know, My Ask Box Is Open!

Basics about me: I’m From Venezuela! I was Born On September 11, 1994! I Just like Cartoons, Music, Video Games And I Do New Things That Happen All The Time At Home! I Am Heterosexual Main Account is @isrrael120 I Make Digital Art! My Art Accounts: @lascidarkblueuniverse And @racylightblueuniverse I've Been Drawing For A Hobby For More Than 20 Years! Also, Some Others Are Acceptable, But Don't Assume, Just Ask! I Have A Habit Of Disappearing Sometimes!

Are the Links of My Main Blog and My Others Side Blogs:

My About: https://darklightblueuniverse.carrd.co/ or https://isrrael120.tumblr.com/about More Information About Me!

My Main/Art/Personal/OCs/Reblogs/Other Stuff/Ask Me Blog: https://isrrael120.tumblr.com/ I use this blog to post my drawings, doodles, vents, questions, things that I like and  whatever I have in my head!

My Only Art Blog 1: https://lascidarkblueuniverse.tumblr.com/ I use this blog to post only my drawings, doodles and more!

My Only Art Blog 2: https://racylightblueuniverse.tumblr.com/ I use this blog to post only my drawings, doodles and more!

My Adventure Time Blog: https://adventure-time-universe.tumblr.com/ anything about Adventure Time here!

My Total Drama Blog: https://totaldramaisrrael.tumblr.com/ anything about Total Drama here!

My Multi Stuff Blog: https://lascidarkblueuniversestuff.tumblr.com/ This blog is for anything I find and like, like cartoons, art, movies, reblogs and other things!

My Ask The Wizard Of The Cosmos, The Self Inserts And SelfShippings: https://thewizardofthecosmos.tumblr.com/ here I publish several things about My Main Sona/Mascot The Wizard Of The Cosmos, My Self-Inserts and more!

My Only NSFW/SFW Blog: https://lascidarkblueuniversensfw.tumblr.com/ Even after the 2018 purge, I’m still here doing the same as from the beginning! >:3

My Ed Edd n Eddy Blog: https://edslive.tumblr.com/ It does not have much use but I will include it!

My Others Page Arts: https://isrrael120.tumblr.com/artpages These are all my pages where I publish my drawings!

And The Tags To My Things: #isrrael120 Speaks: Personal, Answers, Vent, Talks and Others! #isrrael120arts: My Art Tag, This Is Where My Drawings Are! #LightBlueUni OCs: My OC Tag, This Is Where My OC Are! #Ask Me LightBlueUni: Here are my Questions and Answers! #Lol NSFWX: Anything Explicit in Nature (Pls Block if you don’t want to see it)! #The Wizard Of The Cosmos: My Main Sona/Mascot The Wizard Of The Cosmos Posts #isrrael120game: Those Tag Game Thingo! #My Inspo: inspiration post for art, fashion, etc! #Oh Misc: Memes, Random Things I Just Knew, and Other Topics to Tag! #Self Inserts LightBlueUni: Self Inserts Post! #Selfship LightBlueUni: Selfship Post! #Reblog Yeah: Me Reblogging And from My Side Blogs! As for Others, Tags According to the Fandom and Content Related to the Same as with Other Topics!

[adaru32]

October 2020 Devil May Cry News Updates

Someone mentioned in September’s news updates about how they don’t like visiting Deviantart due to what’s happened to it. So here’s the full list and links I’ll be sharing here that I’ve shared in the Deviantart journal so you don’t have to visit there.

Hey, how's it going? Hope everyone had a fun and safe Halloween. Here are this month's Devil May Cry related updates: 1. Asmus Toys has announced a devil Dante Qbitz figure up for preorder. 2. More promo images of Lady for the Pinnacle of Combat mobile game. 3. Rumours of a Devil May Cry 6 in the works are already surfacing. 4. Devil May Cry V getting a SSS pack, which contains a soundtrack, tshirt, and poster. b) Speaking of which, they haven't forgotten about releasing an official Vergil coat. c) Famitsu Interview regarding what may or may not happen in Special Edition. d) Other inclusions and exclusions of Special Edition regarding features, the official Vergil DLC release date, etc. 5. CapCom at one point released stamps to celebrate the 5th anniversary of the 1st Devil May Cry game. Someone got their hands on them. 6. 90 Day Fiance, featuring Dante from the Devil May Cry series. 7. Interview of Kyo (aka RedgraveKyo) talking to the voice of Trish from DMC4, Danielle Burgio. 8. Some drama regarding how "casuals" and "elitists" react to different opinions of Devil May Cry 4 and V.

