#5 seconds of swag

[papasmistakeria]

Father Dougal McGuire’s sermons must’ve been insane

[gentlespyy]

Would you like to do a smg4 shipping chart?

ofc!

im not rly someone who ships things and i had to add a guy but heres my general chart okay? yay.

if u want any explanations for x or y feel free 2 ask ok

also if anyone calls me proship for the smg3 and mr puzzles thing, know its in my mind palace featuring them and nothing else (they're more like exes rn anyway)

[chai-dye]

😭I'm god's bravest soldier I'm god's bravest soldier I'm god's bravest soldier I'm

[crest-of-gautier]

i am pleased to say that i have gotten to evp 999 on gone fission hydroplant for the first time! it took a lot of grinding and reflecting to get here, but it was such a fun rotation ✨

some thoughts under the cut....!

i think the best part of this grind was that i could start at EVP 300 rather than EVP 40. i say that, but i still spent a good 124 jobs getting there... whoops!

this wouldn't have been possible without getting the bronze and silver badges first, which i wrote about here! i still stand by what i said in this post about key traits in salmon run players.

i feel that the key to my success can be boiled down to being able to rotate around the map and not overlap with what my teammates are doing- leaning into weapon strengths, all while flexing to other things when things go unaddressed.

for anyone curious about how the journey went, i streamed some of it on twitch!

EVP 575 -> 695 (Day 1) | 1 hour and 56 minutes

EVP 695 -> 865 (Day 2) | 8 hours and 11 minutes

while i did peak at EVP 935 on that second stream- as you can see, i quickly fell off of it (and i think you can figure out why).

i could talk about what i liked about my gameplay as well as what i didn't do well, but i think the vods speak for itself (and i usually made some kind of comment at the end of each shift as to what mistakes i did or what i could've done differently).

but i think the most important reminder of this particular grind was how important it is to take breaks while playing. my push from evp 865 to evp 999 was all done off-stream, after i ate dinner, took a shower to decompress and release tension, etc etc!

this push ended up taking around an hour- and all of the shifts were successful (well, except one). i don't think i can stress enough how important it is to take a break away from the game while doing these pushes, because i performed way better that time around.

i think it is evident to anyone who watches the twitch vod that i start getting really fatigued near the end. my movements aren't as sharp; i'm very sluggish. and the way i talk about the game too, is evident of how tired i was.

i still wanted to give an earnest attempt at grinding because i thought that: "well, if i'm able to clear 333% when fatigued, imagine doing it when my sense are actually sharp!" i had 4-5 hours to spare after the stream, and i'm glad i chose to try again in a better state. it was nice to clear HLM for the first time on a regular rotation!

i also feel pretty well attuned to snatchers on this map too now, which is lovely! i did feel that was something i was weak at, previously, but now it's more of a habit for me now which is good! :3c

anyway! fun rotation. of the weapon loadout, i feel like i've got a lot to learn about the s-blast, especially with ink management (i noticed that i died a lot because i couldnt ink paths to move around...). e-liter, while a bit slow compared to splat charger, can be immensely powerful if you can aim well under pressure. sploosh and splattershot are gods and i dont think i need to elaborate on that.

this is a very positive note for me to end my chill season 2023 on- i'll probably only be playing the chargers only challenge + eggstra work before shifting completely into reload (though i may still hop on from time to time)... i think eggstra work will be a cakewalk after doing a bunch of 333% runs hehe 😎

[living-mites]

sleeping with adhd is hell.

[least-transmcytshowdown]

Evil Xisuma:

Submitted for: Hermitcraft

Headcanons: Transmasc Demi-boy, he/they

Propaganda: Canonically uses he/they

“Their voice is deepened by a voice changer, even though they wear the same helmet as Xisuma, which could hint at them purposefully adding a voice changer in order to have a deeper voice.”

“Evil Xisuma bites you if you misgender them (They also bite you if you properly gender them) (They bite).”

“THEY'RE SO NON GENDER CONFORMING CODED.”

“We have he/they on canon for a reason, a very evil transgender swag reason 🏳️‍⚧”

TibbyCaps:

Submitted for: Artimators SMP

Headcanons: Transmasc, he/him

Propaganda: Transmasc irl

“[The submitter is] here for Tibby and Tibby only please make him win. He's literally trans and also really cool.”

“PLEASE, IF HE WINS AGAINST XB [the submitter] WILL COSPLAY HIM.”

“His shield in Artimators is a trans flag!”

“Vote Tibbycaps, [the submitter is] going insane, because, yes, not only he is irl trans. But how does everyone miss that he just is trans??? [They] don't even know how to describe it. Like, he just feels so trans. As a person. The gender is strong with him. Even if he were cis he'd still be trans. Does that make sense? Like. Augggg [they don’t know] how to actually. Put this into words. [They] can't handle this, Tibby is the best, most transest, he deserves to win this!!”

“Tibby is the awesomest!! Vote for Tibby, his art is so, so cool and awesome!! Also he's the transiest trans to ever. Trans. And that's coming from a trans person >:3”

“Tibby isn't a trans man, he's the man that transed up. Or trans that manned up. Either way, vote Tibbycaps.”

