#Alice rambles

[vampyre-lesbian]

these absolute madmen. they actually did it. they actually made billy the puppet bisexual.

[willgraham-manwhore-moved]

Love how they slipped a vampiric reference into Hannibal's characterization. He's asking to cross the boundary like in classic vampire literature - and if we wanna be real wanky about it we can say he's asking for permission to enter into Will's psyche and invade his every waking moment :]

[alice-after-dark]

Silly RadioStatic Thoughts

I so often see the concept of Vox and Alastor's first meeting being like Alastor found Vox in some back alley.

Additionally, most people seem to believe that Alastor is wealthy in his own right as a terrifying Overlord, but I also see people depict him as a broke gremlin lurking in the shadows.

Now I have the mental image of Alastor finding Vox in an alley because the dumb deer was sleeping in the dumpster Vox happened to collapse next to lol

[crescentalice]

It's wild how some of y'all act like passing is some arbitrary thing that only vain selfish trannies who wanna "look like cis women" want when

A: gender dysphoria is a thing for a lot of us

and

B: passing can mean the difference between "howdy miss" or "i'm gonna knock your teeth out, faggot"

It's great that you don't care about passing! Live your best life. Be a little gender noncomforming hottie! Just don't be shitty about or try to undermine those of us who care about it!

[lost-in-the-shadows]

my outfit for the Lost Boys screening last night! this is the first time I’ve gotten to wear this jacket since I painted it back in 2020 🖤

[simbury]

How I got my Sims 2 game working on my new Windows 11 laptop, step by step.

OKAY. Gadies and Lentlemen.

I have seen plenty of these around, but I wanted to share my process!

So I bought an MSI creator laptop. The specs are as follows:

CPU: 13th gen Intel i7-13700H

RAM: 16 GB DDR5

GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 laptop GPU

Step One: Fresh install. I used the EA App to install the UC version on my new laptop.

Step Two: Download and install RPC launcher. This will automatically apply the 4gb patch. Run as administrator, but not in any kind of compatibility which renders the 4gb patch useless.

Step Three: Download and install Graphics Rule Maker. I used all of the recommended settings, aside from texture memory which I set at 2048 mb for reasons that will become clear later.

Step Four: Memory allocation fix (empty standby list). Explanation here.

Step Five: Setting virtual memory. I used instructions from this post at MTS - My virtual memory paging file is now minimum of 25000 and maximum of 30000. You'll need to adjust to your system's own specs.

Step Six: In game settings. Shadows Off. Neighbours Off. Lighting Medium. RPC Settings. Apply 4GB patch. Automatically Clean Cache. Lot Imposters Optimized. Sim/Object Shadows Classic. I also have lot view ocean reflections ticked.

If your game works like this with no flashing and crashing, awesome. Mine did not. I firstly tried several different texture memory sizes, but they had 0 impact.

I believe the next step is only for NVIDIA cards, but may be wrong.

Step Seven: DXVK. The most recent version from, here. There are plenty of instructions on how to install out there. But make sure you install the 32bit version. I have these two following lines in my DXVK.conf file (and do make sure it is saved as a conf file, NOT a txt or similar).

d3d9.maxAvailableMemory=2048

d3d9.presentInterval=0

The first line corresponds to the texture memory mentioned earlier. DXVK installs won't recognise more than that and having it higher can cause crashes apparently. The second line... No idea what it does but it was mentioned in several guides and reddit posts.

I don't know if the newer versions of DXVK allow fullscreen mode as the older ones did not, but I play in borderless mode anyway which works.

I also delete my thumbnails folder every so often.

I hope this helps someone, this silly old game can be cantankerous but I was determined to get it running again!

[thecoolersolver]

Cyn's situation is a lot more scary than Uzi's, when Uzi gets possessed by the solver she talks on Cyn's voice, if the solver and Cyn aren't one being that would be really fucking scary, someone controlling you, using your voice, your whole personality, to murder millions

[aind-art]

I just binge watched Murder Drones and I have to draw Cyn or I will die

[linphd]

not having a good day + I just saw a tiktok abt THOSE chapters y’know ahah anyways Horikoshi take me instead 🙏🏻

[universitypenguin]

Personal update:

I’m sick right now and I told my mother I was “too tired” to go to the doctor. She came over, took one look at me and drove me to their office, filled out the paperwork, and is now sitting with me in the waiting room.

I am miserable… 😩 but I am also spoiled. 👑

Also, I feel like this is exactly what Lloyd would have done to Princess before they were dating. He definitely would know her allergies and medications.

[vampyre-lesbian]

happy Saw (2004) day to all those who celebrate

🩸🪚🦵🌀

[willgraham-manwhore-moved]

I'm reading back through my first ever thoughts watching Hannibal:

[alice-after-dark]

Silly Little Idea

Ever since hearing about how Alastor is apparently a momma's boy, I just keep having this silly idea playing in my head of Charlie and Alastor randomly running into Vox and Valentino. Naturally the barbs and jabs start flying (with poor awkward Charlie trying to keep the peace) and then Valentino opens his big mouth and makes some unsavory comment about Alastor's mother and very suddenly Charlie finds herself zapped onto a nearby rooftop with Vox.

"Uh...what are we doing up here?"

"Getting out of the blast zone."

"What do you me-"

*Cue Alastor demonic transformation and Valentino shrieking below them*

[crescentalice]

Middle aged t-girls are awesome. Even older? You're a god damn icon, girl.

[lost-in-the-shadows]

some more photos from last week’s screening of The Lost Boys! it was so fun seeing everyone in costume!

[the-apple-of-her-eye-au]

Surprised no one has asked me if I'm obsessed with the golden girls cuz of how much I post about then.

Yes. Next question.