My Thoughts On These Updates:

1. That Qbitz figure's adorable. A friend of mine in my one Facebook group mentioned about how Asmus Toys announces all of these Qbitz figures, but no mention about a release date, which is frustrating. 2. As I mentioned in the previous roundup of updates, Yunchang Games really loves showing off more promo work than their actual work. They are nice images, but they could at least give small tidbits of updates about what's happening with this game. Last I heard, it is supposed to be fully released some time this year. Well, we still have another couple months before the year ends. The other thing I heard for why it's getting delayed again is because of the pandemic, and they're actually listening to feedback from their beta testers so they're fixing whatever they can to please the fans. 3. I'm not surprised that rumours about a Devil May Cry 6 is already in the works. Especially when this rumour is coming from DuskGolemn (aka AestheticGamer1). Sure that person has some history with CapCom, but it doesn't mean whatever comes out of this person's statuses are always 100% true. It's plausible since Devil May Cry V did so well with their sales and such, but I'm gonna be cautiously optimistic about this info given. 4. I feel like for CapCom's SSS pack, they should include a Vergil figure from Prime1Studio or Kotobukiya. Sure a soundtrack, tshirt, and poster are nice, but I feel like there should be more. b) Nice that they haven't forgotten about Vergil's official coat being available for purchase. Sucks that these official coats/jackets are so damn expensive. They're way more than a used or new car for crying out-loud. c & d) Sucks that we PS4, PC, and XboxONE players have to wait longer for the Vergil DLC, but better to be late than never. It's also too bad about Xbox Series S players, but I guess some technology does have their limits. I'm very curious as to what Special Edition has in store. I like how CapCom's not giving away too much info to make up for the mistakes they've made of releasing major spoilers in their trailers for the original game and DMC4. 5. I think I've heard about those stamps before. It's cool that CapCom does things like that. Japan gets really awesome gaming merch stuff...Even their advertisements are more entertaining than us westerners'. 6. Funny how a little tidbit of someone cosplaying as Dante pops up in a TV show. Wonder what was happening down there in San Diego with that guy? 7. I haven't checked out the interview, but it's cool how specific fans can interact with these voice actors to get some more details and such. If any of you watched it, and anything sticks out that seems interesting, don't be afraid to share your thoughts. 8. (Warning: Very long rant, brutal honesty, and swearing ahead)...It really sucks what's happening with the Devil May Cry fandom as of late...More people have been leaving the fandom because someone was trying to be "funny". I'm aware that these kinds of things also happen with other fandoms like Undertale, Bayonetta, etc. for these kinds of drama to occur. I'm just sick of people shitting on one another... Yes, there is good that happens in this fandom as well like fundraisers for good causes, fans supporting other fans, even chill folk that don't like to start drama (Like that wholesome status post I shared in the list of updates for example). My problem is how people are either living under a rock, or are being in denial with the problems that surface with this fandom. Let alone being hypocritical where they share an opinion regarding another opinion that they disagree with in a rude manner, then turn around and  share something more positively eye-opening that's not so rude so they cover their tracks with their mistakes they've made before (Not sure if I worded this properly. Hope you get what I mean. One example is how one of the "elitists" mentioned about how "casual fans" are the most toxic people he's come across. Meanwhile he's complaining and whining in a toxic manner about PC players not getting Special Edition, then he turns around and shares that wholesome post about DMC4 players vs fans to make himself look good). I just want everybody to keep the peace with one another instead of being entitled, egotistical, self-centered, spoiled-rotten, hypocritical, idiots. The other issue this fandom is facing is content thieves. They've been on the rise for quite some time now, and people aren't doing a damn thing. I've been fighting with a few Facebook groups regarding this kind of act, but all they want is clout...Which is ridiculous if you ask me...I ask that if any of you see fan artists', screen captors', meme and mod creators', and cosplayers' content being posted where they state on their images or profiles that they don't want their content shared, or need permission to ask about their content being shared, message these artists or report the images. Even say something to these content thieves. As an artist who's had my stuff stolen before, I don't condone content theft... For those of you who know me in my Original Devil May Cry Sanctuary group on Facebook, and The Red Devil's Chronicles page on there as well, I always credit the content creators for their work, but I am also cautious on who wants their stuff posted or not. And as of late, I've pretty much stopped sharing others' fan art to respect these artists' wishes of not wanting their content shared without permission. If any of you want your stuff shared on the Facebook page, don't be afraid to let me know on here or there, I will give credit. I've been debating about whether to completely delete the fan art album on there and start anew. What do you guys think? As I've said, not all things are bad in the Devil May Cry fandom. We do have the good side of it, too. I'm hoping it gets better regarding that good side of it. It really sucks having to see stuff like this happen. But we good fans can change things for the better if we do something. This may come off as nerdy or cheesy, but as Alucard from Castlevania states in Symphony of The Night, "The only way for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing".