“Vote Tibbycaps!!!! He's [the submitter’s] favorite youtuber and he is so cool and awesome :D He's so trans the energy just. Exudes off of him. Like you can't hear him talk for more than five seconds without going "Yea that guys trans" /pos. Go watch Tibbycaps if you wanna see for yourself. Sub to Tibby”

“Tibbycaps is so trans he could be like "I'm the trans fairy, fairy of the trans," and [the submitter would] be like “Yes Tibby, you're so right Tibby. Vote Tibbycaps.”

“Tibbycaps is the bestttttt, vote Tibbycaps! Hes:

-trans, like so trans

-autism (boy autism (<-/ref))

-such a good artist!!

-fucking HILARIOUS

-makes such good videos

-has good vibes all around

-[the submitter’s] comfort streamer”

[biinaberry]

Did I make an au just for a rarepair? Yes, but heres my idea of a shen twin au

In my version Shen Yuan transmigrates into the body of 5 yr old Shen Shi, twin of Shen Jiu. It is very important to note that in this au SJ and YQ refer to SY with "A-Shi" and "Xiao-Shi" respectively, and SY takes up the identity of Shen Shi. SY is also fully cognizant when he migrates so he has the complete thoughts of a 20~ yr old while in the body of a 5 yr old. This causes some major dysphoria and also anger at the helplessness of being in a body that does not fit him and also the fact that he has no social nor physical power because he is a child. He also views SJ and YQ as his little brothers even if he is actually the youngest physically.

He eventually is taken in my the Qiu family alongside his brother. It is when SJ starts to bond with Qiu Haitang that it finally pieces together that his brother is going to be SQQ and grieves for the events that he knows is going to happen to him. The building rage and anger at the helplessness of the situation culminates in Shen Yuan starting the massacre with SJ instantly jumping in and causing the majority of deaths. When SJ carries out the unconscious body of Qiu Haitang SY realizes the opportunity in front of him. He knows that she is going to be the kickstarter of his brother's downfall and in that moment grabs the nearest weapon, and with a heavy heart, kills her as SJ watches in shock. He turns to SJ telling him "You can't leave any witnesses, they always eventually spill" before both run off. I dont know what to do with the Wu Yanzi so I'm ignoring it for now. And im also unsure if he gets a system but we'll see.

Eventually they meet up with Yue Qi now Yue Qingyuan and the anger SJ has towards him. SY is also angry but its more so for SJ's sake than his own. The two of them become a part of Cang Qiong sect and while SJ is taken in by the Qing Jing peak, SY is taken in by the beast and flora peak (which I do not have named). They both become head disciples and later peak lords. SY also is able to clock that SQH is not the original version due to airplane saying a modern phrase and a friendship forms. SY is also the one to start biting and defending his brother when QQQ or LQG take potshots at him. It's while they are still disciples that SY meets Su Xiyan while hes on a mission and they worked together for a bit before SXY split. They continued to meet up until eventually a friendship formed and SY meets TLJ a "companion" of SXY. SY clocks who the two of them are goes to SQH to learn all he can about them and their future. SXY and TLJ eventually fall for each other and SY makes sure to prevent the palace master from finding out as long as he can. He also warns them about the palace master and to not trust any letters not hand delivered by SY as he will act as a middle person to make sure no one intercepts them. It is also during this time that SXY and TLJ both gain interest in SY. Neither can explain fully why but his autistic swag, photographic memory and ability to name drop paragraph long information in seconds intrigued them. They start courting him, shen yuan is of course oblivious. It is also important that SY introduced himself to TLJ and SXY with the name "Shen Yuan" so only the two of them refer to each other as such. He also clocks when SXY is pregnant and tells her as such when symptoms start to show and again, not to trust the palace master. By this time he is now a peak lord alongside his brother.

Eventually the old palace master finds out and instead of targeting TLJ, he first targets their lynch pin, shen yuan. He sends letters to SJ and YQY about SY being a traitor. Showing him being a demon sympathizer and hanging out sect secrets that actually SQH was leaking due to the system. SY is captures, a trial occurs and SY is charged as guilty with the punishment of execution, but YQY and SJ object. Since it was CQ secrets he was sharing they have the official say. So instead of execution they instead lock him up on the beast peak using talismans and sigils. He is not allowed to talk to anyone besides fellow peak lords and his head disciple. He cannot leave the peak without another peak lord monitoring him and this also applies when teaching. This lockdown completely breaks him as he lost trust with his family and the confinement dives him crazy as a peak lord he commonly left to document and work upon his bestiaries. This leaves him in a depressive state and constantly paranoid as he cant trust anyone. And No One has told him definitive news if SXY and TLJ are safe, SQH has confirmed that TLJ was not captured and helped SXY but he has no clue where they are now and if baby LBH is with them. As SY is confined on his mountain he stops caring about appearances and starts wasting away seen in image 3. I havent figured the rest out with LBH but he does become a part of cang qiong sect under Qing Jing, the abuse he faces stays the same. If he is raised with TLJ and SXY or by the washer woman I do not know yet. LBH hearing about the rumors of a monster on the beast peak heads out and comes face to face with SY who is delighted to see him but also horrified that about 14+ years have now passed. This pushes him a little out of his depressive episode because now he has a son to take care of and he can't waste away in front of him. He needs to act strong. He teaches LBH the best he can while contained and tells him about his parents. The two form a father son dynamic where both cant really escape the situation they are in but at least have each other for company. SY also holds onto LBH's jade pendant so it isnt lost. He also tells LBH that if he meets a demon named TLJ, to mention the name Shen Yuan.

While on a mission LBH meets up with TLJ and tells him that he's met SY and TLJ loses it (pos). He asks where he is as SXY and TLJ have been trying to find him with no success. He is told that hes on the beast peak in cang qiong and has been contained there for the last 16 years. TLJ then hatches a game plan to free him and the decide to use the immortal conference as a distraction. Most of the cultivation world will be at that conference so minimal security will be held at the sect. They use this to their advantage. TLJ strikes a deal with MBJ to cause a distraction to keep the cultivation world on the two of them even if alarms go off that SY is escaping. MBJ agrees to this as TLJ allows him to target any huan hua disciple he sees (they dont tell SXY this). While they cause a distraction by appearing on the 7th day of the conference, SXY sneaks into cang qiong peak and works on the talisman and sigils. This works and eventually she gets to SY he sees the bad shape he is in, but it was better than what LBH originally saw. The two of them start crying and SXY activates a 2 way communication artifact with TLJ telling him it was a success.

TLJ then turns to MBJ and MBJ teleports, appears in front of SXY and SY and teleports the two of them to the demon world. TLJ then turns to his son who's demon seal now broke and decides to do some father son bonding and the two both go into the eternal abyss together, as this is a tradition for heavenly demons. The two of them return after 1-2 years and have MBJ teleport them out rather than using Xin Mo.

[nillial]

i finished ethersea

mentally preparing to finish ethersea

[freakattack]

most and least divorced mario characters?

Love this question

MOST DIVORCED MARIO CHARACTERS

#1: Bowser & Peach

Now, Bowser has only married Peach for dark ritual purposes, which legally I think doesn't count. However, you can't deny that there is something distinctly divorced about their relationship. Bowser Jr. is extremely fond of both of them, idolizing his father and calling Peach "Mama" (even after he knows she did not give birth to him - another point for Divorced Bowser). Bowser obviously loves his kid, and Peach really has no quarrel with him either; nevertheless, the only time Junior ever sees them alone together is when they're fighting. "Your princess is in another castle", indeed.

#2: Donkey Kong Jr.

Donkey Kong Jr. is so goddamn divorced that we don't even know who his ex-wife is. She just fucked off to nowhere. Now he is a lonely balding accountant in New Donk City, but he is doing very well for himself, so good for him. Maybe one day he will be ready to jump back into the dating scene and find his second banana.

#3 Queen Jaydes & King Grambi

They have joint custody over Luvbi but unlike Bowser and Peach they are amicably separated so all that means for her is that she gets two birthdays.

Now...

LEAST DIVORCED MARIO CHARACTERS

#1: Yoshi

#2: Cranky & Wrinkly Kong

"Til death do we part" my ass. No force on earth or otherwise is going to keep these geezers from bickering over the TV remote. Forget OTP, this is the TP.

#3: 5-Volt

Sorry fellas, 5-Volt does NOT have single mom swag. Although she is the only one of 9-volt's parents with the honor of being playable, seasoned wario veterans will know that 9-volt has a loving firefighter dad whose choice of occupation (and presumably the physique that comes with it) only "fans the flames of love" for 5-volt, disappointing MILF-hunters everywhere. Go get your own, ugly.

[rtv-puzzlevision-studios]

☆ THE RTV!PUZZLEVISION TOUR [Part 1]

Participants actions:

NickNack

Grinnames

Marie

Lily

Loyboo

Nira

Becky

Lari

Messy

Nia

Luka

Creature

Aspen

Crystal

The Scammer

Orion

Raya

Harley

Vex

Bunnybot, Sci, Director

I tried my best to reference as much characters as possible, but couldn’t include all due to it a) sounding to cluttered and b) me already reaching 5+ pages of writing. If your character wasn’t referenced this time, there will be a higher chance I will in the next. If you interact with any of my characters, I will absolutely reference them ofc lol

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While they waited for the voting to be concluded, Lucian took the chance to assign roles to his fellow security team.

“Alright guys. Let’s keep an eye from all sides.”, he turned to Chris and Swag, gesturing to the side. “Chris, you go on the right side, Swag on the left, I keep an eye on the back.”

“Roger that, captain.”, Chris replied, earning a snicker from Swag.

“What?”

“So professional…~”, Swag teased, but quickled yelped when he was slapped on his neck.

“Oh, shut it! At least I try!”, Chris growled, before grabbing his partner along by the ear to their assigned positions.

Lucian watched the whole interaction with a loud sigh.

This was going to be a loooong day.

For a second he could see someone staring at him and he briefly turned his head to see a group of three standing a bit further away in the crowd, looking over at him.

One of them had a shocking resemblance to a member of the Administration Department, but Lucian knew that Bunnybot wasn’t on shift. 

Meaning this was a doppelganger.

Trippy as hell.

The other person at the side, the one with  fish features, wasn’t one he recognized, but they looked much more relaxed about this whole event than the man in the middle.

The soul-piercing stare Lucian was thrown from behind the glasses first reminded him of his good old boss.

What did he ever do to that guy?

…now that he considered it, how high were the chances that someone related to his past victims came here?