[aro-culture-is]

It's that time of year again- pride is coming up and I've already gotten some acephobic dogwhistles crossing my dash.

Below is a list of specifically aphobic dogwhistles that I'll update as I spot them or if you guys suggest them:

Before I begin, a definition of dogwhistles:

“Dog-whistle politics is political messaging employing coded language that appears to mean one thing to the general population but has an additional, different, or more specific resonance for a targeted subgroup. The analogy is to a dog whistle, the ultrasonic tone of which is heard by dogs but inaudible to humans.” - Wikipedia

Not everyone who uses these phrases is intending to have that additional, different, or more specific resonance for aspec people, but if I bold the item, it doesn’t have an okay meaning.

"PDA IS ALLOWED AT PRIDE!1!1!!11" - While a number of ace and aro folx (among others such as trauma survivors) do find that PDA can be triggering or a squick, I've never seen someone legitimately claim that PDA shouldn’t be allowed at pride, as these aphobes insist. Every time I've seen this sort of claim cross my dash, there's 2 things I find to be true: the original blog is acephobic (or a 13 year old and that does tend to be a pretty dumb age due to brain reasons) and there's a legitimate and oftentimes decent conversation by people in the notes about making sure that PDA during daytime events is nonsexual so that minors are safe. That discussion is ok, So are counter arguments. But, PLEASE recognize that emphatic declarations like above are a dogwhistle.

“I support LGBT aces/aros!” - yikes. So, the basic idea here is that this person believes that being ace/aro is a modification of being straight rather than a sexuality or romantic orientation or that same-sex attraction is necessary to be LGBT(Q+) which tends to be completely and immediately contradicted by a generic “but trans people are ok” or just a total LGB or even LG only. They do not actually support aspec people. They support only the letters they claim to support at best. (thanks to @clownpieceoffreedom for suggesting this addition!)

“A is for allies!!!” - not sure how much detail I need here if you’re on my page, but honestly... basically, people who say this fall into 2 main camps: 1) ignorant but trying, and haven’t yet learned enough to know that A is for asexual, aromantic, and agender folx, and 2) the asshats who know that and consider all of those identities invalid. Generally speaking, assume ignorance and evaluate the speaker via searching them, speaking with them, or other methods. 

url including “allo” (especially as “dirty/sex -allo”), “aphobic”, “-course” referencing discourse - this one is subtle, but usually a quick glance at their blog reveals their true nature. Many if not most are frankly speaking, awful and aphobic. If they are of that ilk, you’ll probably find no less than five dogwhistles on the first page. However, some aspec people have claimed these urls because their are alloromantic or allosexual and it is a term for them, among other reasons, so I would advise checking before you reach for the block button. see the section on allo/dirty for why those in particular are included.