The object head was so focused on the studio security that he didn’t consider his own.

Ah well, Wr3n probably took care of it.

Probably…?

Well, since he was already assigning stuff…

Turning around, he scanned the area, until he found the member of the medical department standing at the side.

One person as medical aid was a tad little, but then again, they weren’t exactly counting on a stampede.

Still, Lucian was expecting at least one person to fall victim to the stairs today.

No need to reassign her though, she was quite good where she stood already.

Giving her a slight wave, his head spelling a small [Hey.], he then walked over to Nicknack who was still standing on the side.

Was she on his troublemaker list?

Maybe.

Was that the reason he joined her right now?

Not really, he just felt better standing to someone who was just as enthusiastic as him over the event.

“Tell me you want a coffee and I will get Karen to bring you one.”, he offered, putting his hand on his belt as he kept observing the crowd. “Then again, you may need something that calms your nerves, because he’s gonna yap a lot today.”

His head briefly showcased an arrow pointing into RTV’s direction, before switching back to text.

“Ya ya! The Art Department!! Oooooo!! That's where basically all my questions lie~!!! I can't wait to see Stars inspiration, own art works, who works there and what they do-!”

His attention was briefly diverted over to the white haired creature with sketchbook in hand who he had previously tried to gently push forward close towards the group with the result of his hand phasing right through.

A minor problem in case they ever decided to become problematic though he highly doubted it.

Looking at the way they shrunk as they realized how loud they had spoken out, they were even too shy to even step somewhat out of line.

A ping from his phone.

Wr3n.

Boss doesn’t like this one.

Huh, he wondered why.

Well, Lucian didn’t care if RTV liked someone or not.

In fact he knew that the guy had problems with several people in this group or rather the ones they were sent by.

He wasn’t about to let that cloud his judgement.

If he was already forced to do this job then he would only do it when he’s actually required to.

So far people were behaving quite well.

He could see people watch either in interes or make their way through the crowd.

Nothing unusual happening.

Ping!

Got one looking at the cameras and exits.

Lucian looked to the side where the cameras were located, spotting a woman with a cap taking a peek at the cameras and then the nearest doors.

Suspicious, but maybe they are wondering about the amount of security?

Possible :P I just report what I see, partner!

Swag and Chris meanwhile had parted ways, taking their position on either side of the crowd.

Swag was standing next to the wall that showcased the Puzzlevision movies, while Chris observed the people from the side entrance on the opposite side near the staircase.

“No touching.”, Swag warned one of the people near the movie posters who he had heard muttering something. They wore a cap with the Puzzlevision logo on it, their hair tied into a ponytail.

“Nice as it looks to have at home, those are the first copies of these movie posters. If you steal those, the boss is gonna hunt you down personally.”, he joked, before giving the posters a slightly envious look behind his sunglasses. “Damn, I wish I had them though…”

He sighed, leaning back on the wall, before his gaze wandered over the rest of the crowd.

There was that girl again he nearly kicked out before and now that he looked closer she had a shocking resemblance to a certain other pain in his side called Harley.

Sure, the boss had been yapping before the event about something that included ignoring doppelgangers, Swag didn’t really listen.

Maybe he should have because why the hell did that brat have a twin and he never knew?!

He would properly question Harley on this the next time they met.

Lucky brat was off-shift today.

His partner meanwhile watched him from the corner of his one eye, before focusing back on his assignment.

Sometimes Swag gave Chris grey hair.

Honestly, it's a wonder they managed to stick together for so long.

He sighed, pinching the bridge of his nose.

Please, let Swag be on good behavior for once or the boss may actually kick his butt into the sun.

Moving aside he let a monochrome colored person with a small tophat pass by.

His eye narrowed for a second at the eerie smile on their face, making a small note to keep an eye on them.

Then again, they weren’t the only crazy looking person here.

There was a cat-like purple creature with one eye for example that seemed to be currently exploring the lobby.

Then there was that maniacal looking girl with those weird red ribbons that seemed to have their own will.

Chris could have sworn she had heard her chuckle and talk to herself. Some damn weird fans.

For someone usually so picky the boss sure had picked a special bunch for this whole thing.

Looking up, Chris gave the TV head a quick glance.

Yep, still smiling.

When starting to work here, he had quickly discovered that smiling was Mr. Puzzle’s standard expression, but also did not represent his true mood at all.

It was a facade, one like every star had.

Love your fans all you want, but a peek inside the mind of the idol was a privilege only reserved for those truly close.

None of which were here.

RTV’s fingers tapped against the railing as he looked at the view from his high standpoint.

Voting time was over.

“THANK YOU ALL FOR VOTING!”, he now spoke up again, snapping his fingers so the result showed up on the big screen behind him on the wall. “LOOKS LIKE WE WILL GO TO THE ART DEPARTMENT FIRST!”

A decision he was just fine with actually.

Out of all departments, this one was the most manageable.

“IF YOU WOULD FOLLOW ME, PLEASE!”, he meant, now ascending the rest of the stairs. 

The Art Department was located on the second floor in the next building block, so RTV waited next to the staircase until everyone had managed to get up the stairs.

Should he warn them about the crooked steps?

…nah, they would be smart enough to avoid those.

“This is kinda empty for an art department, don’t ya think?”

The TV host’s head snapped into the direction of the comment, zeroing on an individual with glasses and a missing arm out of which cables still hung out.

Gee, that looked even worse than Tari’s and that whole Clench incident was a disaster already.

“Hold your horses.”, he now replied dryly, looking at his gloves in mild interest. “THIS is just the way to the department. Trust me, it’s the opposite from empty.”

Looking down he saw Lucian rounding up the last people, among them a cat-eared girl with black hair, another TV head with purple-white teeth and some mix of a robot and a fox-like creature who seemed to be searching for something.

“My dear leader, what shall we call you? Some, yes, are outsiders, but to keep manners in check, what shall we call you?”

This time the question came from another black haired woman with blue eyes.

She looked…rough.

RTV sighed internally.

Please don’t let her be sick, the last thing he needed was catching something.

“Well, for starters not THAT.”, he meant, slightly cringing at the title she gave him.

It made him sound like a dictator and he would rather not have people picking that up.

“Mr. Puzzles is just fine or if you have to…RTV.”, he begrudgingly allowed.

Almost everyone here was aware anyway and those who weren’t wouldn’t get the meaning behind that name.

“Mr. Puzzles is preferred though.”

Seeing that now everyone was up on the second floor, he raised his voice again.

“ALRIGHT! LET’S CONTINUE, SHALL WE?”

Moving on, he now led the group down the hallway past an elevator and a few offices to the second building block of the Studio.

“Block B includes the Social Media Department which is on the ground floor right BELOW the Art Department.”, RTV meanwhile explained, opening the door that connected both building blocks for the visitors. “A decision made as both departments often work CLOSELY together.”

Gesturing for them to move through, he then left the door open before stepping to the end of the hallway where a door now opened and another object head slipped through.

This one however was missing legs and instead floated over the ground, her head being a color picker that switched from color to color, her fingertips matching the current selected one.

“Oh, you’re already here!”, she exclaimed, excitement in her words as she stopped next to RTV. “Oh sh-should I introduce myself?”

RTV made a side gesture to her.

“Colores, head of our Art department and funny enough the younger SISTER of Lucian over there.”

He watched with slight satisfaction how Lucian tensed, before giving a small wave in Colores’ direction, shoulders slumping as Colores made no effort to return the gesture.

Awkward.

As far as he knew Lucian had decided to convince his sister into not taking part in the tour, a very poor decision as RTV and he both knew that his sister followed his orders blindly and wouldn’t let such an opportunity slide.

So now she was giving him the cold shoulder again.

Sibling drama, yada, yada.

“Well, as Mr. Puzzles has already told you, I’m in charge of this department. Ah- you know what? Just come into one of the studios!”

She waved them into the room behind her.

It was a big studio with several rows of seats each with their own pin boards and computer setups.

The walls and pin boards were plastered with sketches, motivational posters and design ideas.

“The Art Department is responsible for all the designs you see around the studio from merchandise to websites although the latter with the help of the Social Media Department! In general we always work closely together with other departments. For example also with the Film Department when it comes to ads!”, Colores now continued, raising a finger. “Among other things we also take care of the fanmail.”

RTV, who had been busy staring out a window, snapped around at that.

She chuckled, tugging on her collar.

“A lotta interesting things we’ve seen and read, I tell you. Some fans out there really can’t help but go the extra mile. In a good and sometimes also a weird sense.”

There was a clear grin in her voice, as she now turned to RTV again.

“Hah! Reminds me of that one time when a fan managed to slip through security somehow-”

“Ah, the one that proposed?”, Swag now jumped in much to RTV’s dismay, mockery clear in his voice. “Oh yeah, I remember that incident quite well. Had the ring and everything.”

RTV let out a forced chuckle at that, fiddling with his bowtie at the memory.

Not exactly a moment he wanted to remember.

“Not really sure what they tried to ACHIEVE…”, he muttered. “Except a one-word reply that was not “Yes.””

He quickly cleared his throat, turning back to the tour guests.

“Security was raised after THAT incident, mind you.”

“It sure as hell didn’t stop people from sending fan mail though.”, Colores went on, not noticing the strain to RTV’s smile as she started pulling a few boxes from under the table.

He should have put a purge order on those, goddamn it.

“These are filled with mail from Valentine’s day.”, she explained chipperly, knocking against the boxes. “We still have to go through the majority of them, but you won’t believe how much of those are fanfic-”

“AAAAAANYWAY-”, RTV interrupted loudly, now moving in front of Colored before she got the great idea of showing some of those letters off. “How about we MOVE ON, hm?~”

His smile had started filling up half of his screen again, a clear edge to it now.

Someone set her up to this, he just knew it.

RTV threw a suspicious glance over to Lucian whose head immediately displayed [Not me!].

Tsk, sure.

“Ah, of course! My bad, I got sidetracked…”, Colores meanwhile answered sheepishly, before moving on to a second table where stacks of plushies were piled up. “Well, I mentioned before that our department is responsible for the merch designs, so I thought: Hey, why not give something to you guys?”

With a swift motion, she picked up seven plushies, holding the seventh with her tail.

“Let’s see…we have plushies of all the cast members and Mr. Puzzles, of course! So that would be SMG3, Tari, Meggy, Boopkins, Saiko and Bob. I fear we have no Mario plushies as it would have been disrespectful given his…state.”