“asexuality/aces are homophobic” - this might just be implied but I also recently made a blocklist based around a post that literally referred to aspecs as “ homophobic ace tumblr” because they believe one of the following: 1) that sex-repulsion and romance-repulsion are always referring to seeing same-sex attraction, commonly used in reference to PDA at pride while insisting that aspec people who don’t want to see romantic or sexual situations are telling them not to be gay in public. usually, the aspecs in question were just... talking about romo or sex repulsion and how they handle it because they don’t want to do that. 2) one I can’t fully wrap my head around: aces are homophobic because some gay people will identify as asexual to avoid acknowledging their gay feelings. like... bud. internalized homophobia is a bitch but it’s yours. we welcome you for as long as you’d like to stay, and if you realize that you aren’t aspec, you can feel free to hold onto it for as long as you’d like, but ultimately confronting your feelings is your business. we won’t tell you what to do as a community. if it’s homophobic to respect your feelings and allow you to decide if and when you, a random online stranger, confront your feelings, then it was aphobia when you didn’t tell me likewise to confront my internalized aphobia when I thought I was gay because I knew I wasn’t into the people I was “supposed” to be. you had no way of knowing that and neither do we.

“allo” “dirtyallo” “dirty” etc as a self description particularly with a mocking tone - for some reason a lot of allo people think allo is a poorly made slur of some sort or lumps them in with their oppressors. idk man. they think that it’s clever to use it preemptively or something. I’m not sure but I think that they think our experiences are mocking theirs somehow. it gives me the same vibes as like, those people who insist that political correctness is ruining everything. they don’t know or care to know what the term means so they decide it must be secretly insulting them. insert “i am smart” memes here.

“cishet” - ah, yes, the biggest and most annoying dogwhistle of them all. coopted by exlusionists in which they actually mean “cisgender heteroromantic aces” or more rarely “cisgender heterosexual aros” and usually makes a big point about how “cishets” are awful people who should never be allowed at pride related events etc. typically used in a way that normal blogs have no idea. this is probably the most effective aphobic dogwhistle. as for why it’s bad, see “I support LGBT ace/aros!” above.

pride collections (such as edits of a popular character with pride flags behind them) without asexual/aromantic flags, specifically ones with only LGBT flags - I totally get that not every artist is gonna make edits for every queer identity they know, but I’ve seen enough of these lead back to aphobes that I’m including it regardless. If you don’t see an identity, especially one of the Big Ones... check it out. Do a search. If you aren’t sure what I’m including, here’s an off the top of my head list, contact me for additions b/c I don’t double check what I type enough. Common: lesbian, gay, bi, pan, queer, asexual, nonbinary, trans; less common but still possibly a sign: aromantic, demi -romantic or -sexual, agender, intersex, newer variations of lesbian flags that have significant support.

[breezethegame]

Dev Log #1-ish?

Seeing how I missed like two weeks of mini blog posts, I’m deeming this one an actual “Devlog” (fanfare and such yada yada). I'm just going to call it a Dev Log.

So much has gone on the last few weeks that I’m struggling to piece it all together, so here is an attempt:

Computer Adventures:

So, I don’t haven’t built a dev machine from the ground up for years now, (maybe since college?) and typically just upgrade parts as I see fit (graphics card, ram, processor, etc).

Well, my motherboard has been giving me problems for close to a year now, where it occasionally decides “yeah, don’t really care about your boot device today”, as well as other miscellaneous things that required me to do things like removing the CMOS battery or main drive. I was also running out of upgrade options, so I got a bit fed up and decided it might be time to replace it.

I wasn't going to be cost-effective to get another LGA1150 board and CPU, and I try to build computers with future-proofing in mind. I was also looking to get a smaller case too. I already had a nice GPU (GTX 1070) that I got a couple years ago before cryptocurrency “did the thing” and graphics card's prices got ridiculous, so didn’t have to worry about replacing that.

Ultimately, I decided to do a "completely new" build.

I’ve been building computers for friends and family for many years, so I literally woke up the next day and said, “I’m about to build this thing blind”.

Well, kinda learned the hard way of the hassle of going at it that way (along with committing a couple noobish mistakes)...

Shopping Time!