RTV held himself back from holding his eyes.

Colores had a talent of making things awkward, but since they were on the topic…

“If you want the Saiko and Bob plushies, I suggest you go for it, as they are now limited given that they are no longer part of the crew.”, he voiced, picking up two of them and throwing them towards  random participants.

In this case a girl with thick dark brown and messy hair and a shy looking girl with white and reddish hair.

He gestured to the table.

“So PLEASE, take one of your liking. Max is two.”

Folding his hands behind his back, he stepped to the side to make way.

Colores meanwhile stuffed the plushies as well in some random participant’s hands, before clasping her hands together while the people stepped past them.

“I practiced my speech a dozen times and still somehow messed up.”, she sighed. “I’m sorry if I made you uncomfortable with the whole fanmail thing.”

The TV scoffed at that.

“No apologies NEEDED, since I know you weren’t the one with the idea.”

He pointed at the three security team members.

“Who do I need to SCOLD…?”

Colores laughed at that, tapping the tips of her wooden fingers together.

“None of them, actually. Animsay thought it would be funny. You know, before her vacation.”

She looked up now, scanning the room.

“That reminds me, wasn’t she supposed to get back today?”

“Mh-hm.”, RTV simply replied, hiding the annoyance behind his smile. “She was…”

He was seriously reconsidering it right now.

“Boss?”, Chris now jumped in, pointing back at the crowd. “I think they’re settled again.”

Fine, he would deal with this later.

“Well, then…”, RTV meant, turning back to the crowd again now, voice slightly raised. “Since last time worked so well, how about I let you choose the next department AGAIN? Oh, and don’t think about SNATCHING something that belongs to the studio, as great as some of the artist tools and merch look.”

His screen focused on a particular blonde haired woman he had seen a tad too interested in the studio’s environment, as he pointed up to the ceiling corners.

“Camera sees ALL and that jazz.~”

─── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ────── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ────── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ───

[ana-bananya]

TIME IS RUNNING OUT FOR RANIA'S PAYPAL CAMPAIGN

Current progress: £2,575/£35,000

Vetted by nabulsi

@ranibra71 had to open a new campaign on paypal when gofundme shut down the campaign she had there. She lost all the untransferred funds and has been struggling to regain them since.

Support has been painfully slow, and to make matters worse, paypal announced they will no longer allow people to create fundraisers on their platform. Raina has until January (just 3 months!) to raise the rest of her goal before she loses her fundraising platform for a second time!

The funds will be used to help Rania afford essentials, winter clothes for her 5 children, and medication for her husband's blood pressure and diabetes. Only about $9 has been raised in the past 5 days, and that is the first progress there has been in OVER A MONTH.

Iyad (@iyadsobhegaza) and Ruba (@rubashsblog) are two others who moved their campaign paypal and are now also facing the January deadline. You can read more about them in this post (which is also where I learned of paypal's new policy).

The currently have $14,035/$60,000. Please support them as well:

Tagging for reach (sorry for any inconvenience)

@neptunerings @magnus-rhymes-with-swagness @acepumpkinpatrick @heritageposts @c-u-c-koo-4-40k @victoriawhimsey

[fictional-orphan-smackdown]

ROUND 3, MATCH 5!

All propaganda and what each competitor is from under the cut

Trafalgar D. Water Law (Once Piece)

Law is a genocide survivor who saw his parents' dead bodies along with experiencing a whole bunch of other messed up stuff (his sister burning to death, the people of his country being shot for being poisoned by their own government, being terminally ill, escaping the genocide by hiding under a pile of dead bodies, etc etc). After all this shit, he eventually got forcibly adopted by this one guy and dragged around the world looking for a cure for his illness. Right when Law started to trust and love his new caretaker, he is also brutally murdered in front of him. Law's life goal for the next decade is to get revenge on the person who killed his adoptive father. Vote for him bc he needs a goddamn win for once in his life. He is the people's princess and the narrative's favorite punching bag. Also, his depressed, PTSD-ridden autistic swag and scoliosis realness have captivated me body and soul

His biological parents were killed (before his eyes, by the governement) when he was 10(?). He then joined a bunch of pirates, knowing he wouldn't have much time (and will) left to live anyway. There he was sort of adopted by the Big Bad Pirate's brother, who managed to save his life, only for said brother to be killed (more or less before Law's eyes, by the Big Bad Pirate), when he was 13. You could say he was orphaned twice.

He’s literally got the double orphan special (Parents died and then the guy who took him in after them died too) that’s a 50% increase in orphannedness above your standard orphan. He’s also cool as fuck.

Law's parents were already on death row along with him and his younger sister due to a disease that shortens the life span of a person. The disease can only be passed down genetically and has afflicted everyone in the town that he has grown up in. Due to the sudden outbreak and unknown nature of the disease to the rest of the world panicked and the government closed off his city, killing everyone there. That is how his first set of parents died when he was 10, I think. Still then Law would later join a pirate crew where he would eventually be taken away 2-3 years later by Corazon, marine working undercover as a pirate in order to take down this brother, who is the captain of crew Law joined. Corazon took him in order to cure Law's disease which he still had and to get him away from Doflamingo, his brother. Over the course of 6 months the two became close with Corazon essentially becoming a father figure to Law. I am simplify this but at some point of Doflamingo catches on to Corazon being a double agent and finds him. Doflamingo then proceeds to find Corazon and shoot him in front of a chest that Law was hiding in.

Law has faced many hardships since he was a child, but used his experiences to become an extremely powerful doctor. His pirate crew theme and his Devil Fruit ability are all owed to his adoptive father. Law acts really gruff and serious most of the time, initially seeming like a cool, calculating character and feared swordsman… but one second around the Straw Hats and you quickly see just how silly he really is. He hates bread. He collects coins. He is obsessed with ninjas and superhero comic books. In one arc he just fucked around with his powers and INVENTED harpies and centaurs. Oh, and his First Mate is a polar bear. What could be better than that?

The government ordered to kill everyone in Law's country due to everyone getting "fantasy lead poisoning" disease, which was wrongfully thought to be contagious stroked. Law's family was living at the hospital when they got attacked, his parents (who were doctors) got killed and the hospital got set on fire with his little sister inside. He managed to fled the country hiding in a pile of corpses and ended up joining a pirate crew lead by Doflamingo. Law knew he had the disease and it was going to kill him in three years. Doflamingo's brother, Rosinante took Law hospital to hospital to find a cure but they always rejected him thinking the disease was contagious. Then they learned that someone had offered Doflamingo a devil fruit that could grant him immortality. The fruit could also cure Law so Rosinante stole it and made Law eat it. He then made sure Law could escape Doflamingo and got killed by his brother.

dude spent his childhood getting thrown out of windows, while dying from a deadly disease (that was eventually cured) but while he was still showing symptoms of the disease no one would go near him out of fear and disgust, save for his father figure.

nothing can ever go right for this man. its fucking hilarious in the series and makes for some wonderful angst content. i want everyone who has not watched or read One Piece to know that, for half of his 'main' arc, he's carried around like a potato sack by MULTIPLE people. he is a damsel in despair. he didn't even need to be carried, he honestly could've walked, but he had to save that energy so he could take the like 17 lead bullets out of him. he's always getting shot or thrown out a window and he's severely injured more often than not. he's also a doctor/surgeon, one that should be able to cure incurable diseases, yet his pathetic loserboy ass is too busy being emo to worry about the several gunshot wounds and internal bleeding. god help this man but also don't because honestly it's really fucking funny

Ok, FIRST, when he was a tiny frog-disecting little kid, him and his family and island contacted a disease equivalent to cancer BUT his fam didn't die from that. No, no, his parents got gunned down by the military and his little sis was burned alive with the rest of his house, so, yeah, very traumatic, horrific in a way that makes you very angry at yourself and life and want to oh I don't know, kill everyone and everything possible until the day you die, which won't be long because you have cancer after all. Later, after joining a mafia/cult/gang, Law meets Corazon who after like 2 years kidnaps him to try and get him healed and so they spend the next 6 months bonding, WEEEEEE!! Wait, no, NOT weeee because Cora who is now his father-figure DIES having protected and saved him, and thus bruv becomes orphaned not once, not thrice, but TWO very traumatic times! If this isn't an orphan, idk what is……

Anthony Lockwood (Lockwood and Co)

Lockwood (he's known by his surname mostly) is the mysterious, daredevil and charming founder of Lockwood and Co., a detective agency specialised in protecting people from angry -and sometimes sort of hungry- ghosts in a world where they're rampant. His agency is starting small despite Lockwood bragging it's the best in London but get more and more recognition as the series progress and the agents composing them meet success (when they're not on the verge of dying). Lockwood has open manners but hid his painful past from his coworkers to protect himself. He and George, the first teenager he recruited, are quite stunned by Lucy, a country girl who fled to London after disaster striked in her hometown. Thanks to her talent, she quickly becomes known as one of the best ghost fighter in London and finds her place in the small team despite having the same determination to hide her past than Lockwood, which draws him close to her, making George jealous, but Lockwood's manifest good skills in leadership and the three of them become fast friends while unravelling secret truths and risking their lives repeatedly

He has a lot of trauma and a lot of pain but he always smiles and always has a warm and polite attitude; he’s so protective of the ones he loves that it overrides his suicidal tendencies; at the end of the series he starts to heal from his past; he’s hot but has only two braincells.

[frosted-woods]

i haven't read anything in 3 months. there are like 5 books i should be reading for uni. at least 10 things i said i'd draw first. my headphones refuse to work. my graphic tablet pen seems like it's going to die any second. i can't go to bed at humane hours. i think i ended up a little frustrated and with this guy all over my canvas??

oh and happy ace week. that's so swag.

[crest-of-gautier]

from june 29th 2023- a quad with squiffer!