Lesson 1: Double check store inventory before heading to a store that's 20 miles away

Well, I choose the nearest Fry's Electronics (it was Saturday, and I really wanted to get a machine built the same day). I get there and start looking for all of the cases and motherboards (severally disappointed that they only had one Micro ATX board in stock, something I was looking to get for the more compact build, but not as restrictive as a Mini-ITX, which they had several of). Impatient as ever, I decided I was going to pick it up.

While looking at other things, I hear another customer talking to sales rep, and the rep mentions that they don’t have a certain CPU in stock. After listening even more (I’m noisy, sorry), he mentions that they have NO Intel CPUs in stock. I decided that I had to get in on this convo.

He informs up that as of late, their store may receive like, 10 at a time, and also mentions that their other location doesn’t have any either (both of these locations are 20+ miles away from me in Dallas).

I also find out that they don’t have the specific ram I was looking for either (I ended up getting something a little pricier). He ends up informing me that the Micro Center 10 minutes away from where we were should have some CPUs.

So I end up at the Micro Center and they did have the CPUs, as well as a case that caught my attention. They also had a lot of other nice things too! Kind of wished I would have known to go to Micro Center first, despite it being much farther from home.

Building Time!?

Lesson Two: Get a head-start of figuring out your plan for wire management and how pieces will fit in your new case

I got home and was ready to build. I spent a lot of time trying to get the interior wire management together since it’s a much smaller case than my last one. I ended up spending a couple of hours getting it just right (I don’t intend to go back into this machine once it’s complete since I’m nearly maxing it out spec wise for now), before moving out to everything else.

Getting my old water-cooling radiator in was a bit tough (a very tight squeeze), but after that, adding in the ram, etc was a Breeze.

Hours went by, I installed Windows, software, etc…

I go to shut it down (after having done several restarts for the software installs prior), and it doesn’t want to power off. After 10 minutes of waiting, I manually power it off. Whatever, I’m super tired at this point.

The next day (Last Sunday), I’ve encountered several other smaller issues. Updating the BIOS didn’t help either. Great…

Okay, Building Time For Real

Lesson 3: Kinda make sure things boot up and work before you get too early to clean/tighten things down in your build

After taking the whole thing apart, I ended up swapping out that mobo for another of the same kind (since Frys didn’t have any others), but then ended up ordering different board on Amazon. So waited another day or so and the new board arrived (it’s now Tuesday evening).

I rewired/rebuilt the computer once again, installed the software, etc. I spent most of Wednesday day checking in with the team and catching up with emails and such. Then Thursday as I was beginning to do some work, I noticed that the computer was saying that my Windows wasn’t activated. I go to my Microsoft account to retrieve my key, and the page wouldn’t load to provide me the key and would only show the transaction.

Lesson 4: Make sure to keep your activation key(s) somewhere other than online/digital if you can

It’s super late and the option to speak to someone was obviously closed, but they had a chat option, so I reached someone through there. After back and forth for a while, and him remoting into the machine to check the activation status, he tells me that the key might not be showing up because it was an “upgrade”, so I would need to buy another copy of Windows 10 again.

Lesson 5: Tell "Aaron" from Microsoft no over and over, and don't fall for possibly sketchy things like sales pitches that come out of nowhere

I originally bought Windows Home and upgraded it to Pro on the same day back in 2015, so I told him that and he kept insisting that I buy Windows 10 again. I refused and told him that I wouldn’t and that I’d take care of this in the morning, and he then offered that I could pay a smaller fee to reactivate my Windows 10, but it would be a one time fee of like, $40. (I refused again).

When I go to end the remote session, he then informs me that he “Really wants to help me out” and ends up activating it anyway. (This whole thing seemly suspicious, I ended up recording it). I watched him activate Windows for over 10 minutes through some manual process (it's almost 2am, and I had work in the morning). He eventually finishes and thanks/apologies. Not sure why I even had to go through all that, but whatever...

I ended up spending Friday wrapping up installs and doing a fresh system backup afterward, before moving along with pulling down the Breeze project from source control, and reminding myself of where I left off…

Anyway, long story short, I tried to get a system built in a day, and it ends up taking almost a week!

Okay, but did you get any dev done these last two weeks?

Yeah, somehow!