[storgicdealer]

ahem. cracks knuckles.

you know what time it is boy

highlights of attacking the innocent (also balling): general analysis of influencer arc episode 1

(so. the green onceler arc might be actually real)

THIS EPISODE WAS SO SICK. the animation????the music??????? the 3D CYBERSPACE??????????? MWAH chefs kiss . and the most interesting new thing: new character to play dolls with (thank you everyone who put their 5 cents in and shared a braincell: calling him greenscreen)

and. god.

the 3d insides of the computer box and programs... GOD !!!!!! GOD !!!!!!!!!!!! THIS IS WHAT I LIVE FOR BABY!!!!!!!!

i NEED to find out the dimensions of it.

the way the ab team decided to expand on the 3d perspective just like this is. oh my lird

personally this means SO MUCH for me as the #1 lover of the "internet is walkable" trope. one of the main reasons why i adore avam so much

more points on that: the icons dont seem to.. "gain shape" until they're interacted with: in this case picked up by the cg. another point: sticks need to apply force to an icon to open an app . swag

additional note: the episode itself seems to begin in sticksfight?? or just a random table that was drawn

additional note electric boogaloo: green seemed to hit the CEILING when performing his ballin movement. is the gui of the computer really not that high?? and.

where are the doors. where are. where is the backstage that the sticks constantly come out of. hello

the way they interact with adobe premiere is SO SO interesting. the whole process of videomaking in the universe is something im gonna be thinking of for a GOOD while

(small note: i know sticks own hammerspace and can basically bring out anything but. is the red cape the red fabric green used in the matador short?

now, onto our new character

greenscreen seemed to appear out of the adobe video being overloaded? with effects n unnecessary sfx and clipping masks and such, causing it to glitch. in fact, adobe itself warned to proceed with caution the second the cg put too much stuff into it.

honestly, we can always put this monent into the "something glitchy-fucked happens and there are consequences" category, with the consequences just happening to be a new guy (thank you so much whoever did that). but worldbuilding wise, how exactly did it manifest? did the excessive amount of effects and glitches.. shape a creature into existence? with it taking the appearance of green as the main character that appeared in the video the most. sort of like a puzzle to create a being?

what's interesting, the screen focuses on the cg throwing the video away before the sequence with it gaining sentience by taking the form of green starts.

now, the main thing about the fight scene to me is how greenscreen took all of his movements/actions from the video itself,

and how many people have already pointed out, is that..

he doesn't seem to have wanted to attack in the first place.

screen, from the beginning of his existence only possessed powers/moves that green & cg themselves have shown in the video. and of course, the main point of the video itself was fighting a monster — obviously filling up the video, the whole essence of the character, with mostly that. his whole being was shaped up that way.

screen might've tried acting friendly, or neutral at least — but the whole way the video, a fighting video, was jumbled with glitches kind of.. forced him not to exhibit any other behaviour. perhaps, if not for these glitches, he could've controlled his own actions — he would still know the most of the world from the video, but at least, if he wanted to fight — he could control it. and do it himself, if he wanted.

(additional note: greenscreen seems to glitch everytime he's hit, also.)

the time he does attack, himself — is when he is cornered, and has been shown nothing but violence from others.

woah that pal has some seeerious issues to get under control ! anyways, onto other highlights of the video! (/silly)

the new video did a WONDERFUL job at showcasing the cg's fighting style in a new, clear manner. the gang regained the weapons they have wielded in the first part of "wanted", but in another form.

orange, equipped with the classic brush tool, seems to be mostly focused on defense. (regaining the previous defense styles based on the last parts of wanted & avm s3!)

red seems to focus on melee and hand-to-hand fighting,

blue, classic: fighting at a distance with the bow.

yellow seems to also fight at a certain distance, but it is only a hand's reach: enough to hit, enough to not get hit. (this also heavily reminds me of yellow's behavior with the staff, where in fight she has mostly hung out in the middle: aiming and attacking from a certain distance.)

i'm not particularly sure what category to put green in, also taking in his usage of the rod in avms3 and a .. gun. in the beginning of wanted. but his moves are the most agile and sharp (literally) out of the crew.

a bit of the video i am . Really interested in

finding out about his adobe-abilities, screen consumed other bits of the program to use it for attacking. including posterizing time, which is not only a quite strong ability in on itself, but!

..also seemed to affect other sticks, while he, himself — was unaffected by time.

the move seems to be incredibly powerful??? like. if it was that easy for a glitched video to consume parts of adobe, use it for his own powers, to a point of manipulating time???

damn. the cg basically created an adobe demigod????????

another supposition i have onto why it worked on sticks: the cg were drawn themselves, and drawn in adobe flash, therefore being interacted with as symbols whether they were affected because of just being drawn beings themselves, or because of some kind of influence all adobe programs might have on each other — their creation itself is probably the reason for this. (once again. they created a killer machine and provoked it itself!!!!!! damn pick a struggle!!!!!/j)

the episode finishes off amazingly in my opinion by the cg recreating and using the basketball movements they learned when filming their first video. they Slamdunked a stick. good lord

anyways. FEEL FREE TO ADD ON TO THIS POST WHATEVER YOU WANT !!! i appreciate all notes !!!! :D

[tibby-art]

im too scared to not be anon ermmm

i just wanna say congrats on how aqua artimators did (AND ESP THE MELTDOWN TRIPLE ‼️‼️) anyways i wanna say thsnk you because ur content first off: helped me realize my mass amounts of tboy swag and SECOND ur content has genuinely became a form of comfort to me (like ur in my top 5 mcyt) and the way you edit your videos and your comedic timing is my everything. I started following around the time the bdubs 5 hour energy vid dropped and I haven't regretted it one bit 🎉🎉

oh wow thanks so much!! i absolutely love editing, comedic cuts are my favorite ever. im glad you enjoy them as much as i do LOL

episode 13 of artimators will be out very soon :D