Health Bar and Health System:

First thing the team and I did was evaluate a few things that are critical, but we’ve been bouncing back and forth on: The Health System

(WIP of a concept we're working on for his health bar)

The reason for this is mostly for game balancing purposes:

Is this a game that focuses on having Breeze (the player) overwhelm his opponents with an array of abilities (think Devil May Cry/Bayonetta, Kingdom Hearts, God of War?)

Or is this a game where Breeze must focus on finding openings to deal damage and avoid an onslaught of danger (think Hollow Knight, Ori, Megaman, pretty much most NES/SNES platformers)

Game design… is hard at times. Sometimes you think something will work well in theory, but when you get down into the specifics, you begin to question how certain things will balance out.

You’d think something like designing a health bar isn’t too trivial, until you realize that the Health bar represents the player’s health, and the player’s health influences the character’s survivability, which is then tied to other factors: what options does the player have to “survive” and what threatens that?

Anyway, not going to get too deep into that because I lack the PhD.

Basically, there was a bit of a rift in the UI design process that led to really evaluating game design items, and I’ve been working towards seeing what Breeze’s options are and how to limit them in areas, or how I can build the world and it’s inhabitants in a way that will make this all work out.

It’s not going to be something that will likely be answered quickly, but nevertheless, that’s Game Design™ sometimes...  

Frame Data:

[Insert Craig of the Creek frame data meme here]

I used to have a really convoluted way of tackling this in which I would have events in the animation that if given an ID, it will look for a set of “Frame Data” and then look for a specific frame and then load that information up.

It would then pass that frame information into the active hitbox and if something is in it, math and physics and stuff would happen.

I didn’t change this up too much, but I did reduce the setup process by allowing you to just drop the FrameData right into the frame of the animation (no more extra array and ID lookup stuff!)

New Particles:

We’ve got new particles! There’s one for jumping/landing/dashing dust, as well as one for wall sliding.

In the last update, I added a feature that generates “points” at the edges of a character’s collider box (as well as other “checks”), so this helped in making sure that the particles are created in the right place. This was especially challenging with the wall sliding particle.

Also, with the wall sliding particle, I needed to implement a way to have a “looping” particle effect, as well as making sure the particle effect follows Breeze as he’s moving down the wall

Developing Sprite Model Sheets

We've got models sheets completed for just about all of the cast members, though, since there's several artists on the project, as well as animators (including I), I wanted to get some sheets together that would work as a base for animators to use, and to eliminate elements that aren't needed in the sprites (minor details that would be seen in promotional art or more detailed art in general), as well as get a proper size for the characters in-game.

Misc. Features

I’ve done various other quality of life code changes to make it easier to do certain things, like creating new attacks, making the screen pause/slow-mo when Breeze changes forms, and updated my Debugging Manager so that I can hide/show certain debug messages.

I’ve also been working on a RoomManager, and writing features to look handle what happens when the player enters a room (like starting a cutscene, showing UI, spawning things, etc)

I’ve also been looking into updating the game’s Music Handler, mostly for how to handle looping a song after it's intro plays, as well as finding ways to add effects to tracks!

Other Breeze things:

I’ve been working on getting shirts done through Teespring, and I would have loved to show off some of the shirts I ordered, but Teespring shipped them using DHL, and somewhere between DHL and USPS, my shirts have been sitting in shipping limbo for 5-6 days, despite being like a city or two away from me… Maybe tomorrow ~

Also, working on a couple of enamel pin designs! Haven’t figured out the maker yet, but designs are coming along nicely!

Quick Test Build Coming

So, a week or two ago, I planned on releasing a quick build for the Drop Tier backers and above. There was a lot of features and such that I wanted to get done... before my computer stuff happened. Our goal was to have one out before the end up March, so....

I’m going to release one anyway. Maybe tomorrow?

I’ll be creating a post for those in the eligible tiers once I’m done compiling/building it! Please keep in mind that this build will be very minimal and exists to test out controls/physics. I wanted to make a strong first impression, but I'll chill on the whole "striving for perfection" thing for now!

Also, I'm on vacation this week, so I'll be cramming on Breeze stuff this whole week to make up for lost time!